Preparing saaru can be very interesting..
esp. if you misread tamarind as turmeric!
October 27, 2007
October 25, 2007
October 20, 2007
Kuch Rang aur bhi hain!
Didn't want to overload the previous post. So posting a "few" more pics here. Take a peek!!
"fall"en leaves :-)
Saanj Dale...Gagan tale...
On way to Snoqualmie falls, you encounter this stretch of barren land, this is because of the volcanic trail. There are active volcanoes around Seattle. Not sure, but Mt.Rainier might be one of them. [Too lazy to check it up, so don't go by this :-)]
ruth aa rahi hain..ruth jaa rahi hain..
Ek aur ho jaaye!
Phool Bahar ka..
"fall"en leaves :-)
Saanj Dale...Gagan tale...
On way to Snoqualmie falls, you encounter this stretch of barren land, this is because of the volcanic trail. There are active volcanoes around Seattle. Not sure, but Mt.Rainier might be one of them. [Too lazy to check it up, so don't go by this :-)]
ruth aa rahi hain..ruth jaa rahi hain..
Ek aur ho jaaye!
October 19, 2007
Is rang badalte duniya mein!
Had the most wonderful weekend with my best-est friends :-) loved every moment of it!
The beautiful colors of fall at Redmond, Seattle. Also present snaps of Mt.Rainier and Snoqualmie falls.
Microsoft Campus
Meadows at the base of Mt.Rainier
Mt.Rainier
Close-up of Mt.Rainier
Simply put- Fall
At the entrance towards the falls
Snoqualmie Falls
Lal peela :-)
The beautiful colors of fall at Redmond, Seattle. Also present snaps of Mt.Rainier and Snoqualmie falls.
Microsoft Campus
Meadows at the base of Mt.Rainier
Mt.Rainier
Close-up of Mt.Rainier
Simply put- Fall
At the entrance towards the falls
Snoqualmie Falls
Lal peela :-)October 12, 2007
Aasman Se
There was a fleet show in San Francisco on Oct6-7 as part of the Fleet week. The navy's blue-angels were the highlight of the day and judging by the huge huge huge crowd gathered, I must say the most awaited too. And boy! Were they good!!
One of my friend remarked: "They risk their lives for our entertainment". How true. One split-second hesitation/miscalculation and..I don't even wanna get to what would happen. It is scary.
Well, on a lighter note, we walked past Ghirardelli again ;-) But couldn't stop by coz of the long long queue! Had some amazing cup-cakes though, from a shop famous exclusively for them.
We went to take the SFO tour ride but..yep..the queue again!
So we went to get pictures of the crooked street :-) and to reach the street, we walked 4 blocks uphill!!! gosh.. what roads..It was a miracle that I didn't faint out of exhaustion!!! [I am def going to start going to the gym regularly again :-D]
And oh..there were a few firsts-for-me that day! [Yep, that's right, revealing only a little, which does make people curious. 2 of my friends do that to me and god, do I get irritated!!!!!! Its pay-back time!!!]
Here are some pictures of the air show and the crooked street and some flowers again! :-) Enjoy!!!!!
Topsy-turvy! The red-bull in action
Love is in the air!
Whooosh!!
Split up
The blue-angels in action
All together
The crooked street from the top
Wonder how they drive out there!
Road-kill???? :-)
Sea-lions at Pier-39!!
Pleasant ain't it??
One of my friend remarked: "They risk their lives for our entertainment". How true. One split-second hesitation/miscalculation and..I don't even wanna get to what would happen. It is scary.
Well, on a lighter note, we walked past Ghirardelli again ;-) But couldn't stop by coz of the long long queue! Had some amazing cup-cakes though, from a shop famous exclusively for them.
We went to take the SFO tour ride but..yep..the queue again!
So we went to get pictures of the crooked street :-) and to reach the street, we walked 4 blocks uphill!!! gosh.. what roads..It was a miracle that I didn't faint out of exhaustion!!! [I am def going to start going to the gym regularly again :-D]
And oh..there were a few firsts-for-me that day! [Yep, that's right, revealing only a little, which does make people curious. 2 of my friends do that to me and god, do I get irritated!!!!!! Its pay-back time!!!]
