it's been centuries since i came through here. 'and what's been happening all this time?' you may ask.
much. and little, if that makes any sense, i suspect it does.
much, because it's happening to us (how important we are!) and little because we are just that, little. and silly, and inflated with our senses of self.
so i won't bore you with the much. instead, i'll tell you about the little. small things i have stumbled upon in my cyber neighbourhood are bothering me tremendously-
a) my pal liz recently made her blog 'by invite only'. and because i'm an ass, i didn't realise this until quite recently. she's forgotten to send me an invite, so here i am on a sunday evening, vauguely depressed and wishing i could read her posts, but i can't.
b) my cousin hari seems to have shut down his blog. which is an awful thing. i'll miss his a lot. it was irreverent and refreshingly impersonal (barring a few posts, his were all unravellings of various ideas that he'd come across in whatever he was reading right then, or in conversation. which is a great thing. as opposed to being rants about me! me! me!
outside of this neighbourhood, my life is set to undergo a pretty big change. after close to 2 years. i will be moving out soon to a place of my own (well, a rented one anyway) and the feelings range from 'ho-hum' to 'whee!' to nervousness, the whole hog.
i'm not terribly good at being alone, so it's gonna be interesting to note what the whole experience is going to throw up. mostly, it's going to be a HUGE challenge to shake of my laziness and be responsible for filling my time. there are various things on my list... if only my fat arse/money/time will permit. and they are...
- buy a guitar, and start taking lessons (sankbaba and mahaya will applaud this the loudest, i know)
- the slow and (i hope) fun process of filling my new (small) 1RK with stuff.
- joining a pool, swimming in the mornings.
- learning how to cook. and finding out how the things i make will taste.
- writing in this blog more often, getting out there and making new friends online (no, not in that sleazy, 'come party with me' way)
- having the nerve to go to clubs or Friday Club things by myself (i normally go with my brother, equally bad at mingling and more involved in the music)
there's a bunch more stuff if i put my mind to it. but getting back to writing i hope will be a definite fallout to the whole thing. i started a funny thing recently, for a lark. i am composing a story, in very small, 160 character-sized installments. how do i know the letter count? cause i'm sms'ing them. one little installement at a time, to a friend of mine. i don't save them as i send them. which means, i lose the thread and i don't, as of now, have an idea where it's all heading.
as with any creative endeavour, interest in the project waxes and wanes (it's on the wane now) but i have asked him to transfer them (using blue tooth or whatever gizardry he can think of) to his laptop or some such. so that i can visit it sometime and view in totality the bits i have been aribity spewing forth.
wish me luck. with this, and everything else i am due to undertake. mmmuwahh!
Sunday, March 02, 2008
Saturday, September 15, 2007
god's own ball-of-snot
hello peeps!
am back from a hectic work week in lucknow and ambala (to which place the title of this post refers)! heheh, coined that in a reply to mahaya's mail a while back, i like the sound of it- truly, it's a cruddy place!
but more on that later, personal update:
- had a couple of epiphanies over the week.
- have you heard 'i'm gonna wash that man right outta my hair'? well it's happened! hurrah and hallelujah! i've washed him off!
- was generally crabby and mean to my c'pokli babies last night- apology tendered here, but must also make the effort in letting each one know personally that i was a turd :(
by now, my dinner has congealed into a cold, sad mess- am off to sustain myself and contemplate the fine'ness that is me!
heh heh. g'nite.
am back from a hectic work week in lucknow and ambala (to which place the title of this post refers)! heheh, coined that in a reply to mahaya's mail a while back, i like the sound of it- truly, it's a cruddy place!
but more on that later, personal update:
- had a couple of epiphanies over the week.
- have you heard 'i'm gonna wash that man right outta my hair'? well it's happened! hurrah and hallelujah! i've washed him off!
- was generally crabby and mean to my c'pokli babies last night- apology tendered here, but must also make the effort in letting each one know personally that i was a turd :(
by now, my dinner has congealed into a cold, sad mess- am off to sustain myself and contemplate the fine'ness that is me!
heh heh. g'nite.
Saturday, September 01, 2007
google me this
sigh.. this blogging biz'ness is a bit of a menace.
it is. well, if you're commitment-phobic like me anyway.
