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Howdy People!

Yet again, a new year has crept in before we can realize.
New goals, new us- how about better us this time?
It was full moon this weekend and full moon helps eliminating anything that prevents us from becoming our better selves. So, if you missed seeing it- least you could spend some time reflecting what's going on in your lives.

I have been pleasantly amused by events in my life.
Lots of travel.
Travel to places and people where I would like to belong.
Believe me or not, amidst clicking pictures of random birds, kayakers, building and outrageous selfies- I get lots of solitude time to reflect during my trips.
So, here it goes.
I often hear the expression: "If i had such sunny weather or time, I could be doing so many things"
My question is "have you ever really thought through those things"?
Wherever you are, I am sure, All of us have atleast one day of such perfect weather that
we absolutely think we would be thrilled to be.
So, do me a favor: next time you come across that day and time with perfect weather do all the things that would make your day a perfect one, to that point that it exhausts you at the end of day.
Next day, revisit all you did and see if that's what you wanted?
If so, remember to live to the fullest of every bit of that day whenever you get and remind yourself what all you are capable of enjoying, no matter where.
If not, what could you do to make it a memorable experience for you?
Is that experience really based on weather?
Find that experience and then find that trigger.

Hopefully, that shall help you feel better or live better or cherish better :)
Happy Exploring!

Love, Regards and lots of words,
L2C

Public Transportation Vs Private Transportation

Being a travel enthusiastic, i love exploring people and places.
But, at same time, i still haven't sensed the feeling " its about the journey not end". Somehow i have never felt it, i feel dreaded when i have to spend hours to reach some point of interest. I have traveled with friends, family and solo. Company makes it entertaining for a while but then for how long? Don't you feel the pressure of being the entertainer?

Especially if you grew up in india, you would know the phrase "the person next to driver should be awake. Driver needs to be stimulated". Phew! If that funda was actually true, how many of you go and stimulate the pilots, bus drivers, train drivers or even auto wala? We sleep easily while riding on those na?

I would rather be at place and explore than spent hours just to reach a place. I use public transport when i can. My friends were shocked when they discovered i just had 5k miles on my car over one and half year. So, my curious cats asked me why do i need car?

If i could summarize my answer in two lines it would be:
Car takes me to places
Shuttle takes me to people.

Going by shuttle gives me peace of mind, me time per say and some time to get myself prepped for day. It also allows me to observe and meet people, their clothing, their attitude and their zest in little synapses. Its a sense of security that i feel when i step on shuttle. The familiar drivers greeting you and all you do is sit back and relax. I know in 15 mins, i will be at work. You can either sulk in seat or observe the fellow passengers. I do not have to worry about traffic, or curse the fellow on road for moving too fast or too slow, for cutting in line or breaking the cruise control or the bikes passing or the pedestrians taking for ever to move. I love that part of my ride.

The way i see it , you make two kinds of trip:
One is to places
and one is to people.
Your means to reach them governs your experiences.

Come away with me

Howdy!!!

I am really excited as i got done with my Thesis last week and so much of my muting and restless spirit has ended up in having some gala time.  Got some friendly time ( is that a term in dictionary, go figure!!!) and got to see my old friends on a lovely island. Ahaa, was that a treat to myself for the hard work i put to get the master's thesis? may be. Not that i do not have things that concern my wandering thoughts but i will still pass for the moment to post here. Just to mention a few would be a) How is God suppose to bless america with gay marriages being legalized?   b) Can we not have bright summers without the scorching heat? c) Bear attacking a man captures the pen of yahoo bloggers, imagine if such news were to be reported for the vice versa, how many pages would be filled every hour? and more blah, blah, blah...  So, back to travelling, I love it.

Travelling is fun and thrilling. I remember keeping a logbook while travelling to capture the sights and experiences i go through the trips. Not to mention, writing short descriptions on developed pics was other activity i cherished (Yes, i am talking of those olden days of cameras with films). Looking back at those in retrospect  is a joy indeed (*conditions apply*), that is if i am lucky enough to find those in my reservoir and if they managed to stay out of my mom's throwy (again, go figure  :)) hands. Travelling is fun and specially this time of the year, its summer :)). I remember the summer holidays in India, where the only destination would be mama's (maternal uncle's) house.  Got couple of trips planned, how far would they meet the destination, depends highly on the dimes in my pocket ;) Someone reading this can surely contribute to the noble cause, if you please ( in case you are considering, i just take bills above $10, demanding? I know, but got to do!!!) .

So far, I have been been to  4 countries: 14 states in India, 21 states of  USA, rest i don't have count. That reminds me, relocating to a different state in near future is something on my plans too. Well, till i get some peek a boo to the outside world (beyond my lab, school and home) i have a picture for you guys. Its a pic i took last weekend (Btw, it was 4th July weekend, one of the days in usa to see fireworks :)) on my way to Cleveland. Found it quite amusing. Lets see, if the tiny miny # of followers can catch the amusement here. Do let me know about your thoughts. I will post mine in next post. Why not here?  Because sequels are trend these days and got a live to the mark ;)) In better words, I am inspired by the American movie makers. Hint, hint too much into movies these days :P.

PS: If you noticed the numbers in 4, 14 and 21 ( they follow the sequence 3, 4, 5 :  2+1 = 3, 4+0= 4, 1+4 = 5,) just a numerology jargon ;) !!!

Note: For the words i asked to go figure, even google would be searching for it, so give up. :)) Blame it on my  enriched vocab :P