Pondering over Hyper Inflation!!
Brief on the what scenario Zimbabwe is in:
Exchange rate: 7.4mZ$ = 1US$, few months ago it was 2mZ$=1US$
People fleeing the country
Ruled by President Mugabe, more of a dictatorship
So why... Infation at whooping 4000%
Am taking top down approach, though views will go right centre left... !!
President Mugabe to check inflation has capped prices on certain commodities, though it goes against the cause. Say, you are a producer -- with factory cost of the produce coming 100$, however the end price is capped at 80$ only (political situation warrant that, u dont have a excuse there), depsite your raw material cost being higher, i.e. business being economically unviable because the domestic currency has depreciated --> Hence you stop producing it, why would one produce something for a loss... automatically the demand is constant and supply going down..... causes Supply constrained inflation ... ... ...(A)
Now, Zimbabwe has not had good history of BOP -- same has been the case in recent past, with most of the bugdetary revenue already spent... a very obvious mismatch... with no funds to support development projects. Also, With the history of bad international payments and not so healthy political relationship, country finds difficult to raise foreign debt....
So, Mr. Mugabe runs his own printing press..... prints more and more local zimb. dollars -- thereby increasing domestic supply, pushing inflation further.. UP... ... ...(B)
So if you are made a zimb. resident, to save ur A**, you would want to sell of what all domestic currency you have now, as u know the same dollar is going to fetch you far less in the future.... Hence all M1 chasing for stable currencies... (i.e., if u buy USD, u got to pay him something in return ie. Zm$ --- hence demand for USD increases, so USD appreciates and domestic currency depreciates further).... so guess thats the reason for people fleeing the country and more supply and more inflation... (C)
So A+B+C causes HYper INflation !! ~ Hence root cause for the A+B+C, being Poor governance --> BOP going for toss --> no Foreign Debt available --> Print More money... (dictatorship at its best) !! --> Hyper Inflation :)
So this explains the causes for hyper inflation...at 4000 levels,... however there are a few doubts in above discussion... 1. if u know the currency is to depreciate further, who fool would buy it (or exchange it for) 2. there has to be some rationale in the limits of printing dometic currency (say Gold reserves, Country reserves, SDR, etc. etc....)
Looking for comments/corrections/.... :)
"All views expressed are personal"
Saturday, February 16, 2008
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Sunday, September 30, 2007
The lord mumbai loves ~ Ganesha !!
Going thru a bit of history, and how Ganesha came in .. !!
It was September 18 to be precise, left office by 21 30 (early !!) ~ marched on straight to churchgate... and dropped in at Charni Road !! Sept 18, happens to be the last day of ganesha festival, wherein the mighty lord is immersed!!... hell of a crowd... didnt find it difficult to get down - from the local.. !! as momentum from behind was high (me high on wt. and lots of velocity from behind :-) !! engg. at work ... ) ... huh.... !! was masti for me... !!
(one of the many pics of the lord- Ganesha)
Badly wanted to to go to chowpatty, to witness the actual immersion proceedings but.... ... but 'time again',... and fear of all the road blocks, next day.. reachin work.. was continiously.. at the back of mind... made me pull out of charni road... by 23 30.. but the two hours spent .... were worth it... !!! a day must to witness... for anyone.. who loves the lord... and want to c the passion of mumbaikars,..
(Joy ~ unlimited ... )
"Traditional stories tell that Lord Ganesha was created by goddess Parvati, consort of Lord Shiva. Parvati created Ganesha out of sandalwood paste that she used for her bath and breathed life into the figure. She then set him to stand guard at her door while she bathed. However, while she bathed, Lord Shiva returned and as Ganesha didn't know him, he didn't allow him to enter. Lord Shiva became enraged and severed the head of the child and entered his house. After realizing that he had beheaded his own son, Lord Shiva fixed the head of an elephant in place of Ganesha's head. In this way, Lord Ganesha came to be depicted as the elephant-headed God. "
It was September 18 to be precise, left office by 21 30 (early !!) ~ marched on straight to churchgate... and dropped in at Charni Road !! Sept 18, happens to be the last day of ganesha festival, wherein the mighty lord is immersed!!... hell of a crowd... didnt find it difficult to get down - from the local.. !! as momentum from behind was high (me high on wt. and lots of velocity from behind :-) !! engg. at work ... ) ... huh.... !! was masti for me... !!(one of the many pics of the lord- Ganesha)
Just moved out of the station, and rushed to my cousins place 2 mins fro
m the station, could not resist clicking pics on the way... the jovial atmosphore, with drums and songs all around,... ppl dancing... like .... what not !!, ... a Q of ganesh idols, on all possible modes of transportation, ... trucks, tractors, laarri's (vegetable wala), cars, in arms.. !!! it was all chaos ... yet things were flowing very smoothly... ... as if no chaos, ppl.... ppl... n just ppl... arnd.. !! the passion that mumbaikars have for the lord, the joy unbound... its hard to believe.... ppl so animated, dancing non-stop.. !! man, its just awesome... somethign not possible to put in words,..... net net... wud say... the passion tat mumbaikars have for the
m the station, could not resist clicking pics on the way... the jovial atmosphore, with drums and songs all around,... ppl dancing... like .... what not !!, ... a Q of ganesh idols, on all possible modes of transportation, ... trucks, tractors, laarri's (vegetable wala), cars, in arms.. !!! it was all chaos ... yet things were flowing very smoothly... ... as if no chaos, ppl.... ppl... n just ppl... arnd.. !! the passion that mumbaikars have for the lord, the joy unbound... its hard to believe.... ppl so animated, dancing non-stop.. !! man, its just awesome... somethign not possible to put in words,..... net net... wud say... the passion tat mumbaikars have for the lord cant be found anywhere else (atleast havent seen the same in baroda or pune).... and it is something one cant miss at all !!
