उडान

It was one of the most awesome lines which I heard recently they go like this.

जो लेहरोन से आगे नजर देख पाती तोह तुम जान लेते मैन क्या सोचता हूं,
वो आवाझ तुमको भी जो भेद जाती तो तुम जान लेते मै क्या सोचत हूं.
जीद का तुम्हारे जो पर्दा सरकता तो खिड्किओसे से आगे भी तुम देख आते,
आखोसे आदतों की जो पलके हटाते तो तुम जान लेते मै क्या सोचता हूं.
मेरी तरह खुद पर होता जर भरोसा तो कुछ दूर तुम भी साथ-साथ आते,
रंग मेरी आखों का बांटते जरा सा तो कुछ दूर तुम भी साथ-साथ आते.
नशा आसमान का जो चूमता तुम्हे भी, हसरतें तुम्हारी नया जन्म पाती,
खुद दूसरे जन्म मे मेरी उडान छूने कुछ दूर तुम भी साथ-साथ आते.

It is from the film Udann directed by Vikramditya Motwanee.
Best bollywood film ever!!!

White Water Rafting at Kolad with Trekdi

I had opportunity to have a taste of Hukka this Friday , I tested it felt something like Apple bubbles drinking, Suddenly our plan was preponed to Saturday from Sunday. I was too excited & really anxious baout the whole plan. I reached the FC at exact 5.45 AM & surprised to see i was the only one member present(As per the Schedule the vehicle is supposed to leave at 6.00 AM), I was really happy by seeing some beautiful faces which came after some time but the joy did not last long as they were part of other trek which left to Bimashankar. Our bus left at 6.30 AM . Driver was really boring he never touched 60+ Km/Hr.
We reached the spot at 9.15 AM and headed straight to instructions. It was funny but something new. Then we marched with our leader towards the river.
I wanted to took the driver seat as nobody was willing, In the practice session i got demoted to back seat as my rafting was really poor. Who cares ??

We started at 10.10 Am & WOW, it was really special, i mean i felt like the same when i did the Paragliding.



We had 3 major points where we had the best fun. At one particular point we were almost 70 degree tilted.
At the last point it was the swimming zone , as we were having the life jackets on we straight away jumped into the river.


I don't know how to swim but the next 1 hour in that water was the second best part of the the ride. the last part was really boring as that was the still water , we were really exhausted & had to raft that giant boat till the last point.
Overall a great exp to have , would like to have same in Hrishikesh where they say we get to see difficult of around 4-5.




In evening we went Banjara Hills, it was treat by Rajesh with his friend (Karad guy), even though the rates were so high the restaurant was full with crowd.Now I believe that on Sat/Sun every rest in Pune is Full.

Amazing Sunday

I should have never expected to happen this in my wildest dream. Early morning we had an idea & we decided to follow it. It was first time for me in last 1.5 yrs & For Rajesh first in 4 yrs. We had nothing to loose so we just went. Crazy day everything turned out to our way & i was the lucky dog who came out smiling at the end of the day.I was feeling really special & happy that we still have that spark in us.
In evening I watched Rafa


winning Wimbledon 2010(First time his Girlfriend at the finals).

Here are few pics from the telegraph.co.uk

Krushnai Water Park, Pune

We happened to visit this water park on 10'th May 2010.It was a fast plan & we 3 were really excited about whole day.
We did the worst thing by buying the branded swimwear in the morning which took 350/- straight away & the use of teh same will be hardly 1/2 in a year.
We headed to Singhgad at 11 & entered the park at 11:45 AM.The best part was the costumes were available on rent only for 30/- Rs & my branded one got teared away on the first ride.Whole day we had all rides almost 5 times.They have few but nice rides , I really hope they will add few more in coming days . Compared to water Kingdome of Mumbai it is nowhere near to the exp of WK.Seen some beautiful faces in water & had a good lunch.
While returning we replaced the garment(It got easily without having any ZIGZIG with the shopkeeper). We were totally exhausted by whole experience & went to sleep immediately after a fine dinner by Rajesh.

Wedding Organization Experience

A marriage organization is really troublesome, you never know which problem you are going to face next. I can say that cause I was involved in my brothers wedding on 6'th June 2010. It started earlier night when few people from Bride's side came in the night for the stay. The rooms & washrooms systems were really dirty as the hall just had one wedding before we got the possession for the same.As they refused to clean the same till next day morning so we had to find out for the Lodge at 10.30 PM . We were lucky enough to get one.
Early morning breakfast plates & spoons were missing again run to get them. Co Ordination with all people plus everyone must be happy at the service were really huge problem whole day.(Many more to list...)
At the end of the day best advise I can give to anyone is get the event organizers & let them manage this whole mess OR let Bride's side manage the wedding ceremony.

