So FaaaR.... So... Goood !!!

you never get to find out how the weekend and the day after that get over... the only day that takes longest for me is Monday... and this time it got over in a second too... maybe because I did not get time to see the time... meetings after meetings.. Presentation preparations and more and more...

activities done over the weekend:
~ nothing was done on Saturday... the hardest and the slowest thing to do it this!!!
~ Sid the smartie sloth went to watch Da Vinci Code on Sunday and almost understood the movie except for the 5403 words that they used... which means he needs to work on his English...
~ Sid also met another cartoon on Sunday... and spent about 4 hours with her... which was fun.. Initially both of them did not know what to talk about before they realised that both of them were cartoons and insane... and this is where the conversation picked up from... this cartoon with Sid was a very nice one... she looks good... Talks nicely... and told a lot of things about herself... Which were all nice... so Sid is now looking for bad things about her... he for some reason is not interested in finding what’s good about her... I guess that comes on its way automatically.

Weekend ENDS!!!

MONDAY came... and WENT... as quickly as you read this line...

Tuesday phew... early morning alarm.... 0500 hrs... I rushed to the airport to catch the Mumbai bus... uffo... airbus :) and trust me Volvo's are better... at least there is no expectation to see a hott airhostess... here you first enter the airport to see some nice faces.. which you do not... and then the aircraft in a dying hope of having the company of some short skirted pretty chicks... which obviously does not happen...

and I think the chicks on the INDIAN airlines were better then this flight of JET !!! The breakfast was ok sorts...

Pune Airport is pretty small... Bangalore is smaller!!! Huh!!!
Got a cab... rushed to Pimpri just to realise that the meeting was delayed by a good couple of hours... so did not have a phone... did not have the net... and did not have anything better to do then spend time going through the same prez which I was working on for past two days...

oh.. And I saw the largest ever canteen in my entire life there in Pune!!! Phew...

did not forget to mention that the weather was excellent... I am sure Delhi was burning when it was raining there in Pune... went to the guest house in the evening and slept peacefully before waking up at 0600 hrs today... rushed to catch the Volvo to Mumbai...

and today ... all my charm for the Volvos came to an end.. because of the very badly kept State Transport Volvo :( dirty bus, shaking seats, leaking AC vents, what not) and to make things worse.. They had dark film on the windows... which meant that I would not be able to enjoy the view of the so called one of the best expressways in the country properly...

anyway... couldn't help it much...

it took about 50 minutes before we hit the actual expressway and I reached Mumbai in a li'il less then 3.5 hours...

two things that I loved about the journey...
~ the 10 km stretch before and after lonavla...never see this wide roads on hills...
~ the road quality... I am sure its going to be awesome driving with Radha on this road...

the view was ok sorts.... I have seen better...

went straight to JJMEHTA & Sons in Dadar(W) to return disappointed as they did not have the lens that I was looking for.. The one that they had was overpriced because of the unavailability...

now in Malad.... have the return flight around 2200 hrs... can't wait to get back to Delhi...

i ThE wRiTeR...

Nidhi..."i am not sure...."

Nikhil..." i am.... i cannot see tears in your eyes... i cannot imagine you crying... i cannot think of a day when you are not smiling... "

Nidhi..."why..."

Nikhil..." because the only person i want you to be with when you are crying is me... the only shoulder i want your head on when you are crying is mine... the only fingers who wipe your tears away when you are crying should be mine... the only arms that hold you tight when you cry should be mine... and I know this can never happen.. so you better not cry...."


...this is a scene from one of the movies I am going to direct sometime in my life....

ChEeR UP !!! HOW?

I have an alarm to get up at 0630 hours... but i do not remember when i really got up when the alarm rang for the the first time... i keep snoozing it for 5 minutes till it does not give me the option anymore... and then i have to get up !!!

Today... when I got ready and came out of the house... it was very hot... not because of the sun because there was none visible in the sky... there were clouds and some mist...

It was hot like you are standing inside a room which is being heated... the entire air was like that... Something felt wrong...

It was a very depressing weather... and I am going to talk about things which do not make me happy for a while now...

To start with the disadvantage India has with its politicians.... the power that has been given to these guys... so while we all are angry with Arjun Singh... and not happy with the decisions the Government is making... how many of us have actually promised ourself that we are going to vote the next time there are elections.. and also would ensure that we ask as many ppl as we can to vote...

I know of so many ppl who have enjoyed vacation when there were election days and also crib about the government at the first instance...

so while I think the country is being run by a handful of idiots along with some intelligent powerless politicians... Its we who also have a major role to play in this entire drama!!!

