Team Outing!

Just back from Team outing,it was a marvellous day(apart from being friday,which is a holy day for s/w ppl).
We went for full day outing to Goldern Palm Resort, which is Sanjay Khans resort.It was a awsome place,though many ppl did'nt like it then our previous outing place(Club Cabana).We planned to leave from our office through a 50 seater bus by 8:30AM,but as usual we all followed our IST and left arnd 9:45AM.As traffic is also getting verse in b'lore,so we reached finally to resort at 11:30AM.After having our welcome drink,we rushed to games section.Though we planned to start with Cricket,but unluckly resort ppl have other guests(ppl from informatica) who were using the cricket ground.The incharge assured us that ground will be available for us by 1 oclock.So we planned to enjoy other games and go for cricket after lunch.
We(Chinu,prem,K boss,Ravi,Nataraj and many more) went to play TT & Tennis.I could not try much hands on Tennis as i was not in sports shoes.
As planned we went for lunch which was served near pool side(food stuff was really cool,we ate upto our brim).All were feeling sleepy after lunch.Ppl were not as enthusiastic to play cricket as they were in intial stage.Any how our dear frnd Ravi(gr8 cricket lover) was able to pull all of us to cricket ground which was still occupied by informatica guys.Anyhow they vacated the area soon(for which we again took help of resort incharge).Totally we played 2 matches(our team lost one and won the other).After matches we were totally exausted and it was already 5.00 PM ,so we went for our high tea and then planned to jump into water pool to relax out tiring body(which is not use to scorching heat and physical hard work we have put into cricket).
As our team guys were already playing volleyball in pool,so we too got into it and enjoyed till 7.00PM.Then got refreshed and went to bar to have some cool drinks...i know it sounds odd(where we enjoyed jokes with sush,pulled her leg a lot for drinking).Then went for photo session all arnd the resort and finally settled for dinner.I did'nt ate much but food was good as usual.

Finally we landed up to office at 10:30PM and here i am on my blog(could not stop my self from writing,though was feeling too tired to stare at monitor,just thinking if some body can drop me to home,dont feel like driving.Any how have to take my bike as Anju is coming early in morning to b'lore,have to pick her up and do a couple of her important tasks).Chalo will be back soon!

Hyderabad Trip!

I am back from Hyd today morning.It was a fun trip.Left on tuesday evening on train for hyderabad(food facility in train was good enough...as compared to pune journey).Reached hyd 5:45 in morning(it was drizzling),called up my cousin to know the exact location of her house.Took an auto to her place in bangera hills.Auto's in hyd are good looking,but they are not as supersonic in speed as here in b'lore.
Finally reached my cousin placed,got refreshed and planned for outing after lunch.My cousin prepared food at home(she makes awsome chappati's,got chance to taste homely food for few more days).As it was Ganesh chaturthi,so bhaiya(abha's elder bro) was also free.So we went for a movie(NO ETNTRY),for which we already booked tickets on phone.But unlucky when we reached there,theatre ppl sold off all tickets.So i managed to get tickets in black(all three tickets had different seat numbers,that also got managed soon in hall).On the whole movie was good,specially the second half.After movie we went to hussain sagar lake,went around on necklace road(stayed there for half an hour).Then we moved to a near by mall PRASAD.There we had coffee and tried to catch up some apparel for abha,but ladies segment was weak in mall.So came back home.I was of intension to have dinner outside,but bhaiya & abha were too fedup of outside food,so i settled with them(homely food is yummy for me,specially the wonderfull chaapatis that abha made).
When we reached home,electricity went off and abha has to manage cooking without electricity in candle light.We winded up dinner by 12:15AM and went straight to bed as all were too tired.
Next day nothing was planned for outing except doing shopping for abha in Hyderabad cental(which we again planned after lunch).We left for Central around 3:00PM,where abha tried lot of apparels and finally after one hour and 30 mins search we have got good clothes for her.Then we settled for coffee and chatted a lot.My train was at 7:00PM,so we left from central around 5:45PM to pickup my luggage and finally reached station 5 mins before train departure(thanks god,did'nt missed my train).
I was planning for hyd trip from last 8 months(yaa i know,i am too lazy to go ahead with implementing my plans,but was too busy with work schedule to feel free to go any where except on important ocassions).
Finally back to b'lore.Hope for next trip soon(may be to sikkim,will plan with all frnds).

