Bring on the heat(Click on images for larger view)

This isn't mumbai! Its too cold! Mumbaikar's are not accustomed to handle this much cold!

Biking Gear-1(Click on images for larger view)

My Leather Gloves

Chilling Mumbai

Its damn cold! What next!

Brahmakamal flower(Click on images for larger view)

More pics coming soon. I am blogging from my sony ericsson k810i cybershot phone!

biking and other rumblings

just 2 weeks back I fell...nothing big....but the same thing..riding in dirt..front wheel lockup on a flat(gripless) concrete slab fixed in middle of the dirt track along the IIT(mum)route...and dump...luckily I was very slow..dirt didnt allow shoes(office) to get grip to gain balance...and was left with just a loose fairing ....
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for me goggles have been only a dream..thanks to me wearing glasses since 6th standard....
the doctor said in my formative years..my height grew too fast in a year..and eyes could not adjust to it...so I will have far-sightedness...he said not to worry...the number of the lens will stop growing after the age of 21 when your growth stops..
right !!
now i wear glasses with 6 number....people with headache wear 0 number glasses so you get the drift.....till now i used glass for specs lenses...
now my salary affords me plastic ones....
the current one is expensive...its of HOYA....
its got anti-glare(others headlights dont affect me a lot now)
anti-scratch(no distortion)
anti-stick(dust and water don't stick to it)
unbreakable to some extent and very light...
so all this features meant it was a bit thick....there were other lenses which were thin..but didnt have all these features....
so now these hi-tech lenses are perched on my nose by a frame which
has curvature like a goggle...covers eyes!! .. but the frame is wierd..
and take some effort to wear it inside a helmet...
first i wear the helmet..
but only half way through...
then i slide the glasses in but only enough for them to hang on..
then put the helmet in place..
and then the glasses go in place...
tricky system ...it works...
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Hero Honda will launch new models this year lets hope they aren't just addition of new paint and new stickers.
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First Weekend of 2008

In the new year. All that I can do to make my weekends less boring is to hope that MSEB(MSEDC) reduces the number of hours of lead shedding. Thankfully, the power is cut from 9.30 to 11.30 and then 1-3 in the noon, totaling to 4 hours but not at stretch. Still installing a sort of UPS is stupid, as on weekdays during the power cuts I am not at home.
I am contemplating on upgrading my bike riding gear, new set of gloves are already on the cards, and maybe add knee and elbow pads(speculative!)
Some people I know are in love, which is a good thing for them at least. I hope their love stays eternal. And not like some bollywood affairs.
Being a bit of nicholas cage fan, I will try and watch National Treasure 2.
Among Bollywood movies right now, only Jodha-Akbar has me all excited.
Right now I am listening to lots of songs by the band The Doors.
Last week at our office we ordered Chicken Masala from ICH Canteen(Seepz, Andheri). And it was a far better deal, than what you get at KayDee's canteen(Seepz, Andheri), where chicken is not cooked enough so its not soft enough.

Sanket kambli is back in his good old avatar of sankoobaba

There are frustrating times when frustration reaches a crescendo. In such turbulent times all the you wait is a......zzzzzzz..zzzzzzzzz..zzzzzzz

wake up!!!! Got to finish my work!!! Where is my cup of tea!!!!

Is feeling drowsy a disease or a disorder or is it something that cannot be avoided, especially when you know, that you are trying hard to avoid feeling sleepy. This could potentially be a lunch-induced drowsiness, which forces my eye-lids to shut down. Fortunately this sleepy trend lasts only for 20 minutes and after that miraculously it dissolves and I feel fresh, irrespective of a refreshing cup of tea. So till I find a solution to this problem it cannot cease to exist and will continue to torment me almost every afternoon.

The wonder years of wonderful people who always wonder about the wonderful wonders of this wonderful world which eventually makes me wonder whether it is really wonderful.

I saw the movie "I am Legend" and this movie simply moves Will Smith, higher on my favorite Hollywood actors list.

Photo of the day...

Photos of my new mobile....sony ericsson k810i...3.2 megapixel

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Some of my experiences on my bike Bajaj Pulsar 180 DTSI UG3

*>Wet roads freak me out!
I have managed to slide on wet roads thrice>
twice on my bicycle(hercules Canon Barrel)
and once .........

*>There are times, when heavy traffic roads have space for bikes on the left side,
and when a rickshaw ends up blocking such spaces, it irritates me immensly, i.e. of course if
I overlook their habit of sverving/turning without showing any signs.

*>Sometimes I forget to turn the petrol knob on!

*>When I get bored on long rides, I sing some songs(of course I have helmet on!)

*>While riding pillion, I have habit of thinking of all the mistakes the rider is making while riding.

*>On night rides, I use the horn and pass switch together to create a audio-visual symphony,
so next time you see a honking blue pulsar 180 UG3 with a blinking headlight, it could be me.

*>My pulsar's headlight sucks! And having no bajaj service center close by, sucks even more.

*>A simple rule of using both brakes(front and rear) that I always remembered except once.
I was riding at a speed of approx. 10kmph,
mom was riding pillion, a utility rickshaw was in front of me,
it braked suddenly, I did the same, but use only the front discs,
front wheel locked, bike slid forth,
i jerked the handle to avoid head-on collision, escaped with a sligth scratch on mud-guard and headlight glass.he he he!!!

*>Hard braking while coming down flyovers can lead to wheel lockups(I have been lucky to avoid them)

*>Many office going bike/scooter riders...drag their feet...a lot.... while riding slow...for quite a distance...

*>I am still not good at leaning the bike during left corners as compared to right corners

*> found out from a bike magazine this interesting fact..
that my pulsar 180 has the best 0-60 aceeleration after karizma....better then Pulsar-200..Pulsar-220...I am loving it!!!!

*>Sometimes, on short trips on highways, I purposely ride slow, at speeds of about 40-50 kmph, so that the road doesn't end quickly, so as to enjoy the ride for a longer time.

*>Thats all for now......

Bajaj Pulsar 180 Dtsi UG3...my bike....its picture/photos/snaps

Ladies and Gentlemen, that is my bike, Bajaj Pulsar 180 dtsi UG3(Dec 2006)!
Enjoy!!!!!! Click on photo's below to view enlarged(zoomed) photo! A side profile ruined due to ???
Another picture taken in my appartment parking area. Popularly referred as GD Arena!
This is the road which runs parallel to Mumbai-Nashik highway, which leads to Kalwa!
This is the road which runs parallel to Mumbai-Nashik highway, which leads to Thane!
The above picture may make the bike look dirty, but it just a game of reflections!
~A side profile~

My first bike, Hercules Canon Barrel(9 yrs old in 2006), and it still manages to average speeds of around 30 kmph!! i.e. with non working rear brakes, poor front brakes. Got the fork changed from Star Fork to this one, because the old one got bent due to rough riding!
A badly taken picture(used flash!) of my gloves(Rs.130/-) and Vega Helment(1400/-)
A top view of a part of my riding gear!
That is my riding jacket, A Pepe Jeans Jacket(Rs.2899/-), I believe it is of suede leather