When we were about to die under the sun after fighting for the accomodation, we decided to shift the gear from hotels to lodges and fortunately for us, the first one that we inspected was as good as a decent hotel. Without blinking our eye, we decided to make it our "sweet home" for the next two nights. Anurag insisted on a balcony wala room, although it was a bit costly than others, as if he was going to pose in front of it whole evening! By this time, we were dead tired, skipping lunch we were dead on the bed for the next 3 and a half hours.
Anurag was interested in seeing the beauty of sun set but he just forgot that we need to get out of the bed on time to watch it. Probably he satisfied himself taking glimpses of setting sun in his dreams! Finally we got up at around 7. After taking bath (this was the second bath of the day and there were plenty in the next two days!) we decided to take a leisurely walk to the beach which was just behind our lodge. Chewing peanuts, we set our foot on the white sand of Ganpatipule which was exceptionally smooth! Coconut water was followed by the long walk on the beach with occassional wading in the sea water. We were in no mood to immerse ourselves in water so we laid our backs on the rocks there. The waves were quite a distance from the rocks but they were moving towards us with each passing minute (high tide). With nothing planned for the evening, we were just gazing at the stars and the vast sea. Now, there is something very unique with the sea. Its vastness, on the one hand mesmerises you and on the other the same vastness frighten you. Atleast i experience this.
To make myself more comfortable, i took out my wallet and placed it on the rocks. After about half an hour of heavenly pleasure, the first sea waves touched the feet of the rocks and it was the time for us to go back. We were too hungry and had to make a few phone calls too...again a leisurely walk through the beach and to the STD booth. Time to pay Mr. Gaurav. Just a minute, where is the wallet? It must be sitting pretty on the rock?or take this...The rock must be completely immersed in the water by now..and with it my wallet must be somewhere in the midst of the sea! With these thoughts, I probably ran the fastest 800mts on this planet. I guess i clocked better than Wilson Kipketar that day! Now, my wallet was not as expensive as of any young lady as there were no lipsticks, nailpolishes and face powder, still it had credit cards, pan card, driving license and cash which by no means are lesser than the cosmatics! Fortunately when i reached the rock, there was still some time left for the sea to gulp it and i got back my wallet just in time!
After the drama, we were too hungry and decided to have dinner at MTDC restaurant. and the quantity was suggesting as if we were having dinner after ages! After dinner it was beach time again. One of the best feeling that u can have on earth is to wade bare footed in the sea water. The pleasure is beyond words. We returned to the room pretty late in the night and soon after started making plans for the next day. By this time, all my 13 friends joined us too. Before sleeping, we decided to visit another Shivaji's fort, named Jaigad Fort, which was 35 kms from Ganpatipule. As always we decided to leave early. Our bodies served us a clear cut 'NO' when it was the time to awake and we finally woke up at 8. As soon as we got ready to leave, we realised that my friends had other ideas. And within 20 minutes we were in the sea waves again. Without colours but plenty of water. Really a unique experience to celebrate holi on the beach! After 2 hrs of sheer fun, we were back to the room and another bath followed and soon after we were on road to Jaigad. Reached there in half an hour and like all other Shivaji's fort this too had nothing except walls. But the sea behing it was making things beautiful. Again our camera roll ditched us and there were no signs of life around the fort, let alone a shop to purchase roll.We were so disgusted that we decided not to click any more snaps and because of this reason we just have 12 snaps of this entire visit!
On our way back, we spotted another sea beach, yet to be named and probably yet to be touched by man (this is a slight exaggeration). We just love to follow non existant routes and followed another one to get to that beach and we were the only guys there! It seemed like a private property to us! Another encounter with the waves followed for the next 45 minutes and when our satisfaction quotient reached 200%, we decided to go back only to find our room mates missing from the lodge. We had no other option but to take another walk on the beach...Fortunately the fellows returned after sometime and in no time we were dead again....
To be continued.....
Thursday, March 31, 2005
Tuesday, March 29, 2005
Destination Ganpatipule...
Eyes wanted to dream but the sleep proved to be elusive for us. Probably our souls were too excited! Yes, we were about to embark on our new and the longest trip till date on bike...to the white sand beach of Ganpatipule..full 350 kms drive from Mumbai. We decided to leave as early as possible because we wanted to beat the traffic as well as the scorching heat of the sun. We went off to the bed at 1:30 am and we were planning to leave at 5:00am. Blame it on mosquitoes or the adrenaline that was flowing, there were no signs of sleep. When i was taking my (n+m)th turn on bed, I realised that even this fellow, Anurag was awake! And guess what he uttered in the middle of the night? "Its 3'O Clock, Chalein kya?" Now avoiding sun is OK but we also made a resolution few months back not to drive in dark! Some how I could convince him to continue his struggle with mosquitoes for one hour more! Alarm was set at 4:30 but we were off the bed at 4:00am. A round of chai (obviously prepared by me) followed by the map reading (i duly forgot the map in office but fortunately my friend brought it from there).
