I was on TV

Hey Guys,
For those who didn't know this, well i was on tv ( again :) ).
Thanks to reporter Ms Priyanka Desai of IBN Lokmat, Me and my company "Natura " were covered by her for a tv show called "Youth Tube". A very nice and decent edit, and yes i still feel very awkward facing the camera (video or still doesn't matter).
Here is the video for those who are interested.

Last few months

I just realized, i posted only three times in last year, i guess this is the pits till now, but I'm an ardent follower of homer, and as he says I'm sure i can go to the depths and go on & on & on... :)

Anyways, a lot has happened since the last time i wrote anything, the more recent thing is i was able to vote for the first time in this election, and I'm still feeling a lot more confident and responsible. :)

I completed my month long (28 days to be precise) Basic Mountaineering Course in Nehru Institute of Mountaineering , Uttarkashi. (apparently the premiere mountaineering institute in Asia).
The course was great, very physically demanding besides being mentally tough, and was a much needed break for me.
The course was mainly divided in 3 parts, Rock craft, Snow Craft & Ice Craft.
we trekked for total 3 days to reach base camp, at 12300 ft. though we found lot (and i mean a lot) of snow a camp before base camp at 11000 feet.
we spent 14 days at base camp doing ice craft and snow craft and map reading and last day as height gain (reached 15000ft).
Anyways that's that, course has ended, & I am back to the grind. The first thing that i felt after coming back was the HEAT !!! it was SWEATY and YUCKY !! and Mumbai definitely stinks.
After living for 15 days in zero and sub zero temperatures, it was difficult for couple of days to get adjusted, but once the inner Mumbaikar came out, then no issues at all.

Its been 2 months since i came back from my course, and damn it was a roller coaster ride, for some reason, work just keeps on pouring...

Ohh yeah and did i tell you that we rigged up cool stunts for a dance reality show "Dance India Dance" on Zee tv.

It was the most craziest week of my life till now, it was some 7 hrs of sleep in 62 hrs so effectively, we slept for 7 hrs in 3 days, 2nd day was all nighter, we actually worked for 24hrs straight, first day slept for 3.5 hrs and last day slept for 3.5 hrs. after that last 2 days we managed to get sleep of about 4 hrs each day, but in the end it was a great show, flawless execution of all the stunts from our side. Everything was well done.

( 4th day also happened to be my birthday, where i switched of my cell phone for whole day so that i wont get disturbed while i was working, and boy did i get fired left and right from everyone, i finally went around calling everyone who had tried to get in touch with me unsuccessfully, and asking them to wish me :P ).
but all's well that ends well.

Will keep you posted about the rest of the happenings.
Adios Amigos

A Good Day

My dear diary,

This post was long overdue, its been so long that ive written something. So i decided to write something which is still fresh in my mind.

Has it ever happened with you that you meet a person and you feel instant connection, something between you and the other person just clicks, and you end up having a great conversation.

well something similar happened and i absolutely enjoyed it. The whole day went well and iam happy, i mean really happy and smiling, it just feels great to have a good conversation with someone.

well i have to agree, life is full of surprises or the way you say in hindi "zindagi itefaq se bhari hia".

:)

Go, make upcoming day a good day. meet someone new, you just might end up earning a great new friend.

Gaurang

Right Now.

My Beloved blog,

I'm writing to you after a long long time... from a kingdom far far away (just a figure of speech)...

How have you been? I know how you feel, you feel like you are in a slave trade, A salve who is going to be Sold and everyone comes and looks at you and decides is it worth paying attention?

Its Disgusting I know... but this is what it has become... A Fucking Slave Trade or a congress house for that matter (Mumbai people know what Congress House is).

Anyways I'm sorry... i can’t help it, you are born with it and for it... you have to take it in your stride...

I'll talk about myself though (as always: D narcissistic I know: P)...

Life's been a quite sucky.. Since last time I wrote... number one reason, I had my exams... As popular belief states "Exams always screws you", well I ain't a exception either, mine did a pretty good job. Only silver lining my practicals were quite good, and theory also successively got better... (at least a impression if not in marks)...

In Exam time, I had made a "Things ill do after my exam list"

Well it takes a lot of effort now to even read the list, because of sheer laziness...

But I'm enjoying the vacations...

reason number one : I'm learning SALSA.. and its whole lot fun, i always wanted to learn a dance form, and nothings better than a salsa, and it has not at all disappointed me, though its difficult and needs practice but dosen’t loose its fun quotient.and my partner is also a chick :D so its more fun...

reason Number 2: I'm learning to drive.. :-) (Four wheeler). A friend of mine was very kind enough to be ready to teach me how to drive...

reason number 3: i can climb whenever i want..

and i can always take a break, sleep my hearts out and then sleep again :D

so lifes quite a fun right now...

so talk to you later.. im feeling sleepy and tommororow i have to go to YMCA for enrolling myself in swimming class... oo did i mention im trying to learn swimming also.. :D