photo-shoto!

Munnar pics - finally uploaded!

2009-09-09T12:16:00.000-07:00

This 1st pic is my fav!!!

The guests! :)

2009-06-02T08:46:00.000-07:00

Its been ages since I updated this blog! blame it on not having traveled anywhere....life sucks when one has to stay put in one place! But i see lot of traveling in the near future so nothing to worry about now.. I plan to go meet a few friends living elsewhere this holidays but I have had a few friends over this week, they came uninvited... but they left very soon..just after I took these pics!
This cat is actually a frequent visitor, my mum sometimes gives her a cup of milk... she quietly drinks it and leaves! This is where she is found most of the time.. outside my kitchen window!

There are 3 new baby squirrels in my building now. God knows I hate the noise they make, They squeak! but this baby was so cute! I am still not sure about touching them or holding them though... for one they are so tiny and I get nervous! The kids named one of them cherry and came to me for suggestions for the other two names. So the three siblings are now named - cherry, chubby and Chip :)

Also, I have heard that once you touch a squirrel the other squirrels don't let them into their group... is that true?

This, that and other random pictures

2009-03-23T22:15:00.000-07:00

I love temples! i don't exactly believe in god as such but I love temples.....clean temples, temples with not many people...quiet temples...old..very old temples :)

more randomness

2009-03-23T09:38:00.000-07:00

The center stage where the beautiful dancers danced to please the maharajas i suppose but for now I just decided to pose!

A shiny spider, you can't see clearly but it was the prettiest, most non-scary spidy ever! :) oh I found it on my mum's saree by the way!

The baby monkey was really cute!!

Grapes! Not ripe yet...but grapes nevertheless!

Flower power!

2009-03-23T09:05:00.000-07:00

This, the one above, is a cactus flower....I had never seen one before this! it is soooo pretty!

Have i mentioned my obsession with the color purple before?... No? well... ok now I have!

Love in the air

2009-03-23T08:56:00.000-07:00

.... Literally!!!

The nandi

2009-03-23T08:50:00.000-07:00

Legend has it that if you whisper your wish into this Nandi's ear and touch his tail and pray, your wishes will come true. When it does, you are expected to get enough butter to cover him with it! That's what this poojari told me. I whispered my wish :) *there is something about this place you know.... its peaceful..and something more.. I don't know maybe it is the location,almost a 5000 feet above sea level and a killer view!

Not too far away!

2009-03-23T08:47:00.000-07:00

History in ruins

2009-03-23T08:37:00.000-07:00

This was just a storage room where the Tippu sultan's army kept all kinds of ammunition and stuff. That hardly interests me. What was interesting was this building itself. This is one of the very few structures left that has been constructed using a particular technique called 'vajragaare' what that exactly means is that the binding material here used instead of cement is a mixture of egg white, jaggery and sunna. cool eh? and its pretty strong to have lasted hundreds of years! But the very harmonal, love struck, bollywood inspired youth of today rather just carve hearts and declare their love on this! Exactly what tippu intended when he bulit this i am sure!!

Temple

2009-03-23T08:31:00.000-07:00

this is an old temple on nandi hills. Not many people know of its existence. Just take the path that leads downwards from the joy ice cream shop and you will land here, along the way is an old tippu sultan's ammunition storage room which is now in the worst possible condition (see photo titled 'history in ruins')

cookies!!

2009-03-14T06:18:00.000-07:00

Yep! I baked this all by myself! :)

And.. ladies and gentleman... the much awaited recipe HERE!

Brighten up!

2009-01-21T09:54:00.000-08:00

Bright blue skies

2009-01-21T09:51:00.000-08:00

gold

2009-01-21T09:49:00.000-08:00

Footsie

2009-01-21T09:39:00.000-08:00

incomplete

2009-01-19T23:58:00.000-08:00

What do you think this is??

2009-01-19T23:57:00.000-08:00

2009-01-19T23:52:00.000-08:00

Show me the money!!

2009-01-19T23:50:00.000-08:00

In spirit of the exam season!

2008-12-24T21:35:00.000-08:00

2008-12-24T21:32:00.000-08:00

Family portrait

2008-12-24T21:21:00.000-08:00

This has a story.

While in mysore for dasara 2 years ago... all i could think of was eating. We do not have any family/friends in mysore and there is pretty much nothing to do there after visiting the somanthpur temples, zoo, palace, and the parks. 5 days can be a drag so the next best thing to do is either to shop or eat... shopping in mysore is not all that great except for chanapattana toys so the only thing to do was to EAT! so every morning we(mum,dad n me) would go all around the city searching for a place to eat and the same drill for lunch and dinner as well and in the evening we could go to the local markets(which look so bright during the festivals!) and while there we found this one of a kind pig set, which resembled us so much! hehe...

so from L-R: it's dad, mum and me!! ;)

when i have exams and stuck at home!!

2008-12-24T21:15:00.000-08:00

My two fav colors... put together!

