Life in Oct 9 - Dec 14, 2019

Holiday season is soon going to be upon us. Our travel plans to Sikkim are almost final. Travel is in the air. December is also the time for Ruhaniyat which is where we are going to go tonight.  Last couple of months have gone up very soon.


Travel -

- Bangalore - Pune - Matheran - Bangalore - Kochi - Bangalore in 100 hrs.  That is a hell of traveling. Matheran is a good place with its best part being that there is no vehicular movement allowed there. Our stay place, Radha Cottage, was 4 kms from the entrance. That meant walking to get there and back too. There were porters available to haul our luggage.  On Day 1, we must have walked 15-16 kms covering all the points.
Day 2 started with us going to Sunrise point to watch an okay-ish sunrise, but followed by other couple of view points. Matheran definitely has a lot of view points to offer, with a bunch of good trails to see them from.
At Kochi, it was sightseeing day - Portugese museum, Dutch palace, BTH meals, Synagogue and lastly at Bamboo exhibition.


- Auroville long weekend trip  - http://arvindbatra.blogspot.com/2019/11/auroville-trip-2019.html

- A Delhi travel because of this.


Books -

Good Omens - So so awesome - http://arvindbatra.blogspot.com/2019/11/good-omens-book-and-tv-series-review.html


Movies/TV Series - 

- Good Omens - So so awesome :) http://arvindbatra.blogspot.com/2019/11/good-omens-book-and-tv-series-review.html

- Mafia series. Kanishka and myself in preparation for Irishman are now on a series of Mafia series.

- Once upon a time in America
- Goodfellas
- Godfather part 1

All three are classics. Next up in the list is Godfather part 2 and then the Irishman.


Jack Ryan Season 2 - 1.5/5
Quite bad. Too blandish.

Peaky Blinders - Season 1 - 4:  4/5
Very stylish, great acting by Cillian Murphy. 


Weathering with you - 3.5/5
Good creative anime.


The Report -  3/5
Becoming a fan of Adam driver.

Terminator 3 - Rise of the machines - 2.5/5


War - 2/5
Very Very bad 2nd half.

To all the Boys I have loved before - 4/5
Great Rom-com.