tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561505842507256714Fri, 01 Nov 2024 08:41:36 +0000musings and mind-wanderingsMumbaiutter drivelruminationsmoviesreviewPunesleep inducing listTVattacksramblingsshoppingtripeBangaloreIndiarestaurantterroriststimewastersupdatesBharat ek khojDoordarshanFarhan Akhtarbollywoodiphonekonkona sen sharmamoodsnew year resolutionspic pickpreachyrudesex and the citytimepasstraffic200921Abhishek BachhanAmul butterBachna Ae HaseenoBanTheBulbBenaulimBlank noise projectBobby DeolByomkesh BakshiCFLCandiesCasino RoyaleChandrakantaChurchgateColaba CausewayDaniel CraigDeepika PadukoneDekh bhai DekhDidi comedy showDimple KapadiaDiwaliDoodh hai wonderfulDostanaEk anekFriendsGemma ArtertonGirish KarnadGoaGoldspotHamara BajajHindi MovieHrithik RoshanIsha SharvaniJames BondJodha AkbarJodhaa AkbarJohn AbrahamJungle bookKaran JoharLillete DubeyLirilLuck By ChanceMahabharatMalgudi daysMile sur mera tumharaMother's DayNeena KulkarniNirbhaya KarnatakaNukkadOlga KurylenkoOne Day AffairOshinPriyanka ChopraQuantum of SolaceRamayanRanbir KapoorRasnaRishi KapoorRock OnShankar Ehsaan LoySurabhiSurfTV adsTagTea CentreThe Wedding AlbumThe dark knightVan HeusenVicksYou know whoZoya Akhtaraaron eckhartadadvertisingamir khanbatmanbeautybottega venetabrashcalvin kleincar poolcelebrationcensorchaichicchocoholicchocolatechris nolanchristian balechristian louboutincorner housecritiquede taalidecordesigndriveeating-outeither orexpresswayfaujifilmfare awardsgary oldmangenelia d'souzaheath ledgerhelphomehome decorhorlicksimran khanincredible hulkinspirationsjaane tu ya jaane nalittle italymad over donutsmaggie gyllenhaalmanolo blahnikmicheal cainemochamoral policingmorgan freemannaeem khannational anthemnew year's evenikenohealookbooknostalgiaopinionplaypointerspoliticspulsarquirkyrantsrealityroadsail ali khansalesarkar rajserialsshahrukh khanshowssimi garewalsitesso you think you can dancestealstoretaxitheatrevirgin mobilewishlistwomenwomens wearhttp://ofdisndat.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Priyanka)Blogger83125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561505842507256714.post-782170835988287694Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:05:00 +00002009-11-18T15:35:44.724+05:30help.. is that I am bored of this blog template. Yes, that is the reason! Well, ok, maybe not the only reason - but a major contributing factor it is! So, then, what is the answer? Spring cleaning - during and after - always makes me feel happy. A blog look revamp it is. Yay. But.... I am unable to find a great blog layout and I don't want to 'settle' for an okie-dokie blog layout this time. But - http://ofdisndat.blogspot.com/2009/11/reason-i-havent-been-posting-regularly.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Priyanka)10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561505842507256714.post-6140937434690993247Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:41:00 +00002009-11-10T14:13:38.780+05:30musings and mind-wanderingsDon't you think that the environment in which we are brought up, affects us most? I know, I know, age-old debate and all that - conditioning and inherent qualities and all that, but I really do believe that conditioning - both conscious and unconscious - molds us to a great deal. I mean 'My Fair Lady' is a great celluloid piece and all that but it takes a lot of effort to de-learn all the 'http://ofdisndat.blogspot.com/2009/11/feminity-and-essence-of-womanhood.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Priyanka)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561505842507256714.post-4217014447450946205Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:52:00 +00002009-11-11T10:09:50.632+05:30musings and mind-wanderingsThat was one long break from this blog. I have been toying with shutting this blog down, but I get this niggling voice that says, oh this I should blog about and all... Heard of rodent problem? How about the massive traffic, food, or even cockroach problem? Well, this one coffee shop in Pune I had been to faces what they call the 'police problem'. Nestled in the middle of buildings housing BPOs,http://ofdisndat.blogspot.com/2009/10/two-incidents-that-got-me-thinking.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Priyanka)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561505842507256714.post-29208232148547278Tue, 01 Sep 2009 07:52:00 +00002009-09-01T13:26:59.585+05:30musings and mind-wanderingsFeeling like OD-ing on sleep right now. Yesterday, it was chocolate (thanks to a gift hamper by these generous people, but more about that later). Over the weekend it was eating all kinds of sinful food.Hmm... I wonder if one can OD on awesome holidays. Imagine that!! That will take care of my cravings for these three days!What do you wish to OD on today?http://ofdisndat.blogspot.com/2009/09/overdosing-cravings-and-what-have-yous.