F.E.A.R:-Forget Everything And Ride!!

ఆనందంలో వళ్ళు మరచి గమ్యం ఇదే అని ఆగిపొయేది కాదు ఇ రైడ్..

మలుపు చూసి భయపడినా కష్టం అంటూ వెనుదిరిగేది కాదు ఇ రైడ్..

నింగికెదిగినా,నేల కూలను క్షనమే అంటూ తేల్చి చెప్పేదే ఇ రైడ్...

ఇవేవి తెలియని సమయం(నొ ఫీలింగ్స్) లా హాయిగా సాగి పొయేదే ఈ రైడ్..

Location:-From Hershey Park to Six Flags ,From Universal Studios to Sea World....

Time:- When our hershey park trip took me on a ride back in to @@@@flashback...

అపండ్రోయ్ అంటే అక్కడే అపెస్తారెమో అనే భయంతో కళ్ళు మొసేసుకున్నా , అరి కాలు నుంచీ మొదలయ్యి వంటి లోని నర నరాలలో ప్రవహిస్తూ రక్తం అంత ఒక్కసారి మెదడును తాకితే...ఇంకేముంది మరో ట్సునామి యే:)

My first ride was at the nellore exhibition which is a sacred place that we used to visit once every year.I dont remember how old i was but i do remember that i was scared more than my little brother to go on the giant wheel for the first time.After moving to hyderabad in 11th we were promoted to bigger rides(yearly exhibition ,ocean park etc).

My first ride in USA was at the San Antonio Sea World Texas when i visited my Austin pinni and family.Bhaskar uncle bought me a seasonal pass which the four of them already had.With it you can visit the park n number of times in a year.n stands for your patience/ after a few visits:).Buts its worth even when the price is double/triple the normal ticket price.

Six flags Denver...

Its like a bungy jump ,but the good thing is you have company.But if that company is going to scare you more than the ride then all you can do is hold on tight and pray.

Devuda Devuda Devuda....:)

They never stop when they are happy or sad as they know that its not The End.


They will take you high and they will drop you low ,to show you that all that can happen in a second.

Hundred floors above the vegas strip , all you can see is toy cars and lilliput people.Its stratosphere and....



the rides on it will throw you out of this atmosphere...


Watching them from far is a thrill...


and as you get closer starts the kill:)

The claw ......

As my lil sis anjali was checking the height stading next to a scale at the entrance of Steel Eel ,and i have learnt a universal truth..

If you are a kid these parks are a good place to check your height and what it really means to u....

The taller you are the bigger the ride the better the thrill.Its not the case always as there are limits on the lower/upper bound not only on the height but also on the weight.

They will not show their back to the twists/loops(chage) on their way...

Life is nothing but a long-beautiful ride which like time doesnt have any hard feelings and so....dont fear just F.E.A.R:-Forget Everything And Ride!!



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Time:- Promotion from my 25 year old toyota to all new Honda Accord 2007

Location:-King Of Prussia,PA

I was two when i drove my first car with out a drivers license!!:)


కారు లేని లైఫు బోరు..
తగ్గి పొద యువత హోరు....
అప్పు చేసి దించు టైరు...
పాత దైన పోనీ గురు..
జీవితం లో జోషు షురూ...

The Change in N(R)I Life Style...

Before i dive and swim out of the topic i would like to make a few points which you should all note:) .

The change we are seeing in the NRI life style is not something that happened overnight while you were reading "Who moved my cheese",but it is a revolution with a good timing which i am happy to be a part of.

Yes the economy is has taken a slap and there are amendments to this life style but i wish they are temporary and i am sure it will avenge back instead of following Gandhigiri and showing the other cheek.

I am not trying to generalize .And the lines below might not mean anything to you depending on the kind of VISA your passport carries and for how long America is carrying you.

Gone are those days when a NRI used to do the dollar to rupee conversion faster than a computer wheh he buys rice at the grocery store every weekend or a news paper on his way to work...

Thanks to the Internet...

Gone are those days when NRIs wait for the weekends to call home and discuss what really makes sense to them.Now all they discuss in the daily calls is what you see in the TV Serials(money/property comparisions etc) .That is the trend back home isnt it?

Thanks To IT..

Gone are those days when people back home wait for years for their NRI relatives/Friends to bring them all those goodies (Electronics,Costumes,Toys etc).

