Orange-a-Whelmed

Magic in a bottle...

2009-01-05T11:47:00.000-08:00

Holiday fun

2009-01-05T11:40:00.000-08:00

Bokeh Galore...

2008-12-11T11:33:00.000-08:00

Jordan's birthday

2008-12-11T11:24:00.000-08:00

Some pics...

2008-12-11T11:13:00.000-08:00

Ne-Santa :P

2008-11-28T23:05:00.000-08:00

Neshawn & His binky...

2008-11-23T18:40:00.000-08:00

Neshawn

2008-11-17T11:35:00.000-08:00

Autumn colors

2008-11-12T11:25:00.000-08:00

Me being stupid...

2008-10-30T11:43:00.000-07:00

Sunsets and more sunsets...

2008-10-30T11:40:00.000-07:00

Bugs and leaves...

2008-10-30T11:33:00.000-07:00

After a long gap...

2008-10-30T11:27:00.000-07:00

A moment with the bridge, colors and lights...

2008-09-12T11:51:00.000-07:00

Awarded!

2008-09-12T11:34:00.000-07:00

Look what I received from Shyam!

Now it's my turn to pass it around... I got a few

Keeping in Thach: She's a great friend of mine I met online nearly 10 yrs ago... Her blog is full of inspirations and wisdom, check it out!

Macromath: She loves math and she loves macro photography, especially of bugs... She also puts up pictures of her wonderful family.

Orange juice for the soul: He's full of life and fun, though he hasn't been writing lately, it's worth it to read what he writes... It will make your day better I promise!

Bulhaa's blog: This young lady is famous for her "woody & blob" comic copyright of her own. Her posts are funny from exam woes to her ollie the hamster's antics.

Anhs Foodblog: She has mouth watering receipes... along with mouth watering photographs of the food she makes~!!! YUM!!!

Back to school

2008-09-08T09:36:00.000-07:00

Around the garden...

2008-09-08T09:09:00.000-07:00

Dushane's moments...

2008-08-01T21:52:00.000-07:00

Visit to the Grotto... (last weekend)

2008-08-01T21:40:00.000-07:00

Flowers...

2008-08-01T12:40:00.000-07:00

Keeping me sane..

Quick update...

2008-07-21T22:55:00.000-07:00

Work sucks.. end of story.

ok so it wasn't exactly quick... it's just a jumble of pics.. see you whenever

Dance

2008-07-15T11:12:00.000-07:00

So you think you can dance - bollywood edition

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Britain got talent

Some pics..

2008-06-26T11:53:00.000-07:00

Thumbalina Ballet...

2008-06-21T01:07:00.000-07:00

I went to watch a beautiful ballet with the preschoolers... few of the ones in the ballet used to go to the preschool... a couple of them still go to preschool... it was just super cute. I'll take the pics down in a few days.. DO NOT save any pics, I'll hunt you down and severely hurt you. Thanks for understanding =P.

*Images removed by Merino*

More pics of Dushanie from several weeks back... =P

2008-06-21T00:45:00.000-07:00

Bugs galore...

2008-06-21T00:34:00.000-07:00

Bugged

2008-06-09T14:46:00.000-07:00

Dinghies

2008-06-01T14:40:00.000-07:00

Some pics from lord knows when!

Burnt out...

2008-05-29T12:42:00.001-07:00

Not having a regular weekend is starting to screw with me. I'm too tired to do anything... and the weather doesn't help much either. We haven't had a "proper spring" season yet... I've been waiting and waiting and waiting for Spring and now it's going to be summer pretty soon, how crazy is that???!!!

On my days off the weather is always crappy so I can't do anything... and then it clears up all beautiful on the days I'm stuck inside working with 150 odd students. I need a vacation again.. ;)

Anyways... I did one of my scary self portraits few days ago with the mask Roseby brought back from New Orleans... don't scream.

Oh my gosh!!!

