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Happy Birthday Dear Rahul!!!

Another birthday spent alone, really alone this time.... I didn't even get any Happy Birthday call except my family, my dear dad, mom & sis .You know how phone keeps ringing form 12 midnight on your birthday (if you don't know it, it means you are really alone dear). I don't understand why people are obsessed with calling at 12 midnight on birthday, most of us were not even born at 12 midnight, Or being the first to call (I a the one who cares about you most & first, or I have nothing better to do but to just call you). This was 3rd birthday in a row when I was away from my family, I should be getting used to it; & honestly it's not that bad. Birthday is just another day, just that it comes once in a year (like many other days, unless you are born on Feb 29th & it comes once in 4 year.. how cool is that, you turn 4, 8, 16, 20 & wow!!). What's so special about birthdays, nothing honestly. You just realise that you have lost another year of your life (or gained a year of experience to be optimistic/positive, knowledge & all that... but does it really happens?). Birthdays are overrated I guess... or you get to say that when yours are not that cooooooool, lol!!

What did I do?? I went to Mohegan Sun, the 2nd largest casino of the world (click here to know more). I took a Chinatown Bus for just $15 return ticket, with $15 food coupon & $20 to play a bet in casino. That's the best part of going to casino that bus fare is very cheap & you get complimentary stuff. Like the hotels in Vegas are so awesome but still cheap. All they want you to come there & stay there, then you spend all your money for them & they ENJOY (& you feel that you are enjoying!!). Chinatown buses are cheap anyways though, like from DC to New York it used to be $25 return ticket & from Boston its almost the same. & those guys drive like crazy (I got from DC to new York in 3 hours once, I was glad I reached alive), it may not be most awesome ride but for a short trip of 3-4 hours its really not bad. So, I took the night bus & reached there at 11 in night & at 12 midnight I was on the slot machine playing lucky 7. I don't really gamble so I just played a little for fun thinking I'll go out & do something later in the day. But there's nothing to do there, nothing at all!! It's not like Atlantic City (with beach & shows & so much else) & not at all Las Vegas ofcourse. I didn't sleep all night though, just wandering around, gambling, seeing places, falling asleep on couch. Honestly, the casino is not even that big... I must have walked the whole place 10 times (I alway smake over statements, called atishayokti alankaar in hindi). I did some shopping too (less than Vegas though, I was down by couple of thousands there), like chocolates & souvenirs. And also the buffet was just awesome, real good food. You know how you feel at buffets... You can eat as much as you want so you want to eat as much as you want. But wanting & being actually able is not the same. I could hardly pick up 25% of food available & gulp down just 50% of it (it's always like that in Buffets, eat some, throw some.. huh!!). I had more than 40-50 desserts & cakes in front of my eyes & i picked 5 somehow to be able to manage to finish just 3 of them. That was really awesome bu except that all you have is that one casino & nothing else. I wonder how good/bad Foxwoods would be (largest casino in world, click here).

Overall, it was not bad.. it was kinda fun!! I was damn tired by the time I came back with no sleep for 2 days & walking & eating & do whatever else I did. The pics are here... You are not allowed to take pics in casino though (specially playing area), I am told. I was caught by security taking pictures & they called there supervisor but she luckily let me go a I not super cute & awesome!!). I don't know what's the problem with taking pics. It's not like you take pics & you sell them or make more money bcoz you can remember how the machine looks. But a night at casino is never bad, on b'day too. Let's see how it goes next year... it's different every year now. Waiting for the awesome one, special one... or the one!! just...

Happy B'day to ME!!!!

It's my B'Day tomorrow....

Happy Janmashtmi... Happy Independence Day!!!!

Now yesterday was Janmashtmi, atleast for many of us it was. However, Iskcon in Boston celebrated it on 13th itself (where as Iskcon India did on 14th only) but I still went to the temple. My 1st visit to a temple in Boston & US this time was good. Do not expect this Iskcon to be huge & fancy like the ones you have seen in India, it's made in an apartment I guess. Doesn't even looks like a temple from outside except a small board. I went there and they had just started there evening aarti, a white guy was on harmonium & another white guy was playing dholak too... and they were singing some bhajan or something in weird American accent. I was surprised that they were not doing "om jai jagdeesh hare" but "hare krishna hare rama"; it really seemed boring initially. However in some time I got into groove & started enjoying it (except the american accent) and it felt nice. I am not a super religious, blindfaithed & highly conservative, strict Hindu fanatic guy but I love god... as I am sure those white guys did enjoy too (or they could be Hindu fanatics too, they seemed like it, the way they were dancing & all). It's nice to be at a temple or church or gurudwara or mosque too. I believe in god in all its forms and there message of love & peace, that's what all the religions say. & I love Sri Krishna... I mean he's one of the coolest gods... had so many gopis, was wicked & cunning when needed, was highly intelligent, smart & told about Gita (I am starting to read gita). And if you didn't know I was fasting yesterday for Janmashtmi, ain't am cool.......

