Monsoon starts

I am not feeling lucky

Luck is something everyone should have , I have always considered myself luckier , but lately i seem too have lost it.It all started with me deciding to start a more active lifestyle . To start with I decided to wake up early , and to aid that i joined swimming which also promised other exciting features. Greatly disappointed on day one , swimming pool was crowded as expected, except for what i expected :-( . But my determination (and also the face that i have paid 500 Rs membership fee) kept me continue my swimming sessions in the morning , till the day when had this accident. I always used to drive safely , indeed very safely. Like the sincere student who gets caught on his first attempt to copy in exam , i got hit as soon i started to drive fast.My first ever accident had to be with a shared auto , atleast it could have been some high end SUV , bad luck. The person who took X-Ray said , 99% its not fracture , if i was unlucky there is a rare chance that something is broken, I WAS unlucky .It seems only 1 in 55,127 people have the kind of fracture that I had.Everyone kept asking me 'What happened?' , I barely knew what happened , if I knew I could have avoided the accident , or atleast the fracture ,for all i know , there was no chick around to help me :-( .

This thing called Tagging

Most of the time tags are very boring , i never bother to read them at all let alone respond, But this one by Alagu was good and interesting.


Last movie seen in a theatre:Jalsa
What book are you reading?Thuravi by Sandilyan, Man In Brown Suit,It happened in India
Favourite board game:None
Favourite magazine:Vikatan (Tamil)
Favourite smells:The smell of rain, Freshly steamed groundnut
Favourite sound:Sounds a kid that hasn't started talking yet makes
Worst feeling in the world:Being angry at something and not able to do anything about it
What is the first thing you think of when you wake up? Check the time to see if I can sleep longer
Favourite fast food place:Not much of a fast food fan
Future child’s name: What?I am just 22
Finish this statement, “If I had a lot of money I’d…” go on a long holiday ,visit the places in 'Into The Wild' movie
Do you drive fast? If i feel safe
Do you sleep with a stuffed animal? No.
Storms - Cool or Scary? Scary
Do you eat the stems on broccoli? Yes
If you could dye your hair any colour, what would be your choice? I won't
Name all the different cities/towns you have lived in:Trichy , Salem, Hyderabad
Favourite sports to watch:T20 cricket if the cheerleaders are good
One nice thing about the person who sent this to you:Openness
What’s under your bed?Floor
Would you like to be born as yourself again?Yes
Morning person or night owl?More of a evening person
Over easy or sunny side up?First one
Favourite place to relax: Recently office balcony with the view of lake
Favourite ice cream flavour: kulfi
You pass this tag to – krishnan,abhijith,kicha
Of all the people you tagged this to, who’s most likely to respond first?abhijith , if he doesn't have anything against tagging.

Goa Trip

We made good use of the three day extended weekend . Took Tuesday off and headed off to Goa!. Four days is just enough time to cover Goa , of course you can spend much more than that.We took Paulo travels from Hyderabad to Goa , seems this is the only cheap (Rs1000) travels , the bus was less than average , seats were of OK kind ,there was no movie and they didn't even given give shawls but it was available at a dead cheap rate of Rs60 .None of this mattered as we were very much excited about the trip and had a great entertainer with us.The bus started at around 6pm from Gachibowli junction. We stopped at a Dhaba and had a nice filling dinner , it tasted too good as all of us were very hungry. I slept for major part of the journey as usual , when I woke up we were traveling on some ghat roads , the scenery was good. We reached Mapusa at around 8am much earlier than we thought, got a local bus from there to Calangute.We got rooms at the Calangute tourist residency annexe at Rs 230 per person per day , thanks to the Siddhesh and Suhas , best negotiators amongst us.We headed straight to the beach after freshening up at room.The beach was just 5 minutes walk from our room . This was off season , but still there was crowd , both Indian and foreign , but ofcourse this is Calangute.There was shops on road side selling all sorts of random things ,smoking pipes of different shapes, indian handicrafts(or so they said) ,steel containers in which Clint Eastwood drinks booze (this was cheap , for Rs 200 it looked very classy) etc.I don't know what is so special about Calangute beach ,the view is not that great,but this place is always full of tourists , availability of easy accommodation might be a reason ,nonetheless the shore side view were Greaat! :-) .

Water Sports at Calangute

We wanted to do some(actually a lot) water sports after playing some time in water , waited for a long time and finally could do some para gliding and water scooter. Para gliding was not that great for Rs400 that we gave , but if have never done it before , its worth a try. It seems the rates depends on the crowd each day. We headed off to a beach side shack and had awesome food ,Goan sea specialities is something you will never get bored of .If you are a vegetarian , the choices are pretty much the same and if you are a non boozer too , you are already not making the most out of the trip.

