Blackdog

I’m not talking about the Black dog security service here… people from Chennai know more about this. It’s really strange how government can control such actions. Malaysia outlaws unsuitable names .. of which names likes of Karrupusamy (black god) is discouraged from using. Read more here… What makes it more strange is common names like animals, insects, fruit, vegetables or colours are not to be used it seems. Then I think people will be called as

Mr. X and Mrs. Y only

thinking comes to an end

Finally one of the key decisions is made. Not so happy having made the decision but in the general interest ..

Shrinking office syndrome

Shrinking office space is one thing that people are complaining about, every where there is shrinkage. What do you think the best way could be.. Individuals with less space in office or shared space in office like hot seats? Some time its fun to be working like this but many a times the personal space meant to be for every individual is taken away. Can we blame it on global warming; just need to transfer the blame on someone for the blame game. Check out this nice picture on global warming … yes its hot. Thanks Raghu for this picture.

a picture or an art

Gastronomic journey

Warning : Might be disgusting for some people. The items which are tasted here is not even for the hardcode non-vegetarian

Food writer Stefan Gates is on a mission.

Such taste do exist

Dantin

This is what we have named my nephew as, My brother wanted to give his kid a very unique name & our search finally ended in this book by Menaka Gandhi called NamesThis book is worth buying if you want to have some Sanskrit names. The book explains a name with some attributes like meaning of the name – historical reference to it and others associated with this name are. My recommendation for this book would be 7/10

Letour

2005 they started to look for it - eyeing it

This year July month is a source of major entertainment for sports buff.
Letour, Formula1 & Fussball are all here. People would really are overloaded in Germany this month; Poor guys they lost in the semi’s.

This year again the tour-de-France come out with the beautiful poster.

This year they are fighting for it

Celebrate the moment don’t click it

Celebrate the moment don’t click it - this is the word that’s being spread around the world for 17th July 2006.

Becca Bland has launched "non-photography day" - planned for 17 July - through a website together and other means of campaign in various cities in England.

From my personal feeling any person can be a good photographer; it’s just another art you need to perfect it. I have seen many people carrying camera and go on clicking without admiring the subject. I’m of the opinion that we need to admire and then after registering that in your memory you if you click then you would get a nicer picture. The moment you wait is worth it. This picture is taken in Singapore zoo by Prasanna.

Evening pictures of Singapore - by the bay

One wonderful weekend spent. Lazy saturday & sunday was spent. All done over the weekend was catching up a friend of mine whom I'm meeting after a long time. Spent time with his kid and learnt ways how you should hold a kids hand. They dictate u when u how to hold thier hand and the way they want :-)

Watched Cars movie very nice one. Lightning McQueen, a hotshot racer car driven to succeed, discovers that life is about the journey, not the finish line, when he finds himself unexpectedly detoured in the sleepy Route 66 town of Radiator Springs.

Once in a while we need to make such detours in life and discovered what we have missed in life.

It's always not winning that matters in life.

Gift from a loving friend

Can't spot laughing while reading these line

Picture was taken in Singapore zoo

I will take bricks and write on that how much I miss you…
I will break it on your head to show how much it pains when I miss you …..

Singapore Zoo

This is one place I would recommend u all not to miss. One whole day is need with lot of careful planning for the visit, Just make sure that u don’t miss the shows which are there.

Wonders of the Wild is such a nice one where in this program aims at educating the people. Carlos- the sea lion there stole the show with her activities. People in the first 2 rows watchout - there will be a lot of water spilage.

The other shows that are worth watching are ELEPHANTS AT WORK AND PLAY & ANIMAL FRIENDS SHOW.

Plan u r route in such a way that u don’t miss. Every thing is worth visiting during the feeding time. If you are lucky u get to feed them as well.

Night Safari
A very nice one worth visiting if you not from India. You would get a glimpse of all the wild animals which wander around in Indian roads during day & night.

Nexgen

All pictures here are taken in the mobile camera. Just wanted to test this sort of publishing.

While walking in one of the streets by the river side I discovered a pub which was displaying some sort of funny captions and small jokes. There a note that says if u have any objecting to this message being displayed here you can raise and objection with the person in the cash desk. For registering your objection you need to pay S$5.65, Who will dare to do that?

Can this happen?

After an exhausted day in work, with some wrong updates, while you rush back to hotel and taxi the drives makes a wrong exit, what you would do? Just sit back and watch what he upto. The taxi driver cuts the meter and then hands over the bill to you saying just pay me this, I shall drop u back in hotel without any additional cost. Oh God in this world such people also exit. This happened to me in Singapore yesterday late evening, added to this the taxi driver apologies and says I don’t want to cheat. As a reward we gestimate how much more we need to pay and tip him for that. The sweet driver doesn’t want to accept the additional money given to him but after a lot of persuasion accept that. Long live such people. This is a picture of a building taken in Singapore.

Thermodynamic law of romance

love can neither be created nor destroyed, only be changd from 1 girl friend to another with considerable loss of time & money.

IMAGES OF SINGAPORE

Last weekend watched Da Vinci Code movie - A very fast moving one when compared to the novel. R dropped in on her way to US.

Went to Sentosa island not to miss are Under water world – this showcases all crabs, all varieties of fish, some interesting thing is the angel fish, I suppose this is one of the very smallest fish in the world and it looks like an angel only.
Then the dolphin show, most amazing one

Then the musical fountain with a laser show at 7.40 & 8.40 pm – too good one.
This is a view of the hotel I stay from the river front.
One of the numerous bridges which is there in Singapore.

Some grown up people were playing with the illuminated gliders there. Each of them cost S$600 and care should be taken so that its landing is taken care properly.

Singa Pura

Had been busy with work for a while after landing here in Singapore. First is first - Food no problem at all. Last weekend managed to visit Jurong BirdPark. Wonderful place to visit. Not to miss are the shows that happen. More detail later. Not to miss is the the world's highest man-made waterfall, standing at 30 metres.

Way to get started

It’s been a long time since I had done something in life like this – sit in a house that holds memories which makes u think, laugh or cry, sitting in the terrace thinking of unknown, gazing at the sky & counting the stars in them, looking at the possessive things which u own for u r self which bring many endless memories. Have I lost them all? I have been on the move for a long time and it’s been a while since I did all the above things mentioned. I just hold my coffee mug where ever I go. When I went to Pune last week to my uncles house I got coffee in this mug, I was looking for this mug for long. Can anyone tell me where to get hold of one like this.
Now my work takes me to Singapore on a short trip in the middle of not knowing where to get settled in life. I have accepted life as it offers. Ok the only consolation is now I’m out of European projects and getting into APJ projects. mera number kaab ayega?

Vigeland Park - OSLO

One of the main highlights of Oslo is the Vigeland sculpture park. I’m still to post my Norway travel log, will have to write about it soon. Here are my thoughts on this park, I found it very disturbing one. I don’t know how many people would like it. So the picture I had shot boils down to just one. This park contains 192 sculptures with various figures. Expression in all walks of life can be found here in the 600 figures which represent one life right from rite from the new born baby to death. Every expression is captured with the minutest details.
Gustav Vigeland single handedly managed to model the entire work just by himself.
He also designed the architecture of park so that these take u through the rite path.
There is one thing which attracted me the most is the The Monolith & The Wheel Of Life

The Monolith column is 46 feet high and is carved out of a single stone and it consists of 121 figures and was completed just before Vigeland died. The column is completely covered by humans. There are various interpretations of this one – for me its everyday life and how you over come the same.

Read more here about other pictures there

Nice once from Delhi School of Martial arts

Thanks to Nidhi for sending this