And there we were, on road at 4:45 am sharp. Resetted the distance meter which was supposed to show some large numbers this time, enveloped with the excitement, we hit the road. Withing 15 minutes of drive , i realised my blunder. I forgot to bring any jacket and at 5:00 the breeze was as cool as u can imagine. So, for the next one and a half hour, my destiny was to become an icy flesh. I was desparately waiting for the sun rise, this time not for the photoshoot but for its warmth. Although we were pretty early, still, as they say, this city never sleeps, and even at that time there was considerable traffic on road whose full beam flashes were causing some trouble to Anurag. First halt came after 81kms of drive. At a filling station, tank full and we were on road again after a 10 minute break. Roads were smooth and we were flowing on it. Sun showed its first sign at around 7:00 and it simultaneously put some life in me.
Our first halt came after 157 kms of ride at a stretch. This time it was our turn to get the refill. Filled ourselves with idli dosa stuff with tea coffe...bought a packet of "chingum" as Anurag pronounce it. and we were on road again.. After covering a mere 30kms we were forced to break the journey again! Reason? We were dozing off on bike! I can count atleast 3 occassions and even Anurag confessed that he too dozed twice! So, it was the time for the much needed Chai!
From there, ghats started which were not looking so beautiful as they were devoid of any greenry, but still we enjoyed those curves! We continued to float on the black beauty (roads) and our third and the final break came at 50 kms prior tp Ganpatipule (GP Pule as we call it). Anurag forced a 'kokam' sharbat on me and a round of bhurji pav followed...In the backyard of that roadside hotel , i spotted the beautiful location and literally dragged Anurag for a photosession and after satisfying the photographer in me we moved ahead...
As soon as we took the turn to Ganpatipule, the total scenery around us changed completely. Instead of large mountains and ghats, there was large barren land on both sides of the road with no signs of vegetation at all..We were nearing our destination..Just before 7 kms to ganpatipule, i clicked the snaps in front of a mile stone showing "Ganpatipule-7kms". Somehow i like to capture the mortals with different milestones..Strange na? As soon as we touched GP, we got a divine glimpse of the vast sea which promised a lot...We knew we were on the right place!
Now first challange was to get an accomodation as the fatigue and heat took its toll on us...and we had to book hotel for 13 of my friends including my room mates who were scheduled to reach there in the night....We decided on a tent in MTDC resort and more or less finalised it but the lady luck played the cruel joke again. It was available for just a day and we wanted it for two! From there the torture of finding a place for 15 guys started that too in 2'Oclock sun and after a drive of 350 odd kms! The three hotels that we spotted on the net were running in their full capacities and it seemed everybody on the earth came to ganpatipule to play holi as if it is the only place on planet where you can get the colours!
We were exhausted, tired, tortured and about to die and still without roof! Just imagine...two night stay under the open sky on the beach!
To be continued....
Anurag's Perspective
And there we were, on road at 4:45 am sharp. Resetted the distance meter which was supposed to show some large numbers this time, enveloped with the excitement, we hit the road. Withing 15 minutes of drive , i realised my blunder. I forgot to bring any jacket and at 5:00 the breeze was as cool as u can imagine. So, for the next one and a half hour, my destiny was to become an icy flesh. I was desparately waiting for the sun rise, this time not for the photoshoot but for its warmth. Although we were pretty early, still, as they say, this city never sleeps, and even at that time there was considerable traffic on road whose full beam flashes were causing some trouble to Anurag. First halt came after 81kms of drive. At a filling station, tank full and we were on road again after a 10 minute break. Roads were smooth and we were flowing on it. Sun showed its first sign at around 7:00 and it simultaneously put some life in me.
Our first halt came after 157 kms of ride at a stretch. This time it was our turn to get the refill. Filled ourselves with idli dosa stuff with tea coffe...bought a packet of "chingum" as Anurag pronounce it. and we were on road again.. After covering a mere 30kms we were forced to break the journey again! Reason? We were dozing off on bike! I can count atleast 3 occassions and even Anurag confessed that he too dozed twice! So, it was the time for the much needed Chai!
