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		<title>Trainblogging!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 18:51:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>abdul</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[yet another train journey. yet another blog entry. i&#8217;ve been home the last 5 days. for onam actually. met with dili, deepak, pulli, vallyan, oy n joy. fasting month of ramzan has started. into the fifteenth day actually. people back in calicut say that i&#8217;ve lost weight and some say i&#8217;ve gained weight!! the fact [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>yet another train journey. yet another blog entry. i&#8217;ve been home the last 5 days. for onam actually. met with dili, deepak, pulli, vallyan, oy n joy. fasting month of ramzan has started. into the fifteenth day actually. people back in calicut say that i&#8217;ve lost weight and some say i&#8217;ve gained weight!! the fact of the matter is i dont know if i&#8217;ve lost or gained weight, n i dont care now <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
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<p>i saw the movie &#8216;into the wild&#8217; again yesterday. it&#8217;s one hell of a tempting movie. and it keeps tempting all over again. leaving everything behind and going into oblivion, going away from the noise, going away from it all, on you own, into the wild. a very very tempting idea. i&#8217;d thought i wouldnt read any book for a long time to come, but i am planning to get the book that inspired that movie <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
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<p>sitting in this train, i got a call from a friend saying that there has been some communal riots in mangalore. some violence here and there, but still no clear picture. its kind of like going into the wild, only this time its wild because of the uncertainty of what is going to happen out there in the roads of mangalore. leaving a few snaps of the awesome trip to Anandka Waterfalls in mangalore. adios.. <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
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		<title>The Gurgaon Gift..</title>
		<link>http://blog.abdu.info/2008/08/31/the-gurgaon-gift/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 17:12:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[music brings joy, brings life. even to an empty mind. my taste for music have seen all extremes over the years. from the mushy songs of the boy bands - to the explicit raps of eminem - to the melody of rahman - to the foot tapping breakbeat music - to the soothing ghazals of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>music brings joy, brings life. even to an empty mind. my taste for music have seen all extremes over the years. from the mushy songs of the boy bands - to the explicit raps of eminem - to the melody of rahman - to the foot tapping breakbeat music - to the soothing ghazals of jagjit singh n hindustani of ghulam ali. thats a lot of music <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
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<p>yesterday we were at dilis brothers wedding reception at trichur. it was a lot of fun, something like a hostel re-union. nothing much has changed and i am very happy about it <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> on the way to trichur in train with the maharashtra teams, we bought a li&#8217;l gift for our kid at Gurgaon. to the dangerous KID <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
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		<title>A Nightingale &#38; Random Thoughts</title>
		<link>http://blog.abdu.info/2008/08/30/a-nightingale-random-thoughts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:40:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[trains remind me to blog. dont know why. maybe because i like to travel so much. i&#8217;ve not blogged for more than a week and here i am. i set foot into a train and the next thing i think of is to blog  previous weeks have been hectic, at work and off it. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>trains remind me to blog. dont know why. maybe because i like to travel so much. i&#8217;ve not blogged for more than a week and here i am. i set foot into a train and the next thing i think of is to blog <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> previous weeks have been hectic, at work and off it. life goes on as usual entertained by small drives on weekends and pulling legs of people at the office. in this time i&#8217;ve started to love mangalore. i love this place now. i gotta start exploring more. places like jog falls, sita camp and others. wanna go trekking. everything!<br />
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<p>my dream of getting a bullet will come true soon. i&#8217;ve been bullet hunting for more than a month now, hopefully i&#8217;ll own one in december <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> then a DSLR camera, and off i go. thats about everything i want from life now. get all that and take off. nice to hear and tough to do i know <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> but i will, some day.<br />
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<p>my current project is almost over and i&#8217;m gonna be in support and testing for the next 3 months. only thing that i hope is not to have a lot of work to find time for all the crazy things my crazy head is planning. i might leave mangalore soon, but before that i want to do crazy things. make new friends. talking about that, i&#8217;ve started doing crazy things already!! i sang in the group song for independence week in office. eat that - world!! &#8216;desh mere, desh mere, meri jaan hai tuuu&#8217;&#8230;. i went on stage  to sing for the first time and by god, what a song it was!! we got second prize thanks to a nightingale whose voice was soooo sweet. so much so, that our voices were not noticed by the judges and we got second prize <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
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<p>i am on my way to dileep&#8217;s brother&#8217;s marriage reception in trichur. hope to see everyone there. but i gotta come back to mangalore on sunday too. will post photos of the reception <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> till then, leaving u with snaps of the scenic beauty of mangalore, uriyadi held on sri krishna jayanthi and a cultural fest at our office<br />
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		<title>The Rise</title>
		<link>http://blog.abdu.info/2008/08/11/musinthe-rise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:07:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[at times i wonder, is this blog dead.. is my life not moving on.. it is moving on, but with little or nothing to jot down.. life has come to a standstill, at a place where all i can do is think about what lies ahead..