2008-05-07T22:08:00.000-07:00

I'm chatting with Suresh Peter on facebook!!!! Suresh Peter!!!! WOoooow

Woooo.. watch this

2008-05-02T23:25:00.001-07:00

Surveythingamabob

2008-05-02T23:15:00.000-07:00

Last Movie You Saw In A Theater:
Shutter - American version

What Book Are You Reading:
breath of fresh air by Amulya Malladi

Favourite Board Game:
Mancala or scrabble

Favorite Magazines:
Popular photography, national geo

Favorite Smells:
rain soaked earth, sandalwood, morning glory calgon spray, my shampoo/bodywash

Favorite Sound:
cat's meow... unless it's in the middle of the night, then it becomes the least fave!

Worst Feeling In The World:
someone you care being angry at you and wont talk to you at all or wanting to go pee really bad but you can't because it's all a dream

What Is The First Thing You Think Of When You Wake?
crap I'm late!

Favorite Fast Food Place:
I like DQ

Future Child’s Name:
Not really planning on having any.. but I do like the name Iniya & Issac =P

Finish This Statement. “If I Had A Lot Of Money I’d…”
buy me that dang camera that I've been lusting over and travel around the world.

Do You Drive Fast?
umm... sometimes when I'm stupid..! I know better though.. I coulda died last week with the way I drove.

Do You Sleep With A Stuffed Animal?
I have this big 4 ft sheep dog that's been on my bed since the dawn of times.. no actually it's been with me a good 10 yrs and it likes to occupy most of my bed.

Storms - Cool Or Scary?
both depending at the time of the day... if it's at night, it's scary.

What Was Your First Car?
suzuki's aerio.. a cat's eye blue. Very cute :). I love my vroom vroom.

Favorite Drink:
Water mainly.. but I do enjoy tropical fruit drinks and coconut flavored Italian sodas

Finish This Statement, “If I Had The Time I Would …..”
get some sleep!

Do You Eat The Stems On Broccoli?
yeah

If You Could Dye Your Hair Any Color, What Would Be Your Choice?
ORANGE!

Name All The Different Cities/Towns You Have Lived In.
Male` (Maldives), Vankalai & Nuwara Eliya (Sri Lanka), Good old Astoria, and Beaverton (Oregon)

Favorite Sports To Watch:
World cup soccer or Tennis

One Nice Thing About The Person Who Sent This To You:
I snagged this from Shyam... I think she's a very cool character, She'd be an awesome person to hang out with.

What’s Under Your Bed?
Dust bunnies and hair weeds.. oh and shoes

Would You Like To Be Born As Yourself Again?
Hell yeah.. I like me.

Morning Person Or Night Owl?
I'm an afternoon sun ;)

Over Easy Or Sunny Side Up?
scrambled please!!! don't like no runny stuff!

Favorite Place To Relax:
i like to melt away on the couch or bed

Favorite Pie:
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh COCONUT CREAM PIE!!!! It's soooooo deliciiiiiious.

Favorite Ice Cream Flavour:
Pineapple coconut or creme brulee, both by hagen dasz

You pass this tag to -
Anyone bored?

Of All The People You Tagged This To, Who’s Most Likely To Respond First?
Didn't tag anyone, can't answer this eh!

Dandelion drops

2008-04-17T21:54:00.000-07:00

In the yard

2008-04-17T21:53:00.000-07:00

Yesterday's sunset

2008-04-17T21:51:00.000-07:00

Orange hues

2008-04-17T12:09:00.001-07:00

I might get to display some pics on the art wall of Barnes & Nobles... I'm thinking of putting up 10-12 8x10 pics that are all orange hue-ish. A select few friends who actually cares enough helped me out in picking some pics and I still would love some opinion on what to go with.. here's the link to all the orange images Orange Hues

Thanks.

Yet another sunset.. a tad better

2008-04-17T12:01:00.000-07:00

Tulip fields - Wooden shoe farm, Woodburn OR

2008-04-17T11:55:00.000-07:00

Spring is here?

2008-04-17T11:53:00.000-07:00

Yet another sunset...

2008-04-03T12:03:00.000-07:00

Can you stomach it?

