The day stated at 11:00 when i got up after a very long sleep. It was the reaction of the yesterday's night-out, when i was eagerly finishing Sidney Sheldon's "The stars shine down". This book is all about the struggle of a very beautiful lady Lara Cameron. She had a passion of buildings and one day with all her labour and struggle she builds the tallest tower. reading this was really a great experience, will soon write a review of it.
Anyway, today was kind of a successful day as i also got my 999 Rs back from reliance. Its another story which i will elaborate if time permits. So today i was reading "The world is flat" till 5, when i decided to conquer NITC once again. I missed my breakfast and for lunch i am only on self made salads (please read the blog ..All is well if food is well). So was kind of hungry but had only tea and one fried grenade thats called Aloo Bonda in the snacks.
At 5:30 i went down on my bike. People become superstitious some times after a successes, so i had the same T-shirt, same wrist band only today i was wearing a lower instead of half-pant. Had taken 105Rs with me. I parked my bike at the gate and walked till the road. On the other side of the road was the luice-shop, there i took a lime juice, some mixture and 2 cookies. After that had taken 4 center fruits chewing gums-eaten one there itslef to taste it.
Today, the goal of running till NITC seems to be little tougher, as this time i was competing against my self. Opposite to what it shall be, i was less motivated and less sure. Even my legs were shaking, i think because i knew this time that what i was going to do, and how much it really takes to do it. It is also true, that some of the exams, competitions, or interviews that we have cracked, we are not sure of doing the same for the second time. So my journey today started at 6:13:00 in front of the IIMK gate. I ran till kunnamangalam but was not thinking anything contrary to the earlier journey to NITC. This time i was really thinking more about what i was going to write in my blog. So in a way this blog was the real motivating factor for todays goal. I specially like to thanks all those who have read this and wrote comments or given some comments personally. These include very near and dear people, so i was really happy to interact them through this blog once again. To write a blog again that i ran till NITC became an obligation and i ran to fulfill this.
On the way today i saw all those things, including Dr Vigvan's hospital and other milestones and also the garage and the house at the turning that i missed the last time. This is because this time it was more light as i have started one hour earlier. There was more traffic also and every vehicle passing was trying to push me down the road, or atleast it seemed to me like that. As a result today i ran more on the mud and got less tired. A lesson for the runner to run more on mud to get less tired.
I had calculated in my mind that 4 chewing gums and a journey of an hour and few mins means one chewing gum per 15- 16 mins. After running some 15-20 mins i become a little confused as when i had started and the chewing gums taste had totally changed from sweet to kind of sour. I looked at my watch, it s still not the time or i got confused with the calculations of the time. A natural reaction happened, i spitted the one in mouth and took the other one. But the reaction of the earlier blog and so many comments was that i was searching for a mile stone to quote where i ate the second chewing gum. I know i am a funny person- but same are most of us. I got the mile stone, i ate the second chewing-gum near the garage. To my surprise the garage is on the other side of the bridge, which i always remembered to be this side only.
The journey continued and i kept running, i was not tired much, but today i want to stop, just to stop. I have no story to tell, neither i was diverting my mind, but i had a commitment and that was this blog that i had to write on completion of the second run so i was running. To be honest once i thought that i shall stop and return and will write the blog. But i know that it will be a cheating form all those reading it and more than that from my self. The false blog will hound me for a long time as several of our lies hound us, that we do speak.........More than that i will loose my confidence and will never have the courage to run till NITC and the first one will become just a fluke. So i ran and i really ran. The option of lying gone, so i was lest with either to run or to take a break and run and report the break in the blog. But my mind didnt wanted an impure run, it wanted a full 24 carat, run from IIMK to NITC so gone the option of break also. I was left only with the option to run, if i wish to write a blog. So the sole force to run became this blog. Thanks to you all
Somehow i reached to the house at the turning, there was a big white billboard but nothing was written on it. Generally billboard are in mallu and the language seems to me like circles of onions in a solution of vinegar. In mallu they write so may round-round words all kinds of Ms and Ws that its hard to differentiate. Some times i blame Shri Ram, that if he had arrived here as the legand says (i heard in wayand by a person) why didnt he tought Hindi to these people. But leaving this aside and not getting into a lingo war lets continue running. So after crossing the turning at the house i thought that the legendary turning is just a few meters away. But, it was not in my sight and i saw a long road. Every second i wished to stop, but the will to write a blog that i repeated the history forced me to run. After running some 200 meters the turnings were in sight. There was a downward slope so i was saving all my energy as i knew that i had to run upwards for a long distance. This is one benefit of experience that you know what is going to come next and get prepared. I crossed the turning and the question of taking a break ended here itself. While this run i was thinking a lot many things which i really dont remember much.
