R's environmentally friendly house.

My stint with R’s house

After returning to Hyderabad after my long stay away from this city, I was in for quite a few surprises which started right as soon as I reached R’s house.

(As a short background to things, before I left from Hyderabad about 2.5 months back… I had to move out of my then current rental apartment where I lived for more than 2 years, coz of some redevelopment aspirations of my landlord)

1) Here I come into the R’s apartment. First stop the Bathroom. This part of the house totally resembled a cat’s post hair shedding scene. Not to forget all sizes of cockroaches.

2) I saw the fan working at full speed with double capacity. 0.5 time’s capacity: blowing off some air. 1.5 time’s capacity: super whacky sounds making sure that I don’t miss the city traffic’s loud honking horns.

3) 20 minutes later, the fan decided to die. So no fan for the rest of the duration of stay.3) Evening: I retire into the bed, only to find out that there were already to 2 new species that already had the legal authority over the bed. Ants and Mosquitoes.

4) I had a surprise visitor jumping into the house from the Kitchen -> A cat. (Maybe that can be an explanation to the Bathroom scene… LOL)

5) I open the balcony doors, only to be greeted by lizards.

6) Also, not to forget that it takes some real destructive engineering brains to switch on/off the lights of the bathroom.

Over and over, a house which was totally environmentally friendly… :-P :-D

I’m writing this blog only with a view of light humor (except that when R reads it, I’m sure he is gonna grab me by the neck and choke me till unconsciousness)… but I’m really thankful to R for letting me stay at his place when I needed it the most. Thanks dude!

The General Motors Diet

Recently, I tumbled upon this quote from Henry Ford->"Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't, you're right." Somewhere i did believe it and tried to associate almost every action of an individual to this quote, and interestingly it turns out to be true.

I was always amused by people who regularly indulge into Gymnasium workouts and healthy diet regimes for weight loss; and considered that this is not my cup of tea. But i came across this link, which had a simple diet plan lasting only a week, and guaranteed to produce "atleast" some results. Here's the link: http://msync.org/health/GeneralMotorsDiet.html

I must say that i did follow this diet like a book of law for that particular week and did nothing more or less as mentioned in the diet regime. I actually took up this program to make the statement by henry ford proven true. Coz initially i had this belief that i cant diet, and then i realized it was finally all mind games.

And yes, it did produce some changes. For me it was 4 kgs in a week... Now that was a deal!!

P.S. Do not try such a thing without consulting a Dietitian. I have to say this, coz on one of the days, due to unavoidable circumstances, i could not have any food for almost the entire day. And as an end result, I felt mild unconsciousness for a while. I also have cases of people who could not even continue after the first day itself and have fainted big time. So, be safe!

The Crazy Balls

Thank you Blogger.com for continuing my account... I know haven't used it for like ages now... :)


Trying to get back to telling more stories... Let me start with this one on letting go off frustration.

Back then as a child, i was very fond of playing with a "Crazy Ball". For those who do not know what a crazy ball is, here's the definition... A crazy ball is a just like another ball made of rubber, with one special twist... It bounces off with equal force when you throw it in some direction, and keeps jumping, spinning in crazy directions, for a long time. A reference: In the recent advertisement of Sony Bravia televisions, you can see thousands of these let free on a downtown street.

Here's a Pic to make it clear...



Well, where the hell is the connection with letting go off frustration.

As a kid, i loved to run behind this ball all around the house, and also practice hitting targets with it.

This activity i recently applied to letting go off my frustration. I took a Printout of the name of the person who was making life hell for me recently, Pasted it on the wall, and with this Crazy ball started my childhood activity of target practice.

Believe me after half an hour of this, i was all relieved and back to regular business.

Two things i would like to mention:

1) Nobody on this earth can make you feel miserable, unless you really want it to happen. This applies to both Love and Hatred.


2) Never let go off the child in you, coz there would be no genius without some madness and the childish insanity within. :)



Cc!

The Hit - n - Console Trip

To start with, people would ask why such a title dude. It was supposed to be a trip to Nagarjuna Sagar and Srisailam. Factually it was, but then as you read on you shall gauge the meaning very soon. So let the journey begin.

This trip was under scrutiny for a long time, as in like for more than 5 weeks. There were almost 15 people saying a yes for this trip. When the final head count was taken, it was 7. We had juggled up on many Potential Destinations for our first 2 day trip in Hyderabad. We agreed upon these 2 spots – Nagarjuna Sagar Dam and Srisailam Temple. Those who are unaware of these locations can Google it out for themselves. The total journey was about a 600 Kms, to be covered in 2 days. So we needed a Comfortable vehicle. We booked a 7-seater Toyota Innova.




