Waynad Trip

Waynad : green , breathtaking , beautiful ... i have no words to describe the place .

It had been a long time , no trip , no outing , office was becoming routine . Then came the best part . Outing without a plan . Thursday 12th june 08 , four bored souls met.. routinely.. and decided to go "somewhere" . No plans no preperations . Friday afternoon we set off , stopped just after srirangapattanam and decided : Madkeri or waynad??? a tough decision as both places are too good to miss . But why miss any ;) .

It was a long , eventful journey to waynad . The jungle of bandipur has lots in store . Well night journey in the dense forest is promising . Wild elephants roaming , deers , wild buffaloes .. so far from the civilization . amazing experience in the wilderness . In case you are adventurous go for the night journey nothing like it :)

We reached Waynad around 11pm . Stayed there for the night and decided to see places the next morning . Saturday started promisingly. Although it was off season we were lucky as the rain god decided not to descend heavily all day. The lush green hills , rain soaked trees , misty peaks , curvey roads amidst the greenery ... well u know , somethings you have to see it for yourself .
I can go on and on . . . but am lazy.. so ill write in detail about the places later .
Sunday the pit stop was madkeri . Abbi falls , Dubara elephant park , cauvery nisarga dhama , the Tibetan golden temple .

Why the hell did i have to come back to "MG ROAD" :)

Happy Makara Sankranti

Wishing all a very Happy Makara Sankranti .
"Yellu bella thindu volle mathu adu "..... The transition in suns path from dakshinayana to uttarayana.. in makara rashi is the significance of the day . The transition from cold days to warmer days, beginning of the harvesting . All these are part of the festival . For kids its new dress, sugarcanes, sweets, yummy pongal and many more . For believers its matter of transition to harvesting . All in all its a combination of scientific calculations and believes .

Girls going to neighbors , friends place and giving them sugarcane and jaggary (yellu bella) signifies sharing of joy . Not to mention helps increase contacts in scientific terms :P. This relation between science exists , and will continue to exist . A specialty of India!

The umpire decision "Ponting says its out!!"

For most of the 2nd test match , it was not much of cricket but more of the heated rivalry . And correctly so . Its good to see Indians showing their dominance for once by backing up a team member and lifting the spirits . In a country where cricket is a religion and still a gentleman's game , the respect for the Aussies has gone from bad to worse . If it existed at the first place .

With appeals like "thats out coz we are Aussies" going around in a test match , seldom does the opposite team get a chance to have its say . The "Bhajji" factor and that of the racial abuse angered the Indian cricket lovers. And to put it blankly the whole test match went on like this

Ponting :We Aussies start the match, with the old blind Bucknor in our "pockets" we can take atleast 2-3 wickets of Indians before first drinks break
Gilchrist :Are u sure u told him to wake up when we appeal
Symonds:Dont worry ill scare him to death with my shouts . He will have to raise his hand no matter what
Ponting: Symonds be careful , all media will be watching . Dont let them get to know your monkey truth
Symonds : Naa i wont . Im pretty good at it. Did they get to know in our Indian tour .No na


So the great Australian tamasha goes on...... :)

Windows on Ubuntu! Vmware

Well for those of you who would not want windows to take up much of your disk space and want the operating system , here is the choice, Vmware . Its a old and well known tool. I tried it on my machine running Ubuntu 7.10 and works like charm :) . So instead of having all those grub and boot loading problems switch on and switch off any OS you like. I am also running Sloaris(build 55) on it with no issues.

Happy Diwali!!

A very happy and safe diwali to all :)
Yes its festival time. And what better reason than Diwali to enjoy !!."The festival of lights" is celebrated all over India . Well there are many stories behind the festival, each having its significant local presence. But apart from all of it, Diwali is a festival which bring people closer. Be it the deepas in front of houses, or the monumental buildings lit up, or be it the colorful decorations.. its full of colors and joy.After all thats what diwali is all about.. a close bond between people. A big concern is the growing pollution levels at the time of festival due to crackers. Promote safe and clean Diwali. Make your life colorful during diwali :)