My Back Pain

Hi All,

I was having back pain from the last two weeks. I am not sure what was the reason but somehow there was no improvement in spite of using common pain balms.

I went to hospital couple of weeks ago and it was the biggest hospital in Trivandrum. Since my company was making payments directly to the hospital it was automatic choice for me and my friends. We all know that the hospital was very expensive compared to other hospitals but we still went there as there was less headache for settling the hospital bills.

I reached hospital and met a physician. As I mentioned last time, he gave me paracetamol tablets. It didn't do me any good. Also I didn't like the doctor and hence I didn't want to meet the same doctor again. Luckily for me that doctor was not available at that time and I met another doctor, this time another physician. The new doctor was much younger than the first one and I had met him once. He did a very short analysis and he asked me to take blood test and X-rays. I was actually little tensed when doctor told me that he was not ruling out the possibility of Spinal TB. He said that the chance for Spinal TB was very less and he will be able to rule out the possibility of Spinal TB based on results of blood test and X-rays.

The doctor was on leave for the next couple of days and he told me to come on third day with the results. I collected the results for blood test on the very same day and I was quite relieved to see the results of the blood test. The report said everything was fine and I thought doctor would rule out the option of Spinal TB as he promised last time. How wrong I was!

Achan had come here for the extended weekend and he also come along with me to the hospital. We met the doctor and I thought he would suggest some exercises to get over the pain. But doctor told me that he was not able to rule out the possibility even based on results. He suggested me to take MRI scan to completely rule out the possibility. Since we trust doctor's judgement most of the times, I decided to go by what doctor has advised. Another reason why I decided to go by what doctor had advised was, treatment was free for us in that hospital.

We went to take MRI scan in the hospital and the place was not crowded. In fact I was the only patient there. They told me that it will take 20-30 min for scanning. I was asked to change my dress and they gave me a pair of dress to put on while doing the scan.They told me that it will be little hot and loud sounds inside. It was little frightening for me. The whole thing was little suffocating for me even though they told me to relax.But once you are in there's no way out of it. Hence only thing that I could do was to close the eyes and pray. I some how managed it, thats the best that I can say about it.

Once the scanning was completed, I was given the bill. It came to Rs. 8,000. It was bit too much for me to digest and I did not expect bill to be that high. If I was aware of it, I would have taken opinion from couple of other doctors before doing the scanning. Poor company who's going to pay the bills for me.

Next day, I went to the the doctor and as expected he said everything is fine. He told me to meet physiotherapy department. So I went to meet the physiotherapist and he advised me to do few exercises. I think I am going to do few exercises in the coming days and just hope that I will be alright soon.

I heard that doctors are paid commission if they bring income to the hospital. So I made my doctor richer by doing MRI scan. I am not sure if he could have avoided the MRI scan. I feel he could have avoided and as results were more or less evident from the X-rays and blood results. I was also told that, that particular hospital while taking new doctors told them that they had to increase the business of the hospitals. So what will happen to the poor patients who go to such hospitals?But poor people normally don't go to such hospitals. Even if they go there couple of times and doctors refer them for some expensive scans or operations, then they might not go there again. But will I go there again? As long as bill is not paid by me, I will be going there. What about the common man going there? Are any authorities looking in to it? If they have not started, please open your eyes soon.

Another Weekend

It’s yet another weekend. If you ask me which my favorite day in the week is, it has to be Friday. I just love Fridays both at office and also at home. Friday is one day when I have lot of free time at home,where I go to bed little late compared to other days. So I get more time to read or write or watch TV on Friday nights. These days Fridays are even more welcome as I get time to be with my Adi during the weekends.

There was nothing special about last week at home or at work. I saw movie ‘2012’ on last Tuesday. It’s been a while since I saw one English movie at the theatre. Movie was a good one and I enjoyed it. Another thing about this week was, Manu was also to Trivandrum office for some work. I really miss those days when Manu was staying downstairs. It was good to have him at home for dinner.

Adi is growing up every day. These days, it seems he like to play more than sleep. This seems to be happy news for all but when you have a baby at home who doesn’t sleep much then it’s not easy at all. It is much difficult for Amma as she’s the person who is at home during the day time when Anju n me go to office. I like to play with Adi but when it’s holding him to stop him from crying, it’s a different story.

