Ting Tong, Last & Final Call for all Bikers.....

Kerala Govt. today made it compulsory for all 2-wheel riders to wear a helmet or else get a fine of Rs. 100/-. One of the superb moves made by the Kerala govt. in a long long... time, frankly this law should have been implemented long time back, it would have saved lot of precious lives.

Kerala boasts of being 100% in literacy, but when it comes to safety they are way behind other states. Its hard to find people who wear seatbelts or a helmets in kerala. The logical reason they give for not doing so can be funny for a person with rational thinking. Most people here think that, in case of an accident - if you are wearing a seat belt you will be stuck in the crashed car, lose blood and die eventually before people can get you out and if you are not wearing a seat belt there is a likely chance that you can get thrown off from car and be saved. What they dont realize is that the chance of a person being thrown off from a car in case of a head-on collision is 1% and wearing a seatbelt can save the head from major injuries even from a moderate impact crash. Majority of keralites see helmet as a burden to carry around, a reason for early baldness. Maybe true, for big time hair loss to happen in humid kerala, trust me - losing some hair and going bald is better that losing ur life in an accident. Guys you would be even happy to learn that there are gals out there who love bald men :D So cheer up.

I hope slowly kerala would change its attitude and put safety first. Talking about the new law, looks more like Kerala govt following suit of Tamilnadu, anyway will have to wait and see, how long the law will stand the test of time and public opinion in Kerala :D

Patience Has Its Rewards

Yesterday's Formula One race at Montreal, Canada was spectacular to watch from start to the chequered flag. It kept on getting exciting as the race progressed. The Safety Car had to come out 5 times bcoz of accidents, Massa and Fischella both got black flagged (disqualified) and Kubica met with the worst accident imaginable - luckily he escaped with only a broken leg. At the end of the race there were only 12 cars left on the track. The final winner of the Montreal Grand Prix Race was Lewis Hamilton, a 22 year old kid, his first win in his debut season.

The one who inspired me the most was the third place winner, Alexander Wurz. This Austrian dude had been sidelined for the past 7 years as a test driver for different F1 teams. He hung in there till he finally got selected as the 2007 driver for Williams team. Yesterday his one pit-stop strategy worked and he was able to finish third. I guess if you believe in yourself and be patient for some time, the rewards will come to you :)

Born To Kill

No, not James Bond, I am talking about Beautiful ladies, dressed to kill poor innocent gentlemen like myself :P I mean literally...

I have lost count of the number of times I could have met with a road accident just because my eyes caught a beautiful girl on the side of the road. Most of the time it happens when I am riding my bike. If it were not for God's Good Grace I would have been a poster on the back of some big transport bus.

Today morning I had one of those close calls. My train had reached Ernakulam at 10am. I was walking towards the Bus Stop which is a kilometer away from the railway station. Suddenly a beautiful girl came out of nowhere and was walking in front of me. I was totally engrossed in her and checking her out as I walked behind her. After walking some 100 meters I realized that I had lost her in the crowd and was searching for her. What I didn't realize was that I was in the middle of a road trying to cross it. If it were not for a stranger dude who pulled me back by tugging on my backpack, I would have been hit by a speeding bike and could have resulted in serious injury. That was close.... Phew! (thanks dude whereever you are). I did find the girl on the side of the road waiting to cross and looking at me (probably wondering, what is the problem with this guy). I felt stupid and walked away, hoping to see her some other day.

Thats not over, in the afternoon the private bus that I was travelling would have ran over 2 teenage boys riding a scooter, by some luck missed them by a whisker. The reason, the driver was driving at high speeds just to impress some girls sitting in the front seat of the bus.

There will always be some guy trying to impress some girl or there would be others (like me) who would just be drooling over beautiful gals that they see. What is the point?? Sometimes I wonder why God made them so beautiful? Is it to distract us or for us guys to get some motivation or to admire Gods creativity through them?

These beautiful girls do enjoy the fact that they can get people to look at them. Its like they play with your heart, tear it into very very small fine pieces and with disgust hold them one by one and blow it into the North Wind. Sometimes I feel their beauty is all a snare into some deception. Each morning they stand in front of the mirror, looking good just to catch their next prey. When are all these beautiful girls going to realize that, "We guys are also people with feelings, maybe easily lured by beauty. give us a break, let us live"

Road Trip: on NH47 towards Trivandrum

Most of you guys might be wondering, What is the big deal in this? For me it was something BIG, it was my first time driving more than 200kms on a single day. Its just one more feat that can be added to the long list of "things done by Jenny in his lifetime" :)

It was Sunday, I got up at 2:15am. My friends would know that this is a really odd time for Jenny to wake up :P (during my college days this was the time I usually went to sleep). My mom was coming at Trivandrum airport on the 8:00am Qatar Airways flight from Doha. Usually I take the bus or train to travel long distances, but this time I had decided to take my car to pick her up from the Airport. I left from my house at 3am and headed towards Kayamkulam which was 45kms from my house.

But that day my main worry was if I would fall asleep at the wheel during the long night journey especially since I didn't have anyone to talk to. Vibrant Hindi songs kept me company and the occasional showers kept my spirits high. Even though the road leading to Kayamkulam were narrow, they were superb rubberised roads to drive your car on. I reached Kayamkulam and headed southwards on National Highway 47 (NH 47) towards Trivandrum (100kms from Kayamkulam). As there was very less traffic on the road, I stepped on the gas and for most part of the journery I cruised at 80kms/hr. I stopped at Karunagapally to have tea from a road side vendor. From there onwards the journey was uneventful except for me frequently overtaking big trucks on the road. Finally I reached Trivandrum at 5:35am way ahead of time. I parked my car near the Sangumugham Beach near the airport and spend couple of hours there looking at the sea and the sky.

I was at the airport arrival terminal by 8am waiting for my mom to come out. She was out at 8:45am and I was really happy to see her. Loaded all luggage in the car and we started off back home. The Indian road traffic did scare her initially, but she got used to it in an hours time. The music in the car automatically changed to Malayalam as my mom is not a big fan of Hindi and English songs. We didn't stop anywhere, not even for breakfast as my mom is not fond of hotel/restaurant food :( The return leg took nearly 3 and a half hours coz of the traffic at various places on the road. Anyway we managed to reach home at 12:00pm. It was one challenge successfully completed.