Dhruva Almighty: September 2005

Project Khallas .. Back to India ..

0 Comments Published by Dhruva on Thursday, September 29, 2005 at 9/29/2005 10:00:00 AM.

Flying back to India this weekend. First time flying by Aeroflot. Will be going via Moscow (Wow!!)

Anyways, was trying to compose a Good Bye mail for the customer ..

Dear All,

The moment has come for me to say final good bye to all of you.
Let me take this oppurtunity to thank you all for giving me the valuable support for the project. I really had great working experience with you all - learning nitties & gritties about system and most importantly in learning about this country, the people and the culture. When I look back, I cherish each day and each moment well spent. I find myself fortunate enough that all my efforts were very much appreciated by all of you but I would like to give the credit to the support & guidance I received from all of you for the same.

This is one of those moments of my life when I have so much to say and I find myself getting short on words. So, let me stop here by thanking all of you once again and requesting you to visit us at India sometime giving us the oppurtunity to return the hospitality we received from your side.

Thanks & Regards,

Kinderdijk, Windmills & Mills in floodlight

0 Comments Published by Dhruva on Thursday, September 15, 2005 at 9/15/2005 09:22:00 AM.

Nothing much to do this week at work since project has officially been stopped. Did a little R&D on Netherlands. Found a place called Kinderdijk - Just like Keukenhof is a place to see for flowers/tulips, Kinderdijk is a place for windmills. Also, It should take not more than 20 Euros to go there and come back.

So, planning to visit this place in this weekend.

ps - They also have something called 'Mills in floodlight' which is explained as 'During the second complete week of September all mills are lighted at night, which is called mills in floodlight.This truelly is an unforgettable memory for every visitor.'

Trip to Den Haag

0 Comments Published by Dhruva on Sunday, September 11, 2005 at 9/11/2005 02:00:00 PM.

Madurodam
Second trip to madurodam .. totally unrequired and not-suggested ..
i visited to give company to one of my colleague .. who was also visiting some city for the first time .. so was a little hesitant at first ..

Scheveningen Beach
Explored it fully this time ..
it is also picutrised in the song "Ladki kyun, na jaane kyun, ladkon si nahin hoti .." of Hum Tum

Pathe Theatre
Seemed like one of the famous theatres of Den Haag .. they have started focussing on Bollywood also now .. after the screening of IIFA awards in Amsterdam this june .. i read somewhere that Kaal was the first Bollywood movie to be screened here .. and now they regulary show Bollywood movies .. we went there for 'Salaam Namaste' .. one of my colleague watched 'Mangal Pandey' last week here ..

Salaam Namaste
Neeeeee .... Hum Tum + Kya Kehna .. nothing new, nothing impressive .. some good songs .. a little comedy .. that's it .. one time watchable, if you have nothing else to do ..

My Experiments with Tehri - I

0 Comments Published by Dhruva on Saturday, September 10, 2005 at 9/10/2005 03:00:00 PM.

prepard Tehri for the first time in this trip .. although i did take cookery notes last time on Tehri Preparation .. but now i have lost those notes and don't remember a thing ..

anyways .. followed the golden rule of "JO BHI MASALA DEEKHE DAL DO" .. so jo jo saaame dikha woh daal diya .. aur theek thaak hi ban gaya tha .. (mere ko bari tez bhookh lagi thi, so kharab bana hoga to pata nahin laga) ..

plans to do further research & experiments on Tehri in coming two weeks ..

The Unthinkable

0 Comments Published by Dhruva on Friday, September 09, 2005 at 9/09/2005 02:00:00 PM.

My project has been officially declared to go into suspension mode. So, my this trip to Netherlands may cut short.

Things will become more clear in coming 1-2 weeks.