From: Tina
Date: Jun 1, 2006 3:44 PM
Subject: US Travelogue 2
Garden State that is what they call New Jersey .... it is really green...am always wondering how will all this look in the winter....
Heard that it is pouring back home..... Here climate or rather weather is classified as 'Summer' and 'Winter' i guess :)
And it rains either with water or with snow either ways in both these weather.....
Atleast i shud thank english sitcoms and i think it should be 'U have got mail' ya ' when harry met sally' sum meg ryan movie where the sidewalks are like new brunswick.....really want to capture all that in camera(god knws capturing or taking photo is allowed or not )
Camera nahi hain yaar :).... tab tak all of u will hav to make do with my verbal rather written communication.
Walking across my office figuring out how to cross..(crosswalk pe hii cross karna padta hai) across a lane with trees on both sides it is gud u knw..
am also near the rutgers university :) so ekdum movie set hii lagta hain
"Sorry the system is having sum problem ..please cud u cum tmrw......"... thats when i looked up...a security officer was telling me that ..i had gone to get my access card...that tooo after waiting for abt 20 mins.... gr8 i thought wapas idhar tak kal chalo
it is another building just ahead and uske aandar toh u get lost...yesterday took a while to figure that out ..phir pata chala kii basement mein kahiii toh hai ..."Ok sure " I said and went to walk down(4 mins) down the heavenly path i.e cobbled street ...
Moved to my new place today..sharing an apartment with aquaintance...aaj savere got up like at 6.45 as she goes early as she wrks in new york. since i will be catching the Train to my office thought of going with her ...Just got up sumhow aadhe neend mein and we were out by 7.20 to catch the shuttle which wud drop us to train station to catch the 7.52 :)
ekdum mumbaiyyya jaise bol rahee huun naah ...local fast slow etc etc :)
abhi aur practise karnee hain...(while cuming it was ok as public thee) ab jaate waqt jaara R&D maarna padga as i will be gng frm here alone.(till i get sum public)....
New Brunswick where i wrk is three station away frm MetroPark station..(so that leaves with no time for cutting vegetables,etc as in mumbai local train;) )
Then as soon as i got down (as suggested by my roomie) went to get a train pass...most of it is vending machine se.. i was not sure whether i hav that much money ...so went hunting for ticket pass frm the teller....yehan pe train station uppar hai... i mean apne yeha pe station niche hai and ek platform se doosre platform u go by overhead bridge
yehan ek hii set of platform hai like 1 and 2 and it is at apna overbridge ke height
so u hav escalator going on top or steps and then there are counters also.
Train toh is not like India...(not exactly like Dilwale Dulhaniya also..that was costlier version or long distance type i guess) Aluminum types with automatic doors will be closed when train is running toh jumping out of train ka saawal hii nahi ...once inside it is pretty spacious..with a two ppl sitting capacity seat...and uske baju mein three ppl can sit(4 if ur thin i guess) and the conductor cums to chk ur tkt...the drive is gud ...fast....par today i was jsut thinking abt where to get down toh did not look out of window much except if there was a station there..
"It is pretty easy and effortless" but i will tell that tmrw after my today ka exp :)
then again went to security office to get the badge....uska camera wrk nahi kar raha tha...toh then he got a digicam...(itna mann kiya poochne ko kiii kitne mein khareeda :) my normal question back in india) fortunately badge ka photu toh aa gayaa par he said kii woh afternoon tak hhii hoga ..i was like phirse aao ohh noo... toh usne bola will be delivered to ur office front desk....sahii hain i thought :)
hey guys aisa mat socho ki mereko kaam nahi hain...just yeh hain kii mein updates dene ke liye time nikal rahee huun ;) mail ya forward karne mein jyada time nahi lagta hai ...toh if ur getttng sum mail or fwd frm me does not mean kii i am not wrking just that i am multi tasking :))
college ke baad dabbaaa leke jaane ka prayog meine idhar start kar diya...shyam ko make the food and then tak it the next day ke liye as savere utkey bana nahi saktein bahut late hoga...maybe thode time ke baad can try that...cafeteria ke khane se toh theek hai kuuch bhi
pehde do diinnn toh eggplant try kiya, phir kuuch rice noodles type try kiya...aur ek dinn bahar khaya..waise eggplant is brinjal :)) okra is lady's finger :)
veg hii safe lagta hai...agar katcha hai toh bhi theek hai :) non veg ke alag varieties se mein abhi getting used to hii ho rahee huun.