Sunset at Anjuna

After lunch we got bikes for rent near our hotel itself.The rates are again dependant on crowd . Honda Activa is Rs 175 per day and a bullet will cost Rs 450 per day . You will be asked to deposit some original documents and cash , almost all shops have bikes for rent , so getting one will not be that difficult.Next we headed off to Anjuna beach , the hippies hangout. It was already 6 when we got there , anyways Anjuna is not a recommended beach for swimming , the shore is kind of rocky.The sunset was very scenic .This beach has a lot of shacks overlooking the sea and playing soft music . The place was very soothing , almost all shacks were empty , this is an ideal place to spend a lazy evening sipping your favorite drink . We had some snacks at this place which was at a slight elevation and had an awesome view of sea , this place even had beds , almost everyone there was smoking joints. We had italian food in some restaurant there which was again empty , it was decent.

Anjuna

Saturday Night Bazaar

You can find everything from indian traditional dresses to crazy whips here.Cost was exorbitant , but we weren't planning to buy anything.There was a magic show which you can find in any village festival , traditional konkani dance , and lots of cocktail shops. Very few indians there leaving the shop keepers , some of foreigners seemed to be living their fantasy out here , dressing as crazy as they want . We stopped by a store selling 'trance music' , the caption of the store was ' We are a fair trade organisation , we can give trance music tailor made to suit your vibration' anyways the music was really trance , i have never seen the kind of instruments they were using before. There was one big plate like thing , a hug pipe which made a 'boom' sound and a woman substituting her thighs for drums thats it . They were selling a CD for 300 , and they had a facebook profile too.This bazaar is again a must see , you will realise when have actually been there.

A shop at Siolim

Next day we went Aralom beach , I would say this is the best beach amongst the one that we visited , we spent a long time there.If possible you should try breakfast at some village shops , on the way to Aralom we had breakfast at Siolim , in a shop opposite to a church . I forgot the names of the items we had , all of them were good . The people here were Portuguese speaking Christians.Aralom beach wasn't that crowded , there were very few shacks ,it was dotted with sun bathers .Had a great there playing in beach.After lunch we trekked to a small hill near the beach , there were a lot of hippie's houses on the way . In some of these , they were singing and practicing some kind of trance music with the same instruments as last night. I wonder what the life style of these people would be , they looked very weird though , some with tatoos all over , some with dried long hair which hasn't seen a comb for months. If there is any book about this culture in Goa , I guess it would be very interesting.

Other than these we visited Japora fort , few other beaches and Panaji. One thing we missed is the snorkeling at Vasco.Over all the trip was great.

Vagator from Japora fort

Tamil Novels

I just finished Raja Muthirai (ராஜ முத்திரை) part 1 by Sandilyan . This will be my third tamil historic novel, first ofcourse being Ponniyin Selvan. Raja Muthirai kind of starts slow , moves slower,but towards the end it is very gripping . The way Sandilyan builds up the events is nice.Sandilyan's novels have much more romance factor than Kalki's and that is good, he does a great job without sounding obscene. He is also good in describing the war scenes ,bringing it alive in our imagination. I have always wondered why tamil historic novels , however grand they are , how much ever successful they are never became equally grand and successful in big screen. Atleast now with the kind of animation expertise , it is possible. Ponniyin Selvan is being filmed as tele serial for kalaignar TV now ,see link. I don't know how grand that can be , there are hell lot of discussions about who will suit which role in orkut community. I am not sure how well a movie or serial can live upto the expectation of the readers , but 3D animation can be good. How about a 3D strategy game based on these novels?Well thats kind of asking too much .

yaaradi Nee Mohini

This is easily the best movie for Dhanush.I have seen both telugu(forgot the name) and tamil versions ,unlike the normal telugu-to-tamil remakes ,in this one, the tamil version is better.More logical,more apt screenplay and lively actors .Specially Nayantara's younger sister,as far as i know everyone just loved the character, it was a big low light in telugu. Atleast I have watched the scene where she says 'I think in love with Vasu akka' thousand times(Btw what is her name ? and has she acted in anything else?) .Both Dhanush and Nayantara have done a good job, somehow trisha didn't gel well with the role in telugu.There is nothing great about the story though , the movie starts like anyother Selvaraghavan movie, with good-for-nothing hero falling in love with heroin at first sight , as expected heroine have absolutely no feeling at all(atleast thats what the hero thinks) and gradually she too falls in love with him .The only difference is that this one has a happy ending. Few songs are good, but reminds of some other old songs , i am no expert in figuring these things out, i can hardly remember a line of lyrics unless I 'see' the lyrics.

P.S : I am posting this just to see how windows live writer is, and it is as everyone says Awesome.

Into the Wild

"What are you gonna do when you go into the wild?

You just be there man, live there ."

Movie is about a lonely traveller .The underlying sadness and his love for nature is beautifully portrayed.The narrative nature makes the film more interesting.The experiences he get , the people he meet during his travel, are just awesome.The locations are breathtaking ,makes you want to travel, beaches , water streams , desert ,snow the film has got it all.

Good movie to watch irrespective of your mood.