Beauty by the roadside...

Found these 'ugly' (as some commented some time back) bush on a night walk this week.... Got to capture it today... It was by the roadside, among some flowers; to our science complex... anytime someone will come and burn it; they are weeds, not welcome in the world of colours...

But it had the beauty of its own...

Feeling the heat...

The whole of India is trying to chase the 'great monsoon'... End of May already here, the talk of June1 in air now... The long wait after terrific heat... Many have experienced the worst sumer of their lives this year...

But for few of us here in campus, it's not just the summer heat, but few other things related to work... The pressure of the final year in PhD is on most of us... Many feel that heat too much...

For me, it's a long way to go though things looks very 'few to be done'... infact, things are just few... but the acceleration was not so proper now... Like in cricket the final overs should be smashed like anything... The enthusiasm is not so high... The longer it takes to be in the final full swing... the harder the heat is... and I feel the heat too...

An amazing experience...

I was a cricket fan sometime back... was too much into watching that as well as playing... I remember during my school and collage days, even during exams, I will be stuck up infront of the TV watching whole day...

The interest finally lost due to may facts; many match fixing episodes and my fav stars not playing well... But recently the 20-20 roused my interest again back to cricket watching... with all the big shots coming together, it was a treat...

Never in my life I was in a stadium watching any international sports event... It was my dream some years back to watch a cricket match in a stadium... Finally that dream came true yesterday when we went to watch Hyderabad team (Deccan Chargers) playing against Mumbai Indians... Seeing Sachin and Jayasurya firing... Pollack walking by... Bravo fielding... and Gilchrist's wicketkeeping... wow I say... all infront of my eyes...

Though the Hyderabad team lost, nobody was really upset, infact many like me came for supporting Mumbai too, and many for Sachin... Infact when Sachin got out there was a silence for a while... Everyone came to see him firing to the last... The atmosphere was really rocking... First time in my life I was part of the Mexican wave in a stadium... Everything turned out so good yesterday, an unforgettable night...

The only sad part was neither camera nor mobile phones were allowed inside on security reasons, that made so much uncomfortability, had a tough time tracing my brother and sushil before the match... and none can tell how I missed my camera... such an event infront of my eyes and I didnt take a single photo :(

Happily @ Home...

Finally, I am in the God's own country... The journey was fine... No delay in flight... And reached home at expected time...

Started from the Rajiv Gandhi Int airport in Shamshabad.... This new one in Hyderabad had really international standards... Sadly, I couldn't take much pics of the airport, which was worth taking; may be next time... With acres and acres of land and more staff things are running so fine... The flight I took was not delayed even a minute... The perfectness of the airport efficiency we can imagine...

Reaching at cochin, the temp was 33... but couldnt feel that much... coming from 45, 33 was cooler place... Reached home by evening... And rest of the story, eat sleep and the process goes on...

Off to home...

Finally, decided to go home... Sick days and depressing times, couldn't fight the summer fury in Hyderabad...

Now off to the land of rains... to recover the lost energy, recharge all batteries, and come back fresh to work... Infact 'work will get delayed', boss says... but anyway take a break is what I needed...

So off to a much awaited break...