Sky is the limit!

an old saying in the Wild Wild West -
nr has got his drivers license..the roads are not safe nemore!
nr has got his fishing license..the wates are not safe nemore!
and wat the fuck..nr is skydivin now..even the skies are not a safe place..nemore!!!

this 4th of july, i decided to conquer the skies of WA. There were 10 of us and we found this spot called Shelton in WA, around 80 miles from Seattle. the drive was a pretty one and it was really intresting and pretty bloody! we had to start @8:00 am and i had a very late Tuesday nite [3:00am] and so i slept all the way...i was dreaming of a sci-fi thriller where saviour of the war torn world was -urs truly!
We reached the airfield at around 1030 hrs on Wed morning and the weather was awesome. not much clouds and the temperature was in the 80's. Mind you, 80 F is indeed a 'hot' day in seattle. While we were jut getting to the airfield we could see a lot of colorful canopies in the sky...those were fellow adventure enthusiasts ;) tryin out their luck in the skis..it was a beautiful sight...gt me all the more thrilled...we went in and ate a few dough nuts. then we got a couple of forms to fill and sign on. all of them said the same thing...dont pont fingers at us if u die!! that was pretty encouraging...once all the formalities were done, we were taken to this hanger where these guys had their stuff...and stuff included their gear, costumes, helmets, shots etc. there were several instructors too and a few of them were hot. Hot n wild chicks...wow..lets not deviate from the topic now! we were given instructions and we also discussed the signals n codes that we would be using inthe sky. we all opted for video n stills and so there would be another guy who would be jumping along with us to take the video n stills. So i met my tandem master n photographer, Erin n Jaret. The tandem master is the guy with whom you wre sorta tied up for the jump. Simply put, he is the one who knows what he is doing! So we all suit up and get a rehersal of our codes and were waiting for our ride up there..

In the meanwhile, i feel it is worth mentioning about this hot reported lady who was also there in the hanger with us. She was covering some story for a local news channel and we were not that news..hehe..well i did have an oppurtunity to shake hands with her n chat up a little...thats when i kinda had a shocki story ..there was this guy who was also skydiving that same day. About that guy- he looke like around 55-60 years old. He lost both his legs (knee below) to the second world war. Now he has a metal stud instead of his legs and he walks n runs with them. the story does not end here..he was into skydiving for a long time and almost 10 years ago, he was diving with his buddies making formations n all and suddenly his metal leg got entangled in one of his buddies shoots and disaster struck. in the accident, his buddy died and he stayed alive just because his metallic legs just broke off his knee. Today was the frst time he was diving since that incident. Man..speak about strong will n determination!
Our ride comes down n it is a twin engine 22 seater where we all buckle in. It takes off n we arre all like yeah..been there done that types...showing no fear on our otherwise handsome faces...the plane was pretty smalland so all of us cud get a view of the ground below and it was getting smaller n smaller as we kept climbing..i kinda felt a little squeaky inside..c'mon man...i am about to throw myself off of a plane...who intheir right senses wud do a thing like that..well there is a pretty huge population inthe world who make a living out of that...intresting job profile i thought...so finally we reach the altitude of 15000 ft and the gates are open. one after the other, we throw ourselves to the hands of mother earth. my chance comes and i shud say...the view from up there is so breathtaking and awesome that it just grips u and squeezes out all thoughts of fear n doubt. u get to c the horizon ot the spherical surface of the globe and that day was so beautiful weatherwise that it was indeed a sight of a lifetime...again i did think that i wud pass out and that i wud/cud pee in my pants but that thought just skipped my mind after that moment!

So finally we take a plunge and that is indeed an adrenaline moment. i mean like you are just falling down and theres nothign you can do about it but enjoy. the photographer guy too wa sright in front of me and that makes it feel as if we r just standing still in air...we formed all sorts of poses in the air ...did turns, flips twists...maan..i swear for one minute there, i had an undescribable time of my life. we cud see the very beautiful landscape of Seattle in the background as well. even if u look down, u actually dont feel the fear. its all awe that grips u. u r falling down at around 130- 140 mph. imagine...wow...after that one minute the shoot is opened for obvious reasons. it is at that time that u feel the speed. u suddenly take a blow as if u hit a speedbreaker but ur photographer guy still does not open hi shoot (he doe sit a little later!) and so u see him plumetting to earth with the same speed u had so far. THAT IS FAST..damn...once we confirmed that we are good with the shoot, Erin let me steer the shoo tas well..i did admit that it was a bad idea but i kinda got the trick. it was fun.we did a few turns n curls up there too. all this time i was howling n screaming at the top of my voice...all the excitement was getting on to me man..

the landing was also perfect..we just slide into the grass below...i cudnt help saying it but "Welcome to Earth!"

memorial day!