Today's Independence Day... it's been 62 years since India got it's freedom from the hands of foreigners (to become free??? or to become captive to our own politicians, government, law, police & corruption too). But I still feel that those people did a great job & amazing work for all of us & our future generations. They sacrificed so much to give us all this & I am not sure if we are doing good enough... But some of us are trying or atleast want to try and as I always say, "We are the one's responsible for it, because we are the government, we are the politicians, we are the police, we are the law & we are the corruption... We the people of this country are the India and not the land & buildings or anything else. So we have to make the difference & we have to do it!!!". Anyways, 62 years is not a long time for a country so we can still be considered young (forgetting one of our oldest history & culture though), but we will do great.... we definitely will. But nothing happens in US, you cant even feel the festivals like Holi & Diwali so forget about Independence day. I remember it back in India & when we were in school it was col. The flag hosting in school & the sweets & ofcourse the holiday, lol!!

Rest is all okay. I have been busy so haven't got a chance to watch the other matches. I saw 'Love Aaaj Kal' & it was really cool... no I am lying; it was actually quite boring. The performances were okay or may be even good but the storyline sucked. And why did they have Saif playing that double role of sardar, why him again? He wasn't bad but what was the rationale in having a double role there? And what the hell was the whole story about, it kinda sucked. I had seen Transformer-2 too recently (i know I was late to see this one) & it was not too good either. Too techy & all animation with no story... just machines dancing around, even comedy was done by machine, babes were machine, WTF!! I am waiting to see "My Name's Khan" & District 9 too and maybe some other movies as well.

I also went to see Harvard University & MIT last weekend, it was nice. Harvard campus seemed very small for the huge name it has but was still nice to see it. I liked Harvard square & the places around though. MIT campus is huge & it is nice too (they have this huge beautiful cafeteria at center but the food sucks), its cool to have a campus next to river. Cambridge is a center of excellence in education, I should write a separate blog about my visit later. However, I am sure that all teh smart people are definitely not just in Harvard or MIT... see ME!!! (okay, maybe u too, lol)

More than enough for today. I gotta leave now. Till then... keep reading, commenting & enjoying. This is RAHUL saying Good Bye & Good Luck... Happy Independence Day & Jai Sri Krishna!!!!!

India vs USA... Women's Junior Hockey World Cup 2009

Most of you will not know, but there is Woman's Junior (under 21) Hockey World Cup 2009 going on in Boston (USA) these days; even I didn't know that. I went to my usual visits to MGH (Massachusetts General Hospital) this week & saw a young India girl sitting there in a sports dress which said Indian Hockey. It's always exciting to see Indians when you are living abroad, special when they don't seem to be ABCDs or the obnoxious types (trust me, many Indians become so obnoxious, mean & just crazy living in US... I guess we Indians love to hate other Indians). So just out of curiosity I asked her that what was she doing there; I thought they were here for some training or something form some school , but it turns out that she was here with Indian woman's hockey to play Junior World Cup 2009. I was surprised to know that there was a world cup happening in Boston/Cambridge & even India was playing in it. There are no hoardings or posters and not even any kind of promotion or advertisement around here for this. But anyways, the girls name was Vandana (from Lucknow) I& found out from her that one of there player Vaishali got injured in there match with Australia (they defeated them 3-2 & also defeated Belarus a day back with 6-0). Then I talked to there Physio Vikas & told them that I'll try to see there match with USA on Thursday (which was today).

I wasn't feeling very well today & had lot of work to do as well so was not sure if I'll be able to go or not. But I was able to wrap-up my work by 6.15pm & I decided to go & see the match (afterall India was playing yaar!!). The matches are being played in Harvard University grounds which is around half an hour away from my place (click here for directions) & I had asked few people but no one else seemed interested to go. It was my first time to Harvard (which is a very nice place & I really liked it) and I managed to reach the grounds. My only introduction with hockey before today was through Chak De India (many of you might know hockey stick as a weapon too though) & because of which I knew that the match is played for 70 mins (remember the motivational speech Shahrukh Khan gives to girl saying "sattar minute"). I was not actually even watching the match but just talking on phone initially. Then I started looking in the ground to identify the girl I met at MGH & maybe take some pictures too. The Indian team was trying to make a goal at that time & the ball was being dribbled amazingly between those hockey sticks by our Indian girls. I suddenly realized that it's not a movie & it's not sure that this will turn into a goal... & it did not. & I was so damn disappointed, really I was. And then I totally forgot about searching for that girl or taking any picture; I was so engrossed in the match. My heart was pounding & breath running as the ball was running on that field (I was literally gonna pass out I felt). I was one of the very few Indians there & the stadium was filled with all Americans cheering fro US team. But I didn't feel lonely, I felt proud.

