Long time

Yes, Its been a long time since i updated the blog. So many things happened ever since. I will summarize in points first then describe each point in details.

1. London Trip. When, Why and How did it go. In a nutshell, trip went great, liked London very much, food and stay is super costly, city is dirty, took great photos. But, the actual purpose was defeated. This incident was uncalled for. I was humiliated and decieved. Another learning for me the hard way !!! Ok ADas, move on, shit happens all the time

2. Move to new home - Went pretty good, the garage is what i was looking for, though not a modern garage but keeps my bike safe. Garage and Kitchen is arranged my stuff needs to be arranged. Desktop is set. Wii and Wii Fit are working awesome !! keeps me healthy when i dont go to the gym :-) Remember, target = 160 lb

3. 05 Yamaha R6 build update - The R6 is restored and ready. Power Commander is in. Shopping for damper and Ohlins rear shock. Damn, i should have bought that Penske rear shock for 400$ ... Bike feels great at high rpms. At lower rpms feel the hiccup, its Ok as Chris let me know. I will be attending either STAR or CLASS trackschool next month. Then will do Laguna on Novemeber. Cant wait for getting onto the track. My dream come true !!! ... I want to concentrate more on the roadtrips using my bike, i am thinking of buying another bike, On my shoppin list - Honda ST1100 or ST1300, BMW GS 1200, Suzuki SV1000 ...

4. Technology update - Added Wii Fit, Bose QC3 Headphone, Nokia N95 version 3 to my stable of gadgets. Wii Fit is awesome, QC3 is little depressing for the price i paid (Eshure is much better), N95 yet to fiddle around.

5. Consitency - I am gaining on this and making significant improvements. Trying to bring some discipline to life. Doing regular exercises and yoga. I have to come down to 160lb at least from my current 175lb. Improved eating habits, sleeping habits.

6. Roadtrips - Fall Season is starting and i need to concentrate on this. I cant miss the fall this year, no way. I so love reading joydutta's blog, the guy did a 5K mile roadtrip just this month, can you think of it ?

7. Matrimonial Relationship - I dont know, I am confused. Well, I am talking to a girl now, I believe she matches my wavelength, not sure yet. Just need to chat and talk more to better understand. Well, i spent some significant amount of time thinking about marriage and relationships. Hard a real hard time going through profiles and choosing. My likes and dislikes are wierd, so maybe thats why people are rejecting :-) I think this is my last attempt, if this does not work out, i will not think about marriage for the next 2 years. Hell, i will be only 34 then, does it really matter ? Lets, see .....

8. Photography - Pretty impressed with photos from London. I will see how my fall season roadtrip photos come by. I need the telephoto lens too (shit its 1500$). why the hell dont i make more money ? hee hee .... I am getting used to CS3 but need to learn more. Next year, i will make the 20D as the backup camera with the 1D as the primary. I am still debating between the Nikon D3 and EOS 1D .... lets see. I want to move to character photography with an emphasis on wedding. My 2 wedding shoots at India last year was decent. I will be shooting Francis's wedding next year May, but am looking for a mid-west style 100% American getaway wedding.

9. What else to my stable of achievements - Went shooting with Chris Chan with his 40mm caliber H&K semi-automatic. Awesome it was, Loud and no wonder how much concetration you need to focus on the target. Going next week Tuesday again, bought the bullets from Walmart for 28$ ... Yeeee !!! .... So i want so badly to go for the AFF class (Accelerated Free Fall Program). Since the last year's 15,000 feet tandem jump i was so wanting to go to this class. My earlier roommate wanted to go for this class too, we never could make time. I think i just have to do this alone. Another thing i wanted to do was learn flying aeroplanes. Well, AFF class is my priority now, once that is done will start hunting for the flying classes, I heard it doesnt come cheap though. I must be a unique character in this world, who wants to do so many things. My definition of "enjoy life to its fullest" is taken as madness by everyone else :-) .... Well, Well did i mention about the NASA zero gravity programme, man its 5.5K per person .... Only if i had the money !!

10. Work related update - PIX to ASA consolidation done yesterday, will move the border router on 27th September and DS3 lines on 11th October. Virtualization project is getting delayed, need to move it to production by next month. will be travelling to Denver 2 weeks later to work at the DR site. I wanted to work and understand/learn on the Netapp project, but i wasnt involved. Neither was i called during any implementation phase. Well, due to my past bitter encounters with Karthik i just kept low. Oppurtunities will come again !! (and it looks awful if the only 2 Indians fight in front of an American manager, what the heck will he think). Still dark clouds on my L1A conversion, i dont know what the heck is going on there. I am too busy now to think about that and am also waiting for my review to get over, so lets see what happens