Of Accomplished Missions, iPhone Killer and Hateful Buses

// August 28th, 2007 // Funny, Happy, Life, Ranting

On my last visit back home, I was told that I had gained some weight which was surprising because I had already joined the gym and I thought it was working for me. After hearing lots of similar comments, I decided to take matters into hand, went through lots of websites related to health & diet and came up with my own plan of eating healthy and staying fit. And thus began “Mission Hotness”! It was essentially a 2 month plan (which ends August 31) that required me to live under a new fitness regime – eating 6 balanced meals in a day, staying away from fatty food and of course, working out, exercising and walking. I followed the plan religiously and even though the mission is yet to end, I already have biceps and triceps just about visible to the naked eye, I can see the emergence of a v shaped torso, my waist has already gone down a size and I have lost around 1kg. I am ecstatic and want everyone to know that such plans do work!! This achievement did cause its own problems though. All my regular fitted jeans became loose and the loose ones became useless. I had to buy two new pairs of jeans in a hurry!! But thats all part of the game. I’m going to continue following the plan for now and hopefully, I’ll be in perfect shape soon!

I bought my second cellphone more than two years ago. I had just started regular blogging back then and I wrote this post about it. I had promised myself that I will use the new phone for 2 years and then buy a new phone. I kept my promise and two weeks ago, I bought a shiny new HTC Touch. Its been called an iPhone killer by few sections of the media but that doesn’t really matter to me. What I like is that its tiny (its codename was elf!), sleek, sexy and most of all a windows mobile phone which lets you do everything with just a finger. Honestly, I don’t have to use the stylus at all!

The morning bus to work hates me. I have to fight with the window for 2-5 mins to get it to open. And because it always loses to me, it decided to get back at me couple of days ago by spewing its venom on me. Sure, it was intelligent enough to disguise it as muddy, rain water but I know what it really was. If I had an open wound, I could have poisoned! But it isn’t the only evil bus I have to deal with. The new evening bus is the most sadistic bus ever. Its so uncomfortable that one can never sleep even for a second in it. And I have to spend close to 2 hours in it. It has made my life miserable. Its hard to resist the temptation of setting it on fire. And if you are wondering why I am writing about buses all of a sudden, I spend 3 hours in these buses everyday! What else do you expect?

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12 Responses to “Of Accomplished Missions, iPhone Killer and Hateful Buses”

  1. Becky L says:
    August 29, 2007 at 5:05 am

    congrats on the fitness plan! sounds great.

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  2. Vinay says:
    August 29, 2007 at 7:00 pm

    Raj- This is good to hear abt your fitness plan. Can you put more light into “Mission Hottness”

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  3. Freeze says:
    August 29, 2007 at 8:15 pm

    The bus hates you, coz you hate the bus. Simple!

    It disguised itself as muddy water but it was something else? Huh? What was it? And you have to spend 2 or 3 hours in it? You’ve mentioned both?

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  4. Abhinav says:
    August 30, 2007 at 12:32 pm

    Hey nice phone … gym .. hmm .. i started Gym too .. do share the plans/links via email :)

    now coming on to my fav part buses .. man i miss those trips to and fro from work so much :P , partly for the great FM radio.
    Yes it sucks to sit there and see stupid riders and drivers honking for no reason.
    Enjoy the bus trips :)

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  5. Raj says:
    August 30, 2007 at 2:47 pm

    @Becky: Thanks!

    @Vinay: I thought I did explain the mission properly except for what I eat :) Thanks for visiting!

    @Freeze: Okay, I thought I made it clear in the post but allow me to explain further :)

    There are two buses – the morning bus and the evening bus. I spend roughly one hour in the morning bus and nearly two hours in the evening bus. So thats 3 hours in total.

    And its not that simple. I have a justified reason to hate the buses. The buses just hate me out of spite.

    @Abhinav: Thanks! I have the plan in my head so I’ll see if I can write it down :)

    Thankfully, none of these buses have radios. Otherwise, we would have had to listen to Himesh Reshammiya on full volume.

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  6. Abhinav says:
    August 30, 2007 at 3:27 pm

    Waiting for the mail eagerly :P

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  7. noName says:
    August 30, 2007 at 3:41 pm

    good to kno that smbdy sticks to their plans..
    i am on a perpetual yo yo diet sadly
    i hate buses too…
    will use a name as soon as i can come to peace wid it

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  8. Amodini says:
    September 1, 2007 at 5:56 am

    Raj,
    Wow – new blog and all ! Nice ! Good to see you at it again – welcome back !

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  9. Raj says:
    September 2, 2007 at 8:47 am

    @Abhinav: Okay! But you’ll have to give me some time. I must procrastinate before doing anything ;)

    @noName: Hmm, there are times when I just want to give up the plan altogether but the key is to force yourself to do it anyway. Thinking about all the hurtful comments helps :) Let me know when you get a name!

    @Amodini: Thanks a lot! :D

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  10. Abhijit says:
    September 8, 2007 at 7:46 am

    Hi,
    I came across your blog in ‘Bangalore Mirror’ and had a see-in.Can you throw some more light on ‘Mission Hotness’.Where did you did you do your research for your diet?I liked some of your previous blogs as well,especially the one with the ‘quarter-life crisis’!

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  11. Abhijit says:
    September 14, 2007 at 11:30 pm

    Hi.
    Your blog was in the ‘blogspeak’ section of ‘Bangalore Mirror’.I think almost the whole article was published.I later googled for ‘Mission Hotness’ and landed up on this website.Keep it coming,dude!

    Reply
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