When I was in US, was exposed to a lot of gadgets and comforts of life. Non interfering people, independence and the ease of getting things done..was really amazing.. Towards the end of my trip had started feeling strong attraction from the giant ..and felt life back home was far far behind...
This Weekend, while coming back from Goa, got a chance to visit my ancestral village Gouthamapura near Sagara. After 13 years visited the place again. The countryside, the nature, the warmth,simplicity,hospitality of people..just awesome!! Could clearly see peace and tranquility in them! felt this has to be the way of life!!!!
In just 2 weeks had felt these in totally contradicting places...mind is wandering in search of bliss!!!! ..looks like time to find paradise in the place I live!!!
Friday, November 14, 2008
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Thursday, November 06, 2008
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Terminal C7, SAN JOSE,CA , 6:57 AM
Sitting here trying to put my mixed feelings of departure...
A great memorable trip.. reunion of good old friends, complete strangers becoming great buddies..Italian delicacies ...awesome last minute trips....tremendous work pressure ....few realizations...crushes...shopping...my new camera ..and ya...lot of "precious alone time" !! :)
Larkspur had become my temp home..hosts were too good. Rolly , Hythm and Omar were always there pulling my leg. Watched a lot of movies...am sure now I won't crib when Ravi wants to go to any Engish movies ...[ or u never know the effect of sandalwood !! ]
Workplace was nothing but "Hectic"...tremendous pressure to complete tasks and a lot of unplanned things cropping up every minute...Learnt a lot of professional skills !
F.R.I.E.N.D.S ...catching up with all my good old friends was exciting....my school friends, hostel friends, office buddies...met them all...some are all happy with the US...some in gretest confusion..some desperate to come back.....
Now, heading to meet 2 more friends@Chicago..after that back home !
Bye bye SJ :!@#$%^&*) (
A great memorable trip.. reunion of good old friends, complete strangers becoming great buddies..Italian delicacies ...awesome last minute trips....tremendous work pressure ....few realizations...crushes...shopping...my new camera ..and ya...lot of "precious alone time" !! :)
Larkspur had become my temp home..hosts were too good. Rolly , Hythm and Omar were always there pulling my leg. Watched a lot of movies...am sure now I won't crib when Ravi wants to go to any Engish movies ...[ or u never know the effect of sandalwood !! ]
Workplace was nothing but "Hectic"...tremendous pressure to complete tasks and a lot of unplanned things cropping up every minute...Learnt a lot of professional skills !
F.R.I.E.N.D.S ...catching up with all my good old friends was exciting....my school friends, hostel friends, office buddies...met them all...some are all happy with the US...some in gretest confusion..some desperate to come back.....
Now, heading to meet 2 more friends@Chicago..after that back home !
Bye bye SJ :!@#$%^&*) (
Monday, October 13, 2008
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
A conversation...
My Frnd : Hey..ನಿಮ್ಮ ಫ್ರೆಂಡ್ ಸಿಕ್ಕಿದ್ರು GB ಲಿ..
Me : ಓಹ್ ಹೇಗಿದ್ದಾಳೆ ?
My Frnd : ಇದ್ಹಾಗೆ ಇದ್ದಾರೆ..ನಿಮ್ಮನ್ನ ಭಾರೀ ಕೇಳ್ತಿದ್ರು..
Me : ನಾನು ಅವ್ಳ್ನ ತುಂಬಾ ಮಿಸ್ ಮಾಡ್ಕೋತಾ ಇದ್ದೀನಿ..
My Frnd : ನಂಗ್ 2 books ಕೊಟ್ಟಿದ್ದಾರೆ ನಿಮಗೆ ಕೊಡೋಕೆ ...
Me : ಓಹ್ ಹೌದಾ..nice..I met her cousin here..he stays rt opposite to my place..
My Frnd : ಹೌದಾ...how is he ?
Me : ಅವ್ನು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ತುಂಬಾ popular...ತುಂಬಾ knowledge ಅವ್ನಿಗೆ...ಯಾವ್ ವಿಷ್ಯ ಕೇಳಿ ಎಲ್ಲಾದ್ರು ಬಗ್ಗೆನೂ ಗೊತ್ತು..ಆದ್ರೆ ಏನಾದ್ರೂ...ನಂಗ್ ಅವಳೇ ಇಷ್ಟ.. :) ನಂಗ್ ಅವಳ simplicity , taste..ಅವ್ಳು ಗುನುಗೋ ಹಾಡ್ಗಳು ಎಲ್ಲ ಇಷ್ಟ...GB ಗೆ ಹೋದಾಗೆಲ್ಲ ಅವಳ್ನ meet ಮಾಡ್ಲಿಲ್ಲ ಅಂದ್ರೆ ಏನೋ ಖಾಲಿ ಖಾಲಿ ಅನ್ಸತ್ತೆ..
