Fall sick for one week and you end up working so hard for the next two weeks. One week is over but I can see I am going to be extremely busy the next week too. So very little time for new blog posts. And 2008 has been a lean year travel wise and it…
Remembering the Cold Weather in Oxford
Bus Stop, Harcourt Hill, Oxford Last year at the end of October, I was waiting for a bus at a stop in Oxford. It was damn cold even during the day but the saving grace is that almost everything is heated and you really do not need heavy woolens indoors. I had gone to the…
Lazy Sunday Photo- Another Bird’s Nest in the Backyard
Dove’s eggs in a Nest I was picking up basil leaves to add to my tea when suddenly a dove fluttered and flew away. A little investigation (without disturbing any leaves or branches) revealed these two eggs in the nest. This is the second time I found a bird’s nest in my backyard.
Little Travel This Year
All Souls College in the Background, Radcliffe Square, Oxford UK This year I have hardly traveled! June was last when I ventured out to the UK for a short trip and after that nothing! Partly my fault. And now once again Sesha is going to trek and I can’t because of all stupid things I…
The Fever Saga!
Last week, one evening while playing TT I was telling my colleagues that maybe I need to get my eyesight checked as I am having a headache. I even lost a doubles game that day! I get a peculiar headache when I get fever too and it dawned on me while driving home that I…
Fever!
103.6 down to 102.9 so no real blogging for a while. This is the nth time I got fever this year but this one is the worst by far. Update (17/09/2008)- Thanks a lot for your wishes, my temperature is now a little lower than Radio Mirchi! Maybe I will write a new post tomorrow.
Lazy Sunday Photo- A Little Bit of London
Trafalgar Square, London Tower of London Millennium Bridge and St. Paul’s Cathedral, London The London Eye at Night Hyde Park, London The Marble Arch, London The Gates to Buckingham Palace, London Butler’s Wharf, London
Lots of Flowers
Cala Lilies Saw these in a Flower Shop Looks Like a Lily to Me Small White Flowers Is this Chrysanthemum? Probably Not! (Now I know they are Carnations) Small Yellow Flowers I love clicking images of flowers. On treks I usually try to click every new flower that I see. Here is a selection of…
White Washed Rainbows
Non Stop Goli: White washed Rainbows Dr. Suchitra Roy writes a very moving guest post White Washed Rainbows about a patient she met as a part of her studies. If you have to read only one post today make sure it is this. As my mind was doing this the boy was running his hand…
Times of India Downloads Picture from Flickr and then Acts Funny
Twilight Fairy wrote to me about her picture being flicked by Times of India newspaper and the editor a Ms. Poonam Singh is now acting funny. And in her comment section you can find another user saying his/her picture was flicked by Economic Times. Shame on TOI. Well, I clearly understand that it was not…