Journey to the West

Sunrise in KLIA Airport

2008-07-16T22:51:00.004+08:00

Its me.......

On the day of flying to Beijing, I manage to capture the scenes hapenning in the airport.

Nikon D60 test

2008-07-16T22:23:00.004+08:00

I just purchased my Nikon D60 when I was back for holiday in Malaysia. Its doing a pretty good job and I was too excited about it. I've used underated Google's Picasa to process my pictures perhaps its a pretty good tool.

The Art of Living- Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

2008-06-08T22:19:00.000+08:00

I have been reading and researching about the religions, races, and languages of the world. I was moved recently after reading about the Lost continent of Lemuria in the southern part of India(I will explain about it in the next blog). My extensive research and reading for the past few days or a week and more, has led to know some hidden secrets that gave me a self realisations. I'm not religious person but would have kinda involvement in spiritualism. Religion and spiritualism is two different thing and they don't walk in parallel. Recently today when i was going through the youtube, I found about this person called as Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (not that sitarist), a spiritual leader from India (as usual). I was wandering to myself why every spiritual leaders must come from India. What is that in that soil that is mass producing spiritual leaders without fail. We heard of Bhagwan Sri Rajnees who panicked the US government(if I'm not mistaken), until he was branded as a cult movement and sent back to India. Another famous Guru in the western world is Maharishi Mahesh Yogi who enlightened the popular rock band the Beatles. His disciple is Sri Sri Ravi Shankar also gaining popularity in the western and eastern world. I was shocked of my life after watching one of the videos showing he is visiting the war torn Iraq. He was there as a peace ambassador and teaching the people meditation and the art of living. People of Iraq were so overwhelmed with his presence. He met the Muslim leaders including the Prime Minister. The leaders were welcoming him and the whole scenario has enlightened the whole world that only love and peace is the solution for everything. Here again I watched a video on 25 years of the art of living as an organization with more than 20 million members being celebrated in Washington DC with political leaders and some VIPs. Hundreds of thousands people from various ethnic groups regardless of race, language and colour attended and praising the Guruji with only one thing bearing in their mind which is for love and peace.

After all this I realised that there's nothing in this world called as religion. They are the eveolvement of spiritualism and meditation that took shape in various forms and teachings. Through my research I learned that India has been an Institution for spiritualism, yoga and meditation for many many years. Spiritual leaders had visited India to seek and learn the technics of meditation and Yoga thousands of years ago. They brought back the teachings to their homeland and later they evolved as religions. Jesus Christ and Prophet Mohammad must have visited the Indian Land for enlightenment. Both the teachings never described their early life in younger days and always put you in puzzles. Prophet Muhammad has been a trader in Between Indian ocean and Arab lands. Wikipedia says that Prophet Muhammad's biography has been terminated living no clues about his meditation techniques and where he learnt them. In some notes saying Jesus has had visited the Rishikesh in India and his presence were recorded in some scriptures in India. Meditation and Yoga has been a root for both the religions.

Lets comeback to our Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's story. Now Iraqi government has agreed to send some of their youths and government servents to be trained for a month in the Art of Living, Bangalore. Just imagine, let's say this teaching has been successful and people started to adapt to meditation and spiritualism. Let me take you to 100 years from today. The Art of Living will slowly evolve as another religion in various forms, such as in Iraq it will be taught in Arab, in America in English, in China in Mandarin etc. What I'm trying to say here is just simple the root and foundation will be the same, its us as human being should realise that.

It's Not In My Hands

2006-04-23T15:59:00.000+08:00

Day In Day Out I go this place. I do it half heartedly. I don't want to but it's not in my hands. I am trying but am not landing job at the moment. Till then have got no other alternative.......have to make ends meet ...init.

And there goes the Apocalypse Please. The great " Muse " . One of my favourites. That made my day...................great song with lyrics to ponder...........

