The blue blog... umm... BLOB

So there i was, on top of the tallest building, looking over the city i had saved again. Ohh... let me tell you how i landed up there.

It was a cold morning, and waking up at 10 for me was too early. Anyway, I managed to pull myself out of bed after saving the city from the spoilt karela's (they weren't really spoilt, but where I was going for dinner that night, karela was on the menu). Being laundry day, i took my badly made costume out to the cleaners. I could hear voices that were planning on taking down the city. I looked around, but seeing no one there I thought I was just being paranoid. I mean, who would want to destroy the city on such a beautiful day? I had seen a huge line of ants on the road outside the sweetshop, but that seemed only natural. On my way home, i glanced at the local television shop which was currently displaying the local news channel. Some news about a giant monsterterrorising the city high rises (if you can not imagine this, watch Godzilla, but replace the giant dinosaur with a toothpaste blue blob with an iPod and no shoes). I bought my weeks needs from the neighborhood grocery shop, but weirdly he was out of sugar. Oh wait! the city is being destroyed my the blue blob thingy!

So i dropped the bags on the floor and ran out, only to realize that my costume was at the cleaners. Grabbing some newspaper and glue, I ran to the corner and made myself a mask, a make shift cape and a paper plane out of the last page.

Now with my true identity hidden from the public, and a nice paper plane to play with I caught a rickshaw. "To the blue blob" i yelled. Two

minutes and nine bucks later, i was face to face with the ugly thing. This thing really disgusted me! It left a slimy blue trail behind it and was listening to Akon! I could not let a creature like this roam free in my city. If it was listening to some better music, i would have given it a chance. However, I could still hear those voices while i was fighting the blue blob. The Akon song was now over, and then I could hear Iron Maiden coming from his earphones! At that moment, I knew that he couldn't be a bad guy and i decided to follow the voices i thought i was imagining.

Funnily enough, it led me back to the sweet shop. As i looked down, the ants appeared to be doing the evil dance. How could this be possible? Evil dancing ants? I followed the line of ants which led me to the "Ant brainwashing machine". I knew i had to destroy this...this thing. I lifted it and placed it on the paper plane and threw the plane into the garbage bin (dry waste obviously). Sparks flew from the machine and it was destroyed. As soon as the machine was destroyed, the ants stopped dancing and they all had a confused look on their faces. The machine had been brainwashing these ants to multiply and bring down the city. "Thanks SuperCraig", the ants yelled as they broke into a happy dance.

Which brings me to the opening line of the post. So there i was, on top of the tallest building, looking over the city i had saved again.

What happened to the blue blob you ask? He was always a part of the city. Why wasn't he seen

before? Because he used to live in the sewers and was content living there. Why did he come out now? Coz one of the brainwashed ant had added an Akon song on his iPod. This made him go wild and come out. How did the ant manage such a task? Well... i guess we will never know that.

This is SuperCraig signing out, reminding you to always stay hydrated. :)

Weekend pleasures, Khandala.

No no! This is not about SuperCraig saving the world or kicking Giarc's evil ass. This is about my Sunday trip to Khandala. Sorry to disappoint the fans, but theres light at the end of the tunnel. A SuperCraig adventure will be up very soon! :)

Thanks to Mark for this idea of a trek. 

It all started one evening, when a call from Mark woke me up. "Let's go somewhere for lunch.. i am hungry". Having no better work, i said sure... why not.

The conversation at Bembos suddenly made us realize how long it had been since we had last been on a trek.  Lets make it a trip every week end we thought (like that's gonna happen!).

Anyway.. we decided to ask people who were interested, but we were still going.. no matter what!

We managed to get a person each, and three of us were off on Sunday morning. Miraculously, we got seats in the Deccan Express from Dadar. Dozing most of the journey, we finally made it to Khandala, with people jumping from all corners of the compartment for our seats.

