Yesterday was a holiday, and it was like a weekend for me, and that was really good. I shifted to the new room at DLF City – III on tuesday. And I loved the location, calm and cool environment. I started exploring colors of gurgaon. I live close to the “Malls”. Its just Rs.30/- by rikshaw. So in the morning, I started roaming around starting from Sahara Mall. Its a good place. I went to the Plane M and bought Smt. Subbulakshmi’s collector’s Edition Samarpanam – A set of four Audio CDs legendary, enchanting voice of Subbulakshmi. Then in the evening, I went to the MG Mall, which is also an equally kill-the-time place.

And about the title of this post: Punjabi Tadka, A punjabi food restaurant in Sahara Mall. The food was not that great, I had a Tomato Soup and Amritsari Veg Thaali. Only thing I liked was they are spicy and daal was good with tadka. The funny thing I observed in the restaurant was, there were almost 9 persons (mix of men/women n children), sitting at the other end of the restaurant. And for almost 45mins, no one was talking to the other. I was looking at them all the time, and found it very strange.

In the evening, I was strolling in and around the MG Mall. There were many sights and sounds. I like visiting the places alone, so you can observe people around, and interpret what they are thinking, and their interactions with other people etc. etc. Its fun, when you shut up and listen to the world There were two things that really caught my eye: LG XCanvas LCD TV, and Bose Noise-reduction head phones. The XCanvas was wonderful, there was a deal for 2Lacs with the 29″ n XCanvas with Wonderful, more than true to life colors + DVD Player + 5.1 Home Theater System. Hmm .. I need to wait one more year for it!

Bose Noise Reduction Headphones: I don’t need to tell about BOSE, because the name says it all. And there are two models of Head phones with price: Rs.25,000/- and Rs.8,000/-. Most attractive thing was the iPod dock. Just place your iPod on the slot, and start the music. Excellent Audio Quality, and looks.

There’s a bowling alley as well Ameoba in the Mall. After having a look around, I bought a 4 VCDs – Gol Maal, Chupke Chupke, Chashme Baddoor and The Shawshank Redemption. Then I went to the restaurant: Banana Leaf – South Indian Veg. Idli was hopeless. Naivadyam was really good. And then I had Bhath Masala Dosa ( Dosa stuffed with Lemon Rice). I never tried this combination, but I liked it – eating them seperately – though!

That was my – mid-week holiday. I didn’t get the net connection yet. Today I need to meet the iqara broadband people to get the connection, so that I can start working at home as well.