MOMA PART III

U can catch up with MOMA PART –II here...



The journey starts here...5th Avenue,50th Street & my favorite E Line



The Famous St.Thomas Church splendid monument on the way to MOMA



Entrance to Eternal Bliss



subtle evening sunrays tickling the Zara store At The Junction of 5th Avenue



sun light Gushing into 5th Avenue a beautiful thing to Gaze at

We are almost there....
11th Jan 2008-MOMA Journey Continues....

77 Water Street,Excellent View From My Office

camera:Canon Powershot A60
focal length:16.2mm
aperture:f/4.8
exposure time:0.001s(1/800)
taken on Feb 7th 2008 from the office window during lunch 2:11:39 pm



2:11:53pm

2:11:59pm

2:12:25 pm another helicopter on the helipad,This picture with a Tungsten filter and 2x zoomed out.

A Tribute To Wall Street

Camera:Canon Powershot A60
Aperture:f/2.8
Flash:Not Used
Focal Length:5.4mm

Snap took on Feb 5th at 9:30 pm while returning from work at Wall Street Subway(1,2,3 line)

One Of my Favorite snaps of the NY SUBWAY...

If Every Country is Developed what would be Next?

A sudden cloud of fear struck me with the thought if the whole world gets developed is it going to be monotonous...will things look the same spanning all nations. Though the thought is wonderful to dream.... my gut feeling says even before we can reach such a point we would definitely figure out a creative way to destroy some part of the world may be for a existing reason or a new reason out of the box.

I am now more contended and comfortable with the exemplary execution which can happen out of human stupidity.The impact is timeless,unimaginable.In some cases with cutting edge technologies and knowledge it can intensify the process. we shall surprise ourselves.

The Great Beer Famine

This is the real concern I am bogged down these days with the global warming in the rampage there is shortage of water in New Zealand,Australia as a result its effecting barley production which is a significant raw material for Beer Breweries. The situation is dampening in entire American region as well.

I foresee a huge Beer Famine in the making.This seems to be more serious than the huge recession clouds passing by me while I work in Wall Street.I appeal to all my beering fraternity to try ponder on while they have their next mug of beer.Its tough to imagine our future generations deprived of this privilege.

Three Cheers to beer at least we have found a reason to sacrifice some time to think about so called mother nature/earth.


Its APRIL 23rd Earth Day.....PLEASE LETS BE DETERMINED NOT TO THINK ABOUT IT UNTIL THERE IS NOTHING WE CAN DO.

Lexington Avenue Escalator to E line

On The Way Back home from Turkish Party at Lexington Avenue Station. Escalator to reach E line to Queens....
Note:The photograph was taken in a moving escalator in an auto mode with no image stabilization

Jenny's Birthday Bash,Latina Party @ Pachitha

Its Jenny's Birthday Bash at Pachita.An event organized and coordinated for Socieda Latina group.Understandably my first Latina party.Latina music was excellent.Though I could hardly relate to couple of tunes I enjoyed the freshness and the diversity in the music.I liked the dance floor too.Ah..my only complain initially was the decibel levels at which music was played haha...it felt like my ears were trying to escape the harsh sound waves hitting them.I helped them further by avoiding proximity to speakers all through the night.After the Party was over just glanced at Pacha downstairs but it was early morning so decided to taxi me back home.
Weekend March 19th,2008.

Turkish Party @ Euro Circle

It was March 18th got an invitation for Turkish party just when I set out of office towards home.I was excited since itz my first introduction to Turkish music and attending a party on a weekday.The ambiance was wonderful.The most interesting part of the party is the Belly Dance competition.
All people in the party were given a open invitation for participating in it however few participated. One participant was amazing and she was rightly chosen for the prize of 250$. It was a wonderful party and yeah I could click few good snaps at the party and on my way back through Lexington subway.I like the tunnel view photograph.

Sateesh....King Of Queens :)

Historical Meet Of Two INDIANS in TOKYO

MOMA - PART II

U can catch up with MOMA PART –I here...
After covering all the galleries I catched a Yugoslavian movie with English subtitles."The Dog Which ran behind the Train".The take of the movie,characters chosen were all very close to interior parts of Yugoslavia.Quite a different story lineup and with a sad ending.All in all it didn't seem fictional as it posed to be.If we compare with Hollywood or Bollywood(Indian cinema) its way behind the technical standards.

