I went Skydiving yesterday. A two day introductory theory and some practice and then given a choice of Friday or Thursday Dive, I chose Thursday to be the D-day.
Trust me there is nothing scarier in this world then to feel the initial thrust of the wind in your face, 1000 M above ground staring directly at it below, when the jump master initially opens the door and tells you Maine(GO in Finnish). Oh sorry.. there is something scarier, after the door is open you are supposed to hold the wing support, walk down the wheel cover to the far end of the wing, slowly get down the wheel cover.. hanging to the wing support rod.. look up and let go.
Once you let go its not scary, coz you mind freezes.. so you don't have any thoughts till your feel the jerk of the parachute opening and it stopping your free fall. I guess i had my 3 seconds of Nirvana. No thoughts and blank mind.
Thats why they teach you in the training to count out loud.. hundred one, hundred two, hundred three.. hundred four.. hundred five. So that you know that at 1000 M and in 5 secs if the chute doesn't open by the static line you have to start the emergency procedures (Which means by the way to jettison the primary canopy and open the reserve one) Heaven knows and i was pretty close to it so he saw it that i was so blank that i didn't even fu*king count. If the primary canopy wouldn't have opened i don't know i would have had the presence to start the reserve procedure. But i guess the sport is pretty safe. My instructor has 1300 Jumps and he needed only once the emergency procedure and that too when he was trying to do some complex maneuvers. But i have to be so unlucky as to it happen to me for the first jump i guess i would have taken that. But i am pretty sure that 9/10, i wouldn't have been able to take emergency procedures in time.
Thats why they failed me in my Pilot aptitude test when i went for selection in Air Force. I guess some things are best left to people who are meant to do it.
My ground radio guy told me i was pretty good at controlling the canopy once it was open and I was able to bring it properly to landing grounds and i landed pretty near to the designated spot.. in a ditch. Oh.. i forgot to apply the flare (sky diving jargon for Brake :-) ) and landed hard. My right ankle is still sprained.
But it was an experience of lifetime and i lived it in 5 mins. A hell a lot of high when you let go.. There is option for a second free jump available too, but i guess i have had enough and am letting that go. Let it remain a once in lifetime thing.
One thing a guy like me with loads of inferiority complex has to do crazy things like thing from time to time to keep proving points.. to himself and others.. My ego tripped and am at peace for sometime.
Friday, May 23, 2008
Friday, May 16, 2008
Settlers Of Oulu (Tongue firmly in cheeks)
I’m sitting before my TV, on the edge of the chair, approximately 15 feet away for it. The TV Samsung shows IPL Kolkotta Vs Delhi encounter being played far away from me by still at such a breathtaking pace. A frenctic atmostphere, wicket falling and and hyper excited jannat ka rehnewaala (owner of the bunglow called heavens), as my mother calls it. Ammi, Ira and Junaid are by my side and we are in the middle of one of our favourite game ‘IPL KKR Vs DD’. Shahrukh is making me lick my wounds and I am feeling a tinge of zealousness every now and then. How much more can I take this?
Now, before you jump to any conclusions let me add that Shahrukh is the name of the guy who beat me to FF award for best actor with his DDLJ to my Rangeela. And before you jump to any further conclusions let me add that I had nothing to do but defame him every now and then. In fact Shahrukh is the actor who came after me in this industry and went a long way ahead. When I started this blog it came with the intention of self promotion and taking malicious potshots and distaste full comments on my competitors and their dogs! Apparently Shahrukh (the actor) was shooting for a lot of commercials(and earning a lot of money) in this industry for last few years, and from that very day my caretakers and chamchaas could not get me single commercial even as a duplicate of Shahrukh. What are the chances of me replacing Shahrukh as a top brand name!!!
Some of my friends claim that I started this blog just because of the dog... umm Shahrukh. I would have to be a serious fan of Shahrukh’s to want to do that. Your guess…
All I can say is I’m waiting for him to come over and start saying few things about me as well so that its dirty and muddy on both sides. Why the hell he is always so composed when responding to my provocations..
Getting back to the match, it’s a terrible game.. Shaharukh is winning again. You must not support KKR if you are fond of me.
All in all I am having a great time with my mom and kids here in my favorite place on earth, Panchgani. I think Kiran and I must have done something wrong in our life to be condemned with this place and watch Shahrukh hogging all the lime lite on TV doing all his over the top antics. Damn it i even tried to buy a second rated ICL team to somehow compete.. but then i decided for better.. I'll do what i do best.. rake up another few controversy ahead of my Home production "Jaane Tu".
After letting out all this muck and poison, my heart seems to be healing of the jealousy , slowly but surely.
Catching up on films, saw Mela last night which I liked.
Incidentally Panchgani is a favorite with actors. Now that’s something I am going to learn as soon as I finish with the Ghajini shoot.
Well Shahrukh is once again begging for my jealousy and criticism, so let me get back to him. He is jumping and hyper acting too much, making me go in fumes. I think I needs a bath. “Hell boy, hell.”
Now, before you jump to any conclusions let me add that Shahrukh is the name of the guy who beat me to FF award for best actor with his DDLJ to my Rangeela. And before you jump to any further conclusions let me add that I had nothing to do but defame him every now and then. In fact Shahrukh is the actor who came after me in this industry and went a long way ahead. When I started this blog it came with the intention of self promotion and taking malicious potshots and distaste full comments on my competitors and their dogs! Apparently Shahrukh (the actor) was shooting for a lot of commercials(and earning a lot of money) in this industry for last few years, and from that very day my caretakers and chamchaas could not get me single commercial even as a duplicate of Shahrukh. What are the chances of me replacing Shahrukh as a top brand name!!!
