Hair today ,gone tomorrow

16 July'2007.
Chopped off my hair. yes, just chopped'em off.
now i look like a normal social being.
now i feel awkward.

Friday Evening

coming back home this Friday eve, i was thinking of so many things
1.this week's been hectic in office
2.tuesday i can go biking
3.sunday morning i can watch repeat of "Long Way Round". etc etc...
then i saw this little boy ,serving tea outside a roadside stall. a boy whose fingers will go numb serving hot cup of teas over and over again,all his life ,maybe. (god bless him)
now, what must he be thinking on a"Friday Evening"?? :(

Mumbai-Baroda-Mumbai 11-14May'06

when i came to know that Vijay is getting married, my first question was ,where?? Baroda? the answer came in a Yes and immidiately i knew its a fantastic opportunity for a ride. what it also meant was a long awaited reunion with school friends and good'ol times!
Manik and Kunal, iknew, will be game for it . Bipin pulled out at the last minute so it was left to 3 of us to ride on.
11May'06
Picked up Kunal at 04:00AM and left to Manik's place in Andheri. We finally managed to hit the Mumbai-Ahemdabad Highway around 05:00AM. One thing that amazes me is that how quickly and willingly all of us guys get ready for an early mornin ride , we never knew we were so efficient :-)
This was my first time on NH-8 and it was a dream to ride on . the ride was uneventful with miles and miles of smooth tarmac. it was pleasant till 10:00AM and we had fun with all those B'fast, Tea & Pee breaks but after that the sun was out in full fury and that sinking feeling began to creep in. you know the usual - - - its too hot man !!! the bike is boiling !!! i can not feel my back !!!! fry egg on my helmet !!!! one thing we learned , think twice and plan well , really really well , before you venture out on the highways on your motorcycle in summer . it CAN get really ugly at times:-)
Still, Thunderbirds being Thunderbirds , took all the beating (a royal salute to Royal Enfield from all 3 of us) and took us home safely and we reached baroda around 16:00 . at the end of it we were quite happy with our performance considering the amount of planning ( read Zero) we 'd put in .
Next couple of days were enjoyable and relatively comfortable as we did not do any hard riding . Vicky played a perfect host and we got to see baroda through his car's window. One thing that i've noticed is that its an offence to call these so called smaller cities , small . u can get anything that u can possibly think of in Baroda . well , O the times they are a changin--Dylan!!!!
12May'06
Left Baroda @ 19:00 and we knew where we wanted to stop for the night - Surat. The Night driving was pleasant in a way that it was easy on the rider as well as the machine. could not find any decent ( read cheap ;-)) hotel on the highway so had to go 15Km into Surat City , which was okay but it caused forced delay next morning when we lost our way and more importantly ,time in the early morning traffic.
Lesson Learned:: Overnight Stay, closer to highway.Always.
13May'06
Surat-Daman is just over 125Km and we knew today is the day for easy riding. NH-8 is so spotless and uneventful that it sometimes get a tad boring sitting on the bike and staring at the road ahead but we are not complaining , we'll take the good roads , anyday:-)
I was excited to visit Daman as i'd heard a lot bout this place .Manik and Kunal've been to Daman before and have friends in Vapi (closer to daman).
Again , It was time for their friends(especially ,satya) to play host and we really had a wonderful time in Daman.
Playing Cricket after so many years , 10 May be? , on jampore Beach , brought back memories from school days . <>
14May’06
With Mumbai less than 200Km away , we knew what we wanted to do . cruise.
Pollution, dust , noise ..welcomet to mumbai.
We (myself and Kunal) parted ways fro manik just before Borivali and finally managed to reach CBD Belapur around 13:00.

"I have found out that there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them." -Mark Twain
4 days , 1000Km , 3 friends , Absolute Fun.

psycology lessons

yesterdayafter i came back from office , 12:00AM the discussion started . saurabh & i discussed on topics ranging from Interpretation of dreams, life after death, reincarnation, deja-voo & what not! it was interesting to know that whe nu experiance certain things , you are not alone , there are people who go through the same feelings & there is something universal that people feel about these things. the discussion lasted for 2 hours & i went to sleep a t0 2:00AM. god! i'll be late for office..again!.

Freaky accident!!!

I got up with a strange feeling that something is not just right today. i mean , you dont know but its just one of those things that you just sense in your head but cannot explain.

left home at 8:20( 20 minutes behind my scheduled leaving time) for office. Sanjay (my officemate) was waiting at Andheri signal , picked him up & left for office. Usually we guys chatter a lot on our way to office but today we were quite & i was driving a lot slower( yes slower) than usual.
Suddenly just before the Malad flyover, i saw a piece of rubber coming flying towards us, i had only a second to dodge the "piece of rubber" & had to avoid the traffic behind us.
I steered a little to my right & managed to avoid the flying "piece of rubber" , which to our horror was a tire of a moving vehicle .
Though we managed to escape a fall , the tire crashed into the left front side of the bike & bent the Clutch lever, mirror ,hit the headlamp & finally hit my Helmet.
we were completely shook & failed to understand this.
the good thing is that nobody was hurt & we reached ofice safe .( the bike still needs repair).
whats freaky about this whole thing is that i some times feel that these things are predetermined & are that superpower's way of telling things. that does not mean that God(or whoever) is standing up there with a thunderbolt in one hand & an event log in another , its just that its hard to understand the timing of the event. why i left 20 minutes late than regular?? why sanjay deliberately missed buses & waited for me?? why i was running slower than usual ?? why us?? coz, had any of these things had not happen' we could have easily avoided the situation & there would've been somebody else at that point of time ,at that place. We managed to set ourselves in sync with this disaster that was waiting to happen, now ..thats freaky!!

(& by the way, the owner of the vehicle does'nt know how the hell his wheel came off!!! )

my first blog posting

Hi all!
goin thru google....one of those times when u just wade thru useless piece of info....creating a blog looked like a great idea ...now that its created , the tough part will be to maintain it.