2008-12-20T23:32:00.000-08:00

the glow

2008-12-11T05:25:00.000-08:00

Pooja thali

2008-12-11T05:23:00.000-08:00

Light

2008-12-11T05:21:00.000-08:00

The cosmic smiley!

2008-12-01T21:55:00.000-08:00

cocoa plant and the fruit

2008-10-29T11:12:00.000-07:00

sunset in BRP

2008-10-29T11:11:00.000-07:00

river side during sunset

2008-10-29T11:10:00.000-07:00

wild mushrooms on a tree bark

2008-10-29T11:08:00.000-07:00

how often does one see a donkey(in action!)??? hehe..

2008-10-29T11:06:00.000-07:00

2008-10-22T21:41:00.000-07:00

The poisonous frog

2008-10-22T21:40:00.000-07:00

:)

2008-10-22T21:38:00.000-07:00

Besties!!

2008-10-22T21:37:00.000-07:00

so much for an ice cream!!

2008-07-29T23:30:00.000-07:00

We stopped in tiptur on our way back from shimoga for some coffee and mom wanted to buy some capsicums there which apparently is what tiptur famous for. I got out of the car to stretch my legs and took this shot coz of the tag line for the ice cream ad- it reads hrudayavu inchu inchaagi karaguvudu meaning your heart will melt inch by inch! hehee...

pretty in pink!

2008-07-29T23:25:00.000-07:00

its looks like a miniature version of the may flower... and it's so tiny.. i love them!

flower power!

2008-07-26T06:07:00.000-07:00

everyone loves a rainy day

2008-07-25T06:19:00.000-07:00

smile :)

2008-07-25T06:15:00.000-07:00

spidy

2008-07-25T06:10:00.000-07:00

candles and flowers

2008-07-22T23:25:00.000-07:00

red hot spicy!

2008-07-22T08:18:00.000-07:00

suki

2008-07-19T05:44:00.000-07:00

A very popular fruit in Thailand, it tastes just like litchi. It is litchi with a different dress...lol!

heaven in a cup

2008-07-19T05:41:00.000-07:00

corn and capsiicum canapes

2008-07-08T09:39:00.000-07:00

the king of fruits!

2008-06-06T01:51:00.000-07:00

the sure sign that summer has arrived!! ..yey!!

mid-day snacking?

2008-06-06T01:42:00.000-07:00

mysooru dasara

2008-06-01T03:44:00.000-07:00

Everyone's gotta see this at least once!!

sham again

2008-06-01T03:34:00.000-07:00

i find taking pictures of people a lot more interesting than with objects and to capture an expression would be a somewhat a fluke shot..like this one...!

My beshht friend!!

2008-06-01T03:25:00.000-07:00

miss you girl!!.. muaaahh!!

The start

2008-06-01T03:20:00.000-07:00

i took this while we were on our way to mysore last october. we stopped for coffee near some village and i decided to just take a walk in the nearby park...made me realize how beautiful mornings can be!!.. but of course..its even better under the blanket!

evening sky

2008-06-01T03:17:00.000-07:00

fire...

2008-06-01T03:09:00.000-07:00

ok.. i agree i have this obsession with red and black images! about 50% of the pictures i take have a read and black contrast!...
anyways.. this pic was taken when i went to coorg with friends. I guess the camp fire was the only good part in the entire trip!

go green

2008-06-01T03:04:00.000-07:00

flower power!!

2008-06-01T02:42:00.000-07:00

a macro shot i was trying.. not happy with it but i think i am getting better

melon for the summer!!

2008-06-01T02:40:00.000-07:00

yumm!!
just trying a bit of photo-shoto in the kitchen.. and i promise to get more of these lovely colours :)

twin flower power!

2008-06-01T02:37:00.000-07:00

more like conjoint twins!!

chinese new year in singapore

2008-05-30T00:06:00.000-07:00

sentosa!

2008-05-30T00:05:00.000-07:00

into the clouds

2008-05-30T00:03:00.000-07:00

It felt like i was going into the clouds... maybe the way to heaven looks like this!

flame

2008-05-29T23:58:00.000-07:00

I took this shot at a buddhist temple in macau while mom was learning the history of some fish related to the temple...!! moms!

gloomy

2008-05-29T23:55:00.000-07:00

its called 'window potography'! and besides it was raining to go out....it's not like i'm lazy or anything... u knw.....

red hot!

2008-05-29T23:50:00.000-07:00

I was so psyched with these things.. I went to s'pore during chinese new year and this was all over the place i even bought about 10 of these in diff sizes and even got red and gold pillow covers that just cannot be used anywhere in my blue-themed room!!

kaa-kaa!!

2008-05-29T23:45:00.000-07:00

the crow on my terrace...lol..!!

arecanut...!

2008-05-29T23:43:00.000-07:00

lady with the lamp!

2008-05-29T23:41:00.000-07:00

this was taken using my cell(1.3 mp)... not bad eh??.. n that's sham:)

2008-05-29T23:34:00.000-07:00

taken at sham's native... ahh.. what a wonderful place it was!!