Backstabbed!

Even when i m beginning to write this blog, i write it with a lots of mental stress, and words that were uttered which is so untrue! "Backstabber" though i personally believe that i might not be in any capacity to do so, some believe its potentially possible. Like the HSBC Advertisement, which says different people different views, its one of those views i guess. It often amazes me when people come running to me for Help, needs something to be influenced, want a introduction, etc... they come with all willingness, cos they know that i can get the job done. Basically, "A Man who knows how to get things done." - Courtesy Shaw-shank Redemption :) However, when their job is done, they essentially use the Verb form of "Backstabber" which makes it "Backstabbing" on you. When i blog, there is some controversy, some real life incident attached to it. People don't like it. Do i not have the right to express myself? sometimes, a person who looks tough on the outside, has feelings, emotions to express too. In a democratic country like India, you are free to express your self in any form of media isn't it? The world's youngest billionaire, Mark Zukerberg wrote a blog about his girlfriend, people had things to say. But the ugly truth is hes famous now. I'm not saying i m following his foot steps, nor his he my benchmark/idol/role model. However, freedom of expression is still a right!

I am a very social and outgoing person, i meet a lots of people who are really classy! I mean it in the superlative degree. Do i always meet classy people ? the answer my friend is no, because you meet classy people, you also tend to meet the other category of people. By other category, i mean the one who wants his/her work done and throw you away! What do they get out of it? the answer to this simple question my friend is, they have never seen themselves to be on top! when u are on top and you get all the attention and you know all the better people, they want to pull you down! having said all this, the ultimate thing that keeps me going is the classy people, the love and affection they have been showering on me as my friends! Yes the world is unfair, look at the part when people care for you, i guess the rest is history! When you look at the fair part, i think the backstabbing might look like someone scratched your ass :P That's all Folks! Aurevoir ! Good night I m signing off for now!

Les Acrostiches

Créer la revolution verte!
Arretez la corruption!
Returnez l'argent noir!
Tailler les differences entre les citoyens!
Heureusement nous vivons!
Imaginez un Inde comme etas-unis!
(K)crachez sur l'ancien systeme politique!

Pondicherry, A Biker's Diary...

Over 700Km of Bike ride, Absolute adventure and thrilling Indian roads to battle against the heat this summer. I (Carthik) and my friend Angry Banker (Sanket) Decided to ride to my hometown Pondicherry. To our surprise, we left Bangalore at 5.30 Am on a Friday morning the 8th of April 2011.

I was pretty much excited, as my brother Sriram, was an expert on the unexplored beaches in Pondicherry. One thing was decided before we begun the trip, we maintain speeds not more than 70-75kmph. I drove my Yamaha FZ and Sanket his Bullet. As we drove to our destination, we halted at soolagiri for breakfast @ A2B. When we were about to leave, we met couple of other bikers. They were heading to Kodai. What an Irony! But, they were well mannered gentlemen all working for Bill Gates :) One thing that i must admit is the roads from silk board Bangalore to Krishnagiri, was wonderful! The next 70-80 Kms was treacherous; the roads were very moody like a girlfriend ;) There would be a sudden stretch of smooth roads, and then there would be humps! And thanks to some real sensible driving by the Tamilnadu bus drivers. They wouldn't care to kill you. I saw blank images like 3-4 times. Like a lucky to be alive kinds :) The bus drivers would sway from right to left like drunken monkeys.

