Fantabulous New Year..

Well it was a rocking new year for me.. Actually the end of 2009 and start of 2010 was awesome.. 3 days ago had decided to go to lonavala (the favorite destination of Mumbaikars).. Friend had informed that the climate was awesome out there.. :) Phir kya sirf saman baandne ke deri thi.. By luggage I mean winter wear.. :)

So after some negotiations with my friends (who had office on 31st and 1st Jan) we set out on an exciting trip to lonavala.. On the way we picked Sam (as usual an IT worm slogging for deadlines even on 31st :) )

Phir kya, we anticipated some traffic at the lonavala entry point, but to our surprise there was none.. something strange during that time of the year.. we waited for our friend near kumar resort and then straight away went for Tiger Point.. We could lots of camp fires and people enjoying out there and even planning to stay out there the entire night.. That was at 8 pm.. It was not that cold but hello it was still evening time.. :)

We waited for 1.5 to  hrs with garma garam bhajiya.. :) Then off to friends cottage (its rented), which is just half a km away from the Aamby valley.. He works in one of the many Aamby valley projects as a supervisor.. 

After we reached home we were starving for food.. Then after some refreshments we headed straight away for the restaurant.. The food was good, It was a small restaurant but instant menu.. :) thats when the clock struck 12 and the day that we all wait for had just started.. Thats when I get busy with my phone.. :) Duh its my birthday.. ;) 

Raat ko phir at 1 AM, we decided to ho to Aamby valley main gate.. There was a royal party inside but we couldn't go as the security was very strict (matlab ki we had passes, which my friend had arranged for all of us).. But the decoration was worth watching.. after some photo shoto, time tha ki ham room mein jake baithe.. Camp fire jalaya and phir mast mein thande climate ka maja utha rahe the.. :) And we were all eagerly waiting for our Aamby valley trip in the morning.. :)

But itni jaldi kaise sote, aur mujhe frineds sone bhi nahi de rahe the.. Not the one on the room but the ones who were calling.. :) So we started playing "UNO".. it was 3.30 am and we decided to sleep.. But one of them had already slept and his kharratte were not letting us sleep and so we enjoyed some jokes on those kharratte.. :) Finally 4-4.30 ko sab so gaye.. 

Morning got up at 7 am (u heard it right, 7 am).. I know how is that possible.. But it happened.. But we took actually 4 more hours to get out of our beds.. :) 12 noon we left his house on the exciting 3 hour journey to Aamby Valley.. Why was this exciting is because of the scenic beauty the place possesses among 4 mountains.. All this is evident from the below mentioned links..

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=135712&id=509457452&l=951bf7e9fd

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=134839&id=509457452&l=457e546187

I think pictures say a 1000 words.. So I wont describe my experience and waste your time.. Just flip through the album and you will know.. :)

Let me know how you like that place.. Its worth visiting that place, of course for free or if your are rich you can shell out 4500 bucks for a visit.. :)

Time for me to stop this ramayan.. HAPPY NEW YEAR to you all.. Hope you guys have a rocking year ahead.. :) 

And KEEP READING.. :) Chao.. 

December 26 - 24 hours of non-stop entertainment..

Nothing happened in the history on this date, it was very special day for me.. To tell what was special, i will have to tell you the itinerary..

I all started the previous day when we (those who went for 3 idiots) decided to go to Dahanu and then for a midnight buffet.. The set out time was decided to be 10.30..

Too excited i got up at 9 am.. as usual I was ready very early because i hate getting late.. But then apne Sid bhaisab late ho gaye.. then he was caught up in some urgent work.. So the start up time delayed to 12 pm.. :)

But after reaching malad east (my pick up point) I got a call that others were still in khar.. So I and Karan met up at kandivali CCD and decided to do time pass.. But then I realized that they had gone home again to pick up Sid's sister (not complaining, but the fund doubled because of her)..

Finally 3 hours later we all met up at kandivali and started our journey to dahanu.. But bhagwan ko kuch aur hi manzoor tha.. We were stuck in a heavy traffic at Dahisar which took around 2 hours to clear.. Finally we took a halt at Kamat's hotel (some 50 kms left for Dahanu).. Neha wont forget the schezwan Pav Bhaji out there.. :)

Finally at 5.15 we reached Mahalaxmi temple.. We prayed and spent some moment out there.. Then we set out for the dahanu beach (still 25 kms from the temple but in the village).. I actually went with them only hearing that we are going to dahanu, not knowing the exact location.. By the time we reached dahaun beach it was 6.40 pm.. it was dark as expected.. Spent about 45 minutes out there and then we started our return journey..

Return journey was exciting with some games by Rishi.. We reached kandivali by 10.30.. It was late for me to go home and come back so decided to go to Sid's house directly.. Karan got down and brought his car later along with 3 clothes for me to change (that was so kind of him).. Saroj and Rumi (Rishi's brother) joined us for the midnight buffet and we left Sid's place at around 12.15 am..

The venue decided was "Le Meridien".. Its on the airport road.. 5-star hotel and its default that the ambiance is ought be the world class... But we had gone there for food and specially deserts..

For non-veg the special dishes were Chicken 65, Chicken biryani, some dish in beef and starters in all possible variety.. Not to mention the free beer with the menu.. :) I also ordered a Dry Martini, tried it for the first time.. Was worth the 600 bucks (plus taxes).. There were 15 different varieties of desserts.. everything was just awesome and mouth watering.. :)

Then was the time to play cards at sid's place.. It was 4.15 am by the time we reached there.. Played cards till 7 am and then was the time to say alvida..

