New Year Prayer to God

Thanks god for

-Health
-Food
-Water
-Awesome family
- Friends ( very few of them :) )
-Strength to keep going through low phases
- Keeping me and everyone around me safe !
- Money(Doesn't matter..but who else will I thank)

Thanks god for another day ! 

Situation involving a bunch of 'tough' guys

I was in Kerala. Me & dad were going out for shopping.This road we were taking was kinda narrow with a good amount of traffic.We saw 6-7 guys walking on the road.They were walking near the  middle of the road dangerously close to traffic.As were passing them, dad told them decently that as the space was less why don't they use the side walk as there was no space for the vehicles.As we passed by,one of them shouted something in Malayalam. Something really rude  translating to 'go mind your business'.
I don't usually get into fights.I kinda talk outta situations .Even if it is someone I can beat up, I just let it go.

I wasn't angry or something.But I did not want to let them go just like that.I stopped the car, got out and walked up to them.They were all college kids.Most of them were bigger and meaner looking than me :).I walked up to the guy who had shouted,put my hand on him and told him to repeat what he said.He didn't utter a word.I told him that  if you can't back up what you say,dont say it ! His friends were getting all defensive.Bunch of sissies! Eventually he and friends said sorry to dad and everything was over without throwing a punch.Back in the car,dad and me were laughing at the situation and how the traffice got blocked as I had stopped the car on the road :)

The thing that struck me is that I was not afraid to step up.Its not that I pick up a fight every other day or something.I have seen people's hands shake when they get angry or are in a fight.Like fear, adrenaline either works for you, or you lockup and get beat up.The best thing to do is learn to deal with it. Maybe I sound all Kungfuey...but ...Learn to calm yourself down with breathing. Some people are naturally calm, some are not.I love the adrenaline rush.

An adrenaline  rush happens  when body releases adrenaline .When this happens, the  body releases a chemical called dopamine which can act as a natural pain killer.During an adrenaline rush,I have a clear head and its like stuff around me slows down and I have a better understanding and reaction to everything.

I have to thank my Karate Sensei for this :). He  always used to pit me against bigger guys during sparring while I was in school.There was this  one guy who weighed around 100 kgs even when we were in high school.And he was not just the fat kinds.He was like 6'3" and had a big frame.He used to be my regular sparring partner.He used to charge like a rampaging elephant when the round started.I used to be scared like hell before we fought.But hey, the bigger they are, the harder they fall.

I have sparred with torn ligaments and fractures.I never feel  any pain when I am in a fight.And like everything else experience makes you calm.Martial arts make you tougher mentally too and helps you handle situations better.

Being drawn into a fight is not a good thing.And never fight 7 on 1.  You always have an option.Hurting someone or getting hurt permanently is not a good option.

But sometimes,when people cross the line, when your family or friends are in it,  when you have to step up, you just have to do that.I realize that I could have gotten into trouble ,but I was confident enough of kicking all their sorry asses if it came to that.

Merry Christmas  !!!!

Internet Filter

The Communications & IT ministry wants to muzzle  social media sites now .Social media platforms are being asked to censor whatever politicians deem objectionable and too offensive for the Internet.Right....

As if whatever the Indian media shows us is not edited enough ! 

Although India is  world’s largest democracy , they are asking Facebook,Twitter etc to help them filter the Internet because the country has several religions and faiths.

Btw isn't Internet the most democratic medium out there???

They say that what might seem humorous to someone can be really offensive to another and they want to avoid further incidents of communities taking to the streets and vandalizing public property.   Huh ?  

They also say that satirical representations of public figures are acceptable, but they should not disturb the communal harmony. They showed company executives derogatory images oand altered pictures of Politicians that appeared on their platforms. They argue that these images would offend “any reasonable person.”   Right......

Public Service Announcement : "You have just been Chinized!"

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Paintin the fence

Google celebrating Mark Twain's 176th  B'day with a homepage pic showing Tom Sawyer and friends painting the fence. Feel so good seeing this as back in the day when I started reading books,Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Fin were my fav characters :)  

Lucky Ali

Sunday

Sunday was good !

Woke up early (compared to normal weekend standards :) ) .

Cold and breezy climate with overcast sky.

Went for a long freakin 7 km walk with a friend.

Came back and worked  on some boxing.

Tore something in my right leg(some kinda ligament injury),sprained a shoulder etc.

In the evening went to a party at this pub.


