Amazing city... Uniquely Singapore.. (Day 1,2,3)

Day 1 : (5/12)

Started frm home at 8ish.. flight was at 11.50.. Singapore Airlines...

no traffic hassles... easy checkin... didnt get window seat initially.. but had kept it on request.. and finally got converted... amazing view.. right behind the wing... nice place.. gr8 flight... gr8 hospitality... my 1st taste of international flight...

btw.. its my 1st foreign trip... and.. 2nd flight jounery... i wil make my 2/3rd of flight journey.. on this trip.. lol... howz tht for a ratio.. (in CFA mode na.. so ratios and stuff...

got a few pics... frm the aircraft... here they r.... sumwhr over bay of bengal...




The Changi Airport... i simply amazing... fantastic... really gr8.... words not enuff... jst took few pics.. wil take more.. on return journey..



was goin to frnds apartment(whu himself is rite now in bby).. but had to go via his frnds apartment as key were vth him.. so called him frm airport aft exchangein money to singapore $... now the trouble... found a phone booth.. didnt know.. wot denomination... to put in.. struggled to read on the ph.. most of it in canotonese.. finally caught hold of a lady.. and asked... 1st contact vth a native ;) ... 10 cents it was.. and got the way to frnds place...

Cabs here a amazing... totally... i was in a innova kinda huge car... i asked the cab driver.. r all taxi rate same?.. he said yes.. i was like.. amazing... was so amazined.. didnt even look at the brand.. of the car :( ... it was a/c.. automatic.. all alone the drove at avg speed of 100kmph... !!!!

strted interacting vth him... got to knw... there r 2 taxi operators in SNG... and they hav 12 hrs shifts... all taxi work 24hrs... so no shortage at nite... hmm.. gr8... lot of gizmo's in the taxi... includin a printer... to print the bill...

went to frnds place... took keys... the area was SANG KENG.. and... u hope over to other side of Highway... u come to Puggol.. whr i was put up...

Edgefeild plain.. 105C

reached home... at 9 pm... was sittin.. in absoulte slience.. for 3 hrs.. this being a typical residential complex.. all ppl looked in there homes... shot laga.. thx to net.. called home.. chatted vth few ppl.. felt nice...


Day 2 : (6/12)

1 day b4.. CFA exam.. it was all abt.. reading... didnt go dwn... didnt eat much.. only stuff bought by couple of frnds.. whu reached this place.. 2day morning...

Day 3: (7/12)

Had to make way to Singapore Expo .. 3 of us.. rather go by cab and reach on time.. had to reach there by 8.. examz frm 9.... left home by 7... got down.. waited for 10mins a corner.. no taxi.... then another corner.. no taci.. it was 7.20... talked to few indian guyz... asked them how to reach.. no direct transport... bus-train combo... and.. it was no.. 7.25...

finally got a taxi(not as amazin as day 1 ;) ).. went.. to expo.. huge.. halls... 2 of them.. 40-50% of ppl.. giving exam had travelled frm INDIA !!!... so.. didnt feel v r at an alien country... 2 3hrs session of examz.. 1 went well.. other strictly ok...

then.. roamed at the expo ... few exibitions... goin on.. i had my 1st ever Subway sandwich :D .. MS in md's office of a bank.. wud b smiling...

now.. v wanted to travell bck by train aka MRT... but.. had to make 2 changes.. and fare of 3 ppl.. wud b more than taxi ride.. economic sense prevailed.. and.. took a taxi...

got to knw... taxi's mileage here is aorund... 10kmpl... of manual and 9ish of automatic... hmm... taxi drivers here.. quite informative of the wheels they drive.. explained us.. y so... becoz of big engines vch drink more fuel... hmm.. nice !!

came home..... ppl bit sleepy... planned to go to Clarke quay... nice place for clubbing and nite life... along river... but.. ppl said.. after some sleep... they went offf.. and i went down.. for a stroll..

went to a local store.. looked at local food... and.. then... places around.. bought some grocerry...countined my walk.. found a school.. vth huge play grounds... a church... a gas station.. vth 5% off on petrol and deisel !!!!!... then a small fire stn... the fire van ws unique... completely diff... clicked a pic... the officer came out.. asked him.. can i click pics.. he said.. sorry i dnt knw.. so plz dnt.. he said.. sorry.. 4-5 times !!... amazing.. then invited me... y dnt u come on saturday... its open day... 9-11 am.. u can come in.. and look at stuff here... w/o any hassles at the fire stn !!!... hmm nice...



finallly saw.. a assit to cross road... hav to click a button.. to make tht.. pedestrain light green... vn traffic is gone... hmm.. sumthin new for me... again.. gr8...

bck home.. ppl r still sleeping.. so thot wud blog.. ;)

chk this space regularly till 12-13 dec... for more updates/pics..