Two and Half Men

I have been lucky in terms of comedy serials in last 2 years, I have seen every single episode of FRIENDS now, SEINFELD was great fun too(Star world just stopped the airing the show),George Costanza was my favorite character, he is so looser that i couldn't stop laughing by his whole appearance in the show. 30 ROCK was fine too, but couldn't see much as they have stopped the screening.
& finally After closing 30 Rock they started TWO AND HALF MEN. this is been really funny, the small kid , his father & his uncle. Well i have seen few episodes & i think a lot of them & really wait for the next episode. I hope they air the complete 3'd & 4'th season .

Atlantis

This was the place we decided to go for the team lunch in March, Its in wanwari. Nice location & great ambiance,
as that was the weekday we couldn't find many people but yes the food was good.When you pay 275/head you expect the service at your table thats why hate places like Yellow Chillies & Atlantis where you have got & get your food by your own.
Overall a good experience as the money was not paid from my pocket.

Asha Dining Hall

After hearing a lot from from friends about the hall i finally went to this hall & yucks, why this is so famous, All typical puneri's were present but i really don't understand why it is so famous, After a lot of thought here are my observations.
1. It's on the JM road(Even a small pan tapari has good business in this place.)
2.Its really cheap for the thali(80 Rs/head), if you compare sukanta & Durvankur where they charge you around 200 RS this is the best place for the family to eat once a week outside.
3.Some reputation owner has build in last years.(How ?)

Well my advice will be go to Potoba or any small & have thali instead of waiting & spending you money to this place.Couldn't digest at All the hype.

Love Sex Aur Dhoka

Dibakar bannergy's third film, really Different & though provoking.Movie was supposed to start at 10.30 Am but because of some technical problems it finally started at 11.30 & we were seeing microsoft error for one hour on the big screen.
The girl Shruti from from the film was really sweet. Dialogues were funny & reflected real life not karan Johar style.Bollywood need directors like Anurag Kashyap,Bannergy , Vishal Bhardwaj any few more.

Lots of Movies

1. The Hurt Locker::
Great story & powerful performances, won 6 Oscars including best film

2. Crash::
About Racism

3. Definitely Maybe::
Cute love story.

4. Fight Club::
Real thriller

Paragliding Mahabaleshwar

After a long wait of 2 months finally we went for paragliding & man that was great :) . We started @ 6.30AM from kothrud due to really cold weather we reached Pachgani by 8.30 AM really early than expected.As wind was not upto the mark we had to wait for some time & ride started at 9.30. I was with Ajay the senior most person from Glider group.




At first we had to put the safety parachutes at our back & then run towards the Vally , the pilot was adjusting the control for whole session. It was like helicopter, after take up we really went very high.




then the best part occurs pilot swings the parachute a bit , not a bit by a fraction & those few seconds you are like about to die or something but when that comes to end we wanna have more.




Landing was great too. The ride was for 1500 Rs & came to an end really withing 15 minutes. Well though that is short time period, I'll remember this throughout my life for sure.







If you are in Mahabaleshwar , you must go inside the strawberry farm & we did the right thing. Had a lot of them in the field. We left immediately & reached Pune by 1.30 PM.




In the evening we finally bought the all cooking material & had the first Dinner @ Kothrud. Men was simple, Raita, Rice & Dal fry , Strawberry pie for the desert. Well that turned out to be the best food in recent times. Moments like these are really hard to find these days with so much stress around & i was lucky enough to enjoy such with my close friends

Sachin Hits 200*

It was really great to watch this live in office, everyone was on their toes, finally after two long overs when Sachin got strike from Dhoni, there was the big Noise in office. The master steared the ball to off side & took the magical one run. This is the highest individual score by any player in one day international.
If any guy was here for interview he must have felt I should join this place only by hearing all noise by of employees.

Mumm ra & Unheard Songs

Its really nice to hear new songs specially from the artists of whom you have no idea. There are 2 songs in 500 days of Summar "Sugartown" & "Shes got you high". Sugartown was really a peppy number & when Zooey Deschannel dances a little bit in this that's really what a true fan of her would like to hear again & again. When she sings like
"cos i'm in shu shu shu, shu shu shu,
shu shu shu shu shu shu sugartown."
I just loved this part. Coming back to the title, when the credits goes by this song is played after searching on Google i could found out it is by a British band name "Mumm Ra",



The guitar which they have played is simply amazing. after dropkick murphy i can easily count them as one of the best guitarist on my list.
Few days back I saw RockNRolaa by Guy Ritchie , "BackRobber" was the song which the small boy sings throughout the film & you can't get away with that even after watching this movie. Again Google to my rescue & found out the Artist & song details.It is by "The Clash" & it was recorded in 80's .
Well this is what is currently on my playlist & totally on my mind.

