It was a pleasent day at bentonville. Myself, Sandeep and Vishwa , we three go ready for our trip, hoping it to be a happy journey. We had our flight to Orange County, California at 8.30AM CST. We reached the Fayettville airport by 7 in the morning and waitied to get checked in.
Once our jouney started, we all three were excited. Our jouney had Dallas as the transit point from where we would change the flight to reach Orange County. There we reached Jhon Wyane Airport at Orange county and Vishwa's friend Veeresh and Prem Ranjan had come to pick us up from the Airport. That afternoon we went to a Indian Restorant in California for lunch. The lunch was awasome. We started our trip towards Las Vegas, Nevada by 5 in the evening. There was a heavy traffic on the way to Lasvegas and vehicles were moving at the speed of 5mph instead of stipulated 75mph for almost 30 miles. Hence we lost much of the time in this. Once the traffic was eased on the road, we made the drive fast paced and reached Las Vegas by night 12. There we had booked a 2-bed room fully furnitured apartment for 2 nights so that we can rest there.
After reaching LAS VEGAS, we got ready and went out towards CASINO's at 1AM Westren time zone. We just roamed around the casino's till 5 in the morning. Almost the night went by seeing the LV in the night. All Casino's when inside look like. Luxurious Casino's used to have bars with dancers. Nudely clad girls who were most probably prostitutes, who used to laugh loudly when they pass by, just to attract men. I saw few handsome men who were flirting with these girls.
Saw few gay-couples, happily holding their partner's hands( not sure if they were married or not). It was a kind of shock, but its ok, its their personal life.
We saw many Casino's like NEWYORK NEWYORK, CESAR'S PALACE, CASINO ROYALE, STRATOSHPERE, EIFEL TOWER, MGM GRAND, BELLAGIO, SAHARA, TREASURE ISLAND, THE MIRAGE, BALLY's, PARIS, MANDLAY BAY. There were many more , but no time to see. It is in all terms a real sin city - all kinds of sins are committed here. The sins like prostitution, drugs, drinks, gambling are commited in broad day light without any fear. we just came across many men and women who were just advertising how fast they can get girls to your bed.. All of them were wearing t-shirts displaying " WE CAN GET U A GIRL WITHIN 20 MINS". Along the same path , i saw a man holding a card which said " AMERICANS do feel embrassed for those nude cards, thrash them".
you can also get more information about LAS VEGAS casino's at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Las_Vegas_Strip_hotels
we went back to room that morning at 5, slept till 10 and then we started our journey towards HOOVER DAM. Hoover Dam, also known as Boulder Dam, is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada. Its a beautiful, arc-shaped damconstructed between two mountains on COLORADO river. It actually forms the border for Arizona and Nevada States. we just stayed there for 45 mins, enjoyed the view and left towards GRAND CANYON.
more information about this is in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover_Dam
On the way towards GRAND CANYON, we had to travel for more than 100 miles in dry land, probably a desert. It was like a no man's land, no vegitation, no life except hot breeze. we reached GRAND CANYON by 4 in the evening.
The Grand Canyon is a steep-sided gorge carved by the Colorado River in the U.S. state of Arizona. The longstanding scientific consensus has been that the canyon was created by the Colorado River over a period of six million years, but research released in 2008 suggests a much longer 17 million year time span.The canyon is 277 miles (446 km) long, ranges in width from 4 to 18 miles (6.4 to 29 km) and attains a depth of more than a mile (1.6 km).
Its a beautiful place, with lots of oppertunites for trekking. We had just 4-5 hrs to spend there. hence we had to hurry up seeing the place, taking pics, enjoying the cold( infact a very cold) breeze by 7.30 in the night. we met few kannada guys, enjoyed the stay there. Though we had gone there to watch the sunset, we could view it as it was a cloudy day there. But there was a time when everywhere there was clouds, but just in one place, there was sunlight touching the ground, creating a marvellous art in its own. In fact, none can match GOD's creativity.
we started from there by 8, came back to LAS VEGAS, enjoyed that night till 6, went home to sleep. Our Friday night, saturday were completed. We were supposed to vacate our room by 11AM on Sunday. we got ready, left the room. From then on we went to see LAS VEGAS at day time. first we went to the casino STRATOSPHERE.
