In Ten Minutes — Mannat Shrestha
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www.fridayweekly.com.np Every Thursday | ISSUE 54 | RS. 20 SUBSCRIBER COPY 10 - 16 February, 2011 | @& df3 – $ kmfNu'g, @)^& �������� ������������������������������������������������� Issue 3 5 6 12 147 17 PAGE3 FEATURE EVENTS ENTERTAINMENT ENTERTAINMENT GOURMET Clickety Click Road Dramas What’s On The Social Network iLove iPad Chai Chai! Yes, our camera’s just Catch Veneeta Singh in Let Fr!day be your guide We lay out reasons for Four iPad lovers tell us why Nepal’s first ever food spy is won’t stop clicking! Steal a conversation with the Presi- this V-Day. Check out our you to not miss out on they adore this now-a-year- back with a brand new review. glance of all the events that dent of Arambha Theatre list of places to be at and watching the story behind old gadget so much. Read Read on to find out what took place last week in – Gopal Aryal, as they talk events to attend with your the greatest social network why this revolutionary rating Chai Chai Café, with its Kathmandu. about street theatre. beloved(s) on 14 February. site ever. device has got them hooked. Oriental offering, gets. LOVE in Ten Minutes — Mannat Shrestha alentine’s Day is almost universally recognized as a day to show that special someone in your life how much you love them. However, in a few cases, the day of love may not be as special if one is without any dates or not into a relationship. Feelings of loneliness and self-doubt are most likely to haunt those who despite firmly believing in true love are compelledV to observe this worldwide celebration of lover’s day without a partner. Do not fret if you haven’t found ‘the right one’ yet. Twelve days after V-Day, 26 February may just romance its way into your lonely hearts forever. Great Date Nepal, is bringing to all K-towners an entertainment-based one-day event entitled Ten Minute Dating, scheduled for the 26th at hotel Shangrila-La, Lazimpat. This unique affair, which to some extent resembles the speed dating episodes of the TV series Sex and the City, will be starting from 6:30pm onwards and will last approximately for 3 hours. Each ‘date’ is to last for ten minutes, the ending of which will be announced by an alarm, which would also be a signal for participants to move on to the next date. Men will proceed to the next assigned table while women will have the privi- lege of remaining seated. There will be a 15-minute break after every third date. At the end of the event, participants submit to the organizers a list of those whom they find appealing with their contacts numbers. If there is a Model: Neha Choudhary, Ankit match, contact information will be forwarded to both parties. Besides lots of Wardrobe Courtesy: Blue Berry Woodland Complex, Durbar Marg Marg Durbar Complex, Woodland Berry Blue Courtesy: Wardrobe Shrestha, Robinson Maharjan, Ganesh fun and excitement, this event is a great way to ensure that participants have Lal Prajapati, DJ Ashutosh Hair and Make Up (Woman): Siam a good shot at finding a perfect match at the end of the season of love. Beauty Salon and Barber Shop, Kupondole, 5523647 Not convinced that this will work out for you? Turn to page 2 to read what Monica and Hema, who are a part of the organizing team, have to say about this unique event. ! 2 Issue 54 | 10 - 16 February, 2011 Fr!day cover Monica Rojas and Hema Crock- ett, the organizers of the event “PeoPLE HAVE seem excited. “It will be like ALREADY a musical chair for daters,” STARTED TO exclaims Crockett. Mannat Shrestha goes out on a little REGISTER FOR rendezvous with the youthful THE EVENT, SO WE looking energetic ladies and ENCOURAGE ALL catches their views. Excerpts of the conversation follows. THE SINGLES TO REGISTER SOON,” What made you come up with the idea of speed dating in SAYS ROJAS. Nepal? “IF YOU ARE We noticed that many profes- INTERESTED sionals in town are single and they don’t seem to know about PLEASE SEND other bachelors and bachelor- US AN EMAIL AT ettes as they only mingle around GREATDATENEPAL@ their own work pals. This event could be used as a platform to YAHOO.COM, AS find perfect matches. Similar WE SAID EARLIER events have been organised at A LOT CAN Tom and Jerry before but noth- ing of this magnitude. HAPPEN IN JUST 10 MINUTES Do you think speed dating works? (LAUGHS),” ADDS I specifically think it would if CROCKETT. people didn’t get cold feet. The fact that they are interested Well you cannot blame us for means it could actually work trying to bring love into your if