I Love You Man

Had a blast this weekend , went to Dhiru's place. Seen the I Love you man. The plot was interesting.The lead(Paul Rudd) is a GirlFriend's Boy , He has no close male friends.when he proposes to her Girlfriend & found out that there is no one whom he can ask to play the role of BEST MAN, now the search begins & how his journey happens is the whole picture.It was hilariously funny in some parts.Really Liked it.Had the Basmati rice & Dal tadka along with Aloo Bujiya for Dinner.Life totally changes after marriage as he wanted to see "MAHI WAY" some daily soap at 9.00 PM. A fine ice cream at desert & we went to sleep.
On Sunday early morning we had the fever of study, so bought the book of Struts from ABC , checked the Strawberry Festival but to my surprise it was really costly compared to what we get in Malls, so bought the same from More for you.Hardly studied for 2 hours & wasted whole day watching TV.I wish that from next week onwards i do something that will be time well spent.

The Last Lecture

I happened to read about The last lecture by Randy Pausch, After some googleing i went to here & what i witnessed was something uncommon , I am really happy that I found this.
Here are few magical quotes from this lecture(can't pick few as whole lecture is just mind blowing!!!)

The Blind Side

After watching "The Proposal" i can't ignore Sandra Bullock . She is 43 still i can't take my eyes away from her.
This was different film all together, It is a genuinely heartwarming tale of an abandoned teenager adopted by a wealthy family and guided to success. And it's all true.Most of the time film was predictable but the performances were great, May She get Oscar for this role ,She has a great chance as she already received Golden Globe for this performance.
Once in a while films like these really add a charm in your daily routine life.

It Happened One Night

Franck Kapara is a genious, I was lucky enough to see "It Happened one night" and this was an unmemorable experience.
The film was released in 1934 & even today I enjoyed to the best extent, I mean this is something magical touch by all involved in the film.The lead actress(Claudette Colbert) is really sweet (Cristine is now my No 2 :)), Wow so much innocent smile and some of best things I see in women.
This is the origin of all Romance i believe, So many parts are copied as it is by Bollywood, All say they inspired by this but when you see by yourself you can't avoid to laugh on their comments.
Where can you find better romantic phrase than this



This was the sure classic & I am fortunate to say I have seen both of them by Kapara (Its a wondeful Life & It happened One Night). I still amazes me how such a simple thought rules human mind even after 75 years . I believe some emotions are irrelevant for the generations. I really hope my children [ When they will :) ] will also fall in love with the simplicity & originality of IHON.

Up In The Air

It was funny , really funny !!!
I have gone through the process of layoff & how it feels when someone you don't even know hands over the termination letter. I have experienced the exact felling last yest, Date was 6 January 2009 :) so it was really good to see that stuff in the film & portraying me along the people whome Cloney fires.
George Cloney plays his role brilliantly so the other cast.I really enjoyed this film. The following lines are the best ones which say stay out of commitments.

Good Will Hunting

This is one of the best line I have encountered in movies.

So if I asked you about art, you'd probably give me the skinny on every art book ever written. Michelangelo, you know a lot about him. Life's work, political aspirations, him and the pope, sexual orientations, the whole works, right? But I'll bet you can't tell me what it smells like in the Sistine Chapel. You've never actually stood there and looked up at that beautiful ceiling; seen that. If I ask you about women, you'd probably give me a syllabus about your personal favorites. You may have even been laid a few times. But you can't tell me what it feels like to wake up next to a woman and feel truly happy. You're a tough kid. And I'd ask you about war, you'd probably throw Shakespeare at me, right, "once more unto the breach dear friends." But you've never been near one. You've never held your best friend's head in your lap, watch him gasp his last breath looking to you for help. I'd ask you about love, you'd probably quote me a sonnet. But you've never looked at a woman and been totally vulnerable. Known someone that could level you with her eyes, feeling like God put an angel on earth just for you. Who could rescue you from the depths of hell. And you wouldn't know what it's like to be her angel, to have that love for her, be there forever, through anything, through cancer. And you wouldn't know about sleeping sitting up in the hospital room for two months, holding her hand, because the doctors could see in your eyes, that the terms "visiting hours" don't apply to you. You don't know about real loss, 'cause it only occurs when you've loved something more than you love yourself. And I doubt you've ever dared to love anybody that much. And look at you... I don't see an intelligent, confident man... I see a cocky, scared shitless kid. But you're a genius Will. No one denies that. No one could possibly understand the depths of you. But you presume to know everything about me because you saw a painting of mine, and you ripped my fucking life apart. You're an orphan right?

