deponti

What is this slow carb rice and how is it different from regular rice? If I eat my regular rice very slowly, will it become slow carb rice?

What's the bet that this rice is twice as expensive as regular rice?

I had showed you Romance Tailors in Mylapore:




But who will actually DO the romancing? Here's who






"Gents specialist" doesn't mean they are gay, but that they are men's tailors....

But, if you happen to think that to err is human, there's a place for you, too, in Bangalore, where you can stay in comfort:




If you don't like that, you can take this auto and growl...





I am feeling rather growly myself, and going "grrrrr" at all the things I see going badly around me...

When I went to the Malleswaram Heritage Walk, my beloved MLC fell to the ground, and though it was in a bag, it still broke...and the camera guy told me that it would cost "more than 3K" (that more-than sounds ominous!)....

Yesterday we went to attend the wedding of fellow NTP-er, sainath (can you imagine, I can't post a pic of him and his very beautiful bride, as there is no MLC!)...and, a very rare occurrence for me, I had decided to take the car.

So naturally, an autorickshaw (I don't know WHERE the driver was looking, he could not have hit me if he had been looking ahead) hit the car broadside on, on the left-hand-side, and when we stopped to look at the damage, he ran away. We spent a lot of time trying to see how we could file an FIR at the nearest police station....

It turned out that if the damages were anything less than 7K,it doesn't make sense to claim insurance, as we would lose the no-claim bonus for the next two years, and that would amount to a loss of 5K....so today, the tinker-job garage told me that it would be done for 6.5K...and we are not claiming insurance, which is anyway a big pain...

That flapping noise that you hear is all those K's flying out of our pockets quite quickly....! That's why I feel that worrying about money is futile...K sera sera....whatever (expenses) will be, will be!

We still managed a lovely weekend, though!

This auto is at least two months ahead of its time....





I was hoping it would say "2009 cc" like they often do,(this habit started with "2000 cc" and increased by 1 every year, see this one which says 2007cc)





But no, it was just the year!

Now I am looking for autos that say, "Sorry I dented your side door", "Forgive me for overcharging you last week", and so on....

Want to know what a girl auto looks like? I saw one in Devarayanadurga today, at the Yoganarasimha temple:


http://bangalore.metblogs.com/2008/04/05/ever-wondered/


Can't describe the glee I feel when I see such things, and I know that I have my MLC (Mary's Lamb Camera) to capture them with.

When my son-in-law was here, he noticed that autorickshaws in Bangalore often have other car brand names such as "Volvo" and "Benz" written on them, and also incredibly inflated engine capacities, such as "1000 cc" and "2000 cc". Well, this auto decided that 2000 cc was old hat, and decided to be more modern:





I am waiting for the first 2008 cc autorickshaw on the roads, and hope I have my MLC (Mary's Lamb Camera) with me when I do spot it!

I had done a post on these autos, and the messages they carry, for Metroblogs at


http://bangalore.metblogs.com/archives/2007/05/automessages.phtml


I do enjoy carting my MLC along as I traverse this wonderful city that I call home!

Here'a lovely pic of auto-motive power for someone ....





Let me know if this is OK....


Deepa.

No need to buy expensive movie tickets, or pay for cable...I think the backs of autos are a source of immense entertainment.





So all you hero-type dudes out there...don't worry about any whining...!

http://bangalore.metblogs.com/archives/2007/05/automessages.phtml


Had great fun taking those snaps!

Someone recently accused me of only finding fault and not finding solutions. So I wondered if our TT (Terrible Traffic) would improve if....

a. Autos had a much larger turning circle, which would mean they could no longer turn, twist, manouver and squeeze into gaps in traffic, causing chaos.

b. ALL horns were prohibited. Just think about it...aaaah...the silence alone would be worth it...If one cannot advance, horn blaring, to overtake another vehicle, surely the driving will become more circumspect, and better? One would have to give pedestrians a little more respect? (Looking forward to hearing all the negatives!)

c.We had one car-free day per week, or fortnight, per area....

I also realize that anyone who has me on their friends' page will see nothing but entries from me...so no more posts today. (unless I think of something...)

I also want this great, honest picture on my LJ for later reference, so here goes:



http://www.nixcartel.org/~botsie/autorickshaw.jpg


Remember, you also saw it here...