Botox being a ratbag

The Hotel Caught fire, Oops No it Didn't

A hotel that was formerly a Holiday Inn now a Novotel & is currently closed for refurbishments caught fire on the weekend.

The press in all their wisdom reported it was "Mumbai's Holiday Inn Hotel" um, Actually it's not as H.T is here to open the NEW & ONLY HOLIDAY INN in MUMBAI H.T is now busy wasting time (oxymoron ?) fielding phone calls due to the error in reporting.

Check out the article here:

http://news.indiainfo.com/2009/01/31/0901311726_holiday-inn.html

Slum Dog Millionaire

I finally saw the movie on the weekend, Seems every one in India already has a ripped copy of it although it was only released recently,

Russel Peters quote of "Bollywood movies are great for people with no expectations" seems to apply here, It has all the typical cliches (Evil Gangsters maiming kids & putting them to work as beggars, Can't forget the Taj Mahal & stupid American Tourists, overcrowded trains, add a few songs by M.I.A in the sound track)& a story line that doesn't make sense either that or the Brother in the movie has a split personality.

It's an alright movie but doesn't deserve all the accolades & does nothing to help stereotypes.

Say Hello to my little Friend ...

My new pug puppy "Botox" ....

Happy New Year

New years was quietly spent at The Dome restaurant in Mumbai, India. Most celebrations were canceled due to the recent terrorist attacks. At midnight we didn't even get a count down or fireworks so it was all very anti climatic.

Here are a few happy snaps from the night.

Merry Xmas Every One

Ok so after I got back form Oz H.T (The hubby)casually mentioned we host an Xmas lunch for 7 people, He failed to mention they had already RSVP'd & he wanted me to cook Roast pork, beef & chicken.

No dramas there cos I did the same last year when we were in Indonesia.

Anyways on Saturday I spent 5 & a half freaking hours & visited 4 supermarkets trying to find beef, pork & basic ingredients for a cheesecake. In the end we used his hotel contacts so anyway its now 5pm on Xmas eve & still no pork loin (we had some form of meat delivered yesterday that was supposed to be pork, but it's red & funny smelling, maybe Rudolph?)

The chicken still has his damn head & feet attached & it's beady little black eyes were staring at me when I took it out the freezer to defrost so I have left that for H.T to deal with, I'm not even going to consider touching it again let alone sticking my hand up it's ass to see if the innards are still intact.

And Finally, I've noticed about $700 AUD worth of cosmetics missing from the apartment ever since I got back from Oz, I'm pissed off about that, not so much that they are missing cos I have more than enough make up to last me a life time! It's more the fact the have been taken from my home, I don't think its the maid as it's all high end stuff & she wouldn't know NYX from MAC.

Yeah so anyway Merry Xmas every one :)

Heartbeats, Music from within.

Last night we headed off to a concert called "Heartbeats, The music within" that the hotel sponsored. I wasn't expecting much as I'm not a fan of Hindi music but was really blown away by the performance. The genre was more world music/tribal than the Hindi/Bollywood song & dance type that I was expecting & it was like a jam session between a singer (who sung chords not actual words), guitarist & 3 drummers.

The musicians would take turns playing/singing/drumming tune or rhythm then the others would match it individually then they would come together & play as a group.

2 drummers were playing "traditional" type drums, I've got no idea what they're called & the third had a kit of about 25 drums & also incorporated a suitcase & water bottle into the performance.

I can't really describe it as this genre is new to me & it's one of those things you really have to see live to appreciate.

Man, I need to start taking my camera to these functions in the future.