My Painting.... a new free my mind Mantra

One fine day all of a sudden the bug for painting struck me... and i was thinking is it the usual fascination which has bugged me which be out of my system in a day or two...


But this time this one was to stay for some time and... i ended up buying sketch book along with half a dozen drawing pencil, sharpener and couple of charcoal pencils....


To tell the truth i was to use charcoal pencil for the first time.... and to say i really enjoyed drawing with it :-0

1. This is one of the first sketch which i attempted... please, please don't rank me in the pro list hehehe :-0


























2. This is the third sketch from my book which is made last night (fri 6/26).... oh please don’t applaud... please stop... they require 50 sketch to host a exhibition
























3. Phew... don't say Anish u need to join some physics institution.... i just did enjoyed drawing this.... i wish to have a home and the backyard do have a well(just a dummy one not for drinking sources) and a wooden bench... what's bad i dreaming...














Oh yes... and more important, please do comment(those who all have managed to reach till this part of the post)... as that i ended up doing up more painting...


cheers,
/Ani

King of POP.... Michael Jackson (A Tribute)

King of POP:



Today later in the afternoon we started hearing that Michael Jackson has been admitted… and the worst news broke out by evening …. That the great, one and only King of POP breathed last and the world lost a great music star… such loss which will not be filled by time… such losses are rather permanent.


When I came to knew about Michael Jackson I felt like I myself had lost something in person… and the sudden gush of sorrow was in my eyes….

Back when I was in my 9th grade (1995) we got a new Tape recorder, and I would have took many weeks or a month to save enough money to buy my first cassette that to of Michael Jackson (History) which cost me 125/- back then… so its like more drear to me, the cassette is not in a working condition but I still do have it in my collection … and know is more memorable to me…

This is what we are going to miss…

Kale megha, Kale megha.....

I love the rainy season the most….

I guess the reason being my native place which roots back in Kerala, where we do have nearing to 6 months of rain… and when it rains… it just pours and pours which do result in blossoming mother earth.. We can see the proof as the new plants and the greenery that engulf the landscape.

Back in Pune also we do get a decent rainfall… which does start sometime in June and do last mid or end September… usually we do correlate when Ganesh festival is over rain starts to reseed…

Our group used to have great fun every rainy season they still do have (I am not in Pune since last 2 season… I miss) back to the topic… once the rainy season is all set we used to have many trips… visiting Lonavala / Khadakwasla Dam / Mulsi Dam… this are the must place to visit when it do rain…and any one happens to be in Pune.

We started all this trip since we were in college days… back then we used to travel by local train… and once we had our bike then its was fun riding bike in rain…. Getting wet…. Feeling the slight shiver…

And once we are in Lonavala, the cutting chai was of great relief along with bhutta (roasted corn)

Few of the trips which I will not forget….

1. Once we all geared up and went lonavala… Not a single drop of rain happened... we were all depressed and late in the evening when we were getting down back home it started to rain… we still enjoyed…
2. In one such trip we all were travelling by train… and when we reached lonavala out of shear excitement Akki did some stunt when getting from the train... and he fell... did not hurt but we ended up getting lecture for elderly people for the nest 30 mins
3. One more great trip when we were on our way to Mulshi… the drive was amazing… at one stretch it was rainy so heavily that we all had to stop… as we were shivering due to the continues downpour… but those trips are worth…
4. Couple of years back in one such road trip during rainy season… we visited Dhagduseth Ganapati and we continued to some other temple… we again had a small tumble and fall and we all were searching for doctor in the small tiny village

We all guys had great time all this years during the rainy season…

The JINX Continues….

Do you believe in JINX… I guess know I do have a strong belief in JINX…
In this case, I am not for talking anything related to evil topic or some wacky curse… I am talking about a series of event, which occur…, and you can okay be an audience… who cannot do anything.

In my case, I am not able to attend wedding of my close friends… I plan, plan, plan and boom I am not able to witness the beautiful nice day in my friend life…

I guess most of us would have some of the other such incidence to mark… share them if you can…

I started to track such events (JINX) some 3+ years back..