Here are few of the 100's of snaps I have shot at The Museum of Modern Art.If you happen to be in New York I would suggest never to miss a chance to glance upon this priceless treasure of art.

MOMA Part III follows....

MOMA PART - I

MOMA is the Museum Of Modern Art in 53rd street NewYork.E train by subway is easiest way to reach this.Its just 15 minutes for me from Roosevelt Avenue.If u have an appetite to art there is no second thinking about it.Great works by Picasso,Rousseau,Salvador Dali,Henri Matisse,Francis Bacon..hmm to my mind I could recollect only these but they are many famous contemporary works at display.

While I was watching one of the open exhibits in the museum I wished to click a picture of me with a giant spider formation & since I was not allowed to carry a tripod and had no aid to support my camera to auto shoot me,I took the help of a visitor who was clicking her kid with the spider...haha and this kid was not going away in-spite of calling twice.I told her to go ahead with the photo and later asked her if I can have another snap with the kid zoomed in.

This is the first one..See the kid...haha...he is looking at me with questions all over his face


and the next one here
2nd Photo..here..
In the second photo when I hug him he was expression less a little nervous,in fact I was nervous too you never know he can bang on my spects while I am posing a laugh in the snap but this man was pretty nice posed a great expression,later when I gave him over to his Mama he started a little smile. It was a huge transition for a tiny brain. Hey Dude....Lots of fun coming ahead be prepared, All The Very Best in your life :)

Will get back on what I did more in the MOMA tommorow.

Week End(April 12,13,14 2008)

Changing template has eaten more than 30 hours since saturday afternoon 2pm until sunday morning 4am and second round from sunday afternoon 2pm to monday night 2pm still there is lot of work to do since I dint wanted to use the normal 3 column template as seen in every page load else where.I got into the house on Friday evening 7pm and since then didn't even step out until Monday afternoon.I took a planned leave to take more time to add the new features to my blog.I am glad with the following things

• Template Change from black colour to new one


• Added social bookmarking icons


• trying to enhance read more tags


• Learned using online icon creators


• Learned using page load time and tweaking page to load faster from 0.75 sec to 0.38sec


• Some tips on ahref tag


• very shortly try bringing up my black template too


• A Floral Template on flowers

Thanks to blogger guide online.Its simply wonderful
Blogger Tips site...

Apart from this I caught up a telugu movie Navvu Navvinchu,english movie Doomsday,Kill Me Later,had a wonderful dinner in the balcony in my house out in the open moonlight hearing to bryan adams music,went to a temple 2 blocks away which has Sindhis,Punjabis,Hindus worship place and yeah went to AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY.

Expressing Thru Photography is a Wonderful Art

Where iz My Mama...I got to go to MOMA....
wanna know more about this lovely kid & MOMA....cu all 2morow....until then take care bye..

Are We Selling our Bodies Infinitely?

Can we pose unrelated questions in a given situation?

When we are crazily dancing,drinking can we think of a kid crying in Somalia out of hunger(First of All Why the Hell should we think only at that point)

Even if we would,what is the benefit we get,so our brain immediately ignores it. (BENEFIT or PROFIT)

We dance until our body gets exhausted haha rather until our body permits. Then we rest the body for the trouble it has taken and get up after we feel better.

Given the assumption we have exploited our body on the name of ENJOYMENT/INDULGENCE we get up with a very tired feeling which we try to SHOWCASE to PEOPLE in fashionable terms as hangover.I dont know how did anyone get the right to exploit one's own body?(silly question)

BODY SHOPPING
We are primarily driven by desires. The commonality being HAPPINESS(Are we clear with what Happiness is or rather define it thru the life as time goes by,changing its definition?). To achieve rather discover Happiness they are plethora of options but in the process the body gets used/exploited. I havent heard of anybody who is healthy and rather not too old comically asking his body "Hey Body Can I go ahead I am trying to pursue this ambition/happiness?" . I guess is a big no. Its yes with people who are facing illness,physical disability,Old age. We go ahead with our Selfish motives taking it for granted with our bodies and go on and on until our body says back to us "look boss I am tired,I cant cooperate with you".

Some smart brains can understand this fact much earlier so they try install in some DISCIPLINE and are CONSCIOUS of their INDULGENCE (healthy) . They EXERCISE regularly to keep the body toned so that it can be used for longer time. Out of this discipline and exercise activity billions of people draw HAPPINESS feel happy for the very fact of their communication with body is great. Now this feel good factor can be used in many forms by the same person and rather many people use it many forms.

