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Friendship - Acrostic Attempt

So this is what happened… Nimesh        : "Varun Bhai (bro), I need to submit an acrostic for my English assignment tomorrow" Me               : "What the hell is that?"  (Not a good feeling when your 14 year old kid brother asks you a question and you have no clue what the hell is he talking about). Nimesh        : “An acrostic is a poem in which the first letter of each line in the text spells out a word or a message. I need an acrostic on ‘Friendship’.” Varun          : “When do you need it?” Nimesh        : “In next two hours as I need to write it before I sleep and submit it tomorrow morning at 8AM.” Varun          : “Ok! Let me see what I can do!!!” And this is what I came up with in next 30-40...

From Maggi to Methi Aloo

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October2009 to Present... Working. Living away from family. Learning. Life has been pretty interesting and challenging in more than a million ways. Learning curve for me(if drawn) would look like that of (x-to-the-power-of-x).  Of the many stuff I have tried out in last two years, Cooking is the only activity I have excelled at, I guess.  It has become more of a passion now than a necessity.  I still remember, the day I entered Bangalore and decided to land at my friends' rented accommodation(Souvik and Vishal), my eyes simply stopped rolling-over the house the moment I saw their fully functional kitchen. Frankly, I had expected a messed-up, dirty and stinky kitchen with cockroaches(that's just 'cause of Souvik's image in everyone's mind), but then, seeing something completely opposite and esp. after being told that those two cook their own dinner almost 5-6times a week, popped just one single question in my mind: " Will I ever be able to cook and ...

iPod Touch. Head-turner or Head-ache?

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Hello everyone. As this is my first Blog entry, let me first tell you all, what exactly compelled me to start blogging. I have a friend studying in the US and I requested him to get me an iPod Touch [8GB] Second Generation from there itself as it was about 5000($100) rupees more expensive in my country, India. Having received the iPod on 6 th of July, 2009, I had made a few assumptions about the iPod and expected it would have all these things. But, as soon as I saw the poly bag that contained the packaged device, my expectations grew as it was super-shiny milky-white bag with a silver Apple logo printed exactly in the middle. My dad even asked me to give him just the bag, for he had paid for the iPod afterall!!! So, here I was, opening the NEW iPod casing, with a little clue as to what exactly is to be done to open this well-packed device. First of all, there were no instructions written anywhere on the box except a small piece of tape waiting to be pulled. So, having foun...