(it waxes & wanes from mild, to full-blown 'get-out-of-here!', depending on what i've taken up, and would now like to diss)
let's take this blog, my fence-sitting, ramble-spittoon; it niggles the back of my skull with its being, and gnaws me into worrying about it.
so here i am, on a fine saturday afternoon trying to figure out what to say to it.
right, life update!
(in my own random, terrible-memory assisted fashion)
1. back from jaipur
2. been doing some great eats, but i'm only going to give small shout-outs in this post to:
- flamboyente- the pretentiously-named, kinda over-priced, but for-all-that rather decent, pan-asian place that's opened in my office building (praise be!)
- moshe's- more more! been there twice after and have had a lovely time, both times
- fassos- in pune, didn't actually go there, but had excellent mutton-on-basmati (which is to say, NOT biriyani) delivered home and it rocked! and yes, i still have to try those boti-wraps.
- flags- again, the one in pune. and it was lovely, have now put the one in mumbai on my list of semi-swish, escape-from-office-pantry lunch places.
3. met up with a new friend whom i'd only been chatting with until that point, and spent a lovely saturday hanging out with him, and his friend
4. went away to pune to do some more hanging out with the afore-mentioned two new people. and again, it was great. blissed out and relaxing in the best way.
5. through all of this, have been nursing a debilitating and sense-numbing crush on an entirely unsuitable someone.
6. feeling vaguely bridget-jones'ish through it all without the silver lining of a colin firth-type waiting in the wings for me to get over my stupidity (er, not that the chap's an 'emotional fuckwit' or anything. actually, if i think of it, he's more colin firth than hugh grant- dammit!)
7. sigh, now spending my days sternly lecturing myself out of the silliness that has been my state of mind these past few months and into... dunno yet, a better place anyway.
which brings me to the things i've been doing/plan to do, to get to that better place.
- been hanging with my darlings in c'pok- sodab, jonty, kappu, sahu, beju, hugs galore!
- having looong phone calls with liz, my most-popo, to save what's left of my sanity and generally know that i'm worth much more than the rubbish i usually subject myself to.
- went away to pune to hang with thunk and mahaya; in a move that's a complete break from my otherwise hate-to-inflict-myself-upon-you, vaguely-awkward-around-new-people self.
- am buying a guitar! (and hoping deeply that the move does not fan the afore-mentioned p-h-o-b-i-a, plus my bloody finances have to allow for it)
- will continue to hang out more often with the FC crowd and improve my skills at MINGLING (slight shudder)
- desperately want to go home. be around the bright-green'ness that is kerala after the rains, while ignoring all the things that made me want to leave the place; meet with sangs over a coffee and dosa at BTH or sarovaram (braving god-awful traffic)
- must visit b'lore, many people there who make me very, very happy to be around.
- and lastly, must limit self-indulgent wallowing-type posts such as this to barest minimum.
yes this has probably been a really boring, gross-type read, but i had to do it; acknowledge messily one time that i've let things slide, and i hate myself for it.
it is. well, if you're commitment-phobic like me anyway.
(it waxes & wanes from mild, to full-blown 'get-out-of-here!', depending on what i've taken up, and would now like to diss)
let's take this blog, my fence-sitting, ramble-spittoon; it niggles the back of my skull with its being, and gnaws me into worrying about it.
so here i am, on a fine saturday afternoon trying to figure out what to say to it.
right, life update!
(in my own random, terrible-memory assisted fashion)
1. back from jaipur
2. been doing some great eats, but i'm only going to give small shout-outs in this post to:
- flamboyente- the pretentiously-named, kinda over-priced, but for-all-that rather decent, pan-asian place that's opened in my office building (praise be!)
- moshe's- more more! been there twice after and have had a lovely time, both times
- fassos- in pune, didn't actually go there, but had excellent mutton-on-basmati (which is to say, NOT biriyani) delivered home and it rocked! and yes, i still have to try those boti-wraps.
- flags- again, the one in pune. and it was lovely, have now put the one in mumbai on my list of semi-swish, escape-from-office-pantry lunch places.
3. met up with a new friend whom i'd only been chatting with until that point, and spent a lovely saturday hanging out with him, and his friend
4. went away to pune to do some more hanging out with the afore-mentioned two new people. and again, it was great. blissed out and relaxing in the best way.
5. through all of this, have been nursing a debilitating and sense-numbing crush on an entirely unsuitable someone.
