ಬದುಕು ಜಟಕಾ ಬಂಡಿ, ವಿಧಿ ಅದರ ಸಾಹೇಬ
ಕುದುರೆ ನೀನ್, ಅವನು ಪೇಳ್ದಂತೆ ಪಯಣಿಗರು
ಮದುವೆಗೋ ಮಸಣಕೋ, ಬೇಕೆಂದ ಕಡೆಗೋಡು
ಪದ ಕುಸಿಯೆ ನೆಲವಿಹುದು - ಮಂಕುತಿಮ್ಮ
ಮನದಲ್ಲಿ ಏನೋ ಗೊಂದಲ, ಏನೂ ಬೇಡ, ಎಂಥದು ಬೇಡ, ಏನೋ ಒಂದೇ ಚಿಂತೆ. ನಾನು ನಿಂತಿರುವೆ, ಆದರೆ ಗಡಿಯಾರ ನಿಲ್ಲದು, ಸಮಯ ಓಡುತಿದೆ, ಜೀವನ ಸಾಗುತಿದೆ, ಎಲ್ಲಿಗೆ, ಯಾವ ಕಡೆಗೆ, ಒಂದೂ ತಿಳಿಯದು. ಇಂಥ ಯೋಚನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕುಳಿತಾಗ ನೆನಪಿಗೆ ಬಂದದ್ದು ಮೇಲಿನ ಪದ್ಯ. ಅದೆಂಥಹ ಅರ್ಥ, ಅದೆಂಥಹ ಕಲ್ಪನೆ, ಆ ಕ್ಷಣಕ್ಕೆ ಎಲ್ಲವನ್ನು ಮರೆತು, ಛೆ ಇನ್ನು ಡಿ.ವಿ.ಜಿ ಅವರ ಕೃತಿಗಳನ್ನ ಜಾಸ್ತಿ ಓದ್ಬೇಕ್ಕಿತ್ತು ಅಂತ ಅನ್ನುಸ್ತ ಇದೆ :P
First time in Flight To First time in Mumbai to First time in Love :) (Part 1)
A long overdue memoir:
The two most amazing days, when I fell in love for the first time in my life... - With the city of Mumbai :P I myself was amazed at how happy I could really be, enjoy myself and the company I am with. I really don't remember the last time I was so happy. I forgot everything else for those two days and there was nothing but pure joy.
The two most amazing days, when I fell in love for the first time in my life... - With the city of Mumbai :P I myself was amazed at how happy I could really be, enjoy myself and the company I am with. I really don't remember the last time I was so happy. I forgot everything else for those two days and there was nothing but pure joy.
I woke up on that saturday morning at 3.15 AM, took a bath and got ready to leave for Mumbai. I guess it was my good luck, that my new room-mate knew how to ride a two wheeler and I dint have to walk for a kilometere at 3.30 in the morning to the bus stand. Thus the journey started with a positive note :). Reached Jayanagar 4th block bus stand at 3.45 AM and the BIAL bus arrived as per schedule at 4.15 AM and reached airport uneventfully at 5.15 AM.
I was entering an airport for the first time in my life hence I was obviously excited :P. I had my PAN card and the online receipt ready at the departure gate, stood in the Indigo airlines queue for the Mumbai flight 6E 482, collected my boarding pass, went in for a security check and boarded the Indigo bus. I so much wanted a window seat on my first flight journey but had to be satisfied with an aisle seat.
while I was frantically searching for the reclining button of the seat, the air hostesses came in for a safety demo and I tell you, to see them perform the routine for the first time was hilarious. Then came the captain's voice, announcing that we were begining our ascent. It was 6.10 AM. I put on my seat belt and waited for the take off. Experiencing take off for the first time felt good, it ran, rattled and then flew, and we were above the city in the clouds and then between the clouds. I was trying hard to get a peek of the ground from my ailse-seat, my neck started to hurt but I could not get a view :P, all I could manage to see were the clouds. My seat was becoming a nuisance as it was not reclining, finally found the reclining button by asking the person sitting next to me. with that I slept off until I was woken up to put on my seat belt for the descent. And we landed in Mumbai :D. I went out in the Indigo Bus and then to the exit gate. I had a broad grin on my face :D as I saw my friend waiting for me. There it was, Aamchi Mumbai :).
A day that was ... hmm "awesomest" !!!
11th Dec, 2010, it began with an anticipation of having a fun filled day, out of the routine. I love travelling, add to this the ingredients of good company, the stretch on highway 101 with mountains on one side and the clear blue ocean on the other, great music and the relief of having finished your exams the day before, yes travelling does feel like heaven :).