Thanks again the rate at which indian population here went up , we need not wait for months to watch a movie once it is released in INdia.We watch it the same day or sometimes we watch it a day in advance.

Having a car is not a luxury but rather a necessity.

It was not not too late before i I realized this fact ,but it was late enough that i walked the 6 mile marathon on my first day to work in philadelphia after missing the SEPTA bus.

No Car No Beer.The US-1 Story......



Once up on a time , not too long ago,there were Three Indians namely Sumanth,Murugan,Lingaraju who worked at the Sabji Mandi Technologies LLC-->(Meeku Free Free).

The Trio whose US-Life at the consultancy guesthouse is in the infancy stage don't have cars nor a license to rent one.The only time they get out of the guesthouse every day is when they go to office in the consultancy TAXI , to stay in touch with their Vendor Friends.

The Action...

US-1


One of the most busiest highways that runs parallel to I-95 and connects many important Destinations.One of those important places is the Beer Shop which the hitech sumanth found on google and the trio realize the true meaning of an OASIS.

Their feelings can only be expressed in the following lines....

The Feel- When devas saw that what is coming out of the ksheera sagara search/stir is Amruth that will make them immortal.

The feel -When A newly wed couple who live in two differenct countries -one works of UNO and the other for Red Cross and they need to cross serveral hurdles before they meet each other once every year.

The feel-When three indians who dont get a single interview call for a month realize that there is life beyond a Job and the path to get there is through beer(the modern day amruth)


So they start walking through the roads of America for the first time.As they cross the apartment complex and greet the teams from other consultancies they finally find the road/street which will lead them to their moksha.

The americans driving by look at the trio as if they have never visted India.

As they get close to a traffic light they suddenly realize that the footpath under their feet went missing and they are walking all over the road.Murugan spots a cop car coming towards them on the opposite side of the road,heads bent they walk like random guests at a uninvited wedding.As the car gets closer murugan gets ready to run as fast as he can.Lingaraju thinks of the best stupid reasonable answers.Murugan just prays.Thats the best thing that happened to him in this 27 years.Suddenly the car makes a right turn and gets in to the Dunkin Donuts on the other side of the road and gets in to the Drive Through.

They start walking quickly and reach US-1 "The Signal" ..This is where the cars that go in four different directions meet with out a gap.Spotting that there are no cars coming from the left the trio start crossing the road.The very next moment they hear a loud siren right behind them.The trio turns back with that scared look to realize that it is an ambulance and they get out of its way by running back quickly.

After 10 mins of careful monitoring they finally get to to the island of grass that separates the North and South bound lanes.With a few more honks behind their backs they finally get to the other side of the road in the next 10 mins.

As they walk in to the Wines and Spirits with a sigh of relief...

The initial feel is that of someone who gets in to heaven after a 30 days 31 nights vacation to hell.

They get different ideas one of them being - Drink as much as we can , rent a truck load every single bottle and take them to the guesthouse.


On their way back they do meet the cops who teach them how the red button on the pole next to the traffic light can be used by the pedestrians to cross the highway!!

Just before the titles role up..and as murugan and Lingaraju see sumanth with that angry look on their face,Hitech sumanth says...i should have checked the "By Walk" Section in the google map directions:)


They lived happily ever after *****For that Night - to be reminded in the morning that the modern day amruth works only for a night:)

<-------------------The Beginning------------------>

There are so many R&D sites/friends dedicated for cars.But here is a 3 step process from nani.com:)...

Step 1
Budget based on you per-capita income:)Depending on your past/current/future financial/visa status this is a decision that should make with extreme caution.

As this is the step which will lay foundation for the steps that will follow.If you are sure you are going to stay here for more than 3 years like me i would suggest you to make the big investment now.

Yes you can get a big loan ,but it will be good if you can make a 20% down payment which will not only get you a good interest rate but also helps you in paying less EMI at the end of every month.Depending on the brand/make you will be choosing in step 2 this will be somewhere in between 23 k and 40 k $$.

If you are here on a business trip or a trip which is less than an year you should try to manage with out a car. In the first case and in the worst case you should spend not more than 5k to 6k $.Belive it or not there are people/friends who can manage with out a car for years together as they might be working downtowns and have friends/roomies to take them out for groceries/movies..

