i had heard someone say a long time back, that there is no such thing as a bad advertisement…if you are able to recall an ad after a considerable duration, then perhaps that advertisement did make an impact, and its purpose got solved..you recalled the brand/ad. i partly agree to this chain of thought, as i may recall a brand due to the extremely horrible nature of its ad, but that would not be reason enough for me to purchase…i would like to mention here a few companies, who are fairly consistently seen on TV, and have been able to build fairly good brand recall, but as a critic, i can only say that their advertising sucks…

when trying a new software on a windows mobile, it always comes with its set of apprehensions…never sure how good it will actually turn to be…and when getting bored yest sitting in a meeting, i was trying out traveling blogger, which promised me to remove my boredom, allowing me to blog from my mobile, which would have traveled to my twitter and from there to facebook directly. alas, that didnt happen, and now i go back too google baba and try looking for another, and hopefully a better one which actually works!

Bisque is an awesome little bakery nestled in a less frequented market known as central arcade in gurgaon dlf phase 2, somewhere across the street from sahara mall. bakeries and cafes like bisque are so rarely seen in india…its a real pleasure to visit this place every week. cute and warm ambience, 5 odd tables, nice music, and amazing food. pretty much sums up the place. try out any of their pizzas, and their chocolate tart with cappucino. the best thing, its extremely reasonably priced. i can safely say, that once you have spent 30 odd minutes here, you may perhaps make a beeline for it, every time you want to eat out! in case you are wondering where it is, its between city wines and green chick shop…

A couple of disclaimers that i am piling on, at the beginning…forget abt the brilliance of jab we met. and do not go in just because TOI gave it a 4 star rating.

The week just gone by has been amongst the most memorable one for me. To call it a roller coaster ride of emotions would probably be an understatement. In the first half of the week, here i was, settled well in the fastest growing and the best real estate portal in India, makaan.com, surrounded by a set of marvelous and brilliant colleagues. A great office environment, a new-age internet firm, heading their marketing division, home 10 minutes away….and i was having a good life. Considerations about my new job had been going through my mind everyday, but I did not finally decide till the day before i joined where i have now joined. And this is perhaps where the roller coaster ride begins.