127 hours

Watched 127 hours movie by Danny Boyle...

What a film what a true triumphant story, a story of pain, regret, struggle and life

It matters how you handle yourself in good times but what matters most is how you handle in tough times.

Some break some lose some struggle some beat all odds and triumph in life.

Life is no bed of roses my friend.

 

The film is about Aron_Ralston a mountain climber who gets stuck between a boulder and a rock.

The struggle the pain the will with which he fights the situation and loses a arm to save his life.

 

He survives 5 grueling days with limited food & water

And recalls the time spent with his friends, family and is ashamed of his arrogance and the way he thought he was a hero and did not need anybody help so goes to a rock climbing without informing anybody literally anybody.

What if he had informed friends, family or coworker they might have searched him after a day or 2 and helped him but no thanks to his overconfidence and arrogance that lands him in deep shit.

He regrets not reply to his mother’s call the day he goes for rock climbing.

The way he thinks is that the boulder which fell on his arm was waiting all its life to fall on his arm and he was running all throughout his life   towards this boulder.

 We take thing for granted friend’s family life and we only realize the importance when we miss them the most.

So many things go through his mind when he is stuck helplessly there praying for a miracle to overcome the situation.

He tries and tries many things slipping his arm from the rock, lifting the rock cutting part of rock to release his arm but all in vane  his confidence keep tumbling day by day.

He thinks he will die and records his message to friends, family and confesses that he loves them so much.

We all go through tough times and the one who handles them well goes far ahead in life.

Tough times makes us strong never fear of tough times try to face challenges & give your best shot even if you fail you are satisfied that you gave everything.

My thoughts

The limitation is all in our minds but if you think you can survive then yes you have to believe it and just believing will not help but need to put all your efforts and take the unbearable pain

If Aron thought he is dead & kept on praying for a miracle with trying then he would have never overcome the situation.

He took an extreme step to lose an arm and gain life.

I value my friends, family more than ever after staying away from them for 6 months now

Show your friends family how much you love now today who knows what’s gone to happen tomorrow.

After surviving the situation Aron_Ralston always leaves a message or informs family friends before going for a Rock Climbing.

Moral of the Story…

·         Inform family, friends before going on an outing, trek, tour so that in an unfortunate situation your loved once can help you.

·         Do not fear Failure a man without failure has not tried or lead a complete life.

·         Show love and care to your friends, family

P.S. Live life fully enjoy every moment who knows kal ho na ho…

Lifte Stages

 For most of us our faith or "what are we going to be is decided"
 at the time of our birth itself
 
 If a person wanted to be a Doctor & if he is not able to fulfill that then he might or
 want his son to be the Doctor & by doing so they feel privileged that they have achieved the goal

 People generally has this tendency to tell people that his son or daughter is very clever,sharp
 and try to show case there children by saying the below

 Asking there kids to show nose,ears different parts of the body,mouths ,numbers and songs from the kinder garden

 "Twinkle Twinkle little star" :)
  Asking there kids to talk in English
 Asking there kids to sing songs
 Asking there kids to Dance :)

 This part of the life is called "Showcasing"


 Enjoy this phase of life with your children's & experience the childhood once again.
 Spend quality time with your kids rather than on your profession.
 Money is important but you should not stay away from home,family kids.
 Don't worry too much about your child's future as far as you give good education to your kids.

 Part2 is during the school phase from First Standard to 6th ,
 This phase kids just learn almost everything from school so you should be checking about your kids academics & extra curricular activities
 because if kids get well with friends & comfortable that is when they can freely learn in school.
 Keep check of there studies,extracurriculars.
 Encourage your kids on taking new hobbies,don't always pressurize your kids on studies allow them
 to have a balanced life style where they get to enjoy play study.
 
 I have seen many parent comparing kids marks to someone who is scoring more & criticizing.
 This will make no good to you & your kids.
 Motivate then to score more marks rather then comparing & criticizing.Give some small perks now and then to motivate & inspire them to study more.

 Cultivating some hobbies adds creative thinking in kids rather than traditional mugging up.
 Hobbies like reading,painting,photography,dancing.
 
 Boarding school are often preferred by parent to get there children's a better future.
 I don't believe in boarding school as i think its the best years of life which need to be enjoyed with family
 and if you are following children's academics,behavior,extra curricular activities then i guess they can do better in home itself.

 This age need lot of love & support and a attachment with family generally happens in childhood.