Finally dopahar ko gayee to get the badge toh pata chala kii aaya hii nahi hai...phir socha thoda grace period de de...went to bank to get a form toh bank mein woh banda mila...dekhtein hii bola i hav just given to front desk.. i was like cool
atleast one gud thing abt the badge is that nahi toh everyday hav to get a temp access card...roj pasasport dikhao abhiyan....
chalo aaj ke dinn ke liye itna hii hee
tak care
Tina.
Friday, June 02, 2006
finally ek system aur phone
From: Tina
Date: May 31, 2006 6:32 PM
Subject: finally ek system aur phone
Finally aaj ka dinnn partially aacha tha....ek system toh mila ....mera apna kehne ko :)
par admin access kuuch nahi hain :)
this is my desk num - *** *** ****
Ghar ka bhi ho gaya :) Finaalllly i was beginning to think kii milega hii nahi
It is an apartment single bed room waala. I will be sharing with two other girls.
One of them is from apna office ..mera location so i guess sumone i knw...
better sumone i knw than nobody at all...
will keep giving updates like this whenever possible.
tak care.
Tina.
P.S yeh phone thoda bhayankar hain with all possible options thoda time lagega iske Rnd ke liye :)
Date: May 31, 2006 6:32 PM
Subject: finally ek system aur phone
Finally aaj ka dinnn partially aacha tha....ek system toh mila ....mera apna kehne ko :)
par admin access kuuch nahi hain :)
this is my desk num - *** *** ****
Ghar ka bhi ho gaya :) Finaalllly i was beginning to think kii milega hii nahi
It is an apartment single bed room waala. I will be sharing with two other girls.
One of them is from apna office ..mera location so i guess sumone i knw...
better sumone i knw than nobody at all...
will keep giving updates like this whenever possible.
tak care.
Tina.
P.S yeh phone thoda bhayankar hain with all possible options thoda time lagega iske Rnd ke liye :)
US Travelogue - 1 The Beginning.
From: Tina
Date: May 25, 2006 10:08 AM
Subject: US travelogues : 1
Hi
muskhil se system mila hain
and haa i am not going to compete for santosh 's UK mail no way...
had wanted to mail u all the first two days
I was free like anything but no net or PC yaar.
bore ho gaya
getting used to the fact that i dunnot hav grp here :)
so many things to explore but no grp yaar..
Till now in hotel
will have to search for accomodation
Office is ok
CTP jaise hii hai in terms of aandar ke lights bas yehii kii cubicles are higher toh ppl cannot peep :)
ekdum faujii uniform ka green ka colour hai
dheeme aawaj mein baat karnee kee addaat daal rahee huun
:( yaar i spk too loudly u knw
idhar sharing etc ka funda hii nahi hain
i mean khane ka... so huge plates of food ...usko toh aadha khatam bhi nahi kar saktein
mostly bland food
ek indian restaurant dikha that was good :)
par yaar idhar distances are like far off toh car hai toh it is nice...
near my office there is railway station... that is the only public transport i saw.
it is beautiful while driving
par places are far off.
pata nahi thandii mein kya haal hoga
yeh toh i am writing at random thoda sochne ka time milee toh aur acche le linkunge
bread toast jam aur cheese kha kha khake i dunnot want any thing sweet yaar
motee bhi hone kii sambhavnaayein hain
hotel mein gym hai
par itne log of different types hain kii mujhe sharam aateee hain :):)
not that just feel very weird.
spicy food nahi hain yaar
ek india restaurant hain
toh worse case ke liye option ho gaya
:)
will mail in much more detail thoda settle hone do phir.
sorry for not mailing u guys earlier
arrey gmail ka access hain par satyam ka access withing this nw nahi hota
and hotel mein i dunnot hav computer to access any mails
so totally unconnected
take care
keep mailing to me also
warm regards,
tina.
Date: May 25, 2006 10:08 AM
Subject: US travelogues : 1
Hi
muskhil se system mila hain
and haa i am not going to compete for santosh 's UK mail no way...
had wanted to mail u all the first two days
I was free like anything but no net or PC yaar.
bore ho gaya
getting used to the fact that i dunnot hav grp here :)
so many things to explore but no grp yaar..
