Highlights so far
After a long & tiresome flight, reached home. The flight seemed forever! Phew!
My home town Chennai seems the same but yet changed! Increased cost of living, many new joints, new eatouts, horrible traffic, yummier food, trendier outfits.....etc etc.
I enjoyed shopping tremendously & I even picked up a tiff @ one of the (fairly big) shopping centres with a very very rude salesman. I was quite shocked with his audacity to tell me that he shall not open the dresses for us to choose & decide & his laid back attitude. Hence gave him a piece of my mind & also complained against him & reminded him that he is in the service industry. Anycase looking forward to do more shopping @ the other places. Shopping tips welcome! :)
Hosted a small party for close friends & family & hence got 2 meet up with everyone.
Also went to Tirupathi & had a good darshan.
Despite the pollution, humid weather, long traffic jams, clogged drains, stagnant water, etc. it's good 2 be back @ home, home sweet home! :)
My home town Chennai seems the same but yet changed! Increased cost of living, many new joints, new eatouts, horrible traffic, yummier food, trendier outfits.....etc etc.
I enjoyed shopping tremendously & I even picked up a tiff @ one of the (fairly big) shopping centres with a very very rude salesman. I was quite shocked with his audacity to tell me that he shall not open the dresses for us to choose & decide & his laid back attitude. Hence gave him a piece of my mind & also complained against him & reminded him that he is in the service industry. Anycase looking forward to do more shopping @ the other places. Shopping tips welcome! :)
Hosted a small party for close friends & family & hence got 2 meet up with everyone.
Also went to Tirupathi & had a good darshan.
Despite the pollution, humid weather, long traffic jams, clogged drains, stagnant water, etc. it's good 2 be back @ home, home sweet home! :)
posted by Has to be me @ 11:37 AM
38 Comments:
At 2:14 PM,
Mukund said…
aha! seems like u are enjoying it! good good :) seri, enda kadaila sandai potteenga? case edavadu podanum'na sollungo ;)
At 3:25 PM,
gils said…
//Despite the pollution, humid weather, long traffic jams, clogged drains, stagnant water, etc. it's good 2 be back @ home, home sweet home! :)//
idellam over... :) still...i can feel chennai in these words.. :) AC ya uruga vaikra veyilla vituteengalay :) neenga chennaila entha pakkam?
At 3:26 PM,
gils said…
hey me d sec...chocolate fudge venum :) will get it frm chn itself
At 4:09 PM,
Tharini said…
Perhaps you might enjoy shopping for the clothes at Fab India. They have two locations....one near Mount Road, and one near the Velankani Church in Besant Nagar.
I love thier lovely cotton and silk kurtis!
Another place I went crazy over was Narayana Pearls near the Adyar bridge. Groovy stuff.
At 8:00 PM,
Aditi said…
i realized unfortunately that in india service industry means squat.. they are as rude as ever..
glad u had a good trip
At 10:05 PM,
Anonymous said…
blog hopped here...u indeed had a good trip :)
At 5:15 AM,
Keshi said…
WC home then! :)
Wow it seems like quite a trip. And Im glad u reminded that salesman abt his job. I'd have told him to go to hell.
Keshi.
At 7:45 AM,
Itchingtowrite said…
http://itchingtowriteblogs.blogspot.com/2006/09/shoppers-spot.html
http://itchingtowriteblogs.blogspot.com/2006/08/have-more-at-these-restaurants-in.html
which place did the sales guy trouble u. tell me so that i ll never go there
above links as requested
At 12:36 PM,
KK said…
Whoa! you are having a great trip I guess... Madam ladduuuu.....
Well guys dont have much problem while shopping :) So will wait and watch what tips women give you :)
You made me miss Chennai :(
At 1:19 PM,
chitra said…
Mysore Pak from Srikrishna Sweets!!
Do try that.
Chitra
At 3:20 PM,
Pritika Gupta said…
hmm all of sudden i have started missing my home town..:(
At 6:20 PM,
Syam said…
hope u r having a terrific time there....
am with KK in terms of tips :-)
At 12:51 AM,
abhishek said…
Picked a tiff eh? Good for you!
We were at Kalyan Silks in Cochin last August. You won't believe how aggressive these salespeople are. They were following us everywhere and eavesdropping on our private conversations. It was ridiculous. We complained and walked out in front of a dumbstruck store manager without buying anything.
At 4:51 AM,
Priya said…
H2bee: Me waiting for all those delicious sweets from India:-))
At 6:27 AM,
Ashish Agarwal said…
Just blog hopping and came here.
Chennai has indeed changed a lot. I was in Chennai for 5 years, and in that time, it changed quite a bit, from being a place very suspicious of outsiders to a place full of people from outside Chennai.
At 7:49 AM,
Vidya said…
Gosh, I am missing India all of a sudden ! :(
Vidya
At 7:55 AM,
di.di said…
"Hujan emas di negeri orang, hujan batu di negeri sendiri, lebih baik di negeri sendiri" Malay proverb
What that proverb basically says is that Home country is still the best, even if it is raining gold in other countries, and raining stones at home...
