More Freaky Me :)

Freaky Me

This is a test journal entry to see if it manages to blog this entry over to Blogger.

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french or not to french....

Do not read too much into the title. I am just talking about my french beard. :D lol

sudoku

the latest craze to hit my life : sudoku. 

well it has been a couple of days since my introduction to the game and boy is it addictive. 
:P
off again to save the world of sudoku :D

interesting old look to me :)

:) ah he writes...

Ah he writes from the widget does he :P
I am sure he is very lazy.. hehe 
very funny vits. this is not about being lazy as opposed to being productive with my time. I need more time and there is only so much in the 24 hrs given to me per day. Can't there be two or more of me. I need so much more to do and so little time. 

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Test widget blogging

This is a test blogging from widgets. let us see if this becomes the way of communication with the blog from now on :)

More offers....

Haha. I think i impress with my previous photoshoot so much so that the model wants another one :P

It was a nice one and let us hope that the next one works out great if not better than great :)

I am thinkin a golf theme this time :X esp. one after I land a hole in one. I think that would be just me in the photos and no-one else :D j/king..


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Is it when you cannot sleep that you wake the most.
Is it when you cannot dream that you dream the most.
Is it when you do not care that you care the most.
Is it when you do not love that you love the most...

I think creativity is over rated. I get creative at all sorts of wierd times. I feel so creative now at 2 in the am. however that is just time. I get creative or so tend to think when i am out in the open. free of pressures or with someone on my back. In the greenery or out there in the white. I think I am... therefore i might.

Do not seem to be making too much sense then know this. I just finished Eragon.. following the Eldest. Talked to my brother and my bhabhi just now. I had slept through the whole day ... I wonder how :)

I rant and rave with no rime or reason. The reason i guess is i feel so gleesome. I wonder if that is a word at all :) if not it should be I feel so on top :)

I make some sense I am sure I will see. When i get up and out of bed tomorrow eve. hah just kidding. I will have to work. It is piling up so much so it hurts. I need my sleep . 8 hours due.... already through 7, now what do I do :)


This is quite possible the longest I have ritten. 2 in the am and so it was forsaken.
Tis raining outside, and the temp is dropping. I love this tomorrow is gonna be snapping.
I have to work some stuff out next few days. So that I do not continue to live in a daze

I hope what I aim for works out just fine. I expect some hassles along the line.
I know I can make it, all it takes is a chance. And when the time comes all I have to do is the dance.
It is strange to see me talking so. Well if I know me and I am sure it is so.
I will understand and look back on this all. and hope that I make it through the fall.

It will be awesome .. I tell this to a few. Life as we know it , will be the truth ...


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27th-Feb-2006
(last time i write a poem at 2 in the morning)

Ice Skating

Awesome. absolutely fantastic. Am not falling any more. Though came close to doing so a couple of times today.

:)

looking for skates so :) scouting around.

Just finished watching Incredibles.- Pixar. wow what a movie :)

Another momentous occasion today : Watched the Lord of The Dance. Superb stuff. I am in love with the girl in white :P. haha just kidding :P

how do they manage to dance so well? well it was a pleasure to watch them in action.

got to clean up and go to sleep now. will update y'all laterz.


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Carpentry :P

haha .. not really. got this stuff from ikea. so was installing this on Sunday :)
cheerio
vivek

Lake tahoe (Skiing)

The first time i ski i fall
the second time i ski i fall.
the whole day i fall.. i fall.. i fall..

I fall.. I fall.. I fall..

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Wow :)

Hi all,
Scored a wow at the golf course : Boulder Creek :) Managed to do the top 9 in +23 and the bottom 9 in +8. with a best ever score of : +31. I think i am getting there. Just have to make a habit of getting my mind focussed. Else it is going to be very very tough going with all that moolah going down the drain :P

Cheerio
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New look as promised

As promised by vittal here is my new look ;)



This is an actual shot from my id card :)

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Grand Canyon..

Potluck over @ Apple

Hi,
there was a potluck last weekend and here is a snap of yours truly hogging it out ;)
anyhows loads of samosas, added with a hundred from my side made everyone cry out , no more samosas please ;)

I guess they said it..

Here goes :D

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What is a Klien Bottle ??

Klien Bottle .

How the alphabet came about

This is how the Alphabet came about.

The Tragedy of Julius Santa

Well. This is " Julius Ceaser" redone with a Christmas twist. So now it is Julius Santa. with Brute being played by Rudolph the red nosed reindeer. Also there is Marc Anthony, a worthy successor to Santa Claus' tyranny and yet Rudolph is an honorable man ;)

Saw this play this weekend, Had gone over to help out in the staging and setup of the annual fundraiser for the Affordable theater company in San Jose. Cool Stuff,

Came back with a miniature of Rudolph ....

good times...

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No Gravity (Xero)

Xero Gravity

Still movie ???

Still Movie

Awesome Stuff, hard to beleive that someone would shoot a movie in stills and then stitch it together.

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funneah lol

Funneah

Awesome

Woooooo

Shoreline Blvd

Hi,
Here are some shots on the shoreline Blvd, Mountain View.

outing at the Half Moon Bay...

