Here I stopped by, to reflect my yesterdays, being an observer of my own life...Past is like a dream...past incidents:favourable and adverse, experiences:ecstacy and misery, feelings:pleasure and pain, are all dissolved, incorrigible and cease to exist now.Present is all about awakening from the dream, being in the current moment fully awake and preparing for a future of our dreams!!
Success is an on going process. After one success there is another greater challenge waiting to be overcome...there is no time to rest on our laurels, life is a continuous strive to meet expectations, both ours and of the world-----Bindu----- More of it at http://portraitsofyesterday.blogspot.sg/p/as-i-see-it.html
Here I stopped by, to reflect my yesterdays, being an observer of my own life...Past is like a dream...past incidents:favourable and adverse, experiences:ecstacy and misery, feelings:pleasure and pain, are all dissolved, incorrigible and cease to exist now.Present is all about awakening from the dream, being in the current moment fully awake and preparing for a future of our dreams!!
Here I stopped by, to reflect my yesterdays, being an observer of my own life...Past is like a dream...past incidents:favourable and adverse, experiences:ecstacy and misery, feelings:pleasure and pain, are all dissolved, incorrigible and cease to exist now.Present is all about awakening from the dream, being in the current moment fully awake and preparing for a future of our dreams!!
Showing posts with label Travel Time. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Travel Time. Show all posts
Sunday, 16 October 2011
Wednesday, 23 February 2011
Thursday, 3 February 2011
Sunday, 9 January 2011
Beijing
Light moments I carried with me from Beijing
While returning from a good dinner with my danish colleague he happened to show me few secured bottles containing big crickets. With sign language I asked the person sitting next to it whether they are used as food. He told us that its kept there for listening to its "music".On our way to Olympic park I was explaining this to DHY. After few repeated explanations she told with a serious face: "You should complain to the boss. Should ask for another one!!" . From my explanations she happened to pick up restaurant, bottle and cricket and thought that I found a cricket in my food :D
Sunday, 2 January 2011
Beijing-January 2011
The thought of travelling to Beijing alone was indeed a nightmare. Unknown land, people and language. But, having been in Singapore for years, I expected no culture shocks other than the language.Right from the comfort given by the familiarity of Changi Airport and meeting dear friend DHY in Beijing, till reaching Singapore back, Beijing is a good memory.Thanks to my good friends who have helped to write essential dialogues in Chinese...
As she drove out of the Airport car park, DHY was telling that Beijing hasn't seen rain for past few weeks. I could see bare trees silhouetting against grey sky. Winter is colourless. There were lonely nests on tall trees, abandoned by birds.Sun was hesitant to shine through as if lazy to wake up from an afternoon nap. Reaching Chongwenmen, DHY got confused about the hotel location and it was a painful realisation that even though you know Chinese, its difficult to get around and locate places by asking people.
She offered to take me around Beijing and Monday being a public holiday, we started to the Forbidden city by subway. I could feel the vastness and the past glory of it from the first glance. Its not a city in ruins hailing an era of lost power, instead, it stands head high having hosted the mighty emperors of China. Humbled by the vastness of the great minds with great visions for their nation, we moved on.
By paying a fees anyone can go around the palace which once upon a time was guarded by knights and the smooth pavements which could only be used by the emperor is swarmed by laymen. That's a paradigm shift and proof that time is a silent witness without sentiments or partiality. Its a proof of the cultural heritage China takes pride in. We moved around taking photographs and buying souvenirs. The freezing cold weather was relieved by the golden rays of the Sun. The imperial garden was my favourite. It was designed of trees surviving different weathers and looked beautiful even in Winter. After having the delicious WeiDuoMei wife cakes which DHY carried with her and a chocolate drink at a shop inside the palace we returned back to the main gate, getting lost in between and exploring the ways with the help of a map we bought at the entrance.
