Monsoon in Kerala Makes the Roads More Worse

The monsoon have started in full flow in Kerala and it has been raining heavily for the last few days. Almost all of the low lying lands in Kerala have been affected by water logging and people are having a hard time. Another major issue with the monsoon in Kerala is that almost all the major roads would get transformed into bad shape and make traveling a nightmare.

Today also I noticed that some of the major roads have started showing deterioration and hopes that within a week all these roads would be bad enough to create fear among the travelers. But there are certain roads that do not get into any trouble during the monsoon and these roads are also having one of the highest traffic rate. It makes really confusing how some of the roads sustain the monsoon while some other turn into pieces.

This seems to be mainly due to the corrupted construction of the roads and the authorities have to be blamed for this. They take a huge amount of bribes from the contractors and as a result the contractors are forced to cut down on the expenses for the road taring and maintenance purpose. Hence they end up doing road maintenance of low quality and as a result the roads would not be able to sustain the climatic conditions.

Really feel frightened to travel through these roads in the coming months when the monsoon would be at its best. The pathetic conditions of the roads in Kerala during the monsoon season would be inviting more serious accidents and the pathetic state of the roads would remain till the month of December. It would be only after December when the authorities wake up and do some hasty patch works on the roads, making it more uncomfortable for traveling.

Monsoon Keeps Date with Kerala

As per the MET predictions, the monsoon has kept its date with Kerala as it has started raining heavily in Kerala since today morning. The MET predictions had stated that monsoon would hit Kerala by June 1st. It was a happy feeling to wake up hearing the rain drops pouring on the terrace as it brought back memories of my school days where it always rained on the first week of June when the school opens after the long vacation.

It seems to be one of the best time to spend the day on bed watching the rains from behind the windows. But that would remain a dream as I have to go to the office, which is my main source of income. The arrival of monsoon would also throw fear into my mind as we can expect flood and other natural calamities as the monsoon strengthens. There is already water logging near my house in Kadungalloor and it makes things difficult for those who travel by foot.

Any way I hope the authorities make sure to avoid such type of water logging, and helps us to enjoy the monsoon season to its maximum. I am really waiting for the weekend to happen as I can spend some sweet time on the bed watching this amazing phenomenon of the nature. The arrival of monsoon has also made my travel more difficult as I have to wear rain coats while traveling on my bike. Needs to be more careful while driving in the rain and we can also expect our roads to be more horrible in the coming days as our roads gets torn apart after a strong rain every year.

New House, New Environment and Totally a New Experience..

It has been a week since I moved to my new home in West Kadungalloor, Aluva. Initially it was a nightmare when I had to deal with the shifting of my house hold items from my native place (Ranni) to Aluva, as it was raining heavily during the time of shifting. As a results most of the items got drenched and I had a hard time in drying those items.


I transferred only the most necessary things from Ranni to Aluva and as a result the new house in Aluva lacked the basic furniture that were required in a house. On 5th of May 2011, my family members also shifted to this new house in West Kadungaloor and at that time the house was in a full mess with all the items lying here and there. But the other members were quick in getting the house arranged properly.

The next two main things that kept me thinking was about purchasing the furniture and the house warming ceremony that was scheduled on 10th of May. I have not even started inviting anyone and there were some relative whom I had to invite directly by visiting their house. I had to spend 3 days in the extreme heat on behalf of inviting my relatives and all these days I was traveling on my bike, which made me totally tired.

But everything went fine including the house warming ceremony and a lot of people visited the house more than I expected. It has been almost 4 days since then and I am trying to get fastly adapted to the new house, new environment, new neighbors etc. Hope that this would be a good beginning for me and my family and also hope to stay here for a longer tenure.

Passion Week!! The Best Time to Purify Yourself

Passion Week is one of the best time to purify yourself and stay focused towards a better year. Passion weeks helps you to stay away from other physical matters which tends to draw yourself towards unwanted things. Passion week is often seen as the week to praying, repenting and being more towards the almighty. This is the week that we should think about our past, the wrong deeds that we have done, how we behaved with our friends, relatives etc. We will be having strong restrictions on our diet and this helps to make us stay focused.

