Things to do in an Airport.

Okay so after a while me and my parents decided to go on a vacation to Kolkata one of the metro cities in India for a vacation. The dilemma was we could not get the tickets in same flights together ( This was planned as they are travelling by Air India and sucks!! )

There fight time and mine varies for about 2 hours which means I will reach the destination 2 hours prior to my folks.


Now I know it’s not a big deal waiting at the airports and like .. everybody goes through it but I do not wanna waste my time there and make the most outta it cz I know I will never go to Kolkata again …


I tried googling for the airport Amenities but there isn’t much info available.






So here is my list of things I can give a try to:










1. Trying my hands on photography at the busy busy street you get great pics, that’s the top to do thing.


2. Uploading a few Calories : Lately I am too concerned with being skinny and I wanna pile up a few kgs on so of course as Bengal is famous for sweets EATING them all is the next thing to do.


3. SPA – Being a girly gal as I am, I have seen this famous SPA in Chennai and GOA airports which seems like an express service, wont mind a quick facial or a manicure. 


4. Ofcourse shopping: The best thing to pik up is a postcard and you know what even if I am going to stay there for just 5 days I would love to send a postcard to my friends in Mumbai .. going authentic vintage. They will love it. Other things to shop can be some cultural stuff from there, not things which I get in Mumbai cheaper then there 


5. Having a glass of wine or BEER : I am not so hopeful about this in Kolkata


6. Talking to a complete stranger: be it a Gal or a guy, completely bluff about yourself and say bye bye when its time to go. No further contact ever

Online shopping

I recently found myself to be very addictive to online shopping in past few months I wouldn't give up looking into the site for new offers / sales / freebies. to face it i have had the good, the bad, and the ugly.  


It started with the www.ebay.in as its globally a renowned brand like amazon which isnt yet available in India I started buying small stuff like accessories and  makeup from there and them apparels, trust me ebay.in will take about an year or more to showcase the quality and variety like ebay.com or ebay.co.uk 


So when the items came and if they were damaged it was replaced .. but the apparel quality shown and written in description didnt match this made me stay away from shopping for apparels and shoes on ebay. 


Fortunatly I came across another site which provided High quality apparel brand which was economic and yeahhh free shipping and I really think you should check it out http://www.zovi.com 
The quality is amazing and they provide free shipping all over India. 


Thats Grand!
Another few site you should check out is www.yehbhi.com if you are really brand conscious and need great deals on them, I found this site cool for collage students as it contains mostly sporty stuff. 
www.myantra.com is another leading name but one of my friend swears that they have the coolest return policy like if you order a shoe and its a different size they send a pickup courier how cool is that. 

So pros and Cons time. 
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Pros: 
1.online shopping makes life easy, gets you great deals, big brands and gets  you a global product. 
2. you get the product at home, some sites do mention that if he product  received isn't the same you can return it to the same courier guy who can take it back and you can demand a refund or replacement. 
3. you can pay COD cash on Delivery if you do not trust a new site  


Cons:
1. buying apparels and shoes can be risky with the size as we have UK small and US small I am not sure what do I choose ... hey I am Indian ... do you have India S
2. Paying with credit cards is something not everyone is comfortable with 
3. received product might not be the one that has been shown. 




TIPS for Online Buyers:
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1. Paying with credit / debit cards can be risky, check for COD or secure connection in the website meaning site shows https:// while you make payments. 


2. For ebay consumer always check your sellers location and phone number is specified in the virtual shop and make sure you have 100 positive feedback about the seller from other buyers. 


3. Check your product in front of the Delivery Guy and return if there is even slightest mistake. 


4. Make sure you have the support info of the site like email support or callcenter info keep it handy. 


5. Note when was your product supposed to be Delivered and save the date on phone or calender be pro active to inform the customer support if there is a delay in delivery. 


6. Check out for EMI options and finance while purchasing electronic items so that the involved banks authorize the payment. 


7. check for original bills/ guarantee and warranty slips for electronic goods. 

A new phone cover every week

I recently bought the new Sony Xperia NEO and it one hell of a phone but I could not get great covers for my phone as its fairly new to the market and here in India it takes a lot of time when you get the covers that you actually-really want.... its not like Apple it has so amazing range of covers that I would buy an apple just for those lovely covers... 

Any ho .. so I looked up in http://www.ebay.in and found just 2 colors available for phone Black and white, so I bought a new White silicon cover to protect my phones back but I wasn't happy as it looked so Lame and boring so I thought maybe i can try and paint my silicon cover.. 

