This summer I shall go home; to the land of mangoes.
I'll stand in the middle of a hot delhi street. I'll absorb the heat, dust and smell.
Suck on the mangoes, so sweet , truly the King of Fruits.
O India I come to thee this summer.
Let me plunge into thine darkness and chaos
Let me get lost and be found again
I'll traverse your land and cross the Ganga and Yamuna for sure,
and into the Doon Valley, where I grew up.
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Monday, May 24, 2010
The things Victoria in India
Only cause it's Victoria Day!
Victoria Terminus, Mumbai: A world heritage site
Victoria Memorial, Kolkata
Victoria Memorial, Kolkata
Victoria Terminus, Mumbai: A world heritage site
Victoria Memorial, Kolkata
Victoria Memorial, Kolkata
Cool dude stunt I can actually see myself pulling off :P
So when I visit India I have this sudden urge to be a hero. I am pretty anal about traffic rules and since few follow them in India I get super annoyed. One time this guy in a car just crossed a red light and missed my motorcycle by a split second. I followed the car and he actualy pulled over and apologized without me having to say anything. I was actually pretty impressed. Any hoo I think this is something I'd totally do (minus maybe the cleaning the front spoiler part)
Monday, May 17, 2010
Just for today some notes to self
Today has been really tiring. Work was not very productive but I think I really tired myself over the weekend.
For one I kicked off 2 projects. Not sure where they will end up but start's always important; Both are with friends, one is a video project and other is social networking.
A. was here over the weekend, I think she had a good time. We did more stuff than planned. A friend bbqd Salmon and we drank some random liqour from the house he is house sitting. I forgot the name but one was an ainseed liqour from Turkey but the one I really liked is call Cassis from France. The BBQ at home was a success defined by me as me not getting flustered and no awkward moments amongst guests.
I have to start thinking about my trip to India so I get to enjoy to the max and don't loose focus which always tends to happen when I am around parents.
For one I kicked off 2 projects. Not sure where they will end up but start's always important; Both are with friends, one is a video project and other is social networking.
A. was here over the weekend, I think she had a good time. We did more stuff than planned. A friend bbqd Salmon and we drank some random liqour from the house he is house sitting. I forgot the name but one was an ainseed liqour from Turkey but the one I really liked is call Cassis from France. The BBQ at home was a success defined by me as me not getting flustered and no awkward moments amongst guests.
I have to start thinking about my trip to India so I get to enjoy to the max and don't loose focus which always tends to happen when I am around parents.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
My words
On some level I was gone.
I was gone and I didn't know where.
I was gone, like a dream goes when u wake
u try to catch it, get the good parts, but it ain't coming back, it's gone baby.
People put words in my mouth and I feel,
No.. no I don't need this, I have words of my own.
I talk over wires still; words that have meaning, that are my own words, not borrowed
You can't steal them that way; you shouldn't have; it was not nice
I was gone and I didn't know where.
I was gone, like a dream goes when u wake
u try to catch it, get the good parts, but it ain't coming back, it's gone baby.
People put words in my mouth and I feel,
No.. no I don't need this, I have words of my own.
I talk over wires still; words that have meaning, that are my own words, not borrowed
You can't steal them that way; you shouldn't have; it was not nice
Friday, April 23, 2010
Perfect Capuccino
There is a newly opened old style soda shop just by the harbor. It's by the corner of Government and Humboldt. Amazing view of the Harbor so will definitely be a hit with the tourists. However, the seating isn't very comfortable so don't go for long conversations.
The cappucino was good and they have an huge speciality ice cream selection which is a bit pricey (over $10). Will try that next time. Was just there for coffee with a friend.
Monday, April 19, 2010
Trains, Restaurants and Washrooms
This is really random you guys and probably not that interesting!
If you were to ask me what 3 things fascinated me as a child: Trains, washrooms and restaurants.
Even as a kid I was an absolute foodie. I don't know how my parents dealt with it but nothing excited me more than hearing we'd be going out for dinner. I was lucky too since both my parents worked, we went out a lot.
When I was little, I never cried at a restaurant (so says my mom) and I always ordered soup. Indian kids have a strange fascination for soup (do kids here?). When we went to england I was most excited to buy 30 pence Heinz tomato soups which I thought were the best things in the world..In India, we never ordered Tomato soup at a restaurant. Why? because you don't order things that you can make at home duh!
We ordered talumein soup (for the most part) it's chinese apparently but I've never had it here so no idea what the real thing tastes like. And then we would order Indian or Chinese main course. You would be surprised to find that mostly all indian restauranta serve some 'chinese' food like chowmein or chopsuye.
Washrooms: haha yea.. see most indian houses and public places have not so fancy washrooms but the hotels (when you are not used to swanky washrooms) seem out of this world. I was fascinated by the hand dryer and took my time drying hands annoying my dad quite a bit. I don't think I ever went to a hotel and used the washroom less than two times.
Trains: Windows seat, always. stare out even if it's night time. Long time spent at the rail museum in Delhi. Will go back this time I think and do a photo feature on it. Trains are the best. If you're gonna visit India you must take the trains. You miss a lot if you fly and buses are a pain, too crowded and smelly. Well trains are smelly too. but it's more bearable I think.
If you were to ask me what 3 things fascinated me as a child: Trains, washrooms and restaurants.
Even as a kid I was an absolute foodie. I don't know how my parents dealt with it but nothing excited me more than hearing we'd be going out for dinner. I was lucky too since both my parents worked, we went out a lot.
When I was little, I never cried at a restaurant (so says my mom) and I always ordered soup. Indian kids have a strange fascination for soup (do kids here?). When we went to england I was most excited to buy 30 pence Heinz tomato soups which I thought were the best things in the world..In India, we never ordered Tomato soup at a restaurant. Why? because you don't order things that you can make at home duh!
We ordered talumein soup (for the most part) it's chinese apparently but I've never had it here so no idea what the real thing tastes like. And then we would order Indian or Chinese main course. You would be surprised to find that mostly all indian restauranta serve some 'chinese' food like chowmein or chopsuye.
Washrooms: haha yea.. see most indian houses and public places have not so fancy washrooms but the hotels (when you are not used to swanky washrooms) seem out of this world. I was fascinated by the hand dryer and took my time drying hands annoying my dad quite a bit. I don't think I ever went to a hotel and used the washroom less than two times.
Trains: Windows seat, always. stare out even if it's night time. Long time spent at the rail museum in Delhi. Will go back this time I think and do a photo feature on it. Trains are the best. If you're gonna visit India you must take the trains. You miss a lot if you fly and buses are a pain, too crowded and smelly. Well trains are smelly too. but it's more bearable I think.
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