Learnings of the week that was

Not that you would be interested to know them, but anyways,
>>> It does rain in Chennai for more than 12.3 seconds at a time. It happened once yesterday.
>>> Using combo-boxes in excel is not that difficult, it is so much more fun and intuitive. Try learning them here if you are a excel freak like [...]

Chennai - First Impressions

This is my first time in Chennai and these are my true feelings about this coastal city:
- The city looked familiar. I am a true to heart wanderlust and seldom I get this feeling. I think it has got to do with people and the trees. The place reminds me of Vijayawada/Vizag.
- No “cybercafes”. You [...]

Whats cooking PHD?

Today I did major experimentation after a really long time at the stove. Last time I cooked a meal was during my diploma days in Kakinada. Thanks to Zee Telugu, a couple of days ago I have seen the recipe of “soya budi, tamoto pulao” and was itching to make it for quite sometime. Today [...]

Now…

- Reading: Animal Farm- Watching: Cricket, Movies, Stock market news, Rendezvous with Semi Gireball - Eating: Perfect andhra food… yummy- Trying: Crosswords, Sudoku and some odd puzzles- Thinking: of blogging, real estate, financial markets- Growing: Hair and tummy- Wating: for my joining date, the broadband connection (which is finally happening)- Learning: to stay idle [...]

Farewell Party and the deadly hangover

I just came out from the hangover of our farewell party (it happened day before yesterday).[Read the welcome party post]
It started with a formal dinner hosted at Mashal. After the initial rounds of beer, kebabs, food and excessive consumption of vanilla icecream with chocolate sauce (stop cribbing, I am passionate about food :D) We [...]

a lot of nothing

yeah, thats right, i have been catching up with a lot of nothing. Been shamelessly and indulgently lazy for the last 6-7 days. My daily routine (if you can call it so) is,

Wake up at 9, sleep again
Finally wake up at 12:30, get ready to eat
watch a couple of episodes of friends
nap
tea/snacks
some more episodes of [...]

My date with a mall

My date with a mall
Indorians suddenly found a new hobby, “mall hopping”, thanks largely to the new mall ‘Treasure Island’. After hearing rave reviews from several of my classmates I went there a couple of days back, my experiences…
Park here, not there:Since the mall has very limited capacity of 2/4 wheelers parking, we (both me [...]