Who Should Call

भूले से भी ना  बुलाय वो,
और बोले ,भुला दिया मेने?

- Yours Truly 

And when you call they say -"you never call?"

PS1: Strange , but not looking forward for Holi
PS2: All men should try waxing atleast once !
PS3: Also threading
PS4: Summer reminds me of college days
PS5: Chatted with a complete stranger on  http://omegle.com and ended up discussing cloud computing , hai ri kismat  !
PS6: As i always recommend , can read the sher again .

Anjaan

Ok , I suffer from  this.

It originated silently in high school .

It  multiplied in College

It vanished later depending on the targets (I thought so)

But, seems ,it still prevails minutely.

People who don’t know me originally, perceived that I am rude and have attitude ...... completely opposed to people who know me.

And those strangers really wondered ”is she really friendly , witty and such synonyms” ?

while friends wondered how can they question her  bubbly-ness.

All because of just one behavior of mine “ignore” popularly  known as “Anjaan marna”.

Especially to species hailing from mars !

After analysis and feedback from the victims(who dared to question me -why are you ignoring ?)  author has come up with  below  symptoms of  ignore-mania .

I really really did not notice the person
It  happens unknowingly
I actually want to ignore the person 
I really hate the person
1. I really love the person. 
I am lost at times even when there is an eye contact. 
At times I don’t care ........is it really necessary to say hi-bye every other hour ?

So Martians , kindly ignore this ignore-mania .

PS0: Interested readers can contact to  find out which category they fall in :P

PS1:Figuring it out is hard , as I give same expression for all 7 types :D

      

Western Karnataka Trip

 

At Foot of Jog Falls

When : 18- 21st Sep 2009

Who  : A gang of 12 enthusiasts.

Original Plan

Day1 : Bangalore( 4pm) to Shimoga(10pm)
Day2 : Shimoga (7am) – Jog Falls(9:30am-12:30am) – Murudeshwara – (2pm-3pm) – Kollur (5pm-6:30pm) – Kamalashile (8:00pm)
Day3 : Kamalashile (1:00pm) – Udipi(3:00pm-4:00pm) – Agumbe (5pm-6:30pm) – Sringeri (8pm)
Day4 : Sringeri(7:00am) – Kudremukh (9:00am – 12:00am) – Bangalore (9:30pm)

Old Railway Tracks at Kudremukh

 Jog Falls while descending down 1388 steps

  

Actual , deviated plan

Day1 : We reached at 12 midnight instead.
Day2 : Skipped Murudeshwara and Kollur and decided to stay at Jog falls .
Day3 : Skipped Agumbe and visited Malpe beach on public demand.
Day4 : All bones Intact and reached Bangalore .

 
 
 
 
 
              

 Malpe Beach ,Udupi->

Perfect Camping  Site At Kudremukh

Sharadamba temple, Sringeri

PS0: Not crazy enough  to remember the exact timing and minute details after traveling for three consecutive days in a minivan and visiting public loos .So deal with the brief-point-wise info. Else Google.

Random facts from the trip

1. 13kms prior to Shimoga we landed with flat tire.

2. At Jog falls the water appeared lesser than Hogenakkal .But the sheer height of 900 ft compensated it all.

3. It took us 1388 steps plus 30 minutes of rock climbing to reach near  foot of the fall. All that sweat was worth it.

4. My way up left me dehydrated resulting in puking. Note :Do not drink nimbu-pani or lots of pani in one take when exhausted. Sipping in intervals is advisable.

5. kamalashile was my first encounter with caves ,cave bats and spring water.

6. Kudremukh is a place worth revisit and deserves camping .Apparently 1 tiger from here added to that 1411 count.

7. Anthony , our driver was a die hard MJ fan . 2hours of MJ music , live shows , Billie Jean , thriller kept the DVD player and us busy during the journey .

8. Later Jane bhi do yaroo , Chaltee ka naam gaddi , Bombay to Goa entertained us . You know the usual Dumbsy(here I was made to act for 40 movies!) , Antakshri ,Guess the personality, were not enough to cover long travel-couch-potato hours.

9. The journey indeed fulfilled the nature thirst of the quest.

10. Continue to admire the photos.

The Hilly Landscape of Kudremukh

Kudremukh Fencing

Kamalashile Caves , Spot the Bats

PS1: Composing travel logs induces boredom in me.
PS2: The remedy is to post scenic pics along.
PS3: Btw , this is an old-incomplete draft , coming to life now.
PS4: Obliviously , boss is on leave, yipeeeeeeeee and product is released.

Har Ghar Kuch kehta hai

And nostalgia seeps in .

Hyd home bound good-bye was already pending and S’s moving-on post below has rubbed the yearning yet again .

"A month and a half to go before I leave this place. Will miss each and every little moment I spent here. Right from the moment I walked in and was swept off my feet by this place to the times I have spent in my Balcony overlooking the dimming city lights and incoming morning at 5:30 AM! But most of all I shall miss all the time which I spent with the two most awesome roomies possible on the planet! The goof ups, the cooking and finding the mobile inside the fridge!! :D”
 

I said - "so much more will be missed ,  the cap-less bottles , Victoria secrets ,

Tarot cards , shopping regrets 

Gossip sessions , cooking lessons

Chicken curry ,  pudina paneer

Scramble egg, chair pegs

Movies , books thrill

Internet and Electricity bill,

Long RV walks , beside the swimming pool talks ,

…….. the book- shelf will be empty without you , so will be our hearts.

btw , you forgot belan in fridge"
                                                                                                  

PS0: Yeah, our "cold" fridge has seen it all :)

PS1: FB  must provide export-thread-to-blog option, na ?

Indeed time flies . It has been over 10 months since I left Hyd, since I left my old-self  to be a new-self which again will eventually fade away.

I graduated from that clumsy 2 bhk to a  furnished 3 bhk .From  that bloody psycho *&^%$# owner who never returned the advance to the one who never bothers to a ping us for Monthly rent.

Well ,I don’t exactly miss much .Frankly speaking  my memories are too faint to miss anybody or anything for that matter .But its that moment when people bid adieu - a sinking feeling quietly oozes in.

But as they say people make places . I will always cherish the multi – lingual , multi-cultural, multi- cuisine , unify-friendly experience i had /have with my  UPite ,Andhra , Marathi ,  Bong and Tam roomies .And if you leave the origins apart it was and is a family away from family .

S stayed for few months and is a ribbon friend from school days .Amidst all cooking ,school revamp  ,skype-ing, girly fun , chatting , partying, wedding preps and packing  ....we forgot that the only photo we clicked together is in lacy corsets!

I know you loved the home more that us :P, drama queen!
But the tears shed and the bye-bye hugs  definitely were , as emotional as the ones happening  on your bidai . 
I say,  there was more drama going inside than outside :)
 

She completed, bonded  us and  the home together .
Now , some random left out papers, empty cosmetic bottles fill the dreaded silence of that room .Tomorrow the maid will clean that as well.
 

PS2: Sayonara .