Sindbad the Sailor rocks !!!

ok... ROCK ON.. the movie one of my favorites flicks... happen to see it twice on big screen... and that happend in my lyf tht me seein a movie twice on big screen after abt 9 odd yr... last 1 being K2H2 .. during my SSC...

in particular... i am just in luv vth the song sindbad the sailor! ... the lyrics r so meaning full... and totally amazing... charges me up... hats off to Javed Akhtar... here is goes.. the lyrics..

sinbad the sailor jahaaz me jab chala
mere yaar sun lo sun lo
dhoond raha tha ek nayi duniya ka pata
mere yaar sun lo sun lo
wo anjani raahon me tha O O..
wo lehron ki baahon me tha O O..

sab ne kaha tha in samundaron me jaana nahi
mere yaar sun lo sun lo
khwaabon ke peeche jaake kuch bhi hai paana nahi
mere yaar sun lo sun lo
wo apni hi dhun me raha O O..
wo sunta tha dil ka kaha O O..

So ppl chase ur dreams.. dnt think abt wot ppl think and say... hav conviction in ur belief

uske the jo sapne, wohi uske the apne
aisa tha Sinbad the sailor, sailor
uske the jo sapne, wohi uske the apne
aisa tha Sinbad the sailor, sailor

uska jahaaz ghira toofano mein
mere yaar sun lo sun lo
phir bhi na aayi kami uske armaano mein
mere yaar sun lo sun lo
wo deewana aisa hi tha O O..
wo Sapnon ka humraahi tha O O..

uske the jo sapne, wohi uske the apne
aisa tha Sinbad the sailor, sailor
uske the jo sapne, wohi uske the apne
aisa tha Sinbad the sailor, sailor

wo kuch paane ki chaah mein O O..
wo badhta raha raah mein O O..
gehra samundar tha, oonchi oonchi lehrein
mere yaar sun lo sun lo
kashtiyaan jinpe ki mushkil se thehre
mere yaar sun lo sun lo
wo sahil tak aa hi gaya O O..
wo manzil ko paa hi gaya O O..

the path is not alwayz rosy... but dnt loose hope.. and keep charging... u wil definately succeed

uske the jo sapne, wohi uske the apne
aisa tha Sinbad the sailor, sailor
uske the jo sapne, wohi uske the apne
aisa tha Sinbad the sailor, sailor

So ppl... Chase your dreams like sindbad the sailor... ROCK ON!!

Advtments ... coming of age !

We recently are viewing new Maruti Suzuki's advt's.... vth tht typical punch line.. "Petrol khatam hi nahi hoonda!!"

This advt. has come of age.. some yrs bck... v saw advt vth a young sardar kid vth maruti 800 model in hand... and playing along...

but the new avtaar... has come of age.... the sardar has grown older.. and the car is now the maruti swift model... and his dadi goin all around the house.. but punch line the same.. "Petrol Khatam hi nahi hoonda!!".. i particualr like the idea of the advt and overall fun to watch !

Also ... those who are following recent Ind-Aus series... during breaks they hav strted running all the classic advt of fevicol... tht "Pakdey rehna.. choodna nahi" .. and tht ppl clingin on to a bus... and tht kid running away frm mom and makin him sit on fevicol ka dabba.. and tht joint family concept.. and many more... fun to watch...

Pricing strategies.....

With diwali approachin soon, and ghar ka saaf safai goin on in full swing... one of the imp ingredient is HIT for cocroaches.

now.. the spray v had was abt to get over... so had to buy a new 1... the other 1 bought some 2 yrs back... was then prized at rs.169 but rs. 30 off !!

now.. in 2008... sep batch ka product... prized at rs.175 but again !!!.. rs. 30 off...

i guess makers are countinuing with rs.30 off strategy as tht might hav some phycological effect on the consumers..

Food for thought for my marketing pals !!

A few golden months ... end with... THE GOLDEN HANDSHAKE !!!!

As most of u wud b aware of the recent turn of events @ my workplace ... this is related to tht..

As the news broke a few cried... mood sad .. silent... i was still quite strong.. not a single change in emotion.. it felt as if nothing as happened... but.. as i went to the cafeteria.. and saw few mates.. KD, MY, AA, JM ... jst cudnt help it.. my eyes too went wet ..

aft a few dayz .. i think abt tht event.. and tht shows ... the bond tht happened between galileoiet's was quite strong... not only fellow institute-mates got closer.. but.. the entire bunch had regardless of institutes..

