Strange Habit of Corporate Employees

Past:

I am fond of reading historic tamil novels. When I was reading one such novel called Sivagamiyin Sabadham by Kalki, I noticed that people used to walk just like that from Kanchipuram (the then Pallava capital) to Tanjore (Chola capital) which is about 250+ KMs.

Present:

Now come to reality. In corporate world, people take autos to bus stop. Get a bus to office tech park. The get an inter office shuttle to office entrance (which maybe just a Km or two). Then get lift to their respective floor (Even if it is 1st or 2nd floor).

Future:

I remember a scene in the movie WALL-E when I think of the above 2 scenarios. People will be exported to some other planet by some corporate and will be living a great life. Completely in bed getting all the facilities. Suddenly a guy will fall down from his bed. Shockingly, he will not know how to get up. Then a machine will come and place him on the bed again.

I guess this will happen if we dont come out of our comfort zone. Life is all about happiness and not comfort. Just try avoiding those inter tech park shuttles and lifts to next floors. Walking and cycling are really great.

Go Green!!

Cycling - My Experience

I got this idea to go office by cycle long back. But I was not sure if I can do that. Because the distance to office from home is over 6 km. I have gone to school in cycle but it is just 3km. After serious thinking, I decided to go for it. Bought a new cycle for 4.5K. It has been 2 months now and the journey is smooth. Following are the advantages when you cycle.

1. I save money in bus travel (the govt recently hiked the bus charge) and on the gym. I save 1000 plus a month.
2. Cycling is really good for health. Instead of spending money for gym, you can cycle for one hour everyday (I cycle for one and half hour)
3. You become one of the few non-polluters of the environment. Instead of going for bike or part of bus, here you live with the nature and for the nature.
4. You get time to be peaceful and think during cycling time. This Bangalore traffic really frustrated me by long waiting time for buses

I would like to recommend everyone to use cycle instead of going for a bike if you live within 5km radius of your office