Turbulent day for vacation

I understood the importance of holidays for the first time when I was made to stay away from my parents leading a busy life at the office...This year sankranti is very particular for us..the only reason being me and my sister were away from the family and going to our home town to meet our parents and beloved ones..So the word pongal vacation this year is something to do with us..we planned as to how to spend our time this time when we are with our parents...,for we are not allowed to stay there for too many days..,the only constraint ----that we are now employees..and ofcourse not students to bunk classes and take as many leaves as we wish!!Now that we are permitted for a 1 1/2 day leave..,the half day ofcourse for catching the train on time,we decided that our trip to hometown this time should be memorable enough.

My trip was a five day one and we planned before hand as to what places to cover and what to do all the 5 days ..with a very tight schedule;

The first day of our stay went on with chating and playing cards and we were happy that somehow we fgot an oppurtuity to ralx ourselvers on the fierst day..but ofoucrse everyone is waiting for the seond day which I think is memrable part of our trip

We planned to go to Araku ,one of the most sight seeing spots near visakhapatnam.Though we happened to saty in visakahapatnam for many years ,we never got an oppurtunity to see the beautiful place.Called as Andhra Ooty,this place is famous for its scenic beauty,borra caves and the tunnels the train passes through,its gardens and waterfalls;going to Araku in train is one of the craziest things people never dare to miss.The train went through a total of 42 tunnels out of which some are too long to imagine.The darkness that prevails whn the train goes through these tunnels is awesome..After crossing two small stations , the train starts climbing up the hills through tunnels and bridges. Most of the time valley falls in right side of the train while going towards Araku from Vizag and waterfalls remain at left side. On the way small and big water falls are seen from the train. The green valley and river combination gives a spectacular view from the train.And the next most intersting thing is the borra caves,an impressive way to reach the cave is by train.The landscape around the cave is wild and mountaineous. The geology is complicated, and the limestone where the cave is located is surrounded by mica. Several mines in this mica are prospected for precious stones like rubies.by evening we reached our homw and spent rest of the evening playing cards and watching movies..

One common place which we never missed to visit throughout our stay in vizag..is the beach,the sea view which we get for a 1km walk;The spectacular view of the sea and the sand castles always left a memorable impression upon us..which thus made us feel VIZAG --the most beautiful places in the world!!

Celebrating 2008

A great Jan,a lovely Feb,peaceful March,no worries for April,fun for May,joy from June to Nov and happiness for December..HAVE A WONDERFUL AND ROCKING NEW YEAR!

Infact every new year ,I receive countless wishes of this sort from my parents,friends and teachers;even then I experience all kinds of feelings..worries,joy,sucess,happiness,sorrow every year...and that what makes my life a medley of moods!and that it how a New year should be...,for I believe that the importance of anything good is experienced only if I can taste the bad.
Well,new year resolution,that is what probably I have been listening from my childhood and this year too in particular..when my project manager put a question to our team in the evening of 31st jan

"resolutions are to be broken ...sir...ummm"was my fast reply

"so we never have any resolutions" was our team reply

I could see a sarcastic smile on his face.."GOD! there's lot to do with this team"would be the probable thought in his mind..but without turning his smile off on his face "well,never make the same mistake twice,there are so many new ones to make..try a different one each day..keep experimenting ..thats what a new year is for"was his witty reply for which we laughed.

31st night was a festival mood for me..we cut a cake..and more than cake cutting,it was very special because me and my friend shifted to a new place in hyderabad ..so there was lot of celebration..cutting the cake,enjoying the new location and more than anything chitchatting with my friend whose presence i lik d the most..that night we slept late.

The first of the new year this time is something different for me..,for I met some of my schoolmates whom I have last seen them on the farewell day of our school..We planned beforehand to meet on the newyear so that it remains special to all of us..we shared our sweet memories and our presence at our school,talked about our classmates..and how each one of us became after leaving the school..and laughed heartily by cracking jokes..and exchanged our numbers so that the gap between us should not remain so long as what it was till then.

It was a happy day and I thought my newyear celebrations this year was worth of writing it in my blog..