I am not against Team Anna....

I am not saying the agitation is wrong, only the means are. Ppl are getting carried away by the romance of it all. And tell me are we not being corrupt if we ask yhe government to subvert a system just bcos A Raja did it? Worse are we not being terrorists here?

And, are Team Anna so naive? Even if their bill bypasses the standing comitee and goes straight to parliament, it will be shot down cos none of the parties agree to the utopian demands. Instead, a more reasonable bill with inputs from Team Anna, NAC, and Aruna Roy, anyone else, debated by law experts goes into the parliament, doesnt that have a better chance? Lets forget abt its implementation or the effect it will have.

Shit happened.....

Some time back, i had told you I am testing my luck..... , today, this mail came....

Fwd: Email Confirmation : Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon 2012

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: <scmm@procam.in>
Date: Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 12:21 PM
Subject: Email Confirmation : Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon 2012
To: rachitst@gmail.com

Dear Rachit Tiwari,

We are delighted to confirm your registration for the 9^th edition of the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon scheduled on Sunday, 15^th January, 2012.

Details of your confirmation are as under:

• Race Category: Half Marathon
• Your Running Number: 21027
• Your Application Id : 9953
• Date of Birth: 1982-08-05
• Gender: M

If any of the details mentioned above, including the spelling of your name as appearing in this letter, need to be corrected, please do write to us before November 30, 2011. You may write to us on P.O. Box No. 11017, Marine Drive Post Office, Mumbai 400 020, or email us on scmm@procam.in, enclosing/attaching documentation supporting the change required.

 You will be required to collect your running number bib and timing chip from the Mumbai Marathon Expo at the MMRDA Grounds, Opp. Citibank, Bandra-Kurla Complex, Bandra (E), Mumbai 400 051 on the dates mentioned. Please note, these will NOT be posted to individual addresses nor distributed on race day, i.e. 15^th January 2012.

Dates & timing for collection:

From Friday, 6^th January to Sunday, 8^th January 2012, between 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.

 Please bring with you:- 

• A printed copy of this email confirmation
• Go Green Tip: If you're a smart phone user, please save this email confirmation and show this email to our representative at the Registration Area within the Expo. You need not carry a print of the same. Please note, this is applicable only if the registered runner is visiting the expo in person.
• Your Original photographic proof of identity (eg. Driving license, employee/school/ college identity card, passport, PAN card, Election card, Ratio card). This should be same identity proof, a photocopy of which you have submitted to us along with your application. 

The identity proof will be verified before handing over your running number and timing chip.

 In case you are unable to come in person to the Expo due to any unavoidable circumstances, you may send your representative to collect your running number and timing chip. Please note in case of Marathon and Half Marathon race category, a representative can collect the bib and chip of ONLY one runner. Your representative will be required to produce the following documents to our registration team:- 

 

• A printed copy of this email confirmation,
• A photocopy of photographic identity proof of the registered participant's identity; eg: driving license, employee/school/college identity card, passport, PAN card election card, etc. This should be same identity proof, a photocopy of which you have submitted to us along with your application.
• An authority letter signed by the registered participant allowing the representative to collect the running number bib, and
• A photocopy of photographic proof of identity of the person visiting the Expo on behalf of the registered participant; eg: driving license, employee/school/college identity card, passport, PAN card, election card etc.

 

 Please note your entry to this Event is not transferable.

We wish you an enjoyable run and look forward to seeing you at the Mumbai Marathon Expo.

 

If you have participated in all our previous 8 editions of Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon, please click the appended link and provide information about your participation.

http://www.procamrunning.in/scmm/patron.php

 

Regards,

 

Registration Team 

Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon, 2012

www.procamrunning.in

+91 22 42020200 (Monday to Saturday, 10 am to 7 pm)

Minutes of the meeting......

Occasion : TA meet
Date : Sometime in 2003, 2004
Members : Any 2,3,4 or 5 of the TA members.
Topics discussed :
kahan baithe, paise hain na?
saali bhatta kutti ne sab barbaad kar diya, Thale mast tha....
dude, make sure you get all the writeups from Megha, we can copy then....
congratulations dude, placement ho gaya!
Kya sab ko bike pe aana hain kya, someone will have to take a ric!
Saala, hamara first class sunke uski shakal hi utar gayi.....
Yahan wahaan apply kia hai, dekho ab....
Ab bas MBA ki planning hain.....
Where will be in 5 years from now?
Dude, take up something, better than sitting at home, i hav started doing something with this company that sells sim cards.....

Occasion : TA meet
Date : Sometime in 2005, 2006
Members : Any 2,3,4 or 5 of the TA members.
Topics discussed :
aaj gaya tha interview ke liye, dekho lya hota hain.....
Arey silky jaa raha Doha, usko kuch gift dete hain, TA ka group photo.....
Arey public interview leti hain ki saale sadistic pleasure.....
How is your CAT training coming along....
Dude, i am off for MBA....
Bhaisaab, udhar apply to kar do....
They have sent an offer letter, accept kar lunga.....
Isko shayad ghar tak chod ke aana padega.....
Arey mera boss kya dimaag ko shot hain.....
Ghar pe baithoe to shot hain, TP ke liye bahar niklo to shot hain......
Its a small company, but still better than nothing yaar.....
Kal ek interview hain, lets hope it works out, its into market research and all.....