If people are not knowlegeable of this fact they would be made aware by the rest of the community. DISCIPLINE and EXERCISE find ACCEPTANCE from society.

To illustrate few benefits to which people use the feel good factor is to SELL it for entertainment,to ATTRACT people,to use it effectively for achieving their Selfish motives(Goals,Ambitions) etc.

Please note:This article doesnt want to say Selfishness,Enjoyment,Indulgence,Profit,showcasing is bad or good.

TIT FOR TACT
In the above 2 paragraphs I have empathized with the body saying we are being selfish in exploiting it to draw happiness it seems true to some extent but "Can we draw happiness without using our body?" rather "are we intelligeble enough to think apart from our body?". Probably this is all about Meditation to think away from body and find infinite enjoyment or bliss. However this seems boring because I cant SHOWCASE. In the first place people cant find it easily and even if they managed its a real tough process.Since I never experienced it I cant elaborate on this front.

since we are primarily drawing happiness out of the 5 senses of the body

· Eye - See

· Ear - Hear

· Skin - Touch

· Tongue - Taste

· Nose - Breathe

Out of this limited senses we have created a world of options to indulge our body. I feel to achieve these options man is relentlessly working hard. His entire journey is all about acquiring or experiencing these instruments of happiness. Since these are bodily driven , it gets entertained until the body entertains it. Rather to say it is temporary.

Once the instruments of happiness have been experienced or acquired they have to be SHOWCASED to people.

For example I enjoy music a lot so I keep hearing to music or playing music. Once the ear stops receiving its gone. I no longer can enjoy. Now I start showcasing to people my experiences "You know what when I hear this stuff it was Awesome,I felt like this blah,blah" etc

So I would rather say since body gives us limiting options of drawing happiness I would not empathize with it rather EXPLOIT it :) because in the end the "I RULES" over anything in this world so our body is no exception to that.

The Driving factors SUCCESS,WEALTH
People who are successful,wealthy are identified with the highest of these instruments of happiness. Arguably they would possess the best of the worlds comforts.

Please understand Success,Wealth is in no way related to HAPPINESS with the very fact many successful,wealthy people have woeful stories than the common man.

A world report portrays people in underdeveloped countries and developing nations are far more happier than the ones living in Developed geographies.Happiness is in being happy with what one has and Success is in achieving what he or she wants to do.

People who are SUCCESSFUL or WEALTHY
These people dictate rules of conduct for the society or rather society is comfortable accepting their decisions,imitating their methodologies etc(again no blames on being successful or wealthy).They can make out of the box decisions,unconventional which people are very comfortable following blindly.Its the mob mentality,go with the flow and later perish into oblivion.

The Motives of BUSINESS
By and large the BUSINESS OF BUSINESS IS TO DO BUSINESS. It demands profits,results. I cant imagine any product which is being sold or marketed has an altruistic nature. HIgh end products sold as a STATUS symbol and when things become common it is sold as luxury,convenience,necessity.

Trying to Understand THE LAND OF SPIRITUALITY,YOGIS
Me being from South Asia,to be precise INDIA.I am now all the more curious why were there so many YOGIS in INDIA and why not anyother place in the world? This is a mean attempt only out of imagination rather scientific or facts. I guess the Gangetic plain was one of the fertile regions in the world and the Aryans race was quite intelligent genetically so they didnt have to really worry about basic problems of inhabitation food,water and shelter and since the population at those times was very low no competition to prove etc. made them to think of the community rather than just themselves or a freedom to think above the body.This thinking and research in this direction has given the way to many sages and yogis.

Take for instance the amount of hardships an icelandic man or any human being who have inhabited in the Deserts has faced to get food.He can get ready to do anything to keep him alive since its hard for him to survive.There is hardly any room for thought out of his very existence.