Now!!!

When I am depressed because of anything there are a few things I want to do... the first of-course is drive and listen to music... which I did... Radha is the PERFECT companion when things do not seem right!!! And music in the car obviously does not need any mention here...

So what do I listen to today...? Mehfuz... Euphoria's new Album... wonderfully made... a lot of effort is there in the tracks... and the band seems to have matured with time a lot... but there is something that disappointed me… There was not one song that could cheer me up the way "Dhoom" or "Maeri" or "Gully" or "Kaise Bhoolegi Mera Naam" did... which means that I am not going to go back to this album when I need to be happy!!!

that brings to a happier thought... what all do I do when I want to cheer up...

~ I drive...

~ I listen to music... some of the songs in particular are "Kabhi Aana Tu Meri Galli", " Kaise Bhoolegi Mera Naam", " Meri Pyaari Bindu- Original","Jaaneman Jaaneman Tere Ye Do Nayan, chori chori Lekegaye Dekho Mera Mann", " Ek Ladki bheegi bhaagi si", "Ek Chatur Naar", "Getting Jiggy With it", "Summer of 69", "Sweet Child o Mine", and lots more...

~ I eat... and my favourite places are street side stalls or dhabas... I am just not a restaurant fellow... Streets it is for me :)

~ I talk... there are a few friends I always can think of when I am not feeling too good...

~ I sit alone... and look at the sky... not that it cheers me up all the time... but then it relaxes me a lot...

What do you do to cheer yourself up?

Ek AuR HaFTa...

i did not get time the entire day today to write about the weekend... what a shame... and i was saying that i was not busy with a lot of work... chi chi...

anyway...

a lot of time today was spent in orkutting... and some regular office work... but what is interesting was the weekend... and here is the weekend-o-logue

Saturday started early because of some long overdue catching up to do with a few friends...

met Sayan first... and showed her some of the photographs that i have clicked in the past one year... she is the person who is going to give me a break as a professional photographer and that makes me very proud of her and myself too...

next in the line to meet me was Richa... and she looked HOTT with her nose stud!!!

next we met Deepu..... second time after he has come back from Chennai... the dude still looks super cool...

and then Rohit... the same S and F fella....

oh and by the way... Rohit and Richa are pyaar se called Kidda and Kiddi... i dunno who has given then these names... but the names are very cute...

and after we climbed up the stairs of Taste of China, Abash aka amtg joined us with a badly bruised left hand... some assoholotic car driver was responsible for this halat of this dude...

and then something very interesting started... my childhood friend Ankur while trying to find the Taste of Chine roamed around the entire CP and finally reached the "flavours of China" before he realised that he is in front of the wrong restaurant... and then called me to find the correct place... did not understand the direction even after two calls... however managed to reach ToC about 45 minutes after the scheduled time :P

while this was happening.. Prashant Bhardwaj and Om for some celebrated his birthday with some of this best online pals... a cake cutting ceremony was there... followed by some nice singing by everyone around... and on demand "babuji zara dheere chalo" was also chanted... once all of this was done.. everyone ate the cake and lived happily ever after !!!

So Ankur and with him Anku also joined us !!!

a series of discussions followed which included...

why is October associated with the number eight.. and why octopuses are most horny in the month of October...

we learnt and practised a new grammar where in if you have to use the work Fcuk... you use it in front of the word.. and if you have to use the $uck you use it after the word with an $ at the end... e.g. Fcuk the glass... and the glass $uck$... we guys even thought of taking over the workshop that Sayan was going to attend and change the topic to Rohit's new grammar... kidda got offended a li'il but he was fine after a while...

we talked about the food...

we talked about ODMs... Anku did not know what ODMs are.. so her knowledge was increased with some Gyan on it...

we talked about a lot of things other then the above... and that meant a whole lot of fun... which finally came to a temporary halt after the money for the food was collected...

next we said ta tu to sayan who left for her workshop..

and then ta tu to Anku.. who left !!! she did not tell us where was she going... and it might have offended her if i asked.. so i did not ask either :)

and palika is where we reached next.. bought a few movies...

Matrix Triology

Munich

MI - III

The fast and the furious/2 fast 2 furious/ XXX and XXX2

and one more.. ab yaad nai kaunsi !!!

went back home soon after that...

evening was spent at home taking care of the construction work !! things are kinda shaping up at home right now..

