The Journey

Hmmmm.....its been a while since I last mentioned about my various trips....
Well over the past 3-4 months since April have travelled to 3 places and one of them being Delhi....which needs no mention....home visit...ghar ka khaana.....catching up with frnds there n all...

In April.....had a chance to go to Ranganathittu a Bird Wildlife Sanctuary on the route to Mysore from Bangalore. The Pics can be found at:

8th April, 2007: Ranganathittu and Srirangapatna

So this was a real BIRD WATCHING trip. Reached there by around 8:30 am and then there you can get a ten to fifteen minute boat ride around the sanctuary which is basically located in a very small area on river cauvery (this small area also is an advantage), the density of birds is way too high). Crocodiles are also available for viewing in this area (you can consider that as a complimentary view along with the birds).

While on the journey back we visited Srirangapatnam and sangam. This was my second visit to Srirangapatnam - earlier one had been jab mein chhota bachcha thha......

The second journey was in June to Hogenekkal falls - on the route to Salem from Bangalore - 180 Kms from Bangalore. Also managed to achieve 180 Kmph speed in my car on Hosur road. The last time I had been to this falls, they were furious. It was post monsoon and Caivery river was at that time full with water and the falls could be seen in full glory, and the restrictions on the boatings were there. This time around the journey happened before the monsoons came over. The water was there in the river, but the the feeling of calmness was prevailing over the whole area. The falls had shrunk and you could actually go under various small small falls without any fear.

The tradition of me donating something to the river cauvery in form of lenses continued, though this time it was not as expensive a donation like the last time. This time around I donated my spectacles to the river.

The pics link will be put up shortly for this trip.

And in this month - July first week, I had been visiting home.......

As of now the weather around Bangalore is asking to make one more short trip.....and something needs to be planned asap.....

River of Dreams......

It is one of the most beautiful songs with really beautiful lyrics to which one can relate at some or the other point in their life....

here is the song lyrics:


River of Dreams
Artist: Billy Joel

In the middle of the night
I go walking in my sleep
From the mountains of faith
To the river so deep
I must be lookin' for something
Something sacred I lost
But the river is wide
And it's too hard to cross
even though I know the river is wide
I walk down every evening and stand on the shore
I try to cross to the opposite side
So I can finally find what it is I've been looking for
In the middle of the night
I go walking in my sleep
Through the valley of fear
To a river so deep
I've been searching for something
Taken out of my soul
Something I'd never lose
Something somebody stole
I don't know why I go walking at night
But now I'm tired and I don't want to walk anymore
I hope it doesn't take the rest of my life
Until I finally find what it is I've been looking for
(Two beat Pause)
In the middle of the night
I go walking in my sleep
Through the jungle of doubt
To the river so deep
I know I'm searching for something
Something so undefined
That it can only be seen
By the eyes of the blind
In the middle of the night (break)

I’m not sure about a life after this
God knows I've never been a spiritual man
Baptized by the fire, I wade into the river
That is runnin' to the promised land (Long Four beat Pause)

In the middle of the night
I go walking in my sleep
Through the desert of truth
To the river so deep
We all end in the ocean
We all start in the streams
We're all carried along
By the river of dreams
In the middle of the night

Bird Watching :D

8th April, 2007: Ranganathittu and Srirangapatna

Highwaystar Back

Well well well.....

It has been a long long time since I logged into my Blogger account and voila....it has all changed....and a good change....

Now is the time to get the train rolling....chhuck chhuck chhuck chhuck....

4 months and I have been in Bangalore....

Though its another case, I have still now taken any breaks to go on a leisure trip till now - need to start doing that.

Aha...4 months down the line....my dear Canon EOS350D has been feeling neglected, just like this blog, I need to do something about it.

Now the thing which I miss max after leaving Chennai are the amazing beaches.....what fun it used to be to be sittin on the beach with breeze blowing late in the night....or just having fun on the beach when it was raining....

Anyways all this will slowly fall in place.

The World Cup died an early death with the exit of Pakistan and India in the very first round....

Wow...where has Indian cricket come to 25 years after winning World Cup. This sure is gonna be reflected in some major changes which will in a short while happen with Indian Team.

The World Cup this year also had its lowest moment with the death (or murder) of the Pakistani coach - Bob Woolmer

And now the king of advertisement spenders - Pepsi has had to work out a way to salvage its investments in the World Cup with the Blue Bullion theme falling all apart.....its time for Bollywood to take over the reigns....

But in advertising world in the Telecom side....its Motorola which is creating the waves.....the new Motorokr advt featuring Abhishek Bachchan (of Miss Aishwarya Rai's to be husband and might be to be Ghar Jamai fame). This advt. simply just simply ROCKS.....especially the last scene of the advt where Abhishek is shown as dead all set for cremation wrapped in white lying down and all the people around him crying and then suddenly his head starts shaking.....truly depicting the theme for the phone "Music Addiction by Motorokr". Another good thing about this advt is that is is able to communicate its selling points effectively....

The advt can be checked out at: The AB Motorokr Ad

The advt is made in a hindi movie format - where there is a Maa praying to get her son back in a Temple, a jung ka elaan, AB getting beaten, ABs wife declaring the son she is goin to have is not his but his friend and in each of these situations AB ends up singing...director asks him to take a break and in that break Motorokr features are shown and then coming back to movie on the death bed...dat sequence I described above. Now go and check out the link above for the advt. Its good. Motorola has been coming out with some real good ads recently which I personally feel have been amongst the best which any handset company has come out with.....good going...so now Motorola is back in race along with Nokia and Sony Ericsson....

Its Time

Well well well.....

It has been a long long time since I logged into my Blogger account and voila....it has all changed....and a good change....

Now is the time to get the train rolling....chhuck chhuck chhuck chhuck....

Now its almost 4 months and I have been in Bangalore....

Though its another case, I have still now taken any breaks to go on a liesure trip till now - need to start doing that.

Aha...4 months down the line....my dear Canon EOS350D has been feeling neglected, just like this blog, I need to do something about it.

Now the thing which I miss max after leaving Chennai are the amazing beaches.....what fun it used to be to be sittin on the beach with breeze blowing late in the night....or just having fun on the beach when it was raining....

Anyways all this will slowly fall in place.

As of now the BIG thing is cricket aha..... (abhi tak aaya nahin thha, so its finally mentioned)...
India finds itself in a do or die situation....making Friday match with Sri Lanka, nothing less than a final which it needs to win to move ahead in the World Cup...and all this has been courtesy a minnow team - Bangladesh which made India bite the dust in their World Cup opening encounter....

Just hoping Men in Blue get the clue and send the opposition running to the loo.....

Wishing the Indian Team all the best!!!!!!!