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An unusual source of motivation # Let me put the most obvious thing out first - I don’t think that I have trained enough for this tour.

Yesterday, the members of Dark Project met at Korak’s house.

Every year, around this time, our department plans an outing to some place in the outskirts of Bangalore.

I kept bumping into Solanin in many automated suggestion lists—they seemed to predict what I might like, based on my tastes.

One of the caveats of running a website on a self-configured system is that the webmaster is in charge of all fail-safe, precautionary measures - not only for the data, but also for the server configuration - in case something strange happens.

I would like to elaborate this a bit more.

Ready Player One is a dystopian, science fiction novel by Ernest Cline.

Exchanging books related to Himalayas with Nabyendu # Last Sunday, I paid a visit to Nabyendu.

I can officially declare myself as the king of punctures.

Spare tube stuff # After that puncture last Sunday, I repaired the tube (and posted a photo).

Incase you are wondering how to sing that line, you can use this song as a reference.

Ed Viesturs is a great thinker.

I have an opinion that the closest friends you make are the ones with whom you have spent your early twenties.

I have just completed the Week 3 programming assignment for Prof.

So, I got a new saddle for my bike. # Ravish, my weekend cycling partner, had injured his knee while running sometime earlier this week.

A few days ago, I received my copies of Yowamushi Pedal Volumes 1 and 2 in English.

How I almost did not make it to Hampi # While I was at the Narsapura CCD, halfway through my cycling trip, Mogit called me up and told me that he had booked tickets to and from Hampi.

Me and Ravish went for the same Narsapura CCD trip we have done a few times before.

So, how can you run a successful restaurant?

China vs Portugal # Today, Freshmenu goofed up my order royally.

My new sleep cycle # My new sleep cycle is working pretty fine.

This is how one of the arterial roads look at 6:00 in the morning.

Some background # The venerable Guadzilla (Vandit Kalia) had written an excellent article on BikesZone.

I had a few hours in the evening to kill.

A few days ago, I had placed an order for tea from Namring Tea Estate.

Last November, I was informed by my good friend Firoze that AirAsia was running discounts on its flight to Jaipur during this time.

We went to Connoor.

An overnight bus ride from Kodaikanal to Ooty # The bus journey from Kodaikanal to Ooty wasn’t particularly a pleasant ride.

Our hotel did not disappoint us with the breakfast.

The unrestricted area of Palani Hills Forest # We hired a car for the entire day to roam around the forest.

Yesterday, it took us 122 minutes to cover a distance of 16 kms from my home to silk board.

A lot of my friends and some colleagues have asked me how much my past trips cost.

Last Friday, I came across a bag full of building blocks in my colleague, Rueben’s apartment.

Something unthinkable happened last evening.

https://www.strava.com/activities/526809859 This was the third time that I had ventured towards Chikka Tirupati.

The following train of thought wreaked through my brains while I was having a lunch time discussion with my fellow colleagues.

Yesterday, I met a strange man.

a) It is not a good idea to cycle (or do exercises) on an absolutely empty stomach.

I had built a crude N-Gram parser and resorted to the Sherlock Holmes books on Project Gutenberg as my training data set (training corpus).

The Power Distance Index (PDI) is defined as “the extent to which the less powerful members of organisations and institutions (like the family) accept and expect that power is distributed unequally.”

Ruskin Bond vividly recalls his last outing with his father in the essay, Remember this Day.

One of my colleagues, Ravish Verma, handed me a link to speech recognition code.

Meeting a friend, lunch in Delhi and heading back home # The HRTC bus I took was really efficient.

I bid goodbye to Krishna (momentarily) # I woke up at 7:30 am and clicked this photograph of Shimla from my hotel window.

Getting from Kasol to Shimla # One reason why I wanted to get down to Shimla was because it is easier to get to Delhi rather than from Kullu or even Mandi.

A walk to Manikaran # Manikaran, a religious and transportation hub, is about five kilometres from where I am staying.

A note about temperature # Kasol has really less useable hours as compared to other places I have been to.

Spending some time around Manali Mall # I had a few hours in Manali before I could catch a bus towards Kasol.

My mobile ditched me (momentarily) # It had snowed last night.

Hotel Sangam should be taken by ASI # The building in which I was staying in Mandi is probably as old as the ancient artefacts around it.