Saying a bye-bye to yet another city. A very happening period of life spent here at Hyderabad. Close to two years, but the actual time spent in Hyderabad would be just about half of it. The number of weekends spent here might add up to less than 20. What i'll remember most about this city would be, my home and my tennis classes. Of all the places that i've made home over the years of staying away from home, this one felt most like it. Didn't make many friends, just one crazy roomie was enough. And the tennis classes, that will be my most favourite memory from Hyderabad.
But then the highlight of Hyderabad was also the food. And just so i don't forget any of my favourites on my visits to hydie, here:
Cafe Bahaar, Basheerbagh - The best hyderabadi biriyani i've tasted. Perfectly balanced flavour, and all the flavour and taste are seeped into the grains of rice to perfection. It is ohhh so good!!!
fusion 9, Banjara Hills Road no.1 - chocolate brownie with ice cream sizzler, and the cheesecake. Yet again, the best ones that i've ever tasted. Must have!
Ohri's, Banjara Hills Road no.12 - Lime and herb crusted fish.
Extreme Sports Bar, Banjara Hills Road no.1 - Love the place, whether i drink or not!
The Gujju guy's vada paav, paani puri and kulfi stands outside brindavan bazaar on Banjara Hills Road no. 12
Cafe D'art, Banjara Hills Road no.1
My Cafe Latte, Tirumalgherry - For my love of cafes, i hardly got a chance to visit it as much as i loved the place. And this one is so much more than just a cafe. The bombay coffee, coffee served just how i like. Never went to the one in Jubilee Hills, but that's ok, this is not my last visit to Hyderabad.
Barista on Banjara Hills Road no. 1. This specific one for the countless evenings spent here, and it is better than the usual Barista.
Little Italy - love the new one as much as i did the old one. Have never gotten over their pizza margherita, since discovering it first in Bangalore.
Universal Bakery - Mutton burger!! leave all the sophistication in the parking lot and dig into this delicious burger which fills your hands up. Lip smacking allowed!
Eat Street - How i wish every city had such an eat street by the lakeside.
Chutneys - Love the chutneys!
Ofen bakery - Love the feel of the place more than the food, but that's not to say that the food isn't good.
And all this when i hardly spent any time exploring!
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
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Thursday, November 26, 2009
Of Company policies
IBN Headline: Google removes racist image of Michelle Obama
Earlier, Google said it isn't company policy to remove offensive content.
What an awesome policy to have!
Earlier, Google said it isn't company policy to remove offensive content.
What an awesome policy to have!
Thursday, November 19, 2009
So, how is married life!
By now, the frequency of being asked this question has subsided considerably. Isolated instances remain, coming from friends or aquaintances rediscovering me on facebook or orkut. The answer, whether abbreviated or not, depends on who asks the question. I guess this question would figure somewhere at the top, on the list of most annoying questions (another one would be, how was the weekend!). And yet i've been guilty of it too. Sometimes for genuinely wanting to know and sometimes just as filler. I consciously try to not do that now.
I used to always say to myself before i started talking to ru, that i will never whisper into a phone, i will never ask someone if he had had lunch or not, that i was not a needy person, that i can not experience unexplained moods. I don't have entirely unexplained moods, based on empirical evidence, it's just days when we haven't been able to talk to each other :) I would also always have questions in my mind about couples who chose to live in different cities because of their jobs. Well, guilty of all that, and this too. But that's how it works for us. We spend the first two days of an extended weekend together very happily, and then on the third day i fight on something trivial and we just listen to music while he drives me to the airport. But then the flight lands at Hyderabad, i call him up and then it's like nothing happened. Was never good at saying bye anyway.
So how has married life been, well its been good, but then i am yet to see it in its full glory. Feeling committed isn't as bad as it used to seem, not at all. Feeling dependent is still a scary thought.
But something that ru and i were talking about and could only define our question well enough, never got to a well-formed answer. Took us a few arguements (or maybe we should call it discussions), to get to the question itself. So, maybe you can give me some perspective on it. How do you handle a clash in beliefs. When he believes in something, and i have always held strong disbelief for it. It's not even that one of us was neutral to it till now, it's such that we strongly supported and reasoned our belief/disbelief at every opportunity we got, and not just now, since ever, with anybody who thought as strongly about it. Since i don't want you to start basing your opinions on a fixed set, like we did, i won't give you my personal examples. Choose anything. Of course it's not a life altering belief, or we would have considered it important enough in our decision to marry each other. But such a thing can be an annoyance, one that i'm not sure how to ignore. When i come across something that substantiates my theory, i am tempted to say 'SEE!'. But i don't do that, i tell myself to forget it, it's his belief and he holds it dear. Make jokes about it!, yea it's going to be funny for sometime, but not beyond that. I don't know if it'll even matter as time goes by, but for now i'm not able to come to a conclusion on it and that bothers me. So give me some gyaan!!
I used to always say to myself before i started talking to ru, that i will never whisper into a phone, i will never ask someone if he had had lunch or not, that i was not a needy person, that i can not experience unexplained moods. I don't have entirely unexplained moods, based on empirical evidence, it's just days when we haven't been able to talk to each other :) I would also always have questions in my mind about couples who chose to live in different cities because of their jobs. Well, guilty of all that, and this too. But that's how it works for us. We spend the first two days of an extended weekend together very happily, and then on the third day i fight on something trivial and we just listen to music while he drives me to the airport. But then the flight lands at Hyderabad, i call him up and then it's like nothing happened. Was never good at saying bye anyway.
