BIAL is good for Bangalore

Dear Bangalore,

How long would you have liked a bus stand double up as an airport? (no, figuratively) Airports also need to grow up and be on its own. The decade you are headed into needs you to drop your conservative image and let airports and bus stands be on its own. If not anything else, this will only do you a lot of good and you can sleep more peacefully.

See, I am writing this letter from the airport, using the free wi-fi service these nice people are offering. You might not have visited, but I would like to bring to your notice about the last time I blogged about the free wireless internet at airports, which could be found whence you click here. This is just one of the many good things this airport has to offer.

You may ask what else. To begin with, besides being an airport, BIAL also offers itself as a huge shopping mall. The vastness makes the number of people seem so small and suddenly I find a lot of corners to sit and read or work.

And then, there is no baggage screening as soon as you enter. The approach, which you have spoken so much about is smooth. From my house in Rajajinagar, I took exactly 60 minutes to reach here. Yes, thats the same time I used to take the old airport.

The visual control is so efficient that you needn't ask anyone a question about where what is located. I'm sure you'll remember how cars and people alike used to hustle for space just in front of the airport. Once you visit here, I promise you, you'll want to forget that.

Anyway, I hope you'll visit here soon and see the development (against the entertainment you are used to) by yourself.

I remain yours,
Sleepyface

At The Library

Dravid and his men are losing because of

the RedSkins Cheerleaders.

No, I'm not talking about their skin show and that they are distracting the players, not at all...

I gather from the commentary in cricinfo that, the Washington Redskins Cheerleaders always jinx the team they cheer for. And also further added that Mallya should've checked track records of his cheer leaders before selecting. So, that will be some respite for Dravid and his men. The whole world thought they are not playing well. Now the world is proved wrong!

Update: This fact was shared by Harsha Bhogle and here's the link

A Letter

Dear Rahul Dravid,

In Twenty20 (or T20 or the likes) cricket, technique is not important. One doesn't get brownie points for playing the shot as per the book. It may be very important in test cricket, but not in every form of the game. And, by the 20th over, if you have 8 wickets on hand, your team wouldn't get any extra points. Losing wickets is not a concern when runs are coming by. Not losing wickets and not scoring runs is. I hope you get the message.

Wish you good luck.

Warm Regards,
Sleepyface

Radio One is in (as of now)

The only time I listen to the radio is when I'm riding my bike. And I travel quite a bit over the week. Atleast 12 hours. The radio channel I used to listen to was Fever 104. I loved the combination of 2 Hindi + 1 English and they had carved a niche. They weren't playing all the Hindi songs released. They had a particular inclination to Indipop-ish kind of music and the goings was good.

Until someone decided to introduce Kannada into the combination, instead of English. That spoilt everything, not the kannada songs by itself, but it didn't fit into the kind of music Fever was playing. And so the radio was tuned to catch a different frequency, who call themselves as Radio One.

Now, these people are good. I'm going to listen to them until they do something foolish and change the offerings to match its competitors. What the radio guys should actually do is to listen to its listeners rather than get scared and copy what other radio stations are doing.

what happened between my last regular post and now...

1. Goa happened. It was my first visit and bloody hell! I wanted to be a hippie, sacrificing everything. The one thought that held me from becoming one was you, yes, my dear reader, I thought, if I did have to sacrifice my blog, what would you read? So, I had to choose tangents. Then, if I have to blog in the middle of the day, or the middle of the night, I need resources. So, I decided to stick to the office and home respectively. So, not becoming a hippie was a tougher decision to make and it won't be happening. but Goa will be happening again.

2. Herbs & Spices in Indiranagar happened. My friends (1, 2) - who I hold in high regards for what they do (except their taste in food and music) - and I went to this place Herbs & Spices. The food was exquisitely Italian and most of the firangs in Bangalore dine here. The saying one man's food is another man's poison came alive here. It seems Sri (since he didn't like the place) will choose this place for his break up and I (since I liked the place) will choose the place for a make up. If by coincidence Sri chooses the same day for break up as I choose to dine there alone, the subject of the break up and make up could well be the same.

3. IPL - I think this is by far the best thing to have happened to evenings. The time period between your arrival at home and the arrival of sleep couldn't have been spent better (it could've been with some special people, but IPL is more interesting) I have purchased tickets for the match on the 19th of May (between Royal Challengers Bangalore & Delhi DareDevils) when the four semifinalists would have been decided and the stadium would be empty. (Just like my blog, low readership)

4. Tiruvottiyur near Chennai happened, but I will talk about it only when we meet for coffee.

5. Coffee happened, but she insists it was tea. I'm still clueless about it, so, will elaborate when clarity comes.

bringing life back..

the break was unintended,
it happened nevertheless
many roles he attended
as he earned his bread

he now brings tangents alive
for the six who read
which now may be five,
but the blog will thrive

The Video that'll make you Smile :)

Adventures in toothbrushing from Veggie Girl on Vimeo.