3 days road trip -> Mirzan fort to Apsara beach, Honnavara

After Mirzan fort, we had planned to go to Apsara beach in Honnavara. In the middle, we found a shop to inflate the football which we had brought along with us.

Within 30minutes we were at Apsara beach. The crowd was less almost nill. Played football, clicked pictures and had a nice time at Apsara beach for more than 2 hours.

Cheers,

PS - To post pics from other machine which has the pics

Today @ office & home

Not much to write about workplace today. Many people were on leave and few others were busy planning for the annual day event, thinking of what events to organize.

All in all a relaxing day. Since I could not get shortlisted for either of the two trekking events oen being my reasons given and the other being not available on whatsapp, I have two days to write much wanted posts on this blog.

Also thinking of buying Xiaomi Red Me phone this Tuesday. For tomorrow planning to go in search of Forclaz 500 shoes. Seems like there is a 1200Rs waiver at selected stores in Rajajinagar. But even before that, need to check on the price in Decathlon. Will do that.

Watched a part of, one of my favorite movie Ghayal. I simply love the movie Ghayal. They dont make movies like that anymore. What background music. What a plot, what action. Believe me, even if I watch it 100 times I will never get bored of it. The only not so interesting part is the first half where some unexpected events turn up, which really are not that enjoyable. But all in all, I simply love the movie GHAYAL.

Its a true source of inspiration for me atleast, to work my ass of in reaching a well deserved goal.

Cheers,

Handling rejections - 2 day trek

After my last post on handling rejections, here is one more. Here is all how it unfolded.

I presently go for treks with one group in Bangalore. I do not want to name the group. I also am involved in some not so important voluntary activity of the group and also participated in a social event organized by the group.

So there was this so called 2 day trek organized by this group and the organizer being XXX.

About organizer XXX I had got some feedback, saying there shall be ragging sessions at the end of the day, where a person is literally asked to do something which he is not interested in. This feedback was same across 3 different sets of people who had participated with this organizer.

As a result, in the registration form, I mentioned that, I wish not to be ragged or asked anything to do which I am not interested in. And can you guess what happened after that, I got rejected.

As per the group's policy person taking part in social event gets the first priority callup. Now out of nowhere I had to deal with another rejection. I could have escalated this. But since the group is a free service provider anyone can act as per their fancies. So I had to swallow the bitter pill.

Never mind, I still remember the two construction worker kids on an early morning, who were very satisfied with their packet of buiscuits unaware of what is happening in Kudremukh!

I have a long term goal in mind. So I need to work on that.

As I complete this post, found this nice article on DLM!

http://www.dumblittleman.com/2014/09/let-go-little-things.html

Cheers,

PS - This has got nothing to do with me expressing hatred towards someone. Its just about a point where everything we expect just does not happen. We have to deal with rejections. 

3 days road trip, Mirzan fort Kumta Day 3

After good night's sleep, woke up early got freshened up and first thing was to visit Mirzan fort in Kumta. I simply love the highway starting from Udupi till Goa. Its too good.

Last time I had the previlege of driving on this road, in the afternoon, early morning. Thoroughly enjoyed my drive on this road. This time too the case was same.

Once we reached Mirzan fort, came to know it was not yet opened. Hence proceeded to a nearby hotel in the main road.

Breakfast was Misal Bhaaji. What a lovely food. I had 2 full plates of a low calorie one and my friends made fun of me as if there was no tomorrow. When I came back and searched internet, found out its a specialty of Kumta. How proud I feel that I ate two plates.

Its nothing but Avalakki, on top of that, boiled vegetables, lentils, masala and salt, topped up with Sev. I tried the low calorie one with no Sev top ups and left out the potatoes.

Within the avalakki there were lots of fried items too,which I left out, like Chakkuli, Nippat etc.

All in all the shop was a go-down of fried items. What a nice breakfast I thought, next time, definitely will take my parents over there too!

Cheers to Misal Bhaji.

Cheers,

Topics to write...

There are actually loads of topic to write, which I am thinking of. It can be categorized into

1. Childhood.
2. School.
3. College.
4. Work.
5. Cab.
6. Travelling.
7. Trekking.

I remember many such happenings which I would like to write about. I always wonder, how would it have been if I had maintained a journal writing account of each day. It would have been fabulous. On top of that, writing with pen and paper in days without internet would have been even more fantastic. I can only wish.

But I still got a chance to go into rewind, remember as much as possible and put it up over here.

So hoping to write as much as possible, so that, in future, I could read them and not miss the current happenings.

Lets see how it goes.

Cheers,

At office today

Usual day @ office. Today we had no much work as, we had a sprint release yesterday and today was more of a cleanup day. Infact since last 2 weeks we had only minute modifications, nothing major though. Hence it was bit relaxing for the last 1.5 weeks after hectic schedule for the last 5 months.

Was looking at pluralsight today looking at some tutorials, as well as read some javascript stuff. Thing which have eluded me since many years. Hope I can become proficient in web technologies as well.

By evening, we had a major discussion for the next sprint and that guaranteed more work for coming days. In one way its better, but again, cannot read much at office!

