About City Boy

This is Amortya Ray’s personal blog. He is passionate about technology, all things Apple, New York, Dunkin Donuts and of course Scarlett Johansson. Amongst others.

Five stupid things I’ve done under the influence of alcohol

I’m known to have the alcohol drinking capacity of a 5 year old. Not that 5 year olds drink alcohol. Or maybe they do. Kids are grow up really quickly these days. But that’s besides the point.

Here’s my wall of shame.

Note: It contains only the stuff that I can still remember and [...]

Drug tests and Flu shots

This happened a few years ago. I was starting at my first job the day after Presidents Day and needed to get a drug test done. And very smartly, I decide to schedule it 2 days before my first day of work and 2 hours after I land in New York after a 15 [...]

Laundry tales

So remember how I’m like the king of awkward moments? Yep. The following is another similar embarrassing incident that will forever be etched in my wretched mind.

Rewind to a few years ago. Circa 2007. I was a lowly graduate student in New York City. Barely making ends meet. Living paycheck to paycheck. Had [...]

If I still had my washboard abs, I'd be engaged today

So this morning while I’m having breakfast and staying up-to-date on my Facebook stalkees (don’t act like you don’t do it), I come across pictures of this girl I knew a long time ago. She was the girl I had my first ever crush on. We met when we were 10 and I knew [...]

Midweek shenanigans

Few things in life are better than getting wasted on a Wednesday evening. Very few things.

So I attended a charity event this evening in New York. It was a fundraiser for an organization called SAYA that is devoted to benefiting South Asian kids from New York City. It was [...]

Inappropriate Dinner Talk and Steaming Desserts

My wonderful parents, who have been blissfully married for 26 years, celebrated their anniversary today. And I, as the dutiful, financially independent, first-born, decided to take them to dinner. So we drive down to this really fancy Chinese restaurant in Bombay called Mainland China. And whilst waiting the appetizers to be served, Mommy decides [...]