Trekking at Mission Peak

Spring is here in California. The days are long and weather is just right for trekking. So we bunch of out of shape guys decided to trek at Mission Peak of Fremont. We were 6 in total. People goes here for normal backyard walk. Its only 2,517 feet high and 2.7 mile walk to reach the summit. Even so it proved quite hard for us. I haven't done any trekking for long time, I think it was july, 2008.

We started to ascend at 4pm. On our way to the top I thought several times to stop and go back. I don't know what kept me going, maybe it was the lure of taking pictures from the top, or just the kids who are going up. But despite of all the odds we didn't give up and finally reached the summit at 6:05pm. All of us were exhausted by then. But the feelings of reaching the top, the determination and not giving up made the whole effort worthwhile.

I didn't take that much photos while going up. Guess I was too tired to take the snaps. I did take few from the top. Here is few of them.



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We started to descend at 7pm. Everything was fine but then I slipped. It was all because of my shoes. My elbow got scratched. Thank god that I only slipped once, with those shoes i was lucky not to slip again. Lesson learned in hard way.

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Random snaps of flowers

I have got my Nikon D40x almost 3/4 months now. But I haven't done any serious experiments with that so far. However this week I tried to take few snaps around my apartment and my office. Most of them targeted to flowers. Feel free to comment if you like/dislike any of these.

You can see all my flickr pics here.

BTW: Most of the pics taken with the awesome AF-S NIKKOR 50mm f/1.4G lens.

Back in social networking.

After a long time break, I am back again in all my social networks. Why? Yes I know its lots of time in waste. But again I miss the fun of not knowing whats going on. So people get ready. I will be poking around you even if you don't want to. :D

Movie: 'Children of Heaven'

I just watched this movie named 'Children of Heaven' (imdb link) . Its an Iranian film made by Majid Majidi. I once heard that Iranian movies known to be simple yet powerful. And believe me, after watching this one, I totally agree with that. I don't want to say anything about this movie as it might spoil the fun. I highly recommend everyone to watch this. I guarantee that you won't regret it.

Here is the link if you want to watch it in youtube.

Great composition. Indian music fusion..

Can I have her?

Kids.. They are so adorable..


Once upon a time... from Capucha on Vimeo.

Read the full story here: http://vimeo.com/2113477

Pick from my youtube playlist, part 1

My general observation:
Hi speed internet connection + free time = you are a youtube junkie.

Yes, its absolutely true. Even if you don't directly go to youtube, all the blogs, news sites are loaded with youtube video links. And once you are there, you are bound to check whats new. As the videos plays instantly and you go on.. click.. click.. related videos.. and yes, by that time 20 minutes is gone. I am not saying its totally worthless. Sometimes you really find something really good, something really meaningful. Most of the times if I come across these videos, I say to myself "I should have made this". Ok folks, long story short. Here are few of my youtube picks.

An animation film that won Golden Palm in Cannes 1973. Directed by Fyodor Khitruk.


Can we kiss? A short film by french director Pierre Oliver.


An Indian awareness ad. Though I don't understand hindi properly, but the message here is clear as daylight.