A Drive to Mahadevpura and to Mysore and a Ranji Match

I'd been to Mysore yesterday just to watch Ranji Trophy Quarter Final match between Karnataka and Punjab. I wanted to watch this match because Rahul Dravid was playing! Me and my friends had been on a drive to a place called Mahadevpura near Mandya and decided to head towards Mysore and watch the match for sometime before starting our journey back home.

Well, it was around 2 in the afternoon when we reached Gangothri Glades, where this match was taking place. It was Tea when we reached, and no player was on ground. Only some young boys with white and white outfit were practicing. The stands were almost full. It was quite surprising to see people coming in such numbers to witness a domestic cricket match. I have read somewhere that people usually don't turn up to watch Ranji Match and all at places like Bangalore, but that wasn't the case here in Mysore. We were very happy to sit amongst the crowd there!

The score on the board was 92/1 Punjab. Earlier Karnataka ended their first inning with a lead of 78, with an awesome century by Manish Pandey. It's shame we couldn't watch Karnataka batting. Also I'm very disappointed that I couldn't see Dravid batting! Anyway, 10 minutes after we arrived, the players started to come back to the ground. Karnataka team, led by Dravid held a small discussion, about the strategy I guess? Fielders took there positions. Dravid started to look busy, adjusting the field position, talking to bowler. Dravid wasn't standing in the slip. Pandey was in the first slip and Dravid was at Mid Wicket.

There were two missed catches and no wicket fell in the entire afternoon. Crowd was very encouraging. They acknowledged every good effort by fielders and good shots by batsmen. Sitting there what I observed the most was the intensity in which Dravid was playing. That commitment, that involvement in the game is unmatched. He played with the same commitment as he'd have played in any international match. Respects to him! This is the second time I saw him play. I'd been to Chinnaswamy stadium to watch a Champion's League match. I am so happy I could see Dravid play, that I could watch a Ranji match. Now that they have entered Semi finals and the semi final match would be in Bangalore itself, I've a very good chance of going to that match! It was a satisfying day, enjoyed it to the core!

I wrote this on 24th Sep 2009, few days after I started going to work.

As i sit here and observe all the changes that is happening around me, I'm feeling strange! I'm not able to cope up with this change which is happening at such great pace! But i am glad it happened! All I can say is change is inevitable and this change is like what will be a laying stone for something big in the future!

I can fly, above the sky.

I don't see you, why?

'coz I don't need you there, that's why!

A Trip to Melkote and Mysore

A short trip to Melkote and Mysore (KRS Back waters). (31-07-2009)

Distance: 380 Km (total)

No. of people: 3

Mode of Transportation: Car ( Vinay's Zen)

Route: Bangalore->Mandya->Melkote->Srirangpatna->Mysore->KRS Backwaters->Mysore->Back to Bangalore!

We wanted to go to Melekote from a long time, sinc

e the exams got over. But the plan kept on postponing and the no. of people who wanted to come to the trip initially also got reduced when we finally decided to go to Melekote! So it was just the 3 of us and we had to go by Car since the second bike wasn't available!

So we left here at around 7 Am, filled the car on the way and headed towards Mysore! We didn't stop until we reached Mandya. It was a quick drive and within an hour and a half we reached Mandya. We decided to have our breakfast at Sha

rada Restaurant, Mandya! Masala Dosa tastes so awesome here, heavenly!

After the short stop we started our journey again. We have to take a right deviation from the Mysore-Bangalore Highway in order to go to Melekote. Its around 40 Km from Mandya. It was a little difficult to find this deviation but soon we found it with the help of locals. It was a smooth drive from here, roads are so good and with very less traffic! The captivating Green fields with cattle ploughing the fields was what we were greeted with! It was such a great sight, I did even capture a few snaps quickly!

The road was so attractive that I decided to try my hands on the wheels! So far only Vinith was driving and me being still new to car I was a little skeptical about the idea of driving an a place which I am not aware of! Nevertheless I did decide to drive. I guess I did a pretty good job at driving and it was Vinay's turn next, Vinay is new to driving too! After sometime, the temple on top of the hill was visible to us. It was a pleasant sight I must tell you. We finally reached the temple. There was only one car apart from us and we were happy that there were not too many people!

