Blank

No posts for today because I have drawn a blank. I don't have anything to write about.
This is a crazy bland existence.........
See you next time with something interesting to talk about ....

Adieu, Legend !

Phew.. I never knew this would happen. Dada has retired. Yup, he is the only reason I'm such a cricket fanatic. He has rightly been hailed the Robin Hood of Indian cricket.

I started taking cricket seriously in '96 when the World Cup happened. Before that, I didn't care a dime about cricket ( I wonder how I managed to live pre-96 !!) .Okay, I used to play sometimes..used to get clobbered mercilessly by a variety of opponents including my own sister, cousin brother and the like. I was a fat ass !! The WC happened and suddenly I was the maddest 9 year old in the country. I was fixated; the WC handbook that came with 'Indian Express' became my Bible. I read about the beautiful game, the players, the matches... I got hooked for life. I cried along with Kambli during the Eden Gardens fiasco ( no, not exactly tears...but a kind of heart-ache is what I was referring to; my tear glands are non-working even under the extreme of emotions.) The Eden Gardens match gave me bad memories about Kolkata. Little did I know that it was all to change soon.

Fast forward to an English summer '96 ... I had become a regular newspaper reader ever since the WC happened ( yup, that WC made my life in many ways!) I read about the dirty game of politics happening behind the Indian team selection. I lamented along with many eminent cricket journos when they decried a supposedly suicidal decision to recall a certain Sourav Ganguly to the side after a hiatus of 4 years. His record wasn't that good to me then. History intervened and the so called arrogant brat Sourav Ganguly made his Test debut at the Mecca of cricket in '96, much to the dismay of his legion of detractors who had been braying for his blood ever since he was recalled to the side, 4 years after making his ODI debut during a disastrous tour Down Under and being subsequenly dropped to languish in the wilderness of first-class cricket.

And he delivered in royal style. The legend of cricket's very own Bengal Tiger was born on that fateful English summer day at Lord's. From then onwards, on the off-side, there has been God and then Sourav Ganguly. Post 2008, God will be alone once again. Sourav Ganguly has retired from international cricket.

Sachin Tendulkar may be the God of Indian cricket but Sourav will always be the King. Atleast to me. You are the best. I will miss you. Cricket will never be the same again for me and a billion fans of yours. I am a certified Dadamaniac for life !!

Alive!

Almost 5 months away from home and I'm still alive & kicking !! Thanks to all my people. Really!
Phew.. I can't believe I have kept away from blogging for so long. 5 months in a new place, totally new surroundings... Lotsa things have happened but still I'm the unique, romantic devil that I have always been; and I will be like that only till my last breath.

Yeah, I am a working professional right now. I make money for my firm. Nope, I mint money. What the fuck! Rather,it is the other way round..My firm is losing money. Na, I'm not crazy. That is a totally different matter.

I'm talking bullshit, I know! Call it the effect of finding a long-lost friend ..yeah, my own little blog, my own identity in cyberspace. I'm rusty, but I want to talk a lot. There's another time for all that. I'm signing off for the time being. I'll be back.

Ciao!

Hyderabad!

My first post from Hyderabad. I'm signing off.

A Bike Trip.

I went on a trip to Ponmudi for the third time this year. This was the best of the lot. Ponmudi was at her pristine best yesterday. Total mist, freezing winds, abundant rainfall. It was a real pleasure to get drenched in the rain and experience the cold in perfect harmony with nature. Also, the swim in Kallar river in the morning was simply awesome. The flash flood that we saw on our way back was also a new experience.You don't get to see them normally. And yeah, of course, I limped all the way up to the peak :) with my weak right knee !
(My perennial troublemaker knee cap was slightly off colour yesterday; couldn't give me much trouble except a few persistent niggles. Omg, I'm certainly going overboard with my knee trivia.)

Relief!

Thank God! It's all over. I'm done with Engineering(hopefully !) . These were 4 years wasted on useless academic pursuits.. but it has been 4 years of knowing new things about myself, making great friends, strengthening old bonds of friendship, adventures, laughter..These 4 years were full of life. I'll cherish the moments. I'll miss everything. Yeah, I'm now a veteran of 21 years.