Free Stuff( You are always Delighted by that)

Though I was feeling bit ill with cold and mild flu(not swine flu), when there is an chance to hang out with friends you should never ignore them. I did the same.
We saw the morning show of ZombiLand. Wasn't a bad movie & really not the great one as well. Simple & funny with a new concept executed pretty well.
We went to Rama Krishna for the lunch.Food was really good & the Best part was we got the deserts for free!!! . The restaurant was having its Birthday & they offered all customers free desert. It was Kasata. I really like the free stuff, I do. When something unknowingly comes to me e.g I get my salary that is not the happiest part but when I get dividend on my Mutual funds thats the most exciting thing/I get the gifts from friends.
After a really Hot filter coffee we went to "Vijay Sales" where we were supposed to buy 21" color TV for my friend , Finally they brought that from Big Bazzar as they were having "SABSE SASTE 4 DIN" ( Free Stuff :) ).

Creative EP-630

I really hesitate to shop online, this time i had no choice after searching in almost evry corber of Pune, i didn't find any shop for this headset & no one seemed intrested in getting them. I ordered them from ebay. Surprisingly i used the discount coupon they sent me last week & i saved few hundreds. The service was really nice. I received my pair of headset on 22'nd January. That was the best Gift on my Birthday. (I am not sure why the octoroi has been charged extra as i have ordered books from Flipkart & this is never happened with them)
The sound quality is just awesome , I have heard the songs from Sony earplugs & these are definitely one step ahead from them.

500 Days Of Summer

500 Days Of Summer

This is a story of boy meets girl. The boy, Tom Hansen of Margate, New Jersey, grew up believing that he'd never truly be happy until the day he met the one. This belief stemmed from early exposure to sad British pop music and a total mis-reading of the movie 'The Graduate'. The girl, Summer Finn of Shinnecock, Michigan, did not share this belief. Since the disintegration of her parent's marriage she'd only love two things. The first was her long dark hair. The second was how easily she could cut it off and not feel a thing. Tom meets Summer on January 8th. He knows almost immediately she is who he has been searching for. This is a story of boy meets girl, but you should know upfront, this is not a love story.

I was really expecting a lot from this one & I was not disappointed at all. Zooey Deschanel is so sweet for her I can ignore most of the problems from that film.I really loved this film, typical bollywood(Hero singing in the road), Cleverly edited to move front & back , delightful performances by the all actors.Autumn was sweet too. :)
Most days of the year are unremarkable. They begin, and they end, with no lasting memories made in between. Most days have no impact on the course of a life. May 23rd was a Wednesday.If Tom had learned anything... it was that you can't ascribe great cosmic significance to a simple earthly event. Coincidence. That's all anything ever is. Nothing more than coincidence.

3 Idiots

I like to advance book the show before watching the movie, this time we didn't . It was the 4'th week f 3 Idiots & I thought i can easily get the Tikcets but to my surprise whole Sunday was houseful @ the regular halls.Now we are left with the only choice of Regular show which is really costly. Its 275 Rs per ticket !!! This was the highest ticket which I have paid till date. I thought who will afford to pay this much money but I was wrong the show was Houseful. The spending capacity of the Youth has increased by a lot.
I like this guy, Raju Hirani. He has created the Munnabhai series & now this one based on Chetan Bhagat's FPS. Well I have read that book twice & anyone can easily co relate most of the screenplay from the book, He deserved credit for the story but these film giants refused, which was really sad.
Ladakh picturisation was the most beautiful part. I would really like to spend this year's Holiday over there,After movie I went to My friend's new flat, though it is bit far from the main road, now we have 3 spacious rooms.After a lot of Masti & great food my weekend came to an end.

1'st January 2010

Had a great start to this year by watching "Vicky Cristina Barcelona", really nice peace of art by Woody Allen. Really enjoyed the whole concept. There are few things in our garden going on these days. The AAMVLA is fully into the swing , I mean this is the first time I have seen so many of them on this tree.

The second part which I love the most is the Honey Bee Hive on the lemon tree. When they started that was really tiny but in last few day they have really grown like crazy. I really like them.

In the afternoon I went to see my college friends , really laughed on all the memories which we had in those days , Nothing is changed, except from the fact that

1. I am the only one who has not visited any country yet, All of them have been to Europe/US in last 2-3 years.
2. I am Bald now
3. Still i am really very happy, Really i have got the best family, cool friends & my job is not bad either & Enjoying the life the way its coming.
We had the "RUM PUNCH" at Baskin and Robins ,

that was nice, but the discussion we had was great , we were never short of topics that was the best thing. Sometimes I often see people who don't know what to bring out at the table but we were lucky :) .Laughed out big time .
The year started on the positive note , looking forward to get moments like these in future.