Dear diary..

I’m finally beginning to lose my sanity. I detest humans, especially the male specie these days (the rest of the days I don't like several other things). This time, the main reason for hatred is them giving me killer-headaches. Mind you, they’re not just any headaches. Perhaps the following would define them better.

Killer-Headache:

A feeling of

1) Your brains being sucked out with a straw by Godzilla;

2) Your head being a million feet above the sea level;

3) Carpenters hammering your head;

4) A zillion trumpets being unloaded in your eardrums;

5) Or simply, your head thumping with pain, giving you a feeling it'll explode any minute. And you long for that minute.

I have come to believe that I get killer headaches when there's trouble with something that I am passionate about. When I'm stabbed out of this passion-trance state, I feel agony, bitterness, and heartache. And I just don't like this feeling.

In the first quarter of this year, I had made a pact with myself: never again will I blindly create a situation, where people could give me this particular acute headache. I never imagined someone causing me extreme agony again without my permission; and this time without a reason, rather reasons best known to him. I just didn't see it coming. I am really surprised!

It's funny how one Monday morning can completely change your mindset about a lot of things. Well, what do you know, life at work can be full of surprises.

After years of snorting at people who always said, "life's complicated," I kinda agree. It's because some fuckers are complicated. If they're not, I wonder why their egocentric-selves can't TALK about issues bothering them. You need to reason out issues, justify your stand, you don't just announce drastic results without discussing a problematic situation.

Well, things are sort of unnder control now, hence I shall try to chill.

Sonovabitch!

Hmmph...I guess, I will take some time.

Dilution Delusion?

So oft have I invoked thee for my drink

And found such faire assistance in my thirst,

As every Alien Bartender knew my liquour knowledge,

And under thee their disperse.

Thine eyes, that taught the dumb on high to sing,

And heavy ignorance aloft to flie,

Have added pegs to the learned's wing,

And given grace a double majestie.

Yet be not proud of that which I didn't compile,

Whose influence is thine and born of thee,

In others' amalgam thou rely but mend the style

And arts with thy sweet n sour mixes graces graced be.

But thou art all my art, and cash advance

As high as learning my rude ignorance.

It was too late for permission Mister 'peare. But thanks anyway.

To cut the long story short.. There are swindlers out in the open! Some of them made me believe I had a good capacity, till I realized the frikkin finks were not giving me enough! Goddammit!

..I'll calm down a bit n refine that.

It all roots at my love for concoctions. Couple of years back, I had my very first- The Purple Mask. And there was no looking back thereafter-there was the Bleeding Mary and then there was Sex on the Beach, then there were many more. Thereafter, somewhere along the journey came Long Island Ice Tea, LIIT as i call it pyar se (I remember having it at Leos the very first time). Aah..heaven. I believe it's a perfect blend of everything. I did not pause to realize that it was absolute for me, till of course the last dew in my Collins.

Now about the swindling part, the dilution delusion: Some bartending buggers are out there ruining the reputation of LIIT. The thing is, LIIT lovers know it's a great drink. A perfect blend of its contents tastes beautiful, giving you the perfect teenzy-weenzy buzz that makes you feel grateful. What some of these buggers are doing is not giving us exactly that. Forget the buzz, that comes later, the drink tastes weird! Either they’re not making it strong enough, or probably adding wrong ingredients? I really wonder how can someone go wrong with a classic recipe! Now what happens is that a bad LIIT could make the newbies feel let down. They may not have one again, thanks to their (bartender/guzzler) ignorance. Don't let them make a donkey out of you with a fake LIIT. Save LIIT! Ask people you know for where to get those best specials/favorites and not just when it comes to LIIT.

This cheating cheating CHEATING makes me really pissed off and I'm tired of cussing Mr. Bartender. I protest!..For the love of Long Island Ice Tea! Give us some good Long Island Ice Tea! I'm going to start an awareness campaign, lemme know if you want to volunteer. We could have cool tees for it! Yay!

Since my taste buds have voted, I think I'm gonna be stuck on LIIT for quite sometime. I've zeroed on 5 places (that I can remember..hicc!) which serve the perfect one:

1. Cocktails n More, behind Taj, Colaba

2. Leopold Cafe

3. Some pub (don't remember the name) in Götebörg

4. Gokul, you can make your own here..howzzat?

5. Hard Rock Cafe

WARNING: never ever ask for LIIT at Pop Tate’s, Andheri

Long Island Ice Tea @ home
1 part vodka
1 part tequila
1 part rum
1 part gin
1 part triple sec
1 1/2 parts sweet and sour mix
1 splash of Cola

Mix ingredients together over ice in a glass. Pour into a shaker and give one brisk shake. Pour back into the glass and make sure there is a touch of fizz at the top. Garnish with lemon.

Cheers!

PS: Dear twister, you know I'm not a bevadi...muhuhahaha! hicc..

The Boonies: Paradise Found

Navi Mumbai is in its full glory during monsoons. Pre-monsoon showers are here much to the relief of the residents, now the kingdom far far away feels like a hill station.

I went for a drive towards Tata Hospital the other day and was absolutely mesmerized by the sight! First of all, the smooth stretch of multi-lane roads are a delight to drive on; add hills on either side with garlands of white and grey clouds floating so close to you, and then paint a rainbow amidst all this in your imagination! It was heavenly. I could lay in the middle of the road admiring everything within my optical range all evening. Silly of me not to carry my camera then..but that inspired me to go back home, get my camera and my parents along (in that order) to capture the beautiful landscape.

Here are a few snapshots (of the several!):

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