Strated at 9.15 am, (though we were supposed to start at 8.30, well I got up only at 8.30 :P), with a stop at thousand oaks and reached universal studios in the universal City around 11. Our 'good luck' began with the studio's systems being down, hence our passes not being stamped and viola we had a free tour of the Universal studios :P. We began our adventure of Universal studios with the house of horrors and surprisingly it was fun, followed by the terminator-2 3D show, with a prelude from the cyberdine "Suuuper" :) lady and the technology combined with reality of actors on-stage and on-screen simultaneously, made the show really really "suuuper". I have not watched any of the Terminator movies but after this show I have planned to watch Terminator-2 in its honor:P. This being the Christmas season there was a giant Christmas tree and a patch of snow. Played in the snow for the first time here :) and loved it. On the way, met 'Donkey' of the "Shrekk movie", and got ourselves an unlimited refillable bucket of Popcorn :D. Next stop was the Shrek 4D show where even we were involved in the action (us being the 4th Dimension).
Okay, now it was time for our picnic lunch of corn sandwich, and with our first refill of the popcorn we proceeded to the ultimate "simpsons ride" and waited for a like 25 min (which is supposedly a very short waiting time). Truly amazing it was !!! (the holography technology, just amazing). Next on the list was pop-corn refill and the studio tour. The king-kong's Skull Island creation - just brilliant. (I don't have words to express other than superlatives for everything I saw this day). After the studio tour, time for another refill of popcorn and dinosaurs so Jurassic park it was! Finally a ride to the mummy-land, the best roller-coaster ride till date on my list. we just could not get enough of it even after the second round :)...with a last refill of the pop-corn, and a patel pic in front of the "universal studios logo" we ended our adventure of Universal studios, and thanks to Manaaasa :P, Kumar, Karthik, Murali, Priya who made the day even more amazing :)
To complete the Day, Dosa in an indian restaurant and "the entire day just felt like heaven :)".
Strated at 9.15 am, (though we were supposed to start at 8.30, well I got up only at 8.30 :P), with a stop at thousand oaks and reached universal studios in the universal City around 11. Our 'good luck' began with the studio's systems being down, hence our passes not being stamped and viola we had a free tour of the Universal studios :P. We began our adventure of Universal studios with the house of horrors and surprisingly it was fun, followed by the terminator-2 3D show, with a prelude from the cyberdine "Suuuper" :) lady and the technology combined with reality of actors on-stage and on-screen simultaneously, made the show really really "suuuper". I have not watched any of the Terminator movies but after this show I have planned to watch Terminator-2 in its honor:P. This being the Christmas season there was a giant Christmas tree and a patch of snow. Played in the snow for the first time here :) and loved it. On the way, met 'Donkey' of the "Shrekk movie", and got ourselves an unlimited refillable bucket of Popcorn :D. Next stop was the Shrek 4D show where even we were involved in the action (us being the 4th Dimension).
Okay, now it was time for our picnic lunch of corn sandwich, and with our first refill of the popcorn we proceeded to the ultimate "simpsons ride" and waited for a like 25 min (which is supposedly a very short waiting time). Truly amazing it was !!! (the holography technology, just amazing). Next on the list was pop-corn refill and the studio tour. The king-kong's Skull Island creation - just brilliant. (I don't have words to express other than superlatives for everything I saw this day). After the studio tour, time for another refill of popcorn and dinosaurs so Jurassic park it was! Finally a ride to the mummy-land, the best roller-coaster ride till date on my list. we just could not get enough of it even after the second round :)...with a last refill of the pop-corn, and a patel pic in front of the "universal studios logo" we ended our adventure of Universal studios, and thanks to Manaaasa :P, Kumar, Karthik, Murali, Priya who made the day even more amazing :)
To complete the Day, Dosa in an indian restaurant and "the entire day just felt like heaven :)".
:D
What do you do when you come across the perfect person you always imagined in your life?
hmm... every time you try to describe that person, you always end up just repeating 'AWESOME' :D (like forever) ...
hmm... every time you try to describe that person, you always end up just repeating 'AWESOME' :D (like forever) ...
One 'Quarter' ... and more :)
Ever got high from one quarter. Well I have, and may be not just high, I have got a hangover, and still trying to recover from it ... btw, by a Quarter here I mean the first term of my grad school :), its about to end and has been a roller coaster ride till now.
