So, tonight was an outing with bunch of friends to Tamaara. I remember having come to this place called "Secret Lake" in 2004 when i was in Hyd for some official work for a month. There was nothing secret about this place called "durgam cheruvu" or secret lake even then and now its anyway public. But i was awestruck by the ambience of this place. Its located on stairs of a rock climb. We decided to sit outside and this was indeed a candle lit dinner as we could not even read Menu till someone took out a torch. :) I like the location and total feel of the restuarant. There is a pub Athena right next to this restaurant. I could not go there, damn the assignments, but i have been told that it is good. Among all the pubs that i have visited till date, i think i will put Poison at the top. Its airy, large and music is something you will fall in love with. Then comes firangi paani and i am ok with firefly too.
It was indeed one of the good outings, where 5 of us sat down to gossip for hours. Its fun to be in college once again. Its just fun to be student and to talk about everything under the stars(we were sitting under the stars for or dinner, remember :)). Good day!!
Place: Jubilee hills
Restaurant: Tamaara
Ambience: Too good, have dinner under the stars.
Food: About Average, A la carte
Cuisine: Thai, Chinese, Indian (Limited Vegetarian option)
Pub: Yes, right next door
Crowd: OK
Service: OK
On your pocket: Avg 500 per person
Recommend: Yes, one visit is must.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
My Dear Blog!!
My Dear Blog!!
I need to tell you that i totally adore you. I missed you during last 8 months of too much books. I have so many things to tell you that its 3 AM in morning and i still dont want to sleep. Thank you for being there. :D
I am not drunk, i am just thankful to you.
( After one year in B school, i still could not develop taste for any liquor, though i have learned to hold a glass and empty it in flower pot :D. I told you i am very particular about things i like. Things have to really taste good to enter into my food pipe. And all kind of drinks taste like you have just gulped in fire ball and it burns everything inside you. There must be a bravery award for drunkards. )
Yours Faithfully :D,
Arbitraj
I need to tell you that i totally adore you. I missed you during last 8 months of too much books. I have so many things to tell you that its 3 AM in morning and i still dont want to sleep. Thank you for being there. :D
I am not drunk, i am just thankful to you.
( After one year in B school, i still could not develop taste for any liquor, though i have learned to hold a glass and empty it in flower pot :D. I told you i am very particular about things i like. Things have to really taste good to enter into my food pipe. And all kind of drinks taste like you have just gulped in fire ball and it burns everything inside you. There must be a bravery award for drunkards. )
Yours Faithfully :D,
Arbitraj
The Slumdog Millionaire
Many oscars in bag. World loved it. A hollywood director did it again for India. Thank You!! Rehman!! You deserved the award, you were always the best. Poor slum dwellers!! world just got to know 5% of what you face everyday in your life in 2 hours and they totally enjoyed it. You have always been great, from Shantaram to Slumdog, people love to know more and more about you. You guys live a life which seems impossible to most of the people.
No, dont worry. I am a proud Indian, who bagged an offer with MNC, i am not any different. I am just happy, that we did it again. Whole India watched Oscars, thanks to you guys and dabbawalas with no new technology to improve their system. Had it not been for you guys and your fight for survival, we would have been left unnoticed. Hats off to you and your struggle, i am amazed that it is so entertaining, but then just curious how does it feel to live it?
No, dont worry. I am a proud Indian, who bagged an offer with MNC, i am not any different. I am just happy, that we did it again. Whole India watched Oscars, thanks to you guys and dabbawalas with no new technology to improve their system. Had it not been for you guys and your fight for survival, we would have been left unnoticed. Hats off to you and your struggle, i am amazed that it is so entertaining, but then just curious how does it feel to live it?
My fav poem 3 "Be Thankful"
BE THANKFUL
Be thankful that you don't already have everything you desire.
If you did, what would there be to look forward to?
Be thankful when you don't know something,for it gives you the opportunity to learn.
Be thankful for the difficult times.During those times you grow.
Be thankful for your limitations,because they give you opportunities for improvement.
Be thankful for each new challenge,because it will build your strength and character.
Be thankful for your mistakes. They will teach you valuable lessons.
Be thankful when you're tired and weary,because it means you've made a difference.
It's easy to be thankful for the good things.
A life of rich fulfillment comes to those who are also thankful for the setbacks.
Gratitude can turn a negative into a positive.
Find a way to be thankful for your troubles,and they can become your blessings.
My Fav Poem -2 "Dont Quit"
DON'T QUITby Edgar A. Guest
When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
when the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
when the funds are low and the debts are high,
and you want to smile but you have to sigh,when care is pressing you down a bit - rest if you must,but don't you quit.
Life is queer with its twists and turns.As everyone of us sometimes learns.
And many a fellow turns about when he might have won had he stuck it out.
Don't give up though the pace seems slow - you may succeed with another blow.
