The HDFC Fiasco

Any person, who holds an account, receives several calls from banks offering free credit cards and personal loans. Having handled several such calls at home for my parents, my instinctive immediate reply to any such calls is a big curt "NO". I hold a HDFC account which I was operating as a student. Lately, there are hardly any transactions with the bank, now that I have a corporate account. One fine day (fine until I got the call- then it was all doom) I get a call "May I speak to Miss Shambhavi? Calling from HDFC credit card. We are offering a free credit blah blah..". What should I have done? of course give the usual stereotyped answer of "No, I am not interested" :-( How nice it would have been if it had been so. After my initial refusal the guy persisted, it is absolutely free mam and went ga ga over the benefits of owning a card. I was at the work and this man was going on n on. I thought acha chalo the card is going to come free, lets just have the pleasure of swiping a credit card. After all I am a "working woman" now. I said OK. Dammal the damage was done!!/?!! . That very same evening after I returned from office, two guys from the credit card division dropped in along with the forms. Talk about promptness. Having got the form filled they left saying the card will be mailed in another two weeks time. Sanity, like the cops in Indian movies, came after everything was over. Over the weekend I mulled over the whole issue, it seemed totally absurd as to why I had accepted the offer. I carry two Debit cards with me and moreover I spend very little owing to the fact that with my parents around I never get open my purse. In short the credit card is of absolutely no use. (yeai all you guys twitching n saying "Penn budhi pin budhi", it happens to anyone man). To be continued... ... Got tired narrating my woeful story:-) BRB!

Shalin' s Treat At Last!

Well, its celebration time at Tenmiles. Lots of treats coming up... just cant wait for it all to get over =P~. This session of freaking out started with a BANG with Shalin Treating us today at The Park, a Five Star Hotel built on the premises of the erstwhile Gemini Film Studios. The interiors are breathtaking. The decor has been done up in a very contemporary manner.... well u gotta see it to actually get a feel of it, the elegantly ultra modern look.

It feels really good to go out together. There was nothing-great bout the grub at Six-O-One. Hey hold on, hang on, we enjoyed the break thoroughly for we had lunch at a table directly opposite to the one where Carlos Moya was having his laid back lunch. Mahesh Bhupathy and Shwetha were having theirs two tables away from ours. Hey I can see priya going green with envy already.. wait ma.. and there was Madhavan to see us off at the portico. :-D After a super supper, the next destination was Move n Pick, the specialty ice cream parlor. The ice creams down here are too good. I had a scoop each of Macademia Dulce and Sacherritta (guess I got the spellings right!!). They were Heavenly man, yummy and creamy . And so with a Five Star lunch and deserts imported form Switzerland, the famous five returned to their haven @ 51 Maddox Street. Thanks a million, Shalin, I enjoyed the treat very much. It was grand and great one, and came as a good break from the Home-Office-Home routine. PS: For those who are pondering bout the title, this was Shalin’s birthday treat, which he celebrated on September 15. ;-)