All good things .....

Moved.

The 7 year association with Sid & Arni & the 4 year stay at #77 is over. It's all a bit overwhelming.

Journeys end. Friends depart.
Every phase of life comes to an end.
But every end is also a new beginning.
It is a new chapter waiting to open.

Uninor

Boards sporting the Uninor logo are popping up already. The company hasn't even launched!

It joins a slew of recent launches in the getting-crowded Indian telecom sector .... DoCoMo in July & MTS last month.

Now let's see, how many does that make here in Bangalore ....

1. Airtel
2. Vodafone
3. Reliance Communications
4. Reliance Mobile
5. BSNL
6. Aircel
   
7. Virgin
8. Tata Indicom
9. Tata DoCoMo
10. Spice
11. Idea
12. MTS
13. Uninor

.... holy .... telecoms! A dozen operators for mobiles alone! No wonder India has the cheapest call rates in the whole wide world.

26/11

.... it's been a year ....

TVS Wego & Jive

TVS launches the Wego & Jive - a good looking scoot & India's 1st clutchless conventional looking bike. Both are powered by the same engine .... which is why they were launched together, I guess.

Our leaders

The PM consorts with Obama ....

.... while the Prez flies the MKI ....

Hmmm ....

SprtRd's 2nd service

The pick up has gone up perceptibly while the gear shifting is smoother. The engine sounds more relaxed while crusing & the top speed's gone up to 80 ..... nice!

And yes, today was the 1st time that I got all greens at the 4 traffic signals on the way to office.

Find your God

It turned out to reflect what I actually am in real life .... maybe this thing works!

Rolls Royce Ghost

Rolls Royce has launched it's smaller-than-Phantom model in the Indian market starting from 2.5 crore. Looks good.

DMRC's new stock

Delhi Metro moved into U.P. today with the inauguration of the line into NOIDA. The new rolling stock from Bombardier looks nice & solid.

Today

Raced a Dominos Pizza delivery boy today .... & won. Brought back a lot of memories from the ol' school days. It feels good to give up all that defensive driving & go wild once in a while.

Vinod got transferred out of OBS today. Good for him since the boy was desperate for billability, but I'll miss his company. This billability funda has taken all the fun out of IT, at least in this company.

Winter monsoon

Last Monday was when I posted about the seasonal cycle moving into Autumn.

Well Tuesday onwards, the depressing gray skies are back over Bangalore. There seems to be a depression over the sea near Chennai & it's given rise to the worst possible weather ..... where it never rains proper, just stays dark & gloomy with intermittent showers.

I hope the sun is out again soon.

Moose Miller

It's amazing .... wikipedia doesn't have a page on this comic strip! No pages titled Moose or Moose Miller or Moose & Molly!

Autumn

It's a much better sight through the helmet visor .... the rays of the early morning sun streaming through the roadside tree branches .... compared to the dull gray cloudy weather that predominates over Bangalore during July - September. The season of crisp morning sunshine is back again.

I seem to have developed a liking for Autumn over time .... it somehow reminds me of Durga Puja, Diwali & picnincs.