From there, ghats started which were not looking so beautiful as they were devoid of any greenry, but still we enjoyed those curves! We continued to float on the black beauty (roads) and our third and the final break came at 50 kms prior tp Ganpatipule (GP Pule as we call it). Anurag forced a 'kokam' sharbat on me and a round of bhurji pav followed...In the backyard of that roadside hotel , i spotted the beautiful location and literally dragged Anurag for a photosession and after satisfying the photographer in me we moved ahead...
As soon as we took the turn to Ganpatipule, the total scenery around us changed completely. Instead of large mountains and ghats, there was large barren land on both sides of the road with no signs of vegetation at all..We were nearing our destination..Just before 7 kms to ganpatipule, i clicked the snaps in front of a mile stone showing "Ganpatipule-7kms". Somehow i like to capture the mortals with different milestones..Strange na? As soon as we touched GP, we got a divine glimpse of the vast sea which promised a lot...We knew we were on the right place!
Now first challange was to get an accomodation as the fatigue and heat took its toll on us...and we had to book hotel for 13 of my friends including my room mates who were scheduled to reach there in the night....We decided on a tent in MTDC resort and more or less finalised it but the lady luck played the cruel joke again. It was available for just a day and we wanted it for two! From there the torture of finding a place for 15 guys started that too in 2'Oclock sun and after a drive of 350 odd kms! The three hotels that we spotted on the net were running in their full capacities and it seemed everybody on the earth came to ganpatipule to play holi as if it is the only place on planet where you can get the colours!
We were exhausted, tired, tortured and about to die and still without roof! Just imagine...two night stay under the open sky on the beach!
To be continued....
Anurag's Perspective
Thursday, March 24, 2005
and again!!!
I was supposed to visit Gwalior in these days. Somehow things didn't materialize and Anurag was elated for obvious reasons.
So, this time we will be celebrating our holi at a very special place. This time the destination is Ganpatipule, one of the only two white sand beaches in Maharashtra (other being Kashid Beach). Ganpatipule is 375 odd kms from Mumbai. So, the to and fro journey will be more than 750 kms! As always, we are three in number. Anurag, Highway star & yours truely.
This will be our fourth tour on bike after 1. Murud/Janzira via Alibagh 2. Lonavala 3. Mahabaleshwar / Panchgani.
I know it will be hot out there on the road and humid at the beach. But who cares as long as we are enjoying our ride! Like every other trip, we are too lazy to book any sort of accomodation there. So, it will be another hunt for the hotel once we reach there. I have been assigned to find the road map to the GP but i have not been successful till now to get a decent one online!
We will leave very early in the morning (or night?) at 5:30 am(god help me here...) tomorrow to avoid the traffic and to reduce the total tanning time in sun.
This will be my first experience of playing holi in the midst of sea waves! Too excited to write anything more...
I will be back on Monday...(Office Sucks..)
Travelogue will follow soon....
Cheers..
So, this time we will be celebrating our holi at a very special place. This time the destination is Ganpatipule, one of the only two white sand beaches in Maharashtra (other being Kashid Beach). Ganpatipule is 375 odd kms from Mumbai. So, the to and fro journey will be more than 750 kms! As always, we are three in number. Anurag, Highway star & yours truely.
This will be our fourth tour on bike after 1. Murud/Janzira via Alibagh 2. Lonavala 3. Mahabaleshwar / Panchgani.
I know it will be hot out there on the road and humid at the beach. But who cares as long as we are enjoying our ride! Like every other trip, we are too lazy to book any sort of accomodation there. So, it will be another hunt for the hotel once we reach there. I have been assigned to find the road map to the GP but i have not been successful till now to get a decent one online!
We will leave very early in the morning (or night?) at 5:30 am(god help me here...) tomorrow to avoid the traffic and to reduce the total tanning time in sun.
This will be my first experience of playing holi in the midst of sea waves! Too excited to write anything more...
I will be back on Monday...(Office Sucks..)
Travelogue will follow soon....
Cheers..
Tuesday, March 22, 2005
Thanks a lot!!
I have not posted anything for the last few days and in the mean time, the comment box in the last post crossed century mark. Thanks to you all and thanks to Mr. Finisher CHANDU and i am as elated as Narendra Hirwani would have been after scoring a century!
Before writing anything, i would like to thank all of you for those lovely wishes that you showered on me on my B'day. Although some missed the train and came late still the feelings were same. Because of you all, this B'day was a little different for me. I have made a bond of sorts with you all. and never in my life time i have accepted B'day wishes from so many guys...atleast not from those whom i haven't seen or met at all! Such is the power of this blog world!