2)Model/Brand

This is where the unknown person deep inside you might wake up out of his BMW dream.So now you know why step one will help in realizing your dream.

If you see too many hondas/hyndaias/nissans in an apartment parking lot ,you can sign the lease right away because thats an apt complex with full of Indians:).It is not just because , these brands are guaranteed to last long ,but also because of their re-sale value...

Extras...You can quickly save some good amount cutting down a few like the inbuilt GPS system.

3)Dealer/Showroom or Craigs list...By now you have a car in you mind and the cost on you brain.All you need is to find a good dealer .Friends/collegues/Relatives/Intenet can be of help here.

Once you have the list Call or visit each one of them and get the quotes ,compare and "Lock Kar Dae"!!.Of course you will have to bargain.If you are looking for one of those cheap/direct deals craigslist.com is a good place to start your search.

Registration and Number Plate

If you are buying it from a dealer they will be able to handle most of the work for you.If you are a craigs list fan then you got to know the closest DMV office and get the work done!!

You can also get custom number plates.

Yep i went through all this thought process along with cousins and friends before tieng the knot to my all new Honda Accord 2007 EX-L on aug 21st 2006.
I met craigs list and other dealers on the way before locking on the Conicelli Honda close to home.



I went there with civic on my Mind to realize that my Body will not fit in to it:).As i went on the test drive i fell in love with it as my hand touched its steering wrapped in soft leather....My all new honda Accord 2007 . Even today every time i get in to it i can feel the same feel i could on the first day when i drove it home escorted by my cousin:), and my first long drive to watch Stalin in New Jersey.It was just a 1.5 hour drive but i made it long enough by missing the exits:).Common guyz i dint go for that in built GPS which costs an extra 2K and was waiting for my 200 $ GPS which was on its way from amazon...

Now that is how i got a promotion from my 25 year old Toyota to Honda:)...

From Niagara to Atlantic City From NY to DC there is no place it dint set its tire on......


Car Guru (Lifein USA) Just Shuru.....

నాని

Happy Mothers Day:ప్రేమతో నీకు...

అమ్మ,

You were so happy when they said ,I look "just like you..."

 I used to wait for the final bell at school,to see the smile on your face ..

I used to jump of the rikshaw and grab my school bag,as basha(our rikshawala) was handing over the the lunch bag, i knew that you were behind me standing on your lotus feet with that beautiful smile on your face....

 I fell in love with the rain,waiting to taste the chapathis you make..

And thats how i started loving walking in the rain.

I started liking the smell of mud and waited for the rain that comes after it , as you used to make chapathis when ever it rains and i just love them:)



I used to wait for the last exam and the first bus to just come see you...

To the amazement/jealousy of my mates , I used to finish my last exam an hour early ,run to the hostel,grab my bag,catch the first bus to bangalore and then bribe the conductors to get the best seat to nellore... just to see you....ASAP.

I could race through the toughest of times, just by listening to the voice of yours...

What ever i do-I have to answer you,i have to answer her and I have to answer him but no one else!!:)


I fell in love with her ,trying to prove that there is no one else like you..




I will wait for an other life,just to wish/thank you on every mothers day !!!




This mothers days is so special because there is someone who once again looks "just like you..."

To mom with love!!

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లాస్ యేంజెల్స్ నుంచి అనిల్ గాడు,నార్త్ కెరొలినా నుంచి కామెష్ మరియు అనిల్ మిత్రుడు హరీష్ వచ్చి దిగబడ్డారు ఫిల్లికి.మూడు రొజులలో నివ్ యార్క్ నుంచి నయగరా ఫాల్స్ వరకు చూసేయాలన్నాడు అనీలు...

మొదట రెంటల్ కార్ అనుకున్న ఆకరి నిమిషం లో అప్పటికి కేవలం ఇరవయ్ వేల మైల్లే తిరిగింది కదా అని చిన్నగా నా బుజ్జి అలియాస్ హొండా అకార్డ్ ని బూక్ చేసెశారు అందరు కలసి.



దారిలో అమిత్ గాడు తోడు అవ్వడంతో మంటకి గాలి తొడైనట్టు సెర వేగంతో నివ్ జెర్సి,నివ్ యార్క్ లని దాటుకుంటూ వంతుల వారిగా ద్రైవ్ చేసుకుంటూ సరదాగా సాగిపోయింది విహార యాత్ర.



