Naggar and Barot

So i mentioned this place called naggar the last time i wrote, wont really write abt it, but will definately post a few pics... hope you like em...

























last weekend i took a trip to barot... its a beautiful place in near mandi... the roads are scarily thrilling... space hardly enough fr one car to move!! i had fun anyways... for the people interested in visiting that place, there are no hotels out there!! dont worry, there are three guest houses and they offer quiet a comfortable stay... river uhl flows through this beautiful village... well if yu aren't a nature freak, yu wont find much to do there... and for the rest, yu can go crazy trekking and exploring the place... yu'd find a beautiful lil waterfall every two minutes... a lil bit exageration wont hurt eh?? :P
yu can go fishing abd catch awesome trout... who knows, yu might get the best catch... walk on the riverbed... or jus enjoy the beauty from your balcony... the music of the gushing waters soothes your senses... the river is full of huge boulders, yu can jus climb em n sit in the sun, or enjoy the rain all day long... believe me, its all worth the effort... peope are down to earth and always ready to help... for choosy eaters, not the place fr yu... jus one proper restaurant, n they don give yu a menu card, they simply tell wats there in the kitchen... suits me, they cook awesome food...
one lil advice fr all the alcoholics n smokers, the best yu get is whiskey n not so good brands... and smokes, jus four square and gold flake, so jus in case yu're as choosy as me here, carry your own stuff... wont be puttin up pics, phone fell in water... but yeah yu must go there once... plus yu get awesome veg momos wit awesome vegetable strew... yummy...
so on that node, i'd take off...
kudos...

Lived A New Life Today....

Like any other normal day at home, my day started at 12 noon. As usual, I had no plans for the day. I took a shower, got ready, had "breakfast"(well, my day just began, it was morning for me!!), and left home. I had no clue as to where I was going. Wasn't even feeling unusually spiritual or anything. And yet there was something different about the day. had this urge to feel happiness around me.

The rain created a beautifully comfortable ambiance. I found myself playing hide and seek with the world, disappearing in the thick mist time and again.

I caught a bus then and decided to go to my dad's office. It started raining heavily. there weren't many people in the bus, but all the seats were occupied. A very old man boarded the bus n like i usually do, i gave my seat to him. He smiled, and kept his hand on my head and blessed me. It felt really good. Gave me a deep satisfaction and a weird happiness. Felt awesome!!

I went and stood near the entrance of the bus. The door was open. The cold wind gently splashed raindrops on my face. I was listening to my favorite 'rainy day' songs when the conductor came to spoil the fun and asked me to close the door. felt like killing him there and then. But then the day was too beautiful n calm to perform that task. So i decided to forgive him and spare his life this time. :P

I got off at the bus stand and walked to the mall. I went into a bookstore and started to browse through books. was checking out Judi Picolt when all of a sudden my eyes fell upon a book that looked really familiar - The Kite Runner. I couldn't resist, I took out the book from the rack and started reading it. I have that book and I've read it a thousand times before, but going through known territories has its own charm.

I didn't realize, but I did that for over an hour when the salesperson got sick of me and chucked me out of the store!! Okay, not literally!! To compensate for the inconvenience I'd caused, i bought a magazine - Osho Times.

Started walking again with the earphones playing my favorite music. It didn't bother me that I didn't have any company. In a way, I was glad to be alone. Didn't make me lonely.

I stepped into CCD then and took a table rite next to the window. A cup of Irish coffee, something to read and a nice lonely corner at CCD - perfect reciepe for a perfect rainy day. Soft music in the background added to my experience. It reminded me of my school days when I used to go there whit a fren of mine to study, and we used to end up chatting about things that had no connection whatsoever with out text books n notes!!

I moved out then, and bought a box of chocolates for some reason... Just felt like doing that...( and that is where, my special someone, went the cash I had kept for the recharge!! Sorry!!) I started to walk towards The IIAS(Indian Institute of Advansed Studies)... And gave a chocolate to every kid i came across!! That is pretty unusual for me coz I'm am "known" for disliking kids!!