I was supposed to visit my hometown these days but somehow plan doomed. Now i will be leaving in April last week. Really its been a long time since i had been to my home. A very short Delhi trip is also on the anvil to attend a friend's marriage.
Saturday was entertaining, Sunday was lazy as usual while Monday was hectic, depressing and demotivating and i think i can throw some light atleast on the first two.
On saturday i changed my workstation for the second time in as many months and the location is the worst u can imagine. My comp is in direct line of sight of my boss! As the shifting was taking place I decided to go out from the office a little early. Anurag was killing his time in Vashi on the name of giving a farewell to one of his many 'friends'.He picked me from office and then it was snacks time along with watching cricket. Evening was reserved for a long drive and we traversed the lonely and peaceful palm beach road. We tried hard to find a coffee machine wala coffee (I hate Cuppachinos) but all efforts failed. The drive party ended when my flatmate called me and asked me to come back as they were making a plan for a movie. We duly followed his order and reached flat. There we met the most indecisive creature on earth..gals..oh god..why they cannot take a quick decision after all they just have to made their mind to watch a movie..i was not asking them to interpret the mysterious smile of Monalisa! Alas..another plan bombed! and the day ended with icecreams...
Sunday was sporty..watched india's triumph on Pakistan at Eden Gardens and another commendable performance by Karthikeyan at Malasian Grand Prix. This man is showing real guts and class..He was the best among rookies yet again and finished 11th overall...Rest of the day passed in sleeping, washing, finishing a few pending stuff and like that...
I would like to skip the details of dreaded monday! Another weekend is approaching..i m getting two consecutive holidays..nope..Friday is not a holiday for us...Somehow my company walas are not feeling anything "good" about this good friday...but i m taking leave...yes..you guessed it right...another plan in the pipeline!!
Will post about the plan soon..may be tomorrow...Till then
Cheers...(writing this post in a jiffy...so forgive me if i bored u in this post...;-)
Before writing anything, i would like to thank all of you for those lovely wishes that you showered on me on my B'day. Although some missed the train and came late still the feelings were same. Because of you all, this B'day was a little different for me. I have made a bond of sorts with you all. and never in my life time i have accepted B'day wishes from so many guys...atleast not from those whom i haven't seen or met at all! Such is the power of this blog world!
I was supposed to visit my hometown these days but somehow plan doomed. Now i will be leaving in April last week. Really its been a long time since i had been to my home. A very short Delhi trip is also on the anvil to attend a friend's marriage.
Saturday was entertaining, Sunday was lazy as usual while Monday was hectic, depressing and demotivating and i think i can throw some light atleast on the first two.
On saturday i changed my workstation for the second time in as many months and the location is the worst u can imagine. My comp is in direct line of sight of my boss! As the shifting was taking place I decided to go out from the office a little early. Anurag was killing his time in Vashi on the name of giving a farewell to one of his many 'friends'.He picked me from office and then it was snacks time along with watching cricket. Evening was reserved for a long drive and we traversed the lonely and peaceful palm beach road. We tried hard to find a coffee machine wala coffee (I hate Cuppachinos) but all efforts failed. The drive party ended when my flatmate called me and asked me to come back as they were making a plan for a movie. We duly followed his order and reached flat. There we met the most indecisive creature on earth..gals..oh god..why they cannot take a quick decision after all they just have to made their mind to watch a movie..i was not asking them to interpret the mysterious smile of Monalisa! Alas..another plan bombed! and the day ended with icecreams...
Sunday was sporty..watched india's triumph on Pakistan at Eden Gardens and another commendable performance by Karthikeyan at Malasian Grand Prix. This man is showing real guts and class..He was the best among rookies yet again and finished 11th overall...Rest of the day passed in sleeping, washing, finishing a few pending stuff and like that...
I would like to skip the details of dreaded monday! Another weekend is approaching..i m getting two consecutive holidays..nope..Friday is not a holiday for us...Somehow my company walas are not feeling anything "good" about this good friday...but i m taking leave...yes..you guessed it right...another plan in the pipeline!!
Will post about the plan soon..may be tomorrow...Till then
Cheers...(writing this post in a jiffy...so forgive me if i bored u in this post...;-)
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
24 Years!
I have always maintained that the time does not melts…it just evaporates. You just cannot believe that the moments u cherished so much are now a part of past. You try to hold those precious moments but they just fade away..The tightier you hold the sand, the easier it will slip away. And with these thoughts, I exhausted one more year of my life or more appropriately I “lived” one more year of my life. It’s been 24 long years! Still the memories of the past are afresh.
Still remember the days when I used to cry to go to school as my big brother was already in school and I was dying to wear the uniform!