Cigarettes + Alcohol +Loud Rock Music+ Darkness    gets u   >>>>>>>  Really High !!!

Watched this  movie called 'Desi Boyz' .Was good fun .

Slept @ 02:45  ish

Very little time left to live :) .Thanks God for another day .

Cold windy day

People don't change ! They don't want to.They pretend like they hear you and what you say makes sense to them.Even if you point out issues,sit with them, have a chat,pour your heart out,eventually they don't give a shit .That is the truth.Too much ego attached.Maybe I am like that too.I dunno. The more I think that some people ( especially the ones who matter) will change or at least will try to change is like asking for too much.They are just happy being themselves.Whatever.Me going out of my way to do things will just create bad feelings within myself in the due course of time.I am just going to act smart and shut up and not let anyone know what I feel anymore.Being honest doesn't make any difference if you come from where I come :) .So all those people will be happy in their BIG world and me happy  in my tiny air bubble :)  

Disastrous Numbers

1st things  1st !!!! Google trend is holy ! It never  lies ..EVER ! (apparently) .Look at the figures for India for the day ! What the hell is this?

For eg:  Where the hell is Sunny Leone + BIG BOSS? Isn't that one supposed to trend ? Or where is the trend about the Dam in Kerala which is about to burst .None of the 3.5 Crore Malayaless searched about it ? Huh ! Where is your social consciousness and quest for knowledge ?

And look at what people actually searched ! Boman Irani ! Aishwarya Rai Baby Photos ?????
Yuck!

 And finally ..All top 6 results are about Education ! You morons ! Use Google wisely .

Aren't the jobless college kids searching anything valid ??? I can understand if my techie bros and sisters don't search much because they are monitored by their  companies 24/7.One wrong click and you are fired and are looking for ways to put food on your plate !

Start googling wisely for god's sake.

As some great man said..."I can live without a girlfriend .But without Google, I'd go into depression, slit my wrists and die " .

why no write ?

I was asked  what I was  going to write next.
Fact is that  I don't have ink in my Pen .
Have to buy a refill.
 And its too late in the night .
Also the shop next door  has closed already .
Also the crime rate has increased in the area.
Wouldn't be a nice thing to get robbed or raped.
And PS: I owe the uncle downstairs some money and hence cannot go down..etc
 PPS: Isn't that reason enough not to write?  :(

The Fog - 2

Read  Part 1 here :  http://spectrumofthoughts.blogspot.com/2010/06/fog.html

 

Continued ........

God Dammit ! I mumbled the prayers my grandma taught me when I was a kid.I become alert due to the fear. I could even  hear minute sounds like that of the clock ticking in the living room.I was becoming mad.

Minutes passed .Finally I mustered up guts, rolled over and  tried to switch on the bedroom light.

Ughhhhhhh .. NO POWER !

What the hell ! How worse can it get ? I could sense shadows lurking in the other room.I did not want to look there.

I wanted to talk to someone.But there was no one to talk to. The only friend I had will not talk to me anymore !  Can't blame him. I dragged him into this.He never wanted to come.

Kevin was the kind of guy who  lived life on his terms and did things he wanted to without caring  about people around him.He was tall and well built.He looked intimidating and had tattoos which he flaunted. But he has a great guy once you got to know him.He was my colleague at the call center.We had worked together for 4 yrs.We joined as agents and got promoted as team  leads around the same time.

My wife never liked him.She thought Kevin was a prick .The truth was that she hated his guts.Stupid Bitch ! He made fun of her couple of years back during one of  our team lunches. It was something regarding her dressing sense  (which according to me was retarded).But whatever! Who am I to say ! She never forgot that and hated him eversince.

 Kevin lived in with his gf in his apartment at the other side of the city. They never visited  my house due to obvious reasons.

I cursed myself  for going for the ride that night.It was a typical friday night at office.It was almost midnight and there were very little people in office . There were no chicks in the bay .So no entertainment there too.

Kevin was sitting at my desk and we were discussing the new call  targets and the pressure on us from the management to deliver.There were 2 agents sitting opposite to us .They did not have any calls for sometime now. We decided to take break and asked them to take an aux (break ) and come with us outside for a smoke .Both these kids were new joinees and were getting used to the way stuff worked here.There lived away from the city and their village persona came out in the naive way they spoke.