Guys, owing to very persuading requests from a few characters in this trip, i have changed the names so as to keep their identities anonymous!!


Had a long weekend this time. It was memorial day this Monday n I had taken a leave on Friday. So it was 4 days of action n adventure as usual. This time the destination was Atlanta n Tennessee. Me n 5 other buddies from school planned this trip well in advance and this itself was a speciality as it's the first time we kinda 'planned' stuff n it worked out. So we all decided to meet at Atlanta. These guys flew/drove in from Illinois n Detroit n me from Seattle.
My onward journey was pretty decent as in it wasn't eventful as usual. It was a 4 n 1/2 hr flight n I finally reached Atlanta. The best part about the Atlanta airport is that it is the busiest airport in the US(not sure about the world though!). It has 5 main concourses! Thts wat they r called there. Similar to gates in Indian airports. I boarded off the flight in D n my baggage was to be collected at A. How far can it be - A to D. Lets walk n enjoy the sights n sounds of Atlanta. So I start off on this never-ending walk nad that too in a straight line. No lefts n rights. It took me around 15-20 minutes of walking thru straight corridors to finally ask someone where the bloody hell is 'A' nad then he tells me u mite wanna take the train to A and I go bonkers. Holy mother of God! ;) so I just go to the next point of entry to the train and the doors just closed when I got there and a message on the wall told me the next train to terminal A reached in 2 minutes. So I thought I'll continue walking and board it in the next gate. History repeated itself…damn it. It happened again and then I decided to walk the complete distance. Almost 1.5 miles. But the route is indeed colorful.

My buddy had come to pick me up n I reached his place after a quick drive thru Atlanta midtown. It has like 8 major universities pretty close to each other n so the streets are kinda populated with the younger crowd..u know. Its nice. U have these students all over the place. And ofcourse u find a pretty decent amount of desi's as well. The next day we left for Tenessee-to the Smoky mountains. We planned to drive down to this place and it was like a 4 hr drive. We woke up pretty early like around 1200hrs and left the house at around 1600 hrs. Don't even bother wonderign how we spent the 4 hrs from bed to the car.

The others were also on their way from their respective places to the Smoky mountains. We had booked a cottage there and it was a fabulous one. Will come to that laters. So the drive was pretty awesome too. Not much traffic as we expected and the weather Gods were just showering their blessings. Bole to ek dum mast mausam. Unfortunately it was just us 2 guys and some booze. These are the times u wish u had some spice with u!

So we finally reach this cottage and I could have sworn it was like nothing we expected. One helluva place man. Totally furnished in a luxurious manner with a completely loaded kitchen n game room. It had pool n air hockey tables, a fireplace, awesoem flat screen plasma televisions in every bedroom(there were 3) and the bathrooms were just mindblowing..had saunas n there was a jacuzi too! The bottom line being v spoilt ourselves..

We all kinda crashed pretty late that nite as we were all meeting up after wuite some time n did some catchin up. The next day, we tried our hands at the grill and made ourselvespretty decent fish n chicken grills. I tasted salmons for the first time in my senses. It was good. After some time in the tub in the hot sun, we left for the smoky mountains. That was another enjoyable drive. Winding roads through the forests. It was summer n so there were these bikers and I mean really huge ones in those Harleys..i bet these have reverse gears as well as they seem so bloody large n heavy. Another fact is that most of them are driven by the 'older' mortals. Not the old oldies but the younget oldies. The sound that it maked while it zooms past u is breathtaking. As I have mentioned before, this drive had a variety of automobiles, a true motorists heaven in fact..definitely worth a couple of orgasms!

