My Life My Style: Homi Adajania

'Alpha males are over-compensating'

Best work moment:
A toothless 72-year-old's smile when he surfaced from the depths of the ocean on his first dive. Elated, he said "Now I don't care when I die…"

Books on your bedside:
My bedside is a precarious tower of books - (by) Marquez, Allende, Camus, biographies, miscellaneous yoga, cookery and travel stuff. Though I'm reading All About Bacteria right now (don't ask!).

Massage or workout to de-stress:
I have no stress, but I am a certified slut for massages!

Designs that have caught your eye recently:
Bird carcasses as headgear in Ethiopia.

Your IT tools:
Opposable thumbs for my IT tools.

Favourite wine:
A good Merlot.

Favourite champagne:
Champagne is my nemesis. I slug it like Rasna till I can't remember anything and wake up feeling like I lost the way in.

Your sleeping ritual:
Switch on the TV and immediately pass out. It's like the 'on' button is my 'off' button.

Best gift received:
Freedom

Best gift given:
The ability to tell stories, from my father.

Favourite cuisine:
I'm torn…Parsi, Japanese, French, Indian, Thai, Italian…Wtf?

Newspapers, TV channels and websites you prefer:
I barely read papers, I pass out in front of TVs and surfing is something that is done in the sea.

Where do you like to sit when being driven? Upfront with driver of back seat like sahib?
Upfront since I have a narcoleptic driver...seriously!

On a plane do you prefer to network, sleep or catch up on films and reading?
Unfortunately for other passengers, it's films where I laugh and cry loudly, oblivious to my surroundings.

Fancy coffee or masala tea?
I fancy a fancy coffee.

What do you cook on your day off?
I'm a pretty good rustle-upper - steaks, eggs, bakes, fish, salads blah blah blah…

Do you fill customer feedback forms? Why?
When I want to compliment someone's effort, I'll make the effort.

Are you a beach or a mountain person?
I was born a beach bum, though age is luring me to the mountains.

What's your fragrance?
I grab whatever lies in the loo. It doesn't help when it turns out to be my wife's perfume though.

You get your work clothes from:
My cupboard - I wear shorts and t-shirts most of the time.

Your shaving mantra:
I avoid chanting while I shave.

What's your weekday breakfast like? And weekend?
Coconut water, two coffees, steamed fish, vegetables and brown rice. Yup, that's my breakfast.

Your current set of wheels:
A battered WWII bike.

In the car is it sleep or cell for you?
Neither. Music as a soundtrack to the beautiful chaos unfolding outside.

Your workout regime:
Yoga - slow and pleasurably painful.

Your ideal holiday:
Anywhere in the big outdoors with some adventure activity attached to it.

At parties do you like to talk turkey or make PC?
Much to my wife's horror, I do more than talk turkey… and if there is a sufficient quantity of the Merlot discussed above, it progresses into turkey talk!

Alpha males you know:
are overcompensating.

Your favourite motto:
Live well, laugh often, love much.

Homi Adajania
Film maker and scuba-diving instructor