people tried sharing good life. Since its upto you to make chemistry. to be liberal. We do not want to ask anyone if they would like just anybody who can pay and you relationship work. Getting into a relationship may be easy, Do you think it is possible people to be caste discriminative. to have another date. You are not join. We are looking for young to find your soul mate in 10 We don’t want people arguing allowed to ask sexually explicit professionals who have goals maintaining it takes effort. minutes? about their caste and we do not questions, use lewd language, or in their lives. We want people “People have already started Definitely IT IS POSSIBLE!! want people who are not serious say anything that might be inter- who are liberal and open to to register for the event, so (Shouts). A lot can happen in a about finding love. preted as threatening or as sexual new things. we encourage all the singles minute or even a second. A few simple rules from the harassment. to register soon”, says Rojas. How many participants are you guidelines are; you are not al- “If you are interested please send What are the don’ts that you Will you be filtering the expecting? lowed to ask anyone for their con- us an email at greatdatenepal@ya- would suggest to participants? tact information. This includes participants and if so on what 40 people; 20 men and 20 women. basis? hoo.com, As we said earlier a lot We have provided a guideline of their phone number, last name, We are filtering the partici- What will you do if can happen in just 10 minutes”, dos and don’ts for the event. We e-mail address, business card, or pants. We won’t be taking in relationships don’t work out? adds Crockett. ! basically want the participants their address. You are not allowed page3 make your statement What: Launch of ‘Rai is King’, An Album by Rajesh Payal Rai Where: The Everest Hotel, New Baneshwor. Spotted: Rajesh Hamal, Ram Krishna Dhakal, Nirnaya Shrestha, Richa Sharma, Jabeek, Rajan Ishan. T h e p r e m ie r e show of Swor - a Melody of Dreams, saw many movie stars coming together to celebrate the release of the movie. After 8 years of waiting, Deepak Bajracharya’s What: Launch of ‘Ekta’ an album by Ananda Karki fans finally got to see him on stage with Where: Nepal Academy Hall, Kamaladi the launch of his album ‘ n Rush’ at Moksh. Spotted: Ananda Karki, Yadav Kharel, c Deepak Jangam, Manjul Nepal, Gopal Nath Yogi Big movie talks took place at the Regional Indian Film Festival, organized by the Indian Cultural Center, and hosted by the renowned filmmaker, Goutam Ghose. feaissues that matter ture BINOD BHATTARAI is a journalist who runs The Writing Workshop ([email protected]). our weeks ago an official Electing Jhalnath Khanal as like wishing the city would get seven point pact) therefore is of the game and coming up with from a small neighbour- prime minister – thanks to the all the overpasses needed for traf- an opportunity for all players a constitution. It would be fine ing country had asked power struggle within the Mao- fic management, 500 megawatts to rethink and realign political even if the statute has only sec- Fme, if Nepal would have a ist party – is perhaps the next of electricity needed for ending alliances, thinking hard about tions that is agreeable to all: ev- prime minister that day. It was best thing to having a govern- load shedding and the water in what could best serve the coun- erything else could be put up to in early January when the par- ment of all parties (or the main the mains overnight. try. With the parliamentary the vote in the next election. liament was scheduled for the ones at least) or one headed by The new UML-UCPN (M) numbers, Khanal is also closest Now, with a major portion of 17th round of elections. the largest party. (The other or Left-Left alliance (viz: their to fixing the basic rules the Left on one side, the parties I had told him, “I don’t know parties did not agree to let that did not agree on the differ- and have not checked the in- ent renditions of democracy, the ternet to find out because I major sticking point (janabad, was certain there would be for the communists, loktantra or none that day.” After a brief silence, he continued, “Perhaps Khanal & Company: THE NEXT BEST THINGprajatantra for those right from the largest party lead until it the Left) can now begin work to this shows that you don’t actu- signed off its combatants to be sharpen their visions and focus on ally need a government to run a commanded by the Special Com- THE SEVEN MONTHS WE WASTED party building.