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 :)
cheerio
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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 :)
Cheerio
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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

One of the first

One of the first pomes of mine hits the limelight here in A View from Without :)

Why Me:

What is it that we are trying to prove
we with our sights we only disapprove
of all the things that go wrong in a day
thinking that life should only go our way

Do we ever stop to look at a blind man
or hear the yells and shrieks of a mute
Do you ever stop before you walk past a lame man
or try to explain yourself to a mute

Why is God so unfair and unjust
gives sight to some and to others only trust
Why does he work the way that he does
is a mystery to almost most of us

He gives us all an opportunity, a stance
to make the best of it, if only by chance
if only to make us a better man or beast
to make it through life; an adventure in the very
least

To attain heights, to seek new goals
to make it for a hundred and one hopes
that may or may nopt be pinned on you
the day you go out to give what's due

To finally understand the meaning of life
and your place amidst all this strife
to truly become aware of the dream
is the purpose of all or so it would seem .......

Vix
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14th March 2003

My Pix.... new link on the right

Hi all.
i have added a new link to the right and you can access the photo adventures with me on my various sojourns and outings :)
cheeiro

and like vittal said... i do a lot of travellin.....

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Shasta Lakes and Caverns

Hi Catch the Shasta magic over at

Shasta Lake

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gizoogle it....

Hi All,
I am including here a look at how snoop would have written my page :)

A View from Without(Snoop Doggy Dogg Style)


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Oregon - Crater Lake

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Originally uploaded by vivekgera.

Crater Lake - Oregon.. Did not expect this to be much to look at after Lake Tahoe.. But then it did surpass my expectations to be one of the most beautiful lakes I have seen for a long while.

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New Look ???

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Originally uploaded by vivekgera.

New Look ????
temme how y'all feel. ??

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Aman' Birthday

hi,
talked to Aman and appu this weekend after what seems like ages. They both seem to have taken to Chennai quite a bit and waxing eloquent about the ECR, which over here means an Emergency Change Request.... which kinda got me all worked up about the work involved and all.. .before I realised they meant the road. Anyways was nice talking to them after such a long while.
...
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Past, Present and Future

Well... am back after a short break, work and travelling was keeping me busy with loads of stuff. Anyhows am here now. What have I been doing, well travelling at a breakneck speed all over the bay area for one....
Finished reading Mi Moto Fidel..
bought a Powerbook :) well that I guess makes me a complete Mac convert ;)

Went ahead and finished The King of Torts by John Grisham as well :)

Completed One month of Vegetarianism :) went 2 this place yesterday called Fresh stuffings or smthing. Had enough ghaas phoos(salad/vegetarian) in one evening to last me a lifetime. However am unfazed about the setback.. not quite a setback but very nearly put me back on the path of non-vegetarianism. I thought i heard some chickens committed suicide to avoid this fate, but then I cannot be sure of what I hear on the grapewine ;) .. anyhows decided not to go ahead and make the day of all those people betting on how long can I last without meat. but I am gonna be proving them wrong ;)
did I realise that it is tougher to be a vegetarian or rather that I should have tried converting to vegetarianism in perhaps India, where it is infinitely easier to convert than over here in the US. well I guess I just love a challenge.

Planning to take up roller blading today now that my back appears to have healed :) wish me luck ;)

Dhar was here in town a while back ... great meeting him after all this while. had a great time catching up on some of the shit that happened to each of us and would have loved it, if he was here for a longer visit, but then cannot really go ahead and have everything now can I .
anyhows will log off now have been writing for quite a while now :)
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Well... here it is

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Originally uploaded by vivekgera.

Well.. here it is, my new Powerbook :) the first unveiling of my new Powerbook.
cheerio
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Hydro-therapy.... & its benefits

Hydro-therapy has been the saving grace for the past 2 days. It has been helping out in pain relief and god knows how much would it have helped.

Fact:
The therapeutic effects of warm water treatment include lowering of blood pressure, fatigue relief, faster tissue repair and pain relief.

here is a transcript from a webpage that i referred to a while back:

Spa therapy for lower back pain

Lower back pain is the number two reason in New Zealand (after colds and flu) for a visit to the doctor. Thousands of people suffer needlessly.

For many years Europeans have used spa therapy (soaking in hot baths of mineral water) as an alternative treatment for various chronic diseases. Yet, the effectiveness of such therapy for chronic lower back pain has not been well documented.

In 1995, a study published in the British Journal of Rheumatology offered evidence that spa tub therapy aids both short and long term benefits for people with lower back pain.

A later study, published in the Journal of Rheumatology by a group of researchers in France, sought to confirm these results and quantify the overall benefits of spa therapy.

After three weeks of consistent spa therapy, examinations showed more improvement in the health status (as measured in pain duration and intensity and back flexibility) of the spa treatment group than in the medication only group. After six months, significant improvement continued in the spa therapy group. In addition, their use of analgesics and anti-inflammatory drugs had decreased.

aarrggghhhh...

Well, three days now.. out of commission .. basically this back of mine is never gonna let up. It is excrutiating pain and then some. I would not wish this upon my worst enemy. I really feel I should take more care of my self, however it is just that I am so lazy. Maybe it is God trying to tell me something. please wake up and smell the coffee. I have not done that for a while now :) Then i see the amazing stories of Gloria estefan and how she came back after a bus accident had taken her back away from her. Her grit and determination make me feel incomplete and a loss to life in general. Mebbe I too should take inspiration from her and move on. Get my ass moving and onto something worthwhile in life.
anyhows that is me and this is now :)
cheerio
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Long time ...

Long time no see. deja vu. Meeting with friends after a long time is fun and lot of times you quite do not know what to say. But then today was fun meeting up with an old friend after nearly 10 years. good times to roll and all that and was quite nice.
:)
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Brothers in arms...

Well tennis pics seemed to be missing for some time and well here is one, and I think I should have uploaded some more much earlier. But then blame it on the time issues.


Anyways here is the pic.

cheerio
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