In the break (there are 2 rounds of 35 mins each) I saw few more Indians there but it really wasn't enough. No cheering, no banners... nothing. We need to do better for our country & our girls. In the first round India was down by 2-1 & after the second round we lost the match by 4-2. I was not really disappointed though, it was nice to see India playing (and we are already into the next round by wining 2 matches) also there was lots of foul play & cheating by the umpires (they didn't give us 2 penalty corners & turned one goal into a foul). It was really sad to see see our Indian girls who looked so malnourished though, US girls looked like body bulders. We need to take care of there fitness, but they still are doing a great job. I met the coach Mr MK Kaushik & he said to me, "sorry, we disappointed you. we couldn't win this. But we will do it in next time & further". I was really touched, really!! I congratulated him on the earlier wins & told him that I am waiting to see them in finals & then winning the world cup too. I also told him that I'll try to bring more friends & fans next time. The next match is on Saturday with England & I'll try to go. You tan check the whole schedule by clicking here. I really hope there are more Indians cheering for our team next time onwards. I know that hockey even being a national sport is not much in India; & on top of its woman's team. I read in an article that when this same team won Challenger's cup, only one of our top 5 newspapers even cared to report it. We really need to recognise the great talent in our country in each & every field & give them due respect. Anyways, leaving the politics apart I really hope that India wins this or atleast performs great & we have a good turnout from us Indians. BTW, you know which song was being played when India made a goal.... ofcourse "Chak de India".

As for rest of stuff, all's okay. My back pain is improving & I am getting better. haven't been out in Boston much yet but I do not have many great things to say about Boston yet. I'll try to keep you posted with the world cup updates & my life too. Till then... keep reading, commenting & enjoying. This is RAHUL saying Good Bye & Good Luck... JAI HO!!!!!

10 days in Boston...

So I haven't written for quite long & many of you must have been waiting (or my be happy that I am shut up!!). I have been in Boston for 10 days & it has been good & bad. I have been in pain ofcourse because of my back injury & have visited doctors @ MGH twice. They tell me I have no fractures & I'll get better, but will take some time to heal totally. The Percocet I got last time was weird though, made me sicker so I am off it & on to strong dose of Ibuprofen & Cyclobenzaprine. Then medicines keep me dizzy/drowsy but the pain is improving. I hate medicines & I really hope I get fine soon.

I am staying in http://www.marriott.com/BOSCM here which are really nice, way better than those Extended Stays of Virginia or Kansas. They have large LCD TV with cable, full fledged kitchen with all amenities & utilities, attached bathroom, full furnisihing & everything, No need to worry about housekeeping, cleaning or even paying bills. Also they have daily nice American breakfast (bread, scrambled eggs, juice, oatmeal, bagels, donuts etc) & evening snacks (brownies, Doritos, salad, cookies, soda etc) too. I am liking it!! The hotel is close to Kendall Metro station of MBTA which we use for daily commuting to office & usual traveling. We don't get to rent cars here because we don't need it because of metro & parking is very expensive everywhere in Boston. And yeah, Boston is damn expensive man. The cigarettes cost here $10 a pack (& that doesn't says I smoke, i might have just found out)!!

So, on monday I went to my new WMC office (Wellington) dressed in full business formals. I bought 2 business suits before coming here just for this, one dark blue & other dark gray. I was wearing a tie for 1st time after school & it feels weird. I really don't understand who came up with this idea of wearing a long flat ropey clothe in neck which has to be tied in a particular fashion only. I haven't been able to learn to tie a tie still, my dad used to do it for me when I was in school & he did it again for me. He has tied the 3 ties I have got & I am wearing just those; not sure how will I manage once they are untied. Haven't worn a tie & business suit ever in my professional career of 4-5 years but they do look good. The office is okay too & I am getting adjusted...

I was feeling better this weekend so did some things. I went to a club called Middlesex near hotel in Cambridge area, it wasn't too good. Had to wait almost an hour to get in as I went around 12 & it was damn crowded & boring. Ofcourse I couldn't dance or drink as I am on medication (& that doesn't means I drink or I would have drunk if I was not on medication). Then today I went to Revere Beach too. It's not far & you could just take metro to get there. The beach kinda stinks but I like the sound of water & ocean. There were a lot of people there too & nice sand caricatures etc.

