Places I once called home

Thought it might be cool to document all the places where I have lived at in the last six years.

Terrace View, Blacksburg, VA: (Aug 2000 – June 2003)

1. Lived in three different houses in the same apartment complex.
2. Lasting memories:
1. My daily struggle to catch the 8 am bus in the middle of the snow season.
2. Roanoke star
3. Drives to the Mountain Lake in the middle of the winter nights.

Oakton park, Vienna, VA: (June 2003 – September 2004)

1. My first experience living in a city (ok ok suburb of a big city)
2. Beautiful top floor apartment overlooking a well manicured lawn and an urban forest.
3. Lasting memories:
1. M’s weekly trips from Blacksburg and the ensuing confusion on whether to pick her up from the north or the south side of Vienna station.
2. 5 hour struggle in 45F to set up the satellite dish in time for the 1st one day match of the India-Pakistan cricket series.
3. Snotty management
   
4. Craaaaazy DC traffic
5. Cicada invasion!

River Place, Arlington, VA: (September 2004 – February 2005)

1. My first property.
2. Amazing location – Next to the Arlington National cemetery and within walking distance of the Potomac River and all the DC monuments.
3. Lasting memories:
1. Walking on the fresh green banks of the Potomac in late spring
2. Lazy weekend afternoons spent shopping/eating/reading in Georgetown
3. Biking in the National Mall area
4. Smithsonian and the National gallery of arts
   
5. Kayaking in the Potomac
6. Metro rides

Harbor Heights, Seattle, WA: (March 2005 – September 2006)

1. My second property.
2. In Belltown, arguably the most happening place in the Seattle area – certainly the most convenient place to get back to after a night of parting in the downtown.
3. Lasting memories:
1. Morning sunshine coming through the western wall of windows
2. Sunsets from the building terrace
3. Pike place market and the Seattle shopping district
4. Time spent working on my MBA applications at the Uptown Espresso
5. Weekend jogs at the Myrtle Edwards Park

My favorite Sunday morning album

Woke up tired again on Sunday morning. On days like these I know exactly what to listen to. Makes my day always - probably because I connect with the songs at a deeper level. Check it out . :D

War on .... ahm .... so who are they?

This scares me the most.

Free markets and freedom

Next time someone complains about the evils of a free economy and justifies the need for the state to interfere, ask them to see this interview first. Milton does a brilliant job of linking free markets with the individual freedom.

Selfishness after all is a basic human trait and we’ll never live a perfectly egalitarian society. So why not give everyone, instead of a few in the government, the power to make decisions that impact the whole society. This is the essence of Milton’s argument.



(Source: India Uncut)

How to say voiture in French?

Abhishek: ‘voe-chur’

French Teacher: No. Its ‘vai-toor’

Abhishek: ‘vai-chur’?

French Teacher: No, its not 'via-chur'. It ‘vai-toor’

Abhishek (confused): ‘vaai-choor’?

French Teacher: No! Its not ‘choor’ its ‘toor’. Say ‘toor toor’!

Abhishek (frustrated): “chur chur”

French Teacher (agitated): Why are you saying “chur”? Its ‘toor’. Put you tongue down and keep your lips stretched!!

Abhishek (embarrassed): “vai-toor”?

French Teacher: Yes! That’s correct 'Abhi-chek'.

Abhishek: Its ‘Abhi-shek’

French Teacher: Yes, yes, ‘Abhi-chek’

Abhishek: No it’s not ‘Abhi-check’, its ‘Abhi-shek’.

French Teacher (confused): ‘Abhi-chheck’?

Abhishek: No! Don’t say ‘-check’ its ‘-shek’. Pull your tongue up and stretch your mouth wide!!

French Teacher (a bit nervous): ‘Abhi-shhek’?

Abhishek (condescending): Yeah, although you don’t have to stretch ‘shh’ so much.

French Teacher (relieved): Ok, got it. Thanks ‘Abhi-shhek’

**Abhishek feeling good**