Fast July

Life has been pretty fast paced all this month.

Firstly the trip down south to meet friends.

Hyderabad was good fun. Lots of old friends had moved there over the years and it was cool to meet them after such a long time. Surprisingly , most of em are married now so it wasnt like old times but ya it was more of matrured ( lol ) adults meeting up for a get together ( hehe )
I enjoyed the city a lot , the feel of old traditional town reminded of me my hometown , Aligarh in UP.
Saw Ramoji filmcity on the outskirts , one huge place ... the fun part was biking all the way there as its quite far from central town. Also saw the Golconda Fort , Birla Mandir ( beautiful ) , Charminar , Nizam's Palace n Museum ( awesome place ) n some other places. Loved the food and wont forget the 'Chai' at Hasnain cafe ... too good.

Only sad part was the day i reached Hyderabad , the same day the bomb blasts happened. Had i postponed my trip by just 1 day , i might have been in the one of those ill fated trains returning home. Well , it wasnt my time so thats about it i guess , trully sad event... After i returned to mumbai and started travelled to office , i could see that the people in the trains were pretty much muted during the entire journeys . No longer you would hear loud conversations of people in , the fast paced hustle bustle of people getting in and getting out from the compartments , the set of people whom i would meet regularly in the train ... some of em i dont see since the incident. It was truly sad what happened but as they say .. Life goes on with or without some...

From Hyderabad to Bangalore for 2 days , the place reminds of Mumbai more so now than ever before. It rained quite a lot while i was there ... Nothing much to say about the place , its cold , cool and all that.

After coming back to mumbai , shortly later on had to go to Singapore ( annual client meet ) with my cousin bro this time. It was quite hot this time and 2 days there was like one whole week cause i had to attend like 4 meetings in 2 days at different ends of the country lol . Cant complain much cause you are doing business with international clients :D
Ventured out this time to see a lot of places i had missed last time , Hard Rock Cafe was cool and the area around that is definitely a cool place. The metro MRT system is really impressive and its a breeze travelling in them.

In between somewhere Mr Pagalguy left for Wharton to spread his insaness there :D
Everything happened so fast with people coming in town and leaving at different times and me leaving , it was crazy in the end but definitely cool of all of us meeting up ... All the best with everything and NASEOH will go on ... and the OnToes treat will definitely be remembered :D

Saw Omkara ... Nice movie but not all that as people are saying. Sure , compared to what Bollywood churns out every week , its worth watching one time for the story adaptation and the setting has been nicely potrayed . Better than english Version 'O'.

Back to work like always , jeez im missing my vacation time already :D
Hopefully i get time to eat mushrooms and chase white rabbits ;)

Mixed Emotions

France lost which was a big dissapointment yesterday... I was at this place called Seven ... a pub /nightclub 6th flr shoppers stop Bandra ... nice place ... I and friends came in early to get the best seats ... later on people were forced to stand and watch the whole match. The place was packed and the atmosphere was awesome. Nice to see the women out in full support , for the game or hot Itialians ... i think latter judging by the comments and reactions to Pirlo corners , Totti free kicks
n Grosso attacks :D

It was a fun , most people were supporting Italy and they were dancing in the end... Being an Henry fan , i had to support France :) ... but they lost which was sad and seeing Zidane the way he reacted was surprising. Rumors on football forums is that Materazzi called him a " terrorist" ... so his reaction was fitting if that is what he was called. Fifa sucks when it comes to off field decisions n review committies over the years so lets see what is the outcome. Another intresting outcome will be this weekend Italian match fixing scandal results. If the teams get thrown to lower divisions , will the teams be able to pay the salary n wages to the big name ( now even Bigger ) Italians or will they be swooped by Other leagues... It will be intresting none the least...

A good friend Apurv has been blogging about his journey experience with stunning pics way up north ... do check it out here

Off to Hyderabad tomm and bangy then to party n chill ... Cya folks :D

Update Time

Long overdue...

I am going on mini vacation to Hyderabad between 11th & 14th and then to Bangalore 15th n 16th... Time to meet old friends , new friends , special people in your life who make the difference in their own unique ways. Always wanted to see Hyd , heard so much about it and the place and food :D , should be good & then Bangy ... been there only once 3 yrs back , work related trip ... was a good place then with awesome weather ( jealous of it actually , the only thing mumbai doesnt have ... only for 2 days but worth for all the 48 hours :D and back to work from tuesdays lol ...
All the people married to their jobs and work , raise your hands :D I

Then on to Singapore 22nd to 25th for business purposes only. Its been a year since the last trip which was memorable for giving a 24 yr old young guy quite inexperienced in business an oppurtunity to do business with international clients ... how many can say that and im proud of it :) ... time to get more clients and more business hehe , you have to be selfish :D

Otherwise , life has been same old work ... home routines . I miss the old times in college where all we would do is hang out and care less about responsibilities ... study last moments , be in a band and create some good music and have fun and those trips with your family , friends ... you have to sacrifice a lot to achieve other things which you are happy for but somewhere inside you dont feel too happy about it cause of all the things you would think you would have been still doing do but cant ... So all you college people , enjoy as much , create hell and more for you will be bound in shackeles of responsibilities in life OR lead a life not bound to the norm and do the unthinkable ... Freebird ;)

Tommorow world cup finals , Ill be in some pub cheering Henry to score ... who said he isnt a big game player ... did that in the semis and now its one more game :)