ఫాల్స్ దగ్గర పడుతూండే కొద్దీ రోడ్డుకి రెండు వైపులా మెడని అలా దాని వైపుకి తిప్పెసుకొనే సౌందర్యం, కంపుటర్ రేస్ గేం లో అప్పుడే ఎర్పడి నట్టూ ఎర్పడుతున్నట్టుగా కనిపించ సాగింది...

మొత్తానికి ఆకరి ల్యాప్ అమిత్ మా గుండెలు గుప్పెట్లోకి వచ్చేలా డ్రైవ్ చేసినప్పటికీ ఆ పైవాడి దయతో హోటల్ చేరుకున్నాము....రాత్రి పది గంటలకి...



వేకువ పాదునే లేసి ఫాల్ వైపుకు నడుస్తూ వుంటే రోడ్డుకి అటు వైపు పంజాబి హొటెల్ కనిపించింది..ఇంకెముంది ఒసారి జలపాతం సంగతి మర్చిపొయ్యి పావుబాజి తో మొదలెట్టి నైట్ డిన్నర్ వరకు ఇంకెమకర్లేదు అనేంతగా కుమ్మేశాము...

ఇక్కడ పంజాబి దాబా ఎక్కడిదా అనుకుంటున్నారేమో...నయాగరా కి అటు వైపు అదే కెనడా లో, ఇటు మా వైపు ఇలాంటి దాబాలు ఎన్నో వున్నాయి.అలా ఆక్రమించేశారు మన పంజాబీ అన్నయలు.....

'నువ్వు నాకు నచ్చావ్' సినెమాలో ఆర్తికి కలలో కనిపించేది ఇదె. అంటే వెంకి లేడను కోండి:)



మెయిడ్ ఆఫ్ ద మిస్ట్ అంటూ నయాగరా హార్స్ షూ కిందకి వెల్లిపోయింది నావ...అప్పుడెప్పుడో మా షిమొగా జాగ్ ఫాల్స్ కిందకి వెల్లినప్పటి అనుభవాన్ని పదింతలు చేస్తే ఎలా వుంటుందో అనిపిచేసింది అనుకోండి...

కేవ్ ఆఫ్ దా విండ్స్ :- వర్షంలో మా చిన్నపటి స్కూల్ రిక్షా అతనిలా కవర్లు తొడుక్కోని తనివితీరా తడచిపొయ్యాం....

నయాగరా గురించి కల్లకి కట్టినట్లు చెప్పడం కంటే కల్లతో చూసేయడమే వో గొప్ప అనుభూతి,సో ఇంతటితో నయాగరా ఫాల్ కథ ఆపెస్తూ , ఇప్పుడు అందరు బిజీ గా మాట్లాడేసుకుంటున్న మన రాజకియాల విషయానికి వస్తే,నాకు జలపాతానికి మన రాజకీయ పార్టిలకి పెద్ద తెడా ఎమి లెదనిపిస్తొంది ...

అది ఎలా? అంటార


ఇలా....



Indian Politics :-The water fall model....

Every political party starts at the peak like a waterfall...

As they fall of the cliff to start,few bang their head against the rocks below and stay there for ever...

Few go ahead sustaining the pain like the sacred river Ganga...

Some will quench your thirst ,while some will flood you out of your homes..

As they flow like a river there will be many bushes with thrones on the way ....


Overcoming, they go further gaining speed/people like a flood ,and they will get polluted/corrupted...


Finally when the time comes , they will join hands with the sea which has already tasted the salt...

Now thats 'Grand Alliance...'


The only difference between the water fall and todays political parties is that the later will flood you more than they serve you!!


Yes youth should join politics.For some its a fashion for some its a passion.But social service should be the precedence/foundation.


The change you are looking for is you(Vote your heart out!!) and keep doing all the good stuff you always do and not just politics.


"Khel katam నాటకాలు Begin..."

