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Mussoorie's almost like Genting Highlands, cool nice and misty. Well that's the memory I had of Genting, which was 14 years ago. Not sure if its still the same. once again, im too lazy to narrate what happened, shall leave some photos to do the work :)</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUIPgxiLZAzomb0c72n3nImb697LT1bzTYU4tLtL5e6r9Hg4CiWUWbxhw1rLX-yyayph637DPX_59-HL7MmDnDQMxziENTAE9CfZBlfqvX50OCQaOzcKkV3RZ3TRb-m4mw2wJWU4tOHHo/s1600-h/IMG_2717.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5086393424178119474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUIPgxiLZAzomb0c72n3nImb697LT1bzTYU4tLtL5e6r9Hg4CiWUWbxhw1rLX-yyayph637DPX_59-HL7MmDnDQMxziENTAE9CfZBlfqvX50OCQaOzcKkV3RZ3TRb-m4mw2wJWU4tOHHo/s400/IMG_2717.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2T_M_ckQfoUpF1XE7iWrx14Sarsk1-qUylzqaMFmOtjOVwhI0GqlEXWbFJfaZJdeGj7BT7WmgxPfUSeLpFL1hnybFzaU2uk8z3V-UEnqAqGfbXvh9TVl1AjHAEnJRGNsYKqjNCg6FDks/s1600-h/IMG_2718.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5086393441357988674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2T_M_ckQfoUpF1XE7iWrx14Sarsk1-qUylzqaMFmOtjOVwhI0GqlEXWbFJfaZJdeGj7BT7WmgxPfUSeLpFL1hnybFzaU2uk8z3V-UEnqAqGfbXvh9TVl1AjHAEnJRGNsYKqjNCg6FDks/s400/IMG_2718.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk1zT7STU-DVY2UM0_XU6Jdg8PaRMXjE88vj_ajVejRVYIqhOqqhPk3qiVnY7Q33Nb3NlX77vaoAjbKfUHWZCEfMsvVFftns6FC8Sk-GzpNbX5Cx9l27H-57kWPE21wvqnCXb2M6VfScw/s1600-h/IMG_2719.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5086393449947923282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk1zT7STU-DVY2UM0_XU6Jdg8PaRMXjE88vj_ajVejRVYIqhOqqhPk3qiVnY7Q33Nb3NlX77vaoAjbKfUHWZCEfMsvVFftns6FC8Sk-GzpNbX5Cx9l27H-57kWPE21wvqnCXb2M6VfScw/s400/IMG_2719.JPG" border="0" /></a> i was really amused to find that the names of the passengers are stuck on the carriage. kinda like a class register! haha.. see if you can spot my name</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1NEZol3CiRqz57QeXOGsltloGM2QcXYVq6i6z7K3o4mwzsv0rJGUlOgVmyZJAEFjEmmsggAH9a0An5wMMEzYcAwzDbE3TrA5X8oBBrRyqrWcqHV0iIkfZDq_5zBcKYUT08ZGbDRCimQI/s1600-h/IMG_2727.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5086393458537857890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1NEZol3CiRqz57QeXOGsltloGM2QcXYVq6i6z7K3o4mwzsv0rJGUlOgVmyZJAEFjEmmsggAH9a0An5wMMEzYcAwzDbE3TrA5X8oBBrRyqrWcqHV0iIkfZDq_5zBcKYUT08ZGbDRCimQI/s400/IMG_2727.JPG" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5086394296056480642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFgqOOjdnQZhtBEWquXYOc5lVpw_8I8mB1m_XQKkODZKsGk2O9KdxRMUuYrKo2M3XU0InXUW7s19jdEeQgxlSZ2rNIp06fYd0VgHAbYHvv3PUHsU5PLgZwb3JDuPdhZ7ABPrsEJpesq5Q/s400/IMG_2733.JPG" border="0" /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfeKbtlaBIKSqKWmt_BO3cYCc-haDG8g8p8wIxgsmPvyc16Q_lMpRMhmim9FDyl2SeQSIM-vgQgWQPxsmtInEcKS5Ck3SM30XLTNVM5iu8EcVQoJYn09_t0AXT3eyL-JbZg9qbp0HK1lU/s1600-h/IMG_2730.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5086393471422759794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfeKbtlaBIKSqKWmt_BO3cYCc-haDG8g8p8wIxgsmPvyc16Q_lMpRMhmim9FDyl2SeQSIM-vgQgWQPxsmtInEcKS5Ck3SM30XLTNVM5iu8EcVQoJYn09_t0AXT3eyL-JbZg9qbp0HK1lU/s400/IMG_2730.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a>the streets of mussoorie. can you see the clouds?<br /><br /></p><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbWrjZq7bcaczKibyeaspllT2jSULR6I1OXQ7_ZNQaORmqMdMefgBLPJ6w8oXQSA5QTtzAf0khcWsIsNQuRgAyut8d9a271AAa5_H_-bgWXQ16UwYnsVphiWSaDVwa4tJhCCspa6vmll8/s1600-h/IMG_2797.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5086391749140873970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbWrjZq7bcaczKibyeaspllT2jSULR6I1OXQ7_ZNQaORmqMdMefgBLPJ6w8oXQSA5QTtzAf0khcWsIsNQuRgAyut8d9a271AAa5_H_-bgWXQ16UwYnsVphiWSaDVwa4tJhCCspa6vmll8/s400/IMG_2797.JPG" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5086394300351447954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzia9eZBtEeEpt2hco4MlndBs02Wvj2CKWSe2k-XuhlkAZNJYisD2hP2HSe1fYLMucVGblAIIRkRyFf8aUPch5agVYHQQN-4hY8cHwSz8D_VP2V0JyGWOP-sWzoRiRYM0lFlroUl-A0f8/s400/IMG_2780.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5086394308941382562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrTrKq3GKmHbO6YZO0k5cx5h8_8dvNDE5Xxj56NYL1flo-98MVEEvCApTGN0p85rFw1Y9J8Xmt3GUdcX0xvpGPka7MCWdbYTxDUI76xL-nBYFZPE1K9FvpFJUB4RbB_WghXrzawfW3tnc/s400/IMG_2754.JPG" border="0" />here are my attempts at photography.. haha<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg10XI5ji559FzWWnfNZzVtdbbZAocE7RVNrQWA0ptTkvQAerSLZxKLVrVvs6Nt2VPEmLRzW5VcFZ3xYnrenSmE-mWRqOaddzMuORCJ6lQhBd_UbONVP28AZsC5gIZxqfu1Tf5QMLBpJ8g/s1600-h/IMG_2751.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5086391766320743170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg10XI5ji559FzWWnfNZzVtdbbZAocE7RVNrQWA0ptTkvQAerSLZxKLVrVvs6Nt2VPEmLRzW5VcFZ3xYnrenSmE-mWRqOaddzMuORCJ6lQhBd_UbONVP28AZsC5gIZxqfu1Tf5QMLBpJ8g/s400/IMG_2751.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhryOgQziUwt12MBMpAaFeUyEoyW_xb3AKGAqrKWxC_QpYs_5w5aS8dwOQrCycOxEHLF_L8i2Dd9iqemaxIwl_V3lF7sv-uFXVlOGusVkcZzkmecyrTIcPcAEEbNjjUiJR8BvBWURP9dsg/s1600-h/IMG_2769.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5086391770615710482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhryOgQziUwt12MBMpAaFeUyEoyW_xb3AKGAqrKWxC_QpYs_5w5aS8dwOQrCycOxEHLF_L8i2Dd9iqemaxIwl_V3lF7sv-uFXVlOGusVkcZzkmecyrTIcPcAEEbNjjUiJR8BvBWURP9dsg/s400/IMG_2769.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN6K3roJlPrng_o7Uko3H9tPZRlQsWup0QFRL38JzVhWmxOGISTwiV2hOUBg_AQJ7qlK96LZdxmBvEf29PffGVScLSVgu9biIcn1m6vm59V8busUdDa1Y2hyyACvkCWHMouJuYGapwkSo/s1600-h/IMG_2751.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5086391774910677794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN6K3roJlPrng_o7Uko3H9tPZRlQsWup0QFRL38JzVhWmxOGISTwiV2hOUBg_AQJ7qlK96LZdxmBvEf29PffGVScLSVgu9biIcn1m6vm59V8busUdDa1Y2hyyACvkCWHMouJuYGapwkSo/s400/IMG_2751.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />all in all, it was a very nice relaxing weekend. many thanks to shiv for hosting me in dehra dun too! her family cooks awesome food :)<br /><br /><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878396702089027590.post-26162001307521885352007-07-04T02:42:00.000-07:002007-07-04T03:36:34.205-07:00of table tennis and salsa<div align="justify">yup, those 2 are certainly not what i bargained for when i decided to take up this stint here in India. a rather pleasant surprise i must say. </div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"> </div><div lign="justify"></div><div align="justify"> <br><br />there are 2 table tennis tables in our cafeteria and whenever possible, the few of us play either before or after our lunch. i can't confess to be terribly good at it, its more like im terrible at it but its really fun especially when we play our double matches. all i can say is at least im improving! we've been playing with proper scoring and all, so at least i've picked up the gameplay in this summer hols!</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><br><br />the other surprise has got to be the salsa classes that begun yesterday here at our office. its kinda a new initiative by the HR department to introduce latin and ballroom dance classes for the employees here. for the month of july, its salsa classes! really affordable too, at Rs. 600 (~S$23) for 6 classes, and it takes place right here in my office, twice a week for an hour. had my first class yesterday. there were about ten of us, and we started with the simple basic steps. i must confess i tink i still look like a dork trying to dance but give me some time.. at least im trying! :) hopefully this is the other skill that i'll pick up this summer.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878396702089027590.post-34111840297795002112007-07-02T05:52:00.000-07:002007-07-03T04:25:01.972-07:00wk6 weekend<div align="justify">it was a nice happening weekend this time, no travelling to far-off places for the time being. met inna and arvindar for dinner on friday night. we did a little shopping (or rather, they did) at dilihaat before heading to defense colony for dinner. dinner was at swagath, where we had awesome SOTONG and FISH. something i havent had since i came here.. haha. food was pretty good, though it was quite rushed cos i had to drop those 2 girls off in time to catch their last metro.</div><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><div align="justify">saturday started off nice and slow, we went for a swim in late morning, the sun was blazing hot though. then i headed out for some shopping/sight-seeing in delhi. first stop was to south extension. its basically a series of shops similar to that of holland v once again, aka Khan Market, GK M-block market etc. it was pretty uneventful until i spotted the SALE sign at Adidas! Apparently the summer sale at Adidas has started and the 30% discount storewide was too good to resist. coupled with cheaper retail prices on most of the stuff, it was definitely a very GOOD buy :) got myself a new polo and singlet. </div><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><div align="justify">after south ext. it was janpath market in connaught place, central delhi. kinda like a pasam malem place with all the hawkers peddling their stuff. clothes, sunglasses, more clothes, u get the idea. got myself 2 pairs of sunglasses for bout S$6 each. not too bad. and a pair of linen white shorts for Rs. 300. this place calls for some tough bargaining. even after so much bargaining i still wonder if i've managed to get it at a fair price.. bleah.</div><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><div align="justify">met the other tata interns (inna, arvindar, changqi, kangwei, budiman) and nil for dinner at Karim's, this place in Old delhi. Food was good. We ordered so much meat that night, 9 dishes in all.. and the best part was it came up to only Rs.200(S$7.50) for each of us! yums.. stayed over with nil after that as it was too far to go back to gurgaon.