I was having back pain from last week. So I went to hospital and they gave me medicine. I was not happy with the doctor there as he gave me paracetamol tablet for my back pain. I was expecting him to give me some tips for doing some exercises. But we can’t expect the doctor to give us what we need all the time, right? But anyway I didn’t like the doctor and I don’t think I’m going to meet him again. My very first impression of the doctor was not good and when he gave me medicines instead of giving me tips on how to overcome my back pain my dislike become more stronger.

Tomorrow is Anju’s Birthday. I ordered a Black Forest (Her Favorite) cake from Ambrosia. But before keeping it on fridge, she saw it.:-) I was thinking of buying something else along with cake for the Birthday but couldn’t get time to go out buy anything. We might go out for dinner tomorrow, but not finalized. It’s not easy to make plans when we have a baby at home, lets see. When I got some time at techno mall, I managed to go to the book store. I bought one book ‘Eithihyamala’ which basically contains stories about history of old kings on Kerala. I actually like reading those kinds of books. Many of those stories, I already know but I still love reading those books. The books that I’m buying these say, I’m buying it for Adi also. I want him to read all kinds of books and learn new things from reading books. I believe the knowledge that we get from reading books, we can't get it from anywhere else.

Anju n Adu

Hi,

I am enjoying a good weekend at home.Now thats Anju, Adi and Amma are all at home,its real fun to be at home.

This week it was tough time at office.Work was hectic and it might remain same in coming week also. That really worries me as I would have to stay late for few days in the coming week. But when Anju's also going to office its not easy for both of us when one of us has to stay late. Anju's already saying that she can't imagine how she's going to go to office when Adi's at home. It will be really tough for all of us. Hope it will not be that bad as we think. Adi's becoming a really good boy and he does not cry that often these days. Hope Amma will be able to manage him during the day time without Anju.

There is always something special about the relationship between mother and her son,right? And that will remain like always, I think. So I was thinking how Adi will find it when Anju's not at home. I am sure it will be very difficult for him as he will miss his mother when she's not with him. But what will poor Adi do? He cannot do anything except to cry. Hope he will get adjusted to it because it will not be easy for working mothers to stay with their baby all the time. If he is finding it really difficult without Anju, only way left would be try to to get an extension for Anju's maternity leave. But in the current situation it will not be easy to get Loss of Pay leave. But if there's no way out then we might have to think of resignation.

Yesterday it was fun to have Benoy and Basil along their family with us in the evening. Adi was a really nice boy during that time and he was not at all crying when they were here. It will be really difficult for both the guests and hosts when Adi starts crying. No hosts would like to have any guests at home when their baby boy is crying for something. We are no different. Adi thus saved the day for us..Good work Adi.

Adi, Anju n Amma at TVM with me..

Adi, Anju and Amma joined me here at TVM on Nov 1st.

It feels really great to have them with me here. It was quite boring for me without them. Now that Adi is also here with me for the first time, life's totally different. I come home for taking lunch and spend some time with him. He's such a great fun to be with..:-)

When everyone told me that your life will not be same with a baby, I never understood what they meant by it. But now I understand every single word of it.Yes, life's not that same for us anymore. But I don't know how to explain but there are lots of changes in my life. We know that we can't live life just in the way we want to live. Normally when we have that feeling, we are bound to get irritated but when it is for your baby, its totally different. I normally get irritated when I don't have the freedom to do what I like. Now I know very well that I cannot do whatever I like to do but I'm really enjoying this phase.

One thing that I don't like is when my Adi's crying. It makes me more angry when Anju or Amma can't stop him from crying. I know very well that they both love him in the same way I love him but when he's crying I can't think properly. I guess that will be the same with all the parents.

These days I manage to come home from office early and spend time with Adi. At times we stare at each other and we talk with each other. But our language,its a special language.Now when I'm writing this,Adi's sleeping.I just love looking at him when he's sleeping.Adi, we love you a lot....

Adi's growing and growing fast!!

Hi,

Adi, my baby boy is growing up really fast. He is 3 months and 17 days old today.

I go home most of the weekends so that I could spend some time with him. Every week I go home, he shows me new tricks that he has learned over the week. At times, I think how he came to know all these things as nobody is teaching him these things. But he learns it by himself. Its much easier to learn new things at younger age. I don't think I 'm learning anything new these days. My mind is so occupied most of the times and when your mind is always occupied its not conducive for learning.

