Thursday, April 20, 2006

UMD Soormay - Gabroo in action

UMD Soormay

My sister, Vaidehi in her quintessentail dance action! go!! gal!! :). Here is the maestro in action.

Thursday, April 13, 2006

World Economic Forum - India and the World Scenarios

World Economic Forum - India and the World Scenarios

So thinking on a global level!! Preaching to solve world problems! well so what the hell World Economic Forum does? Rallies the confederation of industries in every nation? Do we really have numbers on effective measures by such organization?

Anyways the link points to the scnerios which deam the future of India for next 25 years on two axes - Integration with world and Inclusive growth and development. This slide was used by Microsoft India MD to lure back folks of Indian origin to Microsoft India from the Redmond campus. The strong points he made was that India's 65% GDP is from Individual spending and Microsoft will get to 1 billion $ revenue share by 2009. Well! yeah and come back to India for glory and family!!

So to the point - what do the axes say? To me it makes no sense. If India makes "Integrated development" Then i think the battle is won!! Integrating the varied and diverse cultures in India itself is a bigger challenge than integrating with world! Infact i would contest that its a superset of the world challenge!!

Tuesday, April 04, 2006

Rappelling


Rappelling
Originally uploaded by vbha.
Boooya~! My third climb, I climbed up mainly using the cracks and nice footholds with a backpack and extra water :). You can see me here Rappelling down from this climb, it was awesome, sunny and 1500 ft above sea-level :). Rock-on i would say ...

Monday, April 03, 2006

Rock Climbing Mt. Erie!


Patrick trying rope three
Originally uploaded by vbha.
Yesterday i did my first rock climbing ever. Through Mountaineers Rock 2 field trip we did some runs on Mt. Erie. It was awesome to do three climbs using techniques like edgeing, manteling, crack climbing etal and the weather was a lot better than I expected. Just couldn't get enough of this thrill. Watch out for some rapelling pics and more of climbing stuff as i learn the ropes of this ride :).

Monday, March 13, 2006

Mathilda Reinvented


Mathilda Reinvented
Originally uploaded by vbha.
So yep finally i got a bike. Its SV650S copper color !! I rode it to work today and i so love it! This is an awesome mechanical horse, gives a real high!!

Whistler Funpalooza


Crozz Country Trailz
Originally uploaded by vbha.
Had a lot of fun this weekend with a bunch of friends in Whislter. Most of us arrived on Thursday Mar 9 and went for the hills on Friday and Sunday. A few people joined us on Friday...along with a mysterious who. Anyways all we did was partyed, played with snow and got massages :).

Yep finally i can now go down a hill with a snow-board :). The instructor was really nice and what i discovered is that i can toe edge better than heel edgeing, exact opposite is true with most ppl!! Weird southpaws! Anyways i couldnot do the double-Cs of what they call diamonds successfully :(. But hey i can toe and heel edge and come down the slope with leaf falls (and some literal falls;) successfully!! Booyaa!!!

So here is Snowboarding101 learn 1. Heel edgeing 2.Heel edgeing with turns 3. Toe edgeing 4. Toe edgeing with turns 5. C- turn with starting with hell edge 6. C-turn starting with toe edge 7. The diamond !! Most important thing to remember is that you cruize on edge of the board and not the surface area!! And oh ya..wax your board before using it.

Friday, February 10, 2006

Fitness Tips - LifeStyle Routines

  • Breathe correctly
  • Negative contraction
  • Hold contraction
  • Drink water

Create LifeStyle Routines: Derek Noble way: http://www.bodynoble.com

  • Posture
  • Breathe: Breath IN the stomach should go OUT. Exhale on exertion.
  • Do frequent breathing breaks to get rid of stress.
  • Focus touch training, visualization
  • Office pump: Squat, Dip, Push ups, Abs (leg crunch & hand crunch)
  • Stretching:

Equipment:

  • Excercise ball
  • Resistance band

Meditation

  • Essential for a great lifestyle.