Thursday, August 30, 2007

Attitude

1. The world is full of fascinating problems waiting to be solved.
2. No problem should ever have to be solved twice.
3. Boredom and drudgery are evil.
4. Freedom is good.
5. Attitude is no substitute for competence.

Sunday, August 19, 2007

Rajmachi in Reverse

















Friday, August 17, 2007

Testimonial

For Avinav:

Spider-pig, spider-pig
Does whatever a spider-pig does
Spins a web!
No he can't
That's because he's a spider-pig!
Look out!
Here comes the spider-pig!

Okay, not an exact description of Avi: I agree he's not pink. But the rest matches pretty well: He's animated, fat n flabby, has almost no hair and is responsible for a lot of shit :P

But nevertheless, to ensure that he accepts this testimonial, I must say that he's quite a jovial character who loves the shouting bits in life. "Singapore/Japan/(generic Asian country) ROCKS!" is reputed to be his war-cry.

Just to point out tho: Avi does beat the pig in one aspect: He has two really cool opposable thumbs which he uses to hold all sorts of fancy things. Poor spidy-pig can't do that at all! :P

Now sing along: "Look out! Here comes the Spider-pig!"

(He didn't accept it. Sore loser :P)
(UPDATE: He's accepted it now. Yay! :D)

Monday, August 13, 2007

The Duke's Tush?

A tiny trek, but a very pretty one :) The perfect monsoon trek, complete with rains, wind, wrong trails, buffaloes charging, bad puns (see title :P), waterfalls and terrible singing! :D

Misty Mountain Hop


Being Train-ed


Shocking Green!


Throw one more stone and I'll CRY!

Waterfall from Heaven

One big happy family

Our very own little stream

A Tale of Two Trees

The Clouds set in

Being Blown Away!

Let me out!!!

PG ki ma ki ....?

Into Eternity

Who Nose?

Colon Dee

"Unworm My Clothes!"

Hah! That was Eeeasy!

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Monday, August 06, 2007

Out of the Blue

Imagine a thug-like shape skulking in a dark alleyway behind a shady pub, with a proverbial baseball bat in one hand and a broken bottle in the other: Waiting for some little innocent chap to enter it's lair so that it can be trapped, beaten up and then left alone just before the cops arrive.

Imagine a shadowy creature lurking behind tall blades of grass. Waiting, watching, hidden, neatly invisible. And then, suddenly, as the poor prey passes by, helplessly unaware, it JUMPS out and leaps on the unsuspecting victim!

What is it you ask? A cheetah? The alien from Predator? A Physics Professor? No! It's The First Day of Work!

And to compound matters, it was a MONDAY. Yes,
Monday, Dreaded Monday (to be said in a deep, sinister, slightly-Irish accent).

I could never get the hang of Mondays. And after 3 months of continuous Sundays, this Monday was particularly severe. It began at 6:30 AM - and to all those who've never sighted this un-daily hour, yes the Sun is up already. Damn Sun. Can't even let it be - all bright and shiney even before the day has begun. Gah.

On the bright side, the commute wasn't as bad as I expected it to be. I'll be ready tomorrow to wrestle the damn creature to the ground! Hahah!

Gnite :)

Saturday, July 14, 2007

Thach Weave

Monday, July 02, 2007

Red Soulstone


Who will dare scale that peak? Only the Princes of the Universe.

[You'd better like this: It took me all day to make :P... and now my head feels like it's seen too many shades of blue and red for a single day :-/]

Best viewed fullscreen on a black background.

Irrational Gods

Thunderbolts, they say
Origniate in God:
Zeus, Indra or Thor,
The Gods of Rain and Thunder.

Thunderbolts, they say
Are the wrath of the Gods:
Directed upon erring souls
Who dare tempt their anger!

Yet, why do they fall
On mountains, on seas,
On trees and innocent rocks?
Is God angry with them?

Leh-gendary

Meeeeeeeee!!


Skiing at Rotang Pass


On the way to Leh


Morning at Tso-Moriri


Pangong-Tso (Something strange? :P)


Deep at Khardung-La (at 13830 ft!)


See! What a nice line of trees!


View from the Japanese Stupa


Inside the Japanese Temple


Go go Buddha! :)


Julley! :)

A green patch in the midst of a desert at Nubra Valley


Pangong-Tso (Tso means Lake)


Gateway to Leh!


More Pangong-Tso :)


I love these Buddhist Flags :)


Tso-Moriri


Bubbling Geyser!


More Tso-Mororiri (in the evening)


Same place as last pic (this time it's morning)


Rotang Pass


Paragliding near Manali