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The Indian Adventure..
Comments (6)Going to India is always a bitter-sweet struggle for me.. While I love the place for some reasons, other things get on my nerves. But I always manage to get caught in an “Adventure” every time I am there.. With crazy car rides, weird cops, scary weather, riots, closures.. you name it, you can get it there.. And every time, there is a guarantee that your adrenaline will get pumping by the time it’s over.
And hence I prefer to go on short vacations, too much adrenaline has never been good for anyone. And then also, by the time it starts getting on my nerves I am out of there…
But I have managed to come up with a list of “Must Do” things for each of my trips to India, and specifically to Pune.
So here is the checklist for my recent trip.
1. Have an Adventure – Check (Crazy neighbor quarreling about the fence. :S )
2. Eat great Marathi Food - Check (2 great meals, at my Aunts and Sis-in-Laws)
3. Eat great roadside Food - Check (On the way from Mumbai to Pune)
4. Drink Neera-
5. Eat Paan - Check (Twice :D )
6. Shop for Clothes - Kinda Check (“Stole” from Bro.. :p)
7. Restock Music from Planet M - Check (Got around 20+ CDs/DVDs )
8. Hang out with cousins - Kinda Check (Only 1cousin was around :( )
9. Get a haircut - Check (Just made it on the last day..)
10. Go on a road trip - Kinda Check (Traveled from Mumbai to Pune in Bro’s Car )
11. Ride motorbikes - Check (Rode just a bit.. but was fun… :) )
12. Attend a concert - Check (Though had to rush off halfway through it )
13. Climb the Tekdi (hill) -
So I managed to get almost of my points.. except Neera.. Damn I crave for it now.. oh and the Tekdi.. :)
Anyway.. here are some pictures I took on the way from Mumbai to Pune..
The Road…
The vehicles…
The roadside food… Wada Pav :)
Of all things Visual..
I have said this many time, and I say it again. I am NOT a visual person. More precisely, I can’t be bothered with the visual side of most things. Not that I have total apathy to it, I just feel that there are other things more important than the visual aspect. (And by that I mean the audio aspect..:p)
Anyway, so this post is about all things visual.
Camera.
I was never a photographer. My brother always makes fun of my photos and I never had the patience to take artistic shot. I also don’t have the ‘eye’ for photography. Thus, my photos are generally informational, or just symbological for myself. More for my own memory or muse. Point being, I never owned a great camera. I had a Canon Poweshot A310. It was cheap, simple and did what I wanted it to do. Sadly, it decided to die on me. So now I am camera-less.
I have decided not to replace it. At least for the next few months. I don’t plan to go on any trips, I am low on savings and I will be pretty busy once I get a job.. (speaking about that….). So I shall refrain from photography untill futher notice.
Flickr
Since I was introduced to flickr a few months ago, I have become a fan. Its the easiest way to get a shot of inferiority-complex. All I can say is people are good.. and people are free!!
I use flickr as more of a sharing tool. So I will upload all the photos, that I should be sharing (Pune, Marriage, Convocation….et al)to my flickr. Go check it out here. Add me as a friend and then you will be able to see most of my photos.:p
Printer
My printer, Canon i550, died as well. Well the head is dead, which costs like 90% of whole thing. I will probably get a new one. I am looking at the Canon iP1200. Seems like a cheap, small and good printer. I don’t need to print photos and all. Just a simple printer to get my documents and stuff printed. And for my mom for her notes and all.
So much for the visual stuff.. Ligths off..:p
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The mess that I made in my room while doing some hardware project…. Was fun…but I hate to clean-up……
Ahhhh….not that mess again!!!!
Take a look….see anything wierd??? D’oh……
Costed me a trip to Sim Lim…..:(