Let me try and say a few words abt my experience of past few months... golden months...

to strt vth the trainin programme... was mostly interacting vth institute mates and.. few others vn there was some difficulty... used to sit besides AA... and she resembles so much similar to my closest frnds... tht was really gr8.. her mannerisms .. fetish for shoes.. et al .. quite similar..

then.. 2nd in line was KD.. the common pt being pasion for F1... and.. then slowly vth MY .. as he shifted place to closer quaters and joined in the banter and DumC ...

frm the institute frnt.. was good pals vth only JT.. and others more like classmates .. but slowly and surely v also bonded fanstatically... PP.. AK .. BD(jain partner).. YS.. RD.. LK

and.. whu can 4get NC.. the sweet sista whu used to sit beside me and talk in terrible ascent and vth various noises lik "hoooh" .. et al.. hahahaha

and the man.. THE MAN... RK ... v hav taken his case rite left and center.. but hey.. the guy had left a distinct memory abt him.. no 1 wil ever 4get... and vthout him galileo wudnt b the same place..

the fighter JM.. was a character in himself... and so were others like YB,VV,RJ,DT,DK .. quite a gang..

then passing thru various sessions of DumC, cows & bull, excell games (LK is gonna write a book, 1001 games during turbulent times) , "Challo !!" chants, and smashes ... lastly came the GOLDEN HANDSHAKE !!

hmm... but ppl... 4get everything.. v had a gr8 time.. and whu said.. v wil not hav the same again... but yeh.. tht wil b not so often though..

till the next time galileoiet's (this is a suggestion by YS.. also our grp name has also chnged ;) ) meet...

KEEP ROCKING !!!

Meter Down !!.... on Corporate life !!

yeh... ppl.. look at the time of the post... i hav reached home from work jst 15mins back !! ... and it was 5th day @ work ... also... its jst the trainin vch is goin on!!!

the trainin program @ my 1st job seems quite exhaustive... vth tht also comes the various assignments, deadlines, et al...

so 2day (10th july) .. reached office at 10.30ish.. 30mins b4 time... wanted to giv final touches to the asssignment which was due @ 11am ... then.. the normal day.. sessions.. tp... etc etc... then v get an assignment vch is due next day at abt 3pm ... but.. also the other day v hav another assigment strtin frm 11ish vch has to b done in abt an 1-2hrs... so... if it strts a few hrs here and there.. then.. basically.. 1 can miss the 3pm deadline...

this went on .. and on.. and on.... finally finished at 2.10am.. luckily next drop was at 2.15am (otherwise wud hav to wait... there is a drop every 30mins) .. reached home... 2.55ish... and.. yeh let me tell u again.. its training vch is goin on...

wot has these 1st few dayz say...

1st.. timings of being bck home go for a toss... there is only fixed punch-in time... Corporate life..

2nd.. had my lunch at 1ish... then.. a few bites here and there... load of lemon tea and water.. and... @ nite... a whole packet of Hide & seek biscuit.. wasnt hungry but didnt realise i finished the entire packet while doin my stuff.... so complete mockery of eating habits and timings.. Corporate life..

3rd... on my way back.... completely disoriented... was finding it difficult to tel the driver way to my place... in between thot... the guy had drove past ghatkopar.. and went ahead... concentration gone for a toss... Corporate life ?!?!.. dnt knw..

1 this is for sure... its METER DOWN !!!!!!!!!!!

7 Layered triple grill sandwich !!!!!! Yummyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!

This is my latest offering... frm my kitchen vch i made !!

A 7 Layered triple grill sandwich !!!!

Ingredients:-
Triangle bread
Cucumber (cut in circles)
Tomato's (cut in circles)
Beetroot (Boiled)
Potatoes (Boiled)
Onions (finely chopped)
Capsicum (finely chopped)
Processed Cheese
Butter
Green Chutney
Sandwich masala

Method:-
Take a slice of triangle bread and apply butter and chutney... then a layer of cucumbers... then a layer of tomato's... then a layer of beetroot... then apply butter and chutney on one side and place it... on the other side also... apply butter and chutney... then a layer of potato's... then a layer of onions... then a layer of capsicum... then grate cheese over it... also sprinkle sandwich masala after every layer... and now... place a slice of bread on vch butter and chuntey has been applied... now on top apply butter and.. put it in a grill m/c.. for 10mins...

Here is the Result:-
Simpley Yummyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy !!!!!!!!!!