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Kick-starting in Ko-Ree-Yaaa!
Here I am, typing this post sitting in a service apartment (apartment hotel as some might know it). As I mentioned in my previous post.. that we designers most of the time have the urge to make things look pretty before starting.
But I personally have another hurdle to cross before I get this blog started - starting on a blank slate. Now that I am in Seoul, Korea what better way to start off than narrating observations from a completely new & exciting experience of being in a new place.
I am hoping that this trip will give me a lot to write about. This is the first other country in Asia that I am visiting other than my own - India.
Just to give you a background of why I am here. Currently I am interning at Samsung Design Europe which is based out of London. Every year Samsung organizes a workshop called the Global Membership Workshop. They invite students from partnering institutions & interns who are interning at that time in their overseas design studios in 5 different locations. Most of the participants have previously doing some background work on a particular brief and present their initial ideas to the entire community. The workshop is a platform for each of these groups from different locations to build upon their own ideas with the help of experts and mentors from Samsung Headquarters.
So thats a small introduction of why I am in Seoul. Stay tuned to see and hear more about my experience here.
Been there done that? Only 5% :(
Friend back home in India keep saying that I've been travelling way too much... but I guess not :) There is a lot more out there !
This map calculates the number of countries you have been to and displays a percentage in relation to the entire world. So as of today, I have treaded over 5% of the entire world :)
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This map calculates the number of countries you have been to and displays a percentage in relation to the entire world. So as of today, I have treaded over 5% of the entire world :)
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Evangelist User Group
How many of us (who have stayed in Europe) have owned a Moleskine book? In my short stays in Milan and London over the last 2 years I have seen Moleskine books on almost 5 out of 10 people.
I have always wondered- what is the secret behind the success of these little black books? They dont have any gloss, or have any printed artwork on the cover, nor do they have any print inside that focuses the user to use it in a certain way.
I think there are 3 factors to its success.
1. People want to move away from over-branded products. This also drives the success of Muji (along with its simplistic style).
2. People hate scribbling within printed boxes as they feel constrained. Since Moleskine books are meant for personal note-taking, it accomodates randomness with its empty layout. It fills in the space of not having any print on the sheets by using very good quality paper.
3. This I feel is one of the most powerful reasons: Moleskine targetted its books to a certain type of user which I would call an Evangelist User Group (EUG). The books are sold with a strong focus on Travellers /People on the Move.
Here, the Traveller being the EUG is interesting as note-taking might seem like a daily mundane activity but as soon as you put it in context of a traveller, it becomes more exciting - journals, travelogs, maps, jotting down experiences of people you meet, places you see. A lot get associated with note-taking than just thoughts, ideas and appointments.
The EUG has to be a group that will start using the product or service and eventually explore/experiment their own ways of using it. This will open up more possibilities and open other peoples outlook and help people see its use in their own lives.
I have always wondered- what is the secret behind the success of these little black books? They dont have any gloss, or have any printed artwork on the cover, nor do they have any print inside that focuses the user to use it in a certain way.
I think there are 3 factors to its success.
1. People want to move away from over-branded products. This also drives the success of Muji (along with its simplistic style).
2. People hate scribbling within printed boxes as they feel constrained. Since Moleskine books are meant for personal note-taking, it accomodates randomness with its empty layout. It fills in the space of not having any print on the sheets by using very good quality paper.
3. This I feel is one of the most powerful reasons: Moleskine targetted its books to a certain type of user which I would call an Evangelist User Group (EUG). The books are sold with a strong focus on Travellers /People on the Move.
Here, the Traveller being the EUG is interesting as note-taking might seem like a daily mundane activity but as soon as you put it in context of a traveller, it becomes more exciting - journals, travelogs, maps, jotting down experiences of people you meet, places you see. A lot get associated with note-taking than just thoughts, ideas and appointments.
The EUG has to be a group that will start using the product or service and eventually explore/experiment their own ways of using it. This will open up more possibilities and open other peoples outlook and help people see its use in their own lives.
