Tick-tock-tick-tock... I hear the sound of my Bio Clock!

Ever since I was tiny I've been a sleepy head! I think its due to the birth process. I've heard Caesars are prone to lethargy... well atleast its been a good enough excuse for me to pass out promptly - in cars, buses, planes, trains, standing, sitting... even sitting on an old lady's lap (at the not so tender age of 25, on our way back from Gokarna)!

But these last few weeks I've had the misfortune of knowing what it feels like to be an insomniac! AND I DON'T LIKE IT!!! My thoughts have been driving me crazy recently. I'm not one to lose sleep over anything... (... except matters may be ;)! So I am certainly not used to worrying about the world and its brothers and sisters and mothers and fathers and lovers and bloody colleagues!!!

So what ends up happening is I'm up too late and have to struggle out of bed each morning, which leaves me feeling like a sleepy Tartrazina by the middle of the day! Anyway, I plan to combat these demons by getting into shape... yes paid gym fees today & HAVE to start day after tomorrow (been saved by a day trip tomorrow, so I can't start till Wed.) What I'm hoping is that I'll be SO physically exhausted that my brain will conk out, and I'll get the desired sleep I love so much... and also get my body in shape! Two birds with one dumb-bell! ;o) Must admit, I've never been a gym'er, and am a bit apprehensive about the whole equipment-indoors thing! Anyway, words of encouragement are more than welcome! (Owe my inspiration to Mrs.Tote, The Ostrich & Penny Lane!)

Bombay beckons!

I'm going to Bombay at the end of this week on work. And tho' I'm no good at expressing how excited I am in words, I sure am!!!! ...may be the excessive use of exclamation marks may indicate something! Trouble is I'm an excessive exclamation mark user even when I'm not half as excited.

Its been almost 9 months since the last trip which was just plain insane in the membrane!!!! And I'm hoping this will be the same... or may be a knotch or two up! We were there for a conference/ exhibition, and the first three days I had my head on a platter waiting to be carved by my dear Boss! Must admit, if it had been the previous place I was working, I'd have been chopped up into little bits & even fed to the dogs... hats off to this guy tho'! Well the sad part of it all, was that I was on this ridiculous month of detox! I was surrounded by 5 bars; we were serving my favourite white wine from our own stall; and up in our room we had about 80 bottles of wine chilling in the bath tub!!! AND I WAS ON DETOX!!! The pressure caved in - after the show was over, and I spent a rather drunken & disorderly weekend with my favourite Nair siblings in their cozy little home!

The partying continued on through the week, though my throat was sore, and we were definitely coming down with fever. So to combat the diseases and still have a good time, we turned to brandy & honey & pepper & warm water!!! Chinks & me finished an entire jar of honey, and belted our lungs out that night!

That was Bombay for me last trip, am sure hoping to push it up a bit this time! Fingers & toeses crossed!

How high do Dragon's Fly?

I just saw a "----" (hint: collective noun) of dragon flies just whizz past my window on the 13th floor.

Its quite a pretty view from up here. This aint exactly Manhattan, so ours is probably the 5th tallest building in Bangalore - correct me if I'm wrong. We face the east - the reason I know this, is because my work involves studying the map every 2 & a half days! So thats the Airport and ITPL, Cable Bridge and The Leela in the distance. Sometimes it seems like I can see planes literally touch down - but for that of course you have the most fantastic view ever from the Technopolis offices outside the airport boundary wall.

The other day we saw what could've well been mistaken as ITPL Day, what with all the buildings being lit up. It turned out to the most brilliant reflection of the sun (setting way across in the west) off some very swank glass buildings! Way to go ITPL!

We've had quite an overdose of rain this year - not a patch on Bombay tho! But its given me more distractions to gaze at! Nice watching the rain move in... blurring out the whole city. One afternoon tho' I had an "Oh My God "... kinda exprience. We saw the end of the rainbow - well practically both ends. One end landed in the middle of this clearing (well its part of some Defence land) and the other on the terrace of the building across the street. Unfortunately none of us had swanky cameras to capture that - but it was a picture for Corbis! Truly, truly amazing - couldn't quite spot the pot of gold tho!

You can tell how much work I get done!