Bollywood hungama

I took my parents to see a movie and all that was playing was 'What's ur rashee' (sheeeeee) 'Dil bole hadippa' (hmmmmm...whatever). Mum refused to see hadippa. Dad said, " rasheeee... eeeeee" So I used my veto and said, we go for the movie that starts first. Hadipppaaa!!! The movie was tolerable, very predictable, but what was left behind in my mind was this very silly song where Rani Mukherjee (a town girl) tells Shaheed Kapoor (from England) " disco wale khisko, chal desi beat bajaa!" lolz...lolz...when heard it first, I said this is atrocious! God! On second thoughts, I found it very apt (to the situation, where she was having a go at Shaheed for being 'vilaati munda' as she called it). Really crazy! Disco wale khisko??? lolz....Bollywood=leave your brains behind. Call it entertainment!

Out of context

I was driving through Sion and saw a procession for the Navratri pooja, fully eqipped with band-baajas, bhopus (loudspeakers), lights, trucks and peple decked up. Somehow my attention was drawn towards the familiar tune that was playing while the people were dancing. No, it wasn't our favorite Ganpati Nashik dhol beat, but guess what? Guess what? It was 'jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way'!!!!!!!!!

The golden leaf

My maid very sweetly came and gave me a small heart-shaped leaf today and we wished each other 'Happy Dasshera'. After pulling her leg on the leaf not being made of real gold, I asked her what to do with it, she said its supposed to be lucky so keep it in your wallet. I hope to get loads of money now! Certain things are so symbolic. I absolutely love these tiny gestures.

Gol Gappe!

One of the things I do when I get a mind-block at work is to have gol gappe! I instantly bounce back to life! Its khataa- meetha, and it works wonders! Besides, the rest of the group is always ready for it! When in doubt, have pani puri!

ice ice baby!

Somebody please stop me from eating ice- creams! I know cold kills cold, but 3 ice-creams in 24 hours has left me croaking like a frog! Atishooo!!

Zara hat- ke

With so many ice- cream parlours in town, the ice-cream brands really have to work hard with constant innovation and availability of choice. Gelato was a big hit when it first came- they had some 15 odd flavours, which soon became passe, coz they didn't keep up with it. Next came Naturals, which was awesome- Natural ice- cream! Wow!! People went mad! But even after a year (or two) they still have the same ice- creams they had before, without a single addition. I've had most of them- right from tender coconut to the melon to the lemon. People want something new every time you go to a place! So it was one of those days when I just wanted to have an ice-cream! Must have. None of these places tempted me so I decided to go to Hokey Pokey to have something 'different'. I've been there before,but not enough to have eaten every ice-cream available there...ummm which one should I have? Manic Monkey? Monkey Business? Cookie Dough? I finally settled for the Apple crumble pie ice-cream, coz I thought, Apple pie? In an ice-cream? Strange. Sure enough, they mixed some 'French Vanilla' (lolz) with roasted almonds, chocolate cookie and some form of apple (the same thing that goes into the pie). Was awesome! What's more, it tasted nicer with a waffle cane with chocolate edges on the inside! I think this might just be my new ice-cream parlour of the month- till I get fed up of it!