We stopped in between a few times to get some food n also to get a view of the place. Finally we reached the smoky mountains. Well, for starters, it's a lot of mountains! Nothing spectacular as in not the highest mountain but it indeed has a spectacular view from its summit. There is this place called... damn…I kinda don't remember it…but some *****mans clove from where u get to see 3 states in te US. Don't ask me which 3. We drove back to Gatlinburg, where our cottage was. This town is indeed bustling with activity da. There are lotsa restaurants, bars, entertainment avenues, a couple of casinos and lots of things to see around. Variety is indeed the spice of life here. U get to see drunk chicks doin all sorts of stuff..obviously coz they r drunk..but it is indeed nothing short of spectacular. The female anatomy is …wow..lets not go deep into there.

So we get our asses rested in this bar where we kinda ate stuff I cant pronounce but was very tasty. Drinks were ofcourse very much a part of the nite. We left pretty late to our luxurious cottages n crashed after a few games of pool n air hockey. The next day we left for a hiking trip nearby and also went to this place called Cherokee. The name could sound familiar as it belongs to a pretty and famous pornstar :p but jokes apart, this is also a very awe inspiring place. It's a red indian colony or village. U find people with intricate designs painted on their faces and with feathers on their heads. They do speak english but u do find them speaking in some yomahogtii%%We@#q34**Guis language too which ofcourse is way beyond my comprehension. We get to see how these people go about with their lives. Very interesting for a first timer.

We finally reached the end of our smoky mountain trip and returned back to Atlanta. Now we got some time to spent but we were pretty tired and so kinda literally sat at home. The guys who drove down from chicago n michigan had to leave pretty early in the morning as they had like 10-12 hr drives back to their places. My flight was at 1830 hrs in the evening and so I had some time to roamaorund Atlanta with a buddy. Got to eat some Mysore masala Dosa from an Uduppi restaurant in Atlanta. It was pretty close to the actual one we get in mysore though. Kudos to them. Finally it was time for me to board the flight back to the evergreen state, Seattle to be more precise. I reached the airport just in time and I was the last one to board the flight and I had my seat in the last row too. The best part was the flight had a sexed out demography as in there was a no leeser that 70% female population and im sure the remaining 30% were thinking the very same thing…and to my surprise, I had a middle seat and I was flanked by two very pretty specimens of the above mentioned 70%. It seems that some school under the washington university had won the Lacrosse state chamionships then. Yippeeee… I cudnt help but share my happiness with them. I finally got to learn a new game…like I knew such a game existed but dint know the name itself. And Britney and Michelle were kind enuf to explain the game to me. Im sure they play the game well. The only downpoint in the whole thing was these are girls just getting out of school to go to college and they are damn excited abt it and they make these squeaky noises quite often which I had a tough time tolerating. Also they had this weird 'game' wherein they throw paper balls at each other and it was really irritating when they miss their intended targets n it hits u. Had a few drinks in the flight with the girls n that was it.

I reached Seattle n went home. Had some home made spiced up pepper chicken(courtesy: myself) n crashed. Lemme know how ur weekends were!!!

Stoned...i luv this one!!

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x13ubb_stoned-on-the-road

This was me fiaz n noby getting wasted...actually we were wasted by his time...Noby had just been back from the US n we took him to treat us to this club called Lush in pune n we had a ball of a time there...

Disclaimer: The video has a U/A certificate which means that it has content that could pass for as abusive/misappropriate for certain age groups if not all! There..now im clear !.!

Beast on Wheels

ladies n gentlemen, its been a while in the US now and me thought i wud share a few glorious moments of my ever so eventful life @!