Often the goal is nearer than it seems to a faint and faltering man;
often the struggler has given up when he might have captured the victor's cup;
and he learned too late when the night came down,how close he was to the golden crown.
Success is failure turned inside out - the silver tint of the clouds of doubt,and when you never can tell how close you are,it may be near when it seems afar;
so stick to the fight when you're hardest hit - it's when things seem worst,you must not quit.
When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
when the road you're trudging seems all uphill,
when the funds are low and the debts are high,
and you want to smile but you have to sigh,when care is pressing you down a bit - rest if you must,but don't you quit.
Life is queer with its twists and turns.As everyone of us sometimes learns.
And many a fellow turns about when he might have won had he stuck it out.
Don't give up though the pace seems slow - you may succeed with another blow.
Often the goal is nearer than it seems to a faint and faltering man;
often the struggler has given up when he might have captured the victor's cup;
and he learned too late when the night came down,how close he was to the golden crown.
Success is failure turned inside out - the silver tint of the clouds of doubt,and when you never can tell how close you are,it may be near when it seems afar;
so stick to the fight when you're hardest hit - it's when things seem worst,you must not quit.
Complicated Story!!
Its kind of a sad day. I get a call from one of my friends to say i am getting divorced. I was surprised, these are people who were totally in love, they fought with the whole world to get married and it did not even take an year for them to change the opinion. But then this wasnt the first time i was hearing it. This is common for people and many of my friends give me this great news. However, i wanted to analyze. Why do people start hating the people they love? Is it all that easy? Or there was no love to start with. I am kind of wierd. I need reason for somethings in life and love for sure is not on sale in my life, i need rock solid reason for commitment. I get surprised when people get married just like that. I mean if you are tying yourself to a contract like "marriage", you must know why. Its not one of those college time affairs you can do away with, its too much of publicity to deny in life. :D
Alright, what did X tell me about her boy friend when they started dating. He is damn cool and he is just too good (He has money, we watch some boring movies together coz we have nothing better to do, his family hates me, he is willing to leave them (basically when i qualify to be his family, he will leave me too), last but not the least he told me i love you 100 times(Good, nothing else in the story tells me that he does, so good that he tells that.. )). Hmmm, this is subjective, so the girl X never really knew what was so attractive about the dude, but then nevertheless they just went ahead and got married. And then its the first fight, "Why the hell did i marry you?" Wow, thats the question you needed to ask before converting your designer boy friend into husband buddy. Exactly this.
Its surprising, many people enter into commitments because of weakness to be with someone. But in the end what tears them apart is the "space issue". And what surprises me the most is that this is a lot of sensible and educated people. If small things mattered so much in life, if individual space was so important, then they did not have to give it up by getting into a privacy infringement contract called marriage. It is not a rule in life. If you dont want someone, you just dont want him or her, but not after making a decision of spending rest of your life together. This is something you needed to know before, now its not an option, you have closed the deal, till other party breaks the basic laws.
This looks strange to me. All i learned through out my education was to hang on in odd times. I also learned that in life everyone makes decisions, some good and some bad, but then decisions are decisions, we all need to live with them. I so remember what Papa always told me, "Know what you want before taking any decision, its ok to let go of things which you dont find convincing while you are analyzing them, but once you have made a decision, know that you will own it and there is no one else to blame."
Lots of things went on in my mind after i listened to my friend. I did not know who was right and who was wrong and i also did not know if i would have been any better than my friend. I just thought of one thing, do we really have options in relations? There are people whose parents shout at them, do they leave them and find a new set? Almost all of us fight like mosters with our siblings, sometimes hitting with bats, do we leave each other because of that? No, because our mind just knows, this is it, good or bad, by the end of the day, these are the people i first saw when i opened my eyes and there is no one in this world who can replace them. Then why do people leave the people they love? I am not the emotional kinds. I am someone who leaves things at the drop of a hat if i dont like them, but then there are a set of people i love. I dont think i have ego when it comes to them and i dont think there is anything i hide or boast about infront of them. I know that people who love you will hurt you the most because you let them do so. But then they are there to stay. I dont think they are an option in my life. They just exist. I will shout, fight, yell, complain, but then thats it. There isnt any way out.
So, in the end i just know this:
A) If you love someone you cant leave him or her. B) If you have managed to leave him or her, there was nothing called love, so just stop crying and enjoy life, dont call it a divorce, its just a reality bite.
Alright, what did X tell me about her boy friend when they started dating. He is damn cool and he is just too good (He has money, we watch some boring movies together coz we have nothing better to do, his family hates me, he is willing to leave them (basically when i qualify to be his family, he will leave me too), last but not the least he told me i love you 100 times(Good, nothing else in the story tells me that he does, so good that he tells that.. )). Hmmm, this is subjective, so the girl X never really knew what was so attractive about the dude, but then nevertheless they just went ahead and got married. And then its the first fight, "Why the hell did i marry you?" Wow, thats the question you needed to ask before converting your designer boy friend into husband buddy. Exactly this.