(P.S:
I twisted my knee yet again last week. Again, it was all unnecessary. I only have myself to blame for giving my knee cap a rough time. This is one helluva knee cap which keeps popping out once in a while when it feels that it can't take any more of the madness n hell that I give it. It popped out yet again last Friday when I was attempting another totally crazy jig. It was painful alright but it couldn't bar from enjoying one of the best nights in recent times. That was wonderful. The aftermath of it all struck me quite late during the next day n I was left ruing my bad luck. There's a steady flow of craziness that runs in my blood;it makes life all the more worthwhile. I'll have to live with it! That's what that gets me going in life. Otherwise I would've been a dead duck already.

These are my last days before leaving Tvm for work.Real busy days. A time to catch up with friends and family.Well..Hmm... )

Thanks Henin.

7 slams. Queen of Roland Garros. The best backhand in the world.
I'm pretty much shocked by your decision to quit at this ripe age. You are just 25, with the world at your feet.You've won 7 slams and could've won quite a lot more. Damn, you could have won the one missing in your collection.Heck,you should have won Wimbledon.
You were a one woman army against all the powerhitters and grunters that modern tennis has allowed to prosper. I'll miss your wonderful big booming backhand.
I respect your decision to quit; you've your own life to take care of.That should be foremost for you as for everyone.Still, it's a big loss for tennis.
All the best for your life away from tennis.
Thanks for all the sheer joy you provided to millions of your fans across the world.
Justine Henin, thanks for everything. Adieu.

Fun :-)

Another great trip. We had oodles of fun. These spur-of-the-moment trips are really special.My second visit to the serene place of Mankayam was even more splendid than the first one. Truly memorable moments. I'm in love with the waterfalls over there.
The mad road dash to the destination was horrifying yet exciting. I still feel for the unlucky cat that ran into Koshy's bike( I was passenger, of course!). That was gut-wrenching yet the manner in which it took off suggested it might be nothing more than a minor injury.Well, I hope so for its sake.

I can't yet stop laughing about the mad herd of cows and bulls that ran helter-skelter into us on the road. Oh yeah,the rabid raging bull that rammed into Paul's bike and tried to lynch his forearm might still be around the place waiting for us to come one more time.Another one for the movies, this one!The dive to the base of the falls was breathtaking; it's better than the nose dives in most water theme parks !

I don't know when I'll be able to be here again. Hmm..The future,as they say,is unplanned. I hope it turns rosy enough for me. :)

Emotions.

The euphoria and the sadness of coming to the end of four years of college life are finally making me feel the weight of a thousand emotions going through my mind. I hereby honestly proclaim that my mind, the funny little thing that it is, is finally troubled. The troubles are imagined, non-existent, blah-blah.. One thing is certain. Emotions are running high!

June 30. The date is fast approaching. I will be entering a new phase of my life. On that day, I will have left behind 21 wild,carefree years of fun,mirth and laughter. I don't know what the future holds for me. Like one of my friends said, I would be joining the working population of India, making money for myself and my family. That's a heartening prospect but at the same time, it scares me. I think I'm not cut out for serious work. Ah, it's just a thought.. Maybe things will get better and I might metamorphose into a workaholic.

I'm excited about going to live in a new city but I also loathe the very thought of being away from dear old Trivandrum. This is my home. This city has given me a lot and also taught me many lessons in life. I wasn't born here but I have been here for the past 21 years. I'll miss everything about this city.. the beaches,the movie theatres, school, college,the museum grounds,kowdiar park,aakulam lake,veli lake,alappuram pond,the 'big' ground, my house,the wonderful food joints,the traffic,the potholed roads,the splendid views and so on ...

I'll miss my dear scooter who has been my best companion for the past 3 years ..my co-traveller who has taken me places...literally! The scooter has seen many miles on the odo .. It might lack the oomph and be a subject of ridicule but it is a thing of beauty for sure. Thanks for all the smiles and the miles.You rock, my dear champion kinetic. I'll also miss my car which is an absolute delight. Though it hasn't often been with me as often as my scooter, I love it with equal affection. Kudos to you.