2008-03-31T14:38:00.000-07:00

Remember me whining about the crappy remake of SHUTTER? Well, when I got home I was so tired that I couldn't stay awake to watch TV. I was in and out of sleep and pretty soon gave up and just went to sleep.

It was clearly past midnight when I awoke to the strangest growl. It was loud enough and startling enough for me to get woken up with a chill running through my back.

What the hell was that??? I wondered and tried to stay awake to see if I could hear it again.. but I drifted off to sleep just to be woken up by a few quiter growling and rumble. I knew I put my cats in the basement so they won't keep me up all night... so that ruled it out. I began to wonder if there were monsters out there that decided actually show it's face to me now that I don't get worked up over it.

I lay still...

Quitely...

Waiting for some more sound...

I heard it again... tiny growls this time...

And to my horror...

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At came from...
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MY STOMACH!

I was HUNGRY! My damn stomach woke me up and nearly gave me a heart attack. Sheesh!

Maya the party pooper

2008-03-31T14:35:00.000-07:00

The kids were driving Maya batty yesterday... it's dad's turn today =P haha.

Last week's sunset

2008-03-29T12:28:00.000-07:00

Dewy

2008-03-29T12:27:00.000-07:00

Surfs up and water

2008-03-29T12:25:00.000-07:00

Kite Runner - The movie

2008-03-29T12:20:00.000-07:00

This is a must see movie. It was beautifully taken in my opinion and was quite sad. It's based on the novel "Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseni. I have the book, but never got past page 7 for reasons unknown. I'll read the book now for sure. I read on imdb.com that many details were left out, which happens in almost all the movies that are based on books.. but I felt that this movie was handled smoothly...

I remember watching "Namesake" after I read the book and was quite pissed because the movie felt kinda rushed and choppy. Anyways... This movie is touching in more ways than one... I feel that people who come from war stricken places will somewhat connection to the book/movie... I dunno... just read or watch it. It's worth it.

Shutter Remake

2008-03-27T22:36:00.001-07:00

YUCK! I must unsee this American version! I watched it with Mara & Morgan just an hour ago... They've gone and screwed it up as always.. why can't they leave these poor movies alone? Why do they go and remake it and screw it all up??? UGH! Gotta rent the original one and watch it again just so that I have that in memory and not the bad acting of Joshua Jackson and that stupid ugly blonde chick who I've never seen in any other movies before.

Russell Peters Comedy Clips

2008-03-25T20:07:00.001-07:00

He's Indian and a comedian and he is HILARIOUS!

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Show me the funny

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Chinese Vs. Indian

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Cultural names

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Indian accent

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Beating kids

Daffodil drops

2008-03-20T11:39:00.000-07:00

Countdown tag

2008-03-20T10:55:00.000-07:00

Borrowed from Shyam

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Ten things you wish you could say to people right now (don't list names):

1. I'm not going to watchout for you ALL the time
2. Dude, what's the hurry?
3. Why do you look at me like that?
4. You learn better when you learn it on your own
5. There is a reason the moment was missed, stop going back for it
6. I wish you were here with us
7. I don't need to know who your daughter's neighbor is
8. Look at me like that one more time and I'll crush you with my boobs.
9. Stop thinking too much
10. Remember them good old days?

Nine Things About Yourself:

1. I love the color orange. In fact, I'm obssessed with having orange things around me.
2. Photography is not just a hobby.. it's part of my life. It keeps me from going insane.
3. I love to eat... but only go for food that makes me feel like I have a PARTY IN MY MOUTH.
4. I don't like to have the settings in my car fiddled with... gets me all worked up.
5. I'm very good at drawing an island scenery (haha)
6. I'm a big fan of women's literature written by Indian authors.
7. I don't like it when others take pictures of me, because we don't see the same way.
8. My interests and "talents" always goes unrecognized in the homefront
9. I'm a big fan of Captain Jack Sparrow and wish he could run for presidency ( I can WISH can't I????)

