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.

I’m clearly not the sharpest crayon in the box

On my third day in a gym in my life, I voluntarily sign up for something called “bootcamp”.

Everyone with their chiselled abs and toned glutes was bootcamping without breaking a sweat. Me on the other hand, I could barely breathe. I’m in ridiculous amounts of pain, panting like I’m having seizures, until I [...]

This gives the term ‘lactose intolerant’ a whole new meaning

While grabbing coffee from the office pantry one morning, I notice that the milk tetra pack was straight up ripped apart.

Me: Why don’t people know how to open a milk carton? I mean really! How difficult is it?

Rhi: What do you mean?

Me: Look at this (I show her the carton). [...]

Dear Universe, quit conspiring against me. Capiche?

Here’s why:

2.75 hours ago: 9.15 am this morning

I’m running to the Path station. All groggy and wishing and hoping that I make my 10 o’clock meeting. I’m listening to Steven Tyler singing about some chick called Janie who has a gun and wants to shoot someone and I’m this close to embarking [...]

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 [...]

Boss, Andheri kaunse side pe aayega?

For the clueless, the title of this post refers to the ubiquitous line every train traveler in Bombay should have uttered at least once in their lifetime. Roughly translated it means, “Dude, on what side of the train is the platform gonna be?”.

Yes, I’m visiting my parents, sister and grandmum in Bombay, India [...]

Some guys just can’t pee right

I’ll start with a confession: On the huge-ass floor that my desk is located on, I almost always end up using the restroom closest to my desk. More so, when I need to pee, I will, without fail, visit the central stall. Even if the central stall is occupied and the others aren’t, I [...]

Cheap Thrills

One of the few quirky (and possibly dumb) things that makes me super happy happened a few days ago.

My closet-sized studio is on the 19th floor of my 34 story apartment building. Statistically, approximately half the people getting into the elevator with me should hit a button less than 19. The other half [...]

Chicago!

Birds eye view of the New Gotham

I just got back from a whirlwind trip to the windy city of Chicago this weekend. And boy, what a massively jinxed trip its been.

To start with, I missed my flight on Thursday evening and wasn’t able to get onto another flight as [...]