My Frnd : ಎಷ್ಟಾದ್ರೂ ನಿಮ್ frnd ಅಲ್ವಾ :))
She = Ankitha book house, GB, Blr ; He = Borders [ books and Music ], Milpitas !
Me : ಓಹ್ ಹೇಗಿದ್ದಾಳೆ ?
My Frnd : ಇದ್ಹಾಗೆ ಇದ್ದಾರೆ..ನಿಮ್ಮನ್ನ ಭಾರೀ ಕೇಳ್ತಿದ್ರು..
Me : ನಾನು ಅವ್ಳ್ನ ತುಂಬಾ ಮಿಸ್ ಮಾಡ್ಕೋತಾ ಇದ್ದೀನಿ..
My Frnd : ನಂಗ್ 2 books ಕೊಟ್ಟಿದ್ದಾರೆ ನಿಮಗೆ ಕೊಡೋಕೆ ...
Me : ಓಹ್ ಹೌದಾ..nice..I met her cousin here..he stays rt opposite to my place..
My Frnd : ಹೌದಾ...how is he ?
Me : ಅವ್ನು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ತುಂಬಾ popular...ತುಂಬಾ knowledge ಅವ್ನಿಗೆ...ಯಾವ್ ವಿಷ್ಯ ಕೇಳಿ ಎಲ್ಲಾದ್ರು ಬಗ್ಗೆನೂ ಗೊತ್ತು..ಆದ್ರೆ ಏನಾದ್ರೂ...ನಂಗ್ ಅವಳೇ ಇಷ್ಟ.. :) ನಂಗ್ ಅವಳ simplicity , taste..ಅವ್ಳು ಗುನುಗೋ ಹಾಡ್ಗಳು ಎಲ್ಲ ಇಷ್ಟ...GB ಗೆ ಹೋದಾಗೆಲ್ಲ ಅವಳ್ನ meet ಮಾಡ್ಲಿಲ್ಲ ಅಂದ್ರೆ ಏನೋ ಖಾಲಿ ಖಾಲಿ ಅನ್ಸತ್ತೆ..
My Frnd : ಎಷ್ಟಾದ್ರೂ ನಿಮ್ frnd ಅಲ್ವಾ :))
She = Ankitha book house, GB, Blr ; He = Borders [ books and Music ], Milpitas !
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Why do all good things come to an end ?
A good movie, sweet candy, nice drive, great story, interesting book, memorable trip.....and a gang of friends...all come to an end! Was just wondering why all good things have to end...
Had a great team at office..Each of us were unique , Each day was a celebration and each project a passion!
Now, the team is no more, each one is in a different team now ...not sure if I can be part of such a team again..All of us might benefit in long run because of this move...who knows the destiny of the road not taken!
Miss you all bhuv,sudks and Rr!! [ and I miss A.R too :( ]
Thankfully vinu is still with me :) and she says..
" If good things lasted forever, would we realise how precious they are? "
Had a great team at office..Each of us were unique , Each day was a celebration and each project a passion!
Now, the team is no more, each one is in a different team now ...not sure if I can be part of such a team again..All of us might benefit in long run because of this move...who knows the destiny of the road not taken!
Miss you all bhuv,sudks and Rr!! [ and I miss A.R too :( ]
Thankfully vinu is still with me :) and she says..
" If good things lasted forever, would we realise how precious they are? "
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Lost!!!!
Last Sunday evening, myself Raja and Jayanthi went to Mission Peak. It is around 11 miles from my place. This is my first trekking experience in the US. At the beginning it seemed very easy. No hard rocks, no thorns, no slippery stones...it is all just a single mud road...whose elevation gradually increases. But after walking on this road for about half an hour I started to feel the pinch..
I saw a few people walking backwards, I tried it too..it seemd easier than walking in the normal way. After a few pit stops, we reached the peak. The pacific, crimson red sun, the golden brown hay, lonely houses made the evening memorable. On the way back saw a lot of squirrils and a wolf too!
