Hyderabad

June 29th: Flew to Hyderabad today. Never been here before. Staying with my cousin..he has a computer and cable internet woot!!! I will try to post some pics but I doubt it. Got alot of awesome pictures outside the palace and Ive been told there is a fort and someother things here. Maybe Shey can tell me :)

Road Trip!!!!

Ok so I couldnt finish my last post b/c I had to leave the Internet Cafe....

June 24th: Got up at 6:30 to watch Game 7 live....nice way to start my b-day with coffee and a Game 7. After the game went out and then lunch/shopping.

June 27th: Went to a place called Mysore....its a city about 3 hours away. It used to be ruled by a King until the 40's or so. Went to the palace and some other places...OMG the palace is beautiful but they dont let you take pictures inside :( here is their site if you wanna see http://www.mysorepalace.org/
Palace at night:


Came back home about midnight and went straight to bed.

June 28th: Went out in the afternoon to eat (what else is new!) and shop (what else is new!)

Happy Birthday to Me!!!

June 24:
Ok so today was my birthday. Thanks to everyone who emailed me and posted on my wall! I really appreciate it. It really made me miss home knowing that a Friday night of partying would not be taking place in Houston this year.
Went to lunch with a bunch of family including parents uncles aunts cousins and the list goes on. Ate alot and then went out for some shopping with some my cousins. Bought some clothes and some books. (Dan Brown books). It was alot of fun.

June 25th: Stared reading Digital Fortress by Dan Brown (Da Vinci Code guy) ....read it!!!!! Its all about encryption and would have Dr. Liess creaming in his pants. Planning on going "pub hopping" tonight. There is no computer at home so I need to post from a Internet Cafe. Pics should be up soon!

Family Tree

June 23rd:
Went to see some family in Bangalore. Most of them were my Dad's Aunts and Unlces. Wow it was amazing to see all of them. Some havent seen me since I was a year old. It was nice to see some old realtives and talk about life in "the good ol'days". They even had soem old pictures of my grandparents taken in the 30's.

Greetings From Baganlore

Hey everyone!
Been ing Bagalore for four days now. The weather is a complete 180. Its really pleasant and you dont even need the fan half thetime. Went out last night (21st) to some stores. Everything has changed since the IT boom here. Everything is really western and the girls.....lol Thats all for now.

Flying tomorrow

June 18th: Leaving tomorrow to Bangalore. Theres no computer at my Aunts house...at least from what Ive been told. Im gonna be there for 10 days and then only coming back here On fourth of July.
Went out and bought things to take back as gifts for you guys...found some really nice things that I think you guys will like.

Ok so everyone is saying I look more Indian in this pic:


Than in this pic:

What gives??? Ok so maybe I see what ppl (Shey and James in particular see) mean. Oh well Im seeing that Im looking and talking more like and Indian the longer Im here...someone save me!!!!!

Well thats it for now....btw does anyone know how to put a mod chip for PS2? email me and let me know (vikram.dasarao@gmail.com) I can get the mod chips and games for dirt cheap (A dollar or less per game).

All beached out


Sunset on the beach

June 16th: Went to city south of Madras called Pondicherry. Ive never been there before so it was interesting to go. Theres alot of history there because it is a French Colony. They still speak and teach French there. Stayed with my cousin and her husband for the night. When we got there we went to the beach. See some of the pics here. The water was really cool and felt good in the 110+ heat. After dinner went with my cousin's husband to a bar. Yay beer! We were there till about 11:30pm Didnt drink much just a few beers and talked for most of the time.

June 17th: Got up and went to a temple near the beach. Walked around the city for a while. Alot of French architecture...reminded me of New Orleans. Came back to Madras...drive is about three hours. Going to Bangalore on Sunday. Bangalore is basically the Silicone Valley of India...ya thats where are jobs are! Gonna be there from the 19th to the 29th. Then going to a place called Hyderabad...never been there before so that should be fun. There are a bunch of old forts and things there so more pictures yay!!!! Then coming back to Madras on the fourth of July.

More beach

Got back from my uncle's house near the beach. It was fun. I like staying at their place because its like a house in Houston. Pretty much no difference in looks.
June 13: Got to their place and went to the beach in the evening.
June 14: Sat around the house most of the day then went out for a while at night.
June 15: Went out for lunch and then came back to the other house.
Going tomorrow to my cousins house in Pondicherry...its a French Colony south of Madras. Never been there before but its supposed to be really pretty...the best part is that she lives right on the beach. Awesome!

Snake Park Woot!!!