2007.02.18, 16:07
by baruag
about: design, design, information design, information design, service, simplicity, travel, websight, websight
Websight: ClearTrip.com
With air travel becoming a common mode of transport for the masses air fares becoming cheaper by the day in India. To assist in getting the best fares, there are many sites cropping up online that allow users to compare and access fares across different airlines. One of these is ClearTrip.com
One of the first Indian web services companys' that I am inspired by. Not only do they have a very clean, simple and user friendly approach to the site but is a 'way of thinking' across the company.
One of the first Indian web services companys' that I am inspired by. Not only do they have a very clean, simple and user friendly approach to the site but is a 'way of thinking' across the company.
ClearTrip Blog : design aware :)
After being impressed with ClearTrip as a web service, I am truly impressed with their blog. Even the fact that a company like that has a blog is awesome. Its great that ClearTrip realizes the need to connect with their customers. Companies that have blogs seem like they have are alive as opposed to companies that are represented only by their logos and the buildings that they operate out of.
What do they talk about in their blog? A variety of things - customer
feedback, business models, inspirational quotes, and many other things;
but the best part about it is that there is loads of emphasis on 'design'.
The fact that there these guys are 'design aware' is exciting. They recognze that its the simple user friendly design of the site, that is the driver of its success. Therefore the blog has a lot of design talk which is very educational. This to me is a great sign of things to come. I feel many companies will slowly realize the potential of design and give it the attention that is required.
Bravo ClearTrip for being one of the first !
What do they talk about in their blog? A variety of things - customer
feedback, business models, inspirational quotes, and many other things;
but the best part about it is that there is loads of emphasis on 'design'.
The fact that there these guys are 'design aware' is exciting. They recognze that its the simple user friendly design of the site, that is the driver of its success. Therefore the blog has a lot of design talk which is very educational. This to me is a great sign of things to come. I feel many companies will slowly realize the potential of design and give it the attention that is required.
Bravo ClearTrip for being one of the first !
2007.05.18, 15:14
Shaolin Kung Fu Training in China
Shaolin Kung Fu Training in China
Morning
At the morning training from 05:45 o'clock to 07:30 o'clock mainly condition and high-speed strength are trained. First the musculature is warmed up by running. It is already an overwhelming picture if 15,000 pupils run in military formations through Shaolin. With a lot of middle sprints the high-speed strength is trained. While the foreigners run as fast as they can (and I can ensure you that we ran (like hell) on 100 m under 12 s!), but the coach runs with a long stick at your side smiling and spurs you on running much more faster and hitting your back too, if ones moves are too slowy (according to his opinion). A popular goal are the stairs to the Bodhidharma Cave consisting of 1000 stairs!!
The Shaolin monks run this distance each morning and their condition is gigantic. But only few stages are necessary to get the pupils sweating. Short sprints over 10 m stairs, limping on the left, right and both legs absolutely hard. Downwards every pupil must make press-ups, so the arms are trained too. After 1 3/4 h the training is over. The musculature is tired, arms and legs very heavy.
Breakfast
Now it is breakfast time and a lot of restaurants invite you for eating breakfast. This consists usually of Dou Fu Noir (Soybean), Ba Bao Jou (8 precious objects soup) and Yao Tiao (deep-fry paste). Also noodles and rice are eaten at breakfast. It is likely that the Chinese sip their soup and noodles and you have to do the same.
After breakfast: training
After short recovery the next training begins at 09:00 o'clock with a loose jogging, warming up and the high-speed strength training. But now primarily the stretching is being trained.
In contrast to German training the stretch is being trained not until pain arises, but far beyond pain. A popular exercise is the doing the split. The pupil is lying on his back and 2 other students hold his arms and legs and the coaches pushes with his whole body, in order to press the student doing the split (I could hardly move the next several days). According to this, there are a lot of such exercises. Another exercise consists of a student sitting down, pressing his sole in front of him together. A lot of people have some problems therefore another person stands on his knees and presses those down to the ground by his body weight. Everyone of us had to makeo the crab. This is very painful for untrained persons but in Shaolin the coach lifts you up and shakes your body... every pupil will have to cry out louldy and some days later you will have enormous back pain (but it seems to work). Arms, legs and all other muscles (which you did not know before) are stretched. Afterwards the basic elements of the Shaolin Kung Fu are taught: Leg movements, blocking, striking, stands. This part differs not too much from our well-known training, however the repetition rate is much higher. Because the students repeat the same techniques again and again and again and so highest perfection is obtained. Training ends at 11:30 o'clock.