I've been really lucky with my friends. You people are the best. My years of education have given me close buddies for life.A million thanks for being with me, for all the good times we have had and for all the love that we have shared.This is surely not the end of our wonderful journey called life.

I have had a long list of pets. First it was fishes that caught my fancy. I still have a 'D'-shaped fish pond in my house. It was home to hundreds of fishes. Now there are only two left. I hate to admit it, but somewhere down the line, I lost it. Blame it on the cats. I just love them. I don't know if anybody could have loved them more. I still do. Beauty, Maggie I,Maggie II,Sodium,Dabblu ..these wonderful people were more human than feline. I'll miss my Kimi and his indiscipline all the more.

I'll miss my house. My family's shelter from the elements for the past 18 years. The place I call my home. A place warmed by love and care.
Above all, I'll miss my family. I have no words to describe them. They are my life.Cheers!

'Change' is necessary !

I saw an ad on TV about a certain company changing its logo. It struck a chord.
Yeah, a "Change"is necessary as well as healthy.
So, here it is...
dtox-u-gotta-listen.blogspot.com is no longer available.
It is the-congenial-human.blogspot.com from now on ....
Dtox speaks .. no one listens. Yeah, I want it that way. No one needs to be misled. I live a carefree life. I don't want to be responsible either for anyone or anything. I will remain as the eternal affable human, a rare sample of the human race. Forever.
Immensely likable, no hostilities and with no enemies either. I think I suit the bill. Obviously indeed :) .

( P.S : I assumed certain things about myself without taking into consideration other people's opinions. That's because I don't care a dime about it.
I'm not making any apologies for being arrogant. That's because I know I am not. )

The Aftermath

This week was indeed one of the busiest in quite sometime. There was a sense of direction to it unlike the usual meanderings that are closely associated with my way of life. A lot of events happened this week: an MH nite (the men's hostel nite) , Power Nite ( our branch nite) and an LH nite ( the ladies' hostel nite) . There were two wonderful 'nightouts' and hectic practice for our dance at Power Nite. I'll blog in detail about Power Nite later with some photos and videos. Our dance was below par considering the amount of practice we had put in. It really is saddening; we screwed it up in the end. Ah, more of this later ...

I got to see my first LH nite of my college life in my last year in college . It is a very colourful affair; the ladies' hostel is simply great! Now I know what I've been missing for the past three years ;). I have serious complaints about the practice of sending out the guests by 10 pm when I've been told that the real festivities go on till 4 am in the morning !! That's something about which I can't do anything ....

Power Nite was a superb event, a night to remember for all of us .. but the aftermath of the event was sickening ..Yeah, I fell sick!! ( Ah, my stale sense of humour!! Pardon , I couldn't help it. ) Honestly, I can't remember being confined to the bed for two days at a stretch anytime recently. This is the time when you wish you had the power to kill all the viruses in the world. I had long hours of fitful sleep, blurry visions of a grey future, morbid dreams and other despicable facets of falling victim to a maniacal fever! Well, I hope I've got ridden of most of the viruses and that is why I'm here,blogging about my silly flirtations with an inconsequential fever.

Another thing of note that happened last week: I think I've finally mastered the art of bike riding ( thanks to Paul's Glamour, his bike ) and to celebrate my coming of age, I clocked 95 kmph but no one is prepared to believe that :( . Trust me, it is True to the fullest extent !!

Randomness Contd..

Am I suffering from writer's block? Honestly, I couldn't make posts even though I'd been itching to get into blogosphere for quite some time. This could put paid to my hopes of becoming a writer one day. Lol, I must be feeling real sleepy or am I dreaming too much?To cut the crap, I'll admit that I'm addicted to blogging. Something had been pulling me all the time I'd been away from my abode here in cyberspace. I'll yield to it. I won't mind being addicted for life.
That should be great news.