Let my Adi learn all the new things that he can learn now. Does he recognize me? I would like to believe that he does. The biggest joy for me seems to be the time that I spend with Adi now. But when he's not in good mood things can go really bad. Then I will look for Anju or Amma to handle him.:-) I can always say that he is with them all the time they can do it better than me.

We both talk to each other a lot in a language which we both understand,right Adi? But if someone else hear the same thing, they will definitely not understand our language. Now that Adi has crossed three months we are giving him 'Kurukku' (I don't know the English word for that one). Maybe that is the reason why he's growing up. His cheeks are getting bigger every week and that is one thing that I notice when I am there.

One thing Adi seems to like a lot is going out. When he's crying loudly, if we take him out of the house and show him flowers and different colors he stops crying. But it does not happen every time. Only if you are lucky, he will stop crying. Another thing that he love is going for car drives. I have not seen him crying loudly when he is in the car. Most of the time he will be looking out and enjoying the outside beauty. It must be really boring for him to always be inside the house.

Adi's gonna be here with me in another two weeks time. I have to get lots of things sorted out by then before welcoming little prince..

What if there's no Tomorrow!!

Just another crazy thought came to my mind..

Can we even imagine what will happen in this world if someone announces that today's the last day and there will be not be a tomorrow for any of us?

Let the person making the announcement be President of America Mr.Barack Obama, the all powerful man in this world.If he cannot stop this from happening to this world,why do we need to call him the most powerful man in this world?It is something that can be debated if any of us are left alive after tomorrow.

Once Mr.Obama makes such an announcement what will happen next? First thing might be traffic blocks all around the world. Each n everyone would be dying to be with their loved ones.All the people who are not with their loved ones would be on the roads to reach home. But about the unlucky people who does not have their vehicle for commuting? They will be suffering a lot as it would be real hard to find any more cabs on the road once the announcement is made and whole world comes to know about it.

What about the people who are at their work? They will also follow the rest and will be heading home. What about the work that they are doing now? Will anybody be thinking of the work or their life when they know that their life's in danger? No, life comes first and everything will come after the life.

Will there lots of people running to temples, churches and mosques? I really don't know. But I think many people will be running to almighty when there are in trouble. So there will be people running to the temple when they come to know of the news. What will be clergy telling to all those people who come to temple for some peace of mind? This is something I am really curious to know. Will the clergy be in a position to console the millions like they always do? I think they will try that as they believe in miracles that God can perform. May that will clearly differentiate between real believers and others.

Can we leave behind our faithful companion- Mobile Phones? The telephones lines will be so busy most of the times and it would be really difficult to get in touch with loved ones through phone. What will be service providers do when are facing tough situation like this. I don't think there will be many people who will be working hard to keep things intact.

Your mind will tell you where you need to be and you will be ready to give up all you've to be with your loved ones for one more time,,,one last time...

Life's tough!!

Hi,

This is one thought that I always had in my mind.

One of my cousin in his younger days wanted to be a crow.Any guesses for such a thought? Because crows do not go to school daily like him. Such an innocent thought at such an innocent age. Did we all think in that way when we were going to nursery school? I think many of us had such kind of thought when we were young. At least in my case I was sure that I had such thoughts in my mind.I did not want to go to nursery school when I was young.

When I moved to another school, I wanted to go to the school on those days when there was sports and games. When I was studying 4-5th, I could see my seniors who were studying on 8-9th classes playing cricket after the school days. Since we were kids, we were not allowed to play with them in the school ground. So I wanted to grow up faster so that I could play cricket in school ground. We got a chance to play when we were in 8-9th classes but then I wanted to have a bicycle. Many of my friends had it during that time and I wanted one. But I didn't get one.

In the tenth standard all the teachers were giving us special attention. They wanted us to do well not just for our sake but for the sake of school. I remember sisters telling us about it every now and then when they got a chance. So it was a really hectic time at school. I was a studious student and I think most of the teachers liked me.They were all ladies except one drill master.:-)

We just wanted to get out of the school and join a college. Since we were in a convent school it was very strict. So I wanted to enjoy the freedom in college after completing my 10th.

Life was quite different in college. There was more freedom in college days but then there was again pressure to do well in studies. All wanted to get into get good colleges for engineering or medicine. I also wanted to get in to get in to an engineering as that appeared to be the safe option of the lot. Of course it was not the first option but I was afraid to take risk. So I just followed the pack and I did not know anything about any branches of engineering when I joined for engineering. So any branch was OK for me. My suggestion for all the students preparing for engineering or be any other higher studies is to learn more about the options that you have got before coming to a decision. Once you make a decision, you cannot go back and change it. Its going to be with you for your life time. EVERYONE NEED NOT TURN TO ENGINEERING OR MEDICINE, there is lot more in life than being engineer or doctor.

