A walk in the rains...

Its October already, the time is flying.. Fall has arrived and it would be winter soon. Was I missing something? Yes, I was missing the walks in New York Central Park. It was many weekends that I was so lazy to get up from the bed and go out. But this weekend after all ups and downs with my friends, I had decided to go for a walk in the biggest park in New York, The Central Park.

I planned leaving right after my lunch, but unfortunately it started raining (Uff..weather of this country so unpredictable). I waited for some time and was very determined to go out today. I finally picked up my camera and was in the Central Park, NY by 5:30.

As it rained earlier in the afternoon, it was a pleasant weather to enjoy. It was so peaceful. I thought I would walk there forever.

Angels of Water in Summer/Fall (Rains) :(

Very few people were in the park as compared to the summer times where the park is full of colourful people and events all over. Few kids with their parents and most enthusiastic ad dedicated joggers.

After an hour of walk, it started raining. I actually love rains (but was not able to get wet as I was not carrying any jacket and I had to get back home as well ;))

It was fun watching the water pouring, enjoyin

g the wind blowing to your face.

Empty Benches..Waiting for someone...

Me and my Michelle

Today, 29 April 2011, me and Michelle, my cute purple TVS Scooty Pep complete 6 years of togetherness. It was the time when I was in my last year of college and I got placed in Tech Mahindra (formerly MBT), I told my sis that I want a new scooter and I am not going to office on my tiny Bajaj Sunny.

TVS had launched all fancy color at that time and I select ma favorite Purple… 29 April 2005, my cousin delivered the bike at my sister’s workplace with the fuel tank full ;). When I was doing a pooja for my bike, I got a news that I am blessed with another cousin brother.

A friend suggested the name Michelle and from then I call her Michelle.

Since then my bike is giving me company with all my times. She is my best buddy. We always have a good time together. I love to drive my scooty. I haven’t given her much trouble, and drove it mostly in the city areas. She shared all my joys, I could drive it fast when I am very excited and she makes sure I don’t lose control. There are times when I am very sad and want to cry, she is there to wipe my tears. When I cry while driving, she makes me concentrate on driving and forget my sorrow for some time.

It’s very rare that I give my scooty to anyone to ride. I am very possessive about her and don’t want anyone to play around with it. Me and my elder sis always fight over this issue (I never give her my Michelle and she keeps complaining to Mom but I never listen ;)). I don’t even give to Dad if I am not at the backseat. There are very few lucky people who must have got a chance to ride my sweetheart.

The only minor accident I remember I had was when on a crossroad another bike has hit us and left brake was broken and some minor crack here and there, and me without a scratch.

Once, which I rarely do, I lost the keys to unlock Michelle and my dear had misplaced the other key L. I had to call the key maker to make a duplicate key and had ended in changing the lock itself.

6 Years and only more than 22,000 of running and a great average of more than 40 kmpl (Touchwood)

Love you my dear Michelle. Hope we have a long journey together.

India Vs Pakistan

INDIA Vs Pakistan in Semi-final of World Cup 2011..The mother of all the matches This got confirmed after India's win against Australia in the Quarter Finals and since then the only thing that was discussed all round the world was THE match..

More than cricket it was the old rivalry between the countries..

Pressure was mounting from everywhere and for everyone..Be it sms, mails, facebook, twitter..only comments was the mouth watering match...

Sleepless nights was the case with every Indian and Pakistani..

Everybody was just praying from the bottom of the heart for a win..
The war in the West has taken a backseat, this was a much bigger war...

And the day in history of cricket arrived 30 March 2011, India starts with winning the toss and electing to bat first. Team was declared, Ashwin was out and Ashish Nehra (after the weak match against SA) was playing today..I am sure most of us doubted this decision today but was surely very glad the way Nehra bowled today..Hmm..so as the match started everyone was glued to their TV sets.. I think my entire office was in the canteen where the match was played on a big projector screen...There was not a single person on the street....

Sehwag gave a good start..lost his wicket and ppl got tensed..slowly and steady India was progressing.. Our God of cricket, Mr Tendulkar, had all his good luck and people's blessing with him.. The LBW decision was turned down, the stumped appeal resulted a not out, 4 catches drop (Pakistani really have butter finger ;)) and finally a spectacular innings from the great man for 85 runs..

And not to forget the great efforts of Suresh Raina for taking us to a decent score of 260 after 50 overs..The streets were so empty during the match..and 20 mins inning break..ppl were just rushing back home from their offices (including me, I just took 15 mins and made sure I don't miss a single bowl)

You could see big ppl in the stadium, PMs for India and Pakistan, Sonia and Rahul Gandhi, Amir Khan, Pretty Zinta, Sharad Pawar, directors of ICC and list goes on...
A nail biting innings from Pakistan..
Every bowl or bat, ppl give their special suggestion, oh this should have been played this way, oh the bowl should have swinged more..blah blah..

But I really say hats off to the players..when we sitting at home can be so much tensed, what would be their condition..Today, team India really showed their best with bowling and fielding.. They were fit enough to stop those singles and keep the pressure building on the opponents...
All and all, a great WIN for our Team India.. And I could only hear the drums hitting and see the fireworks and ppl on the streets cheering INDIAAAaaaaaa...INDIAAaaaaa...
Nothing can be merrier than winning a match against specially Pakistan..
Fantantic match..It Diwali in the month of March for Indians.... Party everywhere....

And guess what, the world is Bleeding Blue today.. :):)

Congratulations to all of us...

ALL THE BEST for the finals...

Jai Hind!!!!

Don't lose your mind LOSE YOUR WEIGHT

I never thought I would read a book on dieting. But this once is amazing (As its not about Dieting).

The cover page of the book is very attractive and colorful ‘Don’t lose your mind LOSE YOUR WEIGHT’. (I love the apple on it)

The hottest topic of discussion for every girl was Kareena’s size zero figure. And trust me somewhere every girl wants a perfect figure and not actually size zero.

The author Rujuta Diwekar just comes with that point. She has laid 4 simple principles to stay health and fit (and that’s what we need). She simply starts with explaining that Diet is not starvation. Diet is not punishing your body. Everything we eat is right and the only thing is that we need to eat at the right time.

Simple thing, we should love our body and specially our stomach. We should know its threshold limits. Sitting posture while eating, chewing slowly, eating with all senses, these are basic things which we never care to even give a consideration. We just need to think about nutrients in the food and not about the calories.

She gives us all the details about carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals and most importantly WATER. A brief on what to eat and how to eat it.

The four principles would really change your life and improve your eating habits. Eating first thing in the morning, eating every 2 hours, eating more when you are more active and less when less active and eating your dinner early.

She does clarifies are myths and give good recommendations with some real life examples (and somewhere we do relate to it). She recommends eating local food like ‘Eat local and think global’. After all Punjabi’s are meant to eat paranthas and south Indians are suppose to eat the idlis and dosas.

And yes, her main focus is EXERCISE. Exercise is non-negotiable. Unless we exercise, no eating habit is gonna help us.

This book is not only for the ones who want to lose their weights but for all of us who want to stay fit.

So, guys and girls, I suggest read this book at least once and you really start appreciating your body.

Ok, to be honest, I have started following these principles from last one week, I will not say there is a change, but I really feel good about it. There is no guilt feeling for anything I eat, I just make sure I am eating it at the right time. If the time is not right, I prefer skipping it J.