Indigo

We all want to lead good lives. Wine and Dine at the best places. One day Nishith, Mallu and Pooh decided to celebrate the small insignificant successes that had come their way recently. They decided to wine and dine in one of the best places in town. Since it was their special night they did not want to spare any expenses. So promptly a booking was done, plans were made to leave offices early so that they reach the place well in time.

Given below is the menu they had (will upload a photograph soon):
Soup:
Spinach & Gruyere (i have no idea what it means) with Toasted Almonds

Appetizers:
Corn Crepe raviolo with Lobster and Cumin peppers
Artichoke & Palm Hearts with Basil dresing

Main Course:
Braised Shank of New Zealend Lamb....with a galss of El Retiro Reserva Especial Tempranillo 2004 (whatever that means)

Poha Crusted Roast Chilean Sea Bass with a glass of Chardonnay Torrontes 2005 (it was nothing like the poha my mom gives me for breakfast every morning)

Tea Smoked Grilled Chicken with Creamy Shitakes with a glass of Malbec El Retiro (shitakes??)

Dessert:
Cranberry and Walnut Crossata WITH basil ice cream
Creme Brule with Biscotti (very very different from what we used to have at Mocha)
Grand (something) Cheesecake

Mallu was very happy he did not have to share the tab because both of them owed him a treat. Nishith and Pooh are still figuring out avenues for alternate employment apart from their 9-9 jobs so that they can earn enough money to make ends meet.

On a more serious note. The food was awesome..the desserts were even better. But since i have been bought up on a pav bhaji and pani puri diet i do not understand the intricacies of good food (forget pronouncing it). Like a friend once said...if you happen to run into a place which is full of firangs and you are NOT in goa then either the food is very bad or it is obscenely expensive. Am glad it was the latter in our case. But it was an experience indeed.

The personalised menu for the evening for Nishith Pandya and friends lies proudly pinned to Mallu's desk with a line stating " I MADE HIM PAY FOR THIS'

Tired....

6.00 pm on a Monday evening...just finished reading 2 reports, one more to go, also have to finish a 20 page proposal and a briefing session with boss.

Spent a rather boring weekend...Most of Saturday was spent in office trying to fix some presentation for boss. Sunday afternoon was used for a nice lavish lunch followed by some shopping. I think Shoppers Stop is in business because of people like me ( the amount of money i have blown there to get myself to a certain level for job shift is insane). Windies disappointed me a lot. I was expecting a repeat of the previous final (and was quite happy also after the blazing start). I have now joined the official 'Australia is unbeatable' believers club. Ashes is going to be a complete whitewash.

Looking forward to - my first meeting with a couple of clients this week, Mom coming back.....(food here sucks)

If you have the time please read 'The Mephisto Club' by Tess Gerritsen. I read the review here.

Couple of other interesting articles i came across today:

IT Biggies forced to chuck out trainees failing grade.

Tendulkar promises victory in South Africa. (i say-fat chance, have already put my money on the africans)

The Departed

Saw it last night...and loved it. I think its worth every bit of the of 4 and 1/2 stars the rediff reviewer has given it.

The performances were awesome, especially Jack Nicholson. I wont divulge any part of the story..please go watch it yourself. But Scorsese is brilliant, his deft touch is evident by the way the story alternates between the characters of Matt Damon and Leo DiCaprio and how their lives are connected to each other. Nicholson has his sinister presence looming large over both the characters. Martin Sheen and Mark Wahlberg are also good and make their presence felf in the screen time they have. Wahlberg has some lovely lines (watch him where he says " I'm the guy who does my job, you must be the other guy", he is brilliant). Personally i felt the film dragged a bit towards the end...but then all Scorsese films are supposed to be long.

The dialogues are full of cuss words but witty nevertheless, very well written. Hope Scorsese wins the much deserved Oscar for this one. Leo and Nicholson are going to be right up there when the nominees for the Oscars are going to be announced.

Enough said. Now go watch it. I feel it was every bit worth the 180 bucks i spent on it (damn...metro adlabs is expensive)

Classic Quotes.....

Movie: Dil Maange More
Soha Ali Khan to Shahid Kapoor: Tum Samarpur ke kunve ke maindak ho....
Means: You are a frog in the well of Samarpur

Movie: Cant remember the name
Jeetandra to some baddie: (baddie accuses Jeetu of blackmail)... Saale tu kud paap ka mail hai....
Means: you are the dirt of sins

Movie: Julie
Neha Dhupia to Yash Tonk: Aag mere badan mein lag rahi hai aur biscuit tum kha rahe ho........
Means: My body is on fire and you are eating biscuits

These three were my favorate ones....lemme know if you guys can think of any classic lines which better these ones... No mithunda lines please...these is a separate category for those ones... They are the timeless masterpieces....

am finally back...

Am finally out of hibernation....been very busy last few months (doing nothing of consequence). Finally after a lot of serious thinking and contemplating have made my first big career decision. The incessant cribbing and whining about old job has finally come to an end and i have moved to a new profile within the bank. Last Thursday i joined the corporate banking division as a relationship manager. Still in the learning + getting settled phase yet, will keep posting about job later.

So with all the thinking and contemplating a lot of reading and watching movies has also happened. On the reading front i finished Jeffery Archer's latest short stories collection...Cat o nine tales...quite nice and highly recommended, am close to finishing Shantaram finally (should be done this weekend hopefully), also finished Prince of Ayodhya and The lord of the Flies in between. As for movies am eagerly looking forward to Dhoom 2 (just for ash) and Guru (based on the life story of my hero)...might catch departed tomorrow.

To all those (few) people who used to visit my blog (and comment sometimes) - please do drop in more often from now onwards, will try to post something interesting at least twice a week (time permitting).