neways, glad to let u all know that i have successfully settled down in the US now and am pretty used to the American way of life now. its surprising to know that i use words like "glad" n "excuse me" instead of great, happy n sorry etc...damn..i even at times show my surprise by phrases like "Sweet mother of God/Jesus", "holy cow" that one cud be coz i eat a lot of beef here :) the whole point is that one does get influenced by this style of life n the customs here in one way or the other.
the latest thing that has me excited is me gettin a drivers license in my first shot. seems that is a commendable achievement here. it was fun. the written test n the driving test and the whole process itself was pretty eventful. over here these guy shave a "champak" to study for the online test but it snot an open book test though. its pretty easy in fac...quite logical answers. several points especially the ones on driving under the influence of alcohol were real eye openers. neways i did kinda upload them ino my thick skull n went for the driving test. it was a friday morning. there is this guy from whom i took a couple of hours of lessons on getting familiar with the american ways of driving. he told me the usual procedures inthese driving tests. there are 2 good examiners n 3 evil ones. in case u get the evil ones, no matter how good u r the first time, they just fail u for the heck of it...n i ended up with one of those cute friendly old good guys n passed on the first attempt. my score card was pretty much filled with his 'suggestion' on how i cud 'improve' my driving skills. i wear if it was neone else i wud've failed miserably. neways i passed with flying colors n am on the lookout for a beast on 4 wheels - this wud definitely help me in improving my PR here and its kinda necessity in the US da. like it makes u independent to a huge extent and who knows wats waiting for u just around the next corner...cud be a nice meal ;)

also my interior decorative skills are way better now..imagine...my kitchen has utensils, shelves actually have stuff on them for a change, i even gotta microwave...sweet mother of Jesus(there...i just said it !!!) hehe.

weekends are still to be kicked off in ishtyle..not that they r dry..but there is some zing missing which i presume will be back once my beast comes to life :P it does play a very impt part in adding color n vigour to my night life.

haffun guys...keep celebrating !

Resurrection

Hope you all had a nice easter. As planned earlier, i did go to houston to my bro's to spent a nice warm easter weekend with family. About Houston, the place is like an Indian movie set. You fins everything very Indian here. Now by Indian, I mean East Indian and not the native Indians that you find in the US of A. I know that the term 'desi' does avoid thsi confusion but i somehow dont like that word...desi...sounds pretty chic.. but nah..Nothing personal, but you tend to find a looot of malayalees(a.k.a. mallus) in this place. I'll send u the links for the pics in some time but lemme share my xperiences in teh second country i visited in the US, Sacramento, CA being the first.

My flight from Seattle was dot on time, not to mention that it was a Boeing 747, one of the best sellers from the Boeing stable. For the record, Boeing is my client now ! It was a direct flight to Houston. The very happening thing in the flight was that i felt like a 'stag' who had entered a club that had only couple entry. Boy..the flight was filled with couples atleast 86% of it...and that too young ones. damn. there was so much testasterone in that Boeing 747 and I was left in the very small group that had no oestrogen comin in to neutralize all the testosterone. But every cloud has its silver lining. I had a nice cute lookin fawn sitting next to me. Dont get me wrong man...but this girl was real smart n we talked a lot. She was in her 4th grade :) I repeat...plz dont get me wrong after all that mention of testosterone n stuff...This is not the silver lining i was mentioning...she, coincidentally had an elder sister in the very same flight who was a teenager(19 years of age...atleast thats what the little girl told me..and it just popped up in one of our conversations...thats all) This teenager was mindblowingly beautiful and curvy...rather my testosterone levels went hyper while she exchanged seats with her little sister for the latter half of the flight. To add to the heat, she had a very thick magazine - of all magazines, the 'Sports Illustrated' that had Beyonce in a bikini on its cover. I would've had atleast 18 chewing gums during that flight. The best part was that i had the aisle seat and she was in the seat in the middle(not the window) and everytime she got out n came to her seat, this little tatoo(some damn design) just peeps out of her back. maaaan...that is one awesome sight for sore eyes.wow! My eyes were really sore at the end of the flight.

ok...finally we reached Houston and parted ways.

My bro was there to pick me up n we left for home. We caught up on some things during the 40 minute drive to our abode. The next day, we(me n bro) went to this place College Station that has the Texas A&M university. That was where my bro did his masters and I should say its an awesome university. It humongous both in size n what domains it covers. Also they have really wonderful customs n a rich heritage. The buildings too are majestic, the stadiums are one of the largest in the US of A if not the world and their galleries are jsut breathtaking. Couldnt spent too much time there as it got dark fast. Finally had some texan spirits nad we headed for home where a sumptous meal was in the offing, courtesy, bhabhi.
The next day, rather afternoon was spent at home n some sight seeing in n around Houston. We had a small get together n dinner n poker that nite at a friends place. That was also a wonderful nite to remember. As mentioned earlier, the pics will be uploaded soon. I learnt the basics of poker that nite. Interesting game..rather addictive.

