MOVED

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Few weeks ago, I posted about sharing some news, forgot about it myself :). But now time is ripe, so here it is.. Last month (after a wonderful & never-ending free time in Munich, trips across europe etc.). I decided to take my new research job and hence move to Dublin. From the land of famous german beer to the land of equally famous Irish beer and pubs :)), DUBLIN. Have heard a lot about the city in recent years, so expectations are high. Till now, in last 6 weeks, things are smooth, ok red-tapism is everywhere.. but the transition has been smooth. Can't say much about the city from my point view, still have to explore it. But it def. has a vibe to it. And yeah, the weather changes so equickly .. even before you can open your eyes. Enjoyin' the start, n hopefully will write more about it in coming weeks or months or years.. as it goes.

As per Munich (can't finish without mentioning it), its still like next to me, n will be forever.

And finally, I am going to Delhi next week for a month.. relaxing times.. and the good food :)

Craic

Feb. fav. - flickr

The Living Rainbow, originally uploaded by | HD |.

Make your life as colorful as this little guy!!

Post Colonial Takeover

Probably, you heard of another Indian Steel (after Mittal Steel took over of Arcelor) company Tata Group taking over the British company Corus after a bidding war between Tata and a Brazilian firm CSN, if not heard, here is an interesting article about it, but in a different prespective, HERE.

Update (6 Feb. 2007): NY Times Article.

No Matter What

yeah, no matter what, vista is gonna kick ass :))

Read it HERE

25 Million Indian Rupees

wish i had won ;-), thats the money won by Shilpa Shetty in Celebrity BB

Hopefully everyone knows Shilpa Shetty by now due the HUGE controversy the Celebrity Big Brother house created in last few weeks for its racial comments. I am not going in the discussion of racial or not. At that time, I told my friend, She is gonna win this thing and that too by huge margin. And that what happened. So much in the name of reality TV.

Road Trip

Just a few pics, more on flickr ->

You shud know this :)

Milan Castle

As I mentioned earlier, the beautiful settings of Lake Como and Belagio. For recent ref., the latest Bond movie, was shot here, when he was recovering from enjuries :)

So what, if we cudn't skii, there was HOOOOTERS in Interlaken. We (not me) had like a 30 chicken wings at 1 AM in morning, after dinner n several beers. Jao is unbeatable in it.

Here is Jao, I bet he is unbeatable in eating Chicken Wings, I hav never seen anything like that. After dinner, and several beers, he had like 2 dozen chicken wings. And imp. thing - didn't throw up ;)
Once more Jao, somewhere along Lake Como, in summer this place wud be un-matchable

Small incident/accident in swiss, actually both are side view mirrors were hit by the time we finished the road trip :))

Thats it..

French Honour

Not for me, but one day it will be.
But untill then, yesterday "Amitabh Bachchan was awarded France's highest civilian honour, the Legion d'Honneur". News Here.

Woh Woh

its been so so long since I wrote something. I feel bad now :))
I do have somethings to tell all, but it has to wait a bit more, so in the mean time, I will say something about Italy.

During xmas, we made a road trip across Austria, Italy and Swiss. Italy was a welcome surprise, I just loved the place, architecture of the cities, culture, more so FOOD, COFFEE and SWEETS & ice cream (best i had). We visited Verona (of the Romeo Juliet fame), Venice (everything I say for this city would be less, Amazing, loved every moment I spent there, def. once again), Milan (highlight was the Leonardo DaVinci's original painting "The Last Supper", the feeling of being in the same room as DaVinci was ...), heading over to Lake Como and Belagio (beautiful settings of the alps and lake, a must visit in summer).

Not to leave, Interlaken and Zurich in Swiss (but no snow) and Innsbruck in Austria were great fun too.

cheers 2007

cheers, originally uploaded by Tsjeu.

Hope everyone had great start to the new year. This was most probably my last New Year in Munich as a resident, off-course I would be back for more :). Its a been a wonderful last few years here. We had a great dinner n celebrations yesterday.. Thanks Silvia, Grace, Herwig n all others for making it very special. 2007 is bringing a change for me, which I would post about soon. Till then, keep it safe and make some resolutions :))

emerson - words to live by

emerson, originally uploaded by susafri.

A friend on flickr posted this image. Wonderfully said quote and a guiding light for the new year for all of us. Wishing everyone a wonderful and prosperous New Year `07.
*Cheers*

Amsterdamed

Few weeks ago, I visited Amsterdam with a bunch of my friends and I damn I was Amsterdamed to the limits ;))

Just Arrived

Familiar Shot

Oldest and one of last few coffee shops serving alcohol too

Any ideas??

On a boat, some of them look so high ;)

More Pics Here. Anytime of the day, this city has no limits.

Munich News

Lot of you might have heard of the "Free Hugs" campaign, which became even more famous with this video.

It reached Munich on Dec. 16. I missed it thou', its a great campaign with all this fightin and stuff going on in the world. Cheers for the organizers.

