Change is the Spice of Life Baby

I cannot go on and on with daily routine.I need change be it in places,hobbies,sport.


My funda is Work your a## out at Office  but weekends and other  free time is for me to learn new things,meet friends,family and for my hobbies.

I use to drop by my friend's house while returning from office or meet them for Tea and
We use to plan for weekend  so that I don't waste precious weekend time.
I even use to do my laundry and other chores during weekdays.

Cooking  (bug good for my taste buds :)

This last few days I was very much into Cooking.Thanks to You tube I tried few new Recipes
Kanda Bajee
Shahi Paneer
Chapti

Tennis

I started following Tennis thanks to Federrer and Nadal rivalery
I got chance to play tennis  from last few days.It really good exercise and fun.


I was just thinking about my hobbies and how I got to learn new hobbies.
Its not only because I came across few new things/hobbies but my urge to learn new things.

Swimming :      My Hobby My Stress buster My Get Together spot with friends

I learnt swimming @ 7th  Standard Thanks to my Dad.
It was Summer in 1997 when my dad took us to near by Lake and we started our summer vacation by learning Swimming within 10 days  we learnt swimming the experience was awesome.

Good Exercise and we use to get very very hungry after swimming :)

My bunch of  friends also wanted to learn swimming so we started going to swimming pool whenever we did not have classes or when we bunked classes.We use to swim for a hour or so after which we would be starving like anything. We use to have mirchi,bajee ,wagarnee and it would enjoy the snack like anything.

We learnt to dive,butterfly style,backward swim and other things.
I got good company of friends for swimming @ Infosys as well where we use to swim daily after Office at Mangalore whether it rains or cold or hot we did not care we use to swim daily and even on Saturday we use to swim the swimming bug had bitten us so badly :)
Even use to go to Swimming with a friend in Malaysia during Weekends .

Swimming is not just a good exercise but a stress buster and a get together with friends.

Reading Books

Thanks to my Geek friend D I got into reading books for fun riddles,puzzles,novels,aptitude.

I started with Puzzles and Riddles and later on which helped me during job hunting with Aptitude.

I started reading Chetan bhagats and other small books before I graduated to Personality development,Inspirational  books like "The Monk Who Sold his Ferrari ","Vivekanda: Biography","The Alchemist".I enjoyed reading The GOD FATHER thanks to the author

Photography :

Thanks to Infy's Group SLRBB
The Photography group where they would share the photography techniques,photos.
I started following the group and learnt the rules and techniques through different sites and finally bought a digital camera Canon Sx 130 .

I was always interested in taking Photos my first camera was in 2000 when I got  some cash prize fom my community for getting get marks in SSLC.
First Camera Yaschica it still works like a charm .

My current gear is Nikon D3100 + Sigma 55-300mm.
Checkout my photo shoots at
http://laxmanhabib.weebly.com/lakhan-clix.html


Skating
Wanted to learn skating from long time finally learnt it in 2009 with my friend Sanjeev.
It was fun to learn skating nice exercise and fun too.
Cheers
Laxman

Things to do list

Call me filmy

But films inspire me

I watched this wonderful emotional  film DASVIDANIYA a story of a person who is having stomach cancer and has few months to live.

He makes a list of things he want to do before he dies.He enjoys and lives his life in the last 3 months more than his last 30 years.

He does things he wants to do which makes him happy.
Buys new car
Learns playing guitar
Foreign trip

In short he lives his life the way it is meant to be.

Life is precious don't take it for granted. Show your family and friends how much you love them.Spend quality time with them. We don't know how much time we have its better to enjoy life in small small moments.

I also started making list of things I want to do this year.

Dream big Work hard and Enjoy your achievement 

Last year I made a list of things to do in 2011 and most of them got fulfilled because I really believed in them and also worked hard for some :)

Some things in the list did not happen may be I was not really trying hard enough to get those things.

Like

Wanted to Visit

Hampi and do a photo shoot

Dandeli and do some wild life photo shoot

Mangalore

Wanted to go on a long bike trip or 300+  kms

Missed It,Thanks to lack of company

Will try to make best use of time

Thanks to 2011

So many things happened and is arguably one of the best years of this decade till now.

Making a new list for the year 2012

Dreaming Bigger Better :)

Friends make best use of time enjoy take vacation with family and friends

Don't over work  Don't be lazy Try new Things, Hobbies and see new places

These are the memories we will cherish after many years.

Life is all lived in moments..

Cheers

Laxman

Wild Life Photography

I like to shoot wild animals with my camera.

I want to go to some wild life sanctuary some day and click.

I got to see many wild animals in Zoo Atlanta like
African Lion, Samtra Tiger,African Elephant, China's Giant Panda,Australian Kangaroo,Rhino.

See some of my clicks hope you enjoy the clicks.

Loin King

Tigereee

Comodo Dragon

Rattle snake

African Rhinoo

Mr King Kong

The Portrait of Mr King Kong

 Fung Fu Panda

 Fung Fu Panda  part2

Cheers
Laxman

Zoo Atlanta

My first Photo shoot in USA.

Zoo Atlanta

It was started in 1883 and has many mammals , birds,reptiles and many more.

The featured animals are Sumatra Tiger, African Elephant,African Lion, China's Giant Panda.

I like shooting animals,birds off course with camera.
Zoo Atlanta will be the third zoo that I have captured with my camera.
 First     :  Banneraghaata Zoo,Bangalore Karnataka
Second :  Kuala Lumpur Zoo.


I got some decent birds shots.

Lastly I was able to capture some candid shots of this little guys :)

Will be posting other shots soon....

Cheers
Laxman