Getting off at Khandala, we knew this would be a good trip. We met my friend Angelo at Khandala station. He decided to come there by bike.A quick breakfast at a small "Hotel" and armed with bread and cheese, which would serve as lunch later, we headed to our trekking spot. 

A few quick pictures from the top, and we began our decent. We started off with eagerness in each step, but that quickly faded away as our legs began to tire. Feeling the pinch of sitting down on a chair for most of the day, the two of us working guys started lagging behind. While the college guys were seen jumping down like a couple of monkeys! Angelo had strapped his helmet on his bag, which was starting to be a hindrance to him. We decided to keep it disguised as a rock, and pick it up on the way back up. But after spotting insects and numerous rat holes, we hung it off a tree, and continued gravityward. There were three really steep part, which were as fun as they were difficult. As we neared the bottom, the sound of flowing water got louder which added as a morale boost. After about an hour and a half we reached to bottom.

Exhausted, we dropped our bags and headed straight for the water. The water was ice cold. We soaked our feet in it for some time, which left our feet numb after just a minute. Just then, we saw a whole group of trekkers in the distance. The "Pune Mountaineers" had come down another route, where they had to use ropes to descend. It sounded like fun, but we couldnt imagine ourselves doing that, especially after what we had been through on the "Easy path".

We started walking down stream searching for a place to sit and rest our weary bones. We came across a beautiful small waterfall and decided to sit there. Soaking our feet again in the numbing water we had a quick lunch and a small rest. 

Before we knew it, it was time to leave for the top as we didnt want to risk missing the train back home. So there we were.. looking up at the path we just came down a few hours ago. Climbing up was obviously way more tiring than going down, but we took almost the same time as we did coming down, with a lot more breaks. Once again, the younger ones went zipping up, leaving us way behind. As we reached the top, we were greeted to a great idea of going to have gola! So giving our legs some rest, we got up and went for gola. The cold gola was  welcome relief from the scorching sun. After gola, a nice cold beer was icing on the cake. However, chilling out a little too long at the bar, we missed the first train option. Mark suggested we hitch a ride to Panvel in a truck, which I was totally into. So there, sitting at the back of a truck, on bare steel, not exactly the most comfortable experience, but an experience nevertheless. And it surely beat standing in a crowded train. Or so we thought. The train at Panvel, seemed comfortable, till about two stations further. Crowds gushing in from both sides, men rubbing against you, sweat being exchanged is not exactly what we bargained for. Anyway, we kept ourselves amused making fun of certain people within sight, without them knowing ofcourse. After several ads with Mark's "Movie announcer" voice for the Indian Railways, it was time to get off at Kurla. I know YUCK!! Being pushed out of the train wasnt particularly fun either. Then catching a rick to Bandra, we thought the trip was ending on the right note, till we hit Sunday evening Bandra trafic. A few minutes later, we found ourselves walking home. Reaching home and sipping water, was like finding water in the desert. ( Mark had a full bottle of water but i didnt feel the need of water till i was two minutes from home.)

So there it is.. the first weekend of trekking. Hope theres a trek every weekend now!

SuperCraig goes back to school

Wow! this daily thing seems to have turned into a monthly chore!
anyway...its time for another adventure of SuperCraig..and his trusty sidekick...ooops..sidekick still not found..
ok..so heres calling all sidekicks.. come join SuperCraig in his stupid, non-trivial pursuits as he aims to fight the most idiotic bad guys using extra effort than what is usually required and making a big deal out of it and claim fame and recognition (getting it is another matter). heres an insight to what you will be getting into if you are the one lucky one to be chosen(if you are actually stupid enough to apply).