The Sunday was Easter sunday and like any other God fearing good hearted innocent Christian, i did spent some time in Church. We kinda talked abt our stuff n bid adieu. Lunch was again awesome...mallu ishtyle. my taste buds had a wonderful time enjoying themselves. Also we had the Australia vs England match. That evening I watched a movie called Old School. A rather interesting movie if i might say. Lotsa hilarious moments - slapstick comedy with some levels of nudity. Parental advisory is suggested though.

And it was time to leave Houston to embark upon my new adventures in Seattle. I had a night flight and it had a stopover too. I left Hpuston at around 2200 hrs local time. Just crashed in the flight for most of the time. The stop over was for like 45 minutes but insin city...and u know...that is more that enuf time to get a first hand shake with a lot of sins in the world. It is aninteresting observation fro the flight itself. For most of the time inthe air from Houston, if we look down fromteh window, we dont actually get to see anything other than pitch darkness and ocassional brightness if we pass over some city. But once it reaches Las Vegas, the whole area just brightens up . like suddenly it sa huge area that is so brightly lit up that it feels like u r waling onthe streets. The various illuminations n designs are so huge n visible from that height. Awesome view. The airport itseelf is a huge casino...just that they have these airline counters in between them. the crowd is also totally sinful. DAMN ! You find all sorts of them there... I'll stop it at that. Too much variety to write about :)

Finally the connection flight took off from sin city to Seattle and here i am writing abt it from office. need to catch up on some sleep n so im leaving for the day. take care ..

Thick Ice

did u know that falling on snow can be a really ass warmingexperience. i dint but now i do.

so far, in my 25 years of existence on this wonderful planet, the onlysnow i have seen is in the movies where kids throw balls made of thatwhite powdery thing and ofcourse in the form of avalanches. thisweekend, i got to see n feel snow for the first time in my life. itwas a good day of my life. as usual, very eventful, if i might add.the place is called snoqualme. The plan was to go there early in themorning around 0800 hrs. Thts way too early for a sunday in the US andany other day for that matter by my standards. For the record, we hada party the previous day(Saturday). So we woke up at aroun 1000hrs onSunday and while it dint take long for me to decipher that i am late,a phone call from the other skiing pro's made me realise that its asmall world and we r all not that different from each other. The tripwas on!

the route is marvellous. the weather gods were really giving a thumbsup to us in the form of a cool breeze and lots of sunlight throughoutthe day. In seattle that means u have won a lottery. So the 4 of usleft to conquor the snows of snoqualme. Actually, the remaining 3 ofthem were prtty used to skiing and they have been doin this formonths. i was the virgin skiier in the group.It took me great determination to go for such an outing. I was toldthat like cooking, skiing was something that cud be learnt when one isreally a teenager and it ahd to be practised real hard. Strangecomparison i thought but still i decided to pee against the wind andgo ahead n try out my skiing skills.Comin back to the route, Washington is called the greenest state fornothing. maan..the view is just awesome. we had a couple of chais nburgers n finally reached the snow clad mountains of seattle. i wasalso clad in pretty tough gear to bear the chilly winds n temperaturesthat this place had to offer.A jacket, 2 Tshirts, a jeans a tracksuite n a cool(as in really cool and not cold) jockey brief.we got all our skiing apparels and it was time to get dressed. I shudsay the boots were the ones that most amazed me. these are so damnheavy that it felt really tough to move from one place to the other.its like this: u put on these boots n then skiing is the onlycomfortable way to move around. walking is indeed very tough.Since it was my first time, i also enrolled for a 2 hr session withthe instructors that was planned after a couple of hours.Once i put onthese huge boots i noticed a lot of small kids and i mean really small6-8 year olds trying on these skiis on land(land=where we sit n put onthe boots. basically no snow there). The professional skiier in melooked at them n said "Kids, u better practise hard n be reallycomfortable in those baby skiis of urs." I left to conquour the ice.Since i was a fresher, i wasnt given ne ski- poles. I firmly walkeddown the snow clad paths and reached a small slope where i was hopingi cud begin my career in skiing. But first i had to put on my skiis.one boott in..tht was easy...way to go. now for the other one...boom.i kiss the snow. somehow i forgot that once i lift the other leg, theonly poitn of contact with the snow wud be my skiis. But not forlong...my whole body was in contact with the snow in a couple ofseconds. The next task was to get up...damn...it took som estrategicmoves but i was up on my feet...err..one foot n a ski. i carefully gotinto the otehr ski and locked myself safe. Big mistake. Now i wascompeltely at the mercy of the skiis...and they had no mercy. At thismoment, i see the other 6- 8year olds gracefully floating away in ice.In a short while i too found myself floating except that the grace wasmissing. Maan...it was a battle from there. A wonderful observation imade was that the people there dint ggive a damn abt me n my antics.guess they were used to seeing such clumsy blokes. or on an optimisticviewpoint, even it wud've reminded them of their ownclumsy-bloke-phase hehe :) But i learnt to make the most of what ilearnt -to fall. Tht was the only was i cud stop myself from hurtingneone.Finally the time for the session came by. As if like a gift fromabove, a solace for all the bloodshed b4, there was just me n a reallycute mexican chic, Racheal who were there for the session. That wasinteresting. I found my partner in clumsiness. we complimented eachother in every possible manner. Just one problem...she speaks inspanish n very little english.We happily learnt the basics of skiing from this very patient n niceski instructor Bill. Wished that i had learnt some skiing in the snowclad mountains of Kerala so that i cud show off in front ifher...damn..the instructor left us ina couple of hours and then we dida coule of rounds and that was it. She drove away with her hubby. Mybuddies returned after their fun fulled ski trips n on our way back,we hogged.

