2 hrs before take off...

I managed to get hold of a beautiful jingle in Sahana sung by KS Chitra for Minbinbangal that used to be aired on Doordarshan during my school days.I have listened to it all afternoon ,can't get enough of it. Did some research on Sahana,Neelambari and the effect of gamakas on ragas.It was an amazing 2 hours of browsing .I wish i had done this long back .I used to hate the saturday and sunday errand to Sakthi Apartments in Church Road to go for my 'Pattu ' class. The last 2 monthhs would have been unimaginable without music.It seems to liven me up in testing times .I have tried my best to learn Ksheerasagara Shayana,Jagadhodharana and Vandanamu Raghunandana and am in the process of fine tuning my rendering of these masterpieces. Hope to finish learning them by end of december ,want to sing it to mom and dad whenn i go for mmy holiday! .

Sudharshan got a box of Mysurpa from India..Makes me go Ga-Ga over coimbatore food ..my list of coimbatore must eat's are as follows.... 1.Masala Dosa at Annapoorna 2.Sri Krishna Sweets Mysurpa 3.Water Melons on Thadagam road 4.Veggie Puff at NMB bakery coimbatore 5.Panner Sodas and Vanilla Ice Cream at Iyer & Co RS Puram or SB Colony Some of these are the chief contibutors to my 6 feet n 80 kg plus frame:-) Experiencing a different form of high ..'Sugar High' .I wish i could get most of the my other favourites in Sacramento Cheers!

Clyde my physio has cleared me for regular workout...I am on the moon. Natchi and I ran close to 3 miles today ,feels awesome.... the joy of running,the joy of getting back on the road! Filter coffee to follow that made my day,thanks to Natchi:-)

Gary surprised us by volunteering to get the cans today Yan introduced the team to this new drink called 'BooKoo' (www.bookooenergy.com) .The BooKoo challenge has caught on ,we did a bottoms up today .I could take this for my GMAT which is looming large ,2 more weeks to go. BooKoo Rocks!!

Long Time!! Gosh that was one helluva break ...breaking the humerus can be quite a task and when that happens at a pub over alcohol and 100 odd people hear the bone crack..Yikessss!!! July 16'th 10.58 p.m venue College Inn,Seattle..the victim Mr Manjeri..! All those macho men and wannabe stallones please if you dont have the right technique and like me have the habit of taking to a liquid diet high on Uncle Jack ..remember this sport is not cricket where you have the luxury of pads,gloves,guards or helmets.. Arm Wrestling is not a joke.It Hurts when you break bones,but for the morphine high you get at the hospital the experience sucks:-) I am so relieved i can lift my left arm these days.I have called up every random name i could think of over the past 2 months to have some semblance of human contact. A big 'Thank You' to mom (i miss u sooo much) ,dad,Ash,Sathish,Gaurav,Santhosh ,Santhosh's Mom,the bloke who prayed for me at the hospital,,..Dr Bransford,Sundar ,Jai an