2009 in Pictures - August

Been away from CKD for a very long time... and irrespective of how much I want to, I just have not been able to get time to get online!!!

The EDGE on the iPhone does not help either!

But here I am... with a post that has been waiting to be published for almost about a month now! Enjoy the pictures of last August...

It was a beautiful month in Milwaukee.. I also went to Minneapolis and had a great weekend there...

Saw movies on a home projection system back to back!!!

Went with office friends to a cabin some 2.5 hours away from Milwaukee up north, and led my team to a victory in the games we played over two days, the highlights being me eating bitter gourd, and finished about 24 golgappas in just below 3 minutes!!!

Life has been great lately! I struggle at times with the new profile that I am in now with MTS, and at the same time I thoroughly enjoy the learning that I get almost everyday! I finish my day promising myself that I will do better the next day!

Its very new for me.. the whole TELCO thing, and how a company totally working in India, works!!! but that's an interesting topic for the next post (whenever that comes)

For now let's be silent in honor of the long silence on Chai ki Dukaan, and just enjoy how the month of August in 2009 was!!!

2009 in Pictures - April

The biggest thing about April 2009 was 30on30... It was a personal achievement which brought immense satisfaction to me, and I am glad that the thought worked so well! April was also about some warm days, more rain, less snow, and some cold days too...

My birthday was celebrated by cutting an Apple pie instead of a cake because the gang from MSP could not find a cake shop on their way to Milwaukee on my birthday... it was nice to have friends on birthday night, though birthdays usually are no big deal for me...

We thought of going to 6-flags, the amusement park about an hour south of Milwaukee, but it was too cold to get on the rides and we had to come back, much to disappointment of Deepak who wanted to go inside... Later in the year, we did manage to get to the park and enjoy a few rides...

We also visited the Miller Brewery in Milwaukee that weekend... For those who did not know, Milwaukee is famous for its beer as well! At one point of time, it used to have the largest number of breweries in the US.

After the free tour, you get to taste the 3 key beers that Miller makes at this brewery!

I also got my flash in April... the macro lens and the flash unit were my birthday presents to myself... I suck at using flash in photographs, and have to learn how to use it... one item on my to-do list for 2010...

Talking of places to visit, I also spent a few days at the Milwaukee Art Museum in April...

April 10th was cold for sure... but there were really warms days in April too... the picture says it all I guess!

Rain and the macro lens... good combination if you know how to use it well... My first attempt and much below average, still does not stop me from posting a few pictures I liked from that evening...

This brings me to the end of a wonderful first quarter of the new year! The other months' pictures can be seen here if you have not seen them already...

January 2009

February 2009

March 2009

See you later with some pictures from May!