Secondly, for those of you who have visited Munich, most probably sometime for sure while walking down the Marienplatz area must have seen an old man playing piano "rock n roll". A thread on toy-town-munich has been started as the piano has been spotted abandoned near the area. More Info here.
Pic. courtesy: jiformales (flickr)

Finally, I made it there

DSC_0063, originally uploaded by Mohan S.

After years of staying here, I never could made it to Schloss Neuschwasnstein. Finally last week, we drove there. The castle's location is just awesome, surrounded by Alps, Lakes, Plains; but the castle itself from inside is nothing spectacular. But again, it was worth the visit.

Time Person of the Year 2006 is YOU

and ME. Congratulations :))

can't get it out of my head

i am not a great shopper, I don't have the patience to go to every store and look for something I like. Since last month or so, I have been looking for some shoes, went to several stores in Munich too, mostly I don't like them & freaking expensive.
Finally while surfing flickr, I came across some shoe pics; and since then I can't get them out of my head. Searched several stores, even went to Hamburg (they have a store but no shoes :)); the only place they are available are zappos.com and they don't ship internationally.. f***; for all that web 2.0 crap and online stuff. **very annoyed**
it always happen, first i don't like & if i like somehthing.. can't get them, as some of you who worked at SCR with me last year might remember, it took me 2.5 months to find a pair of shoes.. same story ..
crap .. crap .. f***
damn, why can't i get them in europe .. any knows any store which might sell them online n ship

not dead

yeah, I know. Its been the laziest time for my blog. There are several reasons for it, being i have been travelling a bit around (Amsterdam, Hamburg, Hannover, etc etc); busy with paper work; paryting; etc etc...

the point of this post is that the blog is not dead ;)

Party Recipe

Following up on my last picture post, here is the one unique recipe to party, patented to the residents of HD Allee, which we made and enjoyed last weekend.

INGREDIENTS

• A group of minimum 30 friends (pref. international), more the merrier
• Beer/Vokda
• DJ iPod
• Sound Blasters
• A city with excellent tram system like Munich

TIME

• 2 Hours

DIRECTIONS

1. Preheat at a common place with some beer
2. Move to the closest tram station to get started
3. Board the tram n enjoy beer n blast some music n dance n sing n do whatever
   
4. Try to remain at the rear end of the tram as far away from the driver to avoid any confortation
   
5. Do not remain at the same tram for more than 15 min.
   
6. Change the tram at the station connecting to next tram in some other direction
7. Repeat steps 3-6 for as long as beer n music lasts
   

NOTES

1. Carry an ID just in case, you land in trouble
2. Beware of other passengers
   
3. Don't drink beyond limits
4. Try to have a end point party (crashing party) after the trying our recipe
   

NOTICE

• Try it at your own risk, the author bears no responsibility for anything.
  

ENJOY!!

International Group Challenge

International Group Challenge, originally uploaded by Mohan S.

The Tram Party Group.
I bet no other group can be more international than our group. Lets count the no. of nationalities: American, Irish, Kazakhstan, Indian, Kenya, French, Spanish, German, Bavarian :), Russian, Turkish, Italian, Finnish, Thai, Ivory Coast. Anyone??

I am very much alive!!

Excerpt from Boast of Quietness (taken from The Inheritance of Loss) -
...
Sure of my life and my death, I observe the ambitious and would like to understand them
...
They speak of humanity
My humanity is in feeling we are all voices of the same poverty
They speak of homeland
My homeland is the rhythm of a guitar, a few potraits, an old sword, the willow grove's visible prayer as evening falls.
...
My name is someone and anyone.
I walk slowly, like one who comes from so far away he doesn't expect to arrive.
- Jorge Luis Borges

Life (author unknown?), originally uploaded by mjvaldez69.

hey fellow readers,

sorry for my absence here, I am very much alive :) & in Munich and connected to online world too. I just realized after a friend of mine mentioned in her email that my last post was almost a month ago.. 4 weeks.. damn.. i think its been the longest time frame since I posted last.

Its not that I had nothing to post, I was just keeping some distance from "something unknown", and trying to keep my mind of it. Several times in last few weeks, I wanted to post but just didn't had the desire & energy to do it. Mebbe its my laziness but its not, I am sure!!

So, whats happening with my life, I will update you all within coming weeks but until then you have to wait. I'll be back!!

Cheers
Mo.

Sneak Preview

First and foremost, I AM BAK; the switch to my internet world is up and running.

Now to some real posting :), we went to see Sneak Preview tonight, like it when the movie is not known beforehand, offcourse sometimes it doesn't turn out right but tonight was like damn, what a movie, just love it.

No more suspense, its called "The Departed", didn't had any idea of it before as regular readers will know, my internet was not working; Its an awesome movie, one of the best I have seen this year, rivetting dialogues, outstanding performances by the A-grade actors, awesome punchlines, complex character drama, and smart & suspenseful. I would def. give it 9/10. And its Martin Scorsese movie, what more you can ask. Don't read more, just watch it!!