The recent murder and terrorist attack in Bangalore has shaken me up... Is Bangalore a SAFE place? I kept boasting around saying "namma bengalooru... namma bengalooru" infront of all the friends from outside... but I'm ashamed to talk to them now...
All through the week, Anand and myself were discussing what could be done to avoid such incidents in future.. punish the culprit very severly, have women be prepared with pepper-spray and stuff like that.. teach women some basic self defensive techniques etc...
Given all these.. what can one do when people go to the extreme of terrorism..everyone is helpless :(
Friday, December 30, 2005
Tuesday, December 27, 2005
holidays holidays and more holidays
For me, the most boring week of the year comes when the year ends and our office shutdown... and here it is again!! :( Even though its a request from the management to the employees to not to come to office to save some $$ they make sure you dont turn up to office by shutting off the data center, AC etc.. The only problem with these holidays is that most of my office friends pack off to thier home towns and other friends dont have this shutdown ... so the fun of the holidays ceased as the weekend ends on chirstmas day...
Some how managed to kill 2 days... watched Madagascar Madagascar and Madagascar on DVD .. ya, its not a mistake, i watched is THREE times along with my niece.. i liked the movie, the cute little squirrel, the way it cries in front of Alex.. its sooo cute... hats off to those creative brains who can imagine and make it into reality... Finished peanuts, half way thro' vol 1 of 3 huges volumes of C&H :D and then pulling out some friends from work early evenings and be care-of either Barista, Cofe Day, Garuda or Forum...
Five more days to go... hope to get out of bangalore and chill out.. that too provided some friends can take off... lets see....
Some how managed to kill 2 days... watched Madagascar Madagascar and Madagascar on DVD .. ya, its not a mistake, i watched is THREE times along with my niece.. i liked the movie, the cute little squirrel, the way it cries in front of Alex.. its sooo cute... hats off to those creative brains who can imagine and make it into reality... Finished peanuts, half way thro' vol 1 of 3 huges volumes of C&H :D and then pulling out some friends from work early evenings and be care-of either Barista, Cofe Day, Garuda or Forum...
Five more days to go... hope to get out of bangalore and chill out.. that too provided some friends can take off... lets see....
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
Weekend Trek
Thrusday evening:
tring tring(shashi calling): Lo.. eno madta idya?
me: enilla maga, helu...
(shashi): weekend trek bartya? tadiyendmol?
me: oh sure maga.. yaar yaaru?
(shashi): all are my colleagues, ninge yaaru gotilla...
me: ok maga.. barthini... anandu bartana kelthini...
(shashi): ok, amele phone madi details helthini.. bye
me: bye
Friday night, 10 pm:
anand and me waiting for swaraj mazda, it came on time (IST).. around 10:45 or so... then picked up a few more guys at rajarajeshwarinagar arch and started off... some 2/3 sub-groups in the van, kannada speaking, hindi speaking and english etc.. and 2/3 guys here and there settled down zzzzzing... If there is another word for travelling on dakota swaraj mazda on the back seat on mysore road it would be hell .. Reached tadiyendmol via srirangapatna->virajpet->hunsur at around 6:30..
Saturday morning 6:30 am: We were right inside the forest, a great feeling to hear a water stream, birds chirping and early morning mist... splashed the cold fresh water on face to wake us up completely and started the trek... anand and me were left behind as we started clicking watever we saw on the way and the gang went way ahead in 2 groups... Our mission was Tadiyendmol, 7742 ft, the tallest peak in Kodagu district. Kodagu was originally called as Kodaimalenadu, meaning 'dense forest on steep hill'. From the peak of Tadiyendamol, if the
clouds are cleared and lucky enough, you could see the Arabian see. The best time to trek is between Dec-March. We walked and walked.. I took so many breaks (photo tegyo nepadalli ;)) Infact I realised that my stamina has gone down so much.. I should start doing yoga regularly anta ankonde.... then at mid-way we had a breakfast break, we had packed Jolad rotti, shenga chutney, uppinkai etc.. ate everything so that there is less weight to carry ;) and then started off.. the second half is the steepest we had to climb 3 steep ones to reach the peak... The last but one was simply superb.. you can see the clouds below you... We reached the top after around 2 hours of trek, the feeling of standing on 
top is so good.. also, there was a small valley kind on one of the side, where one can see the clouds getting sucked into the valley, the view is fantastic... there are some snaps of that in the link below, check it out... Now comes the easy part, getting down, rather we thought it would be easy.. but since it was steep, we had to be very careful and some of us slipped once or twice, but none were injured... we took a short break at mid-way again then went on.. finally reached base camp around 11:30 or so.. we were happy that we finished the trek, but grrr to sit inside that dakota swaraj mazda again for next 8 hours! we had a small discussion if we should go to tibetian camp at kushalnagar, but most of us had seen it and more-over were eager to get back home and crash.. so we just pushed off.. stopped at cofe day on the way back, had refreshing coffee and maddur vada and finally reached home at 10 pm night....
