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!

Masked!

Ever Since this Deadly H1N1 Virus was off from Mexico, Its become a nightmare here in Bangalore the IT Capital of India. 17 Deaths of the Billion Population now! and people are already Panicking! yes why wouldn't they in country like India anything is possible. specially Bangalore is a too much hyped up! I could see people in the streets, educated, uneducated Auto wala , Rikskaw wala. Pan wala , Medical Shops .. Every 1 Wearing masks! I went to the medical they mentioned sorry sir we are out of stock! I felt like i was in a alien land . People were masked! The question that was running through my mind was should i be masked as well? Pls see the picture to find out the answer for yourself. Yes I was masked!

Carthik The Oracle DBA or The Standup Star!

My Career was always a dileama . I really dint know what be in life! Here i am sitting at Oracle Corporation the leading enterprise software company as a slave to computers. I really don't know whether its by choice or force. As humas we'd want to do N things in life. But how many are we efficiently able to do is a question mark!

I started off this post with all enthusiasm but, it took me over a month to get back and start writing this post. Well, to tell you more... I have had this unique talent of creating small jokes in a jiffy. My colleagues always suggested that i was in the wrong place doing the wrong thing in life. I should Rather be a stand up star. Someone like Russell Peter's , Sugar Samy, Chris Rock etc etc... I always felt good. Not one or 2 millions of them suggested me a career move. But Kya kare... Like the Old Hindi Saying Goes "Papi Peth Ka Sawaal Hai" Meaning All for a smooth living i cant quit my job. I was so much into stand up comedy that i went on to research for Stand up schools in London. Well the research ended there.

But then this spirit is rekindled in me now because , i have a Innovative manager now who's popularly known as Jigs you could otherwise call him Mr Hillary. You know Hes one of the Kind. If you ever want your kids to give an example of how Mr Edmond Hillary or Tensing Norgay look and behave like you could always quote him! You could probably video tape one of his speech's. When i think of all i do and want be in life. YES the answer lies in or rather my heart tells me that i m More Of a Stand up Star than a self sucking Software Engineer. The feeling of making 10 ppl laugh is simply amazing! They want more stuff from you. Your only motto in life is to find stereotypes in life. Quote them and they'll laugh! Mind you ! you get paid quick bucks for it!

So for now i m stuck to "Papi Peth Ka Sawaal Hai" leading a dogie style life. Making some one richer and richer shattering my dreams. One Day i m sure i ll be on my own as a Stand up Star! I can only imagine my Guru Russell Peter's Quote! If i Go to America and get White Women Then I am ahead of the Game!

Cheers,
Carthik

Bangalore To Chennai A Sucker Of A Journey!

Again Its been a while that i did my favorite thing yeah, Blogging it is. Yes my friends, i m back again sitting at home, fed up with the kind of work i do. Writing this blog, hoping this relieves all the pressure that go through. I was traveling to Chennai from Bangalore city on the 17th Of July 2009. My destination was home! The Rail boxes were kinda empty. I was hoping that i could relax, sleep like a log and then read some magazines on the way to chennai. Stations's Passed by... I was again fooled by the Indian population , crowd started coming in. I was getting restless and irritated as usual. I believe we reached KR Puram Junction. Where a 3 yr old kid Malawika gave a guest appearance along with her parents. Time went on slowly.... Mind you it was a 6 hr journey. In the next station 2 huge a double rhino sized aunty's entered the compartment. My Luck was so bad, they sat next to me! The last thing that i could remember after they sat next to me was "I was their piece of Meat" I dint get enough space to sit in my seat. They would buy some shit smelling flowers, start tying them on a thin rope, Aewh! It was awful! I never had such a horrific experience in a train journey! while my train Journey had already become a sucker of a journey! I decided to take a U turn...

Here's what the U turn is. Malawika the Kid who was sitting bang opposite to me, I started to converse with her, asking few things about her name school.. best friends etc.. it was when i had traveled 4 hrs and i had 2 hours in my bag. The conversation became interesting, The kid started liking me and she looked at my guitar and asked what it was. I explained her and she wanted to play the guitar! WOW... I thought her how to play a D chord :) The kid would ask me Uncle this is too big for me will i get a small guitar ;) Yeah u will i said... So the last 2 hours of my Journey was entertained! Wow wat a difference form a sucker of a Journey to a Pleasant memorable experience. I really felt refreshed and nice by the time i reached chennai. I narrated this whole incident to my family members and they had to laugh about it :) Finally when it was time to say god bye the kid tells me why don't u come with us to our place ;) Indeed it was this kid who changed my mood from a Sucker of a Journey to a memorable , pleasant , and fun filled one!

