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Saturday 28 January 2017

Happy Days Part 7

It makes me happy when people are all territorial about their city's food.

Like what could cause more violent wars than whose biryani wins-Hyderabad, Lucknow or Calcutta biryani unless it was a question of who makes better gol gappas?

FYI:it's Hyderabad and Delhi for me.

Wednesday 25 January 2017

Happy Days Part 6

I feel happy when I encounter a nice HR department who are genuinely interested in selling their firm to you rather than entitled pricks who think they are better than everyone.

Thursday 19 January 2017

Happy Days Part 5

New Years project to post one happy/ funny thought a day

Heartfelt hugs from friends, especially when unexpected, are the best.


Monday 16 January 2017

Happy Days Part 4

New Years project to post one happy/ funny thought a day

Cheery professional emails make me happy. The ones that dispense with Dear XYZ and Thanks & Regards, and use exclamation marks unabashedly. Especially as I have a compulsive need for ending my mails like a 15 year old sitting for board exams.

Thanks,

Sincerely,
DK

Friday 13 January 2017

Happy Days Part 3

New Years project to post one happy/ funny thought a day

Yeah, I skipped out on posting. But I like to think that I kept my resolution since I at least registered a happy thought every day, just didn't make the time to post it here. So here is a list of happy thoughts I remember having over the past few days-
  • I pulled other people (well, one other person) on to the deck of HMS Dramione.
  • I love Agar main kahu from Lakshya, even as I barely have any recollection of the movie itself, except of course Preity Zinta's hair and Hrithik Roshan's doped expression. It is a gentle, good-natured joke on Bollywood love songs and their tired cliches, even while sticking to the time honoured format of a lip-syncing hero-heroine traipsing among ruins. Also I am a sucker for ruins.
  • I have realised I take failure in my stride now.Though I am not sure if this a very happy thought.
  • The Sri Ram Centre canteen has re-opened. Or it always was open, but I was choosing the wrong times to visit it. In any case, that jinx is broken.
  • Episode 2 of Sherlock Season 4 is excellent. I am still not sure I want to re-watch it obsessively, the way I did with the first two seasons. But that may be a function of my current age and current obsession (Refer to point about HMS Dramione), than the quality of the episode.
  • I no longer like Koffee with Karan or have any appreciation for any Bollywood gossip. This has to be a sign of growing up, right?

Wednesday 4 January 2017

Happy Days Part 2

New Years project to post one happy/ funny thought a day

No matter whether you're 16 and trying to organise a class assembly overnight, or 26 and writing essays for B-school applications, faffing always carries the day.

Tuesday 3 January 2017

Happy Days Part 1

New Years project to post one happy/ funny thought a day

I went gym hopping today to ask about membership plans and fees. Since it's a new year, I wasn't the only one doing it. Met the same people at all the three gyms I visited.