Beer on Wheels
Posted in Blogroll on April 21, 2008 | No Comments »
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Barcelona: A review - Day 1
Posted in Blogroll, travel, tagged barcelona, travel on April 21, 2008 | No Comments »
The day some from our class were waiting for had finally arrived… Some of us were feeling very happy after a tough exam, not because we aced it, but because we were happy to leave behind the gloomy weather of Oxford and embrace ourselves with sunshine !!
The excitement was almost over when we almost missed [...]
Exams or Airport?
Posted in Blogroll, tagged exams, oxford, tit-bits on April 11, 2008 | No Comments »
The letter from the examination school reads,
Please arrive two hours before the exam starts…
As you enter the hall, you are thoroughly checked to make sure you do not have any malicous material on you. Your University card is then scrutinized n-times to verify that the photo on it is actually you. If you forget to [...]
Bahrain unveils Ferrari domaninance !
Posted in Blogroll, tagged bahrain, f1, ferrari, sports on April 8, 2008 | No Comments »
Bahrain circuit, the biggest circuit on the F1 map, unravelled the magic of Ferrari. Ferrari has struggled over the previous two races with engine failures. McLaren, which was at the top until now in terms of speed and stability, looks weak and vulnerable in this race.
The qualifier was as exciting as ever, with Robert Kubica [...]
The italian job!!
Posted in Blogroll, tagged Italy, tit-bits, travel on April 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Lady at the Counsulate: “Do you know where Campobasso is?”
Me: uhm… er… uhmm…..Close to Rome?
Lady: Then why are you flying to Milan?
It all started with the plans for a class trip. The class voted to visit Barcelone soon after the first set of exams. I realised that I needed a schengan visa to visit most [...]
Halal Munch: review and rating.
Posted in Blogroll, Dinner, ratings, tagged food, oxford, ratings, tit-bits on March 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
“All items guaranteed Halal” said a sign outside Halal Munch, a restaurant right opposite to the business school. The first day of school, I was at my curious best. To try my LUCK, I ordered a medium “kebab”, an oxford delight. The food sucked to the core, and I vowed never to come back to [...]
Celebrations….
Posted in Blogroll, tagged celebration, poetry on March 26, 2008 | No Comments »
Celebration means……
Four friends.
Bahar barsaat.
Four glasses of beer.
Celebration means……
Hundred bucks of petrol.
A rusty old bike.
And an open road.
Celebration means……
Maggi noodles.
A hostel room.
4.25 a.m.
Celebration means……
3 old friends.
3 separate cities.
3 coffee mugs.
1 internet messenger.
Celebration means……
Rain on a hot tin roof.
Pakoras deep-frying. [...]
Time to gulp it down !!
Posted in Blogroll, tagged exams, oxford on March 26, 2008 | No Comments »
Yes, its true. Exams are here. Its the time of the year when every soul in Oxford gulps down the joy of eating out, the joy of procastination and most importantly, gulps down page after page.Oxford’s tradition has it that one has to dress up in a sub-fusc to write the exam. The irony one [...]
