Went to K-Circle after a long time yesterday, missing out on a talk on Extreme Threading in our office. Actually, it wasn’t my fault, I was busy debugging some stuff and I realised that I was already half an hour late for the lecture. Could have gate-crashed and slept through it, but OK, I thought I could utilise my time better.<\/p>\n
The quizzes were ok; one of them was good ( this being the only quiz in recorded history that had a question on a time-travel paradox called a “jinn” ), the other was pretty easy. And yes, was Brain of the week this time. A lot of people were missing, though. Anil and Dhaaji have left for their respective IIM’s. That’s two good<\/i> quizzers gone, and guys, I must say I will miss you. I had fun quizzing with both of you. Here’s to two of the greatest Sports quizzers I have ever met!<\/p>\n
\nMe and Arun, after a lot of debate and heated discussion, decided to go watch The Matrix Reloaded<\/i>. Then we decided we better have dinner first and then<\/i> watch the movie. Walked into the restaurent in the Sangeet complex, saw the prices on the menu, and walked out in very dignified way, citing reasons ( “A friend will join us in about 15 minutes, we’ll go out and make some calls and then come back.”), though I don’t think the waiter fell for it.<\/p>\n
Then we decided not<\/i> to see the movie, and walked all the way to Rashtrapati Road trying to figure out where to have dinner. Arun, of all people, turned out to be a Potter-freak, and a Potter-freak of the worst sort. I mean, any guy who remembers the colour of the bedsheets that Dumbledore provided to the Hogwarts student, when the dorms aren’t safe anymore – has got to be….ahem….no comments. (it’s purple<\/i> bedsheets ), by the way )<\/p>\n
Went to Seventh Heaven at Panjagutta, discovered that there was a half-hour wait time involved. Went to Hunt pub instead. The DJ tried his utmost to make our short stint there miserable, playing such brain-numbing classics like Kaliyon ka Chaman<\/i> ( mixing it with, of all things, Shakira ). Then he decided to appeal to the rawk-loving Hyderabadis in the pub. Started by playing timeless stuff like Smoke on the Water<\/i> and Sultans of Swing<\/i>, and bobbing his head in time to the music, I guess his way of “getting into da groove”. I can’t believe he gets paid for doing this.<\/p>\n
Pretty soon, he decided we had enough of Classic rock, and went back to playing Laila O Laila<\/i> remixes.<\/p>\n
We did not leave a tip.<\/p>\n
Dinner at Minerva cafe. Soft ARR instrumentals being played by Tabun Sutradhar on a dinky Casio. Or so it sounded. More Harry Potter esoterica. Quiznet anecdotes. I remember a point when I realized I was laughing too loud, and everybody was looking at me. Instead of going our seperate ways, I asked Arun to come over home, and leave the next morning. Which he did. Had a long, soothing conversation with Suzanne Vega and Radiohead in the background, before it was lights out.<\/p>\n
Vanessa Carlton’s A Thousand Miles<\/i> sounds like a tribute to A.R.Rahman. Some parts of it remind me of Nanpadum<\/i> from Duet. <\/p>\n
Mons is away on a lunch invite from a colleague, so I am stuck waiting for the evening, when me and Sasi go to Koti and check out low-priced cds. I hope I get to hog some panipuris today.<\/p>\n
I also need to prepare a quiz. Am conducting it next Friday at K-Circle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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