Till now in hotel
will have to search for accomodation
Office is ok
CTP jaise hii hai in terms of aandar ke lights bas yehii kii cubicles are higher toh ppl cannot peep :)
ekdum faujii uniform ka green ka colour hai
dheeme aawaj mein baat karnee kee addaat daal rahee huun
:( yaar i spk too loudly u knw
idhar sharing etc ka funda hii nahi hain
i mean khane ka... so huge plates of food ...usko toh aadha khatam bhi nahi kar saktein
mostly bland food
ek indian restaurant dikha that was good :)
par yaar idhar distances are like far off toh car hai toh it is nice...
near my office there is railway station... that is the only public transport i saw.
it is beautiful while driving
par places are far off.
pata nahi thandii mein kya haal hoga
yeh toh i am writing at random thoda sochne ka time milee toh aur acche le linkunge
bread toast jam aur cheese kha kha khake i dunnot want any thing sweet yaar
motee bhi hone kii sambhavnaayein hain
hotel mein gym hai
par itne log of different types hain kii mujhe sharam aateee hain :):)
not that just feel very weird.
spicy food nahi hain yaar
ek india restaurant hain
toh worse case ke liye option ho gaya
:)
will mail in much more detail thoda settle hone do phir.
sorry for not mailing u guys earlier
arrey gmail ka access hain par satyam ka access withing this nw nahi hota
and hotel mein i dunnot hav computer to access any mails
so totally unconnected
take care
keep mailing to me also
warm regards,
tina.
Realization ...
I hav realized one thing....
If i tend to write mails i am able to word things better.....
so these are a compilation of all the mails i have sent across to my friends and collegues :)
in between i will also be writing in normal blog format also.....
If i tend to write mails i am able to word things better.....
so these are a compilation of all the mails i have sent across to my friends and collegues :)
in between i will also be writing in normal blog format also.....
Thursday, April 20, 2006
A Haatke weekend :)
From: Tina Sent: Monday, April 10, 2006
Subject: A Haatke weekend :)
The players :)
Guys : Vinayak,Prashant,Suraj,Vinay,Dipu,Vijay,-----Manoj,Santosh(Partly)
Gals : Minal,Shri, Hema and me.
As days go close of parting hues….
We try to do give everyone their dues….
In such a way that we are left with more number of things to be done together than the time which we have to spend together….
I guess that is what happened this weekend….
Ever notice that when u are conscious of the fact that u want to closely keep the time with you in wrap of ur hand it is like sand in closed fist….it spills out….
And when u pass thru time breezily … like holding sand in ur open palms …it stays intact…..
Too much of philosophy :)
With the public in hyd decidedly getting smaller and smaller each weekend is spent in trying to keep the time spend together to cherish memories when all this will not be possible….
This weekend was haatke in that respect…..it was as though tried to compress a couple or more weekends together…. :):)
It all started (as always in hyd) in the afternoon ;)…….
Dipu had cum back to hyd for his first visit as friend to hyd frm pune…..
I guess he came early by the morning bus and the brunt of his arrival was faced by his roomies I suppose (who were up late the night before )
As usual it was decided that we will meet for lunch…..
Where as usual inspite of all the precautions girls party reached just in time (according to them ) and way after time(according to guys )
Had dhaba type khaana in the spl AC room of the restaurant coz I guess the general restaurant was full with a bunch of people who were constantly chattering away to glory :)
In order to be heard above them we moved to the AC part of the restaurant where I guess the AC was just a blower…..
In the amazing Hyd heat (abhi toh humidity bhi aa gayee hain :( ) we all had more water than food I guess (reminded of the pre acclimatized to Chennai days )
Then uske baad kya…. Waiting for Santosh and minal to join us… par itna timepass karenge kaha….
Toh chalo movie ….the movie in pipeline was 3.45 kiii banaras in skyline….toh zip zap zoomed to Benaras (in rick ok )
In theatre not much of a crowd.. thought kii maybe there will be no tickets…
The ladies(shri,hema and me) went forward and took the tkts …gr8 for us that tkts were available…..
Proceeded to balcony of Sterling ….
No numbers in tkt so proceeded to seat ourselves accordingly …..