As we approached Tamilnadu, i could experience a total sense of belonging, my people etc... Given a choice, I’d stay back and never go to Bangalore. However, i need a means of survival, my life style has changed, and I’d find it difficult to cope up. Sanket and i took regular break to make sure that, we don't stretch too much. The best part of the highway ride is when the breeze hits you hard on the face, the sweet smell of burning rubber(Tyre's) and the excitement to clock more Kms. Ah, i brilliantly, forgot to get my bike papers( RC book, License etc...) I realized that i dint have my papers half way through! However, i was quiet confident of not getting caught :) Soon we crossed couple of towns like Thiruvannamalai, Gingi. End of Bad roads. We reached Thindivanam, and halted for some Tender cucumber. I mentioned to Sanket, that we will never find such stuff in Bangalore. While we enjoyed the cucumber, we were few Kms away from our destination. Finally, we reached Pondicherry. I and Sanket were waiting for my brother to arrive, in the meanwhile, the cops in Pondy saw Sanket with is mask, helmet, knee caps, Leather jacket and leather gloves. They doubly wanted to make sure he was not a terrorist :) I however, managed to escape without my papers. Oh, i totally forgot. It was election time in TN and Pondy, hence we could find a lot of campaigns, fake promises and crowded streets.

Sriram, my brother arrived, and we managed to find a descent place to stay. AC, Television and the room rent was 750 bucks for a night! We rested for a while, and went around a couple of places. It was Nostalgic Moments as i showed my Co- biker Sanket, right from my house to school that i was educated in. We had loads of fun. In a place like Pondy, it's a crime just to visit and not consume loads of Alcohol. Plus, the advantage is, you get alcohol at dirt cheap prices there. We bought 4 bottles of Budweiser beer for 200 bucks. Sanket was astonished. Absolutely exhausted by the bike ride, the beer was consumed like chilled water. After the sweet pain, it was time to quench some thirst! Sriram, i and Sanket talked all about tattoos, bikes etc… while watching a true war Chennai Super kings Vs Kolkata Night Riders ;)

Saturday Morning was time for some beach hopping; Sriram took us to some unexplored places that i have not seen since my childhood! We covered about 4 beaches in Pondy. The best was near kirimambakkam, close by his college, we drove on our bikes on this beach. It was an exhilarating experience i must say. We had a mega episode happening on this beach. Sanket's bullet got stuck and the waves just gave his bike a free bath :) Yes loads of water entered the silencer, and the bike wouldn't start. I and Sriram managed to get out to the shore, while Sanket was struggling and yelling for help like Tom Hanks in the move Cast Away! It was a site to watch a banker yelling for help ;) Couple of my friends (Niranjan, Sam, Preethi and Vasu) had come to Pondicherry from my French class, they invited me to catch up with them, and meanwhile, we visited another island beech called the chumabar. A boat takes you to an island beach. It was a great experience! We had a gala time at the beach. Later, we headed to a Punjabi dhaba in the city, great food! My co-biker was surprised by the quantity of chicken that they severed! 1/2 butter chicken = 2 full butter chicken's in Bangalore. Just when the night was creeping in, we met my French class friends. They were staying by the side of the beach, it was an amazing place. We partied at the rooftop! Until about 2.30 - 3.00 AM in the morning! And went on to eat the most expensive food! Yes we paid 500 bucks for 2 plates of biryani and veg curry!

We had to leave the next day; we had another episode of my co-biker's bullet not starting up. The hotel owner was kind enough to find us a bullet mechanic on a Sunday Morning at about 7 AM. The bike was fixed and we rode back to Bengaluru with a heavy heart! However, we were glad to be back as we had to meet one of our friends who wanted to her wedding. Actually both the bride and the groom :) we browsed over the pictured that we had taken in Pondy and rolled over laughing. The Coffee shop turned into a real fish market! We created so much of noise. In all, the trip was one hell of a ride!

An Eventful New Year Celebration 2011!

Just when i was wondering, bored and thinking its going be another stupid new year celebration at some pub/disc spending money for dogs. My friends, Arnab and Sanket initiated mail thread on new year celebration . Of course, there were loads of suggestions from everyone in our group. But then we zeroed in on Yercadu Gelen Rock Estates. To be honest, most of us and i was thinking Yercadu out of all the places for a new year celebration what on earth?. How boring was the thing running in my mind. We had like 70-80 mails exchanged, couple of phone calls and con c. Cabs that we booked canceled by the cab companies, telecon's, and swaring each other :) But then, the trip was finally on!