When i was running i was a IIMK official vehicle passed. recently the institute has purchased some very good vehicles and this one was a ford or tata manza. I recognised it by the red tape on the number plates. I Thought that i will be seeing this at the NITC. So while running after the turning i reached to the NITC ground, I think this is the first board saying NITC. Its on the left hand side of the road. I crossed it and the other mile stones as the hotels near by, this time i missed the statue of Jesus. I reached the NITC swimming pool and thought to stop here. But now NITC was just few 100 meters away and i cant spoil all this. But the most important lesson is to conserve energy for the last moments, either it be a match or an exam. What you do in the last 15 mins counts more that what you did in the last 2 hours. So it was tough to cover that upward slope and i was on the verge of collapsing. The only thing left was to remind my self that i was born in Jhansi and have Rani jhansi and Azad as the ancestors of that land. So i finally reached the NITC gate. i was more than happy that i did it again and had thought so many things that i forgot to write. One was to have a device that can read minds so that it can update the blog while i am thinking on the run.
Resting at the NITC canteen for 10 mins i was ready to return. The bus took 5 Rs and 10 mins to reach to IIMK. In one way the journey is just worth 5Rs but i know what i got and what it means to me. friends i would like to really share to you all that by using some means like this bus you can complete the journey of your life very fast and comfortably but what matters more is not reaching the destination but enjoying each and every minute of the journey.
Our life is also same, dont run too fast or take a bus else at the end you will have nothing to remember. ................
Please do give your comments as it motivates me a lot and you are seeing the results. I was too tired to write this blog but the same commitment that made me run made we write also. Its like a chain reaction of a self-feeding loop........so please do give your valuable comments.
Leaving for now will soon meet again
To prepare this salad you need a proper mix of fruits and vegetables. So take guava, banana, apple, cucumber, carrot, beat root, onion, lime, tomato etc. Cut the fruits and vegetables into very small pieces and mix them properly.
This salad really gives a taste of ambrosia and a feel of youth, energy and excitement. In the fluid of curd all other ingredients remains un-separated so the taste is kind of a hide-n-seek where you identify the taste of something after eating it. The juices of fruits and mixture of curd makes it delicious. The added dry fruits and Mishree add to the taste of the salad
to first take sprouted grams. Take care that the grams are of good quality, big in size and sprouted well. Then, boil the grams in water, also add some salt in the water. If you have a pressure cooker its well and good else boil it in a simple vessel. Cover the vessel to get the grams boil fast.While the grams are getting boiled we need to do some preparation for the salad. Take a mix of vegetables and fruits available with you, preferably, tomato, onion, carrot, guava, banana, apple etc. Also green chilly and coriander leaves are needed. If you are boiling the grams in a simple vessel just check it in regular intervals so that the grams don’t get over boiled. Now you need to cut the tomato, onion, carrot, banana etc into small pieces, somewhat the size of the grams. Once the mixture is prepared mix it properly with the boiled grams. Put salt according to your choice and add some black pepper if possible. Those who like sweets, can add some sugar powder.
Once this is done add some dry fruits such as dry grapes, cashew nuts etc, and add some honey for flavour.The salad is ready you may serve it with lunch or dinner preferably in a bowl.