Once I was in engineering college, next main pressure was to get a good job.But that thought came to me quite late in college and so I suffered like anything after completing my engineering. Only thing that I would like to treasure about my college days is few friends with whom I keep in touch even now.Few of them are for life time and they know and I know it.:-)There are places where I could have done better but there's nothing that I can do about it,right? Life just moves on. When I think of those days, I think I can make Chetan Bhagat proud by writing a book like Five Point SomeOne..(Sorry Mr.Bhagat). I know not everyone can become Mr. Bhagat, but can I?Don't know.But lets see where my life take me. I just want to move with the tide and not fight with it.I just wanna survive and make most of my life..:-)

Neeleshwaram days..

We moved to another place as Achan got transferred. I moved to another school. In the new school, I was really into games and sports. I used to skip my tiffin so that I could play during that time also. So it was more or less same in the new school as well.

Then we moved again to Koyilandy. I really loved being there. This time it was coz Mom was pregnant. I don’t know they explained it to me but the easiest way is to tell me that new baby is going to come to this world. I was really excited as I was going to get one more person to play with. I wanted a baby boy so that I could play cricket with him. Everyone asked me whom I want to have and I told everyone that I want a baby boy.

On Dec 30th we got a call from hospital informing us of the arrival of the new born baby and it was a baby girl. I think ever one except me wanted to have the baby to be a girl and God answered their prayer. I think I might have felt sad when I heard the news but little did we know that the little princess was going to charm life of all of us.

I really wanted to hold the baby and play with her but little did I know that I was not supposed to play with her at that time. I wanted the baby to grow faster so that I could play with her. I didn’t know that baby will take time to grow up.

My little sister was very sweet and cute. Since she was the first baby girl in my Mom’s family, she was always given a special treatment in the entire family. I really liked it as my little princess was getting all the love. I used to sit with her but when baby started to cry I was also very sad. Many a times I also started to cry when baby started to cry.

We moved to another place afterwards, this time it was to Neeleshwaram,near Kasargode. It was one of northern most part of Kerala. People over there were also quite different the people I had met till date. The language they used was much different from the Malayalam that I had heard till date. The influence of Kannada was too much in their Malayalam.

I don’t remember the exact name of the place in which we were staying at that time but I have faint thoughts of our neighbours. There was school master and his family staying quite close to us. How many kids did master had? I don’t remember the exact number but I guess there were 3 of them. All of them were much elder to me maybe 15-18 years to elder to me. So I was a very small boy compared to them, I was around 5 by then.

There was another neighbour who used to have small shop in front of their house. Aunty used to look after the shop and uncle was an auto-rickshaw driver. They had 2 boys who were maybe 5-7 years elder to me. So I used to play with them during my school days.

There was another neighbour who was staying on the left side of our house. Uncle used to be the ‘Velichappaatu’ in the nearby temple. I was not able to find the correct English word for ‘Velichappaatu’. He also used to do the cleaning work of the outside of nearby houses. The reason why I used to remember them quite well is coz of one incident. One day uncle was doing cleaning of one of the nearby ground. By mistake, he injured a snake and it seems the snake bite him. He fell unconscious and was taken to the hospital. Later that day, we heard that uncle passed away. I heard Amma saying that snake was not a poisonous snake. But then how did Uncle passed away? I was not able to find answer to that question then. Later Amma told me that uncle’s father had also died coz of snake bite. So he was afraid and he died of heart attack when he knew that a snake bite him.

I was asked to look after Kingini one day when Amma was doing some work at home. Kingini fell down from bed when I was playing with her. She started crying and I started crying even louder. Amma was all at sea as she was not able to stop both of us from crying.

There are few other people also whom I remember. One is our maid who used to come to our place every day morning. She also used to take me to school in the morning. During the lunch time, she used to bring lunch to me. All the others used to take the food which they brought from home. They used to take the lunch from the lunch box that they used to bring. I was always different from the rest J. I used to take lunch in the plate which she used to bring for me.

