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.

Home Coming

Going to India this month. Almost 4 weeks. Lots of work to be done, tickets confirm, buy gifts etc. That does not leave enough time to reflect on the past year, which is good i say. A new years trip to goa is being planned, lets see how it goes.
Thankfully, i can keep my stuff back here, planning to travel pretty light. Should be pretty exciting.

Bye bye work !!!! (For 4 weeks )

Happy Diwali

Happy Diwali and Happy New Year !!!!
Still in Japan, more than a year now. Much time has passed. Summer happened some time back. Autumn is here and it's getting colder. Blogging is far and distant these days. Just like everything else. Starts with a fire, ends in smoke. Should try not to sound depressing in the festive season. Should try not to sound depressing ever. Will save the depressing stuff for later.
Tokyo is beautiful in autumn and winter. Rather Tokyo has seasons called autumn and winter.
Will go to India (home???) in December for christmas. Should be a fun time. Trying not to expect too much. A year is a long time. Changes happen. But all in, should be fun. Mumbai always is. Even in the most of bizarre of ways.
Another New year round the corner, may it be a rocking new year for all !!!!

Sneakers

Been hooked to them for a long time. I remember the first pair being a blue and white North Star from Bata, when I was about 17. I moved to pune shortly and the North Star had died somewhere it between as Bata seemed to have taken it off the shelf. Got another pair of blue and white sneakers which were bad clones of north star and much cheaper for 200 bucks. Cant seem to remember the name now. Wore them to death, so much so , that my then girlfriend bought a pair of blue and white adidas gazelle. Those lasted real long, much longer than the girlfriend, much longer than any other sneakers I can remember. I still did not have the heart to throw them away after more than 5 years, but all good things come to an end. I had started working by now, and sneakers had been moved from being the default footwear to weekends only. Picked up a pair of military green basketball converse which felt pretty good. Guess I was growing out of the whole blue and white . These followed me all the way to Tokyo, where I was able to put holes in the soles by some extensive walking all over the city on the weekends.
And now the time has come to bid them goodbye. Picked Up a pair of black Vans, seem to be pretty popular in Tokyo. Lets see where these take me !!!!

Okinawa

Okinawa
shimbashi-hamamatsucho.
hamamatsucho- haneda airport - monorail
TYPHOON 11
- Flight cancelled
haneda - hamamatsucho - monorail
hamamatsucho - tokyo - JR Yamanote
Tokyo - Fukuoaka - Hakata station(kyushu) - shinkansen.
Hotel - hakata green
Yatai - nakasu -Ramen - Sugoi !!!!

Day 2
Viking lunch - bookin tickets
Big Buddha - under and out.
metro - fukuoka airport - naha - ANA
Yatta !!!
taxi to city court hotel.
check in - move out.
Okinawa burger.
Night at kokusai dori
Jazz and awamori - Hoteru california
Okinanwa izakaya -okinawa dance
Okinawa - goya - dame dame !
yopparai on orion - saved from karaoke.
tip - please dont buy pink lighters when drunk.

Day 3
city court hotel - big breakfast - all you can eat and more
ferry station - right behind the hotel.
ferry to zamami jima - typhoon 12 coming - warnings ignored
Check in at ryokan - Off to the beach
Swimming in the sea - its fun in typhoon 12 !!!
Back to the hotel - big japanese dinner
Beach Bar - Highly recommended
Izakaya on the way back - ALL bars on the island must be visited.

Day 4
Big breakfast at hotel - too bad I still cant eat all that sushi !!!
Back to the beach - Sunny day indeed.
Taco Rice and Cold beer- well now thats a vacation.
Top it it off with a BIG ice cream slush.
Nothing to do on this island - well that was the plan
Too windy on the bridge - Keep to the right .
Nothing on the other side - atleast right off the bridge.
Long way back, pick up some shells on the way.
Off to the super market - 25 meter square only
Aka Jima deer - rare sighting - couldnt see much in the dark anyways.
To the last izakaya on the island - all 3 now visited.
Typhoon 13 unleashed - boy, this is a big one.

Day 5
Early morning - rain now stopped.
Stranded on zamami jima - What to do today???
Big trek to the top of the mountain - great view
One more lunch on the beach shack - everything on the menu now tried
Need to check out today - Typhoon 13 doesnt think so
Alas : - All Boats out of the island cancelled!!!!!
Hitch a ride to Aka Jima - Scary guy that one
Well nothing to do here as well - the room has no doors !!!!!
Walk up the hill to the last island - looking for a plane out.
Pilot does not fly in this weather - stranded again.
Tv dinner with nice oji-san and oba-san - fried chicken and salad good.


Day 6
Breakfast with the couple - pretty decent stuff.
Get a lift back to Zamami - Need to take the boat from here.
Finally off the island - The kids do some nice backflips to say bye- bye
Take a break on another island :- Nice tonkatsu for lunch
A quiet walk up the hill, around the port - and back in time for the boat.
Choppy ride to naha - rush to the airport.
No flights till the next day - And sea sickness strikes.
Check in to a hotel on Kokusai dori for the night
Last dinner in okinawa - and it had to be mcdonalds.

Day 7
Big breakfast time - i love these hotel breakfasts.
Taxi to the airport - flight on time
Same faces all around - all struck by typhoons.
To haneda in a couple of hours - starbucks, I did not miss you
Haneda to shimbashi - back on the monorail
Back to work with bento in hand - Welcome to Tokyo

Shraavan in Japan

Ten days into shraavan, and it's getting crazy in here. Where is the "shraavan special"? Where is Indi rock ? Too many questions as usual. But time goes on.