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Wednesday 27 May 2009
Tuesday 26 May 2009
Rishikesh Trip - an Awesome experience
This is one trip I will never forgot in my lifetime. My friend Anubhav told me that after completing the rafting, you will feel that you've acheived something in your life. It was true and I felt after the first rapid.
The terms "rapid" is used in Rafting. It is the place where the water flows from a higher level to a lower level. It seems like an easy taskk but you scream to hell and feel the death right before your eyes. Once you cross the rapid, you will desparately start waiting for another one.
We did all sort of tricks. Upside down of the raft, 90 degree shift, crossing Type 4 rapids, crossing rapid by hanging outside the raft and not by rowing...
The unfortunate thing is all our cameras were placed in dry bag of other raft and we couldn't take photo of ours during rafting. All we could do is to wait for the other raft to come, get our cameras and take photos where we took rest.
All my Rishikesh trip photos are uploaded in Picasa and can be viewed here
The terms "rapid" is used in Rafting. It is the place where the water flows from a higher level to a lower level. It seems like an easy taskk but you scream to hell and feel the death right before your eyes. Once you cross the rapid, you will desparately start waiting for another one.
We did all sort of tricks. Upside down of the raft, 90 degree shift, crossing Type 4 rapids, crossing rapid by hanging outside the raft and not by rowing...
The unfortunate thing is all our cameras were placed in dry bag of other raft and we couldn't take photo of ours during rafting. All we could do is to wait for the other raft to come, get our cameras and take photos where we took rest.
All my Rishikesh trip photos are uploaded in Picasa and can be viewed here
Thursday 21 May 2009
Me and the Tsunami
Prelude: This is a short story I wrote for "Telling tall tales" competition in TCS Delhi. The rule was that it should be an exaggerated, funny, partly real experience kind of story. And I wrote this story in just 25 minutes and sent for competition just one minute before the entry was closed. The beauty is that I was in a Tele-conference call while writing the story ;)
Story starts here...
It was fine July evening. I was riding in my bike along the Old Mahabalipuram Road in Chennai. My ears were filled with AR.Rehman's music flowing through the Philips headphone. The Motorokr E8 was serving its purpose by providing a good music at the best quality.
Suddenly the clouds were turning dark and it seemed to rain. I had no idea to return to my home and neither my friend at pillion. When we entered the East Coast Road beach, it started drizzle. We bought ice creams and started walking towards the Bay of Bengal. The ice cream was so cold that we spoke gibberish for atleast half an hour. It took 30 minutes to taste the salt water of the sea.
While we were swimming in the sea, the rain began dorpping heavily. It almost flooded the area. We couldn't see the difference between the sea and the coast. Sea had salt water and in Coast it was rain water. It seemed we were trapped in an island surrounded by water. But we were playing not realising this danger around us.
We were trying to play volley ball in water. But mostly it was football when we were lofted away to the coast. We swam in the sea and came back again. Most of the time the ball was above our heads as the waves carried them very high. when we threw the ball it came to us with force defeating the Newton's law. The waves started coming higher and higher that we could see the big fishes and turtles besides our legs.
When I tried to hit the ball once, it almost bit my leg. then only I realized that it was a Crab and not the football. I had hit its claws or whatsoever so hard that my blood came out oozing very fast. In next five minutes, I was about to lose my consciousness. I tried to swim to the coast along but never could reach it. I tried to search where my bike was parked but it was silently floating few kilometres inside the sea. I was shocked and started realizing the situation.
I shouted at my friend "Tsunami". He could barely hear me as very strong wind started blowing then. I could see smalls birds falling in the sea as if they were shot dead. They were unable to fly against the wind and fell down tired. My adrenaline rush increased more and I was able to hear my heart pounding clearly. Suddenly my friend disappeared into the sea and never came out. I was so terrified and my face was turning blue. I was not sure if it was because of the crab bite (?!).
The Ice cream vendor was swimming near to me and his vehicle has already joined the parking area with my bike in the sea. Of course, the parking fees is free in the sea. Nearly after 10 minutes of hard swimming I could see a bit of land and step my foot on it. It was a the roof top of the nearby ECR farm house. I had envied it for a long time. Right now that house was under my feet. What a twist of fate.
The cars, Buses in ECR and started moving to the parking area. I tried to swim through them and reach my room. By the time, I reached my apartment top and landed there the rain had stopped and flood had drained much of its contents including uses, Cars, Bulldozers into the sea. That was the first time I saw all vehicles parked in an order yet still floating. Oh! this might be the Nature's Order and the so called Power of Nature.
Suddenly Sun came out of the clouds no where and spread its full rays. I could feel the heat on my eyelids inspite of closing it. I let my hands be the umbrella to my eyes and opened it a bit. It was a bright Sunday morning and my friend sleeping nearby whispered few words in my ears, "Hey Buddy, wake up! We have to go to ECR beach this evening".
Story starts here...
It was fine July evening. I was riding in my bike along the Old Mahabalipuram Road in Chennai. My ears were filled with AR.Rehman's music flowing through the Philips headphone. The Motorokr E8 was serving its purpose by providing a good music at the best quality.
Suddenly the clouds were turning dark and it seemed to rain. I had no idea to return to my home and neither my friend at pillion. When we entered the East Coast Road beach, it started drizzle. We bought ice creams and started walking towards the Bay of Bengal. The ice cream was so cold that we spoke gibberish for atleast half an hour. It took 30 minutes to taste the salt water of the sea.
