4 Years!

Unbelievable! Yes, it has been 4 loooong years since anyone saw a post on this blog.

Relax, I am still alive :)

I hope i get more regular going forward...

Ciao

Farmville, the new buzzword in the online game world

Everyone seems to be going the farming way these days. With already over 2 million people playing around the world I guess it soon will overtake the Mario craze (or has it already?). Everyone is busy harvesting, buying stuff, adding neighbors and increasing XP. It had been a long time, almost years together since I ever played an online game. Somehow I got pulled into playing this and believe me its really addictive. There seems to be a huge mad rush in collecting more coins, adding more crop or to buy more cows, sheeps and horses. Some of my friends seem to be dedicating a better part of their day into this. Last night when I visited a couple of farms, I see the artistic side of people by the way they have their farms laid out. I bet that the already extremely popular Facebook is gaining even more popularity because of Farmville. One of my friends told the other day, he signed up to FB just to play FV.
Way to go!!!

FB is just no more to keep in touch with friends or to post out where you partied last night. Its seeing a totally new dimension.

Thanks FV developers. Now let me get back to harvest the Rice I had planted yesterday. :)

By the way, there is this another app called Mafia Wars, which also seems to be quite popular, however I haven't tried it out personally. Will post once I get into trying that.

Amen.

I am back!!!

Finally, I am back into blogging. Been so busy in the last few months that I hardly had time for this. Just moved from Rochester to Richmond over the weekend. Thank god I dont have to see the rough winter of NY again. It was really painful. Overall, I never liked that place. I am happy to be back in Richmond.

More to come in the next days...

cheers...

Ontario Beach Park

Yet another day @ work

The last few weeks have been freakingly busy at work. i mean "really freakingly bizi". And to add to it is the moronic weather @ rochester. Can you imagine putting in 14hrs on a bloody Saturday...Finally I got some time to see my blog and realize that it has been a long time since i posted anything.
For all those who dint know, i am currently @ rochester, NY and i hate this place!! period. every fuckin thing is costly here. can you believe a pack of Marl is 9 fuckin DOLLARS!. High time i think abt quitting.
42 more days for the D-Day. Booked my tickets last weekend and Yippeeeee I am landing 5 days before marriage....just cant wait (all you nasty perverts....its not for what you are thinking..)
Will be writing more in the coming days (hopefully?)

Wayanad and Kozhikode

After all the planning and scrapping of trips, finally made a 3 day trip to Wayanad and Kozhikode. A nice drive down to wayanad and a decent home stay. The best part of the trip were some nice shots of sunset@kozhikode. Was trying out some different options on the new EOS400D and below are the results.

Nanna necchina kaggagalu

ಬೇಕು ಬೇಕದು ಬೇಕು ಬೇಕಿದೆನಗಿನ್ನೊಂದು ।
ಬೇಕೆನುತ ಬೊಬ್ಬಿಡುತಲಿಹ ಘಟವನಿದನು ।।
ಏಕೆಂದು ರಚಿಸಿದನೊ ಬೊಮ್ಮನೀ ಬೇಕು ಜಪ ।
ಸಾಕೆನಿಪುದೆಂದಿಗೆಲೊ ಮಂಕುತಿಮ್ಮ ।।

More, more, more of this, more of that.
Why did He create this drum of a body
That screams "More" all the time?
When will it say "No more"? --Mankuthimma

ಜಗವೆನ್ನ ಮುದ್ದಿಸದದೇಕೆಂದು ಕೊರಗದಿರು ।
ಮಗುವು ಪೆತ್ತರ್ಗೆ ನೀಂ ಲೋಕಕೆ ಸ್ಪರ್ಧಿ ।।
ಹೆಗಲಹೊರೆ ಹುಟ್ಟಿದರ್ಗೆಲ್ಲಮಿರುತಿರೆ ನಿನ್ನ ।
ರಗಳೆಗಾರಿಗೆ ಬಿಡುವೊ ಮಂಕುತಿಮ್ಮ ।।

Gripe not that nobody cares for you:
You are a baby for your parents; for others you are another competitor.
When everyone in this world has a burden to carry,
Who wants to hear your grouse? --Mankuthimma

ಸರಿಯಾಗಲಿಲ್ಲವದು ಸರಿಯಿದಲ್ಲವೆನುತ ।
ಹರಡಿಕೊಳಬೇಡ ಮುಳ್ಳನು ಹಾಸಿಗೆಯಲಿ ।।
ಕೊರೆಯಾದೊಡೇನೊಂದು ನೆರೆದೊಡೇನಿನ್ನೊಂದು ।
ಒರಟು ಕೆಲಸವೊ ಬದುಕು ಮಂಕುತಿಮ್ಮ ।।

"This is not right, that is not correct":
Saying thus, spread not thorns on your bed.
So what if something is not perfect?
Life is but a rough job. --Mankuthimma

ಪಿರಿದೆಲ್ಲ ಮತನೀತಿಗಳಿಗಿಂತ ಜೀವಿತವು ।
ನೆರೆಬಂದ ನದಿ ದಡಕೆ ಬಾಗಿ ಪರಿಯುವುದೇಂ ।।
ಧರುಮಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮದ ತಿಳಿವೆ ಲೋಕಸೂತ್ರದ ಸುಳಿವು ।
ಅರಸು ಜೀವಿತ ಹಿತವ ಮಂಕುತಿಮ್ಮ ।।

Life is greater than all religions and truths.
Can a river in spate respect its banks?
The essence of religion is generic principles;
You [alone have to] seek what is good for you. --Mankuthimma

ಎಡವದೆಯೆ ಮೈಗಾಯವಡೆಯದೆಯೆ ಮಗುವಾರು ।
ನಡೆಯ ಕಲಿತವನು ಮತಿನೀತಿಗತಿಯಂತು ।।
ತಡವರಿಸಿ ಮುಗ್ಗರಿಸಿ ಬಿದ್ದು ಮತ್ತೆದ್ದು ಮೈ- ।
ದಡವಿಕೊಳುವವರೆಲ್ಲ ಮಂಕುತಿಮ್ಮ ।।

Which child learnt to walk without falling down?
This is how the mind learns wisdom too.
To slip, to fall, and to shake oneself and get up:
Isn't this what everyone does? --Mankuthimma

And this is the best one i liked...

ತರಚುಗಾಯವ ಕೆರೆದು ಹುಣ್ಣನಾಗಿಪುದು ಕಪಿ ।
ಕೊರತೆಯೊಂದನು ನೀನು ನೆನೆನೆನೆದು ಕೆರಳಿ ।।
ಧರೆಯೆಲ್ಲವನು ಶಪಿಸಿ ಮನದಿ ನರಕವ ನಿಲಿಸಿ ।
ನರಳುವುದು ಬದುಕೇನೊ ಮಂಕುತಿಮ್ಮ ।।

A monkey scratches a graze and turns it into a wound.
Worrying yourself to no end over an imperfection,
Cursing everything and making your mind a hell:
Is this misery a life too? --Mankuthimma