Yup, and a imp. thing, on such occasions if u hadnt had dinner its perfectly fine, u find ppl. offering prasad to everyone... and its good !! :) was enuf to keep me happy, so wont b problem others too !! ;)... also, was surprised to see stall road-side offering 'free' vada-pau's (fav. food of mumbai) to the ppl., thou, didnt try one ... On the way back, boarded the local at charni again... !! the crowd inside also was jst too good !! had a talk with them, they had started since 12 in noon, and was almost 12 hrs now... from they being started, but the smiles on their faces,... and their passion for the lord, just moved me... clicked them too !! had to take permission... from them.. and they all cheered for the click !!
Badly wanted to to go to chowpatty, to witness the actual immersion proceedings but.... ... but 'time again',... and fear of all the road blocks, next day.. reachin work.. was continiously.. at the back of mind... made me pull out of charni road... by 23 30.. but the two hours spent .... were worth it... !!! a day must to witness... for anyone.. who loves the lord... and want to c the passion of mumbaikars,..(Joy ~ unlimited ... )
Sunday, September 23, 2007
A fan says it all !!
Beauty of a SLR... !!
When you are bugged,... and...if cant find human's along to bug.... .. !! always have a Canon along... !! even a ceiling fan ~ .. can also really make u feel better .... !! ;-) !! Have attempted to capture a fan (at const rpm) with diffnt. sthutter speeds ... Canon gives amazing results, chk it how... :)
This ones dedicated to my another inspiration ~ http://eyesoftheempress.blogspot.com/ :-) check it out too !!
ISO 800 /Shutter speed ~(1/60) seconds/Aperture ~F 4.0
ISO 800 /Shutter speed ~(1/30) seconds/Aperture ~F 5.6
ISO 800 /Shutter speed ~(1/20) seconds/Aperture ~F 7.1
ISO 800 /Shutter speed ~(1/15) seconds/Aperture ~F 8.0
ISO 800 /Shutter speed ~4 seconds/Aperture ~F 29
When you are bugged,... and...if cant find human's along to bug.... .. !! always have a Canon along... !! even a ceiling fan ~ .. can also really make u feel better .... !! ;-) !! Have attempted to capture a fan (at const rpm) with diffnt. sthutter speeds ... Canon gives amazing results, chk it how... :)
This ones dedicated to my another inspiration ~ http://eyesoftheempress.blogspot.com/ :-) check it out too !!
ISO 800 /Shutter speed ~(1/60) seconds/Aperture ~F 4.0
ISO 800 /Shutter speed ~(1/30) seconds/Aperture ~F 5.6
ISO 800 /Shutter speed ~(1/20) seconds/Aperture ~F 7.1
ISO 800 /Shutter speed ~(1/15) seconds/Aperture ~F 8.0
ISO 800 /Shutter speed ~4 seconds/Aperture ~F 29
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Friday, August 3, 2007
Getting Older & Wiser !!!
A week in life of a poor Analyst !! The Dream Run...
It has been more than two months at the dream job, which has been a experience in itself... right from travelling thru cab, then graduating to local, then bus finally on bike and at times in a friends car..... and shifting from floors at tulsiani chambers (from sixth, to seventh and now at the eighth) !!! not to forget about shuffling across sectors... textiles and metals... during day at work... !!
Day begins by seven thirty,... brush ur teeth, do other necessary, get rolling ...and ready by eight twenty, time by which i make sure am out of the flat.... it wud take anywhere from 18 t0 20mins drive in the mornign to reach nariman point (place where the office is). Its a joyful ride... which i love... along with the ipod which make it a pleasure... driving along the seaside with music banging your ears... was a dream, that i had since was a kid... and travelling at 80kmph with wind, music ....and a cool sea breeze.. is a pleasure and joy in itself.. !!!
So reach office by eight fourty five, have a daily morning meet at nine, one has to be updated about the daily updates in his or her sector, so i need to know everything that happend overnite over the sector under my coverage, else have to be ready to get screwed by someone.... and then one feel really embarassed about not knowing it... so to avoid it..with a cup of tea, take up BS,ET and Mint and scan through ... to survive the grilling of the sales team...and seniors at times !!
