Blacked white...

Well I know, the title is bit confusing..it does not mean anything special..but i thought it is the best suitable title for my post..


I don't know why but the day I started photography, Black and White images have always attracted me...May be its the effect of history attached with Germany...Or I don't know, but all I can say is I love my collection of Black and white snaps than the color ones..


Here it goes...


1. I walk a long way...

 @ Bamberg ( 9th April 2011)

2. I will be there to enlighten you..

 @ Regensburg (7th May 2011)

3. I will support you forever....

@Berlin (24th July 2011)

4. I will stand to tell the history..

@Berlin (24th July 2011)

5.Paused

@Munich (2nd Oct 2011)

6. Flow...

 @ Venice (25th Dec 2011)

7. Resistance...

@ Venice (25th Dec 2011)

I don't know why I keep the title for this snap as "Resistance"... But felt its the best one..As water resist the boat, obstacles keep resisting us on a path to success..but we keep going....life keeps moving....

8. I dont have leaves to give you shade...but I will burn my self to give you heat..warmth....

@Bamberg (25th Feb 2012)

9. Lonely.....

@ Bamberg (25th Feb 2012)

These snaps are special...somewhere there is a special meaning attached to each one them..some of them which I can explain....n some to you will have to explore yourself..

Stay tuned to this .....Many more to come....

Till then, 

Cya...

Jai

Bring back the Kid......

Have you ever thought of getting inked?? Getting a Tattoo?? 


From the last 2-3 three years, I am planning to get a tattoo. But could not execute the plan. Sometimes because of the objection from the family members and sometimes due to the collision of my own thoughts..But this time, I was thinking about getting a tattoo bit seriously...So in search of the perfect tattoo for my self, I did a lot of research..Surf many websites, got consultation from many tattoo designers, but could not find one..perfect one..which I want..so In the end, I thought to design my own tattoo and get it inked.... So while travelling to home from office, I started to imagine a picture and then put it on the paper at night....Though I have not found the tattoo, I realised one thing...my love for drawing...When I was a Kid, I loved to draw... people, different shapes and specially landscapes....it used to make me so happy and alive when I was able to put the perfect shades and colours in the picture....Today when I draw a tattoo, I feel some type of happiness..i feel fresh and alive.....The time which I used to spend on facebook, now I spare it for drawing tattoos and landscapes....


In the Race with the life, we sacrifice or quit many things to reach our goals. These things can be anything... like an activity which we used to love, or things which we like to do...n in some case relationships also. We quit doing the things which we love...which makes us feel alive...which brings smile on your face......sometimes such small small hobbies works like a magic when you are stressed out or tensed....I feel it is better to spare time for such hobbies than sitting on facebook and surf to what people are doing ....


So find out such hobbies which you have quit and spare sometime for the things which you love...bring back the kid in yourself....feel alive and young....feel the happiness and spread the smiles...


- Jai

Back on track.....

Finally, I am back...on the track of the life…

Don’t think much, it was just a line..but yeah, I am here after almost four months. Many things happened during this time. There are so many things to write about, so many things to tell you, but to tell you frankly, I am not able to put them in to words at the moment.

Today I want to thank one of my friend… I always feel refreshed when I talk to her. She is always full of life… and the most important thing about her is her ability to see something special in each and everything. Sometimes I feel jealous of her when I see that she can find happiness even in a sip of a coffee…. Can you believe it? But that’s true. Whenever I read her blogs, it makes me think whether I am living life right way or not. I am enjoying my life or not. You know she doesn’t write anything special in her blog, like  “a way to live a life” …. Or any other guide like “the monk who sold his Ferrari” and etc…but the way she describe the things happening in her life and how she is able to make most of the moment is just amazing.. Sometimes, it really makes me think “is it really possible?”..

I want to thank her again, as again its her blog only which inspired me to again take a pen and write something…

Cya for now,

Jai

It All Ends ...

No, this blog is not about the last part of the Harry Potter franchise but yeh I wish that J.K.Rowling will again come back with such fantastic story. 

Anyway this blog is about “ENDs”. Yeah , we all know the things which have a start will come to an end one day. But the question that has been stuck in my mind since a long time now is “Why do we hate end so much?”.

Have you ever given a thought to this? I was in India for three weeks.  Cannot tell how quickly my vacation ended, but in the last week, I was not at all feeling well because my vacation is about end. The thought about the end of vacation has absorbed all the positive vibrations. I was wishing that my vacation will go on for one or two more weeks. (I know even if it was extended, I would have again felt the same during the last week).There are many such examples. End of a good movie, your fav TV serial, end of your career with your first employer (Of course when you switch to new company), End of a relationship…..the list is endless….

Why do we hate End so much?? Are we afraid of coming out of our comfort zone or we are afraid of the new challenges waiting for us?   

Well, I am trying to find out the answer to this question. Do tell me if you find one …..