Here are some pictures of the air show and the crooked street and some flowers again! :-) Enjoy!!!!!
Topsy-turvy! The red-bull in action
Love is in the air!
Whooosh!!
Split up
The blue-angels in action
All together
The crooked street from the top
Wonder how they drive out there!
Road-kill???? :-)
Sea-lions at Pier-39!!
Pleasant ain't it??
October 3, 2007
Kuch toh hain!!
Last weekend I had a chance to visit Mystery Spot and Santa Cruz 
First things first, Mystery Spot is a place in
We did experience a little dizziness when we neared the mystery spot centre. And an absolute loss of balance. I, for one, could not even move one step without a firm grip on the side-rail. It was totally disorienting. Add to that, the optical illusion that comes with the leaning wooden cabin [which is built surrounding the mystery spot] and people leaning against it! Not able to picture it, then check this out.
Here are some pictures, where our guide, explained the phenomenon. First one's the rolling bottle one and the next the heavy pendulum which can be pushed easily on one side and difficult the other side.
There is also an apparent increase/decrease in height as one progress from one side of the mystery spot to another.
In this pic below, if the height difference b/w two people standing on opposite ends of the horizontal of T will be, say 1.5 ft, and then the two people exchange their positions, then the difference is, say 1 ft. And that's different right? :-)
This is some of the info I gathered from the tour. No one’s been able to exactly figure out why this happens and there are a few theories.
To get a better idea, try Google. :-) Or better still http://mysteryspot.com/.
Excerpt from the above Official Mystery spot site:
“Some speculate that cones of metal were secretly brought here and buried in our earth as guidance systems for their spacecraft. Some think that it is in fact the spacecraft itself burried deep within the ground. Other theories include carbon dioxide permeating from the earth, a hole in the ozone layer, a magma vortex, the highest dielectric biocosmic radiation known anywhere in the world, and radiesthesia. Whatever the cause is, it remains a mystery.”
After a scrumptious lunch of lemon rice and curd rice, which Jayanthi had packed for us, we headed to the
This place is colorful. It has an amusement park next to the beach, complete with a Merry-go-round! :-D
The rides looked pretty scary. I totally detest roller-coasters and the sole ride I took here, reinforced it.
Some snaps of the lively boardwalk and some of the rides.
This place doesn't boast of good vegetarian food [not considering the loads of ice-cream and other junk food shops], so best option would be to pack food and go.
The ride to
Some more snaps and post ka THE END!
September 29, 2007
Something's Fishy!
That's as much 'creative' writing I am able to squeeze in these days...[the title of the post I mean]
Sheesh! I really do love writing. Which does remind me of how my friend still loves telling other friends/colleagues the incredibly fascinating tale of
"how-vinutha-used-to-write-the-english-exam-paper -for-a-full-3 hours [and oh she took extra sheets too!!!]"
Allow me to justify here! Who could resist the "Explain in no more than 10[or was it 20? or was there a limit even??] your perspective on Subashini's life in the story "Subashini"?" or "Write a brief summary on King Lear and was he justified in his treatment of his 3 daughters?" Not me..i loved them!!!
And I must say, getting top scores in language subjects always made me happy! How exactly the teacher even deciphered my hand-writing..hmm...That's a topic I wont elaborate on [at least for now!]
A little retrospect on the subject matter at hand, and hey..I came up with the following 3 laws [which holds true for my alarmingly diminishing write-ups on the blog] and oh!! Remember..you heard them here first!!! ;-) ]:
1. When you feel like writing..just do. If that moment passes..well..you are pretty much left with a blank notepad/word doc and well that's pretty blank ain't it!
2. The more you postpone writing about that silly incident you saw today, that awesome trek you had, that hilarious movie you saw, the unexpected turns in life, the moments of sadness..ok...ok..i stop...but you get the point! Now, where was I?? oh yes... the more time you postpone it, the more averse you become to capture it in words.
