21 October 2009

At The Movies-again....

I went with few of my friends to watch wake up Sid
it was truly amazing !!!!!!!!
i loved the movie.
then we went to "city walk" a huge mall next to the theatre
and after the movie we were just roaming around the mall
we had hot dogs for lunch
and doughnuts from M.O.D (Mad over Doughnuts) for dessert...
and then returned home after a awesome day.

Listen & watch Kya karoon here

19 October 2009

At The Movies.......

Up


I went with my mom to watch Up the movie
and really enjoyed it.
it was a nice movie and if you have an option you should watch it
watch the trailer here

16 October 2009

Festival of lights



Happy Diwali to all.

That's my house on the top floor lit up with all diya's,
i.e a row of lamps,
since it is a festival of lights.
Cotton string wicks inserted in small clay pots filled with oil—
to signify victory of good over the evil within an individual !!!
No fire crackers for me
i hate disturbing the birds & dogs

15 October 2009

In Landour.......... with the Mountain Hawk Eagle


During the Dushera break we had gone to Landour. I liked the place, the small streets, the house where we stayed, which was infact overlooking a valley, the wooded areas were much less, so the walks were quite restricted, also Rhesus Macaques did sometimes look very aggressive, we tried to avoid eye contact, but also had to be careful at the same time, also the weather which suddenly changes from sunny, to cloudy & rainy & vice versa.

It was challenging to identify the Raptors. They just seem to arrive so suddenly & also disappear also equally fast. Of course the high light was to see the Mountain Hawk Eagle sitting in a tree in just 10ft in front of us. We were also lucky to see a pair of Black eagles in a very playful mood

And also the flying skills of the Eurasian Sparrow Hawk was just awesome & how she took on the crows which were hassling her.


The birds we saw & were able to identify are :
Mountain Hawk Eagle
Black Eagle
Eurasian Sparrow Hawk
Himalayan Griffon
Verditer Fly Catchers
Ultra Marine Fly Catchers
Dark sided Fly Catchers
Brown fronted Wood Pecker

Brown Bull Finch
Grey Winged Black Bird
Bar Tailed Tree Creeper

Green Backed Tit
Black Lored Tit

Whiskered Yuhina
White Throated Laughing Thrush
Striated Laughing Thrush
Scarlet Minivets


13 October 2009

An empty house comes to life


The house next to mine is C- 128 SE, ND, 17. It has been more or less an empty house.
An occupant of it has been Mimi @aka Matilda, a street dog which made it her house. Now she has five puppies. Me & my friends named them Chocolate, Mercury, Vapour, Mischief & Magic.

Now this empty house has become like a museum, with children coming morning & evening with food & milk to play & feed the puppies. I also enjoy playing with them & watch them play. When i come home in my cycle they are all there & they recognise me & come running.

But soon i'll have a problem if they start running after me to school !!

9 October 2009

sketches series.............4. Goosander


Here is a sketch of a Goosander which i did the other day !