Archive for February, 2010

Ljubljana – The Dragon City!!

This article is in continuation to Holiday Haven – Slovenia

Dragon Bridge - Ljubljana

The largest city in Slovenia, Ljubljana is about 2 hours of drive from Koper (if I count the repair time it took to get our car on road then our trip was of 5 hours! :) ). The Ljubljana Dragon is the symbol of the city and is prominently depicted in the coat of arms on the country flag also. There is a bridge called the Dragon Bridge crossing Ljubljanica River right in the heart of the city. The whole of this area can be explored on foot.

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Priya Q on February 24th 2010 in Travelogue..My Travel Diary

Holiday haven – Slovenia

Beautiful Koper... Image: Priya Q

2-3 days was all that I had planned to spend in Slovenia, but I ended up staying for a full 5 days traveling and exploring various places across Slovenia, such is the charm of this country located in the Central Europe.

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Priya Q on February 23rd 2010 in Travelogue..My Travel Diary

Flight Deal

While traveling across Europe, I found out about many flight and train deals which were such an ease on my pockets; that I ended up using their services quite too often :) Surprisingly its not officials beyond the counter who give you this information, and why would they? For them you are plain gainful customer! Thanks to my local friends who helped us with these information!

Well, don’t we all wish that we are at anytime aware of all offers ? Here I have Elizabeth sharing her insights on finding a flight deal while flying out from United States…

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Priya Q on February 16th 2010 in Guest posts, Information / Reviews

Valentines Day is here!

Well, good news for the lovey doveys this year is that Shiv Sena is busy doing more important stuff like vandalizing Shah Rukh Khan’s poster, trying to break in theatres etc so probably one can expect a peaceful Valentines Day this year. Or is there another repeat of pink chaddi or a hug karo pub bharo campaign round the corner?

Anyways, this post is for those who wait for 14th February every year to tell their girlfriends / boy friends / spouse how much they love and care. I was generally browsing through the net to catch on the Valentines Day buzz this year. Frankly the prospect of following any of these Valentines Day ideas and thinking of the reactions from my partner thereafter itself makes me laugh :)

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Priya Q on February 12th 2010 in Author's muses, Love, Life & Philosophy Quotes

Troubled Relationship – Part 2

You have already read people’s views and comments on this subject in troubled relationship – part 1.

The post received quite a few interesting comments from the readers. My views are no different. But since I have the whole post space to myself I have the freedom to elaborate on my point of view citing few examples ofcourse! :)

Shiv Sena vs Shah Rukh Khan

It being a current issue, I decided to carry this article first for there is a dire need of people speaking up against the fanatics called Shiv Sena! The article on Troubled Relationship – Part 2 will follow next week….

Shah Rukh Khan toh hain …hazaaron mein akela…

Circa 2020
Location: Mehboob Studios (it will still be around then, I guess!)
Film: “Wake up Sudhakar”

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Priya Q on February 6th 2010 in Guest posts, Information / Reviews

Happy Feat

This is my 200th blog post!

What started as a casual affair back in 2006 is now the thing of present for me. It is only last year that I finally got to buying my own domain and now am totally addicted to it so much so that I started another blog of mine that talks about recipes and lots more. I admit that of late I haven’t been able to blog as much as I would love to, but nevertheless I will try!

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Priya Q on February 5th 2010 in Author's muses

Troubled Relationship – Part 1

Tennis star Sania Mirza recently called off her engagement with her fiancée on incompatibility grounds. I was in two minds. Whether to mentally congratulate Sania on her stand early on in her relation or be skeptical for I know of many young couples with zilch resilience. Presuming the reason is not the latter one I would say good call!

I have wanted to write an article on this subject from a long time. Thanks to the falling apart of couples all around me!  Couples don’t seem to be blinking an eyelid before mentioning the dreaded D word. 7 year itch is no more than a misnomer; couples are parting ways as early as one year of their wedded life or as late as 20 years.

India Traffic

Well, I received this write-up through an email forward. I tried to get to the source…to the writer of this brilliant article, but couldn’t. So Mr. Writer if you happen to read this post of mine, please step forward and introduce yourself. The reason I wanted to share your write-up specially with my non-Indian readers who will surely relate to your experience. Reading through your article I had visions of my friends coming back to me – their horrific expressions filled with awe and admiration for the Indian traffic :) So here’s saying cheers to you!

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Priya Q on February 2nd 2010 in Funny, Guest posts

Kerala Tourism presents Shoot & Tweet Contest

A chance for all you shutterbugs to get noticed and win exciting prizes! In yet another creative initiative, Kerala Tourism has announced its Shoot and Tweet contest.

image: Kerala Tourism

Now most of us would have heard or seen in the news the images of Rajdhani Express bearing a tagline – Chalo Kerala (in Hindi) and Go Kerala (in English). Through this unique and the biggest ever branding initiative (in India) done by Kerala Tourism images of Kerala will be carried in its colorful glory across ten states in India.

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Priya Q on February 1st 2010 in Information / Reviews, Kerala