You must have read about my travel on the expressway to Pune here. However the action over the two days is recorded in this post.

Immediately on entering Pune, we had to drop off some stuff at Neil’s aka Colonel sister’s place; but we decided to stop by Marz-O-rin on the way for some nice cold coffee (not cold but still tastes just as good) & chicken sandwiches (why O why can bombay not learn). Upon completing reached her place, woke her up from her snooze, delivered the stuff, chatted for a while before reaching our final destination Sunil Rogers (Neil’s Nephew) at Mudwa Road; Next to Magarpatta City. It was nearly 6.30 pm by then, so opted for a snooze before getting up at 8.00pm ready for some action. Since a couple of more friends were already there, opted for some kolhapuri food from Kaveri (unfortunately closed that day) so had to settle for some butter chicken & naans from another place preceeded by some Haig & budhani wafers & samosas. All in all good stuff. During this time, had got in touch with CNB aka Freegeek who introduced me to the Visa system in Bombay. And so cajoled him also into coming over.

The next day, Colonel had wanted to go on Satara road for some misal & vada, but was over ruled. We slept a little late & then on his insistence finally left for Post 91 where the Pune Jazz Club was meeting. Reached there much before time & except the projector plus the speaker were there. However, soon it started picking up with the who is who of Pune joining in (photography was frowned upon) but managed to get a couple of them.

At nearly 3, with Colonel buzzing thanks to Koch insisting on one more beer, we made our way to ABC farms. The idea was Sheesha - where jazz lovers meet up. Lovely place, though pathetic service - we had to get everything replaced with fresh stuff - they were keen on the firangs rather than serve us. And back home, via a dekho at Magarpatta city interiors. A power nap & we were ready to rock & roll again. Freegeek had called up to plan out something, but visitors had landed up, so had to communicate regrets.

However I had not counted on Colonel & Sunil his nephew, who managed to clear up the house by 8pm. Then pushing me to drive rushed to Kaveri to pick up Kolhapuri Mutton Rassa & Chicken Fry. On the way Freegeek was also asked to report quickly. And the evening commenced. Keeping an eye on Freegeek & Sunil’s age we called it a night early by 1 (the previous day was 3 am & Freegeek had gone to office straight:))

Monday dawned bright & early. With a list of things to pick up from Praveen (some achaar, masala); Budhani; Marz-O-rin; Kayani & bruns from some other place & we were ready to hit the Expressway!!!

“Two’s company, three’s … a hindi movie”

“I dont think so, therefore I’m probably not”

“Friends may come and go, but enemies tend to accumulate”

“Few women admit their age. Few men act theirs” Read the rest of this entry »

On the Military:
* Never forget that your weapon was ordered from the lowest bidder.
* If the enemy is in your range, so are you in his.

On Work:
* The more elaborate the corporate name, the smaller the company.
* If it wasn’t for the last minute, nothing would ever get done. Read the rest of this entry »

1. Rome did not create a great empire by having meetings, they did it by killing all those who opposed them.

2. If you can stay calm, while all around you is chaos…then you probably haven’t completely understood the seriousness of the situation.

3. Doing a job RIGHT the first time gets the job done.
Doing the job WRONG fourteen times gives you job security. Read the rest of this entry »

A great day that begun early morning with 4 cars/taxi honking loudly at the crossroad of my building.
The day began & it was like every other day, with the same traffic, honking & so forth.
In the evening, decided to go out for a drive & try to evaluate if everyone was still honking!!! Read the rest of this entry »

[1] Jone’s Motto:Friends come and go, but enemies accumulate.

[2] Terman’s Law of Innovation:

If you want a team to win the high jump, you find one person who can jump seven feet, not seven people who can jump one foot each.

[3] O’brien’s Variation:

If you change queues, the one you have left will start to move faster than the one you are in now. Read the rest of this entry »

I do not recall who sent this or where did I read it, but all the same brings a smile to my face.

1. A day without sunshine is like night.

2. On the other hand, you have different fingers.

3. 42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot. Read the rest of this entry »