Cheers,
Carthik

Guhantara, The Road That was not taken!

Yet Another quarter of the year, Yet another Team outing. I am all excited about this trip. The website is fantastic. The description of the place is awesome! Pratheek is out outing co-coordinator. The Bangalore Weather is beautiful, we were asked to assemble at the office premises at 8.00 AM IST. As usual IST 8.00 AM =9.30 AM. We all started at 9.30 AM. Located at Kanakpura Road, Guhantera a road that was not taken often by people. Apart from the whether, the aroma of country soil, unpolluted air! It's really an amazing feeling. We Reached the pace by 10.30 AM. We'r all set to have some fun and be party animals for few hours.

Right when we entered the place, we saw this sand beach volley ball kinda set up. I was reminded of my school days. Volley ball is a fun game! We accepted the shitty welcome drink gratefully :) waited for a bunch of creeps to complete their game. We Started the game and we beat our opponents (few of our team mates at work place) to a humiliating 2-0 defeat. I should mention, that this game was fun filled. Each one of us were exhilarated. During the 3rd game we were interrupted by a bunch of another creeps. Thats alright. It was time to get high and have food. Sarkar, Narma, Mohan , pratheek , i and My manager were the group of drunken monkeys that day. We go high. The best part was pratheek getting high and puking in his plate. All through the time he was sloshed and his head wouldn't raise. After all the drinking , eating merry making session , was the time to hit the pool. We swam for a while like a group of whales. Ha Ha Ha.. Hilarious comment wasn't it?

Its time for the rain dance. We started to have fun, dancing like crazy people. The moment the music was on, we felt like pro dancers. Although, the only thing each one of us knew was to shake our legs, hips and asses. Mohan, a colleague of mine made new friends(i believe gay friend) ha ha .. when the rain dance was on. Here comes this part called "The Raise and the Fall" . For a moment, i was sky rocketed i was on top of the world. These 2guys mohan and his newly formed friend lifted me up in the air, i had a feeling of being a rock star. Kurt Cobain, MJ etc.. Lots of emotions running through my mind. The next minute all i could hear was a "Thud". I was put down. No major injuries. Still i managed to scratch my face. Thanks to the alcohol . I swear it saved me that day. Now after the fall, this nursery rhyme " Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall... Humpty Dumpty had a great fall" Was running through my mind. Thus, "The Raise and the Fall". In the meanwhile, it was time for a Tea, biscuits, and other snacks. I had a tough time in managing Prateek, the organizer of the the trip. He was Drunk and could not walk by himself. We all wrapped up, time to say good bye and get back to work! For now it's Audios Amigos.... Guhantara, The Road that was not often taken was a pleasant visit.

Link to the site
http://www.guhantara.com/

Me Myself and My Hard Drive :)

In the recent Days i have developed this strange habit of misplacing my USB hard drive. Though it's not worth writing a blog for it. I conveniently felt i should go-ahead and write it. It was a fine monring, don't remember the dates. My colleage Suvendu sends me an sms . Buddy Pls bring your hard drive... I searched searched and searched. I felt my efforts are to go in vain. I reached office with despair. I remembered that i had given my hard drive to Sanoth one another colleague of mine. When i asked him about it his answer was negative. I was wondering and came home in the evening and started my searching attempt again. Thankfully i found the hard drive in my laptop bag.

Now i'll describe the second incident when i lost my hard drive. I mean, the presumed loss. I was asked for my hard drive on this occation by Sarkar my colleague. I mentioned that the hard drive was at my place and that he could drop me after work and pick up the hard disk. Well Sarkar drops me. I was searching again in vain... I serioulsy could not remember where on earth i misplaced my hard drive. WTF is happening i was completely lost. I tell sarkar that the drive should be at the office drawer, he leaves my place. Next day we search for it in my drawer could not find it! damn it! I go back to Santosh again asking for it. He says buddy you should probally write a blog on this . Here i am writing my story now. Next i call up vikash , Bhabani all my colleagues. The answer was negative again! I came home, sat down searched for the hard drive. I could not find it. I started to think in a relaxed mood. I realised that few days ago one of my friends wanted my Hard drive because he was about to format his system. The time i recollected this , i placed a call to him. He gave me an affirmative answer! Ah! i felt! All that mattered at the end of the day is i got something to write :) I am extrememly happy blogging once again! Cheers !!! This calls for a glass of Beer he he :) Any how , i will keep posting my future experiences on my assumed hard drive loss. I hope i dont loose it for real :)