Nine fourty to ten, on to the desk... check mails incld. google alerts... daily updates, notes.. blah blah blah..... then... finally comes the much awaited breakfast... either vada or idli or poha or..... somethign... or other.. with the second tea of the day, the.. no. reaches.. 15 by end of day.. tea and coffe's coupled together,... midst of it.. phone rings trin tring.. ther comes in the boss,.... few client delieveries to be worked on... high priorites,... followed by .... RN, EU, iniating coverages..etc., not to forget wokring on excels... modifying current models,creating new ones, at times gets into a real pain ..., but its fun.. to do that... also, u get calls from fund managers and buy side analyst... who start quizzing you on either the sector or the reports that have landed in market against your name, questions can be as simple as gearing ratio, to ... a macro picture... of the sector, at times ask really weird ones, .. but njoi being on the other side of the desk, where some one is now doing DCP to me... As used to be in college where teachers were on the side where i m in rite now... and at times feel really happy to get calls from newspaper journalists like dna money where they ask about your views... but better SHUT up in front of them,... appreciating the fact, tis being too early... :-)
Lunch comes in at around 13 30 hrs, where nityam, Suchit (colleagues) and me meet over for lunch, a quick one in fact.... back on seat by 13 45 where in we discuss the market, few scrips...weekend plans... and anything and everything.... nityam a cool, calm guy.. whereas suchit is a hot potato, sits next to me, starts shouting on phone from 14 00 to 16 00.. with clients, friends (pintu) and what not, where in i get really pissed, and ask him to shut up not less than 10 times in a day,... but he lives in his own world... but, now he is moving to other brokerage house, with a hefty fat check and a new car.... !! so happy and sorry for that...
Work goes on till evening, which lasts till 22 00 to 23 30.. when results are on, as like last few days,... but never feel bored or pissed....feel happy that am learning or knowing something new on everything that am workign on, which keeps me happy... and going.. with a great superior to work with, who encourages you.. verbally and drops u a sms appreciating your work !!
he appreciates the enthu with which i work, and helps keeps me loaded as on my request !!... so he is also happy and so am i...
Finally day ends at 22 or 23 00, there comes again the bike, with music.... , cruising anywhere from 80 to 90kmph is a bliss, starting from hilton, along the necklace, and then through peddar road, haji ali, novartis, atria flyover, worli naka..... passing zig zag between the cars and at times breaking the lanes and struggling to stop on signals, cruise back to the flat in 18-20 odd minutes... drive really rash in the night, somethign that shud not do, but a lot depends on the kind of music that ears hear and neurons get, more or less that(dancing neurons) controlls the speed of the bike,.. if its a john denver, 'living on a jet plane' then... go smooth at 75to80, whereas if its something like zombie, or some other rock... go zig zag, ... ekdum tom cruise way..!! risky it is but fun... !! love it...
Back home, roomies (subhashish & abhishake) waiting to go (till 23 30 in nite, really appreciate that, no words for it...) out dinner, have fud.. at nearby fud joints... most frequently visited being sadanand the sea food (near worli seaface), pulse (nr. prabhadevi chowk), 'udipi', summer park, subway...... tried everhting we could... at times, when reach home early, stroll on worli sea face, beautiful calm place it is... where u just sit back.. and stare at the white waves...crashing on to the rocks, with every hit... on the stone, making one realize of the perseverance that water has to pass through tthe crevice of the stone,...which is philosoply now, deviating i am.. !!love talking on phone while strolling at the sea face.... and on weekends reach there, with a magazine... and enjoy the cool breeze and the sun.... !!
Day ends around 12 05 to 30.... go to sleep, but still find eps, multiples, fccb and at times mosquitoes also... !! thou a 'good night' works now, which is good enuf to keep the latter away, but multiples.. and models keep on swinging... in brain also at night... i hope i dont talk about it in sleep, as used to be the case in college days... with hassan and amardeep complaining abt talking macro & fin in sleep... and engg. days... as santanu used to... waiting for that too happen !!
Thats how the day works for me,... truely speaking has been a dream run... for the two months at the brokerage house, .. i love the work.. and do it for i like it, thou at a pay cut !!!
Picture is taken from the place where i sit on eigth floor, tulsiani chambers.. just got to turn back.. and i get this beautiful view of arabian sea, often when i feel burned out, i just stare at the waves, which really help me rejuvineate myself... and makes me feel great... m lucky to get this corner near window seat... which i love .. !!
On Weekends !!
Weekends... friday, satuday nights freaking out.. is fun, last weeek had a party at liquid lounge, tis week it was at taj president... in a way its going great, good food and good company is all what can ask for on weekends, and am lucky to have both !! so its going great... Also a weekend never goes without a movie... and that too with either raghu or kassu... raghu (ex-patni mate), kassu
(ex spjain mate)... both cool dudes.. Last weeek managed to visit spjain... as had to collect a pay order... went with kassu, meet prof. sarcar (pic below) and prof. preeta george, had a long long chat with both of them... more than an hour with each...!! was cool fun,... talking with prof. sarcar about his views on metals, textiles, indian economy, .... a new and a different perspective.. he gave, but didnt argue... as didnt feel like... with preeta madam, was as usual.. macro, crr... and current state... where she gifted me a macro economics book, felt top of the world... on that... however, forgot to take her autograph on the same, will get it done nxt time when i visit her... latter....., went for die hard 4.0 at adlabs, andheri (w) with kassu dear... good movie, good company, good fun... moved to goregaon - the hub at around nineish... with raghu.. went for zodiac, prior to that had gud fud again.. !!, its fun to have a movie after good fud, feeling full,
he heee !!! believe me its really good, Zodiac, a good movie again, abt a serial killer, a good recommended watch in fact... reached flat at around 1 30 in morning, slept sletp slept.. awake at 11 00.. rush back to the flat in worli, quick bath and small snap..., and then rush to office around four to work.... came back.. little early.... strolled a the seaface, had dinner with malpani (spjain mate) at pulse, discussed again a few scrips, with potential high upside.. adn sector... nice talking to him... full gyan... and fun...came back .. ran through newspapers BT, mint and ET... gud reading.. njoi readin it....and then went to sleep, didnt realize two days just passed by.