Anyways, its too much for today i guess. Please read out my previous 2 blogs about my travel to Boston from Delhi & the visit to Emergency Room in Boston. I would sign off for now & will try to come back soon. Till then... keep reading, commenting & enjoying. This is RAHUL saying Good Bye & Good Luck... JAI HO!!!!!

Emergency Room @ MGH... 1st thing I see in Boston!!!!

On 15th the day when I had to travel to India that night, I slipped down the wet stairs at my home. It started drizzling in the morning just to make me slip I guess, it stopped after that. I really hurt my back & was so scared that what may have happened. I took some medication & still decided to travel & managed to do so. But the pain was terrible!! I couldn't even rest in hotel or sit or stand, just nothing. I really couldn't take it anymore so decided to see the doctor.

Turns out the only option I had was to visit the Emergency Room @ Massachusetts General Hospital here. I went there & the doctors were good. American Emergency Room aren't that scary or ugly, actually the people didn't really seem much in emergency care need, but who knows. I got X-ray done & turns out there were no fractures which is great. But I got a shot & Percocet medication for pain. The pain is still bad & I ma not sure how will it turn out. But I have visited one of America's best hospital & doctors so hopefully I should be fine. Good Luck to me!!!!

I have reached US...

Hi America!!

Kal aa raha hai... Main jaa raha hun!!

That means "Tomorrow is coming, I am going" and that's right (I know the title was very cliche). I have my flight to Boston on July 16th at 12.40 am (i.e. Wednesday late midnight) by Air France (with a 7 hrs layover at Paris). I have heard they don't give you a transit visa there or let you go out of the Paris Airport (that's going to really boring unless I find some good company, i guess you know what I mean.. lol). At Singapore Airport, you can actually get a transit visa there itself if your layover is more than 4 hours; they even have bus tours there (which I couldnt use in my visit because I was there at night). Lets see how Air France & Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport is (Why do they have to give such weird & non-memorable names for these International Airports? Just the City Name is not good enough??)... Preparations are full on, tons of shopping including clothes (I even bought formal suits as they are mandatory I have been told. & I dont know how to 'tie a tie') & groceries (i know cooking so I am supposed to buy full kitchen ration) for the foreign trip. Its really an ordeal to pack & on top of that, this shopping for/before packing. Trust me I am no good at packing (my reasons will ocnvince you & peopel who know me have seen how pathetic I am), on the other hand my Dad is an expert (I think because of Defence Services, they make you move & pack a lot!!); so he still takes care of all my packing when I am going outside India. At other places the pain is mine, but I have always got great help from my friends till now (but I still paid almost $200 while coming back to Inda because of my extra luggage)... Thanks Dad & Friends too!!

I am lil excited & lil tensed too, leaving home is never so easy. My parents, my sis, my friends & a lot of my people are here and they are already concerned for me & missing me (specallly my mom, I know she just loves me & get sreally upset over this). But you have to move as life moves, and world has anyways become a small place now. Daily chatting including voice & video (I use both skype & yahoo), occasional visits and it all seems just one place (my mom who didnt even used to touch computer has become an internet & chatting expert, even better than my dad & sis at times!!). Ofcourse the company of your people around you is special on special occasions like birthdays, anniversaries, festivals etc & I do miss that too (remember I spent my 25th b'day alone). But a different experience for something better I would say. I am hoping things turn out just great & amazing, please hope & pray the same for me. Amen & Thanks a lot everyone... Goodbye India!!!!

I am finally going...

I am going to Boston, USA next week for my new project assignment. I have heard it's a nice but expensive place. I'll be leaving very soon and gone for who knows how long. Am I excited & thrilled?? yes!! Am I sad & disappointed?? not really!! I have been waiting for this & trying quite hard for this from a long time. Things do not always turn the way you want or follow exactly your wishes. But that should never stop you from pursuing your dreams & goals. Things are not going to be easy even further, they never are. But as long & as hard it takes to achieve something, it makes you realize the true value & importance of it.

So I finally achieved this, that's what my friends said & I said... "itni shiddat se tumhein paani ki maine koshish ki hai, har lamhe ne mujhe tumse milaane ki saazish ki hai... agar kisi cheez ko poore dil se chaho, to saari kaaynaath tumke ussey milaane ki koshish mein lag jaati hai. Hamari filmoki tarah hamari assal jindagime bhi end tak sab thik ho jata “Happys Endings”.Aur agar end tak sab thik na ho to wo the end nahi hai dosto...". (I have tried so hard to get you, that every moment has conspired for me to find you. If you ask for something straight from your heart and you truly mean it & try for it, then the whole universe will drive you towards it & help you to achieve it. Like our movies, things turn fine by the end in our lives as well. And if things don't turn okay, then it's not 'the end'...)