I am not as artistic as I am creative kinds ... so as I know my drawings suck so I decided to go with water soluble based temporary colors which can be washed off.

Products used:

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Camlin Black poster Color.

Fevicryl water soluble glass painting color Blue. 

Poster color is applicable to glass and silicon base when you apply it from the bottel directly no medium to be used at all. 

So just figure out your design and draw it with a pencil on the cover,(I used eyes coz I use my cam a lot so i made that cam lens cavity as eye lens in the drawing.)

Then outline it Using a the poster color. 

Then complete your design. 

And finally fill the eye pupils with the desired color .. I chose Blue glass color as its really attractive and stands out so here is the completed look. 

Seriously I am not so happy with the way final outcome is, due to my poor drawing skills but I hope you can use the idea ... you can try marble painting or modern art drawing to enhance it a little more or try a cartoon like Flintstones or Tweety ....

let me know how it was in your comments down here. 

thanks. 

Happy Birthday Nids

It was My birthday last week and I had the celebrations going on till now, I was surprised by a decorated desk when i entered my Office and then everything followed

And this is the latest :

Girlie Man

As you know that one of my very good and close friends “sob queen” (Sobby) is getting married this month so (me and cute butterfly) are with her in her premarital preparations which is certainly an experience, it was Monday and $obby had to travel to Bandra which is located in North side of Mumbai city and a very happening place good for shopping and stuff !!!

We took a train there which was the fastest option, and reached to a place called Chapel road and met her Decorator oops!!! I mean the guy who will be taking charge to make her look gorgeous on her wedding night

We saw a lotta pics of the brides made up by him and he did do a great work,

He arrived, and sat on chair with cross legs, and said in a very accented thin tone, “Okay now who is the bride?”, we saw him in a shock and I immediately remembered the ‘Fashion’ Movie by Madhur Bandarkar then sobby answered its ME,

He closely observed her hair and said “I will tie it up on the side and let orchids flow from left” his gestures were very girlie in fact girlier then gals. Then he went on and on with the bridal dress and the footwear with shampoo to be applied and eye shadows showing how exactly to move hands over them and all brands of makeup we have never heard of.. and his tips and tricks…

He sounded like an absolute gay, me and ‘cute’ could not hold our selves from laughing. after we left from the building we very really on our knees… but on the serious note men working the the sector that belongs to women makes them behave gayish..

if you go to salons or these makeup men or the designers they are girlie, maybe they have to think that way to impress or make the customers happy ….. they wear pink wardrobe and they color there hair red or yellow, they are just so so weird there choice of bags and pierced bodies,

never marry a man who belongs to such sector coz you may not end in a very happy married life .. but this is just my assumption

Feeling HOT-HOT-HOT

The Water splash has changed its look, and I am working on how to customized it more, so you will be seeing a brand new Water splash in few days (no ETA defined) for this I am going to take help of my friend “pup” who is a brilliant HTML designer (I hope your happy to see your name flash here pup :p).

Well as I mentioned in my earlier posts the office has been busy-busy but you know what's the key to survival its adaptation to change so we have adapted to the office pressure and also the heat. The summer is killing, so what do we do to beat the heat.

Try to be cool with my little tips.

First as everyone says be cool try to accessorize yourself with cool looking things like your nail polish which can be of Sea colors and try some nail art wear big plastic rings with soothing colors which reflects good in sunlight, you can work a lot on your look with funky looking hats which will protect you from sunlight and also make you look really COOL

Summer is the best time to wear shorts, capries and 3/4ths also the tube tops there are so many things to work with your wardrobe

Carry a SUNSCREEN and a good quality lip balm alwayz and do not forget to take your shades. In fact I believe that summer is the most stylist season

I will add to this post in some time today as I have to rush now

A Rockn Weekend

The week is back and after a very long time I am happy to hit the office on a Monday, why? because I spend the best weekend of my life, and from today I understand that if you want to avoid Monday blues you need to rock the weekend….This is also because my parents were out this weekend and its was my turn to just Indulge

Saturday afternoon

After getting a little sleep from morning to noon, we finally decide to go to a DISC, for me it was the first time clubbing so I was damn exited all day, I put on all the clothes from my wardrobe and my friend helped me decide what to where and what not … after I was done with my dress and my makeup part, gizmo duck came to pick me up, then we were still not sure of the place we were going, we first hit the Renaissance in Powai the velvet lounge, but we were too early there and the place was deserted. I was a little unhappy there so we went to Juhu which like the main city and visited the “Rock Bottom”

