1st Trek of my life

Last Sunday was a day filled with lot of emotions – fatigue, nervousness, excitement and what not. It was the 1st trek of my life and at the end of it, I felt I had a mixed day. The trek was to Antargange and I was accompanied by 7 of my friends from work.

We boarded the bus at 8 AM from RMZ Infinity (my work place) and reached Antargange in approximately 90 mins. We had a great breakfast and started off the trek with stairs leading up to a temple. Minutes into the trekking, I started feeling very uncomfortable. I thought of giving up and head back to Bangalore. I just wasn’t feeling good. However, I didn’t want to give up either and took one step at a time, in a quiet determination. Trust me, it wasn’t just trekking, it was more like mountain climbing. The path was filled with sand, rock, thorns and the monkeys. By noon, we reached the peak of a mountain. The view from the top was stunning and the breeze was as refreshing as one could hope for.



After a good rest on the top of the hill, we headed for cave exploration. I loved the cave exploration a lot. I felt as if I had got back my life once I started off with it. The kind of holes we got into, the activities we went through to get out of the cave was simply astonishing. It was quite scary but when I think back the team work that went into it felt nice. After the cave exploration, we reached the other hill top and relaxed for few minutes. Later, we went ahead for lunch which was bought over by our transport. After a great lunch we were given an option of trekking down or just use the transport to head back to Bangalore. We all chose to head back to Bangalore with a nice nap along the way.

GOD, It’s Killing Me

“GOD, it’s killing me” – these were the words from Roger Federer when he walked onto the podium to give his speech after ending the Australian Open as the 2nd best this year. Moments later after those words Federer was speechless for a long time and broke down to tears, sobbing profusely. It was very hard for me watching him cry, in fact I am sure everyone who saw it would have had tears as well.

Think of it, being so close to 14 grand slam titles, you fight hard for 2 weeks come to the final and lose it. I could feel what Roger was going through yesterday. I mean, he has to wait for another grand slam, another tough 2 weeks and another chance to get to 14.

I have always been a hard core fan of Roger. I always believed he is a better player than Nadal. Whenever he played him, I never felt Roger would lose. However, after watching him cry yesterday it’s very evident that Nadal is hurting Roger psychologically more than anything. From here on I don’t really know if Roger can defeat Nadal. I am not sure if he actually wishes him to play in a match (esp. final) henceforth. It’s almost as if, Nadal is the road block for Roger.

I just wish Roger faces Nadal in the final of the French Open and defeats Nadal. I am sure the confidence will be back then. I strongly believe that Roger will feel a lot better only if he defeats Nadal in a final of a grand slam and if he could do it in French then nothing like it.

Aus Open 2009 Final Score:

Rafael Nadal 7 3 7 3 6
Roger Federer 5 6 6 6 2