Heres hoping to embed some grace into my skiing next week. Amen!

The 'Daal' Detector

Just thought I'll let u guys know about a very interesting device we
have here at our place in the US. It's a "daal detector". Ou heard or
rather read it correct: daal = the chrome yellow/orange colored
cylindrical partcles used to make a very common n tasty Indian
delicacy - the daal :)

Its just that whenever we try making this delicacy at our home,
sometime during the process, one can hear a very loud n continuos beep
beep beep sound. Man … its irritating. Its actually the smoke detector
that's goes off. It seems that in case this stays beeping for quite
some time, the cops/fire dept comes over to the source of the beeping.
I always wonder how interesting it would be to share the daal with the
cops/fire brigade. This also acts as a communication signal that daal
is in the menu for that day. Usually its my duty to see to it that the
daal detector goes off quick and that too much of daal is not detected
so that we have to share it with the cops :)

Gay times in California !

It was an awesome experience that I had this weekend when I left for my first tour in the US of A to the gay state, California. Gay here definitely refers to happiness as that was the mood all through out the weekend. I was and am so happy that even today, on a very sleepy, depressingly cloudy rainy Monday, I feel very upbeat.

Its not yet been a month in the US and I have successfully triggered off my travelling spirits with a bang.

The destination was Sacramento, California. Seattle has been the only city I have been in the US so far and so I was having really high expectations for Sacramento. My flight fare was pretty cheap(don’t bother converting it to INR!) and it took just 90 minutes to reach Sacramento. On arriving there the captain announced that we reached there earlier than expected. I guess the traffic was not as much as these guys expected and also we dint get any long signals :p hehe. Neways these flights are the same as the Air Decccans and the Spicejets we have in India but they are a little more spacious and the inflight service is 'packaged' n 'wrapped' in a much better manner that the ones we see in India on an average. I had no issues till the point I reached my cuz' place. The shock of a lifetime(read as 'in a long time') came when my bro n sis-in-law welcomed me aloud at his place. Damn…I felt awesome. I am seeing these asses together under one roof, after 6 long years. Imagine! Wow. I felt soooo exalted.

I reached there on a Friday nite but what the heck…we just enjoed the late nite together man…catching up on all crazy/stupid/naughty stuff that all of us had done. On Saturday, we eft to see the golden bridge I SFO(Sanfransisco). Its like this! A visit to Sacramento, LA, SFO is not complete until n unless u see the Gollden Gate Bridge. I'm sure its like going to the Mysore Palace, when u come to Mysore. It is a must!
It is one hell of a bridge if u ask me. Damn neat and the view is also great. U get to see lotsa sailing boats in the bay, the Alcatraz like an island in the water, and the awe inspiring SFO downtown in the background. All in all..a very pretty picture. But traffic can suck big time.

