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Sometimes we just need to move on in life even though there’s quite a big price to pay for it. I recently changed my house in Bangalore & moved to a spacious apartment near to my office. The worst part of it was that now I have rare chance (may be no chance) of meeting Prateeksha. Here are the last few photos that I took of her.
I had taken more photos of Prateeksha, but unfortunately when I was at Chicago recently I was trying to do some experiment with my camera & accidentally formatted my memory card due to which I lost lot of precious photos including many great photos of Prateeksha 
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At the Clearwater beach, Tampa, Florida -Click to Zoom (for wallpaper)
I had been Florida in US during the early part of April this year for nearly a week. Florida is a damn amazing place.
My KREC class-mate Vasanth joined me over there. We had super time over there visiting theme park, driving along the sea, swimming in the beaches, dancing in the night clubs. There were babes, babes & babes all around Florida!!!
We initially landed at the Orlando airport, which is supposedly the busiest airport in US. Orlando has lots & lots of theme parks but we decided to visit Bush Gardens at Tampa instead. So, we drove down to Tampa in the mid-night. We had great time in Bush Gardens with all the dangerous rides & wild animals. It had the world’s highest vertical fall ride of which you can see the photos. The most memorable part was the movie at the 4-D theatre. We watched a movie called Pirates which was a 3-D movie. We were wearing 3-D glasses. But, the theatre has real 3-D effects. We used to really get drenched with water when the pirates were getting drenched in the movie! When the pirates fall into the pit of crabs we could really feel the crabs biting our feet! It was a wonderful experience.
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Last weekend I drove down to Atlanta. Met Anand, did shopping & the best part visited the world’s largest aquarium!
People watching the underwater city- Click to zoom
This is the first time that I went for a long drive in US driving alone. Driving on the interstate in US is quite cool. But, as I was approaching Atlanta I didn’t know what was coming. The interstate road was mostly 3 lane at most places. As, I approached Atlanta the number of lanes started increasing and the number of vehicles started multiplying! From 3 lane road to 8 lane I reached in no time. When Atlanta was some 20 miles away I suddenly saw myself drving on a 8 lane road with lots of vehicles around me. Even though the speed limit there was 55 miles/hour nobody was driving below 70 miles/hour. My heart beats picked up great speed. For a moment, I thought that I am not going to survive. & the worst part was that there was no way for me to stop there! I was on a middle lane & changing lanes was looking impossible there. Car were swiching lanes at great speed even with very less space available. It was like a video game! But, I held my calm and started learning how to switch lanes & finally I took my exit without missing it. Within Atlanta the traffic was quite slow & could find my way with Anand helping me on phone.
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Long drive in car, photography & skiiing…..these were the highlights of my weekend at Mt. Jackson in Virginia. This surely is one of the most memorable weekends for me. Also, this is the first time that I drove for long distance in US, so I am going to remember this trip for a long long time.
Lake at Mt. Jackson, Virginia -Click to zoom
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We had a beautiful house reserved for us for the weekend at Mt. Jackson. Actually, this house was given for the weekend to Vishal as a gift cos’ he was the employee of the year at their company! We drove down from Charlotte and reached there late night. The house was located in forest and it was quite a scary place to be at night. It reminded me of the movie ‘Evil Dead’. But it was an awesome location and a damn good house loaded with everything that can be asked for — cooking materials, toileteries, indoor games, TV, dish antenna……etc…etc..etc. It had everything that a full fledged house will have! People from different cities arrived at different times. Finally we bacame a crowd of more than 10 people!
Saturday morning we went to the skiing resort. I did skiing for the first time in my life! Rahul initially taught me how to do skiing. But he forgot to mention how to turn and how to stop!! Thsi led to a big funny situation. First time I started from the top, I started picking up speed. Then I see I am about to crash into a woman & I don’t know how to turn or how to stop! I started shouting …..’heeeeeeyy’…. & somehow I missed her & proceeded ahead. Then I see her child is sitting on the snow and I am about to crash into it!! I once again started shouting…’heeeeeyyy’…but this time I couldn’t avoid crashing into the child. But I spread my legs & the child got through in between my legs (as the child was sitting) & then I fell down! It was a real comic situation!
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Here are some of the photos taken by me using a point & shoot basic camera during the photography workshop by Arjun at Talghatpura near Bangalore in December 2005.
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This is Prateeksha. The cutest person in my life. She stays in the same building in which I stay in Bangalore. She is the grand-daughter of my land lord. Isn’t she really grand!
She apparently likes me very much & she visits my house very often. She fights with her mom/grandfather whenever they come to my home to take her back. She says "Naan baralla…" which means "I won’t come…". She is one of the rare proofs in this big world that I am a loving person!
She calls me ‘Sheshu Mama’ & whenever she she sees me she loudly shouts "maaamaaa……." which brings an irresistible smile to my face. Whenever she gets happy she claps her hand and jumps. She is 3 1/2 year old and very small. So, often I throw her into the air and catch her back which makes her very happy. Her facial expressions and body language is too good. She somehow doesn’t like to talk, she prefers to communicate through body language and facial expression which makes her even more cute!
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A Photographer’s day in Thalgatpura
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Photography is best learned in a real situation, with small groups and with subject matter.
This is a workshop for young photographers to capture a day in the life of Thalgatpura outside Bangalore.
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