6. feeling vaguely bridget-jones'ish through it all without the silver lining of a colin firth-type waiting in the wings for me to get over my stupidity (er, not that the chap's an 'emotional fuckwit' or anything. actually, if i think of it, he's more colin firth than hugh grant- dammit!)
7. sigh, now spending my days sternly lecturing myself out of the silliness that has been my state of mind these past few months and into... dunno yet, a better place anyway.
which brings me to the things i've been doing/plan to do, to get to that better place.
- been hanging with my darlings in c'pok- sodab, jonty, kappu, sahu, beju, hugs galore!
- having looong phone calls with liz, my most-popo, to save what's left of my sanity and generally know that i'm worth much more than the rubbish i usually subject myself to.
- went away to pune to hang with thunk and mahaya; in a move that's a complete break from my otherwise hate-to-inflict-myself-upon-you, vaguely-awkward-around-new-people self.
- am buying a guitar! (and hoping deeply that the move does not fan the afore-mentioned p-h-o-b-i-a, plus my bloody finances have to allow for it)
- will continue to hang out more often with the FC crowd and improve my skills at MINGLING (slight shudder)
- desperately want to go home. be around the bright-green'ness that is kerala after the rains, while ignoring all the things that made me want to leave the place; meet with sangs over a coffee and dosa at BTH or sarovaram (braving god-awful traffic)
- must visit b'lore, many people there who make me very, very happy to be around.
- and lastly, must limit self-indulgent wallowing-type posts such as this to barest minimum.
yes this has probably been a really boring, gross-type read, but i had to do it; acknowledge messily one time that i've let things slide, and i hate myself for it.
Sunday, July 15, 2007
point 5: more random yum
hmmm, i was in jaipur most of this week. and that visit threw up a number of nice food-type surprises. so here goes:
5.
radomly bought kachori. one word: excellent!
i was told later, to go to Rawat's and try the kachori there. they serve gol gappa too! which i SO miss in mumbai. and DON'T tell me mumbai does paani puri which the same thing; cause it ISN'T, you dumbass!!
the tragedy of it all though, was that when we did get around to going there, we were too full to even want to get out of the car!
sigh, i think the loss will haunt me forever. or, at least till i can go there again and remedy that bit of stoopidity! but seriously peeps, the street kachori rocks!
6.
radomly bought kulfi.
mmmm... milk... stupefying... creamy... bigger... better... than any i've had before.
i'm told ALL milk sweets in rajasthan are great. well, if the kalakand i picked up for friends atLNB Sweets later on in the trip are an indicator, that's SUPER TRUE!
7.
Chokhi Dhani!
yep, i managed a trip to THE place that pretty much everyone i mentioned my jaipur trip to insisted i visit.
it's a kitschy, resort'y place near sanganer about a half-hour drive from the city. they've created a faux village, with a bunch of stalls and open-air stages for dancers, a bhavishyavaani (those kooky machines), a palm reader, mehndi artist, maalishwala (tempting), puppet theatre, yada yada yada (you get the picture)
plastered mud, artfully painted walls, everyone's cheerful, the whole place is super-touristy... but the food!
at a 250/- cover charge (you need only pay a teeny fee for playing the stall games) it's a very worth-it experience.
eat sensibly. if you can. i dare you. 'nuff said!
8.
back in mumbai, the hunt for good food/better times continues... (yes, that was sad :p)
and we found it! ystdy, kalpu and i decided to check out Ivy, the Indage-owned wine bar at Worli on Annie Besant road.
the food's reasonably priced, and they do have an extensive menu. but who are we kidding? we went there to drink, and drink we did.
instead of chicken-shit'edly ordering by the glass, and then spending a lot more money in trying to reach our buzz-limits, we dove right in and ordered by the bottle (highly recommended, way more paisa-vasool)
now, neither of us know squat about wine. other than the fact that we like it, and we're willing to learn; by trying as much of it as we can. hah! or should i say hic!?
sure we could try and find someone who knows their shit, or at least pretends better than we do; but it's so much more fun with a chaddi-buddy :)
we went for a riviera pinot noir. i have NO CLUE whether it was good, or utter crap! we didn't hate it, it was very dry (which i'm fine with) and by the end of it, we were beautifully buzzed. which is THE spot you're aiming for on a sunday evening.
