A picture for your thoughts
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
I bought my first digital camera in June 2004 at Fry's store somewhere near Palo Alto, CA. Since then I’m pretty sure that I have taken over 10,000 photographs. There have been numerous occasions where I have needed to choose the best pictures of a particular set, either categorised by event (birthdays) or by location (Great Wall). In either circumstance, it has been pretty easy since there really is no limitation on the number of photos that I can pick and choose. Even then, it is hard to decide what stays in and what, figuratively, hits the cutting room floor. I had never even thought of my ‘5 Best Travel Pictures’.. until I saw the contest from BlogAdda for the 5 best travel photographs
Trampled byY Trip at Tuesday, June 01, 2010 12 comments
Labels: BlogAdda, China, Leh, Photography, travel
Nazar Pendants and a missed arbitrage opportunity
Friday, May 28, 2010
I know it now. I will never, ever be a shrewd, ice-cold businessman displaying the sharpest of acumen. No, I am not talking about bottom fishing during a recession and selling out when the market hits the top. Nor am I talking about trading currency futures which was out there for everyone to see. I missed out on a very very lucrative opportunity of selling Nazar Suraksha Kawach that keeps coming on late night TV shopping ads all the time. The opportunity of trading these pendants would have been so fruitful that I really could have set myself up for life if I had simply followed common sense and of course, the requisite killer instinct to zoom in on a positive-only cash flow trading situation
Trampled byY Trip at Friday, May 28, 2010 4 comments
Trouble in Bangkok
Friday, May 21, 2010
Looking at @vaitor's timeline on Twitter and reading his blog took me back to the brief visit to Bangkok in early 2007. The country had just come off a coup d'état a few months and the military were still showing off their might with tanks in the main area near the Palace and armed guards. I thought of making this post to quickly write about the few things that I saw and experienced. From the rides on the long-tails to the incessant badgering of the tuk-tuks to the trips to the pearl and emarald 'museums', it was in all, quite fascinating
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| The Grand Palace by night |
Trampled byY Trip at Friday, May 21, 2010 1 comments
In China, do they go to Chinese Restaurants? Or just Restaurants?
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Typical restaurant table - you will note that my plate is emptyShanghai is not an easy place to be a foodie. If you eat meat, you have the problem of excess and choices to the heavens. If you are a veggie-foodie, things start getting a little dicey. But you can still manage if you plan your meals very very well, and much in advance and after a lot of research. Oh.. you should also deliberately dull your sense of smell, sight, taste, touch and hearing to just eat in a Shanghainese restaurant
Trampled byY Trip at Thursday, May 06, 2010 8 comments
Labels: China, food, Shanghai, travel