Hi,
a few shots from the outing that day,....

More pics of the car :) aka gadi

Hi, Here are more pictures of the car as promised last time around :)


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It is here

wow ! that was quick ... my licence is here :) yay ... party time ;)

Thanksgiving weekend is here as well. :) work tonight and then party :D

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mere dost

Have created another group, where you can add yourselves to make a more complete map :)
cheerio

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Frapper.com

Hi guys,
I have created a gang website for dce gang. it is interesting stuff.
check it out. It is the link on the right hand side just above the counter.


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German...

New thing to do for the next two months. Learn a bit of german or rather de Deutsche,

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license to drive :)

Hi,
Finally managed to get meself a pakka license in this place :) took a while but i am finally there :O

cool runnings now :)

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Meri naye Gadi

Hi All,
here is a look at the latest acquisition by me :) Just got this baby home :)
better pics are on their way :)






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realization

Realization just dawned on me ! My logic circuits are kaput ! gone ! they have been replaced by this absolutely crazy system of living la vida loca style ! I used to be logical. Able to see the different sides of things. Now I am unable to see past my nose, if the solution was hitting me on the top of my head, it would be a tough thing to for me to see, realize and act upon. what can all this mean ! Maybe that life can be interesting and lead to boredom at the same time. Life can be great and in the dumps at the same moment. Life can be monotonous and exciting simultaneously. Kind of a quirky twist to life but then that is just what life is. I need challenges as a plant needs water to survive. I need a mountain to climb, if lucky someone will let me. I need an ocean to swim, only if people realized I could swim. I need to fly... soar up in the sky .. if only if ... I had wings
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Happy Diwali

By popular demand :)

Me at Lake Tahoe :) here you go D, the whole pic :)

Cheeiro

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Birthday - 12-Oct-2005

Mera Birthday :) me with a huge chunk of milk cake being thrust down my throat.


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Me, You and Everyone We Know

a true Human interest movie after a while.... offbeat... distinctive... and oh well funny in parts :)
great job Miranda July :)

Me, You and Everyone We Know

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Wallace & Gromit

Hi,
Well my birthday yesterday and celebrated it by watching the Wallace and Gromit movie :

Wallace and Gromit


more at
Curse of the Were-Rabbit
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me at the Presedio

Me at the Presidio

Airshow

Hi All,
Here is a look at a few of the cool fotos at the airshow last weekend :)



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I drive......

Haha ,
now is this smthing to crow over.. welll i do no know. Apparently in golf a driver is the toughest to master in terms of direction. and the irons are the easiest. I work the other way with me hitting the woods over 200 yards and absolutely straight. and me hitting the irons all over the place. looks like will have to get my irons into play more and more and ofcourse have my short game which is nothing to write about over here.

and yes hit a +28 in my last game.(over 9 holes of course) at the
BLACKBERRY FARM GOLF COURSE


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Google Personalized Webpage

Similar to my page at yahoo.com. This is new stuff at google with personalized webpages. check this out at :

Google for you

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Fast (Navratre)

Well.... the last day of the fast dawns upon us today or is it tomorrow :)
i am still unsure over here :)
anyhows has been a fun week of fasting with me cooking food : read making chapatties (kuttu's atta - if someone can tell me what exactly is this made of :) ) and then from Singhada ka atta ( Buckwheat flour ).

room - mate was kinda concerned on seeing me fast and he started eating more so to ensure that he did not fall ill just watching me fast ;) ( just kidding...)

well now that navratre are almost over, i can get back to life as we knew it, though I think this too was quite nice and very much a healthy cleansing experience .

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Preparation :)

Preparation :)
Originally uploaded by vivekgera.

Actual Cooking

Actual Cooking
Originally uploaded by vivekgera.

More Preparation

More Preparation
Originally uploaded by vivekgera.

The finished Product

IMG_1300
Originally uploaded by vivekgera.

me with the Finished Product

Halwai and me ????

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Originally uploaded by vivekgera.

Flight Plan

Well.. went for FlightPlan last weekend. Nice outing with the entire office group joining in the fun, here is the pic :)


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Golf nirvana

Hi,
Went golfing over the weekend. not really too good at it, though first day at a course, so I expect will get better with time.
Patience is one thing which I am looking at in this particular game and I hope it teaches me that.
anyhows a great weekend well spent :)
cheerio
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Flickr

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

The river runs thru it (Russian River)

Well this trip of mine reminded me of this movie that I watched a while back called the river runs through it". A really deep movie about fly fishing directed by Robert Redford. really a must watch movie.
Cheerio
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Me @ SBC Park (Home of the San Francisco Giants) Part -2

Here I am again looking more pensive than i would think was possible :D

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Me @ SBC Park (Home of the San Francisco Giants)

Here I am match between Phillies and the Giants. Giants got thrashed. quite possibly their worst match ever, but then was the first time I was ever seeing them live in action :)


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Sun screen.. very important before canoeing

Hee hee. I am here putting on the sun screen :)
before the canoeing trip./

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Mera Joota hai South African

Hi :)
My new shoes :)

Cheerio

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Canoeing trip

Hey hey hey..... .:D
went a canoeing this weekend and will be uploading some pics from the trip.
Place Russian River.
time: 4 hours
Temp: Entirely tooo hot.
Distance: 10 Miles .
Experience: Pretty much ok :)
Compared to White water rafting.. not even close.
Enjoyment quotient: HIGH. :))
Cheerio
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Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince/.