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">sunday was suppose to be sight-seeing at akshardham, but we were so put off by the queues and the crowds that we decided to go to noida for some shopping and coffee instead. the shopping belt of noida strangely resembled sydney/australia. the rows of shops and open spaces. the only thing missing was the beach in front. fond memories of our auz trip with smubbies. i tink we shld head to somewhere together again. loads of fun.</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">all in all, it was a weekend of shopping. i ended up buying more stuff from adidas cos the prices were just too good. </div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">its tuesday of week 7 now. i wonder what has changed back home.</div><div align="justify"> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878396702089027590.post-87117980244956315002007-06-26T05:31:00.000-07:002008-12-10T09:31:40.079-08:001 wonder, of the 7<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-byffcnecEQ4bXn51nHwP6fwkSOm-mZBFaFcoCmjDwmic94K6xNwcdZDhuJ3BGBvHlpM8zp0Fb3hdJZaHJyuBxjVwTfU8fLNBMMCev5ue_5BFM_vicfQRCPUzn8iPlFbxMxmu17t3qU8/s1600-h/P6230091.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080352243220530834" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-byffcnecEQ4bXn51nHwP6fwkSOm-mZBFaFcoCmjDwmic94K6xNwcdZDhuJ3BGBvHlpM8zp0Fb3hdJZaHJyuBxjVwTfU8fLNBMMCev5ue_5BFM_vicfQRCPUzn8iPlFbxMxmu17t3qU8/s320/P6230091.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="justify">our highly anticipated trip to THE famed Taj Mahal finally came last saturday when we made our trip down to agra. The Taj Mahal, one of the 7 wonders nominees, is located in Agra, which is about 4 hours on the road from Delhi. It is a tomb built entirely out of white marble, famed for its beauty and splendor. and true to what i've seen in pictures, the Taj did not fail to disappoint! </div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify">i think that the pictures don't really do it justice. its really beautiful and grand, especially when u're there in person, dwarfed by the grandness of it all. being a national monument with its international fame and all, it was not cheap to get in. Indian nationals get to enter the Taj for a mere 20 Rupees (S$0.80) while foreign visitors like yours truly have to pay a whopping 750 Rupees (S$28) just to get in! Though I do think the price is quite steep, I don't disagree that the locals should get to enjoy the Taj for a heavily subsidised rate. it is afterall, one of their national monuments. the following are random shots taken from the 300+ photos that we took in total. not necessary the best shots, jus some of my preferred ones :) </div><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdL5Y_8ighi0bSmJnIBIbwLd_RlzmXUuXsQ0i-zVVGq0DtK1nTJneuAcdMcbQvKnB5NQJFd8cawMOV_lVzofokRD-Av_IURoAHpT61IZPDn6VL5Wn_dR6bo7ap1wFp0sUlsk0WFeWmdF4/s1600-h/P6230116.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080351281147856498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdL5Y_8ighi0bSmJnIBIbwLd_RlzmXUuXsQ0i-zVVGq0DtK1nTJneuAcdMcbQvKnB5NQJFd8cawMOV_lVzofokRD-Av_IURoAHpT61IZPDn6VL5Wn_dR6bo7ap1wFp0sUlsk0WFeWmdF4/s400/P6230116.JPG" border="0" /></a> this photo ranks highly on my fav list, just look at the clear blue sky! simply awesome. and of cos the models look good too. mwhaha..<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBVHaUxLyjwmPQG3Cmq0tJNcd0acb_5Kj_dZt89qhQO1mTj6yJiQYeKAuJzzoYJ3Qe7QyFUW1_PA5pmhyAFJ_O0qEtZunwQZZz92TW5hld8vazcAJDaTU0MOGpwr5kVwNBZrhx65DbLQI/s1600-h/100_2858.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080350984795112994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBVHaUxLyjwmPQG3Cmq0tJNcd0acb_5Kj_dZt89qhQO1mTj6yJiQYeKAuJzzoYJ3Qe7QyFUW1_PA5pmhyAFJ_O0qEtZunwQZZz92TW5hld8vazcAJDaTU0MOGpwr5kVwNBZrhx65DbLQI/s400/100_2858.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQTwbbIaHwmPQEVTHLaGgS6TEvVjwjbwngP7qP_Z4BY5-AjTt22KAdOi89wPBXEYgBatQWj7mriY4nu_rRegioaeb13_N0rTDPfdEUNfjvX8TNZoksZ3BY12_0ObUdqMjmyEnrlzsnIKk/s1600-h/100_2868.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080350984795113010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQTwbbIaHwmPQEVTHLaGgS6TEvVjwjbwngP7qP_Z4BY5-AjTt22KAdOi89wPBXEYgBatQWj7mriY4nu_rRegioaeb13_N0rTDPfdEUNfjvX8TNZoksZ3BY12_0ObUdqMjmyEnrlzsnIKk/s400/100_2868.JPG" border="0" /></a> and yes, thanks to Celine the pro photographer, i tink i look pretty cool in the pic above.. haha..<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnYFOcwmcsWhWEAzRGv45rsBLzKuLm4ahexeHqY7eyUAYNorTjjITfAedbwCP6NhmTMK1kkuP_ybeqon0LfpRcDr391ennsQcQqxC0csdNT71JfNcIDxFKnTMZXSskyYNXd_vDYDZZliI/s1600-h/IMG_2641.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080350989090080322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnYFOcwmcsWhWEAzRGv45rsBLzKuLm4ahexeHqY7eyUAYNorTjjITfAedbwCP6NhmTMK1kkuP_ybeqon0LfpRcDr391ennsQcQqxC0csdNT71JfNcIDxFKnTMZXSskyYNXd_vDYDZZliI/s400/IMG_2641.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijinhU6rHHhZsxIkTNdqbJ3AYe56ffkU-9S30e9MgLJiy03p-YKOhmvEselSFwnhC25gch9hDCMwsrDZRzeP1KrRJAXBRGa9mVy7XDoO_nXjInO760SFM2OjQAvgO42yazILRT754OXxQ/s1600-h/IMG_2642.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080350989090080338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijinhU6rHHhZsxIkTNdqbJ3AYe56ffkU-9S30e9MgLJiy03p-YKOhmvEselSFwnhC25gch9hDCMwsrDZRzeP1KrRJAXBRGa9mVy7XDoO_nXjInO760SFM2OjQAvgO42yazILRT754OXxQ/s400/IMG_2642.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioaMfrMGt5AQR1G-qAltffs0yaLNSLayx1k8iBWAOzoOTLHsKssPR6kM70ArV2a3GFV028fv5G3QgVZtxye0LUmlKAZyJFh5HZmbXtyzM3p3Q0-mqpbQhtlG9b-TxfRA_xNx5vkNQD1Iw/s1600-h/IMG_2662.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080350993385047650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioaMfrMGt5AQR1G-qAltffs0yaLNSLayx1k8iBWAOzoOTLHsKssPR6kM70ArV2a3GFV028fv5G3QgVZtxye0LUmlKAZyJFh5HZmbXtyzM3p3Q0-mqpbQhtlG9b-TxfRA_xNx5vkNQD1Iw/s400/IMG_2662.JPG" border="0" /></a> this picture was taken at agra fort, which is about 1km away from the taj. if you look hard enough, you can spot the taj in the top left of this photo!<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7YRcgkEePLUx4fOVkhzEcuheRNpLx42shYuSykftswMszzcV_aBijOG98HZ4F-TPJPIYIp1aECHUlIGq1z9J7jfAHEwv1NOjwsYvuforQrTJoqws_j8eMLe_DAnl_VRUxB51NnhrM7zg/s1600-h/100_2968.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080350697032304082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7YRcgkEePLUx4fOVkhzEcuheRNpLx42shYuSykftswMszzcV_aBijOG98HZ4F-TPJPIYIp1aECHUlIGq1z9J7jfAHEwv1NOjwsYvuforQrTJoqws_j8eMLe_DAnl_VRUxB51NnhrM7zg/s400/100_2968.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5dYZeaYmxocTe0GoKj5Y7tGh9CotHhKjGvLEH2lqJAoBGVB58-ZU9QbKZU6wtcBYlKhTevqaBHrxq1-0JDqqQ3ftlpncFtVN3W_Ehl_GT-a-ZQEG4qZ0CklQxsUDgkOZTdP-mn0AKH0A/s1600-h/100_2986.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5080350701327271394" style="DISPLAY: block; 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India is so huge that all these sights are at least a few hours apart from each other. and i assure you, bumpy bus or car rides are certainly not very welcomed. more pics can be found on my facebook account, or actually, celine's facebook album wld have more, she floooodeeed the entire album with loads of pics.. haha.<br /><br /><div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878396702089027590.post-66031396430515957372007-06-19T04:37:00.000-07:002008-12-10T09:31:44.252-08:00weekend at red fort<div align="center">visited the Red Fort in Delhi this weekend. pretty cool place. i shall leave the pictures to do the talking.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUTMpP5BU5qi7_RIKSnRv-V0oDOLc2fbBdppG2tkVzvHvG5xm9GvISW33N1gxOuuKk7PQp-Arq42nMfTibfVl8Ebvb1joxKmzU_Q7-Pz1EClIUqBOBy9iYoz0dqyiMHPBc2T8kgh8z990/s1600-h/IMG_2571.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5077740632521622786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUTMpP5BU5qi7_RIKSnRv-V0oDOLc2fbBdppG2tkVzvHvG5xm9GvISW33N1gxOuuKk7PQp-Arq42nMfTibfVl8Ebvb1joxKmzU_Q7-Pz1EClIUqBOBy9iYoz0dqyiMHPBc2T8kgh8z990/s400/IMG_2571.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center"><em>"One of the most spectacular pieces of Mughal Architecture is the Lal Quila or the Red Fort. 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoW_3p_rvf2XsPU1jwDxAI94IlecRuVEO9HY0KjBxDJKnYwhjhAS5MIjNSfkuCw4o45UcYnfP1Y_Y4yVXKjsIxhQnU3R3YNjS4uI41OttB17LAZbFtYODEHxhfc0Pw6sN2vIF7orB9c_M/s400/IMG_2614.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilrWvl-sCuyScE1tG-arlUOVQMuVUxx73Dr5pb6I-YkpSn6Vu8coFljidL-BtCfA162PkcvSxkRDVv3RniLReQjOaSQeEubPJRcw2YW1J10z04PmMdYD7WCnTIlaNqLmdlYZdwoiKy-ZY/s1600-h/IMG_2621.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5077738875879998578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilrWvl-sCuyScE1tG-arlUOVQMuVUxx73Dr5pb6I-YkpSn6Vu8coFljidL-BtCfA162PkcvSxkRDVv3RniLReQjOaSQeEubPJRcw2YW1J10z04PmMdYD7WCnTIlaNqLmdlYZdwoiKy-ZY/s400/IMG_2621.JPG" border="0" /></a>and of course, no trip is complete without our trademark smu jump :)<br /><br /><br /><br /><div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878396702089027590.post-54384243416860324182007-06-18T01:52:00.000-07:002007-06-18T01:55:22.013-07:00damn happy.guess what made me really really happy just now..<br /><br />Walls Cornetto - BUTTERSCOTCH flavour!!<br /><br />woohoo! haha.. all the goodness and sweetness for just 25 rupees.. it was awesome.. and there are so many other flavours that i cant wait to try.. like caramel and nuts! i wonder why we don't have these flavours back home..