08:15 pm :: NorCal...
Current Mood:
hopeful
Off to California on Saturday night, for two weeks. Been looking forward to this visit for quite some time, so let's see what gives.
It takes me exactly 22 days to get sick of Bangalore.
location: San Jose, CA
San Jose rocked today, literally. Surprisingly, I reached home from work at around 19:45 today. At around 20:04, I was leaning against my fridge, with my camera in one hand, trying to take a mugshot for my Facebook profile, since I had a clean shaven face today. The fridge started shaking, and so did the unit beside it, so I thought I'd leaned too much and pushed the fridge against the unit, making it vibrate. Pulled the fridge towards me a little and stopped. All in the gap of five-six seconds.
But, the shaking continued. I noticed a vase shake violently and the plates rattle. Then I went, "Holy California, Batman! It's an earthquake!" Stood still for five to ten seconds, I don't know, and everything stopped shaking. Honestly, I was wondering whether I should run out of my apartment. Decided to wait and enjoy the moment, whatever it means. Anyhoo, I stay on the second floor (first floor by Indian standards) of my building so it was good that I stuck.
Switched on the TV to learn that it scored 5.6 on the Richter. Very impressive. "Moderate", apparently. My earlier experience was a 3-4ish tremor in Hyderabad a couple of years back.
Called![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
yathin to confirm that I wasn't hallucinating. hitesh's cellphone was unreachable as always. (He was driving, as I learnt later.) I was a bit shaken, but was highly amused at my vivid imagination.
Went and updated my Y! Mash and Facebook status messages thereafter. Waited for aftershocks, keeping passport, wallet, cellphone and jacket ready. Thankfully, that is not required, yet.
Oh yes, I did go on to take a couple of mugshots...
location: Sunnyvale, CA
Two of my favourite bands from college-days are back on top of the charts. "Makes Me Wonder" by Maroon 5 and Linkin Park's "What I've Done" are such amazing numbers, and the lyrics of the latter song seem so totally-written-for-me types.
Meanwhile, Jay Z and Rihanna kick ass in "Umbrella".
Still geographically in Sunnyvale. Totally in love with the great city of San Francisco. Sorry NYC, for the phrase "The City" refers to SF now, at least for me.
California is so different from the rest of this country. It's like a different nation in itself. (anomalizer, you were right!)
Check out my Yahoo! Local profile if you are really interested in what I've been upto out here. ;)
Current Mood:
hopefulOff to California on Saturday night, for two weeks. Been looking forward to this visit for quite some time, so let's see what gives.
It takes me exactly 22 days to get sick of Bangalore.
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11:38 pm :: Most memorable mugshot...location: San Jose, CA
San Jose rocked today, literally. Surprisingly, I reached home from work at around 19:45 today. At around 20:04, I was leaning against my fridge, with my camera in one hand, trying to take a mugshot for my Facebook profile, since I had a clean shaven face today. The fridge started shaking, and so did the unit beside it, so I thought I'd leaned too much and pushed the fridge against the unit, making it vibrate. Pulled the fridge towards me a little and stopped. All in the gap of five-six seconds.
But, the shaking continued. I noticed a vase shake violently and the plates rattle. Then I went, "Holy California, Batman! It's an earthquake!" Stood still for five to ten seconds, I don't know, and everything stopped shaking. Honestly, I was wondering whether I should run out of my apartment. Decided to wait and enjoy the moment, whatever it means. Anyhoo, I stay on the second floor (first floor by Indian standards) of my building so it was good that I stuck.
Switched on the TV to learn that it scored 5.6 on the Richter. Very impressive. "Moderate", apparently. My earlier experience was a 3-4ish tremor in Hyderabad a couple of years back.
Called
yathin to confirm that I wasn't hallucinating. hitesh's cellphone was unreachable as always. (He was driving, as I learnt later.) I was a bit shaken, but was highly amused at my vivid imagination.Went and updated my Y! Mash and Facebook status messages thereafter. Waited for aftershocks, keeping passport, wallet, cellphone and jacket ready. Thankfully, that is not required, yet.
Oh yes, I did go on to take a couple of mugshots...
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11:24 am :: Welcome back, boys.location: Sunnyvale, CA
Two of my favourite bands from college-days are back on top of the charts. "Makes Me Wonder" by Maroon 5 and Linkin Park's "What I've Done" are such amazing numbers, and the lyrics of the latter song seem so totally-written-for-me types.
In this farewell,
There's no blood,
There's no alibi.
Cause I've drawn regret,
From the truth,
Of a thousand lies.
So let mercy come,
And wash away...
What I've done,
I'll face myself,
To cross out
What I've become,
Erase myself,
And let go of
What I've done.
Meanwhile, Jay Z and Rihanna kick ass in "Umbrella".
Still geographically in Sunnyvale. Totally in love with the great city of San Francisco. Sorry NYC, for the phrase "The City" refers to SF now, at least for me.
California is so different from the rest of this country. It's like a different nation in itself. (
anomalizer, you were right!)Check out my Yahoo! Local profile if you are really interested in what I've been upto out here. ;)