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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>at times i wonder, is this blog dead.. is my life not moving on.. it is moving on, but with little or nothing to jot down.. life has come to a standstill, at a place where all i can do is think about what lies ahead..<br />
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<p>someone told me few days back, that the anticipation of what is to come is the thing that keeps you going.. the anticipation of something better, something surprising.. i&#8217;ve been thinking of doing a lot of things lately, but in the end nothing happens.. i&#8217;m returning to mangalore from home, in a train now..<br />
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<p>the only thing i wanna say now is that this blog is not dead.. there will be lots more travels, portraits and ramblings here..  keep all the comments coming <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> till the next post, i&#8217;ll continue to be a being stranded, there on the cosmic panorama <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> in the pic is shanthakumar - one of my new friends in mangalore..<br />
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		<title>Metamorphosis..</title>
		<link>http://blog.abdu.info/2008/04/27/metamorphosis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Posting Happened and i&#8217;m off from Mysore!! i&#8217;ve been posted to Mangalore by my company.. After around 4 months of training, me and my friend Divya Ramesh have been posted to Mangalore.. Just the two of us from our class.. Dasan got into Chennai, a place where you throw a stone to the air, it [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Posting Happened and i&#8217;m off from Mysore!! i&#8217;ve been posted to Mangalore by my company.. After around 4 months of training, me and my friend Divya Ramesh have been posted to Mangalore.. Just the two of us from our class.. Dasan got into Chennai, a place where you throw a stone to the air, it lands on one of our friends.. <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<p>Mangalore is a place where not even one of our Batchmates or friends work or live.. And like an icing on the cake, on the day we got our posting, Divya&#8217;s father who is working in a bank in Mangalore got his Transfer!! Since we are a group of people who operate in a group, we tried a lot for a SWAP.. it is a procedure using which we can get into another location that we want, if some other person is ready to take our location.. but ours being a BIG class of around 45 people, we found out quite easily, that it was impossible <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> so i had to join Mangalore and that was that <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<p>still makes me wonder why they dont give the posting of choice for everyone in the company.. according to me, it contributes a lot to a friendly work environment, but it seems the BIG management gurus tend to differ.. and in the end, policies will be followed.. but i enjoyed the days we tried for the SWAP especially something - the whole Bitch n Jimmy affair.. Even though life has given me lots of surprises, those days i was introduced to the Bitchiest female i&#8217;ve ever came across in life.. a person who needs Confidence to present her parents in front of others!! a person who is a lot of things, which i dont want to elaborate <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<p>so i moved to Mangalore on the 23rd.. Next day was my first day at office as an actual Software Engineer.. Mangalore is a happening place in terms of food!! i&#8217;ve been here only one day n whatever i have eaten was awesome.. maybe i&#8217;m exagerrating too much, but its really good when compared to the food at Mysore.. so it&#8217;ll be a lot difficult to have a CONTROLLLED diet here.. lets see, lets hope <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> i liked the place and people i came across on my first day, though they were only 2 or 3.. n then i got leave for friday to go home!! <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<p>spend most of the days in calicut with Rahul and Thadiyan.. now i&#8217;m writing this on my return in the navayug express.. i know its a bit OVER to use the laptop in a train.. but the day has been so cruel to me that i wanted to jot this down.. another reason i&#8217;ve turned on the laptop is that, i&#8217;ve fallen in love with the song judaai from the movie jannat.. i Woke up today morning to find that my mobile was not working.. then had a BIG fight at home.. after that i found out from the railway station that my train is about 4 hours late.. so i sat there in the station at 2pm, and thought of listening to some music, but the iPod didnt have any charge.. after all this frustration the train came at 6.30pm and now here i am - still sitting here in the train, at Kannur Railway Station.. waiting for some stupid train to cross so that we can go.. another big thing that happened was i shaved my hair.. the metamorphosis.. adios amigos <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Reminiscence</title>
		<link>http://blog.abdu.info/2008/04/06/reminiscence/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2008 16:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[23rd November 2007.. 18:08hrs..