<br /><br />ahh.. the simple pleasures in life :DUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878396702089027590.post-40206071260444972232007-06-14T22:14:00.000-07:002008-12-10T09:31:47.914-08:00a day @ work<div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfPU1S-2CkwafDSbhlQa-Mqoj3TsJNnZp7iXKXpZaa648VVmuqCE7L9CK3iQEU6zqdz2GYIQ-jNAklaI-HCflFZDGxsPICMPg__PuJxKLMHR3SIeyUkh87aRNWIw-iZ5cVnOEZKYOvygI/s1600-h/a1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5076157541936055362" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfPU1S-2CkwafDSbhlQa-Mqoj3TsJNnZp7iXKXpZaa648VVmuqCE7L9CK3iQEU6zqdz2GYIQ-jNAklaI-HCflFZDGxsPICMPg__PuJxKLMHR3SIeyUkh87aRNWIw-iZ5cVnOEZKYOvygI/s200/a1.JPG" border="0" /></a>this is what i usually start off the morning with. a glass of water and a plate of new assorted biscuits :) every desk here comes with its mandatory bottle of water every morning. the pantry boys place it here and replace it everytime it empties. thus i dilligently try to finish 2 full bottles or more of water everyday. i like this system alot. it ensures that i drink my water. i tink im gonna be spoilt when i go back to corporate sg without the pantry boys ;p<br /><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOKam2bxDi1Ilc_9yvN-kJDfnIcxFTc7SlAoICdTmhNBO344eJ3jH_BPClBrmiVmsufDrIjxDfHao3dENzRZItIWZ7xmKmAZGgM3CEWwhT_5RukiaIbFRlD9wFs04PpN9qFB_cdvw1JkQ/s1600-h/a2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5076157249878279138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOKam2bxDi1Ilc_9yvN-kJDfnIcxFTc7SlAoICdTmhNBO344eJ3jH_BPClBrmiVmsufDrIjxDfHao3dENzRZItIWZ7xmKmAZGgM3CEWwhT_5RukiaIbFRlD9wFs04PpN9qFB_cdvw1JkQ/s400/a2.JPG" border="0" /></a> here's a shot of my desk at work. pardon the blur shots, i din use the flash..</div><div align="center"><br /></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb_rhMZtVKDxTtBks2Bm_fHaDRmo8tQw6RfRld3k8CUe9zkN7oIKkTkkrtar7FWcgAygQk_ctA_DGly3YhvvkSrXwxeHgfKDP-RhjtsaoPHwzlyyaRoSlEEJCorfMDFZCGvzFuEPZDNvk/s1600-h/a3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5076157249878279154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb_rhMZtVKDxTtBks2Bm_fHaDRmo8tQw6RfRld3k8CUe9zkN7oIKkTkkrtar7FWcgAygQk_ctA_DGly3YhvvkSrXwxeHgfKDP-RhjtsaoPHwzlyyaRoSlEEJCorfMDFZCGvzFuEPZDNvk/s400/a3.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5jkpUumcciqBxiOYVwUTdF-XfVMZkwjuGRDgasWUfWIdtuB20DLweJg6zlyYiIVqFvuSqnpYO4llyox3SfOFQt0lKAxUJSnZa590jdrZtMUPqiq5v9erIAlh-gGQYUGzXHHAh_lKaq1I/s1600-h/a5.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5076157254173246466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5jkpUumcciqBxiOYVwUTdF-XfVMZkwjuGRDgasWUfWIdtuB20DLweJg6zlyYiIVqFvuSqnpYO4llyox3SfOFQt0lKAxUJSnZa590jdrZtMUPqiq5v9erIAlh-gGQYUGzXHHAh_lKaq1I/s400/a5.JPG" border="0" /></a>we've 2 tt(table-tennis) tables at our cafeteria, and we usually play a game of 3 sets before lunch :) hopefully i pick up at least one skill from my stint here - tt :)</p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV0dHMsT0OwKwZ72nn2vhnJXkoKOguql_vdg-8v7-xKwedWBbHxjwYfj8JF1rbghBvkeknL-_-YDi-bNWW3SmnDthkawJKqav42rAPiJmBSkhc48Sx1bm36WosbIMZcftW9PkIgwuZBWM/s1600-h/a5a.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5076157254173246482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV0dHMsT0OwKwZ72nn2vhnJXkoKOguql_vdg-8v7-xKwedWBbHxjwYfj8JF1rbghBvkeknL-_-YDi-bNWW3SmnDthkawJKqav42rAPiJmBSkhc48Sx1bm36WosbIMZcftW9PkIgwuZBWM/s400/a5a.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzj4wn9oN2Lh9IWWcJMSEUv5alsUV4l8u4Bei8W9UCij3z_Yt0eyvHGsBhaCZAHYBw71oo4kOrce6m3ZhyuoA-74ezKZHC8INqNUZHaKubkHEMOmpkltJL7es1xoxidKCO1Xz8QsIR7c0/s1600-h/a6.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5076157258468213794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzj4wn9oN2Lh9IWWcJMSEUv5alsUV4l8u4Bei8W9UCij3z_Yt0eyvHGsBhaCZAHYBw71oo4kOrce6m3ZhyuoA-74ezKZHC8INqNUZHaKubkHEMOmpkltJL7es1xoxidKCO1Xz8QsIR7c0/s400/a6.JPG" border="0" /></a> ok here's a shot of my typical lunch. its so standard that melvin and i chant it. join me now. </p><p align="center"><em>"rice, daal, potato. rice, daal, potato"</em><br />the following are shots taken of my office compound. its called Unitech Cyberpark. Unitech is one of the larger Indian property developers and Cyberpark is one of their many projects.</p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkejRhNSGVhtH3hyphenhyphenYP6jTMqHsdiAYIrgshImjteCngYNzqG5zFGh45Zzcy7fAIMCoz9tCB0O6cAHiKuPtDe2S1mLQE6ngxgxdpvihO5Hs1y5xjNAXR4C_lGC9x7Chi7aiZ7TAd9rPaXeE/s1600-h/a7.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5076156992180241298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkejRhNSGVhtH3hyphenhyphenYP6jTMqHsdiAYIrgshImjteCngYNzqG5zFGh45Zzcy7fAIMCoz9tCB0O6cAHiKuPtDe2S1mLQE6ngxgxdpvihO5Hs1y5xjNAXR4C_lGC9x7Chi7aiZ7TAd9rPaXeE/s400/a7.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwq1KQAwO5KydDyaswDPUSr8DZuBAvx4ip-bk54fZYyV1PrkIT1LZS82E_fqrdnL9ohS1T8qcMqgLwztYgCctWOb9lj2GRLrOppcXnxNPEYUgAi4kT6aULpvaosVP-pdpo7yoKOhG1E8E/s1600-h/a8.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5076156992180241314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwq1KQAwO5KydDyaswDPUSr8DZuBAvx4ip-bk54fZYyV1PrkIT1LZS82E_fqrdnL9ohS1T8qcMqgLwztYgCctWOb9lj2GRLrOppcXnxNPEYUgAi4kT6aULpvaosVP-pdpo7yoKOhG1E8E/s400/a8.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghHc-MTigccg9iabDSGoEeBTW5DaaZie4EF1ZE185ZtpRzFTOfo2OFCPZ6i4y8mtUBQWMJInAeHvk5ljRqVmVWTwtLHHPvp9mo0jgps_M0dX6B0xLnzYIXXKFcOhEMahXupp09-2fKlgM/s1600-h/a9.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5076156996475208626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghHc-MTigccg9iabDSGoEeBTW5DaaZie4EF1ZE185ZtpRzFTOfo2OFCPZ6i4y8mtUBQWMJInAeHvk5ljRqVmVWTwtLHHPvp9mo0jgps_M0dX6B0xLnzYIXXKFcOhEMahXupp09-2fKlgM/s400/a9.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheuhGRfhR3Wf1s3WP1cdpUEN7Htjxn9jFFOLEvv3GpsBWS-tnPzJ-6OxnXEFH5AysoW3gVYk_cP5n6sWMhZxMsiW9UYW4xURjUJLBuXS5qOOBGkXuPO0lnDHLoLD5b62G_xvYDstF4NBI/s1600-h/a10.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5076156996475208642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheuhGRfhR3Wf1s3WP1cdpUEN7Htjxn9jFFOLEvv3GpsBWS-tnPzJ-6OxnXEFH5AysoW3gVYk_cP5n6sWMhZxMsiW9UYW4xURjUJLBuXS5qOOBGkXuPO0lnDHLoLD5b62G_xvYDstF4NBI/s400/a10.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicCnCRcL_jxNN8Zk-9rh6ocJHyNwpF9TxrIpD6LnD26j_yS7s7as5MWlgn0Tvifd9sTVGC8PpVaXM3KJqno03tPIxxZIx-DFPQLB-ItCxCf3WNUV0V-IxkEjFFmuzW1fSSVsWfeTCpLCE/s1600-h/a11.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5076157000770175954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicCnCRcL_jxNN8Zk-9rh6ocJHyNwpF9TxrIpD6LnD26j_yS7s7as5MWlgn0Tvifd9sTVGC8PpVaXM3KJqno03tPIxxZIx-DFPQLB-ItCxCf3WNUV0V-IxkEjFFmuzW1fSSVsWfeTCpLCE/s400/a11.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center"></a><br />and now, i end off with shots of the posters put up around my office. the bad quality of the photo does injustice to these really vibrant and nice posters that captured the hearts of 40 million indians when it was first launched.<br /></p><p align="center"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Airtel. Express Yourself.</span></strong><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtXnUlKN_AXwZzD5JjhviS74eQ9qj1hQPhhkS17S8qBMoiWq_h2x19SdLJ3iqQpLi0t1CJtkWMStoEOAnBDtcrYTmCIKukclxxQW1zlmH-gVu7ZYnlUATxw2X0lw8j0thhe_y9ERM5x78/s1600-h/a12.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5076156639992922946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtXnUlKN_AXwZzD5JjhviS74eQ9qj1hQPhhkS17S8qBMoiWq_h2x19SdLJ3iqQpLi0t1CJtkWMStoEOAnBDtcrYTmCIKukclxxQW1zlmH-gVu7ZYnlUATxw2X0lw8j0thhe_y9ERM5x78/s400/a12.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheFKIhDyA5P8Qyu1_Erj4gM_2H-_GihiAZ0ZppDBRuamiTKuDgatK6nU2UtLtukAl7sVc3oRManuSP2-o-zdkXsQFKupYTimcBEdMrxAtKgWAO-P5Jezg_RjHWTZJAYSEjVNbKn01-7SY/s1600-h/a13.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5076156639992922962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheFKIhDyA5P8Qyu1_Erj4gM_2H-_GihiAZ0ZppDBRuamiTKuDgatK6nU2UtLtukAl7sVc3oRManuSP2-o-zdkXsQFKupYTimcBEdMrxAtKgWAO-P5Jezg_RjHWTZJAYSEjVNbKn01-7SY/s400/a13.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDIabqNgcK3DZIciIirk4x5lGNHKjaeOK7J_RLGYPloekA338vQ_TK7uzrnzgo983eV3NwVdG1e-1PgWIkhwmf5sAJYrcA8GZbDngMTnrSFnfu4fcXK8yiDsp-1vaGx8n0qEIAYNdeRW8/s1600-h/a14.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5076156644287890274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDIabqNgcK3DZIciIirk4x5lGNHKjaeOK7J_RLGYPloekA338vQ_TK7uzrnzgo983eV3NwVdG1e-1PgWIkhwmf5sAJYrcA8GZbDngMTnrSFnfu4fcXK8yiDsp-1vaGx8n0qEIAYNdeRW8/s400/a14.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghfBFYJQYunoIu6IhB3KkOmSsTFDtNLV9xKtfkktjesvXAXxN2kZNaKsk8h_M1-INfEQ8HkxRovKD_hKzK7e1v1GMwe4GkRb_1rM2kx-wHdbsYAxzGGWBOtwMz8AOHtEjD8nNOHMgPFvk/s1600-h/a15.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5076156644287890290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghfBFYJQYunoIu6IhB3KkOmSsTFDtNLV9xKtfkktjesvXAXxN2kZNaKsk8h_M1-INfEQ8HkxRovKD_hKzK7e1v1GMwe4GkRb_1rM2kx-wHdbsYAxzGGWBOtwMz8AOHtEjD8nNOHMgPFvk/s400/a15.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyX3T3OwI2cUwWPs7nJ_RlaMVjpNpNZqUg_NfA0kAxD6G9_7kRoBsMVhYo90oQ5m8BVmRghKtDv_INjuxJ3xjaJIhd9brFK5ZNKMxiqBrOCHu9fsX8QJERGXmdkmc7NMXwiHsBzy7qtxg/s1600-h/a16.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5076156648582857602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyX3T3OwI2cUwWPs7nJ_RlaMVjpNpNZqUg_NfA0kAxD6G9_7kRoBsMVhYo90oQ5m8BVmRghKtDv_INjuxJ3xjaJIhd9brFK5ZNKMxiqBrOCHu9fsX8QJERGXmdkmc7NMXwiHsBzy7qtxg/s400/a16.JPG" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878396702089027590.post-12274590568836365452007-06-11T09:24:00.000-07:002008-12-10T09:31:53.077-08:00journey to the ganges.<div align="justify">and so the weekend came, i was finally going to make a trip out of Delhi and up north. thanks to nil and his frens, Celine and i embarked on our trip to Rishikesh, the holy land, for some white water rafting on the ganges! our journey began at 2.30am saturday morning, damn early, but no choice. took the car down to nil's place before we got picked up by his frens in his 7-seater car. it was the start of a loong looong journey...</div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrnrhx58RGFOjoDeBy7gzXPe7dg2BhTPQUcQfAdLSBgXRcCl81yZKcTjRXgCv5deqkgM-RFIguLZtjeeb_MHL-p00XWUIcmg_Mkf_GzwBDmk3s3mAJ3srV9reuUmYoIt9WOU92r9ESHzE/s1600-h/IMG_2489.