While coming down realised that it is hard to control the speed .....coming down is always fast!!! [ applies everywhere :( ]
We were back at the foot by 9:00 pm..had dinner at Bhima's and back to Larkspur!! to begin another hectic week.
So what did I lose ???...Lost a lot of calories :D
I saw a few people walking backwards, I tried it too..it seemd easier than walking in the normal way. After a few pit stops, we reached the peak. The pacific, crimson red sun, the golden brown hay, lonely houses made the evening memorable. On the way back saw a lot of squirrils and a wolf too!
While coming down realised that it is hard to control the speed .....coming down is always fast!!! [ applies everywhere :( ]
We were back at the foot by 9:00 pm..had dinner at Bhima's and back to Larkspur!! to begin another hectic week.
So what did I lose ???...Lost a lot of calories :D
Monday, August 11, 2008
What if Earth had more moons ?
Last night was talking to my friend and topic turned towards earth,moon,sun etc....We started discussing what would happen if earth had more moons ? ...this is what I could think of ...do add to the list..
- There would be more number of festivals
- More number of new moon n full moon days
- More number of " GrahaNa"s
- Multile calenders based on different moons
- More number of moon signs
- Lesser number of auspicious days :D
- more poems inspired by different moons
- High tides..
- More pictures :)
- This place would have been more beautiful....!!
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Younger by a day !!
After a week long shopping and 26 hours of journey, reached the land of liberty!
Mumbai-Shanghai-SFO ...seemed like a never ending one! Thanks to JET for having some good movies in the flight.
Hoping to meet all my old friends here :-)
Mumbai-Shanghai-SFO ...seemed like a never ending one! Thanks to JET for having some good movies in the flight.
Hoping to meet all my old friends here :-)
Saturday, August 02, 2008
Friday, July 25, 2008
Land of Amitabh Bachchan!
When I first got the invite to go to Allhabad for campus recruitment I was thrilled. This was my first north India trip :)
The place as such is an average town..I loved the Hindi accent of the people over here. As monsoon has hit the place, it is lush green everywhere :)..great feast for the eyes !
On the way, at Kanpur Airport found a couple of Peacocks,wood peckers and other variety of birds. Am sure M would have identified all these :)
Visited the "Sangam" at Allahabad. This is the place where Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati meet. Could clearly see the Ganga and Yamuna meet..and they say Saraswati is Guptagamini :) ..Yamuna appears brownish, Ganga appears creamish and Ganges is more aggressive. Beware of the Pandits here...they will rip u for money if you show even a bit that you are God fearing!
This has to be lit and floated in water..
Ganges , Yamuna meeting!
The place as such is an average town..I loved the Hindi accent of the people over here. As monsoon has hit the place, it is lush green everywhere :)..great feast for the eyes !
On the way, at Kanpur Airport found a couple of Peacocks,wood peckers and other variety of birds. Am sure M would have identified all these :)
Visited the "Sangam" at Allahabad. This is the place where Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati meet. Could clearly see the Ganga and Yamuna meet..and they say Saraswati is Guptagamini :) ..Yamuna appears brownish, Ganga appears creamish and Ganges is more aggressive. Beware of the Pandits here...they will rip u for money if you show even a bit that you are God fearing!
This has to be lit and floated in water..
Ganges , Yamuna meeting!
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Jaane tu....
Remember the Genelia fever in our gang :)....especially sudks and pras were desperate to watch this movie :)
It was movie day y'day. I didn't even know the movie name correctly. I hadn't liked Imran in the TV promos..I felt he looked too girlish!!!..but by the end of the movie..I started feeling that he is cutest person on earth :)
As kartha missed the movie..had to sell the ticket to someone who turned out to be Dam's Genelia ;)...am sure he enjoyed the movie more than all of us ;). Manjn joined us little late....pras had to sacrifice aditi aditi song for the sake of him.
The movie is all about rats,cats,dreams,hallucinations and 3 necessary & sufficient conditions for becoming a rathod :)).Comic timing is the life of movie. Imran khan, Genelia, Naseeruddin Shah just rock!!!.
Hats off to Aamir and Happy Bday Sudks :)
It was movie day y'day. I didn't even know the movie name correctly. I hadn't liked Imran in the TV promos..I felt he looked too girlish!!!..but by the end of the movie..I started feeling that he is cutest person on earth :)
As kartha missed the movie..had to sell the ticket to someone who turned out to be Dam's Genelia ;)...am sure he enjoyed the movie more than all of us ;). Manjn joined us little late....pras had to sacrifice aditi aditi song for the sake of him.