My cricketing days, when cricket was my religion and I used to spend 6 hours at stadium in scorching heat sweating it out with the cricket gear to make it big. And the day, when I left the game altogether to put my head into studies. That was a difficult decision. But in retrospect, probably a right one and a turning point in my life.
The day when my brother and sister fought with my mom to pack me outside Gwalior for my engineering although I was getting admission in Gwalior also. That move was aimed to make me more independent. I came to Indore for the next four years and the move paid off. I can call that second turning point.
The day when I could not make it to TCS. It was one of the only two companies that came to our college for campus and the time was worst ever for freshers. I cried and was shattered.
4th Aug’03. The day when I cleared my first ever job interview and came to Mumbai for a new beginning.
These are just few of the most defining moments of my life. A life full of twists and turns or we can say its been a true roller-coaster ride. It never came to me on a platter but I faced and enjoyed every moment of it. I am sure there are many more years to come, and many twists to unveil but afterall..Life is like that!
In the last one year…
1. 5 of my friends got married.
2. I completed one year of official life.
3. I had the 2nd get together at Hyderabad with my college gang.
4. Started my blog and made many new friends.
5. had a couple of memorable bike trips with Anurag
and more importantly, realized what is financial independence.
So, with this sober post, 3 cheers…and
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
…TO ME!!!
Still remember the days when I used to cry to go to school as my big brother was already in school and I was dying to wear the uniform!
My cricketing days, when cricket was my religion and I used to spend 6 hours at stadium in scorching heat sweating it out with the cricket gear to make it big. And the day, when I left the game altogether to put my head into studies. That was a difficult decision. But in retrospect, probably a right one and a turning point in my life.
The day when my brother and sister fought with my mom to pack me outside Gwalior for my engineering although I was getting admission in Gwalior also. That move was aimed to make me more independent. I came to Indore for the next four years and the move paid off. I can call that second turning point.
The day when I could not make it to TCS. It was one of the only two companies that came to our college for campus and the time was worst ever for freshers. I cried and was shattered.
4th Aug’03. The day when I cleared my first ever job interview and came to Mumbai for a new beginning.
These are just few of the most defining moments of my life. A life full of twists and turns or we can say its been a true roller-coaster ride. It never came to me on a platter but I faced and enjoyed every moment of it. I am sure there are many more years to come, and many twists to unveil but afterall..Life is like that!
In the last one year…
1. 5 of my friends got married.
2. I completed one year of official life.
3. I had the 2nd get together at Hyderabad with my college gang.
4. Started my blog and made many new friends.
5. had a couple of memorable bike trips with Anurag
and more importantly, realized what is financial independence.
So, with this sober post, 3 cheers…and
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
…TO ME!!!
Monday, March 14, 2005
Best on Marriage & Wife! Isn't it true?
Not enough incidents to write..or should i say, not enough time to write or more appropriately, not enough drive to write..
So posting this one..
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I recently read that love is entirely a matter of chemistry. That must be why my wife treats me like toxic waste.
- David Bissonette
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When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her.
- Sacha Guitry
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After marriage, husband and wife become two sides of a coin; they just can't face each other, but still they stay together.
-- Hemant Joshi
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By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
-- Socrates
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It's true that all men are born free and equal, but some of them get MARRIED!
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A happy marriage is a matter of giving and taking; the husband gives and the wife takes.
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Woman inspires us to great things, and prevents us from achieving them.
-- Dumas
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The great question... which I have not been able to answer... is, "What does a woman want?
-- Freud
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I had some words with my wife, and she had some paragraphs with me.
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"Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little candlelight, dinner, soft music and dancing. She goes Tuesdays, I go Fridays."
- Henry Youngman
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"I don't worry about terrorism. I was married for two years."
- Sam Kinison
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"There's a way of transferring funds that is even faster than electronic banking. It's called marriage."
- James Holt McGavran
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"I've had bad luck with both my wives. The first one left me and the second one didn't."
- Patrick Murray
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It's true that all men are born free and equal, but some of them get married!
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Marriage is the process of finding out what kind of man your wife would have preferred.
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Marry not a tennis player. For love means nothing to them.
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Two secrets to keep your marriage brimming
1. Whenever you're wrong, admit it,
2. Whenever you're right, shut up.
-- Nash
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The most effective way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget it once..
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My wife only has 2 complaints. Nothing to wear and not enough closet space.
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You know what I did before I married? Anything I wanted to.
-- Henny Youngman
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My wife and I were happy for twenty years.
Then we met.
-- Rodney Dangerfield
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A good wife always forgives her husband when she's
wrong.