Eight Ways To Win Your Heart:

1. coconut creme pie
2. letting me know that something you saw or bought had you thinking of me
3. Common interest
4. Equal effort on your part on keeping in touch, and all that jazz, if I'm doing all the work in maintaining in whatever it, then it's tata to you
5. take me to the zoo (seriously... nothing gets me more excited than going to the zoo!)
6. Don't mock what I say and try to understand
7. Don't question me too much
8. politeness & respectfulness

Seven Things That Cross Your Mind A Lot:

1. I need motivation
2. What was I going to say?
3. What the heck was that person thinking?
4. Now where did I put that..?
5. How do these weirdos end up working here?
6. I wish I could sink my teeth into a nice juicey hamburger, or a delicious plate of spicy friced rice, or tastey onion rings or parotta with chicken curry.. you get the point
7. What the hell am I doing here?

Six Things You Wish You Never Did:

1. Took drama for an elective.. I don't like being on the stage yuck.
2. Leave PSU without a double major.
3. Keep my anger built up
4. Listen to negative remarks
5. Take French class, a complete waste of 2.5 yrs of my life
6. Accidently spit the gum out in front of that cutie ROFL

Five Turn-Offs:

1. Oogling men
2. talking down
3. Not being respectful
4. Lack of common sense
5. Putting up a false face

Four Turn-Ons

1. Sense of humor
2. Compassion
3. Worldy knowledge
4. Smile

Three Things You Want To Do Before You Die

1. Travel around the world
2. Upgrade my camera (heh)
3. Learn half a dozen languages

Two Smileys that Describe You

1. :P
2. :S

One Confession

1. I always get this feeling that I'm a sleep and will wake up anytime.

Rain drops are falling on my head... (not really)

2008-03-18T19:36:00.000-07:00

Dark spring

2008-03-18T19:35:00.000-07:00

To pass the rainy day

2008-03-17T14:02:00.000-07:00

Another swiped from Shyam... though this is from 2007 lol

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1. Yourself: perfectionist
2. Your Partner: nonexistant
3. Your hair: black
4. Your father: Soft, wise, patient (esp with a nutbag like me), loving, humorous
5. Your mother: opinionated, loving, wild/free-spirited
6. Your favorite item: my camera
7. Your dream last night: don't think I dreamt last night
8. Your favorite drink: water or coconut flavored italian soda
9. Your dream car: my car painted orange (i wish)
10. The room you are in : boring now that it's not orange color anymore grr
11.Your Ex: lol
12.Your fear: getting stuck in the air vent... heights with no strong foothold such as climbing a ladder & plane crashing in the deep ocean where the sharks are *raises an eyebrow*
13.What you want to be in 10 yrs: retired (I can wish can't I?)
14. Who you hung out with last night: my cats
15. What you’re not: greedy
16. Muffins: not too crazy about them
17. One of your wish list items: upgrade my camera and learn to speak about a handful of languages, you know... Japanese, Spanish, Russian etc.. etc..
18. Time: flies
19. The last thing you did: dropped dad off at work
20. What are you wearing: plaid pants, t's & sweatshirt
21. Your favorite weather: sunny with a slight breeze
22. Your favorite book: have way too many
23. The last thing you ate/drank: fried rice with fish curry, chicken curry, broiled cabbage and carrots and some mango pickle *drool*
24. Your life: is interesting
25. Your mood: indifferent
26. Your best friend: got none, i just have very close friends!
27. What are you thinking about right now: i could go for a nap... followed by "wish it was a nice day today"... followed by "I haven't had food from my favorite thai place in beaverton in a long time"
28. Your car: suzuki aerio
29. What are you doing at the moment: filling this out
30. Your summer: hiking, photography, fun-filled, colorful
31. Your relationship status: single and carefree but not reckless
32. What is on your TV: not watching TV right now
33. What is the weather like: rainy, wet, soggy, cold, slippery, slightly windy, gloomy... want me to go on?
34. When was the last time you laughed: 5 minutes ago

Another quizzlet (I am getting very creative with my titles eh?)

2008-03-12T13:51:00.000-07:00

Swiped from Shyam's blog.