At the IIAS, there was a group of guys that commented when they saw me giving a chocolate to a kid. I went to them, looking really angry, I'm not the one that takes shit from anybody!! But don't know what made me do it, my frown turned into a kind smile, and I gave them a chocolte each!! they looked at me with their mouths wide open. I felt funny, strange funny, and happy.

Walked back to the mall then and went to an orphange near Lady Reading(hospital). Deposited rest of the chocolates there, requesting the authority to distribute them among the kids. To my surprize, the no. of chocolates left were exactly double the no. of kids in that institution. The gods wanted to be fair I guess. :)

I walked to my dad's office then and spent a good one hour with him. after which we left for home, picking my mom from the way. Everything felt good. i was happy, happy inside.

For a change, I lived a day, not just spent it.....

Moments.....

There are times when you laugh, there are times when you cry.....
Times when you wanna live forever, times you just wanna die.....
Days you wanna forget, days you wanna treasure.....


All these times, days, seconds, define significant 'moments' in your life.....


a moment can define your death or life.....
it doesnt take a year's planning to commit sucide, its jus about the moment, if yu give in, or you decide to save yourself.... ok thats quiet a depressing example!!


its strange the way one moment can change your life forever, isn't it??

the moment of truth for some, n a moment to treasure for others..... we cant really save the moment but strange are the ways to keep its memory alive..... and the effect it has on you!! A picture for instance, we go for a vacation with our loved ones, family, friends, that special someone, or even alone!!! and we keep pressing the button to save something that we can never possibly get back..... even then, when we look at those pictures, it brings back the memories, the emotions attached to that particular piece of paper!! we dont really gain anything out of it, and yet it gives some kinda happiness and even sadness sometimes.... you realize that once upon a time, you lived that moment.....

we keep telling everybody to live in the moment, forget the past, worry not about the future..... but do we actually follow what we preach?? dont know abt you, but even though i keep pretending to, i cant ever seem to get over anything, may be because i dont want to..... because each moment that i live, teaches me a lesson, signifiant one!! and what you gain from experience, you hardly ever wanna forget it..... or atleast its wise if you dont!!

sometimes i think it'd be awesome if i meet with an accident, injure my head, and forget the past forever, think it'd all be so easy and fresh..... but then when i try to imagine that happening to me, it shakes me to the core!! i know, even though i think i want, i never really want that to happen..... so what we are going through some rough times?? so what if we are heart broken?? i dont think it is worth giving up all the good memories..... which, even if i dont agree wit it, are much more than the sad memories that i've ever had..... and who says i will have a smooth life after that..... it might even be worse.....

today i was going to give up on someone, on something that is really beautiful, for a really wierd reason..... because i like to assume, and start believing those assumptions with all my heart!! but then, that one instant, that one moment, that one thought, forced me to change my mind..... that special someone, that special something, is definately a keeper, is definately worth the struggle, worth the momentary pain.....

thanks for being there..... dont ever wanna loose you..... wont make the same mistakes.....

coz five years down the line, when i look into the memory-lane, i dont want a tear in my eye and a regret in my heart..... i want a smile..... i want to appreciate the fact, that i took the right decision in that particular 'moment'.....

So i'm finally back after a really long time.... Not that I didn't want to write or something, just didn't have an access to the internet at the right time!!! A lot has happened in the past few months..... I am in college now..... Oh I'm doin B Arch(m in second year now!!).... don know for how long though!!! lol..... The place sucks big time.... Full of narrow minded poverts..... But then its the same everywhere rite?? (please say yes even if yu dont think so, it makes me feel a lil better!!!)

I have found a couple of good 'wierdoes' out here..... actually some really awesome friends..... got into lots of trouble with everyone and got smoothly out of them all..... if some day i feel like it, i cud even write a book about my experiences!!! fell in love with a beautiful person :) :D..... gained a lot[weight as well as a lil bit of knowledge ;)]......

spent some awesome time with my frens and family..... took vacations, some of which, i will mention, like my trip to kerela with my parents(bunked colg for 9 days... heehee), or Rewalsar with my bestiest buddies.... and some i wudn't like to mention(doesn't mean they weren't special.... those were few of the most beautiful days i've ever lived!!!)

dont think i have anything more to say rite now, but will b back with lots of pictures some time really soon..... till then, kudos.....
keep writing.....
:) :D ;) :P