Occasion : TA meet
Date : Sometime in 2007, 2008, 2009
Members : Any 2,3,4 or 5 of the TA members.
Topics discussed :
Saala din raat kaam chalta hain,....... 11 baje ghar pahuch raha hu...... yeh koi life hain?
Kuch kuch naya seekhne ko mil raha hain...........
Bas bhai, ab MBA vagera ho gaya..... ab to tu shaadi market main hain,......
How is it working out with ...... ghar pe baat huyi?
Chal koi nahi, aur kahin ho jayega.....
I will also go abroad and do, arey agar utna investment main kar raha hu, to return bhi to hona chahiye na, aur fir yeh to ek saal main ho jayega, aur fir mere ek dost ne.........
Bhai, promotion huya to kaam bhi bad gaya ab bahut......
Chalo yaar, paav aaaya hain mil lete hain.....
Man, she talks, i listen..... same story everywhere mate....
Bhaisaab, hum bhi MBA ka dekhlete hain.....executive to kar hi lete hain.....
Saala yeh mast hain, bike meri aa rahi hain, test drive Akash kar raha hai.....
Chaila job vagera ka problem hi ho raha hai......
See you cannot always go against your family yaar, one has to be responsible.....i am sure its the same story at your place .. (yes)


Occasion : TA meet
Date : Sometime in 2010, 2011
Members : Any 2,3,4 or 5 of the TA members.
Topics discussed :
TA is a global entity now……
Kaunsi gaadi se chale……
Its not working out dude, tera kya chal raha hai........
Bas yaar meeting, talking with ppl....lets see,parents ke haath main hain ab to.....
I was telling someone the other day, TA has 4 cars, 5 bikes and most of them are hardly used nowadays…..
Yaar vo ab tak settle nahi hua hain....
Man, we are indulging ourselves……
Somehow, there is no fun, go to office come back, go to office......
Apna business start karna hain yaar...... I want to be my own boss!
Bhaisaab, ye log to ready ho gaye......
Man, one wicket down, Silky getting married in December......
Man, its ending. TA will not be the same again....
Chaila, kuch to problem ho gaya...... same story , ego....
Yeh megamaaz hain, 2 petrol cars from Airoli and Koparkhairane traveling till Belapur to meet up….!!
Think where we were 5 years back…


Snaps from the last full member TA meet…….







Times change, topics change……. People don’t!!! Still as much fun!

The end of the twenties....

Actually, depends on the way you look at it. Some people say the 30th year has started so you are 30 for all practical purposes and some say you are 29 till your next birthday. I, being a realist (tending to cynical) would say i am closer to 30. This is also comes from a habit i picked when working in Feedback - roundoff any number to the nearest whole number.

Anyway, what does that mean? Some people say this is a nice year to reassess what you wat from life. Some say this is the time you learn from the experiences of last few years, comparing what i got to what i wanted 5 or 10 years back. And have more realistic goals for the future.

I say, cant we just get up and go to office like the previous years. Thats a good enough goal, no? Thats gonna be my plan for the thirties.... Wake up and go to office. But for that I need to sleep......

Thailand checklist........

• Time – set out
• Money – set out (hopefully)
• Partners – were set out. All were ready. Now Partner 1 is on the way but still tentative, Partner 2 is uncharacteristically tentative but characteristically silent. Partner 3 is more than ready but God, parents and wife haven't approved plan. Partner 4 doesn't know if he is ready; God, parents and wife are immaterial things.
• Plan – more or less set out. we go, we see, we roam, we decide what to do next, repeat, we come back.
• Travel tips – taken
• Things to do – listed (Huge list, priority needs to be set out yet, but we are missing THE PARTY by a day. Typical, but then TA luck never was in line with the moon)
• Things not to do – noted (Another huge list)
• Places to go - Tiger temple, Pattaya, anythig else, Pattaya, some other place, Pattaya, and maybe Koh Samet. Lets see. We have kept this flexible.
  
• Places not to go - some crocodile park
  
• Shopping – done (if you can count one pair of shorts as shopping that is)
  
• Shopping list – noted
• Suggestions - welcome
• Climate / weather related info - sought

Siddhesh says "(with this trip) i guess...you are not even losing your (travel) virginity, but you are straight away becoming a travel whore".

Guess, I don't mind. So planning a trip like one. Experienced people may help with their inputs.

Guess I am all set to go. All I have to do, is land there now.

Testing my luck....

Ok, we know about TA luck, my luck and so on. (No, this is not about the Thailand trip,that is happening, expect for number of participants, rest all is as per plan).

Do not laugh, because it is not funny. I am serious. Today, i did the unthinkable. I have registered myself for the 2012 Mumbai Marathon, to be held in January 2012. 21 kms. The idea is not so much to win the marathon as it is to participate and compete. (IOA and Dhoni's spirit of cricket zindabad!). The idea is also to make myself getup and go ahead and prepare for the marathon. By doing that, i might just to do my body and soul a favour in terms of fitness. As my 20 minute brisk evening walk ( ok, ok, stroll) showed, i am far from fit to walk the 21 km, let alone run. (I think, after Thailand, i'll join a gym in some distant place like mulund or koparkhairane. That way, i'll put my car and bike to better use as well.)

Now, you may wonder how does my luck get tested here. Its simple - i have registered, but it seems my participation will be confirmed by the organisers on the basis of a lottery system. Historically, i have never been a beneficiary of any lottery system. So I shouldnt expect to be selected here as well. But, we know, in my case, if anything that can cause some trouble is likely to happen, it will. And what would cause me greater trouble - being selected and working out OR being rejected and same lazy life?

Its funny, i would infer my luck has improved, if the lesser of 2 sad things happen!