Last person whom I remember during the school days is the Principal of the school.I think her name was Swarnam. We were family friends and I always had that freedom with her. So I always used to run to her if I had any issues with anyone by-passing teachers. So there also I was special. She always used to tell Amma about the complaints that I used to bring to her notice.

More to come about my school days in the coming posts..

Nursery Time

I still remember how my day used to start when my parents decided to put me in nursery school. They decided to put me in nursery school when I was not even 3 years. Was it coz they were finding it too difficult to manage me at that young age?I wont find fault with them coz I was not easiest of the baby to manage at home.

"When it will be 12:30?", this was question with which I used to wake up when I was a kid? Any guess whats so special about 12:30. It was the time at which my classes ended when I was in nursery. So I was always longing for 12:30 every morning. That will sum uo my love for mursey school. The name of school was Eden School. Teachers were mainly Anglo-Indians. I do not remember many teachers who taught me at school at that time but how can I forget Mary Teacher.

Mary Teacher was my class teacher when I was in LKG. I never liked to see my mother leaving the school after dropping me. So once she was trying to leave me, I will start crying in school. So my teacher used to tell me to stop crying and pacify me. My class used to start with Mary Teacher's class. So she used to try to pacify me when I was crying. One day it was not working well and she was not able to pacify me. I think she lost her temper and she beat me with a small stick. U know what I did, I beat her back with my slate. That might have pained her also. So when Amma came to school, Mary Teacher told about this incident to Amma. No prizes for guessing what happened next.

When I was a baby..

Hi,

I was just thinking of going backward..Around 29 years back from this year..

The year 1980, that was the year when I was born. I was born on 21:18, June 16th at Koyilandy. According to malayalam calendar it was 2-Midhunam 1155. It was a monday, the day which I have always hated in my life from my school days. It was after saturday and sunday, our weekly holidays. Monday mornings were always tough for me as I did not like to go school those days. Now also,it remains the same. Instead of going to school, it is going to office that makes me distressed these days.

I dont remember much about my Pre-School days. Few things that I know are from what others told about me. But knowing what I am now, I think what they have told me is no exaggeration at all.

As a baby I used to cry a lot when I was hungry. When my mom used to feed me, I used to take milk till my little stomach was 100% full. Once that I was done, I was a happy boy. Then I will vomit a little before going to sleep. Did I used to sleep long, I dont remember nor anyone told me about it. Then after six months or so, I think my mom understood that I needed something more to fill me. So they moved to Cerelac which was the common baby food at that point of time. My mom used to tell that I used to finish one tin of cerelac in one week.So,no point in blaming me that I'm a foodie now,right? My parents should've thought of it while giving me cerelac and letting me finish one bottle in 7 days..:-) I couldn't say No then,right?? These things, I dont remember but I heard about this from almost everyone who used to be with me when I was a baby. I get great pleasure when all my relatives tell that my Adi is exaclty like what I used be when I was a baby!!So I try to understand more about me and how I used to behave as a baby by looking at my own baby.

I was very stubborn as a baby.(Not that I'm less stubborn now). Dad used to hold me when I was small boy, say around 1.5-3 yrs. I dont think I was a light boy then. So when dad used to get tired after holiding ,me for some time, he will try to keep me down and ask me to start walking. But you know, what I used to do?I will be standing the road without taking a step forward. My poor dad, will come back and take me again even if he was tired or his hands were paining. But I dont think I have inherited t that quality from my dad. If Adi's also going to be like me only then I'm going to have a to have a tough time with him. Maybe, I will also become a very patiant dad. U never know,right?

I remember I used to love biscuits a lot when I was a small boy. My parents used to keep a pack of biscuits near to my bed which I used to take in the morning.Did I take it after brushing or was it without brushing?I dont remember. But I have that thing in my mind now also.My love for biscuits.

My summer holidays

One of my favorite places in this world is Koyilandy.

I'm basically from Kollam (Koyilandy), which is 25kms away from Calicut.Since Achan was working in Moolamattom during my school days, we used to go to Kollam for all the vacations.

How many vacations did we have during the school days- Vacation for Onam, X'Mas, Summer Holidays etc etc. So whenever we had long holidays, we used to go to Kollam.I was always dying to go to Kollam for all the vacations. What all was missing in Moolamattom was there in Kollam. I am a kind of person who loves listening to stories and epics. So whenever I was there at Kollam I used to hear lots of stories from my grandma and many old people from my mom's family. I really loved going to temples at Kollam and there were 5 temples around our house at Kollam. Another important thing at Kollam was very big library that we had at home. I dont remeber what kinds of books that I loved as a kid, it has to be fiction. I also remember hearing stories from Mahabharatha in Amar Chitra Katha. Those books were really popular at that time. So most of my time at Kollam was spend listening to stories and going to temples. I am still the very same person at heart. Love going to temples, talking with elder people and listening to stories.

