Saturday, February 7, 2009

Random Thoughts


Random Thoughts



When I was a child I never thought I would turn out this way, I do not know whether it is good or bad, but I never did aspire to be this way. I had so many dreams and still what I am today is not at all close to even one of those things I wanted to become. In other words I did not expect to turn out this way. I wanted to be a pilot,an astronaut,a cricketer, an artist, a businessman .... as I grew up I began to realize that none of this was even closer to the skills I had, or I was made to believe I had. Well, I thought I was good in drawing and fair in playing cricket. In studies I was zero absolute zero, my parents never thought I would study till Post Graduation, for them me passing SSC (10th standard) was a milestone !

Who knows life will take me where. Wherever I go there is an element of surprise. Surprises are always around the corner for me, few good most of them bad. I have my own beliefs about good and bad but I am about to shatter them. Now I am beginning to realize that there is no good or bad, there is only action and reaction. And good or bad is what your society thinks, if we go by the universal frame of reference there is no good or bad thing. Isn't that astonishing, world without good bad. Its just like one man's bread is other man's poison.

For me life has always been a flashback, I tend to go back and ponder what I did, how I was. The more I think the more my memory takes me in my past. I love those childhood years spent in 'Gold Finch Peth', Solapur, my adolescence in 'Awanti nagar', where I started realizing that may be I can be friends with girls and the whole chemistry of my physical body was altered, not to mention the economic recession was still in progress. But still, I was satisfied, with all my friends with all my wrong notions, with all my false beliefs, I was at-least happy.

/srm

Photo Blog

A picture is worth a thousand words.
-Fred R. Barnard

These are some of the pictures I clicked when I went on a road trip to Utah and Colorado. 
This was my attempt to capture raw nature, hope I succeeded to  some extent.



'Wild West' 
This picture was taken at the corner of Canyon Lands Utah, this was farthest point we could wander from the normal trek with our sedan, Chevy Impala!. A 4X4 is what you need to explore the beauty of the wild west.

Sambhaji Lake, Solapur
This picture was taken on a blissful morning of 26th Jan in Solapur, 
my hometown, my place of solace.


Road
On our way back to Columbia from Utah, somewhere on the border of Colorado. 
Rocky mountain chain is clearly visible in the backdrop.

Smile Please !
Trust me, it was so difficult to smile, 14,000 feet above the sea level
and strong winds blowing off your face, thats my Seinfeld moment right there.

Beware of Aliens !
You would have probable guessed it right if you have seen the movie,
'Close Encounters Of The Third Kind'

Fountain of Youth
Its not actually called that way, but something 
reminds me of that name here!



Fill it, shut it, forget it !
Thats how we roll baby.

Glenn Canyon
Ahead you can see Glenn Canyon, one of a myriad of natures spectacle 

Garden of Gods
Oh  really ! 

Human Human !
We saw a cowboy while driving down from there ! yes we did travel
all that road.

Monument Valley
No words can express the magnificence of this place, oh and if you
are one unfortunate soul using Vista, you might find this exact same scene 
 in your pictures folder, I have to admit Windows does have some cool wallpapers :) 

Monument Valley
Sunlight was all we wanted ! 

Arches National Park
Side view of the Delicate Arch

Delicate Arch
Its the mother of all arches.


Heaven on Earth !
Icy rocky mountain chain, Pikes Peak, Colorado. 
1400 feet above the sea level


Border
Monument Valley, Utah.

Stairway to Heaven
Arches National Park, Utah

Arches National Park, Utah

Arches National Park, Utah


Thats all folks, thanks for taking time. Hope these pictures made you realize how much we owe to mother earth, and how we are parting away from her, due to our materialistic lifestyle.

/srm