Sunday was spent in some regular home stuff... going to the market to buy some electrical sockets.switches.etc.etc. discussing the stairs in the house.. and a lot of other things...

and then comes Monday.. the sabse ganda day of the week after Sunday !!!

the best part about the day was...

~ getting some compliments from Anku :P and getting into some conversation with her about instructional designing and all :)

~ getting angry over some things in the office and telling a few ppl about how things should work... getting angry and taking that anger out at the right ppl is so satisfying at times...

~ completing the work i had thought about in good time...

~ and being able to write this post..

to abhi chalta hoon.. phir milta hoon :)

bhagwaan hum sabko sadbuddhi de :)

McLeodganj Re-ViSiTeD...

Oklie doklie doks...

on our way to triund

in triund or on triund... i dunno :)

i did not think twice before i deleted most of my landscapes... *is rohit happy :)* and i am not too happy with the people that i have clicked this time... why.. because most of it was not thought of... but clicked very very quickly...

a monastery near our hotel...

so a lot of fotos deleted...
some of them ignored...
some out of focus and useless..

and the rest... have been uploaded...

from the dalai lama temple...getting jiggy with it :) *4-10e*

and i am happy :) you can click here and be happy too :)

so basically i would be found somewhere on the streets when i am traveling next... just clicking more janta...

CaN... TaLk...MoRe...

guess what did i do today...

ok.. forget it... i will tell you...

i used to think that ABS (Anti-Lock Brakes) means Disc Brakes in the rear wheels... and was wondering how come the Swift and the Accent Viva have Drum brakes and still claim to have ABS.. while a Corolla has a Disc Brake and also has an ABS ( which looked right to me )

so i finally decide to research and read about it...

the first stop was the yahoo answers site.. i have been looking at its banner for a while now on the DND.. but it did not have a lot of good content in this context.. and next i went to the site where i get all my answers... not about life though...

jai ho howstuffworks.com ki
so i read about
ABS

and then I read about the
Disc Brakes

and i now carry some more knowledge then what i had about 2 hours back..

and hey...

i also read about Toyota Innova today... i love that car...

so if you want you can talk to me about three more topics now...

• Anti-Lock Breaks
• Disc Breaks
• Innova...

am i cool or what :)

oh... and this is how my house is looking these days....

ToUriStS iN McLeoDGanJ...

"Day 0: Wednesday"

office was not the regular office... and had to go the CP office and not the Okhla one...
left at 1700 hrs somehow after completing some important work... and reached the Himachal Bhawan.. i was to find out about the buses to Dharamsaala here... it was only me and Tushar who were going on the trip...

i really really wanted to take Radha along.. but looks like Goddie had different plans and he made us take a bus.. actually not "A" bus but multiple buses on our way to Dharamsaala...

the Volvo leaves ISBT at 2000 hrs and was full... there is another bus at 2015 hrs which apprantly was cancelled.... so we could not take it either.. another funny thing that happened was that the guy at Himachal Bhawan told me that the buses leave from there.. but the buses are from ISBT which meant that we got late for both the buses and were not in a position to take any of them either...

anyway... a look at the queue for the ordinary bus to Dharamsaala made me almost cancel the plan... too many ppl... and rotten buses... so we decide to find out private buses to Dharamshaala... we managed to get one... which we boarded at 2130 hours from ISBT... it then went to Lal Quila... and then again to the IST.. and then again to the Lal Quila.. before it took at U-turn to stop on the other side of the road in front of the Lal Quila again...

i so far have never spent this much time in a bus ever without the bus going anywhere... oh.. and about the bus.. this was a sleeper class bus... someone which is kinda common in Rajasthan.. infact the bus had a registration on Jaipur as well...

we finally moved out of delhi around 2300 hrs... and then stopped at the border for fuel... and then again for some Tax related issues.... the bus finally picked up some speed after crossing the border which was around 0000 hrs... and it reached Chandigarh is about 4 hours only.. including a 30 minute break near Pipli...

