YE!! The first true long weekend is finally here. Phew – that took only half a year!
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Grey’s Anatomy Finale
So by now everyone has slept with everyone around. Seattle Grace Hospital has become one-for-all all-for-one polygamous sect.
But Shonda Rhimes (show’s producer) is still not convinced.
Now that all males and female doctors have slept with one another, it was only about time we had….
…female-female sleeping and err thankfully not yet male-male sleeping.
I think by the time Grey’s Anatomy ends, I think even Animals won’t be spared.
Aamir Khan
Needs to get over himself. He’s quickly replacing SRK with his “Oh look at me I said this, I did that, I am like this, you are like that” crap controversies he gets into.
All of which is deliberate and fake.
Overheard
A black man talking to an asian guy.
“Is Vietnam in Asia?”
“No”
Ganguly
Only Ganguly can lead a team where his team has to beat team B and C and wait on B to beat C, while B and C both lose to D, and D beats E, while E loses to B and beats C…. to go into semi-finals.
How many times in his career has he seen such complex algorithms to make it to semis?
Blogs
Are they becoming boring and losing their shine? Off late, blogging, social networking or such doesnt seem to be the “in” thing anymore?
I am glad – just get off the freaking internet shall we and enjoy some fresh air?
Rahman Double Treat!
Not many times in decades does it happen that two A. R. Rahman albums release on the same day. Heck, it has never happened!
Ada and Jaane Tu mostly released within a day of each other. The only difference being that Ada’s music was composed nearly 6 years ago.
And yet you listen to Ada / Jaane Tu – they both sound so fresh and different!
Can’t say all songs are good in both albums, but Gulfisha from Ada and Kabhi Kabhi from Jaane Tu are absolute standouts!
Tibet
There. Just as I had predicted weeks ago, Tibet and its cause have vanished from the map the very day the Olympic torch left North American continent.
I had pretty much expected it. Poor Tibet.
Its sad that even in the 22nd century with so much development all around, some countries still act as if they were in king and queen ages.
Napa Valley / Lake Tahoe
We went to Napa Valley / Lake Tahoe over the last weekend. Napa Valley disappointed us, but Lake Tahoe was simply beautiful! I wish we could spend a few more days, which I am sure we will in near future.
Here are some pictures from the trip.
The sterling vineyards, one of the few which has trolley system to go up their vineyard. We were not sure if paying 20$ worth all the effort. And add to it we actually bought some too, so I guess we should have got some discount hehe!
The highlight of this trip for us was the wide angle Canon 10-22 lens that I had rented out. I was quite amazed by this lens and the amount of coverage it got. However the lens was not very sharp at many places, and at many places we felt zoom would have been better. The end result: We think the wide lens is amazing, but its clearly not enough for a trip.
Shot above is the place where they store barrels of wine.
View from the vineyard. The picture also shows the power of 10-22 wide angle as well!
This was taken by Anu while driving towards Lake Tahoe. I am very impressed here because this was taken while in motion and I thought 10-22 wouldn’t hold up. But the colors came through excellent with very little or no distortion!
The wide angle in all its glory. This was right in front of the lodge we stayed. The views of Lake Tahoe from anywhere are quite breathtaking!
My favorite shot from the trip – this photo has a sense of magnitude and I am sure only a wide angle lens could convey this.
View from a vista point overlooking snow clad mountains. It was surprising, but there was quite a bit of snow scattered around… and this is late May!
Wouldn’t be nice to be sitting on a beach overlooking a snow clad mountain?
And Anu’s favorite shot from the trip. Obviously it has me in it, that’s why!
The water in the lake was very very clear. In fact when we were boating, we ventured quite some distance and we were able to see the floor. Apparently you can see up to 60 feet in water – its that clear!
This was at a sister lake called Fallen lake which is at a higher elevation than Lake Tahoe. Now there was a point in our drive up the hill when the road curved and all you could see was just water all around. It almost gave a feeling of our van heading into water -it was scary and absolutely thrilling at the same time. I wonder how would a view from top look like – a Lake on top followed by a lake below. Might be some sight!
Needless to say this lake had its own breathtaking views. The drive up this lake is treacherous but was worth it.
That’s about it for now. Regular readers will know where to find more pictures from the trip ;). Needless to say we had a great time, and we’ll definitely be heading back to Lake Tahoe again!
Cannes
‘Tis the time of the year when the Bachchans make their customary visit there and every news channel must cover their minute by minute status. How incredibly boring…. though I wouldn’t mind being that Journo who gets to go on a free trip to french riveria to cover something as idiotic as this!
Saying that Aishwarya looks like an old hag!