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The last day of the year . Had retro meeting with self , in mid morning .
Alcohol lubricates , talking to self becomes smooth .
Year beginning was good . Good on all fronts .
Mid of 2008 , I was completely scattered and shattered , finding myself completely lonely in business .
But C H A N G E is the only constant thing in this world .
I unlearnt past , learnt new habits , and defined my new destiny .
Last few months were unexpectedly better days of life .
Year 2008 gifted me a skill set : ' U N L E A R N I N G ' .
Upcoming life seems to be more full of content and richer in experience than ever .
Life is beautiful .
In a very giant and India's first Valley / Lake City project , I came across a guest house with this bed room .
Fully air conditioned , built up with bamboo , lavishly decorated , still simple , with a very spongy bed . Anyone would go to sleep in this wonderful bedroom in just few minutes .
I was not ready to click a photograph to protect the privacy of the owners , but my then friend took my camera phone ( I used to have HTC TyTN II those days ) and clicked .
We promised each other to build similar dream bed room soon .
Dreams are there to bring them in reality .
Once I was at Pondicherry . Around three years back . Mid morning time , hunger attacked me . My friend Rahul and I started searching a local food joint , on our rented bike , over unknown roads of Pondicherry .
We were moving on , after 10 minutes of research , we came across a small board on very small congested street . " Sri Murugan Cafe " and " Pure Vegetarian " words in small font , which actually attracted us .
We went inside , had a lot of Dosas , Idlis , Wadaas , Pongal and yes of course-obvious Filter Coffee ( Madraashee Preparation ) .
Over satisfied us , then started looking around in cafe , on the wall , after the last table we saw this rate board hanging .
I was not able to read the board meaningfully but it surely was already interpreted by my senses .
Satisfaction , always priceless .
During tremendous work pressure , whenever suddenly I think of holidays , my destination choice get revealed in mind , either Pondicherry or Goa .
" Give time a break " & " 365 days holidays " , both advertising catch lines of respective tourism department are true , 1O1 %.
Life is not just for working , these two destinations make you learn to live it .
These days , I feel like keeping all work off and rush to either of my favorite destinations .
At such tempting times in busy schedule , I manage to visit various web sites , collect the information for my next tour , gets satisfied with it , over come the temptations of holiday temporarily and resume the work .
That's real & practical life .
"Merry Christmas" words bring me memory of my few friends of school days , who used to bring cake next day of Christmas in their lunch boxes .
I always look for a chance to eat a cake .
Yesterday , I bought myself a cake and enjoyed the festival .
I remember the dialogue from DCH , " Cake khane ke liye ham kuch bhi kar sakte hai ! " .
Even I do .
I often visited Chennai in last few months . Once I got down at Chennai airport around 0200hrs , due to delay in flight timing .
So all time calculations were collapsed . I took an auto towards hotel . There was hardly any traffic near air port and along the road .
It was month of November . I was just observing , If I could get some Tea / Coffee shop , stall , hotel open . Auto driver negated the probability . It was cold in the air .
And there , I saw a barista moving on the road . I asked auto driver to stop , called up barista , took two cups filled with coffee , offered one cup to auto driver , which he accepted with hesitations .
It was typical filter coffee , south Indian coffee preparation .
I just got down , took the photograph , finished the coffee .
Still hotel was 12 KMs away .
ParkINGAA : Troubelovia @ Office Car Park .
Some days back , after finishing my work , I packed up my office bag and came down to office parking .
Some funny situation was waiting to astonish me .
One Toyota Innova was parked very near to my Maruti ZEN , as if the Innova was in love with ZEN .
So much near to each other , I was not able to reach to the doors of ZEN .
I remembered "Lage Raho Munna Bhai " situation , but hardly anyone was there in parking area , surely I was not getting kidnapped . Still I observed curiously around .
Innova driver , no idea what his feelings were . I do not have enemies . I suppose .
