Could it BEEEEEEE any better???

okie.. the first real trip. and i have to accept.. its the closest i have been to god yet. it was Amazing. literally amazing. It all started with our fundas. apparently, sicily is not main-land-ly (:-)) connected to the south coast of italy. so we have to travel thru water. now, its like you travel in a train and then ship and then train again. but it all is a single train u see. they jst happen to put the whole train in a ship and then transfer it to the sicilian coast and put it on tracks again. more like THEY F***N PUT A WHOLE F***N TRAIN INSIDE A F***N SHIP AND TRANSFER IT. like.. y would they do that. its so silly. cant they jst dump us in a ship and ask us to take another train the other side?. y would they worry about our comfort?? see.. this is the iit ka funda. worthless fundas. as if, they were to consult us before the could come up with a work-around. anyways, the view from the deck was amazing. Sicily looked brilliant.
Once on the other side, our journey began with a round trip around Mount. Etna, which is Europe's biggest ACTIVE Volcano. now this was in a small darjeeling-ish train which went all around the mountain so that you could have an amazing view of the mountain all through the 2:30 hrs of the trip. It is an active Volcano, but certainly there were more things than jst that which were Hot around us. the train stopped at some 10 stations in between. we could drop down at any of them, roam around and continue the journey. we stopped over at 3. 3 brilliant towns. awesome buildings. somehow, the bst thing we could see around were the Cemetaries. Sicilians have the most amazing and gud looking Dead People. it was Awesome. And then the Churches, the Castles, the Jails, the Gardens. Great. We saw a few weddings and people spending the last happy days. We could see couples so happy and so over each other that we were convinced they are not in a relationship with atleast each other for sure. But the most amazing scene was the view from the train, the place where I saw Gladiator being shot. The last scene where Maximus lies dead on the Colloseum earth, and moving through the field to his wife and son in his dream. I saw it. I saw that place. and I saw Mount Etna right up there in front of me, choking smoke thru its top. it was marvellous.
It was strange how the lava rocks from an eruption not more than a few hundred years ago had come so far from the mountain top. it was difficult to believe that the volcano cud burst sooo strongly. we just wished we could see a glimse of the burst anyways :). aah.. sadly, not to be.
After a minor hiccup which cost us some 5 hrs and then a whole night the 'INDIAN RAILWAYS PLATFORM PAR SONA PADA' typish way, we were still happy. cos whilst this was happening, we went thru Catania city's main street. now this surely wasnt anything less than London. well, wats in saying. but still, this was guuuhuuud. Great Buildings, Great Shops. but the biggest deal was that there was a music concert right at the end of the street. this was a big concert with the best of italians there. Great music. Great crowd. Great Show. Great Great Show.
After the night, which i would simply put on a fast forward, the morning we tuk a train to Taormina. Now, without a doubt this is the place i m spending my honeymoon at. You Should too. You could try to spend one of ur honeymoons here alleast. This place is mind-blowing. well not from the start alleast. an hour of steeper-than-vaishno-devi typish chadhai with sun right in the face, we were dripping in sweat and hence smelled Brilliant. We entered this caffe cos we had been asked to by the internet details. wat we had was what u cud see in the pics. this place was a straight center road, a one hr walk. and u had the bst things in there. churches, museums, clock tower, the whole view of the town, the beach. it was great. but the best thing was this theatre in the end. the Greek-Roman theatre. with Mount Etna in the background, it was like nothing we had seen before. a 1400 BC set up with the most amazing surrounding one could wish to see. it was great. simply great.
Spent some time at the beach, the best we could be at. but we were dead tired and after some hours of sleep at the station, we caught our train back home. We were ecstatic with out trip. The places were the best we had been thru till date. We had enjoyed the most we could. And we have then next BIG 10 day trip lined up for Thursday. In all this ecstacy we missed our stop by 2 hrs. So another 2 hrs and 11 Euros later, we were back home... sleeping and flooking the office the whole day.
Could it BEEEE any better????
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another week

Yet another week gone by. Nothing changed. 9 to 9 routines. Timepassing around. Making plans for a Euro-trip. And still sleeping till late.

We got a Bong Ph.D. here. We call him Chcha. (its not Chacha, more like Chucha with 'u' semi-silent). And it is tremendous pleasure to fool around with him, playing around with his desires to go out with the good luking Ladies of our department. Now, 'our' here is me and Pratyush(IIT Guwahati, intern in Mathematics Department). We spend most time togethar, mostly at his rooms, where in his Italian roomy spends his day smoking, mostly smoking his own creations, using all the weirdo narcotics 1 could think of. Most importantly, the roomie has a close friend(she) with whom he spends brilliant times on sundays(more like sunnights). apparently, they are just close friends and neither 1 of them is in a relationship. he just has a brilliant way of putting it, keeping his soul happy, particularly when he is in a mood on Monday mornings.

Nevermind. Planning for a trip to Sicily this weekend. Or maybe a beach in Paola which is much closer. The place doesnt matter. Its getting hotter here. Heard it touches 40 degrees. People flock at the beaches. Neednt say anything else :)

Yesterday morning began with a Treat. Apparently, some1 in the department had his 'Namankaran Day'. Brilliant!!!