Moreover, last few weeks after coming to bombay have been jumping across pune, baroda and chennai... which is fun.... ... !!! one of the weekends had a 250km bike journy from pune to bombay, where by mistake reached JNPT, instead of vashi... and that is how it became 250km instead of 200kms.. as shud be... which was in heavy wind & rain through khandala pass. awesome it was... !! life mai kuch to ho raha hai!!
It has been more than two months at the dream job, which has been a experience in itself... right from travelling thru cab, then graduating to local, then bus finally on bike and at times in a friends car..... and shifting from floors at tulsiani chambers (from sixth, to seventh and now at the eighth) !!! not to forget about shuffling across sectors... textiles and metals... during day at work... !!
Day begins by seven thirty,... brush ur teeth, do other necessary, get rolling ...and ready by eight twenty, time by which i make sure am out of the flat.... it wud take anywhere from 18 t0 20mins drive in the mornign to reach nariman point (place where the office is). Its a joyful ride... which i love... along with the ipod which make it a pleasure... driving along the seaside with music banging your ears... was a dream, that i had since was a kid... and travelling at 80kmph with wind, music ....and a cool sea breeze.. is a pleasure and joy in itself.. !!!
So reach office by eight fourty five, have a daily morning meet at nine, one has to be updated about the daily updates in his or her sector, so i need to know everything that happend overnite over the sector under my coverage, else have to be ready to get screwed by someone.... and then one feel really embarassed about not knowing it... so to avoid it..with a cup of tea, take up BS,ET and Mint and scan through ... to survive the grilling of the sales team...and seniors at times !!
Nine fourty to ten, on to the desk... check mails incld. google alerts... daily updates, notes.. blah blah blah..... then... finally comes the much awaited breakfast... either vada or idli or poha or..... somethign... or other.. with the second tea of the day, the.. no. reaches.. 15 by end of day.. tea and coffe's coupled together,... midst of it.. phone rings trin tring.. ther comes in the boss,.... few client delieveries to be worked on... high priorites,... followed by .... RN, EU, iniating coverages..etc., not to forget wokring on excels... modifying current models,creating new ones, at times gets into a real pain ..., but its fun.. to do that... also, u get calls from fund managers and buy side analyst... who start quizzing you on either the sector or the reports that have landed in market against your name, questions can be as simple as gearing ratio, to ... a macro picture... of the sector, at times ask really weird ones, .. but njoi being on the other side of the desk, where some one is now doing DCP to me... As used to be in college where teachers were on the side where i m in rite now... and at times feel really happy to get calls from newspaper journalists like dna money where they ask about your views... but better SHUT up in front of them,... appreciating the fact, tis being too early... :-)
Lunch comes in at around 13 30 hrs, where nityam, Suchit (colleagues) and me meet over for lunch, a quick one in fact.... back on seat by 13 45 where in we discuss the market, few scrips...weekend plans... and anything and everything.... nityam a cool, calm guy.. whereas suchit is a hot potato, sits next to me, starts shouting on phone from 14 00 to 16 00.. with clients, friends (pintu) and what not, where in i get really pissed, and ask him to shut up not less than 10 times in a day,... but he lives in his own world... but, now he is moving to other brokerage house, with a hefty fat check and a new car.... !! so happy and sorry for that...Work goes on till evening, which lasts till 22 00 to 23 30.. when results are on, as like last few days,... but never feel bored or pissed....feel happy that am learning or knowing something new on everything that am workign on, which keeps me happy... and going.. with a great superior to work with, who encourages you.. verbally and drops u a sms appreciating your work !!
he appreciates the enthu with which i work, and helps keeps me loaded as on my request !!... so he is also happy and so am i...
Finally day ends at 22 or 23 00, there comes again the bike, with music.... , cruising anywhere from 80 to 90kmph is a bliss, starting from hilton, along the necklace, and then through peddar road, haji ali, novartis, atria flyover, worli naka..... passing zig zag between the cars and at times breaking the lanes and struggling to stop on signals, cruise back to the flat in 18-20 odd minutes... drive really rash in the night, somethign that shud not do, but a lot depends on the kind of music that ears hear and neurons get, more or less that(dancing neurons) controlls the speed of the bike,.. if its a john denver, 'living on a jet plane' then... go smooth at 75to80, whereas if its something like zombie, or some other rock... go zig zag, ... ekdum tom cruise way..!! risky it is but fun... !! love it...