There is lot to write. But for now this much is enough..;)

Straight from the Heart ...!!!

Straight from the Heart….!!!!

Has the thought ever knocked on the door of your mind that your life has become very dull and boring? Have you ever felt that all the colors have disappeared from your life??

Think once again….

No, but I have felt that.From the last few days or say months my mind was occupied with all such questions,..my mind was so busy with these stupid thouhts that I was not even able to concentrate on my favourite timepass....photography..surfing..etc..

But my life has taken a turn now....I am happy...I am cheerful..n most imporant, now I am enjoying every moment of life...not because the work which I am doing right now is intersting nor that I have bought any new cool gadget or shoe...but because I found out the reasons....the answers for the above questions....

The reason was ...my boring routine....The day I arrived here in Germany...my life had become very monotonous...i was following the same routine.. Every monday to friday...same time table..wake up early in morning, prepare break fast (sometimes lunch also)...go to office..return home around 7 or 8...take dinner..watch some shows on lappi, face book n go to sleep..on weekends, shopping, bowling and eat lots of food...from the last 4-5 months I was following the same schedule...but now I said to my self that enough is enough... I have implemented many changes in my day to day life....i decided that I wont dance with the tick tick music of watch...but I will do whatever I want...ofcourse, no masti during work....but I will make most of from the rest of the time...now many things have changed....bad minton, bowling, exercises photography are also part of my daily life...sometimes I do what I have never planned...like for example I ironed all my clothes today n arranged my cu board...wow it looks cool...

So change your routine, wear your dancing shoe and go for party with the life….face your fear….come out of your comfort zone and do whatever your heart say…Try something which you have never thought of….do something which scares you to death…challenge the defeats and win the failures….

Of course this realization was not easy, but there is someone who actually helped me or you can say forced me to see how boring my life was… That person is also the source of inspiration for writing this blog…

Thanks a lot Lil for spreading the light in my life like miss sunshine J

Living the History @ Regensburg

Day started with a positive note that all of us reached Bahnof (Ok ok .. This is how Railway Station is called in Germany) to explore one more Unesco Heritage Site - Regeneburg. I was quite excited for this one day trip, as I have heard a lot about a superb church and city centre in this city and also becuase I will get a chance to click some wonderful monuments in the city.

I know that in Germany all the cities look like same. It feels like they decided on a template and implemented in all cities, but each city has something special attached with it...History...monuments.... or the culture.. and so do Regensburg...

Excellently preserved City Centre with Cathedral and Stone Bridge being the mail tourists spots is the main attraction of Regensburg..This city centre is known as the largest medieval City Centre in Germany. So after buying a coffee, we started our journey through the streets of this city centre...Believe me, it is really beautiful. The best thing I found is the Cathedral. It is said that it took almost 400 years to complete it. Below is some pics of the Cathedral,

Interior of the cathedral,

The streets were occupied by the tents from the very high car brands like WV, Mercedes and Porsche...lovely outdoor cafes and ice cream parlors...some pics of streets of city centre

Medieval stone bridge connects the residential area with the city centre..

Click of the city from stone bridge,

I really like the city.. The best part is that city was not damaged much during the world War 2, so still we can see the glimpse of the of Germany...

Thanks to all my friends for being such a wonderful company.. n making this trip a memorable one...

Cya,

Jai...

A Day in Geneva

Every single person who comes to Europe comes with a dream to visit the "Heaven On Earth - Swiss" and so do I. The day I put my step in Europe, I wanted to visit Switzerland. So I was desperately waiting for a long weekend when I will get a chance explore the beauty of Swiss.

And the dream came true on Easter Holidays. Along with friends I made a full proof plan to visit each and every place in Swiss, but well it is not possible.

On a day of good friday, we started our journey of a life on the road of Switzerland. As the distance was too long, we decided to take a first stop at Mummle See at Baden-Baden. It is one of the area near Black Forest. The place is so beautiful that once we thought to stay there and spend the holidays there, but then it was not possible. The lake was very beautiful, surrounded by lots n lots of tress.

After having the breakfast we headed to the sparkling city Geneva...

Geneva which is a home to the European head quarters of United nations has also welcomed people from all over the world to be a part of its culture. After spending more than in six months in a small town of Erlangen, Geneva has again reminded me the charm of the big city at its entrance only.

A path along side the lake was occupied by the tourists acorss the world, people selling foods and souveniers for survival.

Words will never be enough to explain the experience that we had that day. We all were stunned by the Jet d'Eau which was touching sky and then falling back to see like teaching a lesson that it does not matter how high u fly in the end you will have to land on the earth only.

After having the experience of a life time, hiding all the images of geneva in mind, we started ur journey to Interlaken, Swiss....but the charm of the city will never fade away...

I fell in love with the city in the first glance...

But I knew that still more was coming...the beauty of swiss was welcoming us with both its arms open...

......
Jai