We are all set to have a rocking new year. We had to wake up at 5.30Am which was quiet challenging. While we managed to wake up all the lazy bum's in the group, and i picked up Arnab,Shilpa, Sanket &Daru . Oh how can i forget, "Tiny Maatha" AKA Kavita, who woke us up on time.We were off to Suntrupth's place. While we were waiting too get off to the highway, our darling suntrupth took enough time to make-up lol. He even manged to drink milk ;) kidding guys. Finally, we are off... we started off the journey with some funny moments reading the sexpert section of Bangalore Mirror. We managed to have some breakfast at A2B krishangiri. Ah, some relaxation, music it went on... It was New year's eve, I, Arnab, Sanket started off with beers.. Sneha was the best, she always apolozied for her drunk behavior for the future :) lol...

We, Followed it by some fun moments in the cab, Pit stops for Page 3 pictures, We reached Yercadu. We received a warm welcome. It was Hi- Tea followed by more n more beer :) Luckily for me, my capacity and cpapbility to drink was on its best! We decided to visit the nearby water falls. Small one but a really nice one though. We had Fun moments playing in the waters. We planned to return to our rooms, on the way we managed to pluck some fresh oranges, which would help us in our tequila shots. The Gang was all set, the ladies decked up, The guys manged to find a place on the hill top. This is when The Gang met Jithin & Dhanya. The to be Newest Members of our gang. Jithin Casually, initiated a coversation with me. I requested them to join us for the party. They, glady accepted our Invite:)

The fun moments started off with us arranging the mini bar like we'd like to call it. Thanks to all the ladies for the mini bar, We had fun moments opening up the wine bottle without a cork opener:) The party was set up nicely and every one had quiet a few page3 pictures. Me Doing the shiela dance, Arnab doing the Munni dance. And Bappu AKA Sanket doing his indigenous Oriya Dance:) Thanks to Jithin for his DigiSLR. Group snaps, Ladies nites, celebrity poses. What not. A picture's worth a thousand words, they say. You can see it for yourself in the collage. Best of all was Adarsh getting high, followed by he kissing and hugging the rocks. We had a whole new meaning set for a Rocking new year :) Adarsh i m sure u do understand what i mean.

The best pick's of the trip:

1] Chandu AKA Suntrupth Taking everyone's trip. We thorughly enjoyed it.

2] Sneha apologizing in Advance for her drunk behavior, and her eeeehheheeee Laugh.

3] Chill pa AKA shilpa having tense moments for made fun off by others.

4] Tiny Matha AKA Kavita for her caring and school teacher role: )

5] Arnab AKA The Bangali Bro for being the bouncer , Munni Dance waker of the group.

6] Bappu AKA Sanket the oriya baba for organizing and leading such a wonderful trip.

7] Daru AKA Darshana for being so friendly and fun loving.

8] Jithin and Dhanya, for joining the Gang a grand welcome to u guys. Coudn't have been a better day.

9] Adarsh for being the true Nature lover. u were ROCKing my boy. He he.

10] And for me... its for you guys to decide :)

We ended of the trip with a real high note. Thanks to one and all who made this possible. A Special thanks to "Tiny Maatha" For the chaampagine :)

Another special Moment that i forgot. Not really a special Moment. But People puking and puking on the ghat zone where we had too many hair pin bends :) Last but not the least, The vote of thanks where each one had to say some good thing and bad thing of each other :) Looking forwad to see more such trips.

Cheers,
Caty

Skandagiri, A night trek! And a Delightful experience!

A weekend, Yet another trip and an exhilarating experience. I was all set for a dull and a gloomy weekend. Anisha, my colleague, asked me what I was doing for the weekend. As I dint have a great agenda, I thankfully accepted her invite to go on a Night trek to skandagiri. It was Friday night on 12^th of November 2010. The trip, was quiet tricky as it was on and off for a while. People were backing out and wanting to come. Rather, it was like a dilly dally situation. Finally the trip was on. I picked up Dennis, Joel ,Satish, Rashmi all of Anisha’s friends. We met up at MG Road Bangalore at about 12.00 AM and zoomed off to our destination.