so as not to be total tankards, and get more wasted than we wanted to be, there were bites ordered too (lest you think we're complete lushes)
a couple of quiches, decent enough. a chicken & mayo sandwich, hefty and satisfying and a chocolate truffle (goopy, and therefore, good)
saap joined us in a bit, ordered a glassful of chantilli chenin blanc, sweet and served in a chilled glass. very pretty.
i've read other reivews praising the food at Ivy, and the table next to us had a bunch of owner/partner-types standing about sampling dish after dish, so i guess they do take stock of what they're shoving into our nose bags.
which can't be a bad thing, ever. do visit. it's a delight.
signing off. my posts invariably get too long for even me to read later. must learn the art of precis.
bye bye darlings, south-indian sastha-tikkau lunch awaits with friends in a short while.
long live the weekend!
and oh yeah,
Ivy: Annie Besant Road, Worli
snacks n tipple for 2 (and-a-half, cause saap joined late): Rs 900/-
5.
radomly bought kachori. one word: excellent!
i was told later, to go to Rawat's and try the kachori there. they serve gol gappa too! which i SO miss in mumbai. and DON'T tell me mumbai does paani puri which the same thing; cause it ISN'T, you dumbass!!
the tragedy of it all though, was that when we did get around to going there, we were too full to even want to get out of the car!
sigh, i think the loss will haunt me forever. or, at least till i can go there again and remedy that bit of stoopidity! but seriously peeps, the street kachori rocks!
6.
radomly bought kulfi.
mmmm... milk... stupefying... creamy... bigger... better... than any i've had before.
i'm told ALL milk sweets in rajasthan are great. well, if the kalakand i picked up for friends atLNB Sweets later on in the trip are an indicator, that's SUPER TRUE!
7.
Chokhi Dhani!
yep, i managed a trip to THE place that pretty much everyone i mentioned my jaipur trip to insisted i visit.
it's a kitschy, resort'y place near sanganer about a half-hour drive from the city. they've created a faux village, with a bunch of stalls and open-air stages for dancers, a bhavishyavaani (those kooky machines), a palm reader, mehndi artist, maalishwala (tempting), puppet theatre, yada yada yada (you get the picture)
plastered mud, artfully painted walls, everyone's cheerful, the whole place is super-touristy... but the food!
at a 250/- cover charge (you need only pay a teeny fee for playing the stall games) it's a very worth-it experience.
eat sensibly. if you can. i dare you. 'nuff said!
8.
back in mumbai, the hunt for good food/better times continues... (yes, that was sad :p)
and we found it! ystdy, kalpu and i decided to check out Ivy, the Indage-owned wine bar at Worli on Annie Besant road.
the food's reasonably priced, and they do have an extensive menu. but who are we kidding? we went there to drink, and drink we did.
instead of chicken-shit'edly ordering by the glass, and then spending a lot more money in trying to reach our buzz-limits, we dove right in and ordered by the bottle (highly recommended, way more paisa-vasool)
now, neither of us know squat about wine. other than the fact that we like it, and we're willing to learn; by trying as much of it as we can. hah! or should i say hic!?
sure we could try and find someone who knows their shit, or at least pretends better than we do; but it's so much more fun with a chaddi-buddy :)
we went for a riviera pinot noir. i have NO CLUE whether it was good, or utter crap! we didn't hate it, it was very dry (which i'm fine with) and by the end of it, we were beautifully buzzed. which is THE spot you're aiming for on a sunday evening.
so as not to be total tankards, and get more wasted than we wanted to be, there were bites ordered too (lest you think we're complete lushes)
a couple of quiches, decent enough. a chicken & mayo sandwich, hefty and satisfying and a chocolate truffle (goopy, and therefore, good)
saap joined us in a bit, ordered a glassful of chantilli chenin blanc, sweet and served in a chilled glass. very pretty.
i've read other reivews praising the food at Ivy, and the table next to us had a bunch of owner/partner-types standing about sampling dish after dish, so i guess they do take stock of what they're shoving into our nose bags.
which can't be a bad thing, ever. do visit. it's a delight.
signing off. my posts invariably get too long for even me to read later. must learn the art of precis.
bye bye darlings, south-indian sastha-tikkau lunch awaits with friends in a short while.
long live the weekend!
and oh yeah,
Ivy: Annie Besant Road, Worli
snacks n tipple for 2 (and-a-half, cause saap joined late): Rs 900/-
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