Placed ourselves in front of blower as it was better than the non existent AC :)
A lot of rap or rock was being played in background then we were as usual waiting for trailers
:(:( unfortunately none came… not even RS Brothers(Saree waala Telegu ad) ..directly movie….
Came to know that the most famous crooner himesh reshmaniya is the music director of the movie….. I was bracing myself for the torturous music
When Vinayak and others in his memory crooned ooooohnnnnnnn ohnnnnnnnnn khajooorrrr ……
This was followed by guys looking at the tri ladies (one with kid) who were placed further below us…:) and also manoj and vinayak ka running between the seats….not for them baba… aise hiii
The movie was followed without a hitch with most of us getting a headache by the interval… after interval was fairly decent and gratefully all the songs were sung by sonu except for one by all of our fav crooner :) (bkground mein tha) for which manoj and I were debating what is the case.
Phir ghar gayein then thought we will meet all in EAT street… Humare ghar chai peeke we went ahead or rather first guys went ahead to EAT STREET and then girls came behind as usual LATE according to guys but actually we were stuck in horrible traffic
After a customary argument with rickshaw waaala on the fare we reached EAT STREET where Sania mania was gng on ..there was a sort of karoke gng on where most of the singers were playing nasal tribute to the fav music director I guess…..
We then sang for vinay assuming that it is his birthday(which was not the case) so loudly that it attracted the host and she announced loudly to wish Vinay for his birthday …:) we all joined in by singing loudly Happy Birthday with the person who was singing on mike….
Had reminiscent talks in the lawn next to eat street…after which the talks continued in the boys ka ghar with parcels of food :) deadly hungry by then ….
Following which we all went home and grabbed a few hours ka sleep…..(really few hours :( )
Sunday dawned by afternoon…… :)
We got together for having food at gujrati cum rajasthani cum maharashtra mandal where we were joined by inbatch satyam couple :)
Yes u guessed it right the OZEs :) gr8 to see them after a long time…..after that wanted to go bowling but the place near clock tower was under renovation
Thought instead of roaming in hot sun we will just go to the boys house and atleast see sum movie and drink cold water (unke paas fridge hain )
By then vinay found out that ameerpet one is open so remaining people zoomed into ameerpet (bikes ke itne hii log ho gayein hain)..
Played bowling and had lot of fun esp coz when wanted the ball used to go by the sides without displacing a single bowling pin LL
Winners of the evening were Vinay and Vinayak ……
Finished the bowling and which was followed by trying a few remaining games while prashant and I went for sania mania T shirts which unfortunately after a long wait at lifestyle where we browsed cds ,cassette, clothes and discussed the pricing of iPods and mobiles…. No sania mania Tshits :(:(
Finally each of us went home so that we would reach near Yatri Niwas for Dipu’s Bus to Pune….
After which we planned of gng to Hi Tech for Santosh’s famed Malaysian Penang Soup at Wang’s Kitchen…Santosh ke gaon ka restaurant…. :)
The girls finally reached Yatri Niwas just in time with a minor heart attack that the Dipu’s bus had left as just before reaching an APSRTC bus had left…..
Gr8 that it had not left till then ..after all the bye byes Dipu ‘s bus finally took off….
When we thought that we are anyways gng to hi tech toh might as well go with the bus….
So all of us …zoomed with the bikes as if Dipu’s bus was the ministers car and we were the convoy :)
Finally bade him good bye and proceeded to the drive to Hi tech with a couple of film songs thrown in (without music though). Tried to remember a few but saarein words nahi yaad aayein
The drive was really good when finally we zoomed in to The restaurant…...
Sab bol rahein thee kii waha hain restaurant and I am like upper kahi board to nahi dikh raha hain phir dekha toh basement mein thaa :)
Santosh had already made reservations for us … but minal and I went and asked the person there for a place for 10 ppl and he was at loss to se that how we cud be accomadated esp when many places there were placards of Reserved…. Then Santosh with his late entry style came up and told that person there is a reservation of Santosh Satyam :):) making our popat esp with that guy telling I had asked u all earlier…..
The food was gr8 and we all njoiied it (courtesy Santosh) and even Prashant was happy with his American Cho suey :) (that’s a major achievement J…hai naa praashant)
Then it was decided kii either critically acclaimed CRASH movie or drive in Hitech as there were 5 bikes….
