hmm… My frens gang at office came to know that I write a blog and update most of the time about lotus pond.
Now this is the reason for teasing me… how??? let me explain…
the other day I was standing on the terrace of my office and sipping coffee. Suddenly I noticed that there is a tall ladder with orange color spots on it. I took a closer look at it and realized that its fungus.
Then the hungama started….
Rolee.. ” I know you are gonna write about it in your next post… take a pic”
Rats…” cool… so you got one more object to cook up with!!!”
Ravi and Bindu…” Common…deepthi woh bhi likhthi hain!!!”

Whenever I say,” wow…. great location and amazing thing!!”… my frens are always ready for pulling my leg and have few gags there
tell you frankly… I enjoy that… I like laughing and making masti with them… thats how my evenings at office are going with.

While I was enjoying all this blogging tease… I got some brilliant idea of bloggers meet.
Firstly I would like to meet Smita and Vimal…. to give them some good surprises.

To Smita… a kg of pure ghee sweets from Pulla Reddy Sweets house(quite famous in Hyderabad)…. just to motivate her to eat them and think of aerobics and gym classes and write more funny posts happening there  and along the way

To Vimal… a recipe book with all the south indian varieties of dishes… and help him become the best JKG…and get appreciated by you know who!!!
Donno when it will be fulfilled!!!

Today I took few beautiful snaps at my office. Have a look at them
This is the one with reflection of tree in water and it turned out to be complete mirror image

 This is the one with sunset in water… I couldnt see the sun above the sky… but could see it easily in water

Have a nice weekend folks!!!

All through the movie, I didnt get bored at any point of time. The conversation that the actors have is very interesting and natural. Its not like they took any effort to say them. I am not sure if they would have rehearsed anything at all.

The sequel is interesting for some reason. At the ending it makes you think whether you are optimist or pessimist or neutral when judging any situation.

Worth watching them. I became a fan of Ethan Hawke after watching those movies. He is quite natural and talented.

Few examples are right in front of us.
1. Terrorist attacks.
2. Swine flu
3. Train accidents.
4. Communal clashes
5. Corruption.

Well this thought came to me when I was watching this movie called “A Wednesday”. I know… I am very late in watching that movie. But I did. I realized that few things said in that movie are very correct. Especially about our system and society.

Let me talk about some current scenario. Swine flu. Because of Swine flu so many people are dying. Initially there was much hype about that flu. People were frantically talking about it and trying to take precautions. Now… its a common word.
Swine flu?? its already there… kya kare??
Thats what people say. Even though the death toll is increasing everyday, we are not able to help it.

Terrorist attacks… the most common thing in the Indian History. I have been hearing them since childhood. Did anything happen to prevent them?? People are again used to them. Especially in Mumbai life doesnt stop after any incident… let it be rains, floods, terrorist attacks, train accidents.

Sometimes i dont understand if “taking easy and granted” is written in Indians fate. We were ruled over by britishers for centuries together and didnt do anything good over there untill some greatest persons in the history were born. Even now are we waiting for someone else to come and change us?? Liberate us from the agony of terrorism and corruption??

I am really not sure what we think everyday when we get up and go out…but one should be much more responsible and truthful to make a better society. Corruption is one such horrible thing. I regret to say that my dad pays enough money to Government officers to get his work done. Many times i asked him to stop the work and complain agaisnt them. He is definitely tied up as there are many people who can take revenge for such acts of bravery. I sometimes feel that some of the youngers are more eager to earn money in less time by following wrong tracks. Thats what is happening in government departments. Lesser salary and more wants and means to earn money. A simple clerk takes Rs.2000 to print a government document with seal in a revenue department. Isnt it horrible??
Not sure where its gonna lead…and when will the mindset of people change.
Jaago jantha jaago!!! We want to see India as a developed nation in the world without terrorism and corruption in its belly!!! Lets strive for it….

The movie is very very touching and I cried buckets while watching it.
Its a movie worth watching. I watched it with subtitles in english and audio in Korean language and its a different experience. I would only understand that “kumao” means Thanks and “aye” means yes,Sir.
The acting skills of the kids is awesome. It shows the immense politeness and manners taught to kids in house and school. Watch it whenever you get time.
One such good korean movie is “My Sassy girl”. Its also very very good.

Have a nice long weekend

but something changed… if i take the last few months and now… my life has changed from non happening to very much happening
i am happy… very very happy(i wish kisi ki nazar na lag jaaye… touch wood)
so…whats happening??!!?? a good question i think…
pretty good office…
pretty good new frens… who make me laugh and also sometimes make me angry
new hobbies… apart from reading… got into nature watching and photography
new learnings… java and mysql… writing some hundreds of lines of complex code…which i never got a chance to do in my previous company!!!(unusual though… cant help)
new thing thats keeping me busy these days is the Lotus pond. Every day, we 5 friends go for a walk for about 45mins and get refreshed our mind!!!