The movie is all about rats,cats,dreams,hallucinations and 3 necessary & sufficient conditions for becoming a rathod :)).Comic timing is the life of movie. Imran khan, Genelia, Naseeruddin Shah just rock!!!.
Hats off to Aamir and Happy Bday Sudks :)
Friday, June 27, 2008
S M A R T goals :)
Its EPM [ Performance review ] time, and there is goal setting happening for the next year. My manager always insists on setting Specific Measurable Attainable Realistic Timely goals.
After knowing this, whenever I pray god 'ದೇವರೆ ಒಳ್ಳೆಯದು ಮಾಡಪ್ಪ ’ I realize it doesn't fit the SMART goal theory and I start being more specific..bottom line is I can't pray like before :(
one more common example - "ದೇವರೆ exam ನಲ್ಲಿ ನಾನು ಚೆನ್ನಾಗಿ ಮಾಡೊ ಹಾಗೆ ಮಾಡಪ್ಪ "....if it has to be specific...then it would be " ದೇವರೆ, ನಾಳೆ ನನ್ನ maths exam ನಲ್ಲಿ ಎಲ್ಲಾ questions ಗು ಸರಿಯಾದ Answer ಬರೆದು, 100/100 marks ನನಗೆ ಬರೋ ಹಾಗೆ ಮಾಡು." :)
ufff....if god was like "manager" life would be really difficult !!! :D
After knowing this, whenever I pray god 'ದೇವರೆ ಒಳ್ಳೆಯದು ಮಾಡಪ್ಪ ’ I realize it doesn't fit the SMART goal theory and I start being more specific..bottom line is I can't pray like before :(
one more common example - "ದೇವರೆ exam ನಲ್ಲಿ ನಾನು ಚೆನ್ನಾಗಿ ಮಾಡೊ ಹಾಗೆ ಮಾಡಪ್ಪ "....if it has to be specific...then it would be " ದೇವರೆ, ನಾಳೆ ನನ್ನ maths exam ನಲ್ಲಿ ಎಲ್ಲಾ questions ಗು ಸರಿಯಾದ Answer ಬರೆದು, 100/100 marks ನನಗೆ ಬರೋ ಹಾಗೆ ಮಾಡು." :)
ufff....if god was like "manager" life would be really difficult !!! :D
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
Anejhari
This is one of the most quickly planned and executed trips [sounded like some release…well releases never happen quickly…:D ]
Started on Thursday evening...me and pra were here at the office campus waiting for the tt..we were sitting at the kaTTe outside the office gate..witnessing the traffic of Bannerghatta road…anybody who saw us would have remembered “Jab we met”…me and pra had 2 big bags…and we were all set to run away :D..[ but am sure..even if we get such a chance we will run in opposite directions with different ppl ;)..what say pra ]..Went to VV puram…joined rest of the gang..had all our favorites…and started to Anejari …it’s a nature camp 3 kms away from Kollur. Watched bommarilu on the way[ Genelia is still the hot favorite of the gang, inspite of “sathya in love”]...reached the place at around 10 in the morning.
Started the trek to Arshnadgundi falls by noon. It was hot and sunny…the place was all surrounded by greenery, initial 1 hr was ok…but later everyone started feeling tired. .I swear this was the toughest trek after Skandagiri …Except for shah I don’t think anyone else had enthu for the photos…
Reached the Falls by 3:15…Falls was very refreshing…had food and played in water for some time…and started back by 4:45…by the time we came back it was 6:30…had a stop at Kollur to call up home and inform that we were still safe n rocking :D
While waiting for tea..it was time to take snaps of Dam and Ram [ Ram is the twin brother of dam..who was lost in anejari ] :D…sudks did a fantastic job with his camera..while Manjn took charge of the lighting !...by the time tea arrived it was 9…had dinner later…food was ok….and back to the tents….next thing I remember is Shah giving us the wake up call.
We decided to give a quick visit to Kollur Mukambika temple…pra came up the theory that “ God is very understanding!! “ [courtesy Cold water n laziness ] don’t ask me the details ;)….
