Monday 28 April, 2008

Blog Moved

The blog's been moved (finally!) to

http://vishnoi.lukkhas.com/blog

also checkout:

http://vishnoi.lukkhas.com - my webpage!

http://vishnoi.lukkhas.com/photoblog

:)

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Tuesday 15 April, 2008

Sea Ahoy

10 days back, I made my way across the kaala-paani to the place where no one was to be seen regulary in the 40s - mumbai offshore.. off the west coast of india. Have been here for the past week and a half and have been moved from one platform to another, in a bid to understand, and learn about the place :)

So far so good, the bomb dropped last thursday, when an unexpected trainee (read me) moved over to the rig to just be a silent observor to a campaign, I was made the night supervisor - a display of dis-belief, nervousness, and dunno what showing up on my face at that moment. 5 nights post, I must say, it's been fun, though pretty tough, considering that you dont have much to do if nothing's happening. And slowly one needs to kill his time through those 12 hours... waiting, dozing, snoozing the dozing, taking the readings, and not to forget, eating at all the possible hours, that one'd eat at, just 12 hours of lag wrt indian time zone.

So much for my job et al. Going to be in delhi this weekend, and for the next few days to come after that. Hopefully will live after 14 days of offshore. Not a girl in sight. Well, almost. There's a woman on the rig. Highly unimportant. Now, I wonder if IIT was better! :P

Why this post at 1.50 PM? Well, just had a safety drill, and the sleep was mercilessly murdered, and now it will not come, come what may. So, life that it is, is sad for the moment. Just for the moment I must say.

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Sunday 13 January, 2008

Paani Puri

Well, not really paani-puri I speak of. Lately, I was told of a concept - vodka paani-puri. Yes, basically, paani puri with the water having vodka - vol ratio of a small peg. I thought it was a one-off situation, considering that the concept was told to me by a born and lived in delhi woman... and we all know delhites! :P

but then, a few days ago, I was just going to some shop in galleria, and I over heard 3 conversations (and this ain't exaggeration!) that had the same content - rejecting the conventional paani-puri coz the "customer" wanted vodka paani puri! boss!

too much for me!

i just moved ahead, and had my regular paani-puri with the paani made from mineral water - enough high class achieved! ;)

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Wednesday 12 December, 2007

4 kinds of movies

with so much work to do in my office (that stands opposite Subway Powai), I today had a realization: there are 4 kinds of movies:

1. movies that are Friday night movies - one can watch after a boring sick week at office, and enjoy - e.g. Om Shanti Om, Jab we met, etc.
2. movies that are Sunday afternoon movies - ones that are good quality stuff, and are aimed at "a niche audience" - e.g. Khoya Khoya Chand, No Smoking, etc.
3. movies that one would always enjoy - like Sholay :)
4. movies that one'd never enjoy - like Ram Gopal Verma ki Aag ;) (saw this coming eh?) :)

So much for gyaan, and keeping this blog alive :)

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Sunday 28 October, 2007

4 in a row

Long time no hear! well, that's could be because of many reasons, I could be very busy at office, may not have an internet connection at home, or may be I didnt have enthu to blog. Well, it was a mixture of all the 3. But, now, after a 2 week induction at UK, a side trip to Munich and to the Oktober Fest, I am back in India, and am doing good time at office. Work / Life balance is crap, and have been working long hours on some good work otherwise :)

Other than that, this week I watched 4 movies, on 4 days :) A thing that I hadn't done since a long time!
Thu: Jhonny Gaddar, a flick that I felt was Ok, and nothing too great, considering the reviews I had got. Simple expected twists in what was supposed to be a thriller.
Fri: Jab We Met, a regular commercial cinema movie, but it did manage to get quite a few giggles from me after a 9-9 in office!
Sat: Shoot Em Up, a flick that was full of so much action, and the hero getting everything right, it felt like a video game, 3rd person, and all cheat codes in our favour!! Just about that! :D
Sun: No Smoking, a flick that was so much into symbolism, that it probably left few takers for it. A little too much of thinking, such that it was not digestable by most critics, but a movie that I'd like to watch atleast 3 times more, but now on a DVD :)

So much for now, I go and hog :D

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Friday 14 September, 2007

The world of Lukkhas!

we have a domain.

Lukkhas.com

I have a home page now ;) vishnoi.lukkhas.com

also, this blog's moved there. which u can also notice :P

vishnoi.lukkhas.com/blog

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Sunday 15 July, 2007

Bang-a-lore

In Bangalore for the past 7 days. Have had a blast so far. Lotsa fun with batchies, a few juniors, and some seniors. Food, party, and sleep is what I've been upto. Other than that, was in Pondicherry for the last couple of days, drove a bike around the place. Ate French food, swam in the sea, and enjoyed the sun, after a cool-ish, wettish bangalore. This summer's been good to me. Saw North India, and now got a flavour of south. Lovely :)

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