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074870653770056466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrnrhx58RGFOjoDeBy7gzXPe7dg2BhTPQUcQfAdLSBgXRcCl81yZKcTjRXgCv5deqkgM-RFIguLZtjeeb_MHL-p00XWUIcmg_Mkf_GzwBDmk3s3mAJ3srV9reuUmYoIt9WOU92r9ESHzE/s400/IMG_2489.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="justify">this was one of the worst part of the trip when we got stuck in a jam! omg.. u cant imagine the agony my butt was going thru. the photo above shows the view from the back of the car where i was sitting.. imagine staring at this for a good hour, without space to move about.. gah.</div><div align="justify"><br /></div><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtdx-r1uFDrruw9gxl6p8ImGeOuXYFSXDXYbZOqRnuL5HixJ7Se1UZRYuoutarP4s4CwUEx5VqHMMk_M7BpIkvgiVE1WYx4YfF0DgTvrM1X6932yOhhsSzoDGRuAm1Kvlkm71L5KoMrbE/s1600-h/100_2386.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074870658065023778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtdx-r1uFDrruw9gxl6p8ImGeOuXYFSXDXYbZOqRnuL5HixJ7Se1UZRYuoutarP4s4CwUEx5VqHMMk_M7BpIkvgiVE1WYx4YfF0DgTvrM1X6932yOhhsSzoDGRuAm1Kvlkm71L5KoMrbE/s400/100_2386.JPG" border="0" /></a></p><p>here's nil and his buddies, all happy in front cos.. celine and i were stuck at the back! </p><p align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpXNfiS2VaaEAkHGt8OuqJDvYmjTabGCzNZSAtX_tmDC4pQaHZX1WNpczFE4HDQ-59AcLRvUZgk6moe1PSNMw7tMQKzmJ0uXrJFpKJghcg-1SbrRcdXFsEm8aufodK1gkrnHwbjUIOkiM/s1600-h/100_2387.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074870662359991090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpXNfiS2VaaEAkHGt8OuqJDvYmjTabGCzNZSAtX_tmDC4pQaHZX1WNpczFE4HDQ-59AcLRvUZgk6moe1PSNMw7tMQKzmJ0uXrJFpKJghcg-1SbrRcdXFsEm8aufodK1gkrnHwbjUIOkiM/s400/100_2387.JPG" border="0" /></a> ok, this picture doesnt depict the superbly cram conditions at the back of the car. so you can imagine our joy when we finally reached the mid-point stop. Cheetal Grand! Cheetal Grand is this really nicely done up stop-over for road-trippers going up north. As you can see from the photos, it kinda reminded me of cameron highlands with all the bright flowers. the toilets were nice and clean, and it was a nice refreshing pit-stop for the long ardous journey..<br /></p><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJamzWaXPOiFdUk6TzVxQbTQ7FTRHYre6Jy2VTe-0MZex6agNtQxM0k0GXoPnHc70ah1Flc2zYRHWCGsGe-kZb7DKiS1c_Jetr8na4B4t9rwW_a3Pi-5g7NcHXN3OiwfTbR6Ks5sDl8nY/s1600-h/IMG_2549.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074867926465823426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJamzWaXPOiFdUk6TzVxQbTQ7FTRHYre6Jy2VTe-0MZex6agNtQxM0k0GXoPnHc70ah1Flc2zYRHWCGsGe-kZb7DKiS1c_Jetr8na4B4t9rwW_a3Pi-5g7NcHXN3OiwfTbR6Ks5sDl8nY/s400/IMG_2549.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit1Az1XNH4QT7ICxktuVfcLPBu1dV3ljwE39J82BcoVOgXhBr3-B21NUIJzssEzFXKCnav3z__08RKzn153BGKCBloylESUvwvdhCdhqEjTvkjj8UuQTQp25MIbf1DooG2UdfDVv-3BTA/s1600-h/IMG_2552.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074867930760790738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit1Az1XNH4QT7ICxktuVfcLPBu1dV3ljwE39J82BcoVOgXhBr3-B21NUIJzssEzFXKCnav3z__08RKzn153BGKCBloylESUvwvdhCdhqEjTvkjj8UuQTQp25MIbf1DooG2UdfDVv-3BTA/s400/IMG_2552.JPG" border="0" /></a> <br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0xsmFjvLclT3hj50HfgiW6stTY45J2pDiUXe4okMmmfGoeYx5mTl0M8M58-HBloVme6ft62l1E6vMaqCeaem_eQhs38Tqd2SHWZWikZx6QGso4W-IJHGkiWrZTGHhxTouNnJVgMJkHRU/s1600-h/IMG_2555.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074867939350725362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0xsmFjvLclT3hj50HfgiW6stTY45J2pDiUXe4okMmmfGoeYx5mTl0M8M58-HBloVme6ft62l1E6vMaqCeaem_eQhs38Tqd2SHWZWikZx6QGso4W-IJHGkiWrZTGHhxTouNnJVgMJkHRU/s400/IMG_2555.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJYZdeOkyiMx4tUjYVRJ3ALKJ3-rkRkzcp73ayJK-wR64awHh_6AM1yQ87tMyFvKu7MxpNPdhoSs-_JWHBefy9hg2UhtdRfHK2jbVR_hNsDD-VmiaV4paZoUbd_O-UfYPeUkolktf1sUM/s1600-h/IMG_2556.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074867943645692674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJYZdeOkyiMx4tUjYVRJ3ALKJ3-rkRkzcp73ayJK-wR64awHh_6AM1yQ87tMyFvKu7MxpNPdhoSs-_JWHBefy9hg2UhtdRfHK2jbVR_hNsDD-VmiaV4paZoUbd_O-UfYPeUkolktf1sUM/s400/IMG_2556.JPG" border="0" /></a> what really tickled me were these signs that you see above.. hurhur.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074866985867985586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSmo-huVdh3jaOc3s3PkRJgt9UVJcY0kXe4Kra3K_7n1Zsh-3EaGOi867CuqvVziIiEmjtsEJTBRh3OnSbW_L3JODTibthxPeUhmLNGuoYo7kbnc8RuLFKnX7C6JTYoml3T0gMrJImqDw/s400/IMG_2493.JPG" border="0" /><br />first sight of the ganges!<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074866985867985570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu5FhVkkaeTqkzNlCSGMleTS_FExioMBU6kjBvVkQWnqdp4MHpNPzw_70K6sFtZJbHVZEiwaiHjjOird22B5dFKmWsTnYv8AJ7_mfPYf95aEQiBcnbPaZf6U3oIpHCdiuIPQjhyphenhyphenHKi7uE/s400/IMG_2497.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div align="justify">after a good 8 hours on the road, we finally reached our destination! Rishikesh, and our hotel, Rajdeep, who proudly claims to be recommended by Lonely Planet. But as we were to find out later in the night, it was certainly lacking in some aspects! more on that later..</div><br /><br /><div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSXnT9qyE_k7jhJ8tDHkgKxLt0R4NV7X3XqHNkbvl3ONRcV-Zq6oaElCaTZqoSvbHD6QHP2yXD-mgnsuxqtMVHd6EMGMhJGpgsziBlMWXWQzEA1tmXWfxKe8k93B62WXUImzsraenbiY4/s1600-h/IMG_2498.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074866977278050946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSXnT9qyE_k7jhJ8tDHkgKxLt0R4NV7X3XqHNkbvl3ONRcV-Zq6oaElCaTZqoSvbHD6QHP2yXD-mgnsuxqtMVHd6EMGMhJGpgsziBlMWXWQzEA1tmXWfxKe8k93B62WXUImzsraenbiY4/s400/IMG_2498.JPG" border="0" /></a> and so after plonking our stuff down in the hotel, we were all ready to set off for our raft adventure. we had to walk quite a distance to get to the car, but it was a pretty picturesque route. the long hanging bridge u see below stretches across the ganges river, and is heavily communted by pedestrains and motorbikes alike.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074865959370801778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqantIlWcPs0qJpoweR_PWQgDa1zSpyuiWMl3M6mZpM2p8KmN7nS8M0MOl8xcbhFHfWG9FymswUw7mH6ZCJv-PllhOlJn2XDCwFm7Z2WugWIK062u9jYsRvxNEQMxb6aJ4fUND0sYleCQ/s400/IMG_2500.JPG" border="0" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtpmnmWFogJC0Uad4CrD0Pg7dRySgeio2Xk3wli0elyk08EhGq8eCQuGFu4ay3FRHf_ILAQPHeaxwBpMTKzDckUZTo5qoitKEqRYgZyu3m-YQyuwtW5UK_USqWBKuv7_EPH0lJfsB0DPA/s1600-h/IMG_2510.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074866981573018258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtpmnmWFogJC0Uad4CrD0Pg7dRySgeio2Xk3wli0elyk08EhGq8eCQuGFu4ay3FRHf_ILAQPHeaxwBpMTKzDckUZTo5qoitKEqRYgZyu3m-YQyuwtW5UK_USqWBKuv7_EPH0lJfsB0DPA/s400/IMG_2510.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div align="justify"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8UIYwUcEdJG6_PWxviPJvePGoNaQm3xTV8EPfXkrF_EDTPFsmb3lU3vrh3hvl0N8hmrNpWDpWoqwQOpD81kiD0Icalb7cDDimrMq-lbiCJGeMqURY6MfIVBzgnU92uyjCMIdxdbjs7l8/s1600-h/100_2432.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074865942190932530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8UIYwUcEdJG6_PWxviPJvePGoNaQm3xTV8EPfXkrF_EDTPFsmb3lU3vrh3hvl0N8hmrNpWDpWoqwQOpD81kiD0Icalb7cDDimrMq-lbiCJGeMqURY6MfIVBzgnU92uyjCMIdxdbjs7l8/s400/100_2432.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLgM-p7Pa_E-YTmHu6XuObQ9dc9QB27DcjB7F1TAKQeHjh_skU1KHdS3i75r8VNnLrZLiUPocMtYmZbHl1nGpu754RJyXUROncCBP1_4Y27sM0aMTo97aAO_1C6Hn2317HF-TKvI6Njw0/s1600-h/100_2443.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074865946485899842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLgM-p7Pa_E-YTmHu6XuObQ9dc9QB27DcjB7F1TAKQeHjh_skU1KHdS3i75r8VNnLrZLiUPocMtYmZbHl1nGpu754RJyXUROncCBP1_4Y27sM0aMTo97aAO_1C6Hn2317HF-TKvI6Njw0/s400/100_2443.JPG" border="0" /></a> it was indeed a sight to behold, as we see throngs of people just jumping into the river to cool off from the heat wave. nil and i were having this conversation on civilisations and water bodies.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0myiYKv6rpcTXAzxOvQJEsIiKJ6vP7SYBogUzlxcS8wXmXNWdW4jKIT7hATaE9ShunHK1Mmp60qob7IfzgahKyW2elF10sEn0WANcQZcp8x8xrKV82uJG6lgqX6s0EnyZHSLey1nT70k/s1600-h/100_2406.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074864189844275714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0myiYKv6rpcTXAzxOvQJEsIiKJ6vP7SYBogUzlxcS8wXmXNWdW4jKIT7hATaE9ShunHK1Mmp60qob7IfzgahKyW2elF10sEn0WANcQZcp8x8xrKV82uJG6lgqX6s0EnyZHSLey1nT70k/s400/100_2406.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8d2cCb5VOPi6-mM94XXCNTSjvzUDGgYskhHSOCSV7O_vKEN_iDY-28_SDrt_g_h5geGheMYpkgKr6a2-FjIRdMvN-4rNaB85zwnVh4T2I4I1Xq8RbeeLrp1OVtoO4KqzHlpPpFZOJkdo/s1600-h/100_2425.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074864194139243026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8d2cCb5VOPi6-mM94XXCNTSjvzUDGgYskhHSOCSV7O_vKEN_iDY-28_SDrt_g_h5geGheMYpkgKr6a2-FjIRdMvN-4rNaB85zwnVh4T2I4I1Xq8RbeeLrp1OVtoO4KqzHlpPpFZOJkdo/s400/100_2425.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEishfx94yFBVJRw9HXeyNMn1AFbD_bO-jbLj7sJzmHQqeH4sZNXKcDbkUcN1DDfGl4yTEwG-O1UDDzdEFjS8acrhYFy80rLYA00dKc_W8xcpuWoP7NCMj8-O40ege5xbKdF86zMJhATAa4/s1600-h/100_2427.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074864198434210338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEishfx94yFBVJRw9HXeyNMn1AFbD_bO-jbLj7sJzmHQqeH4sZNXKcDbkUcN1DDfGl4yTEwG-O1UDDzdEFjS8acrhYFy80rLYA00dKc_W8xcpuWoP7NCMj8-O40ege5xbKdF86zMJhATAa4/s400/100_2427.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />finally after we got high enough in the hills, our rafting adventure began! had a short brief on what to do and what not to do if we do fall into a whirlpool. was taught the technique of paddling, which is very similar to dragonboat, so not much of a problem there. rafting was really fun, but i must say the best part was when we jumped into the waters! haha.. it was FREEZING cold! like really really cold.. you get the point. felt really refreshing, especially good respite from the heat.