 I have seen people where many have there kids with there Grandparent,family when they have being going places on job transfers.
 Kids will not be in touch with family & will get use to it & there dies the attachment with parents.
 Kids will not be completely open with any body.

 Just wherever you go get along with your family & kids.

   Part3 (Standard 7th to 10th)
 Many people are missed guided about the children's potential in this phase as there is so many
 copying goes on during the public exams that a guy scores about 70-80 by copying & parent
 if they are not following there children's studies they might get carried away with the results
 which does not reflect there true potential of there children

 No kid who has scored 70-80 by copying will admit that he has scored the marks by copying

 So if parents don't know about there children's potential they might think about ambitious course like Medical engineering
 & end up the kid in highly challenging course which might be beyond the par of the kids


 this will hinder the child confidence


 Plan in advance about the child's future like what profession he or she wants to choose

 discuss with the kids to know the interest of the child

 Consulting & guidance is what lacks in our India i guess.

 A good guidance helps a lot in choosing a career

Will continue on
 Part 5 ( Life in College)
 Part 6 ( Life in Degree)
 Part 7 ( Life in Profession)
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Portrait Photography Lakhan's Clix

Have been clicking since a long time  but took a keen interest & reading a lot of stuffs on photography.

Let me share something about portrait photography.
Meaning:
A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant. The intent is to display the likeness, personality, and even the mood of the person

Had been taking many portrait photos on many friends so would like to share.
A portrait speaks about a person,his expression,current mood.
That's it no i think you are pissed by now about theory lets get practical see the pics.

Comment good ,bad or weird thing its all OK.

A Model from KL Motor Show

 A Cute girl @ Pavilion Mall KL

 Smile ho to Aisee

 Nervous Model

 Typical Kidoos

 Model From KL Motor show

 Angry Young Man

 Morning Blues

Will Keep posting pics from different category.

PS : Lakhan

Enjoying Evening Photo Walks

I am currently enjoying evening photo walk
Walking bhi ho jata hai
Photography bhi

achha hai mast mausam,mast hawa,mast samaa
Kishoreda  ka woo gana yaad aa raha hai

Ye sham mastanee madahosh kiyee jayee...............

Here are some pics from yesterdays evening walk

Today's Bud tomorrow's Flower

 Inspired by a friend

 Just my typical flower shot

 Another wonderful Sunset

 A flower bouquet

 My favorite shot of the Evening

 A Guy proposing to a Beautiful lady..

check my pics in flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/laxmanhabib/

Please Comment & critic & help me improve my photography skills

some of my childhood thoughts

I still remember some of my thoughts from my childhood when i was around 8 years i guess.

some of my childhood thoughts

1.JOB & My Future
what i will become once i grow up ?
who will give me the job ?
what type of job i would do ?

I even thought if anybody would ever give me a job
I thought if i learn ironing then i could press clothes or if i learn driving i might even work as cab driver it was when i was some 8 years old.(i smile whenever i remember those days)

2.Why sleep at night ?
I use to wonder why people sleep at night when i wanted to play around.
I thought people use to sleep in the night because there is no light outside.

I even thought that in future some scientist will develop a huge mirror so that the sun rays are reflected by mirror in the night & so we have sunlight all days & night so no need to sleep .
I could play all days & even in night.

Put your weird,different childhood thoughts in comments below

Evening Walk Cyberjaya

After many days went for a photo walk to near by park in Cyberjaya had a good time

checkout some of the pics.

in love with flowers these days

I can enjoy shooting Sunrise & Sunset a million times

Golden hours in Photography Sunrise & sunset

White lotus an absolute beauty

Just a wallpaper shot

Moon shot inspire me & i enjoy will shoot full moon cycle

like a jasmine

Please leave a comment & critic on the photos & help me improve.Thanks a lot in advance.

Enjoy life is beautiful & you are the one who make it.

Lakhan's Recipe

"Need is the Mother of all Inventions"

Like the above quote i got to learn cooking so that i can eat what i like when ever i may be.

I have been all my life in Gadag in my Home so did not get into situation where i need to cook but still i learnt some basic things during my stay in Gadag.

This little knowledge on cooking helped me a lot in Mangalore where we started cooking in our room for Dinner,Breakfast.

We started cooking Rice,Vegetables,Omeletes,Uppit,Avlakki,Mudee & mani more.