We walked out and  went to the  tea(cigarette)  shop outside.There were few like us there .Stray dogs were sleeping cozily on the roadside.We took tea and cigarettes and moved to the corner.One of the newbies started talking about his village which was somewhere near Anchetti forest .The Forest was  located arout 150 kms from Bangalore.It seemed like an interesting place.It got little spooky when they spoke of the superstitions about the place.They talked about this forest banglow located right in the middle of the jungle.In the past, people had gone missing when they travelled near the place inside the jungle at night. We laughed it off saying that it was obvious that in a jungle with wild dogs,leapords,elephants,boars and hell even fresh water crocodiles,this seemed 'business as usual'. But they argued that it was not animals that had to  be feared and that there were other things in the dark waiting for you.

Kevin started giggling. So did I.The newbee got serious and  put up his hand and pointed to his wrist,There were couple of threads tied to his wrist .A red one and a  black one.It resembled the ones you get in temples.He said that, he had once trailed off into the forrest as  a kid .He remembered something chasing him .Hours later someone from his village spotted him lying unconsious in the bushes nearby.He also said that he wore those mantric threads on his wrists everysince and it kept him out of danger.

I looked at Kevin and told him we have to give it a shot.He said it was not worth it.The boys warned us saying that it was not wise to do something like that .I ignored it and said they have to treat us if we made it till the jungle rest house and got back.One of the boys smirked and said we won't be coming back for the treat.That ticked me off.I said then and there that we are going to that place tonight.I proceeded to ask them all other details and land marks around the place.They warned me again but reluctantly gave me the details.When they tried to  advice me again,I shooed them back telling them that  their break is over and they have to get back to calls.

I looked over at Kevin.He was thinking about something.I told him that we should go and check out the place and that it would be a thrilling experience.He was interested but said he wasn't sure if he wants to do it.I stood there for the next five minutes and convinced him to join me.We decided to leave my bike at the office and take his bullet.It would save lotsa petrol that ways.His was '95 make 350 cc heavily modified bike.Kevin spend half his salary maintaining the bike.We did not call our homes and tell  about this trip as our logout time was 8:30 am.So we told one of our  colleagues to handle the team and said we will be back in couple of hours or so.

Uncharacteristically,Kevin's bike did no start .We had to try for a good 5 mins until it finally did.Good sign to start a trip!

We took the hosur main road and traveled to hosur where we refueled(full tank as bullet is not a high  mileage bike.Also,we did not know where the petrol pumps were) and stopped for dinner .There was a small roadside shop which served liquor in the back side.We had roti and chicken and couple of beers to top it up .

The Tamilnadu roads were pretty good.It was slowly getting windy which was uncharacteristic for July .We travelled for another hour or so.I rode and rode.There were villages on the way but not a soul  outside.

The road started getting narrow and there were no vehicles around . We passed another village on the way.There were no street lights or even electricity in the huts.

The slopes slowly started to appear.It was nice riding in this place.It was windy too.I kept asking Kevin not to sleep  sitting at the back.I did not feel drunk.But the pitch darkness was making me little uneasy.

Now we were approaching hair pin bends and we could see the forest area slowly starting.It baffled me that there no vehicles coming either way.Not even trucks ! Kevin asked me to stop the bike.I asked him why ? He said he had to pee.Great !

I somehow did not like the idea of stopping the bike .I asked him to get down .I kept the light on and started gunning the bike.Stopping and listening to the sights and sounds of the jungle(Which was growing thicker on the road side ) was not great.There was something in my head which was telling me to stop and turn back. Alcohol ! Wat else?

Kevin came back.We drove away .I looked at my watch.It was almost and hour and a half since we started.It was pitch black all around us but we were getting a lot of  moon light .We were nearing our destination. I looked out for  the sign board which the boys had told us.That was the place where we had to take a diversion from the main road. The forest guest house was another kilometer or so from there.

There it was .A small sign on the left .It was made out of white cloth.Somebody had drawn a stop symbol on it.I slowly took a left turn into the narrow bumpy road.Kevin was fully awake now.He was asking if we had reached.I nodded.This small and narrow road had vegetation on both sides which made it very difficult to ride the bike.Finally, we decided to get down and push the bike.The Place was beautiful.We were somewhere in the hills and we could see lots of land from where we were.It could have been nicer if there was daylight though.I had turned off the bike and started using the pocket torch I carried in my  bag.There was lots of fresh grass on the road now.It felt as if this trail had not been used lately.I could hear birds and crickets now. Birds…must be some nocturnal ones.It was getting a lil chilly too.

