Except a nightmare reaching Senai airport and coming back, this was a first trip where I didnt had to worry about itinerraries. Plan was way too simple. To count my lovely little one’s First Birthday, I opted to splurge a little bit and stayed in Shangri La. One of the best Read more…
At times, I end up seeing people (never met though) with whom time failed miserably to gift the effects of aging. Their radiance defies age; they carry an aura of mystique as if they meditated for ages. Trust me, my words cant express how jealous am to see them. For Read more…
Kids these days! I never talk about work in blogs. But couldnt resist to share an event, at an event from workplace. I was one of the committee members for a Bring your child to work programme. It was such a lovely event to spend time with the kids. They Read more…
How not to cross Malaysia from Singapore At the time of writing in 2014, there are many options 1) Numberous cheap flights, 2) Bus travel, 3) train travel and the last 4) the wrong-way (legally still good). 4th option is still good with a light backpack!. I found a good Read more…
Why iphone 6 and iphone 6 plus will be biggest success ever! well, take me for an instance, few weeks back, jumped with joy for a oneplus mobile (truly, still best for the price), routing – not just routing, waiting like a scool boy for the annual vacation for iphone Read more…
..it was a typical warm evening at Chennai. It was on my vacation time. I was on the rooftop holding the little one in my arms which I can quote as the most soothing thing of that hour. Down below, the street (road) was filled with auto rickshaw noises. Hazy Read more…
One of my UK friend asked what is OnePlus one when I mentioned that in social media. I would have asked the same couple of months ago. Same goes to the word Cyanogen! All of a sudden my Note 2, gave up on me and resisted any sort of battery Read more…
This is part 2. Part 1 is here Parambikulam Tiger Reserve 31st Dec 2013 Last day of the year, right after early(??!!) breakfast, we crossed the borded which is hardly couple of KMs from the topslip. Topslip was looking bit pale and made me to recollect my faint lush green Read more…
“Destination is half the fun, the journey is!” Somehow this is very acceptable in our case. New Year trips always gave us the much needed break and fun time with friends. Its the mid of April of 2014 when am writing this with “appreciating” myself for the time I took Read more…
Often I was asked how do I enhance the picture. Honestly, I prefer to get the perfect from-the-camera itself. However, in real world, we produce anywhere between 2000 to 3000 pictures for each trip. Selecting the right ones and slight enhancement is often becomes mandatory. I was used to these Read more…
It was my lunch time and my walk towards my ‘favourite’ (??!!) restaurant came to near halt and got distracted from my phone call. Near to the Singapore river, UOB building hosted sculpture show was the reason. Am generally biased when it comes to metal art and this was intriguing Read more…
Singapore airshow (2014) was open to public visitors on 15th and 16th of Feb. I never wish to miss one of these. They are definitely an experience which barely could express in pictures. The vibe will be great and the near deafening jets and obviously the scorching sun!. I had Read more…
I did. Exactly thats what I did. Generally I give down time during my vacations but there are times, I leave it that way and go. I never had any troubles. Until this time. Mine was a custom built – where I chose every one of the smallest components and Read more…
It was long pending. Last year, my ‘written’ goals for a 6 pack didn’t get me anywhere near. Furious I was, decided to take on this year. Either its me as I like to be or the lazy goose!. Am definitely going to save a lot of time to you Read more…
It was when Kannan came to Singapore and we wanted to give a good work to our beasts – 5DM3. I always fantasize about being there in Chinese Garden (SG), right after a heavy rain. Whole place looks at its best and makes me to forget am in a city Read more…
Its been sometime I wrote something about a movie; which obviously does not mean that I didn’t see any good movies. I liked “Gravity”, Ender’s Game, Thor – Dark world, and even Hunger games. Not just that, I watched more movies at home, “Jagten” also known as “The Hunt” Read more…
Am not Anti-Social at all, if at all the title raises your brow. If you are in a large team and generally eat with them, you will not agree with what am talking. At all! While I wanted to write about 1000 different things here, this came out of nowhere. Read more…