Today I caught sight of one unusual bird… its cute with red beak… i had to use 10x zoom to get the picture of the bird… here is it attached along with some of my frens snaps

The next pic is of the forest … there is this beautiful view which i havent explored till now…here goes the pic of it…

above… dirty duck is creating ripples and eating some insects from water…

Another is just like that…

Its a long weekend for us as Monday is a holiday. Enjoy frens!!! Happy Dusherra!!!

I want to say few things about Srisailam. Its a pilgrimage place where Lord Shiva resides. Its situated in between a dense forest and Krishna river. Actually at that place, Krishna river takes multiple turns and apears very beautiful. People say that Krishna river goddess is the most  proud and arrogant female in the purana’s. Thats why I guess its so beautiful with different landscapes it has created during its journey. One should never miss the 80kms ghat road through the jungle. Its complete greenary and there are cotteges in forest as well. Btw the forest is called “Nallamalla forest”. Recently our Chief Minister had died there in a helicopter crash.
I am attaching some of the snaps here.

this is the forest… we crossed all those mountains which you see in the snap… its a 80kms stretch… imagine… the largest forest terrain to be crossed… after 8pm vehicles are not allowed on that road…

I caught this beautiful sunset over there in my camera

 

This is the Srisailam dam over Krishna river where power generation happens

this is the view before the dam… with beautiful landscape.
One can plan for this trip over the weekend and enjoy the mother natures creation.

And not least my barbeque nation photograph… Our gang is having lots of fun in my new office. This is one such example for that

There was this African festival celebrations. We took part in that. The best part is that they were focusing on that theme completely and kept the mood all through the time. Also they took snaps of each and every table. They presented the copy of that photograph to us. Isnt it great!!! Thats why some of the restaurants are very popular..for their good hospitality Clockwise… me, Bindu, Rolee, Ravi and Ratnakar

did anyone to hear to the songs  of “TUM MILE” movie?? the title song is really cool… the music is by pritam and he is a copy cat… must have copied from somewhere… but try the songs sometime… the lyrics are good

coming back to my skills
attaching some pics again…

This is the pic of bamboo trees in the park… just wanted to take the snap with the sun peeking in between the trees.

 

 

 

Atlast… some beautiful bunch of flowers… all those are on a single twig… really beautiful with 5 petals donno what they are called!!!

 

Next time i will chose a different place and get something unique!!!!

This is the pond that i m referring to… its just surrounded by buildings and greenery. Awesome sight from my office building

This tree is completely bent into the pond… one can actually swing on its trunk. I have the snap me swinging.. but for other reasons i didnt put it here

There are lots and lots of fish in that pond… all sizes and even crabs also… if you make sound crabs run away into the water…the pond is over breed with many fish…because fishing is not allowed the fish is seen very clearly.
very neatly arranged stone planks… liked the arrangement very much…

This is my sab se favorite snap… the only dead tree you can find there in that park… it was around 6:30pm when i took this snap… and i didnt apply any effects to it and just came as beautifully as anything
god really took care in removing all the leaves and making it live for other nature loving guys to see it even after its death. Like me i guess

I have couple of favorite teachers from my school.
One of them is Mrs.Daivaleela teacher. She is my favorite. She has encouraged me in all aspects when i was at school. She used to teach us Science subject. I remember the lab experiments she made us do… One of them was showing a frog heart and seeing some bacteria under microscope. I came out with flying colors with her blessings. I used to be the class leader and I had real fun. I had the privilege to sneak into all other mark sheets and find out who got the highest score

On teachers day we used to give our teachers off. We used to decorate the staff room with different color papers and flowers. And also write thanking note on the classroom board. They used to be very happy. Also we organized funny games for them. Once I even remember we had a fashion show…like walking on the ramp. It was amazing to watch our strict teachers wear funny attire.
BTW… my school was a girls high school. So it was lot more fun as it was only girls and girls.

After the entire program, secondary high school girls were allowed to monitor the primary school kids. Couple of frens in my class decided to go to 3rd class and play around with them and also act teachers
This all happened when I was in 8th class. We asked the kids to dance, sing, recite poems, act funny and enjoy. That day was lovely. We used to monitor every class for only one hour and exchange classes. In that way we gave our teachers complete rest on that day.
It was fun and I cherish all those moments.

Once again Happy Teachers Day!!!!

What makes me happy??

• shopping ( its quite obvious)
• watching a movie and eating pop corn
• driving my scooty
• playing with kids
• watching a cute baby’s innocent smile
• reading my favorite novel again and again
• chatting with my best frens
• watching my rose plants grow
• watching the sunset while sitting on the terrace and sipping hot chai
• catching sight of peacocks in the KBR park from my office building( its a good refreshment)
• Listening to Ilayaraja’s songs from my iPod(his music is awesome)
• watching National Geographic channel(somehow i stick to TV watching this channel for hours)

From my previous post someone suggested me to do things that makes me happy… I realized its more important to make my facial muscles move by just smiling all the time
Of course being happy is very important for our day to go good and it would be a perfect beginning.

soooo… what makes you happy????