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Priyanka)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561505842507256714.post-7849002646913523194Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:26:00 +00002009-08-31T17:10:23.384+05:30iphonemusings and mind-wanderingsutter drivelForewordI have been meaning to write this for a long time. Being a subject so close to my heart, I don't think I am in a mood of studied writing. Be warned - lots gushing and mushy stuff ahead.For Hubby, sis and papa.For making this love story possible.PrologueShe sighed as she beheld the one she craved. Yearned for. One day... one day..Chapter One and OnlyIt all began over a couple of years ago,http://ofdisndat.blogspot.com/2009/08/modern-day-love-story.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Priyanka)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561505842507256714.post-5974986805051150978Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:15:00 +00002009-08-10T14:52:38.455+05:30musings and mind-wanderingsutter drivel... old, well-loved books. Enjoyable, never-will-be-bored movies. Eateries/haunts where something new and delicious is always waiting to be discovered. Why do I find myself reaching for a Nora Roberts or JRR Tolkien? Of late, where is this willingness to re-watch Star Wars, Transformers, Sex and the City, and many more cropping up from? Why when hubby wants to try out some new place, the first http://ofdisndat.blogspot.com/2009/08/revisiting.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Priyanka)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561505842507256714.post-6090965409924417232Thu, 16 Jul 2009 07:18:00 +00002009-07-16T14:01:08.605+05:30Mumbaimusings and mind-wanderingssleep inducing listIt has been a unique experience living in Mumbai (not that I am moving out, yet). It just struck me today that a lot of things that used to strike me as weird or convoluted actually make sense to me and some I can even relate to. Blame it on the dichotomy that living in Mumbai is. So, I compiled a list. Care to add to this?Prior to Mumbai I never:felt the need for a locker in office. I fought to http://ofdisndat.blogspot.com/2009/07/bombai-nagariya.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Priyanka)11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561505842507256714.post-1720216269656550477Wed, 15 Jul 2009 09:40:00 +00002009-07-15T15:17:56.075+05:30musings and mind-wanderingsutter drivelCollege. With little pocket money. Trying to stretch it to cover petrol, outings, food, dates, birthday gifts, movies, accessories, CDs and more. And trying to save some of it. Money seemed so important back then. Used to hand it out miserly. Working now. Earning. Trying to stretch it to cover rent, petrol, groceries, shopping bills, credit card bills, insurance payments, beauty parlor payments, http://ofdisndat.blogspot.com/2009/07/lifestyle-change.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Priyanka)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561505842507256714.post-5931153171982410661Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:18:00 +00002009-07-14T12:55:21.803+05:30musings and mind-wanderingsrantsrealityTVTake a look at this. Originality - where art thou?Iss Jungle Se Mujhe Bachao - I'm a Celebrity…Get Me out of Here!Rakhi Ka Svayamvar - Who wants to marry a millionaireSach ka saamna - Moment of truthDance India Dance - So you think you can danceIndian Idol - Pop Idol/American IdolBigg boss - Big BrotherBiggest Loser Jeetega - The Biggest LoserJhalak Dikhlaja - Dancing with the starsIndia's got http://ofdisndat.blogspot.com/2009/07/indian-tv-reality-arena.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Priyanka)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561505842507256714.post-773910551594210974Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:24:00 +00002009-07-13T14:00:10.984+05:30ChurchgateMumbairestaurantreviewTea CentreThree awesome weekends in a row.. How often does that happen?Me and S discovered the Tea Centre near Churchgate recently. We used to walk past it when it was undergoing renovations and the tea-lover that I am, I used to sigh and say that once it opens, I am going to be spending a lot of time there. The reviews on burrp! were all positive too as were Gaurav, Lulu and the knife. Woke up a couple ofhttp://ofdisndat.blogspot.com/2009/07/tea-centre-churchgate.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Priyanka)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561505842507256714.post-156627380187113539Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:45:00 +00002009-06-03T20:15:35.802+05:30...to the person who comes up with the technology to convert human brain waves into sound. Huge sales profits to the mobile company who brings this first to the market. Put me down for 20 right now. One for the lady with the office crisis on the phone in the local train - next to me - 30 straight minutes. I admire the guy on the other end.Sent from my iPhonehttp://ofdisndat.blogspot.com/2009/06/gratitude-and-nobel-prize.