"Day 1: Thursday"

most of the time in the bus was spent sleeping.. so i am not too sure of the route that the bus took after Chandigarh... however we had taken this bus till Pathankot and we managed to reach there around 0800 hrs... took a private bus to Gaggal from Pathankot and completed this distance of about 80 kms in about 3 hours... and then another bus to dharamsaala from Gaggal... and then one more bus to McLeodganj... our final stop !!!

her name is Zema which means beautiful... isn't she?

on our way we got some valuable information about what do to and where to stay from a guy too... so we decided not to stay in Dharamsaala and moved to McLeodganj instead... which actually turned out to be better...

i broke my favorite shades on the trip.. now left with only the frame :)

took a decent room for 350 bucks a night... and then moved out of the room to walk around... Tushar suggested that we should do the local sightseeing the same day.. which meant hiring an auto for 200 bucks... and a visit to nearby places like the Dal Lake, St. John's church, some view point, and finally the Bhagsu Nag Temple... we also went for a short long walk from the temple to a nearby waterfall... spent about 1.5 hours to and fro... got into an argument with the Auto-wala because he said that we should not have spent more then 30 minutes there... anyway...

a view from our hotel...the small hump that you see on the first mountain is Triun...

went back to the hotel... and then went out again for food and all...

McLeodganj is a very very neat place if you want to experiment with food.. there is so much to eat... i had Spaghetti with Cheese for Lunch, India Food (though i did not want to) for dinner.... all sorts of Italian, Tibetan, continental food is available.. and not too expensive either...

Another highlight of the place:
Figures to kill for and Skins to Die for... so many firangi chicks around... and if thats not enough.. there is more !!! the Local Chicks are more or less awesome too...

I was certainly feeling out of place... there were either Tibetans or firangies around.. anyway...

so after a long day.. i slept while i was talking to tushar... and then i guess he went out and sat in the balcony for a while.. before he slept too...

our room...nice.. clean...

Day 2: Friday

We had done some homework to find out about the bus back home the last evening... and managed to get a ticket for the Saturday Volvo in the morning...

next on the agenda was a trek to Triun... we could see it from our hotel balcony and it looked far away too...



the breakfast here is worth mentioning.. the farmer's breakfast and the JJI breakfast.. at the JJI cafe.. will talk about it later too...

we took an auto till Gallu Temple.. which was a good 6 kms away... and the roads ( well thats what i can think of calling that path as cars, jeeps, autos etc. are supposed to move on it) were scary... something that needs a good 4 wheel drive was being negotiated with a 150 cc three wheeler.... with all the weight at the back.. increasing the chances of going down the hill on the small mistake.. anyway.. we were lucky.. and managed to reach the place where we had to start off with the trek...

in about 10 minutes we reached a T point.. and had to choose between one of the two directions... and no one to guide too... i chose one... and it took us about 20 more minutes to reach a point which looked like a dead end.. crossed the mountain with some support from the rocks at the edge... and managed to move to the other side.. we had to be careful not to slip... we did not...

and after walking for a good 2.5 hours on a path second to the worst i have walked on.. we reached the top of the mountain... Triun... the pain was worth it... i cannot explain what it looked like with words.. maybe the picture would help...

Triun...

lots of foriegners... and a few shops... this was the best place to spend a couple of days... the only sounds were crows or air.. and an occasional cheer of the ppl around... lovely.. beautiful...

Triun again...

on our way back to McLeodganj... the walk took over 3 hours... phew... it was tough..

the walk back was tiring.. and longer.. as we had to walk those 6 kms done in the auto on foot this time... managed to reach McLeodganj around 1800 hrs... had tea and mango lassi in one of the roof-top restaurants... went back to the hotel... rested for a while.. and then came out for a walk...

somewhere....

just walked around before i wanted to sleep... came back to the hotel.. and slept in peace...

Day 3 : Saturday...

Saturday started late... packed our bags.. checked out of the hotel... went to Dharamshaala.. found the Kangra museum of Art closed because of a local holiday... came back to McLedoganj... spent the entire afternoon in the JJI's cafe... about this place now... JJI is a name that comes from the Initials of the JJI EXile Brothers... the cafe is a small shop with 4 tables.. and about 10 chairs... awesome music.. wonderful food.. and the best place to spend time in, if you want to just relax... had the best Honey ginger Lemon tea there... had some great Farmer's breakfast... and some delightful Pasta in Tomato Cheese Sauce...loved it...

took the bus back to Delhi @ 1900 hours... wonderful bus.. a semi sleeper to Delhi... reached delhi in 12 hours.. and home around 0800 hrs on sunday...

The Trip ends !!!! AWESOME... LOVED it...

time for some tips/statistics....
~ Total money spent in Travel : 1400 bucks per head (Private buses Delhi-Pathankot, Pathankot-Gaggal, Gaggal-Dharamsaala, Dharasaala-McLeodganj; Back in a Volvo 750+ bucks per head)
~ Stay : 350 a room per night...
~ Food : depending on what you want to eat.. the food however is not expensive at all... a meal for two should not cross 200 bucks even if you eat a lot...

