 |
| From Photo-a-day-2010 |
The view from the top of the building from the roof garden.
:-p
Monday, May 31, 2010
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Friday, May 28, 2010
The Foetus
:-p
This is a work in progress. Click Image to enlarge.
Need time and patience to finish this.
I call it "The Foetus".
Symbolic and minimalistic.
:-)
 |
| From Photo-a-day-2010 |
This is a work in progress. Click Image to enlarge.
Need time and patience to finish this.
I call it "The Foetus".
Symbolic and minimalistic.
:-)
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Sergeant Bert Dalton
:-p
For the contest to draw Sergeant Bert Dalton, featured twice in Freedom Fiction Journal.
Check it out: http://freedomfiction.com/
Click Image to enlarge.
:-)
 |
| From Photo-a-day-2010 |
For the contest to draw Sergeant Bert Dalton, featured twice in Freedom Fiction Journal.
Check it out: http://freedomfiction.com/
Click Image to enlarge.
:-)
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
The bench again
:-D
They changed the location of the bench on the roof garden.
First seen here in Feb 2010.
:-)
 |
| From Photo-a-day-2010 |
They changed the location of the bench on the roof garden.
First seen here in Feb 2010.
:-)
Monday, May 24, 2010
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Happy Shrek Meal
:-p
Continuing on the Shrek feast & fiesta, I finally managed to grab the lady love of Shrek.
:-)
The guys at McDonalds are kind enough to indulge me despite the rush there.
Totally Awesome!!!
 |
| From Photo-a-day-2010 |
Continuing on the Shrek feast & fiesta, I finally managed to grab the lady love of Shrek.
:-)
The guys at McDonalds are kind enough to indulge me despite the rush there.
Totally Awesome!!!
Saturday, May 22, 2010
In the presence of greatness
:-)
I had the most good fortune to be at a function where the Chief Guest was PadmaShree Dr. Tatyarao Lahane.
He is a man whose life and work would inspire any man to awe, action and undying faith in humanity.
Born in a rural area, he had no benefit of infrastructure, nor basic amenities. He worked in the farm even as a child, assisting his parents in their occupation. On Government of India's scheme of "Earn while you Learn", he got the opportunity to educate himself. His parents were supportive but expected him to work the farm first and the schooling being second.
He is today not just the most noted opthamologist, but also the Dean of JJ Group Hospitals which is the largest group of hospitals in Asia and second largest in the world.
He has performed surgeries in the most remote parts of Maharashtra, in villages where they don't know who is Amitabh Bachchan or who is the Prime Minister of India - but those villagers know Dr. Lahane and his great work for the masses. The poor here won't know 15th August as Independence Day but will know that Dr. Lahane will come on Dec 8 for the Medical Camp at Anandvan.
With the blessings of renowkned social worker Baba Amte, the humble man from the village has now brought the gift of light and life to those blinded through various diseases including defects, accidents, cataracts, and the dreaded leprosy.
Poverty in these remote villages is so abject that you would feel that beggars in Mumbai are a blessed lot.
Dr. Lahane has not just championed the cause of medical relief, he has inspired an entire medical team who work with him for hours on end without overtime pay in the villages where no one knows what electricity is nor know how anyone could possible get back their eyesight.
Dr. Lahane's speech yesterday was preceded by an equally inspiring and motivating speech by Dr. Ragini Parekh who has assisted him in all these hundreds of thousands of surgeries.
Dr. Lahane was awarded the PadmaShree by the President of India for his tireless services. He suffers from a kidney problem and yet devotes his life in service to less privileged, remembering his own childhood hardships and making city doctors come out of their comfort-zone to uphold the oath all doctors had taken once.
Dr. Lahane is also the only Government Hospital Doctor in India till now to have won a PadmaShree and he is of course still employed fulltime in his great efforts.
To support this cause of light and life, contact JJ Hospitals, Mumbai.
Department of Ophthalmology
Hospital webpage
What is a PadmaShree Award?
Most eye operations record.
:-)
 |
| From Photo-a-day-2010 |
I had the most good fortune to be at a function where the Chief Guest was PadmaShree Dr. Tatyarao Lahane.
