A Cynic's Viewpoint

Tough means a lot in English. It's got different slang meanings. I was always tough on the outside. I never move around easily. But the 'tough' I am talking about is the physical one. It means being rough, sturdy, strong, muscular, and all the similar kinda terms that comes to your mind. And being tough physically aint that easy. This is for me only though. I have always been on the heavier side be it anything. So I constantly wanted to change myself, the way I am mentally, and physically. Changing mentally is something that's very closely linked to being physically fit. So my New Year resolutions have always included joining gym, but never did that plan work out. So finally on a new year day (Ugadi) I just don't know what struck ma head. I just joined the local gym, probably the thought was on my head since 3 days, but I am a kinda guy who doesn't execute the plans. Today was first day, I had woke up at 5 in the morning and freshened up. I went for a jog. By ...

Since my family resides in Chennai I often travel to Chennai which is lot closer to Bangalore than other inner state cities. And moreover large number of software professionals and BPO employees are from Chennai so the number of trains between Chennai and Bangalore is more than average. And there are numerous trains from Mysore also. Eventually it's easy for me to book my ticket as I would have lot to choose from. Habitually I travel by the brindavan express which departs Bangalore just about 2:30 pm and arrives in Chennai at roughly 8:30pm. It was about 2 weeks well before Diwali of 2008 , I was careless and din't book my ticket till I got a call from my parents asking me when would I be coming to Chennai. So casually I replied I have not yet booked the ticket and so my dad told me "all the best" instead of "happy journey". I kept wondering why, until the coming Sunday when I found myself standing in a sea of people waiting to check the sea availability i...