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I Can't Think Of A Title Sorry

Am back home for a while. We're all on study break at the moment. Professional exams start second week of August. Got back sometime middle of last week. MAS flights are pretty cheap if you're lucky but unlike Air Asia and Firefly, 95% of the people traveling are in suits and carry briefcases or laptop bags.  Business class travelers.  All of them. One of my most interesting short travel experiences so far, though. I had a window seat so on my left was this Chinese dude in Levi's, a Hard Rock T and a black blazer. Had two very expensive looking phones with him (hard not to notice when he was right next to me) and was happily chatting away until we were told to keep away electronic devices. At one point he dozed off. Funny how much less attractive people look when they're asleep. Mouth open, head going 'helicopter' and all. Once I reached KLIA I headed down to the bus terminal. I had about fifteen minutes to walk from our arrival gate all the way down.  ...

We Went North Yindian

Surprised mom for her birthday last Friday. Took a bus back Thursday night and reached early Friday morning (bloody eight hours with at least eight stops in between :@). Reserved a table at Tandoor Grill. A newly opened high-end North Indian Restaurant in town. It was. Amazing.  Honestly I can't remember the names of the dishes we ordered but they tasted as good as what we get whenever we go to India. This was grilled chicken, if I'm not mistaken, stuffed with more chicken, nuts and cheese.  Hyderabad Biryani.  Just like the one we had at the Rambargh Palace in Jaipur.  Some kurma dish.  Aloo Ghobi.  Palak Paneer. My favourite.  A chicken gravy dish. Mom and dad loved this one.  Naan basket: Cheese Naan, Butter Naan and Garlic Naan  Yoghurt.  Almond Kulfi. This was as good as my usual one in Chennai.  They even had room after room of separate seating areas for different g...