-- Milton Berle
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Marriage is the only war where one sleeps with the enemy.
-- Anonymous
===================================================
A man inserted an 'ad' in the classifieds: "Wife
wanted". Next day he received a hundred letters. They
all said the same thing: "You can have mine."
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First Guy (proudly): "My wife's an angel!"
Second Guy "You're lucky, mine's still alive."
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and this one takes the cake!
"I haven't spoken to my wife in years. I didn't want to interrupt her."
- Rodney Dangerfield
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Cheers!!
So posting this one..
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I recently read that love is entirely a matter of chemistry. That must be why my wife treats me like toxic waste.
- David Bissonette
===================================================
When a man steals your wife, there is no better revenge than to let him keep her.
- Sacha Guitry
===================================================
After marriage, husband and wife become two sides of a coin; they just can't face each other, but still they stay together.
-- Hemant Joshi
===================================================
By all means marry. If you get a good wife, you'll be happy. If you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.
-- Socrates
===================================================
It's true that all men are born free and equal, but some of them get MARRIED!
===================================================
A happy marriage is a matter of giving and taking; the husband gives and the wife takes.
===================================================
Woman inspires us to great things, and prevents us from achieving them.
-- Dumas
===================================================
The great question... which I have not been able to answer... is, "What does a woman want?
-- Freud
===================================================
I had some words with my wife, and she had some paragraphs with me.
===================================================
"Some people ask the secret of our long marriage. We take time to go to a restaurant two times a week. A little candlelight, dinner, soft music and dancing. She goes Tuesdays, I go Fridays."
- Henry Youngman
===================================================
"I don't worry about terrorism. I was married for two years."
- Sam Kinison
===================================================
"There's a way of transferring funds that is even faster than electronic banking. It's called marriage."
- James Holt McGavran
===================================================
"I've had bad luck with both my wives. The first one left me and the second one didn't."
- Patrick Murray
===================================================
It's true that all men are born free and equal, but some of them get married!
===================================================
Marriage is the process of finding out what kind of man your wife would have preferred.
===================================================
Marry not a tennis player. For love means nothing to them.
===================================================
Two secrets to keep your marriage brimming
1. Whenever you're wrong, admit it,
2. Whenever you're right, shut up.
-- Nash
===================================================
The most effective way to remember your wife's birthday is to forget it once..
===================================================
My wife only has 2 complaints. Nothing to wear and not enough closet space.
===================================================
You know what I did before I married? Anything I wanted to.
-- Henny Youngman
===================================================
My wife and I were happy for twenty years.
Then we met.
-- Rodney Dangerfield
===================================================
A good wife always forgives her husband when she's
wrong.
-- Milton Berle
===================================================
Marriage is the only war where one sleeps with the enemy.
-- Anonymous
===================================================
A man inserted an 'ad' in the classifieds: "Wife
wanted". Next day he received a hundred letters. They
all said the same thing: "You can have mine."
===================================================
First Guy (proudly): "My wife's an angel!"
Second Guy "You're lucky, mine's still alive."
===================================================
and this one takes the cake!
"I haven't spoken to my wife in years. I didn't want to interrupt her."
- Rodney Dangerfield
===================================================
Cheers!!
Wednesday, March 09, 2005
Sunday...Monday...Tuesday...
It was another sleepy Sunday when I woke up at 9:00 am with nothing to do for the whole day! I mean nothing to shop, no dusting, no visits to any place, no guests expected and above all, no clothes to wash! The day started with usual T & TOI (I mean, Tea and Times of India). After flipping the sports pages and then the front page (I read newspaper in that order only!), Movie reviews grabbed my attention. It was the review of movie “Socha Na Tha”..Don’t get puzzled..There is actually a movie of this name, which released last Friday with Abhay Deol & Ayesha Takia in lead. The review covered not more than 8-10 lines but somehow I decided to go for that movie. I mean I didn’t want to spend my Sunday sleeping for 2 hours after every 2 hours! My flat mates readily agreed (Even they were totally Vela!). And there we were, at the theatre at 3:00 PM!
You know, life is best when you don’t expect anything out of it and let the things come to your way one by one. This macro principle applies for micro things too… like movies! When we went inside the theatre, we were completely blank and were not expecting anything from the movie. Neither we were expecting a crap nor a masterpiece! And I must admit that all three of us came out of the movie hall completely satisfied. I mean, if u want me to describe the movie in one word, I would say, entertaining. It had a minty fresh feeling (borrowing the word from TOI!). The dialogues were good and were enacted on screen very casually by the two lead actors. The story had the pace that is required to bind the audience and Abhay and Ayesha in their first and third film respectively, didn’t disappoint. I am not saying Abhay is the next superstar or something. Infact he would require all the luck in the world to get a second film and u can get atleast three better faces than him if u start searching in your own colony. But if you can keep his face aside for some moments, then the guy was as natural as possible.