STRATOSPHERE's attraction is the 1,149 ft (350 m) Stratosphere Tower; it is the tallest free-standing structure in Nevada. It has 3 thrill rides
1. The BIG SHOT at 1,081 feet (329 m) is the highest thrill ride in the world;
2. INSANITY the Ride, at 900 feet (274 m) is the second highest thrill ride in the world, it dangles riders over the edge of the tower and then spins in a circular pattern at approximately forty miles per hour.
3. XSCREAM at 866 feet (264 m) is the third highest thrill ride in the world.
I just took two of the 3 thrill rides. BIGSHOT and XSCREAM was what i enjoyed. though it was first time to do such things, i enjoyed a lot. BIG shot was really a big enjoyment as u would literally to the tip of the tallest building with high speed. stay there for a second or two and drop down fastly.
at that point u can see the whole LAS VEGAS. You can see the rim of VEGAS from there. the XSCREAM was one more dangerous yet enjoyable one. Vishwa and Veeru went on to play INSANITY. i just took the videos atop the STRATOSPHERE.
After this we went on to TAMBA restorant to get indian food. Unfortunately it was closed at 3.30 and we had gone there at4.30. Then we went to a chinese restorant for lunch. had a buffet and then again started the journey to watch all the remaining CASINO's. we went to taking SnAPS. then we left back to California by that night 9 and reach Orange County by 2.30 in the night. we all were so tiered that we just slept.
From Veeru's place, we started to airport by 11 in the morning. First we went to a restoraunt, had roti, dal and rice. from there we went to John Wyane airport for our return journey. It all went well, but there was a delay in the flight from SANTA ANA/ORANGE COUNTY to DALLAS. Hence we missed our return flight to FAYETVILLE at 8PM. But the American Airlines team reschelued us and put us with the 9PM flight.
The journey would have been boring if i had not met Mr. Jonathan. A gentle man probably in his 30's. I was just curious to know what he was doing to SODUKU play book. our conversation started with he saying the rules for SODOKU and it ended with discussing the diversities which both INDIA and AMERICA face. he said he was a LANDSCAPE artist. That was so nice. Normally i have found artists to be attractive by their intellectual and Jovial nature, though i have met only few, i guess all of them should be good. For 1 hour, we just went on talking, and the journey was never boring. As we talked we found how similar , atleast Arkansas was to Karnataka ( my home STATE in INDIA). so much in similarity, yet so diverse.
Well, we had to say bye as our journey ended.
The sad part was, Sandeep lost his camera ( his pet) in the flight. It had lots of his memories assoicated with it and also the trip' snaps.
I hope he will buy a newer and better than the last camera now
Friday, May 30, 2008
Restlessness
i could not do that job because i could not get hold of him....
i could not write this because he did not help
he dumped me because of no reason of mine
she did dumped me for that guy because i was not rich
we often hear these words from many of us. some times it makes me think,
are we not capable of handling these situations. Why do we hurl abuses on others
for our failures. If i dont study well, i will flunk in the exams. If i dont read well, practice well,
i will fail in the interview. No amount of defending your situation would help u in getting
ur thing back. But there can be cases which are beyod our reach, our maximum aim should be to get our things done, if we do see that it wont happen, then we should sit and think, whether its worth the try.
More often we take decisions saying its very ddifficult. But more often its possible from us, but we dont try it putting our heart in it.
I have committed the same mistakes......
i have given reasons for my failures, be it my personal life or professional. Rather than changing my attitude, i gave reason for many years. But did that change anything. Clearly it changed nothing, but it gave me the same answers for all my failures.
i dont consider coming to US was an acheivement. All tom-dick-n-harry comes to US for work or studies. But what did i acheive after coming here. I became lazy, damn-good-lazy-guy. Became dependent on others for small things which i should not have become. Why do i take comfort in being parastitic on others for small things.
I have to be independent, risk-taking( clearly for my benifit) and also successful. I know that there is no clear solution for this , other than clear planning. But for that i have stop thinkin on unnecesssay things which are diverting me. I have to do it now, before its too late for me to recover. I know being restless in getting the aim successfully would not do any good to me, but maintain calm n working towards the aim is the right way. Foremost thing is i should take risks worth taking , which could guarantee me( At least get the hope of getting ) the success....
