Baby's day out

I could barely sit still today. I had only 2 meetings and both of them got cancelled as the other party wasn't available. Being the quick and efficient worker that I am, I had already closed on most of the work for the day. Suddenly, a friend at office had a brainwave.

"Why don't we go outside for a late lunch?"
"Why?"
"Well, its good networking, we can get to know each other better and besides, my wife forgot to pack me lunch today."
"Aha...Hey a, b, c, you wanna come along?"
"Where?"
"Oh, anywhere, as long as its out of office. Its Friday after all!"
"Let's go!"

With considerable enthusiasm, the four of us made our way to the basement parking, while all the time furiously debating on where to go. We finally decided to go to the Forum Value mall that had recently opened at Hope Farm.

The outing was great! We had good food (burp!) and a nice trip to a new place. Besides, I sneaked in some super-fast shopping while the guys weren't looking! All in all a mighty successful prelude to the weekend!

Proverbs- what they REALLY mean

What they say...
A rolling stone gathers no moss
What they mean...
A rolling stone is too busy rolling to be able to pay attention to doing silly things like gathering moss (ugh)

What they say...
Too many cooks spoil the broth
What they mean...
Because they were concentrating on sauteed vegetables, broiled chicken and spaghetti instead of the broth

What they say...
All that glitters is not gold
What they mean...
Don't forget there are gorgeous diamonds, sapphires, rubies, emeralds and the pope's shiny bald pate.

What they say...
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
What they mean...
And the mind forget

Songs

And today, we talk about songs! I've been listening and re-listening to a lot of music these days, what with the 2 hour power cuts in the evening and all. Well then, here goes....

The songs that never fail to make me swing
Candy Shop, Disco Inferno, In da club (50 cent)
Engel, Kokain, Du hast (Rammstein)
My resurrection (Ill Nino)
What the hell, most heavy metal numbers! :-)

The songs that make me cry
Sometimes love just aint enough (Patty Smith)
If I never see you again (wet wet wet)

Radical song
Three little pigs (Green Jelly)

Slow and sexy
Voodoo Lady (Live)
Evidence (Faith no more)
Feel like makin' love (Bad Company)
The look of love (Burt Bacharach)

Soft and romantic
And I love her (Beatles)
If I fell in love with you (Beatles)
Something stupid (Frank and Nancy Sinatra)
You fill up my senses (John Denver)

Books

Which book am I reading now?
Twilight Vows (Maggie Shayne)

Last mind-blowing book I read
Twilight (Stephanie Mayer). The rest of the books in this series suck.

My all time favourite character
Dirk Pitt

My all time favourite comic series
Archies

What I would not mind reading
Faraway Tree (Enid Blyton)....yes!!

I absolutely hate
Self help books

I can't do without
Arthur Hailey, Clive Cussler, Alistair McLean, Tom Clancy, Jeffery Archer, Frederic Forsythe, John Mortimer

The book that made me think
Are you kidding? Nothing can make me do that!

If I write a book, it will be like
The Hitch-hiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Michael Jackson

I grew up listening to MJ. I used to love those beats and his awesome dancing. In fact, I used to think Grammy Awards was all about him and nothing else!

His brand of music and dance will be sorely missed.

Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince

I was really excited. I mean, really really excited. With a capital E-X-C-I-T-E-D. In other words, I was excited.

Why? Because Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince was releasing over the weekend. And I'm a great fan of Harry Potter. So I got a ticket and waited with bated breath and a tub of chilli popcorn and some coke and a cup of cappuccino and fries and a burger for the movie to begin.

Ten minutes later, I had finished all my food and was itching for the movie to end. Never in my life have I seen a worse movie. The characters were least interested in acting, the story line was skewed, all unimportant things were highlighted as the main story while the main story was nowhere to be seen. A lot of scenes were shown as they never happened in the book and the end result was a pain in the butt.

I may not be the gourmet connoiseur of movies but I can spot (or rather feel) a pain in the butt when I come across it. And this movie was definitely it.

At the end of those agonizing hours, all I could remember was how good the popcorn tasted and how refreshed I was feeling after a much needed sleep in the AC.