It started as everything else starts - with great "excitement", for taking the most fundu courses, planning to change the course of my life (:D) which seemed like a mess back then (you see, grass is always greener on the other side!!! and so true!!!). Started the first week, crashed all the exciting courses possible, trying to cram in as my subjects.With this initial enthusiasm I finalized and took up 5 courses (:D). Then came the second week, dropped 1 course, and soon came the third week, well you wont get any noble prize for guessing - yes I dropped one more course. Now I was proper grad student left with the minimum requirement of 3 courses :). Entering the 4th week I realized I am not able to cope up with one of my courses (what the hell! And I thought I would change the course of my life :P ), after a lot of contemplation and many sleepless nights, I dropped that course and took up another course, I was half way into the quarter already (Time flies by in a quarter system).
Obviously I was feeling low. Thanks to my friends, especially Darshan and Manasa, because of whom I was able to remain sane during this period. when things go wrong one of my friend pacifies saying, "maga, finally all that matters is you being happy at the end of the day :P", however stupid this might seem, it works. Half way into the quarter I had more realization than ever in my entire life, can be said 'jnanodaya' :P, remember the kind of realization Buddha had below a bodhivriksha :), well if not such a great realization but yes Grad life teaches :P and makes you realize :P !!!
Right now in the final week of the quarter (Already!) and trying to muster all the energy to complete the courses. Projects, finals, papers and games(I donno how games become a routine during exams, I don't play any if there are no exams) and sleep (exams make you want to sleep more, seriously!!)
So I ask myself do I want to quit? People say a quarter always makes you want more. whatever it is, even a roller-coaster ride is a fun ride u c :) ...So, say "All izz Well" and keep going ;) ...
It started as everything else starts - with great "excitement", for taking the most fundu courses, planning to change the course of my life (:D) which seemed like a mess back then (you see, grass is always greener on the other side!!! and so true!!!). Started the first week, crashed all the exciting courses possible, trying to cram in as my subjects.With this initial enthusiasm I finalized and took up 5 courses (:D). Then came the second week, dropped 1 course, and soon came the third week, well you wont get any noble prize for guessing - yes I dropped one more course. Now I was proper grad student left with the minimum requirement of 3 courses :). Entering the 4th week I realized I am not able to cope up with one of my courses (what the hell! And I thought I would change the course of my life :P ), after a lot of contemplation and many sleepless nights, I dropped that course and took up another course, I was half way into the quarter already (Time flies by in a quarter system).
Obviously I was feeling low. Thanks to my friends, especially Darshan and Manasa, because of whom I was able to remain sane during this period. when things go wrong one of my friend pacifies saying, "maga, finally all that matters is you being happy at the end of the day :P", however stupid this might seem, it works. Half way into the quarter I had more realization than ever in my entire life, can be said 'jnanodaya' :P, remember the kind of realization Buddha had below a bodhivriksha :), well if not such a great realization but yes Grad life teaches :P and makes you realize :P !!!
Right now in the final week of the quarter (Already!) and trying to muster all the energy to complete the courses. Projects, finals, papers and games(I donno how games become a routine during exams, I don't play any if there are no exams) and sleep (exams make you want to sleep more, seriously!!)
So I ask myself do I want to quit? People say a quarter always makes you want more. whatever it is, even a roller-coaster ride is a fun ride u c :) ...So, say "All izz Well" and keep going ;) ...
Dedicated to all the grad students ...
Silver lining !
Ever seen a cloud in the sky with a silver lining? Its is a picture that's still imprinted on my neural system which left me awed by its beauty. It was that day, when I understood the analogy of "Every cloud has a silver lining" to real life.
I am a pessimist by nature. I admire people who are optimistic but I never by myself have dared or even tried to be an optimist. Whenever I am given a situation my graph is always on the negative y-axis counting the negativities of the outcome. The balance in my hand for any task has more negative points to it than positives. But that cloud in the sky was oh so beautiful! and made me think, that maybe there is That One Day in everyones life when life seems beautiful, that you are awed by its beauty and you will get to tell "Yes, Every dog has its day :P".
Its a hard life if you are a pessimist ( I know that :P ) and harder to turn into an optimist (I know that too :P ). But maybe every cloud does have a silver lining and that day may be a pessimist will turn into an optimist or
maybe just that my graph is going positive now :) ...
I am a pessimist by nature. I admire people who are optimistic but I never by myself have dared or even tried to be an optimist. Whenever I am given a situation my graph is always on the negative y-axis counting the negativities of the outcome. The balance in my hand for any task has more negative points to it than positives. But that cloud in the sky was oh so beautiful! and made me think, that maybe there is That One Day in everyones life when life seems beautiful, that you are awed by its beauty and you will get to tell "Yes, Every dog has its day :P".
