My Experiments With Bus !!

Last week I was mainly commuting by bus, giving my bike a break ( not on weekends though ;) ). One bike less on road - means ease on traffic, lessen global warming, saving petrol, and thus India's foreign reserve...blah blah blah... In fact this was not at all my reason to leave bike, I was simply too lazy to ride !!! In Bangalore it is always better when someone drives for you. Earlier if I need to take bus from Jakkasandra to MG Road, I will need to go to Shanthi Nagar and then to MG Road and it was tedious. Now the new Big10 fleet that BMTC introduced, it is single bus and is neat, almost empty ( only one occasion I didn't get seat from beginning ) and fast.


Of course there was another benefit too. Together I was walking for around 30 mins a day. It was good for my health too.

Here are some interesting things I found during the week. Everyday there was music for company. No, Big10 is not Volvo and there is no music system in bus. That was the magic of mobile mp3 players. And most of the time there will be more than one generous soul at work. You will get a mix of Hindi, Kannada, Telugu and occasional Hip Hop. That was fun. And if someone asks any of them to stop the music, they will give a look like they can't believe their ears and will continue the social service !!!

The bus drivers are much better compared to the regular BMTC services ( Volvos’ excluded). They will stop the engine at the signals, blink indicators while turning, stop properly at the bus stops and won’t horn lot – other drivers have a lot to learn from them.

There are some things to improve too : the frequency being first. Sometimes I needed to wait for about 40 minutes only to find two or more buses are coming in a row ! If they have been planned better, they should not need to compete with each other and I will need to wait less. Second one is that, the Big 10 buses use a lot of glass. But they are not sun-protected. So the morning and evening sun will be on you at full might. If they use the sun film or even the advertisements as in the Volvos, it would be pleasant for the commuters and beneficial for the BMTC.


At the bus stops story is different. Even when the bench is empty, people will stand only on the road, that too in the middle !!! The other vehicles need to avoid them and often cause jams. The bus stop near Central, Mayo Hall is another story. The chairs are too low that even a 2 year old will find it difficult to sit.


I enjoyed my trips. Good job BMTC. On flip side, not a lot of people know about the Big 10’s. As you are celebrating Bus Days now, please publish the new services ( Big 10, Big O, Orange line etc ) in news papers or notices inside bus or at bus stops. Hope to see more innovations from them. No wonder BMTC is the only public transport under government making profit.

Love you my parents...

Last night I got a call from my friend to say that he had a baby girl.
He was so happy and excited and was talking a lot about it, most of it I didn't understand and was not really clear.
He felt like the happiest man at that moment.


Today my mentor came to office late and sad because Boo is not doing well.
She was falling ill often and he is very worried about the little girl.


This made me remember my own childhood ( of course as others told me, else how can i remember the things when I was only few months old ;) )
I was born weak.
And I spent lot of my baby days at hospital than at home !!
Those days my parents and granny who used to stay with us, all had sleepless nights and were ready to the visit to doctor.
They had struggled a lot to see me survived.
I know every parents does that...
I don't know how will I ever show them my gratitude..


Like my manager says, parents love kids not expecting them to love as they were loved, but to love their kids like same.
That make sense, a lot of it..

I love you dad and mom..
You are my most precious possession...

And I wish Boo a fast and complete recovery...
Get well soon Boo...

Good Bye America....

So that's it..
The end of 8 weeks travel to the US.
It was good, fun, little bit of travel and of course a lot of work !!!
I met new people, and new sides of some old folks.
The new team I came here to work with was great.
The new style of work was also fun ( I was doing digital layouts, and here I was doing analog stuff ).


The single old friend who took me around last time, got married and busy settling.
But still we managed to meet a few times for dinner.
It was a great escape from my won cooking !!!
The girl suits him perfect.
Good Luck my friends...


Of the old folks, it was a lighter, pleasant side I saw this time.
It was very touching the way my sweet colleague greeted me the first day.
I didn't tell her that I was coming and she was pleasantly surprised.
I always love you the way you are...

All out of a blue, got a good company in an old friend.
And he was the reason for most of the fun, movies and trips.
I will miss the beer bash, the drive and of course your Vietnamese treats...


The team I worked with was fun, united, ones who enjoy work, eat, drink and think ( I guess even sleep ), the new technologies.
Heavily qualified, but fun-loving.
That was the team....
Hope to work with you again soon...