Life's getting a lot more exciting these days as my college days are fast ticking away. Time is really flying and suddenly, I feel I'm not giving my college all the attention it deserves. I had taken the place for granted like so many other things in my life. I know I'll miss the place for sure. I feel I'm not getting enough of college. I felt the very same towards the end of fourteen years of my school life. When I passed out of my school , a big void came about in my life. I felt like suddenly being left in the cold. Even after four years, the feeling still lingers albeit I've got a lot of other affairs to look after. I guess this must be what everyone calls the cycle of life. In the beginning, I had hated my college; now, towards the end of my college life, I'm beginning to realize how I'm going to miss this place.

Shortly, I'll have left behind a wonderful phase in my life. School life and college life are the best days of one's life. Both are special in the sense they can't be compared with each other, both are unique and different. School life is blissfully long (spanned 14 joyous years in my case) while college life is short and sweet ( 4 fun-filled years). Both have given me close buddies for life and I'm eternally thankful. And the life, wow.. Thanks a lot. You have given me moments to savour for a lifetime. The life...it has a been a rollercoaster; it has been a hell of a ride so far!!
(SV!)









( CET ! )

Randomness !

Ah, what was it that I wanted to blog home about? Heck, I can't remember! I will make a random post for the time being. I know it's been long since I've made a post. It was like failing to keep a tryst with my freedom out here. This is my world; the never-ending sense of control, self-containment and satisfaction which I get from the blogosphere is something unique and invigorating.

Years down the line, when I look back at the time that has flown by, I'll chance upon this humble blog of mine and say, "hey, this was how life was lived when I was young". Yes, I define my living and the minute I become unable to do so, that'll be when all my people can scribble epitaphs upon my modest grave. I wouldn't mind a certain bit of flowery language though. Yucks, what was all that about? There's honestly no need to worry about my epitaphs at such a tender stage in my life :-)!

Yeah, I remember! I had wanted to write about a zillion things. I wanted to pay a tribute to the living legend known as Sachin, I wanted to write about how I went temple-hopping last Shivaratri and what a unique experience it turned out to be, I wanted to proclaim how cool is to be free from all worldly worries , I had intended to make elaborate plans about how to go on spending time in dear old Trivandrum, I wanted to write about how restless I'm feeling right now since I haven't been to the beach in about a month (I despise beach-less, landlocked Hyderabad all the more :( ), I wanted to share the joys of swimming, I wanted to write a detailed review of my car, I wanted to scribble about my cricket matches, I wanted to jot down a few lines about my college life ( which is about to end and surprise o' surprises, I find that I'll miss the whole damn place for sure ;)) .. yeah, lots of stuff that I can motor on incessantly. And, I have been reading like a demon over the past one month. I want to publish detailed reviews of all the books that I have devoured through. But, life is too busy for my crazy pursuits.

Time's flying by. I have to make the most of my time left in Trivandrum. Fast forward four months and I'll find myself in a strange city with millions of strange people, working my a** out for my employer. Hell, that's not what I want! That's not my dream. Holy hell, I haven't even figured out my dream yet !!

Ah, my dream .. What could that be ????

Convoluted Thoughts ...

Sleep beckons.. Still, I'm an insomniac at heart. Some things will never change; in my case, I'm sure it will be my sleep pattern. I never sleep early.
I love the charms of the night.
Night takes me on a high and brings about a wondrous exaltation of my senses. I know that I'm a lonely starry-eyed tramp walking the high road of life. Night is all around me. I enjoy the darkness.
Darkness abounds in secrets; I love playing the role of a treasure hunter. I seek out treasures from the long lost warps of time. I thrive on the thrill and Night provides me all of that. I'm grateful. It has been such a great friend and our friendship will last the travails of time.

Sleep is another friend..and Dreams strengthen my bond with this other great friend of mine.
I'm wild. Let me spend some time in the darkness.

Have a good night.

Valentine's Day!

I almost forgot that today is Valentine's Day. Well, I wish a happy V-day to all ..
Let there be love along with light.
The world is scarred by war. Ultimately, love wins all battles ..
Let it wake up to a perennial season of love.
Peace.

Buzz ..

Life's chugging along as usual! I finished reading "Life of Pi" today ...totally engrossing read, it's easily the best one I've read this year. I can already imagine myself as Pi Patel, sailing the Pacific in a lifeboat with a Royal Bengal Tiger for company :).