You're Feeling: Lethargic

To Your Left: My dog chilling out on the bean bag

On Your Mind: More sleep! (I hate daylight savings time)

Last Meal Included: Rice, curry, salad & pappadam

You Sometimes Find it Hard To: go with the flow

The Weather: Cloudy

Something You Have a Collection of: Tamil movies, books and photography equipments

A Smell that Cheers You Up: Rain soaked earth & smell of burning wood

A Smell that Can Ruin Your Mood: Chlorine! (swimming pool!!)

How Long Since You Last Shaved: Depending on which area is meant, my answers are: wouldn't you like to know

The Current State of Your Hair: Sad looking ponytail

The Largest Item On Your Desk/Workspace Right Now (besides computer): Uhh... a bag

Your Skill with Chopsticks: No skills at all

Which Section You Head to First In the Bookstore: Photography books

and After That?: Mystery/chick lit

Something You're Craving: I sure could go for a coconut flavored Italian soda

Your General Thoughts On the Presidential Race: I'm voting for Capt' Jack Sparrow

How Many Times You've Been Hospitalised this Year: NIL

A Favorite Place to Go for Quiet Time: Bedroom

You've Always Secretly Thought You'd Be a Good: Train operater =P

Something that Freaks You Out a Little: Sharks and the deep blue sea...

Something You've Eaten Too Much of Lately: Corn

You Have Never: Learned to swim or ride a bike.

You Never Want To: Lose a loved one. <--- Ditto to that.

Random Hawaii

2008-03-11T21:42:00.000-07:00

Sunrise... Sunset... Night images

2008-03-11T21:30:00.000-07:00

Hawaiian Foliage

2008-03-11T20:51:00.000-07:00

Trip to Hawaiian Paradise

2008-03-07T11:57:00.000-08:00

So as some know that I went to Hawaii with my friend at the last minute. We were there for a week and what an awesome week it was!

We were lost for about 4 hours trying to find the hotel from our airport.. which should have been only 20 minutes away... the street signs were so small and confusing! Though we benefitted alot getting lost because we ended up knowing all the streets... and that happened when I opened my big mouth and said "Maybe when we get there, we can go out and drive around and get lost so we can learn the streets".. well it happened a bit sooner than I thought. I of course learnt to zip my big out after that because whatever I said kept coming true, believe it or not!

So we were in Oahu, Waikiki area... our cute little hotel was called Aqua Aloha Surf.. yes very funny name ain't it? The street we were on was Kanekapolei street... try saying that really fast... even we can't pronounce it!

Parking in our hotel cost an arm and a leg... luckily though there was a parking lot right next to it where we can pay 10 bucks for parking 5pm - 7am... people even cut us a deal and tried to help us out. We blended in very well and the locals assumed we were locals too. Only prob with that was that when they gave directions they gave it as if we knew what the heck they were saying...! Their directions were like "Keep going straight and turn left, then you keep doing past the tree and turn right" ahem... what tree? and what street name? I got quite frustrated driving, then I finally gave up and said... ah heck, you can't get lost in this place, it's just a giant loop!

We walked quite a bit too... we walked in the morning and the evening and liked to watch the other tourists.. We didn't do those tourist package crap because we were almost broke when we went there anyways...! But we did find our own fun, and met some new and interesting people. I'm telling you, I felt like I was finally in a place that feels like home with wonderful culture and people... and we felt really really safe.

We feasted on hole in the wall Korean, Japanese food places and they were yummy! We met a few people who came from Prague and what not who mentioned Astoria when we said we were from Oregon.. it was like WHOA..!

I spent majority of the time being around people that Roseby knew but hadn't met in person... and they were very welcoming and warm... We went for mainly a church thing, I'm not complaining, it was a wonderful experience.. a spiritual awakening as well. We went to a church called "Word of life christian church" and the music there was like watching a concert... They asked if there were people visiting there for the first time and when we stood up they put shell lei around us and hugged and kissed us... ROFL. The famous Preacher Jesse Duplantis was there as the guest and he was just simply captivating and hilarious! That's the first time I've ever seen him and that too in person was so awesome. We also went to another small church and that's where they do healing and deliverance prayers... A few people I met ended up praying for me and helped me with a few issues that's been bugging me since I was little. Now I feel peaceful and happy (just ask mom.. because when I came home, she had cleaned out my closet.. and I usually through a fit and a big tantrum if anyone were to mess with my stuff.. but all I said was that she was nuts didn't raise my voice at all... imagine that!).