But there was a few incidents which made me feel heavy too...
The parting story and the not happening wedding story...
I do hope the Fire Alarm will find her partner and have many fire alarm babies soon...


How much ever fun I had here, it is so exciting to go back..
To my land, my family, my life...
Momma I am coming...

Living The Dream...

I saw a couple living a dream life...
Of course it is not my dream.
They are setting up the home.
It was funny to watch the guy transforming from bachelor to a family man...
Lady trying her hand on cooking and overall completeness of the home...
For anything and everything both were confused and asked each other for opinions and somehow their opinions always matched !!!
I guess they needed an opinion and that's why I happened to be their first dinner guest !!!
I enjoy any food and something cooked at home was such a delight for me.
And with the new-found enthusiasm, they are hosting party every weekend !!!
As it was my last weekend here, I was invited last Saturday...
Thank you guys...


Watching them building the home made me think...
From my childhood memories to my future !!
As child we used to play home.
Achan will build a tent house for us and we children from all neighbourhood make it our home and prepare food and all in the small pots amma bought from Aluva Manappuram...
It was fun...
The food was hardly perfect and the quantity was just enough for each of us to taste, but the feeling was great...
Thank you parents for giving me all those opportunities...


This trip to US was very special.
I saw the pain of breaking up, longing for a baby and of course the starting of new life...
And all of a sudden I feel like I am missing all the fun.
In fear of breaking up, I can not keep myself from committing.
I guess I can handle the responsibilities - emotional and others - well.
Mom, are you listening.... ;)


I wish my friends all the best.
Hope she will not change her plans every fortnight ( first time it was GRE, now it is a no pay job !!! ).
Nice to see the guy help the lady learning everything.
His patience needs to be appreciated.
It is always fun and lucky to have someone who lets you make mistake and correct and learn yourself...
Hope next visit too, I can have the privileged dinners...

Life is wonderful...

I always believe small is beautiful.
Especially when it comes to happiness.
There is nothing soothing than a heartening smile..
That too when I need it the most..
From one I love...

Sometimes being this far and alone, I curse my fate.
There is nothing fun in being in a foreign land with all fake smile and pleasantries.
I tried to immense into work to relax, but that comfort didn't last long.


Now, when I hear the smiles and all the warmth through phone or mail, I feel, know that my life is not that worth less.
When my granny says, hearing me was enough and she was happy for it, my heart was full...
It is always good to see me wanted..

I know, I can not return all the love I get.
But being lovable and been loved..
I love it...

Uncertainities

Uncertainities : they are all around me.
Looking ahead, back everything is uncertain.
What is goign to happen, or why it happened this way, everythign looks vague.


I am going back home in two weeks.
Good.
Whats next.. it is uncertain...
What with my stay in Bangalore, uncertain...
Where to look for the house, uncertain...


But there is some funny uncertaninties too.
Today I forgot to comb my hair.
And my coworkers complimented my 'new look' !!!
What made them like it... uncertain !!!

Wish I Could Cry...

I am full with emotions, uncertainties, fear of loss, loneliness and missing all the good things I had for granted..
I see blankness.
I can feel that the emotions are so powerful to make me numb.
All my thoughts lead me nowhere..
I am down..


I want to cry...
Cry out till I'll be settled...
I want to wash all my fear and sorrows with tears...
Want to sleep light hearted...

I can not cry in front of others.
Especially those I love, I care..
I can't make them feel that I am sad...
Because they will be sad to see me sad...
And I can not make them sad.
All I try is to make them happy, tell them, make them feel they are treasured, and give all the happiness material and emotional.
I know that what I take as love, care, happiness may not be same for them.
But that's the best I can think of...

World see me a happy guy.
Always smiling bright boy...
That's the compliment I receive...
Because that's the way I want the world to see me.
The real me... nope, only I meet him.
Always share a laugh never a tear..
I can not...

And when I feel that I am not upto the expectations....
Not the way they want me to be...
Can not keep up the demands of it...
It makes me feel sad and down...
I want to cry to wash it away...

Love..
That's the biggest strength and weakness...
And the feeling of being loved, makes me full and I want to cry...
Tears of joy...

Oh man, I want to cry, but not able to...
Wish I could cry...

I Am Finding Myself....

