Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
In the Jungle.. With Junglee's .. Galibore Fishing Camp - Day 1
This is very close to Bangalore.The Camp is covered with trees lining both sides of the river. This is indeed a rough country.An absolute place to be away from the maddening crowd.
This trip was organized by our company. And this was the first trip that I've attended with my team.
We started off at 7:30am and reached Galibore at around 1 o clock in the noon.We had to stop in between as we had to pick up all of them.
Almost 9kms away from the camp is the Entrance,where you have to pay them the Entrance fee to the Forest.
Then we decided to walk 5km till the camp along the river side to get the feel of this superbly rustic paradise..This was really tiring ... Finally we ended up reaching the camp.
This camp was really awesome. We had booked all the tents in the camp.
The Accommodation in Galibore is spartan but well-equipped. Simple twin-bedded cottages with attached baths.
There was a hurricane lamp at the front of the tent and the back of the tent, which were set at around 7 PM. There was an electric fan provided in the tent (no light though)
The tent itself was clean with nice beds and good towels. The bathroom was also clean. Was I not surprised !?
The environment was very conducive to inducing a calmness in one’s thoughts.
It's a beautiful place to do nothing.Just laze around and read a book on the hammock !
As soon as we entered one thing that interested me was the swing,i just ran towards that to swing on it.But unfortunately sprained my leg :(
To once notice,there is no mobile coverage.And the whole camp operates with just single telephone line.
All of us choose our tents and went to freshen up and later all of us gathered at Vinod's[Bossy boss :)] tent.
Later we made Rag's to get on to the swing and gave him proper birthday bumps by throwing football...See the pic [:)]
After few minutes Gibu[Junglee friend :o) of mine] entered and he didn't realize what exactly had happened to Rag's. he he he
What we did was ,we made Gibu get on the swing and later,my god!!! people gave him left & rite man!!! He just became a "Bakra"... It was great fun :).Thanks Gibu,for giving us an opportunity.
By around 2 o clock lunch was arranged for us.And food was really good.. And i actually liked the Jungle Lodges hospitality towards their customers.
After a heavy lunch,we just sat near the river listening to the rhythmic flow of water in the river and chirping of birds..
And we were strictly instructed by the officials not to get into the water as Crocodiles were wild and they would come anytime.. Initially these crocs used to feed on fishes,but recently they started eating Deer's which come the river bed.So it was risky to get into the water
In the evening at 5 we went for a coracle ride.It was a superb experience!! As i've never gone in a coracle in my life time :)
We went on the other side of the river and lazed around for a while. And later saw Smitha fishing, so even i wanted to.
So i asked the official who drove us on the coracle to help me out to get at least one fish.My bad luck,i couldn't catch a single fish there.And later whoever joined me caught at le
ast one fish.After fishing,we drove almost 5 kms on the coracle,meanwhile we spotter 2 deers :) and Great Indian Guar. The nature by itself looks awesome.And it started drizzling.. It was something like i was in a dream world..
Later in the evening we had Bonfire and Barbecues arranged for us.They had prepared some chilly bajjies,pea nut masala & chicken kababs.. :)
All guys were busy pouring Bear,Rum,whisky into thier glasses.Meanwhile Vinod was explaining me & Minu how to play "teen pathi"..
Vijeth and Sanjib were entertaining all us with some strange songs and dance.. Two gays :) che che (Vinod was calling them as gays ;) )....
After the Bonfire we had our dinner,by then Minu was not feeling well.. She was literally shivering.. She just wanted to go to bed. :(
After dinner all of them went near Vinod's tent to play "theen pathi".But me and Minu stayed back in our tent.I didnt want to leave her alone in that condition.Later we went off to sleep.. But heard that people had great fun playing "theen pathi".Many loosing their money,and some enjoying looking at them... :)
Friday, November 21, 2008
Satisfaction & Excellence !!!
Surprised, he asked the sculptor, "Do you need two statues of the same idol?"
"No," said the sculptor without looking up, "We need only one, but the first one got damaged at the last stage."
The gentleman examined the idol and found no apparent damage. "Where is the damage?" he asked.
"There is a scratch on the nose of the idol." said the sculptor, still busy with his work.
"Where are you going to install the idol?"
The sculptor replied that it would be installed on a pillar twenty feet high.
"If the idol is that far, who is going to know that there is a scratch on the nose?" the gentleman asked.
The sculptor stopped his work, looked up at the gentleman, smiled and said, "I will know it."
Moral of the story:
The desire to excel is exclusive of the fact whether someone else appreciates it or not. "Excellence" is a drive from inside, not outside.
Excel at a task today - not necessarily for someone else to notice but for your own satisfaction and Excellence...
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Good Morning Msg to my sweetie!
I awoke this morning thinking of you and wishing I could see you and feel you close to me.
I thought about your smile and your eyes so full of life and love and about your kisses so sweet and tender,
I remember how good you feel in my arms and wish I could hold you now and forever.
I see your sweet face in my mind and feel honored that you chose me to love and be a part of your life.
I miss you immensely and can't wait until the next time I can tell you in person how much I love you and need you and how lovely you are.
I love to hold you in my arms, kiss those sweet lips, hear the sound of your gentle sighs, and feel the warmth of your hot breath as you tremble to my touch.
I thought of you this morning as I do almost every minute of every day, My Love.
Love to say these words to my sweetheart... And he likes this :)
[Just love these quotes and wanted to share with you all...]
Friday, November 14, 2008
Living happily !!!
A man and his girlfriend were married. It was a large celebration. All of their friends and family came to see the lovely ceremony and to partake of the festivities and celebrations. A wonderful time was had by all.
The bride was gorgeous in her white wedding gown and the groom was very dashing in his black tuxedo. Everyone could tell that the love they had for each other was true.
A few months later, the wife comes to the husband with a proposal: “I read in a magazine, a while ago, about how we can strengthen our marriage.” she offered.
“Each of us will write a list of the things that we find a bit annoying with the other person. Then, we can talk about how we can fix them together and make our lives happier together.”
The husband agreed. So each of them went to a separate room in the house and thought of the things that annoyed them about the other. They thought about this question for the rest of the day and wrote down what they came up with.
The next morning, at the breakfast table, they decided that they would go over their lists.
“I’ll start,” offered the wife. She took out her list. It had many items on it. Enough to fill 3 pages, in fact. As she started reading the list of the little annoyances, she noticed that tears were starting to appear in her husbands eyes.
“What’s wrong?” she asked. “Nothing” the husband replied, “keep reading your list.”
The wife continued to read until she had read all three pages to her husband. She neatly placed her list on the table and folded her hands over top of it.
“Now, you read your list and then we’ll talk about the things on both of our lists.” She said happily.
Quietly the husband stated, “I don’t have anything on my list. I think that you are perfect the way that you are. I don’t want you to change anything for me. You are lovely and wonderful and I wouldn’t want to try and change anything about you.”
The wife, touched by his honesty and the depth of his love for her and his acceptance of her, turned her head and wept.
"In Life, there are enough times when we are disappointed, depressed and annoyed. We don’t really have to go looking for them"
"We are Happier when we see and praise the good and try our best to forget the mistakes of our spouse. Nobody’s perfect but we can find perfection in them to change the way we see them. It is necessary to understand the difficulties and be a helping hand to each other….THAT BRIGHTENS THE RELATIONSHIP."