Monday, December 24, 2007
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Shot Dead !
Flash News !!!!
An Indian National was shot dead in his hotel room late last nite about 4.30 AM PST. The motive behind the murder is still unknown, Investigative agencies are still clueless. There seem to be no leads at all !
Well, After having such a fantastic day in the sea-world that was a horrible dream to have, anyway by far this was the scrariest dream i ever had, i am wondering why would anyone want to shoot me. Probably reading about all the shootings going around, the church, the mall etx induced this. I dont really know. The dream itself, though scary was sooo real !
hope i have no more of those, Man i was having such a good time ! :-)
An Indian National was shot dead in his hotel room late last nite about 4.30 AM PST. The motive behind the murder is still unknown, Investigative agencies are still clueless. There seem to be no leads at all !
Well, After having such a fantastic day in the sea-world that was a horrible dream to have, anyway by far this was the scrariest dream i ever had, i am wondering why would anyone want to shoot me. Probably reading about all the shootings going around, the church, the mall etx induced this. I dont really know. The dream itself, though scary was sooo real !
hope i have no more of those, Man i was having such a good time ! :-)
Monday, December 10, 2007
San-Tosh Goes to San-Diego
Finally It happened. After having heard every one rave about The Sea World, Was more than eagar to see this one and man was it worth it ! The sea world by it self did not appeal much to me other than Shamu of course.
The Arctic experience was another nice thing, its amazing how these guys can transport us to a virtual Arctic Zone with White Whales, Walrus and Polar bears for company. 60 $ total vasool i say !
Had a horrible 9 $ Lunch, Thew it in the bin ! Lesson Learnt , Next time i will stick to Fries and Coke :-)
Shamu Rocks !
Sea World Pics...
The Arctic experience was another nice thing, its amazing how these guys can transport us to a virtual Arctic Zone with White Whales, Walrus and Polar bears for company. 60 $ total vasool i say !
Had a horrible 9 $ Lunch, Thew it in the bin ! Lesson Learnt , Next time i will stick to Fries and Coke :-)
Shamu Rocks !
Sea World Pics...
Sunday, December 9, 2007
Been There... Done That (3)
Here are few more things on which, in times to come i can say....Hey! Been there... Done That
- Saw this amazing Aquarium of the Pacific. With nothing else that i have yet seen to compare this with. This is the best thing i have seen in my life ! Am still dazzled. I hear San-diego water world is better, yet to go there.
- Live Ice-Hockey at Staple Center los Angeles. Got free VIP enclosure passes and man was it worth it. LA-KINGS Vs Coyotes. The home team lost though and that was a bit of a dampner as the initial crowd involvement that was making the stadium go beserk was totally lacking. Final Score : LA-KINGS -2 Coyotes - 4
- Tried Mexican Burritos. Quite liked it.
Monday, December 3, 2007
Been There.. Done That (2)
Here are few things on which, in times to come i can say....Hey! Been there... Done That
- Visited Universal Studios - Hollywood. Amazing!
- Drank water from the 'American' kind of water taps; where you have to bend and drink directly from the tap. I had only seen Kevin Arnold do that at his school in The Wonder Years
- Saw a network of freeways so complex and mingled! It was like lines scribbled and wriggled across a paper.Counted atleast 32 lanes of traffic. Either over us, parallel to us, below us, above to above us and below to below us !
- Drove past Hollywood Boulevard. (for some strange stupid reason was humming 'Louta de mera ticket to hollywood' all along the strech.
- Got lost on the freeways thrice ! drove an extra 13 miles to get on the right road again. Man ! some things are so simple back in India. Took a wrong turn? No worries, Stop the car, Right there. Put your hand out if you are not lazy, swrillllll , there... back on track again !
Btw peoples ! all the driving that is being referred to here is not done by me, I have a super Drivo-phobia!
Lastly, here is something i did not do for the first time again. Stood on the wrong side of the escalator and got some nasty looks from Goras and Goris ! I had done the same mistake once when i was in Prague. Well, I never learn from misakes !
Sunday, December 2, 2007
Bangalored In LA !
OK! so the famed LA night life that i heard about did not live upto expectations at all.
With some tips from the local friends read colleagues in LA 3 of us went to this beach side night club Sangria - At the Hermosa Beach. Couple of things that happened which made me feel as if i am in Bangalore after all and as i have always maintained. BOMBAY ROCKS !