Cheers,

At office today

I still have some excitement left for posting today making use of the new router. At office my neighbor got a new Xaomi Redme phone. It looks cool, just the worrying factor being amount of free RAM.

Never mind, another preparatory mail on a topic has put me to caution. Also looks like my expenditure shall go up, because of that. As of now kinda concerned.

Cheers,

Favorite eat out spots on the way back 2012 - 2013

The year being 2012- 2013. I worked as contractor for one of the companies in Mahadevapura, whitefield. It would take us lot of time to come from all the way to Mahadevapura to Uttarahalli. As a result there were many such occasions when we stopped and had snacks on the way back.

There were a bunch of fully enthusiastic guys in the office shuttle. We had a list of favorite spots to chose to eat.

1. Iyengars bakery - JP Nagar 3rd phase.
2. One more bakery in JP Nagar on the road to Indira Gandhi Circle,
3. Kaggi's Chikkalsandra.
4. Dominos pizza JP Nagar 3rd phase.
5. Goli , vada pav - Chikkalsandra.

The entire crew of the cab was just fantastic. I badly miss the company we had over there. After I left the organization, few others too went onsite. Few people still ply via the same route, but the unity was somehow broken!

Cheers,

PS - If someone from that cab Route # 19 reads this post, holla to you guys!

Office cab today

As usual came by office today, people were hungry and stopped on JP Nagar 3rd phase, in order to have some snacks at Iyengar Bakery opp to FedEx.

It was already late, I mean 9 15PM, but people were still insisting, so had to stop.

All in all people were happy.

The last time, we ever stopped at the same Iyengar's bakery opp to Fedex was sometime early in the year 2013, whilst I was working with ABB. Our cab used to come by the same route and we once stopped over there and gobbled up Nipattu, Palya bun and puffs I guess. That time it was sponsored by our cfo. I was still not that calorie concious and had eaten pretty nicely.

This time I controlled myself and did not eat anything, which is kinda achievement.

Cheers, 

New wireless router

Finally, I have it over here, posting from my faithful old laptop which I purchased in Singapore. Got a new WiFi router and now I am a happy man. Shall post more entries into this blog. Many of which correspond to the past events in my life over the years.

I wish to write more.

Cheers & Yay, I am a happy man.

PS - Without a wifi router something was surely amiss. I hope I can keep my excitement to write more, going for many days to come.

3 days road trip -> Magod falls to Kumta

After visiting Magod falls, we headed to Kumta, it was turning dark, the roads were curvy along with good amount of traffic. Coupled with that, there were heavy rains. It was difficult to drive, but we managed and reached Gokarna cross.

If we went straight, we could proceed to Gokarna, we took right it would lead us to Ankola and Karwar, left to Kumta. Refilled at the fuel station and took left turn towards Kumta.

Two of our guys on the bike had searched for rooms in Kumta. It was Hotel Vaibhav, so we stopped at Hotel Panduranga International for dinner. It was nearing 10 PM and the hotel was nearly closing. Completed dinner and headed right to our hotel for a good night's sleep.

Cheers,

3 days road trip -> Khanapur -> Yellapur -> Magod falls

After lunch, we decided to go to Kumta directly instead of Karwar, there seemed to be a way to reach Gokarna/Kumta instead of Karwar and we chose that.

So we proceeded towards Yellapura. Over here couple of stops for pics and then proceeded to Magod falls which was totally unexpected. On the way we saw a board to Magod falls and took a deviation. Thats it.

The falls was nice, since it was the first time of me visiting the same.!

Cheers,

3 days road trip -> Gokak -> Belgaum -> Khanapur

After completing Gokak falls, we headed back to Belgaum to proceed towards Karwar or Kumta. It was not yet decided. Where to have lunch too was not yet decided.

We started towards Khanapur, and I told the rest of the guys that, we shall have lunch at any Khanavali available in Khanapur. Back of my mind, I was not sure whether we would encounter any Khanavali over there or not.

I just told them convincingly that, there shall be one. And believe me, we could find one with ease. It was along the main road.

Cheers,

3 days road trip -> Gokak falls

Woke up early on Day 2, got ready and started towards Gokak falls by 7 AM. Tried to have breakfast in Belgaum, but none of the hotels were open that early, hence proceeded with an empty stomach.

We had to travel around 50 kilometers and a wrong choice of road costed us some time, as we had to negotiate potholes and gravel. At the end made it to Gokak by 9 AM with couple of breaks in between for some pictures.

Had breakfast at a local hotel in Gokak and then proceeded towards the falls.

Water was less at Gokak falls courtesy the dam. But none the less, first timers were quite impressed by the hanging bridge, old British style buildings. For me, it was 4th time since childhood days, last visit being in 2009, 4.5 years earlier.

Cheers

3 days road trip -> Night's halt @ Belgaum

As the day came to a close, we concluded that, we could not make it to Gokak falls and as a result, decided to halt at Belgaum. Approached the KSRTC bus stand and chose to have dinner. Found a Jain hotel opposite to the bus stand and finished dinner. Then started searching for lodges.