So it was 24 hours of non-stop fun, entertainment, joy, no sleep and yet exciting.. Not even for one moment i felt sleepy.. Thats the benefit when you are with your friends.. :)

Cia soon with some new adventure.. :)

31st is coming soon.. so buckle up.. :)

Christmas, Anniversary and 3 idiots...

Last post mentioned about the double treat.. Well its triple treat, not double..

First of all MERRY CHRISTMAS to the readers.. Hope you all had a gala time.. :)

Next it was my mom-dad's wedding anniversary.. Their 31st.. Had a private moment with them with lunch in their favorite restaurant in Malad, Landmark.. It was good..

Then the real party time for me.. We 4 idiots going for an evening 6.15 show of "3 Idiots".. :) What to say about the movie, you must have seen it by now and mind it the critics must have found a fault even in this master piece.. :)

So keeping aside the critics, the best moments of the film:

1] Rancho's famous comment on the pen invented by american for space in front of ViruS..

2] Not to forget the hindi speech of silencer (chatur)

3] Virus asking him to teach engg subject and invents 2 words.. Farhanitrate' and 'Prerajulisation'

4] The hair roti prepared by Raju's mom whilc farhan and rancho were enjoying their mutter paneer.. ;)

5] All izz well song..

6] The definition of book by Rancho..

7] Presentation of Raju's house in black and white scene induces some comedy..

8] The climax is ultimate jab "Fhunshok Wangdoo" Chatur pe bomb daalta hai.. :)

There are many more scenes.. I found a nice review of the movie.. Check this link -> http://www.salmanmania.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=29&p=27158#p27158

A must must watch.. Don't miss even a single minute.. :)

New found superstar in div E..

For the ones who are reading and already a part of Div E, they already know who is the famous personality I am talking about. For the non div E members the famous personality is T J (name hidden due to online issues), the perfectionist, a serious soul, a member of the rightist community in Div E.

Well in Div E, leftist is the community who are always sitting in the left side of the class. I don't have a word for the one sitting in the middle, so 2 columns in the left are leftist and 2 columns in the right are rightist. Also in politics, rightist always keep an open view and do not oppose to any ideas [ leftist please ignore this statement :) ]. I am just mentioning this statement to signify the importance of our star.

Why T J was the selected star? You must have heard about the competition happening in b-schools. Arre I am not talking about technical or financial events. The event where we try to find out the first committed soul after coming to the campus. Well T J is the unlucky one ( oops i mean fortunate one) who is in the race for the first prize from div E (I don't know about other divisions, and can't assume).

The next question hovering in your mind will be who is that girl?. Well that's a secret, and only the rightist know about this secret. There will be an official press release once its confirmed.

Now for the news related to NMIMS, we have a event called Fahrenheit 09-11, which is a series of competition between the various divisions of first year MBA students. Looking forward to this one.

Watch out this blog for further updates on our superstar.

Happy Friendship Day.....

HAPPY FRIENDSHIP DAY to all from you very own friend.
I know most of you might be knowing but still t inform, Friendship day is always celebrated on first Sunday of August every year.

Friendship day for me:
1] Got up pretty late, but day to start with.
2] Reached college at 11.30, not before buying some chocolates for my new friends.
3] Wished everyone whom I met in college personally and gave the chocolates. For others SMS is always an option. :)
4] Continued my CAR presentation work (which started on Saturday)
5] Left for Sid's house at around 5pm. He had invited us for dinner and kept a Satyanarayan Puja in the morning at his house. Had a good laugh, lots of chit chat, played "Sach ka saamna", short drive in Mahindra Bolero, and then returned home by 11.40 pm.

I hope I have such wonderful times with frnds in the coming days, weeks, months and even years.

Parampara, Freshers & Midnight Buffet at Orchid

Yesterday was a busy day for me. Paramapara and Fresehers plus the midnight buffet.
As usual the "Halla Bol" team met early, but very few turned up. The SCR wanted us to practice once more, but the participants decision was proved correct in the end not to practice again.

We reached Bhaidas hall, after some refreshments, exactly at 1.00 pm.. Hoping for the show to start at 1.30 pm as scheduled. But as usual we are never on time. The show eventually started at 3.30 pm.

The hall was quite empty, not many senior turned up. So was the case with juniors. Anyways the show started and the seniors showed their true colors, they had come just for bird watching. No skit no play, only dance and fashion show was their motto. Pathetic freshers shows, thanks to the seniors.
They even made some of the girls to walk the ramp just to show their faces. The most cheap behavior I expected from the seniors.

Thereafter was the fun part for us, Freshers party at Santokba hall and dinner at NMIMS quad. The party was good thanks to us, but the DJ was pathetic. All the time he played only hindi/punjabi songs and that too till the end. Something which was not expected from the DJ. Anwyas we guys did the needful by dancing like crazy bunch of people. Fun till the end.

I along with 5 other friends had dinner at Shiv Sagar, the famous pav bhaji in vile parle. Then was the most fun events of the night, the Midnight Buffet. We 4 TCSers gathered at Mithibhai and left for Orchid, Vile Parle east at around 12.30 am. Not to mention the place is awesome and the ambiance along with the food is mind blowing. 10 different types of desserts, plus shev puri and other charts made my day (oops night). Do visit this place and it costs only 460 bucks. We enjoyed our dinner (mine second one) till 3.45 pm. Later we drove from Parle to Bandra and back to Kandivali to drop everyone safely and finally reached home at 4.30 am.

In the end a hectic but a very memorable day to spend. Of course the next day (today) was spent in sleeping and roaming out of town.

Hope you enjoyed the description. Byee.. Take Care..