I stopped for a second and pointed something to Kevin.There was a lil bit of fog in the air.It was weird that there was fog in a summer month.The sounds of nature around grew a notch louder and our vision blurrier.I could sense the uneasiness with Kevin too.We were near.

                                                                                                          
                                                                                          to be continued......

Broken News

      




In the Main News today ...Ron Artest,the LA Lakers player infamous in the past for the Pacers–Pistons brawl (he was suspended for 86 games for that.Oh well ..Nothing major... He punched couple of fans..happens ! ) legally changed his name to Metta World Peace .Now,that means Lakers will be selling jerseys with "World Peace" written at the back.What a genius ! Artest uses the no 37 as a tribute for MJ('Thriller' was at No. 1 on the charts for 37 straight weeks).

Elsewhere, Floyd Mayweather aka 'Kentucky Floyd Chicken'  had an altercation at the weigh ins for the fight with Victor Ortiz tonight.Boring!!!!!  Boxing is a  sport people are losing interest in .The only fight which is of any interest to anyone is the Superfight  between Floyd and Manny "Pacman"  Pacquiao. There is a very slim chance that Floyd will take that fight.

                                                                                                      

In Local News sorry World News..Sorry ..Intergalactic News... Super Star Rajnikanth is doing a guest appearance in RA ONE !  Meaning twice the revenue for the movie now .

                               

                                                                        

Now the question is...in the film....Hero Kaun? :D  

And finally, In India the petrol price has gone up again . Efforts are being made to make it Rs 100 /-  by the end of the year.On monday, in Kerala this auspicious occasion will be celebrated as a 'Harthal'.Festivities may include  blocking the roads ,stone pelting and also closing down shops and establishments.

That's all for now  from the NEWS DESK .See you same time some other time .

Onam,Rabies Vaccination and the goddamn cats

                                                       


Onam was good(Even though my mind was not completely into it due to "certain reasons").But hey ....anyday at home is a good day.It rained all day & night.This is not god's own country anymore.It's rains own country !

Now lemme give you some free advice !
RULE #1 : NEVER try to save CATS ! 

Being the superhero I am,and  after  being inspired by Batman,Ra One,Salman Khan and Anna Hazare... I was trying to save couple of them kittens from drowning in the rain yesterday.And guess what happened ?One lil rat bit me .Err I mean the lil cat who was a rat bit me :) .That vampire sank his fank like microscopic teeth into my finger.Blood!!!!!!!!!  Dizziness,Fear ...THUD !

Now.. since these cats are not vaccinated and they roam around a lot, I had to take "expert" opinion and go take Rabies shots starting today.

By the book,you have to take injection on  the 0,3,7,28  days after exposure.You also have to get vaccinated immediately after the bite.I was going through articles on internet about Rabies so that I have a better understanding of  what it can do to me.Once the virus kicks in and you don't get vaccinated,it can be fatal.It affects the central nervous system ,may put you into a coma and cause death.Thats not the way I want to die.Hell no! Ok ...Maybe I can die of Rabies while free diving from a plane into an ocean full of sharks  and mermaids.... or something cool like that !

So.. I end up going to the hospital in the morning.We know some POWERFUL people there.So no waiting in the queue.In minutes,I am escorted in...and am breifed by the Chubby Nurse Auntie  wearing a mask (felt as if I was being quaratined after a zombie virus outbreak  like in the movies).

Soon after , I am injected on both my arms.The nurse obviously does not care about  my feelings.She had a hannibal lectar like calmness while plunging the needle repeatedly into me.Being the macho man that I am ...I did not even flinch ....Kids stuff eh  ! Thankfully ..this time.... unlike last time....my dad did not tell the nurse that-
" He is scared of injections".

Before leaving,I was told that I need to come and get stabbed once every 3 days for another week.Can it get any better? Also I was told not to erase it ? eh ? erase ?
I looked on my arm and found  the needle marks and slight swelling there.Now as usual, I forget to ask them what does this 'erasing' mean ? So I assume that she means I shoudn't touch or rub the injected spot.So I roll up both my sleeves and flaunt my non existent SALMAN KHAN   biceps and  walk out in slow motion.

Anyways, my research work  regarding the ordeal helped me get path breaking information .While browsing through terabytes of data on 'Yahoo Answers' for  Rabies related queries,I saw a question from an obviously bright ,young man which went like this -      "Does Masturbation cause blindness? " .