He is a man whose life and work would inspire any man to awe, action and undying faith in humanity.
Born in a rural area, he had no benefit of infrastructure, nor basic amenities. He worked in the farm even as a child, assisting his parents in their occupation. On Government of India's scheme of "Earn while you Learn", he got the opportunity to educate himself. His parents were supportive but expected him to work the farm first and the schooling being second.
He is today not just the most noted opthamologist, but also the Dean of JJ Group Hospitals which is the largest group of hospitals in Asia and second largest in the world.
He has performed surgeries in the most remote parts of Maharashtra, in villages where they don't know who is Amitabh Bachchan or who is the Prime Minister of India - but those villagers know Dr. Lahane and his great work for the masses. The poor here won't know 15th August as Independence Day but will know that Dr. Lahane will come on Dec 8 for the Medical Camp at Anandvan.
With the blessings of renowkned social worker Baba Amte, the humble man from the village has now brought the gift of light and life to those blinded through various diseases including defects, accidents, cataracts, and the dreaded leprosy.
Poverty in these remote villages is so abject that you would feel that beggars in Mumbai are a blessed lot.
Dr. Lahane has not just championed the cause of medical relief, he has inspired an entire medical team who work with him for hours on end without overtime pay in the villages where no one knows what electricity is nor know how anyone could possible get back their eyesight.
Dr. Lahane's speech yesterday was preceded by an equally inspiring and motivating speech by Dr. Ragini Parekh who has assisted him in all these hundreds of thousands of surgeries.
Dr. Lahane was awarded the PadmaShree by the President of India for his tireless services. He suffers from a kidney problem and yet devotes his life in service to less privileged, remembering his own childhood hardships and making city doctors come out of their comfort-zone to uphold the oath all doctors had taken once.
Dr. Lahane is also the only Government Hospital Doctor in India till now to have won a PadmaShree and he is of course still employed fulltime in his great efforts.
To support this cause of light and life, contact JJ Hospitals, Mumbai.
Department of Ophthalmology
Hospital webpage
What is a PadmaShree Award?
Most eye operations record.
:-)
Friday, May 21, 2010
Signed First Editions: part fifteen
:-)
I have 7 novels of Kevin J Anderson - all Signed First Editions.
This one is "The Last Days of Krypton" referring to the epic start of Superman's adventure. It shows how Krypton was destroyed.
:-)
I have 7 novels of Kevin J Anderson - all Signed First Editions.
This one is "The Last Days of Krypton" referring to the epic start of Superman's adventure. It shows how Krypton was destroyed.
 |
| From Photo-a-day-2010 |
 |
| From Photo-a-day-2010 |
:-)
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Signed First Editions: part fourteen
:-)
Kevin J Anderson is an author who has written the most incredible range of novels. He has authored too many to mention.
After writing 10 of his own novels, he was noticed by LucasFilms and he has penned Star Wars novels for them. He has written novels on X-Files, on Superman, Batman, and most prominently seen - the continued series of Frank Herbert's Dune series of novels.
"Enemies & Allies" brings together 2 of the biggest, most popular and most widely-known superheroes together - Superman & Batman.
Pretty impressive, and such a great performance too.
:-)
 |
| From Photo-a-day-2010 |
 |
| From Photo-a-day-2010 |
Kevin J Anderson is an author who has written the most incredible range of novels. He has authored too many to mention.
After writing 10 of his own novels, he was noticed by LucasFilms and he has penned Star Wars novels for them. He has written novels on X-Files, on Superman, Batman, and most prominently seen - the continued series of Frank Herbert's Dune series of novels.
Extract from About the Author
Along the way he also collected over 750 rejection slips, and a trophy as "The Writer With No Future" because he could produce more rejection slips by weight than any other writer at an entire conference. When asked for advice about how to be a successful writer, he answers quickly: PERSISTENCE!
"Enemies & Allies" brings together 2 of the biggest, most popular and most widely-known superheroes together - Superman & Batman.
Pretty impressive, and such a great performance too.