(The movie... is still not over my friend!!) Picture, Abhi Baaki Hai Mere Dost...

3 mistakes of my life...

So... what am I talking about? Chetan Bhagat's book '3 mistakes of my life', which I read recently or "3 mistakes of my life". I am not sure, but for a start i'll talk of the book. I LIKED IT... now you might think that I like anything (I had enough praise for Inscrutable Americans, remember?), but it's not true. Actually I hardly like anything except myself, it really has to be good or even more for me to like it; this book was a good read though. As I said in my previous blog "the events which are news for many can change life of the people who are part of it"; a nice story of 3 friends whose life's go through several turmoils as per the event around them (9/11 attacks, Gujrat earthquakes, Godhra riots etc). I feel he has done a good job with of creativity and language of the story, like a bollywood masala movie.

As for me, I don't remember how many mistakes I have done... guess I haven't done any. Or at least I don't consider them mistakes. Those were decisions taken on those moments or driven by moments; I accept them and I am fine with it. I am what I am because of what I have been through and the decisions I have taken. Ummmm, they might be considered as mistakes if I am too analytical but I don't regret any of my actions yet. We are supposed to learn from our mistakes, but do we?? But all of us do mistakes; they make our life interesting. Most of the people keep repeating form mistakes without any learning.... and the ones who do are considered different & special!! Have you done any mistakes... or I should say would you like to share any?? Or your views about mistakes. Till then... keep reading, commenting & enjoying. This is RAHUL saying Good Bye & Good Luck... JAI HO!!!!!

New York... & India's got Talent

Just to be clear, what I am talking about is not the city New York but the 2009 Indian Movie 'New York' released this week. I watched it today at Satyam Cineplex in Janakpuri (can you believe that the AC was not working through out the movie in a Housefull show of Rs 160 each, just terrible. I thought people used to go in AC theatres to even sleep in this damn heat of Delhi). After a long time I saw long queues for a movie ticket, I had to wait 45 mins in queue to get the ticket for 1.40 pm show. I couldn't watch the planned 12.30 pm show as I got on the ticket counter at 12.45, so no point missing the first 15 mins of movie (I had this friend in college who used to say that he can't watch a movie if he missed the numbering/credits). The movie was nice, I would give 3 out of 5. It's a story of 3 people of Indian descent in New York city whose lives change after the 9/11 attacks. Many Asian people were badly impacted all over the western world after those attacks, they were being eyed as villains all the time. Many innocent people were arrested by security agencies & harassed/tortured considering them as terrorist suspects. So this movie is a story of such people who turned into a terrorist or FBI agent & what happened to them after that. The first half of movie is fast paced & interesting compared to second part where the climax is not as striking as could have been considering the subject of the movie. The fun element of the college time or an Indian in US for 1st time could have been lil more but maybe the director wanted to stick to the topic. Good performances by Katrina (she has actually acted for the 1st time and spoke Hindi with accent which is not acting but her real style I guess), John (I have always liked him as an actor of caliber, but its lil funny when he says in a pure Indian accent that "I am an American") & Irrfan too. Neil (the guy hardly looks Inidan though) is really good, he has great range of facial expressions and has given a nice performance. Overall a nice Movie which shows how the events which are news for many can change life of teh people who are part of it, enjoy!! (FYI... I also need to watch X-Men 4, Terminator 4 & Transformer 2 sonn)

This weekend also marked the start of India's Got Talent (IGT) on Colors. It's Indian version of Got Talent Series like many other Indian version of American/European shows on Indian Television. Seems we can't come with our own original ideas & just love copying there shows like American Idol=Indian Idol; Dancing with Stars=Jhalak Dikhla Jaa; 30 Seconds to Fame=Entertainment Ke Liye Kuch Bhi Karega; Iss Jungle Se Mujhe Bachao=I'm a Celebrity…Get Me out of Here! and many others. But I like watching Talent & Reality Shows comapred to any saas-bahu drama or other stupid stuff. Even news channels have become drama with all of them accepting & promoting the INDIA TV format. IGT has Shekhar Kapur (he's an international celebrity so I like him but quite an emotional/dynamic guy. starts laughing or crying or acting hysterically at any moment), Sonali Bendre (you get old & useless then you become judge I guess. she definitely was very pretty but still... aren't you suppsoed to shine ur own career before jumping on others) & Kirron Kher (she's nice & Also Anupam Kher's wife) as judges and the 1st week was not bad. Hopefully the show will bring out some good talent of India.