I live in a world of dreams, I dream about adventure,travel and leisure.. As they say, reality bites! My life is far removed from all I want it to be but I'm not complaining. I've learned to separate dreams from reality.. I've reached a point in life where the path forward is forked into two..one, they say, is the path towards success, the well-trodden path ..the one which is forced upon me by reality. The other strays off into the wilderness, promising none of success and all that comes with it.. but it is enchanting, refreshing and promises happiness,meaning and fosters desire.My brain chooses the former path while my heart beats for the latter. The laws of human biology state emphatically that the brain makes all our decisions, the heart is just another bundle of muscles supplying blood. I'm no exceptional human; my brain makes all my decisions.I'll take the path chosen by reality.

Yet, I vow to come back.. come back to where it all began and make the most important decision of my life- I'll take the path of my dreams.
I'll listen to my heart. I'll listen with diligent ears.

Life is good.

Phew !! I can't believe that January got over so fast. It has been a month of holidaying of sorts ... had the opportunity to go to a lot of places, I'm really feeling happy right now :) !
Capped off a wonderful month with a trip to a place called Mankayam last Wednesday .. It was a revelation! The waterfalls were fantastic and the trip was even better than the one to Ponmudi!
Had a most entertaining encounter with our school principal (no, I left school four years back!)
... Talk about serendipity! I still laugh my head off when I recount that funny incident to my friends. Those are truly memories to savour!

(nice ways to cool off minds which work overtime!)









(rented glasses :P)









(no comments ;)










I have a lot of memories regarding that trip .. the tourist guide (presumably so!) who literally killed us with his stale jokes and highly imaginative stories , the gang of B.com students who were on back-slapping terms towards us(apparently due to the high percentage of alcohol in the their blood!), the tale of the school principal (with his gang of elderly friends) who got the rudest shock of his life :D , the wonderful packed lunch from a decrepit restaurant in Palode, my experiments with the bajaj pulsar 180, the case of the missing camera bag, the prospect of a banishment from home( a little bit exaggerated, of course!) ... Ah , I guess I'll be back there soon!

(we were freezing!) (daredevil photography :D)













(smiles all around )









Travel bug's bitten me hard this year. Wanderlust has truly set in !

Final Sem !!

Yes.. finally , it has arrived! I've now got just about 4 months of college life left.. I wish the last few months will give me moments to cherish for a lifetime. It's bound to happen. I know.Life's good; I'm an eternal optimist.

Nevertheless, the first day of the final semester was a bore.. College felt so boring that I fled within two hours and was back home sleeping by noon! I hope things will improve as the semester gets underway. Actually, I hope it gives me enough reasons to stay at home or go visiting places ;) !

May this be the best time of my life!

A leap of Faith.

A freaky incident happened today. I almost met with an accident on my two-wheeler.. I escaped unhurt with no harm done to anyone . The blame partly rests upon me as well that group of pedestrians who were so clumsy in crossing the road that not only endangered my life but also their own precious lives.

Okay, I don't need to get into a blame-game about what really happened on the road. Sure, it shook me so much that I've decided to be more careful in future. You might ask, where does a leap of faith come into the picture? I'll explain..

I've always assumed myself to be a non-believer of sorts even though I visit temples and go on pilgrimages. I believe in the existence of an Almighty presence which lords us all, manipulates our lives and lends a certain value, a meaning to all our lives. My family is one that can be described as extremely pious , almost too much for my own liking. I've always frowned upon many seemingly meaningless customs, ceremonies, pujas and the like. I've been harsh on superstitions, I've ridiculed others' rituals. Even though I pray to God daily,( mainly for favours , and that's too many! ) I've never bothered to thank Him for all the wishes granted. Although I used to pray, there was a feeling lurking deep inside my mind that all this will amount to nothing as the whole act of communion with God was a concept contrary to my beliefs , a concept that was too alien for my perceived self-characterization. In short, I was more or less an atheist at heart and a believer in the exterior.I guess all of these misconceptions on my part occurred due to my lack of belief in religion.