Brooks was here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kotNxb2YApk&feature=related



This is  from the movie called 'The Shawshank Redemption'.One my all time favs.
I have heard people talk about Stephen King.."Oh that guy who writes only "horror" stories ".Right !
Brooks kinda makes you sad ,but that's how it is.It's a scary thought  becoming old and alone.

Journey

As I ride into the unending road of life,
As I look back through the window,
I see the past in front of my eyes.
I have been misunderstood,ridiculed,yelled at and
blamed.
Life is not like a movie with a crowd pleasing
ending or a romcom novel.
It can be an energy-vampire sucking out all the
positivity and leaving lots of negative energy.

I see rivers,lakes and lots of greenery on the way.
They take a bit of my pain away.
I understand that all this is part of the game.
I understand that the only thing that can hurt me
is myself as it is I who control my mind.
I realize how much I could have gained by spending
more time for myself ,for meditating ,for
understanding life rather than managing time badly
and staying up late and doing
work.

I never cared about people who hate me or want to pull me down.
I never cared about success or failure.
All that mattered to me was peace of mind and happiness for myself and
people who matter to me.
Nothing changes.
People who hate me ,who can't stand me ,who want
to get rid of me can continue throwing stones at me.
I will take all those stones and build towers out of it.
I look ahead and see a storm coming.
I am not scared. I know that this is just another battle,
I am a warrior and I am ready.

Open letter to Facebook & the Chronicles of Mahabali

Dear Facebook,

It was fun knowing you my friend.I think I need to take a break now.You are taking too much of my time.You and your bratha Youtube are responsible for me staying up till late night and making me lose sleep.This has inturn resulted in weight gains and hair greying.I can't forgive you for that ! Dude noone messes with my hair.N-o-o-n-e ! I am working only at 50% of my potential because of all the distractions caused by you.Wow imagine if I were to increase it to say...75%.How can one become more awesome >>>>> Is there are a term called awesomer ? Anyways..There is no ETA regarding my return and I will be spending more time over here because this is more fruitful and effective thing to do.

Love,

Traveller

Foot Notes:I haven't followed EPL in a long time.Saw 1 match for the first time in 2 yrs .Arsenal got ArseF***** by Man U - 8:2 .Being an Arsenal fan.. that was genocide !
After suffering a concussion due to the fall last month,I decided to stop the rock climbing thingy(too many strings...err harnesses attached).So I have taken up tennis now.Nearly died of a heart attack today.Running around for 1.5 hrs is not my thing anymore.Ageing due to fat accumilaton is a reality..sadly !

The next couple of weeks will be pretty busy as Onam is round the corner.Oh lemme guess... you don't know Onam? It is this Malayalee festival(my best guess is that it too is a harvest festival like most others).It is celebrated to mark the occasion when Kerala waits for the return of its Legendary Chief Minister err...King Mahabali who visits his subject's(or their great great great great great times great squared cubed and raised to the power (n) grandchildren).

This is a big occasion for us as he comes only once a year from the underworld.Erm don't get me wrong, he aint no thug,underworld is like the world under...There's heaven,earth and pathala (underworld).Mahabali was tricked man ! More on this in the next part..

Indoor rock climbing

I started doing indoor rock climbing ! Its so much fun !!! I have vertigo ! :D Hence it scares the hell out of me.But its fun pushing yourself and overcoming your fears ;)

I found something!

Found this clip the other day .This was sometime in 2010.Back when I was not this fat :D

I had gone to watch  .I had promised my self and my friend that I wouldn't fight as I had a ligament tear in my hand which was healing up .Reached class late as usual :) .There were news channels covering it ! And people were kicking ass that day ! I was intimidated.But this fighting thing is in your blood.I thing it's in all our dna's .I put my hand up for the last fight.I was kinda worried inside as my hand was really screwed up.I remember bowing before and after the fight.I do that automatically before all fights.Even the ones with my lil nephew :D .Karate teaches u lotsa handy stuff like that .It's all about respecting your opponent. 

Coffee Book

AD 12th April 2011
Bangalore Airport
Kingfisher Airlines (Flight No    -----   )    <-----------  Fill in here

It's 6:40 pm.Waiting for take off.It's a Cochin bound flight.My Malayalee kith and kin flock it.I notice an old man sitting in front of me.From the time he came in,he is yapping to his friends .It was very loud when he remarked that  "The GO AIR flight is better than this.You get a business class for this price." I am already irritated.You would have been flying in GO AIR now if you were that smart u  stupid ############  !