This blog of first women tourist in space, Anousheh Ansari is a must read http://spaceblog.Xprize.Org/.
I am sure you will be jealous of her just like I was when you read about her exploits in space. Well a millionairess can afford such expensive getaways. Sigh...There are some things which money can't buy and for everything else there's wishful thinking! (p.s: Did you note it's my parody on the master card punchline? I might have some blog coming up over my own master card).
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Thursday, September 21, 2006
Bad Writing? Naaahhhh
Dear A asked me few days back why I tend to write long and complex sentences in blogs or emails in general which she feels average people may not understand. I took that as a compliment because I dont think I am that good a writer! Thanks to a link on Sidins blog I found a article on "awards for worlds most badly written sentences" which I showed to her in my defense. You can read about the awards here-> http://www.aldaily.com/bwc.htm. Some of these very serious and scholarly writings are actually nonsensical to the point of being hilarious. So if I compare my writings to worlds worst writings I feel good about my blogs! Gives me a tad bit more vigour to keep it alive and ticking!
Monday, September 04, 2006
Suicidal Instincts?
How much ever I hate to reduce this blog to just a compilation of travelogues of little interest to others, of late this "trend" seems to be ruling the roost on this space. I would like this space to be used more for current topics which are my favorite. But alas...there's something called lazyness...
So, coming back to the title. Suicidal instinct is about an inherent trait which every human has though in different levels. Ability to kill yourself; one form of which is taking your adrenalin and testosterone levels to himalayan peaks so much so that your heart stops beating for some excruciatingly never ending seconds. What can motivate you to hurl yourself at 300Mph vertically up into the sky to a height of 420 ft and at 90 dgree incline saddled in a open chair on a train going up on metal rails with just a tight harness around you? Or what can motivate you to sit in worlds 3rd biggest and scariest roller coaster which takes you to some 250 ft high and drops at mind numbing speeds into a loop of roller coasters which swirl you around at death defying speeds? And to top it off you are also willing to stand in a serpentine queue moving at snails pace which takes at least 1.5 hours of wait only to experience these 30 sec ride and torture. Ofcourse it is your suicidal instict showing its signs of life!!
That very much sums up my and Dear A's trip to Cedar Point (www.cedarpoint.com) in Sandusky, Ohio yesterday. (Dear A also shares my penchant for thrill). Cedar Point boasts to be worlds best and biggest amusement park for 8 years in succession. It has 4 of the top ten roller coasters in the world, each scarier than the other. I was talking about "Top Thrill Dragster" and Magnum XL 200 roller coasters respectively in the description above which rank as worlds number 7 and 3 respectively. Unfortunately we could not do the worlds biggest and number one ride the "Mellinneum Force" due to lack of time and long waiting queues. But we also experienced "Raptor" which literally stretches your face skin back as it hurls you around in impossible twists and turns. But magnum is scariest of them all though Top Thrill Dragster simply scares the sh*t out of you just by looking at it. I had been to this place two years back as well and then I had chickened out of riding Top Thrill Dragstor, but this time I did it! We could not do Reverse Bungee jump due to lack of time and a small dis-agreement on its moneys worth :-(
Our day started bad, first we both and two other friends got up late and reached very late to the park only to find these long queues for each ride and could manage just one ride on Raptor by late evening. We were about to step into Top Thrill Dragstor when it was shut down due to mechanical failure (I though it was not in my destiny 2nd time in a row!) but just one hour before park closes at 10 PM we got to do both Magnum and Dragster! That rounded off the day well and happy for all of us. We had the fun and rides of our life. On the way back we had to drive 6 hours with sleepy eyes in the witching hours and finally reached safety of the home at 5 AM. On hitting the bed I just went into baby sleep but not before this thought - "How the hell I managed to do such suicidal things" I believe I have a lions heart and am game for such thrill, but still these death defying rides in one single day was stretching luck too far. But then what the heck, I enjoyed and then with a smile of achievement retired for the day. Been there and done that. Peace!
So, coming back to the title. Suicidal instinct is about an inherent trait which every human has though in different levels. Ability to kill yourself; one form of which is taking your adrenalin and testosterone levels to himalayan peaks so much so that your heart stops beating for some excruciatingly never ending seconds. What can motivate you to hurl yourself at 300Mph vertically up into the sky to a height of 420 ft and at 90 dgree incline saddled in a open chair on a train going up on metal rails with just a tight harness around you? Or what can motivate you to sit in worlds 3rd biggest and scariest roller coaster which takes you to some 250 ft high and drops at mind numbing speeds into a loop of roller coasters which swirl you around at death defying speeds? And to top it off you are also willing to stand in a serpentine queue moving at snails pace which takes at least 1.5 hours of wait only to experience these 30 sec ride and torture. Ofcourse it is your suicidal instict showing its signs of life!!
That very much sums up my and Dear A's trip to Cedar Point (www.cedarpoint.com) in Sandusky, Ohio yesterday. (Dear A also shares my penchant for thrill). Cedar Point boasts to be worlds best and biggest amusement park for 8 years in succession. It has 4 of the top ten roller coasters in the world, each scarier than the other. I was talking about "Top Thrill Dragster" and Magnum XL 200 roller coasters respectively in the description above which rank as worlds number 7 and 3 respectively. Unfortunately we could not do the worlds biggest and number one ride the "Mellinneum Force" due to lack of time and long waiting queues. But we also experienced "Raptor" which literally stretches your face skin back as it hurls you around in impossible twists and turns. But magnum is scariest of them all though Top Thrill Dragster simply scares the sh*t out of you just by looking at it. I had been to this place two years back as well and then I had chickened out of riding Top Thrill Dragstor, but this time I did it! We could not do Reverse Bungee jump due to lack of time and a small dis-agreement on its moneys worth :-(
Our day started bad, first we both and two other friends got up late and reached very late to the park only to find these long queues for each ride and could manage just one ride on Raptor by late evening. We were about to step into Top Thrill Dragstor when it was shut down due to mechanical failure (I though it was not in my destiny 2nd time in a row!) but just one hour before park closes at 10 PM we got to do both Magnum and Dragster! That rounded off the day well and happy for all of us. We had the fun and rides of our life. On the way back we had to drive 6 hours with sleepy eyes in the witching hours and finally reached safety of the home at 5 AM. On hitting the bed I just went into baby sleep but not before this thought - "How the hell I managed to do such suicidal things" I believe I have a lions heart and am game for such thrill, but still these death defying rides in one single day was stretching luck too far. But then what the heck, I enjoyed and then with a smile of achievement retired for the day. Been there and done that. Peace!
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