Bless me LORD that i would work towards things as i have said now without giving reasons for not doing this.
i could not write this because he did not help
he dumped me because of no reason of mine
she did dumped me for that guy because i was not rich
we often hear these words from many of us. some times it makes me think,
are we not capable of handling these situations. Why do we hurl abuses on others
for our failures. If i dont study well, i will flunk in the exams. If i dont read well, practice well,
i will fail in the interview. No amount of defending your situation would help u in getting
ur thing back. But there can be cases which are beyod our reach, our maximum aim should be to get our things done, if we do see that it wont happen, then we should sit and think, whether its worth the try.
More often we take decisions saying its very ddifficult. But more often its possible from us, but we dont try it putting our heart in it.
I have committed the same mistakes......
i have given reasons for my failures, be it my personal life or professional. Rather than changing my attitude, i gave reason for many years. But did that change anything. Clearly it changed nothing, but it gave me the same answers for all my failures.
i dont consider coming to US was an acheivement. All tom-dick-n-harry comes to US for work or studies. But what did i acheive after coming here. I became lazy, damn-good-lazy-guy. Became dependent on others for small things which i should not have become. Why do i take comfort in being parastitic on others for small things.
I have to be independent, risk-taking( clearly for my benifit) and also successful. I know that there is no clear solution for this , other than clear planning. But for that i have stop thinkin on unnecesssay things which are diverting me. I have to do it now, before its too late for me to recover. I know being restless in getting the aim successfully would not do any good to me, but maintain calm n working towards the aim is the right way. Foremost thing is i should take risks worth taking , which could guarantee me( At least get the hope of getting ) the success....
Bless me LORD that i would work towards things as i have said now without giving reasons for not doing this.
Nice Song and its lyrics
Film: "Do Aankhen Barah Haath"
Singer: Lata Mangeshkar
aye maalik tere bande hum ayese ho humaare karam
nekee par chale, aaur badee se tale, taankee hasate huye nikale dam
ye andheraa ghanaa chhaa rahaa, teraa insaan ghabaraa rahaa
ho rahaa bekhabar, kuchh naa aataa najar, sukh kaa sooraj chhoopaa jaa rahaa
hai teree roshanee mein jo dam to amaawas ko kar de poonam
badaa kamajor hain aadamee, abhee laakhon hain is mein kamee
par too jo khadaa, hain dayaaloo badaa, teree kirapaa se dharatee thamee
diyaa toone humei jab janam too hee zelegaa hum sab ke gam
jab julmon kaa ho saamanaa, tab too hee humei thaamanaa
wo buraee kare, hum bhalaaee bhare, naheen badale kee ho kaamanaa
badh uthhe pyaar kaa har kadam aaur mite bair kaa ye bharam
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"Do Aankhen Barah Haath" (English: Two Eyes Twelve Hands) is a 1957 film that portrays a jail warden who transforms six deadly prisoners released on parole into persons of virtue and moral based on Gandhian philosophy.
The film was inspired by the story of a 'open-prison' experiment in the princely state of Oundh near Pune, which was recounted by G D Madgulkar to V. Shantaram.
In 2005, Indiatimes Movies ranked the movie amongst the Top 25 Must See Bollywood Films. The film is also remembered for its theme song, Aye Maalik Tere Bande Hum, sung by Lata Mangeshkar. Original Music by Vasant Desai.
Cast; * V. Shantaram - Adinath, Jail warden * Sandhya - Champa
Trivia;
During the filming V. Shantaram battled with a bull and lost his one eye during the stunt. He was daring and filled livingness to the movie.
Awards; * 1958: National Film Award for Best Film. * 1958: Berlin International Film Festival: OCIC Award.....
Lata Mangeshkar ( born September 28, 1929) is a highly known playback singer in the Indian Hindi movie industry. Mangeshkar's career started in 1942 and has spanned over six decades. She has done playback singing for over 980 Bollywood movies, and has sung songs in over twenty Indian languages. She is the elder sister of the equally accomplished singer, Asha Bhosle....
Awards and recognitions;
Lata Mangeshkar has won several awards and honors, including Padma Bhushan (1969), Padma Vibhushan (1999), Dada Saheb Phalke Award (1989), Bharat Ratna (2001), three National Film Awards, and 12 Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards. She has also won four Filmfare Best Female Playback Awards. In 1969, she made the unusual gesture of giving up Filmfare Best Female Playback Award, in order to promote fresh talent. She was later awarded Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in 1993.
