Out running a hurricane

It's because of Priya I got attached to Orkut! and here are the latest mails I've recieved from her!

mail 1:

hiya..

Well donno if you might have heard abt it yet or not ..but hurricane rita is heading towards galveston/houston.. the place where i live is a red alert zone and has been given a mandatory evacuation notice. .. so we are going later today to our aunts place in a different part of houston..well hoping that zone doesnt get into red alert as well but looking at the situation as of now, it might....in that case we will just move to austin or some other place.. donno yet but this is the plan so far.. im just mailing to let you know that we are safe incase u start panicking later listening to the hurricane news.. donno if we are going to have cell signal and any other means of communication later on during the week and next week.. ill get back to you once everything calms down .. till then take care and have a great weekend!
love,
priya

mail 2:

hiya :)

so far so good..no signs of hurricane yet in houston..and temps are just been record highs in last 20 yrs since yesterday.. sigh!

couldnt get anywhere cuz of gridlock .. initially planned to go to dallas..but the highway got jammed n it was taking abt 24 hrs to just make it to dallas- 230 miles! so we got rid of that plan..next was to go to austin..and aha..same scenario..and parents started freaking out.. cuz cars transmissions were giving up..ppl running outta gas.. and no restrooms to use when stuck on highways n ppl passing out waiting in cars cuz of heat n etc.. so mom n dad didnt wanna go anywhere n turned back and wanted me n bro to go to college station..i told em i aint going anywhere..and come hell or havoc we 4 are stickign together..so we are back to our sweet home.. fortified window glasses with whatever we could... its a mixed feeling right now.. lil excited and lil scared not knowing what to expect..

ill keep posted ...

love,
priya

Latest update

Mail to teju (Thanks to teju for lettin me post though its his personal mail!)

dont worry ani cheppaga..mari enduku worried sick?

woke up at 4 with a dhud sound.. just trees going crazy anthe.. and eventually woke up arnd 8 cuz of power cut.. yogi n i went out exploring the surroundings and enjoying the super windy weather.. it stopped raining n sun came out but now it looks like sun went bk into hiding again n i see some rain outside.. it shd be fine..we just got our power bk so came online to mail u..we got spared frm direct hit of rita..lekunte chala darunamga ayyedi..everything n everybody is fine..all our family freinds n co...

hope mice r doing fine .. say hi to em

take care n love you loads
p
She promised me that she'll keep me updated so shall I!

I got my first real orkut account
Brought it to the full active mode
Posted till my fingers bled
Was the summer of 2004

Me and some guys from orkut
Had a meeting and we enjoyed alot
Some quit, Some came close
I never knew we'd get that close

Oh when I look back now
The summer seemed to last forever
And if I had the choice
Yeah I'd always wanna be there
Those were the best days of my life

Pappa the great!

This post is about a dulcet person who always loved and cared me much, but never expected anything in return. He never even claimed for the lime light! Every blog I had gone through was written about their love, their friends, their crushes and their ambitions. Ahead of these there is a person we all should thank for giving us this day! for getting us into this world! for providing us every thing we need!. Indeed none of your friend may say " I'll be there for you!" when you are in real need. You, can completely rely on him. He'll be there to pat ur shoulder at any time! He is pappa the great!
As a hobbledehoy I never paid much attention or cared much about my dad. I used to think that he detests me that's why he threw me into the hostel right from the childhood, while my sister enjoying the warmth of my dad's ambience. I used to be yellow eyed at her when ever she raised about the topic" Dad n I..............". I used to explain myself afterall females are dad's dolls and males are of mom's. Well, let me familiarize my dad to u people! He is a typical country man from west godavari district! though denounced his education at the graduation level itself(B.Sc). He made a fortune on the aquaculture( cultivating fish n prawns). Spending his evenings with his friends chatting about all the crap and discussing about the movies they ought to see! and boasting about us ( He always says me " Education itself is not the whole. Yet it would be great if u make some outstanding performance among my friends children"). The one who thinks children settling in some foreign country as an asset. That's why my GRE!
On a parent's visting day in my 6th class he came to me n found a red hand impression on my back( I got it for some mischeif by my warden!). He went straight to the warden and warned him! That day I was the hero to my friends as we all hate our warden. My dad always lectures me( that's what we call advising right?) on the same topic " I don't care a shit for ur academics if you really cant study leave'em that's not at all a problem we have lots of other feilds and abaundant resources but I need not hear a person complaining about you!". Indeed, he heard one from my intermediate college vice-principal(I'll write about it in another post!). That day he almost broke into tears. How can I excuse myself for that day? he was hurt but didn't utter a word.
Well i have to point out the pain my dad took when I got detained last year. At that time he met with an accident that left bruises all over his feet. I do remember he was even unable to wear his sandals at that time. Doctor recomended him bed rest. When I called him up from my college and said "Dad! I got detained". He just replied" Don't worry about it I'll handle the situation!". He went to my H.O.D, my principal and even met technical education minister for getting me promotted. All at the time when he was recomended for bed rest! Though his sandals made his bruises worse he never cared about them he kept on all his trails and finally found that I cant be promotted all because I 've responded after every thing is completed i.e., after my name was in the detention list of my college notice board. Even then he didn't scold me!. He didn't even ask me why I was in the shortage of attendance. all he asked me was " What are you planning to do now?"
I donno whether I can make impression over other people's heart but I am pretty sure I am the permanent resident of my sweet country side man's heart!