Surf meets the rocks... chaotic but beautiful  

Could I swim across...?  

On to a well-trodden path now...  

Wish you were here...  

Me takes a break. Btw, the piece of land in the background is where I stay... 

Out into the wilderness...  

Morning glow...  

Magical horizon...  

Sentry of the coast...  

The '92 Chardonnay is the best! 

The famed Hunter wine cellars... 

In search of wine country... 

Extreme Sports In Oz

I had my first Aussie-style injury, mountain biking in the forests. The rollercoaster trail was so much fun and the steep downhill ride through bush and stone was macho and exciting until I fell and almost broke my knee. Did the Chicken Run rest of the trail :-) They don't call 'em extreme sports for nothing :-) But I know I'm gonna be back next week! It's a way of life out here. You surf, bike and dive and get badly hurt and can't walk for a day or worse a week or worse a month, but you're back at it again the day you can!

Less extreme sports are no different. The most popular sport is 'aussie rules', which is something like American football. Without the helmets and padding. Season ending grand finales of rugby and football taking football fever to its heights, I reckon businesses should close for a vacation in September instead of Christmas to allow people a leisurely time to nurse their injuries.

I'm picking up little by little though on a rather uncharacteristically popular aussie sport. Some mock at its followers as bored men bent on beating the hell out of a little white ball with an iron club. More on that once I start swinging the club right.

Cheers.

Room With A View :-)

View from my apartment on a Sunday morning...

 

 

 

I'm Back Baby!

Months slipped by so quickly, silently. Each day was just the same as the previous one, like recurring schedule entries on a computerized calendar. Like clockwork. I wanna break out. Break free. Wander. Write. Dance. Until I begin to long for this comfortable certainty of things again. The couch is an object of gravity. I always tend come back to it. But for the moment I'll wander a little.

Bangalore Theatre Update

My Experiments With Sense - @ Nani Arena-CFD, 5th Floor Sona Towers, Millers Road -- April 29, 8:00 pm

The criss-crossing lives of the most unlikely people, brought together by destiny.

Bangalore Theatre Update

Final Solutions - @ Rangashankara, April 21, 7:30pm

I've heard a lot about this play. I've heard it's a very powerful commentary on communalism. Playwright Mahesh Dattani was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for this play in 1998. There was a performance at college (IIT Bombay) a couple of years back, but I missed it that time. I might miss it again this evening, coz I expect to be stuck in traffic halfway across the town even if I start early from office :(

I might be able to catch the next play on Saturday or Sunday. I know nothing about this one...

Madness - @ Rangashankara, April 23 & 24, 7:30pm

Of Friday Mornings And Survival Of Statistics

There is, I think, a strong correlation between the occurence of Fridays, a good game of tennis, and my posting something on this blog.

Sometimes you do things just to strengthen your random proclamations .