February starts tomorrow. Birthday Month. I hope that at least this year my birthday month is full of happiness… unlike the last couple of years wherein the entire world came crashing down on me the whole month. I’ve had terrible February-months for the last couple of years.
Fingers crossed. Tense.
And its my first Valentine’s Day after my wedding. And my first birthday after my wedding. On the 19th.
The Hubster is miles away for a couple of weeks. And I am in Maika (he calls it may-kay). Each day seems like almost a year!
I silently keep humming the song – mere piya gaye rangoon wahan se kiya hai tailiphooooon… tumhari yaad satati hai… jiya mein aag lagati hai. PA is a nutcase like this! I guess all or rather most newly weds are. People, who have been married for more time, tell me… do you still feel a restlessness when your spouse is away for a couple of days/weeks. Or is it just a newly married phase?
On Thursday 27 January 2011 evening, the cheque collection boy comes and picks up the cheque. Gives receipt. Says that cheque will go for clearing the following day.
On the 3rd working day post that, i.e. today – 31 January 2011, I check my bank account and find that the amount has still not been debited.
I email HSBC and get a revert that they haven’t yet received the cheque!!!
Looks like they have misplaced it.
They then ask for a copy of the receipt. Without apologies.
I email them a copy of the cheque pickup receipt.
And now I wait for them to find my cheque. The Due Date is tomorrow – 1 February 2011 – I had requested for the cheque pickup facility on 24 January 2011 at a premium charge – I am now super worried about charges – finance charges, interest charges, late payment charges, ad hoc charges… in case they don’t credit the cheque in my card by tomorrow.
Looks like I will soon be shifting to the ‘I hate HSBC’ bandwagon.
~A-Once-Upon-A-Time-Satisfied-Customer
Note: Till date no one has apologised – Neither for the delay in cheque pickup, nor for the SHUTUP episode and not even for misplacing my cheque.
I just got to know that Carrie Bradshaw uses Hashmi Kajal / Kohl in Sex and the City 2!!!
OMG!
Is this true? I haven’t seen the movie, so can’t confirm! Have you seen it? Did she use Hashmi Eye Makeup?
In the interim, before I got to know this, I emailed the company asking them to update me about Mumbai Outlets. They were quite prompt with their reply and sent me the contact details of their Maharashtra Distributor.
I contacted the Maharashtra Distributor who is now in the process of sending me:
1. List of Mumbai outlets – Address and contact numbers
Life is like Facebook. People will like your problems and comment on it. But no one is going to solve them. Because everyone’s busy updating their own.
The mother who watches ‘Astro Uncle’ daily is certainly PA’s mother.
One day I will make the onions cry.
Cooking isn’t as easy as the Hubster thinks. At least for PA.
Cooking isn’t as easy as Mom thinks. At least for PA.
Watching Food & Travel Shows is better. So says PA.
Did you know that there is something known as the Koli Seafood Festival that is periodically held in Mumbai! And is in its sixth year!
I got to know about it from Blogger Finely Chopped’s Facebook Page.
From what I gather, this month it was held in Versova (Vesava) in Andheri – from 28 to 30 January 2011.
Fresh Lobsters, Crabs, Squids, Shrimps, Prawns, Clams, Caviar, Pomfret, Tuna and various other varieties of seafood – you name it, they had it. Cooked to perfection – the Koli Style.
Read what bloggers who visited had to say about the Koli Fish Festival:
And Sassy Fork who has savoured their delicacies a couple of times at various locations across Mumbai.
Check out their blog-posts about Mumbai’s Koli Seafood Festival. And some seriously droolworthy pictures. More photos on the Finely Chopped Facebook Page.
And its been around for more than 200 years! Two Hundred Years!!!
Their packaging is extremely ordinary. But underneath is a firecracker of a product. The grapevine says.
They even give easy to understand, simple instructions for application on their website.
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Someone on their blog wrote this -
Ask me if I am left on an island with one makeup item what it would be?
Ask me if I have to choose one makeup product to take on a vacation what it would it be?
Ask if I am given 10000 million dollar ( as if) and asked to buy one product what would it be?
