2 hrs before take off...

Just finished watching Al Pacino in 'Scent of a Woman' . The final speech on integrity by Col. Frank W Slade reminds me of people who stood up for me in life. Not an exact analogy , but Mr .Ananthakrisnan my Math tuition master in Saibaba Colony Coimbatore fits the bill. He for one believed that I could pass in Math .Through his unique style of coaching rather than instructing ,made me believe in my abilities. Somehow everytime i pass his house in Coimbatore my eyes search for that nameboard. Its not there anymore , I dunoo where he is or even if master is still alive. I still remember you Sir! Have to get a strong Starbucks cappuchino ,the LA heat is a barrier to the walk.I 'll do it for the double tall cappuchino:-)

Have done some crazy travelling in the month of April. I like Lufthansa more than Singapore air. Saw a lot of potholes in the roads at Detroit;that was a surprise! As i sit staring at the San Bernadino valley from my 16'th floor seat in LA ,i am reminded of one such lazy friday afternoon a few yrs back when this blog got created. I was in downtown Sacramento then. I think coming back to the US was a never an option for me,when i left this country in 2006. Makes me think a lot. I also visited my office in Coimbatore before i flew out to LA. The office is located at a very quiet spot in the backdrop of the western ghats. Its a nice place for a picnic . Oh yeah i saw Harold and Kumar -part 2 - not as good as the first one. I liked the bit when the FBI guys interrogate the parents , that was a laugh riot. Iron Man was super cool.

I have been in Coimbatore for the most of March. I decided to take a walk instead of my routine run today. Somehow i found my way into the Forest College campus . Every step i took reminded me of those bicycle rides Sundar, Hari ,Shibu ,Ganesh and I took to school through the dense greenery on the campus. Somehow everytime I think of childhood i wonder and exclaim "wow! i wish i could just relive those moments" . The cricket ground is stil there , I sat there to watch a few overs of a game. Every path in the campus reminded me of some day or some incident from my school days. I missed the company of my high school buddies. It left me with a great feeling . Sometimes I feel all that we take forward in life are memories. Heck, lemme me get a shower!

Balamurali , my music class collegue called me a few times this morning. A few missed calls later i picked up the phone . My music guru Shri Reji George expired yesterday night. I spoke to him last saturday morning. May his soul rest in peace. The student in me still longs for all those golden words of musical advice he gave and promised ! I am yet to recover , this has been a really forgettable week in my life .Somehow death is one event which brings everyone back to ground, reminds us that all that's created has to be destroyed eventually.

Today is a highpoint my career as a Indian cricket fan! Totally Totally Super Victory. Some great exhibition of swing bowling and team work by India. A victory at the WACA esp for a team from the sub continent is special . Special it wil be till we find the next Tendulkar hahaha!! Lets see how the Aussies come back at Adelaide and if the Indians press on the gas from here Still recovering from the moment

A very happy new year !! I watched Tare Zameen Par today. Brilliant movie and as usual Mr Aamir Khan has hit a home run. I am lost in thought , the movie made me ask a lot of questions. Humans have created a very complex world out there, and the incentives are only for those who understand these complexities:-) . Most of our academics, at least in India focusses on training the mind not to pursue those streaks of madnesses we experience as a child. Instead it makes us understand only those aspects of life that our past generations have unearthed.We focus our energies trying to build on theories and concepts already engineered.What about the unknown ?? . Maybe we fail to understand the world of the in-sane, the retarded and the mad fellas out there...

Jai and I went for a carnatic concert featuring the Ranjani-Gayathri combo. The queue outside the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan hall clearly showed thier fan following. The rasikas consisting mainly of 'mama-mamis' with thier trademark filter coffee flasks made the evening lively. The highlights of the concert were the 'Thodi' kirthanai ,the meera bhajan and the tukaram abhang in that order. I thought the crowd lacked discipline , quite few cell phones ringing and people leaving the concert before the mangalam piece. My dad told me about the mylapore 'mess'(mess= restaurant) culture. We went to Mylai mess that was opposite to the B.V.B hall for dinner. The place has hardly been renovated and maintains its old legacy even today. The menu card is also very typical of the Madras tiffin culture . I had Badam halwa , Kichadi and podi dosai for dinner. As usual I must elate... it was Yummm!!! Not the most cleanest place but yes i felt the place has preserved its soul :-).The...