Unguaranteed Prophecies & Guaranteed Ramblings

So, after two days on road (i mean, with a stopover during night), I am back at Madurai.

On Friday, I started sometime around 5:45 AM from Anjuna (North Goa). The last week of February was unusually hot at Goa. Record temperatures at 39 degree Centigrade meant that it was getting hotter like it did, some [...]

I checked out with a local lad on “who is reliable service provider of data in terms of speed?”. His reply was Idea Cellular within Goa and Maharashtra circle. Vodafone is OK in Goa and their plans are not as competitive as Idea Cellular. Airtel stands a distant third in Goa.

So, if you have a [...]

Oscars - The Show

I suppose getting an Oscar is more of an avenue to make oneself available for a globalized business apart from the glitterati that surrounds it.

Alter-ego: So, you mean to say - Fuck it?!
Me: I’m just saying…

Sometimes, it is not always the destination that you learn about, it is also from interacting with fellow travellers. Travellers can broadly be classified in to the budget travellers (backpackers), business visitors and then tourists (packaged and canned).

I met a German couple at Gokarna, motorcycling on their respective 250cc RZ bikes. They traveled on road [...]

Morality Preachers Breachers

somewhere along Chapora beach

Crab 1: OMG! Look. We have too many humans around here.
Crab 2: (swearing) Damn. They are everywhere. I mean, like everywhere.
Crab 1: What the fuck is their problem? Can’t they leave us in harmony?
Crab 2: It never used to be like this before.
Crab 1: What do you mean?
Crab 2: I [...]

Feni on the rocks

I will tell you what - The fine distilled “palm feni” at F R Xavier’s Cafe at Mapusa (pronounced: Mapsa) beats all the Scotsh drink that I have tried. Priced at INR 10 for a 30ml, i think, it gives a good run for the money!

[Update: 20th Feb 2009] The Goan Sorpotel [...]

This news is so fuckin awesome! [sarcasm] I think when the whole world would like to move forward in time, Pakistan is glad to rewind it and take its Citizens back to medieval times. They should start a special theme park ride that takes participants back in time. This is certainly not a healthy development [...]