My answer is solid and one and only HASHMI KAJAL
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It’s from Karachi, Pakistan. And it is said that now it will be available in India. And in Mumbai too!
Yesterday – 29 January 2011 was apparently NO TV DAY.
Did you know that?
Who said that PA, you may ask.
Not me. Not me. Hindustan Times said that. Or rather urged people to observe 29 January2011 as NO TV DAY in Mumbai.
Lowe Lintas has created the communication initiative for this campaign.
~ Hindustan Times is an Indian Daily Newspaper and Lowe Lintas is a top-notch advertising agency ~
Since almost a month I am seeing their billboards at prominent locations asking people to observe 29 January as No TV Day. Besides outdoor advertising, it was marketed via print and radio on a big scale. They are even planning to take it to a national level soon.
They must have definitely spent valuable crores of rupees on this so-called campaign.
Will be?
Is this shot in Mumbai?
Show this to any husband and he may bang his head!
Why beach pics again and again?
This certainly doesn’t look like Mumbai! What say?
When do you want the next No TV Day?
So, Hindustan Times says -
Switch off the TV. Get out and enjoy the city with your families and loved ones. Mumbaites don’t spend enough time with the city, enjoying its many opportunities with their families. The day will help them to go out with their families and enjoy a city as lovely as Mumbai to the fullest.
Reactions on Mumbaites-
What if there is a cricket match on TV? Get out and enjoy? Go where? Travel for a few hours battling the traffic, dust, noise and pollution to go and enjoy somewhere? Even if I want to enjoy in my vicinity, where do I do it… there are just buildings everywhere! As in go to Dhobi Ghat and see the loveliness of Mumbai!
Further according to them – The tagline ‘Switch off TV. Switch on Mumbai.’ says just that – we are a brand that is connected to the city and thinks of its people.
How?
As on date, 83151 people have ‘liked’ their initiative on Facebook. Yes, they’ve had a Page as well.
Did at least a quarter of these follow the No TV Day? Just asking…
The description there reads -
MUMBAI – The city that never sleeps.A city where Mumbaiites are always on the Rush to work, home etc. A city where 24 hours is not enough, where you spend more time with local train commuters than family, where socializing happens on Social media websites, children spend more time cramming in coaching classes and tourist attractions are rarely enjoyed.A city where personal moments with your loved ones are few and far between. A city where compromises made on time spent with near and dear ones is the norm rather than exception. Hence the need for Hindustan times NO TELEVISION DAY on January 29th 2011. Switch off TV, switch on Mumbai. A day where we encourage Mumbaiites to create their own special day. A Day in which you explore and enjoy the sights and pleasures that Mumbai offers like no other city does. Hindustan Times would help you create these special moments by different activities like a helicopter ride over the city, great discounts at restaurants, entertainment activities and more. All the more reason to switch on Mumbai, switch off TV on Hindustan Times no television day-29th January 2011.
Their Mission, as they say is ‘To Create a special day for Mumbaiites to Switch Off TV and enjoy time with near and dear ones exploring the sight and sound of the city called MUMBAI’
Sight and sound of Mumbai! Well I love my city. But at the same time I know what I like and dislike about it. Mumbaites know the best.
They even gave people a couple of suggestion about what to do on this No TV Day.
Go and watch laser fireworks at Juhu Beach – 6pm to 8pm
Some plays at Comedy Store, Palladium, Lower Parel – 6pm, 8.30pm, 10.30pm
Random painting competitions at some schools for students
Heritage Walks around Gateway of India, VT Station, Asiatic library 11am to 3pm
And some other random acts, magic shows for children at a few malls in the city.
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Did you observe this No TV Day? Or did you just observe that it’s a No TV Day and switched on the TV?
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Well, what did PA do on No TV Day? She forgot about it
PA saw re-runs of Hero No.1 and Coolie No.1 on TV and thoroughly enjoyed herself. There is something about Govinda movies… no matter how many times you watch it… you still find something new to laugh upon. This time I concentrated just on the choreography and had a ball of a time.
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