Entries from August 2009 ↓

A hasty visit to Chikmaglur during Monsoons yielded a few pictures and a travelogue; which recently got published (text by wife). Here is my favorite from the trip:

Also, just came back from a 9 day trip to Ladakh – rather dragged my body back – the soul continues to linger somewhere in the Himalayas.

…asserted the wife on her birthday. Well I pulled out some data from Cricinfo’s database of Indian players and it seems like most of our cricketers were born in December! (This includes anyone who ever played cricket for India):

+-----------+-------+
| Month     | Count |
|-----------+-------|
| December  |   867 |
| October   |   709 |
| November  |   688 |
| September |   679 |
| January   |   488 |
| May       |   453 |
| March     |   449 |
| July      |   438 |
| August    |   438 |
| April     |   422 |
| June      |   391 |
| February  |   334 |
+-----------+-------+

But then cricketers in India are very special people to start with – aren’t they?

What is common between an Auto driver in Bangalore and a Nikon D90?
One-And-A-Half.

p.s. Don’t worry if you didn’t get it. The audience for this PJ is probably in single digit.

The monsoon is supposed to be at its peak in June/July in Coorg. No such thing this year. An occasional drizzle which would threaten to grow into something worthier but would stop just short is all we got. Still, it’s all very beautiful.

We weren’t the only ones eager for rain…

…and we did get a drizzle soon. The dreamy soft-focus here is caused by a few stray droplets on the lens. These are pomegranate buds/flowers.

The paddy fields near our home-stay collected whatever little rain that did fall.

Everything looked fresh and squeaky clean.

The day ended with a glorious sunset.

We stopped by at the monastary at Kushalnagar on our way back.

Realized I had never looked straight up before. Was pleasantly surprised to see the chandelier use fluorescent lamps. The two shades flanking it continue to use the lamp’s original Edison edition.

p.s. The new camera still hasn’t seen much action. The photos here are from the old EOS 350D.