The Wife

Keeping Up Appearances – Part 2

January 28, 2008
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This is part 2 of a series. Part 1 is here. I’m sitting in a fancy restaurant with some exotic italian dish in front of me. Not only does this “exotic italian dish” look like a bar of RIN soap, but it also smells like one. The problem, as always, is my big mouth....

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New plan to avoid Movies!

January 6, 2008
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Earlier this year, I had resolved to see what could be done to avoid watching all the top-10 worst movies this year again. I discussed the situation with the wife, and she skillfully convinced me that it is my own fault that the movies are bad. Not only that, she also proved to me...

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Saawariya 2 !!

November 23, 2007
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Saawariya 2 !!

I come home one day, to find the wife in a very pensive mood. Me: “What happened? What are you so deeply thinking about?” Wife: “I think we should go watch Saawariya again.” I feel a sudden pain shooting through my heart. My brain cringes with the horrifying memories of those 3 hours spent...

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Digital Voice Recorder!

October 25, 2007
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Digital Voice Recorder!

Hey everyone! I’m sorry I’ve not been posting regularly. But I’ve been really busy playing with my latest electronic toy – A Digital Voice recorder. This thing has me totally hooked. It allows me to record anything, anytime and play it back later. I always carry it around. It’s fun to hear my own...

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How to carry 100 Kgs of shopping

October 15, 2007
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In this post, I’ll share with you some lessons that I recently learnt from the wife, the hard way, about how to successfully carry more than 100 Kgs of stuff back to India from your latest US trip. Lets say you went on a Shopping Spree when you were in the US, and bought...

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Life is Unfair!

September 24, 2007
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Apparently, Life is unfair. I was shocked to find out. I always thought that Life came with a lifetime warranty. Unfortunately, as it turns out, that isn’t true. When I was little, I thought everyone got turns getting first rank in class. I first started getting suspicious when the same girl got the first...

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Packing for the Wife

August 27, 2007
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It’s 15th of August, and the wife is packing her bags. She’s going to The America for 4 weeks. And I’m celebrating Independence Day right here in Bangalore. Anyway, she’s “encouraging” me to help her pack all her stuff. Unfortunately for her, there’s a Rakhi Sawant “Top 10 songs” special on Channel V, which...

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Cooking @ Home (Part 2)

August 9, 2007
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This is the second part of a series. The first part is here. Harry Potter has this really cool toy that I’d love to have. I think it’s called the invisibility cloak. You can put it on and simply disappear. I desperately needed one of those because my Vegetable Hydrabadi Biryani was looking more...

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Cooking @ Home (Part 1)

August 8, 2007
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The wife decides that we don’t eat at home enough, and so we’re going to cook for ourselves today. Me: “Do you really want to cook? Can’t we just order pizza?”Wife: “No! I’m going to cook, and you’re going to help me.”Me: “Are you sure?”Wife: “Of course. What could possibly go wrong?” And so,...

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Going to the Movies

August 1, 2007
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My wife and I are discussing which movie to go to on a Saturday morning. Me: “Pirates of the Caribbean looks like a really good movie. Lets go watch it.”Wife: “I don’t want to watch the gooey aliens”Me: “No no…this one is about Pirates. You might like it!”Wife: “I think we should go to...

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