Reunification

This weekend was really gr8888888.. and rememberable moment for me as I went to pune to meet my college days sweet frnds(sharmaji,chow & yash),specially chow who has came from US.I started from b'lore on thursday night and reached pune on friday evening.As it was long journey,so i had taken one novel(Tao of Physics),which i have hardly read 30-40 pages.It was based on linkage b/w physics and old time religion ,which has always forced me to sleep.So most of the journey i was sleeping and rest of the time was excited about time, i have planned ahead in pune.

Finally when i reached pune,chow and sharmaji came to recieve me(as they have already reached pune thru flight and arranged for a marvellous hotel near station).Yash was expected to join us late in night after his job shift.As he already took lot of holidays for his brother marriage and his father operation,so we planned pune as destination of our reunion else i was looking forward for Bhopal(to refresh once again our college days).Anyways,days at pune was fantastic.

On friday evening, we three left for FC road and had some good stuff(pav bhaji) in a restuarent.Mean while did lot of bakar with chow.
We also called up Kaul baba(one of our batch mate) to same place and he was not ready to believe that we all were in pune.Kaul took lot of time to reach FC road,so in the mean time we guys took a big round of FC road(2-3 times).
Finally we have settled down with kaul in Subway,shared lot of jokes(as all the time i was pulling kauls leg:-).With kaul we took our dinner outside and came back to hotel,wating for yash to join us.Surprisingly,yash came straight to our room without even letting us know of his arrival.

Now was the time of actual bakar.We were awake till 2-3 AM and then have to sleep as we had planned for a trip to lonawala and khandlaa(b/w pune and mumbai).

Next day we ran behind our schedule and was ready after our break fast for leaving to lonvala/khandala by 11AM.We hired a cab after lot of bargain on price(settled for 1100+toll tax).So we were rocking on express way by 12:30.

We saw various places like Tata power Dam,Caves,lonvala(it was too foggy/cloudy weather and really good place) and finally khandala(nice place but was not as exciting as i expected).On the whole,the trip was excellent.Finally we left for pune arnd 6PM and reached there by 7:35PM.Then we had a plan for movie and was not sure for which to go and also not aware of show timings.So we have asked the cab person to drop us to INOX theatre.There we could not catchup any good movie (was looking for Ramji london waley).All the show timings were before 8PM.Finally i remembered one of the theatre that i saw near station which was screening the movie.So i and rajiv rushed to the theatre to checkout timings/ticket availability and in the meantime yash & chow went to hotel to drop the stuff we had bought from lonavala.Finally we got the tickets of the movie of 9:30PM show.Chow's cousin brother was studing in pune,so we also invited him for the movie.

Movie was full of fun.I was having a feeling that i was still in bhopal with my frnds watching a movie in some bhopali theatre.After movie, we went to COMESUM(24 hrs)on railway station and stayed there till 3AM.It was too crowded with young guys and gals(as if it was some fashion show going on).
We adieu chow's brother and were back to hotel.All were too tired and we have to checkout next day so we slept soon.Next day we got up late as usual and then got ready to checkout from hotel.As i had my b'lore KSRTC bus at 4PM,so we planned to meet bhabhiji(sharmaji elder brother's would be wife).Bhabhiji was not happy as she has prepared food for us and we were asking her to have lunch outside.Finally we settled for lunch at her home(she has prepared really dellicious kofta's...after many years got chance to have them).Last few hours at bahbhiji house was cool enough.
It was almost 3:20PM and we have to reach the bus stop(the exact place i was not aware of),so me,rajiv & bhabhiji took one auto and chow,yash hired another one to give me final buy on bus stop.At last we reached the place, where bus was about to leave.I boarded it and gave final love to my frnds(that too in hurry,was feeling so sad).
Now began my journey towards b'lore in which i just thought of days i spent at pune with frnds.In whole journey,we got 2 movies to watch(Sarfarosh & Dus) which i was hardly interested to see.
Late night i came to know that chow and rajiv has missed there flight to delhi and later chow planned of going to Shirdi(from there his plans were for ujjain).Yash left for aurangabad and my dear sharmaji have to stay at bhabhiji house in pune to catch up next day flight for delhi.
When i came back to b'lore i was feeling as if i was in pune from long time.I wish God to gather as again soon for another good ocassion.

Today i will be heading for my next gr8 trip to hyderabad(will have fun with my cousin).See you soon again!

The Rising!

