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Well, its been a while, since, I have written anything. For starters, am a bit busy… yes !! it has become a buzz word for me, these days …

My father calls me …. I say, "Dad ! Am busy, I cant talk to you right now ! "

My Friends invite me over, to hang out… I say, "Dudes ! I have to fix bugs in my project"

My GF wakes me up at night for ….. [You know what I mean..] … and I still say, "Babes, I have to work tomorrow…." and I hate that look on her face….. [Nvr mind, Jus happened in my dream… ]

Best thing in the past two months……………, I have been to Germany, Paris and Switzerland babyyyyyyy !! That has been a   W.. O.. N.. derful  trip .. with my old geeks… [No offense those guys have grown too much technically… and what ever they said, I just heard… Blah Blah and more Blah…. I used to understand ‘em before, not any more ].. Well, I met a guy, who is really confident and determined to establish a start-up in INDIA … a mobile based… Surprisingly, [which I know you guys can’t believe] that was my idea too.. trust me, I even did a project on the same [I really did………….. ok I tried……………….. ok I just downloaded some parts of the project and ………….], but, my point is, I did have that idea in ma mind…

Enough of side tracks, anyway, of all the places, I liked Strasbourg, let it be gals, monuments, museums… or what ever…. I just liked that place very much. Heidelberg, I liked its castle … the view of the city was great from the top of the mountain there….. [and I didnt climb it, I just took a train.] .. What can I say about PARIS ?? Enough is said about the place by many great genius people… Switzerland was just soooo… well, its different then the rest of the places.. I have no time to explain those now… But I’ll soon.

Life’s getting interesting these days… Tourist season has just started in Cyprus and we are having our share of fun … If you know what I mean .... I have been to the same places where I went before where I couldn’t enjoy because of many reasons ……Well, this time I did…..

If you guys are still wondering about the title … I just wanted to say that 7 of us have played Mini-Golf and I won … I didn’t win a trophy or some bucks.. But, I did had the pleasure of winning some game on my won.. Its always not about the money or winning trophies guys, grow up, would you !!…. … I also went for bungi jumping, but, I have missed it, its closed untill July. Well, I think I am pretty much reaching the eligibility for the AWESOME HUNK title.

Am having strange dreams these days.. some are PG rated, some R and some .. he he . One more guy from my batch is leaving soon… the active member of the group...... I cant be mad, atleast, he has a clear idea about his future… am not sayin that I dont… but they are still, STILL in design phase [there is no need for you to be some kinda engineer to understand what I meant ..]…

Aah, forgot to tell, I have gone though this crazy blog about making cannibalism legal… I dont know why, but, I was pretty much convinced for a moment, but, come on, eating your own species…. eeww.. Do I have to say anymore about this ? I still feel guilty about eating chicken, but, I forget that while eating ..    

If I get time, I surely will write about my trip to DE, CHE , FR. I can’t write it now, guys, you see, am BUSY !

    Suddenly one fine morning we decided to go out to Troodos. Its a crazy idea, that is why I liked it. So, four of us got ready to go. We took our “Raam Pyari”, its our car, its her nick name .

    Just after 10 mins, we got away from the road to Troodos and gone in some other direction. After, 30 mins of driving finally we reached a place to eat. We had burgers and stuff, road-side mobile cafes gives really good taste. Chicken burger was awesome.

    Finally, with the cafe owners help we got onto the right way to troodos. After, 30 more mins we reached a view point and stopped our car there. It was a great view, we had some snaps taken and back onto the road. It started to rain. The weather was getting bad, but that didnt stop us from going there. Its been a dream for me to play with snow. I thought, this should be it… what ever happends am gonna touch the snow today !!!

    After 25 kms from Limassol, it just started to snow. We first thought they are rain drops, but God!!, it was snow, my first sight of snow. Its like heaven’s shower. A great sight. We started to go further with more excitement and was anxious to see more of it, after 5 more kms , there was proper snow, like little children we got out of the car and started throwing snow balls at each other. We got some snaps and we thought we should go further..

    People coming from the opposite side started warning us to go back.. but, we weren’t ready to do it. So, we went further more, now, the weather got really bad. One of my friends started saying, “lets go back, its really getting weird”. Suddenly, some scenes from “Final Destination” started to play in my brain. Some people warn the hero and co to go back or something like that, but they never listen and they end up dying.