Calicut Beach&#8230; walking in the breeze feels really good.. with deepak n  ameeth.. we are almost all of the people who were left in calicut  waiting for our joining dates.. life was boring, but it was good&#8230; it  was fun at times like this.. went on to get a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>23rd November 2007.. 18:08hrs..</strong><br />
Calicut Beach&#8230; walking in the breeze feels really good.. with deepak n  ameeth.. we are almost all of the people who were left in calicut  waiting for our joining dates.. life was boring, but it was good&#8230; it  was fun at times like this.. went on to get a kite to fly&#8230; i&#8217;d flew  one many times before, but somehow this felt like the first time.. it  took some time to hold flight, but once it got off, there was no  stopping it.. soon, the kite went so high that it was the size of a  pupil.. we didnt want to let it loose, so we tied it to a stone near the  beach bridge and walked away.. i kept looking back at it all the way and  something struck me.. will i do this any time again.. a thousand times  over.. hmm..<br />
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<p><strong>17th January 2008.. 00:44hrs..</strong><br />
sukhwinder singh screaming &#8216;bas bas bada bole, ab kuch kariye&#8230;&#8217; in my  ears.. i&#8217;ve entered corporate life.. i wake up at 8 and brush my teeth n  then bathe.. get into my armour which includes a tie on mondays n  tuesdays.. smelly shoes.. n &#8216;walk&#8217; to the big colloseum for what  everyone calls training.. the walk to the place is just around 400  metres, but it sends some kind of sweet pain from the toes up till the  knees.. the pain i call sweet as its the fatigue caused by that which  helps in idling thru the session till noon.. after december 18th, each  working day of my life was the same.. i never reached the colloseum  earlier, but left the place later than 6pm a number of times.. complains  mostly stay confined to my head, but for some very close people.. but i  gotta live this life anyways..<br />
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<p><strong>16th March 2008.. 11:52hrs..</strong><br />
slept long yesterday.. its raining heavily in mysore these days&#8230;  training has reached its ending stage.. things have eased up a little  lately.. we dont sit at office for long hours nowadays, unless we have a  training project.. n the fact of the matter is we have one of those,  every other weekend <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> but i&#8217;ve started to like the work here.. mostly  because i&#8217;ve tried hard to do that <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> we get net in the evening from 5  to 9.. we cant access any public mails, so who needs net anyways..  walking to the foodcourt to have some food.. the umbrellas were kept to  dry near my hostel.. it was refreshing to see the colours amongst the  artificial lawns n gardens.. life goes on naturally..<br />
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<p><strong>6th April 2008.. 21:48hrs..</strong><br />
i&#8217;m home after more than 3 months.. lot has happened in these days&#8230; i  couldnt blog much, even after the many times aana tried to make me&#8230;  wanted to write about the first marriage in our batch.. our own amar  govindan aKa Comedy <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> cant digest the fact that he has done it.. wanted  to write a lot.. but nothing surfaced.. everything just lost somewhere..  so i&#8217;ll be silent till the next time.. silence is countless sounds  combining to play in a rhythm&#8230; silence is a symphony&#8230;..<br />
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		<title>Singapore Trip&#8230; Part 2..</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 17:38:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Strange situation i&#8217;m writing this in..  Will come to that later on.. I had planned on writing the part two of my singapore trip a lot earlier.. But as usual, i dint sit down to write.. 