Back from temple…we started for the 11 Km long kayaking….I really enjoyed this…bcoz I didn’t do anything…just sat in the kayak..and the instructor took care of everything else…and ya…some had found their soul-mates while kayaking :D ...after a 2.5 hrs of kayaking,had food..and started back…
On the way back went to Agumbe…took a few amazing sun set snaps..and headed to the inevitable place…”PABBAS @ Mangalore “
We just made it in time for the ice-cream...after that back to Bangalore.
Missed –Neer Dose @ Agumbe,Suraj,Kartha,dars,r,sriram and his PJs
Thanks sudks for fighting all the battles and for the wonderful time
River Varahi
Agumbe Sun set
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Himavad Gopalaswamy Betta !!
My friend had shown pictures of this marvelous place...from then I wanted to go there..even though this place is just 80 Kms from Mysore...hadn't been here.
This Saturday was the day. Me, amma and appa started at around 6:30 in the morning. Since it had rained heavily the previous evening, drive was cool and the onset of Vasantha had the green effect on the drive :)
We reached the Place by 8:45. Place was all covered by mist..it reminded me of Skandagiri. I took a few snaps in my mobile..since i hadn't got my camera :(
The idol of Krishna looked very artistic ...we witnessed Abhisheka and pooja. After mangalarathy the priest expalins the details of the idol in a peculiar manner I loved his voice and style :).....Venu,gopalakaru,honne mara,prabhavaLi,rukmini-sathya bhama, Govu-gopikas and the dancing posture of krishna.
The specialty of this place is ..it is covered by mist the whole of the year..thats why the name Himavad Gopalaswamy Betta.
Also there are 77 koLas [tanks ] in this place. This place also called as Hamsatheertha as there is a belief that once crows which came and bathed in the tanks here got converted to Hamsas. [ They claim that you can't find crows here...I too didn't observe any ]. Symbolic of the fact that...all our bad deeds will be cleared/forgiven by the sanctity of this place.
After puja, had uppittu..which my mother had prepared and carried :) and returned to Nanjangud n then Mysore :)
A great trip with my Parents :)
On the Way...
The Misty trees :)....
The temple entrance :
I loved this one....
Note: Bandipur is around 19 Kms from this place. So a trip to Bandipur-HG betta would make a perfect 2 day trip :)
This Saturday was the day. Me, amma and appa started at around 6:30 in the morning. Since it had rained heavily the previous evening, drive was cool and the onset of Vasantha had the green effect on the drive :)
We reached the Place by 8:45. Place was all covered by mist..it reminded me of Skandagiri. I took a few snaps in my mobile..since i hadn't got my camera :(
The idol of Krishna looked very artistic ...we witnessed Abhisheka and pooja. After mangalarathy the priest expalins the details of the idol in a peculiar manner I loved his voice and style :).....Venu,gopalakaru,honne mara,prabhavaLi,rukmini-sathya bhama, Govu-gopikas and the dancing posture of krishna.
The specialty of this place is ..it is covered by mist the whole of the year..thats why the name Himavad Gopalaswamy Betta.
Also there are 77 koLas [tanks ] in this place. This place also called as Hamsatheertha as there is a belief that once crows which came and bathed in the tanks here got converted to Hamsas. [ They claim that you can't find crows here...I too didn't observe any ]. Symbolic of the fact that...all our bad deeds will be cleared/forgiven by the sanctity of this place.
After puja, had uppittu..which my mother had prepared and carried :) and returned to Nanjangud n then Mysore :)
A great trip with my Parents :)
On the Way...
The Misty trees :)....
The temple entrance :
I loved this one....
Note: Bandipur is around 19 Kms from this place. So a trip to Bandipur-HG betta would make a perfect 2 day trip :)
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Karwar!!!
It was a much awaited trip....almost bunked office on Friday ..myself and r did lot of shopping ..and the TT was in front of my house at around 5:15...we picked rest of the gang and headed towards karwar :)..The opening song was "Ninnindale" ..by the end of the trip it evolved to be the all time favorite of the gang..it was the maximum played song.....but I doubt if the TT driver started hating it [ his taste was some pathos like masanada hoovu,auto raja..songs like that]...
And ya...lots of kannada songs..and I enjoyed each of them :)
On the way had dinner at Kamat@Tumkur..Reached karwar around 9:30 in the morning.
EstuaryView Resort looked good..had breakfast and headed to Rabindranath Tagore beach...was expecting a few poems from sdks ..looks like he was too busy playing in the beach....the poet in him was not much awakened at the Tagore beach!