We also drove to this highway called Route 1. It’s sidelining the ocean. Another awesome view da. For the not-so-interested-in-nature people, go c the movie Basic Instinct. It’s the same place where Michael Douglas n Sraon Stone have a car chase. Wow..speaking of cars, u find them inall shapes sizes n colors- the porsches..the audis..the mercedez' ..the alfa romeos..the aston martins..the lamborghinis..etc etc etc…may be a little far fetched but if u r an extreme car enthusiast, and u luv cars so much in ur life, take my word for it - - u r in for multiple orgasms. Damn…

That nite we came back soon as my sis wasn’t feeling so good and when we reached home we boys started to do something we always do…one of the most addictive boys toys--play station. Heeee haawwwww…there we go again. No food…just pure 100% unadulterated spirits n thrills. We just gamed our way thru the nite. Sunda was a long day…actually we dint c the day..it was noon when we came to our senses…the boyz I mean. We just went out to nearby malls. I got my first haircut in the US. Boy…the technical terms ought to be learnt man…it was pretty confusing though. We could also go n check out the Capitol, that’s where our terminator dude - Arnold a.k.a Governor of california has his ofice. By evening it was again time for our flights and time to get back to evil mondays. But as I said earlier…I am still upbeat. I had one helluva weekend and lotsa cute memories.

jingle bells all the way ...

Hope all had a wonderful n cheerful Xmas. Needless to say that ur new year will be rich in happiness…but lemme add a pinch of prosperity to that! Here’s wishin u all a very prosperous new year.

Now to the main story: the new year did start with a bang. But lets not fast forward. We’ll start off with Xmas. This time there was no work to play spoil sport J as a matter of fact, things are looking good. I was and still am on bench for like the last 3 weeks and I also am getting a bravo award(its for the whole team actually J). That’s something the client gives when they r happy(or they feel that we have done something that they thought was very complicated…yeah..we all work wonders!!!) neways I had all my leaves approved too. So I start off from pune to Mumbai on the 23rd nite. Me n a friend of mine drove all the way to Mumbai in the BMW. The drive was really nice. On reaching Mumbai we split ways as it was getting really late for her but the nite was still young for me as my flight was at 0200 hrs on Saturday. So me rang up a friend(he was the only guy in town as all the rest had left for their natives early…) with the idea of doing our routine stuff…but that was not to happen as he wudnt pick p the cell. I guess he started his routine a little early without me :p

So there I was all alone with a BMW and then it struck me…I had nowhere to park the BMW and I cant take it with me on the flight as they have a limitation on the check in baggage weight :p so I again called up the friend of mine with whom I had driven to Mumbai n made arrangements to put my BMW to sleep for the year end J once I tucked her in safe, I left for the airport.

In the airport, there was still around 50 minutes for my flight. Me did all the poojas and got my boarding pass to my year end celebrations. As soon as I was about to go for the security check n stuff there comes a pretty huge group. To be more precise, the group was very pretty. It had both guys n gals but it were the gurlz who caught my attention and from wat was written on their chests I cud infer that they belonged to the shiamak davar dance group. Lucky bastard ! neways I delayed my security check by another 15 minutes and once I refreshed my eyes with all the gory details, I went ahead and boarded. My travel partners were Air India and needless to say there was not much entertainment inside.
About the female crew inside: I wished that they cud’ve had santa tattoos on their hips or back…u know the ones that look like they are peeping out of the skirts/jeansJ or atleast worn the santa caps to denote that Xmas was around the corner. But no..all were totally clad in sarees and I mean totally with a capital T. damn…and some ass had one pair of stinking socks yaar…it sucked. It took the air hostess to spray some air freshener 4-5 times to kill that odour. Finally I reached Chennai. Yes people…Chennai was my port of entry into south India. I first met up with a school mate there. He had come to the airport to pick me up. Had some really awesome filter coffee from a place near the airport. I can say that my Kochi International airport is a 100 times better than the Chennai airport, a 1000 times better than the Mumbai airport and I donno abt the delhi airport as I haven’t been there as yet J J J

