The new Xiang Yang Market

The new avtar of Xiang Yang market is called Fenshine Market and is located at 580 Nanjing Xi Lu. Its swanky , air conditioned, has atm machines, cola dispensers and best of all same prices. But the charm of old XY Mkt was diff, eh?

Lage Raho Munna Bhai

Finally saw LRMB, which has scaled the greatwall.. premiering in Shanghai tomorrow with an invitation only matinee show in bukhara. The movie does live upto its hype and billing. Has to be...many of my uncles & aunts went to a cinema hall after decades to see this movie. Do not really recall whether there was any other Indian movie with such a hit sequeal..rather a sequeal at all..pls share if you remember. Last heard..there is VV Chopra has already started on the third one.. "Bahut Hua Munna Bhai!"

F1 in Shanghai - 2006

Another year , another F1. This time also , we tried our luck with the Huang niu's ( yellow cows!)- went to the Hong kou stadium , the touts were there for sure but it seemed like the combination of Schumi's retirement plans and championship battle had given much fillip to the black market prices. After haggling with the touts in our broken chinese and having a couple of cups of coffees.. we decided to go to the Jiading F1 stadium hoping that the slight drizzle would bring down the ticket prices. Picked up chicken biriyani from Bukhara on the way. Luckily, SJ had reached and managed to get Main Low ( pit front ) ticks for Yuan 1000 apeice.

Went in just 5 mins before the race started. Renaults in 1-2 lead with Schumi at no.6. Luckily for ferrai+schumi, the slight drizzle stopped and the tracks dried up as the race progressed. Schumi drove brilliantly and came back from behind to win the race, ending the Shanghai jinx. The chinese were also happy ..finally the only team they understand ..won!

Schumacher's replacement next season...

Made It!

Here's some good news....

"As my dear close friends and well wishers, I
wanted to share some news with you from this part
of the world.

I have been promoted as a 'Business Director'
effective Oct 2, 2006. This means an increased
responsibility area within the McCormick US
consumer products division. Ofcourse alongwith
this comes the typical US corporate business
delivery pressures !!

Overall its exciting and challenging. Kushi iss
baat ki hai..ki ye gore logke desh me hum
hindustani ko samman mil raha hai..Jai Hind !! "

Hearty congratulations and best wishes from all of
us.

Satish Rao"

Lage Raho 'S Bhai....

Naiagara dekh liya !

Not sure whether these raincoats helped us from getting wet from the fury of Naiagara falls

Dangerous Wife

One of the person in our block has this signpost hanging on on the rear seat of his car. Now..if the wifey was really explosive would he dare display this?

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Originally uploaded by Ek Chin Tan.

Hi5 Birthday!

Ishu's Birthday!

How time flies...kids growing up faster and people moving on to greener pasteurs.

Ishu's bday bash promises to be an eventful one.

Weekend blitz!

Weekend blitz!
Originally uploaded by Ek Chin Tan.

Huai hai zhong Lu is the place where shanghainese like to hang out. Come friday evening the crossings esp one on huai hai zhong lu and shanxi nan lu becomes stage for fashion show. With xiang yang gone the crowd has thinned somewhat.

Indradhanush

Managed to lay my hands on a few old issues of Indra Dhanush, the Indian Association, Shanghai's Newsletter...makes for good reading for old times sake.

Jan-Mar 2005 Sep 2006

Apr-Jun 2005

Aug-Sep 2005

Dec-Jan 2006

Vawna

Vawna
Originally uploaded by Ek Chin Tan.

His stint as commercial consul in CGI, Shanghai has been one of the best. Leaving back for india on sep 2. zaijian...

Raja Bhau's Farewell

Nehal's mouth watering customised designer food menu had all the guests licking their fingers starting with the starters. Voila - check it out..Pani Puri (pudina pani), samosa chat , raj kachori, fish tikka, kathi chicken, kima pav. After dinner shots! were made using Swiss Schnapps.

Check out the candid shots take by Shireesh.

Return Gift

Return Gift
Originally uploaded by Ek Chin Tan.

Thought of picking up something for better half on my way back from shenzhen. ..imagine my plight when she discovered this on opening the package!

Squash

Squash
Originally uploaded by Ek Chin Tan.

A great game, now a regular fixture for the weekends with gang of four..raja, manish, ashish

Feedback Anybody!

Jack welch in his latest book mentioned, Key to success is to take constant feedback from everybody..and then decide what to do with it. JW takes feedback from his cook also!

We also had a feedback session last Sunday afternoon..and discovered why we were not Jack W

Super Weekend!!

The Raos from US are in town for Rajas Farewell. Catching up and partying alongwith FM and peripheral activities are on. Today is Ruhan's 4th birthday. How time flies!

Chup chup

A very nice comedy. Rajpal Yadav is unstoppable. Worth the time. Highly recommended!

Bangalore Art

We met with a computer Leonardo da vinci at the Garuda Mall. While waiting for the shopping to finsih, we found a small vendor with a computer , cam & printer...who made this pencil sketch. Hope it does not put the real artists out of job.

One Night @ Call Centre

Know who is the best selling author in Inda these days? Chetan Bhagat.

Both his books have become smash hits. CB picks his topics which have mass
market and ensures there will be a demand for his books. More at his
website.

Karandikars in USA