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Please Translate!

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There aren’t many things that my wife asks me to do. But i still volunteer to do things that she doesn’t ask me to and bail out on ones that she wants my help on. So while talking to her today morning she said she and her mom were working on translating some work that her dad did, from English to Hindi.

Curiosity went north and i asked her to send the statement across -

A common Effluent Treatment Plant (ETP) that can be shared by more than one fish processing unit was developed that can recycle 3 lakh litres of effluents per day. Energy consumption by this plant is very little compared to conventional ETPs.

Now please translate this for me ..

P.S.  No Google Translated answers please

Sausalito = (Art + Beauty)++

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Sausalito10 thumb Sausalito = (Art + Beauty)++

That’s the techie way i would describe the town of Sausalito.

It’s a small town by the bay, north of Golden Gate Bridge. History says that this place started as an artists’ colony. Well most of that is visible in the way this small city has been decked up.

Now think of a town, so small that you can walk from end to end through the heart of that place, before you even finish reading this line.

Sausalito21 thumb Sausalito = (Art + Beauty)++

Ok, may be that was an over-exaggeration, but the town area is less and the rest of the place is mostly residential. But it packs enough beauty which makes you want to spent a whole day there. The place now has a very Italian taste to it, both with the people and the cuisine.

After the view of the bay from the street, the main attraction of this place include –

  • The Harbor Walk
  • The ferry ride to Ferry Building, San Francisco
  • The Yacht Club

AlcatrazSF01 thumb Sausalito = (Art + Beauty)++

If you’re in San Francisco, take the ferry ride to this small town it’s worth a visit, by all means. During the ferry ride don’t forget to get a glimpse of Alcatraz Island and a breathtaking view of the Golden Gate Bridge.

Golden Gate Bridge must be photographed! You can’t resist it!

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It was last Saturday that we, my roommate and me, decided to go to Golden Gate Bridge and couple of other places in San Francisco. To be frank this geek has seen enough and more photos of the Golden Gate Bridge, that visiting the bridge was one of my last items in the ‘When at San Francisco’ to-do list. But either way having nothing much to do for the day, we decided on that small ‘get-you-ass-out-of-house’ plan. Now that photography has become my immediate hobby, the camera follows me to all places except a few, that i guess by now you would’ve guessed.

Yes, it’s the most photographed bridge in the world. Given that fact, i was wondering how much of different snap could i take from what has been already taken? Well there were a few shots that i could’ve taken by risking my life or falling into frigid waters below – I opted not to. But nothing could prepare me for the view from the hill adjacent to the bridge, it begs to be photographed.

There were a lot of people at that spot, everyone had a camera in their hand, and i was quite proud that i had the best camera. Yes just the best camera but not the lens for the job. All i had was a 18-105mm kit lens that came with my D90. There was a guy who was having a D3000 with an even more ‘gigantic’ lens. But i did make the best out of what i had.

jerry05 thumb Golden Gate Bridge must be photographed! You can’t resist it!

More photos here

Next stop would be to walk on the bridge…

Cars, Freeways and Pseudo-Tamilians

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Day 2 and i’m doing pretty good in US of A. Petaluma is where i stay and it’s more or less a residential area. Very quite, beautiful and a killer of a climate that begs to be loved. 30mn of drive to where i’ll be working, 15mn to Wal-Mart and 10mn to the nearest Costco outlet. Period! that’s all you all need to know. Now let me tell you the best things that has happened after coming here.

Since i have a strong attraction to anything with an engine and 4-wheels as opposed to anything with a tight rear and 2-legs, i couldn’t help, but notice all the cars on the road. Most of them are Chevys, Toyotas and Hondas. But it’s not that i’m talking about. I’m talking about the modified Ford Mustang that is parked in front of my apartment, the Chevrolet Corvette C6 across the road, the BMW M3-s, M5-s and Z4 and the Audi R8. Yes, there are a few Pontiacs, Subarus and Buicks but who cares!.

The drive from the airport was even interesting. I happened to meet this cab driver Ronald. He’s Mexican and he knew Tamil! Yes i did get the shock of my life. He knew India pretty well. When i said i was from Alappey. He was like, ‘Oh! it’s the place with the houseboats etc. right!’. It seems like his next door neighbors are Tamilians and he has a big liking for Masala Dosas.

Being in the tropics, you tend to have fairly normal days – 6A.M. the Sun is out & 6P.M. the Sun is gone. So with the summer season just starting here i’m still getting used to the fact that days are going to be longer. Twilight sets in by 8P.M. and i think it’s 6P.M. It’s fairly cold with morning temperatures hovering around 12 degrees  and afternoon it hardly crossed 20 degrees. (Read all temperatures in Celsius).

Finally even after my 21hr flight, i didn’t get the in-famous jet-lag. Bad thing i’d never know how it feels like!

(pssst… i’ve located the nearest strip club in my area. don’t tell my wifey about it!)