So what do you think about the movie & these TV sh0ws, any comments/questions?? Till then... keep reading, commenting & enjoying. This is RAHUL saying Good Bye & Good Luck... JAI HO!!!!!

good news, 500 more visits... bad news, Michael Jackson 's dead

Michael Jackson is dead... he was one of the most known foreigner celebrity in India. He even did a show in India in 1996, which was very popular I heard. Honestly, I was never a huge fan of Michael and I don't remember any of his songs, but even I tried to unsuccessfully imitate his moonwalk a few times like tons of us. He was definitely known as one of the greatest dancer too, and I do think he did it pretty well. And like many other celebrities, he had his share of good & bad in his life. But ultimately after he's gone, world has lost someone. May his soul rest in peace...

The cool thing is I had another 500 visits in less than a month. Since my previous blog when I had more than 1000 visits in less than 5 months, now I have more than 1500 visits in less than 6 months. 1000 visits in 5 months was cool but more than, but 500 visits in one month is just COOOOOOOOL. This is basically because of my "Fight against MAX" post & the June month Blogs. Thanks a lot readers... please let me know what do you like in my blogs & what you don't like much. Also let me know what more would you like to read & hear from me. I would be waiting to hear from you; till then friends/readers/critics/foes... keep reading, commenting & enjoying. This is RAHUL saying Good Bye & Good Luck... JAI HO!!!!!

Happy B'day Maa... Happy Fathers Day Papa!!!!!

It was my mom's b'day and I was here to attend it after 3 years. My heartiest wishes & love for my dearest mom, one of the greatest person I know on this earth & admire the most. I think moms may be the best person for most of the kids in there life (until they grow up & other best half comes in, i guess u know what i mean. & the the holy fight of power/hold begins, lol!!). However my mom is really a great person... so much patience, love, caring, bearing and so much more. It's not easy to be even related/known to me, just imagine being my mom; I am not sure if even I could take it myself. But she has not just taken it, but done a great job of it. Thanks a lot Maa, for being my Maa... Happy Birthday!!

Yesterday was Fathers Day... I actually did not greet or give Fathers Day wishes to my Dad, but want to say something (have said so much for maa, how could i dare to leave Dad now). He is one of the coolest person & coolest dad I guess. My friends used to be scared of him when I was a kid; few thought he was very strict/harsh & others thought he was just too chatty, lol. My dad is kinda extremist, he has loved & cared for me extremely & could have been angry or mad at me at extremes too. But all of that has moulded me into whatever I am today, and I do think I am great... umm greatest... ahh better than the best!! Thanks a lot Dad & Happy Fathers Day!!

General Motors Diet Plan

This post comes atleast a week late (i know you guys were just waiting, lol), because I started the GM Diet Plan 2 weeks back & finished it a week back (& took a week to write this post too). It's not just that I was busy but I also wanted to validate the results, after a week of completion of diet plan (nice excuse, you can't beat that). The result is I had lost 3 KGs in a week & I have gained 1 KG back, so I am still down 2 KGs... not bad!! (& I have no intention of disclosing my past or current weight. You may just know that I looked awesome & now I look more more awesome). I am not going to strongly suggest this plan to anyone (maybe i don't want the whole world to get fit & awesome like me!!) but it's not bad and you may try it if you want to. May not work for you or might do wonders for you...

GM ( General Motor's ) Diet is a well known diet program designed to detoxify body & also for weight reduction. GM Diet is a 7 days diet program & it should be follow once in a month or in two months. GM diet is very effective if it is followed sincerely than the individual can loose up to 2-3 Kgs in a week. However after following GM diet one must take care of the diet because the person can regain weight within 2-3 days. However obese individuals who are suffering from Diabetes, hypertension or other heart problems should not go for GM Diet. I've heard that the program was developed in conjunction with a grant from U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration. It was field tested at the Johns Hopkins Research Centre and was approved for distribution by the Board of Directors, General Motors Corp. at a general meeting on August 15, 1985. The effectiveness of this seven day plan is that the foods eaten burn more calories than they give to the body in caloric value. Anytime during the diet plan,you should not feel hungry, eat the suggested food as much as you can.

1. Day 1 is a all fruit day except banana. Water-based fruits like watermelon & cantaloupes are better. You are preparing your system for the upcoming programme. Your only source of nutrition is fresh or canned fruits. Fruits are nature's perfect food.
   
2. Day 2 is all vegetable day, boiled or cooked. Have one boiled potato for breakfast. This day starts with a fix of complex carbohydrates coupled with an oil dose. This is taken in the morning for energy and balance. The rest of day of vegetables which are virtually calorie free and provide essential nutrients and fibre.
3. Day 3 you can have a mixture of fruits and vegetables of your choice. Any amount, any quantity. No bananas yet. No potatoes today. This day eliminates the potato because you get your carbohydrates from the fruits. Your system is now prepared to start burning excess pounds. You will still have cravings which should start to diminish by day four.
4. Day 4 is for Bananas & Milk. Eat as many as eight bananas and drink three glasses of milk. Bananas are there for the potassium you have lost and the sodium you may have missed the past three days.
5. Day 5 you start eating some food. Eat a bowl of brown rice and have beef/chicken (for vegeterians: Rajama/beans, chhole/chikpeas, paneer/cottage-cheese or Soya nuggets) combined with 6 tomatoes (must eat). The beef/chicken is for iron and proteins, the tomatoes are for digestion and fibre. Increase intake of water to cleanse your system of the uric acid you will be producing.
   