Back home, roomies (subhashish & abhishake) waiting to go (till 23 30 in nite, really appreciate that, no words for it...) out dinner, have fud.. at nearby fud joints... most frequently visited being sadanand the sea food (near worli seaface), pulse (nr. prabhadevi chowk), 'udipi', summer park, subway...... tried everhting we could... at times, when reach home early, stroll on worli sea face, beautiful calm place it is... where u just sit back.. and stare at the white waves...crashing on to the rocks, with every hit... on the stone, making one realize of the perseverance that water has to pass through tthe crevice of the stone,...which is philosoply now, deviating i am.. !!love talking on phone while strolling at the sea face.... and on weekends reach there, with a magazine... and enjoy the cool breeze and the sun.... !!
Day ends around 12 05 to 30.... go to sleep, but still find eps, multiples, fccb and at times mosquitoes also... !! thou a 'good night' works now, which is good enuf to keep the latter away, but multiples.. and models keep on swinging... in brain also at night... i hope i dont talk about it in sleep, as used to be the case in college days... with hassan and amardeep complaining abt talking macro & fin in sleep... and engg. days... as santanu used to... waiting for that too happen !!
Thats how the day works for me,... truely speaking has been a dream run... for the two months at the brokerage house, .. i love the work.. and do it for i like it, thou at a pay cut !!!
Picture is taken from the place where i sit on eigth floor, tulsiani chambers.. just got to turn back.. and i get this beautiful view of arabian sea, often when i feel burned out, i just stare at the waves, which really help me rejuvineate myself... and makes me feel great... m lucky to get this corner near window seat... which i love .. !!
On Weekends !!
Weekends... friday, satuday nights freaking out.. is fun, last weeek had a party at liquid lounge, tis week it was at taj president... in a way its going great, good food and good company is all what can ask for on weekends, and am lucky to have both !! so its going great... Also a weekend never goes without a movie... and that too with either raghu or kassu... raghu (ex-patni mate), kassu
(ex spjain mate)... both cool dudes.. Last weeek managed to visit spjain... as had to collect a pay order... went with kassu, meet prof. sarcar (pic below) and prof. preeta george, had a long long chat with both of them... more than an hour with each...!! was cool fun,... talking with prof. sarcar about his views on metals, textiles, indian economy, .... a new and a different perspective.. he gave, but didnt argue... as didnt feel like... with preeta madam, was as usual.. macro, crr... and current state... where she gifted me a macro economics book, felt top of the world... on that... however, forgot to take her autograph on the same, will get it done nxt time when i visit her... latter....., went for die hard 4.0 at adlabs, andheri (w) with kassu dear... good movie, good company, good fun... moved to goregaon - the hub at around nineish... with raghu.. went for zodiac, prior to that had gud fud again.. !!, its fun to have a movie after good fud, feeling full,
he heee !!! believe me its really good, Zodiac, a good movie again, abt a serial killer, a good recommended watch in fact... reached flat at around 1 30 in morning, slept sletp slept.. awake at 11 00.. rush back to the flat in worli, quick bath and small snap..., and then rush to office around four to work.... came back.. little early.... strolled a the seaface, had dinner with malpani (spjain mate) at pulse, discussed again a few scrips, with potential high upside.. adn sector... nice talking to him... full gyan... and fun...came back .. ran through newspapers BT, mint and ET... gud reading.. njoi readin it....and then went to sleep, didnt realize two days just passed by.
Moreover, last few weeks after coming to bombay have been jumping across pune, baroda and chennai... which is fun.... ... !!! one of the weekends had a 250km bike journy from pune to bombay, where by mistake reached JNPT, instead of vashi... and that is how it became 250km instead of 200kms.. as shud be... which was in heavy wind & rain through khandala pass. awesome it was... !! life mai kuch to ho raha hai!!
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Chennai! Detroit of the EasT !!
Day Zero
Left office at 21 30, early as per normal stands, rolled in straight to Anderi (East) ~ Marol via Churchgate... flat 35mins...
Had good time with Kassu & Sush, Had 4 packs of noodles & talks over Yearbook, and general TP ~ didnt let poor kassu sleep till 2 a.m,
Day One
Woke up at 4 00 Am, Forturnately a Rick was waiting,... nice clean traffic and pollution free roads was fun, a smooth ride except few back breaking poth holes.
Mumbai Domestic ~ A Complete makeover, cant believe what PPP can do in india, GVR was responsible for it... it was clean & had good ambience with live screens for cnbc, ndtv and all...
so time pass was not a problem, ...
A Coffee and a Snicker (60INR) is good stuff early mornign, got a shock at 60bucks, but then had to have somethign...so just converted to sing dollars, and came to 2, bought it the same instant ~ good old memories... :) of singapore came back alive, depending on choclates, avoiding
starvation.. !!
Boarded, got the window seat 8F, breath taking views of mumbai... attached a few pics along, though it was prohibited to switch on electronic devices... just could not hold through....
8 30 Am Chennai Calling ~ MAdras, capital of tamil nadu, land of shivaji ~ the boss, whr ppl are just crazy about him.... a living worshipped god for most of the tamilians... you find his posters every where, public transport, walls, ..public toilets, i mean everywhere :-) .. !! funny was it to me..