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6wYigZTFed6xtdqI3sMUZyxKHt699hk5jRLfGs537XQaBzbLbIuKjqjhmY9O-FtlAsUurz9zIZ4GtGDDeTvcquEqJnAypX0JcTXGXcAYv5JjJxROEAYPG6ehV-8f1YWILy9-McCySijE/s1600-h/IMG_2526.JPG"></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIzzKB3wsp-2kruc0DVat7o2CgG5fjCXcLZ4GZS70UqGjbDtk656Hkrmoh9nzy7i5z5ZgGdUPgpaS2Y-YQmWP-XVkF5hTjyQZec-_ybU2PI7KXNtsmaM08X6zsIVXT9vMVGB-6Y4JhGXo/s1600-h/IMG_2525.JPG"></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074864181254341106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjViY48a-caxLTur_1uXEnOOIJhvgTvuvlyMGFZxYM0H7Bli6TU6lODAIvu9gyZM_W6dwe3d1J4Z7StjK3mbj2d2ADzEnhEpgczhm17Sm7-DzQfhWVilQWYos1oo88kPTPjG9CspytoAZ4/s400/100_2404.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div align="justify">here's the gang. all 6 of us. really nice guys who took good care of Celine and I. And of cos they were super persistent in getting us to teach them chinese swear words, which Celine and I discovered were quite few to begin with. seems that all our swear words are in dialect? not many in chinese we could think of.. haha. we thus proclaimed our language to be one of finese. hurhur.</div><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPnUV2_6j3PuQaldxG6AwZzDUmO23jBEeq0V7surQUJBbIoq7LDPb-r1gNMsPzYxmZUVpFx4uqlMeuM0Dj_vmI4Od8taZJk_QpAbnJqS7HufHcxdaSzbVb5o3KYi0riwAb1Zf5oFrzLgE/s1600-h/100_2422.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074860972913770946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPnUV2_6j3PuQaldxG6AwZzDUmO23jBEeq0V7surQUJBbIoq7LDPb-r1gNMsPzYxmZUVpFx4uqlMeuM0Dj_vmI4Od8taZJk_QpAbnJqS7HufHcxdaSzbVb5o3KYi0riwAb1Zf5oFrzLgE/s400/100_2422.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSEu8WPRTF5bFO4q9bvIZGBjd-VWQyURWtg-B5EzqW88DoVHeIbbj5RT76IChQR92KcivQm1t-lWczkXVI8I_LbtlxqDPKZEqsdOEQ63Enr69kk41FkjKyxuCYd1LUisv0f4K7deXGFLk/s1600-h/100_2402.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074860977208738258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSEu8WPRTF5bFO4q9bvIZGBjd-VWQyURWtg-B5EzqW88DoVHeIbbj5RT76IChQR92KcivQm1t-lWczkXVI8I_LbtlxqDPKZEqsdOEQ63Enr69kk41FkjKyxuCYd1LUisv0f4K7deXGFLk/s400/100_2402.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />after a good 1.5hrs of rafting and playing in the river, we finally made our way for lunch/dinner at this restaurant called Chotiwalas. And lo behold, there were TWO chotiwalas side by side, both claiming to be the original and real one. Very identical to those spats we get back in sg, i.e. the rochor road tau hway.. heh. food there was pretty good. celine insisted on having mushroom fried rice, the only chinese thing we could find. they took so long to serve it that we figured they might be googling on how to cook it. lol.</div><div align="justify"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-eAAyLHoSZa_7XK6DH-omSVFJ3X5YSJwV7WXkZmBDnxOQWaTznMtMj59ZMtwNmcFTHXXLAZ24NIu5iMQud5L3ByAjNFDjUbMS5kJbR0vm-k7Qd-djOfEqcjWoJqHN4gZDIaP0jmOc1x8/s1600-h/100_2472.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074853838973092194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-eAAyLHoSZa_7XK6DH-omSVFJ3X5YSJwV7WXkZmBDnxOQWaTznMtMj59ZMtwNmcFTHXXLAZ24NIu5iMQud5L3ByAjNFDjUbMS5kJbR0vm-k7Qd-djOfEqcjWoJqHN4gZDIaP0jmOc1x8/s400/100_2472.JPG" border="0" /></a> here's the "restaurant" that we have in the hotel. looks more like a living room if you ask me.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj22yYXf2zJtX1kcfFGbAAY7sXwlogeFm_jbLhndtEU5fvb3tvFURTVSYm65sBTfsFzIRiwC0t7GpavF7WPYorxx09jYq3scxCAT_luQ1tDlwd9Nx6L4TDKOgX0zB09NOQCUzoFQ3BO71I/s1600-h/100_2484.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074853843268059506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj22yYXf2zJtX1kcfFGbAAY7sXwlogeFm_jbLhndtEU5fvb3tvFURTVSYm65sBTfsFzIRiwC0t7GpavF7WPYorxx09jYq3scxCAT_luQ1tDlwd9Nx6L4TDKOgX0zB09NOQCUzoFQ3BO71I/s400/100_2484.JPG" border="0" /></a> doesn't look as appetising here, but it does taste good! mac and cheese, with mushrooms once again, as requested by celine. </div><div align="justify"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM3Z-89vGxa3_h1Ccx9-BdUoShjB7yEyqbkXkowplmPc976MciJn_Wzc3iatYGrtjFw9K-REBSf05nuXs06lu0j4zewNakoJLngoHleJOSp50532NqOMfYuvPPYjYlLKeUXRtk3RusY8k/s1600-h/100_2473.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074853847563026818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM3Z-89vGxa3_h1Ccx9-BdUoShjB7yEyqbkXkowplmPc976MciJn_Wzc3iatYGrtjFw9K-REBSf05nuXs06lu0j4zewNakoJLngoHleJOSp50532NqOMfYuvPPYjYlLKeUXRtk3RusY8k/s400/100_2473.JPG" border="0" /></a>me looking stunned and sleepy in the morning.. this was "breakfast" at 12 noon on sunday.<br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5074853826088190274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOWl_PnMP2qsyuHi7ZDmtVlX0tMWm7QUdYh9d23YM3YTlYlV0eDW9xFU_l7JpdE5St3GQ3YMYuvDNtX0IN9QPHeqA-5csW3vkCjYfQ-Dg5LY3nY2eERPXtd5OhBmsV8vkxrv2cjN5nNqM/s400/100_2486.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><br /></div></div><p align="justify">i shall end off here with some last thoughts. have realised by now that im not exactly a very good blogger.. haha. i kinda miss out the essence when i try to put down my thoughts into words here. the trip was a really good one. the company was great. of cos there were times when we didn't know what was going on cos when they banter rapidly in hindi, but they never fail to make us feel at ease. admist all the jokes, the highlights must be the non-stop jibes on daal (a staple in indian food) and how Celine and I are so meat-deprived that we go ga-ga whenever we see cows or chickens. on our way back, we actually ordered 4 different dishes of chicken. namely butter chicken, chicken tikka, chicken tandoori and chicken buryani. hurhur. you get the point. </p><p align="justify">our return trip was a very intellectual one as we discussed the merits and demerits of our sg education system in constrast to india's. nil's point was that it was extremely unfair for us to screen and segment our kids when they're 12(at PSLE) when they barely know whats going on. i begged to differ. though i do agree that 12 is a pretty young age, i tink that the streaming does bring out the best of meritocracy. </p><p align="justify">though at times i did feel that i might have been irrationally defensive of my country. ah well.</p><p align="justify">its week 4 now. time flies. and yes, i do miss home quite a bit by now.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878396702089027590.post-64354100618451715452007-06-08T04:32:00.000-07:002008-12-10T09:31:53.240-08:00rafting down the ganges.<div align="justify">haha yes you've read it right, im heading for white water rafting on the ganges over the weekend! cool right, im equally excited. We're heading up north to Rishikesh for our adventure.</div><div><br /></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify">Rishikesh is a small town in the northern state of <a title="Uttarakhand" href="http://wikitravel.org/en/Uttarakhand">Uttarakhand</a> in India. Popularly adored for its scenic beauty dotted besides the holy Ganges, Rishikesh is traditionally known as the spiritual capital of the globe. From the music legends like "The Beatles" to new age celebrities like actor Kate Winslet - everyone wants to come down to this city of Yogi's and Temples. Rishikesh is also the Gateway to the Himalayas. The Char Dham Yatra (Four Shrines Sacred Journey) ideally begins from Rishikesh. </div><div><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5073665065040003218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNjZkf7OG-UpbmqBR4UL5pes5vvBzuZEit0Awl-r6TMmck3qWEKN5LzG4YuMfr1JIsCpCaykDGLr4dUfMslQv8wqzoJTSKjJg3WMYOVg2pTDNlYR7TeM-B-BHIoxIrIOPJV1n16yrGf1M/s400/800px-Rishikesh.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify"></div><div align="center">gonna set off at 2.30am tomorrow morning! be back with more pictures :)<br /><br /></div><div align="justify"></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify"></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="justify"></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878396702089027590.post-59520501936859817952007-06-06T04:58:00.000-07:002007-06-06T05:19:25.528-07:00From the streets to the food court<p><span style="color:#6633ff;">Interesting..</span></p><p><span style="color:#6633ff;">An article from "The Times Of India" - 6th June<the></span></p><p align="justify">The Delhi administration has decided to follow Singapore's lead and will soon come up with 272 food courts where you can gorge on your favourite street food. And minus the health worries!