On our way, we had lots of chit chatting, music, fun and when we hit the feat of nandi hills, we pit stopped for a beer rather, an energy drink. We were little lost with our directions, and Anisha managed to hear people talking in those silent forests. Apparently, we all thought it could be the ghosts. Ha Ha Ha. Thankfully, we were able to locate your destination. We found few guides who can help us with the directions. Here we go, Onze, douze, treize, allez allez allez. This is where we take off. Started the trek, it was a long long way before we could actually experience the beautiful sunrise. It was a 2 hour trek. All I could feel through the trek was sweat, thorns and the eagerness to see the sunrise. The journey was quiet adventurous and treacherous. But definitely worthwhile when we saw the sunrise. The moment we reached the top we slurped few beers and felt like it was heaven. We even had maggi, chai and omblet! Can you beat that? Someone had a shop on the hilltop! Voila. We took a lot of pictures of the sunrise and enjoyed the moment! It definitely was a power shot (canon). Now we were all set for a trek in the opposite direction. Getting down was even more tedious. Once we got down with some struggle, we slurped some limca and water. Ah ! it felt like elixir of life! Yes we hit the highway and took the road to our respective homes. I thank one and all who made this trip possible.

P.S

Thanks Anisha, Carthik, Dennis, Joel, Kelvin,Rashmi and Satish ! Three cheers to you guys Hurray!

Will publish the pictures soon.

Bekal n Wayand an Amazing Trip :)

Festive season around, loads of holidays, goodies and time to burn some rubber and smell the roads. Yes ,its time to travel and explore places. It was 29th Of October 2010 when 5 like minded maniacs decided to drive to Bekal, Kerala from Bangalore. We all agreed upon driving in our car in the night. As usual, we started late, than the expected time. 10.30 it was when Carthik, Varun, Neeta, Jaya and Rajesh Met at raja rajeshwari Arch. We zoomed off to our destination. Bekal it was! we zoomed off to coorg in 4 hrs. Thanks to some amazing driving by our champ varun:) From then on we had bad roads, Ran out of fuel, and waited for the petrol bunks to open up. In the meanwhile, we realized that it was early in the morning. Neeta, our photographer, started to explore her skills, until we could get some fuel. Here's when we found a drink called Poopy! LOL! apparently it turns out to be a soda:) It's not what you guys are thinking :)

Now is the time for some good roads. Yes we zoomed off to Bekal. Quickly, checked into a hotel.I must say bekal was not explored much. We had a quick nap, freshened up, and were off to have our breakfast. Breakfast, as expected was a nightmare in kerala. Varun, ended up having and allergy. Then we go in rounds to find the local beach. After some hassles we ended up finding this beach. The beaches were beautiful. Aloof, Apparently we were the only ones to be on the beach. We clicked few photographs, and ended up sleeping on the beach like there was no tomorrow. All of a sudden we become like baby's in the mothers lap. We had solid fun at the beach, headed to our hotel, freshened up And Headed to Bekal Fort. This is where the famous song from the movie Bombay was shot. Apparently varun was too keen in finding the Aravind Swamy point :). We spent some quality time at Bekal fort shooting a couple of pics in Neeta's Camera. Oh Yeah Neeta is a pro photographer of the group and she carry's a huge kit of lens and a pro camera :)

Just when the evening was creeping in, we dint know what to do to kill time. We drove down to Kasargode a nearby town, hoping that we could get to watch a movie. But, we ended up eating street side chat, Ice Cream and milkshakes in a ice cream parlor. On the way back, we experienced a puncture. Yes, we had a flat tier. I and varun stepped in and fixed it quickly :) We decided to spend another day at Bekal. Surprisingly, we woke up early, the next day decided to explore the un-explored areas of the same beach. Interestingly, we found a huge fishing camp all gathered for the kill. Yes we experienced a hug fish catch. And Guess what? Thats not all. We even experienced, the fall of a 2 huge STING RAY Fish. It was sad to see the STING RAY suffer and die. But,we were left with no other options. But to stand and watch. Well, we decided to dive in for some action in the sea. Following which we headed to the fort and other beaches near by for some photography and action. Needless to mention ,Atul Kasbekar AKA Rajesh had some brilliant out of focus shots :) and sultry looks.

