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Sunday, April 27, 2008

more updates :)

well well well.....been four days since i updated the blog...n get to check my mails after long long gaps..which at times can run into more than 12hrs or so..... :D

so the story so far...left delhi on 24th evening..the flight took off an hr n half late....stupid congestion at the airports now...anyways..so the spicejet flight SG 119 was good....the airhostess were not too great but there was one Ms S who was pretty cute and good to talk to..and she had a nice smile....
reached mumbai arnd 9.45pm..and came straight to the guest house of the company...had a good diner...met up a friend from my institute who joined HUL along with me..

The next day, had to report to the Head Office at 9am, so got up at 6.30am...took my bath..got ready...and left for the station at 7.45am to catch the fast local to churchgate...got one at 7.59am from andheri station...and reached office at around 8.50am....met the person we were supposed to meet at 9.15am...finished up the formalities, got the company laptop, I Card and the visiting cards with my name :D....spent some time filling the forms and then headed for lunch..there were different types of lunches in the office...one for people who are dieting too..lol......got free from office at 3pm...and now i have to report to someone who sits in the HUL office in the Intercontinental Grand Hotel in mumbai on monday...

was getting pretty bored in the evening...no one was there...so i called an old engineering friend of mine and went off with him to roam around mumbai abit...went to bandstand with him...saw that area for the first time...also saw the bunglow of Shahrukh Khan from its gate..looks pretty good...walked around the entire length of the pavement at bandstand..it was better than sitting in the guest house n getting bored...lol...but it was fun....there must ve been abt 100+ couples getting comfortable there on the sidewalk...was pretty funny to see all that...lol...after that came back to andheri..had diner with my friend at a restaurant here.....came back at around 11.30pm...wanted to go browse but there are no interent cafe's in the vicinity...so came back to my room..watched FRIENDS for sometime and then dozed off....

it was the weekend now...got up a little late...had breakfast..and then discovered that i could access the net using the phone line here via dial up..and also discovered that it is bugging slow to use that net..but thats the only option i had and i still have.....then decided to call up my friends in pune...and fixed up the plan to go there....took a volvo bus in the evening and landed up in pune by around 8.30pm..met a friend and his wife...had diner with them...then went to watch a movie with another friend...and finally crash landed at a friends place at 2am...talked for a while n then dozed off...got up around 10...had breakfast and roamed around pune for a while...damn the city feels like home to me...it is a second home to me...mumbai feels like strange land...feel totally lost in mumbai...the day went by quickly and in the evening took a volvo back to mumbai...reached mumbai arnd 10.30pm...had diner...and then logged on the bugging dial up connection to check the blog and post out here...

its 12.30 in the night now...will check all the blogs tomorrow as and when i can manage too...so please bear with me...hope you all are having a good time and enjoying yourself...

@spiky...will do the tag soon :)
@dollface ...will do the tag soon :)

cheers!!take care

34 comments:

IncorrigibleV said...

hey one question..uve been to mumbai before ya yeh pehli baar hai?
u seem pretty comfy with the whole local train format... i dunno but maine jab bhi suna hai ppl tell me i will never be able to handle it :-?
anyways pretty eventful last 4 days...good u have so many frnds all over :)

Keshi said...

enjoying ur working life Mav? :)

Dun get hooked on the net..go out, hv a beer, meet new ppl...u'll be surprised how much is waiting to happen.

All the best! Miss ya tho..

Keshi.

Anonymous said...

ahhh! good u have so many friends :)

thats a boon...

have fun :))

maverick said...

@vandita..lol..yeah been here before..travelled in the locals before..its challenging but fun...lol..well moving off to chennai for 2 weeks now n then off to hyderabad for 2 n half months...i m missing delhi already..

maverick said...

@keshi..yeah enjoying it..lol..dont even ve a good net access here..so jus logging to see comments...

well im waiting to come ve a beer with u in sydney now...going to chennai tomm..gonna b there for 2 weeks n then off to hyderabad for 2 n half months...

maverick said...

@veens...lol..yep it is a boon...howz life at ur end??

Keshi said...

I dun drink beer :)

Keshi.

Unknown said...

Hope you're having a good trip, jet setter :)

maverick said...

@keshi...so wat do u drink?? :D

maverick said...