We didn't hangout as much in Waikiki beach area ( I was so surprised to find the Zoo right there! but didn't go there).. We would wing it wherever we went and it was always fun. It taught me to stop being so uptight because to an extent I liked planning things out, but I knew it wasn't going to be that way the minute we got our tickets at 10pm the night before we had to go to Hawaii.. talk about spontaneous! I've never done that in my life.

Anyways... many of the people we met would tell us to check out a certain beach away from the crazy crowd and that's what we wanted.. We went down to North shore and hung out there the whole day and caught the sunset... woow! and the drive there was just breathtaking. The next day we went to South shore and that too was breathtaking.. We hung out at Lanikai beach till 6 before we hawled back to the airport to head back to good old Oregon with sand still suck on our butts and what not!.

The place reminded me of being in Maldives and Sri lanka all at once... a very very clean version and a very SAFE version too. I'd love to move my butt over there and live there but it's just too expensive.

We had a very bumpy ride back home.. 5.5 hours of shaking and rattling... and got greeted by 33 degrees cold and fog and shivered all the way home LOL! The coldest the winter gets is apparently 70 something degrees and that's just perfect.. I mean when was the last time you were outside 6 in the morning with just a tank top and shorts on waiting for the sunrise????? Or out and about 11:30 at night in your tanks and shorts getting some good old Koren food for the soul?

I had a blast waking up early to go watch the sunrise... though only 2 days I saw the sun come up and that was a bit boring because without any clouds.. the colors kinda stink. Caught the sunset only twice.. not complaining..! :) All in all.. it was just a fantabulous 1 week.. and we had a hard time leaving the place.. but I was ready to come back home though because I missed my family.. but not ready to face our wonderful Oregon weather =P

Heh...

I filled up 2 - 8 gigs of memory card with pics.. being a photo nut of course it's going to be this and that I see.. I've processed SOME pics... but it will take me forever to process the other stuff haha...

Here are some pics, and will keep adding more whenever I feel like it... I also put some pics here Merino & Roseby's Hawaiian Trip

Few pics from South Shore

I'm baaackkkkkk!!!

2008-03-06T11:18:00.000-08:00

Well... sort of! Physically here, but everything else I left in Hawaii! What a wonderful place that was and what an amazing trip it was!

Gimme a day to put up the pics and write up some stuff.. I'm so pooped and hurt all over my body *whines*

Missed you all! Next time come with me :) haha

A-Z quizzlet

2008-02-25T14:41:00.001-08:00

Shyam tagged me with this survey yey!!

A - Available?: Nope!

B-Best friend: Sure had a few in the haydays, but I grown up and have very close friends

C-Cake or Pie?: Gimme pie!!! I love coconut creme pies *drool*

D-Drink of choice: Mainly water.. I do love coconut flavored Italian sodas too

E-Essential thing used everyday: Underwear duh =P

F-Favourite colour: Orange!!! It's the most awesomest color there is...! It gives you warm fuzzies and put a smile on your face I mean.. just take a look at a sunrise or a sunset!

G-Gummi bears or worms: A worm now and then... don't like the texture too much

H-Hometown: Vankalai, Mannar =P

I-Indulgence: oh gosh.. so many! Raffaelos/lindor chocolates, Indian chick literature books, camera accessories

J-January or February: Don't really care for either one

K-Kids and names: Got no kids!

L-Life: live life with no regrets

M-Marriage date: not married (thank goodness *says a quick prayer*)

N-Number of siblings: 1 big sister, 1 big brother

O-Oranges or apples: Oranges (if someone peels it or cuts it up for me)

P-Phobias: Narrow openings/caves - the thought of trying to escape through an air vent alters my breathing. A tad afraid of heights - if there's no propper footing high up I tend to freak out (silently of course)

Q-Quote: there's a vase or a mug in the kitchen with a plant in it and it says "God danced on the day you were born" or something along that line... I think it's cute

R-Reason to smile: Family, friends and photography

S-Season: Spring

T-Tag three people: Bulhaa, Orange juice for the soul, Visithra

U-Unknown fact about me: wouldn't youuuu like to know! actually there isn't any unknown fact

V-Vegetable you do not like: okra or ladies finger it's called in other parts of the world... it's so mucousy!

