February 23, 2009
February 20, 2009
February 5, 2009
Of Bricks and Stones
The resort (Club cabana) had an open air theatre. Loved the architecture of it. It was pretty peaceful there, with a nice wind, lots of trees and birds chirping. Sandhya and I had a nice time chatting. :-)
Pics follow.
The water rides and attractions there were pretty good too. There was a jacuzzi, few rides and a wave pool. The best of the lot were the small huts in front of the pool. Ideal place to take a nap on a hot afternoon!
A few abstractions follow!
Pics follow.
The water rides and attractions there were pretty good too. There was a jacuzzi, few rides and a wave pool. The best of the lot were the small huts in front of the pool. Ideal place to take a nap on a hot afternoon!
A few abstractions follow!
February 4, 2009
Yeh kaun chitrakaar hai
Our team from office went to Club Cabana yesterday to celebrate a successful release! As most of the badminton, TT etc. courts were occupied, Sandhya and I went around the gardens experimenting with the camera. Ended up discovering many options in the camera I never knew existed! :-)
As usual a lot of macros and flower/nature pictures followed. The best part - my first snap of a drongo! :-) Had seen loads of them on the electric wires by the road, during the drive to bagalkot/hampi, but could not photograph them. The resort had a lot of birds, but could capture only this.
Pics follow.
The drongo (not sure what the exact name is though)
Splash of colors follow
now for a white (read serene) break
Followed by shocking pink! The unmatched bougainvillea, of course!
More colors
dishaye dekho rang bhari
chamak rahi umang bhari
ye kisne phhol phool pe
ye kisne phhol phool pe
kiya singaar hai
ye kaun chitrakaar hai
ye kaun chitrakaar
ye kaun chitrakaar hai
Thus sang Mukesh. True isn't it?
As usual a lot of macros and flower/nature pictures followed. The best part - my first snap of a drongo! :-) Had seen loads of them on the electric wires by the road, during the drive to bagalkot/hampi, but could not photograph them. The resort had a lot of birds, but could capture only this.
Pics follow.
The drongo (not sure what the exact name is though)Splash of colors follow
now for a white (read serene) break
Followed by shocking pink! The unmatched bougainvillea, of course!
More colors
hari hari vasundhara pe
neela neela ye gagan
ki jiske baadlon ki paalki
uda raha pawan
dishaye dekho rang bhari
chamak rahi umang bhari
ye kisne phhol phool pe
ye kisne phhol phool pe
kiya singaar hai
ye kaun chitrakaar hai
ye kaun chitrakaar
ye kaun chitrakaar hai
Thus sang Mukesh. True isn't it?
January 18, 2009
Glorious Ruins
Well, that's Hampi for you. Watching the sun set over these ruins is an overwhelming experience. The end of a rich and prosperous era retold day after day after day...
December 31, 2008
Din dhal jaaye haye
As the sun sets, its time to bid adieu to 2008 and welcome the year 2009. Hope the coming year is more peaceful, happier and fun!
Pic taken by Josh at BaaDa beach,Kumta.
December 15, 2008
The day that was
After a long long time, spent an entire day reading a book, from start to finish! :-)
Well, the power-cut from 10.00 to 3.00 in our locality made me do it. Nevertheless, felt really good to do nothing other than read a novel throughout the day. I even caught a quick siesta too! An idyllic Sunday well spent!
Well, the power-cut from 10.00 to 3.00 in our locality made me do it. Nevertheless, felt really good to do nothing other than read a novel throughout the day. I even caught a quick siesta too! An idyllic Sunday well spent!
December 4, 2008
Sticky keys.. Sticky keys...
Oh no.. Its not a variation of Phoebe's Smelly Cat! It is the feature which comes to my rescue when I encounter weird behavior with Windows.
I know, i know.. I can already hear all you linux geeks sneering away to glory!
What is the weird behavior you ask? Well, sometimes when I have many Firefox tabs open (>15) for a long time (through multiple hibernations), the keyboard starts acting up. I click on some links, and instead of opening it in a new tab, it starts downloading them! Typing 'b' behaves like ctrl/alt+b.
Happens sometimes with Notepad too. ctrl+c, ctrl+v does not work.
I did discover an awesome solution though! Press the 'Shift' key more than 5 times and you get the Sticky-keys window like this:
Clicking 'Cancel' makes the keyboard normal again!!! :-D And it works every time!!!
My work makes me take loads of snapshots as it involves a 3rd party GUI. Guess it shows huh?!?!
I know, i know.. I can already hear all you linux geeks sneering away to glory!
What is the weird behavior you ask? Well, sometimes when I have many Firefox tabs open (>15) for a long time (through multiple hibernations), the keyboard starts acting up. I click on some links, and instead of opening it in a new tab, it starts downloading them! Typing 'b' behaves like ctrl/alt+b.
Happens sometimes with Notepad too. ctrl+c, ctrl+v does not work.
I did discover an awesome solution though! Press the 'Shift' key more than 5 times and you get the Sticky-keys window like this:
Clicking 'Cancel' makes the keyboard normal again!!! :-D And it works every time!!!
My work makes me take loads of snapshots as it involves a 3rd party GUI. Guess it shows huh?!?!
November 28, 2008
Dekho baarish ho rahi hain...
its raining its raining its raining..
No I am not a fan of Anu Malik's singing. It's just how Bangalore is for the past 2-3 days. Feels awesome most of the times. The only problems being waking up early in the morning to catch the office cab and walking on what must have been a road, but is now a muddy pool.
It's like when we (office gang) visited Coorg/Jog falls sometime ago.(and that is in 2006/2007 :-( ) Cloudy, rainy, DREAMY...So many fond memories..so many lively conversations and fun-time. Sigh!!! It sure will be difficult to work today!
One pic from the Jog trip!
No I am not a fan of Anu Malik's singing. It's just how Bangalore is for the past 2-3 days. Feels awesome most of the times. The only problems being waking up early in the morning to catch the office cab and walking on what must have been a road, but is now a muddy pool.
It's like when we (office gang) visited Coorg/Jog falls sometime ago.(and that is in 2006/2007 :-( ) Cloudy, rainy, DREAMY...So many fond memories..so many lively conversations and fun-time. Sigh!!! It sure will be difficult to work today!
One pic from the Jog trip!
October 30, 2008
The festival of lights and colors
This was how Deepawali was this time too. Lots of people, fun, food (yeah, yeah! :-p), lights and colors. :-)
Visited the Innovative Film City near Bidadi. General timepass place, very expensive though. Liked the Ripley's Believe it or not Museum the best. Mirror Maze was fun too.
Tried my hands at Rangoli after a long long time too! :-)
The Rangoli ( a tad unsymmetrical) :-D
Visited the Innovative Film City near Bidadi. General timepass place, very expensive though. Liked the Ripley's Believe it or not Museum the best. Mirror Maze was fun too.
Tried my hands at Rangoli after a long long time too! :-)
After the evening prayers
The Rangoli ( a tad unsymmetrical) :-D
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