If......

One of my favourite poem's that I found on youtube .. Nothing more apt for the two great champs !!

Under My Umbrella

I left home late Saturday evening with heavy rains coming down, picked up a few friends on the way and we headed to Fireflies, outskirts of Bangalore for an all night Guitar Concert by the GuitarGurus of India.

Fireflies is about 30kms from the city and as heavy rain pounded , we headed out with good music playing in the car stereo and beautiful tree lined roads but poor visibility. Fireflies is located amongst lush green trees with a small open air amphitheater. The venue was totally dry when we reached there,it hadn't rained there !! The guitar gurus from India were already performing , we were a little late. The first few performances was of the pure sound of acoustic guitar. After a bit it started to pour and and we took out our umbrellas (we were prepared since it had been raining in the city) as we heard some incredible music under the cloudy skies, a different experience to cherish. The sound changed drastically from Acoustic to Electric as the night progressed .

A wonderful evening/morning spent listening to the pure sound of the timbre , under the cloudy skies till wee hours of the morning..

Success

Thought of the day as I look back and forward to this journey...



To laugh often and much;
To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children;
To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends;
To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others;
To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition;
To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived.
This is to have succeeded.

Farther than The Eye Can See

Came across this beautiful and well made film about a successful and tough expedition to the top of the world . The team included Erik Weihenmayer , who became the first blind person to conquer Everest and makes one wonder whether the sighted have more fears to conquer..





This is the first HDTV footage of Mount Everest ..

Buffet and Gates Go Back to School

Loved watching them speak to the college kids and also getting to know how down to earth and candid they still are..



2nd part here

Summer Holidays

Its that time of the year when the exams are over and all the kids are enjoying their summer vacation. Wish we had the same at work :) Nevertheless, I had a great time with my niece last weekend when she was her for the long easter weekend , took me down the memory lane !!

We had our usual sessions of watching all the animated stuff, working on puzzles and ofcourse pretending we had a band with each of us on the guitar or drums ...



Current song that I am humming while i blog 'Summer holiday'

We're all going on a summer holiday
no more working for a week or two.
Fun and laughter on our summer holiday,
no more worries for me or you,
for a week or two.

We're going where the sun shines brightly
we're going where the sea is blue.
we've all seen it on the movies,
now let's see if it's true.

Everybody has a summer holiday
doin' things they always wanted to
So we're going on a summer holiday,
to make our dreams come true
for me and you.
for me and you.

James Nachtwey again!

Photojournalist James Nachtwey speaking at the TED convention.




TED Link here

War photographer

Watched another great documentary today about a war photographer James Nachtwey , what drives him to these dangerous zones risking his life.

man on wire

a must watch ..