At 8:22 AM,
Ekta said…
hey...grt to hear u had a nice vacation...i just had a 6 week vacation in India and feel like going back there once more!
At 8:30 AM,
Shanthi said…
the whole of city center in radha krishnan salai(Life style, allen solly women's wear, "W" show room, Wills life style show room specially!!) and hi-style in anna nagar is what i will suggest. Nungambakkam high road (i mean from khadher nawaz khan road to cathedral road) is like my fav hangout... i like a lot of shops there too : )
pls for god sake don't go to usman road ; ) pondy bazaar is better !
aedho ennoda US shopping experience and 4 yrs shopping mania experiencela soldraen :D
Radhika Sarath Kumar adikkadi Lifestyle-la paakura maadhiri next time naan anga varumbodhu ungala meet pannuvaeno ; )
Enjoy our gr8 chennai ! Ennanga climate in chennai is the best !! Neenga Tampa and New York poitu vandhaa solluveenga naan soldradha !!
:D
At 3:19 PM,
Patty said…
Sounds like you are having a blast! Good for you for not taking a lazy salesperson laying down. Makes one wonder how he got hired in the first place?
At 7:38 PM,
Kalpana said…
I happened to see ur blog from a friend's site. Good that u had a nice trip.
At 10:53 PM,
Venom said…
I remember my first trip to Chennai! Hated every bit of it. But my second, I realised my folly! The place is nice!
Temme bout it! Sittin here up north, I can't get a good south indian dosa!! :((
At 12:13 AM,
mommyof2 said…
Enjoy:-)
At 11:44 AM,
Has to be me said…
Vakil sir,
Thot of u only & wanted to take him 2 task! ;)
Gils,
Over illam illai,....onumai than! I was ex-mylapore...now Royapettah & Annanagar. U? Come over fr choc fudge I say! :)
Tharini,
Whao,,,thanx 4 that. Will surely check them out! :D
At 11:46 AM,
Has to be me said…
Aditi,
Never thot they r this bad tho!
Brute,
WC here. Hope 2 c ya around.
Kesh,
Its such a nice feeling 2 b home u know! :)
At 11:50 AM,
Has to be me said…
Itchy,
Thankie!
KK,
Laddu parcel anupichirruken...lemme know when u receive the same!! ;))) Will give u more chennai updates soon.
Chitra,
Yup I just LOVE that. Thaks fr remding me & my mouth is already watering! *drool drool*
At 11:52 AM,
Has to be me said…
PG,
Home is sweet indeed for anyone i guess.
Syam,
So far so good.
Abhishek,
Oopsy! thats too much. Glad u walked out. BTW, welcome 2 my space.
At 11:54 AM,
Has to be me said…
Pria,
Here is ur sweet parcel! Catch it!
Ashish,
WC 2 my space & hope 2 c u ard.
Vid,
Nothing like what India can offer us.
At 12:01 PM,
Has to be me said…
DD,
Absolutely. Reminds me of the tamil song, "sorgamay endralum..."
Ekta,
Guess its never enuff!
Shanthi,
Thanx fr those tips. I went to citi centre 2 days back. Its really neat & I was v.impressed with it! I want 2 go there again as I didnt have much time to shop that time. Also went to few of the shops on cathedral road. And BTW, enda experience of mine was in Annanagar hi style!!!
Let me know next time u r in citi centre,,,,maybe v will meet?!
At 12:02 PM,
Has to be me said…
Patty,
I wonder too.
Kalpana,
Welcome here.
Venom,
Thanks fr stopping by. Shall courier a sp masala dosa fr ya!!
At 12:03 PM,
Has to be me said…
M2,
Thanks
Appu,
Good 2 c u back in action!:) I know...I quite dread the peak summer months.
At 5:56 PM,
Venom said…
ah. would be the gladdest if you could actually manage that!!
At 7:34 AM,
Anonymous said…
Nice to see you back on the scene.Look forward to hearing more about your randevouz with hometown..:)
At 11:23 AM,
Unknown said…
east or west, home is the best!
Feels happy that u are having happy time in Chennai..
reg. that Shopkeeper...... kandukaadheenga! Avanga ellam appadi dhaan..
keep updating ur experiences in our chennai.
At 11:24 AM,
Unknown said…
//I was ex-mylapore...now Royapettah & Annanagar.//
innadhu idhu HTBM?????
Royapettah-va illa Annanagar-ah? Edhavudhu onnu sollunga! :D
At 12:15 PM,
Has to be me said…
Olive,
Im in chennai till end of dec.
Venom,
Sure will do so! :)
Lera,
sure hope so!
Karthik,
In laws annanagar...my parents in royapettah...so I keep moving back & forth between these 2 places & thats y I say so! :D
At 12:36 PM,
Artnavy said…
maybe we can meet up- itchy and you and me
At 7:49 AM,
smiley said…
hotel,il mattum sandai podatheergal, appuram avan kodukiraithai thaan sappida vendum.
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