 

 
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Strange situation i&#8217;m writing this in.. <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> Will come to that later on.. I had planned on writing the part two of my singapore trip a lot earlier.. But as usual, i dint sit down to write.. </p>
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<p>Anyone who cares enough to read this boring blog <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> might know that i was planning to go to Malaysia.. To get my Visa extension and to see the new country.. But guess what, only the former happened.. We went to the nearest Malaysian city of Johor Bahru.. Its like, we cross a bridge n we&#8217;re in another country.. As simple as that.. But, believe me, there&#8217;s nothing to see there.. At Johor Bahru..</p>
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<p>We went to a Beach Resort called the Danga Bay.. Even the people working in the nearby shops didnt know english.. (njan vann Malay aayathondu rakshappettu).. <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> The only things that place is good for is shopping and eating out.. Food is so cheap that people from Singapore near the border go there to eat.. We absolutely owned the Pizza Hut at the Kotaraya Plaza that night.. <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
After that long eating session, we walked toward the malaysian immigrations and checked out of the country.. At that moment, i was wondering which country i was in!! Cos i had checked out of Malaysia and didnt get into Singapore..</p>
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<p>With that thought, i boarded a bus to the Singapore Check Point n from there, they refused to let me in.. N i was like Wat the?! The little girl sittin at the counter gave me ghastly glance and asked me why i wanted to stay thirty more days in Singapore.. I was supposed to leave singapore before oct 10th at that time, but i said i wanted to spend Hari Raya (Eid) with my brother n family in Singapore.. Then this cute lookin girl asked me to sit in the seat next to her n wait.. Obviously, I didnt mind.. <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<p>I was sittin there like a VVIP when suddenly a heavy built officer in uniform came near me n said &#8216;this way!&#8217;.. I did not have any idea wat was happening, but soon i was in a room filled with lots of seemingly grumpy old officers.. <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> But in that same room, my bro, sis n ehan were sitting.. N then one of those officers went thru my passport and called me to ask the same thing that silly girl had asked me few minutes before.. <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> I told him the exact answer i had told the girl, only this time, i pointed at my bro n family while saying it.. Must&#8217;ve been the smile on Ehan&#8217;s face, he gave me an extension straight away.. That too for a month.. Hihi..</p>
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<p>After reaching back to Singapore that night, i could hardly feel my hands n feet.. Hihi.. (Over aakkaling ~ Exaggeration).. Slept long that night n the most part of the next day.. On monday i went to the Indian Airlines office to change my return ticket date to the 17th..</p>
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<p>Deepak Benny has been in Singapore for quite some days now.. I&#8217;ve not been able to meet him cos of all these n nombu.. He joined the Worley Parsons office in Somerset.. Decided to meet him after Eid.. Eid was pretty ordinary.. With no usual friends n things like that.. But the Foodings were extra ordinary.. <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> Spent the evening at the east coast park with lots of malayali families.. I was watchin people skating there, most of the time.. Met a small girl who had sung with &#8216;kavi&#8217; at singapore.. For those who doesnt know, The last years Idea Star Singer Kavi was my classmate!! <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<p>Toward the end of the trip, i had ran out of things to do!! <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> So it was either shopping at mustafa or sitting online.. Bought a lot of stuff.. Including an ipod classic.. But in between all this, i&#8217;d not yet seen the famous Singapore Zoo and the Jurong Bird Park.. <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> So the day i finally met Benny.. We decided to go to the zoo..</p>
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<p>But i forgot to take the cam that day.. So had to take snaps using my good old mobile.. <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> The zoo at Singapore is the best i&#8217;ve seen.. So far that is.. <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> Because in all the zoo&#8217;s that i&#8217;ve visited till now, the animals never looked happy.. But this place is different.. Most of the animals r not caged.. N those that are, dont seem to mind.. Hehe..</p>
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<p>The white tiger was the best thing we saw in there.. A big chunk of muscle and sheer power.. The best way to explore the zoo is to get the free zoo map which has all the details n the feeding times of different animals.. N go to those animals when they are being fed.. Only then do you get to see the animals doing wat they do best..</p>
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<p>The whole day in the zoo was very tiring n after that, benny went to his hotel at Clarke Quay.. N i went to mustafa for a final shopping session.. We got back that day n i planned to go to the Bird Park the next day morning..</p>
