Lonliness kills everyone unless you are insane and prefer to be lonely. No one likes to stay alone, everyone wishes they have people who they love and adore always by their side, irrespective of "sukh" or "dukh". However, at times, you come to a stage where it is difficult for you to leave your independent life and go back to something you always wished for. All my years in Blore, I kept wishing that I had a job in the place where my family is. I wished each day I would get back from work and go home, where I belong. But, I chose this path. I chose to be in Blore, work here, be independednt. I have spent wonderful years here, learnt tremendously, met amazing people. But now have reached a stage where everyone is moving on, but I am finding it difficult to go ahead. I am finding difficlut to cope with my job, difficulty in making new frens, difficulty in taking life as it comes, wonder why each step is becoming difficult. And thus, if there is someone whom I can think of in this difficult times, it is my family and no one else. However, making up my mind to leave everything that I have had here and go back to be with family is difficult, doesnt really satisfy, the thought does not digest but somehow no other door seems to be open. trying to think of a life with family, studies, and basically just those things which I only wished off but never knew that when time comes I would find it difficult to diegst. All this while dreamt of all this but now since it is coming close...I somehow do not feel good!! Irony of my dream and my life!! Wonder when things will fall in place...when lonliness will leave me...when the best days would come back...when i would feel young!!!!!!

The calorie Diet Shift Method

Out of my 25 years of life, I have indulged myself in some or the other physical activity to either lose weight or atleast maintain the same weight for around 11 years. Not to disagree, that I have always been on the heavier side, but one thing is for sure, due to the activities that I have done, I am much more energetic and have loadz of stamina. Every gym, aerobics that I hit, I was always told that control on food, drink loadz of water, have a 8 hours of sleep blah blah blah. Trust me, “No Pain No Gain” but at the end of the day or after few months, you start craving for those fav dishes of yours only because you feel “One life yaar, let me just eat today” “I will work out more tomorrow”. Booommmm goes your diet plans and the hard work that you do at the gym. For a person with my body type, who gains easily but loses slowly, I feel I should never eat all the delectable food ever in my life.

Now, recently, I came across something called the Calorie Diet Shift Method. Its doing wonders, making me feel great and I am sure if I follow it for atleast 6 months, I will definitely see results. Again, 6 months, is for me, my body type, I am sure it differs!
The shifting calories method is a unique diet method which was developed in order to ensure a fast and continuous weight loss.
In contrary to other diet plan which provides a short term weight loss, the Shifting Calories method ensures that you will not gain back the weight you have lost and that you will continue to lose more and more weight for weeks and months.

• You will accomplish this weight loss
• Without depriving yourself of necessary nutrients

Without damaging your health as other diets may cause you to do.
The shifting Calories method is based on changing what you eat from one day to the next. Shifting your calories keeps your metabolism high and gets your body to burn more fat faster.

• You do not starve yourself.
• You don't have to stop eating,
• You just need to keep shifting your calories.
• You keep changing what you eat; you're never bored with your food as with other diets.
• You don't have to eat a specific food group or to stop eating one.
• You don't go hungry or get cravings for an entire food group.
• You can't eat junk food, of course, at least not as much as you like, but you do eat carbs, proteins, fruits, vegetables.
• You can create a menu based on the kind of food that you like and then you just shift it around.
  

The results are amazing!!
Calculate the calories you need to take in per day as per your height and weight, take in only that amount of calories, burn a few taken by working out for an hour!! Trust me its wonderful…
Example:
I had booked tickets for “Dil Bole Hadippa” yesterday and I can never watch a movie without a popcorn or bhelpuri. I just calculated the calories I would be taking in by consuming these, and planned my whole days food intake. End of the day, I did not starve, I substituted my food, I did not deprive myself of the Pop Corn and still managed….!!!
For all the people who want to lose weight, follow this!! It’s the new funda!!! :)

To all the daughters!