<br />All of us who have been worrying about how we will get our fill of street food after the Supreme Court ban comes into force have reasons to cheer. The street food will come to you in a global avatar at a venue near your home, and will be hygienic to boot. </p><p align="justify"><br />Taking a leaf out of the book of Malaysia and Singapore , the Delhi government has decided to come up with 272 food courts at various places in the city where you can have your fill of chaat, kebabs, chola-bhatura … the works. The best part is that it will be a one stop destination and will come minus the health worries. Says Delhi's mayor Arti Mehra, “To accommodate street food vendors, we have constituted a committee in each of our 272 wards. The job of this committee is to decide a spot where vendors can be accommodated. </p><p align="justify"><br />“This was how Singapore also set up street food havens in the early 1980s. All hawkers were shifted to licensed food courts to ensure cleanliness and environment. Each food court there has at least 20 stalls, and their hygiene record is enviable. Meanwhile, in Kuala Lumpur and Penang - considered to be the hawker havens of Malaysia - the most delicious food requires you to wait at al fresco tables. Served from special carts, it is considered to be hygienic. Delhi will be adopting this move as well. </p><p align="justify"><br />“We plan to provide vendors with newly-designed carts, which will be both hygienic and eco-friendly. They will be attractively designed and will be properly covered with nets etc. They will also have arrangements of water for drinking and cleaning as well. This will not only give Delhi's street food a new look but will maintain perfect hygiene as well,” asserts Mehra. </p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878396702089027590.post-52441707216303683972007-06-04T02:52:00.000-07:002007-06-04T03:30:57.542-07:00the weekend<div align="justify">my 2nd weekend here in delhi started off on a good note on friday. after work, we went to pizza hut for dinner, a welcomed change from the usual indian fare that we get back at the guesthouse. the set meal for 2 was really affordable too. it was Rs. 250 for a 2pax meal, comprising of a soup, garlic bread, a personal pan and a scoop of ice-cream. it works out to be about Rs. 160 (after taxes) per person, which is about S$6. A very affordable pizza hut dinner I must say. </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><br />at this point, I feel compelled to talk about the VAT, India's version of our GST. its 12.5% and that is really quite significant if you think about it. together with service charge, the total tax per meal everytime we dine out comes up close to 25%! the tax is really the culprit for the higher costs here, since the basic charges are always pretty decent. </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><br />after dinner, indranil (good fren n colleague whos been taking care of me) and i headed out to south delhi where we met nil's frens for some food and drinks. we went to saket, its kinda a market with a cinema, surrounded by eateries and shops. reminded me very much of serangoon gardens, chomp chomp! the place was pretty nice, but what really caught my eye were the books/novels that were going for Rs. 50 (S$1.90)! How awesome is that. I didn't take time to browse that night, but I'm definitely gonna stock up on my books soon. after drinks, we headed to nil's fren's place for a game of <em>PicCharades. </em>its a combination of pictionary and charades, really quite fun. stayed overnight at south delhi, in pranav's place as it was way too late to get back to gurgaon. and did i mention that gurgaon's 1hr from delhi? yup.. thats far.</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><br />saturday noon (the morning was spent sleeping) saw us head to Palika Bazaar for our dose of games and dvds. its an underground market thats kinda like sim lim square plus queensway. dvds go for Rs. 50 each, but the quality leaves much to be desired. </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><br />after that, we went to this nice restaurant called United Butter (something, i cant remember) for lunch. it was AWESOME. we had butter chicken and butter naan. the food was really good, and the ambience nice too. shall post pictures when i get back tonight. price was pretty affordable too. i look forward to going back there for more butter naan :)</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><br />i must mention that it was REALLY HOT that afternoon too, its all over the papers today. Delhi hit a record 44deg celsius that saturday. </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><br />hung around <em>cp</em> (<em>connaught place</em>) for a while more, chilling out in this cafe called <em>Cafe Coffee Day</em> before I met Inna and Arvinda (the tata interns). we took a ricksaw down to <em>Khan market</em>, where we met Kangwei, Changqi, Ben and Cipto (the other tata interns). <em>Khan market</em> is very similar to holland village, with shops and eateries. they introduced me to kebabs that we fantastic. i had two.. heh. mutton something and chicken tikka. it was nice catching up with them and sharing stories, realising how lucky we were with our living conditions. didn't manage to stay with them for dinner (they went to <em>Chonas</em>, another lonely planet recommendation) as I had to get a ride back with vikram. it takes me an hour to get back to Gurgaon, so I can't stay out too late. </div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"><br />sunday was a pretty decent slack day. went back to cp to change the faulty dvds (they still don't work now btw) with melvin, celine and vikram. it was another equally hot day, 44deg again, but the saving grace is that its dry heat, so its not as uncomfortable as back home in sg where its humid. after cp, we went to <em>Sarojini Nagar</em> market by recommendation of Inna. This market is a large sprawling market similar to a big pasam malem, with clothes, trinkets, luggages(?!) etc. I bought myself an ethinc shirt-like thingy for Rs. 100.. shall wear it one day i hope.. haha..</div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><div align="justify"></div><p><br /><br><br />thats pretty much it for the weekend, still pretty much in delhi, shall most prob head out of delhi this coming weekend.<br /><br /><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878396702089027590.post-27181802013066530912007-05-31T02:26:00.000-07:002007-05-31T02:42:26.981-07:00meat.after that mail from innamama i felt like i had to have my say on the meat crisis here as well. crisis? haha.. there seems to be an ABSOLUTE lack of meat in the diet over here. not sure if meat here is expensive or is it the lifestyle over here. here's how a typical meal here would be like.<br /><br /><strong>Lunch at Airtel Cafeteria:</strong><br />Soup<br />Rice<br />Potato<br />Dal<br />Yoghurt<br />Assorted vegetables (ie. cucumber/tomato)<br /><br />x 5 days a week.<br /><br />the composition of the meal's like<br />80% carbs,<br />10% fats (from the oil),<br />10% protein (from the beans)<br /><br />hence this is why we get really.. and i mean REALLY happy when we get chicken :D<br /><br />but did i mention that the chickens here are really <em>small</em>? yes.. somehow there isn't much meat on the bones, and every piece seems minature.. like spring chicken size..<br /><br />ah well.. the good thing is that the chickens here have no fat on them either..Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878396702089027590.post-1206853904540156532007-05-30T04:19:00.000-07:002008-12-10T09:31:53.458-08:00moo.<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5070312597395387026" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvFScGJRziSzkj6AqkVSfObIplguNHCBoWWLOwB47BMMd5YVfi2wl-SNWWJjt5caezPhake-bjztO_J3CSfaGTsVrHtJI8pTMvSd61xCXN8cuY_QkrHStZgyrqI3MrW4_2_lLYTsPy274/s200/Image029.jpg" border="0" />But before I head to those awesome sites below, here's something more common that I see everyday, everywhere.. <div><p align="justify"></p><br /><p align="justify">Good ol' cows.. They're all really skinny though.</p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878396702089027590.post-14088901837583429812007-05-30T03:59:00.000-07:002008-12-10T09:31:54.465-08:00slow..<div align="center">not much work today again. din manage to see my boss so far and my colleague's not very forthcoming in engaging me in the work. spent the day milling around and researching on places in india to visit. gonna try to get more work tmr, but meanwhile, here are some of the places i wanna visit!</div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="justify"> </div><div align="center"><strong><u>Destination Number 1</u></strong></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmr51yj2L_ecAPfnMzVtLxXA2D_-n8c-NPqDJq0K2EAQaq3HsN_Md9_ChZWcn0eg4ZBKyW4g1AekxD9rEtFHu6jtS2Z2NS4O3gmb4nWkeSk6fxx3yu2lu7XAXsg-qYLbbiU6bF2QtkqD8/s1600-h/300px-Taj1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5070308676090245698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmr51yj2L_ecAPfnMzVtLxXA2D_-n8c-NPqDJq0K2EAQaq3HsN_Md9_ChZWcn0eg4ZBKyW4g1AekxD9rEtFHu6jtS2Z2NS4O3gmb4nWkeSk6fxx3yu2lu7XAXsg-qYLbbiU6bF2QtkqD8/s320/300px-Taj1.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><div align="center">How can I possibly visit India and not visit the famed Taj Mahal in Agra. This is definitely on the cards, possibly next week! Its about a few hours from Gurgaon so a weekend trip would be just right.</div><div align="center"><br /><strong><u>Other destinations</u></strong></div><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP9_-evTTiWM6OQLrJHC_Dd0KDnmHDY69Wh0dZpea36oGu5F6l7grUSFOf8jt-tKz1TAVDfkZBuBWJPqsq7pMepBYiLzMvKfJ5FG4nC0stwrY0okjcSdmkgnz5tJC-UbCnl1B0l3PMAeM/s1600-h/250px-Mussoorie.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5070308680385213010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP9_-evTTiWM6OQLrJHC_Dd0KDnmHDY69Wh0dZpea36oGu5F6l7grUSFOf8jt-tKz1TAVDfkZBuBWJPqsq7pMepBYiLzMvKfJ5FG4nC0stwrY0okjcSdmkgnz5tJC-UbCnl1B0l3PMAeM/s320/250px-Mussoorie.jpg" border="0" /></a> This is a photo of Mussoorie, a hill station further up north where it is apparently cooler. Looking to go there somewhere next month when it gets really hot over here in delhi. Being at an average <a title="Altitude" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altitude">altitude</a> of 2,000 meters (6,600 ft.), Mussoorie, with its green hills and varied <a title="Flora" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flora">flora</a> and <a title="Fauna" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fauna">fauna</a>, is a fascinating hill resort. Commanding snow ranges to the north-east, and glittering views of the <a title="Dehradun" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dehradun">Doon Valley</a> and <a title="Siwalik Hills" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siwalik_Hills">Shiwalik</a> ranges in the south, the town was once said to present a 'fairyland' atmosphere to tourists.