6. Day 6 is similar to Day 5 diet except the 6 tomatoes. You can add raw/cooked vegetables too to your diet today. Iron and proteins from beef/chicken, Vitamins and fibre from vegetables. By now your system is in a total weight loss inclination.
7. Day 7 will consist of food similar to Day 6and also fresh/real fruit juice. You have your system under control and it should thank you for the flushing and cleaning you just gave it.

G.M.'S Wonder Soup

The following soup is intended as a supplement to your diet. This recipe is not inflexible, you may substitute vegetables according to your taste. It can be eaten any time of the day in virtually unlimited quantities. You are encouraged to consume large quantities of this soup.

28 oz, Water, 6 Large Onions, 2 Green Peppers, Whole Tomatoes (fresh or canned), 1 Head Cabbage, 1 Bunch Celery, 4 Envelopes Lipton Onion Soup Mix, Herbs and Flavouring as desired.

Beverages you may consume while on the program :
Water (flavoured with lemon/lime if desired).
Club Soda is OK.
Black Coffee. No cream or cream substitute. No sugar or sweetness.
Black Tea = Herb or Leaf.
Absolutely nothing else except the fruit juices which are part of day seven. No fruit juices before day seven. Avoid any oil & sweets. During the first seven days you must abstain from all alcohol & smoking. You must drink 10 glasses of water each day. Try to honestly stick to the plan.

Taking care of your weight & health is very important at any age. Excess weight is the most critical factor in keeping good health and excess weight is responsible for the most problems including coronary diseases, heart problems, arthritis and cancer among other serious life threatening diseases (that should be scary enough). Most serious health problems can be avoided by the single function of maintaining an ideal weight. Excess weight for women aggravates arthritis problems and leads to rapid joint decay (& excess weight doesn't looks good too, to most of us). Pain and joint deterioration can be lessened by weight loss as weight loss removes the stress on the knee joint (now I feel like a doctor, yay!!). Some common tips in general for weight loss & good health:

• Drink warm water in place of usual/cold water.
• Avoid oil/oily food, excess fat & sweet as much as possible. You may start having fat-free & sugar-free food & stuff, it actually makes a difference.
  
• Mild exercise of 30-60 minutes, 4-5 times a week is also essential. Do not tire yourself out, but being regular in your exercise and maintaining an ideal weight goes a long way in ensuring a happy, healthy and long life.

So, any suggestions or experiences you would like to share? Here are few links which I had consulted (1, 2, 3, 4) and a good diet-chart here. And you may also enjoy my celebrity-morphs & TRM blogs. Till then friends/readers/critics/foes... keep reading, commenting & enjoying. This is RAHUL saying Good Bye & Good Luck... JAI HO!!!!!

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Heartless Hospitals & Doctors, the sad story continues...

please click here & read this post (including the comments) first and then continue...

In contrast to most of my other posts this is completely unplanned, so it is just what I feel right now. After all the comments I received on my blog I had to write this... The reason I had started blogging was not just for fun & leisure, or make it a diary entry of my life. I had a motive to express my opinion and bring up my voice on different issues and concerns. And I tried, atleast sometimes I did, like this one... And after hearing other people's story I feel terrible, its so sad what people have gone through. Not just government hospitals, but even private medical facilities are doing this and just trying to mint money. Many of us might have faced some or other, big or small issues with hospitals & doctors being victim of there carelessness, ignorance, greed and insensitivity. I think it's high time all these Hospitals & Doctors are mad accountable for there actions. I mean, there should be a measure of performance & quality based on the number of unsuccessful cases handled. I know that Doctors are not god and they can't fix everything, but unless they are measured on these scales & they have to face consequences of there actions in there career/business, they won't start acting right. Also the hospitals should not be paid any money in death cases, even if it does not makes there services better, this will atleast stop them from squeezing money out of dead bodies. This definitely needs to be well thought, but there has to be rating based on there performance...

One of my friend was recently saying to me that Doctors have to be very objective and treat there patient/subject as a mere object, so they don't feel any emotions and can treat them well. But as a human being should ever become so insensitive towards another human being, that all you can think is to reap money out of him until last drop of his blood? Wake up people and if you can't be a good Doctor, or even a GOOD human being... just try to become HUMAN, atleast!!!!