Today morning I was thinking about the fact that I've not had a single fall from my two-wheeler ever since I started riding it while all people I've known have had quite a few to their names.
I was proud of my clean record and prided myself on my extremely safe and confident riding.I've had a few close shaves but still I managed well each time. Come evening, my pride was to go before a fall. I didn't fall and still my record is intact. I'm not proud of it anymore. It opened my eyes towards a bigger truth. The One above's blessings have helped me a lot during my crises although I never realized them then; I always used to ascribe my escapes to my flirtations with lady luck. I felt His hand in the manner in which i escaped from a sure accident today, it was almost miraculous! I've needed divine help in the past and I'll need it in the future also.

From this moment onwards, I promise to change my previously held ridiculous views about religion. I'd been a vehement critic of religion in the past; but now, I realize my mistake. Religion is all about believing in a faith. It's not a tool to bring about a division among people depending upon their faith. Rather, it's for spreading love, peace and brotherhood, it's for creating a peaceful co-existence of people having different ideals in life. There are numerous religions , a thousand gods and goddesses, but there's only channel to worship- belief. Belonging to a particular religion doesn't warrant that one has to disbelieve in all other religions. It's a fatal mistake and it's the sole cause behind most of the unrest happening all over the world. The day we correct our mistake, the world will be a much better place for us to live.

I've started believing in religion. I'll start praying honestly to God. I have faith in Him.
I've made a leap of faith.
I hope that'll make all the difference in an uncertain future.

New year , new hopes , unknown destinations ...

2008 started on the wrong note with a exam that stank on new year's day but I won't take it as a sign of things to come; I've never made plans or had thoughts based on assumptions.
I'm entering my 21st year of existence upon this cruel, wicked world.I sincerely hope that I've been a source of eternal light to the people around me in these dark days. I've always had this belief that I haven't been named so (deepak!) for nothing, maybe there's something attached to my name and spreading light.
January 2008 has been pretty hectic with a lot of travelling and busy but merry times. First of all, there was the trip to Ponmudi that has surely given me memories to last a lifetime. It was the perfect way to mark the end of a sick exam season !





Just one day after that trip came up the prospect of another fun-filled trip to Munnar with my closest friends in college. Little did we know that we wouldn't be seeing the lush green slopes of Munnar; we had assumed wrongly! Instead, we did our first Industrial visit of the year at some nondescript power station located quite far from the place we wanted to visit :( ! It was a 2-day trip , highlighted with that infamous muskovi night about which I wouldn't like to discuss further. Reader,I beg your pardon! I got the opportunity to show around my native place to my friends as we were returning via my place. Grandma was very happy seeing us as also dear lil' Scooby , and I thought my mouth went dry after leaving the place. I've never ever had such a short visit to the place, that really hurt. Anyway, the whole trip was such a wonderful experience. I'll treasure the memories for sure.


I finished the last of my mba entrance tests one week back. I don't know whether I'm happy that the mba season's finally over. As for me, an mba can wait ! I never had much plans to do higher studies, but I guess I failed my parents here. I wish I could've made them happy. Trust me, it's a really sinking feeling but I'll make them proud one day. Again , I don't wish to do so by paying little heed to my own feelings. It's a delicate balancing act!! Actually I haven't really made up my mind on wot I wish to do for the rest of my life. A dull office job, hectic work, higher studies... these will never fit in my scheme of things. I'm too much of a romantic , I consider myself to be a free-flowing spirit enjoying the fragrance of life ..I know these kinda thoughts won't lead me anywhere! This is exactly my problem.. to sum it up.. I'm a romantic,aimless,carefree,kind creature with a mind that thinks this world is in an Utopian state :). Still ,I've a fierce desire to succeed ..I hope it keeps me afloat in an unknown future inspite of all my 'vices'.I love writing! I believe this is where I'll finally end up in life ..I'll become a writer one day!Enough introspection for the time being, I suppose. Time to talk about a few more things that occurred in January !!