We started our morning with a huge number of confusing SMS’s exchanged around the group by me and my counterpart, the singing sensation – Nirbhay. Anyways after it was all done; we ended up at Chillies, a local restaurant where the Breakfast is supposedly good. We settled down in the Innova after a debate on the amount of advance to be paid before the start of the trip. It was about 8.30 in the morning; the time for some of the buddies to go to sleep (read: the normal sleep routine time). So it was pretty dull in the start, till the Driver – Khaleel received a call. One catchy dialogue which I find worth mentioning – “…….. Main kitni baar aapki gaadi chalaya hu. Aap fikar mat karo aur aise phone karke mera DIMAG OUT MAT KARO.” (As if his DIMAG was IN earlier, we doubt) FYI - The person in the other end of the call was probably the owner of the vehicle. Anyways we continue……


Soothing Himesh Reshammiya’s songs were being played at the music system. Distance covered about 45+ Kms. Some people relaxing and the others were appreciating the beauty of the road. Things were going fine until….

Dhuuusshhh!!!!!
Screeeeechhhhh!!!!!
Dhaaadaammmm!!!!!

Guesses, if any? Since I am writing this blog soon after the visit, I am fine. Nothing wrong happened with me. But what happened is that we hit a motorbike on the way. A Black Pulsar 150, unregistered, with a young lad of about 25 riding it. We were at a speed of 90+ something and this Machine came on the wrong side of the road, traveling at something 40. But as soon as he saw our vehicle approaching it at a high speed, this lad lost it completely, w/o a clue on what to do. And instead of slowing down or getting out of the way, accelerated more. This brought him straight faced into the bonnet of our car.

I saw the scene all the way, right from him getting into our way and then the dash. This was something I shall probably never see again in my life. The way the crash happened. Bhaiyya #1 and Bhandu along with our driver Khaleel got down from the vehicle and started inspecting the losses. And what we come to know that the person whom we just hit is a junior Police Constable. Wow, it could not get any bigger than this. First of all you hit someone on the road, and he turns out to be a COP. What else could we ask for? Now our plans of running off the scene totally evaporated. This incident reminded me of the famous accident, Superstar Salman Khan’s Hit –n– Run controversy. Now it was for sure that if we ran off from the scene, we were definitely at fault. So running away was out of context. Then the only way out was we console the cop, and try to get off the scene without any hassles.

Within a flash, the area Sub-Inspector arrived on the spot. (Damn, these cops do not follow movie styled etiquettes these days, coming late and all… sheesh!!!) The injured cop was transferred to the nearby hospital. And the Sub-inspector asked us not to move from the accident spot.

Now our Bhaiyya #1 start all his tips and tricks accompanied by flowery language to console him. I would not indulge into the details of the consoling part of it, coz if I start I know I can write another Blog on it. And now you know why this trip is the “Hit – n – Console trip”.

We came to a conclusion that the matter can no longer be handled by us and it would be advisable that the owner of the car comes and settles this himself. So we called for a replacement vehicle. The new vehicle started from there and then again we were at the same situation – WAIT.

In the middle of all this, we see a temple on a small mountain range. And then Gulabo gets all charged up and decides that we all are going to conquer that mountain.




Part-2 on its way... Coz i am tired of writing this much already... :)

A Mouse in the House

What would you do after listening to a story for about 11 times...... rattle rattle....think think....bulb bulb...... yeah u got it right .... Write a blog and let the world know about it! That’s what I am up to!!!!

Well as the scene goes, this amazing episode took place at our close friend Di’s apartment. Up in the quiet locality on the second floor, lived my close friend Di with her 4 roomies S, R & A. Usually a late sleeper Di kept S awake till like something like 4 in the morning (I cant remember the date though…me not remembering the date is surprising for myself too… coz I’ve heard it 11 times!).

Well back to the scene, the happy twosomes decide to hit the sack realizing the fact that if not now, then they might as well see sunrise soon. Just then our Di goes to the kitchen to get her last snack before sleep (Well she actually kept saying that she just went in for a glass of water…whatever). Here is the start of things that were going to shape up the coming hour in house. Di hears a small sweak and some movement around. Curious and spontaneous, Di comes to a conclusion that there is s a ghost in the house! A ghost and that too in the kitchen…must be equally hungry as Di herself. This restless ghost just made its presence felt by making some more creaking noises. Oh Oh we have company. Just then when before someone could move around, the Ghost appears on front of Di… Hold your breath, he is the hero of our story… yeah you guessed it right, “THE MOUSE”.