R and M went back to their childhood..and did some "kappe goodu" in sand...I supplied flowers to them....and did some rangoli work on the sand...M was very encouraging and added a copyright to it :)
Later went back to the resort had lunch...ppl liked gobi manchuri a lot...other dishes were ok.
After lunch went to the Devbagh resort...was expecting to do some parasailing,banana ride...and stuff...but had to be happy with just kayaking...that too many of us din't opt..as it didn't seem very interesting.
Actually me and D wanted to go the Spa over there.....and K wanted to go to SPA only if Aish wud do it... :)...but what to do....karwar is tooo far from Mumbai!
Played throw ball there...guys initially were hesitant to play..they wanted to play volleyball...but later they too enjoyed throw ball more than us :)
Took a lot of sunset photos at the beach...experimented a lot with my camera...tried to capture sun in all possible ways !
On way back to resort...myself,sdks,M and K walked back ...the kali bridge was awesome :)
Back in the resort had some snacks and vodka chocolates :)..played UNO...and this time it was P who realized what the game was !!! :)...just bombarded him with draw 2s and 4s :)
After dinner did a lot of chit-chat..teased ppl with all possible ppl :)..this is the time when P became too active and I guess got back a lot next day !!...and am sure he has a loooong way to go ;)
Next day...we had breakfast..and headed to snorkeling...me and M opted out ...rest did snorkeling...some saw fishes,rocks underwater..I had to be happy with 1-2 jelly fishes on the beach :(
And yaa...everyone inspired by Mungaru maLe..tried floating on water....with great difficulty me and Sh did float on water.
After this...we came back, had lunch and started to Yana....but on the way gotto know the road towards Yana is bad :( ...so headed back to Bangalore...watched "chak de India" and "Bommarilu" in the TT...after watching bommarilu...I guess most of the guys dint sleep...or started dreaming :)
Was back at home at 5 am Monday.
All in all a great trip...thanks to sdks for organizing this .
And ya...lots of kannada songs..and I enjoyed each of them :)
On the way had dinner at Kamat@Tumkur..Reached karwar around 9:30 in the morning.
EstuaryView Resort looked good..had breakfast and headed to Rabindranath Tagore beach...was expecting a few poems from sdks ..looks like he was too busy playing in the beach....the poet in him was not much awakened at the Tagore beach!
R and M went back to their childhood..and did some "kappe goodu" in sand...I supplied flowers to them....and did some rangoli work on the sand...M was very encouraging and added a copyright to it :)
Later went back to the resort had lunch...ppl liked gobi manchuri a lot...other dishes were ok.
After lunch went to the Devbagh resort...was expecting to do some parasailing,banana ride...and stuff...but had to be happy with just kayaking...that too many of us din't opt..as it didn't seem very interesting.
Actually me and D wanted to go the Spa over there.....and K wanted to go to SPA only if Aish wud do it... :)...but what to do....karwar is tooo far from Mumbai!
Played throw ball there...guys initially were hesitant to play..they wanted to play volleyball...but later they too enjoyed throw ball more than us :)
Took a lot of sunset photos at the beach...experimented a lot with my camera...tried to capture sun in all possible ways !
On way back to resort...myself,sdks,M and K walked back ...the kali bridge was awesome :)
Back in the resort had some snacks and vodka chocolates :)..played UNO...and this time it was P who realized what the game was !!! :)...just bombarded him with draw 2s and 4s :)
After dinner did a lot of chit-chat..teased ppl with all possible ppl :)..this is the time when P became too active and I guess got back a lot next day !!...and am sure he has a loooong way to go ;)
Next day...we had breakfast..and headed to snorkeling...me and M opted out ...rest did snorkeling...some saw fishes,rocks underwater..I had to be happy with 1-2 jelly fishes on the beach :(
And yaa...everyone inspired by Mungaru maLe..tried floating on water....with great difficulty me and Sh did float on water.
After this...we came back, had lunch and started to Yana....but on the way gotto know the road towards Yana is bad :( ...so headed back to Bangalore...watched "chak de India" and "Bommarilu" in the TT...after watching bommarilu...I guess most of the guys dint sleep...or started dreaming :)
Was back at home at 5 am Monday.
All in all a great trip...thanks to sdks for organizing this .
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Just me
This thought is coming again and again....