The latest one on the hook…
Since my collage day’s we were 5 member team, its like in all this year we all have and still share a great relationship with each other… we are like 5 fingers of the hand all different but go along well… we do have up and down but it all fun… One of the friend is getting married and I wanted to attend this… as My visa got expired in Feb, I was under the impression that 3 months is a long time for visa approval, but I was wrong … my visa is yet in process and I am not able to travel…

One more hooked…
My another friend was getting married.. This one was an arranged marriage, but the marriage was to take place in Assam (Northeast part of India). It was always a dream to travel to Northeast. So this time I am one more colleague decided to travel, all was decided, the groom has already reached and we were to catch him up at his hometown, I ended up informing that I am travelling to US..

Hear goes the third..
Third, My friends elder brother was getting married on Sunday, and I was travelling back to India, after almost a year… but this my some miscalculation from my side and I booked wrong ticket… I reached on the day but hours after the marriage

List is on and on….
Second happen when I travelled for the second time to US, and was due to return after 2 months… and time my close friend was getting married, she is like a best partner I would say. I was planned to return back couple of months before the marriage… but my stay got extended by still I was able to make… but strike two.. Only a week before a planned, my stay got extended and I was not able to travel.

The start…
My office friend was getting married to his love of life; my college friend and I had planned to attend it. Every thing (travel / stay/ what to where and what not) as this wedding was to happen in Lucknow, we did has a much coordinated travel plan we pulled out.
And then just 2 days before we were to travel… my PM(manager for office), informs me that my B1 visa (Business VISA interview to US) has been schedule the day after in Mumbai…

I realy do not wish to continue any more such incidence...
On a loter note; When i shared this to a friend... his reply was "Dude please do set multiple dates for your marriage" hope you can make in the first :-0

Its Quiz time… (Food that you love to be fat free) :-0

Okay time to share a truth, food is one of my weakness (I am not going to discuss my other weakness at this point :-o)

In current time is guess all of us or most of us would always have small thought running in our head when ever we are to have a big bite of the favorite food which we do love.. few question which do haunt many would be, How much calorie does this have?... if I do have this daily will I really put some extra weight?(on top of my current weight) and so on…

Most of us would also be thinking why, why, this has to be have so much calorie of so much fats in a bite of my lovely food…

The best food which would be worst for heath would be many, just to mention a few
- French fries (why god has cheated on us)
- Chocolate fudges… and so on…

I seriously cannot mention any more as this really hurts me which is pen then down without tasting it hehehe

So all food lovers and friend… please do mention one or more food (which you do crave to have) And if you wish it to come true and that would have no calorie and no fat in it so that you could have that any time and every time… o-)

My List:
- Ice Chocolate Fudge(As I do write it I am having a portion of it with a guilt in me)
- Strawberry Cheese cake
- Dark Chocolate

- Alloo Paratha with more and more butter

Please do comment in your list and let me also know how much food lover all of you are….

Chai Time… Good old those days… (Cutting League)

The attached snap is some 3+ years old, and I would admit that the most fun time we used to spend was during our “Chai Time” those were the time when we all used to have tea for at least tea for 3 times in a day which was more fun… it was not like that we all crazy for chai (tea) but its like the time where in we all gang would be together and do chit chat chit chat…

And we all used to have many such gang tea meeting J some time we used to go in to give company to all the sutta group (smokers) I do not smoke but would say was a passive smoker thanks to all my friend in office :-0

The best thing would be the discussion, it mostly was targeted… aaj ka bakra kaun J it its not like any one would be spared for this leg pulling… The most we used to tease was DD (Darshit) who was the healthy Harshad Mehta in our group… he was full time on Stock Market for him (A- Annual Meeting, B- BSE, C - Commodity D – Dividend and so on... and then Roopa who was the leader (big time bhai) most of the time :-0 then Sushma (She was sweet as per her, she is the most innocent person and rest of the world is pagal hai) Pratik (was cosmopolitan Gujju (but I guess a gujju will always be a gujju) Kunal the kwel Dude in our group,..

We used to call the chai time as (cutting league)

(Kunal, Roopa, Smarak(back row), Pratik S(Gujju), Pratik C, Anish(Thats me), Rohini )

Our whole group got disintegrated… all went to different way but I bet every one of us will still have a hearty laugh on the “cutting league” topic

The owrst side of working in US is like the cutting chai do get replaced by “Starbucks coffe” but trust me not for every day… (daam to costly a cappuccino $4 but most is the group which i will miss)

But lately I do see a small group is in formation in our office pantry (couples of Indian do have their coffee break to do all gossip) which is fun and I do enjoy looking at them J

cheers garam chai ki payali… to all my friends..