Hi There,
Finally got my hands on some more of the Harry Potter series this week. I guess this is not as gripping as the last set which i finished in 3 days flat, and 2 days into the book , and I am still 100 pages into the novel.
Not really my style to spend so much time on a single book, but I guess it is the Calvin and Hobbes intruding on my reading space which is essentially causing such a problem.
:)
anyhows liff as we know it is gud. .... :)
cheerio
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Calvin and Hobbes....

One of my all time favorite cartoon strips.... hence decided to catch all the books this month:

Starting with The Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons. Stay tuned to the latest on this :)

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Nature....

Flower...

Night Shots - 3

A look at I-280. interesting the interplay of lights here :)
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Part 2 - Night Shots

Wet wet wet :) makes a nice impression does it not :)

Night Shots

hi,
This is the start of the series featuring some of the night shots i have been taking :)

Check this scene out (taken in front of my house)

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just musin....

Why do we feel that we can implicitly trust people? Why the urge for some people to be totally paranoid about something and for others to be naively trusting?
I am thinking it is because essentially we are all children at heart. Such an outlook is understood when you look at a kid taking the first steps and learning to walk and if you see a baby/child trying to come to terms with water when exposed to a swimming pool for the first time.
The first contact of water and the first steps into the unknown are all tinged with joy and glee, yet the fear and the ignorance of the unknown is still there, hidden behind the twinkling eyes and the wide smiles(grins).
As you grow up you gather further knowledge and smile and laugh as you try and take on the further reaches of the unknown from you. But it is the childhood innocence which is always there when we are presented with the doubtful and the uncertain. .....


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Apple - Mighty Mouse

I though you might enjoy this. To the livesaver dude.

Batman begins

Wonderful awesome work done by Christian Bale. one of the two best portrayals i think of the whole series, in fact. Michael Keaton is the best definitely . since he brings out the true darkness of the dark knight. Liam Neeson was awesome as the baddy. At last a bad guy with nothing wrong with him except a warped mind :). Ever wonder why every one of the villians in Batman movies have some wierd costume on or the other, rather even the hero wears a cape, But the villian of the piece here does not don nothing, except a mask/a disguise :)
anyways do not forget to catch this movie. definitely a must see :)


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Life saving activity @ the pool

Hi All,
Well, kudos to me :D. Managed to pull this guy out of the pool, call the paramedics and get him breathing (.. well somewhat) till the time they arrived all in the matter of 20 minutes. this is how the story goes.... Dude is drowning on the other side of the pool. I go over to that side to see wtf.. is going on. Then this kid next to me says that the dude is drowning ... I am like ok let me go see what is he doing at the bottom of the pool. I realise he is not doing much down there and is managing to do that without moving. DING>>>>> i suddenly realise that this is definitely not good for the dude's health and make it down there to pull him out( with assist from another dude). Then get him out of the pool somehow..(heavy fellow!! ). This dude is not breathing at all at this point. I give him some chest compressions and ask if there is anyone around who knows CPR. apparently nobody did and I am not really that knowledgeable about these matters of life and death myself and found me dialing the paramedics. Well they talked me through getting them over there and on how to assist this guy breathing. In the meantime this dude who teaches swimming in the pool arrives and I thankfully hand over the charge to more experienced hands. I am talking through to the paramedics now.. who arrive there in a few minutes of the call to give the dude further attention.
Well thankfully .. a life is saved .. and mebbe there was a purpose in me staying back this long after all :)
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my current desktop

My Current Desktop .... courtesy Art Lebedev :)

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Art Lebedev

A new link as seen to the right of this post, is one of the most innovative designers/pages I have had the chance to come upon :)
anyhows go to this website and have a look around.

Russian design was this good, I never knew :)
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Beyond a Salmon of doubt :)

Well yes , finally got my hands on the last outing by the great Douglas Adams : The Salmon of Doubt. A posthumously published collection of his work. Amazing stuff culled from his hard disk with stories which were to become his next novel.
More up when I am done reading it :)

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BBC has used one of my pics

Hi All,
Check this out BBC has used one of my pics:

link as below:

Mera Picture BBC ki web site pe

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Dell Woes....

Did not know dell could give a date so late for delivery. Ordered my stuff on the 4th of July and they went ahead and made the ship date as 28th of September.. Go figure.. out the equation, cause I for the life of me cannot figure it out :D


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Abstinence....

Hi All,
Been abstaining from NON-Vegetarian food and Alcohol now for over 3 months now :) please give me a hand / a huge round of applause for having made it this far :D .
I AM SO PROUD OF MYSELF...
you will understand when I say this .. considering that I cannot put my mind to much nowadays ;)

cheerio
Vivek