Rain, TV, and Rain again.... and later some work....

What is the worst thing is being at home...

we theoreticians feels work can happen anywhere in world, anytime in the day....

but the 'W' stuff wont happen here at home...

this is the time of the year in kerala, it rains like hell... afternoon comes, its all thunder, lightning and heavy rain... and obviously there wont be any power...

we have to plan our schedule only for half a day... most of it will be taken over by TV or Internet...

time for work; ah, will do it in some break... :D...

more than a month at home... still i managed to write up my 2 papers, with discussions and corrections...

but still lazy days...

On a bitter-sweet year just passed....

One more year.... older by one more year... my b'day again... the first one in chennai....

I remember my last b'day in Hyderabad... it was a fun filled as well as teary day indeed... fun with all the friends around... teary; yeah, the same reason...

The year just passed was of mixed feelings.... painful as well as happy.... leaving all my friends was unbearable... leaving hyd... leaving all my buddies were indeed highlighting in the whole of year... chennai days were painful at first... slowly, i learned the place, people and blended in... work went on fine...

There were reasons to smile the end of a day... as well was reasons that brought tears to my eyes... Thatz what life is all about... it can never be sweet always.... we can enjoy the sweetness only if we ever experienced the bitterness... We will appreciate heights only if we have fallen to the bottom... A rise from fall is always memorable... It was an year that gave me strength for a rise like that, and i will remember the past year for so many reasons....

To the coming year... no more special thoughts... no promises.... no prayer for changes.... just want to be the way i'm... 'cos i love the way i am.... and i am happy....

Thanking the lord for all the happiness and good health an year brought to me.... and 'happy b'day me'... :D

Cool, Cozy sunday.... thanks to Jal!!!

Cool and Cozy and Chennai!!!... we can ever expect a combo like that.... except for cyclone rainy days... Yesterday was the day for cyclone Jal!!...

Locked up in my house whole day, missed the church.... 'cos the roads were 'flooded' and dangerous... along with rain, heavy wind... and that cause some power fluctuations and cable connection errs.... Blessing in disguise may be, enjoyed the coziness with some reading and writing (what i missed for a long long time)... One half-read book finally done... and finished some pages in 'an yellow note-pad'... :-).... satisfying... truly satisfying....

Late night news showed some destruction by the cyclone... that was the sad part of the whole day... cyclones, anywhere, plz send only rains... dont come and take lives...

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pic above: rain inspired, rain-themed wallpaper i downloaded...

Refreshing time 4 some hcu stories....

It's always refresh the old memories; beautiful or not so beautiful.... i was missing all those hcu fun except for the occasional visit to hyd... and couple of visits by friends here over few days... it was fun talking about 'those days'....

For over a month, i was out of touch with all 'hyderabadies'... then came chaitanya's invite for a lunch at his place... Chaitanya was my colleague during phd... and he is in chennai with his wife now... Talked endlessly about the old and new department stories... those troubled times of research and a bit of fun inbetween.... i always say i miss the fun days... but i do miss those tension-some days in my Phd too... the troubles with ur colleagues, bosses and all... those will also be memorable...

When u say u enjoy life; it include the bitter side too... 'cos its that bitterness that makes the better times 'better or best'....

Well, the point to underline is lunch was awesome... enjoyed a telugu meal after a long time... and for me, it was a nice break from my 'home-lab schedule'...

Trouble days... fun days... sick days... a month just passed by...

A month away from blogging... it was a busy month indeed.... started all even b4 with my NOVA breaking down completely and had to abandon it finally for a new activa... jet black bike again... never wanted to buy a bike in chennai, but had no other option... walking/going by auto in chennai is indeed risy/costly... u can risk ur life walking on road... drivers are reckless at this side of the world... so do autowallahs, ur one month salary will go down in their pockets if u rely on them... so decided to get a new one... my NOVA is still @ home, dont know yet what to do with it.... most probable thing is give it off to some mechanic and cancel the registration... sigh...

inbetween, had a blast in hyderbad... went to have a get together with my buddies sushilji sampy... and ofcourse jacob... shopped day after day... dined with misfits and had lots of biriyani... fun week-end... never wanted to end...

all these followed by sick days... i dont like to fall sick... especially cold... it just sucks... thank god for a couple of days Vitso was in chennai to give me company... finally, i got to hit the chennai beach with her... i went ther with some cold and fever, even in sickness, had fun...

well, with all these around, had a handful of work too... APP had given me a load to finish in a week... just finished a calculation... wherever u go, APP and channeling wil always follow me...

and yesterday i celebrated one year anniversary of my phd viva... one yr since i became Dr... i'm chennai, no chance i partyd... just another sunday @ home...

back to work... well and good... it will be october soon.. time flies... none can stop that....

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pic above : my new activa....

Spammers' pleasures...

Wondered anytime who are the ones following you in twitter or sending facebook invites... or in past orkut invites???? all we know that there are some online junkies, jobless who creates fake ids and enter into everybody's friendslist and all... but the real question is why??? If the pleasure is to interact with more people, why 1000s in ur list....

I was watching the crime series 'criminal minds' for the past few weeks, so whenever i get a 'follow' request from an acc, i tend to consider them as criminals, who sneak into our lives and our friends, read our blogs and they get more ideas for more fake acc... they learn our personal lives... thatz weird... and we r not the only ones they are following... cant just understand the logic... 'why'....

Even now, when i took a glance to my twitter page, some1 started following me... glad there is something called 'report spam' in the online world...

Was reading an article in IBNlive regarding the hackers and crackers... their worst fears and all... hackers and crackers are mostly interested in 'big stuffs' like govt/company websites... stealing credit card details... but what about spammers... disturbing personal pages in social networking and all... what they earn.... only a spammer can answer that Q...

When I looked up...

Last few days in chennai it was rain all over... Nobody expected a july/august shower in the city... i was told by some colleagues that rain in chennai will b november or december... unexpected climate chane; but i was excited...

But the excitement is when i am in my home and no more humidity disturbing my sleep... You go outside, its not a good feeling at all... dirty roads, water clogging... its not a good feeling... even when you are riding, u need to be careful enough to miss the craters in the roads and all... when i ride i try to avoid even the other vehicles, i dont want to get a splash from the dirty water.... so you have to focus ur attention to the road only when u ride here... And when you look down and ride; yeah yeah... all dirt... hmm...

But last day was diff, i was coming home a bit early... it was not heavy rain... traffic was less... i was scanning the road and riding slowly... when i felt no more danger from water, i looked up, to have some fresh air.... i had just turned to the Lake side, man... the beautiful sky i have ever seen in chennai... cloudy still... gray strokes on a blue sky.... it was like a piece of work.... couldnt help slow down and enjoy the scene....

Hmm... couldnt take a pic of it... the traffic never slows down permanently.... Vehicles started pouring in... and i rode faster to home... but couldnt leave that picture from my mind....

Beautiful beautiful is this place around.... but u need to keep ur eyes off from the negative aspects of life to enjoy the goodness around.... Well, the recipe for happiness is simple; all you have to do is look away from the dark sides and look up to the bright sides; thatz what is called staying positive.... a lesson learned in rain...

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The pic above is downloaded from web, not my pic...