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Priyanka)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561505842507256714.post-69690942343529258Fri, 29 May 2009 04:32:00 +00002009-05-29T10:06:36.465+05:30moodsmusings and mind-wanderingsfor no social obligations.for no grocery shopping (as the better half would have done it anyway)to catch up on my sleepto spend a lazy afternoon with a cup of steaming hot chai and a bookfor catching a silly movie on DVDfor finishing the next level of the current game on the playstationto do absolutely nothing but lazeto catch up with my ever-growing todo list - happily.for a razai and an http://ofdisndat.blogspot.com/2009/05/yearning-for-heavy-downpour-y-weekend.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Priyanka)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561505842507256714.post-7092944345422477339Mon, 25 May 2009 08:42:00 +00002009-05-25T14:14:39.026+05:30musings and mind-wanderingsutter drivelAll right, multiplex owners, IPL is over, done, kaput. You can drop your pretense of having a tussle with the producers and whosoever. Had you not had that rigmarole, you would have had poor ticket sales this IPL entertainment season; but your strategy paid off and now people will flock to see movies. So now start screening movies, will ya? And please, please, good ones?http://ofdisndat.blogspot.com/2009/05/movie-movie-my-precious-couple-of-hours.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Priyanka)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561505842507256714.post-3837279459973234577Fri, 22 May 2009 12:20:00 +00002009-05-22T17:52:28.695+05:30musings and mind-wanderingsutter drivelLong, gangly body, refusing to stop growing. Short, frizzy hair refusing to grow. Why, oh why, she cries. Why can't I have long, silky, straight tresses?!Years pass. A quarter of a century old, with graying hair. Sigh. But wait!! Growth spurt! Her hair! Yea! She colors. Straightens. Smiles at her straight-as-rain, long, silky hair. For two months.Two months! And inch long gray roots. Six months.http://ofdisndat.blogspot.com/2009/05/twisted-sense-of-humor.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Priyanka)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561505842507256714.post-6939739966990387064Mon, 18 May 2009 10:09:00 +00002009-05-18T15:50:27.345+05:30musings and mind-wanderingsutter drivelYou don't know me pretty well - I live in the building next to yours, on the same floor as yours. The pink curtained windows of a living room? Yep, that's me! You know, I can see your entire home: all your rooms. I like your place - it seems so happily and messily lived-in. Umm.. not that I keep a watch or anything: I don't even know who live at your place... Not that I am looking! Oh well, this http://ofdisndat.blogspot.com/2009/05/dear-neighbour.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Priyanka)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561505842507256714.post-769038832980518777Tue, 12 May 2009 08:22:00 +00002009-05-12T13:55:47.917+05:30musings and mind-wanderingsTVOther than IPL, of course. Hubby and I have a deal - he watches all IPL matches he wants unless they clash with my must-watch programs. Simple, right? Yep, it is, and fair as I watch a total of 5 programs in the week - and two of them are programs we both watch, so that makes it 3, right? ;) Anyway...Tim Gunn is back this Thursday on AXN! Right after the first part of the Top Chef finale. And http://ofdisndat.blogspot.com/2009/05/on-my-telly.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Priyanka)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561505842507256714.post-8801526385112404317Sat, 09 May 2009 08:36:00 +00002009-05-09T14:30:28.384+05:30Mother's DayHappy Mother's Day! So, what are you going to do this Mother's Day? Me, I asked my dear friend, Sunita, to pen down her thoughts this Mother's Day. Sunita lost her mother to cancer this year. Their faith, character and strength were unflappable through those terrible months. Here is what she says:God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. ~ Jewish ProverbWriting about mom, is http://ofdisndat.blogspot.com/2009/05/mothers-day-post.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Priyanka)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561505842507256714.post-8513007146116020217Tue, 28 Apr 2009 05:38:00 +00002009-05-09T14:43:23.822+05:30musings and mind-wanderingsutter drivelScene 1: Suburb. Building entrance. 