When you are alone and nothing much to do, it is best time to find yourself..
Well, that's what I do these days.
Who am I ? what am I ???
I am trying to find the answer to these question.
It is not like going into deep meditation and getting Nirvana.
My life is much simpler to explore !!!
With help from my friends, I am finding out myself.

My goal is not to find the question of eternity or the cause why God sent me to this world from Heaven.
Much a simpler question, What I mean to others, especially to the ones I am close to.
And I was pleasantly surprised to see that few value me a lot as a friend, mentor and more...
I touched them the way I never thought...
It feels good to be treasured.


All these was needed when I felt that I am a loser and there is no meaning to my life and relations which I think most valued.
( But my friends didn't know till now, why I asked them to tell me what I mean to them !!! )
If someone likes me, loves me the way I behave, talk to them than the real me, me as the person I am, then what is the point...
When I do something they won't approve of or like, and that means the end of all the love, closeness, affection towards me till date, that is not acceptable.
How long one can expect me to be good to them ( though I never ever try to be intentionally, I love just being myself, thank God many like me that way ).
I am sorry, I can not act with your directions.
If you feel that is the end of story between us, I am sorry, but can't change myself or my life for you.
Better be lonely than unhappy... ;)

So if you decide I am no longer lovable, acceptable, all I can say is I am sorry, but can't help it....
And when I have a few who really love me the way I am, why should I be bothered...
And if you make it a point to leave me, fine, go ahead.
I am not asking you to return all the favours.
If you ever found me good to you, it was not becuse I expect you to be good to me, now or later.
That was the way I found you, thats why I love you.
If you love me conditionally, it is your problem, I can not make myself within your conditions all the time...

Rahman's New Album BLUE

Have you heard the new album by Rahman BLUE /?
It is good, but the Rahman touch is missing in many songs.
I hope he will never do another film for Akshay.
I read that guy will make the producer and music directors to tweak the songs for his fans...
I believe that's why Rahman is missing in many tracks.

It is a good one for Shreya Ghosal.
From the award winning song Anbe Vaa and Aye Bachu from Ghajini, we heard different Shreya with Rahman.
And here she has our songs, check them out.

My personal favorite is Bhoola Thujhe.
It is beautiful.
It will soon be in my dreamy songs :)


So listen to it and let it grow within.

I Love The Way I Am

I was a lot confused about my feelings, life, priorities, attitude, laws of life, outlook, the way I live etc till a couple of days back.
I was wondering whatever I thought right way to live, interact, love is proving wrong.
Unconditionality is a curse.
Selflessness is the biggest mistake and foolishness.
Do what you can, not expecting anything in return is good only in books.
I can live the way I want, and I will see that the world around me will accept it for it's novelty.


Now I am in a state where I need to reiterate life.
But then, I realize that how I was living was the perfect way to live too.
If someone is not understanding it or not accepting it as it is, it is their problem.
They either fail short to accept the fact or too jealous that they can not live the way I do...
So I need not change myself.

Last week I received a very special mail from someone not that special and was told how much I meant and why.
When there are people who accepts me and loves me the way I am, why I should change or even think of changing..

So people THIS IS ME.
Accept me as I am.
If you can't, don't get jealous, but let me continue being myself.


Hhhmm... I am much more happier now :)

Disconnectng.... in Progress....

Have you ever felt like being tied too much in relations...
I am feeling that now.
I guess I am being tied to a lot of poles than necessary.
Worst still, I am giving all the same care and passion.
NOT ANY MORE....
I am not here to love, care, pamper everybody.
I want to be lovely only to those I feel like my dearest of souls...


I live in a dream world.
Though only a handful, I really cherish the ones with me.
And I want them to be so good and loving forever with me..
NOT ANY MORE....
Of course, I am still in my dream world.
But the handful of people.. I think they outnumber the time or care I can give.. ;)
So I am in a process of disconnecting.
Only very few I would keep with me...
When it is a lot, it is difficult to keep the expectations and commitments.
So only those I can never part, will remain in my dream world.


I already removed a lot few friends from my Orkut list..
It is still in progress.
But that is not really what I meant by disconnecting.
It is much more than that...
Cause I don't want anymore shattering to my dream world.
I can not afford it...

Know less is better

Hi,
It's been a while I posted something here.
And now I am away from home and India and nothing good to do other than work, I guess I can post more often.


