Why is Bandra dubbed Mumbai's "Queen of the suburbs?"
Leaving her familiar and more than comfortable previous life behind "Queenie" endeavours to take Mumbai and all it's offerings by storm. Packing up the two little princes, "His Royal Highness" and their pedigree feline friends they set off on their big "Indian Adventure". Her roller coaster ride of experiences while being rather humorous- soon display some home truths. But will Queenie be up for the lesson?
Okay so I know this is old but I just had to draw our attention to it one more time...because quite frankly it fascinates me. Firstly yes you heard right the song is called 'Chiggy Wiggy' which means nothing in english OR in hindi. And secondly I think Kylie Minogue fits into Bollywood so seemlessly that she doesn't even look like the token blondini in the clip. Who else could actually pull off the whole Bollywood thing than our very own "KYLIE"? Who else could stand their own when Akshay Kumar arrives on the scene and starts wiggling his chiggy wiggy in her face? Pretty much no one. Not only is she a MEGA gay icon but in my opinion an honorary bollywood icon too. Go Kylie. Hats off to ya. Not alot left to say I suppose. I bet she never thought she'd be shaking her chiggy like this back in the good old days of 'Neighbours'? Smirk.
Queenie xxx
Okay everyone, so I have had my profile picture pimped. Well not like as in "Pimp my ride" styles (do you know in India you can get "Pimp my rickshaw"? True story I swear ) but I decided since so many of you keep sending messages asking me what I really look like that I should divulge a little more about the Queen. It would only be fair. So as you may notice my profile picture now looks truer to form. Calling Mumbai home is something I am now more than happy to do- hence the bindi. I feel it represents a new changed Queenie for 2012. Queenie adds a little Indian twist to her attire these days so I think the bindi is very fitting. And another huge change you may have noticed are my eyes. They are now correctly green. My true eye colour. Well there you have it. I have given away more of my true identity without going over the top. We have to keep some mystery about the place kids. It keeps it fresh. How boring it would be if all was revealed. That'd be like telling a 2 year old that Santa was really just a layby Mum and Dad had set up at the toy store. No fun at all...So I hope that will keep some of you happy for now. Let's not get greedy.
And with that I must take one little Queenie off to bed. Those cocktails from lunch have definetly taken their toll. Let's just keep it on the down low for now. We don't want HRH to think he's missing out on anything do we?
Nightey night munchkins. Queenie x
Okay so Celebrity Survivor India has hit our screens and it seems everyone is talking about it around town. The Queen of course has the inside scoop- I have two friends that are Survivor contestants. I can't say which two they are but both are involved in different industries and one of them gets right into the finals. So far the most annoying contestant in my opinion is Gisele. Her constant need for male attention and manipulation of the opposite sex is just infuriating. All I can say is watch out for the quiet ones. The thing I love about Survivor India is the flicking back and forth between hindi and english which really does represent how Indian society can be heard these days. Thank god for that- it means I only have to do half the work to understand hindi because the rest of the time everyone speaks in english anyway! You won't be dissapointed with this season's offering of bitching, backstabbing, affairs and arguments. Survivor wouldn't be survivor without any of these dramas. Survivor India is currently airing on Star plus on saturdays and sundays at 9pm (I don't know who would actually watch the saturday 9pm show?) so they also run repeats on monday evenings very late for those of you that have some semblance of a social life and aren't glued to the telly on saturday nights.
Who will win Survivor India 2012?
Have decided to cancel pizza at home this evening and head out to Bungalow 9 with the girls instead. Frankly their cocktails will be a lot better than my home made concoctions and it's just easier. We'll have to have a marathon catch up session to keep up to date with everyone's latest bits and bobs. Some have come into 2012 with a baby on their arm. Some several pounds lighter (bloody tarts!) some several pounds heavier (alright, alright stop sniggering you know thats me!) Some with fancy new christmas gifts to gloat about, some with beach tans from Thailand (grumble) and some just show up for the drinks!!!! Each to their own. Right I'm off to the gym so I feel deserving of my pizza and margarita this evening. I hope you all have a fabulous day out there. Life's made for living remember. If you're not happy with an element of your life then get off your butt and do something about it! Must dash I hear the phone ringing and can only assume it's HRH. Missing me dearly of course ;-)
Signing off for now- Queenie X
If I'm going 100% veg I can still have a drink right?
Good morning darlings, it's another beautiful winters morning in Mumbai!
