No Adventures.

There was a bungee-jumping accident in Bangalore this weekend. A Marine engineer from Chennai, Bhargava fell heads down from a height of ~100 ft and died.
Guy had tried bungee jump and was trying reverse bungee jump next when the harness snapped.

As a matter of fact, Vijay, Girish, Kartik and me were also there the same day. The plan was made on Friday and I told them that I will accompany them just because I wanted to see it and won't be trying any jump. We reached at the venue around 1 p.m. Girish had done some homework and was telling about the bungee accidents. I asked why are you trying it and Girish just passed the question saying accidents can happen even while you are driving bike, right? Kartik did support me and mocked his comparison.

After reaching there, all three of them decided to try reverse bungee jump because the normal bungee jump would have required lot of wait. They got themselves registered. We were watching the jumps and even shot some videos. There was a safety net for normal bungee jump but nothing for reverse bungee jump. Reverse jumps had not started by then. So, we thought of going out for lunch and coming back.

There weren't many people around when we returned. We thought, others would also have gone for lunch. We were gossiping and after some time, I told them to inquire when the jumps are gonna resume. Vijay went to talk and signaled us that the thing is over. We all reached to him and then, we knew that some accident has happened and the guy might die. All our energy sapped.

After sometime, we were returning. Vijay was telling us not to talk about the incident at his home. His mom had wished us 'Best of Luck' many a times when we were leaving for the jump and seemed that luck was the savior.

I reached home by 5 p.m. It was a very sad incident. I was having headache. On sunday, I went to see a doctor. I had viral fever - 102 degrees. Got an injection, and all those medicines. And today, I feel a bit fine after spending one whole day lying on the bed.

I am not trying any such adventures in my life. Not in India for sure!

The Dull Weekends

It is always like that:- You wish something and when you get that, you realize.. ahhh, that's not what I really wanted!

Lately, I had been busy over the weekends and was wishing so hard for the phase to get over and now i can't believe what I am doing with the weekends.

Wake-up late, watch TV, have lunch, do some surfing, sleep, roam around uselessly, have dinner, watch TV, sleep again! And throughtout the day, I will keep on telling myself that I have been wasting the time but then who cares! Wasting two days of a week like this is just not acceptable. I am tired and annoyed of myself.
Working days of the week are anyway planned but I need to plan the weekends for myself. What can I do to fill the space?

1. Some Sport - I should go out to play badminton.
2. Reading Novels - Sounds good but someone gotta tell me good novels which I would like.
3. Technical Skills - Inspite of wasting the time sleeping, it is any day better to learn some thing new. Won't be very interesting though but I am sure I won't get bored and will feel good at the end of the day.
4. An outing per month - That will be icing on the top!

Now, let me not flood the weekends also with so many TO-DOs; you have to get relaxed after all.