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Christmas wishlist 2011

I know I am late and there is no time to fulfill the below wishlist, but I have to live upto my long standing tradition spanning one year. So, here goes nothing.

  1. Ferrari 458 Italia (yes, it's a repeat, but I never got it last year)
  2. Samsung Galaxy Nexus (What? It's an upgrade!)
  3. Fiat 500 Abarth Edition
  4. Xbox 360 Kinect Bundle
  5. A house at Marine Drive
  6. A lap of the Top Gear test track
  7. Tickets to the UEFA Champions League finals in Berlin
  8. A trip to Leh
  9. A Kindle Touch 3G
  10. A much much better 2012


Merry Christmas!! :)

10 must-take classes from around the world

Stop making extensive itineraries for your next travel destination. CNNGo.com has come up with a list of 10 inspiring classes around the world, and they HAVE to figure in your travel plan if you are going to these destinations. Or you can go to the destinations only for the classes :)

Go to the article to read in detail about these classes. I have listed them down in short.

  1. Manga drawing: Fukuoka, Japan. 2 weeks, USD 1,025
  2. Cheese making: Wisconsin, USA. 3 days, USD 279
  3. Flamenco: Seville, Spain. 7 days, USD 408
  4. Jungle Survival: Guyana. 2 weeks, USD 2,521
  5. Ceramics workshop: Plan du Four, France. 5 days, USD 639
  6. Photography: Kathmandu, Nepal. 12 nights, USD 4,114 (includes stay)
  7. Singing: Barbados. 7 days, USD 1,800 (includes stay)
  8. Meditation: Himachal Pradesh. 10 days, USD 130 (includes meals and stay)!!
  9. Kung Fu: Fujian, China. 4 weeks, USD 1,432
  10. Genghis Khan warrior traning (!!!!!): Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. 9 days, USD 3,387 (includes stay, all meals, activities, guides and a tailor made Mongolian Robe!!!)
So, who is going to Mongolia with me? :D

10 things I learnt in Sikkim

I went on a week long trip to Sikkim. It was undoubtedly the best trip I have taken till date. The place is quite literally out of this proverbial world. The things I am listing down are not things that Sikkim taught me, but things that 'came to me' in this trip.

  1. I nag. A lot. (You, yes you reading this right now, please don't give a 'finally!' smirk)
  2. I am bad at bargaining. (I always kinda knew this though, but well, and again, do not smirk!)
  3. Beauty is superficial. It should be. It can be.
  4. Beauty is .....
  5. English is an inadequate language. I wish there were words that could fill the above blank.
  6. Looking at something that is unarguably one of the best that Nature could dish out, gives a new meaning to the word 'awe'. (Damn you English! And I am talking of Mt. Kanchenjunga here by the way)
  7. Sports transcends, unites, exhilarates and is always loved.
  8. 'Sheela ki jawaani' is popular is quite the understatement.
  9. I am now unsure if I like the beaches or the mountains.
  10. I have been scarred for life. By Sikkim.

Dear Santa,

Guys love making lists. Especially lists which are similar to 10 things…

 

Considering it's Christmas Eve and with all the wish/gift lists going around, I though I would make one too. I will keep it short and simple for Mr. Claus.

 

Here goes nothing:

 

  1. Ferrari 458 Italia (Black/Red)
  2. Fiat 500 - Abarth Edition (Yes, I want both the cars)
  3. LG 55LD650 LCD TV
  4. Onkyo HT-S7200 Home Theatre System
  5.  Xbox 360 Slim - Kinect Bundle
  6.  Nikon D7000
  7.  Samsung Galaxy S 2
  8.  Be a Race Marshal at the Inaugural Indian GP on 28th October 2011
  9.  Tickets to El Clásico at the Santiago Bernabéu in April 2011
  10.  Tickets to the Belgian GP at Spa Francorchamps on 26th August 2011 

No, I don’t want some of them.

 

Yes, I want ALL of them.

 

No, they are not in any order.

 

Yes, only Mr. Claus can grant me these wishes; for now.


Merry Christmas!


Happy New Year!

10 things about the Delhi Metro

If some of you do not know yet, I am in Noida right now for the foreseeable future. So, being here for a week now, I have been finally able to get an internet connection and I have been itching to blog!
 
Here are 10 things that I thought of about the Delhi Metro.
 
  1. It is awesome! It really feels great to be in it. It is quite an experience when you get into it for the first time.
  2. It is Air Conditioned! This definitely a boon anywhere in India. More so in Delhi! They have somehow managed to keep the inside of the trains at quite a cool temperature in spite of the 45 degrees outside!
  3. It is really affordable! It has to be. But for an air conditioned transport it is surprisingly so. The distance which will cost you Rs. 5 in the Mumbai local train costs just Rs. 10 here. No wonder no metro transport anywhere in the world has been profitable. Neither will this be, otherwise it wont be affordable.
  4. Fully loaded! With all the jazz of escelators and automatic ticket entry and announcements in the train regarding which side the station will come (this kinda gets irritating sometime). All of this is great though.
  5. It is an equalizer. Where else will a businessman and a normal worker get into the same train using the same facilities and sitting in air conditioned comfort? No matter who you are, no second class or first class here!
  6. It is awesomely maintained! Everything looks clean. Minimum littering. Constant cleaning. Helpful staff. Great!
  7. It has some weird stickers. I saw one which wanted to say that this seat is reserved for pregnant woman. So it has a 3 figures. One was the pregnant woman, second was a man giving the seat to the shown woman. The third was what bothered me a little. A small boy holding the woman's hand. Why show a boy? Why show a second kid? Errrr, family planning?
  8. The entire system looks great from the outside. I mean beautiful! The steel cars with lighted windows whizzing overhead every 5 minutes! Then going underground. Some places have two levels of stations underground! The huge stations above the roads. I like it!
  9. I have absolutely no idea how the people living in the national capital managed to commute in the city before 2002! Absolutely sad!
  10. I love it! Just like I was in love with The Linker, I am in love with the Metro as well. It represents the same things for me that The Linker does. I cannot wait for the Mumbai Metro to be up and running!
 
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