W-Worst habit: a tie between splurging and procrastinating

X-x-rays you have had: Chest.

Y-Your favorite food: oooo.. let's see.. rotti & chicken curry, parotta, puri, idayappams, paal appams, tuna fish curry, gulhaa, bajjiya, thai food, some chinese food, smoked salmon sushi, pizza from papa jones, stuffed french toast from ihops... man now i'm hungry

Z-Zodiac: Taurus

Sunday water drop funday :P

2008-02-24T10:57:00.000-08:00

Metal Rain

2008-02-20T23:37:00.001-08:00

Lunar Eclipse 2/20/2008

2008-02-20T23:34:00.001-08:00

There was a gorgeous lunar eclipse tonight... where were you when it happened eh? Saturn and the bright star Regulus were "visible" too...

Yesterday's Sunset

2008-02-18T09:52:00.000-08:00

Bright eyes

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Dushane's eye

Saddle Mountain & Fire in the sky

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Click on the images to see it large

The butterfly

2008-02-15T10:43:00.000-08:00

Q's & A's

2008-02-15T10:36:00.000-08:00

Yoinked this from Shyam :) (the answers are not meant for her.. but in general)

1.)Q. Can you cook?

1.)A. No, but I can eat very well =P

2.)Q. What was your dream growing up?

2.)A. Let's see... dancer, actress, train driver, umm... writer

3.)Q. What talent do you wish you had?

3.)A. *scratches head* probably great public speaking skills with zero stage fright

4.)Q. Favorite place?

4.)A. a tie between the beach & the woods

5.)Q. Favorite vegetable?

5.)A. corn

6.)Q. What was the last book you read?

6.)A. A-Z a guide to arranged marriage (so freaking funny!)

7.)Q. What zodiac sign are you ?

7.)A. Taurus!

8.)Q. Any Tattoos and/or Piercings?

8.)A. double pierced ears, & nose

9.)Q. Worst Habit?

9.)A. procrastination... and splurging money

10.)Q. If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?

10.)A. hell no... mainly because you might be a psycho, another reason being I'm not gonna be in charge for your life... I mean do you know how I drive even?

11.)Q. What is your favorite sport?

11.)A. errr... badminton

12.)Q. Negative or Optimistic attitude?

12.)A. negative

13.)Q. What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?

13.)A. avoid eye contact

14.)Q. Worst thing to ever happen to you?

14.)A. wouldn't you like to know

15.)Q. Tell me one weird fact about you:

15.)A. everything i use has to be orange (toothbrush, towel, blanket, undies, socks, etc... etc..)

16.)Q. Do have any pets?

16.)A. 2 cats and a dog :)

17.)Q. Do u know how to do the macarena?

17.)A. yup

18.)Q. What time is it where you are now?

18.)A. 10:26am

19.)Q. Do you think clowns are cute or scary?

19.)A. indifferent

20.)Q. If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be???

20.)A. nothing, oh prolly my belly... when you start comparing it with your big bro, it's not good =P

21.)Q. Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?

21.)A. Conscience

22.)Q. What color eyes do you have?

22.)A. dark brown

23.)Q. Ever been arrested?

23.)A. No

24.)Q. Bottle or Draft (draught)?

24.)A. huh?

25.)Q. If you won $10,000 dollars today, what would you do with it?

25.)A. spend it of course

26.)Q. What kind of bubble gum do you prefer to chew?

26.)A. pina colada flavored trident gum

27.)Q. What 's your favorite bar to hang at?

27.)A. i don't hang in bars, it' aint cool..

28.)Q. Do you believe in ghosts?

28.)A. not really, but I find the stories and the whole idea intriguing

29.)Q. Favorite thing to do in your spare time?