</p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7NZ3vMiv4BRuhg7PuUbC3ejutMzeP-8_KjVeXufnkPxbbraPKGEk7hY-nSwXRXadvpJX1xjvVuH_p9h9V2HoTXPpeI0xoqck0utzpgchZ4iiAQ0Liw8jVXc4EXYFUTKdy09-v7QlMJoQ/s1600-h/250px-Hawaimahal.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5070308684680180322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7NZ3vMiv4BRuhg7PuUbC3ejutMzeP-8_KjVeXufnkPxbbraPKGEk7hY-nSwXRXadvpJX1xjvVuH_p9h9V2HoTXPpeI0xoqck0utzpgchZ4iiAQ0Liw8jVXc4EXYFUTKdy09-v7QlMJoQ/s320/250px-Hawaimahal.jpg" border="0" /></a>This is Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan state. Built of pink stucco in imitation of sandstone, the city is remarkable among pre-modern Indian cities for the width and regularity of its streets which are laid out into six quarters separated by broad streets 111 ft (34 m) wide.</p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5070308684680180338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 246px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 172px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="147" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieWaZFpK94VN3zPQVtNrSjcb1u-lEABKGNBIMKLiae9rrg0x2QNxw4shWpGr49pSA4D8RcIqk8NfFfytQt7ZqNiHCfirHT__ZjTU1sOmT6l32T3HtpSvWyajvQNmeyv7LcSrAdUdQDzCI/s320/180px-FortAguada%2528Goa%2529.jpg" width="216" border="0" />And finally, somewhere that's much further off but I would really like to go if time and money permits would be Goa, internationally renowned for its beaches. Goa is further down south on the coast of India and its 2hrs by air down from delhi. Might be quite a hassle to get there so we'll see how it goes..<br /><br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHflPU9pd3s2UIhDesngI10NXPSttgOWTPxXIz583s1IDNNQ-PmTiKfjj_VTmuroPcQnVvE84_tMgnJVlskjTd3t6D_5LgjTcWyhKtvfD4i1W7GcaR8X_sZCViGpQwSs9Z_aedb6CE1Bk/s1600-h/300px-Taj1.jpg"></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5pcP6nusiq0xmMRpdO1_eEa9w1Wv97R5EFa-EfxMYT7RusCs25XOu01iDw0vWOKJJ_UidLYtpqddvxtTd7hRzLLaojrSSMQ_WXADqb4cWdMbqT15ozHat75TGvh5ykJAC47pLfVFliTU/s1600-h/250px-Mussoorie.jpg"></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOpd9gCKg6yJDW_idnA6P9RUciVUBEvnXlQbr2UUWITwoVuKIg7hd_6S9Of8eumh15BfegNwLTVbVNXP3B02tkAAiRq2DK3xla6OXsFx1uRKqbyPtjGyUSQsSp1WfTwR9x_w26BeDtHng/s1600-h/250px-Hawaimahal.jpg"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHiPgraXlIdSLRlrt_K73d7t-_xP5A3HAIKHMOyWSH-rZ5WW2G4g8hgoeZt4N5b3m3UhuYm0qp_WrjL5YS3qDOUqsvPFRtpG2ajSwz4WZeWakX6w2KqHncDHRqSswcvSZtQbKamot7vxk/s1600-h/180px-FortAguada(Goa).jpg"></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878396702089027590.post-19264353256345462452007-05-28T22:47:00.000-07:002008-12-10T09:31:54.621-08:00tata indica<p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCffCghLEbKB4EspwbMOpW8pzMWy46rozpSZO0mckAweZMJc1OP4KVnk6Gv7lKAw0SokW_EofWJK8wBLvVR6BxbiotpErZxb8mXSCluzZ0CMulPK_vYLMYT10lvShYLtw_k5oDy5POPQU/s1600-h/indica.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5069856252825219554" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCffCghLEbKB4EspwbMOpW8pzMWy46rozpSZO0mckAweZMJc1OP4KVnk6Gv7lKAw0SokW_EofWJK8wBLvVR6BxbiotpErZxb8mXSCluzZ0CMulPK_vYLMYT10lvShYLtw_k5oDy5POPQU/s320/indica.jpg" border="0" /></a></p><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiljDzOeB1bNnA_DtabK4F21W7mABfiYfkvdXcnd5jj0lSomjFgHjf3q-psVCYu3ksXVE7nQluZUx3KZwhSFX-dTagW3SrSGj3RwR94wHqzqVaieFe5OasXoG95sMXsBPkK6hJg3MfvzQU/s1600-h/tata-indica-2005.jpg"></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">the most common car here has to be the Tata Indica, the first car launched by an indian company. this car took the market by storm, with its affordability and indian background. </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">most of the times the company would send a large toyota sedan to pick us up, but occasionally (like today) they would send 2 indicas. these cars are really small and compact i must say. my head brushes against the roof of the car cos its so low.. an indica costs approx. Rs. 30,000 which converts to S$11,400. </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">Very affordable..</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878396702089027590.post-66113124589241643902007-05-28T22:42:00.000-07:002007-05-28T22:45:36.673-07:00cows crossingone of the common sights on the roads here has to be cows. the cows here roam randomly around, be it lazing at the side of the road, of crossing the roads, they don't seem very bothered about whatever's going on around them. this morning our car had to stop cos there was a whole herd of them crossing.. i tink there were almost 10 of them..Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878396702089027590.post-61265989553089122412007-05-28T04:00:00.000-07:002007-05-28T04:23:19.012-07:00hitit has finally hit me. had a serious bout of diarrhoea that started yesterday. suspect it must be the spices and beans thats causing this upset. the same problem is affecting the others too.<br /><br />been trying not to eat anything today. argh.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878396702089027590.post-65515730354585740612007-05-27T03:50:00.000-07:002008-12-10T09:31:57.006-08:00beverly park II<div align="center">here are pictures of beverly park II, my current home for 3 months :) </div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_tAjjUEbFfUmDxC-f6ilqL8L_60iHfmb8lsSKQBpDZOvateSt6yDOT0uDtYQVKFfxO546JjwG5a4Oe8DSGiOU1SYWOGT5quVKirSbDwbOOtSV7ZiAWamIP61pTDT-crkVhuS_HzjkFIQ/s1600-h/100_1922.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5069194784911962546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 186px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 178px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="243" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_tAjjUEbFfUmDxC-f6ilqL8L_60iHfmb8lsSKQBpDZOvateSt6yDOT0uDtYQVKFfxO546JjwG5a4Oe8DSGiOU1SYWOGT5quVKirSbDwbOOtSV7ZiAWamIP61pTDT-crkVhuS_HzjkFIQ/s200/100_1922.JPG" width="206" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG3Tb0cltKhWFhnItsiRPJzIMqccNeOmp5-rmTDdqq7lZEwdSieVcuAybVWEonpZGUV1uroxZrEWe26cR8vivKRsnJsAuVO-ylD2espzzYdRGzMp6E-_hDYSgiOl5VpW5BgfhToEigALg/s1600-h/100_1931.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5069194806386799042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG3Tb0cltKhWFhnItsiRPJzIMqccNeOmp5-rmTDdqq7lZEwdSieVcuAybVWEonpZGUV1uroxZrEWe26cR8vivKRsnJsAuVO-ylD2espzzYdRGzMp6E-_hDYSgiOl5VpW5BgfhToEigALg/s200/100_1931.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdcms7DSBDX7C4vAdryfEodNnA7NaEiJrB6UhvEswG3f8I7i43yi74TIxdm8HDVlz1lmoFRL1EkV6vKgWXvPdhK2qXwg_eaHA19TzY1ou12bu9M5MhJ7li2bYgNQvemm1iUifAhaWmPb8/s1600-h/100_1928.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5069194836451570130" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5N0_QQcA8j07a15sYTM3De99yBYG5FC-KhJnIMjqpqLAYvaI_LvN-tvvYzMEAC6sGiXO8Hri7rD0yoBHLi3nj4xiwRdjWYkAHLCUGhPyfwPjPOls0Tkhyphenhyphennu4wAv8-mNjVMQsQGxeDpAk/s200/100_1887.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9JZ52k0uAUQQXn2Vlae2HckYVO2jnNMC3KEgO3t67mCiteawPnfblGSfn77DEhNYtHH6FS4RJRyedAHADlRB8k63ZcFILjwg0-iBg8VSeMcSqTyXGI_XoxlhLaNrha-jsEJeTPuoCF0o/s1600-h/100_1893.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5069193178594193810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9JZ52k0uAUQQXn2Vlae2HckYVO2jnNMC3KEgO3t67mCiteawPnfblGSfn77DEhNYtHH6FS4RJRyedAHADlRB8k63ZcFILjwg0-iBg8VSeMcSqTyXGI_XoxlhLaNrha-jsEJeTPuoCF0o/s200/100_1893.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdjjnmVA-3hcDwTVnLhHJc7tFz37_UCmzyfmGsoh4ETYvvlSbOgChMKO_kR1UAWyy1-ViY06UcAWOB5GlEGdi-DQhVFCrgZl-W3dzxgSluriMfqppQ-Exn_KaTQ0li9vslAjcSWGC2CRY/s1600-h/100_1912.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5069193187184128418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdjjnmVA-3hcDwTVnLhHJc7tFz37_UCmzyfmGsoh4ETYvvlSbOgChMKO_kR1UAWyy1-ViY06UcAWOB5GlEGdi-DQhVFCrgZl-W3dzxgSluriMfqppQ-Exn_KaTQ0li9vslAjcSWGC2CRY/s200/100_1912.JPG" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878396702089027590.post-6079673106467116672007-05-27T03:35:00.000-07:002008-12-10T09:31:59.078-08:00delhi city<div align="center">here are photos from yesterday's trip to downtown delhi. its about a 1hr journey from where i stay/work. i stay in gurgaon, which is just outside new delhi. </div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNQXaI-iOOXpynip7gf5rqJCmExZstLV2sI-0vcHbQwIHfCL2qG6YipNT6TtZ0-GTdP7F3BDl914h1-J7Xx-kJO_3vFhhc806fQOSpxGRCK1m-J2lNdUeLxJt254Sb4KA03JNTW-bUU3E/s1600-h/100_2093.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5069190236541595954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" height="172" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNQXaI-iOOXpynip7gf5rqJCmExZstLV2sI-0vcHbQwIHfCL2qG6YipNT6TtZ0-GTdP7F3BDl914h1-J7Xx-kJO_3vFhhc806fQOSpxGRCK1m-J2lNdUeLxJt254Sb4KA03JNTW-bUU3E/s200/100_2093.JPG" width="237" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX3f0xj-KimFIrkyLjcNmKMiRhD4iPW1yB1QOPaQjYLUON7YOHU8ENcyHIUbT_o_rFlOEVpdjzkRhW8oZj6VLRMpe-l4PByWTTNCb5Z4lTU2Pw9OFcO9T-CFjhyphenhyphend1KxTa0eOQJLHQK8WA/s1600-h/100_2094.JPG"></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36E6WjZgulSG_5akwFkYs3InuChQRUEli9QZviue76LIvzFPCI87M2xMNeWSRjX9_j6UM9iycITJ3PftDrBW0GQo-gbq9g5qc4erfd_kx2j46ZKJAdD03q2HMYWhCUH7N_nSwudmKn0k/s1600-h/100_2066.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5069190253721465170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36E6WjZgulSG_5akwFkYs3InuChQRUEli9QZviue76LIvzFPCI87M2xMNeWSRjX9_j6UM9iycITJ3PftDrBW0GQo-gbq9g5qc4erfd_kx2j46ZKJAdD03q2HMYWhCUH7N_nSwudmKn0k/s200/100_2066.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVDUX9Mj9gHGQThYow6gbLAsAkzfMd67vyfF0toyDQnQUiQQ5FkDFFxEZ1zsMc-P4JOnCR_I16SpFD8WyaQ6sp8vKnmfpmk1NIFBxfnJMmetZifIO-DMN9OkLxwFYQsbeG_U8rWH3z9kg/s1600-h/100_2094.