Kids in action on the ice skate ground

Hats off to their learning abilities..

 

ice skating experience

Went to Central park west and found people ice skating.. Initially I thought why take risks in this foreign land without even having an insurance card? Then peer pressure mounted and bought their idea of doing it. It was not easy and needed a
child's learning ability to let go of the fear of falling. I fell down once, but that didn't improve the situation any better.

Basically I did not move much without the support of the side bars. Will need more practice of how to do it. Best was the time of childhood, where you could learn anything you wanted, just looking at people who did it and then develop your own style of doing things. Guess as we develop maturity in life, you tend to seek originality in everything, your own style right from the day one.. and so on. Need to get back to basics of learning.

This lady next to me in this pic is Prameetha, my colleague. Half the credit goes to her for me venturing into this business. So thanks to her. Will post one more blog with a kid's pic, which I liked. For now, this is it.. lot of philosophy.. enough. 

life in the US as against that in India...

Here you get hooked onto internet and you find interesting stuff like mailing your friends and chatting and thinking about your future. Its amazing how much time I spend in front of the laptop.. 8-10hrs in the office and another 3-5 hours at home. We find good online applications like radio, shopping sites and search engines.

Back in India, we have a home and people around. We hardly logon to the net. Also there are no applications which will interest you there for you to get hooked on... We use mobiles to listen to radios and friends are a phone call away so no use logging onto the net. Shopping can be done really than virtually. Anyways shipping from the US is going to take a looong looong time and money. And it doesn't make sense too. Right?

Ans what about work? Work will be hectic in both places, but there are more responsibilities I guess here in the US and as a result more work and more time in front of the PC.

Another reason is that in US,people dont get tired so much as in India, Bangalore to be specific. As a result, they find more time to be in front of the PC.

Dont feel like sleeping I guess.. finding more reasons...

TV programs in the US are a holy crap... But are better in India for Indians... Another reason...

But I personally feel spending time with loved ones is far more better and enriching and fullfilling than a PC which just makes our mind more and more mechanical day by day!!

What say?

of vegetarians and the smell of salmon fish

This years trip has been kinda bad so far. I landed and it started snowing. I went to a birthday party; was offered 'lemonade'; after having couple of sips, I happened to read the bottom of the bottle, which said '5.2%ALC/VOL'.. :(... and then today... Just two weeks and I need to start counting my days I guess.

Being a strict vegetarian is a curse I feel, especially in this country, where 'vegetarian' means who doesn't eat meat.. end of it. There is no concept of a meatless kitchen and 'clean' vessels. Now the actual story begins...

It all started with GK... the culprit colleague of mine. He was fond of fish and MK.. and PK... did not prepare fish when he was here. From my experience with them last time, I think had he not been here, these people '_#$*MIGHT*$#_' have had it in restaurants outside. But once he moved out, these people felt they should do it at home and brag about it and push GK.. down the dark drains of unfullfilled desires. And thus made this Salmon fish into our refrigerator.

Being brought up in Mangalore, where breathing involves taking in some smell of drying fish, I thot it should be pretty cool. Chalega.. no probs.. let them cook and I shalt go through it all, bear it all and come out with flying col.. err.. smell.

But it was going to be tough. PK's cooking skills were to subdue me.. :(.. I felt I should spend more time in Mangalore smelling fishes for this one was one hell of a smell. People suggested I give up my false ego and get into my bedroom. I followed their advice as if trying to satisfy their request. But no.. Salmon followed me here too.. But luckily I had a can of deodorent!!!.. Whether it was my creative juices or survival inctinct, that can got emptied and wow.. what a relief!!! Even when I had worn it, it did not please me so much!!. phew.. some temporary relief.

Time passed and people said it was safe to come out.. and so I did. It was actually better than before and then I went to kitchen with a hungry stomach. Parathas were looking great and offering themselves to me.. Must congratulate MK.. the preparation / cooking was just great to look at. But that again smelt the same Salmon. Guess the smell particles liked this surface too.. grrrr.... had them and went for a walk in the cold winter at -2 degree centigrade. After the walk, it was better. felt like I'm back to life.. till then I was like a "FISH out of water"..

Even after coming back that smell still haunts me. Thinking of having onions and a mouth wash. But what can be done to belching?... No way out!!!.. This night is going to be loooonnnggg and smelly... hahahah...

But what was the good about all this?

• A guy who doesn't go out for a walk even in the pleasant weather of Bangalore goes for a walk in -2 deg centigrade... Hail Salmon!!
• Otherwise lazy guy, who thinks he can put up with any situation as long as he doesn't have to shift, thinks about his values and plans to look for a new house. Long live Salmon!!
• One who brushes just once a day for the formality sake, brushes twice, thus improving dental health.. Credits page will have Salmon written in Bold italics..
• A lazy blogger writes one of the biggest blogs he has ever typed... And the award goes to....????

inspirational links here...

Robin's Blog: Blog Archive

Nice site to get inspirational quotes, blogs and podcasts from the author of 'The monk who sold his Ferrari'. Some of them seem very simple and down to earth too. Nice link.

Wecome to NJ winter!!

One more of snowing photograph.. a photograph after it snowed actually. You see that cake like thing? It is actually snow of about over a foot thick. This time NJ welcomes me with this!!!.. It was a pleasant winter all along it seems. But I arrive and it starts snowing, and how!!

Observe that though the apartment people had this masonry, the ground is not visible yet.. There's much more snow that what can be seen. Did not find many snow-mans. Guess people are fed up of them.

And how do the trees look in winter?..

Snowing in NJ...

Snowing outside my apartment in Edison NJ.

This is how weekends are in Nj.. :) 

thought of the day!!

My brother had given me a sweater when he came back from the US. It was a good one. I wore it to the office yesterday and everyone was all praises for it. What a concept right? Do something, for which you'll be praised, applauded.

Same is the case with a maid servant of ours. All the houses where she works, eveyone praises her for her dedication and hardworking nature.

Does it mean all those who are hardworking, get their due share of these undemanded appreciation? No. Surely not. The point is, these people put their hearts into thier work. They do the work without expecting either appreciation or criticism. They just do their job and thats it. They remove the thoughts of that job from their mind. But they keep track of what they are doing and they know very well what they are doing. This is what happens when you put your heart into it.

Got to spend one day putting your entire heart into it. Do everything wholeheartedly, consciously putting an effort in doing so.