" If you are you, because I am I and I am I, because you are you....then I am not I and you are not you.......
If you are you, because you are you and I am I, because I am I....then I am I and you are you"...
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Friday, October 13, 2006
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Coorg Trip
All the excitement started by Thursday evening though the trip was scheduled for Friday night…all 4 of us used to stand near vinz cubicle and discuss discuss and discuss abt the things to bring…things to do…places to go…things to borrow…..
finally couldn’t sit in my office on Friday..so left office early …did a lot of shopping…I love this pre-trip shopping u see….[ pre-trip is just a reason ..for shopping!!! ;)]
At 9:50 Sudhi came in Qualis to my Place to pick us up…then we picked a few frnds and headed towards the 5 road junction….first excitement of this trip was this 5 road junction near vinz house…I got to see her little nephew too :) he just woke up to say good bye to us…
On the way we stopped at a place to have tea….but saw a CAT goshhhhh!!!!! inauspicious…..just to keep the cat happy and keep his inauspicious effects minimal…we took his snap…but looks like he wasn’t happy with that…had to stop on the way due to tyre puncture for a while….but since all of us were in a mood to enjoy took a small walk in the full moon light…the walk was good..though some of my frnds chose to sleep happily ……from there our journey was faster than needed…so reached coorg early in the morning at 5..parked our Qualis near a wine shop and had ….coffee :)
Reached the “jungle mount” resort ..we had got a nice big house to stay…staircase in the house itself gave us an idea how the trekking would be…:)
We had breakfast…it was something like “tatte idli made of anna “….it looked very soft and delicious…but …cat effect still existed :(
After this was a trek to the top most peak in kodagu…we got a drive till midway on Mahindra…..all of us being scared of leeches applied dettol and started to trek…there were few beautiful streams on the way….after 2-3 hrs of trek we were at ¾ of the peak..we gals..felt that place was as good as the peak and settled down there…had a photo session..and had snaks..fellow guys disappeared for a while…they told they reached the peak…and had taken a few snaps for proof also..:D…after they were back…we started climbing down…now it was cool and easy…vinz..ravi..karthik discussed all possible movies way back…guess they forgot cliffhanger ;)….after a while it started raining…it was an awesome experience to walk in that rain …but ya my fear of leech was still active…when I found one on my shoes…in my effort to throw it away it caught my finger …..aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah I screamed….aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah again I screamed…but it was very brave it dint even move an inch!!!!...finally lime came to my rescue..thanklime…leech dint bite me and my drop of B+ve blood was saved :D…we continued our journey in rain and came to the kayaking place….paapad..bajji..foood was waiting for us….had food and then it was time to get into water…sudhi and karthik were the first ones to get into water…then ravi…then me..B…and vinz…..it was damn cold…
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Kayaking was good….there was nothing much to do in that…just sit in the boat..act as though u are scared…then the other person wud do the rest for you ;)
After kayaking…it was uno…nice game enjoyed a lot..with wildcards….reverse,skip..etc etc…later we applied this logic while playing antakshari next day :)
With all our muscles singing pathetic songs…we all slept…don’t know when I slept…could open my eyes only nextday morning….it was a total unplanned day…but it started beautifully…we all went to a nearby waterfalls..it was awesome…this is the first time I have ever been soo near to a waterfall….i was standing just below the waterfalls….it was an awesome experience…played there for a couple of hours…and then started back…even there…were a few leeches..i again tried screaming and scaring them away..but…guess they are scared of only lime…
After the water falls, we went to Talakaveri….this place is no more like it is shown in movies…they have changed it a lot..and it looks artificial too…from there went to Raja seat…it was not such an interesting place except for the churmuri…yum yum ….Also…throughout the trip ppl were taking photos in MACRO mode…I dint know what this was..and was under the assumption that my camera dint have this….finally on the Raja Seat…I got the realization that my camera too has macro mode after that tried a few snaps…for the lack of flowers I tried to take snaps of the embroidered flower on my cargoes..:))
From there went to kushalnagara Buddhist monastery…a colorful place..but couldn’t take much snaps becoz of darkness….did a bit of shopping..then started to Mysore…
Stayed at my place in Mysore over the night…and then back to B’lore in the morning..B’lore was all set with its traffic to welcome us !!