Good breath taking views of bay of bengal, goood blule coloured beacches.... was a site to watch early morning with clear skies,.. and bright sun head on :) was good !!
Weeding Bells on !!
Reached the Ambal's Guest house, T. Nagar ~ meet The bride and her parents, chatted for a hour.. and then headed for a VVIP suite waitin for me, slept and slept and slept, finally woke up at 15 30 ~ had some sick chicken biryani.... and walked to the mandapam, again chatted for arnd 45 mins and then made the movie...
those 45 mins, were memorable ones ~ seeing ur only classmate (the only girl in a class of 73) puttin on mehndi was a different frame of mind, ... seeign someone who had spend 4 good years.. and realizing that you were gettin old, ppl gettin married, was in a way in two minds, has she gone nuts, or what.. marrying this early, wanted to ask her, but kept quiet, because had done enuf of that prior ot reachin chennai through mails.. ~~ hope all ends wells, and she stays happily ever.. !!
Then made a sweet cutting, was to meet saipriya, anup and anupee ~ went to Adiyar, waitin n waitin at Anand Bhavan, supposed to be a land mark, just beneath the adiyar flyover...
Finally the lady arrived, had some good food, was deprived of it since many hours... didnt have a proper dinner (jst noodles) and breakfast and lucnh today... so was good fun, to have good food and that too in good company !!
Then Came in Mr. Anup and ANupee... went to a nearby hotel orderd a soup initially thought of ordering 1 by 4, but then....Anuppe convinced me to for 1 by 2 as it wud not look good :(
So had fun there, anup didnt allow me to talk to her... waste he is, !! was good fun.... then, he went and left her to her place... and then three of us, made a move to East Coast Road, pics attached,.. where we had long walk on the beach, with cool sites to watch... ppl fighting, begging and also having romance !! that is what i call diversity :) yup, not to forget a few icecreams, and corn with the walk, made it a joyful nite.... were ther till around 23 00 hours, anup's bike was a great help (a newly bought discover, with electr!c start !!) ~ he left her to her place, then we made our way to pizza hut, chatted all recent ups and downs, feeling great... being together.. after alomost 2 months... had good long talks... and was nice... !!
Day Two:
BAck to guest house, at aroudn 1 00 am in the mornign, had two more guests in the room, a surprise it was, not a problem, though had to wake them up early mornign.. !!
Woke up at 7 00 AM, as got straight orders from the bride to be at the mandapam for the ceremonies, was great...as few of the REC mates were there too... so good fun... enjoied typical ceremonies that a tamil marriage has, !! to my surprise, it was not just one or two priest who were ther.... but atleast seven as i could remember, ... and they ask for special treatment.. unlike gujju marriages i guess, thou havent visited one for the entire day, .... its different...
groom's parents gift the priests food n clothes n what not.. all the respect of the world !!
Nice experience it was, and yes.. another thing that woudl click you in a tamil weeding is GOLD,
the bride had put on Gold Chain on the waist, it was not just a chain, it was something like a 15 necklace's coupled together... huge, heavy, but looked great on her !! :-)
then there was a traditional photo session, where we intruded.. and asked them to do somethin innovative, u know wha i m talkin off, something french, swizzz...and all, one shoudl take advantage off apersonal digital slr bro, friend and a professional photographer in making !!
Latter, made a move.. out.... got a bike from saf's friend with a helmet, so began exploring madras, detroit of east, on apna pulsar 150 ~ went to tanishq with nammi to buy a ring, was good,... not very finicky abt it all, got it for a few grands, but was really cool, and woudl look beautiful on her finger... then... went to CCD, few chat... and it was 16 00 ,... had to meet anup and anitha then... .so made a quick move,.. back to the guesthouse, where in dropped the lady... and took saf along...
So borrowed a map from a friend, called up anitha got the address, patavifyed saf to come along.... with reasons.... like he wud waste time in the guest house, n all.. n better it wud b if go n explore sometin aroudn. .!! so he was ready.. so was pulsar...equipped with just a map to head towards vellachery ~ vai anna salai, saidapet, rajbhavan,.... guindy... was a nice drive... running thru the traffic...
not to forget, got caught by traffic police, for breaking signal, started negotiating was asking for 450 bucks, believe me didnt hav that much in pocket also !!, finally negotiations class at a b school, and patience paid me to run away with just 100 bucks, so was happy... on my negotiation skills, somethini to cheer about !! he hee...
Reached Vellachery-Vidyanagar bus stand in no-time... and came in anitha, went to one of the nearby restaurants, was great talkin to elder sis ( one amongst the two sis that i made at spjain!!, good it was the number is just two tis tiem !! ) chatted abt happenings... and all u wud not want to know !! :) was fun... n then moved back towards the guest house, it was a race against time... as had to reach ther by 19 30, Reception was waiting for us....