As we had last weekend long enough (15th August holiday), so my frnds and me planned for movie Mangal Pandey.Shuvam and I was giving a lot of fight last week to book a ticket in PVR for it, but hard luck. So finally on Saturday we spend 3 hours to get a ticket in Multiplex.

One reason to watch the movie was, mega star Aamir Khan, though movie story also matters a lot to us irrespective of cast crew. On Sunday, when we read/heard lot of bad reviews of MP, we felt sad (specifically becoz whenever we (shuvam, gunajit etc) went for movie, it has turned to be a flop on box office..last movie we went was Kisna).

Anyways, when we saw the movie, we all found it good enough (at least not so bad as per reviews). I think there could be two reasons for dislike of ppl

1.There was no regular Ishq/family masala in movie

2.There was no enthusiastic ending to the movie (like good ppl having victory on evil, regular maar-dhaad).

It was a 3 hours movie on a brave soldier (history has only a small snippet of him) and whatever the director tried to depict was good enough.

I felt really good to watch such movie on 15th august, which shows how much struggle ppl have made to give freedom to us. Sati system, race difference etc all seems really sick and inhuman things. Thanks god, such procedures are not followed now days.

Apart from this, I got chance to catch up Forest Gumb.Tom hanks has brilliantly performed. Really , Hollywood directors think differently,all above the regular masala from bollywood style. And I know such movies will not be appreciated by our ppl. Though new generation is getting a lot of sense from Hollywood story line, but it will take a long time for us to adapt to such themes and follow in bollywood.
Hope to catch up more good movies soon!

B'day Month

Did not made a post from long time as was in training for couple of days.
Anyways,August is the time of of b'day's in my family.13th-- masiji,15th papa and 17th(today)mama's.Wished them all but could not show my presence at home(though we never celebrate b'days,still mom cook some good stuff if we are there and i feel the warmth of being something special on such days).
May God bless them all with happiness and good health!

High in air!

This is always a dream come true for a person who always sees into the sky and think that he too will get a chance to fly high up in the air.Yaa..i am talking of my first experience in flight.As per i had no plans to come by flight,but my cousin had to join infy on 25th.So i decided to leave early from home town and drop her.As she already booked her flight ticket,so i also booked my tickets through some refernce but unluckly in separate airways(Indian Airlines).
My friend Rajiv ,sister and me reached early to delhi domestic airport(palam), as i have to get ticket from some refered person.My flight timing was 4:30 and my cousin flight was at 5:30.

Once i got my ticket from the concerned person, we had our lunch and then took some tips of procedure that need to be gone through before boarding plane from Rajiv.After that i left for final checkout(have already submitted my luggage) and adieu to my frnd.Then while waiting for my flight i got a lot of calls from masiji,mummy and my frnds father.This was a good time pass there for me.After some time a announcement was made that our flight is delayed by 40 mins..so will leave at 5:10PM .I was happy as i will reach bangalore close to my cousin arrival time.
Around five o'clock announcement was made for executive class ppl for our flight, so i waited there to get announcement for economic class(as i already saw that for other flights there were separate doors for economic and executive class ).20 mins passed, i heard no announcement for economic class for our flight.I was bit worried but thought,may be it takes time.Then suddenly i heard a announcement"This is a final call for ppl who want to go to bangalore thru flight number IT403".I was shocked, but no time to regain from it, just left towards the concerned door where the instructor asked abt my flight and after i told..he communicated on his wireless that final passenger has arrived!
I felt like that they were just waiting for me ,though i was sitting from last 30mins waiting for announcement.God knows where things went wrong.I alone went thru bus to plane and as soon i got down one of the attend asked me "where i was?"..but i had no time to give him any explaination.
Then i boarded the plane where the Air hostess welcomed me with a smile, and then found that my seat is already occupied by a old lady who was accompanied by a handicapped son.So could not argue for my window seat.Anyways have to sit in middle place between 2 fat uncles(sounds horrible and unlucky)Anyways was getting a glance of outside and had my novel with me to kill time.
I felt to be in flight just while taking off & landing (few of the times in between when it took turns or jerks around..feeling as if was driving on some uneven road).
After the plane took off...I was feeling that we are sailing in a big ocean of clouds.Got a good view of delhi.As it was cloudy climate ,so later could not see down.Then i spent my 2 hours 20 mins in plane reading novel,had my refreshments and in middle galncing out of window.Finally we reached bangalore (got a good night view of rocking b'lore).After getting down coolly, colleted my luggage and waited for 20 mins for my cousin.Then we happly reached my place and called up everyone of our safely reaching to b'lore.My parents were bit worreid and excited also, as it was my first exp. though, they themselves never got chance.Looking for the day when i will travel with my family:-)
Forgot to mention that i got a good glance of gr8 and down to earth man at bangalore airport..guess who??ofcourse it is IT city ..so u will see big shots of IT firms.It was chief mentor NR Narayana Murthy of infosys.He was looking like a normal man (I mean he had no charisma of big shots)accompanied by a plane clothes guard.No one was giving any concern to him and he hurriedly left from the airport.I was happy to see him like a cine star for kids.