Do we really need to know each other, or anybody close...
I guess when we know other person, most of the time we end up knowing something less good about him / her.
And from my experience I feel that most happy faces hide a lot of tears..
So I decided not to dig into anybody and keep the relations only on the surface.
At least when being together, we will be happy and enjoying...


All these thoughts came to me after a brief lunch discussion with my friends a few days back.
We were happily chatting, pulling each others' legs and making a lot of noise and laughter.
We left the table and decided meet the next day for some more fun.
But everything turned upside down when one of my friend told a little secret about the guy I teased the most...
Though he was apparently enjoyed it and gave me more reasons to tease him, this news made me feel guilty.
Whatever I told him for the sake of fun got a very ugly face to it...
It was really hurting.. especially because I liked that guy ( he hate to refer him guy, always insist to call him by name).
So all the smiling face he portraits melted in a second....
I rushed to him to say sorry, and being the gentleman he is, he insisted he didn't care about it and it didn't bother him a bit...
Still I felt bad and sorry...
Sorry dear.. I never meant to hurt you...


So no more digging up into anybody's soul.
I like them the way they are with me...
This is not the first time a smiling face turned out to be a mask..
But this time it hurt me very deep...
So I like to be friend with the smiling face, not the teary face within...
Wait a minute, I been called Always smiling bright boy....

Money == Happiness

Money can get you happiness. True. But there is a danger associate with it. When you start earning money, you will never know how much will be enough to get you happiness. And you will keep on earning it, trying to find happiness. And when you start enjoying happiness, more money can not get you more happiness. And eventually, money will not make you happy at all....


So, treat money a way to make yourself happy and not the happiness. Spend it, wisely to get happiness. And one day you will die happy, may be like MJ, who died in debt, but enjoyed every bit of money he had :)

Ladies, Please... Driving is NOT your cup of tea...

When I wrote last time about the mis-experiments of lady drivers I was criticised for being so prejudiced. But in the last few days I got two more reasons why I was right..

I was waiting for bus when I met the first lady. The drain was cleaned and the slabs over it was not aligned properly. Our lady managed to get the front wheel on the slab, but somehow stopped in between. She tried hard but the car moving backwards !! At last it stopped with a bang and then she managed to steer it ahead. The bang was because she bumbed into the following car !!! Funny thing is that, she didn't notice it and moved ahead. The guy in the second car stopped her little ahead, but I missed the scene as my bus arrived by then.

And in the second incident, another lady was driving fast completely unaware that she got a flat tyre. I heard a noise and was checking whether it was from my bike. Then I saw this Zen overtaking me with a flat tyre... When the air press sure is less, we can feel that the car is not balanced well. Here with a complete flat tyre she was cool... And when she was stopped by another biker, she got out and was wondering how come that happened to her...!!!

How Persuasive is Love..

Love..
Is it just a bond between two hearts, souls or body.. A commitment between two... Promise to keep each other happy, complete...

You know you love somebody when you think about it most of your time. And felt bad when you hurt her / him. How far you expect each other to go to make other happy. You know you can't stand the tears and you can not cry either fearing it my make her sad... Still at times you end up hurting though you cry inside more than other.

Hope all the tears will become smiles, everlasting smile soon...

Dreams, love, bond, laugh, peace...
It is the essence of life..

Silly Little Happinesses..

Last weekend I was home. I visited my good old friend on saturday. There his daughter was getting ready to go back to work. So I sugested I will drop her and take my friend for a drive too. He was surprised, but just for a split second and accepted my offer with great pleasure. His wife also joined us. And when we started, he placed his hand on my shoulder ( I was driving ) and told me that he is very happy to have a friend like me... He was almost in tears and the ladies in the back were teasing him ( punningly as they also can't stand his tears).

Here is the twist in the story. My friend is not well. He survived a stroke, but still has difficulty in walking. His life is almost limited to four walls. He wanted to go out badly but was not able to. They booked a cab, but at the last minute, knowing it's only a small trip, the driver stepped back.


I made him happy. And I am happy for him too. But at times, I do wonder am I making all the moves right.. Am I making those who really matter happy.. And if not, why it is so... And above all I sometime wonder am I making myself happy... Or defining happiness in some fragile, invisible curves on faces...

Is this the best thing to do...

Getting a good maid in Bangalore is difficult. Our last maid was a smart lady. She did all the jobs perfect and was clean. But one fine day after receiving the salary she stopped coming. One month we adjusted without maid. But the tidiness of room was on toss.