As a superhero..i am required to make appearences at places and give inspirational speeches and the works...so one day..at NATA school (Never amount to anything).. while giving my trademark get off your ass and get the food yourself speech... i started to feel giddy. Wanting water, and not being able to ask anyone to get me some coz of the speech i had just given, i had to drag myself to the water cooler which was a good 4 meters away!! Quenching my thirst and feeling refreshed, i was off to fight the next bad guy i found. For the past few days, they all seemed to have been hiding..but i later figured out that there was a bad guys conference being held in a chateux in France ( hint to the superheros club..we too need to do something like this..and not in a dhabba on a national highway like our last conference).
So while getting out of the school..i heard a cry for help..it came from a classroom. Following my insticnt i ran up to the class..and thats where i saw.. 'Running with scissors in the hand boy'. "Put them down or stop running" i yelled on the top of my voice. But he didn't listen. I knew it was not going to be easy. Recalling all my superhero experience.. i knew exactly what to do.. I went into the schools administrative office...and rang the school bell. As any normal school going child would do after hearing the bell..he kept the scissors in his bag and was at the door of his class ready to go home.
Another disaster averted, thanks to supercraig.This is supercraig signing out and reminding you to say "excuse me" after sneezing.

Kar 'ZZzzzzzzzzzz'

WOW! a month since the last post!! so much for the phrase " A post a day, gives people a lot to read"...
As for SuperCraig... hes not been doing much as of late. Just the occasional saving the fridge from overload, and making sure my family members dont get too fat by finishing the chocolates and ice cream... theres not much to comment about.

ohh but there was this one time..when I indirectly saved the world. Acting on a hunch that super villain and my evil twin Giarc would be at the premier of the crappy hindi movie Karz ..(his favorite actor/singer being Himesh...and he being the exact opposite of me) i decided to keep an eye on that place. Not being able to confront him unless he did something wrong.. i was hiding out at the food stall... well disguised as a customer of the place. I thought to myself, "this is good biryani, this is good apple pie." while keeping an eye on Giarc. Then he did it...the moment i was waiting for... he finally slipped and did something wrong. He entered the theatre to watch the movie. With half the apple pie in my hand I ran to apprehend him. but the security at the gate stopped me, and said "No outside food in the theater!" i being a man of the law, couldn't possibly go against the rules, and letting a good piece of apple pie go to waste is a big a sin as kicking a dying dog in the nuts ( sorry for the bad comparision). So after finishing the pie, and a loud burp later, I tried to enter the theatre again, only this time, to be asked for a ticket. Ohh no i thought, i aint paying money to go into that place, and not for THAT movie! so i decided to wait outside till the movie was over. As luck would have it, "Blow up the world guy" was passing by in his "blow up the world mobile", shouting loudly into his phone, "I am going to blow up the world!". So i told the traffic cop, who happened to be standing there, that "Blow up the world guy" was talking on his phone while driving. The cop stopped him and gave him a ticket, but he could not pay for it, since he spent all of his money on his latest creation, that he calls " Blow up the world device". Having to spend the last bit of money he had on paying the fine, he was unable to buy the switch of the device, which I later learnt he was on the way to buy. Not being able to turn the "Blow up the world device" it was useless.
As for Giarc, my super evil twin, i think the movie took care of him. :P

Highway to Dadar

todays title takes inspiration comes from the ACDC song, Highway to Hell.
Now for "The Adventures Of SuperCraig ©"
it was early in the morning... the sun was just rising the moon..not so, so anyway as usual i was fast asleeep(with an extra 'e') when i got up with a start, and realised i needed to pee..so off i went.
anyhoooo...i dont think you really needed the last piece of information.
so there i was..at the bus stop, waiting for the bus when all of a sudden, a bird flies over me. no he doesnt crap on me but on the bald fat man besides me. "not in my city pooperbird" i said, and ran behind him, since there was no place to change into costume and fly. "you will never catch me SuperCraig ©" said pooperbird, who incidently attended superhero/villian school with me, and used to top the class until he realised he was a "bird brain". splat splat was all i could hear as he tried his best to poop on me, but i, an expert as i am at dodging bird poo did my best to ..well..dodge the poo as well as the morning rush hour traffic. luckily for me, pooperbird was flying towards dadar, so it made my traveling kinda less.
so still running behind pooperbird my legs started to get tired, and just then "fly killer boy" came along with his "fly killer mobile" and i hopped onto the bike. out of no where he kills a fly and uses it as bait for "pooperbird". with his poo obviously running out he needed to recharge his pooper, so swooping down to the fly he came flying, and just before he could reach it, i grabbed him and put him in a cage. filled with rage, he started pooping all over the cage, and soon realised that he was actually walking in his own poo!
and thus, SuperCraig© saved the day, while reaching work on time!
So until next time, this is SuperCraig©.. reminding you to brush your teeth two times a day! :D