Apocalypse Please by Muse

declare this an emergency
come on and spread a sense of urgency
and pull us through
and pull us through

and this is the end
this is the end
of the world

and it's time we saw a miracle
come on, it's time for something biblical
to pull us through
and pull us through

and this is the end
this is the end
of the world

proclaim enternal victory
come on and change the cause of history
and pull us through
and pull us through

and this is the end
this is the end
of the world

Skiing in the Alps

2006-04-20T23:37:00.000+08:00

Skiing in the Alps .....we did it

Thanks to Toni

Sun shining down on the snow

In the cable car, heading towards the peak for skiing

At the peaks .....skiing time........

Toni, our skiing instructor

Siva ........

Srikanth ........

Bala.........

Me.....getting ready to skii........

Opppsss.....

Here I go ......did it

It was euphoric.......am speechless.....

Phew man I love this place and I love this feeling.

Neva want to leave

Heaven On Earth

2006-04-18T01:44:00.000+08:00

All this while when someone mention's about Europe trip, the picture that crosses my mind would be architecture, historical artefacts , Venice , Prague , Budapest etc......

Now, how could I have not thought about the Alps. Being one with nature, the greenery, the lakes, the mountain ranges and the pure white snows and glaziers.

Yes I have found the Heaven on Earth. From Zurich we caught the train to Interlaken Ost. That is the starting point for the travel upwards thru the mountains heading towardsJungfraujoch- The Top of Europe 11 333 ft . Halting at lower peaks like Grindelwald(3393ft) and Klein Scheidgg(6762ft)

The pictures above will speak for itself.

Switzerland Here I Come

2006-04-14T02:59:00.000+08:00

Holiday of a lifetime. Anticipation. Never thought I will be making it on this trip.All the toiling in C.Cabin has finally paid off. Thanks to my mates Siva and Srikanth who insisted me to go on this trip.

13th April 2006- Am going on a 5 days holiday to Switzerland. Don't know what to expect. All I can say is the enthusiasm and excitement within is just unexplainable.

Left Holbeck at 10am. Went to the coach station. Am supposed to meet up with my buddies, Siva, Balaji and Srikanth. Caught the 11am National Express Coach to Birmingham. We are flying to Switzerland from Birmingham International Airport.

Reached Birmingham about half past one. Caught the train to the airport. Still had ample of time before the departure at 6.30pm. Seems like time is going so slowing. Waiting init..........

Boarded and wahlah ....landed in Zurich at about 9pm local time. Smooth check out and we were now on the look out for the Hotel. After much asking around we found the place.

Was a hectic day. After dinner and washing up, all resigned to bed at about 12am.Before calling it a day we managed to capture few shots and the above being one of it.

Next day would be the beginning of our journey across the Alps.

Siesta...........................

Munich

2006-03-15T01:53:00.000+08:00

How to review the movie. It's fantastic. Hats off for Steven Spielberg. Eric Bana has potrayed the character well and at some scenes he will take you to the nerves. This terrorism and ideology behind it is just hard to be pointed to somebody. Even tough Steven Spielberg has taken revenge on these Palestinians but its truly truly uncommendable and unquestionable when asked who started it first. There are no values for human lives in todays time. Before the movie starts, there was and advertisement about teleshopping, wherebout two people advertising on tv an AK-47 with demo. Its funny. The message is its really easy to buy weapons because there are too many loopholes. The government should take action against illegal weapon trafficking. The 1972 Munich massacre forces an extreme and under-the-radar reaction from the Israeli government and the responsibility falls to young Mossad agent Avner to carry out a string of Palestinian assassinations to restore balance. Joining him a team of professionals each one of them adept at their jobs. But as time goes on Avner finds it increasingly difficult to separate his mounting family responsibilities with the realities of the job he's been hired to do. Spielberg's second film in six months is outstanding.

The City by the sea

2005-09-01T10:03:00.000+08:00

We had a vacation as ussual, but this time to the seaside. At first i thought that its not gonna be a fun trip but finalli it turned to be a wonderful trip. The place was beautiful and amazing. Just enjoy the pictures taken.