While we were swimming in the sea, the rain began dorpping heavily. It almost flooded the area. We couldn't see the difference between the sea and the coast. Sea had salt water and in Coast it was rain water. It seemed we were trapped in an island surrounded by water. But we were playing not realising this danger around us.
We were trying to play volley ball in water. But mostly it was football when we were lofted away to the coast. We swam in the sea and came back again. Most of the time the ball was above our heads as the waves carried them very high. when we threw the ball it came to us with force defeating the Newton's law. The waves started coming higher and higher that we could see the big fishes and turtles besides our legs.
When I tried to hit the ball once, it almost bit my leg. then only I realized that it was a Crab and not the football. I had hit its claws or whatsoever so hard that my blood came out oozing very fast. In next five minutes, I was about to lose my consciousness. I tried to swim to the coast along but never could reach it. I tried to search where my bike was parked but it was silently floating few kilometres inside the sea. I was shocked and started realizing the situation.
I shouted at my friend "Tsunami". He could barely hear me as very strong wind started blowing then. I could see smalls birds falling in the sea as if they were shot dead. They were unable to fly against the wind and fell down tired. My adrenaline rush increased more and I was able to hear my heart pounding clearly. Suddenly my friend disappeared into the sea and never came out. I was so terrified and my face was turning blue. I was not sure if it was because of the crab bite (?!).
The Ice cream vendor was swimming near to me and his vehicle has already joined the parking area with my bike in the sea. Of course, the parking fees is free in the sea. Nearly after 10 minutes of hard swimming I could see a bit of land and step my foot on it. It was a the roof top of the nearby ECR farm house. I had envied it for a long time. Right now that house was under my feet. What a twist of fate.
The cars, Buses in ECR and started moving to the parking area. I tried to swim through them and reach my room. By the time, I reached my apartment top and landed there the rain had stopped and flood had drained much of its contents including uses, Cars, Bulldozers into the sea. That was the first time I saw all vehicles parked in an order yet still floating. Oh! this might be the Nature's Order and the so called Power of Nature.
Suddenly Sun came out of the clouds no where and spread its full rays. I could feel the heat on my eyelids inspite of closing it. I let my hands be the umbrella to my eyes and opened it a bit. It was a bright Sunday morning and my friend sleeping nearby whispered few words in my ears, "Hey Buddy, wake up! We have to go to ECR beach this evening".
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Monday 11 May 2009
GETTING MARRIED - A Funny Story
A young man went to his father one day to tell him that he wanted to get married. His father was happy for him. He asked his son who the girl was, and he told him that it was Samantha a girl from the neighborhood. With a sad face the old man said to his son, ''I'm sorry to say this son but I have to. The girl you want to marry is your sister, but please don't tell your mother.''
The young man again brought 3 more names to his father but ended up frustrated cause the response was still the same. So he decides to go to his mother. ''Mom I want to get married but all the girls that I love, dad said they are my sisters and I mustn't tell you.''
His mother smiled and said to him, ''Don't worry my son, you can marry any of those girls. You're not his son."
The young man again brought 3 more names to his father but ended up frustrated cause the response was still the same. So he decides to go to his mother. ''Mom I want to get married but all the girls that I love, dad said they are my sisters and I mustn't tell you.''
His mother smiled and said to him, ''Don't worry my son, you can marry any of those girls. You're not his son."
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Friday 8 May 2009
SIGNS - The short Film
One fine day, I read Nila Raseegan's blog after a long time. He had posted a review about a short film "Signs". I watched the film immediately after reading the review. It is too good to watch.
I will not say the story. Watch the movie, feel the music. You will realise why I say so!
I will not say the story. Watch the movie, feel the music. You will realise why I say so!
From words of Nila Raseegan:
"மூன்று மணிநேரம் ஓடக்கூடிய திரைப்படங்கள் தருகின்ற அனுபவத்தைவிட மிகச்சிறந்த அனுபவங்களை/உணர்வுகளை மூன்று நிமிட குறும்படங்கள் தந்துவிடும்.குறும்படங்களில் மிக முக்கிய அம்சமாக திகழ்வது இசை(சில படங்கள் விதிவிலக்கு)சொல்லாத சொல்லையும் உணர்த்திவிடும் இசை.காற்றில் சலசலக்கும் தென்னங்கீற்று மாதிரி."
If you still wanna read the story in Tamil, check here...
You can view the Clip in Youtube here:
Thursday 7 May 2009
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Tirupati Balaji temple. I took the snap with my 6600. See how the temple glows in night.
Tata Indicom sucks
I have a Tata Indicom post paid connection. The network is real bad. Even if you have full network you can not hear what the person at the other end speaks to you. You keep on saying "Hello Hello".
To add fuel to my fire, there were advertisements on TV for their network coverage during this IPL season 2.
F*** the person who proposed this advertisement. They say "No network problem, No Hello hello".
This one liner is direct contrary to the coverage I get. To say in short "Tata Indicom sucks" and my best service provider vote goes to Airtel. After all these network problems, I still have the connection only for the free STD package.
You will surely laugh at the package name - "Honest 450"...It should be "Fraud 420".LOL
To add fuel to my fire, there were advertisements on TV for their network coverage during this IPL season 2.
F*** the person who proposed this advertisement. They say "No network problem, No Hello hello".
This one liner is direct contrary to the coverage I get. To say in short "Tata Indicom sucks" and my best service provider vote goes to Airtel. After all these network problems, I still have the connection only for the free STD package.
You will surely laugh at the package name - "Honest 450"...It should be "Fraud 420".LOL
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