-: Dreamer's Den! :-

This weekend, after a long time (almost 1-1.5 months, as i was away in Tokyo!!), me and my 2 close buddies, planned for an saturday evening outing...@ Inox theatre, in Bangalore...2 watch some movie.... Initially planned for a Kannada movie ( Jogi ), the timings did not suit us (we met at 1600hrs but the movie was scheduled 2 play @ 2130hrs!)...so we bought ticket for a newly released movie called ' Chocolate '! But we couldnt get the ticket for 1600hrs show and hence we bought the ticket for 1900hrs show... It was in a way good as 1. we got good amount of time 2 chit-chat (after a long time) 2. we had not seen the mall in which this theatre is...called Garuda Shopping Mall... So, we roamed around the mall for some time...(all window shopping!!)...the mall is somewhat ok, bit small and congested compared 2 another mall which bangalore got a year back (Forum Shopping Mall)...Anyway, we suggested roamed and roamed all the 4 floors of the mall and finally came 2 the Food Court o...

Am back to Bangalore, after a 25-days stint in Tokyo, Japan. Now, am back to my office...:( same old traveling, same old bangalore roads (Even worst now), same old office..:)

do check if u can see this...only 4 fotos of yday...first 2 of Tokyo-Monorail!! last one is of Roppongi station (in Jappu) it was an iGate Japan get-together party in an Indian restaurant...had some discussion and then dinner...superb stuffs... ...aaloo tikki, veg pakoda, Nan, Navarathan kurma, Sag paneer...(veg stuff) served with drinks like lassi, wine, beer....and mango pulp...:) Link for the some fotos of the same, from Matsumoto-sans' Mobile camera! http://www.oss.no-ip.org/misc/20050829WithPradeep-san/index1.html

Hope u r doing fine...am doing fine here...:) On Saturday, me and my colleague went out to discover more of Tokyo and here is some glimpse of it! :) On Sunday, since my colleague has a family and is busy with them, i went out alone to find more and more of this 'World's Costliest city'!! On Saturday, we went to 1. Tokyo Tower (inside that is a Wax museum - of most famous figures of World history! From India, they have Gandhi and Mother Teresa) 2. Asakusa - Sensoji Buddhist temple (one of the biggest temples in Tokyo) 3. Ueno - a big park and to a market called 'Ameyoko' ...very famous market... And then i went 2 his house...met his wife and his little kid (Ku Ya)..very nice and cute baby! stayed there for some time and then came bk 2 room... Check the links sent by my colleague (at the end of this mail)....these snaps r from his camera...(i feel somewat dark...??) mine, yet to give for developing!) do tell me if you could open all the links (dont try 2 download ...

=================================================================== First Mail =================================================================== am doing fine here... i landed in Narita International (Tokyo) at around 4.45pm (flight was delayed by 1 hr!)...so, after immigration and other formalities, i reached the airport helpdesk @ 5.30pm...i took a bus called @ `Airport Limousine` (3000 JPY) to the Shinagawa area...as there was huge traffic jam (even though it was huge...it got cleared within 15-20 mins! such a disciplined and neat maintained ppl here, infrastructure is excellent....same but some more than Shenzhen!!)...i reached the area at 1930hrs...to find that nobody knows my staying place (Nakanobu)...finally i caught hold of a lady (who cud understand english) and requested her 2 get a taxi for me to this place...that taxi driver said ok but later was confused with the location! So, we rounded and rounded and finally after 40mins...i somehow reached my place...u know the taxi...