www.fridayweekly.com.np Every Thursday | ISSUE 157 | RS. 20 SUBSCRIBER COPY 20 February 2013 | ( kmfNu'g @)^( ISSN 2091-1092 9 772091 109009 www.facebook.com/fridayweekly www.fridayweekly.com.np Every Thursday | ISSUE 157 | RS. 20 SUBSCRIBER COPY 20 February 2013 | ( kmfNu'g @)^( ISSN 2091-1092 9 772091 109009 www.facebook.com/fridayweekly Spread the Love! This Valentine, celebrate not just one, or two, but three full days of games, music, movies and love with Close Up . Continued on page 4 International Pizza Day at Himalayan Pizza Marking the International Pizza Day, Himalayan Pizza celebrated the day with an all-you-can-eat buffet. The culinary works of Chef Deepak Kumar Chhetri were presented in the restaurant in different shapes and sizes with multiple choices in flavors. The event also showcased an array of unorthodox dishes that included pizza stuffed momo, chocolate and fruit pizza and tuti-fruity pizza. Continued on page 11 14 Options to Plan-out Your Fourteenth In a city that is brimming with romance at the moment, we have rounded up a list of ‘things-to-do’ for you, whether you are single or part of a nauseatingly loved-up couple. Continued on page 16 4 Issue 157 | 20 February 2013 Fr!day cover Spread the Love! — Akriti Shilpakar Continued from page 3 t is that time of the year includes “the day” 14 February at Civil Mall from 3:00 pm. again, when the demand for (Thursday) and continues to 15 “In true Love Fest style, there chocolates shoots up, the February (Friday) and 16 Feb- are lots of prizes to be won Iprice tags for flowers go ri- ruary (Saturday), which means for lucky couples,” says Hada. diculously high, restaurants are the weekend will have more cel- Love is to be shared, fun to be jam-packed with starry-eyed ebrations, more fun and more had, and prizes to be won! couples hand-in-hand every- love to spread. “Love Fest is all over Civil where. But ‘the-day-of-love’ just On 14 February, Love Fest Mall on 16 February, with got better. will involve a lot of public six floors of shopping, food, Close Up, one of the well- participation, which involves games, live music and mov- known toothpaste brands in interaction games, good food, ies,” Hada adds. From 1:00 Nepal, is all geared up to make music and contests. Starting pm onwards, Civil Mall is the this year’s Valentine’s Day eventful. Since, the brand has Live performances by Mt. 8848, always been engaged as a plat- Naren Limbu, Sugam Pokharel and form of friendship and love; much of which we see in their Shine Band, as well as Salsa and advertisements, it came as a no b-boying performances, will be the surprise to see them organize icing on the cake. the Close Up Love Fest last year. “Its previous success en- from 3:00 pm, Love Fest will highlight of Close Up Love couraged us to scale it up even be set up at different locations Fest 2013 with a full day’s further for 2013,” shares Prana- of Kathmandu such as Sherpa event on Saturday featuring ya Hada, Marketing Officer at Mall, Civil Mall as well as Jham- six floors of unlimited, all-day Unilever Nepal. With the mes- sikhel, Patan Durbar Square and fun. Live performances by Mt. sage of ‘Get Closer and Spread Bhaktapur Durbar Square. Each 8848, Naren Limbu, Sugam the Love’, it will be a three-day Love Fest location will have a Pokharel and Shine Band, as long celebration of love and ‘Love Booth’ on the particular well as Salsa and b-boying per- from mobile phones, daily us- At a glance non-stop fun in most of the key day with a message board for formance, will be the icing on age products, souvenirs, movie youth hangouts around Kath- people to write and dedicate a the cake. tickets, restaurant vouchers and What Close Up Love Fest mandu. message to a loved one. The more,” elaborates Hada. So, ba- When 14 February (Thursday) to A weekend of fun best message will win a pair of It gets better sically there is nothing to lose. 16 February (Saturday) This Year, Valentine’s Day is on Samsung phones—one for the All three days of the fest are It is a win-win situation for you. Where Multiple Venues cost-free. Nothing will be a Thursday, which is not a big writer and one for the person You will definitely have a lively Who Close Up deal really, but with Close Up the message is dedicated to. charged to access the venues. Valentine’s, and if your stars are Entrance Free Love Fest the celebration of For 15 February, Close Up Instead, the participants have aligned, you might win some love will be extended till the end Movie Fest is the