• If you associate colors with a place, London is brown, a deep, rich brown. And a bit of yellow. Unlike the other big cities of the world, which for me are usually a grey, steel grey.
• Being in an exotic place, with lots of places to see, is no good till you have good company. At least for someone like me, it’s a complete waste.
• Even people like me have to go about alone when they have no other go, because sitting doing nothing in the room is still worse
• I love traveling by the tube. My office is just one stop away from where I stay, but I take the tube anyways. I think its one of the most wonderful modes of travel I have ever come across. You don’t need a single person to help you travel around the city, if you have a tube pass, and a map, and eyes and ears.
• When you’re really lost in Firang land, Bollywood music does the trick. I have been listening over and over to ‘Sajanaji vari vari’ and the ‘Salaam e ishq’ tracks everyday and feeling better.
• Strawberries aren’t all that great tasting, they aren’t bad, but they aren’t too good either. But they look beautiful, the colour, the texture. That’s not supposed to be a fruit’s USP, but that’s how it is in this case.
• I am capable of hating something just because of having too much of it. Like I despise cheese.
• I am also capable of missing something terribly within 10 days of not having it. Like I miss taste in food.
• I have a 24 hour hi-speed net connection in the apartment, but I never blog from there. I do it from work, and usually on days when there is much more important stuff to be done. Today is an exception though; I am free at work after a whole week of working (in the actual sense) 10 hours a day. Very unlike me, I know.
• I start writing thinking I will make some interesting travelogue for future visitors to London, or at least make it a ‘my experiences in London’ and I ramble instead. As usual.

Now that was the longest break I took from blogging! Managed two whole months! Anwyays, am back now, and to update, am typing away on my pretty , not-so-new laptop which I had been considering buying in my last post. So I did finally buy one, an HP Pavillion, about a month and a half back. And then got myself a broadband internet connection at home. Considering, it had been quite sometime since I had used my all time favorite messenger, or checked mails the same day they were sent, there was hardly anytime to update my poor blog ( except in office, which suddenly became pretty hectic too. I know, unbelieveable, but so true!)

So am back for good now. Getting back to the updates, had been to Ranikhet ( an awesome hillstation in Uttaranchal) on yet another offsite. Was awesome, and had a great time trying out Rock climbing, Rappeling etc etc. ( well it was only rock climbing and rappeling but the 'ëtc.'' makes it sound more interesting). And then it was time for the week long vacation at home, which was obviously spent the usual way, eating, sleeping, watching movies, eating, sleeping.

Hyderabad has had awesome weather recently. I mean, its a little on the extreme right now, with too much rains and all, but all in all, its pretty nice. Infact, right now, the whole setting is awesome. Its almost like the good old K days. Am up at this hour, and am blogging, listening to music, and its raining outside. Yeah, there is this additional cup of hot tea, which I would had to goto the Night Canteen at K for, but thats like a bonus. Also, I am in this unusual happy mood :-) *Sigh!*

Actually, its pretty sad, two whole months, i still dont have anything to write about. But thats probably cause of this 'happy' mood I am in, that I am unable to find anything to complain about. Good actually, I would rather stay this way, than have stuff to complain about just so that my blog becomes more regular.

 Also, now I realise I am rambling, just for the heck of it. I would better stop, and request the reader to consider this as an update, and not go by the content only and scrap it. Will try to get something more useful/informative in the next post ( ROTFL, like thats possible!!!!).

Till then, Ciao!

Ok, once again, I missed out on updates for more than a month! Phew!

A lot’s been happening lately. We found a new house. In fact, I think it was the same weekend when I had updated this space last. But I didn’t bother to update this improvement, as this remains a crib-log J. Then, we shifted into the new place on the 1^st of April. And have very much settled in there! The lack of any kind of chairs in the previous house has been put right, and two extremely comfortable beanbags now adorn our living room. So much for laziness, laziness, and more laziness!

Quite some time till I posted my oh-so-personal comments about the movies I watched on Weekends. And somehow, I haven’t visited the video library again. And all my weekends (actually just 3 if them) have been extra busy.

Weekend 1 was spent at Habib’s. Finally, finally, I mustered enough guts to get my hair straightened. And well, the results haven’t been very bad. I have actually managed to get rid of the curls, and frizz, which at K, reminded people of ‘Monica at Barbados’, or a nest, or most creatively, ‘water gushing out of a broken pipe’. And they are supposed to stay that way for 6-8 months, post which I need to decide if I am actually interested in burning a hole in my pocket again L. And I wasn’t allowed to tie up my hair for the next two days, and that is something, which is impossible, so stayed at home, watching loads of TV. (And yeah BTW, *Phbbbt* to people who met me after this and didn’t notice it)

Weekend 2 was probably the most pre-planned weekend ever. The trip to K finally happened. And it was very much worth it. The campus, the view from the campus, the SSG fete, and the party, all brought back amazing memories. Everything actually went on as planned, right from the train journey to Bangalore, the sleeper ride to K, the stay at the hostel, and even the Sumo ride back from K, which actually turned out to be ‘more-than-expected’ comfortable!

