Times Square NYC

704, Hotel Affinia, 7th Avenue,31st St. that is where this post is being keyed in. 400m off the picturesque TIMES SQUARE. The party here never ends, we were there till 2 am and it was just picking up. What has been the significant difference that this city had from the other cities that i visited here is the energy that you get to see here. Life is 'hip n happening' with everyone having the feeling that they are on the 7th heaven, everyone happy and lost in their own world.

I did manage to capture a few of these moments on my 350D but not really happy with the shots i got, some of them are nice though. Was all set to take a panorama of the times square when a cop came in and asked - "Sir, do you have a permit to use this, the tripod, If not, please fold it up and get going, you can take hand-held shots though.". After being scared already on the "TOP OF THE ROCK" for opening up the tripod, I did not attempt it again.

This city really personifies PASSION,AMBITION,ENTHUSIASM and so on. One thing I would have loved to have in NYC is air-conditioning of the subway stations, they literally burn. Another detailed post on NYC, its attractions, how to do a quick and tiring tour of NYC :)

This is Srikanth signing off @ TIMES SQ. NEW YORK CITY

Blackwater falls - in the lap of mother nature - how much longer

I am reading "Hot, Flat & Crowded" .. the fact that the world is through a critical climate era is slowly sinking in. We are in great need of the single big quality - COMMITMENT, know that it is a lot to ask for but the ask is at a time where we can do something to alter it. Any time later, we can only brood.

We drove down to this super serene landscape at West Virginia ( the states coined - WILD n WONDERFUL .. it truly was ). Had some great time with the camera, doing decently well on the 30 sec shots ,, got one lovely shot of Elekala falls .. bottom line had oodles of FUN. Here is another entry to my list of MUST VISIT AGAIN

PS : will finish the book and write on it soon and going to NYC tmrw :)

Swine Flu -"Ayurveda has a solution" - Guruji speaks

Do you watch TV in the US ?? you better don't..

a real busy show showing which pant goes well with which TOP :)

If you are addicted to your TV and you are coming to the US anytime soon .. u either carry your channels along or be ready to appreciate how good a channel" AAJ TAK " is :)

I was all excited when my colleagues told me about a 32" samsung LCD TV, thats going to be my time pass machine during my stay here. I had pictured myself watching HEROES, LOST, RUSELL PETERS and what not..I did not know that all this comes if you are paying 2 $ odd a month for each channel. If you don't pay that ...what are you left with ,, read it for yourself

--> Shoppers Quest :

A channel that plays product advertisements all day ,, and I have even heard ads that say - " Shoppers Quest helps me choose products for my weekend shopping ". (Shopping , friends is a full time hobby, another post just on that ). " What to do if you don't want your eggs to get over cooked ? "(common sense : switch off the stove on time), you got it wrong. The answer is " #$@#@()#)_ on time egg cooker " just for 50$ .. wonder ppl pay 2500Rs to cook eggs ( thank god I am a vegetarian ).

Tell me a product that is discounted on the " BACK TO SCHOOL " sale. For ppl who guessed everything from Erasers to school bags to laptops, you guys got it wrong again. The right option is " Instant pizza " - so that mom can cook it in time for school :) ,,, Can you believe that ,, pizza on " BACK TO SCHOOL " sale. Wonder if the Pizza was a pass out of the last academic year yet to get placed :)

--> Cops TV

The other day found an ad on Facebook that said that the AMERICAN POLICE is hiring. Also heard a comment from someone around that " COPS " here look handsome. The reason : They all act on a 24X7 channel that has exclusive shows filmed on COP CHASES. What happens if there is no LIVE COP CHASE happening .. ( they let some one loose and chase him down :) ) ,, and yeah, had my roommate watch that for hours ,, he must have voted for AAJ TAK as his favorite channel.

--> DETECTIVE TV

This is a made up name ( forgot the real one ), dont worry naam main kuch nahin hain, asli maal main sab kuch hain. Guess Tehelka got inspired by this channel. All they do day in and day out is to carry out projects to help the police catch fodgeries ( not the million dollar ones, but ones from 3$-1000$ ones). Here's something that I was tortured to see while having dinner. Kamaljeet Singh is an innocent seedha saadha Punjabi kid doing a clerical job at a cramped looking foul smelling Indian store ( that is how Indian stores in the US are.. have one here where ppl lovingly call it the ANTIQUE shop, attributed to the manufacturing dates on the ATTA packets :) ).. lets get back to Kamaljeet. So here is the punjabi munda (punjabi for a boy), and suddenly the cops rush in, handcuff him. Now the reel stops ,, SUSPENSE ,, this is a show on cracking down all the store clerks who refrain from paying the lottery winner the prize amount but keep the ticket saying it din win. I heard my room mate saying - PAKDA GAYA SAALA, two hours after I finished dinner. In India we could run a 24X7 show on this, an attempt to crack down such clerks :).

NOTE : ALL THESE ARE REALITY SHOWS - meaning you can still find KAMALJEET in some Californian store ,, no offense to any state or community, I am just quoting the channel.

Guess this is good enough for some channel to sue me ( they ll make a show on how the cracked down some one who abused TV channels :) ), but yeah so when u come to the US, carry enough music and videos on ur computer IPOD and what not.

One last one - this one s a fact : A Boston student was sued $ 7500 * 22 for the 22 songs that he got through file sharing. So cant download here :)

What's for lunch ??

Who said cooking for yourself s boring
well it did not evevtually end up that way though :)