Had a night out party here last night. Have another 1 tonight. 80% of crowd in pairs. 90% of crowd smoking. equivalent drinking. Some italian rock band performed. some name that could be called Metallic in English. So, i was at metallic-ka-concert last nite. that does the trick for me. :)

And yes, played footie with the department people last eve, italian style. 6 on 6. some would play just brilliantly. this hefty looking kiddo (son of a prof) cant move but his dribbling was awesome. I scored 2 goals. and brilliantly missed 1 open goal chance. (now open goal for me means goalie-less)

It is fun. haf an hr play cost me 3.5 euros. but then i was treated with a pizza for the goals i scored. bt the sad part of things is that i entered the dressing room after the game, where in guys generally refreshen up. I must say, people are very open here. very very open.

The beach story next time.. hopefully.

Ciao
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okay.. one week into it and i know around 10 italian words. Cool. Weekend was boring. Was raining and we walked for like 5 km and went to the Supermarket. Now this was more of a suuuhuper-market. bought stuff for around 20 Euros, out of which it was Chocolate Related stuff for about 15. Still Cheap i would say.
and den into this biiig electronics gadget shop. allll the electronics. alll of it. my frnd bought a camera, I bought a trimming machine. 16 Euros.
Done for the week. 40 Euros gone. Saw a Ferrari fly by. It was a red F50 or something. Was more like a Red Box in the distance by the time I realised it was a Ferrari. Shitt!
Went to this gaming arena with a few italian friends last night. Pool, Bowling, Playstation and a lot of other stuff. But most interesting was this FoosBall game. F.R.I.E.N.D.S. style. It was fun. Italy vs India. Lost 3-0. We just wanted to keep the Italians happy. They were drunk anyways.
9 to 9 in the office. Pro Evo Soccer on PS2 in the eve. and done for the nite. Aah, perfect Italian Summer. shitttt.
Suzuki Swift is Suzuki Swift. Matiz is Matiz. All of Skoda is Skoda. WagonR is some Opel. Indica is some Renault.
Btw, took in some promises. Friend has a Yamaha. His friend has a Ferrari. Two cool rides in the pipeline.
Got to prepare lunch for around 10-12 people this weekend. Indian cuisine. Poor them.
Been to a few Eco lectures for First Year Undergraduate Students. Now, half of them would look 5 years elder to half of you reading this. Few pretty hot babes, few hotter.
Its fun.
Ciao.

New Home

M here.. finally here. Tuk me a shit load of airplane travel to finally reach this place. Delhi to Milan to Rome to Lamezia to Cosenza to Arcavacata. Milan is nice. Rome airport is fundoo. Lamezia is awesome. Cosenza is cool. Arcavacata is blessed.

Apart from the really really great time at the Rome airport, everything else was simply a 'main-Indian-hun-main-Europe-aaya-hun' point of view...A..W..E..S..O..M..E. Literally awesome. My Univ. area is all mountains. Fundoo roads, Fundoo apartments, Fundoo people. Quite literally, among the first people I talked to was a Female who was apparently Sun-Bathing..like, 'you-know-how'.

Too many Fiats and Alfa-Romeos and Audis and Mercs. Dint see a Ferrari yet. Crazy Italiano Football Fans.(I m in South Italy, still I heard people spent the nite in beer after AC Milan UCL triumph). BUTTTTTTT also.. Just the most cooperative people you could find.

I start my day with rushy start up sessions, get ready and cook shit. Then go to the college and at times when my ma wished I was actually praying, I pass couple who are kissing whilst a herd of other 'ignorant bastards' pass them by. Some real nice Department sessions, Lunch with chicken, fish, pork and ****, bad baddddd coffee in the evening, Playstation in the eve and finally hollywood style jumping-pumping beds in the night. I am Happy.

I am so Happy.

Nothing more to say. Every1 from the college has the same story to tell. Yeah, Nice NFS Location, NFS Roads, NFS cars but Baywatch Babes.

I am done.

to say...

okie.. I started doing this jst cos some others did and got instant fame. Ashish zizou Nainwal actually did it (wrappedinapolythene.blogspot.com). I m, hence, trying to figure out whether its the Blog that makes u a king.. or is it jst Him.

so.. now.. me. I should be leaving for Italy tomorrow. shud be in the sense that the tickets I'd got were apparently in the name of some Mr. Sadana Ramik. Cool, I started falling into the Firangi European Pit much before I actually started the trip. But still, since that almost got sorted out, I am told that I fly from Delhi to Milan to Rome to Lamezia and then take a coach to the University... University Della Calabria fyi. Delhi to Milan to Rome to Lamezia. Sadly tho, the schedule is not so well planned. I have so wished to do my team proud. For all those who don't know, I am a ManU fan. For all those who don't know, ManU is the best team in the English Premier League. For all those who don't know, English Premier League is a Soccer Competition in England. For all those who don't know, You Should Die!

nevermind, I would wish to do my team proud. I would drop down at Milan n go pee in front of San Siro. For all those wh.... blah blah.... AC Milan. and den go off to Rome, and pee in front of Olimpico..... AS Roma. I'd so live a happy man then.

Apart from that, My plan for Italy? Well bird-watching, sight-seeing, bird-watching, chocolates, bird-watching and Ferrari. If it works, I mite go for a Euro-trip, bt then, depends on how mch cash i m left with. Although, I got no issues with LIVIN A DIFFERENT COUNTRY IN A DIFFERENT TRIP. destination Now.. Italy. watevr next.. is well.. next.

Btw, jst so all of u kno, I got a hait cut. and i actually got a gud hair cut... I got twice the amount of hair removed from my head than what You (yes.. YOU) have on yours. bt.. watevr.

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cya next.. Italiano Style.