Bala – Page 4 – Balamuthu's Blog

Way to go

Sky, wide and high
Trees, lined up like soldiers
Road, a solid river
Nature inspires me to move on.

Shot at Glenwood park, Cincinnati

Ohio Caverns

The trip to Ohio Caverns was nice and simple. The place is not much crowded so I enjoyed my time inside the cave with the crystal stones hanging around me.

I don’t know what this exactly is…May be a Gemstone maker ? 🙂

Entrance to the cave. The treasure is hidden behind the door.

Hanging crystals.

This crystal in the picture below has a history. It’s name was Goodluck Crystal and people were allowed to touch for good luck. In a year the stone turned in to brown due to stain, so they prohibited to touch and renamed it as the Dirty Stone.
Goodluck crystal then, Dirty crystal now.

I couldn’t open my eyes for a while after coming out of the cave.

PS: The crystals doesn’t look crystal clear 🙂 because it was shot using my phone camera in low light.

The naked tree

A naked tree,
Wants it’s leaves grow,
Hope springs in March!

The missing hour

Sundays are great. I feel awesome and pressure less on every weekend morning but today was different. I got up, saw the clock and felt so satisfied that I slept till 9.

I checked mails, pending notifications on Facebook and when I noticed the time on iPad and phone, I was shocked :s. It is an hour ahead of my wall clock.

I lost my precious time. Where did an hour go? When I asked my pal google, this is what she said…

Huh! Daylight Savings!

Why do people play with the Time ? Why did they choose a Sunday morning though ?
I would recommend a Daylight Savings shift on a boring monday afternoon. 😀

2013

Happy New Year. 2012 was great with ups and downs. I have also found few wonderful blogs and bloggers last year. Thanks and new year wishes to you all.

Ok, its resolution time now…
I haven’t taken or followed any resolution so far. Still let me list down my plans.

1. Save money:
I had spent a lot last year for electronics and stuffs so It’s time to save some money. I have to start from zero :(.

2. Travel:
This is about spending the money whatever I have saved :). Does resolution 1 and 2 contradicts each other?
I just want to explore the US by traveling as much as possible before my visa expires.

I hope to save and travel a lot this year.
Wish me good luck!

2012 in review

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 4,900 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 8 years to get that many views.

Click here to see the complete report.

Snowfall

It was showering white flakes all over the place. In my previous post, I wrote that I haven’t witnessed snowfall yet, but it happened the very next day. I have seen this only on movies where kids play with the snow during christmas.

Hmm, When it snows and you feel awesome, it is called snowesome 🙂

I have heard that it’s just a mild one and I can expect a heavy snow next month 🙂

Will the world end?

There has been speculation that our world will come to an end on 21 December 2012.

Though NASA said that nothing is going to happen…The doomsday fever and confusions are still there. One of my friends phoned and invited me to have biriyani with him. He is afraid that he can’t eat biriyani anymore.

Hmm, Is it okay if the world ends tomorrow ?
Definitely No!!

Here is why it’s not ok:
1. I am planning for a trip to Florida next month.
2. I have not witnessed snow fall so far.
3. I have no girlfriends.
4. I’m not yet married…not even once.
5. I haven’t visited my favorite place – Ireland.
6. I just bought a 3D TV and a home theatre but haven’t enjoyed it much.
7. There is at least six months from now for me to taste mom’s Dosa with sambar and chutney.
8. Dream home is still a dream.
9. No one will read my blog.

Why it is ok to end:
1. I need not pay my credit card and utility bills.
2. No pressure on settling in life.

Hmm, Will the world come to an end tomorrow? At least, Can it wait till this weekend is over?

Mayan Calander – Naduvula konjam varushatha kanom (Few pages missing in Mayan calendar) 🙂

Homesick

16 hours of power cut,
Polluted air,
Violated rules and
Necessity is now a luxury.
Still I love my country and feel homesick.

I miss my mom, bro, friends, thinnai veedu, dosa, chutney and sambar.

Keyboard

Playing a keyboard was my long time wish. I once asked my parents to buy me a keyboard that costs around 3000 INR. I was studying 4th standard at that time and I used to cry whenever I happen to see a music shop. This made my parents to get me one. They took me to an exhibition in Tirunelveli and got me a tiny keyboard for 30 rupees :). I did not bug them after that and was highly satisfied. I never played anything other than Happy Birthday song.

Now, at the age of 29, not knowing on what to do at home, I searched through my bucket list and found this old wish. Buying a keyboard!

So I hopped on to a music store and brought a keyboard, stand and a chair home.

I have no idea on what to do with these many black and white keys. I’m not going to take music lessons, they charge 20$ for half hour. I’m already broke.

I have decided (do I have a choice here ?) to learn on my own with the help of internet / books and a video lessons from GarageBand of MacBook Pro.

Lets see…In few days I will get to know whether my wish is Playing a keyboard or just Buying a keyboard :D.