Thirty Fun questions to dodge :-)

Hello All internet / social network friend, (thanks to all those sites we are able to be in contact).
Many a times all of us would have some received question to answer and many a times we would have skipped (during school time is used to skip a lot of them : - 0 ) and few odd times we would have commented / reply them also…

So here my lists of nosey questions… trust (if u can) me this is simple and easy to go question… will not eat most of your time…

Btw, I got this from one of my blogger friend…, which I did copy, and she got from this link

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I would really love to see your reply…

1. When you looked at yourself in the mirror today, what was the first thing you thought?

2. How much cash do you have in your wallet right now?

3. What’s a word that rhymes with DOOR?

4. Who is the 4th person on your missed call list on your cell phone?

5. What is your favorite ring tone on your phone?

6. What are you wearing right now?

7. Do you label yourself?

8. Name the brand of the shoes you’re currently own?

9.Bright or Dark Room?

10. What do you think about the person who took this survey before you?

11. What does your watch look like?

12. What were you doing at midnight last night?

13. What did your last text message you received on your cell say?

14. What's a word that you say a lot?

15. Who told you he/she loved you last?(please exclude spouse , family, children)

16. Last furry thing you touched?

17. Favourite age you have been so far?

18. What was the last thing you said to someone?

19.The last song you listened to?

20. Where did you live in 1987?

21. Are you jealous of anyone?

22. Is anyone jealous of you?

23. Name three things that you have on you at all times?

24. What’s your favourite town/city?

25. When was the last time you wrote a letter to someone on paper and mailed it?

26. Can you change the oil on a car?

27. Your first love/big crush: what is the last thing you heard about him/her?

28. Does anything hurt on your body right now?

29.What is your current desktop picture?

30. Have you been burnt by love?

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Below is my comment (I would admit most of them are true ;- )

Here i go!!!!!

1. When you looked at yourself in the mirror today, what was the first thing you thought?
- Why why i have to shave today :-)

2. How much cash do you have in your wallet right now?
- $22 dollar

3. What’s a word that rhymes with DOOR?
-MORE CHOR FOUR FLOUR .....

4. Who is the 4th person on your missed call list on your cell phone?
- MK

5. What is your favorite ring tone on your phone?
- Airtal Rehman Music

6. What are you wearing right now?
- Shorts & t-shirt

7. Do you label yourself?
- Nope : no label attached :-0

8. Name the brand of the shoes you’re currently own?
- NIKE / ROCKPORT / Timberland / Clarke

9.Bright or Dark Room?
- Bright Room

10. What do you think about the person who took this survey before you?
-Have not read any :-) will read once done.. (no copy paste )

11. What does your watch look like?
- Do not have one(i might the odd one out in this case)

12. What were you doing at midnight last night?
- following INdian Stock Market ;-0 worst part of living in US

13. What did your last text message you received on your cell say?
- Good morning message from a friend

14. What's a word that you say a lot?
-Hey Bhagwan

15. Who told you he/she loved you last?(please exclude spouse , family, children)
-Mom

16. Last furry thing you touched?
- teddy

17. Favourite age you have been so far?
-each year i love the most for the previous

18. What was the last thing you said to someone?
- chatted to a friend

19.The last song you listened to?
- Incommplete (backstreet boys)

20. Where did you live in 1987?
- Pune (the place i love the most)

21. Are you jealous of anyone?
Not specific some time at someone

22. Is anyone jealous of you?
yup :-0

23. Name three things that you have on you at all times?
- Ipod / Mobile / wallet

24. What’s your favourite town/city?
Pune / Pune / Pune / Pune

25. When was the last time you wrote a letter to someone on paper and mailed it?
Might be ages back .... to my cousin in Dubai

26. Can you change the oil on a car?
- Do not own a car (bike, yes i can)

27. Your first love/big crush: what is the last thing you heard about him/her?
- Last month

28. Does anything hurt on your body right now?
-yup (Left hand palm-- again this would be crazy how can someone palm hurt but mine is from last 3 days)

29.What is your current desktop picture?
- Laptop1(Princess Diana)
- Laptop2(Angelina Jolie)

30. Have you been burnt by love?
-YES (let history be history… keep walking is the mantra... Thanks to “Jonny Walker” :-0