Will write down about the experience in detail soon

Keep looking out for the space

Recipe to learn in future
1.Sweets Kheer,Sheraa,Gulab jamun,

2. Non Veg Items Chicken dry,fry,chilli Fish fry, Mirchi baji,

Lakhan Recipe

Masala Rice (for 2 people)
Ingredients: 2 onion,1 Tomato,10 Chilly (if u want),1 Potato,1 grains,oil,Masala MDH/rainbow
Procedure:
Put 2 spoons of oil,put saswee,jeera then put chilly
Put onion  & wait for 2 min till onion become bit fried
Put onion,salt,masala & mix properly wait for 3 min
Put tomato & food grains mix properly & wait for 3 min
Put Tomatoo wait for 3 min

Now take the mixture & add to rice in the cooker
add twice the water of rice

Wait till cooker whistles for 3-4 times.

Masala rice is ready :)

Eat fresh  -->Eat Healthy
Eat Healthy --> Think Better :)

 

Avalakki (POHA)

Ingredients:

Ground nut, Saswee, Jeera,  Turmeric powder (Haldee) , Oil ,2 Onion, 1 tomato , 8 chilly

Cut all the vegetables above

Put oil wait till its hot

Put the Saswee,Jeera,Ground nut, Chilli,onion & wait for 4 minutes

Put salt, turmeric powder, tomato mix properly

Wait till the mixture is properly cooked once done

Mix the Mixture with the poha & heat for 5 minutes

 Poha is ready J

 

Half fried Omelet

Put 1 spoon oil in pan

Break egg & put the content directly on pan.

Wait for 1 min turn the omelet.

Wait for few minutes  & keep turning omelet every minute

If you want crispy then bake for few more minutes

If you want it hot & spicy then add chilly powder & masala on omelet & wait for 1 min

Omelet is ready best when served hot

Can add lemon on the omelet




Chilly red hot Omelet

Take the content of egg in a tumbler add salt, chili powder, masala & mix properly

Put 1 spoon oil & wait till oil is hot

Pour the mixture on pan & keep flame moderate

Keep turning omelet every 2 minutes.

Omelet is ready Hot & spicy J




Burjee Omelet

Take 1 small onion,5 chili green make small small pieces

Mix egg, onion, chilli & turmeric powder small quantity & mix properly

Put 1 spoon oil & wait till oil is hot

Pour the mixture on pan & keep flame moderate

Keep turning omelet every 2 minutes.

Burjee Omelet is ready Hot & spicy J

Batu Caves- Lord Murugan

Let me share some of places in Kuala lumpur.

The first trip in Malaysia was to Batu caves
How to reach there:

From KL sentral take the LRT to Gombak station & from there you can take taxi to batu caves
Take KTM train from KL sentral which directly takes you to Batu Caves in Rm1 only.

Things to do: Visit Murugan Temple, Caves
We meaning me & Anand piddi went to Batu caves from KL sentral by taking LRT because we didn’t know about the KTM train so reached murugan temple.

The place is awesome the caves are formed from limestone we need to cover 272 steps to reach the cave which takes breath out of you provided you have good fitness.

It was a good experience to climb & have darshan of lord murugan.
We took some snaps of lord murugan & some I was there kind of snaps
We had some good lunch from the tamil restaurant only rice but the taste was awesome.

The funny thing which happened there was Anand lost his Sandal cannot believe that we can lose sandal in  Malaysia J.Anand need to do paada yatra without pada rakshaka .

There were pigeons in front of the temple where people were feeding them & kids were having fun in chasing & playing with pigeons. we tried to get hold of some candid moments.

Overall the trip  was good to see some greenery, lord murugan blessings & a get away from KL city.

Checkout some snaps from the trip.

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2010 year of learning,earning and Shopping

Another year goes by & i feel older by a year or i have enjoyed one more wonderful year .

Need to be grateful for 2010 which had so many new things,surprises,leanings would like to thank god for all that i got in this year.

Thought i need to be grateful.

Starting 2010

Was in Bangalore but no new year party or anything
Wanted to buy bike but not sure if i would be in Bangalore  or in India for that matter was expecting a onsite travel so was delaying  buying bike.

Been to Gaganachukki & bharachukki on Madhu bike had a good time travelling close to 300 kms.
Enjoy the trip cruising at around 80KMPH.

Finally decided to buy bike on ugadi was thinking between RX135 or Pulsar 150 finally decided to buy Pulsar 150 since it gives better mileage & is comfortable for long rides.
Had some trips on my bike Nandi hills,Mancanbele dam.