@meghan...lol..ya..im enjoying myself as usual :D

Keshi said...

alcohol-wise I like Vodka with Orange. That too, I wont take more than 2. :)

Keshi.

maverick said...

@keshi...thts called a screwdriver..
lol..n i can easily gulp down 4 of them :D

Anonymous said...

why dint u pick up kingfisher ka flight, i hope u cud hv had a gf by now :))

maverick said...

@ashu g....jaise ki kingfisher wali to swayamvar main aai hain naa mere?? :D

Spiky Zora Jones said...

hey sounds like you are on the run...the job thingy sounds exciting.

Hey, You tagged me and I finally had time to do it. YAY! I hope you like my answers. I've gone and done that tag...and my job is all caught up...It's time for me to take off my super hero suit and put on...thata sexy nighty. hehehe. I'm kidding. I'm still at work, but You know I will once it's time for bed.

Ciao babes.

Anonymous said...

ahh not bad ... and so and so and so..

gues what i did?

TAGGED yu :P

SO hws yur new corporate life goin?

Liking it?!

already working too much ehh? no time to BLOG :)

maverick said...

@spiky...woooahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!

would love to see u in tht :D

yep on the run now...no time to blog at all...

maverick said...

@veens...lol..will do the tag soon...im sweating like anything in chennai...damn hot it is here n humid :)...how r things at ur end...yep not much time to blog right now tho :(

AG said...

heyaa

was it ur first local train experience ??
cz i remember mine 2 yrs back, after stayin in delhi , mumbai is something really diff ,iv experienced that
delhi rockss anyday
bu ti am sure ul get used to mumbai soon :)

cheers

Nature Nut /JJ Loch said...

Maverick, all the way across the world we're on the same wavelength. Was going to see how you were doing when you posted on my blog.

WOOT for settling in at your new job!!! Thanks for updating us. Great post!!!

I have that bugger of a slow dial up and nothing else is offered yet in my vicinity so you can see why I can't watch videos. UGH! Drives me nuts.

I also have been busy. Have my first publishing deal, am setting up a new website and have to work on my project. That means working with a new camera and traveling around. I bought a Canon Rebel XTi and a 250 GB external hard drive. That should hold 10 Megapixel photos for a while. LOL

I'm learning the ropes day by day, and EXCITED as can be!!! The book will be published worldwide. I'll only provide the photos for this project but keep your fingers crossed for more projects ahead where I also write.

I am thrilled to moved forward with my photography because I looooove it so much.

Have a super day!!!

Hugs, JJ

(T) (H) (B) said...

Blogging is addictive. Without internet connection, we will feel lost..

Anw, Shahrukh Khan is hot!

Pri said...

sounds like u having fun...u are being to mumbai for the first time??
ya have been here blindfolded before? :p

Keshi said...

hey Mav :)

Keshi.

Unknown said...

oye pehle to mubarakeen... nayi job and mainly job of your choice :-).

appan mumbai 2 saal bitaaye ne..dad was transferred there isliye...main easily adjust ho gayi thi.

geet

Mez said...

How u findin corporate world...any nice bandiya ard ;) ?

maverick said...

@aditi..delhi always rocks...n it does too till date..i miss being in delhi..well i ve had been in locals before too..ntn new for me

maverick said...

@jj..thts cool..im in a different city now..miss being at home tho..

good to knw tht u r having a nice time with the camera..n 10 mega pixel is awesome :) good luck

maverick said...

@thb..tell me abt it..i really feel lost...

maverick said...

@pri..yeah its awesme fun in chennai..hot n humid...lol...well it wasnt my first experience in mumbai..been there alot of times :)

maverick said...

@keshi..hey...how r u :)

maverick said...

@mez..lol...ya totally...enjyoing the hot n humid weather of chennai..n ntn else :D

maverick said...

@geet...well i dont mind the locals..i like them...i enjoy riding in them..even i ld ve adjusted..i can do that now..having lived for so long away frm home :)

Gunjan Aylawadi said...

bay will soon start feeling like home too...just like pune!!
inne?
yar tu naturalz icecream khana ek meri taraf se wahan :D

maverick said...

@gunj..lol..i am already in chennai..n ya i ve had naturals ice cream when i was in pune..its pretty good
:)