2024 - Another year goes by.

 Another year comes to an end. Thanks to god for literally everything. There have been days when I have felt very uncomfortable and days when I have felt comfortable especially in the last 1-2 months since I moved out of my previous toxic project.

I do not write much these days due to the lack of time, also can I say that - I fail to absent myself from everyday activities - the absenteeism which can promote quiet and the writing much needed, is kind of unavailable or hard to find for me. 

 But I worked hard in 2024, so hard that, there were days when I could not move my neck around whilst working on my computer. It was that bad. It was all due to the toxic project or team which I worked on.

Since I have not revealed the organization or team where I work, I can now safely write in abstract about the team which I used to work in the past. It gave me a year and half salary but had completely missing what is known as personal time and professionalism.

I shall write about this in another post, but for now, I am thankful to god, he let me tour Tirupati Lord Venkateshwara Temple 2 times this year - in back to back months. This blessing was such immensely great that, I have to thank god for many many more years to come.

In the month of May, I did the Goa, Kolhapur, Saundatti trip, I will write about that one too once I find time, but then later months, work took too much of time and then I was thrown out of the project which I felt as a huge relief and here I am a little bit relaxed finding time to write and read and come to terms with growing older.

Cheers,

Ode to my towel

Strange looking title. Ever since I had started working out in the gym probably last week of December 2013, I have used lots of clothing and accessories. One thing which remained constant from Day 1 till yesterday was my towel. I was using the same towel for almost 3 years 6 months.

It was my constant companion soaking up all the sweat and occasional tear, blood and whatever came out of my nose too! It never complained. I had put it through places and it still took everything. I used to soak it in water after workout, drain it and put it up for dry, every single day I exercised and it did not complain. Finally after all it had gone through, it just tore apart.

I had changed my running shoes, track pants, T shirts, head gear, inner wear almost everything, but this one remained constant. Now this one gone, I have nothing left to remind me of the day, I stared to workout. How I was! All I have now is memories. This towel, will be cut into pieces and used for cleaning house hold stuffs and alas, few more months it shall vanish. Until then to this ever so useful piece of equipment, adios my friend. Honestly feels nostalgic!

Yeah, I do have a picture of it! Its a good 4.5 feet in height, would cover up almost 3/4 of the exercise mat!

Cheers,

Its very difficult to make a comeback !!!

Yes, this is what I realized today. Its really very difficult to make a comeback, in any field.
I made a comeback at the gym today. In other words I re-debuted. It had been almost a month since I had quit gym.

Owing to my total frustration at [content supressed], this summer heat and taking into account even my laziness too, I had distanced myself from the gym. I had decided to come back strong someday, hopefully the day has come, its today.

On the technical front, yes I have made a sort of comeback, with some inspiration from some of my friends. I have started reading, studying and coding a lot these days. I thank god for keeping me going all these days. I love to blog more here. Hopefully I started reading some fiction soon.

Also forgot to mention, today I almost ran continuously for about 15 mins without a break. Can you believe that. I had almost stopped running on the treadmill since 2 months. ( 1 month I was out of gym and the month prior to that the treadmill had broken down). I cant believe it myself.

I started running on a new treadmill in the gym and found it very good, infact great. Hoping to run more. I have changed my gym schedule. I would be going to the gym every evening from now on.
God give me more strength.

Cheers,

I Love the 80's

Another weekend is here and I am as happy as ever. Loads of time for myself to unwind. How did I do that, well lots of sleep today along with loud snoring. I also got to watch a fabulous innings by Brendon McCullum who hit 6 "6's".

I gave the photo film for development and printing, recall, I did have a spare camera along with my digital camera, just for the that moment when I felt lazy enough to open and switch on my DSC H7. You would be wondering " How can this guy be as lazy as a sloth, having two cameras all because of laziness?? ". Yes its absolutely true, I do feel bit lazy to operate that big camera of mine, something which I was warned of before, but still I went for it. Well, its worth the money, no wonder.

Evening was as usual rocking, again in front of TV. This time I got to watch VH1- " Big Weekend" , guess what was the theme? , " I Love the 80's - HairDo's ". Basically there are different flavors to the " I love the 80's " theme.

1. I love the 80's - Rock
2. I love the 80's - Pop
3. I love the 80's - Movies
4. I love the 80's - HairDo's

Lots of songs of HairDo's, the one which I liked the most, was the one which I grew up listenting to, any guesses?

Yes, Maddonna, who else, and the song was " Like A Virgin ". What a video, what a song !!! worth the scoldings which I got for lazying around, the entire day.

By the way, I don't have any book to keep me occupied, looking for the following books:
-> Straight from the Gut -
-> Winning -
by - well you know who, I guess.......

