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

Love for Life 2 (Buddha)

All that we are is the result of what we have thought.

                                                                                                        Buddha

Think Positive --->           Belive in Postive  things       ---->         Receive Positive things

             I remember my parent asking me to be friends with good people with good habits  so that we learn good things and achieve higher in life.

             Some or  the other thing in our life style are some where influenced from a person or a situation.

        

               If we think evil then it comes back to us
               

            In Short treat people the way you want people to treat you.

            Make them smile,laugh give them a shoulder when they need it the most.

            Be happy for others success and express yourself.

 There is a saying in Kannada.

Cheers & Best Wishes

Laxman

     

             " Gyana Yavaa bill inda bandroo tagobekooo"

            "Knowledge should be taken irrespective of the source of the knowledge"

       

            Lets take good thoughts from people around us and make ourself better.

    

             My Quotes

                 "Competition with ourself is the best competition ever"

                  "The More you achieve the more humble you should be"

      If we think good for us and others then always then Universe will shower more happiness in your life.

Happy Anniversary

Happy Anniversary

This is my "The Favorite Photo"

I thank you for all the love and support

Life away from Home

Life away from Home

Missing Home Family Friends

Missing Home food,Gadag mirchi ,badnikai,Girmit

Missing my bike I dont know if my Jatkaa matches with my bike

I bought the bike in April 2010 used for 4 months went to Malaysia and when i returned to Bangalore used for 6 months and came to Atlanta.

Used  it for 10 months out of 22 months :(

Had some wondeful trip on my bike

Devarayanadurga

Macnchinbele Dam

Mauthal Maduvu

Chunchi falls Sangama Mekedatu

Nandi Hills

We take it for granted that life goes on the way it is going on..

When I was returning from Malaysia to Bangalore in June 2011.

I had plans and list of things to do

• Bike Trip
• Wanted to learn Cooking Chicken,Sweets
• Learn Car Driving
• Shoot lots of pics
• Visit Hampi on bile and shoot loads of pics.
• Visit Dandeli
• Visit Mangalore obviosuly to taste Narayana's Fish :)

I was able to fufill few of the things

Wanted to go atleast 2 bike trip every month but did not get good company so did 2 bike trip only :(
Muthyal Maduvoo
Chunchi Fals-Sangama-Mekedatoo

Learnt Car driving and got License with Patience :)

There were plenty of North Karnataka hotels so did not cook much at home and hence my urge to learn cooking sweets & chicken remained a distant dream.

Change is the spice of life
Once again like my career graph my location changed and in span of 8 months I worked in 3 different countries Malaysia India and USA.



 We don't appreciate the things that we have until we miss them.I miss

• Spending more time with Family
• Meeting Friends
• Photo shoot
• Bike Trips

Friends make plans make trip meet friends meet family enjoy
Don't wait too long go take a hike yourself
Go take a Bike trip with friends and remember the old college days
If you are not getting promoted in the current job go change job and get a 20-50 % hike
Visit & Meet Family
Party with friends whole Night

Time flies like anything before you know you would be 30.......... 35.............. 40
Some of my pics from 2006 till date

  PS : I love my family & friends miss you

Love for Life 1

I am very much inspired by the book "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne.

The Summary of the book in short

• Think IT ---> Believe IT  ----> Receive IT 

• Always think positive and look at the brighter side. 

•  Stop worrying and and stop thinking about Negative things.

•  God has blessed us with this wonderful life lets think positive and enjoy the life and make it worth the god time and effort.

  I would like to start writing some Inspirational quotes ,Jokes ,Pics to make people Laugh,Smile  &

think positive.


Today's Quotes 1.

              Eat Healthy.

                             Every day do at least one things that make you Happy.

                                            Make at least some one Smile/Laugh Every day.
                                                                (listening to favourite song,dance to a song,call friend,relative)


                                                                             A day without smiling is a day wasted.

Smile/Laugh Like a baby

Cheers & Smiles
Laxman

Some Clicks from Malaysia

I was going through some  old pics i took in Malaysia and brought the wonderful memories.

Here are some of the pics.

Cheers

Laxman 

Recent Clicks

In Atlanta its cold so not able to go for Outdoor Photo shoot :(

Journey was long 28 hours :(

 

Bangalore to Doha         Doha to Washington          Washington to Atlanta

Could have saved at least 6 hours had it been 2 flights instead of 3.

Wanted to capture some shots from Plane could not as i got a non window seat


Its been long time since I picked my DSLR.

Just tried some Self Portrait & Shot some Bugs.



Wanted to Click some Bugs shots got some decent shots.

Planning for some long exposure and City Sky line Shots soon.

Started Exercising Feels good

Missing Malaysia  and Evening running & walks to Park

Cheers

Laxman

Love for Books

Books are the Best Friends J

I disagree; Books are one of the Best Friends

I used to think how the hell can reading book be fun L

 

Until I came across a friend of mine whom I believe is a piece of GEEK because of his spectacles, reading habit and he also about his looks

So This My friend use to read Novels, Puzzles, Vedic Mathematics and what not.

At first I thought what a jack A@@ He does not play sports, does not go to movies and what else can the brainy geek a basket in himself do so he kills his time in reading books.