(Friends, get in touch with me and we can actually try to do something. You may Yahoo IM me or email me)

What's going on... Read 'Inscrutable Americans', had 'Foot-Corn Surgery'

That's the question I have all the time in my mind these days... what's going on?? There are times in your life when you don't know what's exactly happening with your life and you just get driven by whatever's happening around you. Is it the right thing to do?? Maybe or maybe not. But many times you do not even have an option to consider right or wrong, you just have to go with the flow of things thinking "it's happening for the best or atleast for a reason". And as I have said, the "reason" is in question; because unless I am able to understand the reason how can I be happy, or atleast satisfied... It seems asking for being satisfied is to much these days!!!!

FYI... I read Inscrutable Americans (IA) by Anurag Mathur. It's a very nice book, i liked it. (I had also really liked 5 Point Someone & One Night @ Call Centre by Chetan Bhagat; infact I am also reading 3 Mistakes of My Life these days.) These books are basically based on author's personal experience/observation in usual life and they add some spice/fiction/literature it. And on some level we are able to connect or relate to that and find these stories very exotic & entertaining. That could be one reason I liked IA a lot, because I have had my enlightening experience of US of America & Americans (but nothing like Gopal please, even better!!). His way of writing is quite funny & sporty, also his understanding of both Indian & American culture/mindset makes the book really interesting, even the language used for both Indian (Gopal saying "and all that", lol) & American is cool. He has done a good job, I really liked the book & enjoyed reading it.

Next news is... I had foot-corn since many days and was in pain. Tried using foot-corn tape , but didn't help much. You have to put these medicinal tape for few days & it softens or actually melts your skin so u can scrap the corn; but it doesn't knows difference between skin & corn; spoiled my whole skin around the area. So finally had to visit Doctor, he gave some medicines & suggested surgery (his idea & chance of minting money from me I guess!!). It's a minor surgery done with local anesthesia (but even minor surgeries cost major money, now I realise); the corn is removed from root which ofcourse causes lots of pain (pain also because you have to pay for it) & bleeding (my heart was bleeding, ohh my money!!). As most of you might know that I hate seeing blood & all that so I didn't dare see anything. (I guess I have a phobia of needles/blades & i hate piercing, tattooing or mutilating your body in anyways unless for these surgeries & 'all that'). So I am in lot of pain right now and ofcourse it sucks.. hope I get well very soon!!

Any experiences with foot-corn, these books or just tell me 'what's going on??'. Also, enjoy my blogs about Old TV Days of DD & Obama's Cairo Speech. Till then friends & foes... keep reading, commenting and promoting (me & my blogs). This is RAHUL saying Good Bye & Good Luck... JAI HO!!!!!

New TV Days... Cable/Satelite TV

(continued from last time, click here & read this first...)

Then came the first Hindi satellite channel "ZEE TV" which was broadcasted only at prime-time and rest of the day you could see a big Zee logo on the TV with random songs. The new favorites were Zee horror show, Snakes & Ladders and some others (which I don't remember). And with this the cable TV started creeping on us with Sony & Star coming in picture as well. Although I remember a certain time when DD2 again was becoming popular with an array of new shows like Dushman, Kabhi Sautan Kabhi Saheli, Superstars & many others but it didn't last long. Also the quality of shows on DD has highly deteriorated and most of them are not even worth considering. But all we see on Cable/Satellite channels now is some boring/stupid TV Serials and Reality-Shows/Talent-Hunts. All we see is people dancing, singing, comedy & other arts and most of the time its those serial actors competing & forgotten actors/celebs judging the shows. The results of these shows are mostly disappointing most of the public, inspite of the fact its claimed that they are selected by public voting. Like Baichung Bhutia won Jahalak Dikhla Ja-3 whereas I thought that either Gauhar Khan or Hard Kaur should have been the winner. Or Salman Khan won Dance India Dance who didn't do anything more than circus & acrobatics; but Jai, Siddhesh or Alisha deserved it better. The worst was the show Pehchaan Kaun where the worst copycat Rajat Bahagt who used to mimic Salman in Asrani style won, whereas Raja Sagoo who was not only doing Salman act well but many others, lost. Then There's MTV & Channel V kinda youth channel's which show Roadies & V-Gyan kinda shows which aren't bad but, I am not sure if they are good for young kids. Our parents used to stop us from watching those DD stuff but imagine the kids watching what all they show on TV these days!!

So friends & foes... keep reading, commenting and promoting. What do you think about days of TV now & then? Wanna share any memories?? Waiting to hear from you... This is RAHUL saying Good Bye & Good Luck... JAI HO!!!!!