Went for the CRASH though…and again all of us zoomed to PVR where minal and I dashed for tkts but our hopes of seeing CRASH crashed as all the tkts were sold out….:(
But no probs Njoiied the drive frm hitech to PVR in under 10-15 mins…..
And amazingly our weekend came to a close……
It was a different weekend with many of us actually knowing abt others and their perceptions…
And we will cherish the weekend for not just the bike rides but also for a lot of interactions we all had….
Also were missed the 3 ppl in hyd who cud not have made it because of the total unpredicatability…… (mr and mrs oze and pankaj)
For all the sentimental fool I am … here was the gist of the weekend to pass sum magic(hypothetically) we all felt … so that you all cud all partake in it :)
For all the nawabi tehzeeb we have here in hyd….wht we did this weekend was nothing extra ordinary but very plain just I guess maybe emphasized by the fact that there very few of us remaining….
Hope u all njoied the long Gist :)
Keep mailing
Tina :)
P.S : All the feelings and imagery is mine alone …take it with a pinch of salt….. :)
Subject: A Haatke weekend :)
The players :)
Guys : Vinayak,Prashant,Suraj,Vinay,Dipu,Vijay,-----Manoj,Santosh(Partly)
Gals : Minal,Shri, Hema and me.
As days go close of parting hues….
We try to do give everyone their dues….
In such a way that we are left with more number of things to be done together than the time which we have to spend together….
I guess that is what happened this weekend….
Ever notice that when u are conscious of the fact that u want to closely keep the time with you in wrap of ur hand it is like sand in closed fist….it spills out….
And when u pass thru time breezily … like holding sand in ur open palms …it stays intact…..
Too much of philosophy :)
With the public in hyd decidedly getting smaller and smaller each weekend is spent in trying to keep the time spend together to cherish memories when all this will not be possible….
This weekend was haatke in that respect…..it was as though tried to compress a couple or more weekends together…. :):)
It all started (as always in hyd) in the afternoon ;)…….
Dipu had cum back to hyd for his first visit as friend to hyd frm pune…..
I guess he came early by the morning bus and the brunt of his arrival was faced by his roomies I suppose (who were up late the night before )
As usual it was decided that we will meet for lunch…..
Where as usual inspite of all the precautions girls party reached just in time (according to them ) and way after time(according to guys )
Had dhaba type khaana in the spl AC room of the restaurant coz I guess the general restaurant was full with a bunch of people who were constantly chattering away to glory :)
In order to be heard above them we moved to the AC part of the restaurant where I guess the AC was just a blower…..
In the amazing Hyd heat (abhi toh humidity bhi aa gayee hain :( ) we all had more water than food I guess (reminded of the pre acclimatized to Chennai days )
Then uske baad kya…. Waiting for Santosh and minal to join us… par itna timepass karenge kaha….
Toh chalo movie ….the movie in pipeline was 3.45 kiii banaras in skyline….toh zip zap zoomed to Benaras (in rick ok )
In theatre not much of a crowd.. thought kii maybe there will be no tickets…
The ladies(shri,hema and me) went forward and took the tkts …gr8 for us that tkts were available…..
Proceeded to balcony of Sterling ….
No numbers in tkt so proceeded to seat ourselves accordingly …..
Placed ourselves in front of blower as it was better than the non existent AC :)
A lot of rap or rock was being played in background then we were as usual waiting for trailers
:(:( unfortunately none came… not even RS Brothers(Saree waala Telegu ad) ..directly movie….
Came to know that the most famous crooner himesh reshmaniya is the music director of the movie….. I was bracing myself for the torturous music
When Vinayak and others in his memory crooned ooooohnnnnnnn ohnnnnnnnnn khajooorrrr ……
This was followed by guys looking at the tri ladies (one with kid) who were placed further below us…:) and also manoj and vinayak ka running between the seats….not for them baba… aise hiii
The movie was followed without a hitch with most of us getting a headache by the interval… after interval was fairly decent and gratefully all the songs were sung by sonu except for one by all of our fav crooner :) (bkground mein tha) for which manoj and I were debating what is the case.
Phir ghar gayein then thought we will meet all in EAT street… Humare ghar chai peeke we went ahead or rather first guys went ahead to EAT STREET and then girls came behind as usual LATE according to guys but actually we were stuck in horrible traffic
After a customary argument with rickshaw waaala on the fare we reached EAT STREET where Sania mania was gng on ..there was a sort of karoke gng on where most of the singers were playing nasal tribute to the fav music director I guess…..