The vacation that I was looking forward most was summer holidays. Reasons are very simple

1- its a 2 months holidays

2- Ultsavam at Sharikavu

3-Vishu and associated Vishukkaineettam (http://www.malayalifestivals.com/malayalifestivals/vishu/aboutvishu/)

4-No tension of exam results as schools just used to publish results and marks were not displayed

5-All my cousins used to be there

How can I forget our cricket matches played infront of our house!!There were four of us and at times we used to include my sister(Kingini) also for playing cricket. Since it was played in front of the house many times ball used to hit the newly painted walls and we have broken glasses also couple of times.Got scolding from grandpa for that.I still remember those days as if it happened yesterday.

Also there was a big pond behind our house.It is called Kollam Chira. Chira in malayalam is for Pond in English.(I think so). We used to go there in the evenings and in the mornings for taking bath. I was really afraid of going there and trying my hand and swimming. Since I was really afraid of deep water, I couldnt manage swimming. I really wanted to do swimming as I was fascinated by the sight of people swimming in Chira. Slowly all my cousins learned swimming and I was left alone. Though all of them tried to teach me swimming I was really afraid. Funny thing is I learned swimming from a pool in US when I was around 26.

Another thing that I have not told anyone till date is about the last exam before the summer exams. We used to wait for the last exam before the summer holiday. During those days, last set of questions used to essays. There used to be 2 essays which we had to write. But when I was really sure that I will get pass mark without attempting the last essay, I used to skip them. I used to run out of the class after giving the answer sheet and join others who were already out before me. They also skipped the last essay like me,I dont know.

Whats in store for us??

Another funny thought that I always have in my mind-'whats in store for us'

It would've been great if we were able to come with the answer for this simple question,right?But thats one question only God Almighty can answer. We human beings feel that we are special creature and we have a thinking brain, we have this, we have that etc etc. We think that we are the best and we act as if we are something special.

But still we dont know whats in store for us in the very next moment. We are always in the run for something and thinking of tomorrow we fail to 'live' today. Is tomorrows more important than todays?Most of the problems that we face today are because we are thinking of tomorrow and not today. We will do everything in our hand to make our life smooth for tomorrow but does it mean that we will have a better tomorrow. Who can guarantee us a better tomorrow? Some life insurance company are having a caption like that though I dont remember the exact name of the company.

In my life also, I was just another ordinary guy in my student life. I remember I was really hardworking in my school days as the getting good marks in 10th was considered to be the most

important thing at that point of time. So I got good marks for 10th but I lost my focus on studies after joining the college. The freedom that came with joining the college changed my mentality at that point of time. It had a bad effect on my studies as well. Things were more or less the same during my engineering as well. At that point of time,I was focussed on getting good marks but never had a idea of real world. So I got good marks in college but couldnt get into a good company. I think I was much focussed while doing my masters as I knew it was one last chance for me.

Luckily I got in to an IT Company. It was my dream at that point of time.I always dreamt of traveling abroad but never had an idea when it would happen.But u know what happened, I got my first onsite opportunity after around 8 months of my joining new company. I was not the best of the lot but might be one of the luckier guys.After that I lucky enough to travel around the world and see many places that I had dreamt of. So was it coz I always dreamt that to happen? I really dont know. If that is the case all the dreams should come true,right? It doesnt happen that way either. Then is it a combination of dream + luck +x + y + z? Might be true as long as we dont try to put in values to x, y and z.

Back to office

Hello,

I am back at Trivandrum after another good weekend at home..Will not be to go home this weekend as we are going to Sabarimala this weekend..

Nothing great happened today at office. It was just a normal day at office,not hectic..

Today I thought it might be difficult for me to take my car so I had lost my parking slip. So I thought it migh take some time to take car from parking place. But instead guys were really helpful when I told them that I had lost my slip. They just took the payment and let me dry away with my car. So I reached home on time and later slept for some time.

