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COCKTAILS
AND
DREAMS
Ah!
Now that’s what mine are made of. If it’s exclusive clubs that
you want to go to, you have to get a membership for anywhere between
Rs 11,000 per year, for places like the erstwhile Totempole at the
Holiday Inn, to all the way upto Rs 35,000 for a place like Club
Polaris at the Blue Diamond. But if club membership is not a social
must-have for you, then you can go to a nice place like Ten Downing
Street, and drink yourself merry. But with theme nights like Coke
Time or even a ladies night out, people have been known to set
themselves back by quiet a bit.
ITEM
PRICE
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Cocktails
like Gimlet,
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Bloody
Mary, Pina Colada
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Rs
180
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Cocktails
like Margarita,
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Daiquiri,
B-52,
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Long
Island iced teas
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Rs
200
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Tequila
shots (Depending on Indian or international brand)
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Rs
125- 250
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Peanuts
and wafers
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Free!
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Sub total
for a rol’hick’ing time
Rs 500-600
DINNER FOR
TWO
| Whether
it’s candle lit or not, a good meal at a great restaurant always
does that special something for the mind and spirit. We Indians take
more interest in our food than we do in few other things. As a rule,
we do in few other things.As rule, we don’t eat to live, we live
to eat. Mexican and Thai food are the new chartbusters on the
favourite cuisine lists across the country, and meeting that need
are many speciality restaurants.
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Whether
it’s La Pizzeria or Sala Thai famous for it’s Thai food, there’s
one for everyone!
ITEM PRICE
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Complete
five course Mexican meal
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Approx.
Rs 200 per head
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The
very best in authentic Chinese cuisine
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Approx.
Rs 350 per head
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Thai
meal
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Approx.
Rs 200 per head
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Just
kebabs for a whole meal
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Rs
300 per head
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Coastal
cuisine
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Rs
300 per head
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GIZMOE'S
GALORE
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Buying
CD players, LD players, VCD players, LDs, and 34" TVs etc are
no longer luxury. It helps a great deal especially when people
entertain at home. Since music is an integral part of a good party,
you have got to have it. And you have got to have it first' is the
motto of the yuppie generation. Music
sounds great on a CD player with digital programming. The customary
two-in-one, a must for all trips, picnics and outing by road, is of
course a giving today. |
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There is the car stereo, the compact sized CD
player for the bedroom and the largish there CD changer with Karaoke
for the drawing room. The entertainment unit boasts of a LD
compatible TV with the works and the larger the library of your LDs,
VCDs and CDs, the better, you'd say
ITEM PRICE
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Walkman
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Rs
650 upwards
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Discman
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Rs
3000 upwards
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Two-in-one
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Rs
5,000 upwards
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CD
player
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Rs
7,500 upwards
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Three
CD player with Karaoke
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Rs
11,000 upwards
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34"
TV with surround sound
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Rs
50,000 upwards
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Sub
total to set yourself up for time of your life
Rs 1,42,150
MIND
BOGGLING
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If
you are at that level of sophisticated entertainment where you have
been there, done that and moved on, you will be glad to know that
India, ladies and gentlemen, has arrived. And how! Entertainment is
satisfying for both brain and brawn. To satisfy any need… your
need for speed, you can try going Go karting-Can't bear to hang
around waiting for your torn at the Karts, play pool or eat yummy
grilled cheese and tomato sandwiches or try the |
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tackling
the dinosaur in
pinball.
If you are an absolute cyber junkie then umpteen cyber
cafes and then all you have to do is log on and… surf's up, baby!
ITEM
PRICE
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Pool
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Rs
30 For one rack
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Gokarting
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Rs
100-200
For
10 laps
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Sandwich
while
you
wait
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Rs
45
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Computer
game parlours
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Rs
10-20
Per game
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Cyber
café
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Rs
100
Per hour
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Sub
total to satiate your hunger minds
Rs 435-545
MAGIC
MELODY
Ten minutes into music store and anyone can wipe out the saving of
Donald Trump himself. We all need something to put in those fancy
systems we have invested our hard-earned money in, don't we? CDs and
cassettes in fact are among the most popular present doing the
rounds. You know you won't go wrong when you gift someone music.
Even thought tastes in music differ widely, there is no such thing
as 'I hate this music', because in any true music lover's vocabulary,
those words just don't exist. Besides all of that, the best way to
lift your spirits when you badly need a picker upper, is to go out
and buy your self that special song, just song for you. On an
average people are noticed to be buying about three tapes and one or
two
CDs
A MONTH
ITEM
PRICE
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Two
tapes (linden)
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Rs
120
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Two
tapes (international)
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Rs
250
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One
CD (Indian)
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Rs
350
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One
CD (international)
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Rs
535
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Sub
total to feast your ears out
Rs 1,255
ITEM
PRICE
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Pool
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Rs
30
For one rack
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Gokarting
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Rs
100-200
For
10 laps
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Sandwich
while
you
wait
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Rs
45
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Computer
game parlours
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Rs
10-20 Per game
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Cyber
café
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Rs
100
Per hour
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Sub
total to satiate your hunger minds
Rs 435-545
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