oh me !!

Tomorrow is Sunday, that means cleaning lady will come and clean the apartment I live in. That means, I will spend good amount of time cleaning the apartment myself before she arrives, so that the apartment is at-least in a presentable condition for the cleaning lady.

meh.

Well... but why ?

It's been 4 days here in London, and still I haven't taken my Camera out yet.

And I just have to stop comparing London with New York. These are just different cities. Very different.

Am I ?

So there was this calf at my home when I was a kiddo ... I loved it a lot.Then it died. And nobody did anything. And I cried. Then afterwards I stopped liking those calves anymore. Always kept them in a distance. Afraid that they'll also die one day and I will again have to bear the pain.

10 more years later.

My sister got a dog. Small puppy. Man .. I just couldn't avoid loving it. It was like my best buddy.

I was doing my engineering then. Whenever I go back to my house, it would jump up my my neck and play around ... Then. It got lost. Yep. Fully grown awesome dog. Got lost. sad. Again I cried.

I learnt something. You love something, then you lose something. Just like that. And there is always pain.

So, I'm afraid of that pain, pain of losing. So I just don't love anything these days.

They call me "Chicken"

I wonder

if I will ever be able to love something / someone with all my heart ...

I guess not ...

Why .. Why ...

stopped running in the morning for few days, and I am back to my old self again ...

Why Why :-(

"On every occasion I am ready for the funeral ..."

Another day .. another song ...

It's from a band called "Band of horses", song title is "The Funeral" [youtube link]

Lyrics:

I'm coming up only to hold you under

I'm coming up only to show you wrong

And to know you is hard and we wonder

To know you all wrong, we were

Really too late to call, so we wait for

Morning to wake you; it's all we got

To know me as hardly golden

Is to know me all wrong, they were

At every occasion I'll be ready for a funeral

At every occasion once more is called a funeral

Every occasion I'm ready for the funeral

At every occasion one brilliant day funeral

I'm coming up only to show you down for

I'm coming up only to show you wrong

To the outside, the dead leaves, they all blow (alive is very poetic)

For'e (before) they died had trees to hang their hope

At every occasion I'll be ready for the funeral

At every occasion once more is called the funeral

At every occasion I'm ready for the funeral

At every occasion one brilliant day funeral

I have no freakin' idea what those lyrics are supposed to mean ... But I like this song :)

Lyrics stolen from here

Riding Down The Stairs ...

ps: No balls were burst during making of this video ...

Rohan and me tried these stunts at our office yesterday!! and Dheeraj took the video :-)

And ride back home was much more eventful :D

I did this poster :-)

For details check this page !

It will be super awesome!!

Well, here it is ....

All this action happened in couple of seconds!

The baby Bulbul was very courageous and let me go very near to her (or him, I have no idea )...

Here is one of the cute shots of her I have:

(Clicking on these pics will take you to my Flickr pages ....)

I can lift my front wheel like 4cm.

Watch the video, then read the title. :-)

Commuting to office in Cycle in Bangalore!

is easier than I thought !!

Okay, here are the facts:

♦ The distance I commute in cycle: little more than 15 Kilo Meters (one way).

♦ Time I take: 40 Minutes (+/- 3-4 minutes)

♦ I commute mostly during rush hours, I leave at around 8:30 -9.00 AM in the morning, leave at around 7:30 - 8 PM in the evening.

♦ Root I take : Srinagar / Hanumanthanagar -> Ashoka Pillar -> Diary Circle -> Koramangala -> Inner Ring Road -> Old Airport Road.

♦ How long I've been cycling to office: last 12 days.

♦ What bike do I have: Trek 4300, It's a nice mountain bike.

♦ Where did I buy the cycle?: From Bums On The Saddle, the coolest bicycling shop in Bangalore!

Some comparison:

I've commuted on Motor bike, Public buses and now, a cycle.

Time taken to commute on motor bike is around 40-45 minutes for 15 kms, but I am at the mercy of traffic. Time taken on bus: more than an hour and 15 minutes. Again, I am at the mercy of BMTC. Not every time I get a bus as soon as I go to bus stand.

On cycle, it's always 40 minutes +/- 3 minutes. Always. Yes, Yes, I do jump traffic signals, ride on footpaths. But I try my best to be not a nuisance to public and traffic.

How is the experience so far? Absolutely FUN! Feels like I've gone back in time to my high school days :-)

Some interesting stuff that happened:

♦ I went through McDonald's "Drive-Thru" on my cycle!! The guy at the counter was kinda shocked to see me on cycle :-)

♦ An old lady and a cute kiddo gave me "Thumbs Up" !! Awesome!

♦ Almost fell from bike when I jumped from footpath to Road more than one feet deep :-)

♦ Did more than 50 Kilo Meters on a Sunday, didn't feel tired at all ...

Okay, Here is what I feel:

Cycling around Bangalore in heavy traffic is not really tough or dangerous. Just keep some common sense, and you will be fine. Things like a good helmet, hand-gloves and a air mask/filter are a must.

Cycling to office ...

Yep, that's what I did today!

I cycled to office on my new bike :D

Though my legs are screaming, I am happy!!

Guess what!

Bought a Brand New Bike!!

It's a Trek 4300

Bought this beauty at Bums On The Saddle

I am already commuting by public transportation for last 6 months or so. Now, I plan to commute on my new bike...

So, "Carbon Free Commuting" part 2 begins!!

Isn't it?

[web comic stolen from here]

And ..

eating a medium sized watermelon completely on your own doesn't kill you.

"cause I am still alive and kicking :-)

Current Status: Update

Still screwed up :(

Current status:

screwed up.

Ahoy!!

I've started another blog, where I am trying explain some of editing I do for my pictures.

Here it is.

See you all there ...

This blog will remain as it is. Prime place for all my ramblings :)

Exactly ...

"I realized something. I'm just the vibration of a few atoms that happened to clump together, an impossibly unique combination that will eventually dismantle, and drift apart forever. And then I'll be gone too, into an unimaginable void, where even sadness can't exist."

Stolen from here : http://www.daisyowl.com/comic/2008-12-10

AeroIndia 2009

 

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