Lunch
In one of the numerous restaurants or in the school it is possible to eat. There are numerous dishes but no menu. Thus you go into the kitchen, show something you like and the cook prepares a tasty, warm meal. Rice and noodles are the most important (and most inexpensive) food. Meat is expensive and you can one only dream of a steak. Rather the meat is cut into small pieces and mixed to the vegetables. Preferably tomatoes, potatoes and different vegetables are used. By the way there is no chance to order coffee or chocolate.
After noon we have some time to recover the maltreated body. On one of the numerous stone banks we can watch a lot of Chinese, but there is no time for relaxing. You are mostly surrounded by a cluster of Chinese and they want to talk to you or take some pcitures. If you want to rest this is not the place. In the school, on the road, even in the mountains there are Chinese looking for contact with foreigners.
Afternoon training
At 2:00 pm in the afternoon training begins again. This training is the most interesting one because new forms and weapons will be taught now. But also this training begins with a warming up training, with stretching and with basic techniques. These basic techniques are absolute necessary. The first form (every student has to learn this) in Shaolin is the Wu Bu Quan. This form consists of five different basic stands and is relatively simple to learn. With each form new stands, techniques and also acrobatic elements are inserted. The advanced Shaolin student learns the somersault forwards and backwards, the flic flac, the jumped cartwheel and a lot of other jumped techniques. The jump strength of the Chinese is gigantic and somersault appears for the audience as very simple (but I tell you, it isn't acutally!).
Due to their bodies foreigners have bigger problems learning these techniques.
Usually weapon training starts with long stick (gun) and followed by sword (dao). The mobile weapons are more difficult to learn and therefore they are taught to the older students. Mobile weapons are the 9-section whip (jiu jie bian), the three-section-stick (san jie gun), the two-section-stick (liang jie gun) and the whip (bian). Those weapons combined with fantastic acrobatic elements constitute the fascination of the Shaolin Kung Fu. Training ends at 6:00 pm.
End of training
After a arduous day it is worth to wash oneself for the first time.
Most schools do not have their own showers and so once a week they visit an external wash and shower room. It sounds awful but after a short time it doesn't matter. The dinner is the same like lunch. At 9:30 pm most of the students fall tired into bed because next morning the siren will sound again at 05:30 am.
If you are interested in shaolin kung fu/tai chi/sanda training in china (or learning chinese language in china), please take a look at our websites http://www.shaolin-wushu.de or http://ww.trip-to-china.com .
China Kung Fu
www.shaolin-wushu.de - Shaolin Kung Fu Training in China, more than 1000 pictures and videos, traveller reports, Forum and more
www.trip-to-china.com - Learning Chinese language in china, Shaolin Kung Fu/Tai Chi/Sanda Training in China
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Morning
At the morning training from 05:45 o'clock to 07:30 o'clock mainly condition and high-speed strength are trained. First the musculature is warmed up by running. It is already an overwhelming picture if 15,000 pupils run in military formations through Shaolin. With a lot of middle sprints the high-speed strength is trained. While the foreigners run as fast as they can (and I can ensure you that we ran (like hell) on 100 m under 12 s!), but the coach runs with a long stick at your side smiling and spurs you on running much more faster and hitting your back too, if ones moves are too slowy (according to his opinion). A popular goal are the stairs to the Bodhidharma Cave consisting of 1000 stairs!!
The Shaolin monks run this distance each morning and their condition is gigantic. But only few stages are necessary to get the pupils sweating. Short sprints over 10 m stairs, limping on the left, right and both legs absolutely hard. Downwards every pupil must make press-ups, so the arms are trained too. After 1 3/4 h the training is over. The musculature is tired, arms and legs very heavy.
Breakfast
Now it is breakfast time and a lot of restaurants invite you for eating breakfast. This consists usually of Dou Fu Noir (Soybean), Ba Bao Jou (8 precious objects soup) and Yao Tiao (deep-fry paste). Also noodles and rice are eaten at breakfast. It is likely that the Chinese sip their soup and noodles and you have to do the same.