Ilayaraaja's Music Journey

2005-08-23T09:45:00.000+08:00

Sorry to say this but i have to admit that i've robbed an artist's real painful hardwork. Ilayaraaja the real musical genius has recently performed in an international music festival. He has stolen the lime light in that show which was reviewed as one of the best performance. Ilayaraaja even has given explaination about tamil music which was translated by an Italian to the audience. Viewers astonished to hear the uniqueness in Indian music. The string arrangement was very fine and classic. He has used instruments like violin, cello, viola, flute and some percussions which was arranged neatly. It was conducted by the noted bollywood film music director, Uttam Singh. This is really a musical Journey through time.

Journey to the West

2005-08-22T10:47:00.000+08:00

Journey to the West
A Year In The United Kingdomrajesvaran

Fast food culture

2005-08-22T05:51:00.000+08:00

For the past 1 year i have been eating fast food without rest and break. Now i think i'm gonna take a break of eating eat. I just cant help it, because i'm working in a fast food restaurant. I'm goin through this; some kind of illness, but i dunno how to describe it. It's something to do with bones. Dr. Hanjin said that these symptomps can be diagnosed as young athritis which normally attacks elderly people........i went for the blood test in chapel allerton.....waiting for the result. Then i consulted my fren who's a medic student (anu). She said tht its because of chicken, mutton and beef. Now i'm tryin to reduce it, even tough its hard to leave it just like that. Lets see whats gonna happen.

Israeli Soldiers Clear Out Gaza Strip

2005-08-17T21:38:00.000+08:00

Israeli troops dragged sobbing Jewish settlers out of homes, synagogues and even a nursery school Wednesday and hauled them onto buses in a massive evacuation, fulfilling Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's promise to withdraw from the Gaza Strip after a 38-year occupation. Soldiers carried away worshippers still wrapped in their white prayer shawls. Wailing men ripped their shirts in a Jewish mourning ritual. Women in a synagogue pressed their faces against the curtain covering the Torah scroll. A woman set herself on fire at a police roadblock in Israel.

This is the latest and hottest news that has set the world on fire. This may bring some changes to this world. There are two possibilities; violence may erupt more or can bring peacefulness. We just have to wait and see.

London ( you are not abandoned)

2005-08-17T07:54:00.000+08:00

Me singing Metallica's Nothing Else Matters near London Eye

Raj cant move anywhere

ACP Sachidhanandan on Duty

Premila didnt agree to Mahesh's plan

Pacifying his pet

Guess what???

London Eye

Sachi and Subha in front of Buckingham Palace

Checkin the map in Underground Tube

The trip to London was truly amazing and unforgettable. Everybody must visit just once in their life time. Just imagine how this English people once has conquered the world and became rich, still considered as one of the richest country in the world. You will fall in love with the city of London. Eventough some places reminds you like walking in some streets in Singapore and KL but it is astonishingly outstanding. At first we thought that there will be more security and checkups but it was just normal. You can see police everywhere but its just part of their duty. I still remember when I was young, I used to watch TV programmes where at the end of the programmes there they show Thames River production. My father told me that it is located in England. I used dream to be there one fine day. Yesterday when I was photographing the beauty of The Thames River, I couldnt believe that I would make it. Amazing!!!. That is the power of mind......you are what you want to be.

From Manchester to KL

2005-08-12T13:51:00.000+08:00

Rajesh has finally made his way to KL after a long time suffering in UK. He is the happiest man on earth. He was excited. I was there watching his reactions, it was funny actually. A son is going to hug his parents after a long gap. All the best dude. We guys will miss you..

Summer Graduation

2005-07-14T19:55:00.000+08:00

Truly remarkable and memorable day in our life. It's all about getting an A4 sized paper on a stage being viewed by hundreds of people. Weird isn't it. But it was the most important day in our life........this is not the end but just the beginning.......