Of the numerous forwards I get, this is one which caught my attention and did touch my heart! Miss you dad! Spend as much time as you can with your loved ones, theres no greater peace and happiness than this!!! Here goes the Poem:

He was so proud of his little girlIt was her very first day of school
He walked with her to school that day
And she held his hand all the way
They walked together quiet and sad
A little girl and her loving dadInto the school her father led
But he almost cried when she said Daddy, Daddy please don't go
Don't leave me here all aloneI'll miss you if you go away
And I might need you, can't you stay
Little Daughter please don't cry
You'll be okay so dry your eyes
You have our memories in your heart
We're together though we're apart

He sat up front on her wedding day
And cried as his daughter walked away
Later that night he watched her dance
He sat there waiting for his chance
The band started to play their song
Father and daughter danced along
She looked at him and saw a tear
Then leaned and whispered in his ear
Daddy, Daddy I have to goI hate to leave you all alone
I'll miss you when I go away
But if you need me then I'll stay
Little Daughter I'll be just fine
I'll love you always you are mine
I have our memories in my heart
We're together though we're apart

She came in his room and kissed his head
Then sat next to his hospital bed
He took her hand and held it tight
And wished he had the strength to fight
They sat together quiet and sad
A daughter and her dying dad
He saw the tears she tried to hide
She looked at him and then she cried
Daddy, Daddy please don't goDon't leave me here all aloneI
'll miss you when you go away
I still need you, you have to stay
Little Daughter I love you so I want to stay but have to go
I'll always be here in your heart
We're together though we're apart

Easy to recognise a Mysorean!

Mysore cannot be experienced in holidays or weekends. Like a creeper growing and encircling the staff, you have to live, and grow with Mysore to experience it. You have to be with the ajjis (granny) who have seen you from the time you were soooo small, where the maid who works in your house is your family maid, your ajji had "recruited" her mother.When you go on an evening walk, the poojari of the Ram mandir stops and chats with you, and moves on saying there is a pooja at 5 next morning, that's Mysore for you.¬When you walk a little ahead and the librarian says he has the latest copy of "Kasturi" or "Mayura" (magazines), that's Mysore for you.When the milkman sees you on a walk, and delivers an extra half litre without being asked, that's! Mysore for you.Mysore is when you board a bus at the bus-stand and conductor-uncle gives you a ticket without asking.Mysore is when you collect little red 'gulganji' seeds on your way back home from KukkarahaLLi Lake.Mysore is when you come by the Tippu express, and you find someone going in your direction to drop you off.Mysore is when elephants are marched in from the forests for Dussehra or where the "yuva dasara" takes place in the open air theater at Manasagangotri.Mysore is when you wait for your copy of "Star of Mysore".Mysore is when the English movies are only at Rajkamal or Sterling.Mysore is when there are student body elections in Sarada-Vilas.Mysore is the eternal SJCE-NIE feud.Mysore is when Jayciana, Technics is (BE-college functions).Mysore is when you got your project report bound in Saraswatipuram.Mysore is having grape juice at RTO circle.Mysore is buying vegetables at Agrahara.Mysore is buying plantain leaves in NanjumaLige, savoring the aroma of the agarbatti factory behind.Mysore is eating ice-creams at Penguin or at the oldest ice-cream centre at Mysore which is PHALAMRUTA.Mysore is eating dosa at Mylari Hotel.Mysore is eating hot pakodas and bajjis on a breezy Friday evening at chamundi hills or climbing that 1001 steps on a early Sunday morning to touch the clouds.Mysore is having biriyani early in the morning, near Philo's church.Mysore is drinking sugarcane juice near KukkarahaLLI Lake.Mysore is munching corn-on-the-cob in the palace foreground.Mysore is eating churumuri at near Ballal circle-oppsite park Mysore is when I grew up in Mysore.My Mysore.Mysore before GRS, before the under bridge in front of Saraswatipuram Fire Brigade, before Infosys, before Ring-Road.Those who grew up in that Mysore, will relate to me more than those who came to Mysore, for a three-month stint in ! Infy or a week's holiday to enjoy its serenity. Than those, who think Mysore is a good place to invest.Than those, who think chilling out in Mysore is just CCD or Pizza Corner.Oh, How they misunderstand my pretty home!!!

A Day in Mysore!

