Soup stock Tokyo

One healthy option for food in Tokyo. And why am I writing about it? Because I can write from my new iPhone. This should have been a post about the Iphone. But i don't have time for that now. Keeping it short and simple.
So, soup stock Tokyo. Healthy and expensive soups till ten p.m. And if you can't make it in time, then you can gout drinking.

Terminator 4

4? 4?? Seriously????. I mean, is it just me or is it that everyone around has a really bad 90's hangover. This second one came out in 91, when I was a teenager. And I liked that movie. If the teenagers still like this franchise, good for the producers. But If this was made for fans of the original series, what was the target audience? 30 plus single males who want to be seen outside a theater playing this?
Uh, thanks, I'll wait for the dvd. Better still, it will be out on cable next year.

p.s :- But I think I know a certain 30 someone who might be queing up to watch this.
He'll be back.

Izu islands

Need a vacation, taking one this weekend. Far away at the southern peninsula from tokyo. Well not that far, but anything would work at this time. Need to get on a plane sometime soon, but till then this helps.

31

31.
still around, moving along
hangin in here ..

Drink Diary

1
2
3 - 3 beers
4 - 3 vodka tonics, 2 beers
5
6 - 5 beers
7
8 - 3 wine glasses
9
10 - 2 vodka tonics
11 - 5 vodka tonics
12 - 1 Hoppy
13 - 2 Beer, 3 Vodka tonic
14 - 2 Beer, 3 wine
15 - 1 wine glass
16
17
18
19 - 2 beers, 4 whisky
20
21 - 2 beers
22 - 2 beers
23 - 5 Vodka tonics
24 - 2 beers
25 - 3 vodka tonics
26 - 2 beers
27 - 3 vodka tonics
28 - hanami from 4 p.m
29 - 2 beers
30 - 2 beers
31 - 3 beers, 1 vodka tonic

Academy awards

Slumdog millionaire wins best movie. Huh???
And trainspotting did not win anything ???

Back to Tokyo

Back to Tokyo from Mumbai. Hey, who turned the volume down? and where are the subtitles?

December is here

Finally, vacation time !!!. Heading back to India for 3 weeks. Wish it could be someplace else this time, though .

Life in Japan

Another 6 months to be spent in Japan. Need to take a break

Do it yourself kit - Make A Movie

"Inspired" by http://passionforcinema.com/a-trip-down-masala-lane/


Doctor Dialogues
Inhe dava ki nahi, dua ki zaroorat hai
Humne puri koshish ki hai, baaki sub uparwale ke haath mein hai.
Mujhe afsos hai ke hum (aapki biwi/maa/baap/bahen/…) ko bacha nahi paaye
Mubark ho aap ma/baap/dada/dadi banane wali/wale ho!”.

Police Trademark dialogues:
Police ne tumhe chaaron taraf se gher liye hain. Bhagne ki koshish mat karo. Apne aap ko kanoon ke hawale kar do.
Kanoon ke haath bade lambe hote hain.

Court dialogues
Apko jo bhi kehna hain katgire main aake kahiye
Yeh aadalat ki touheen hain
Order!Order!
Main is Geeta per haath rakhkar kasam khata/khaati hoon ki jo bhi kahoonga/kahoongi sach kahoonga/kahoongi, aur sach ke alaava kuch nahin kahoonga/kahoongi.
Gawahon key bayanat aur saboton ko madde nazar rakhtey hue, yeh adalat is natije par pahuchi hain ki ....

Lovers/couples dialogue.
Main tumhare bina zinda nahi reh sakti
Hindustani patni apne pati ka naam apne mooh se nahi leti
Maine tumhaare bacche ki maa banne wali hoon
Aaya nahi, aanewala hain

The mother:
maine tujhe nau mahine apne kok me pala hai.
Maine tere liye Gajar ka halwa banayi hai.
Beta, Tum sharaab pe ke aaye ho?
Nahi beta, yeh to khushi ki aansoo hai
kaha pe muh kala karke aai hain

Rape Dialogues
Bachao, Bachao. Bhagwaan ke liye mujhe chodd do

Two years in the land of the Rising Sun

Two years have passed.
Wake me up when September Ends.

Monkey Island

(As stolen from the website)

Lets go to monkey island.

It will make you very happy.

There are no monkey on the island.

However there is plenty of happiness.

http://www.sarusima.com/

http://www.sarusima.com/company/english.html



Cannot wait for my trip to monkey island tomorrow to find happiness.

Joe's Apartment.

Anyone remember Joe's Apartment? Not the bad movie, the short on MTV. I am strangely being reminded of that.
If this continues, other existential questions ( such as "Who am I?" "Why am I here?" ) will take more of my waking time.
You have to give up. You have to give up.

Weekend Getaways

Off for the weekend to Oiso in Kanagawa prefecture.
http://www.princehotels.co.jp/oiso-e/
High time.

Earlier breaks
Kobuchizawa, Risonare - March 2008
http://www.risonare.com/

Odawara, Hilton - November 2007
http://www1.hilton.com/en_US/hi/hotel/TYOODHI-Hilton-Odawara-Resort-Spa/index.do

Here we go again

Moving next month to JP from Bear.

Moving next week from tokyo to chiba.

Barbeque at Hakone

Golden week is a bit odd this year. No straight holidays, so no long vacations. Went out to Hakone with a few friends for a barbeque. Nice food, good onsen, great ramen at shinagawa to end the day.
A cycling to trip planned around odaiba cancelled due to bad weather. Need a big vacation soon.

30 Plus

Yes. I am 30 . and i have absolutely no hang ups about it. The twenties are over. And I have a feeling the thirties are gonna be much better. I hope they are. Kicked it off with a big birthday weekend , a big dinner at fujimamas, lots of beer and Karaoke.

Bye bye 20's , you will be missed, but not too much I hope !!!!

85 years and a weekend

It's bust. Bear Stearns has folded up. 85 years on wall street. One weekend of absolute mayhem. 170 $ per share last year. 2$ per share this week. It does not get any worse. You can read about it all on the net. For years to come , I guess.

So where does this put me? let's see. Romantic life in the dumps. Professional life in the dumps. Japanese life in the dumps. I don't know where it goes from here. Life has been strange. Just when you think you've seen it all, it has a way of tying your balls up and hanging you upside down to ask " Well, what do you think?"

Wait and Watch. More to follow.

Happy Chinese New Year

That's what it comes down to. A year late on the new year wishes. This blog is inspired by watching The Departed again on cable and four shots of Jack daniels and the new dell laptop. The love for movies is universal. Lot's of events. No time for updates. The lamest excuse ever. No time.
Dance Dance has been appreciated across continents. Love to know Mithun da rocks. New Years in India was great. Tokyo still rocks. Lots of decisions to be made. Never easy.
Moved from shimbashi to higashi ginza. Nice neighbourhood, lots of shops for strictly window shopping.
travel tip - goa sucks on new years. Never again. But, never say never.
Mumbai is great. Nothing's changed. Dunno if that's good or bad. The traffic sucks, the bars close early and no more drunk driving. The last one's definitely great. Friends still rock, they are the best on the planet.
Gotta go now, time for some pink floyd on saturday night.

Back to pavilion

Back to Tokyo. Back to work. Shimbashi-kamiyacho-shimabshi.
Same old, same old. Will try to scribble something on the India trip soon.