I was to board a train to Coimbatore from there the very same day. So after some totally meticulous planning and triangulations, I made time to meet my sis too in Chennai. After I bid adieu to her, we(me n friend) left to the Chennai Central Railway St. It was a miniature of aka Mumbai VT Station just that we here tamil tamil and only tamil there. There was some more time for my train to Coimbatore and since I had decided to reduce the number of sins I commit, I decided I wud take a ticket. I stood in the Q and it was relatively short one. As I was separated from the counter by just 2 fellow human beings, I began to notice that the Q was not movin at all. Damn. It was as if Michael Schumacher’s Ferrari ran put of fuel just before the checkered flag. With my expertise in the Tamil language and my communication skills I quickle came to know that the entire railway ticketing system crashed. Hahaha. Hahahaha. I cudnt prevent myself from but applaud the sense of timing of my misfortune. There I was in the Q to get the damn ticket and u guys believe it or not I was there in the same point for almost 4hrs(actually 2 hrs n 41 minutes). In this time I cud c the empty rack of my train comin up. Also the officials assured us that the train wudnt leave until we were all given tickets J so it wudnt make sense to not take a ticket as the train wud still not leave the station L and donno how but after around 2 hrs the officials got the idea of giving the customers hand written tickets on a slip of paper. All that time we cud c rubber chappals flying from behind slamming on the counters. Frustrated fellow citizens comin and badmouthing the officials…the police comin and whisking away trouble mongers. In between all this there was some holy celebrity who had made a grand entrance. I say holy from his attire, long beard and celebrity coz of the host of security guards with guns. I was thinking that there wud be a shoot out there if one of those unidentified flying chappals hit that guy. Thankfully the owners of those chappals had awesome aims and they hit the bulls eye every time. Finally I got the tickets and boarded the train. To my utter surprise I found that there were no seats to park my ass. Damn. And the ticket checker also had given up his duty as there were too many passengers and may be he was just being kind.

Neways after 7 grueling hours of train travel, I reached Coimbatore. I was welcomed by some sumptuous food. And then the next day I drove from Coimbatore to Kochi via Thrissur. Had a weddin to attend in Kochi n then I left for Kollam to my dad’s place where I was to celebrate Xmas in authentic Christian ishtyle. It felt good. The best part was the food n wine … not necessarily in that order ;) had a great time with lotsa close relatives. It was the 25th and it felt like Xmas. Attended midnite mas and sang happy birthday J once done with that I went n met a couple of my friends there and once again gave in to my temptations J the next day was a day to reboot my system.

From threre I drove off back to Thrissur where I was for a couple of days. Again met up with a few friends who r now doctors. Man…It was tough to believe that we were after all engineers n doctors…sheeesh…we kinda did it finally J but it was real fun da. And then on the 29th I drove to Coimbatore again. On 30th I boarded to Bangalore where I was to welcome the new year.

Oh boy…that we did with a bang J

In Bangalore we were just 4 of us but 4 college mates/hostel mates/room mates. We decided we wudnt spent unnecessarily on some club/disc and that we wud invest that in order to make our ‘spirits’ fly high J we saw a movie too … I guess it was the bond movie – casino royale J we had a gala new year celebration. Well…if u ask me to describe it, I cannot give u specifics of what we did but I can assure u that it was an unforgettable experience, atleast for a few years ahead J J J

I returned to Mumbai on the 2nd and the Bangalore airport was totally bustling with activity. I had a delayed flight but I had no complaints as the crowd in the airport was so awesome man. All the delhi and via delhi flights were delayed (some cancelled) and I must say that it is one helluva crowd that goes to delhi. It was just oooossome. The flight back to Mumbai was Indian Airlines but I must say it was much better than air India. There was a lot of oomph factor in this flight…crowd wise as well as crew wise. It was an all women crew and they were all in sarees too but damn…I sure agree if on the right bodies, it is indeed the sexiest attire for a lady J

All in all …Happy new year it was. We were able to bid adieu to 2006 in a grand manner and 2007 was also welcomed royally. And I did get a lot of wishes for a happy n prosperous new year…am sure that it will be a very happy one…just hoping that at least one of those ‘prosperous’ wishes hits the bulls eye J


Be good n have a wonderful year ahead.