Anyways,waiting for my next experience in flight!

Nice but short

Hey i am back from home, now feeling sad & lonely.Will revive from this nostalgia within few days.Let me give you brief description of my short and gr8 trip.
Left for my home town on train, though it is long journey but i was happy to have a frnd of mine kartar singh(alias name kept by me).We really enjoyed one and half day journey and also learnt some card games/tricks from him.He was also going back to home in reference to some govt. job(Wish him Good luck!)
I reached delhi on sunday morning and finally to my home place in night, where my parents & sis were eagerly waiting to recieve me on station.Felt relax and happy to see them.
Good thing was that where ever i planned to go during my vacation it was raining all around, though weather was humid which was little irritating but rain has given relief from scorching heat.
My next 2 days were at home where i unluckly fall sick.Third day i went to meet my relatives on father side that too in hurry, uncle was not happy on my short visit as he always like me to stay for day or 2 but i cannot make it becasue of shotage of time.Fourth day i went to my maternal side.Here the duration was too short as i have lot of ppl to meet.Happy thing for me was to meet my younger masiji whom i have not visited from last 2-3 years.
Actually my return plans were of 28th july but my cousin had to join infy on 25th in mysore, so have to come along with her.
Second last day i stayed at home with mom & dad and also went to meet my school time close frnd late in night.Got chance to see his parents too, as i never went to his place after my 10th studies.Really feel good that they still luv and remember me with same ease.

Final day i left for delhi early in morning where my gr8 loving frnd came to recieve me.The day was good enough, but we had to face bad luck for some time in delhi as cops caught us twice for no helmet and grabbed 250 bugs.Finally when we reached his home, there was some mess up with internal lock of his house and we went to his frnd house, where i felt relaxed and ate a lot(was hungery from morning).Thanks to his frnd.

Atlast went to station on hired cab to pickup my sis and left for airport to leave for bangalore.

On the whole days were really good but my short duration at each one place made me feel bad.Hope to see them all again sooon with ample time in hand.

In office, everyone was surprised to see me early from vacation.

How time flies!

Its almost 2 weeks i am away from my blog.You all know i was enjoying these weeks with my frnds and relatives who came down to b'lore.Though i came to office but here too was busy with work.

Let me tell you wht all i did in last two weeks:
First of all my b'day on 29th june...celebrtated with frnds and colleagues.Went out for lunch with my frnds(Chinu,Prem,Kothari boss) who bought a lovely and tasty cake ....they really made a big effort to arrange for it...got lot of gud wishes from expected and unexpected ppl( dont ask me for list of ppl :-) .For evening i had planned for dinner with my relatives but as my mausaji was not well so have to drop it.Anyways day was really nice!
My cousin left for home on thursday( last to last week) with my mausaji and masiji...before i could feel bad abt her absence, next day i had my best frnd here in b'lore and a surprise visit from my other cousin.We did lot of bakar on saturday,played pool,watched movie(War of the World) and had a nice dinner at Vaman bhaiya house(my frnds elder bro).Enjoyment does not stop here man..we still had sunday with us and we planned a outing to sheem samundram and all the near by places on a hired qualis.
We did trekking, played around in river water and watched a couple of temples on way back home in evening.Missed out to tell abt south indian udupi lunch we had on bannana leaves,sitting on ground..really tasted good..all ate upto the brim:-)

From next day I was back to office and my frnd was busy with my cousin for her medical checkup..and more personal stories in it(hard to write down all of them).Took off on thursday as my frnd was leaving in the evening..really felt bad, anyways i will be going home this weekend for 10 days.So has a reason to be happy:-)
Few of the pics which i had got right now from our trip(have taken from hill where a temple is situated) is posted here...have lot of pending pics to upload on blog and yahoo..hope to upload them soon!