While couple of people went in search of rooms, me and few others went to buy, local sweets, Kunda/Ghate and Bhakarvada. I got 3/4 kilo of kunda and 1/2 kilo of bhakarvada. Handling them over the next two days became a challenge as we were running out of space in the car.

Found a lodge and slept for the day.

Cheers,

3 days Road trip -> Utsav Rock Garden, Gotgodi Park, Shiggaon

This was my second visit to Utsav Rock Garden in Shiggaon. It had been almost 2 years and lots of things had changed since then. Here are few more pics! Many things remained the same though!.

I thoroughly liked Utsav Rock Garden, but this time, people with whom I had gone there, liked this place even more than me!. They thought it was a visual treat!

Cheers,

3 days Road trip - Bangalore -> Timminakatti -> Utsav Rock Garden -> Hubli -> Belgaum.

It was 15 Aug 2014, the day started at 4 am, I had not prepared anything in terms of packing, I had to put together my clothes and all necessary stuffs. I had to reach Ring road at 5 30 AM, but in the end it got delayed and reached only at 6 15 AM.

So after my pickup, we proceeded to Nelamangala, to head right out of town. Its over here, we stopped for necessary fuel at Shell Petrol pump.

The day's plan was to stop at Kyathasandra for breakfast, then directly at Davangere for lunch. After lunch, a visit to the Ustav rock garden at Shiggaon.

Along with us, one more person, drove a bike. He infact thought Kyathasandra was after Tumkur and as a result, directly went to Tumkur instead of stopping at Kyathasandra. As a result, we decided to stop at Sira Kamath hotel for breakfast.

Reached Sira at around 9 40 AM, then had a good breakfast and proceeded towards Chitradurga. After Chitradurga on the way to Davangere, we encountered a major hurdle, there was an accident which had occured and the highway was blocked.

This took some time to clear and we reached Davangere after this. Over here, one of our group  member's friend was in Ranebennur, Timminakatti to be precise. His home was over here and it is he who invited the entire 11 members for lunch at his place.

Hence took a detour at Ranebennur and went towards Timminakatti. Had a great lunch. After which it was time to leave. Time was around 3 pm and next was Utsav Rock Garden, in Shiggaon.

Cheers for now.

Places covered, 3 day trip

There were few places which were enlisted to be covered during the 3 days, but in the end, we could not complete all of the enlisted places, instead chose few of them.
Visited places:
1. Utsav rock Garden, Gotgodi Park, Shiggaon, – Day 1
2. Timminakatti , Ranebennur, Day 1
3. Gokak Falls,  - Day 2,.
4. Karwar, Sadashivgad fort – Not covered.
5. Gokarna  - Not covered.
6. Murudeshwara – Not covered.
7. Mirzan fort Kumta – Day 3
8. Padukone. – Not covered.
9. Honnavara beach – Day 3
10. Idagunji Sri Ganesha temple. – Not covered.
11. Jog falls. – Day 3

Along with Utsav rock garden, we also chose to visit a friend’s place at Ranebennur. Timminakatti village it was, where we were treated to a nice meal.
Cheers,

3 days road trip, 1500 kilometers

August 15, 2014, was a Friday and with no trekking plans in sight, there was a chance for something different. It ended up being the amongst the best 3 days of 2014.

There are other better days in 2014, but these 3 days, I enjoyed truly.
Went on a road trip with few of the guys who organize and accompany me for trekking.

So, it was 3 days, 1500 kilometers and loads of driving, visiting places and then repeat!.

It started out a couple of weeks before 15 Aug 2014, carefully planning the roadmap. In the end, the road map just got thrown out of the way and we went in a way that was totally unexpected.

Places covered.

1. Timminakatti, Ranebennur
2. Utsav RockGarden, Shiggaon.
3. Gokak falls.
4. Magod falls.
5. Mirzan fort.
6. Apsara beach
7. Jog falls.

Cheers,

Handling Rejections - Himalayan trek

Been bit busy for the last 4 weeks or so. Loads of work at office plus stuffs at home keeping me busy.
Finally saw a trekking event to the Himalayas. The team size was 8. It would have been my first trek to the Himalayas. I have been working hard for the last 8 months.

I had every reason to be hopeful for getting short-listed. But in the end, I got rejected because, there were more experienced people who had enrolled. More experienced in the sense, they had trekked Himalayas before.

As of today feeling very awful. Not able to digest the fact that, 8 months dedicated hard work and still one step behind. I  need to work harder. I dont know why people including me take rejections this seriously.

Saw a couple of kids of construction workers, this morning. They were so happy enjoying their packet of biscuits. They were so so happy with the basic amenities and here I am finding it very hard to even digest the fact that, I ve been rejected for Himalayan trek.

Why do we have such high hopes. Why cant we simply try and leave the rest to God. Why cant we simply be happy with smaller things in life.

I promise, I shall improve.

Cheers,

PS - due to a drop out in the shortlisted members, I got invited for this trek again. By God's grace, this thing has happened, on 5 September 2014. As of today, 6 September 2014, still deciding on how to proceed. Keeping fingers crossed whether I can make it!
Cheers