In Greenwich

Like most places in UK Greenwich is not pronounced as it is spelt (I wonder why this is so) Greenwich is pronounced as 'Gren-itch.

I had to visit the place where the longitude is 0 0...the place where time begins...

This is a wonderful little town an hour by the boat cruise that we took or 30 mins by Bus. Lovely Gardens surround the "Time line". it also has a beautiful market that sells all kinds of things :)


the timeline !


View from the hill






Open market at Greenwich

River Cruise down the Thames

We wanted to get to Greenwich and decided to take the boat there !! it was wonderful indeed...

Random Shots

Trafalgar square

Da Tag.....

Neha tagged me

1. Grab the book nearest to you, turn on page 18 and find line 4
"But style is one thing and idiom another" from the introduction pages of Homer, Odyssey (thats the one closest)

2. Stretch your left arm out as far as you can.
Soft Pillows

3. What is the last thing you watched on TV?
A stupid serial called 'Sugar Rush' for about 10 mins 24 hrs ago.

4. Without looking, guess what time it is?
11:05 pm GMT

5. Now look at the clock, what is the actual time?
I know you wont believe me but it is 11:05pm GMT !! ok maybe 11:06 pm

6. With the exception of the computer, what can you hear?
The Vehicles that go by (not many though).

7. When did you last step outside? What were you doing?
AAt 7 pm headed for "Belgo Centraal" a Belgian restaurant for dinner and drinks.....am composing this post after consuming
Margarita:1unit
Beer: 2 Units (read Pints)
Shots: 4 units
Schnapps: 4 units

8. Before you started this survey, what did you look at?
My Orkut page.

9. What are you wearing?
A River Kali adventure camp T-Shirt and Track Pants.

10. Did you dream last night?
Cannot Remember.

11. When did you last laugh?
30 mins ago when I saw my project manager drunk and dancing down the street :D.

12. What is on the walls of the room you are in?
The fire escape safety instructions of "Buckingham Hotel" and a print of the "Red Fort"...

13. Seen anything weird lately?
Sure. I saw a very weird thing on TV called 'Big Brother's house'.

14. What do you think of this quiz?
Interesting.

15. What is the last film you saw?
Mission Impossible - III.

16. If you became a multimillionaire overnight, what would you buy?
British Museum (well maybe I could afford one of the tinier rooms).

17. Tell me something about you that i dunno.
At present I am using my bath tub to wash my clothes and my hair dryer to get them dry !!

18. If you could change one thing about the world, regardless of guilt or politics, what would you do?
The World is just right. Thank You.

19. Do you like to dance?
I love to. Cant stop

20. George bush.
Yuck.

21. Imagine your first child is a girl, what do you call her?
Draupadi (I have a wild imagination).

22. Imagine yout first child is a boy, what do you call him?
Major Major Major Major (have u read 'Catch 22'?).

23. Would you ever consider living abroad?
No, I am in London at present...but would rather be back home in India :)

24.What do you want GOD to say to you when you reach the pearly gates?
Yo ! whassup brother from a different mother.

25. 4 people who must also do this meme in their journal.
Krishnan, Simi

Cambridge

A beautiful old town 1.5 hrs train ride from Kings Cross, London.
The rain did not dampen our spirits:)

Sad

I was in office...and I could not help but overhear a very senior guy say "I am ok to visit any of the offices, but I will never go to India...just cannot"

What a pathetic piece of s**t.......

Random images

In the tube


have you watched Harry Potter?

The Da Vinci Code

Watched my first movie in London :D, 'The Da Vinci Code' released yesterday and we were off to see it today. I would say it was a good movie, not great just good. Tom Hanks never lets you down, some good editing and powerful scenes, make it a good watch. However there was no climatic ending, the movie just meandered off to its end. Watchable nevertheless :)

The Palace

To me the word 'Palace' signifies, glorious, awe inspiring structures. Well Buckingham was not exactly awe-inspiring. If anything it may be described as a little dissapointing. Does'nt mean there are no photos :)

To the Palace

Glimpses of Covent Garden: 7 pm

To London,To London to look at the Queen

Am in London, there is a slight drizzle and my Konfabulator Widget tells me that the temperature is 15 degree celsius. Its supposed to be summer here !! Well I am loving this weather. I think its fabulous. Reminds me of Bangalore a few years ago, the weather that is.

The sun does not set until after 8pm...which is cool too.

More from here later

Graphic Novels

Thanks to Krishnan
I got to read "V for Vendetta" and "League of Extraordinary gentlemen" both are super cool, LXG is a shade better though.

Reading "Batman Year One" now :D

Seven Daffodils

I may not have a mansion
I have'nt any land
Not even a paper dollar
To crinkle in my hand
But I can show you morning
On a thousand hills
And kiss you and give you seven daffodils

- The Brothers Four

Do you agree?

" The mind is its own place, and in itself
Can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven"

- John Milton, Paradise Lost

Bangalore->Poona->Bombay and Back

On my way to Bombay (I refuse to call it Mumbai!), I visited Poona for a couple of days. Having heard "Pune is just like Bangalore" etc etc, I was looking forward to a relaxing couple of days ahead of the hectic life that Bombay presents. what I found was an extremely Hot and humid city with traffic so bad that it surprised even a Banglorean like myself :)

In all poona sure looks like bangalore in one sense which is that it is ready to burst at the seams as far as infrastructure is concerned.

Bombay was the usual, a city like none other in India, Bombay always reminds me of a machine that is constantly running. run run run thats how people seem to live in Bombay, unlike the lazy, laid back life that Bangalore presents.

Bombay has wonderful wide roads made at the cost of trees and greenery, I remember this one time that a friend of mine took me to see the famous "Hanging Gardens" I went with visions of a great wondorous gardens much like the one in Babylon. What I saw was a tiny little place, with dry bushes, a scattering of benches and exhausted looking trees. We have better gardens at traffic junctions back in Bangalore !

But I must say that Bombay has a charm of its own, that no other city seems to possess.

In all a wonderfully refreshing holiday for me :)

Off to Bombay...

off on a long vacation to Bombay.....more on this later too :)

My Favorite Best Movies on the Subject: Revenge, Vengence, Redemption and Vendetta

1. The Shawshank Redemption
2. Payback
3. The Count of Monte Cristo
4. Man on Fire


MORE ON THIS LATER

hmmm.....Yaaaawn !

Yes, its been a long time since I have blogged.....simply because either there was nothin specific I wanted to write about or because when there was, I was too lethargic to blog :(

This itself is beginning to look like a mock post, so I shall stop.

Wanna Mate a Movie??

Check out these really cool entries using photoshop: GO

The Best ODI Ever?

I was planning to spend the weekend out of station. a good thing I did not, for if I had then i would have missed, what can be termed as the 'best' match ever (atleast from a batsman's point of view)

Watching the SA v/s Aus finals with friends was an awesome way to spend the Sunday. The best part being, the amount of self belief that the South Africans displayed, giving a new meaning to the phrase "They can, because they think they can".

I wont write much about the match, since we all have heard too much about it already. But I would like to mention, that the turning point of the match was Ricky Ponting's decision to bowl Mike Lewis out(Lewis went for 113 off 10 overs, a dubious record). Especially with Bret Lee having 3 overs remaining.

Well I guess its easier to be critical in retrospective, but it did strike me as odd, when Mike Lewis was handed the bowl.

Reading at the Moment

Finished: "Papillon"

Finished: "Murder most Cosy" - a collection of short stories

In Progress: "The Secret of Annexe 3" by Colin Dexter, I must admit that it is not one of Dexter's best.