Some of my friends claim that I started this blog just because of the dog... umm Shahrukh. I would have to be a serious fan of Shahrukh’s to want to do that. Your guess…
All I can say is I’m waiting for him to come over and start saying few things about me as well so that its dirty and muddy on both sides. Why the hell he is always so composed when responding to my provocations..
Getting back to the match, it’s a terrible game.. Shaharukh is winning again. You must not support KKR if you are fond of me.
All in all I am having a great time with my mom and kids here in my favorite place on earth, Panchgani. I think Kiran and I must have done something wrong in our life to be condemned with this place and watch Shahrukh hogging all the lime lite on TV doing all his over the top antics. Damn it i even tried to buy a second rated ICL team to somehow compete.. but then i decided for better.. I'll do what i do best.. rake up another few controversy ahead of my Home production "Jaane Tu".
After letting out all this muck and poison, my heart seems to be healing of the jealousy , slowly but surely.
Catching up on films, saw Mela last night which I liked.
Incidentally Panchgani is a favorite with actors. Now that’s something I am going to learn as soon as I finish with the Ghajini shoot.
Well Shahrukh is once again begging for my jealousy and criticism, so let me get back to him. He is jumping and hyper acting too much, making me go in fumes. I think I needs a bath. “Hell boy, hell.”
Monday, May 5, 2008
Back to India
Been a while, actually i lost to laziness this time. Mind it its such a strong emotion.. even stronger then revenge as most people would feel. In laziness you have got nothing to do.. it takes care of itself.
I would be flying back to India for good this month end.
Andrew Symonds said this after being hit for 17 in the last over by Warne " Twenty20 is a great for the game but not so good for ego". Well of last few days i have been feeling the same about onsite. Its great for sometime, to earn money, visit new places, have fun in general but then you are always endangering you ego. Why??
The clients or foreigners are not the best people to ask for feedback to. It not always encouraging. I got mine which was pretty average and its been hurting for a while. Even average guys are pretty much discouraged by an average feedback. I think the feedback should always be taken by our Moms and we might just get that Ego to trip over. Others just hurt when they are being honest :-). On the same note feedback should never be taken by a wife, especially when you have kept her away in India for 6 Months while you were having fun onsite and she was taking care of the kids. Well i guess that deserves a 0/6. I have not been doing well in life of late in general.
And now in blogs too i am having elite company. Amitabh Bachhan has started blogging and i admit he is blogging well. Aamir has been infrequent now a days.. but he also blogs well. I guess celebrities make their blogs a platform for self defence, justification and preservation. I was specially sad at Aamir when he tried to justify his stand on participating in Olympic torch run by giving altruist reasons when all what was to it was Coca Cola.
IPL looks like it is exceeding expectations. The games are getting competitive and even though some teams are falling far behind you sometime feel the need to support an underdog. I have chosen Punjab 11 just for the fact because it has the prettiest owner. Nothing to do with regional loyalty, all all that MNS crap. Honestly Royal Challengers screwed up their team selection and so did Mumbai Indians.. I mean common who would have Wasim Jaffer as opener in a 20-20 when he is considered slow in Tests. The Mumbai team somehow also chose to have in it group a couple of very old, very expensive, some very physical players :-). But i guess Shreesanth got his desert and he seems to be asking for more.
More later..
I would be flying back to India for good this month end.
Andrew Symonds said this after being hit for 17 in the last over by Warne " Twenty20 is a great for the game but not so good for ego". Well of last few days i have been feeling the same about onsite. Its great for sometime, to earn money, visit new places, have fun in general but then you are always endangering you ego. Why??
The clients or foreigners are not the best people to ask for feedback to. It not always encouraging. I got mine which was pretty average and its been hurting for a while. Even average guys are pretty much discouraged by an average feedback. I think the feedback should always be taken by our Moms and we might just get that Ego to trip over. Others just hurt when they are being honest :-). On the same note feedback should never be taken by a wife, especially when you have kept her away in India for 6 Months while you were having fun onsite and she was taking care of the kids. Well i guess that deserves a 0/6. I have not been doing well in life of late in general.
And now in blogs too i am having elite company. Amitabh Bachhan has started blogging and i admit he is blogging well. Aamir has been infrequent now a days.. but he also blogs well. I guess celebrities make their blogs a platform for self defence, justification and preservation. I was specially sad at Aamir when he tried to justify his stand on participating in Olympic torch run by giving altruist reasons when all what was to it was Coca Cola.
IPL looks like it is exceeding expectations. The games are getting competitive and even though some teams are falling far behind you sometime feel the need to support an underdog. I have chosen Punjab 11 just for the fact because it has the prettiest owner. Nothing to do with regional loyalty, all all that MNS crap. Honestly Royal Challengers screwed up their team selection and so did Mumbai Indians.. I mean common who would have Wasim Jaffer as opener in a 20-20 when he is considered slow in Tests. The Mumbai team somehow also chose to have in it group a couple of very old, very expensive, some very physical players :-). But i guess Shreesanth got his desert and he seems to be asking for more.
More later..
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