small hint

here's a video i found (with the help of a friend) on youtube :)

it's too damn amazing, coincidentally it's my all-time favorite 80s song..it's the best!

it just brightened my day (night, actually..) and mood :)

a small hint that tomorrow will be a better day.

can't wait.

peace + love,

di

Into the Woods. . .

Finally! I've taken the time I have to put just a few of my forest trip photos here :)

With my trusty Sony Cybershot (DSC T-2) baby.. and yes, no dslr (or slr, for that matter) yet..

Oh, well, patience is virtue :) and also maybe if I worked then I could save up for one.

The lake where me and the boys saw a huge-ass Arapaima!

This was what we saw (inside the forest,somewhere..) when we looked up.

I just love the shapes and the spaces in between.

Ah, nature.

(This was an awesomely poor attempt to capture it, my apologies)

On the right is a Bamboo plant which is really, really big (although it isn't portrayed as such here, sorry)

This 'trip' was definitely memorable-worthy. We got lost after walking for about 3 hours.. and luckily (Thank God) there was a fence ( yup, apparently we walked across the whole forest) and Joachim managed to break it (it's not really legal..) and I was just happy we were saved!

We ended up at the end of the forest and actually had to take a cab back to the starting point because it was just too far! And maybe also because we were drained from all the walking. And leeches! Aaaaagghh!

But all in all it was great fun with great company :) Awesome!

love n peace

Love is a Verb

I just came across a cover of Massive Attack's Teardrop :)

It's by Incubus (!) and you can get it here, you're welcome ;)

And this is all thanks to my lovely cousin Maya (Raksha) =)

smiling alot huh..sorry can't help it, really.

short post today, sorry again, though i will inform you that I went to a forest reserve recently,

BUT-quite lazy to post up some photos so maybe another time..(tomorrow maybe?)

had a lot of fun but I will say more when there are photos :)

in the mean time, hope you enjoyed Teardrop and its cover =)

sorry about the smileys!

love n peace

A New Day

Hello Tuesday!

News Flash: I have just decided to take up photography! It's so exciting, although I don't have my own DSLR yet..BUT - I'm so lucky because my good friend Arvind (Thampy) had his old SLR lying around (it's a film SLR btw - even more exciting! - Canon EOS 300v), so I'm loaning it from him for now (shameless..)

Arv's is in black though - cooler :)

and hopefully I will get it up and running by Wednesday because I will be too busy today, with all the graduation recitals going on..(about 6 of them!)

oh gosh I'm so excited..but I am really strapped for cash right now..it sucks so badly! ughh

Also, I haven't really learnt or read up on photography (e.g. the basics) just relying on pointers by my two favourite boys :) but don't worry I will kick my own ass to start reading up...soon..

.Joachim.

.Arvind.

(No, I did not take these photos.. haha..please check them out tho)

Peace n Love,

di

When We Were Young

I just found this hiding in my adolescent journal, and thought I would share it here to show how bad at writing I was. I miss it, though.

The Streets

In the city
Where everything happens
The streets are packed with people
businessmen, lawyers, beggars,
and me.

The streets. . .
comprise of the park and great buildings
The park. . . a peaceful place
The buildings. . . a busy place

It's funny to know that two different places
can get along well
Even though criminals from the streets
commit crimes in the park,
these two places can actually get along. . . well

In the city
Where the streets live in,
Where the beggars live in,
Where the people live in,
and me.

I love the streets,
And those busy people and beggars,
The park and the great buildings,
I love the streets.

haha. This was heavily inspired by the book series Fearless by Francine Pascal (of the Sweet Valley series fame). The series made me fall in love with New York and that was what I had in mind while writing this sad excuse for a poem. Oh by the way, this is my FIRST EVER poem :)
so maybe I should cut myself some slack(?)

click on this photo to be treated to a piece of feel good music :)

Actually I have to say I was very much influenced by this series. I kinda got all of the books EXCEPT for numero uno. Which kinda sucks. I used the main character's (Gaia Moore) name for my email and stuff. Freaky. I kinda wished I could be her. Kick bad ass and be cool. Oh I was maybe 13? haha good times.

peace and love