[This law may very well be misunderstood to sound like a corollary to Law no 1. But no it isn't]
3. If you start posting pictures, you always have something to post. So you end up writing less.
Justification to Law no 3: Apparently, a picture is worth a thousand words!!!
Hmm..strayed away hopelessly from the title didn't I?
So a combination of all the above-stated laws results in this picture account of a recent trip to Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco!!! [ now you get the title?!??!??]
Self-explanatory
We took a ferry ride, which has this very informative audio tour. Seriously.
Some creative name for a red and white fleet isn't it?
This was how the weather was. Cloudy and drizzling at times too.
:-) Loved the composition of this one!
Peeping Tom??
My friend's very cute and well-behaved niece.
The ferry-ride comprises of a tour of few places of SFO and the golden gate bridge had to be one of them.
This is THE ROCK! ALCATRAZ. The audio tour at this point had some sinister music with a detailed account of a particular breakout from this prison. The 3 who escaped were never found!
And to end this, as usual, some random shots.
You can find lots of these birds everywhere. As much as I like them, it was quite annoying to see them flying all over the place.
p.s: If you are still wondering, What happened to Vinutha's usual writing style? Did she actually write this post? Let's just say she is hugely "inspired" by the immensely enjoyable accounts of a fellow-blogger she chanced upon today!
And like everything else, this will pass too!
Sheesh! I really do love writing. Which does remind me of how my friend still loves telling other friends/colleagues the incredibly fascinating tale of
"how-vinutha-used-to-write-the-english-exam-paper -for-a-full-3 hours [and oh she took extra sheets too!!!]"
Allow me to justify here! Who could resist the "Explain in no more than 10[or was it 20? or was there a limit even??] your perspective on Subashini's life in the story "Subashini"?" or "Write a brief summary on King Lear and was he justified in his treatment of his 3 daughters?" Not me..i loved them!!!
And I must say, getting top scores in language subjects always made me happy! How exactly the teacher even deciphered my hand-writing..hmm...That's a topic I wont elaborate on [at least for now!]
A little retrospect on the subject matter at hand, and hey..I came up with the following 3 laws [which holds true for my alarmingly diminishing write-ups on the blog] and oh!! Remember..you heard them here first!!! ;-) ]:
1. When you feel like writing..just do. If that moment passes..well..you are pretty much left with a blank notepad/word doc and well that's pretty blank ain't it!
2. The more you postpone writing about that silly incident you saw today, that awesome trek you had, that hilarious movie you saw, the unexpected turns in life, the moments of sadness..ok...ok..i stop...but you get the point! Now, where was I?? oh yes... the more time you postpone it, the more averse you become to capture it in words.
[This law may very well be misunderstood to sound like a corollary to Law no 1. But no it isn't]
3. If you start posting pictures, you always have something to post. So you end up writing less.
Justification to Law no 3: Apparently, a picture is worth a thousand words!!!
Hmm..strayed away hopelessly from the title didn't I?
So a combination of all the above-stated laws results in this picture account of a recent trip to Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco!!! [ now you get the title?!??!??]
Self-explanatoryWe took a ferry ride, which has this very informative audio tour. Seriously.
Some creative name for a red and white fleet isn't it?
This was how the weather was. Cloudy and drizzling at times too.
:-) Loved the composition of this one!
Peeping Tom??
My friend's very cute and well-behaved niece.The ferry-ride comprises of a tour of few places of SFO and the golden gate bridge had to be one of them.
This is THE ROCK! ALCATRAZ. The audio tour at this point had some sinister music with a detailed account of a particular breakout from this prison. The 3 who escaped were never found!And to end this, as usual, some random shots.
You can find lots of these birds everywhere. As much as I like them, it was quite annoying to see them flying all over the place.p.s: If you are still wondering, What happened to Vinutha's usual writing style? Did she actually write this post? Let's just say she is hugely "inspired" by the immensely enjoyable accounts of a fellow-blogger she chanced upon today!
And like everything else, this will pass too!
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