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<p>I&#8217;ve seen only very few mornings in Singapore.. Most of my days there started just before noon.. <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> So it was after noon by the time me n bro got to the Jurong Bird Park.. N i loved it from my very first sight.. So many colorful n rare birds moving freely in there..</p>
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<p>But my joy was short lived as it began raining heavily.. N we sat there in the balcony of a closed restaurant watchin a group of Flamingos below us.. We lost about 2hrs due to that bloody rain.. So we had to rush through the park to finish seeing every section..</p>
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<p>There was a show in the Pools Amphitheatre with two parrots showing off their talking and singing talents.. One of the birds even sang songs in the 4 national laguages of Singapore.. But they had to cut short the show because of the heavy rains..</p>
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<p>Then we walked into an Australian Coffee Shop without knowing the great surprise that was in store inside.. A big enclosed area filled with hundreds of extremely colorful birds called the Loris.. They were flying around coming near the visitors and making hell of a lot of noise.. <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> N boy did i love feeding them?!! <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> One of them even jumped onto my shoulder.. I fell in love with the park.. Hihi..</p>
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<p>I&#8217;ve been spending loads of time finding music n other stuff on the net.. Most of the days at home i&#8217;d sit hours on end on Youtube searchin and listening to random songs.. Found a great malayalam ghazal <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQC9c1CjyV0" target="_blank"> &#8216;Neeyum Nilavum&#8217; by Shahabaas</a> and fell in love with the song.. <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> Its a great song to check out for hindustani lovers..</p>
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<p>N finally the next day, the 16th of october was to be the last day of my Singapore trip.. Was just sittin at home n packing all the stuff most of the time.. Its been more than 45 days here.. N i&#8217;ve experienced almost all feelings during this trip.. There have been times i&#8217;ve felt ecstatic, desperate, content, numb and also very lonely.. But when it comes down to it, i loved the whole trip.. As the sun sets now, on yet another journey, all i can think of, is my home, n the feeling of home..</p>
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		<title>Singapore Trip&#8230; Part 1..</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[i blog less often these days, been wanting to write for really long now.. so finally i&#8217;m sitting down today to blog again.. i&#8217;ve noticed countless things in life happening all of a sudden.. My second big trip is just one of those things.. And for me, it actually is very BIG..  i&#8217;m going [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i blog less often these days, been wanting to write for really long now.. so finally i&#8217;m sitting down today to blog again.. i&#8217;ve noticed countless things in life happening all of a sudden.. My second big trip is just one of those things.. And for me, it actually is very BIG.. <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> i&#8217;m going abroad for the first time, to Singapore.. To visit the place and also to stay with my brother and family for a few days or maybe more..</p>
<p>after a few weeks of running away from the joining date and the sudden change in life after college, i hope it&#8217;ll be a welcome break.. before maybe, going into the fast life lead by most friends working in big companies now.. i always use the word &#8216;maybe&#8217; when i&#8217;m talking about life ahead.. cos there&#8217;s still a lot of uncertainty about that.. hehe..</p>
<p>so i started from home on the morning of the 30th of august.. from calicut, i reached chennai at 10 o&#8217;clock.. the newly wed film star Narein and his wife were in the same flight.. nan mind aakkiyilla, <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> but eventually talked to them from the chennai airport.. boarded the singapore flight from chennai n landed here at about 8.30 in the night.. my nephew ehan had come to pick me up.. <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> said goodbye to a few fellow passengers and went home.. ehan had grown up a bit more n was very lively.. <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<p>i had lots of doubts about what it&#8217;d feel like in some other country.. on a first note, it felt just like home - mainly because the climate at Singapore is very similar to that of kerala.. but when u start going out and visiting places, the feeling changes a lot, just cos the whole setup here is so advanced and sophisticated here.. believe me, this is an absolutely filthy rich country.. till u get used to it, ur mind keeps asking - &#8220;choodu vellathil kulikkamo??&#8221; [to those of u who understand wat i mean.. ;)]</p>
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<p>singapore is so small that its smaller than calicut.. its just 45 kilometres from one end to the other.. bah!! for a regular guy like me, everything here is a new experience.. all the buses and trains are AC <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> metro trains called MRTs are there connecting important places of singapore.. three routes in all - red line, blue line n the green line.. interlinked at many places and after a few days of travelling, i realized how easy it is to get around Singapore.. so i was out exploring the place the very next day.. went to a nearby park called Bishan Park.. a biiiiiiiig park - some 130 acres!! nice quiet place right in the centre of the busy traffic.. i ended up vaaya nokkaling the many young people who had come to skate..</p>