Its a hard life if you are a pessimist ( I know that :P ) and harder to turn into an optimist (I know that too :P ). But maybe every cloud does have a silver lining and that day may be a pessimist will turn into an optimist or
maybe just that my graph is going positive now :) ...
Remember the First Time? ;)
It was foul smelling ( I thoguht I would puke)... I crinched and she frowned everytime we took a sip of that liquid... Our aim was to get high and speak non-sense as they do in the movies, so we gulped the so called alocohol to reach that goal ... I could not go beyond one mug and she had two glasses ... but, alas we did not get high and could not consume anymore of that liquid... This is how my most recent first-time was ...
Well, there is a first time for everything we do ;) ... And I remember the first time I did all kinds of things ... The first time I got a 100/100 :P ( I know what you are thinking - "show off", but still, I remember it ).. The first time I carried a chit to the test in order to copy from it and was sweating so profusely out of fear that I din't even see a word written on it and that was the last time :P ... The first time I spoke on stage (and cried later for forgetting all the words) .. The first time I did a night-out tarvelling in a bus to mysore and then back, just for the sake of a night out... The first time I left home for my school in Kittur ...The list goes on ...
Now, coming to the point, fast forwarding the list to my most recent first time experience... The first time I tasted alcohol :) ... It was labelled 'Nilaya' and green in colour, got specially from Pondicherry :) (real reason - the alcohol is cheaper there) for me and my friend from another dear friend ( well he was in pondicherry that time acidentally so). My first thought when I saw the sleek greenish bottle was 'wine is red or white .. why is this green?' (It was that particular green which actually seems like the coulour of puke)...
Me and my friend had a deal in college - that we will booze one fine day and see what the fuss is all about before we finish college... but as usual we could not ... So, till recently, even after the bottle was in my hand, the wait got longer as my friend had to finish her GATE (The Exam) on Feb 14th :P .. Then came our D Day - when we had our wine in a coffee mug and a steel cup :P with lots of chips (an advice from the dear friend who got us the wine)...
We still had half of the bottle full, after our two people booze party (btw we had consumed all the chips by then) ...The next day I flushed the remaining liquid in toilet ( I had no other go - See, I stay alone in a single room and if my mom sees that thing when she comes over I guess she will die of heart-attack)...
To be honest guys... It does not taste good... It does not feel good... it is expensive... So I still do not get what the fuss is all about ...
Even though I did not get high, I vaugely remember that I had alcohol - An experience of a lifetime, or was it?
Well, there is a first time for everything we do ;) ... And I remember the first time I did all kinds of things ... The first time I got a 100/100 :P ( I know what you are thinking - "show off", but still, I remember it ).. The first time I carried a chit to the test in order to copy from it and was sweating so profusely out of fear that I din't even see a word written on it and that was the last time :P ... The first time I spoke on stage (and cried later for forgetting all the words) .. The first time I did a night-out tarvelling in a bus to mysore and then back, just for the sake of a night out... The first time I left home for my school in Kittur ...The list goes on ...
Now, coming to the point, fast forwarding the list to my most recent first time experience... The first time I tasted alcohol :) ... It was labelled 'Nilaya' and green in colour, got specially from Pondicherry :) (real reason - the alcohol is cheaper there) for me and my friend from another dear friend ( well he was in pondicherry that time acidentally so). My first thought when I saw the sleek greenish bottle was 'wine is red or white .. why is this green?' (It was that particular green which actually seems like the coulour of puke)...
Me and my friend had a deal in college - that we will booze one fine day and see what the fuss is all about before we finish college... but as usual we could not ... So, till recently, even after the bottle was in my hand, the wait got longer as my friend had to finish her GATE (The Exam) on Feb 14th :P .. Then came our D Day - when we had our wine in a coffee mug and a steel cup :P with lots of chips (an advice from the dear friend who got us the wine)...
We still had half of the bottle full, after our two people booze party (btw we had consumed all the chips by then) ...The next day I flushed the remaining liquid in toilet ( I had no other go - See, I stay alone in a single room and if my mom sees that thing when she comes over I guess she will die of heart-attack)...
To be honest guys... It does not taste good... It does not feel good... it is expensive... So I still do not get what the fuss is all about ...
Even though I did not get high, I vaugely remember that I had alcohol - An experience of a lifetime, or was it?
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