Parx Super Car Rally 2014

I was there @Marine Drive near NCPA/Trident Oberoi today morning n was enjoying pleasant Bombay mild cold weather , Sea side at this place n Band stand always fascinate me n make me feel that I am part of this dream metro BOMBAY.

Although I am not a fan of Luxury Cars , racing , etc. I was just happened to be there n got an opportunity to click some of these beautiful man made super Machines i.e Lamborghini, Ferrari, Porsche, Bentley, Aston Martin, Audi, Mercedes, and Rolls-Royce which were there as part of Parx Super Car Rally 2014 , initiated by Industrialist Gautam Singhania.

99th Post :Zindaagi Rocks @ Bacardi NH7 Weekender Music Fest Pune

It was not planned , while having morning tea & scrolling thru news papers on leisure last Saturday morning  , Sid suggested for this Musical extravaganza @Pune, I said Yes , Nicx as usual, was ready for any outing nd long drive, she was too excited for her 1st ever music live fest..I was not knowing that it may turned out to be one of the best Weekend or rather memorable weekend ,I ever experienced  In fact after reaching home back on Saturday night at 2 AM after 4+4 hrs long drive , we again got up Sunday morning & went for Grand Finale  & reached the venue on time @4:30 PM.

What a place "Amanora Park" signature Hiranandani dome building , artificial lakes ,Thai huts (pic) with legs submerged , 6 stages , parallel shows , for which I was not happy as we had to choose between 2 fav. performers  i.e. Indus Creed Vs Kailash Kher as both were schedule for the same time slot , anyways ..

Food stalls , 2 Bars by Bacardi & Eristoff , Food stalls ,Music store & other handicraft & merchandises, accessories ,lush green garden , just sit there in groups n enjoy ,pleasant November weather, what else one can expect .

OK that was about the venue , now the show ,Million watts of thunderous blast , Piccadilly lighting , Lasers ,Variety of musicians from India & abroad ,We specially liked Australian "Karnivool" for their high voltage music n  well Synch lighting  ,Buraka Som Sistema fr Portugan with their fusion Techno beats with Afro-Kudroro genre music,  Bombay Metal Project  , for their high octane metal sound with non understandable lyrics,Rob The Bank DJ for dance ,DJ Michal Merent ,Indus Creed was rather not up to the mark, 

Vir Das"Alien Chutney was good in  well timed jokes & funny Lyrics e.g. Pappe you're a dude if u got the Man boobs & comparison between Delhi & Bombay girls , funny Harry potter and Himesh Reshm'a etc.

Whole environment was electric , charged , Young beautiful well dressed guys n gals in shorts , minis , almost  a fashion fiesta .Here we feel proud of being part of the well behaved Bombay Pune crowd as there was not a single awkward or indecent incident happened in spite of close proximity , darkness , booze , smoke etc. etc. Luv u Bombay ...Fantastic.

Such a great satisfying rocking experience , Yahhooooooooooo.

Late night cravings : Cutting Chai at 3 AM , 80 Km drive :

Café Reminiscence

It is normal for us ( family) to come back home  late night 2, 3 AM from city outings , but this crazy outing was somewhat different  ( spoiled in fact) . Saturday night we all 4 family members were chatting & having a light musical singing session post midnight , suddenly tinny/tukur  got this crazy idea of having cutting Chai or Icecream somewhere , A Chai  .. right now !! as usual I was ready for any crazy outing , as for me having a cutting chai @ Thela/Gumti  during a long drive/odd locations/time is a philosophy , a way of life , a mental rejuvenation, not just tea only, Chinese also says “for Chinese, tea is not just tea, it is a combination of Chinese Daoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism” .
We all got up , I have my linen pajamas on, took sweater/shawls only as any change to casuals/jeans was not permitted & we took mandatory “ Rockstar” CD.  We started  around 1:30 AM , it was calm outside ,dark night , almost empty highway , no red signals ,1st target was to get the fuel for the car , after roaming in & around Thane /Mulund , we finally got the car tank filled @ Bhandup LBS Rd.
We straight away drove to Bandra , then Juhu in search for Tea/ Ice cream parlor , Only those steel container tea wallas were there around taxi stands .Bombay western suburban area is more Bombayish then Central  ,as seen, many  people/groups/families were seen on the roads , outside hotels/discs/bars etc.
Finally we went to the Domestic airport & had Tea/chocolate/Smaosa’s at the food Kiosks in front of the Airport departure gates , almost empty internal roads , only few airport staff & airhostesses were seen  ,special tea prepared by mallu guy was real tasty , it was slightly cold outside ( 3 AM) which enhanced the taste , finally we returned  home at 4 AM.
It was fantastic , crazy experience & we are overjoyed with our impromptu wee hr tea & Samosa’s.


ENJOY ! : Watch this MTV ad Jawani Diwani with cutting chai , which I always remember & was able to trace finally, just luv this promo.

Link : MTV : Ye Jawani : Chai wala