tHe mUmBaI XP - Chilling out !!

Heylooooooooooooooooooo frm Aamchi Mumbai ( may actually become AAMchi - meaning Ours ~!!)

As you must have gussed it.. its been a very chillin few days out here in the city that never sleeps !!..... everytime i come to this city.. it seems the time spent is less.. as there is so much to see, do, learn, implement, etc etc... that one can never get full out this mumbai nagaria !!..

Anyways...I hav been roaming around da whole city since the last two days.... went to Lamington Road, to exchange some dud DVDs which i bought which refuse to run on my comp.. but it did run on the DVD player of the shopkeeper... well.. he only xchanged 1 of them which wasnt runnin and refused to do anythin with the remainin ones.. one peculiarity of a lot of mumbaites are that they dont hav time.. and smetimes they are really Rude and Too Practical.. !!.. anyways... the day was filled with Train Rides !!>. frm Churchgate to Grant Road,,, frm Grant Road to Bandra ( nearly fell of the train !!), Bandra to Boriwali ... bt thts the way you SHOULD travel in mumbai to experience the real mumbai.. rather than hondas and corrolas !!

Met up with Siddhant !!(sids) after a long time.. he is my pal frm cal who is now working with Morgan Stanley in the IB dept.. gr8 guy to hangaround with.. so we went to crossword and spent almost 2 hrs talkin abt random stuff !!, girls, relationships, career, google, books, movies,girls again, girls !!... after which i went to bandra to meet Smriti Modi... a very sweet little fren who is originally frm mumbai bt ws in cal fr her grads and ws also in AIESEC... again.. we caught up.. discussed a lot of stuff abt career.. mumbai... boys and girls !... her frens.. etc... had food at Bombay Blues.. and again 2 hrs gone !>.. shopped at linkin road... and rushed of to boriwali ~~... in a virar fast local.. where ppl refuse to let ppl get down at boriwali..but the stubborn guy i am.. i made my way out !!..

Toda was again a family outing with Uncle, Aunt, Cousin and mom... went to a no of malls.. its nt even funny the no of malls this city has.. and the no of malls cmin up !!... trust me... if i am given a choice i will become an infrastructure builder and open a real estate co and replicate sme of the big malls in cal.. and earn a lot of money. imagine.. rahul saraf buit forum.. a chutku mall.. compared to the ones in mumbai.. and bcame world famous in call and earned tons of money !!... woooho.....














went to Hiranandani.. awesome place. its like going abroad.. tall skyscrapers.. amazin scenery.... go cartin.. rock climbib. very nice place !!>. i did rock climbin.. and Almost reached the top of the rock.. cudnt complete it :(...








Anyways... was good fun going around the city and learned a lot jus frm observin.. wil pen down my thoughts when i write the last post fr mumbai xp.. til then... keep watchin the world thru MY eyes !!



cheers

Niks

tHe mUmBai XP - shopping and more!!

Helloooooooo from Hot and Humid Mumbai !!

Well another day just flew by.... and.. you can just feel the pace here.. its so fast.. you never know when a day passes by..!.. anyways.. here is a short xp sharing fr the say..

Went to this cousin Mamas place in Napean Sea Road.. who is my mom's first cousin.. they were very very nice.. was wondering y didnt i meet them b4... but mami (aunt) and mama (uncle) were very friendly and not like usual cousins !!.. anyways.. after lunch we went around the city.. (me, mami and mom).. i bought 4 DVDs for 50 Each, and in total of 22 movies !!( avg of 5 movies per dvd) .. now thats what you call a wholesale deal !!...

After which we went to this nice place called Phoenix Mills High Street... its a simple high street concept of branded stores, pantaloons, lifestyle, MCD, Dominos, Big bazaar etc etc.. bought a trouser and picked up food at MCD.. well.. my general impression is that the retail outlook is almot same now in all metros.. this place was quite similar to City Center.. ofcourse the Pantaloons was much bigger here.. but almost the same collection and prize...


anyways.. i picked up this book called : It happened in India - an autobiography by Kishor Biyani.. the founder of Pantaloons... at 99 bucks its a good read.. (just started).. its about how a small time entrepreneur made it big !!.. will be interesting...

Anyways... came back.. and read the Dhirubhai Ambani - the man i knew - book written by Kokila Ambani.. man.. this guy dreamt big and had the guts as all of us know.. but there are only a few things i like about Dhirubhai.. not everything.. and this book was a drag.. the same things repeated again and again and again.. !!.. it was like a flashback only.. nothing else....

I return to kolkata next wednesday and the weekend will be fun.. will chill with Sid, Priya and deepu.. if they are free and then with my cousins in boriwali. .. it will b nice fun b4 goin back to good ol borin kolkata !!

And... here is a glimpse of the invite sent to special people fr Mukesh Ambanis 50th birthday... :)


cheers till then

Niks

tHe mUmBai XP - News :)

Breaking News : I went to the doctor finally today and he said ' no laser therapy needed as of now... it dos not hurt you yet.. why do you wanna hurt it right now ~!!... let da docs say what they want to.. take my advice.. dont go for any operation.."

The Bottom Line : I am not having an operation (laser therapy) of the eye done at the moment.. so its relief.. !!(or maybe not..) for sometime now..