Happy B'day Mr Roshan
I have the feeling 2012 is going to be a goodie. The Bollywood glitterati have already gotten off to a good start with party after party in Bandra. Priyanka Chopra, SRK, Katrina Kaif and Hrithik Roshan were spotted dancing the night away at Farhan Akhtar's birthday bash a few days ago. Pri looking gorgeous in a red mini dress and Kat in a floaty yellow mini. And today we have to wish the hunky Hrithik Roshan a very Happy Birthday also! I wonder what he has prepared for the days celebrations? Whatever the case he is looking pretty damn good for 38 my friends...his wife definetly did well.
And in other news I just thought I would share that Christian Louboutin has launched a Bollywood inspired stiletto.Once you see a Bollywood film you'll definetly never forget it and the same can be said for these latest Louboutins. Known as the Bollywoody (no that last "y" is NOT a typo) just about every shade on the colour wheel is represented as well as embroidered swirls and patterns and of course plenty of bling baby!
The Bollywoody by Louboutin
The Bollywoody are available in Rani pink, peacock blue and bollywood black. Looking forward to see which celeb will be the first to give them a whirl on the red carpet as they're a little too BLING for Queenie's liking. I don't know if I would dare try to pull them off. Someone like Katie Price could definetly do it ;-)
Well that's it for now, I really must make it to the gym. Yesterday I put my gym gear on in the morning and walked around in it all day with the best of intentions. But alas I never made it. Today is a fresh start. I'm off.
Talk soon, Queenie x
Aahhhhh. I'm home. (Even though my current home is falling apart- which is another story entirely!) I'm happy to be here! Mumbai, here we are- together again. Like old friends reunited. After two weeks away on the road with the KCM, the QM, the PM, the little princes, HRH and some other darling friends I am back. The prodigal Queen has returned.
Food poisoning (yes I know...even I couldn't believe Prince M's bad luck!) a mini bus, lot's of curry, bottles of champagne, more curry, Bollywood music, let's throw in one Taj Mahal for good measure, even more curry, one too many mojito's, one too many late nights, much family arguing, did I say curry? And a hell of a lot of bartering over tacky souvenirs for the mother and you begin to have an idea of what I have just survived! It was hilarious. And exhausting. I am now one step past shattered. I think I need a holiday from the HOLIDAY!!! But at least the QM got to see the Taj Mahal in all it's glory. And that's worth it.
So I have a few resolutions for the naya saal... To finally get those hindi lessons I have been talking about, to eat 100% veg all week (dubious on the likelihood of this one) and to exercise more. My arse has grown it's own arse...sadly. It's true though. All those butter roti's and stuffed paratha's. Aaree bhagwan I need to jump on a treadmill and run non stop for a week. And maybe if I'm lucky I might run fast enough to lose one of my arses in the dust?! Doubt it but dream's are free.
What else? The HRH is currently in Udaipur working on designs for the resort. Had a wonderful visit of our land again and it was just as beautiful as ever. It's all starting to fall into place slowly. HRH is helping the PM get settled with an apartment in Udaipur and meet with bank managers etc. The poor thing is pretty homesick. He's been ringing me non- stop since we parted ways a few days ago.
I woke up this morning, dropped the wee ones off and have just been getting all my emails up to date. Groan. My housekeeper and I have had MTV Bollywood hits blaring and both been singing away loudly. Here's the one that I have rolling over in my head right now. It's from the "Ladies vs Ricky Bahl". Anushka Sharma the female lead seems to be all over everything at the moment. Her career is soaring, she's not my fave but I always have time for the new comers in Bollywood.
Esha Gupta...You see what I mean right?
I also leave you with a photo of Esha Gupta...current Bollywood/ fashion IT girl. Ridiculously beautiful...annoyingly so huh? She's currently making the transition from model to actress and is EVERYWHERE. Grumble grumble grumble. Gym for me I suppose. That's what you get for having a life. You eat. You drink. You pay.
Am planning a ladies night on wednesday night here in the house of horrors so will keep you posted. Here's to 2012 let's make it the best yet!
Queenie xxx
Namaskar everyone. It's 2012 already and what better way to start off my blog than with this oldie but fabulous goodie that my friend shared with me last night. Once you're done laughing then please also accept my apologies for the very brief updates as of late. I'm all yours now though and boy do I have a fair bit to share. Might take me a whole year to get through it all...but I'll get there eventually. Talk soon.
Sincerely yours,
Queenie (yes still alive and kicking but definetly about 20 stone heavier unfortunately- post silly season. Sigh bloody sigh).