Sunday morning, rain is falling

ohh! so we meet again, my dear blog reader!
todays blog title comes from the maroon 5 song, "Sunday Morning"- the song that came to mind as soon as i woke up today with the sounds of the heavy rains that graced us today.
so there i found my self, having a quick breakfast and getting ready for church, (which i actually reached early for!) mass was nice and i met a few friends after mass, after a long time. the rain had stopped by then. so after boasting of my new job (:P) and catching up with a few things... the rain had started again, only this time...a lot heavier..so there we were... with clearly less umbrellas than people.. ill conclude this by saying..sharing an umbrella - not a good idea.
so after reaching home, half drenched(vertically) had a change of clothes and a wash and caught up on some long missed TV (yes the cable walla has finally fixed it! and i get all the good channels now)
then came the heavy heavy lunch! well done mom! :)
watching FRIENDS for the millionth time was still fun. plans canceled completed the usual sunday tradition of canceling plans, doing a bit of writing and it was soon time for F1 :) ...but with Ferrari displaying a pretty dismal performance..it wasnt that enjoyable. but kudos to Vettel a great find by the Red Bull team.
a few hours later..time for dinner...with left overs from afternoon...dinner was as heavy and enjoyable as lunch.
which brings me to me writing the blog...
i know..that was pretty boring..an action packed blog is in progress..so you will just have to wait..
so until next time..this is humble Craig, signing out!

Be Kind Reread!

Todays title inspiration comes from a movie i just viewed "Be Kind Rewind", starring the very funny Jack Black! The movie is awesomely stupidly insanely smartly funny with a very soft, touching ending.
and now back to your not so friendly hero...SuperCraig!!!
In breaking news today.. SuperCraig finally beat his arch nemesis "bekarman" by finally starting work...now he faces the latest and improved version of "bekarman"..."bekar@work man"...
SuperCraig has realised that he keeps refering to himself in the third person and will stop that!
so 'I' am going to tell you about my day today...ok children? what started out as a normal day..was soon turned upside down by the attack on the secret head-quarters of the superheroes...by none other than "Try and guess my name dude". For the uninitiated.. the said villian, an ex-superhero(moved to the dark side 3 months ago), keeps changing his name..so it becomes really difficult to yell "hold it right there _________" coz we dont know what his name is at that particular time..anyway...after 3 hours and a lunch break later.. i was finally able to crack his name.. with the help of batman ofcourse... the name he used today was "teapot".. i should have guessed it when he was singing " im a little tea pot short and stout "...but i thought he was just making fun of "baby elephant without a trunk boy"
anyway...so we apprehended him finally...and as the police were taking him away..i had a little fun of my own...i chose an alias and while he was yelling "ill get you back supercraig.." i told him i changed my name...so another 4 hours and 2 tea breaks..he finally guessed that i was pulling his leg...
ahh..the hectic life of a superhero...
this is SuperCraig signing off..reminding you to always stay vigilant...and eat your veggies!