REached there in time... by 18 00 or so... was great to be with a number of batch mates, including mr. pal singh, the only sadda off our class, came rolling in wiht a turban, and was the only sadda in the reception, with ppl staring a bit at him, thou he didnt realize that !! :) that was fun... and believe me i had invited him to the weeding and not the bride !! he hee.. .that was the fun part... meet also juniours.... and was good fun .... !!
come 22 30, back was anup with his bike ~ went for good old Sharjah Shake (near adiyar flyover, reminded off good old rec kattangal memories, of good healthy shakes, worth just 10-20 bucks range) ~ mind boggling cheap, yet good quality and quantity... relished it truely, surely will have it nxt tiem when will b ther.. !!
went to his place, got things in place, arranged stuff.... as had to reach to the marriage ceremony at 5 30 am,.... things were in place... and dont know why just could not wake up.... and then didnt go....
then, started for some shopping, rolled in saipriya along, she helped me buy a beautiful saree from Nalli's ... and then rushed to anup's flat as had to attend a conference call with a companys management... sharp at 14 30
Anup got a call then from a common friend ... and had to rush to hospital...
we had a quick pizza, and then moved to donate blodd wetn ther, .. to vijaya hospital @vadapillani... he rushed in, anup drove crazily to reach ther.. believe me crazily... he is a decent driver other wise, as the blood bank clses at arnd 17 00, wnet ther.. filled up the forms and all....
but to surprise found had blood pressure low, and hence cud not give the blood... soo was happy atleast that we tried for it... and reached ther in time....
Then, anup, his bike and me.. made a move towards the airport... which was atleast an hour away, made it to CCD on the way, had good coffee.. with a bit of rain on the way.. was truely.... great,.. not to forget, was only then i took off my cam... and started taking pics, in a crazy way, as i always do, .... one of them is attached along... we were drivin at arnd 30kmps... adn was good.. ppl. including traffic police were staring at what we were doing!! but was fun.. !! that all life shud b about....
Reached Airport... slowly n steadily, with good talk on the bike... was fuun.... then anup dear...left for old mahabalipuram road... to get some water !! hee heeh !!
and i boarded for mumbai :) so that was one memorable trip.. !! one would cherish for long.. !!
Left office at 21 30, early as per normal stands, rolled in straight to Anderi (East) ~ Marol via Churchgate... flat 35mins...
Had good time with Kassu & Sush, Had 4 packs of noodles & talks over Yearbook, and general TP ~ didnt let poor kassu sleep till 2 a.m,
Day One
Woke up at 4 00 Am, Forturnately a Rick was waiting,... nice clean traffic and pollution free roads was fun, a smooth ride except few back breaking poth holes.
Mumbai Domestic ~ A Complete makeover, cant believe what PPP can do in india, GVR was responsible for it... it was clean & had good ambience with live screens for cnbc, ndtv and all...
so time pass was not a problem, ...
A Coffee and a Snicker (60INR) is good stuff early mornign, got a shock at 60bucks, but then had to have somethign...so just converted to sing dollars, and came to 2, bought it the same instant ~ good old memories... :) of singapore came back alive, depending on choclates, avoiding
starvation.. !!
Boarded, got the window seat 8F, breath taking views of mumbai... attached a few pics along, though it was prohibited to switch on electronic devices... just could not hold through....
8 30 Am Chennai Calling ~ MAdras, capital of tamil nadu, land of shivaji ~ the boss, whr ppl are just crazy about him.... a living worshipped god for most of the tamilians... you find his posters every where, public transport, walls, ..public toilets, i mean everywhere :-) .. !! funny was it to me..
Good breath taking views of bay of bengal, goood blule coloured beacches.... was a site to watch early morning with clear skies,.. and bright sun head on :) was good !!
Weeding Bells on !!
Reached the Ambal's Guest house, T. Nagar ~ meet The bride and her parents, chatted for a hour.. and then headed for a VVIP suite waitin for me, slept and slept and slept, finally woke up at 15 30 ~ had some sick chicken biryani.... and walked to the mandapam, again chatted for arnd 45 mins and then made the movie...
those 45 mins, were memorable ones ~ seeing ur only classmate (the only girl in a class of 73) puttin on mehndi was a different frame of mind, ... seeign someone who had spend 4 good years.. and realizing that you were gettin old, ppl gettin married, was in a way in two minds, has she gone nuts, or what.. marrying this early, wanted to ask her, but kept quiet, because had done enuf of that prior ot reachin chennai through mails.. ~~ hope all ends wells, and she stays happily ever.. !!
Then made a sweet cutting, was to meet saipriya, anup and anupee ~ went to Adiyar, waitin n waitin at Anand Bhavan, supposed to be a land mark, just beneath the adiyar flyover...
Finally the lady arrived, had some good food, was deprived of it since many hours... didnt have a proper dinner (jst noodles) and breakfast and lucnh today... so was good fun, to have good food and that too in good company !!
Then Came in Mr. Anup and ANupee... went to a nearby hotel orderd a soup initially thought of ordering 1 by 4, but then....Anuppe convinced me to for 1 by 2 as it wud not look good :(
So had fun there, anup didnt allow me to talk to her... waste he is, !! was good fun.... then, he went and left her to her place... and then three of us, made a move to East Coast Road, pics attached,.. where we had long walk on the beach, with cool sites to watch... ppl fighting, begging and also having romance !! that is what i call diversity :) yup, not to forget a few icecreams, and corn with the walk, made it a joyful nite.... were ther till around 23 00 hours, anup's bike was a great help (a newly bought discover, with electr!c start !!) ~ he left her to her place, then we made our way to pizza hut, chatted all recent ups and downs, feeling great... being together.. after alomost 2 months... had good long talks... and was nice... !!