We then sang for vinay assuming that it is his birthday(which was not the case) so loudly that it attracted the host and she announced loudly to wish Vinay for his birthday …:) we all joined in by singing loudly Happy Birthday with the person who was singing on mike….
Had reminiscent talks in the lawn next to eat street…after which the talks continued in the boys ka ghar with parcels of food :) deadly hungry by then ….
Following which we all went home and grabbed a few hours ka sleep…..(really few hours :( )
Sunday dawned by afternoon…… :)
We got together for having food at gujrati cum rajasthani cum maharashtra mandal where we were joined by inbatch satyam couple :)
Yes u guessed it right the OZEs :) gr8 to see them after a long time…..after that wanted to go bowling but the place near clock tower was under renovation
Thought instead of roaming in hot sun we will just go to the boys house and atleast see sum movie and drink cold water (unke paas fridge hain )
By then vinay found out that ameerpet one is open so remaining people zoomed into ameerpet (bikes ke itne hii log ho gayein hain)..
Played bowling and had lot of fun esp coz when wanted the ball used to go by the sides without displacing a single bowling pin LL
Winners of the evening were Vinay and Vinayak ……
Finished the bowling and which was followed by trying a few remaining games while prashant and I went for sania mania T shirts which unfortunately after a long wait at lifestyle where we browsed cds ,cassette, clothes and discussed the pricing of iPods and mobiles…. No sania mania Tshits :(:(
Finally each of us went home so that we would reach near Yatri Niwas for Dipu’s Bus to Pune….
After which we planned of gng to Hi Tech for Santosh’s famed Malaysian Penang Soup at Wang’s Kitchen…Santosh ke gaon ka restaurant…. :)
The girls finally reached Yatri Niwas just in time with a minor heart attack that the Dipu’s bus had left as just before reaching an APSRTC bus had left…..
Gr8 that it had not left till then ..after all the bye byes Dipu ‘s bus finally took off….
When we thought that we are anyways gng to hi tech toh might as well go with the bus….
So all of us …zoomed with the bikes as if Dipu’s bus was the ministers car and we were the convoy :)
Finally bade him good bye and proceeded to the drive to Hi tech with a couple of film songs thrown in (without music though). Tried to remember a few but saarein words nahi yaad aayein
The drive was really good when finally we zoomed in to The restaurant…...
Sab bol rahein thee kii waha hain restaurant and I am like upper kahi board to nahi dikh raha hain phir dekha toh basement mein thaa :)
Santosh had already made reservations for us … but minal and I went and asked the person there for a place for 10 ppl and he was at loss to se that how we cud be accomadated esp when many places there were placards of Reserved…. Then Santosh with his late entry style came up and told that person there is a reservation of Santosh Satyam :):) making our popat esp with that guy telling I had asked u all earlier…..
The food was gr8 and we all njoiied it (courtesy Santosh) and even Prashant was happy with his American Cho suey :) (that’s a major achievement J…hai naa praashant)
Then it was decided kii either critically acclaimed CRASH movie or drive in Hitech as there were 5 bikes….
Went for the CRASH though…and again all of us zoomed to PVR where minal and I dashed for tkts but our hopes of seeing CRASH crashed as all the tkts were sold out….:(
But no probs Njoiied the drive frm hitech to PVR in under 10-15 mins…..
And amazingly our weekend came to a close……
It was a different weekend with many of us actually knowing abt others and their perceptions…
And we will cherish the weekend for not just the bike rides but also for a lot of interactions we all had….
Also were missed the 3 ppl in hyd who cud not have made it because of the total unpredicatability…… (mr and mrs oze and pankaj)
For all the sentimental fool I am … here was the gist of the weekend to pass sum magic(hypothetically) we all felt … so that you all cud all partake in it :)
For all the nawabi tehzeeb we have here in hyd….wht we did this weekend was nothing extra ordinary but very plain just I guess maybe emphasized by the fact that there very few of us remaining….
Hope u all njoied the long Gist :)
Keep mailing
Tina :)
P.S : All the feelings and imagery is mine alone …take it with a pinch of salt….. :)
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