Check out some more snaps at: http://www.snapfish.com/share/p=473141134568675496/
l=71016460/otsc=SYE/otsi=SALB
tring tring(shashi calling): Lo.. eno madta idya?
me: enilla maga, helu...
(shashi): weekend trek bartya? tadiyendmol?
me: oh sure maga.. yaar yaaru?
(shashi): all are my colleagues, ninge yaaru gotilla...
me: ok maga.. barthini... anandu bartana kelthini...
(shashi): ok, amele phone madi details helthini.. bye
me: bye
Friday night, 10 pm:
anand and me waiting for swaraj mazda, it came on time (IST).. around 10:45 or so... then picked up a few more guys at rajarajeshwarinagar arch and started off... some 2/3 sub-groups in the van, kannada speaking, hindi speaking and english etc.. and 2/3 guys here and there settled down zzzzzing... If there is another word for travelling on dakota swaraj mazda on the back seat on mysore road it would be hell .. Reached tadiyendmol via srirangapatna->virajpet->hunsur at around 6:30..Saturday morning 6:30 am: We were right inside the forest, a great feeling to hear a water stream, birds chirping and early morning mist... splashed the cold fresh water on face to wake us up completely and started the trek... anand and me were left behind as we started clicking watever we saw on the way and the gang went way ahead in 2 groups... Our mission was Tadiyendmol, 7742 ft, the tallest peak in Kodagu district. Kodagu was originally called as Kodaimalenadu, meaning 'dense forest on steep hill'. From the peak of Tadiyendamol, if the
clouds are cleared and lucky enough, you could see the Arabian see. The best time to trek is between Dec-March. We walked and walked.. I took so many breaks (photo tegyo nepadalli ;)) Infact I realised that my stamina has gone down so much.. I should start doing yoga regularly anta ankonde.... then at mid-way we had a breakfast break, we had packed Jolad rotti, shenga chutney, uppinkai etc.. ate everything so that there is less weight to carry ;) and then started off.. the second half is the steepest we had to climb 3 steep ones to reach the peak... The last but one was simply superb.. you can see the clouds below you... We reached the top after around 2 hours of trek, the feeling of standing on 
top is so good.. also, there was a small valley kind on one of the side, where one can see the clouds getting sucked into the valley, the view is fantastic... there are some snaps of that in the link below, check it out... Now comes the easy part, getting down, rather we thought it would be easy.. but since it was steep, we had to be very careful and some of us slipped once or twice, but none were injured... we took a short break at mid-way again then went on.. finally reached base camp around 11:30 or so.. we were happy that we finished the trek, but grrr to sit inside that dakota swaraj mazda again for next 8 hours! we had a small discussion if we should go to tibetian camp at kushalnagar, but most of us had seen it and more-over were eager to get back home and crash.. so we just pushed off.. stopped at cofe day on the way back, had refreshing coffee and maddur vada and finally reached home at 10 pm night....Check out some more snaps at: http://www.snapfish.com/share/p=473141134568675496/
l=71016460/otsc=SYE/otsi=SALB
Monday, December 12, 2005
Beauty or Art?