So how has married life been, well its been good, but then i am yet to see it in its full glory. Feeling committed isn't as bad as it used to seem, not at all. Feeling dependent is still a scary thought.
But something that ru and i were talking about and could only define our question well enough, never got to a well-formed answer. Took us a few arguements (or maybe we should call it discussions), to get to the question itself. So, maybe you can give me some perspective on it. How do you handle a clash in beliefs. When he believes in something, and i have always held strong disbelief for it. It's not even that one of us was neutral to it till now, it's such that we strongly supported and reasoned our belief/disbelief at every opportunity we got, and not just now, since ever, with anybody who thought as strongly about it. Since i don't want you to start basing your opinions on a fixed set, like we did, i won't give you my personal examples. Choose anything. Of course it's not a life altering belief, or we would have considered it important enough in our decision to marry each other. But such a thing can be an annoyance, one that i'm not sure how to ignore. When i come across something that substantiates my theory, i am tempted to say 'SEE!'. But i don't do that, i tell myself to forget it, it's his belief and he holds it dear. Make jokes about it!, yea it's going to be funny for sometime, but not beyond that. I don't know if it'll even matter as time goes by, but for now i'm not able to come to a conclusion on it and that bothers me. So give me some gyaan!!
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Anu's tag
Yes Anu! i did not forget, finally getting to it. I know i know, a few months passed by in between, so see i posted two more out today itself to make up for it :)
For the benefit of everybody, here's what the tag was about; I have to pick the sixth photo in the sixth folder of my photos folder. I then have to post it here with a small write-up giving details about the photo.
Here's exactly what was the sixth photo in the sixth folder of my photos folder:
For those of you who are wondering, the glass was filled to the brim, with apparently the most delicious mango lassi in all of Austin. So delicious that Gill had to take a picture of the empty glass also, so he could forever treasure it.
It was a trip to Austin, visiting H-Man and his awesome gang of friends. A road trip to San Antonio after being made to see all the statues in Austin, the beautiful riverwalk and the buggies there, and then back in Austin, the most awesome downtown that i've ever been to, the oh so many shots followed by the most genuine 'I love you man, you're the bestest friend ever!' hugs, and then ofcourse Mr. Murthy providing for enough drunk stories so you forget about having a hangover while laughing the next morning. Thank you H-Man for the awesome trip :)
Oh well it's too old a tag now, so pick it if you like. It's nice to revisit all the memories with one photo.
For the benefit of everybody, here's what the tag was about; I have to pick the sixth photo in the sixth folder of my photos folder. I then have to post it here with a small write-up giving details about the photo.
Here's exactly what was the sixth photo in the sixth folder of my photos folder:
For those of you who are wondering, the glass was filled to the brim, with apparently the most delicious mango lassi in all of Austin. So delicious that Gill had to take a picture of the empty glass also, so he could forever treasure it.
It was a trip to Austin, visiting H-Man and his awesome gang of friends. A road trip to San Antonio after being made to see all the statues in Austin, the beautiful riverwalk and the buggies there, and then back in Austin, the most awesome downtown that i've ever been to, the oh so many shots followed by the most genuine 'I love you man, you're the bestest friend ever!' hugs, and then ofcourse Mr. Murthy providing for enough drunk stories so you forget about having a hangover while laughing the next morning. Thank you H-Man for the awesome trip :)
Oh well it's too old a tag now, so pick it if you like. It's nice to revisit all the memories with one photo.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Right now it seems like the biggest problem with the world is that people don't listen, if anything they sometimes pretend to listen. Some do the pretending better than others, but they're all the same.
-old one from the drafts, but rings true today also.
-old one from the drafts, but rings true today also.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Resolutions '09
The list that i'd made, let's see how i did!
1. I'll be more assertive. - some progress made, needs more work.
2. I'll say NO. - Satisfactory performance.
3. I'll be more honest about it and acknowledge how i really feel. - Getting uncomfortable with it a little, needs to go down a level :)
4. I'll be more patient with my parents, dad especially. - Satisfactory performance.
5. I'll try and get reading into a regular habit. - started off, hoping to continue well.
6. Indulge in one extra curricular activity on a regular basis. - Did for most part of the year, but right now its in a slump. Have to get back up.
7. Learn swimming. - Did do, yay! but a long way to go before i can swim in the ocean and then learn to surf :)
8. Inertia needs to go down. - Not too bad, long way to go still.
9. Slightly more regard for self than for other people. - Satisfactory performance.
10. Need to raise the bar for myself. - Scored no points on this at all.
1. I'll be more assertive. - some progress made, needs more work.
2. I'll say NO. - Satisfactory performance.
3. I'll be more honest about it and acknowledge how i really feel. - Getting uncomfortable with it a little, needs to go down a level :)
4. I'll be more patient with my parents, dad especially. - Satisfactory performance.
5. I'll try and get reading into a regular habit. - started off, hoping to continue well.
6. Indulge in one extra curricular activity on a regular basis. - Did for most part of the year, but right now its in a slump. Have to get back up.
7. Learn swimming. - Did do, yay! but a long way to go before i can swim in the ocean and then learn to surf :)
8. Inertia needs to go down. - Not too bad, long way to go still.
9. Slightly more regard for self than for other people. - Satisfactory performance.
10. Need to raise the bar for myself. - Scored no points on this at all.
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