Make up for lost Blogs...

as you may have noticed i didnt write my blog yesterday.. actually barring the past few days...i havent written a blog for my entire life..(sorry at the poor attempt at humor)
so....where do i start?
lets start at monday..one of the more important days... went for an interview..and got a job with a great company!
It was also dear Angies b'day.. so a lil party in the night... where i jived a lil (so much for being like pappu! ) so in short...a really happy and eventful day...
as for today(tuesday..if you dont have a calender) i entered the corparate world! after filling the forms and waiting 3 hours for HR to return and take the forms..i was up at my desk..well..doing nothing! :P
but i met a lot (A LOT) of new people, got to know my team mates who are really cool and fun to be with.. i will tell you about working with them when we actually get to work.. going through the process and format of the magazine was kinda confusing..but in time i should get the hang of it...
anyway, back home and going for a bath... hopefully a post will come up in the night..
so untill the next time...so long!
(in dramatic voice) Is this the end of SuperCraig? Is he going to hang up his cape for good? Will he be labeled a "sellout"? Stay tuned ...to find out!

Pappu cant dance saala? So what?

Listening to the latest Hindi music has become my only source of entertainment now, as my cable walla dosent seem the understand the problem of living without the reception of Star World, Zee Cafe, VH1, or any of the sports channels (apart from Star Cricket (*puke)). The only channels that can be viewed in my house are the great hindi soap channels, hindi music channels and the news channels (but with the news being what it is..who feels like watching it?!)

Anyway..so getting back the 'Pappu', on careful listening to the song..i realised..that the only thing pappu lacks is his dancing abilities... but the rest of his life is something anyone would envy. I would gladly give up whatever little dancing abilities i have to live like Pappu. Hes muscular, popular, a bachelor, wears Rado watches, Gucci perfume, has light blue eyes, has an MBA, holidays in France...and a lot lot more...

As for today... most of the day was spent on my bed..sleeping..(thats one thing they didnt say pappu does) after the crazy Saturday night...didnt manage to get up to sing for mass either..let alone get up for any morning mass
Evening was great watching the football finals...though not very enjoyable on an empty stomach
and now..as i am writing this post.. i am setting my alarm to go jogging tomorrow ..it has been 4 days now since i havent gone.
Also..with an interview tomorrow.. i need you to pray for me :)
Thanks and hope that you visit this page again tomorrow :)

Blog On!!

Well so far so good as far as the blogging goes..
The rains seems to be keeping the heat away slightly...but its still hot! where are the real rains?
if you have been reading my previous posts.. my body and mind was set to go jogging today..except for a minor part..my sleeping clock..i didnt manage to wake up to go jogging in the morning..so that makes the day count to '3 days, no jog'
As the title suggests..i saw the movie 'Rock On' today..and was happy that i saw it... its one of the better Indian films i have seen till date. The effort put in by the actors to make the film look as realistic as it did in the end was what i think made a difference.. the performances of Farhan and Purab really got my attention..and Arjun once again shows that he is really underrated!Luke isint known as an actor..but his character really takes some talent to potray..which he seems to have..anyway..enough of 'rock on' i aint getting any money to promote the film...but i am still waiting to watch the first 15 minutes of the movie(which thanks to someone i missed)
today was a pretty eventful day... started out pretty slow..but I got a lot of writing done... i was recently asked to write an article for the Mt.Carmels website on the 'Bandra Deanary Youth Day'..which i completed today.
S.P.Y. See and the kids page too got a big boost towards completion
I also helped mom with the chappatis in the afternoon...thats always fun to do..
Today my friend Varun called us out for a b'day treat...and didnt disappoint :) (thanks a lot Varun, sorry we looted you!).. we ended spending the evening at 'SBX' at Malad after the movie.. throwing darts and shooting some basketball... and not to forget filling our stomachs and minds with some philosiphical deep thoughts by our very own 'Fatty' (Anirban). A long rickshaw ride home brings me here writing this blog.
The entire evening was filled with fun..ranging from secrets being "accidently" brought out, to the occasional fluke basket without looking..
The evening (night) ended on a 'high'..and calming ourselves with a nice cup of coffee was a welcome touch.
I will soon add pictures of this "legend..wait for it....ary" evening as soon as i get 'em
so till the next blog... "stay vigilant" and say no to drugs!
PS: the songs of "rock on" are really catchy..and are still stuck in my head...waiting for a new song to play in my head now!