We got another one in between. But she demanded Rs.800 for a month. We used to give 400 and this was double of it. The reason she told was, we are four bachelors and 200 per month will not be difficult considering our salaries !!!

Today we got a new one. She did the job well. But she was at least 70 years old.. I felt very bad. She was very fragile. But when I think again, here her work is light. If it is not here, she may need to go somewhere else, may be somewhere far. So let it continue like it...

The End Of Week..Also The Weekend..

Hi,
Like I said in the last post, last week was very busy. But the way it ended, I loved it... I was home.. And I never get enough of home.. Mom, dad... They never really get enough of time chat or cooking or advising or plan for me. Me too... And last weekend, as I was on road most of saturday, they really gave it a miss.

Saturday was a big day for me. Really HUGE one... I lost something only to gain a lot more... What I lost was my cyber friend... And I got was a better, closer one...

I have(d) a cyber friend. Whom till saturday I met only on net or phone. Still she managed to be an important person in my life. ( most probably because of our common friend. He is a gem ;) ). I am very choosy about friends. And I will call one friend only after I know them close. I guess I know her close, but without meeting her... I remember when she gave me her phone number, I first denied it for being only a cyber friend.. But then we started chatting on phone and all. I saw her on photos too. But the lady on face... It was unexpected...


We hear a lot about cyber friends meeting face to face and all the &%_* about it. This lady calls herself a princess, and when I meet her she was not !!! Except for the earrings may be.. It was huge and all glitters for her small round face ( only the size of an apple ;) ). But by the time we were leaving I indeed realised that she is a princess.... We parted closer and content...

One thing I forot to mention.. Her boy friend also was with us all the time.. :D :D :D


And all this happiness was not killed but faded by a movie. Delhi 6.. Give it a miss. What a mess it is. After Rang De Basanti, Rakesh Om Prakash Mehra, the director, went to movies and collected people's feedback. He didn't do it for his first one Aks though... If he dared to do it for Delhi 6, he wouldn't have been survived for his fourth one...

A Week So Happening...

This week is going to be a busy one for many reasons. I am finding it difficult to digest how come so many things happening in such a short time. But sorry I can not share everything here. Hope by the end of this I will be able to smile about it.

One important milestone (!) in this week was I started taking lunch to office. That too prepared at home. I was planning this for a long time. One of my roommate has supported it too. Bought a new lunch box and started it from yesterday. It is fun to see those I-can't-believe- it look from colleagues. Hope it will last long.. ;) For the 235 for the lunch box and a new non-scratch scrubber, I got to continue this.

But a big sad news kept all the smiles at bay. My dearest colleague has lost her mom... She was the one always pushing me to bring lunch. I know how close she was to mom... Though she told she had accepted it and happy for mom that she didn't have to struggle, has done the things she always wanted to do... I can feel the tears in her voice... I don't know how I will face her on Monday. May God rest the soul in peace...

The Real Courage..

What it takes the most courage...
I believe it is to admit that others are / can be right or they can do things which you can never think of... Do I need to explain... The first thing we need to win to enjoy life and appreciate others is ego. But that, most often will decide and dictate what you have to do... And then, we oversee the other point of view. It is ok to have an expectation and plan of things in our life. But when we try to judge others our way, things will go havoc... Why should we let that happen to our life.. Judge things and people after you know them, and never stick with the first impression. It can be the most stupid thing at times.

Open up your mind. Please let yourself know that others are also smart, they can take right decisions and plan well. They might saw something that you haven't. They may be just thinking ahead of you... So appreciate them and like the courage they have to think and do different. Just because others are not following what we expect them to be, doesn't mean that they are wrong... Good Luck...

It's Easy To Make People Happy....

Yes, you read it right. And it was confirmed when I was chatting with my cyber friend tonight. 'I must say that it boosted up my morale quite a bit and I went to bed giggling and laughing (to myself). ' That was she wrote about it... And that too when she herself thinks her life is screwed up... I checked the chat history twice and didn't find anything extra ordinary there... Hhmmm... That was funny.