Three days of continuous visit to Bengaluru Habba has finally rewarded me.. I got what I wanted!! This is the painting I liked very much and got it after a lot of contemplation. A big NO NO from friends, this art is not that much worth, etc, etc, I mean how can someone gauge the value of an art, its just upto the person who is appreciating it. I have to confess that this is the first painting I have bought... The photo might not give the exact feeling of seeing the painting, but the painting is soo beautiful.. first of all the black background, then the lamps, the mesmerizing beautiful lady, the effect of light of her face.. the light is more on the chin and reduces as it goes upwards till the forehead.. the glitter on the jewelry.... I'm not sure if this is the imagination of the artist or he made someone stand there for hours to get this masterpiece... whatever it is.. he is great.. hats off to him!!!
I took it home with a huge grin on my face and was trying to find a suitable wall for this... Even though Amma commented that the price is a bit high, I feel it is more worthy and I am proud to own it!
Wednesday, December 07, 2005
Bengalooooroooooooo
One person who deserves that MTV One tight slap is the guy who says Bengalooorooooooo Readynaaaaaa..... Its soo irritating... Except for that, I love the Musical-E-Azam on Radio City... Few of my all-time-favorite coming live :D .. There is nothing more happier moment than listening to your favorite song on radio and that too livE!!! Jaadu Hai Nasha Hain by Shreya, Kal Ho Na Ho by Sonu-da :) But one thing I found so artificial/made-up is when some other artist calling up and these people recognize it. Its so amazing that Shreya can recognize Abhijit voice within just 2 words but cant recognize Asha's voice even after talking for 5/10 mins!!! Today, it was Alka Yagnik and got to know that she was one who sang Meri Angne Mein in movie Laawaris and she also sang Saare Sapne Kahee Kho Gayae... Hum Kya Se Kya Hogye... wow, she has such a sweet voice! Tomorrow is the last day of Musical-E-Azam and its Kavita Krishnamurthy and I just cant wait for it :)
Ash and me had been to the Watch Mania at Bangalore Central yesterday, its such a flop show, there is hardly any watches, probably if you keep all the watches on paper, it will not even take half the space of the Ad which came out in Bangalore times! Of course there are some well-known brands.... But it was not a waste of time as we caught a glimpse of Bangalore Habba at Central, a small rock/pop group were singing some beautiful numbers. Here again, I got one of my favorites Nothings gonna change my love for you... :) We decided to walk back to my office from Central to burn some calories becoz of the chaat and coffee at Central.. we saw the Habba stalls on the other side of MG Rd, it was quite late, around 8:45pm or so, only few stalls were open but it was worth it.. superb art and handicrafts... kashmiri safforn tea... Its a MUST SEE .... really good, reminded me of childhood days of Jaatre at Ajji Ooru.. I liked a beautiful painting in one of the stalls, its a hanging lamp and a lady's face glowing with the light of that lamp.. wowww.. it was sooo amazing, wanted to buy, but I didnt have that much cash and they dont accept cards :( I will go again today and hope the painting is still there.. I'm gonna grab it ......
Ash and me had been to the Watch Mania at Bangalore Central yesterday, its such a flop show, there is hardly any watches, probably if you keep all the watches on paper, it will not even take half the space of the Ad which came out in Bangalore times! Of course there are some well-known brands.... But it was not a waste of time as we caught a glimpse of Bangalore Habba at Central, a small rock/pop group were singing some beautiful numbers. Here again, I got one of my favorites Nothings gonna change my love for you... :) We decided to walk back to my office from Central to burn some calories becoz of the chaat and coffee at Central.. we saw the Habba stalls on the other side of MG Rd, it was quite late, around 8:45pm or so, only few stalls were open but it was worth it.. superb art and handicrafts... kashmiri safforn tea... Its a MUST SEE .... really good, reminded me of childhood days of Jaatre at Ajji Ooru.. I liked a beautiful painting in one of the stalls, its a hanging lamp and a lady's face glowing with the light of that lamp.. wowww.. it was sooo amazing, wanted to buy, but I didnt have that much cash and they dont accept cards :( I will go again today and hope the painting is still there.. I'm gonna grab it ......
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