I was quite excited when I heard there was going to be a Comic Con held in ‘Namma Bengaluru’. After all, a convention exclusive to all things geeky (other than electronics & IT) isn’t something we get a whole lot in the country. But the folks behind the expo are all coming from the right backgrounds. This was a comic convention run and managed by comic book lovers – so I my hopes were high.
To makes things even better, the two day event was free! Even better? It was held at Koramangala Indoor Stadium, 5 minutes from where I live!
(Note: These photos are from both the days I attended, but I’m writing this post as one)
InstructionsI got to the venue at noon with my younger brotherDay 1, and the turnout was already impressiveAs soon as I entered, I was hit with cosplayers (Cosplay = ‘costume’ + ‘play’)
While English misspellings are common throughout the world – especially in Asia – India sure has its fair share of hilariously bad English. Last week, my friend took me to an old restaurant in Jayanagar where he claimed the food was really good and reasonably priced. And when we talk food, we’re talking mostly non-vegetarian fare.
The restaurant is Amaravathi Bar & Restaurant in Jayanager 9th Block. Although it was my first time here, the joint looked like it’s been for around a decade or two. Very middle-class (symbolic of the locality), the waiter gave us our menus. Then we had a laugh!
Okay, let’s play ‘Spot the Funny’ 🙂
I laughed at four in this!Need some mutton tooI have rarely seen people spell pomfret right! 🙂
As funny as it all sounds, the chicken liver we ordered was delicious to have with roti, and so was the mutton kheema balls. Well spiced and really well done! The biriyani here was really good (both mutton and chicken) but a tad too spicey for my liking.
Still, I think I’ll update this post with every funny menu I come across in India. After all, it’s not just restaurants that have hilarious English…
There are temples…… and our good-old lorries with their words of wisdom!Oh, there’s this place in Bangalore too
Yay! MithunOnThe.Net, a website started by the guy writing this, has crossed a milestone. It took nearly two-and-half years, but my blog has so far received more than 500,000 pageviews! Which means it’s time for “Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy”!
First of all, I want to thank everyone who visits my website on a regular basis. To the newbie visitors, hope you like what you see and decide to bookmark it or ‘Like’ it on Facebook. Special thanks to the folks who leave me comments and tell me they love my work. Yes, despite the fact this blog being a pass time, my travelogues are a lot of ‘work’ to put together. But working on them and getting feedback (mostly positive) is what keeps me going!
K-pop has become a big part of my life and it’s bizarre my blog has gotten a lot of love for it. My k-pop posts now receive more traffic than my travel series these days.
As for stats…
Day website went live: 25th December 2009
Pageviews for January 2010: Less than 200
Highest pageviews recorded: March 2012 – 36,474 pageviews
Number of photos uploaded: 9,940. Even I’m startled to know how many photos I’ve worked on for this website.
The day my website crashed: A popular Manila personality named Carlos Celdran tweeted my thoughts on Philippines to his thousands of followers. And this happened a day after renewing with my web host. I was pissed, but later happy when I found out my post had now gone viral! 🙂
Those two days also saw the highest unique visitors I ever got
Most popular countries that drive traffic:
Singapore used to be higher, but got overtaken by Malaysia. And then Philippines shot past everyone to reach no. 3.
Most popular browsers my readers use: Chrome > Firefox > IE
Most popular traffic sources: 61.7% search traffic, 28.2% referral traffic, 10% direct traffic
Most popular keywords driving traffic: 1. “super junior mr simple” 2. “u-kiss neverland” 3. “miss a touch” (all K-pop)
Most popular social referrers: 1. Reddit.com (45%) 2. Facebook (41%) 3. Twitter (5%)
All data compiled from WordPress Stats, Google Analytics and Tynt
If I may say so, I’m proud of myself. Many people talk about starting their own blog, some do, but only a few ever keep at or take it to new heights. My dream was (and still is) that this website would make me enough money to focus on it full time. While that still remains a distant dream, who knows, the rate at which the daily traffic grows, I surely won’t need to wait two-and-half years to achieve the ‘1 million pageviews’ milestone.
Until then, keep reading, keep commenting – and keep me going! 🙂
