A travelling soul...(Part 1)

I went travelling to Hampi a few days back with my team from office and we had a blast there:) I fell in love with the architecture there.Here are a few pics from that place..

more coming up soon:)

Got a new big gurl camera!!

Some of my experiments with my new Nikon D5100 ...Feels so good to finally own one n experiment with it..:)

An old glory

Hello!! :)

Nandi ,is supposed to be the gatekeeper for Shiva and Parvathi according to Hindu Mythology.And in this short horror story it seemed to be there to forbid the people from entering the place. But three girls-eager to explore and get some adventure decided to discard the signs and whispers and decided to enter the ruins.

Inside were the 19th century pillars ...

a painted tree...

 and a long abandoned stable.

Further on ,they explored only to find an old building filled with pretty walls:

broken rooftops...

mystique windows...

faded writings...

pretty carvings..

cobwebs and broken bricks...

and most surprisingly of all the quietly observing Ghost...

   The End of the horror Story!! 

Note: 

Just a conversation that I could imagine with the reader:

Me: Do you think I would make a good horror story writer?

Reader: umm..

Me: What??

Reader: er..

Me:I am waiting..

       hey wait why are you leaving!! Ans my question I say!!..huff!! 

hehe:)

Small things in life!!!

Hello:)
Now a days I have been obsessed with small things in life and being thankful for them...When the thread of routine starts to weave its suite around you ...it tends to get a little alarming and scary at times.

And do you know when it gets even worse?

You remember about the times when  (not) reading about stress/work-life balance/budgeting/healthy living etc would make you think .."hey tats for the grown-ups...I  don need to worry about that...now which movie can I watch this week with my friends" ? and remember how before you know it ,the (not) is gone n you actually do the reading and the thinking becomes "Damn!! I need to learn to do that...n get more organised"

 ...Tats when!!

So I decided to follow the saying of some wise dude that said " Live each day for tat day and before you know it the year will be done" or some such thing..Also "Awkward and Awesome" Thursday posts by Sydney in her blog-The Daybook" has been a very nice inspiration for me.

How long will this lil bug last? I have no idea...But I am glad it has caught on and I shall embrace it one day at a time...for as long as it last..:)
So the moments that I am thankful for this weekend:
1) Walking around my house and spotting an old grandfather playing hop scotch with his granddaughter who was busy explaining all the rules of the game.
2) Watching two little guys run around as close as they could just to escape  my cousin  who kept trying to catch them and their happy/naughty smiles when they would get away.
4) Watching my cute lil 8 month old niece and nephew giggle as they were made to pretend kick at his aunts...
5) Eating mangoes-a LOT of mangoes.
6) Proving again (only to myself) that I perform best when not under pressure...n just because I didnt do well once doesn't mean I cant do better the next time...( Well how did I come to that conclusion you ask? I played shuttle...n I suck at it while playing a match but am ok (not good...ok ...n yes tat is better than suck) while just playing without the whole tension of match n scores.)
7) Watching a small cute lil bug scuttle across the screen as I write this post.
8) Finally getting my Degree Certificate as the final official step towards becoming a BE grad a a full time engineer!!
9) Today being a day before I start a formal diet,When I decide to go all out and eat everything that is a fav and a strict no-no once I start dieting...(well I am in the phase in btw two dieting periods...so it was nice to eat ice cream after like two months...again now its time to say good bye to icecream for next 3 month )
10) Adding a 10th point just cause I wanned to seem like I reached an official number which counts...cause duh!! everyone knows 10 is soo much more official n nicer than 9)

Yippee-di-doo for the happy moments!! :)

Frenzy

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This is one of my attempts at canvas painting combined with smoke painting techniques.

I guess the painting speaks for itself.

The first word that came into my mind when I saw this was "frenzy".Hence the post title :)

Portraits

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I have always thought taking photographs of people is rather difficult and have always shied away from trying to do that. But today I decided to throw caution to wind and showcase my attempt at taking portraits. So here are a few of my initial experiment:

This is my super cute nephew and guide in one of my trips to his house. He was such an adorable kid and I thoroughly enjoyed the time I spent with him.:)

This was from the same trip and includes my cousin and her daughter. I just liked the expression on both their faces for some reason...though the picture wasn't perfect.

This was from the Subrahmanya trip. The color dress that this Bhaktha was wearing was really attractive and different and I felt compelled to take his picture.

And finally,my favorite-this is a picture of my cousin's granny .

I know I am still a long way from getting perfect images,but the journey to reach perfection is still a memorable one and I wanted to share it .Hope you guys liked it:) 

Ever blooming Cherry Blossom!!!

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I haven't been able to blog regularly for the past couple of months and I feel super bad about it.I need to get more organised and have a proper schedule in place soon.I keep thinking "from next week on everything will go back to normal" and BOOM the weekend is gone and I wouldn't have been able to plan anything. 

For now I will just stick to now and stop planning.I guess I will get more done if I concentrate on one thing at a time.  

Ok, first things first..I have been wondering whether or not I should share this for a long time.My cousin and I decided to paint her wardrobe with a cherry blossom tree and spent an entire fun weekend painting in her house. The good news is the painting was well received. It looks nice and looks very pretty in their room (Well it is a girl's room after all :) ) But the bad news is the pictures didn't come out well at all...But I guess something is better than nothing...So here you go: 

A full view of the cherry tree