Results are coming out

2005-06-14T07:23:00.000+08:00

My results are gonna come out soon in few more days. i dunno what am i gonna get. i thought i did well but still a bit shaky. If i cant get 2:1, its just waste to be here. i came all the way to have a degree yet with a good result. hope everything will be fine. i'm just thinkin of goin back to malaysia because i dont belong here. this is not my country. i want freedoooooommmm!!!!!!!!! wow it sounds like william wallace ( mel gibson in brave heart). malaysia is always the best. The best country in the world. Those people who are thinking of migrating to other part of world; listen you gonna miss a golden moment in your life. better stay where you are and love your country and the people. i had enough.

2005-05-05T06:45:00.000+08:00

actually i didnt write this blog for a long time.....i wrote just right after the registeration then didnt give a shit. but now i think i need to get rid of my loneliness and boringness in this god damn country. exam is tomorrow. studying. plant engineering. hope can do the best. this is our last chance to score the best. graduation is on 14th of july 2005. ending my career as a student. goin to be a workaholic. before being a workaholic, we need to have a job first of all...for god sake can anybody give me a job. i dont care about the location. it can be anywhere in the world. willing to travel even to the middle of the sea or in the deep space. i will feel down whenever think about job. i'm thinkin of goin for an offshore company. so that i can stay away from this carzy people and this materialistic world. orite i need to continue studyin.

White Christmas

2004-12-26T09:43:00.000+08:00

It was amazing that it snowed on the day of Christmas. Beautiful. My first experience.

Completely Nuts

2004-12-23T09:34:00.001+08:00

I was completely nuts today, got up early but went to bed very late after work. Telling you, this is the worst job i've ever done in my life. I have to cook, clean the dishes, filter the oil of the Henny Penny, broom, mop, etc. all by myself-alone. To tell the truth now i've become a very good cook. I'm planning to have my own restaurant in the near future, if i couldnt get that so called Engineering Job. Life is hard!!I went to the library. I did some calculations stuff of my Power Electronic. I hope that i've got it right. Dunno yet. Was doin it. Felt hungry. Went to students union. Ate chips and gravy.nSucks as ussual. Continued my work.....bored to death...was listening to Alice Cooper.....that guy sounds really good...but sometimes annoying. Overall he's a legend. Came back.....hugry...went Rajas...bought Pizza....was nice but couldnt finish it........feel wanna sleep....but trying my best to finish that control systems....so that everything will be under control with Naem in class tomorrow

2004-12-23T09:34:00.000+08:00

I was completely nuts today, got up early but went to bed very late after work. Telling you, this is the worst job i've ever done in my life. I have to cook, clean the dishes, filter the oil of the Henny Penny, broom, mop, etc. all by myself-alone. To tell the truth now i've become a very good cook. I'm planning to have my own restaurant in the near future, if i couldnt get that so called Engineering Job. Life is F@#$ing hard!!I went to the library. I did some calculations stuff of my Power Electronic. I hope that i've got it right. Dunno yet. Was doin it. Felt hungry. Went to students union. Ate chips and gravy.nSucks as ussual. Continued my work.....bored to death...was listening to Alice Cooper.....that guy sounds really good...but sometimes annoying. Overall he's a legend. Came back.....hugry...went Rajas...bought Pizza....was nice but couldnt finish it........feel wanna sleep....but trying my best to finish that control systems....so that everything will be under control with Naem in class tomorrow

MOving out

2004-12-21T09:15:00.000+08:00

We are planning to move out to a better house. This place we currently staying is too congested and pathetic. Need a new and better environment because we need to survive much longer.

New blogger on the block

2004-12-14T10:55:00.000+08:00

I just signed in to this Blogspot...i\actually a nice place to share our thoughts.....
Very tired of workin....these white people are the worst fast food eaters in the world...yet they are the most number of fast food eaters....damn.............pissed off........

New House

2004-11-24T09:37:00.000+08:00

Snowy Surroundings

We have moved to new house in Harehills. We gonna celebrate our christmas here in 5 Sandhurst Grove. Big house but looks a bit spookey. I gonna have my own room.