After breakfast: training
After short recovery the next training begins at 09:00 o'clock with a loose jogging, warming up and the high-speed strength training. But now primarily the stretching is being trained.
In contrast to German training the stretch is being trained not until pain arises, but far beyond pain. A popular exercise is the doing the split. The pupil is lying on his back and 2 other students hold his arms and legs and the coaches pushes with his whole body, in order to press the student doing the split (I could hardly move the next several days). According to this, there are a lot of such exercises. Another exercise consists of a student sitting down, pressing his sole in front of him together. A lot of people have some problems therefore another person stands on his knees and presses those down to the ground by his body weight. Everyone of us had to makeo the crab. This is very painful for untrained persons but in Shaolin the coach lifts you up and shakes your body... every pupil will have to cry out louldy and some days later you will have enormous back pain (but it seems to work). Arms, legs and all other muscles (which you did not know before) are stretched. Afterwards the basic elements of the Shaolin Kung Fu are taught: Leg movements, blocking, striking, stands. This part differs not too much from our well-known training, however the repetition rate is much higher. Because the students repeat the same techniques again and again and again and so highest perfection is obtained. Training ends at 11:30 o'clock.
Lunch
In one of the numerous restaurants or in the school it is possible to eat. There are numerous dishes but no menu. Thus you go into the kitchen, show something you like and the cook prepares a tasty, warm meal. Rice and noodles are the most important (and most inexpensive) food. Meat is expensive and you can one only dream of a steak. Rather the meat is cut into small pieces and mixed to the vegetables. Preferably tomatoes, potatoes and different vegetables are used. By the way there is no chance to order coffee or chocolate.
After noon we have some time to recover the maltreated body. On one of the numerous stone banks we can watch a lot of Chinese, but there is no time for relaxing. You are mostly surrounded by a cluster of Chinese and they want to talk to you or take some pcitures. If you want to rest this is not the place. In the school, on the road, even in the mountains there are Chinese looking for contact with foreigners.
Afternoon training
At 2:00 pm in the afternoon training begins again. This training is the most interesting one because new forms and weapons will be taught now. But also this training begins with a warming up training, with stretching and with basic techniques. These basic techniques are absolute necessary. The first form (every student has to learn this) in Shaolin is the Wu Bu Quan. This form consists of five different basic stands and is relatively simple to learn. With each form new stands, techniques and also acrobatic elements are inserted. The advanced Shaolin student learns the somersault forwards and backwards, the flic flac, the jumped cartwheel and a lot of other jumped techniques. The jump strength of the Chinese is gigantic and somersault appears for the audience as very simple (but I tell you, it isn't acutally!).
Due to their bodies foreigners have bigger problems learning these techniques.
Usually weapon training starts with long stick (gun) and followed by sword (dao). The mobile weapons are more difficult to learn and therefore they are taught to the older students. Mobile weapons are the 9-section whip (jiu jie bian), the three-section-stick (san jie gun), the two-section-stick (liang jie gun) and the whip (bian). Those weapons combined with fantastic acrobatic elements constitute the fascination of the Shaolin Kung Fu. Training ends at 6:00 pm.
End of training
After a arduous day it is worth to wash oneself for the first time.
Most schools do not have their own showers and so once a week they visit an external wash and shower room. It sounds awful but after a short time it doesn't matter. The dinner is the same like lunch. At 9:30 pm most of the students fall tired into bed because next morning the siren will sound again at 05:30 am.
If you are interested in shaolin kung fu/tai chi/sanda training in china (or learning chinese language in china), please take a look at our websites http://www.shaolin-wushu.de or http://ww.trip-to-china.com .
China Kung Fu
www.shaolin-wushu.de - Shaolin Kung Fu Training in China, more than 1000 pictures and videos, traveller reports, Forum and more
www.trip-to-china.com - Learning Chinese language in china, Shaolin Kung Fu/Tai Chi/Sanda Training in China
Travelogue
...the last couple've months have seen a lot of travel happening...been to masinagudi, pondicherry, bombay and now going to delhi today (just for the day) I'm sure there are others who travel a whole lot more :) but for someone like me, who would probably get out of bangalore once in a few years (if that)...its been a good few months :) ...and there's a week long Goa trip coming up! Plus one more trip elsewhere (before Goa), which hopefully will work out...