Got in photography so bought  a camerasx120 wanted to explore new places with bike & camera.

Thank god for the bike & camera :)

Guys let me tell reading books can be so much fun & can improve our  vocabulary& the imagination that we get while reading the book is really great the book i loved the most is godfather ohh gosh  what details felt like i was watching a movie directed by myself
One of the best book i read till date.
If you are staying in a place where you are alone then take up reading books & you will enjoying it a lot.

It was horrible experience working in Hyderabad so was reading some books there which helped me a lot to keep myself from getting depressed.
I bought some chetan bhat books,Alchemist which really inspired me to think positive & enjoy the life as it comes.
Books i read in 2010

2 states,Alchemist,In the company of the women, Vivekanada Biography,The monk who sold his Ferrari,Godfather.

There will be low & highs every body get his share or low & high it depends on how well you handle yourself during the lows rather than highs.

The the next big thing happened in my life got a opportunity to travel to  Onsite Malaysia Hurayyyyyyy

Took a week off to go to home sweet home
Met relatives,friends & prepared myself for a 6 months Onsite thought how would i survive 6 months away from home since i have never been away for a long time from home.


My first air travel was very exited but it was night journey so wasn't able to take many pics :(.


Have been travelling to many places.Langkawi,KualaLumpur,Singapore :)

I think god for all the thing that i got in 2010
First Onsite
Materialistic Nikon D3100,Dell Inspiron14R,Mi300 cell phone
Travelling :Malaysia,Singapore
Reading Books : 2 states,Alchemist,In the company of the women, Vivekanada Biography,The monk who sold his Ferrari,Godfather.

The best thing to have happened for me is reading the book  "The Secret" i am really inspired by the book &

i am following the teaching in the books which is

Think positive think what you really want & think 100% that you will get it & yes by all means you get it.

Don't try to think about negative things which will keep you low & bother you.

Will write a separate post on "The Secret"

Once again Thank you 2010 & welcome 2011 :)

My 8 Habits - Facts in Life

1) Believe in myself - I don't think i am that confident in myself.But i like to enjoy life & do thing that i like.
like Photography,Watching movies,listening to songs.
I don't want to be too serious in life.Want want to enjoy life as a journey than end up as successful at the destination

2) Movies and Music - I just love Watching movies Drama,Real stories,Comedy action and many languages Kannada,Hindi,English.Telugu and Tamil.I enjoy inspirational & emotional films a lot.
Music listen to melodies songs from different languages Kannada,Hindi,English.Telugu and Tamil
Recent movies i liked In vicious ,Hotel Rwanda,Band Baja Baraat.

3) Books - i love to read books.Biographies,Short stories,Fictional,Non-Fictional.
I liked Vivekananda Biography,Monk who sold his Ferrari,Alchemist & Godfather.
I suggest all to read books & enjoy reading & imagination that reading gives.
Would love to get kids to read story books so that they develop the habit from childhood.

4) Experiment with Food -  I have tried different type of food Kannada,Punjabi,Gujarati,Jain,Mallu,Tamil,Chinese,Malay,Indonesian and Thai.
I can cook some receipes so i try out few things like Masala Rice,Different types of Omelets,Curries,Sabjee.

5) Tea - love Desi chai (tea) - Nothing can beat Desi chai can drink it anytime, anywhere -
I just love drinking tea with a Bun :0 best starter for every day.

6) Sweets- I am  crazy about sweets  can eat almost any sweets available.
My favorite Gulab Jamun,Chocolates,Peeda,Jalebee and many more.

7) Hobbies-
Photography is my new hobby & learning new things,Experimenting with my new DSLR Nikon D3100
Bike Rides have done some bike trips in & around Bangalore would love to go for a long trip 500 kms :)

8) Travel all over
I love travelling i feel guilty if i just spend holiday or weekends just sitting at Home/Room.
I have been travelling  many places after joining Infy & had worked in different location
Mangalore,Bangalore,Mysore,Hyderabad & now Kuala Lumpur.
Have visited the below places
Mangalore,Bangalore,Mysore,Hyderabad,Ooaty,Nandi hills,Jog falls,Singapore,Langkawi,Sirisi,Shringeri,Dharmastala,Kuke subhamanya, Kateel,Udupi,Manipal & now Kuala Lumpur.


 LH

Which camera to buy ?

