Day: March 22, 2005

AK-47 episode

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I was at the Forum mall on Friday evening buying tickets for a movie. In the queue behind me, a girl and boy were discussing something and nudging each other. Terrorist… commented the guy to the gal and they nudged each other again. AK-47 whispered the guy, behind my back. Only then I realised they were referring to me! Later that evening I was going to meet some of my office photography club colleagues for a night photo shoot. I had my tripod over one shoulder and it tends to look rather menacing. I had to resist the impulse to turn on them, uncover my AK-47 and start shooting right there.

Colours of spring

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Colours of spring, originally uploaded by anita. I love the beautiful colours in spring time. It’s all too brief though. And the purple and yellow flowers only blossom for about a couple of weeks but they look incredibly beautiful. I took a walk around the neighbourhood a few days ago and captured a few of the purple blossoms, which graced every corner. Sadly, they’re all gone now and the summer is upon us with real gusto. It’s been so hot lately, that I feel like I’m back in Mumbai again.

Weekend Musings

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I’ve been using Flickr.com pretty frequently since it appeared on the Web. I like the interface and the presentation of the application. On Sunday night over dinner at a place called Magnolia, we – Adel, Kaushal and I – were discussing the Web’s next apps. Actually, I was pretty zonked having been awake since about 6 am in the morning, but the two of them were going great guns. Amongst the topic of the conversation was Flickr.com and who it would sell out to. And hey – they must’ve heard us – because the news broke the next day that Ludicorp was selling out to Yahoo! I’ve been thinking about getting a Flickr pro account, but now I think I’ll just wait and see for a while longer. Kaushal is another Mumbaiite who has moved to Bangalore recently and is currently in the process of settling down in the new city. He blogs at kronicles.blogspot.com. In fact, there’s news that another Mumbai blogger (and we’re not naming him yet) is moving to Bangalore soon. So …

A day at the hospital

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I thought the skiing course was really reasonably priced at Rs 4500. And then I went and slipped on the snow and hurt my knee. I ignored it for a few weeks, thinking it was yet another small injury. But that was not to be. The knee now has already cost me a few thousands to repair already 🙂 My 10-day physiotherapy started yesterday and I must say I rather enjoyed it. Earlier, I would feel physically sick whenever I had to go to the hospital for anything – usually to visit someone. But Manipal where I thought I’d get my knee treated is nice and clean (and mighty expensive, I might add). There are user-friendly boards everywhere (and cash counters too 🙂 at every corner. Last evening, they put this machine over the injured knee and let it get all warmed up. It felt rather good actually, as I nearly dozed off. The physiotherapist, a young peppy woman who joined a year or so ago, kept me busy with her chatter. She promises that …