Travel is so refreshing...even a short trip out've town gives you a nice 'buzz'...you're relaxed once ur back...things always seem a little clearer when you have a little distance...gives you perspective - travel does.
I remember as kids in Goa, we used to do these weekend trips in this huge tempo traveller (was the hotels) which was so much fun! :)
...I remember once, we were on our way somewhere and as is usually the case :) we were all singing while dad drove...had another family with us...SUDDENLY -there was a huge CRASH!! ...the whole tempo shook and I think everyone was in a slight state of shock for a few seconds - only - nothing had happened to anyone...and the tempo traveller was still travelling along! ..hehe...almost immediately my dad realised that we'd just gone under a railway underbridge and the roof was making a noise - in being so lost in the singing, dad had managed to rip off the entire luggage carrier -right off the roof!! hahaha...we all had a laugh about it :) and fortunately there wasn't anybody driving right behind us...otherwise I doubt there would've been much laughing....
Also remember travelling to delhi alone as a 6yr old......memories you have as a child always bring a smile to ur face...the good ones I.e. :) ...going out've town with family...going on holidays...as kids, my brother and I would go to bombay quite often (mum's parents)...my amma and tatha had lived in the same flat together for a good 45years...mum and mama grew up there...
(im distracted right now cuz this guy sitting behind has been jabbering non-stop for the last 30mins!! Bloody..talk about overdoing the 'hitting on an airhostess' routine!)
.....I'm looking forward to going to goa....riding around on a bike...going to the mapusa market...buying goan chilli sausages....eating pao and chicken curry at some shack on the beach...doing ukemi on the sand (hehehehe)...goa has soooo many fond memories for me...for the whole family actually....infact, that's one've the subjects we love reminscing about as a family...the other is where the family came from (lahore) and the tough times they had during the partition...and my chachas and the family politics :) (no punjabi family is complete without family politics!)...
My dad loves talking about goa...and the times he would actually - physically - work 19 hours a day...and he did that kinda work...with that intensity and stress for a good 3 years...there was a time for about 4 months when my mum would take me to the hotel just to see him......cuz he would come in early in the morning...and then leave before I woke up....I guess these are the kind've memories that you share as a family...the memories that really bind you together...keep you together...
I believe its very very important to spend time together as a family. With the kind of lives we lead - increasingly - we take family and 'home life' for granted. Our own lives become more important. The 'relief' we need and the comfort we get in doing what we want - invariably surpasses and overshadows any sort of 'family time' - even when we know we could make time for it.
Its the same funda with switching jobs - and the rate at which people switch jobs today....its scary. And its convenient. We live in an 'I' age.
15 -20yrs down the line psychologists are going to have to deal with such a mentally fucked up generation. Sooner or later, we'll all end up having to pay for our 'convenient choices' in life.
...looking outside an aircraft window...the world seems to be in suspended animation. Just - still.
I don't know what I'm gonna do when I have to go on a long haul flight. I'll get bored out've my skull in 2 hours flat...
Actually, air journeys are a really nice place to bond with someone....especially if you're with someone you love.
(''Archies - a gift for someone you love'')
I remember when I first started going to archies when they'd opened in Delhi...must've been 8 or 9yrs old...I was so fascinated by the one in GK-II...and then my mami and didi would take us to Wimpy's to have burgers!! Hehehe...and the chicken burgers were really nice ya...pity it never took off in Bangalore...then again, the prospect of eating in a basement was never too enticing.
Bangalore was so different a few years ago...maybe 5 years back...You had KFC for fast food and a few nice restaurants to eat at, plus the hajaaar pubs and ofcourse the 5 stars...and you could put it in a nutshell - like that.
Today....well...'spoilt for choice' is putting it mildly. Infact, now we have a different kind've problem. Because there are so many restaurants atleast - in going out to some new place ur hoping you get to eat some good food, cuz you could very easily get to eat some rubbish food and get saddled with a fat bill just the same!
....in about an hour and a half - i'll have gotten out of a real fight...with a few bruises to show for it....I'm nervous...
And a little scared.
...how do you prepare yourself for death...
Do you prepare yourself for death?