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<p>Merlion is a statue with the head of a lionand the body of a fish and is the icon of Singapore Tourism.. the Merlion near the fullerton hotel is one of the attractions.. but when i went there, i found out what a waste it was.. hihi.. its just a statue spitting water into the singapore river.. the night skyline on the other side of the singapore river looked exotic..</p>
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<p>there is this building among them on the other side of the singapore river called the Esplanade.. it looks just like a biig CHAKKA!! jack fruit that is.. haha.. its some theatre sort of thing where arts performances n stuff occur.. also on the other side of the Fullerton Hotel, there are a few statues.. one of them with a few kids trying to jump to the river.. it looks absolutely fantastic.. the place is one of the busiest in Singapore with tourists flock in all the time.. <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<p>another great place i liked very much is the East Coast Park.. its a very long park parallel to the calm sea.. people go there to ride bicycles along the beach or skate there.. its fun watching small kids skate <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> wish i could skate too.. gotta learn.. hihi.. stayed in the ECP late that day.. food has never been a problem here.. sis in law is an expert cook and i&#8217;m eating away to glory.. there is a veg restaurant in the East Coast Park called the Komala Vilas.. de kidakkunnu nan pinnem flat.. <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<p>took a break the next day.. and after that my cousin from Malaysia arrived.. he finished his MBA there n was gonna go back home the next week.. so he came to see few places.. i was his guide at first and i took him to few places that i had been to few days before.. after seeing the Merlion again.. we went to Sentosa, a small island just off the southern part of Singapore, connected to it by a biig bridge.. the Sentosa has so many attractions and shows inside it.. We went straight to the UnderWater World.. its a whole new world out there.. i&#8217;ve always been fascinated by fishes.. n inside it there is a big tunnel with sharks and other massive fishes swimming all around just above us..</p>
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<p>We walked outside to the nearby beach.. its called the SILOSO beach.. wanted to stay there a bit longer.. but my cousin had to leave.. so we rushed in for the Dolphin Lagoon show.. i absolutely love dolphins!! they showed few dolphins doing acrobatics.. <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> for a moment, i wanted to be the dolphin instructor there.. we couldnt stay longer.. n rushed back home.. hoping to go to sentosa once more..</p>
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<p>the next few days were spent at home mostly.. and with shopping.. cos sis had to study for an exam.. only a few more places left to visit here.. so i&#8217;m taking it slow.. doing a bit of web designing.. and looking after ehan.. and a lot of time online.. bits and pieces of shopping going on in between too.. went to Mustafa Center - one of the largest shopping centres in Singapore.. if its something buyable that u are looking for, u&#8217;re sure to find it there.. Ramzan started in between.. so again, the going out reduced for except small walks and small shopping trips.. fasting going on strong.. also music.. <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> i was thinking wat all to buy.. <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> ororo aagrahangal!!</p>
<p>so after a few weeks of lazing around, we decided to go to East Coast Park one day to break fast and sit there in the beach.. it was great fun.. sat there on the beach in the breeze till it was night.. and i went to check out a skate shop in the park and ended up buying one!! right now i&#8217;ve no idea wat i&#8217;m gonna do with it.. gotta learn skating now.. hehe..</p>
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<p>and once again it was time to go to Sentosa once more.. and this time, we went for the show called &#8216;Songs of the Sea&#8217;.. believe me, it was by far the best water, laser and what not show i&#8217;ve ever seen in my life!! i mean it had everything.. pyrotechnics, water jets, lasers, special computer imaging, fire bursts, captivating music and stunning flame bursts.. some 25 minutes of excitment.. after the show we went to the Siloso beach once again n sat there some time..</p>
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<p>as of now, i&#8217;ve got an extension of visa till oct 10th.. and am planning to come bak on 9th.. but if i get extension once more, i&#8217;ll come only after eid.. around 20th most probably.. i&#8217;m going to malaysia tomorrow.. so thought this&#8217;d be the best time to blog about the previous days.. i&#8217;ve missed a lot of things.. which will come in the coming posts.. i&#8217;ve been listening to a lot of music lately and i&#8217;ve become a big fan of Yanni and Karunesh.. Yanni&#8217;s Nostalgia brings back the memories.. i dont wanna move on&#8230;. i dont wanna go to that busy life&#8230; hmmm..</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>August 3rd, 2007.. I got at the Hyderabad airport some time after 7pm.. I was supposed to get there by 6.. But indiGo was delayed.. Liked travelling on a plane.. Was at a window seat and sitting right next to me was a lady from delhi who had come to trivandrum for the admission of his son at the MBT engineering college.. Aman had come to the airtport.. Went to his home near the Shoppers Stop at Begumpet.. Saw two junior Aman&#8217;s at home.. <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> Asif and Azher, his two younger brothers.. In a bit, his father arrived too.. An ex-iitian and a civil engineer, he was also a perfectionist.. We sat down to have food and befor sleeping, called up eldo to say we were gonna rape him at his hotel the next day morning.. <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
