another day another semester, well almost

today is the last day of my semester.
i am pretty confident i will not be getting another perfect score, lets see how that turns out

lota things are falling into places and lotsa things are falling apart or may be i am just feeling that way. Its one of those screwed up days i think. one of my oldest and closest friend is going back to b'lore. I know he is wanted more in b'lore than NJ but it is nice that he is here. i am going to miss my friend.

feeling a lot pensive these days, i haven't got a faint clue why or what is happening. imagine that even the adrenaline rush from my kinda music is having a faded effect (like a monetary policy under fixed exchange rate regime)(sorry, thats some global macro economic joke).

my next semester starts next week, so i have a whopping 4 days of leave :), and i am in school for a couple of days helping a couple of professors i work for.

me and dini again went to american museum of natural history, and yes, we still couldn't complete that place. its just huge :). he is off to toronto next week. we are still waiting for his brother to show up. he should be coming to colorado. when he does that, i will visit colorado and ofcourse las vegas. hopefully it should happen soon. it will be great fun if that happens when rags is also here.

this is technically my last vacation before i join the drudge again. but i am sure, this will fly by soon and i wont even have time to regret about it. come to think of it, i am not the sort of guy who would regret about anything. coz my philosophy is "better to repent for the things i did than, regret for the things i didn't" and i have been saying this and living by this for quite sometime (about 10 years to be precise).

i am just blabbering stuff now so before i get any human :) or even personal, i will leave,

in the words of james hetfield
"do you bury me when i am gone?
will u teach me while i'm here?
just as soon as i belong
its time that i disappear"

another verse comes to mind
"its a cruel world we have so much to lose
what we have to learn we rarely choose
and heaven helps the ones that wait for you"

and thats it for the verses today
oh i have to mention, when any of u get a chance check this
http://heegesummne.blogspot.com/

destiny awaits
till then
vathsa
who else

me and latha before a new mercedes SLK class

pre historic to futuristic over the weekend

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/innerbliss/album?.dir=/83db&.src=ph&.tok=ph7JbuEBw9fXEczw

this was a very eventful weekend in the life of Vat in the US.
in 3 days i did the following
1. Went to the american museum of natural history
2. visited the hayden planetarium
3. went to new jersey
4. gambled in atlantic city
5. went to the car show in new york
6. ate out in a wonderful place called "Vatan"

wow, just look at the list and it was all done in 3 days.

friday i met up with Dini, unlike his brother and his brother's friends (incl. me) he has a very good sense of timing and direction.

we met up on thursday evening in forest hills. after browzing thru WWII books, we met up with latha, somya and vijay for sandwiches and ice creams. thats it, that was thursday.

friday, (back to the future version), we met up at our usual hangout, herald square Macy's. went to American museum of natural history. man its huge. we looked around (very fast too) for about 3 to 4 hours and could cover about 15 to 20% of the place. We also saw a show called cosmic collisions in the hayden planetarium. we hurridly left to new jersey as we wanted to meet rags and head to atlantic city.

this gets interesting,
when we got down at morristown (rag's village), but we had to wait for him for almost half an hour. This was inspite of we calling him every 10 mins from the train. We left that night for Atlantic city. got to a place called "CEASERS" (not based on julius ceaser but Agustus Ceaser, the first roman emperor).

here is some quick facts
1. Rags lost 40 bucks in wheel of fortune in less than 10 mins.
2. Dini lost 40 bucks in wheel of fortune in less than 10 mins as well.
3. Me made some money and lost some money while playing poker. but when we left i was down 35 bucks.

the journey back was torterous, horrendus, tiresome and the all the other adjectives that convey the same meaning. well, more so for Rags. He was the fireless, i mean fearless charioteer on this brave new journey back home. he had to drive for almost 3 hours straight. but since we were all trashed out (no alcohol, just fatigue) he had to take a couple of pit stops. We slept in 2 resting places (inside the car) and Rags drove in almost empty tank for 20 miles. finally the 3 heros (with lot less money than they started with) returned to the village.

one thing that i have to give to rags, he is the best goddamned driver i have seen (after VJ). I got complete trust in his driving now. (if it were B'lore, it would be another case)

the next day (mind it, its saturday), Rags had to work on his bitches ooops, batches i mean. and on a wonderful day with 77 degrees weather with bright sunshine, we left to new york at 8:30 PM .

when we came to the city it was about 10 or something in the night and after dinner, we again went to Mariott Marquis in times square. after playing around with escalators we reached the place and ordered for drinks.

"let this be known as the day Rags lost his virginity, well on alcohol :)"
for the record he had a drink called Toasted Coconut, which had Stalichnoya Vodka and Malibu white rum and hot chocolate and whip cream :)

i had a sweeny todd (vodka cocktail) and a cosmopolitan (another vodka cocktail) and so did Dini. i dont remember his drinks now.

then we headed to the village (greewich village), in the vicinity of New York University. Man there are a lot of hot girls around. and more pubs than you can count. we just strolled and took a cab back to dini's place.

sunday was the day of auto expo and we were joined by latha, somya and VJ again. I can't explain much, so look at the photos :)
make sure u spot the following cars
1. Ferrari
2. Maserati
3. Lamborghinni
4. Bentley
5. Rolls Royce
6. Maybach
7. Porsche
8. BMWs and Mercs

i guess this is quite long for a blog so i will stop.

till next time

vathsa
who else!

my parents read my blog!

yes,
something that has not happened in quite sometime since.............ever :)
my parents read my blog!

so i guess i am back from my hiatus. atleast for a lil bit.

i met up with goti (gowtham) last month and he has described it better, so please read all about it, and its free :)
http://sgowtham.homelinux.net/blog/2006/03/18/nj-and-ny-day-1/

and ofcourse he has taken some really wonderful fotos

http://sgowtham.homelinux.net/gallery/NewYork.html?y=2006

these are some parts of NY that you have to see.

and i met up with Dini last week, i did manage to beat him in a couple of games of 8 ball pool but got my ass kicked around a million games.

Latha went to vegas on a trip well a business conference. she had fun for the first 2 days then it got boring for her :). This is the second trip to vegas i am missing. If its in my destiny then i might just go sometime. may be my bachelors party, lets see how that works.

I am on a warpath for my CPA exams. I have come to realize a revelation. "I AM LAZY". Man sometimes i think i am lazy to a point that just pisses me off. But research says it takes about 5 years for anyone to change a in-born habit, lets see if i am lazy at that too.

Gotta do job hunting soon, I have started it but not to a great extent. I am waiting for my CPA to get over, so i can ask a little more money :)

more later
coz as always
"Destiny Awaits"

vathsa
who else!