The moment Friday sets in; I feel a feel that I do not feel on any other normal day! Its all but the Friday feel that makes me smile the whole day.
The reason being simple: Mysore Roads are calling me!
I start my journey to Mysore in the evening and the very thought brings a simper on my face.
It’s been nearly 5 years since I am away from home, working, independent. However, Dad still treats me like a kid. No matter the rains, the chill weather, the traffic, he always ensures that he waits for my bus, sees me, keeps my bag at the footrest and takes me home on that little old scooty of ours.
On our way he would allure me to the roadside junk and ensures that he too gets to eat in my name. And every time we have fulfilled ourselves with the churmuri, nippat masala, or the dahi puri or the raja special, he says, “Tell Mom, Bus was late” “Don’t tell her we ate out”!!! LOL!!
We reach home and as usual Mom knows we both have had junk and come. Finally, during dinner, the whole family, mum, dad, bhai and bhabhi and me sit on the floor and eat together. I just love it!!
Then of course, you have the Idiot Box which I do not get to watch when I am in Blore. I sit for hours together watching stuff which mum watches and then we lie down in our bed talking till late night. Mum, is my best fren and it’s wonderful to share stuff with her. All the itsy bitsy stuff!!
Saturdays, I wake up really late and then its normal routine. Either just laze around reading ARCHIES form the library or help mum and bhabhi in the kitchen. Then in the evening again go to the library with mum, pick more comics, on the way again hog the churmuri , hot jalebis , have a cup of coffee at “Sweet n Spice” and get back home. Life is so goooooooooooooodddddddddd….no tensions….family around, the city that you grew up is with you….all the vendors know you…they have seen you eating their stuff since your childhood and everything is jus so picture perfect.

Alas, it lasts only for 2 days. In all for 4 days in a month. BOOOHHHOOOOO!!!! L
I wish I worked for 4 days and had month long holidays with the same monthly pay!! Can we have it the other way round pleeeeaaassseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

Fun Facts about my trek

• Always make an attempt of going for a trek with strangers. New people, new mindsets, mew way of living and new you!!
• Have an open mind, dnt go with expectations of luxury, and prince/princess treatments. Follow the above 2 and the best of fun is guranteed.
• Learn the Jigujaa dance to releive stress.
• Talk to people like Lele who will make sure you forget to sing a song, you will learn the art of reciting a song like a poem.
• Talk to people like Ram who will tell you that "Size does not matter" He is a puny little boy who has mastered the art of climbing hills and catching reptiles. Talk to people like Anu, Red Boy, Blue Boy, Navya and you will realise that you are not the only mad person on this earth. They are equally mad , have no brains, do nonstop nonsense all the time I can never forget Navya's eyes in the night, amidst the darkness her eyes are enough to provide you all the light!
• Talk to people like Swati and Sajid and you will realize that Love can never die whether you are married for a year or more! Also, you are for sure to improve your Movie Vocab with tehse two around.
• Talk to people like Neeraj and you will realise that death cannot be feared. Life is adventurous and you can do eveyrthing, you can crwal like a reptile, you can fly like a bird, you can do everything that any other form of living can do. This is the power of being a homosapien and being adventuorous. Someday one should sit and listen to this man's adventure stories. You are sure to get goosebumps.
• Dancing in the bus, playing antakshari in the bus can be so much fun only when you dnt know a person. You will realise that melodious songs can be recited, they can sound like nosie and ofcourse "Sur n taal" dnt mean the same to everyone.
• This trek also taught us that when you are extremely hungry and wnating to eat, thts exactly when you will not find a place to eat anywhere, all you would do is eat biscuits which you would get bored of soon. And then when you find a place to eat, the world will realise that you are more hungry than a kid in somalia! Alls well definitely ends well...and now each of us just cant wait till we get together again on a another trek...More fun, more adventure, more wilder than before!!

• To check and feel intimidated about the trek and the fun jus click on the below link and you will know it all!!!

http://picasaweb.google.com/bhavna.nimit/ShinganiGudda

• A memory to remeber for a lifetime!!!!!!

Trek to Shingani Gudda 18th - 19th July PART 3

Day 2
Fresh and twice the energy than the day before, this is how we began our day 2. By the time everyone got ready, we did some amazing photography, captured the nature and ofcourse wild animals "us"!!
We then treated ourselves to a delectable breakfast consisting of yummy mangalore islis and mangalore bajjis. Finally we were all set for our Rapelling.
We walked through the forest and then we recahed this hill, a 60 feet high hill. The rocks were wet and it was raining. But still we gathered all the courage to do rapelling.
Neeraj showed us how to do it and told us what not do while rapelling. Each of us did rapelling one by one. I kind of didnt get a hang of it till I slipped a bit on the rock. I then managed till the end. I was reaaaaaaaaalllllllyyyyyyy proud of it at the end of it. I managed the 60ft steep and now I can do it bravely. Amazing.
back to Base Camp
End of the adventure time. We all finally packed our bags and headed back in the bus.
Extreme fun, extreme adventure, extremes of everything!!! This is how a weekend should be like!!!!