Day Two:
BAck to guest house, at aroudn 1 00 am in the mornign, had two more guests in the room, a surprise it was, not a problem, though had to wake them up early mornign.. !!
Woke up at 7 00 AM, as got straight orders from the bride to be at the mandapam for the ceremonies, was great...as few of the REC mates were there too... so good fun... enjoied typical ceremonies that a tamil marriage has, !! to my surprise, it was not just one or two priest who were ther.... but atleast seven as i could remember, ... and they ask for special treatment.. unlike gujju marriages i guess, thou havent visited one for the entire day, .... its different...
groom's parents gift the priests food n clothes n what not.. all the respect of the world !!
Nice experience it was, and yes.. another thing that woudl click you in a tamil weeding is GOLD,
the bride had put on Gold Chain on the waist, it was not just a chain, it was something like a 15 necklace's coupled together... huge, heavy, but looked great on her !! :-)
then there was a traditional photo session, where we intruded.. and asked them to do somethin innovative, u know wha i m talkin off, something french, swizzz...and all, one shoudl take advantage off apersonal digital slr bro, friend and a professional photographer in making !!
Latter, made a move.. out.... got a bike from saf's friend with a helmet, so began exploring madras, detroit of east, on apna pulsar 150 ~ went to tanishq with nammi to buy a ring, was good,... not very finicky abt it all, got it for a few grands, but was really cool, and woudl look beautiful on her finger... then... went to CCD, few chat... and it was 16 00 ,... had to meet anup and anitha then... .so made a quick move,.. back to the guesthouse, where in dropped the lady... and took saf along...
So borrowed a map from a friend, called up anitha got the address, patavifyed saf to come along.... with reasons.... like he wud waste time in the guest house, n all.. n better it wud b if go n explore sometin aroudn. .!! so he was ready.. so was pulsar...equipped with just a map to head towards vellachery ~ vai anna salai, saidapet, rajbhavan,.... guindy... was a nice drive... running thru the traffic...
not to forget, got caught by traffic police, for breaking signal, started negotiating was asking for 450 bucks, believe me didnt hav that much in pocket also !!, finally negotiations class at a b school, and patience paid me to run away with just 100 bucks, so was happy... on my negotiation skills, somethini to cheer about !! he hee...
Reached Vellachery-Vidyanagar bus stand in no-time... and came in anitha, went to one of the nearby restaurants, was great talkin to elder sis ( one amongst the two sis that i made at spjain!!, good it was the number is just two tis tiem !! ) chatted abt happenings... and all u wud not want to know !! :) was fun... n then moved back towards the guest house, it was a race against time... as had to reach ther by 19 30, Reception was waiting for us....
REached there in time... by 18 00 or so... was great to be with a number of batch mates, including mr. pal singh, the only sadda off our class, came rolling in wiht a turban, and was the only sadda in the reception, with ppl staring a bit at him, thou he didnt realize that !! :) that was fun... and believe me i had invited him to the weeding and not the bride !! he hee.. .that was the fun part... meet also juniours.... and was good fun .... !!
come 22 30, back was anup with his bike ~ went for good old Sharjah Shake (near adiyar flyover, reminded off good old rec kattangal memories, of good healthy shakes, worth just 10-20 bucks range) ~ mind boggling cheap, yet good quality and quantity... relished it truely, surely will have it nxt tiem when will b ther.. !!
went to his place, got things in place, arranged stuff.... as had to reach to the marriage ceremony at 5 30 am,.... things were in place... and dont know why just could not wake up.... and then didnt go....
then, started for some shopping, rolled in saipriya along, she helped me buy a beautiful saree from Nalli's ... and then rushed to anup's flat as had to attend a conference call with a companys management... sharp at 14 30
Anup got a call then from a common friend ... and had to rush to hospital...
we had a quick pizza, and then moved to donate blodd wetn ther, .. to vijaya hospital @vadapillani... he rushed in, anup drove crazily to reach ther.. believe me crazily... he is a decent driver other wise, as the blood bank clses at arnd 17 00, wnet ther.. filled up the forms and all....
but to surprise found had blood pressure low, and hence cud not give the blood... soo was happy atleast that we tried for it... and reached ther in time....
Then, anup, his bike and me.. made a move towards the airport... which was atleast an hour away, made it to CCD on the way, had good coffee.. with a bit of rain on the way.. was truely.... great,.. not to forget, was only then i took off my cam... and started taking pics, in a crazy way, as i always do, .... one of them is attached along... we were drivin at arnd 30kmps... adn was good.. ppl. including traffic police were staring at what we were doing!! but was fun.. !! that all life shud b about....
Reached Airport... slowly n steadily, with good talk on the bike... was fuun.... then anup dear...left for old mahabalipuram road... to get some water !! hee heeh !!
and i boarded for mumbai :) so that was one memorable trip.. !! one would cherish for long.. !!
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