~ This is a place to just relax.. and chill.. and go for a couple of treks... if you are interested in treks... ensure that you carry some good shoes, some medicine, water, and food...
~ Enjoy the variety of food available...

and HAVE FUN...

p.s. i will have the pics by Wednesday.. hope to upload them the same day too...

JuSt LikE ThAt....

do din kaa bahi khata....

yesteday while going to the office.. got a call from a colleague and he told me that all the routes to the office are blocked... MCD demolitions, protests and all... which meant that there was no way i could reach office...

which meant a plan B... and i worked from the CP office... i like CP... love it infact... hope the new buildings do not screw up the heritage still left in CP... managed to roam around the place a bit, went to chandni chawk too to get the film rolls... talked to Sayan.. met Ashi in the BCL... and then went over to meet up with richa... and bumped into Sayan in the Khan Market... so all in all.. some activity filled day..

and when i reached office.. i saw my room which no longer looks even close to a room all broken.. the picture shows something that used to be my room at sometime.. and thats my bed.. and my pillow... all full of dust and mitti now :(

you should be able to see the main gate outside and radha in the driveway too... when i am back from the trip.. things would have changed big time...

yesterday evening...

~got pissed with tushar because he was not replying to the message that i sent about the trip...

~got sad that the trip looked like its not going to happen...

~was fine once managed to talk to tushar... and the probable mode of travel to dharamshala...

as per my calculation... if i am talking my car to dharamshala and using the local transport there.. its going to be cheaper then the volvo.. will need to work on the rest of the expenses a li'il to tweak them...

mom looked comfortable with the idea of me taking the car even if there are two ppl... they are fine with the way i drive i guess :) which is good for me...

today in CP too.. meeting sayan in a while for lunch at Subway...

what else...

nothing actually...

ta tu for now....

MoNdAy.... CoMeS... TOo... QuiCk....

looks like i am down to writing only weekend posts :)

shweta are you still loving it * in the Mc Donalds tone*

well... this weekend was different from the other ones so far... spent in dust, heat, soil etc etc... there was not much that i was doing.. however resting and getting out was certainly out of question...

wanted to go to Chandni Chowk to get some film rolls for the trip, but did not go... thanks to the unbearable heat outside...

sunday was more or less a repeat of saturday... except the time spent at the workshop....
got the car washed properly.... and the wheel balancing and the alignment done....


came home and polished the car... and she is looking hott now...

and then came monday... sooner then needed... and i am in the office.... not feeling like working at all....

hoping that the next two days quickly get over... wednesday night i have to get out of delhi for dharamshaala...

anyone joining me?

qUiCkiE :)

the last two days have been really busy in office.... phew...

and summers have arrived in delhi... it only makes sense to reach office before 0900 hrs.. so that i can save myself from the traffic as well as the heat...

and not leave office before the sun sets... bad bad summer...

construction would start at home today... we are building a floor for ourself.. any ideas, contact details and suggestions on the interiors/exteriors/furniture/paint combo/ flooring/kitchen works would be appreciated...

and i am getting back to work now...

TwO DaYs...TOo MuCh FuNn...

this weekend was fun !!!

spent most of time outside home... and below is a list of things i did..
~ saw two movies.. back to back...
~ went to gurgaon for a night out with friends...
~ enjoyed the ride of a Yamaha 350D LT at 110 kmph on the Highway...
~ test drove a car for a friend.. and looked at a few more...
~ went out to my maasi's place...
~ talked to richa for 29 minutes and some seconds which she says is a record...


the details follow...

first movie... Mistress of SPICE

one of the most masaledaar movie ever in Bollywood... and it wins because of the sheer amount of spices in the movie... i mean most of the movie has been shot inside a store which Aishwarya Rai owns... called Spice Bazaar... and Aishwarya Rai is called TILO in this movie...

now comes the interesting part.... Tilo says that everyone has a spice for him/her.. which is a fair deal... and all the spices which are in the Spice Bazaar... talk to Tilo... and as soon as someone enters the store.. Tilo finds out what spice he/she wants... there is this lover boy who wants to woo his girl... so she gives him recipes and spices that help.. and then there is this young Surd who is not one of the most popular guy in the neighborhood.. so she hides some daalchini in his turban.. and in a few weeks.. he comes back all dude-ish and all.. with a crew cut and all...

and so on a so forth..