We went to Tienanmen Square and then to Qianmen Street. Walking along the street in that cold weather where everything is unknown and everyone is a stranger is a good experience...We went home tired and on Thursday we visited Olympics park... Bird's nest and Water Cube were illuminated by yellow and blue lights...2008 Olympics has given a new life to Beijing, one that is contemporary and rich. An old woman came a long way behind us requesting us to buy an Olympics souvenir...As her words faded away, cold chilling wind froze my mind and body...
As she drove out of the Airport car park, DHY was telling that Beijing hasn't seen rain for past few weeks. I could see bare trees silhouetting against grey sky. Winter is colourless. There were lonely nests on tall trees, abandoned by birds.Sun was hesitant to shine through as if lazy to wake up from an afternoon nap. Reaching Chongwenmen, DHY got confused about the hotel location and it was a painful realisation that even though you know Chinese, its difficult to get around and locate places by asking people. 
She offered to take me around Beijing and Monday being a public holiday, we started to the Forbidden city by subway. I could feel the vastness and the past glory of it from the first glance. Its not a city in ruins hailing an era of lost power, instead, it stands head high having hosted the mighty emperors of China. Humbled by the vastness of the great minds with great visions for their nation, we moved on. 
By paying a fees anyone can go around the palace which once upon a time was guarded by knights and the smooth pavements which could only be used by the emperor is swarmed by laymen. That's a paradigm shift and proof that time is a silent witness without sentiments or partiality. Its a proof of the cultural heritage China takes pride in. We moved around taking photographs and buying souvenirs. The freezing cold weather was relieved by the golden rays of the Sun. The imperial garden was my favourite. It was designed of trees surviving different weathers and looked beautiful even in Winter. After having the delicious WeiDuoMei wife cakes which DHY carried with her and a chocolate drink at a shop inside the palace we returned back to the main gate, getting lost in between and exploring the ways with the help of a map we bought at the entrance. 
We went to Tienanmen Square and then to Qianmen Street. Walking along the street in that cold weather where everything is unknown and everyone is a stranger is a good experience...We went home tired and on Thursday we visited Olympics park... Bird's nest and Water Cube were illuminated by yellow and blue lights...2008 Olympics has given a new life to Beijing, one that is contemporary and rich. An old woman came a long way behind us requesting us to buy an Olympics souvenir...As her words faded away, cold chilling wind froze my mind and body...
Sunday, 26 December 2010
Wednesday, 8 September 2010
Singapore's first 'snake boat' race
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 When I witnessed Singapore's first 'snake boat' race |
This was conducted at Chinese Garden in association with Onam festival. The boats were nowhere near the authentic snake boats (chundan vallam) from Kerala. In God's own country, this is a sport which exhibits great degree of team spirit and held in connection with Onam. For enthusiastic expat malayalis of Singapore this was an attempt to clone the celebrations and enjoy it with the spirit we do back at home. It was first of its kind in Singapore and I hope that it will improve with time...
Thursday, 12 August 2010
The paradise of flamboyant birds at Jurong Bird Park!!
If you ask me to choose between Jurong Bird Park and the Singapore Zoo(the best visit ever to the zoo was two years back when it was drizzling and we roamed around in our raincoats!! how wonderful is to feel the rain without getting wet), I would definitely go for the bird park. Birds are so vibrant and flamboyant. Aren't they as colourful as flowers??? Why are animals not made so??? The higher forms of life might have evolved to look beyond the colours or that which entice the eye. There could be some science behind it. My love for bird park could be because it is the first place Sajeev took me to visit in Singapore. I still remember fighting with him for taking more pictures of birds than mine with his SLR :-) It was long eight years ago and now I have learned to admire and love photography and to tune my eyes to see hidden portraits in nature...
from a recent visit
*********************Solitude**********************
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****************Just you and me!!***************   "Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction."--Antoine de Saint-Exupery  "Do what you will, always walk where you like, your steps, do as you please I'll back you up." -Dave Matthews Band  "I will follow you to the ends of the world." — Khaled Hosseini |
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