Saturday Evening and the Night…

The DISC was good, there were so many people stuffed inside, and initially when we entered I could spot more Americans then Indians and they were quite feeling at home there.. There were a lot of experiences there i saw gals swearing at ach other in the washroom, I saw very very old men with young gals, I saw terrific hip hop dancers, bad dancers and a very very nice experience

Sunday afternoon

I was very tired after the visit to the amazing place so I decided to die in the bed that day, but i got a call from some friends that they were chilling at the RUDE its kinda cafe cum lounge but I loved the Hukka there which was a little expensive from the normal rates ..

Then after wards we went bowling and what a game !!! I rocked completely competing with 4 guys and I almost won, the game started and it was a warm up time

Player 1 > 6

Player 2 > 2

Player 3 > 8

Player 4 > 5

Me > Strike !!!!

WTF !!! everyone was damn surprised, and I was like yeah baby thats “Gal power”

Sunday Night

I have a good peaceful neighborhood and I have two friends who live with us, one is “Sob Queen” and another is “Cute butterfly”, Sob queen is getting married to her boyfriend in the end of this month its an inter caste marriage so this is an event of celebration and also “Spinster Pajama party”, so we were at my place (ofcourse), then we wore the usual pajamas anf started with a beauty session which didnot last very long coz we were so bored of it, Sob Queen got an idea to get drunk and we managed to pull some Vodka and had a great time, we chatted, danced and got drunk and then slept at 5 am, unfortunately Cute Butterfly has to leave for office and she slept hardly 1.5 hours caue we didnot let her, I have not seen anything more innocent then her in my life.

I woke at 4 pm in evening and rushed to office,

I am gonna Miss Sobby badly after she goes away

P.S : This is after2 pegs of Vodka , look at me !!! :P

My Office

My office desk is my personal place, I work there every day for about 10 hours, I spend my good and bad times here, it shares my mood swings and my temper, but I hate to see an untouched place, if the place is mine it needs to have my personal touch. So that anyone can spot me and also know real me as your work reflects your inner soul.


I made my own name plate which is kind of my nickname, self titled from college days, I made it a little vibrant with colors but not too many

Two things that I like on my desk a lot are: First, my unique things to do list which shows a picture of a strict women and a list of my daily chores to do and a poster made on a red card paper has writing in silver which reads,

“I WILL KEEP THANKING GOD NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS”

this also contains a picture of a man in will lot of stones in front of him and he thanks god for those as he has got an oppournity to use his strength, this is very very motivating as when things does not work out way we should always remember that god has planned something else for us, and thank god for keeping us away from doing something which might go wrong later.


Other things to add a little fun and vibrancy are Mr. Burger that makes you very hungry with its lip licking face and super cool colors.






Also here are my two sweethearts who keep looking at me they are "cuppi and chotu" you see in the picture cuppi is holding chotu (actually hugging),





The next cutie is called "dumbo" he is just an open face, it’s a packet painted to face so you can out your hand inside and run around with it, giving awhhhh !!!!! expression to everyone.




I had many more things in past which I don’t have now, like my fish bowl and my fish her name was “bubbles” unfortunately she could not survive the AC, and many more :(

A crazy bunch of people

We had a crazy weekend all the techies and the mangers and the manger’s managers, all went for a trip to Zoia resorts , which is not too far from Mumbai just 2 hours drive, we started preparing for this looong back we decided to play pool games and indoor, outdoor games it was a big team this time but once we reached there, it was just us and the pool…
Is so hot over here that in afternoon you feel like someone has pushed you in a big microwave to the highest temperature set, however the pools looked good… it was good to be in the pool for a long time, not to mention how tan and dehydrated you feel afterwards.. when the chlorine hits your nerves.

Then we had a good heavy Indian lunch with rice and pulses, roties and curd salad, obviously I felt sleepy after a long night shift, But some did not some still enjoyed playing TT, Badminton and indoor sports

Then at evening we played musical chair, housie and danced a lot, we even had barbeques and drinks for guys,

This is very short version of it when I can write about .. We had a fun pulling people’s leg, smashing our boss to the pool, having chicken sausages on barbeque and dancing like there is no end to the night …