Happening Month - July

Okay, so this month's been pretty happening for me. Last week, on Sunday, I went to South City Mall to watch Delhi Belli at Fame. Had some time in hand, so thought about getting a grub at Spencer's at the basement.

Once inside Spencer's I ordered for a Blueberry Muffin, Samosa and Tea. After paying for the food, when I turned while carrying them in my hands (point to be noted: both my hands were blocked), I felt someone brushing past me in a hurry. I knew something was wrong, my Spidey sixth sense was at work! And once I checked my kurta's pocket I found by wallet missing!

So I lost my tickets to Delhi Belli, my bank cards, my DL and a lot of other useful trash that I cram my wallet with, apart from losing my favorite Manchester United wallet.

And after that life seem to have come to a grinding halt. I understood how much we depend on plastic money. How everything seems to fall apart when you take the plastic out of your life. And...I love it that way. So I got a duplicate card asap, thanks to HSBC, and Soumya Paul at their New Alipore branch, who had helped me to set up things right in no time. HSBC rocks! And so does plastic money, and Delhi Belli.

Moral of the story, the pickpockets in Calcutta have risen their standard and can be seen now frequenting the likes of Spencer's. So, beware!

Best of Me

Many of you might not know that I have another blog called Of Love, Life and Other Unimportant Things. It's an Ad-free blog. It has it's own readership base. I am writing in it for while now, so today I thought about providing the links to some of my popular posts from that blog. Click on these photographs and you would be taken to that page where you have the story related to this photograph. Read them and enjoy the ride!

MP3 - The Best Music Store in Calcutta

Just an FYI for all you music lovers from the City of Joy (Calcutta, Kolkata for the uninitiated). There is a music shop at South City Mall, right next to the FameCinemas booking counter area, called M3 (short form for Music, MP3, Movies). It's one of the best music shops in Calcutta.

To begin with, they have amazing customer service and an equally amazing collection of music CDs. A few days back I was searching for the CD Pal by K.K. I tired calling up almost half of the biggies in Calcutta, which includes MusicWorld (Park Street / South City Mall / City Centre), Planet M (Camac Street / South City Mall / City Centre) and a couple of other small shops. First thing, they had kept me on hold for hours on end because none of them knows hows to and why should they entertain customers over the phone. For them the customer standing right in front of them is the only one they should worry about. Then, to add to this, none of them had that CD in store even though it's one of the most played CDs by K.K.

When I called up MP3, I didn't really think that I would get any response at all. But not only did they picked up the phone before the third ring, they gave a reponse to my request within 2 minutes. And they did have that CD. Not only that, they were pretty informed about the artist too! And this was not the first time that I have found out a CD in MP3 which I haven't found anywhere in Calcutta, previously I was searching for a CD by Infected Mushroom and can you believe it that some of them haven't even heard of the band!

If you cannot find any CD anywhere in Calcutta, or if you want to buy some good music, I would suggest you give MP3 a try. They have 4 shops in Calcutta at City Centre, Hiland Park, South City Mall and City Centre (New Town) respectively. The phone number for the South City Mall MP3 outlet is +91 (33) 40071962. They are an effort of Shri Sai Music Ventures Pvt Ltd (Lenin Sarani).

A BIG thumbs up to MP3 for such a superb service and for having such a vast collection of music. It's really a treat for us audiophiles!