September 29th, 2003 | by Anita | published in Hobbies
I don’t have much money to spare, but I’m thinking of getting a camera. The thing is: Should I buy an average digital camera for Rs 15-20K or should I buy a normal camera that costs as much, but will probably give me better quality pictures? Anyone with advise on what’s the best deal I […]
September 29th, 2003 | by Anita | published in Personal
If we spend so much time complaining of getting bored of what we do, I wonder then: Why we continue to do what we do?
September 27th, 2003 | by Anita | published in Personal
These days I am getting a lot of pleasure seeing my ex-colleagues work hard. This, for example is an excerpt of a conversation with one of them. sk : what are you doing nowadays ab : enjoying life mostly ab : went to bangalore, pune ab : living it up sk : hmmm sk : me […]
September 26th, 2003 | by Anita | published in Films
I watched Pirates of the Caribbean today. And Johnny Depp makes for an awesome pirate. His mannerisms, his accent, along with his hair — all combines to make him eminently watchable. Do catch it, if you haven’t already. I admire Depp for the variety of his roles. I’ve watched a few of his films — […]
September 26th, 2003 | by Anita | published in Travel
A visit to Pune always brings back warm memories of the time I spent there. I have lived in many places so far. But in Pune, I felt at home. It was also probably because I was young, and on my own for the very first time of my life. I got my first taste of […]
September 23rd, 2003 | by Anita | published in Personal
My friend Jil knows 7 languages — Assamese, Bengali, Hindi, Kannada, English, German and French. And I mean fluently. Not just one or two sentences. She’s from a Assamese-Bengali family. Lives in Karnataka. Learnt German. And is now learning French. Leaving me quite impressed. Indians I think tend to be multilingual, by and large. In […]
September 23rd, 2003 | by Anita | published in Eating Out
On Saturday night, we went out for a Chinese place for dinner. On Sunday, it was a place called Susie’s (Correction: Sue’s Kitchen) for lunch. If you are visiting Bangalore or live there, you must do Sue’s (especially, if you haven’t done it yet!). It’s a Caribbean restaurant located in Indiranagar. The owner is from West Indies […]
September 20th, 2003 | by Anita | published in Travel
Something really strange happened last night. I have never had so much alcohol in my life. And yet, after half a dozen or so cocktails and four drinks (between three of us!) we were all stone sober. It was happy hours at T.G.I.F. (nice ambience, slightly overpriced) and since it was Friday, we thought it would be […]