I love cricket like any other normal Indian and today it is a final between India and Sriltanka.By the time I reached home, Indian batting was almost over. Indians have scored well-319 in 5o overs.So I expect India to win. But Lankans were also batting quite well in the beginning. So U never know in cricket with Indians.

I just had my food and I'm not feeling sleepy.I'm still watching the match though I dont think I will watch till the end.Its quite boring here for me. I washed car after reaching home. Kept my black beauty Santro all shining. I like to keep my car neat and tidy. I like to do it myself most of the times.

Back to my Home Town

Yesterday being another Friday,it was a really happy day for me. Start of yet another weekend..

I am back to where I belong,my apna Calicut. The kind of happiness that I get when I'm here, I don't get from any other place. For me its a night travel from Trivandrum to Calicut. These two places are approximately 425kms apart. The distance might not be that high for a person living in US or Europe where trains might take only 2-3 hrs to travel this distance. But in our part, train normally takes around 9.5hrs to reach Calicut from Trivandrum. So I plan my travel well in advance and book a ticket for Train No 6347- Trivandrum-Mangalore Express. The train leaves Trivandrum at 8.45 pm and reaches Calicut at 6.15am. Normally they reach on time and are seldom late.So this is my plan for most of the Friday's. Main incentive of coming to Calicut these days in spending time with my new born baby Adithya. My wifey is also here now along with my parents. So that makes my travels very special.

So I reached here today morning around 6.15am in the station.Took a bus to my place in Calicut which is around 5kms away from railway station. Getting into a bus and getting a seat was not that difficult at that time. But that's not the case if the time is 8.30am or afterwards. Made a call to my dad, just to make sure that he will be there to pick me up from bus stop. My house is around 1km away from bus stop. Such a lazy fellow I'm, that I ask my dad to pick me up the bus stop.

My Saturday mornings are for spending time with my Adi. My mom and wife constantly remind me to brush me teeth and have bath before playing with my 2-month old Adi. But i don't it do it that way. The moment I am at home, I will keep my bag somewhere and go to Adi. Before he used to welcome me with his crying, but he has started to welcome me with his charming smile.All girls beware- smiling assassin is on his way!!

Then normally, being a foodie, I will be heading towards fish market. We malabaris (people living in Northern part of Kerala) just love have fish for lunch along with rice. I am no different.But not this time as I'm following a strict diet for a piligrimage. For going to Sabarimala (Famous Hindu Piligrimage place of Lord Ayyappa in Kerala) all are supposed to follow certain special diet and follow vritham. For details of vritham, please check the site- http://www.sabarimala.org/pilgrimagesteps.htm. As far as my food is considered, I'm supposed to a strict vegeterian. So no fish or meat this time for me. We are planning to go to Sabarimala on 18th-Sep-2009. Few of my friends will also be with me for going to Sabarimala.

Adi is growing up really fast. Though I'm at home for almost every weekend, every time I see him, I can see some change in him. But that's how babies are,right? How was I when I was a baby?I don't remember much of it and so I have to go by what my Achan (Dad) and Amma (Mom) says.:-)They say I was not the easiest of the baby to handle like my sister. I used to trouble them a lot and I was really a stubborn kid. Even now, I'm like that only though people who are very close to me knows that.So my boy's supposed to be like that only,right? Only other chance of him being very easy going baby (I meant not being stubborn) is, my wife should not stubborn at all. But,,,we both are actually really stubborn.Does it mean that we both fight a lot??Very true but they don't last long..That's why we are a very happy family..

First Post

This being my first post, I dont think I'm going to write much today..

But as my Blog Title says, this is my mind and my thoughts.So can I stop my thoughts for the first day.I dont know.

Now its 08.30PM, 10-Sep-2009. There might be something special about this day,right?Otherwise, why would I start, putting my thoughts into paper today..So today has to be a special day..

Just like anyother person working in IT industry, I am really happy to be back home from work..Not that we are doing anything great in office but 90% of people working in IT industry will be thinking in my way,I'm sure.

I have heard that many of my friends write blogs, but I have not put my hand into it. I dont know why I am doing it now.I got a link to create a blog from one of my friend's blog and I thought of creating it. I thought creation will take some time but it was so simple that I was able to create it in 2-3 minutes.

The language that I'm using here might be very simple language and not like any of the authors whose books I've read. But the difficult part is keeping it simple,right? It might be simple for me but might not be simple for anyone else. If thats the case, then I've failed. I would like to keep this as simple as possible.