adlabs imagica should be visited at least once

this saturday i fulfilled a promise I made long time ago to Kush. we all travelled to imagica. we started a bit late, then we got into a terrible traffic jam at the khopoli exit. at the naka, i had a terrible fight with meetu for she wanted me to keep on the left and i was pressing to the right. she was right. i was wrong. we had a terrible slanging match about it. poor kush! we reached imagica by 11:45. another 30 minutes of being in a line to get ticket meant that we finally entered at 12:15.

we started with nitro. it was frightening and horrible. i felt so scared that i had to keep my eyes closed. then we went to gold rush. that was another roller coaster. another round of horrible fear. I was in no mood for another ride so we went to Alibaba which turned out to be fun. The rickety rollercoaster wagon moved slowly and we had to fire at green points to win points. Kush beat me comfortably. On to Salimgarh. Another gentle ride through the corridors of torture and pain and ghosts and ghouls. Fun time!

Then we entered the Mr India 4dx movie theatre. It was incredible fun. I enjoyed it a lot. We broke out for lunch that turned out to be quite yummy and filling. Especially the mango lassi was delicious. We then went to I for India. I must say I was scared when the platform was raised and for some moments I had to keep my eyes closed. By and by I began to look at the incredible experience turning out on the giant screen. I felt like I was flying. I felt both thrilled and scared at the same time.

Cinema 360 was boring. Deep space was frightening. I kept my eyes closed throughout the ride earning Kush's everlasting contempt. All the thrills were getting banal so we went to Rajasaurus. It was quite good. The ride was gentle but there was a sheer drop towards the end that ended with a huge splash wetting my face but otherwise not doing any damage. We walked over to Wrath of Gods which was a light and sound show. I liked that too.

Detective Pow Wow didn't start at 4:45 as there was some issue with projector. So we walked towards the Scream machine and Dare to Drop. I was scared of Scream Machine. I could never picture myself seated on it while the wheel swung me here and there. So i went to Dare to Drop. That was horrible. I made Meetu sit on it though. She claims to have enjoyed it. I could only stand aside and gawk at her.

We purchased a photo as a souvenir. Kush got a bag of marshmallows that he promptly dropped and lost some of the pieces. The marshmallows turned out to be a waste. For some reason Kush wanted ice cream and I was in no mood to stop for it. It made him shed some tears. Sight of his tears made me angry. I am still ashamed of my reaction. I have to think about it, understand it.

On our way back, I tried auto cruise. It failed. I tried the sporty mode. That too failed. I have to spend some time in learning all about these features.

Kush kept playing songs that he loved from Meetu's phone on our way back home. By the time we reached home, it was 7 PM. All of us were very tired from all the walking that we did but the most important thing is that all of us agree that it was a good, fun day.

bleach season 16

I finally caught up with Bleach. I watched the last 15 episodes of season 16. my son assured me that i don't need to know more save that Ichigo is a substitute soul reaper who has lost his power. I get introduced to all the characters like Kugo and his team who are all fighting the evil Tsukishima who has the strangest power to insert his own memory into past memories of people he hurts with his sword. He was tall, handsome and evil to the core. For some reason he starts attacking Ichigo and soon alienates his friends. It is a very interesting story and the action builds up to the point where the mandatory twist is introduced. It is Kugo who had been playing around with Ichigo. Kugo and Tsukishima had made Ichigo a fool. They coerced him into getting his power which they then proceed to steal. In the end, members of soul society have to help Ichigo to fight off the monsters. Tsukishima fights the only way he knows how to. He cheats, he lies, he tries to force his enemy to make mistakes and almost kills his opponent. However his opponent soon learns that to defeat Tsukishima, he has to fight in an unorthodox manner too. So he has to use treachery to beat Tsukishima. One almost fatal blow brings Tsukishima to his knees. Now coughing blood Tsukishima starts ranting, blaming his opponent for using treachery and trying to give him a guilt trip. The soul society member laughs and goes away. Is Tsukishima done? No way! He waits for the fight between Kugo and Ichigo to be over. He then watches in despair as Ichigo kills Kugo. So does he give up? No! He goes for one more kill. He tries attacking Rukia from behind and almost succeeds in that too. 

I have truly found the villain that I always wanted to create. A sly, crafty villain who uses all his tricks to break his opponent. He uses artificial memories to make Ichigo's friends and family to turn against him, leaving him vulnerable. He fights in a crafty manner, trying to attack from behind as much as he could. When defeated, he wouldn't accept it gracefully. He has to rant, he has to abuse and he has to try stabbing someone in the back once more. Awesome! I am mesmerized. Thanks to Kush, I was able to watch a truly wonderful character brought alive. 

civil war left me muddled and angry

I knew what I was getting into. I knew that captain america would fight with iron man. I just didn't know the reason well. Initially the movie made some song and dance about signing a document. The avengers group breaks into two factions. For some reason, lot of them support captain america. Perhaps they don't like iron man. Could it be his ego? Black widow makes such a claim late in the movie.
The plot is wafer thin. Captain america wants to save his friend bucky barnes also known as winter soldier. He goes to great lengths for it, even getting to fight with other avengers. The fight sequence is well filmed. I don't like the character of scarlet witch or the vision character but I did love spider man and his antics.
Then comes the twist and the climax. Iron man learns that winter soldier killed his parents. Captain America knew about it but to protect winter soldier he kept it a secret. Iron man naturally gets very angry and goes after winter soldier. Captain America begins to fight with him to protect a criminal. No where he mentions that winter soldier will be tried for his crimes and that he would bring him to justice. he was totally in the wrong but because it was his movie the director made iron man lose. captain america walks away with winter soldier and also the respect of that moron king, black panther.
This is where I got really angry. The movie just simply didn't make any sense. What is the point of trying to protect winter soldier? Why are the avengers so moronic that they can't figure out the truth? Black widow betrays iron man and his gang and all that he did was to reproach her mildly when she accuses him of egoism. And the falcon guy? The less said the better. At least they were put in jail, but in the end captain america rescues them and iron man doesn't do anything.

I came back home angry and embittered. I can't wait to see the movie where captain america is murdered. I hate that character. I would also love to see scarlet witch and falcon die. The more brutal their deaths are, the better it will be. And now I am done with the rant.

2 months of diet cuts and mild exercise led to a stable weight of 80 kgs

Still, it is on the higher side but nonetheless I feel good for losing about 6 kgs of weight. I was scared that I would get in a cycle of free falling of weight but thankfully it has stopped around 80 and I intend to keep it that way.

Already I look like an emaciated version of myself. If I keep on losing weight to reach my idle weight, I will look skinny and seriously starved. By the next month end I will go for another round of blood glucose level test.

Regarding blood pressure, it is still on the higher side. All the tricks I have employed have failed. Even worse, I found out recently that there is a difference in blood pressure reading from my 2 arms. If the reading is 135/80 from right arm, the reading will be around 125/80 for the left arm. From what I gleaned from internet, this is another sign of heart problem. Some valves are getting clogged. Nothing serious but the chances of my getting stroke or heart attack are now quite high. This has necessitated another vicious round of stressful thinking and obsessive thoughts.

For the past two weeks I have almost stopped exercising. I have to first figure out why I am having all these issues. More importantly, will meditation help?