So what exactly makes people happy... It is not a costly gift or a cruise. Just let them know you love them, care about them. And that is easy. Just tell yourself how good they are to you and what it will be without them... Small things are the best happy recipes. When I read a story in Reader's Digest, When Was The Last Time You Said I Love You To Your Mother, I was touched. It was about not to wait for the last moment to kiss your mom and all. After reading it, ( I was in college away from home ) next time when I was leaving for college after weekend, I told mom I love you. To my surprise after a pose she said she love me too. And that was touching. Her eyes were wet. Even now when I tell her I love her, or dad how much I miss him, I know it makes them happy, because they know that they are wanted. Is it difficult to let them know they are loved....

When you love someone tell them, show them you love them. Get them small gifts.. Smile, give a warm hug or pat on back, laugh with them. Share the memories of good old times you had with them.... It all calls for long lasting happiness.

I felt proud, I made my friend go to bed smiling. And that was not a tough thing to do either... And tonight I am going to bed Smiling, content... And hey, it is easy to make people happy....

How far will you go for love..

I guess I am writing lot about Love. But do you have a better topic to discuss... Here I will introduce you to two new characters. Who believed and went ahead in love, a bit too far. The only similarities among them is that both were girls.

First one is ( was ) working as a team lead in a software firm. When she attended interview for another company she met her Prince charming. Well, it definitely not was love at first sight. But they get introduced in the interview time and the friendship grows into Love.

So far so good. Then the inevitable happened, one by one. First parents. Though his parents agreed to it and met her to know each other, her parents were against it sighting caste and language difference. ( interestingly, they found an alliance for her, a relative, who earns a quarter of hers and look wise... a scare-crow might be decent in front of him. ) They were black mailing her emotionally, you are the only child, your marriage is our dream, what our family will think if you marry an outsider etc, etc etc... It went so far that when she visited home for vacation, they virtually kept her house arrest and her relatives came and counselled her all days... She got fed up with it ( naturally ) and she stopped gong home. She kept herself busy at work and tried to keep away from all those personal things.

The prince was knowing all these and was planning to visit her parents to explain things. But she kept him from it fearing he will be kicked out and she didn't want that to happen. He by that time has quit the company and was doing MS out of India. She, in a sudden plan quit the job and went abroad. So there she is, in an unknown land but with the comfort of prince and his family. She now is totally down, because of wrong job ( she managed to find one in this tough time though ), the climate, food and been away from home. She wants to come back to India, but only with her prince. But her family is not ready to accept him. She wants her parents to be with him but for them she is no more their daughter. Hhmm... tough situation...


The next story is a positive one, I mean the girl and her prince got married. There is all masala for a ( stupid ) love story. Love at first sight, proposal, rejection, guilty, elope, court marriage, united with parents ( after the baby ) and all... By the end of the story you will get why I called it stupid.

The girl and the guy met at a function at her sister's place. He fell head over heals for her and decided at once ( ! ) that she will be his wife. He proposed right then and there and naturally she turned him down. Now the story begins. He proposed her two more times and always she rejected him. But he was firm on his decision and was waiting for her. Their common friends told her that he will marry only her and if she rejects he will collapse and blah blah blah.. The lady being a 'good girl' doesn't wants to see him struggling because of her. She was not able to make a decision, and as a devotee of Shiva she chose to seek His opinion.

She has a novel way of seeking Shiva's opinion. She will put chits of various options and will pick one chanting Shiva manthras. That will be Shiva's answer to her queries !!! She asked whether he will be the right partner for her and the answer came 'yes' and then whether she can trust him - again 'yes'. She took some money from her papa's and sister's pocket and took a bus to his city !!!! Remember, she never talked to him or informed him that she was coming !!!

Luckily for her things didn't get worse. He though was shocked to meet her all a sudden, took her to a friend's house and married in a week. Their parents were not too happy with it but they are ok now. And they are living happily with two kids... She says she still gets goose bumps when she think about her stupid journey to the city.


So, what you think... Love is blind, fearless, stupid, nonsense whatever... But it definitely is a good subject to discuss, right...

I Did It...

It is not very uncommon that we need to stay back to finish assignments.
But today it was different.
I completed one assignment given to me and then took another one afternoon.
It was a subblock of an important block and we needed to change around 10 blocks.
By the time I choose most of the blocks were taken up and I took one left in the list.
I checked with other teammates whether they plan to take it up, and they gave me a wicked smile and wish me good luck.
I was feeling strange but started working on it.
It didn't take much time for me to realise that I indeed took an interesting block....