The Passion week  end with Easter and usually people all over the world see Easter as the day to rejoice themselves with the rising of Jesus Christ. Many of the believers sheds of their diet and starts taking their favorite food and drinks.  But in my opinion Easter should not be considered as the day to eat a lot, dink and get boozed. Rather it should be  a day where we take some new oath and decisions that would help us in leading a better life going forward. We should repent for the bad deeds that we have done in the past and try to have a new beginning to life. Once you are able to lead a new life, then you can say that you have benefited from the Passion week.

Today is Good Friday and I would be spending most of the time at Church, and hopes that this year's Passion Week helps me to shed of my past sins and lead me to a better life ahead.

Mannar Losing its Natural Charm and Beauty

Mannar is one of the most beautiful village in Pathanamthitta district and is just 10 Kms away from Thiruvalla. This beautiful village is so near to the famous Christian pilgrimage center Parumala. The village is of a typical Kuttanad style and the atmosphere here is really amazing. Since I have few of my relatives in Mannar, I have been visiting this place since my childhood.

The main attraction of Mannar was its beautiful green paddy fields and the famous river Pamba which flows very close to Mannar.  Since I had my close relatives in Mannar, I used to spend atleast 20 days of my school vacation in Mannar every year. Even if you are not doing anything, you would never get bored as you can pass your time watching the natural and beautiful landscape surrounding you. But once I finished my schooling / graduation and started my search for a job, I rarely got time to stay here more than a single day.

After a long time, I visited Mannar a few weeks back and I was really shocked to see the current state of this once beautiful village.  Mannar seems to have lose it natural beauty as majority of the green paddy fields have vanished and new buildings have come in place of that. A lot of people are using these paddy fields to build houses and hence Mannar is no more having that old charm and beauty. No one is interesting in preserving these things and people are not even bothered about doing some agricultural activities in these places.

It seems that in the next 10 years majority of the areas in Mannar would become something like a residential colony with no natural beauty. A lot of house constructions are coming up and all these houses are coming up at the expense of these paddy fields. In my younger days, I used to go fishing in these paddy fields and now a day you cannot really find a paddy field which is good for fishing.

Needs to Learn More PHP at any cost

This is something I have been thinking for a  long time. Even though I am aware about PHP, I have not been able to master this web programming language. Since I am into SEO, I have to come across various PHP based web sites and was forced to learn the basics of this programming language. At the office, even if I come across any issues related to the PHP code in a particular website, there are a lot of skilled PHP programmers around who comes to my help.

But since I have a lot of other websites of my own and most of them are based on WordPress, it is high time that I get a better mastery over PHP. I started with an online marketing blog few years back and now there are more independent websites created on the WordPress platform. Every week I come across small PHP related issues and most of the time I have to research a lot on the net to get it fixed.
This is really time consuming and I would not get any free time at home to spend with my family.

I am just looking out for any good institute in Cochin, where I can learn the deeper details of PHP in a small span of time. But due to my hectic work schedule, I am not able to find the time to go to any computer training institute. The last option left for me is to find out any online training module for PHP. There are a lot of free and paid PHP training software and modules available on the net.  If you search on the net there are many advertisements of free PHP tutorials along with videos.  I have also tried online  PHP tutorials in the past and it was greatly effective. But due to the lack of practice, I lost the touch and as a result wasted my valuable money. If I had practiced those PHP tutorials continously, I would not have faced such problem.But it is really hard to find out the best tool that teaches your PHP in a short time.

No Vote This Time

After really being disappointed at the political situations in Kerala, this time I decided not to caste my vote. I have been casting vote for the last 10 years and in my personal experience taking time out to caste your vote is totally a waste. This is because none of these candidates succeed in delivering the promises time and again. Once the results are out, we cannot even get a glimpse of these candidates until the next election arrives.

Since I have to travel 5 hours to caste my vote,  a lot of money has to be spend in reaching the place. Since these candidates are of no use to us, why should I travel these long route and cast my vote. I know that voting is a citizen's right, but I don't want to utilize this right which results in the election of useless leaders who never tries to protect the integrity and the welfare of the people.

I just had a cool day with my family and hope to enjoy the remaining holidays in this week. On the other hand, I am also equally sad that the  beverages corporation and bars in Kerala have remained closed due to the election.