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దిక్కులన్ని అద్దిరిపడే వంటలెన్నో గూగుల్తొనే వండేస్తాం.....
బర్త్ డే అయినా బ్లాక్ డే అయినా కారనం దొరికితే పండగ చేస్తాం...
సిక్స్ ప్యాక్ - బీర్లయినా , బాడి అయిన పట్టుదలతో సాదించేస్తాం..
పబ్బింగ్ అయిన క్లబ్బింగ్ అయినా యెల్లో పేజెస్ కే పేజీలు రాసేస్తాం...

మెమే మిత్రమా ఇండియన్ బ్యాచిలర్స్ ఆఫ్ అమెరికా....





Tennis replaces cricket and bowling strikes as a hobby with out a spare...

We live on burgers and survive on pizzas....

We are ubiquitous meaning we can work/live in any location/anytime..

We watch movies before the sensor board does,we enjoy every weekEnd as if it is 'The End'...

From Atlantic City to Vegas and from Newyork to Mexico we have the license to be thrilled beyond the 50 United states...

Laptops(we love you) to Iphones we will find you the cheapest deal....

Google not only for work but also to cook....

Birthday or blackday , all we need is a reason to celebrate....

Determination is the same wheather its a six pack of beers or for a six pack body...

Pubbing or clubbing we were there , if the yellopages has it.....

We my friend are the Indian bachelors of america....




The transition begins with playing Tennis outdoors and Washing dishes indoors.Tennis is a bronze medal game back home where we laugh-love-live cricket.But its a different story here as every apartment complex has a tennis court and swimming pool.Soo tennis rackets replace cricket bats and the tennis Net the fielders.





Some times when we remember the golden olden days we start playing cricket in the same tennis courts....


Far from home you will discover the meaning of unity in diversity.We are all so different yet we find a way to co-exist and enjoy every beautiful little moment.Ofcouse we are human and our egos do play their part which adds to the fun.

While one watches movies starting from 1942 oscar winners to japanese and korean movies...


One of us is online all the time as if the world comes to end if he signs out....

And dude 3 is busy checking out new cars and stocks...

Dude 4 sleeps ,yep he just sleeps all the time.......


Now if all the dudes are busy in their own worlds who does the cooking?
Good question mom cant fly here every day nor can the orria cook from bangalore.


We cook in shifts !!


Yep you heard it right we work in shifts... 3 days shifts.Getting in to the right team is the difficult part.If you pick a wrong partner you have to do two anniyan roles, washing dishes and cooking.So we should employee the same amount of caution as we do while picking a life partner:).Sunday is a holiday as we have so many other things to do.pubbing,clubbing ,casinoing,you name it and we did it.And off course laundry.....



If its your lucky day at the casino it is 'The Day' for everyone else.Party time!!.If we win 100 we spend 400$ and if we loose we will not tell anyone.



The dude who stays online all the time was not to be found at home and was also not answering his phone.All we could find on his table was a small note which said....

"I cant imagine a life with out you and so i am ending it"

After searching the rail tracks,airport runways etc we finally found him at the atlatic city beach waiting for the tallest tide.With great difficutly we could stop the big tide and the story is ....

The online dude had to go offline as his laptop died on him the previous day.And that was the first time he had to go offline for so long..Hmm he was finally happy and back online once we found him a good deal . Now thats my fiction:)



We watch movies before the sensor board does,we enjoy every weekEnd as if it is 'The End'....

Thanks to the torrents , we watch every dam movie.Friends back home would not even have heard the titles of those Indian movies.We are not the pirates but just the victims of piracy:).



Birthday or blackday , all we need is a reason to celebrate.


It all starts with a cake and candles and end with eggs in the bath tub and all the leftovers on your head:).


From Atlantic City to Vegas and from New york to Mexico we have the license to be thrilled beyond the 50 states..



The Zym Story

On one fine day dude woke up from his dream .A dream that every bachelor has atleast once in his life time.A 6 pack dream and he immediately gave up his 12 pack beers.And he dint stop there he took all the other dudes/victims to the vitamin shoppe.They would have spent more dollars on the costumes and vitamin drinks than the number of days they would have gone to the zym.But the serious dude went on and did manage to get a 6 pack.There used to be posters all around the house saying "catch me eating rice and you will be rewarded 20$."


Life is all about learning while experiencing...the sooner the sweeter/better.


We can be grouped by 'with or with out a BMW','with or with out a 6 figure income' which leads to 'with or with out a girl friend' etc etc,but we are all still the same at heart...Indian bachelors of America.

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