3 women are talking and playing with their kids. Woman in skirt rushes down the stairs with grocery bag in hand. Kid#1: Hi, didi.Woman in skirt smiles, pinches his cheek, smiles at the ladies. Mother#1: You are thin na, that is why you are a didi. We all are not slim, so we are all aunties.Woman in skirt - [Weirded out as they have never spoken ever before and http://ofdisndat.blogspot.com/2009/04/so-you-think-you-are-old.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Priyanka)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561505842507256714.post-4385617910268005215Sun, 26 Apr 2009 04:10:00 +00002009-04-26T09:48:33.366+05:30censormoviesOne of the first lines of Keanu Reeves in Constantine is ' Constantine. John Constantine. A$$#*%^.' He says that to a demon before killing it off. I thought the dialogue defines the character better than any long-winded explanation could. Now, here is, to me, the most unintelligible part of it all:Why would anyone in their right mind try to edit out parts of a movie whose involved and detailed http://ofdisndat.blogspot.com/2009/04/snip-chop-and-voila-inedible-movies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Priyanka)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561505842507256714.post-1598568365771100723Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:04:00 +00002009-04-13T16:34:23.645+05:30http://ofdisndat.blogspot.com/2009/04/my-idea-of-sunday-brekkie-yum.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Priyanka)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561505842507256714.post-720240084258868920Thu, 26 Mar 2009 08:02:00 +00002009-03-26T13:49:05.936+05:30Mumbaimusings and mind-wanderingstripeI had serious reservations about living in Mumbai two years ago - still have as a matter of fact. But the famous Mumbai spirit is ever present and infectious. But being an outsider, I observed that in spite of having the best bus transport in India (BEST), the traffic situation is terrible. And getting worse. A lot of contributing factors: bad roads, slow flyover constructions, terrible and http://ofdisndat.blogspot.com/2009/03/of-mumbai-and-more-i.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Priyanka)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561505842507256714.post-7736667292527069563Mon, 16 Mar 2009 06:05:00 +00002009-03-16T11:48:51.628+05:30sleep inducing listTagtimepasstimewasterstripeTagged by Sudhir (quite some time ago! Sorry dude, what can I say? I have a Star(t)in Problem ;) ) But once I started, well, I couldn't restrict myself to one answer, and had quite some fun! Okie, then. Here is the tag.I was supposed to: Cleverly answer these questions, using only song *titles* from one artist. Pick a band/artist: Gwen Stefani1. Are you a male or female: Just a girl / Orange http://ofdisndat.blogspot.com/2009/03/tag-doormat.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Priyanka)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561505842507256714.post-996401132244303070Tue, 03 Mar 2009 08:33:00 +00002009-03-03T14:09:32.104+05:30attacksBangaloreBlank noise projectmoral policingNirbhaya KarnatakawomenMy sister sent me a mail on the Bangalore attacks that shook me. This is no longer a random incident or goons staging a publicity stunt. This reeks of political agenda. What is the answer? Why don't these same people who are so concerned about their 'culture' target their own film industry, ban Hindi and English channels and, most importantly, rail against the rock concerts that seem to happen http://ofdisndat.blogspot.com/2009/03/of-queens-and-cowards-of-bangalore.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Priyanka)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561505842507256714.post-3810528100429030074Tue, 17 Feb 2009 07:00:00 +00002009-02-17T12:37:07.798+05:30eating-outMumbaiupdatesutter drivelI guess I am playing this game a lot here. Anyhoo.. Here goes. Since the last time I posted I have:developed a healthy dislike of government offices.upgraded the firmware and jailbroke my iPhone (with a little help from hubby dearest)understood that government policies have no logical sense. [My marriage certificate is useless. I cannot use it to change my name on my PAN card. Also, for my http://ofdisndat.blogspot.com/2009/02/catch-up.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Priyanka)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-561505842507256714.post-333234003597940545Sun, 08 Feb 2009 14:07:00 +00002009-02-08T19:42:49.419+05:30So, the Axe chocolate box that I won finally turned up with a measly two chocolates! Disappointed!!But the packaging was great. We loved consuming the chocolate man, though.Hell, it was free, so, what the hell.http://ofdisndat.blogspot.com/2009/02/axe-chocolate-misers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Priyanka)0