I tried left side of ZEN , and was successful to reach at drivers seat , after a little circus .
I drove out of parking area , thanking Innova driver for giving me chance to exercise the circus .
Coconut Water @ Pondicherry .
Long back I clicked this photograph , in early morning , after finishing a Real Morning Walk at Pondicherry .
It was a chilled dawn . I got up and left hotel very early . It was almost no natural light on the streets . I started walking down towards promenade, nearest to sea location, a famous attraction of Pondicherry .
Many people , most of the foreigners were taking a pleasure of ambiance and a nice walk .
After walking for 60 minutes , completing six rounds of end to end walk , body gave signals of thirst .
And exactly then I saw this man ready with a coconut in hand and looking towards me .
I gave him a smile , walked towards him and he guessed his first customer of the day .
Small water in coconut and large water in the sea , were satisfying my senses .
Lady Advocate Bar Room : The untold saga .
Permit Room , Beer Bar , Ladies Bar . By now we all are aware of these words .
Monday , I got a chance to visit local honorary court at Pune . As I was browsing through the campus I came across this door and tried to got explained the meaning , the idea , the feeling behind this board hanging along .
I couldn't find much meaningful to my senses . But overall the words combination was appearing comic .
Anyone , having any idea about it ?
Credits :
Photograph :
GPS tagged.
Samsung Omnia 5M Pixel.
Moblog :
Samsung Omnia
Idea EDGE.
The Mercs & BMWs Of Common India : Dec 2008.
Today was again a chilled morning at Dive Aagar .
Early morning , I found electricity absconding . Left with no choice for me as my entire work depends on it & now lot of time was available to waste .
" Chaltaa Hai Yaar " is a great tradition of India religion . Common services like water supply , commercial electric power supply can get vanished at will of regulatory authorities . For some of my foreign friends when they were here , this tradition was a emo-cultural shock .
Without wasting time I decided to take a short walk . During the walk , I was observing many birds , animals and trees . It was a shivering cold .
I saw a bullock cart & a bicycle rider . I just aimed my Omnia and clicked . Rural India is still riding on thease affordable, energy efficient transportation resources . I ran behind the cart and asked the man for the ride in his bullock cart . He happily welcomed and offered me a seat just next to him .
We had a little conversation . It was strange , funny but nice experience . The man was driving the cart as if it was his BMW . While a home based Tea shop was passing by , he asked me , wether I would like to have tea . Which I politely refused and decided to got down , thanking him for the nice ride .
A day was to begin .
Strikingly Expressive Dawn @ Dive Aagar .
Hardly any Sun light & it was really cold . Cold in Konkan was first time experience for me . Just 10 M above MSL , the green patch of 3 KMs is Dive Aagar .
Coconut trees , betel nut trees , palm trees and many more , highly dense in very little land .
Mist , cold , silence , birds chirping sounds, no direct sunlight & surrounded greenery .
Not a single person was on the road , except us .
Old fashioned houses , along the road sides , were just waking up . Truly rustic awkwardness was observed in natives . Women were looking busy with their daily cleaning routine . Small house-hold, experimental Chai Ki Dukans ( Tea Shops ) on road sides , were still closed .
I was breathing fully , Ozone & O2 . Nearest star was restless & religiously doing it's duty .
After lightheartedness experience and a walk of about 2 KMs , I decided to return back .
Now the road was clearly visible .
Credits :
Photograph :
GPS tagged.
Samsung Omnia 5M Pixel.
Moblog :
Samsung Omnia
Idea EDGE.
Lake Mulshi : Dam Magnificent .
On my way from Pune to Dive Aagar via Mulshi, after Tamhini village, there comes a photographed spot .
Blue sky above, snakey road along side, tantalise silence, hazy surrounding, the December cold & all this just at 553M above MSL hardly 65 KMs away from Pune city ,
I reached one of the parts of heavens . After spending about half an hour, I continued to journey Dive Aagar .
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