I had a pretty dull day in the form of Monday. I was pretty busy with usual Monday things and had a severe headache in the evening, which continued till late in the night. After 4 medicines and 3 vomits, I was OK at 12:30 am! Slept peacefully till 8:00 in the morning but I was still feeling dizzy. I bravely encountered it till lunch but gave up after that and came back from office to catch some much-needed rest. I was dead on my bed for the next three hours. At 4:30, Anurag called me to inform that he is coming. An hour later, he was at my place and I was feeling as fit as John Abraham! Now we were hungry as always. Although Vashi McD is just 10 minutes drive from my place, we decided to go all the way to Panvel MCD as we wanted a drive too!! Just imagine, a 60 kms to and fro drive for a petty burger and French fries! As usual, we enjoyed the drive to the fullest and also made a quick plan for the night show. And guess which movie? Yeah..again” Socha Na Tha!” We still had some time in our hands, so we visited a bookshop and bought 3 books.. I took India Unbound by Gurucharan Das. After that watched the movie for the second time and loved it again.
For me, who is very choosy when it comes to watching movies in theatre, watching it for the second time in 3 days was totally unexpected! Really “Socha Na Tha”. As far as rating is concerned, I would say, It’s recommendable. Watch it and you will know why I am recommending it! But don’t beat me if u don’t like it! I mean it depends on your taste and the state of mind in which you go into the theatre!
Cheers!!
You know, life is best when you don’t expect anything out of it and let the things come to your way one by one. This macro principle applies for micro things too… like movies! When we went inside the theatre, we were completely blank and were not expecting anything from the movie. Neither we were expecting a crap nor a masterpiece! And I must admit that all three of us came out of the movie hall completely satisfied. I mean, if u want me to describe the movie in one word, I would say, entertaining. It had a minty fresh feeling (borrowing the word from TOI!). The dialogues were good and were enacted on screen very casually by the two lead actors. The story had the pace that is required to bind the audience and Abhay and Ayesha in their first and third film respectively, didn’t disappoint. I am not saying Abhay is the next superstar or something. Infact he would require all the luck in the world to get a second film and u can get atleast three better faces than him if u start searching in your own colony. But if you can keep his face aside for some moments, then the guy was as natural as possible.
I had a pretty dull day in the form of Monday. I was pretty busy with usual Monday things and had a severe headache in the evening, which continued till late in the night. After 4 medicines and 3 vomits, I was OK at 12:30 am! Slept peacefully till 8:00 in the morning but I was still feeling dizzy. I bravely encountered it till lunch but gave up after that and came back from office to catch some much-needed rest. I was dead on my bed for the next three hours. At 4:30, Anurag called me to inform that he is coming. An hour later, he was at my place and I was feeling as fit as John Abraham! Now we were hungry as always. Although Vashi McD is just 10 minutes drive from my place, we decided to go all the way to Panvel MCD as we wanted a drive too!! Just imagine, a 60 kms to and fro drive for a petty burger and French fries! As usual, we enjoyed the drive to the fullest and also made a quick plan for the night show. And guess which movie? Yeah..again” Socha Na Tha!” We still had some time in our hands, so we visited a bookshop and bought 3 books.. I took India Unbound by Gurucharan Das. After that watched the movie for the second time and loved it again.
For me, who is very choosy when it comes to watching movies in theatre, watching it for the second time in 3 days was totally unexpected! Really “Socha Na Tha”. As far as rating is concerned, I would say, It’s recommendable. Watch it and you will know why I am recommending it! But don’t beat me if u don’t like it! I mean it depends on your taste and the state of mind in which you go into the theatre!
Cheers!!
Saturday, March 05, 2005
I am happy!!
For this post, all sorts of topics crossed my mind varying from juvenile crimes to the misadventure of Governors of Goa & Jharkhand, but then my own daily idiotic chores scored over them and here I am writing about myself again!
After the Mahabaleshwar & Panchgani trip, the days were not as happening as I would have liked but they were not as dull as I was expecting them. For the last few weeks I am realizing that I am tilting towards many new things or I should say many things which I always wanted to do but couldn’t due to either lack of resources or time or favorable conditions & one of then is photography. The very thought of capturing the scenic beauty of nature in camera is enough to give me goose bumps. I am planning to acquire a digital camera within 2 months and then I will start experimenting with all sorts of photographs. I don’t know when I will be able to learn full-fledged photography, so, for the time being, I have started to read whatever is available on web.
