Ganpati Bappa Moraya .. Modaks ..

"I Mukul Vinay Lele wont have sweets for 1 week" is what i said last weekend and am surprised .. that i could follow it! ;-) I timed it perfectly though .. as the next day that is today ... i had my favourite Modaks! Ukadiche Modak! :)

Today was fun .. well not exactly when the day began with 2 exams scheduled back to back. But we have been doing this for last 8 months now .. So .. just another exam i thought! but never could study seriously for both these subjects as i was in festive mood from Saturday (yesterday) itself. Most pathetic preparations ever for any exam. But after the exam realised that it's good i didnt study. Cos whatever i would have studied wouldnt have helped me anyways! ;-)

After both exams real Ganesh festival started for me. And first destination was Naren's place .. my XLRI friend. Wowwwwwwwww ... kya khana thaaaaa .... :-) need not describe much .. else .. ur mouth will start watering now!

Reached my Mama's place at 5:30pm .. and i was supposed to reach for lunch there. Dil bol raha tha ... "Mukul .... modak modak modak!!!!!" ... par pet me itni si bhi jagah nahi thi :-) Had a nice time there with kids as usual ... playing with them, sketching, njoyng there stories is real fun! We had small Puja in the evening. Dinner at 8:30pm ... and i started my dinner with Modak and ended my dinner with Modaks .. i can say ... had only modaks! ;-) Then chit chat with Mama Mami and back home at 11pm ..

All in all ... amazing day ... bole toh .. vo kehte hai na ... pet khush .. to Dil bhi khushhhh .. ;-)

[P.S: Can you tell me how many times did i spell "Modak" in this post. hahahaha!! Cant control ... cos its my Dil Ki Baat!!]

Sometimes things go well ... when unplanned !!

Not that "not planning" is the secret to success but sometimes .. things go well .. when not planned. May be because we dont set any expectations and njoy watever comes our way! ;-) or may be .. u have no one to blame but urself if things go wrong .. and hence .. u better accept whatever happens.

Oh ya .. i 'll never say .. that one should not plan .. ofcourse you should and strive to hit the target. But the joy of tasting success or achieving what you set urself for is a bit different .. when u dont plan for it .. isnt it? I m sure this wont have the satisfaction which u 'll get if u plan your move and take efforts towards it. What i m trying to say is ... dono ka kuch alag hi maja hai ... The later being more of an achievement and the former being more of a luck .. what say??

Forget the more important and serious decisions which we take in our life .. these surely need to be planned (cant gurantee success tho but atleast can list down the probability of achieving what u r set to achieve) but .. think about more common things ..

Have you ever tried this ...

Saturday morning .. get out of your house .. kickstart your bike ... have some cash .. pick any road which takes you out of the city ... and go for it ... ;-) U have no idea where u r heading to .. but I think .. it would be a fun experience!!

Ofcourse its always good to plan your activities, your vacations, your job, your daily schedules .. but one day ... just go for it .. and do things which dont come under ur so called 'planned activities' .. call a frnd @ 9 n meet for a 9:30 movie ... just sit at home and watch movies whole day .. call a frnd with whom u have lost touch ... set out for a walk and get loads of sweets for ur family on ur way back .. give ur cook, ur maid more salary than decided saying "i liked your work this month" and njoy the happiness, the satisfaction they show on their face .. or just sleep whole day!! :)

Just try out things the way u want it .. and not because u planned for it .. not sure if u 'll b happy with its results .. but m sure u 'll be satisfied with it ... because u set no expectations! ;-)

Back to Bicycle .. MotorBike parked!!

Hello Guys ..

Posting again after a long time. This has been a problem with me! I decide to be regular in this but somehow get into some other stuff.

I am cycling now a days! Lets see how many days I maintain my cycling spirits high! and manage to keep my bike parked at home :) I used to cycle my way to school but once out of it and few more years I really dont remember using cycle again! Oh now i realize i missed some fun! As one of my colleagues said .. while we were kiddos we wanted a bike and now we r getting bored of that kickstart machine .. ya ya .. i know .. even the autostart is available .. :-) but thats not the point! Its the feeling to get back to cycle days ... has got me to sit on my bicycle once again. Let me show you my new cycle ... so here it goes ..

Its a Hercules Ultime Shox 6 speed and same color too.

So now a days .. m on bicycle from home to office and ofcourse back home. First few days were not at all good and i struggled to even cover my lane and get on to the main road. But its getting smoother now. :-) Thankfully!!

Around 4kms one way is managable. This is my condition .. and my colleague is asking me for a 100km ride this Saturday .. oh ya .. u got it right .. 100km ride. We have few Pros out here .. 100kms, 150 kms, 60 km on a hill and so many things i hear but ... cmon .. right now m at 8-10km range ;-)

We have even thought of starting a biker's club in my office and had its first meeting today. Went on well .. and hope many others from my office join the gang. A noticable change is my office which has strength of around 350 has now started with a bicycle Stand!

So .. things are moving and m planning to improve on my cycling stamina in coming weeks .. lets see how thing s go around! ;-)