:-)
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Signed First Editions: part thirteen
:-)
Quite an extensive series of novels, this is a 87th Precinct Novel from Ed McBain.
Ed McBain is the pen-name of Evan Hunter, an author of many many novels, and also screenplays and much more. See complete bibilography for Evan Hunter.
As Ed McBain, his 87th Precinct crime fiction series is easily the most well-known and prominent.
This one "Fat Ollie's Book" is a unique one among this series of novels.
Quite an extensive series of novels, this is a 87th Precinct Novel from Ed McBain.
Ed McBain is the pen-name of Evan Hunter, an author of many many novels, and also screenplays and much more. See complete bibilography for Evan Hunter.
As Ed McBain, his 87th Precinct crime fiction series is easily the most well-known and prominent.
This one "Fat Ollie's Book" is a unique one among this series of novels.
 |
| From Photo-a-day-2010 |
 |
| From Photo-a-day-2010 |
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Signed First Editions: part twelve
:-p
AWESOMENESS
Dimiter by William Peter Blatty
Signed 1st Edition
That's inspiring and very impressive.
AWESOMENESS
 |
| From Photo-a-day-2010 |
 |
| From Photo-a-day-2010 |
Dimiter by William Peter Blatty
Signed 1st Edition
William Peter Blatty returns with his first major novel in over 25 years!
"A beautifully written, haunting tale of vengeance, spiritual searching, loss, and love."
In 1973 Albania, Colonel Vlora (aka the Interrogator), the head of a team of torturers, questions the Prisoner, who the reader later learns is Paul Dimiter, an American clandestine agent referred to in some quarters of the world as 'legendary,' while in others as 'the agent from hell.'
Dimiter escapes to Jerusalem, where he encounters a number of engaging characters, including a doctor of neurology, a sharp-tongued nurse, and a grief-stricken Israeli policeman. The complicated plot confounds until the isolated pieces of the psychological puzzle that's Dimiter match up and fall into place, revealing surprising truths.
Source
Extract on About the Author:
Later Blatty resumed novel writing. Allegedly retiring to a remote and rented chalet in woodland off Lake Tahoe, Blatty wrote The Exorcist, a story about a twelve-year-old girl being possessed by a powerful demon that remained on the New York Times bestseller list for 57 straight weeks and at the Number One spot for 17 of them. It would eventually be translated by himself and director William Friedkin into one of the most famous and controversial mainstream horror movies of all time.
According to Blatty, Friedkin edited the film in a New York Fifth Avenue office building with the number 666, and Blatty would go on to win an Academy Award for his "Exorcist" screenplay, as well as Golden Globes for Best Picture (he produced the film) and Best Writing.
He has made the claim that in its first weeks of publication, "The Exorcist" novel, despite excellent reviews ad much advertising by the publisher, Harper and Row, was deemed a failure and was being returned by bookstores by "the carload" until what he calls "an extraordinary intervention by Fate" which he refuses to describe.
That's inspiring and very impressive.
Monday, May 17, 2010
Chuck Palahniuk signed personalized
:-p
This is supposedly his first bestseller even though it came out after Fightclub.
:-)
 |
| From Photo-a-day-2010 |
 |
| From Photo-a-day-2010 |
This is supposedly his first bestseller even though it came out after Fightclub.
:-)
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Chuck Palahniuk signed personalized
:-)
Yes, the very latest novel from Chuck Palahniuk - signed and personalized for me. Personalized with "To human-un-kind" in each of the 6 signed editions.
Plus he wrote what inspired him in his handwriting in addition to all that.
http://chuckpalahniuk.net/
:-)
 |
| From Photo-a-day-2010 |
 |
| From Photo-a-day-2010 |
Yes, the very latest novel from Chuck Palahniuk - signed and personalized for me. Personalized with "To human-un-kind" in each of the 6 signed editions.
Plus he wrote what inspired him in his handwriting in addition to all that.
http://chuckpalahniuk.net/
:-)
Saturday, May 15, 2010
Friday, May 14, 2010
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Chuck Palahniuk signed personalized
:-)
Yes, that's for me. Personalized with "To human-un-kind" in each of the 6 signed editions.
