Pondicherry

Pondicherry has always been one of my favourite places. The laid back little town with its French villas, little cafes and colourful people has always fascinated me. The people of Pondi seem to be on a weekend mode irrespective of what day it is. And a city that shuts down for a siesta everyday? why wouldnt one love it!

With my best friend visiting from the US, the unanimous choice for a quick weekend reunion was -pondicherry. I have always ended up staying in interesting places in Pondy. Last year we camped on an island as part of a water sports expedition. The water sports bit was a royal disaster but the island was beautiful.
I also ended up spending news year's eve in the little French town. We stayed at a hotel exotically named cirlce de poets. Boy can names be misldeading or what. Though the evening was grand fun, the bathroom tiled hotel desereves a post of its own.

So when my friend said she had found an interesting place for this time's visit, I went prepared. I was pleasantly suprised when we landed at this white washed villa by the beach. I strongly recommend the villa bayoud to anyone visiting Pondi. I finally got to dine at the much talked about Promenade. Dinner was a let down. But the in house magician who held my finger to read my mind and had me shuffle an invisible pack of cards was mildy amusing if not entertaining.

I might be going back in a few days for a coporate workshop. Lets see what that trip holds for me!

Hallelujah!

I have never been too much of a sitcom fan. But one of the shows I truly am hooked onto is ugly Betty.

The story of a small-town girl who is not quite sure of what she wants in life with a tendency to embarrass herself in public- sounds all too familiar to me :)

The show has some of best songs ever. This one is my current favorite. Betrayal has never been portrayed so subtlety and beautifully. Its a sad theme but a beautiful song.

p.s. No its not a hymn and I am not on an evangalization mission.

The king is dead

Whacko Jacko, The king of pop or just plain Mikey. Call him what you want, but he truly was a legend.

Nine hours and forty mins at a hospital

When you spend alot of time in the doctor's waiting room, you tend to notice things. Like nurses have truckloads of patience. Amidst those wailing children, cranky and annoying patients, they still maintain their cool. Well most of them. Except for that Valkyrie pretending to be a nurse. But I have greater respect for them now. One tough day at office and everyone is swearing or snapping at each other. On the other hand these men and women can teach us something.

And seriously had I known what lucrative biz laboratory testing was, I would have given project management a pass. Seriously how can a few scans and a blood test cost fifteen grand? Dayum I am in the wrong field.

Who seriously who runs a documentary on rattle snakes in a doctor's waiting room. Its scary enough to wait for those scans. The rattle snake swallowing a giant rodent didn't do much to soothe the frazzled nerves.

Ok the valkyrie is shooting me daggers. I better hit post before she confisticates my beloved blackberry.

So here we go.

Er what again!

Apparently my tryst with er what moments aren't' done yet. This morning as I walked into a "Sangeetha Apoorva" for breakfast, the waiter asks me "madam neenga single?". I wasn't too sure how to react.First all those married friends, nosy aunties and the like keep offering their sympathies that I'm single now it was random waiters at Udipi joints!

Then I notice he is holding two glasses of water and was waiting for my response. I had my Archimedes moment and replied "Yes I am dining alone". He placed one glass on the table and shuffled off.
Phew.

Er What

It was one of those days when I had more than my fair share of "er what" moments. Let me explain.

Moment #1
Visited our new office site (which I strongly suspect is closer to Pondicherry than Madras). When we stopped at the OMR toll gate, I see a notice that states there are only two kinds of people who do not have to pay the toll fees - presidents and fishermen.

Moment # 2
My boss asked me to choose a tag line for our corporate notebooks(the paper kind). The one that caught my eye was-
"May you - Work like you don't need the money, love like you've never been hurt, dance like no-one is watching, screw like it's being filmed, and drink like a true Irishman”

And yes I did choose another tag line.