Cheers,

Golden Words of Wisdom

The road to success is not straight. There is a curve called Failure, a loop called Confusion, speed bumps called Friends, red lights called Enemies, caution lights called Family. You will have flats called Jobs. But, if you have a spare called Determination, an engine called Perseverance, insurance called Faith, a driver called Jesus, you will make it to a place called Success.

~~~~~
Cheers

Lessons learnt from " JAB WE MET "

Honestly speaking, JAB WE MET is one of the awesome movies I have watched in recent times. The story was spot on, the location was spot on , everything about the movie was just too good.

I watched in two parts. The first part was when it was shown on a popular television channel. I was watching the movie, when my cousin turned up, to invite my family to his house warming ceremony. I had already fallen in love with the movie, but this time could not help. I had to switch off the Television, but I dont regret it.

Then the coming week, I went to Dharwad to my cousin's marriage. Now too I could not watch the second part, the thought of which was really haunting me. Finally one fine weekend, I managed to watch the second part of the movie, and mark my words, it was worth the wait.

I ve learnt some lessons from the movie. Last time, I had put up a post about lessons learnt from Dil Chahta Hai. But it was an extract instead. But this time, its my learning curve. So here it goes. (Not many though)

1. Do things which make you happy and the things which you love the most.

Recollect, Aditya (Shahid) was fond of music, but finding no time due to his schedule. But after he met Geet(Kareena) , he re-realised his interest in music. btw what an awesome song, sung by....... I assume its by the Lead Singer of Silk Route. Correct me if I am wrong.

2. Balance personal as well as professional life.

I think its very mandatory to strike a chord between the two. Else you will forget to enjoy life while you chase your dreams and aspirations or you will forget your professional aspirations.

Recollect how Shahid performs @ his peak, after he returns from Manali.

3. To speak your heart out, listen to others' worries , speak about your worries.

Recollect, how Shahid feels when he flushes out the pic of his ex-girlfriend who married someone else. Well its really important to speak out to someone, tell your concerns, and at the same time listen to others worries as well.

4. To take a break, from work and travel.

After I watched the movie, I just felt the importance of taking a break from work. You can travel or do something creative.

5. To completely own your decisions.

This is one of the most awesome things which I came across watching the movie.

Recollect what Kareena tells when they are planning to make an elope from her house. To take decisions that your heart tells, and to own them completely and later, not to blame anyone for the decision.

Well, I want to re-iterate about #1.

1. Do things which make you happy and the things which you love the most.

The thing which I love to do the most, is to crack Jokes. The jokes which I utter is completely spontaneous and has nothing to do with any sorts of preparation. Above all, I do it most, when I meet cousins. But the saddest part is my brother absolutely hates it. He once said " Do you even remember that you are a Software Engineer, and work _ _ _ _ _ ". Well dont know what to make out of it. One thing's for sure, There's no stopping me when it comes to jokes, esp POOR JOKES !!!

Cheers, bye for now !!!

Switching ends !!!

Funny post, no meaning though, but after all its MY BLOG baby !!!!.

Well for the first 15 years of my life, I resided at Malleshwaram. Then on I moved to Bangalore South.

My cousin resided for many years at Jayanagar 9th Block . Now he has moved to Nelamangala since .

This time around, when I visited my cousin's place (on the occasion of house warming ceremony of his new house), I decided to have a casual chat about how he travels to his work place and how I travel to my workplace. The thing which came to light was quite surprising.

He started telling me about my house which I resided in Malleshwaram and I started telling about the house in which he resided in Jayanagar.

Guess what, incidentally he travels to his workplace everyday passing by my house @ Malleshwaram and I travel to my workplace everyday, passing his house @ Jayanagar 9th block.

Aint that supercoooool !!!!!

A DECADE LONG WAIT !!! What it is???

Well, wondering what it is ?? Yes its almost a decade, since I last visited the Vijaya Vittala temple @ Tumkur Road, close to Nelamangala. It was in 1997, I had been there. I just loved the place. The Gitopadesham, Vishnu Avataara, everything was just spot on. Mythology at its very best.

Since then I have traveled along Tumkur Road, a lot many times, but never found the opportunity to visit the temple. Now in 2008, I revisited the temple, just to find out, nothings' changed in the past 10 years.

I had been to my cousin's place @ Nelamangala. Incidentally it was the house warming ceremony of his new house. On my way back home, I headed to the Vijaya Vittala temple. The first thing I uttered in front of the Lord was " Thanks god for keeping me alive and kicking for 10 years. " . It just came automatically. So finally the decade long wait is over. I wish I visit the temple more frequently.

Inspired to take Photos !!!!!

Through this post, I want to tell the name of the person who, inspired me the most to buy a digital cam and take photos. The truth is out, its none other than " Otto Frank ". Father of Anne Frank. (Recollect -> from the Diary of Anne Frank)

After reading the book " The Diary of a Young Girl " by Anne Frank, I became more and more inquisitive, to know about the Frank family. I started searching on the internet about who betrayed the Frank family, how were the members of the Annexe were arrested, where they were sent to after arrest.

It is through here that, I came to know that, Otto Frank, Anne's father, was very much interested in photography. I learnt that in the 1940's itself he had a good quality camera and took lots of snaps, which told the world lots of stories. Hence I thought, lemme give it a try and to be honest, it just worked wonders. Not only did I take 130+ pics, but it made the event even more memorable, an event close to my heart.

Thanks Otto Frank !!!!!
[The event I am speaking here is my cousin's marriage at Dharwad]