Few realizations in the trip :
- leeches cannot be scared by screaming
- few ppl can survive on apples :) ..for them it is A for apple…B for Apple..C for Apple…..z for Apple too :D
- even my camera has macro mode
- 4 kms uphill is > 4 Kms on a straight road
- A junction of a double road and a road is a 5 road junction ;)
finally couldn’t sit in my office on Friday..so left office early …did a lot of shopping…I love this pre-trip shopping u see….[ pre-trip is just a reason ..for shopping!!! ;)]
At 9:50 Sudhi came in Qualis to my Place to pick us up…then we picked a few frnds and headed towards the 5 road junction….first excitement of this trip was this 5 road junction near vinz house…I got to see her little nephew too :) he just woke up to say good bye to us…
On the way we stopped at a place to have tea….but saw a CAT goshhhhh!!!!! inauspicious…..just to keep the cat happy and keep his inauspicious effects minimal…we took his snap…but looks like he wasn’t happy with that…had to stop on the way due to tyre puncture for a while….but since all of us were in a mood to enjoy took a small walk in the full moon light…the walk was good..though some of my frnds chose to sleep happily ……from there our journey was faster than needed…so reached coorg early in the morning at 5..parked our Qualis near a wine shop and had ….coffee :)
Reached the “jungle mount” resort ..we had got a nice big house to stay…staircase in the house itself gave us an idea how the trekking would be…:)
We had breakfast…it was something like “tatte idli made of anna “….it looked very soft and delicious…but …cat effect still existed :(
After this was a trek to the top most peak in kodagu…we got a drive till midway on Mahindra…..all of us being scared of leeches applied dettol and started to trek…there were few beautiful streams on the way….after 2-3 hrs of trek we were at ¾ of the peak..we gals..felt that place was as good as the peak and settled down there…had a photo session..and had snaks..fellow guys disappeared for a while…they told they reached the peak…and had taken a few snaps for proof also..:D…after they were back…we started climbing down…now it was cool and easy…vinz..ravi..karthik discussed all possible movies way back…guess they forgot cliffhanger ;)….after a while it started raining…it was an awesome experience to walk in that rain …but ya my fear of leech was still active…when I found one on my shoes…in my effort to throw it away it caught my finger …..aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah I screamed….aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah again I screamed…but it was very brave it dint even move an inch!!!!...finally lime came to my rescue..thanklime…leech dint bite me and my drop of B+ve blood was saved :D…we continued our journey in rain and came to the kayaking place….paapad..bajji..foood was waiting for us….had food and then it was time to get into water…sudhi and karthik were the first ones to get into water…then ravi…then me..B…and vinz…..it was damn cold…
…
Kayaking was good….there was nothing much to do in that…just sit in the boat..act as though u are scared…then the other person wud do the rest for you ;)
After kayaking…it was uno…nice game enjoyed a lot..with wildcards….reverse,skip..etc etc…later we applied this logic while playing antakshari next day :)
With all our muscles singing pathetic songs…we all slept…don’t know when I slept…could open my eyes only nextday morning….it was a total unplanned day…but it started beautifully…we all went to a nearby waterfalls..it was awesome…this is the first time I have ever been soo near to a waterfall….i was standing just below the waterfalls….it was an awesome experience…played there for a couple of hours…and then started back…even there…were a few leeches..i again tried screaming and scaring them away..but…guess they are scared of only lime…
After the water falls, we went to Talakaveri….this place is no more like it is shown in movies…they have changed it a lot..and it looks artificial too…from there went to Raja seat…it was not such an interesting place except for the churmuri…yum yum ….Also…throughout the trip ppl were taking photos in MACRO mode…I dint know what this was..and was under the assumption that my camera dint have this….finally on the Raja Seat…I got the realization that my camera too has macro mode after that tried a few snaps…for the lack of flowers I tried to take snaps of the embroidered flower on my cargoes..:))
From there went to kushalnagara Buddhist monastery…a colorful place..but couldn’t take much snaps becoz of darkness….did a bit of shopping..then started to Mysore…
Stayed at my place in Mysore over the night…and then back to B’lore in the morning..B’lore was all set with its traffic to welcome us !!
Few realizations in the trip :
- leeches cannot be scared by screaming
- few ppl can survive on apples :) ..for them it is A for apple…B for Apple..C for Apple…..z for Apple too :D
- even my camera has macro mode
- 4 kms uphill is > 4 Kms on a straight road
- A junction of a double road and a road is a 5 road junction ;)
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