Ah , how can I not mention dear Vishnu's sis's marriage? It was one we had all been waiting for. I was waiting for my lab exams( read disaster :( ) to finish and pack off to Guruvayur where the marriage was to take place.Vishnu kept us 'entertained' as he had promised even though he had umpteen things to look after. On the whole, it was an occasion to savour. The newly-weds looked truly made for each other.Vishnu ran the show very well .. I guess I'll have get his advice when my sis's marriage comes up! Yucks.. I better not think about that, it's a bit saddening to think as well. Hmm..

It's been one year since my grandfather left us. I still miss him but in life, you've got to move on..
We all have adjusted well to his sudden departure from our lives.

Just a few days into 2008 and already lots of stuff to write about .. I hope this turns out to be one rollicking year .. The path of life carries on into new unchartered territories.. I'm truly excited to be a traveller !!

The past few months !!

"car of the year 2007","performance car of the year","best mid-size car 2007" .....
winner of 29 international awards including "world's best small car '99" on its last drive

I carry the heavens!

Whoops !! .. It has been ages since I've posted something here !! And ,trust me, it feels real good to be back into familiar territory! I love writing though I've not been able to devote enough of my time and energy into this passion of mine. This is a new year and hence there has been a lot of new year resolutions made by this very humble person. Prime among this has been my decision to be an active blogger. Only time will tell whether I'm able to succeed in this endeavour !

A lot has happened over the last few months about which I don't wish to enter into a lengthy discourse. Oh yeah , how can I forget this? .. I got EMPLOYED .. That was really an exuberant feeling, how I wish I could turn the clock back and experience it one more time !! Aah , then I had a most satisfying tour with my college mates to Ooty, Mysore and Goa. Sure, we had a great time out there and I'll cherish those moments forever ( blah- blah , the usual stuff , but I've to say! ).

The fun times never seem to end and I'm ever thankful to everyone who has made it possible for me. Life is one rollercoaster ride for me that will ever remain so and the thrills that i get are stupendous , I'm indeed thankful! I know dark times lay ahead , but those are also meant to be enjoyed to the hilt .. okay , I know talking about ur "mantras" in life can be boring and monotonous! As I turn the clock back , I can see a lot of smiles and I can do nothing except feel happy inside.

Okay , how were the past few months for me ? An assorted collection of events ,I should say , with the good ones having a clear majority over the bad ones.. There have been a lot of happy outings with friends ,many starry nights at the beach ,trips to Kovalam, calm evenings spent reliving old memories at my dear ol' school , many dinner treats when each of my friends got employed , lots of eating out, insane attendance levels at college, a fun-filled trip to Calicut to write the infamous CAT, a new kitten at home , a pilgrimage (but enjoyable nonetheless) and last, but not the least, a new car at home !

I'm a total automobile buff ...so, I can't help but put up pics of our old car as well as the new one.
The old one was a Matiz and had served my family faithfully for 8 years without giving us a single headache. I can say it with my heart that this was the best small car in the country when we bought it and is still generations ahead in terms of engine refinement, ride handling and comfort when compared to the present-generation small cars. No wonder the Daewoo guys called it the M-Tech engine ( as in "Magic Tech" engine). It delivered 52 ps from a displacement of 796 cc with just 3 cylinders ,each having 2 'goliath' valves. Compare this with a new age Alto that squeezes out 47ps from a similar-sized engine. It was time to move on to bigger and better things. After quite a bit of car-searching , we set out sights on Verna. Finally , we sold off our ol' Matiz and brought in the Verna. About the Verna, I'm simply stuck for words. It's performance is almost beastly and has been a splendidly delightful car so far.My detailed review is going to be out anytime soon... but I've got no plans to transform this space into an automobile blog, u are in luck !!


The previous semester's examinations were so-so but they can't dampen my mood! I had a wonderful X'mas which involved a lot of travelling as well .. Also, I had the good fortune of attending a new year "bash" in advance days before the actual new year's day on which I had an exam which , to say the least, I screwed up royally !! I'm having a short vacation now and the days are buzzing with fun and activity. (Still , I miss cricket. Months of no cricket have renewed the vigour in me! ) I hope the good times stay. As I said before, life's one rollercoaster ride with a good amount of thrills thrown in. I know best to make the most of it!!
Well, atleast I think so ...... ;-)

Bye for now.
Dtox.