The last time I was in an aircraft I wrote an entire bit about death and to everyone that I loved...
My mum is convinced I have the most morbid thoughts :) hehe...I guess thinking about death and all isn't something people are meant to do in the conventional perception of that line of thinking...or the conventional thinking about that line of thinking...
We've just landed in Delhi...on our way to Taj Mansingh...a hotel my parents had worked in about 20 years ago...
Life's little journeys :) ...and how they refresh you so...
Travel is so refreshing...even a short trip out've town gives you a nice 'buzz'...you're relaxed once ur back...things always seem a little clearer when you have a little distance...gives you perspective - travel does.
I remember as kids in Goa, we used to do these weekend trips in this huge tempo traveller (was the hotels) which was so much fun! :)
...I remember once, we were on our way somewhere and as is usually the case :) we were all singing while dad drove...had another family with us...SUDDENLY -there was a huge CRASH!! ...the whole tempo shook and I think everyone was in a slight state of shock for a few seconds - only - nothing had happened to anyone...and the tempo traveller was still travelling along! ..hehe...almost immediately my dad realised that we'd just gone under a railway underbridge and the roof was making a noise - in being so lost in the singing, dad had managed to rip off the entire luggage carrier -right off the roof!! hahaha...we all had a laugh about it :) and fortunately there wasn't anybody driving right behind us...otherwise I doubt there would've been much laughing....
Also remember travelling to delhi alone as a 6yr old......memories you have as a child always bring a smile to ur face...the good ones I.e. :) ...going out've town with family...going on holidays...as kids, my brother and I would go to bombay quite often (mum's parents)...my amma and tatha had lived in the same flat together for a good 45years...mum and mama grew up there...
(im distracted right now cuz this guy sitting behind has been jabbering non-stop for the last 30mins!! Bloody..talk about overdoing the 'hitting on an airhostess' routine!)
.....I'm looking forward to going to goa....riding around on a bike...going to the mapusa market...buying goan chilli sausages....eating pao and chicken curry at some shack on the beach...doing ukemi on the sand (hehehehe)...goa has soooo many fond memories for me...for the whole family actually....infact, that's one've the subjects we love reminscing about as a family...the other is where the family came from (lahore) and the tough times they had during the partition...and my chachas and the family politics :) (no punjabi family is complete without family politics!)...
My dad loves talking about goa...and the times he would actually - physically - work 19 hours a day...and he did that kinda work...with that intensity and stress for a good 3 years...there was a time for about 4 months when my mum would take me to the hotel just to see him......cuz he would come in early in the morning...and then leave before I woke up....I guess these are the kind've memories that you share as a family...the memories that really bind you together...keep you together...
I believe its very very important to spend time together as a family. With the kind of lives we lead - increasingly - we take family and 'home life' for granted. Our own lives become more important. The 'relief' we need and the comfort we get in doing what we want - invariably surpasses and overshadows any sort of 'family time' - even when we know we could make time for it.
Its the same funda with switching jobs - and the rate at which people switch jobs today....its scary. And its convenient. We live in an 'I' age.
15 -20yrs down the line psychologists are going to have to deal with such a mentally fucked up generation. Sooner or later, we'll all end up having to pay for our 'convenient choices' in life.
...looking outside an aircraft window...the world seems to be in suspended animation. Just - still.
I don't know what I'm gonna do when I have to go on a long haul flight. I'll get bored out've my skull in 2 hours flat...
Actually, air journeys are a really nice place to bond with someone....especially if you're with someone you love.
(''Archies - a gift for someone you love'')
I remember when I first started going to archies when they'd opened in Delhi...must've been 8 or 9yrs old...I was so fascinated by the one in GK-II...and then my mami and didi would take us to Wimpy's to have burgers!! Hehehe...and the chicken burgers were really nice ya...pity it never took off in Bangalore...then again, the prospect of eating in a basement was never too enticing.
Bangalore was so different a few years ago...maybe 5 years back...You had KFC for fast food and a few nice restaurants to eat at, plus the hajaaar pubs and ofcourse the 5 stars...and you could put it in a nutshell - like that.
