Reach Hatu top was the advice given to me by someone..
with that in mind and with great difficulty i got my friends leave the "skating zone"
We decided to skip lunch and proceed directly to Hatu top.
On the way, it was informed that we have to trek about 3 kilometers to reach the hatu top as the roads were covered by snow..
"Snow" nobody really believed..
The road a narrow..with steep valleys on both sides of the road..Any minimal mistake in calculation would have been really costly..
halfway through, we noted most of the tourist playing in a foothill..
But our driver was in no mood to stop.. We kept driving till there was no more road to take..
We decided to trek the rest of 2.5 km..
After 500 mts, we saw probably the most "elating" scenery in our lives..
1.5 kms of snow covered road..Snow covered peaks and slopes..
We trekked upto the top and realised that this was probably the best adventure trip we had ever had..
Jan 24th was a memorable day..
Thursday, January 28, 2010
The Wild hogs - Part 2
Without a hint of snow in shimla, we set out to Narkanda on the 24th of Jan..
The day was unusually sunny..
About an hour into the travel, somewhere near Kufri, was the first hint of good news..yes..snow..
We stopped at a place where we could find a reasonable amount of snow and had fun there..As we neared Narkanda, there wasn't any hint of snow..
Narkanda town had a few buses and 100 odd people.. No hint of snow..
We wondered if it would ever snow in this place..
After speaking to the locals, we decided to go for skating..
Well that place was awesome.. Not just for the amount of snow there..but because of the mode of travel we undertook.. We took our car into an extremely narrow strip of road without realising that there is no way to turn our car..
But nobody was in a mood to think about the car..
There was ample amount of snow in the "skating" area..
We took as many fotos as possible and started playing with snow..
The day was unusually sunny..
About an hour into the travel, somewhere near Kufri, was the first hint of good news..yes..snow..
We stopped at a place where we could find a reasonable amount of snow and had fun there..As we neared Narkanda, there wasn't any hint of snow..
Narkanda town had a few buses and 100 odd people.. No hint of snow..
We wondered if it would ever snow in this place..
After speaking to the locals, we decided to go for skating..
Well that place was awesome.. Not just for the amount of snow there..but because of the mode of travel we undertook.. We took our car into an extremely narrow strip of road without realising that there is no way to turn our car..
But nobody was in a mood to think about the car..
There was ample amount of snow in the "skating" area..
We took as many fotos as possible and started playing with snow..
"The Wild Hogs" - Part 1
Jan 23rd and 24th 2010..
The days i would never forget in my life..unless i go to a better place than Hatu peak with a better set of people..
The inspiration was more like John Travolta's wild hogs.. A set of friends going on a road trip because one of them was not so fine with his life..
But that wasn't the case with us.. We were all fine and wanted some adventure..
We set to Shimla on saturday.. left behind few of our friends, who would have (obviously) made our trip much more enjoyable and memorable..
The trip began with a very dull note..Ankit skipping the trip quoting some stupid reason.
Kamlesh had all the reasons to be upset..
We set out to shimla in our tavera..the day was unusually sunny..We reached the hotel which made many to vomit on our trip to kasauli.
By the time we reached shimal, (at around 5), we realised that we had made very poor plans as we had nothing to do in shimla..
It was very warm without any hint of snow..(Snow..? Not even clouds and a cool breeze)..
With great difficulty we climbed up to reach the DC guest house..
I later go to understand that it is possibly the highest building in shimla (for someone to stay overnight)..
With great deal of difficulty we located our guest house (i guess not even employee of collectorate would be knowing there's such a place inside that campus)
To our pleasant surprise, the room was just short of fantastic..
We hurriedly went out for a walk and sightseeing of the shimla lower bazaar..
I should say it was a different experience altogether..
Thanks to Dr. Baljinder for the guest house he had arranged..
The days i would never forget in my life..unless i go to a better place than Hatu peak with a better set of people..
The inspiration was more like John Travolta's wild hogs.. A set of friends going on a road trip because one of them was not so fine with his life..
But that wasn't the case with us.. We were all fine and wanted some adventure..
We set to Shimla on saturday.. left behind few of our friends, who would have (obviously) made our trip much more enjoyable and memorable..
The trip began with a very dull note..Ankit skipping the trip quoting some stupid reason.
Kamlesh had all the reasons to be upset..
We set out to shimla in our tavera..the day was unusually sunny..We reached the hotel which made many to vomit on our trip to kasauli.
By the time we reached shimal, (at around 5), we realised that we had made very poor plans as we had nothing to do in shimla..
It was very warm without any hint of snow..(Snow..? Not even clouds and a cool breeze)..
With great difficulty we climbed up to reach the DC guest house..
I later go to understand that it is possibly the highest building in shimla (for someone to stay overnight)..
With great deal of difficulty we located our guest house (i guess not even employee of collectorate would be knowing there's such a place inside that campus)
To our pleasant surprise, the room was just short of fantastic..
We hurriedly went out for a walk and sightseeing of the shimla lower bazaar..
I should say it was a different experience altogether..
Thanks to Dr. Baljinder for the guest house he had arranged..
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Aging of the brain
What is the effect of aging on your brain?
If you analyze, you would probably agree to my explanation.
When you were young, and when something goes wrong, you don't have any problem pointing out to your friend.
But as you grow up, not just your body become rigid.. But also our ideas..
The so called individuality of a person, becomes a rate limiting process, controlling the influx of the ideas into one's conscience.
Where will be efflux without your influx?
As we grow, we confine ourselves into smaller spaces..many a times even without realizing that.
I could call my batchmate "Dai Haseeb" till my pre-final year..
Suddenly i realised myself calling him 'Yov Haseeb"..For "dey" which was rampant for all those years seemed relatively less "respectful" as we grew up.
The same was the case with everyone around..
As we grow up, our bodies, obviously, are getting less flexible.
But our brain much more stubborn for changes.
If you analyze, you would probably agree to my explanation.
When you were young, and when something goes wrong, you don't have any problem pointing out to your friend.
But as you grow up, not just your body become rigid.. But also our ideas..
The so called individuality of a person, becomes a rate limiting process, controlling the influx of the ideas into one's conscience.
Where will be efflux without your influx?
As we grow, we confine ourselves into smaller spaces..many a times even without realizing that.
I could call my batchmate "Dai Haseeb" till my pre-final year..
Suddenly i realised myself calling him 'Yov Haseeb"..For "dey" which was rampant for all those years seemed relatively less "respectful" as we grew up.
The same was the case with everyone around..
As we grow up, our bodies, obviously, are getting less flexible.
But our brain much more stubborn for changes.
Monday, January 4, 2010
Another year and .. whats the change?
New year 2010..
Yet another year has passed.
One more year older..Few more terrorist attacks..Few more pay hikes..Few more recognition.. but has anything changed for myself..?
I should say 'no'.
Same 'mundane' me.
I feel I haven't learnt anything new from my mistakes.
The factors that made my life pathetic last year.. The same 'involuntary friendship making attitude'.
I really haven't changed much inspite of so many of the same mistakes I had done all these years.
Only those should make friends, who can maintain and grow them.
Rest would blog..like I do..
Yet another year has passed.
One more year older..Few more terrorist attacks..Few more pay hikes..Few more recognition.. but has anything changed for myself..?
I should say 'no'.
Same 'mundane' me.
I feel I haven't learnt anything new from my mistakes.
The factors that made my life pathetic last year.. The same 'involuntary friendship making attitude'.
I really haven't changed much inspite of so many of the same mistakes I had done all these years.
Only those should make friends, who can maintain and grow them.
Rest would blog..like I do..
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