Zoom @ 85...
I was pushing to reach 1oo. I could see the admiration for the speed-brakers. I was pushing towards 100. I could see the admiration for the humps. Damn, I need to sort this braking problem. I almost banged into the truck. It seemed to drop its speed more quickly than I anticipated. All these humps are making me nervous. We never know when a hump comes up on the road. It takes a night to find out. One day there will be no humps and the next day we find a hump staring at us with its full glory! I don’t understand the logic behind placing a hump on the ring roads. It negates the purpose of constructing the ring roads. But who cares? If we did, we wouldn’t be having democracy. Anyhow, the point is I braked in time. Ouch…three continuous humps that literally shaked my bike. Hm, started to accelerate again. There was a tickle in my pocket. Grr…some one is trying to reach me. I had to completely make a stop. Removed my helmet, hurried to get my cell out of my pocket otherwise I would receive after 5-10 minutes and I had to do this all over. It was my friend who had asked me to drop into his house. He was checking where I was. I said 10 minutes. It would take me atleast 15 minutes to reach there. Again I had to push. It was sort of exciting to see how fast I can go. It really depends on the traffic. Traffic was not much considering the fact that it was late afternoon. I was struggling to reach 100 kms. I never reached 100. I could reach 85 easily. After that it became a bit tricky. My bike started to scream louder and louder as I was trying to throttle it. I decided to maintain 85 otherwise I was afraid that it would hang up on me. As I was nearing my friends house, I could smell the exhaust with a burning odor. It’s normal for me. I noted that my bike should go to servicing asap. That means next month. My friend jumped along and we both went for a service center to get his merc! Yep it’s a merc for him. I don’t mind him calling it a merc, unless he refuses to give me a ride on that.
All these happened on last Thursday.

Mind Filters.
I always wonder why we have to see the world in our own ways. There are always different views and perceptions. A modern art can symbolize various imaginations, creations in our mind. But I can guarentee you that you will have a unique explanation what the art symblozies. That's the marketing point of view for the modern art. You would buy things that seems close to you. Yes I agree that the color make it a excellent art or the average one. This tends to leave the mark that our mind is more inclined at seeing the colors. A picture is worth a thousand words. This proverb seems to have originated after a careful observation of human psyche.

"Every coin has two faces".
I was handed over a sketched picture and was asked to explain what the picture symblozises. The picture was of a small girl with beautiful eyes. I was shocked to learn that there was two pictures inside one. There was a women in traditional Indian clothing. I was speechless for few moments. I was not able to see the other figure...suppose to be of farm lady. It took me almost 10 minutes to literally see the lady. Awesome! It just set the tone that I was one dimentional and need to have a broader prospects of life. I eye opener.
These things points out that we see what we wish to see. This creates a sort of filtering applied to things we feel, visualize and think about. I was jolted to have come through this experience. We always tend to react if it affects our comfort zone.
Why do we all have to react? We all react, that's human nature. We cann't control the reaction, but we can react in a better way. That's what makes us humans, right?

Linux...
There is very interesting posting on blogspot. (http://techanchor.blogspot.com/2006/08/ubuntu-vs-debian-what-canonical-doesnt.html) As the link indicates, it's all about ubuntu and debian. It's very educative and it points out the minute observations that we tend to ignore. The comments I have seen on that blog are never ending and it's written wonderfully well. I should agree with the rest of the commenter's that the writer has done a good R & D and he knows what he is talking about. If there is anything you need to know about Ubuntu, go and read it.

Memories. Yes we all have memories. Good or Bad. Or should I say that we all live through our past. Recently I realized what a pain I was for someone I really cared. Not that now I don't care anymore! It was an thunderstorm for me. I never expected nor was prepared for that. It really took me by surprise and I was devastated. I believed in my philosophy. It goes like this "Never Expect. Expections leads to disappointment. Always expect the unexpected".

In years of devotion to my philosophy I have observed that this is not entirely true. Or let me put it this way. You can't be idealistic. Here it means only one thing. You would always expect from others. It would vary depending on How closer the other person is. I am still clue less how I could be a pain? I even tried to reason out but there was no feedback. I am still persistent, but I may never meet that person again!

Life is a dream. Let's live to the fullest.

Prarage