Plus he wrote what inspired him in his handwriting in addition to all that.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Palahniuk
http://chuckpalahniuk.net/
:-)
 |
| From Photo-a-day-2010 |
 |
| From Photo-a-day-2010 |
Yes, that's for me. Personalized with "To human-un-kind" in each of the 6 signed editions.
Plus he wrote what inspired him in his handwriting in addition to all that.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Palahniuk
http://chuckpalahniuk.net/
:-)
Monday, May 10, 2010
Death and decay
:-(
Finality? Not yet. Both struggle on and upwards, just as man should.
Here we see a tree dying in the heat of Bombay summer with an abandoned construction of a building in the background.
:-p
 |
| From Photo-a-day-2010 |
Finality? Not yet. Both struggle on and upwards, just as man should.
Here we see a tree dying in the heat of Bombay summer with an abandoned construction of a building in the background.
:-p
Sunday, May 9, 2010
The stuff cometh
:-)
My pile of furniture stuff arrives on Saturday (mentioned here earlier).
They won't set it up. It will be done by someone else from the store on Sunday.
:-p
 |
| From Photo-a-day-2010 |
My pile of furniture stuff arrives on Saturday (mentioned here earlier).
They won't set it up. It will be done by someone else from the store on Sunday.
:-p
Saturday, May 8, 2010
Second Class
:-D
The crowd of people at 10 PM awaiting to board local trains from Victoria Terminus.
:-(
 |
| From Photo-a-day-2010 |
The crowd of people at 10 PM awaiting to board local trains from Victoria Terminus.
:-(
Friday, May 7, 2010
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Shady Siesta
:-D
A driver naps in the hot afternoon in his boss' car.
A good driver since he decided against napping completely inside with the air conditioner on. LOL.
:-)
 |
| From Photo-a-day-2010 |
A driver naps in the hot afternoon in his boss' car.
A good driver since he decided against napping completely inside with the air conditioner on. LOL.
:-)
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Four strangers on an elevator
:-p
Yet all our shoes point at each other as if we were having a conference. That's because all of us were checking our mobile phones and I guess no one wants anyone to peek at their mobile content.
I clicked one instead of checking my mobile stuff. LOL.
:-p
 |
| From Photo-a-day-2010 |
Yet all our shoes point at each other as if we were having a conference. That's because all of us were checking our mobile phones and I guess no one wants anyone to peek at their mobile content.
I clicked one instead of checking my mobile stuff. LOL.
:-p
Monday, May 3, 2010
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Another Shrek Meal
:-p
So after Saturday's Shrek toy, of course I had to collect his companion lady friend.
But on Sunday the lady friend was not available as toy of the day.
So got the donkey instead. It makes a few short noises when you twist its head left or right.
My Silly Cow posing again with the Shrek star cast. LOL.
:-)
 |
| From Photo-a-day-2010 |
So after Saturday's Shrek toy, of course I had to collect his companion lady friend.
But on Sunday the lady friend was not available as toy of the day.
So got the donkey instead. It makes a few short noises when you twist its head left or right.
My Silly Cow posing again with the Shrek star cast. LOL.
:-)
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Shrek Meal
:-p
Got a free Shrek toy with a Shrek Meal at McDonalds.
A Shrek Meal is a Happy Meal + extra stuff.
Though the vanilla ice-cream was made ghastly by the taste of the green stuff they poured on it, Yuck.
But I loved this toy which makes Shrek's noises when you poke it anywhere. It says "Hey" a few times and if you still poke it, then it says "I am warning you" and then finally says "Alright cut it out" in Shrek's voice.
Yay.
:-)
 |
| From Photo-a-day-2010 |
Got a free Shrek toy with a Shrek Meal at McDonalds.
A Shrek Meal is a Happy Meal + extra stuff.
Though the vanilla ice-cream was made ghastly by the taste of the green stuff they poured on it, Yuck.
But I loved this toy which makes Shrek's noises when you poke it anywhere. It says "Hey" a few times and if you still poke it, then it says "I am warning you" and then finally says "Alright cut it out" in Shrek's voice.
Yay.
:-)
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
