Archive for the 'Informal' Category

Summer ‘08 at UK

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

I’ve been waiting too long for my Scotland snaps and it’s high time I get back to blogging. So, here’s a short post on the best trip I’ve ever had. It lasted just 9 days but I would probably need a blog post for each day!
Me and Sandeep (my  bro, sponsor, chauffeur :P) first visited [...]

Summer ‘08 at USA

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

My last night in the United States with a wonderful (could have been better) trip coming to the end. I haven’t had much spare time for blogging and other activities as I was busy with work and family. Photos and description of places I visited on previous weekends:
NASA Space Center
Visit of a lifetime! I’ve always [...]

Moody Gardens ‘08

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

After 22 hours of tiring (on air) journey, I am here in Baytown, Texas. So my experience in the first week.
1. I will not recommend Lufthansa to anyone, at least not on the route (Bangalore-Frankfurt-Houston) I came.
2. It’s a whole new world outside your country and it’s fun.
3. Driving in India is really hard!
4. [...]

US Visa

Sunday, May 4th, 2008

I got my US Visa; I’ll be probably leaving to the States within a month.
The 2 day trip to Chennai (via Bengaluru) was really hectic. Chennai is extremely hot and the wait in the VFS office was a nightmare. I couldn’t even use my MacBook let alone a cellphone. All I could do is stare [...]

Cooked my first meal

Sunday, February 17th, 2008

I cooked my own dinner today. Nothing big, 3-4 masala papads and Maggi (noodles). I have cooked Maggi before but that was using the gas stove. It’s a bit tricky to do it in microwave. The experiment worked out but while doing the second batch, I accidentally let the steam lid slightly open and it [...]