A RAINFOREST

It was on the 26th of November 2006, we decided to visit this little unknow place called DOODHSAGAR FaLLS near Goa.

Prashanth in goa

Hi folks, yes me back, after a self imposed sabbatical. Feels good to be back, and myself. My good'ol'friend Prashanth, had come down to Goa, for an inter-job break. It was great fun, visited the best of restaurants in S Goa- Martins, Peppers, Kokani etc etc. On the last day of the vacation, I took him and my new roommate vijay, to this cool place, known as a HILLSTATION or 3 Kings chapel, a real adventurous detour off the road to the airport, from where u can see miles and miles of open sea, with millions of coconut trees edging the beach. Its impossible to even imagine that the worlds best resorts with innumerable foreigners are down there. absoutely no hint of civilisation. The day ended with the famed picture perfect Goan sunset amidst local crowd in Colva............

My office Space

A snapshot of my office space. Have tried to customise as much as possible. A styrofoam coffee cup into my pen stand with my initials. My business card deconstructed to give identiy to my table-drawer. Also take a look at the colors used in the office,,,jhataak goan look 

Expression at 26

Yet another graphic to simple express my state of mind......there is a constant urge to be this 'odd man out','to rebel',' to be different'.BUT
the more u strive, the more the fact dawns on you that, u can never change or repel from the CAST or MOULD, something what u always aim at. But, all you can 'MAKE A DIFFERENCE', is highly consequential,,,,,and its just a matter of time,,,before you r realise that it was all BUT AN ILLUSION 

Boredom blues

 

EXPERIENCE

EXPERIENCE: Ever wondered how complex this thing is, and ever observed what impact it has on ppl who claim to be 'experienced'.
The way i observed so far is - EXPERIENCE is an necessary evil in any Profession. Its a double edged sword. I feel there are only two ways about it.
Either, be experienced and become judgemental over the years. Something like, i have been doing this over the past 5 years, and keep doing the same for the next 50 years.
Or, be experienced and innovate, everytime u encounter the same problem over and over again.

Lets understand what is the impact of Experience on the way of working.
For this, one has to first decide whether one evaluates actions or one evaluate thoughts. Lets us consider the latter case, where one decides/ evaluates/ opines against thoughts and not by what one does.
Practically, one faces a situation, what he has faced in the previous project. Now what he does, is he knows that he had taken a certain path to tackle it previously, and also knows the outcome.
So now, an action based guy- though tries a new path, but is always apprehensive about his experience. This- I have found out observing ppl that, it makes them judgemental and aligns the mind on a negative field.
Now, a thought based guy- knows that it all depends on the way u approach or think out a problem than how u go do it. Under this cloud, though he has been thru the process in the previous project, he innovates- though if he would have failed previously- he adopts a new approach- like starts all over again.
Now comes the dilemma- then when does 'experience' count. It is as simple as this.
Action-based guys- I have done this 1000 times, and i know what is the outcome.
Thought- based guys- I have done this 1000 times, out of which i have failed 900 times. So yet again, i will try out a new way to work it out- whatever be the outcome
I guess that sums it up: Experience is not about Knowledge but is all about attitude. Experience is not about solving a problem, but how u solve the problem.

CAGED

Just realised ,,,,that I have been caged in this zoo of life. 

YOGI

My companions- My compaq, and the latest means of ecstacy- AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A YOGI.

Wanna get humble, wanna a get an understanding of things around u, join me reading the book 

 

MOODY BLUES

 

My Work place

Sunset from my work place. I sit just 150 m from the sea (waves). Thats 50m of white sand beach, followed by 100m of coconut groove. The beach is a real cool one, in the sense really private. Its actually bikini's galore out there. Out of 20 different babes we see daily, 17 of them are 40+ sloppy ones, while the other three, really remind u and acknowledge that ' Boys are Boys'.
This snap was taken on the way to Panjim via Ponda. That a park which has been designed with Fort as a theme. REally awesome one. Thanx to my HP cam, i got this happening snap. It was really dark when this was taken, but long exposure did the trick

Shirdi 2

Well it was # 6 with Prashanth- 1998-Pondicherry,2000- Goa, 2001- Kerala, 2000- Sabarimala, 2002- Chennai and now 2006- Shirdi. Its always fun when he is around, with his know-all talks. Looking forward for more trips.

Shirdi 1

The much awaited Shirdi eventually materialised last month- Mar 12 2006. It was short and a memorable trip, considering the following facts- first bus trip for poonam and myself, and first VOLVO trip for Helmet prashanth. (Had to bear a lot of elementary queries) He lost a bet too, regarding the graphics on the bus. He owes a pen.
I went to Mumbai from Pune and we boarded the 2345 bus from there. Helmet met us at coffee day by 2215 and we spoke and chatted quite a lot throughout.
the next day was also too smooth to be true. We had darshan within a span of 45 mins.
I had to leave to Bangalore on urgent basis and Poonam and Prashy left to Mumbai,,, awesome, short and a memorable trip.

Eerie Joa

Have to tell this, that there is something mysterious about everything over here,,,the place, the people, the surroundings.
Few images from my balcony to substantiate. Yes that the moon peeking a look between the green streaks

JU JU place

A sneak preview into my place. Again minimalistic approach- A cot, table chair and an almirah. The cot as u can see is a double bed (future planning).

Ordered chaos.
View of my room, from the balcony