the real excitement begins.. when Tilo starts liking this guy called Doug... and does not give him the spice he should get.. but gives him sometime else.. Tulsi to be specific... for remembering things.. and then he comes back to her to share what he remembered... and then to make him come out with his inner deepest secrets she gives him limewater with Pepper... so that he shares his secrets.. and because of all this.. the Spices get angry with Tilo and start reacting in a way they should not.. things go beserk.... WHY... because Tilo broke the rules... phew !!!

and then she decides to get out of her business.. and then gets ready for a night of passion... related to Red Chillies for some reason... and she does.. whatever she wants to do that night.. and then burns herself.. and the store is all destroyed.... the next morning however she lives... without a scratch on her body !!!
and then i guess the boyfriend and this spice girl live happily ever after.. I GUESS !!!


and this movie was a li'il too hot to handle for me... which meant that i had to watch another movie to come out of the state of shock... so what do i do... i go to the ticket counter.. and buy the tickets for ICE AGE II...

i loved the part I and II did not disappoint either...although the part one was better... it had a better ishtory.. which looked natural...
this time it looked like more of an attempt to make ppl laugh... not that it was not successful.... my favorite Sid the Sloth still remains my favorite... Maddy the Mammoth did things he did not feel comfortable in for the other mammoth chick... and the squirrel SCRAT.. who was nuts after the nuts.. was still nuts after the nuts... Diego... overcome his fear for water as well in the part II....

and the new characters are
Ellie... who thinks that if someone says that she has a huge butt.. he is sweet !!!
Crash and Eddie who are possums.. and are maha-shararti... and nasty !!! to start with they made life kinda difficult for Diego and Sid...

loved the movie... loved it loved it loved it...

also ate.. an over-expensive parantha... which was less of the parantha.. and more of the stuffing...

so much for the movies...

the evening was spent at home.. more or less.. and moved out of the house to reach gurgaon around 1900 hrs... was in gurgaon by 2030 hrs... this was the last party at Aro's place... U24/25.. this house has seen more years and parties then any other house in Hughes gang !!! so we talked.. ate...drank... smoked.. till morning.. and came back... it was a total fun !!! its surprising how even after changing jobs... being in different shifts... making new friends.. the entire batch 1 and 2 of Hughes BPO ( which is no more there) is still together...and a parallel party was there in Banglore.. arranged by subbu... with Arun, Sammy, Sushant, Amit Junior and all... I guess Kailash was there too...

me and Narang went to his place around 2200 hrs to grab the video card i needed.. and that is when we put the rest of the bikes and the cars and the trucks to shame @ speeds over 100 kms per hour... Narang is a tech freak.. and it shows in his computer and his bike... ask him anything and he knows... i am so proud of him.. so so proud of him !!!

so that was saturday !!! spicy to start with... funny in the middle.. and happy in the end !!!


Sunday started late... around 1100 hrs... and then a quick 20 minute drive to Mausi's place where we discussed the blueprint for her house... which they started constructing.. and back by 1600 hrs.. Amit came over by 1630 hrs.. and we went to see a few cars for him...

the first one.. Ford Ikon flair... at a on-road price of 5.08 lacs this approx 78ps car looks a decent buy... it looks like the most spacious in its category... however they say that maintaining a ford is kinda tough.. and a few of my friends know this by experience...

the next car was a Indigo.. where we were greeted by a useless Salesman.. who did not know shit about the car he was selling.... so that takes Indigo out of the compeition atleast as of today..

i also wanted amit to try a Petra.. which most of the ppl do not know about... in the same 5-5.5 lac category... this car is the best technically... and otherwise too.. compare the power, mileage, maintenance, space, safety.. whatever... Petra wins in and out... anyway.. we could test drive a Petra or see it on display either.. so hard luck..

the last stop was Rohan Motors... Swift and Esteem... Esteem gives a low quality feel... not really worth a test drive even.. Swift looks good... and feels good too.... smaller windows make you feel that you are sitting inside a box.. and gives a sense of security too.. less glass on the car makes it better for summers in India... however it probably is not the best value for money... but then.. its a premium hatchback.. and ppl who have that kinda money should definitely spend on swift...

back home in the evening... after a quick stop at the TeaShop... and then i got down to changing the Video Card for my computer... now i have a nVidia GE Force AGP Card in my computer which is powered by a AMD Sempron 2400+ processor ( 1.7 GHz) with a 512 MHz SD RAM... i was trying to download some CPU utilities too for my machine yesterday.. but could not... they were for AMD Athelon.. though the site said that they will work on a Sempron too... anyway...

Today was just like any other Monday.. hectik... coming to an end though....

lets see how the week goes...