NITIEans, Goans & MRECians...

namaskar mandali,

quite a weekend that just went by....here in bangalore. saturday was spent giving myself a well deserved rest ;-).....and the evening meeting with newcomers to bangalore, i.e, the IBMers who joined us last week for their projects made it all the more comfortable.

7 of these 'workex' guys have all settled into their roles as consultants and have been alloted various verticals to work under. 'twas definitely interesting and knowledgeful (?) getting to know what they were expected to be doing for their project tenure....

we'd all ganged up at a place called "the forum" here in kormangla, bangalore. one of the latest hangouts for the young and kicking crowd of the city, this place is really awesome. i've been here once before, but it was only this time that i had a good look at it. gr8 place with landmark, mcdonalds, and other big names setting up shop here....makes for a gud mall!!

and its got its own multiplex (the first one for bangalore city, i hear) started by delhi's famous PVR cinemas. haven't been to the screens yet....but plan to do so more sooner than later.

dinner at a continental cuisine chain called "casa picolas" with rishi and his engg. mate filled my belly to the brim, and as if that splurge wasn't enough, dessert at another famous chain called "corner house icecreams" surely had me gasping for breath! but i guess god don't like gluttony one bit....much to my doom, my bike rear tyre gave up on me....and i had to wheel my hero honda passion home at around 10.30 on saturday night!!

next day was full of even more surprises...with me discovering that bangalore city bus service is active even at 5 in the morning!! seeta bodke (my classmate + colony mate) was on her way home to goa from chennai. sunday morning was then well spent having breakfast at home from a leftover b'day party last night (that my roomie attended somewhere in bangalore) and adventuring to make tea for 6 people at home!! 4 goan dudes and 1 dudette were 'busy' catching up on each other's lives.....all at the leela palace barista over a cuppa coffee (i dislike coffee, and had to do with iced tea).

spent yesterday evening with my old MREC chums here in a place called btm layout where they stay. rahul kalla, a computer engg. colleague gave me the gud news that he's made it to MDI, gurgaon and will be joining by june end!! gr8 to hear that people have moved on from wipro, to oracle and now to pursue their own MBAs....

today morning the office is having a rather deserted look, with only me sitting here on the 4th floor, once again facing a road block at work and waiting for a reply on the data i requested. the rest of the folks have gone for some sales people's meeting.....

might write another blog today itself, if this sorry state continues....

signing off for now....