Thought I was getting judgmental so I thought I would give it a try and so I borrowed his books and I started reading books for fun

Puzzles To Puzzle You by By Shakuntala Devi

Puzzles By Shakuntala Devi

The Experience was totally different Every Puzzle I try to solve gave me a different kick and made me think out of box. Yes Every Puzzles let us think Out of Box than our regular math.

I Enjoy Solving the riddles and also read some techniques in solving large Mathematical problem using Vedic Mathematics.I read Puzzles by Shakuntala Devi What a great soul with Mathematical brain I loved her books which in future helped me to get into Infosys by clearing the first round of Infy Aptitude.

I was enjoying reading books for the first time in life and realized that books are not only meant for our academics.

I was hearing a lot about Novels during my college days (2004)and every other guys had read books by Chetan Bhagat. “5 Point Someone” & “Once Night @ Call Centre”.

The experience was different I enjoyed the story with the suspense and twist and got things going for the books.

 

Now I had completed BE and joined Infosys

I use to run away from personality improvement books and thought it was all fake how could it help anybody .I was low on life and usual work and go to home no other things

I missed reading for a long time from college days.

One of my friends gave the book “The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari”

I read the book I got motivated and it let me know that if we think what we want and if we work we can achieve anything and everything in life

I failed to apply the teaching of the book in life L

I golden rule was to practice whatever you want to do for continuous 21 days and it becomes a habit so you would continue it for your life like going to gym, getting up early in the morning, Reading, Writing

The best Novel that I read till date is “THE GOD FATHER” by Mario Puzo is so full of details that while reading the book I felt like seeing the characters, Action whole story in front of my eyes.

The details about character, the dialogues make it like we are directing the movie in front of our very own eyes .I now enjoyed the real beauty of reading books.

I felt that Chetan Bhagat was a story writer after reading “THE GOD FATHER” since Mario Puzo had given so many details, so much thought, so much time which makes it the MUST READ BOOK BEFORE WE DIE.

The dialogue by GODFATHER I will remember for ever

“I will make you an offer which you cannot refuse”

The Alchemist is another inspiring book which I read and have become the fan of Paul Coelho.

The journey of a boy to his destiny was really heartwarming and inspires us to dream big and work hard and achieve our goal which gives us the ultimate satisfaction.

The Most Inspiring book I read till date is “The Secret” by Rhonda Byrne.

Oh my good o god lord!

I say it has changed my life. I don’t worry much about Negative things these days.

Earlier I used to think a lot of Negative stuff, use to repent on small mistakes and make me feel low on confidence.

I read this book and watched the video and was blown out by it. I got a Gene !

It Simply Says

Think IT à Believe IT à Receive IT

Think IT

Think Positive Think what all you want in life think about it without worrying how you would receive it .Think like there is a gene that is waiting for you wish.

Think with each minute details that you want about a person, thing or money.

If you are searching for a life partner then think about the qualities that you are looking for Education, Personality and Life Style.

Believe IT

Believe in yourself and work hard and give 100% Enjoy various phases of life.

Believe in yourself that whatever you have wished will all come to you and Think for a moment how happy you would feel you have got the thing you wished for.

The feeling of owing or having the things that you have wished is a real joy.

Receive IT

The thing you wished for, The Things you believed that will be your one day will finally be yours when you receive the things you wished and dreamt off.

It’s easy to curse or worry about thing we don’t have. Just wish what all things you want and think Positive.

Thank god and show your gratitude for all the things, Comforts, Family, Friends that you have got.

We feel Happy and Blessed when we realize what all things god has showered on us.

I have applied the teaching of the Book “The Secret” and feel the best thing that has happened to me.


 I had wished the People, things and Job that I wanted and here I am after 1 year I am got all the things I wished for.

·         I was looking for a Life Partner and here I am Already 6 months since I got EngagedJ and losing my Bachelors this year to gain Masters.

·         I always dreamt about DSLR and here I am a proud owner of Nikon D3100 J

·         I wished I had my own site and blog and here we go I have my site and blog and have uploaded my world through my DSLR Lens. Oh Boy I am enjoying Photography  J

·         I wanted a job change and I got itJ.

·         I wanted to own some property and bought a site J

Go Get a Book "The Secret" read it and change your life forever.

Go out buy some books and enjoy the joy of reading.

My Favorite list of Books

The Secret                                    
The Alchemist                 T
he Monk Who Sold his Ferrari

                Puzzles to Puzzles You                       The God Father                              The Power

I am starting my Wish list for this Year 2012.

Be Happy, Think Positive, Wish a lot and receive a lot.

Think IT à Believe IT à Receive IT

Cheers

LUCKY          (Lucky kaisee Lucky Ho Gayaa)

Me And My Fiance Sudha

Photo Exhibition ( My Favorites )

I love Photography and below are some of my all time Favorite clicks

Common Crow Butterfly @ Banneraghatta Zoo

A Cute little Girl in a Mall During Christmas Celebration @ KL 

Sunset @ Cyberjaya Malaysia

Full Moon @ Full Price @ KL

Common Crow Butterfly @ KL Butterfly Park

Butterfly @ KL

Tortoise  @ Banneraghatta Zoo

LoinKing @ KL Zoo

Swan @ KL Zoo

With Full Love For Photography

Lucky