The Backgound to this article
Hitting the Dance floor after Pragathi resorts Polaris Stream Outing in 2005. I was watching the thought provoking taare zameen par movie,In the middle I had to drop since I wanted to give me a chance as what people describe so much about Nightlife,Nightlife all the time.In Tokyo I never did since I was alone as I preferred to be. Here I have no option but to share. In a way its good its getting me to know people from different backgrounds.

one of my roomates birthday party was hosted in Lafayette Bar and Restaurant in the Downtown. Were there until 12:15 night until cake cutting then moved to a NightClub.Enjoyed dancing till morning 4:30 then went all the way to Astoria and ate in the Diner.I was the only crazy guy who ordered 2 scoops of icecream early in the morning at a freezing temperature of -6. haha again its the Tongue/taste. To wind it up completed the movie and as usual its another nice movie.
INTERESTING OBSERVATION:Do Something Completely Different or SURPRISE YOURSELF,It can trigger you a new experience and whole abundance of wonderful thoughts

Authored By :Challa Sateesh Kumar
Started :January 20th 2008(1:41 PM)
Revisited :January 27th 2008(10:15 PM)

Total Hours spent:4hrs

An Independance From Parenting

Parenting is very soon going to become an extinct commodity with the hectic lifestyles we lead as individuals. Part time mothers are the norm of the day; nothing against anybody it’s a mandatory feature as we see everybody wanting to be independent.

No matter how much I earn or my wife earns, even in the wildest of my dreams I don’t see me giving the amount of time I spent with my father and mother during my childhood. With changing times we also change. Probably human beings are the only animals changing so rapidly and eternally oblivious to the perils of their change, many a times its challenging the very existence of the planet they live on. Please note all advancements have not lead to the situations we are in, I mean there are many things where we have developed in the truest sense and it is obvious that it was realized only because of many souls putting into lot of work in their respective fields.This is all part of the big picture. Let this not sound satirical and see not things in Black or White but a region called grey, where the reality is.

Probably 19th and the 20th century has set a different rhythm on to the globe.21st century with this momentum has become a different breed altogether.
What we saw in the Americas or Europe in the early 1930’s has already become the default norm even in the family intensive societies of Asia. We are the most intelligent species, changed and re-organized family structure to gain more independence on ourselves, rather to say to shed responsibilities so that we can get along with our own wishes.

Nuclear families have become a norm and huge joint families have perished to the pressure and comfort of a nuclear family. It was the best strategy to break free from centralized control of family heads. Haha no body wants to live in hierarchy, every body needs democracy.
Now that we are nuclear, is this gonna help us trade into future. It’s a thumping NO. This can only go until we reach a single unit. We currently have no time to spend with our kids nor wife and worst with ourselves. We have come to a point where we need to schedule to see if we can accommodate to become parents. There is proper planning required and huge amount of TIME and MONEY involved. The combination of Money and Time is a rare commodity even if we are ok with it we are not comfortable to accept this fact since we got to do better year after year until our last breath. In the process we see raising a family as a huge burden and one of the toughest decisions to make as it demands our commitment 24 by 7 all through life. I sniff very soon our elegant advancements could empower us with an out of the box idea which currently is not perceivable by my brain for the obvious limitation it possess. This idea what I can see would help parenting an independent process. Probably enabling the child to grow on itself J there by giving us ample time to go on with our advancement.

Feelings I tried to jot down after I have seen the movie March Of the Penguins.
This is a thought provoking guide to parenting. It helps understand how Penguins decide to love in the harshest place on earth. Thanks to National Geographic society and all the people associated in making this movie a possibility.

Check the following links for more info.
Official site: http://wip.warnerbros.com/marchofthepenguins/
Wiki Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_of_the_Penguins

Aren't U Having A Telepathic Mind ?

There is an immense clarity in me that I can understand feelings,thoughts of people not through any communication received to any of my senses.It has happened to me at very few instances but when it happens with few people on almost consistent basis this makes me feel "The more I share the more I have" This is uninterrupted communication beating time hmm..also space(distance)....and of course physical barrier.Give it a thought this must be an inherent potential of every brain,probably this is why I am able to send and receive communication(thoughts and feelings).I communicate on a daily basis,day in day out independant of time and distance.

"Its undoubtedly a miracle The More We Share The More We Have" --Sateesh.

Cleopatra Stratan-Ghita

Check Romanian song Ghita by the wonder kid Cleopatra Stratan.I felt the english version not interesting as this one,especially when she pronounces laporkittar,brev...haha definitely great delight to hear and see.Unfortunately I have no idea of Romania,I heard these lyrics have been
sung for her boyfriend.People with Romanian background can add brief comments on the lyrics.
To read more info on this wonderkid in the wiki click on the title.