highlight. It very good chances of win- freebees for your partner as well Details www.facebook.com/ CloseupNepal of the week. The three-day fest will take place in QFX Central ning gifts. “The gift varies as yourself. ! page3 make your statement one question Who is your dream Valentine date and what would this ideal date be like? Some upcoming actors from the film industry share the details of their perfect Valentine’s date: — Mannat Shrestha My dream valentine is not a celebrity of any sort. She is somebody very close to me and she is one of my really I got married recently. So it’s a good friends. Sadly, I dream come true for me already. can’t disclose her name. On Valentine’s Day I’ve always However, on Valentine’s I wanted to surprise her with a lot would love to invite her of gifts, which I won’t be revealing over for dinner and be now to avoid ruining the surprise! the chef for the night. And, in the evening I’ll take her out for a dinner party. Nikunn Shrestha aka DJ Phuchhey will be making his Known for his comic presentation in “Flop acting debut with the much Show”, Sandeep Chhetri was seen in the awaited “Chadkey”. Berlinale nomination “Highway”. My dream date is Kate Winslet. I’ve always liked her for her acting skills, but it was her performance in the movie Well, my dream Valentine woulduld “Carnage” that I really admire. be my fiancé Rohit Man Pradhan.han. And of course, she’s stunningly Obviously, now I can’t think off I’m in Australia at the moment and beautiful. So this Valentine’s Day any other man. I would love too I’ll be spending my Valentine’s Day I wish I could go out for dinner have a lovely dinner date at Hotelotel here. My dream date has always with her. Bajra since it’s where I’ve beenn been Ricky Ponting. So my dream going a lot lately and I really Valentine’s Day would involve The “Loot” and “Highway” starrer like the place. I would love to a romantic dinner date on the Karma is an actor to watch out for. be pampered with love and He has been part of most of the recent beach with him in this beautiful movies that are considered by many as attention. And, I wouldn’t country. the ‘new wave of Nepali cinema’. mind if he showers me with gifts—expensive and Miss Nepal 2011, Malina Joshi, is working inexpensive, both included! on her debut film and is currently busy with shooting in Australia. Joshi will be acting opposite Raj Ballav Koirala in the film. The “Kantipur Aaja” host Saloni Rajbhandari debuted in Prachanda Shrestha’s “Visa Girl”. MITA HOSALI loves to observe, comment and feaissues that matter ture sputter – but she hopes you take everything with a pinch of salt. When she is not penning her columns while living in Nepal, she works for the United Nations in New York. maverick’s musings What’s Love Got to Do with It n some countries, Valen- appreciate is when they were in approaching engagement and got out of control. Une loterie dates are uncommon, and most tine’s Day is frowned upon school in the United States, they marriage. Yet others feel it is d’amour was the practice by of the activity about the gifts is as a Christian holiday, and had to give cards to every kid in a sign of rampant capitalism, which single men and women about giving the right amount Iall things red are banned, their class – nice sentiment, but consumerism and globalization. would enter the houses opposite of chocolate to each person. creating a black market for items somehow defeats the purpose And that oft-taunted segment of each other, call out to one anoth- Japanese chocolate companies associated with the celebration, of the spontaneity of romantic society, the left-wing intelligen- er and pair off with someone. If notch up half their annual sales especially flowers and wrapping declarations. tsia, are credited with opposing a man was not particularly hap- during this time of the year. paper. How did this essentially What I find increasingly an- Valentine’s Day because it is – py with his chosen partner, he But I take heart from what Christian holiday, named after noying is how Valentine’s Day well, you know, shallow. would simply leave the undesir- Valentine’s Day has come to St. Valentine, become a virtually has seeped into everyone’s cul- mean for me. V-Day is today a worldwide phenomenon and a tural consciousness and become Founded by playwright, visionary and call to action for millions of symbol of rampant globaliza- a rat race to say or do some- activist Eve Ensler, V-Day will mark people around the world to tion? thing over the top.