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Get free sample – Coolmint Listerine

Coolmint Listerine, originally uploaded by Bombaylives.

Get free sample of Listerine Coolmint mouth wash (85 ml), sadly not available in Gujarat.

Visit www.listerine.in for details.

P.s Am not associated with the campaign or Listerine, so please don’t write to me for the samples.

Gold!!



Gold!!, originally uploaded by Bombaylives.

If you cant afford gold, collecting the new cool 10 Rupee gold coin is a nice idea.

I wish the government minted new coins and currency notes, maybe a 200 Rupee note featuring Sachin Tendulkar.

yabba dabba doo !!



Bombay’s famous dabba, originally uploaded by Bombaylives.

Its been over 8 years that I stopped using the Bombay Dabbawalas tiffin service.

But I still have 2 of these iconic dabba’s that I use occasionally to get food from my mom’s house.

The dabbawalas are definitely hardworking & efficient with 100% delivery rate & the true rockstars of Bombay

500 bucks per month might be on the higher side for transporting tiffin while you can get a Meal filled dabba for around 1000 bucks

And yes, you have to pay diwali baksheesh for 2 people- Origin & Destination.

Trust me food definitely does taste better when you have it directly from this dabba.

P.s Diamonds traders from Opera House still use the Dabba to transport stuff to the suburbs.

Beep Beep!!

Hope all my friends and visitors to my blog are doing fine.

I do know that I’ve been very lazy to update my blog, the simple reason is that I was a  tied up with a Mobile campaign at  work and some personal pending work with a travel agent which was bugging me for a while.

Among the other random updates -

  • Met up with the Sapling Project core team members for plan the next drive .
  • Finalised a sponsor for 3k saplings for the next sapling project.
  • Stock Portfolio has seen a slight upward movement.
  • Visited the  Ganesh Temple in Borivli after  a long time, felt really nice.
  • Planning to utilize the domain name wemumbaikar.com for something good.
  • Currently working on a Free Shampoo sampling campaign which is being promoted all around the country.
  • Really admire the people behind Wikileaks.
  • Traveling by Rickshaw has become  really expensive,  Planning  change mode of transport to BEST Bus.
  • Hoping to mediate and be more calm &  relaxed.

Apart from the dengue and malaria attack in Bombay, Am really bullish and happy with everything, for  everyone and hope everyone gets what they seek out to achieve.

Peace.

Dog hiding Batata Vada given by vendor.

This doggie was really smart, the Vada Pav vender gave him a vada which had fallen from his stall, He takes the vada goes a bit away and hides the vada by covering it with paper and sand.
Then he goes back to the vada pav stall making a sad face and stares at people eating it.

Location : Laxmi Ind Bus Stop, Andheri (w)

Seeking Justice – Billboard Style

Adivasi Community in Adarsh Nagar, Jogeshwari (west) protesting against Mhada and some goons who are troubling them, in hope that their Banner’s message will get the Government and Public’s attention.

Lets go camping @ Juhu Circle

Squatters have built houses on the dividers and BMC seems care a fuck.

I won’t be surprised if they also build a Living room and Bathroom next to it.

There must be a zillion illegal encroachments on the footpath, Roads, Subways, If one pays some hafta to BMC guys, they will turn a blind eye.

Plant rescued by Wall-E & Eva.

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Well, It does resemble the Wall-E plant, But its a flowery plant called Nakshatra that I planted a few days ago :)

Free Pedigree – Doggie Food

Pedigree is giving a free packet , Would be nice if everyone ordered and fed your pet or Stray dogs aka Man’s best friend :) .

http://www.pedigree.in/

Pic – Pedigree Dog Food Packet they sent  after I signed up at the site.

New Rickshaw Tariff Fare



Rickshaw Tariff Fare, originally uploaded by Bombaylives.

New Rickshaw tariff fare approved by RTA with the rounded off fares.

Kickoff Time – The Sapling Project 4

We will be starting work on the next sapling project drive sometime in last week of July or early August.

There are a few things that we are trying to get in place or smoothen the process :-

1. T’shirts – We would be making a few T’shirts at no-profit basis for the next drive, If you want to buy a T’shirt let us know. Would be sharing the designs on the blog shortly.

2. Banners – At every event our Flex Banners gives up and tears , will have to put some strong adhesive tape or put some plywood frame as border.

3. Registration & Funding- Looking to finish the registration process, so that we can seek funding and issue receipts in Sapling Project’s name, unlike currently where were are collecting in our individual names.
Also involve the core team and volunteers across cities for the funding and sponsorship.

4. Other Cities – Reach out to more cities and team across India.

5. Revamp Website – Create local city pages, where local team can manage content and update the same.

6. Involve more schools and housing societies –  If  you know any schools and housing society who want  to be part of the sapling project let us know.

7. Government and BMC assistance for free/subsidised saplings.

Do feel free to sign up at http://thesaplingproject or If you can help us in any way, Do  share your feedback/suggestions (satish at bombaylives dot com/ @bombaylives )  on how we can do better and make the world a better and greener place :)

The Sapling Project 3 – Update

This was our 3rd drive over 4000 Saplings distributed and planted in Mumbai, Navi Mumbai, Delhi, Pune,  Chennai, Bangalore and Latur.

A big thanks to all our friends, volunteers and donors  who supported us both online and offline. Sharing some snapshots.

Mumbai

Our Sapling Van Team Sapling @ Shivaji Park DSC_0054 DSC_0254 DSC_0117 DSC_0073

Chennai

Delhi

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Pune

Bangalore

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