This Side of Paradise

..Sometimes she’d go out on the porch where her mother could see her, to roll a joint And Lorraine would have a smile on her face that made her look a little crazy … As if she had a secret that no one else knew… …I liked watching her… Walking on, one summer night Lorraine said “now its time for you to see the light house” she was out on Montok point

Talk about new year resolutions coming true…! When I typed out ’travel’ on that list I’d put up, little did I know what was in store for me …hell, I’ve been traveling most of the time so far. I have gone to Bangalore for a business visit gone on the HX-4 going to a quick visit to Srisailam tomorrow go on a quick US tour …and that’s just for the first two months of the year…! I’m already beginning to like this year already :)

Without further ado… here’s my travel blog I wanted to start this one when I came back from the fantastic road trip last year through the bandipur sanctuary. Unfortunately that never materialized for a variety of reasons. this blog starts with the HX-4 (Himachal Explorers - 4). A six day bike ride across all of Himachal. head over to my other blog for more info ;-) EDIT (23 Jul 2025): The travel blog has been merged back into the main blog. I’ll be organizing it properly with tags, but that’s somewhere down the line.

So, what are the resolutions for this year gonna be? Well, there’s the pending list from last year… however, the list isn’t too long for this year ;-) get a nice big bike get those certifications moving. Finish them as soon as possible hit the gym more regularly…! learn something new :) (probably why I’m sitting so late trying to get my laptop display the proper resolution on linux) travel 2007 was welcomed from a linux desktop. Have been using vista for a major part of last year - believe it or not, I’ve grown tired of it ;-)

now, why is that we run out of things to say, to talk about? It has been almost a month and a half, but somehow, I’ve never felt like logging in and posting something…really no idea why…!! Anyways…things are going on like they have been. There have been a few interesting developments at work; unfortunately, they cannot be revealed here now…btw, don’t let your mind wander ;-), its just work that’s all!!

dedicated to the traveler in me… Why are we here? What is our purpose? someone said that we are here just to pass our time till we reach the end how do we pass our time? stare at the world with bright, round eyes, doodle on pieces of paper, get educated, do jobs, get married, have children, keep doing jobs and raising children, wait for the end. and even while we wait, somehow we still try to figure why we are here. but for some, there’s more!

My hi-def LCD TV arrived over the weekend. I’ve been waiting for over a year to get this one. Got it at quite a bargain and a good installment scheme to boot. 50 inches of sheer splendor - DVD’s look awesome on this beauty ;-) …now just waiting for a HD-DVD player and an xbox 360…LOL :)

… I have been getting really lazy of late…! one month has passed and no posts yet…! few reasons I can give ;-) Appraisals Chennai trip work ;-( I still haven’t got the chennai tip pics up…so it will be a while before getting that post done. However, the Jan trip’s posting is definitely pending…it was fun and it definitely warrants a complete post. I’ll start working on that shortly…;-)

You can trust a client visit to throw things out of gear for a while. Nevertheless, things have gone on pretty well…except my vacation got totally messed up. I have done many changes to the blog page now. RSS links are available for your personalized google or yahoo home pages, so you will get the new posts delivered straight to your home page. Of course, you can subscribe to these feeds with a stand alone reader. further below are two really funny quizzes - “Are you a true nerd?” which gives you your nerd score and the next one is your “Computer savviness index”. try out these quizzess - you’ll find it fun.

Exactly three months back, we set out to achieve the impossible…completing a seven month project in three months…! we made it at last…!! agreed…the three months were nothing less than hell….I’ve lost track of the number of weekends I’ve sat at the office from the morning to the night; I’ve lost track of the late hours I’ve been awake; I’ve lost track of how many times I got called when there was nothing else on my mind other than getting a few hours of sleep. But, in the end what matters is that we’ve kept our end of the bargain. We delievered what we promised. It’s a month of chill-out now, before getting on to the next project.