Its surprising, many people enter into commitments because of weakness to be with someone. But in the end what tears them apart is the "space issue". And what surprises me the most is that this is a lot of sensible and educated people. If small things mattered so much in life, if individual space was so important, then they did not have to give it up by getting into a privacy infringement contract called marriage. It is not a rule in life. If you dont want someone, you just dont want him or her, but not after making a decision of spending rest of your life together. This is something you needed to know before, now its not an option, you have closed the deal, till other party breaks the basic laws.
This looks strange to me. All i learned through out my education was to hang on in odd times. I also learned that in life everyone makes decisions, some good and some bad, but then decisions are decisions, we all need to live with them. I so remember what Papa always told me, "Know what you want before taking any decision, its ok to let go of things which you dont find convincing while you are analyzing them, but once you have made a decision, know that you will own it and there is no one else to blame."
Lots of things went on in my mind after i listened to my friend. I did not know who was right and who was wrong and i also did not know if i would have been any better than my friend. I just thought of one thing, do we really have options in relations? There are people whose parents shout at them, do they leave them and find a new set? Almost all of us fight like mosters with our siblings, sometimes hitting with bats, do we leave each other because of that? No, because our mind just knows, this is it, good or bad, by the end of the day, these are the people i first saw when i opened my eyes and there is no one in this world who can replace them. Then why do people leave the people they love? I am not the emotional kinds. I am someone who leaves things at the drop of a hat if i dont like them, but then there are a set of people i love. I dont think i have ego when it comes to them and i dont think there is anything i hide or boast about infront of them. I know that people who love you will hurt you the most because you let them do so. But then they are there to stay. I dont think they are an option in my life. They just exist. I will shout, fight, yell, complain, but then thats it. There isnt any way out.
So, in the end i just know this:
A) If you love someone you cant leave him or her. B) If you have managed to leave him or her, there was nothing called love, so just stop crying and enjoy life, dont call it a divorce, its just a reality bite.
Somethings Gotta Give!! :)
It has happened all over again. Its so wierd. There are people in life you love and you just know that whole world at one end and these people on the other end. :) It happened in school with my friends, i just knew that whatever comes and goes, i will not leave them. There were moments in life when i was asked them or world? I had nothing to think, i just said them and nothing else.
It happened with me in college. I met N, M and A. There were million others who came and went, but i always knew that i will love them for the rest of my life because i have grown with them. And i cant leave them.
It happened with me all over again today. Lucky that i am, i always have the best of the best people with me. All have hearts of gold and eone is simple and grounded. I was adamant on something, and something told me that if i dont do it now, it will be foolish. But then, after talking for 2 minutes, i just looked at my peaceful frend who wasnt convinced, suddenly ething went away, i said whatever you say is perfect. There is nothing to lose if you dont want it, i dont want it, things will come and go.
You meet millions of people, and then suddenly some people become more important than ething else in life. Its wierd, the concept of trust is so wierd. You just hang out with millions and you might have known someone for minutes but something tells you, that you want to listen to this person, and then you are friends for rest of your lives.
I am smiling at it today. I did it years back in college, cried my eyes out because me and Nams had a small fight only to find that she was sailing in the same boat and we can discount our boy friends when it comes to our frendship :). Some people make your decisions so simple. Its just about saying, "I am with you, whatever good or bad, because anything without you wont be good anyways."
Thank You Pals!! I just know that you are not an option in my life i can risk for anything. Everything else is fine, as long as we are there to stay.
It happened with me in college. I met N, M and A. There were million others who came and went, but i always knew that i will love them for the rest of my life because i have grown with them. And i cant leave them.
It happened with me all over again today. Lucky that i am, i always have the best of the best people with me. All have hearts of gold and eone is simple and grounded. I was adamant on something, and something told me that if i dont do it now, it will be foolish. But then, after talking for 2 minutes, i just looked at my peaceful frend who wasnt convinced, suddenly ething went away, i said whatever you say is perfect. There is nothing to lose if you dont want it, i dont want it, things will come and go.
You meet millions of people, and then suddenly some people become more important than ething else in life. Its wierd, the concept of trust is so wierd. You just hang out with millions and you might have known someone for minutes but something tells you, that you want to listen to this person, and then you are friends for rest of your lives.
I am smiling at it today. I did it years back in college, cried my eyes out because me and Nams had a small fight only to find that she was sailing in the same boat and we can discount our boy friends when it comes to our frendship :). Some people make your decisions so simple. Its just about saying, "I am with you, whatever good or bad, because anything without you wont be good anyways."
Thank You Pals!! I just know that you are not an option in my life i can risk for anything. Everything else is fine, as long as we are there to stay.
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