The Yoganarasimha Temple at Melkote was built by the Hoysallas, is at the height of 1,700m from the sea level. The Scenery is awesome! A painter would love this place and he would spend his entire life here!

It is hard to find words to describe the beauty of our temples! Like any other ancient temple, the Gopara is intricate with the statue of Narasimha. I kept to myself for a while in the temple. The sight of god was striking that I felt releaved of all the worries. It made me feel at ease. I was flying, flying away with no thoughts! I can never forget this moment! I never felt like leaving that place!

And there were monkeys of course! So many of them! I was shocked to find that these monkeys were very friendly. They were playing among themselves and most of them were sitting with a partner. Some of them had young ones with them too! One of them touched vinith's leg and later he told us that the palm of the monkey felt like velvet!

It was just around 11:30 after the temple visit. We spent some time there and started making plans as to where to go next. Finally we decided to make a short stop at a lake which was visible from the top and later head towards Ranganathittu.

The lake had visitors in the form of birds and new Human beings were to be seen around. We spent some time there and started our journey. I drove for a while, it was a great drive. The road is so awesome there. We took Pandupura-Srirangpatna road. We reached Ranganathittu but we were told that it was off season and its not worth a visit. We were kinda disappointed. We decided to go to Mysore since we had a lotta time in our hands.

At Mysore, I met my cousin and we finished our lunch at a good Hotel. My cousin suggested a couple of places we could visit in Mysore. We decided to go to Blue Lagoon ( This is what the locals call KRS Backwaters). It was bumpy drive and we finally reached. All of us were suprised to see a place like this. It was as if like we landed on an Island suddenly! There was not a soul apart from us. It was as if we were in a beach! It was so peaceful there. I took a some quick snaps.


We had some interesting conversation and soon we realized that it was getting late! We couldn't keep track of time! I'm sure none of us wanted to leave that place but we had to.. We reached Mysore and dropped my cousin. We were on our way back home, I was slowly drifting away with all the thoughts. As we were driving back home in the night, I started wondering- "How soon the day got over!".

Fake

I was overwhelmed by your care,

I didn't realize it was all fake.

Now I do, I feel cheated.

But its not something new,

Its been the same ever since I met you.

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From where it comes and where it goes,
I don't know.
It keeps visiting me,
I don't like it, no.

Online jobs- Make money!

How often have I not come across such statements, all flashy and all! I keep on getting mails claiming that I could make lots and lots of money just by spending few hours in front of the computer! I keep getting such messages from fake profiles in Orkut! I've come across that most of such online money making things are fake and only they make money by tricking others! Internet is a strange thing anything can happen! Some programs even asks us to pay some amount to get registered and later earn money! What? which fool would do that? I mean, to my knowledge, it's just a trick. By putting flashy photos with $$$ everywhere and with a lot of crap written about how Mr. A earned so much money in just a few days and many other over-the-top stories! Eventually one would start wondering if its real and if they could be a Mr. A too! As for me, I think it's all fake.

Well, I spend a lot of time in front of the computer everyday. ( Doing nothing at all). So this thought came to me once, "Why not try these online money making stuff and earn some money". I did check out some of the sites and I even joined some! Believe me I've joined few. Of course I've unsubscribed after realizing the real idea behind such sites! You make no money! If at all there are such genuine sites then I've not come across! If there are such sites then I'd not hesitate to try my hand. If it takes a little time of the total time I spend online and i happen to get some money then why not?! :D. AFAIK, Google Adsense is the only reliable way to earn some money online. No much hassles. Back in those days I'd even tried my hand on Google Adsense. If you happen to notice, you'll find the ads here on Zyg1 too. At first it was going on well ( in one of my earliest blogs) but slowly my online time kept on reducing and the interest on that blog too. So Adsense got hold and I end up earning nothing! Well, you've to have a minimum of 100$ to get the money don't you know that? Since I've registered to Adsense i use it here and in my other blog. No money making intentions, for I've lost hope and patience to do so. I've also grown, from those days as a desperate college going kid who wanted short cuts to get his hand on money to a person who can analyze what's fact and what's real and what's not. I'm not a fool anymore to try the flashy stuff! If only i could get my hands on those who send such mails/messages, I'd hit on their head so hard that they will forget how to even use Internet ! ;)