Today....well...'spoilt for choice' is putting it mildly. Infact, now we have a different kind've problem. Because there are so many restaurants atleast - in going out to some new place ur hoping you get to eat some good food, cuz you could very easily get to eat some rubbish food and get saddled with a fat bill just the same!
....in about an hour and a half - i'll have gotten out of a real fight...with a few bruises to show for it....I'm nervous...
And a little scared.
...how do you prepare yourself for death...
Do you prepare yourself for death?
The last time I was in an aircraft I wrote an entire bit about death and to everyone that I loved...
My mum is convinced I have the most morbid thoughts :) hehe...I guess thinking about death and all isn't something people are meant to do in the conventional perception of that line of thinking...or the conventional thinking about that line of thinking...
We've just landed in Delhi...on our way to Taj Mansingh...a hotel my parents had worked in about 20 years ago...
Life's little journeys :) ...and how they refresh you so...
Goa Travelogue - On the Bus
...of all the travelling i've done this year, this Goa trip will be the longest - gone for a week! :) ...hope to outdo this, later this year, when the europe and/or japan trip happens.
I'm leaving Bangalore with issues unresolved...personal and professional. I've got someone to take care of the work, but the personal issues...I guess a little space will help...which is what I'm hoping this goa trip will do.
...lying here, alone, in this double berth...its quite comfy..other than the fact that its a moving bed :)
....I'm upset....and disappointed in myself more than anything else...I don't know why I let things get this way...cuz eventually, we ourselves are to blame for the circumstances we're in...they're invariably our own doing. And so - only we can change them...
It's so easy to write that. I hope the space makes a difference....somewhere down inside I know it will...
Hehe...suddenly i'm in Goa!! :) ...want to do all those things I did there as a child...it seems more like a dream...a distant memory...growing up there..
I remember going for cruises on the 'Santa Monica'...that little 'twin boat' that would go around the Mandovi river...and the 'Baila' dance (which incidentally means 'prostitute' in portugese) ...remember standing next to the pier in Dona Paula and watching the waves crash...eating at that chinese restaurant up the hill...at at Martins Beach Corner :) hehehe.what yuuuuuummmmyyyy fish!! ....walking on miramar beach in the evening...looking at Remo's house everytime we went to miramar, trying to catch a glimpse...driving in papa's Fiat 1000 ...having a childhood crush in school...that went into middle school and would've gone into high school as well :) ...had i been there I.e.
....remember having that accident as a child and dad in tears when I was at the hospital...i was quite accident prone! ...infact, the same went for when I was on the bike...two-wheelers don't suit me...
Goa has a lotttt of memories for me...I wait...with anxiety....for what lies in store for me this time around...
''I'm gonna make a memory....''
I'm leaving Bangalore with issues unresolved...personal and professional. I've got someone to take care of the work, but the personal issues...I guess a little space will help...which is what I'm hoping this goa trip will do.
...lying here, alone, in this double berth...its quite comfy..other than the fact that its a moving bed :)
....I'm upset....and disappointed in myself more than anything else...I don't know why I let things get this way...cuz eventually, we ourselves are to blame for the circumstances we're in...they're invariably our own doing. And so - only we can change them...
It's so easy to write that. I hope the space makes a difference....somewhere down inside I know it will...
Hehe...suddenly i'm in Goa!! :) ...want to do all those things I did there as a child...it seems more like a dream...a distant memory...growing up there..
I remember going for cruises on the 'Santa Monica'...that little 'twin boat' that would go around the Mandovi river...and the 'Baila' dance (which incidentally means 'prostitute' in portugese) ...remember standing next to the pier in Dona Paula and watching the waves crash...eating at that chinese restaurant up the hill...at at Martins Beach Corner :) hehehe.what yuuuuuummmmyyyy fish!! ....walking on miramar beach in the evening...looking at Remo's house everytime we went to miramar, trying to catch a glimpse...driving in papa's Fiat 1000 ...having a childhood crush in school...that went into middle school and would've gone into high school as well :) ...had i been there I.e.
....remember having that accident as a child and dad in tears when I was at the hospital...i was quite accident prone! ...infact, the same went for when I was on the bike...two-wheelers don't suit me...
Goa has a lotttt of memories for me...I wait...with anxiety....for what lies in store for me this time around...
''I'm gonna make a memory....''