Description: A small, tinee-winee mouse which would be barely the size of a small Snickers bar, almost grayish in color and believe me from the description I heard it would not even harm a fly. Anyways, this tinee-winee thingy almost scared the hell out of Di and she came running to her room just to inform S what she just saw… the usual reaction,

S- “Are you sure it is a mouse, coz I don’t like jokes at this hour of the night…”

Di-“Yeah, I have seen it with my eyes” (as if we can see from somewhere else too)

S-“Ok what shall we do?”

Di-“Look we have to get it out of this place; I can’t sleep with this thing running around my bed!!!”

S-“Yeah but what do we do?”

This was the convincing time required to get S up from her position… Well finally she did get up… obviously thinking of some super trick to catch the “beast”. Both the brave ones made their way to the kitchen, where exactly the culprit was to be caught.

S-“Where did you see the thing?

Di-“Just below this closet”

S-“Are you sure?”

Di-“I have seen it with my eyes” (the same thing again)

S-“Now what?”

Di-“We need one more person to execute our plan to perfection…”

S-“So what do we do? And what exactly is your plan?”

Di-“We shall, by some means, try to get the mouse out of the kitchen and make him run out of the main door. That is our only escape!”

S-“How do we do that?”

Di-“Well, you do one thing try to get on the platform, and try to coax the mouse out of the closet, in the meanwhile I shall get the third person for help…”

S-“Ok…” (Nice plan if you ask me)

Well, well now how do we get the third person to do the rest?

Di-“Knock knock… wake up… wake up lazy bones… we have a big problem in our house…!!!”

Well here comes our third, not yet introduced, member of the house. Its R. R was peacefully sleeping with all the dreams of her… …whatever… Hurriedly Di tried to explain what the scene was till now…

R-“Cant you people solve your computer problems tomorrow morning!”

Di-“Whaaaaaaaattttt?????” (Yeah even I got confused)

R-“We will deal with your computer problems tomorrow morning, right now I am damn sleepy”

Di-“I am talking of a real mouse, alive and running around the kitchen, not the computer mouse”

R-“What are you doing at the 4 in the morning in the kitchen?”

Di-“Whatever…Right now this is not the question to ask” (Exactly my point)

R-“I am very sleepy” And then R puts one hand on the wall, and rests her head over it and acts just like Madhubala of the yesteryears… trying to prove her point… that yes she is very sleepy.

Di pulls her up to life, almost jolting her top to bottom with all she can.

R-“Ok tell me what am I supposed to do?”

Di-“Finally you believed me. Listen here is what I want you to do… stand at the main entrance and make sure that you close the door as soon as the mouse runs out of it. I shall lay a trap in such a way that it runs directly out of the house.Ok”

R-“Yeah whatever!”

Now Di heads back to the kitchen where S is on the platform trying to coax the mouse out of the closet. She was having a good time up there, trying to woo the mouse out the enclosure. Now seeing no progress, Di herself decides to climb up the platform and get the mouse out of the closet.
Di-“You make sure that the mouse runs out of the kitchen directly into the hall.”

S-“How do I?”

Di-“Your concern, at least get him out yaar!”

S-“Ok. I will try…”

Up on the platform Di is using all her imagination to woo out the mouse.
S is standing guard at the kitchen door.
R has fallen asleep on the main door.
Now what?

Well the mouse gets bored of the tricks by Di and finally decides to come out of the closet and just stroll around. Just as it pops out of the closet, S jumps into action.

What does she do… she starts howling at the top of her voice to make sure that the mouse gets really scared and runs in the direction as she shows. Well just to make a point, the mouse knows the house better than the tenants. Tenants come and go but it is his permanent residence first! So the directions shown by S would have hardly mattered. He knew where he was heading for. He also had enough, now he too wanted fresh air. So he decided to move out on his own.

Mighty mouse finally maneuvers his way out of the kitchen. Suddenly the howls start getting louder. Well it’s up to you to guess that whether these were for getting the mouse out or were out of the fear that he is approaching.

Anyways, out at the main door our guard was still fast asleep. Suddenly she sees S running around and jumps from her chair. Down there she notices a small tinee-winee creature has just jumped out of the door. She closes the door with all her might.

Pheew!!! Sigh of relief!!!

The hero of the story is gone!

Back in the house R runs to the kitchen to proclaim her victory.

R-“See I did the right thing, he ran directly out of the house”

S-“Well if I had not screamed so loudly then he would not have even moved a bit”

Di-“Whose plan was it by the way. And it was me who actually pulled him out of the closet”

R-“…”
S-“…”
Di-“…”
R-“…”
S-“…”
Di-“…”


Well this thing was gonna continue with everyone trying to take credit of the entire episode.

Well back there in the mouse community…

Mouse in the house to his fellas-“Well I had a great time today. You won’t believe it … I almost scared the hell out of three humans back there in the tower…Blah Blah…”

As narrated by Di (and interpreted by me!)