In 1984, the State Government of Madhya Pradesh instituted the Lata Mangeshkar Award in honor of Lata Mangeshkar. The State Government of Maharashtra also instituted a Lata Mangeshkar Award in 1992.
In 1974, The Guinness Book of Records listed Lata Mangeshkar as the most recorded artist in the history, stating that she had reportedly recorded "not less than 25,000 solo, duet and chorus backed songs in 20 Indian languages" between 1948 and 1974.
Although the entry has not been printed in Guinness editions since 1991, reputable sources claim that she has recorded thousands of songs, with estimates ranging up to figures as large as 50,000.
Lata is the second vocalist to receive "Bharat Ratna", India's highest civilian honour......
Singer: Lata Mangeshkar
aye maalik tere bande hum ayese ho humaare karam
nekee par chale, aaur badee se tale, taankee hasate huye nikale dam
ye andheraa ghanaa chhaa rahaa, teraa insaan ghabaraa rahaa
ho rahaa bekhabar, kuchh naa aataa najar, sukh kaa sooraj chhoopaa jaa rahaa
hai teree roshanee mein jo dam to amaawas ko kar de poonam
badaa kamajor hain aadamee, abhee laakhon hain is mein kamee
par too jo khadaa, hain dayaaloo badaa, teree kirapaa se dharatee thamee
diyaa toone humei jab janam too hee zelegaa hum sab ke gam
jab julmon kaa ho saamanaa, tab too hee humei thaamanaa
wo buraee kare, hum bhalaaee bhare, naheen badale kee ho kaamanaa
badh uthhe pyaar kaa har kadam aaur mite bair kaa ye bharam
==============================================================================
"Do Aankhen Barah Haath" (English: Two Eyes Twelve Hands) is a 1957 film that portrays a jail warden who transforms six deadly prisoners released on parole into persons of virtue and moral based on Gandhian philosophy.
The film was inspired by the story of a 'open-prison' experiment in the princely state of Oundh near Pune, which was recounted by G D Madgulkar to V. Shantaram.
In 2005, Indiatimes Movies ranked the movie amongst the Top 25 Must See Bollywood Films. The film is also remembered for its theme song, Aye Maalik Tere Bande Hum, sung by Lata Mangeshkar. Original Music by Vasant Desai.
Cast; * V. Shantaram - Adinath, Jail warden * Sandhya - Champa
Trivia;
During the filming V. Shantaram battled with a bull and lost his one eye during the stunt. He was daring and filled livingness to the movie.
Awards; * 1958: National Film Award for Best Film. * 1958: Berlin International Film Festival: OCIC Award.....
Lata Mangeshkar ( born September 28, 1929) is a highly known playback singer in the Indian Hindi movie industry. Mangeshkar's career started in 1942 and has spanned over six decades. She has done playback singing for over 980 Bollywood movies, and has sung songs in over twenty Indian languages. She is the elder sister of the equally accomplished singer, Asha Bhosle....
Awards and recognitions;
Lata Mangeshkar has won several awards and honors, including Padma Bhushan (1969), Padma Vibhushan (1999), Dada Saheb Phalke Award (1989), Bharat Ratna (2001), three National Film Awards, and 12 Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards. She has also won four Filmfare Best Female Playback Awards. In 1969, she made the unusual gesture of giving up Filmfare Best Female Playback Award, in order to promote fresh talent. She was later awarded Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in 1993.
In 1984, the State Government of Madhya Pradesh instituted the Lata Mangeshkar Award in honor of Lata Mangeshkar. The State Government of Maharashtra also instituted a Lata Mangeshkar Award in 1992.
In 1974, The Guinness Book of Records listed Lata Mangeshkar as the most recorded artist in the history, stating that she had reportedly recorded "not less than 25,000 solo, duet and chorus backed songs in 20 Indian languages" between 1948 and 1974.
Although the entry has not been printed in Guinness editions since 1991, reputable sources claim that she has recorded thousands of songs, with estimates ranging up to figures as large as 50,000.
Lata is the second vocalist to receive "Bharat Ratna", India's highest civilian honour......
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