Hmm........

Movie quotes can be found (infact whole darn movie script is) here:
some of my favs:
Matrix
Forrest gump
Apocalypse Now

....Good for FTP-ing

My friend's father was giving us gyan, the other day on defensive driving. He talked about about how we should halt at every intersection, look arround before proceeding (proceed if you dont get hit by a vehicle behind you when you halt?). I know a guy(name withheld. being cautious is away of life for him) who believes in defensive driving. He also believes in defensive coding, something like this:

if(array.Length>0)
{
 for(int i=0;i<array.Length;i++)

 {
  //....
 }
}

Thats not defensive thats offensive. I wrote all that to prove the way we drive can be seen in other thing we do like the code we write...

for(;;);

how would guy who writes code like this drive?

Anyways, 3 things that offend me, make my blood boil on road are:
1. Vehicle that make you blind with their high beams. You can neither stop driving (the guy behind you who is also blinded may crash into you) nor proceed you cant see whats ahead
2. Traffic jams.
3. All other vehicles on road.
It seems the blood boiling part is not normal. Its a psychological disorder called Road Rage. A bad morning drive to your office can screw up your whole day! I go thru it almost everyday. Here is an article that talks about Road Rage in bangalore.

So what can anyone do about it? we can either
A. Bitch about it like this friend of mine (half his blogs are about bad roads/infrastructure. Hope he comes out and identifies himself)
B. Stop bitching and do something about it.

So what did i do about it?. well i volunteered for an organisation called Janaagraha as a PHP programmer (they wanted some). But they offered me data entry work and i didnt take it up (ofcourse i cant imagine myself spending my weekends filling excel sheets). But Janaagraha is the place to be if anyone wants to do something (other than cribbing) about b'lore's infrastructure. Participatory democracy is the word. It was started by Ramesh Ramanathan. He is a product of reverse brain drain thats happening these days. He quit his job as MD of citibank,NY to come back and do development work, in midst of all the chaos, bureaucracy here, in bangalore. Sounds like a movie story? well it isnt. But it did inspire movies like Swades, which is loosely based on his life.

What a way to end the year! The trek was professional stuff (tents, gas stove, food, toilet papers, sleeping bags, camp fire...)! it takes 4 days on foot (59km of hilly terrain) from munnar(kerala) to kodai(Tamilnadu) on an abandoned road, built by british. No humans for miles - it was just (12 of) us and the forest. Came across wild monkeys, fresh elephant & bison dung (couldnt see them), porkupine quills(in plenty). Heard barking deers (couldnt see them either).
I have lot to say about this trek,but someone has already done it(It seems these guys got lost like we did. But unlike them we didnt end the trek, we took villagers help to get back on track). So i'll just finish by saying it was THE best so far.

here's another link to a place called Berijam, where we spent out last night of the trek.

Info:
This trek was organized by an adventure club called Teamers
25/3, II Floor, 3rd Cross,near Shanti Sagar Hotel,KG Road
22264923/ 9844406351
Cost: 2000/-

That reminds me of another adventure club Adventurers. It seems both these clubs were started by national college guys at the same time.
Adventurer's contact info:
142, 69th Cross, 5th Block, Rajajinagar, Bangalore 560 010
pH: 23305508 or 23409712
email: honnemardu@satyam.net.in

Adveturers manage this place (leased from govt.) called honne marudu, ideal place for water sports and camping. cost 500/- per day per head.