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Day 2.. Woke up some time n off we went.. To hitec city.. Hyderabad&#8217;s IT hotspot.. in amans car with Drift King Raju driving.. <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> The part of the Hyderabad towards the HiTec city is very advanced.. U take some of ITs most happening places in India - Bangalore or Mumbai u take out the congestion and the never ending crowd.. Wat u&#8217;ll get is Hydereabad.. But too bad that only that part of the place is so advanced and all other places have absolutely no development.. So we got into eldos hotel - the Tara Residency, only to find he had become a fairy!! He was in bed with some guy from Madras who he is supposed to work with, in Mumbai.. His place is just awesome!! Makes u wonder why the company is paying so much money to keep that idiot.. buhahaha.. <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> just kidding..<br />
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From eldos place we called up go, sandy n benja n went to their home.. Only to find we were unwelcome cos they said they had to clean up.. <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> So we went to see Deloitte Campus.. Vann Setup.. Its a beautiful building and once u enter it, its like some other world.. At first we entered the cafeteria which looked very lickable.. <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> n later into their training room called the Anaheim.. Wonder wat that means!! N after the short deloitte trip, we had to go back to the city to have food n all.. And we even bought food for the girls to eat n still they dint let us in their home!!.. Eventually they did n we sat there talking and eating their food some time.. n we planned to go to Golconda Fort Light and Sound show later in the Evening n we left them to get ready..</p>
<p>After that me n aman went to eldos hotel n we told them we&#8217;d meet up after at 6.. n we went back at 6.. no sign of them.. so we told aman to go early in car n book the tickets for us too.. 6.30, still no sign of them.. finally the idiots go sandy n benja got out at 7 n we rushed to golconda n got in.. Its an old fort in Hyderabad of some old King and the Light and Sound show depicts the history of the fort and hyderabad..<br />
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It is a unique show with a soundtrack playing with the voice of Amitabh Bachan narrating the history with various colored lights kept at different parts of the fort bringing the voice and the situation to life.. It is said that a hand clap at a certain point below the dome at the entrance of the fort reverberates and can be heard clearly at the &#8216;Bala Hisar&#8217; pavilion, the highest point almost a kilometre away. The show was really nice.. Dunno wat word wud describe the place.. It felt scary at places.. N serene at some other places.. After the show we walked around inside the compound.. Dint get a clear picture of all the buildings there beacuse it was at night.. History sleeps there.. took loads of snaps from there.. n started walking out.. We were the last visitors to leave that place than night.. Wonder if anyone else with me there noticed.. <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
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From there we decided to go to Pizza Hut to have food.. and off we went in two autos to Kondapur.. The pizza hut was crowded and we decided to check out the Adidas showroom right next to it.. But in the nearby Baskin Robbins, There was Ashwin, Naaru, Vinitha, Devi n Shalini.. So all of us went in there.. N i heard that they got 75K salary just few days before that.. But oru ice cream polum vaangi thannilla.. <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> They left in some time n we sat there eating Ice Creams.. n then Pizza.. n got me thinking about my weight.. <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> so i stopped.. n the girls went home in an auto.. We walked back.. seeing the place.. n the usual chories.. N big stories by Eldo about his new love SAP.. About SAP gods n devils.. <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> After the whole day out.. we went into the hotel n just slept with the TV on..</p>
<p>Day 3.. Aman had booked tickets to the film CASH for the three of us at 10.15.. so after breakfast we had to rush from Tara Residency.. Hyderabad has the Metro Train Service MMTS.. Really really cheap n very fast.. Took a train to some place called necklace road.. The name reminded me of the Pearl Necklace i had to buy.. <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> Once we got to necklace road, we had to rush or else the movie would start.. Then a &#8216;Maranachengai&#8217; came to the rescue.. One guy actually let me and Aman together on the back of his bike and took us to Prasads imax theatre.. Ulti waste movie.. Just the experience of the iMax.. After the movie we walked around necklace road.. Nice natural place.. With a lake on the side called the Hussain Sagar lake.. Long lake.. Took a few snaps..<br />
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From the Necklace Road, we went to eat at a place called eat street.. Its some 10 big restaurants joined into one long place.. With a common eating place right parallel to the lake.. Van view.. Van breeze.. Van atmosphere.. We had planned to go to snow world today.. But it had to be dropped cos others who said was coming, dint come.. Ashwin n all had other plans too.. So we thought it wont happen n walked to the metro train station..<br />
