Globe Trekker - Ian Wright

I am sure, most of you might have come across this guy "Ian Wright", while watching Discovery Channel.

He hosts the Globe Trekker show while traveling around the world. He is pretty cool guy with his witty comments and amusing interactions with locals; he makes show interesting.

While reading Marathi Sakal News Paper, I found that he has been specially invited by Princess Bhargavi of Mewar. Sakal News paper has declared him as "Bhatakya".

According to him "Comforts don't interest him," he says. "The sort of trips I go on are all about living cheap and getting dirty which is how I like it."

I found one of his interesting interview here
He was asked one question "When you go places, do you look for the fun factor? Do you look for something that makes you go, wow? "

His Answer was " Yes and no, Mainly the things that make you go wow are the things that are unpredictable and things that you never thought about. I mean, when I traveled around India on me own before the show or whatever, I realize that in India you get the wow factor through the Taj Mahal, which is phenomenal, but the real India, you just sit on the road for a week and watch the world go by and your mind will be blown."

Getting Somewhere...!

According to the World Bank GDP Research
"India has emerged as the 12^th wealthiest nation in the world with its GDP touching $785.47 billion or Rs 35,34,615 crore in 2005" .

Obviously, US tops the List followed by Japan with $4.51trillion and Germany $2.78 trillion.

And I say "Not Bad, We are getting Somewhere."

FRA or ITA ?

So, I am Betting on France for the 2006 World Cup.

Knowingly or Unknowingly, This world cup got interesting one, specially due to the Match Timing. I could watch few exciting matches between POR - ENG, FRA - BRA and the most exciting was ITA – GER where ITA scored 2 Goals in last 2 minutes.

Ultimately it all comes down on 1 Goal and few Penalty Kicks which makes and breaks dreams.

Insearch of Music

Every often and then, I visit MusicIndiaOnline to check out the latest music out there. I put on my headphones and forget about time. This time around I found few promising songs out of these albums.

• 'Mitwa' From KANK
• 'Aage Peeche' From GolMaal
• 'Tum Jo Mile' From Ahista Ahista

Laundry Day

So far in entire stay in the US, this is the first time I’ve to go out side for the Laundry. I’ve always given preference to apartments where they have inside Laundry Unit. But sometime you got to compromise on few things for another.

The thing about Laundry is, I always felt a burden until I am done with it. There is another big burden that comes after is the Ironing. I miss those days, when all I have to do is open the closet and wear a crisply ironed dress.

For now, I don’t have to think about Laundry for next two weeks until its starts piling up again.

Allen Solly & Desi Guys

Whats with Desi Guys and Allen Solly Trousers. It came to my notice that lot of desi crowd is wearing 'Allen Solly' Trousers including myself.

I just assume that The Guy must have recently visited India and did some shopping for himself.

Watching Cooking Shows

BAM !!!...'Emeril Live' ! Thats the TV Show I am watching now a days on Food Network. Thou being a Semi-Vegetarian, none of Food Dishes on the show interests me. But what I like about the show is, the manner in which Emeril presents it. He got the Style.


Now I wonder, I always liked watching Cooking Shows; Be it Sanjeev Kapoor's 'Khana Khazana' or Tarla Dalal Show or be it Emeril Lagasse's 'Emeril Live' .

It's different story that I don't spend much time in Kitchen.

Maharashtrachi Khant - Rakhi Sawant

As frequrent visitor to Me Marathi , I found this few lines very funny one and thought to mention it here.

One Time Every where

Now, I wish If there was only one Time Zone For the whole entire World.
Imagine All the people wakes up at same time and goes to bed at same time.
No EST, No GMT, No IST...Just simple plain vanilla Time.
One Time Every where.

Specially, It's really painful to write a software code to handle all different Time Zones. A simple testing takes entire 24 hrs and by that time next date starts.

Another Rising India article

Here is another article covered by US media about the Rising India.
I found this cover of Time magazine a very appropriate storyteller.
There was one line in article that took my special attention:
"We're all about to discover: that elephant can dance."

Finally Moved

This time it was Enterprise Cargo Van that I tried after having hands on UHAUL’s 14' Truck 2 yrs back. Thanks to my kind friends that I could wrap up all my One Bedroom Apt into this Van thou it was very struggling and painful work to do.

Here is how it came up
Cargo Van Rent $125
Gas for the Van $60
2 Helpers for 1 hr $60
and Lots of Stress

I learned my lesson, Next time I think of moving; I would go for Professional Movers. The good thing about “Do it Yourself “ is that it gives you a self-confidence, which lasts with you forever.

Revisited 'Summer of 69' Song

Something about this "Summer of 69" Song, that takes my breath away. Every now and often, I listen this song it refreshes the mood and rides back into memory lane.

Yesterday, surprisingly I found the Hinglish (Hindi) version of the song by Antaragni. I found this one much melodious than the original because of smooth background music of flute & violin.

And oh by the way…The Song has nothing to do with Summer of 69, In fact Bryan was just 9 Yr old in 69.

You can find out more facts about "Summer of 69" here.

For Sale

Moving out of out State, need to sell following items:

• Black Leather Sofa [5 Seats] = $300
• Mattress & Box Spring = $250
• Dinning Table=$50 Sold for $50
• Coffee Table with 2 Side Tables = $40 Sold for $35
• Office Desk with Chair = $50 Sold for $35
• Crib with Mattress = $300
• Emerson TV with Nice TV Stand = $150

Another World Cup

Honestly Speaking, I am not a big sports fan; It never mattered to me who is playing against India in Cricket neither the Football World Cup.



What the World Cup event reminds me is that, the 4 yrs have passed on since the Last World Cup. As you grow older, you witness more and more such events and finally there will be your Last World cup.

What’s with Ford Explorer guys ?

What’s with Ford Explorer guys? They think they own the Road…seems like attitude problem to me. I have noticed that the people in Ford Explorer are more aggressive drivers than others. They are always in hurry while doing take over. I hate when they come across my car without giving an indicator and suddenly pressing the breaks.