then and now...

Just gate crashed to my school...
Air Force School...
Met my teachers...
most of whom recognized me because of my smile...

opened cupboards...
to see if the same way chalks were stored...
dusted the blackboard...
sat in my old class room..
played on the swings...

(the drive to school)
from running away from scool to wanting to go to school...

(@ the enterance)
from wanting to be pilots to being software engineers...
(nursery section)
from alphabets to words...

(primary section)
from adding to finding GCD...

(secondary section)
from wanting to be class topper to just passing...
[SUPW (Some Useful Periods Wasted) room]
from wasting time to wasting life...
(Art Room)
from thinking we were picassos to realizing were art illeterate...

(where we used to chit chat)
from place of randevouz to place of nostalgia...

(the stuff with which i was taught geometry, found it in an old cupboard)
from liking math to being obsessed with maths...

(our sports ground)
from team rivalary to team work...
(this made me smile)
from being brats to civilized pranksters...

from then to now...
we have come a long way...

but we are still the same...
wanting to reach the stars...

Plagiarism...

me reading
How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got A Life
in the da train...

Rangoli...

this is what welcomed us into office...
nice to see our "custom" kept alive...
Rangoli (n). A design, usually geometric, drawn on the ground in front of a house or other dwelling in the colours of the morning sun, to represent inner awakening.

my team...

@ Royal Inn...

Enlightened...

Today Rudresh and I...
learnt that if we help people...

they won't mind stamping on our toes...
first it hurts..
they will do it...till it bleeds...

our learning for the day...
"A person should not be too nice. Straight trees are cut first and nice people are screwed first."

in thought...

missing those glorious days of training...
hmmmmmmmmmm.....

in other news...

had a candle light dinner...
when the power went off during dinner...
counts as a candle light dinner does it not??
and you take a shot...
was i alone??

charged...

all "charged" to do an early morning 21km run...
loved the way the color of the sky chanded from pitch black to orange to blue...
seen orange diffused in blue...

2T...

Bhavya, recieved the title MS
Mother of Son...
seen her son.. 2T aka akshay...

The mall warrior...

The wrestler on wheels...

serendipity....

now i know why lovers always hang around in parks...
i too found two, whom i have been craving for...

This one was so adorable...
would not mind taking him home...

Bachelors party...

Anita, the angel sitting next to me...
realized that happiness was'nt everything in life
and decided to get married...

Puttanna21

Thats my lil nephew...
who just crash landed here a few hours ago...


yawn...
sleep...

anybody has any good names from M having two syllables only...??

Sankirtan @ ISKON

When i got an invite to attend the Sankirtan...
little did i imagine that....
it would be the best visual treat i have had...
hats off to Nirupama Rajendra and their Ensemble...



see it to believe it....
Pics source: abhinava.net

SPANDAN 2006

The annual cultural event of infosys...

in the center of all the cheering ...
and all the booing...
seemed like i was in college again...


there was singing...some dancing...

a steamy fashion show...

and a DJ, a mad crowd, and the dance floor...

there is a god...

finally playing tennis...
after all the nagging ...
and all the waiting...
me, where i belong...
No sound is sweeter than the ball hitting the tennis raquet...
my partner in crime Rudresh...

dehydrated...

eating office food finally took its toll..
but not running was NOT an option...
and still managed a sensible timing...
for all the non believer 's yes it is 10 km and 55 minutes ...
though the speed of 13kmph was not constant...
was so dehydrated...
wanted to take a dip in the pool..

then stopped myself...
never know may have drunk all the water...

published...

one of my tutorials goes online...
yipeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!

A couple of snapshots...

nostalgia...

next month's marathon is postponed to september...
some nostalgic moments from last year's run...

the start of the half marathon...
it's a mad-mad rush...

the crowd dilutes...
the clowns in the crowd are noticable now...

crowd support and the need for water starts...
the need for water intensifies...
at the finish line and the final realization...