June 11th: Went to a snake park with my cousin and her family. It was pretty good but most of the snakes were sleeping. After that we went to a place called Mahabalipuram (dont ask me to pronounce it) check this out for more details. Its a really beautiful place with alot of history. Theres always touristis there from Europe and US. The battery in my camera drained right when we got there but I got a few pictures before that. We walked ALOT around the carvings, temples and the beach. I was sooo tired.

June 12th: Cousin left with her family (that baby is gone nooo!) Spent the day going to houses of relatives that I didnt even know. I just go sit there, smile and speak when spoken to. Oh well it works and everyones happy.

June 13th: Just got up. Going to my Uncles house to stay there for a few days. He lives near the beach so thats always fun. Yay beach house! Its my Dad's brother so its a relation I know. I dont know if they have a computer....Either way lots of pics soon.

Like the update to PGH547.com makes me miss home even more!

All play and no work makes me a lively boy

Been getting up early the past few days. There has been some functions going on in the house so had to get up. Too much to get into now but it involves my cousin. Pics show some. With all kinds of family in town its been alot of fun. Playing with my cousin's baby (so cute!!!) or eating there is nothing much more going on. Besides that not much...Ive taken over a thousand pictures on my camera now and over 100 today alon (mostly b/c of the function). Kinda sleepy but going out to buy some things in a bit.

The carnival is in town

Ok so its not the real carnival but this house has turned into a circus. Two uncles (Mom's brothers) came with their families. My cousin came with her two kids (7 and 6 months) That baby is soooo cute! So now there are 20 people in the house. There is talking all the time and there is always noise. Pics will be up soon of the circus.

First Day of School...Nooooo!

Ok so it wasnt my first day of school. But it was for my cousin (eight grade). Went to his school to pick him up in the afternoon. Lots of kids playing after school. Everyone was wearing uniforms (pics up soon). Thats about it. I got a lot of realtives coming in tonight.

Look at me im a fob!!!!

Picked up my dad from the airport today (June 6th). He looked sllepy as heck and he slept for most of the day. I didnt have much to do so played on the computer most of the time. In the afternoon went to the porch and found a bike that was there. Figured..."hmm maybe I should act liek a fob a ride it around" So thats what I did. My uncle took pictures of it why? Because he loves to take pictures of everything plus we were bored. Read up on dual core processors in the evening..why? Once again because I was bored.

Pictures

Is that a Subway is see? Some pictures from the mall are up. Still too hot.
Finished The Da Vinci Code yesterday. Awesome book, really makes you think and really poses some interesting facts.

Heat Heat Heat

Ok so as Im typing this its 2:15pm and the temperature is 116F...stupid temperature. All there is to help is a ceiling fan that is most likely older than me. Blogger has been giving me problems and it has eaten up my last few attempts to post...stupid technology.

June 1st: Went to a shopping mall call Spencer Plaza. Nice stores including a bunch of American ones like nike store, reebok etc. Pics will be up soon of the mall. What I found the most unusual was a Subway restaurant. It seems even Jared Fogel has made his way to India. It looks exactly the same but they only serve 6 inch subs. The prices are alot better than the law building though!

June 2nd: Took apart a P3 machine that was at home. My Uncle realized the cpu was fried so we took out all the other parts. We are gonna take all the parts from it and another computer and trade it in for some new things. Hopefully we make a computer in a few days. Went to a notorious part of town (as quoted from my Uncle) to buy some DVD movies. This place was right on the road and was a line about a mile long of stores (shacks more specifically) about the size of a phone booth that were crammed with DVDs. Everything of Star Wars all the way back to classics. Alot of them are put in sets like a 4 Robert DeNiro movies on 1 disc. Or all the LOTR on a single disc. Bought a few and brought them home to check the quality. Most of them were pretty good. Million Dollar Baby was horrible, just as good as dl from Kazza. The rest were really good. Any requests? Im more than happy to get movies/games. Post of games will be up soon.

June 3rd: Havent done much today so far but most likely going out in a few hours. Its too damn hot to go out now. My Dad is coming on Monday yay!!!!!!! Thats all for now.

Vikram

Royality and Computer Malfunctions

Didnt post anything yesterday because the power supply in the computer got fried. Went with my uncle to get it replaced. This meant a trip to the computer stores as well...aka heaven There were pirated software everywhere. I didnt buy much this time only a few games. It was funny to see two guys in a cramped space playing PS2. The PS2 games cost about 2 bucks a pop.
The day before that (30th May) I went to a department store. They had a theme of Indian Kings on each floor (five total) along with games a prizes. I took about 90 pictures of everything I saw. Here are some of the PICS Think of it as Medieval Times Indian Style! The women looked good in their costumes and games were fun. Anyhoo thats it for now...I think Im gonna be building a computer today..yay!!!