One. 1:30 the nightclub is down. We were literally made to gulp the remanants of our drinks and shoot out. "Kill your drink" is the new term i learned yesterday! It means, Boy! either gulp your drink, flush it or dump it and leave ! Uncle Sam, I did not come to a LA night club to be puhed out at 1.30. Which reminded me of a party that we had at Hynt, a popular night club in Bangalore and the waiters there all but kicked us out at 11.00.Thats so not done ! come to bombay and i will take you to places which liven up at 1.30
Two. As we came out of this place, we see that all the nearby clubs have also shut shops at the same time and there is this huge crowd of drunk goras, who by the way i say act so much more wierder than our local bomaby taporis and bangalore rowdies. It was a commotion, for lack of more stronger words. The 'F' word was like the anthem ringing in my ears from every second converstation that i could hear.
Three. This one is the Killer. Made me feel so much at home. Would have flagged atleast 10 cabbies. none Stopped, Whoever did was not even interested to listen where we wanted to go and whoever did listen acted as if he dint listen at all. Which made me think, these cabbies have completed a crash course conducted by the Bangalore Rickshaw union.
Hmm ! so someone please tell me what is so good and different in LA that our sweet bangalore has not already shown us :-)
Until something happens here in the coming 2 weeks that i am here. I am not impressed !
With some tips from the local friends read colleagues in LA 3 of us went to this beach side night club Sangria - At the Hermosa Beach. Couple of things that happened which made me feel as if i am in Bangalore after all and as i have always maintained. BOMBAY ROCKS !
One. 1:30 the nightclub is down. We were literally made to gulp the remanants of our drinks and shoot out. "Kill your drink" is the new term i learned yesterday! It means, Boy! either gulp your drink, flush it or dump it and leave ! Uncle Sam, I did not come to a LA night club to be puhed out at 1.30. Which reminded me of a party that we had at Hynt, a popular night club in Bangalore and the waiters there all but kicked us out at 11.00.Thats so not done ! come to bombay and i will take you to places which liven up at 1.30
Two. As we came out of this place, we see that all the nearby clubs have also shut shops at the same time and there is this huge crowd of drunk goras, who by the way i say act so much more wierder than our local bomaby taporis and bangalore rowdies. It was a commotion, for lack of more stronger words. The 'F' word was like the anthem ringing in my ears from every second converstation that i could hear.
Three. This one is the Killer. Made me feel so much at home. Would have flagged atleast 10 cabbies. none Stopped, Whoever did was not even interested to listen where we wanted to go and whoever did listen acted as if he dint listen at all. Which made me think, these cabbies have completed a crash course conducted by the Bangalore Rickshaw union.
Hmm ! so someone please tell me what is so good and different in LA that our sweet bangalore has not already shown us :-)
Until something happens here in the coming 2 weeks that i am here. I am not impressed !
Been There... Done that (1)
Here are few things on which, in times to come i can say....Hey! Been there... Done That
- Jet lag - I know what it is now. Experienced it first hand.
- A Drink in an international airport, waiting for my flight. (2 Pints beer at heathrow)
- Played Tennis. Man it is not so easy to do that easy looking serve and a backhand. OH MY GAWD !
- Rented a Tuxedo. Am praying i get to use it. Am not sure though, Well atleast i can say i Rented one :-)
- Used a GPS navigation system to find where to go and how.
- Saw Manhattan Beach Boulevard
- Did some typically desi stuff; calculated every dime i spend within a minute to how much it would cost in Rupees. I have promised i will stop it right now.
And heres something i did not do for the first time. I forgot to carry my camera to the Manhattan Beach :-)
Saturday, December 1, 2007
Uncle Sam ! Here i Am !
It is more or less every Indian IT professionals dream to visit the USA. Call me wierd but i never had this fasination of visiting the US just to make a point that i have arrived in the IT scene.
I know of or atleast i knew of many people who would have give thier right arm to get a job in any junk IT company in the US of America in the 90's. Well, some of them have really made it big here, and some of them burst with the dot com crash in the early 2000's. Either way, agree or not USA is still among the most preferred destination for all techies in India. Even a casual conversation with anyone in the IT field would lead to the question ' Have you been to US?' or the declaration ' I was in the US last year, and....!!'
Well, After about 10 years of slogging in the IT scene it was my turn to say Hi to Uncle sam. and here i am, this post comes straight from The Residence Inn-Los Angeles El Segundo, CA.
I know of or atleast i knew of many people who would have give thier right arm to get a job in any junk IT company in the US of America in the 90's. Well, some of them have really made it big here, and some of them burst with the dot com crash in the early 2000's. Either way, agree or not USA is still among the most preferred destination for all techies in India. Even a casual conversation with anyone in the IT field would lead to the question ' Have you been to US?' or the declaration ' I was in the US last year, and....!!'
Well, After about 10 years of slogging in the IT scene it was my turn to say Hi to Uncle sam. and here i am, this post comes straight from The Residence Inn-Los Angeles El Segundo, CA.
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