I have been following photography as a hobby from  4 years now & i enjoy it a lot you can see my photos on my site
http://laxmanhabib.weebly.com/photoshoot.html

Why i am writing this post is because many people want to buy high end camera with higher features like 20X zoom,3D photo ,3D panorama & once they buy they will not use the camera that much .In my view they are wasting time & money.

Buy a camera which u may use well, think what your needs are & how you are going to use the camera & then purchase.

I have taking many pics with my mobile SonyEriccson w710i decent picture quality for 2MP.I have captured so many memories, trip photos & many others.

Bought a digital camera after 4 months of research SX120 is.

Medium size,10MP,10X zoom & AA batteries It has Manual, Shutter priority, Aperture priority mode which helped me a lot to learn about photography.

Now I own a DSLR D3100 just wanted more controls & wanted to explore new things in photography.

When my friends, people see a DSLR they say it’s very costly, very bulky and less zoom (with KIT lens).

I want to discuss that there are different camera for different purpose & different category.

• Simple Pocket Size camera
• Pocket size Zoom camera
• Bulky Extra zoom camera.
• DSLR

Simple is Best

If you don’t want complication & just want to capture moment, trip, family function & shoot some videos then a simple pocket size camera is what you need small, simple & budget friendly.

My friend Madhu just bought a Finepix AV100 it cost 4999 INR which is a excellent worth for money has all the features like 12MP,3x zoom, HD recording ,AA batteries.

The SmartAuto is wonder wonderful thing it selects modes depending on the scene like

if you go to close to a subject macro, if it’s too dark then night mode.

Just set the camera in SmartAuto & enjoy great picture & AA is an added advantage you can keep spare batteries & shoot like 400 pics with 4 AA rechargeable batteries.

Fulifilm FinePix AV100 12.2 MP Digital Camera  

Suitable for

• Family pictures
• Landscape
• Macro
• Portrait

Best simple & economic camera at 5000 INR

Pocket size Zoom camera

If you need some features to try out some photographs setting & extra zoom then yes there are cameras but bit pricy.

I am talking about a camera that can be used by anybody in family & if interested then you can explore photographic settings with Manual, Shutter priority and aperture priority modes.

Explore the world of photography with extra control & extra zoom.

Let me give you a example of such cameras

Canon SX 130 IS

       12MP, 12X zoom, AA batteries and HD recording bit bulky at price of 11K INR

Canon SX 210 IS

14MP, 14X zoom, AA batteries and HD recording at price of 14K INR

 Suitable for

• Family use
• To experiment Photography
• Manual, Aperture, Shutter modes

Best for family use & to try out new things in photography @ 11-14 INR

Extra zoom camera as good as DSLR

If you are very much interested in photography & take it as hobby then you some go ahead with a camera loaded with zoom and photographic setting.

I would have loved to buy a SX 30 IS which has never before seen features.

Canon SX 30 IS

Features

Mammoth 35X Zoom

14MP, HD recording, ISO 1600.

The features are so good that you might not consider to buy DSLR since for the same features you may need to buy a lot of zoom lens which will cost you dear but a DSLR is a DSLR.

With such a zoom 35X you can shoot many close-up shot of birds animals flowers from a long distance you are planning to go to ZOO, safari, trekking you can capture anything from a long distance.

This camera also can be used by any family members without much hassle just set in auto & enjoy your pictures but you may complain about the size & weight of the camera but at least it gives you a ease of operation with AUTO mode.

To experiment with photography we have

Manual, Shutter priority and aperture priority modes.

Shutter speed range is form 15-1/4000 can take long exposure shot

Can freeze a fast moving object like bird, car & get excellent pics.

Canon SX30 IS best suited if you are you want to take photography as hobby & also can be used by family members without much hassle and comes @ 22K INR

DSLR (Digital Single-Lens Reflex)

This camera is for people serious in photography, Hobbyist & for professionals

Features

Has many control setting like

Shutter, ISO, Aperture, White balance, Metering modes, D-lighting

HD recording

Entry level DSLR : Nikon D3100

                                 Canon 1000D   

Higher level DSLR : Nikon D90

                                    Canon 550D

DLSR is best suited for those who are serious in photography, Hobbyist & for professionals & comes at higher price

Nikon D3100 @ 25K INR best for beginners

Canon 1000D @ 21K INR

Nikon D90     @ 45K INR best Mid range DSLR

Canon 550D  @ 43K INR

I own Nikon D3100 from last 3 months :)

Hope this post is informative .Please comment to help me add more stuff into this post.