Well... its a tricky situation... the situation inside my eye... is not that good.. its called retinal degeneration or lattice degeneration.. where the retina gets affected badly due to less blood supply and there are holes.... and .. there is no such cure for it.. the laser therapy also jus seals the portion but... it cant prevent more occurances.. and all of this can lead to retinal detachment.. so if i get it done or not.. it dsent matter.. the damange has been done.. but better safe than sorry.. so no touchin the eye rite now...

so... thats all what happened toda... went to Reliance Center in ballard estate to pick up the RIL doc. and then to wadala to meet Mr Natarajan.. who i met after 4 - 5hrs.. or eye drops and ipod... and he said that dnt hav an operation !!.. so now i am free as a bird in mumbai.. so my meetin up with people starts tommorow.. and hopefully i will hav stories to tell and pics to show..

till then

" its the eye of the tiger.. its the cream of the fight !! "

cheers

Niks

tHe mUmBai XP - drive | exibition | timepass !!

so .. this is part 1.. my 1st day in mumbai is over.. and it wasnt anythin unusual.. or excitin !!... first and foremost... my appo with the doc got cancelled.. as he is out of station.. and it will happen tommorow... so the wait it still on...

anyways.. coming back to the story.. Mumbai... the city of dreams... glamour... money.. riches.. !!... and also.. the city of people aspiring to achieve their dreams.. the hard workers...... the poor... and the ones who make the rich and famous.. more rich and more famous...

As its definately there in any place on earth... but mumbai just smells ( good or bad is upto you to decide) of money, and the desire for it..... everywhere... and dnt get me wrong.. i am not saying its bad or good.. fr me its 90% good.. as with money comes a lot of things.. the motivation to do new things.. to work hard.. to accomplish dreams.. etc etc.. but i love the pace of the city... i kno.. ppl crib abt it.. and will tell me tht boss.. u have nt stayed on in mumbai fr more than a week,... so dnt put heroic comments on ur so called blog. !.. but wait... thts again my perception.. which may or may not change... but i love the fact tht there are so many things tht people want to do.. and ther is less time !!.. i mean .. the demand supply situation of time and work is reverse !!.. back home.. people have more time and no work.. here.. (as it should be), there is no time and more work... i think thts y people strive hard and achieve.. and its a chain reaction.. and it attracts more people to come to this place..

anyways... as i said.. i had nthin to do the whole day... so got the news that CHEMSPEC 2007 - an exibition on Specialities Chemicals is happenin in Goregaon... so decided to visit that.. and mom went to masis house in boriwali... well... again.. the 'becoming spoilt' phase has started.. as i said.. so sat in the accord.. and got dropped at goregaon...

on the way.. i was glued to my ipod... the cchhooo chwweeeet thing... and almost switched over all my songs once.. hehe.... anyways.. and there was also a lot of videos which i took ( will compile them and upload on youtube), ...and reached the exibition.

It was the usual fair with stalls.. and a lot of greeek written in all of them ( as i understand nthin but my own business of chemicals.. thts it), and there ws little scope fr us in the fair.. it ws there if we were lookin fr new suppliers.. but tht is nt my competence rite now.. so i jus strolled in the fair fr 2 hrs.. and observed hw people interact.. hw they sell..hw they purchase... hw the whole mechanism wrks !.. its competitive fr sure.. man 90% of chem traders are gujjus !!... nice nice...



after roaming in chemspec with ketul and uncle (cousins), boarded the car and again a loooooong drive to borivali... again ms ipod ws kissin the ears (cchhooo chweeet she is :) )... and after a brief stay in borivali.. back to walkeshwar.. after a 2.5 hr drive..

One thing in mumbai which i hav noticed in my 5 - 6 visits.. is half the time is spent travelling in this city as its huge !!.. and long.............. .. but i dnt complain.. luv looong drives anyways.... (jus tht i am not allowed to drive here :(

anyways.. tht was a boaring day... and a boaring start to the mumbai xp.. ( i wanted it better).. so hope to give u guys some good news tommorow.. after meetin the doc.. and hav decided to meet a lot of long lost frens here.. so watch out fr some fun stuff :)

leaving you guys with a hazy pic of a part of the diamond necklace... marine drive!!..




cheers

Niks

on da move !!

hey guys

before writing anything.. will take some resolutions !! (bengali new yr jus went by.. so not too late !)

1. will update my blog more 'regularly'
2. will loose atleast 5 kgs in the nest 15 days.. (tough.. )
3. will finish all 'pending.. ever pending work !!
4. find an internship abroad soon.. ( need it badly !!)

well.. hi again... nw to atleast start fulfulling the first resolution part.. i am on the move... !!.. currently in Mumbai.. for this eye therapy.. and its a relief.. to be in another city after a loooooooong time... its nt tht i dnt like cal.. but.. i luv travellin.. and mumbai is one of my fav cities (nt tht i hav visited n number of cities b4 !!)

well.. as per my 'on the move' status.. its mumbai rite now.. and if u r in mumbai.. u hav to b on da move everytime !!... more abt mumbai in my new 'series' : tHe mUmbAi xP.. coming up after this post..

after mumbai i go back to aamar kolkata.. and then if the doc permits will be off to EYLN conference in Malaysia as a Facilitator.. its an AIESEC Conference on Entrepreneruship.. and given my ' ambitious' interest in the topic.. its gonna be a good fun and learning xp..

anyways.. cant wait to put my next post.. which is chho chwweet..so hang on !!

take care

NIks