Syue Mountain / Xueshan / Snow Mountain Its not quite often I write one here counting a trek accomplished. Especially this year, I wanted to ensure to finish a trek and a dive this year. Luckily YMCA (sg) announced Xueshan hiking in Taiwan. It wasnt hard to make my mind Read more…
Syue Mountain peak Trail Xueshan hike part 1 is here Around 5am, I brushed my teeth with a cup of hot water, used toilet in that weather and got my gears ready for the day. Thermo meter was showing minus 8. My worry at that time was not the hike Read more…
Wuling Farm At the end of Xueshan hiking, we had a stopover in Wuling Farm. It was beautiful with its colorful flowers and trees. This place is known for Land-locked Formosan Salmon Watching, Alpine botanical garden and various ponds. Also it has excellant accomodation for the hikers. Land locked Salmon Read more…
Shilin Night Market I spent 2 nights spending at Jian Tan Youth center and the night market was my favorite time pass after dinner time. Shilin Night market is huge and mostly not different than mongkok (hong kong) night market. It is a shopping paradise for women and a bit Read more…
Taiwan National Museum Following day, I decided to stay in the same place for that night and explore the Taipei city whole day. As per the little plan, my first stop was to National Palace Museum of Taiwan. I bought a 2 day card (ticket) from Jian Tan train station Read more…
Taipei 101 Later took a Taxi to the nearest metro station and . This was the tallest building on earth from 2004 to 2010. Its vertically 508 meters (little above half a kilometer from ground) and has 101 floors above ground and 5 underground. First 5 floors are treat to Read more…
Taipei Zoo I have no idea why I visited this place. I should have straightly skipped it. Its good, but not for adults. Its huge and bit entertaining. Kids would love it. Here are some pics. May be the shortest entry in entire site I guess. 😛 Check the below Read more…
Maokong Gondola Maokong gondala and Taipei zoo are at the same metro station. From the Taipei Zoo metro station, one has to walk for 5 mins to find the gondola. This gondola goes all the way to Maokong mountain and the cheapest way to ride. Entire stretch is very beautiful. Read more…
Ximending district. As if I havent had enough for the day, I went to Ximending district – one of the night street performance area in shopping belt. It was quite charming. I bought some crispy chicken and took a leisure walk. Somehow I like this place better than the Shilin Read more…
Beitou hot springs On the last day I had my flight in the late afternoon. I took a bet and wanted to visit the Beitou hot springs. Luckily it worked. I took the red line and got down at Beitou station. From there, another tram like train takes us to Read more…
I will not beat around the bush for this! We will not be able to connect a router with BSNL teracom or Huawei modems, reason being BSNL modems connect as gateway where as routers expect it in bridge connection. I spent hours thinking router was faulty. Then I googled and Read more…
Movies are all about entertainment, isn’t it!. Over a period of time, entertainment mediums changing rapidly to keep audience enthused. One of the half dead medium is Magic. See this movie, and all you will feel is, there is still HOPE for it. Not like the way Obama says it though. Read more…
Generally I don’t go beyond advising people when asked about their career related questions. But this time dared myself to write a career development entry right here. Thanks to the session I have attended!. For the obvious facts lets just say I was lucky to spend time with some of Read more…
Came across an eye catching read today which talked about top 10 cities where tourists flock. With a curious eye where I have been and havent, I took a quick look and few werent surprising and few were. Here is the list first before I brag about what I feel Read more…
Reed Flute caves This is the best attraction of the city! Caves are not my best interests but this one didnt give me chance at all. Reed Flut cave is so huge that the entire hills has got nothing inside – it was hollow to a greater extent and the Read more…
Guilin City Tour 05 April 2013 Marks our wedding anniversary! We kept the day for day tour in Guilin. Hotel arranged a english speaking taxi driver come guide. I have pre requested the places to be covered. Prince City Solitary beauty Park This is one of the tourist spot with Read more…