 Weekend 3, which was the last weekend, was spent checking out the new house, we might be shifting into (Long story: Pure-veg flat-mate thinks, non-veg flat-mate not sticking to her promise of not bringing non-veg stuff home, and especially, not using any of the common plates and spoons. Non-veg flat-mate feels, that Pure-veg flat-mate is being too unfair, as she does that only when boy-friend is in town, which is like every alternate weekend, so finally, I am moving out with Pure veg flat-mate, as the latter has another friend who will move in to give her company, and I don’t have any more strength to convince either of them. Long story over.) Then, the rest of the time was spent checking out the awesome clearance sales at all the major malls in the city J and watching ‘Rang De Basanti’ buying tickets in black, at 4 times their original cost. No complaints. It was worth it. (Justification being, if I could watch Bunty Babli with tickets in black, RDB is completely acceptable!)

 So, those were the updates from life in general. Client is on a visit to Mexico, so no meetings, no presentations, and no calls. Life simply rocks J!

Another long visit home, has left me somewhat depressed about getting back here. But, all good things must come to an end, and so did the holiday. So, I am back in my cubicle, trying to somehow, respond to, or atleast read, or actually at least click each mail, so that a read message is sent across to the sender.

Delhi was cold. And so Meerut was colder. Not really the Foggy, misty, you-cant-get-out-of-the-blanket cold, but colder than Hyderbad is at this time, or even will be by December, and definitely colder than K ever was. I have so totally lost touch with winter in general (and please, Hyderabad/Calicut winters don’t count. At all.)

So, about the cold. It was obvious. Right from when I landed in Delhi. And I was so not prepared for it, that I started my sneeze bout right away L. It over now, but the effects remain. So now I am sitting with a blocked nose, and horribly sore throat, and no voice. The croak that one hears everytime I try to speak cannot be termed as my voice. No No. *nodding vehemently*. It is too big an insult.

Having washed my hands off cooking everyday (we now have a cook, who hasn’t been cooking for the past few days, cos we haven’t refilled the groceries stock.), it’s back to my Maggi for brunch Maggi for dinner routine. Which is not that bad, as all my taste buds have stopped functioning, and maggi is probably the best thing for a cold. And Soup maggi’s even better.

So, all I wish for now is that I am better by the time we leave for Goa. (I am sure I have mentioned that before!!). And I am so glad, that I finally get to go there! J(and keeping in mind that it is an office-sponsored trip, the arrangements are A-W-E-S-O-M-E!!). Couldn’t have asked for more. And then there is this trip planned for the campus hires… (Hey! We do work here! Yeah, me too!)

Anyways, that seems to be enough updates for today. Rest, when I don’t need to go cough-type-cough-cough-type. Till then, Ciao!

Am back!!! After a break of 13 days!! And that too a meaningless, useless break. Well not that uneventful though. One of the major things that took place was the second leg of the IIMK-IIMB sports meet. Though there was an initial hesitation of spending the immediate two days before mid terms in Bangalore, it wasn't a big deal afterall,owing to the nature of these exams (refer varunmadhok 's latest blog).... and on top of that I had just two of them , on the same day and withing half an hour of each other. End result, they are over and done with , and am I glad!!

We fared badly in the meet, and lost in almost everything, well except men's badminton (wherein Neel and Nikhli massacred those guys) and girl's carrom, where me (yeah me...he he) and Bhawna defeated their team. Throwball was a major disappointment too. Well, overall it was a good experience, and we did have quite some fun shopping and roaming about in Bangalore, the two days! And the journey to the place and back weren't too bad either, considering my bus journey history.

Yesterday infact was the last supposed midterm, in SM. It was the presentation of ur assignment for the subject, and has a weightage of 30%. Considering the usual presentations for this prof, all of us were quite chilled out, well until he picked five random members from each group to question, and obviously, my group had me called in. And the next twenty minutes were pure horror, with him denying any statement we made, and getting quite irriated if we ventured to explain anything. All through the presentation we were told that we hadnot paid much attention in class and infact deserved negative marks. Well, we really couldn't help it. The other groups were told that they were bad but definitely better than us. One group even managed full marks....But the best thing was when all the presentations ended and he came out. The first things he said was that he was pleased with overall prformance of the class. And the next thing he did was to announce the marks, and as expected we did end up with the least.. And guess how much we got? 17 on 20!!!! That was the least, and the other groups were in an arithematic progression of 18, 19 and 20. So there, so much for all the sadness!! The prof is just unbelievably... i dunno how to explain!

My friend yesterday said that I was the most unpredictable person he had ever met, and that if I ever said anything about myself, he would wait for two weeks to reconfirm it and then believe it. This ofcourse applied only to my comments about how I felt, or what I liked. But anyhow, it felt strange. For someone whose known me for 4 years now, thats a rather funny comment to make. Special reference was made to my statements about K. While at times I seem to crib about how boring life was here, and how I really wanted to get out of here, my blogs and statements at other times make me seem so fully in love with the place.Infact, to think about it, it is kinda funny. But I guess its got more to do with the place than me, and nobody would know it, till they actually were here!!

So, yesterday was another night-out for me, and here I sit, at 7:40 in the morning blogging, not having slept the whole night. Well, its got a lot to do with the way I spent yesterday, slept the whole damn day, literallly!!! Watched  x men, and really enjoyed it, plan to copy and watch the second part today.

Am feeling really hungry right now, and thankfully I will be having breakfast after quite some time, I just cant seem to ever wake up on time. The view from my room right now is simply awesome...its so cloudy that I can hardly make out the hills... waise like I have said many times even before, the scenery is something I love and will definitely miss once I leave the place ... dunno about the rest right now :p....

I usually find long blogs boring, and I think I should sign off.. Guess not writing for quite some time, does make one extra enthusiastic. Anyways, before I start about what else not writing for too long does... its Ciao