Or brushes past your vehicle ‘nudging’ your side-view mirror with a stupid grin / apologetic look?

Or keeps honking away to glory even when there’s no way forward?

Or is driving the wrong way on a one-way street and gives YOU a dirty look as you give a questioning look?

Or merrily continues at 15-20kph on a road with fast moving traffic, not allowing you to pass inspite of getting indications to do so?

I guess there are incidents similar to the above and many more that we all face during our daily commute. What gets to me even more is just sitting there helplessly in the car, being unable to do anything or even vent my frustration / anger at such people besides hurling abuse only me or my co-passengers can hear. (I’m not talking about road rage here, that’s totally different)

Wouldn’t it be great if cars had something like an instrument panel / console through which we could type out / say a message so that it shows up like a display or a 3D projection and the offender + others also see it?

This is something quite similar to the HUD available in aircraft cockpits, and could probably look like this…

Nothing like a good, witty message or rant to vent your feelings AND ensure your message gets across… especially during traffic jams.. or even a graphic, with the middle finger! :p

Would be good fun also, no?

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It was a fun filled lazy week, what with the idyllic weather. No rain, however. Got to meet several friends who are now based here, including an old friend I last met some 13-14 years ago. Unfortunately, some other friends were out of town in the same week I was there, so a meet-up couldn’t happen.

Most of the evening activity was in the Forum area, as it was central and easy for everyone to reach. Also went to a place called Terrace Nation, situated in the National Games Village, Koramangala. Fantastic ambience and location, but the major sore point was with the pace of the service. Each order had to be repeated a minimum of two times, whether it was the food or even ice cubes and soda, and yes… we even had to remind the steward to get the bill !!

We went to the Bannerghatta National Park on Friday, mainly to acquaint my nephew with the animals that he’d seen so far only in his picture books. Yep, he was suitably impressed, though he couldn’t say so yet. He even touched the trunk of an elephant !

Saturday was again a lazy day, and we all went to have breakfast at A2B, followed by a visit to Cubbon Park, where we played a bit of frisbee n stuff. From there, we moved on to the Taj Residency for a spot of lunch. The coffee shop was full as Bosch had given their employees some vouchers, so they had all chosen that day to land up there. We went to the restaurant beside it, and the food was pretty good, the preparation and presentation even more so.

Come evening time and it was decided that we’d have coffee at a place called Cafe Pascucci on MG Road. The place has a nice ambience, good decor and a nice menu. The crowd is also pretty good, and the place attracts a lot of foreigners too.

I had a look at the menu, and though there were several yummy items on offer, I chose one called ‘Sorbetto Al Caffe’.

The contents seemed mouthwatering; coffee powder, coffee beans, coffee liqueur… the works !! In short, absolutely lip smacking stuff !

As it so happened, a short while later, a friend and I also decided to meet up at MG Road as it was closer to his house, and no prizes for guessing which venue I chose.

I had no qualms in ordering the sorbetto all over again, and felt like a really content cat after downing it for the second time.

Come Sunday and it was time to leave. The trip to the airport was routine enough and once there, I had to shell out some dough for the stupid UDF which only seems to be charged at the airport here.

Once I boarded the Indigo flight, the names of the crew were announced and I think this was the first time I was flying in an airline where the Captain was a lady, a far cry from Roberto Carlos !

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The administration has relaxed it’s nightlife rules to an extent, so Bangaloreans can stretch their time till midnight as far as movies and dining out are concerned. Booze lovers and those who like to burn the dance floor will still have to wind up by 11 pm however.

All pubs and restaurants with liquor licence have to stop serving drinks by 11 pm, though food can be served till midnight. Not sure how many hotel wallahs will actually yank off that drink from your table at 11 pm sharp !!  

Restaurants at the airport, railway station and bus stand will be open 24/7.

Spoke to some friends in Bangalore and though they’re happy with this move, it’s no secret that they obviously want the bars and discs to be open till then as well…

Seems a tall order for now, but then you never know.. Time will tell.

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I’m not that big a fan of Roadies or Splitsvilla, but do watch them from time to time for sheer timepass…

I think a lot of people expected Kiri to win, but in the final task, in which both were chained at their hands, neck and legs, it was Nauman who finally prevailed and grabbed the MTV Roadies flag.

He also won a cash prize of Rs.3.52 lakhs, a pretty tidy sum.

A friend of mine had an interesting comment to make; she said the winner would probably go on to become a VJ, in which case, Nauman was anyway favoured to beat Kiri. So was it fixed? Go figure !!

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Most of us generally tend to say that “Monday is a bad day for me”, thanks to all the catching up one has to do after the weekend. However, in the survey, most of the respondents said they tended to coast through Monday getting their brain in gear and catching up with gossip from the weekend through social networking sites.

However, it was on Tuesday that employees suddenly became serious about tackling all pending work, and the time when they felt pressure was highest? 11.45 am !

Well, as it so happens, today is a Tuesday, and I’ll be waiting as the clock turns 11:45. Let me see if my stress levels are significantly higher than during other days…

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The total setup cost was also not too much (around Rs.8,000), which was used to purchase the microphones, laptop mixer, cords and headphones.

Pretty neat huh…

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