With some effort I completed a lower level block but it was not getting clean easily...
And then one of my teammate suggested it is a complex one and asked me to undo my changes and leave it to my senior in the US.
Anyway I had almost an hour left so I thought of continuing it.
At last with some encouraging words from my senior I completed it.
Still there was a long way to go and I really thought of undoing what I did...
Then my senior told me if I could do the lower block why not complete it...
It really got me charged and I finished the block.
When I was almost completed the block and was in the last stages of verification he came and told me that it was originally supposed to do by the US team...
Anyway I was happy that I completed it today itself and thanked him for his support...
If he didn't push me and if I left office undoing the stuff...


Feels good...

The First Rain And The....

Yesterday evening was beautiful, well, that's what I thought. I started from the office and there comes the rain. First rain of the season and the year too and I was happy ( did I had a choice ??? ). Back in Kerala it was raining at many places, but in Irinjalakuda it happened only the next day I left. For the last few weeks it was very hot in Bangalore and yesterday I didn't take my jacket. So I was prepared to enjoy the rain and left my cell and watch in my bag and stared singing Celine Dion. ' Let the rain come down and wash away my tears...'

The road was full of action. Everybody was hurrying home, and two wheelers were particularly impatient and was trying to get ahead at all possible gap they get in the traffic. Everything was fine till the signal turned red. I heard a scratching sound ahead. The first bike there braked and skid, then the one behind it and it was like a chain reaction... Then the sound came too close.. I realised that I also applied brake and the next moment I was also in the middle of the road... I saw an auto nearing me and I waved both my hands to him. He managed to steer away. I pulled my bike up and parked it. Was trying to put my thoughts together... Then just 10 feet from me another guy fell. The Ikon behind him applied brake and it was also skidding.. He managed to stop but the Sumo behind him was not. It hit hard on Ikon... I realised things are not happening good and texted my roommate to drive slow.

Being the warrior and true hero I am, I started the bike. Moving forward I realised it was much complicated than I saw from the first place and more bikes and riders were on footpath, trying to fix the bike or themselves. ( that includes the gorgeous lady I saw at the signal. She was looking like an angel in that parrot green chudi. The guy must have ride the Pulsar safer, that her dress is completely stained in black greasy thing which was on the road, and was sitting lost in the footpath.. poor lady...). I was riding at 10 kmph and that also was a bit scary. All the motorists now forgot the rain and rush and were too slow for the empty road. I called my roomie to warn, in case he missed the SMS... He was reached home and was preparing dinner.. so sweet of him...

When reached home I was thanking God. Fall on that busy road could be fatal as there was every chance to ride over by another vehicle. And I had only two small patch works on my knee. The cream colour trouser was gone, but it was something I can loose. Though it was a birthday gift and it didn't even last an year...

Thanks mom and all others for the prayers.. See, I survived to write about it. I thought of a first rain blog when I started from office and it turned out to be the first accident in Bangalore... Hope the next post will be a happy one... :)

Love Letter.....

This is a mail I sent Dad some time back....

Dad...
I am in Love...
I found the one I was waiting for....
Now in my mind only she is there....
I want her to be mine....

You know I didn't believe in Love, Love at first sight the least..
But when I saw her, I fell head on heals...
Now I want only her...
I told mom about her...
She thinks I am living in fantasy...
But now I am waiting for the day I can bring her home...


Sorry, I didn't mention her...
She is Civic...
Yup the same car which made mom happy at the first look itself...
Dad, I saw a silver one on the road and at the signals was trying to be in front of it to have a better look ( vaayil nottam )...
And I am hooked to it...
From bumper to bumper... it is sexy...
The interior too is very plush and elegant...
And when went for a lunch break there was a fire red one...
I want that colour, fire red...
So you may settled with an Alto or Swift...
But my car is Civic..
That is sure...


Now let me go for a fantasy drive in dream...
Me and her, going for a long drive......

Happy New Year...

Hi Readers,
I know it is too late to wish Happy New Year...
But this wish is indeed on time...
Because it is for a special friend who just got a new reason to celebrate..


In my previous posts I have mentioned about my friend who was stuck between her love and family and all those unfortunate things...
Now her 'he' is completed studies..
So what she did, left India and joined a company abroad...
That is too cool...
If you can not have the life the way you want here, and things which preventing it are too much for you to accept, just fly away...
The world is so big and beautiful...
You can live it your way with the happiness that you always longing for...

Good luck my friends...