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But From there eldo setup things up with his charisma.. Few calls, n whoosh!!  <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_razz.gif' alt=':P' class='wp-smiley' /> He called n in a few minutes few people of deloitte mostly from mumbai said they were gonna come to snow world.. So we went to snow world through the tank bund.. Got there by some 3.30.. Benja n others came too.. We got into snow world in some time.. The place was strange.. In reality it aint snow.. Its something like crushed ice.. An extra big hall with loads of snow like thing on the floor.. Ran around n threw it at others.. Took loadsa photos.. Eldo Played with the Snowman n proved yet again that he is a fairy.. There is this slide from top to bottom.. Did it only once, was busy running around and taking snaps.. Came out of there by six..<br />
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Right when we got out, MMV called saying that he is in hyderabad for the 3 day management training of Deloitte.. So we stormed his hotel n talked about Mumbai.. From there we went to eat together.. Some place near the Pizza Hut that we ate yesterday.. Great food there.. Bid farewell to MMV and went off to Tara Residency to sleep in the cosy 15 degree celcius, knowing that from the next day, all the Jobfull morons wil go to work and me n aman would be left out..</p>
<p>The next day Eldo was in a mad rush in the morning to go to office.. So we left him and went to Amans home from the MMTS.. The rest of the days were spend mostly by roaming around and shopping.. Combined with the homely food from Amans home.. <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> We spend that day mostly at home sitting online the rest of the time.. In the evening, eldo called up n said that he was free.. So i went to meet him at the Rajasthani Dhaba at Kothaguda.. Met all of them having dinner.. N had the saltiest curry i&#8217;ve ever had.. Go invited us to her place to have the FOODINGS made by her parents who came there the day before.. Kittya chance nammalu vidumo.. Me, eldo, jose, alex and kuriakose went n had the items from there.. After that me n eldo went for shopping.. N bought a truck load of dresses.. <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> and came to tara residency and crashed.. hehe&#8230;<br />
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The next day was shopping day.. N in between the shopping, i called Ashwin and they asked me to get to Microsoft campus in the afternoon to take a look.. So me and Aman reached their campus located right next to the Indian School of Business and the Extra BIIG Infosys Campus near Hitec City.. Its a different world.. All fun and games for the Microsofties.. They&#8217;re lucky they took the Katta Bujis from our class.. If they had taken me, i wud&#8217;ve been caught playing on the Pool Table, Foosball or Table Tennis all day.. <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> S pai has started workin out, with his trainer classmate who looks like a Rubiks Cube made of muscle - a guy with more than 6 feet height and about 6 feet width in solid MUSCLE.. <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> Hope he doesnt read this.. heehee..<br />
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On Day 6, we set out to charminar.. Its at some distance from Begumpet.. In Amans car, we cruised thru and on the side of the road next to a portion of the Hussain Sagar lake, there was an Old Military Tank.. I thought It would surely make a perfect picture and got down.. N believe me, its worth it.. <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
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Finally we reached the Charminar and decided to walk towards it after getting down before the big gate.. The Charminar looks absolutely beautiful against the clear blue sky and we walked around it before getting inside and on the top of it.. The place near the Charminar is densely populated, and consists of a majority muslim community that speaks Urdu.. Took loads of snaps from there.. We had food from a hotel called Shadab near the charminar and started our return to some park that Aman had said earlier..<br />
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The park is called NTR gardens made in memory of the Late NTR.. Another beautiful and serene place right in the middle of the busy city.. Loved the place.. Went around the Park in a toy train.. We also went in for a show called haunted house, gave shake hand to the guy who tried to scare us in the dark and came out.. <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> N before getting outta there, a thought stuck me.. Maybe some day after i am dead, people wil make a memorial garden in my name too.. naaaaaaaa&#8230; athu venda.. <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
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I&#8217;ve been writing this entry in parts over a long time and many things have been missed.. But the trip gave a nice feeling.. We were simply freaking..<br />
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I came back on the 9th of August.. Its been soo long since i blogged.. It was because i couldnt move on without at least finishing this much about the big trip.. I had fun.. I&#8217;m writing this from another country now.. My second big trip.. Times i wonder who i am writing all this for.. <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> Maybe if some day, i&#8217;ll take this and read.. or some person reads and remember these times.. I&#8217;d be more than happy.. This has been a very long and boring post, thanks a lot for reading this much.. n thanks to A man - Aman for all that man.. <img src='http://blog.abdu.info/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /></p>
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		<title>The First Flight..</title>
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