Amazing & Inspirational Videos

Recently, I watched couple of videos on net which are beautiful and touching. Some of them are great lesson to humanity & compassion. Some of those videos below...





HISTORIA DE UN LETRERO (THE STORY OF A SIGN)

Bala's Bull Ride (Funny though)

Hwdy!

Last weekend, I had been with friends to a place called Stockyard at Fortworth Texas. Once upon a time (I guess it was in early 1920's), this place was ranked first in Mule and Horse trading market. This place reflects the true essence of Wild-west, the cowboy's lifestyle.

I was nice to witness the 19th century western lifestyle (esp cowboys)... people dressed as cowboys, the gun shooting road show, a ride on the 1896 Steam Engine train, Cowboys Hall of fame museum, the taste of Buffalo wings, the BIG TEXAS BOSS BURGER (yummy, yummy...),the human maze and lastly my favourite: a ride on the mechanical bull. For the record, I managed to cling on to this bull for about 41 secs :) here is the video...



I could have held on to the bull for somemore time, if I had not had the groin pain, the calf muscle cramp or the burise in the ankle :):) :)

Unfortunately we missed the real Rodeo, the west-wild show,the night pubs: the real essence of cowboys life.

We are planning to visit this place again. May be this time we'll be spending the entire night enjoying this amizing atmosphere.

Aircraft Phootshoot at Alliance Airport

Few days ago, I got a golden opportunity to be part of Aircraft Photoshoot team. We had been to Alliance airport, Fortworth, TX for the photoshoot. We went to one of the hangars and had a great time for the whole day.

It was an amazing experience for me to touch an aircraft(G200), to sit at the co-pilot's seat and to have a look at all the controls, panels and other stuffs. I am really grateful to my Supervisor Rob Rhoades for providing me this opportunity.

Here are some snaps from the photoshoot.

http://picasaweb.google.com/balak81/Photos_From_a_Aircraft_hangar

My Trip to Irving, Dallas, TX - 01

Sometimes it's nice to be away from home for a while! :) I have come to Dallas to receive training on development of Courseware products! It is basically to create training materials for Pilot Ground Schools. My company, CAE, has sponsored this travel and would be for a period of 3 months.

I had reached Dallas on 8th June and it has been almost 2 weeks now! It's totally a new experience and exciting too. My colleagues are well experienced in aviation domain (minimum of 15 yrs)and are surprisingly helpful and friendly (contrary to what I have heard from others).

I believe, I'll have a great time here. I'll keep this entry updated soon.

In the meantime, some photos from last weekend trip to Dallas, Downtown. :)

US Trip

Pilobolus: A performance merging dance and biology

This an amazing art/dance/human expression.... and many more. Some might feel this video is a explicit content. But it's just awesome and probably sensual!!!

A BIG salute to the artistes Otis Cook and Jennifer Macavinta for performing this woderful sensuous duet "Symbiosis." Click here to know more about the dance company and the artistes.

BumpTop - Demo Video

This video showcases the funky, yet highly Physics oriented, presentation of a Desktop UI :)

Wallpaper - 4 a cause

I have been thinking about this "QUIT SMOKING" theme for a while. Got some mood/time today to get this wallpaper done :)



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Moving on...

Ah! finally "Mera number aagaya" :) I am moving out of Mentorware(current employer) by this month-end!

I am joining a company called CAE as Sr.Multimedia Developer. The company is into Civil/Military aviation simulation and modelling technologies. I'll be joining the Bangalore operations with the Course-ware team [integrated training solutions for Aviation].

I am looking forward to work with CAE as it would provide me an opportunity/exposure to explore the Video aspect of Multimedia :)

New Wallpaper

Over the weekend, when I was alone and reading a Tamizh book ("Sollathathum Unmai" - Prakash Raj) an important thought flashed through my mind. Living alone is both a boon and curse. I placed boon first, because loneliness allows you to live in your past and future :).


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LONELINESS...
Makes you live in your PAST through your cherished memories!
Makes you live in your FUTURE through your goals!
Alas! denies you to live your life in PRESENT!

Wallpaper Design by Vlad Gerasimov

Jungle Jail