Lonji Rice Terrace Weather was suppose to be doomed as T-Storms were the warning. Very half heartedly I booked the day tour from the hotel to the rice terrace. In any case, I just wanted it to be an experience. But luck played my side, we had the best weather Read more…
Li River Cruise This is the first and top tour in the region but luckily just controled by one official tour operator who has online booking! (www.lirivercruise.net) I had my booking – otherwise I would have got looted in the name of pickup and drop off charges. Luckily we get Read more…
Two Rivers and Four Lakes Somehow I feel am writing one after a very a very long time. In between, wordpress and the theme ran into trouble few times and I had to do a lot just to get it back to the stage what it was. After a real Read more…
2012 was memorable in few ways and mute in most of the ways. Few things am wishing for 2013 and am sure with the progress am making about programed-life, hoping I should be able to acheive them. Let me brag about them when 2014 starts. 😉 These days, planning a Read more…
Nethaane En PonVasantham. Am writing this for just one purpose. Just to read this review when am old. 😛 Just for the sheer purpose to know how much of joy I got out of this movie and to realize how (much) I felt while watching this flick. I tend to Read more…
Wander in a new land, a walk Smell the morning dew, a sense A sinking orange sun, a memory. A Hug from a kid, I forgot everything & the rest! No matter how hard I try not have an entry to a trip that counted my birthday, I endup writing Read more…
Khan came back. This time, with a gripping story anyone would fall for. Its dark, intense drama which wont allow you to yawn even if you have skipped two nights of sleep. Aamir always surprises. This time, for a change, without bothering about any ‘messages’ to the society, he gave Read more…
“Life of Piscine Molitor Patel” to be exact. I get super excited whenever a movie is made out of a book I read. And everytime, my expectations about the movie shoot sky high and come home with a slight headache as the movies generally FAIL to cover most of the Read more…
Ode to a drive which never ended “They said a lot Much more to see More to drive When the tyres cried We laughed – When we finished, They laughed again. Its on me! They call it Little England!” It was my N-th year of MBA exams time. I Read more…
Let me be honest, I watch hindi movies rarely. Or I have started watching, ‘coz I get the subtitles in English here. 😛 I was on a ‘go for it’ mood/mode over this weekend and watched “Poda Podi”, “Thupakki” and on Sunday evening “Jab tak Hai Jaan”. First movie should Read more…
Am ingen stor fan af Bond-serien, men så dem motsly. Selv de ældre udgaver har noget i dem – selv nu. Det være sig placeringen eller teknologi forestillet – gør dig at se det uden at videresende dem. Når alle hævdede Pierce Brosnan er den bedste, jeg følte Daniel Craig Read more…
Am no big fan of Bond series but watched them motsly. Even the older editions have something in them – even now. Be it the location or the technology the imagined – makes you to watch it without forwarding them. When everybody claimed Pierce Brosnan is the best, I felt Read more…
I could have just ignored about writing this. But couldn’t do it, as its a compelling movie which is not to be missed. I told most of my people to watch it. Its that good. Barfi! is the character (our hero – Ranbir Kapoor) named after a radio brand Murphy. Read more…
Let me not beat around the bush!. Take it. Its Sridevi’s show. A conservative, typical indian house wife’s portrayal, I seriously doubt anyone else could have done better. Its a story of a mom who is happy making laddoos and plays by the book of a typical Indian housewife. There Read more…
My 10 year passion with learning atleast one music instrument still going. Slightly gave up on my Guitar but Pianos always stayed my favourite instrument for its grandness and mere simple press keys. However, Grand piano, or Piano would be a fatal mistake at this time considering my reputation of taking it Read more…
This article is valid only for Windows 7 on a 64 bit. It may work with 32 bit as well. Test yourself! Had couple of weeks of vacation and my PC (yes, I assembled it by shoving all possible higher configuration so that I can claim am nerd (who is Read more…
This trip came as one the best things I bought on groupon. Bought a coupon months ago and had it planned for 3rd and 4th of August. Offlate, my work contributed enough to my stress which made me to looks for this trip quite eagerly. Ofcourse, with a guilty feeling going Read more…