29.)A. photography/watch movies/read

30.)Q. Do you swear a lot?

30.)A. if I get angry

31.)Q. Biggest pet peeve?

31.)A. persistant telemarketeers, stupid people blocking the whole aisle in the middle of the store even though they know you are approaching them.. grrrr *shakes fist* and stupid ignorant people... yes they all occupy the same #1 spot

32.)Q. In one word, how would you describe yourself?

32.)A. stubborn

the last question was eaten by me.

More water drops

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Lonely boat

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Click to view large. Don't be lazy!!! (look who's talking eh?)

Yum yum yum

2008-02-13T10:00:00.000-08:00

Have you had "rosettes"??? My mom makes them and they are sooo goooood. I thought only sri lankan people made it until I found out that rosettes are Scandanavian cookies. I saw this in a catologue (which was selling these moulds)... mom made the cookies, which are heart shaped bowlish thingie ... my friend and I filled it with whipped cream and strawberries and then we all pigged out =P.
Took pics of it before I ate them... original image had the cookies sitting in the paper plate.. i selected just the cookies using the magnetic lasso tool and slapped it onto a white backdrop on photoshop.
Dunno the receipe folks.. I'm not the cooking time... always the eating type :P
Everything you need to know about rosettes is in here www.fantes.com/rosettes.htm

=P

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Drip drop

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Mystic Mountain

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Best viewed LARGE!

Drama sky

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Click to view it large

Light up...

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Hands...

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Finger puppets

Shadows

Ding dong dinghies continues...

2008-01-29T11:22:00.000-08:00

Just some pics

2008-01-29T11:19:00.000-08:00

Youngs River Falls

Ice covered

Do you see clover shape?

Pattern on a fallen tree

Ice

Taken from inside the cathedral tree

Icey

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Candle holder

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Orangeness

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Drama in the sky

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Droolworthy sunset

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One of the best sunsets I've seen.. and obviously my favorite :)

(click to see it large )

Miniscule - afond la caisse

2008-01-14T11:15:00.000-08:00

A fond la caisse

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Haven't watched one of these in a while :)

When I woke up, I turned into a peacock

2008-01-14T11:14:00.000-08:00

First sunset of 2008

2008-01-14T11:08:00.000-08:00

Atleast the first one that the Astorians saw he he he...

To think out of the box, one must break out of it first

2008-01-10T23:10:00.002-08:00

No one wants to be my model so I'm doing all the damn modelling.

Look into your soul

2008-01-10T23:10:00.001-08:00

Prayer for peace

2008-01-10T23:08:00.000-08:00

Ghost Interrupted...

2008-01-10T23:07:00.000-08:00

It's also a title of a book by Soniah Singh that I'm yet to read but pretending in the picture...

Eek spider!

2008-01-10T23:04:00.000-08:00

Anh's Food blog

2008-01-05T23:07:00.000-08:00

I came across her photographs on Flickr. It turned out that she loves to cook. Her photographs are so droolworthy.. and she has her own food blog.. she posts receipes too... check it out!

http://anhsfoodblog.blogspot.com/

P.S - If you are going to try her receipe, leave her a comment or 2!

Mr. Hotstuff

2008-01-03T17:21:00.000-08:00

Ain't he handsome? (say it in a southern hillbilly accent!)

Wild wild orange

2008-01-03T17:01:00.000-08:00

I'm so bored! Tired of this nasty weather...!

Orange-U-Crazy for Captain Jack Sparrow?

2008-01-02T21:17:00.000-08:00

I am!!! =P

Happy New Year to All!!!

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Let's all welcome the year 2008 with a toast!

For:

Peace

Joy

Love

Health

Wealth

Friendship

Freedom

Wisdom

and everything inbetween!

Merry Christmas to All!

2007-12-24T00:30:00.000-08:00

Moon is watching

2007-12-22T11:41:00.001-08:00

The clouds and the moon created a super cool effect last night.. reminded me of the "eye of god"ish image taken in space...

Christmas Candy Fun

2007-12-18T22:22:00.000-08:00