My guitar is still crying on its fate. It’s been more than a month now when it started to produce weird sound overnight. It needs proper medication & in all probabilities I will take it to a doctor today (This is the third straight weekend when I m hoping this!) Hope it will recover soon.
I am pretty happy today & there are two good reasons to support this sudden rise in “happiness Quotient” of mine.
1. My brother won prestigious “news editing competition” yesterday which was meant for journalist only. Among the participants, there were journalists having more than 15 years of experience! He stood first among them and its hard to believe that he is a commerce graduate who has done his MBA in marketing and has changed his field to journalism exactly 5 months back! He will be awarded by Rajat Sharma today. I am really happy for him.
2. I have become “mama” for the second time…No no…this time its not my real sister, but the sister of a real close friend of mine, Thakur. His sister gave birth to a baby boy & I am happy again!
So, 2 good news in a span of 4 hours! What more one can ask for!
Have a nice weekend,
Cheers.
After the Mahabaleshwar & Panchgani trip, the days were not as happening as I would have liked but they were not as dull as I was expecting them. For the last few weeks I am realizing that I am tilting towards many new things or I should say many things which I always wanted to do but couldn’t due to either lack of resources or time or favorable conditions & one of then is photography. The very thought of capturing the scenic beauty of nature in camera is enough to give me goose bumps. I am planning to acquire a digital camera within 2 months and then I will start experimenting with all sorts of photographs. I don’t know when I will be able to learn full-fledged photography, so, for the time being, I have started to read whatever is available on web.
My guitar is still crying on its fate. It’s been more than a month now when it started to produce weird sound overnight. It needs proper medication & in all probabilities I will take it to a doctor today (This is the third straight weekend when I m hoping this!) Hope it will recover soon.
I am pretty happy today & there are two good reasons to support this sudden rise in “happiness Quotient” of mine.
1. My brother won prestigious “news editing competition” yesterday which was meant for journalist only. Among the participants, there were journalists having more than 15 years of experience! He stood first among them and its hard to believe that he is a commerce graduate who has done his MBA in marketing and has changed his field to journalism exactly 5 months back! He will be awarded by Rajat Sharma today. I am really happy for him.
2. I have become “mama” for the second time…No no…this time its not my real sister, but the sister of a real close friend of mine, Thakur. His sister gave birth to a baby boy & I am happy again!
So, 2 good news in a span of 4 hours! What more one can ask for!
Have a nice weekend,
Cheers.
Wednesday, March 02, 2005
Sad Demise...
I am fresh now. Fresh after surviving the heavy shelling and artillery fire from Anurag. Thank god I was talking to him on cell otherwise if I would have been in front of him, then by now I would be no more than a pulp!
As you all know we are just back from our adventure ride to Mahabaleshwar & Panchgani. We are having off on 26th & 27th March. For that we more or less finalized our next trip. We were planning to go to either Goa or Ganapathiphule this time and as always we were elated till this morning. It was the time for my brother to blast me. When I told him that I am coming home sometime in April (last time I visited in October!), he asked, “Are u not coming on holi?” Hearing my NO, he came out firing all cylinders and I surrendered!!
Current status: I have already called the travel agent to book my tickets for 19th March and will be back on 28th. Poor Anurag. He is having 3 days consecutive holidays and no place to go!! This was probably our last trip of the season because summers are catching up and now I guess I will have to wait for 3 more months for next! Even I am disappointed.
PS: Anurag, Please accept my full sympathy and sincere apologies as our plan is now buried six feet under! And apologies to Abhay too…;-)
As you all know we are just back from our adventure ride to Mahabaleshwar & Panchgani. We are having off on 26th & 27th March. For that we more or less finalized our next trip. We were planning to go to either Goa or Ganapathiphule this time and as always we were elated till this morning. It was the time for my brother to blast me. When I told him that I am coming home sometime in April (last time I visited in October!), he asked, “Are u not coming on holi?” Hearing my NO, he came out firing all cylinders and I surrendered!!
Current status: I have already called the travel agent to book my tickets for 19th March and will be back on 28th. Poor Anurag. He is having 3 days consecutive holidays and no place to go!! This was probably our last trip of the season because summers are catching up and now I guess I will have to wait for 3 more months for next! Even I am disappointed.
PS: Anurag, Please accept my full sympathy and sincere apologies as our plan is now buried six feet under! And apologies to Abhay too…;-)
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