Just when the night crept in, we decided to hit the roads and travel to wayanad :) Thx to some brilliant night driving by Carthik and Varun. We reached our destination early in the morning, with a lots of confusion and wrong turns. Yes Wayand it was. we decided to go to a falls. But, we had to trek to reach the place. The total distance of a trek was 3 kms. But we were all exhausted when we were done with the trekking:) Oh, yes the name of the falls was Meenumutti ;) which translates to fish had a head bang :) lol! We ended the trip with an amazing high! Thanks to my suggestion of having Toddy and Kappa :) We, all had lunch and rushed back to bangalore. By the time everyone were dropped in their respective places, it was 1.00 AM when we reached my place. Ofcourse, we had a lots of LOL, ROFLMAO moments on the way to Bangalore. Thanks to one and all who made this possible. Hip Hip Hurray!!!

PS:

1] Atul Kasbekar AKA Rajesh Is releasing few books, with the experience form this trip

Out of Focus - By Mr Santhanam, Dummies guide to Sultry Looks- By Atul Kasbekar AKA Rajesh

2] Neeta Will never strangle goats and will not jump from great heights

3] Varun will improvise on this head banging driving:)

4] Jaya will never leave her facebook account unattended

5] And for Me, i will make more fun of Atul Kasbekar AKA Rajesh lol :)

Cheers,

Carthik AKA Caty

The Journey From A College Guy To Working Professional!

L - I - F - E

Often used amongst people, Hows life? Hows life treating you ? Blah Blah Blah.

I was just sitting and wondering how life could change being a happy man to mourning looser ass :(
When at college, all that one need to do was to sit and read. Textbooks, Online Training etc. All for what ? To get a decent job, thick pockets, and have fun in life. Unfortunately things don't work that way in reality. Off late i realized that the more money you start earning the less the happiness and more the worries :) Which is so ridiculously true. Often wondered...

At College there were times i smoked bidi(Indian cigarette) And i was happy. Money was a concern, but i had no worries

Now i am a professional. I earn more than descent money to support a family. I smoke premier cigarette, I drink premium beer, quality of my living has raised, I have things of my own. I am independent! No-one asks me what i should be doing in life. But i lack happiness! that big ton smile on my face is missing :(

At college a pair of new port jeans was wow! a pair of Levis Jeans was Rich kid. But i was happy with a Rs 350 Stylish Jeans

Now, branded stuff are no less in my wardrobe! Levis, Lee, Tommy etc.. the list goes on.. The moments that i've been happy is less!

Sometimes i feel money makes a man Greedy! What should i do? Donate all stuff that i have say good bye, serve some NGO? Millions of thoughts running on my head :) Of course, i just a normal human being like u! Where do i go? what do i do ? when will i be happy?

I Jump jobs to buy new gadgets! Heights of being crazy! I want an extravagant life. I want everything in the world! I also fail to understand that one day i am going to the grave! Who's gonna enjoy all that i have earned? my kids? why should i give them an easy life? Why cant they make their own... To many thoughts and unhappy moments. I wish i was a school kid again! Want to get innocent! No relationship pains, no money worries, nothing at all! I wanna be a free bird!

Finally i'd like to end this short blog... The Journey from an kid to a man or a kid to a woman is not so easy though they say Life is Short! As if it's Just like a Fart! No my friend. Its a Journey. Its a Lesson. School, College, Professional, Boyfriend/Girlfiend, Husband/wife, Uncle/Aunty, Grandfather/Grandmother WOW! Life is shot. Its upto u to decide whether its cruel or wonderful!

Cheers All!