Story of Cooper and Butter : A refreshing chat about buying cars

 Ever since I started following Cheeky Vlogs, Youtube has been silently pushing all her other channels. And I am glad to say the least.

I  have also been browsing Cars24 to look for cars and their prices in Bangalore. I have a 5 years old Maruti Celerio X ZXI(o) AMT model that I bought in 2018 and basically I am just contemplating whether I should upgrade to a SUV because, how do I put it decently, doesn't feel so safe on Bangalore's pot-hole filled roads. The amount of head bobs one gets in this car is not even funny.

Anyway, that was a short context but the main thing I want to talk about is this video Subha and Vignesh (remember them from my other post here ) posted 7 months ago that Youtube recommended to me today.

It's a 43 minute long chat/narration that Vignesh and Subha give us about their car upgrade experience. I literally feel like the universe is giving me signs via them now :-) Though video looks long, it's entertaining to someone like me who likes conversations. 

The way they narrated all their stories about hopping car showrooms for test drives, to Vignesh's first car delivery accident with 'Cooper' (yes he names his cars and that's so cool), to the moment when they sat in that Jeep compass in the showroom and looked at each other with a smile, etc, etc, etc.. All the scenes played through my head like a movie - with lots of humour filled moments.

It's also fascinating to see this young couple and the aspirations they have and the determination with which they approach life. They are so confident about attaining all their goals -- slowly, but definitely. That's kind of inspiring too. They bought the Jeep (and called it Butter) for ~34L and are aiming for an upgrade to a German car in next 5 to 7 years (all the best for that V & S).

I have never sat in a Jeep compass, but the way S & V spoke about it, I felt like I must definitely consider Jeep compass for my upgrade - so far, me having the middle class mindset, was considering Brezza/Creta as an upgrade to my Celerio. But this video has inspired me to look at Jeep too - perhaps Jeep should sponsor this vide ;-P

Lastly, V also spoke about that emotional moment when he sold Cooper and related that to a 'Bidaai' scene in a marriage where the girl goes away from her parent's house to her in-laws. I will be prepared when time comes for me to sell my Paprica Orange Celerio!

In any case, all I want to say is today I had fun watching this long chat and I would definitely recommend anyone who understands Tamil - whether or not you are looking for a car upgrade - go and watch this video. Just for fun.

Nikhil Kamath - WTF is Health? : Health and fitness fundas from multi-millionaires

 

This is a fairly new podcast that started earlier this year where Nikhil Kamath hosts a bunch of his friends to talk about topics that are buzzing on the internet. 

The last episode was on "Health" and the best so far in my opinion. This one had very interesting panel - Suniel Shetty (the actor), Nithin Kamath (Zerodha's co-founder) and Mukesh Bansal (serial entrepreneur best known for Myntra and Cure.fit). 

In the podcast, all of the panelists provided their take on health, fitness and their own journeys. This podcast was particularly interesting for me as a listener because it provided a sneak peak into the world of the super rich and super successful multi-millionaires of urban India and how they lead their lives. 

Here are a few interesting thoughts I harvested from this 2 hour long podcast.

1. Sleep, food and exercise are the fundamentals for good health.
2. The panelists all spoke about experimenting with food, supplements, different exercise routines and other habits in their quest to get better at their health journey.
3. There is a very logical, business-like approach that they took to the health. Everything that they did or do - like trying intermittent fasting, quitting drinking, taking supplements, all of it is dictated by risk-reward ratios. 
4. Health is also very personal - though sleep, food and exercise are the fundamentals, the details of they play with these 3 primary factors are all different.
5. There was also a lot of importance given to recovery - from massages to cold plunges to sauna -- all seem to be staples for these folks. This is one topic that is not often discussed and is quite an intriguing topic for me to dig more into.
6. There is also a common habit of experimenting with new ideas when it comes to health and they are constantly learning from how their body responds and what new information comes out from medical research. 
7. Another concept that was new to me was the talk about men's health and how there is hormonal imbalance even in men after a particular age and how it's important to get that checked.

Overall, it was a very informative and insightful podcast that I would recommend everyone to watch and not just listen to. On a side note, the banter between with the Kamath brothers was quite fun to watch and showed the strength of their sibling bond.

Also, a request to Nikhil Kamath to bring in more such interesting panels - add some female panelists, bring sportsmen like Rahul Dravid, MS Dhoni (if possible). 

Has it Aged Well? (By IVM Podcast) -- Reliving 80s and 90s kids childhood

 This podcast is a very recent discovery for me - about 2 months old discovery as of today :-D 

As the name of the podcast suggests, this podcast discusses movies from the 90s and 2000s mostly. It's main hosts are Abbas and Urjita and they are super funny. They usually invite another guest who chooses the movie that gets discussed on the podcast. 

I have been addicted to this show mostly because its super funny and all credits to Urjita and Abbas for keeping the show's mood so light. Though its funny, it also discusses a lot of serious issues from the se yester-year movies. The podcast ends with the panel giving their verdict on whether the movie has ages well or not.

Also, shoutout to Urjita - she is the game changer on this podcast and without her and her vivacious and bubbly personality, the podcast would not be the same.

I have watched almost all the episodes and here are my top choices for whoever wants to get a glimpse of the vibe of this super cool podcast. 

To all the Bollywood movie buffs out there, Enjoy!!!