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5069190258016432482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVDUX9Mj9gHGQThYow6gbLAsAkzfMd67vyfF0toyDQnQUiQQ5FkDFFxEZ1zsMc-P4JOnCR_I16SpFD8WyaQ6sp8vKnmfpmk1NIFBxfnJMmetZifIO-DMN9OkLxwFYQsbeG_U8rWH3z9kg/s200/100_2094.JPG" border="0" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq_fUNEyyZ9uA9ScqwQo266v44lSZhKzOb0N1SI-CL6eJGG7C1ILbtxhCJ-XAM-n92iJVCZuwwqsl0b6NBIoVaQDf7gCsBBzneigw9rSyuA2BEvCKDSBUE8vmbusDC0EiS_auHBa0QT3c/s1600-h/100_2066.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5069188862152061170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq_fUNEyyZ9uA9ScqwQo266v44lSZhKzOb0N1SI-CL6eJGG7C1ILbtxhCJ-XAM-n92iJVCZuwwqsl0b6NBIoVaQDf7gCsBBzneigw9rSyuA2BEvCKDSBUE8vmbusDC0EiS_auHBa0QT3c/s200/100_2066.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWv3ebcqi2GWgucwyVIqfUGE7rsegfHU-55Ag1k_LtjjqUDUBj4v-vMlt25xfTHBnfusT3GJIUxjKZfOFWC9IP7_6zX4rdhV0S7_KnQrjPJ5s2g9826z_4fsuLeBVTCJSorkn3NuKROSk/s1600-h/100_2070.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5069188866447028482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWv3ebcqi2GWgucwyVIqfUGE7rsegfHU-55Ag1k_LtjjqUDUBj4v-vMlt25xfTHBnfusT3GJIUxjKZfOFWC9IP7_6zX4rdhV0S7_KnQrjPJ5s2g9826z_4fsuLeBVTCJSorkn3NuKROSk/s200/100_2070.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi81J8v49aCdnTh2N-n_OWWikQscBgwRbVCB_SX26WblFa5XvYYaJTSYV-FDMFa6f6jEYhcccJl5FiLBCRaAWySffPUHTefindFyMHDXWlriJSHiwVMvGiaMzxQ5ttSh2epzFXTWPzeS0E/s1600-h/100_2082.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5069188875036963090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi81J8v49aCdnTh2N-n_OWWikQscBgwRbVCB_SX26WblFa5XvYYaJTSYV-FDMFa6f6jEYhcccJl5FiLBCRaAWySffPUHTefindFyMHDXWlriJSHiwVMvGiaMzxQ5ttSh2epzFXTWPzeS0E/s200/100_2082.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg29iOnbjlKnNMCwrk86IHT8so4BO_i-e06DNugWqjTL6Vs6rMylfyldF572FT9tLyHNmOXkJ4aDIDmkS5W5W48M18stSrDQZCblh585ZBT9X50rGEbesDeUJ0_NidCpJXj8mE5mHgTWFg/s1600-h/100_2088.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5069188879331930402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg29iOnbjlKnNMCwrk86IHT8so4BO_i-e06DNugWqjTL6Vs6rMylfyldF572FT9tLyHNmOXkJ4aDIDmkS5W5W48M18stSrDQZCblh585ZBT9X50rGEbesDeUJ0_NidCpJXj8mE5mHgTWFg/s200/100_2088.JPG" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878396702089027590.post-57867853225879613302007-05-24T23:53:00.001-07:002007-05-25T00:00:57.745-07:00mealtimeswaiting for lunch now, which is usually served at about 1pm here. mealtimes here are much later than those back home. lunch is typically at 2pm while dinner can be as late as 10pm. takes a while to get use to it, and i often end up hungry in between.<br /><br />food has been pretty alright so far, except for the lack of meat on the dishes. seems like the bulk of the dishes are made up of either flour or beans. i've only had chicken twice since coming over on sunday.<br /><br />but that being said, its great to have all our meals taken care of.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878396702089027590.post-19687182561110999742007-05-24T04:21:00.000-07:002007-05-24T04:31:09.056-07:00+91 call mewoohoo! finally got my new number today, courtesy of Airtel :) working in a telco has its perks i tell you. i get a free line with free credits worth Rps 2500, which is about S$100. and best of all, the call rates are super subsidised! -big grin-<br /><br />here's an example of the rates that get charged for employees:<br /><br />SMS: 30 pesa (~S$0.01)<br />Local calls: 50 pesa/min (~S$0.02/min)<br />Int'l calls: 8 rupee/min (~S$0.33/min)<br /><br />good stuff right. lol. and best of all, its free incoming, regardless of local or international, so feel free to call me anytime.<br /><br />p.s. mobile numbers here are 10-digits long.. doubt i'll be able to remember my own numberUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878396702089027590.post-54639457126354880912007-05-23T03:56:00.000-07:002007-05-23T04:35:23.921-07:00sweet.<p align="justify">Today’s my official first day of work after the last 2 days of Orientation. I’ve been posted to the Finance department (once again, the last time being Amex) to do strategy. Met up with my boss, the vice CFO who briefed me on the scope of my project over the next 3 months.<br /><br /><strong>Project Scope</strong><br /><br />I’ll be joining the C*APEX Committee, which currently comprises of 5 members, including the Airte*l’s CEO, CFO and other directors. This committee oversees the capital expenditure of the company. Every business unit that requires funds (from US$50mn to US$500mn per project) for capital expansion/renewal will have to send their proposals/requests through to this committee, complete with the capex requirements, return on investment etc. The committee will then analyze the request, and decide if this particular project should be given approval. The committee convenes once a month to listen to the various requests from the business units and decides on the outcome. My job’s to go through each proposal and give my recommendations base on the case presented. I am also to work on a common structure and put into place a capex evaluation model to be used to assess future capex projects, putting them through parameters and guidelines.<br /><br /><br /><strong>Thoughts</strong><br /><br />I’m extremely excited with the scope of the project! It’s like doing case all over again. Evaluating the feasibility and finances for each project, just that it’s for real this time. Through this, I get to see all the upcoming projects, sit in with the CEO and CFO, and get a chance to present my views on the situation at hand.<br /><br />It’s a great opportunity to learn and delve into the telecoms sector. Indeed a great high-level project that marries both strategy and finance. </p><p align="justify">Sweet.</p><div align="justify"></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878396702089027590.post-17967920232157740092007-05-22T19:44:00.000-07:002007-05-22T19:52:10.214-07:00greyif there's one word to describe delhi when i arrive, it has to be the colour grey.<br /><br />everything's hazy and extremely dusty.. things just look bleak, and across the vast land space, things look really sparse. and yes, everything looks like its in the midst of construction, kind of.. streets dug up, cows roaming about, constant honking from the vehicles on the roads.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878396702089027590.post-79031381227929901812007-05-22T11:09:00.000-07:002008-12-10T09:32:00.009-08:00Suvarnabhumi Airport<div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">the following are photos taken at the new Suvarnabhumi airport in bangkok. was there on transit en route to delhi on sunday. its a very new place, similar to that of hong kong international airport. the flight to bangkok was gd too. plenty of legroom on the plane, it was a 2-4-2 configuration and the colours were really cheery! <br /><br><br /></div><div align="center"></div><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067456753381191906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRg7Zl4VfYqh20HpG3bxe-hWLhB_FpsDwxoaKZZOI1HhmgetjlmwoMi_Ttv1YzNW7KN45oo31fbu7wVFRrMJbqbL1JqqYrgxyzCOwqSFK8hsURdh7KONu7BmX5sw_x-BKtXuq7IUw3JBg/s320/100_1868.JPG" border="0" /></p><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc1QnX3gkTE0y-hsg-ZKJvXFE4Eu_6HJIKLDjJK87hqVrBw5KBxWCmwl4OO72H1fV7ud2GFYzyNZfb0GicVGq2nJipX5yHdSBG0XZSPI_NJGXC_r_qTtM2g-AQlmsH5rHV7V9USOS27aU/s1600-h/IMG_2424.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067451182808608914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc1QnX3gkTE0y-hsg-ZKJvXFE4Eu_6HJIKLDjJK87hqVrBw5KBxWCmwl4OO72H1fV7ud2GFYzyNZfb0GicVGq2nJipX5yHdSBG0XZSPI_NJGXC_r_qTtM2g-AQlmsH5rHV7V9USOS27aU/s400/IMG_2424.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoMJxyYxo-Ovl6rbi5RbrOUnzc8x8BNuTiTlcaxvrJIs6YKXdrqv-jA6copxUGFOCGSqqgfAKucR97YpQwZUsOIAUm1wM-p7Iy6V2Kxb39rO9_hLWxhFFuEtUZXud_SUxgnl7djefzeUo/s1600-h/IMG_2429.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067451208578412706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoMJxyYxo-Ovl6rbi5RbrOUnzc8x8BNuTiTlcaxvrJIs6YKXdrqv-jA6copxUGFOCGSqqgfAKucR97YpQwZUsOIAUm1wM-p7Iy6V2Kxb39rO9_hLWxhFFuEtUZXud_SUxgnl7djefzeUo/s400/IMG_2429.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDi8BcrFAZcZYUN9yg_6UyrRRfg2HyJXVtCUyK4Z8IWaDBy5URFDcUfUzESZNepg9n_pHTFOfObFN_3qaD3iC794m4hXdNU9LqGTWdAAe0qEaSapCAl23SUixkb9W4pOUARnFa-5D5pzQ/s1600-h/IMG_2433.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067451247233118386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDi8BcrFAZcZYUN9yg_6UyrRRfg2HyJXVtCUyK4Z8IWaDBy5URFDcUfUzESZNepg9n_pHTFOfObFN_3qaD3iC794m4hXdNU9LqGTWdAAe0qEaSapCAl23SUixkb9W4pOUARnFa-5D5pzQ/s400/IMG_2433.JPG" border="0" /></a> i had to take a picture of the glass panes and windows. they were really dirty and stained.. a pity since the airport's actually really nice<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTCVlmIIAIwOpPrkd5P8JOhJIBnAlZHDLfyB0qiQRkL4zTyUntHXJGmDv1Rh0GTTkGxjMP39UBSzheecaO8PK882Mrz-r-b1P_BXgD6lrmlghnMstm_hywr2D_j5w0lMcHtxLS90BuvhM/s1600-h/IMG_2431.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067451260118020290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTCVlmIIAIwOpPrkd5P8JOhJIBnAlZHDLfyB0qiQRkL4zTyUntHXJGmDv1Rh0GTTkGxjMP39UBSzheecaO8PK882Mrz-r-b1P_BXgD6lrmlghnMstm_hywr2D_j5w0lMcHtxLS90BuvhM/s400/IMG_2431.JPG" border="0" /><br /><p align="center"></a>here's celine and i at this temple-like structure taken jus outside our boarding gate. she gets a free orchid pin after every thai airways flight! not fair.. lol</p><div align="center"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5067454627372380370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnu1fSIS8r1u2UvXdAZyicjJZ_HjeZ0_fEBE5uXTiQhHCAe5TEdd3QflX3Iak-_vKKnvx_mCi0gzu7zXowpAfp9ZG_lmrYbZBOQ5E4uRs9t_lnTA9zBcLYdxmiNV_ANp09u5mVQSdFqss/s400/IMG_2426.JPG" border="0" /><br /><p align="center">notice the mural/painting behind the man.. many of these artworks adorn the walkways of the airport. pretty nice touch.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0