    I started to freak out, the car was skidding pretty bad and people started to warn seriously. I got really freaked out and yelled at one of my friends, I completely lost it. Anyway, I was ok pretty fast and said sorry etc., But, suddenly it all turned from excitement to panic. God, it was skidding like crazy. Finally we stopped at some house [better say, car got stuck] and I took my first step in the snow.. it was like heaven, everything was covered white, it was still snowing, we were 4 kms away from Troodos. A thick layer of snow covered the road [Snow was one feet above the road.] We took some snaps, played for some time and decided to go back while two among us started saying ” We should go further”.

    When we started the car and moved it a bit front we understood its not safe to stay here or go further, just lets go back. We took a U -Turn , it was really a U - turn, I mean only rear wheels were moving and the car was just dragged onto the road. When brakes and hand break were applied the car went four feet further and then it stopped, now that was our position. How can we even stop it ??
 

To be continued… 

Dec 31st :

Worked untill 7 PM [Yes!! I work alot]. Then went home, thinking about what are we supposed to do for this upcoming night, where everyone enjoys it ?? Suddenly, phone from one of our friends, they said "Dudes !! Suit Up ! Will go out, lets party !!"..

Excitement from very deep corners have come out and we started the preparations.. We took day’s second bath [Can you believe it ?  Bath at night !! ].. Party dresses came out of the closets, which were lying like that for some months…. Dinner, we planned it outside… We are 5.. After a long time arguing about where to eat, we finally sat down for some very very tasty burgers [trust me] at my favourite place "The Bayroutes" on the beach road.

2340 We were on our way to witness the well know "city celebrations" for the new year at "Downtown", Limassol.

2355 We reached the place, its very cold, yet there were many people to enjoy the new year eve.

The counting began, 10, 9, 8 ……. 3,2,1 …… things started to happen simultaneously..

 A phone call from INDIA exactly at 00:00 [Missed it, though] .. Friends started wishing me a "Happy new year", fireworks started, camera flash lights.. Music.. God!! it was GREAT !! I met two of my teammates ! Wished everyone "A very Happy new year"… Met most [Yes ! Not all, some were busy enjoyin somewhr else ] of friends in Limassol..

But, I was surprised who has called me exactly at 00:00 from INDIA ? Number was blocked… So its surely from INDIA .. But, they stayed awake untill 0330 IST to wish me.. haaan, that was so nice…. 

 0005 What to do now ? Thought for a while and decided to goto a Pub…. Drove a long way and arrived at BASEMENT PUB. Parked my car, phone rang again.. this time no mistake I took the call… It was my dad… I was very happy… They were awake that long just to wish me… The best thing, I wasn’t expecting the call from them coz, I already called them at 00:00 IST.. and wished them.. Hmm., anyway… suddenly we decided not to go inside and go somewhr else and enjoy.. we drove back and came to TEMPO… Its a cool bar.

We chit chatted for some time and decided to go to Nicosia and have fun thr.. But, it was night and we were pretty drunk and decided to go in the early morning… Guess what !! We woke up at 2PM…   Anyway, we were motivated, we met at a place and started searching for food like nomads.. but the streets were deserted, everything closed, no food, no water, no beer.. come on !! We felt like Will Smith in "I am legend" .. but here its "we are legend" ..

Anyway, finally at 4PM they opened Mc. Donalds and we had our lunch, breakfast what ever you call it.. We waited at their doors for 45 min… ofcourse, we utilised the time for a special sun light photoshoot.. hehe.. We thought even in Nicosia, it will be the same situation, so we decided to goto a movie… We found out the timings and got the tickets and met some of our friends at their house, in the mean time.. 

At 20:20 The movie "HITMAN" started. Its a open air theater [Semi].. Its very cold, they have useless heaters.. The movie was good.. had fun.. Came back to INDIAN MASALA for some spicy Indian Food. Well, from a boring night it turned out as a great night to be remembered… My first!!! New Year Eve abroad..

Thanks to Sampath, Rahul and Dinesh for being with me all the time during these days 31 and 1 … You have given me great moments to be remembered. Also, Thanks to IK aka Reddy and KAMAL.

Hmmm., Thats how, I enjoyed my new year eve ‘08. 

Well, I loved this place.. A great shopping place… I got a long Over Coat .. Just wanted to share some snaps of the place.. Hope you like them..

We also went to a church near by ….

Basically this is to promote my mobile phone .. Camera ..