Insomniaic Days....

Hmm... cannot forget the way i walked like a zombie through the corridors of our school.... People commented... 'too much work'....
A football tournament passed too, but without success, the final match was boring, i did my best... but lost 1-0.... still insomniac after all these exertions... i needed a way out,.... thesis final stages, i cannot be like this....
Had to consult my doc yesterday.... 'insomnia' he commented.... finally on medication, but was fruitful...
it was heaven when i woke up this morning.... fresh and strong.... after a long time, had a lunch without a sleepy face....
back to work... but not going to risk my health....

About the football.... one thing i note.... 'nothing happens in life by chance, only hard work earns'...

pic above : my team misfits b4 the finals....

A box full of surprises....

There wont be any one who doesnt like surprises... surprises are always sweet, or its shocks... last day received a surprise like that... its not just a single one... but a box full of surprises... it was from my pan pal Kissy, my b'day gift came from miles and miles away...
It's always an excitement even when i receive a letter from her... the box came with a tone excitement... more the goodies inside, its just the whole thing that excited me... there was a journal, an empty one for me to write on... candies, candles... and the best part of the whole for me was a 'blob ball' which came with a note to squeeze when on pressure... On with a 100 tensions in my thesis writing, i think its going to help most....
I am treasuring the whole thing.... thanks kissy, hope i can send you box of surprises like you have done...

Brownie and Me/Us...

When i sat down to watch the movie 'Marley and Me' I never expected anything other than any other normal, not-so-boring, Hollywood movie... "a family learns life lessons from their adorable, but naughty and neurotic dog" review was also not so appealing... the only thing which put me to watch the movie was the adorable dog picture in the review columns... But i never expected me to be in tears at the end of the movie...
A real story by a journalist, the movie just told the story... that can be story of many others too... The movie reminded me of our own pet dog years back; almost 18.... He was Brownie... A German Sheppard with more of brown color... He was the first pet we had... Like Marley, he too was uncontrollable... and high spirited, strong... those days even we felt he's a bit neurotic, but yet lovable... he loved us kids...
But his ways made my parents keep him with less freedom... not letting him out because the neighbors were terrified of his behavior... Yet he was longing for the unlimited freedom which he never got... Like Marley his last days were indeed painful for us... Seeing him dying.... just like in the movie...
We never had a dog in our family after one more dog died in old age, immediately after Brownie...
Marley's story reminded me of my childhood... If we had a raised voice from us or someone fighting, our dogs used to bark till we keep our voices down, not appreciating what we were doing.... the lessons of life, we are learning not just from fellow humans... Anyways a wonderful movie... few of the kinds which turn the viewers emotional... like me....

Life's not the same....

It's 8.00 pm and I am in my lab... nothing like that happened b4 in my research life... life's changing.... for everything there's a time... this is the time to move out...
Life going hell lot busy with the thesis work.... it's correction time and seminar preparation... the target is mid-march when i can have a big smile... till then its a busy bee routine...
I hardly see my close friends around.... neither I am spending time in gops... and not even photography series (though i click random clinks now and then)... Not so interest in late night movies in my laptop... Instead, it's late night tea and 'latex' typings...
It's not just the thesis, but something which i can never live without too... its the sports month here... my football team 'misfits' in the field already practicing... all the excuses to keep away, will never work with them... so i am field too...
My life in hyderabad is shuttling between the football field and the lab.. two extremes, for many I am a mystery person, managing extreme works... but thatz me... and thatz making me different... and truly I am loving it....

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Pic above: I had to participate in a panel discussion on the popularization of science in Birla Science Centre, Hyderabad....

Trip to the mountains on new year day...

It's been a very long time here.... work kept me away...

Now at home and lazing around... and relaxing a lot of course, do whatever you feel like... watch how much ever movies you desire, time like that i was missing for a long time... a relaxed time... 

Finally on new year day i decided to break the couch potato mode of me.... Got my brothers out of the house, had a ride to the mountains.... the destination was Wagamon, green green mountain-side with lots of pine trees and meadows...

It took an hour to reach there.... with riding along hair-pin roads, along the wester ghats mountain ranges..... took lots of pics, more than the pics, it was the view... never got to enjoy the beauty of my own home place...

Wagamon was supposed to chill cool... but we reached there in the noon time.... Though sunny, walks around the meadows, I forgot all the work which awaits me in hyd... all the traumas of the phd extension.... 

I was a great way to celebrate new year.... unforgettable.... 

I have now a couple of days of holidays left, but when i get back to hyd, i never think i wasted my holidays, I just had myself recharged....

I havent uploaded any photoes other than in facebook and orkut... hope its viewable here too...

On the way scenes...

The blue mountains on the way....

Those line on the mountains are the roads we rode through....

Meadow scenes...

In the pine forest....