Many fine mornings!

Never thought that i would write a followup to the evening post.Off late there is a great dearth of reason to celebrate in peerless inc. The idle days in office is being under utilized. When i introspected, i attributed that to my stamina. There are days when I classified myself as hard worker rather than smart. But now when I am smart enough I couldnt push myself hard enough to even accomplish the basic needs. I find myself tired in the evenings and I havent done my morning sessions regularly in the past two-three months.

Given my lanky buildup I have always feared walking in to the gym and loosing the already scanty weight. My recent obsession towards trekking also demanded a demonstration of good stamina. I am a natural early riser and I like meeting people. With the above strengths I decided to take up jogging. Well I am not taking up a marathon run to flaunt to this extent. But i have a plan to build it up slowly and run a marathon one day.

After all today was my second day – actually i have planned only for three days a week but i was lured by the excitement in it and took it up today. Yesterday I was completely jagged even before I started my walk towards park. But for the sake of beginning I tried a run around the paseo. I struggled to complete even a single circle at a stretch, lost my breath in just under 300 mts. But with enough time to get it back again I forced myself for 3 rounds.

And I felt the pain for the whole day; looked weared off and had a doubt whether this isnt going to be fun for me. I got a good dose of sleep early in the evening itself. But vowed not to sleep before 10:30 PM. Some how managed to get a stream of activities and it must be 12 when i closed the eyes. Man! I havent had such a sleep in ages Guess I should have had my REM NREM cycles in perfection- Peaceful without any breaks and woke up at 5:00 with full of energy but with pain in the thighs. Was about to give up jogging today but the early restart pushed me against it and thought of trying a walk alone. But when I started running i felt that i could do it today and completed three circles with small respites in between.

I love it but to make it more efficient I need to get a good pair of sneakers, and a good company (@karthick @laksram anyone interested?). I have always given up physical exercises seeing it eating my time.But now in to it to get my time back. Running is fun. Its one place where you can easily get exhausted and force yourself to run some more and beat yourself. I love beating myself! I do have another secret mission associated with it. I got to get some members for my toastmasters club 🙂
I will share more about the art of running as I keep learning.

One fine eveninng! Orru malai pozhuthu!

Its raining here after a long stint of hot summer . This rain and climate soothes the heart and my mind thinks of other occassions where i felt alike.I would rate my cycle rides in the college road in the evenings (In karaikudi) as one of the best moments in my life.

A typical day in final year of my college would have some trouble for me since i held some office there.But I dont care a dime for it. When i recollect my final year days I realize that the day mostly begins after sun set for me. Friday evenings are the best of all for any one. When people walk back from classes i would be hovering around in my cycle. A brief skimming of journals and magazines in library. I will head straight to hostels then and get ensconced in a room where no one can disturb me for an hour or two. A nice little nap! When the clock strikes seven people start thronging in to the mess. But I will have different plans.

I take my cycle then and start my ride all alone with mindful of thoughts in that beautiful college road.[Its really hard to play some trick and escape from Gobi-my room mate who always insists on dining with me outside]. Before diving in to the main roads i used to make a circle inside the college campus. Getting on the main road I got to make the choices for the night.On most days my agenda would be an hour of browsing and a gentle dinner either in royal or the new president hotel.
Thoughts galore when i get in to the main road. My used to wander more than my cycle tyres. I will be counting on the things to browse only to forget them as soon as i enter the browsing center. Getting past the gates of CECRI and taking a turn at the university gates one would realize how far we have come from the hostels. The dual lane roads terminate near aryha bhavan. Gosh. If it had been a evening i will make a stop there and eat hot bajji’s in my favourite bajji shop.
Since this being a night i park my bike and get in to sify! I dont exactly recollect what i have been surfing those days. (No porno ..no flirting chats! for i dont know what open source mean in those days) but i spend an hour daily and most of my dads money made their way in to sifys accounts. After an hour of browsing I would head towards the hotel new president. I prefer new president at times when i am alone since i could finish my dinner for Rs25 (A dosa + puttu +idlis).

By now the clock would have already stuck half past nine. The already sparse roads will become deserted. Its me and my cycle to take care of them. I ride as slow as i can and pick some snacks for the night in Nilgiris (Rarely any one in hostel knows where i keep and when i eat my snacks! – I suck at sharing!) Its the return journey which is the moment of joy. I used to have a coffee around ten opposite aryha bhavan. It tastes so sweet that i used to enjoy and sip it for ten minutes. Its this stretch from the subra maniapuram to hostels which makes you feel so good. I used to get solutions for most of my pressing problems at this time. If i dont get a cue , I dont stop cycling until I feel better or get one.
Picking up the snacks and eating it one by one .. I would reach the hostel roads where people would be crowded near marine for their final puffs and huffs. Getting past them parking my cycle, I head to my room get changed and walk back to college to the placement cell where i browse for official reasons. Thats how most evenings were spent while i was at ACCET. I could have done better things but blame my ignorance. Anyways i hanker for those yore where i had a cosy life at a very little cost.