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September 15, 2007
I finally bought the Canon EF 17-40mm F4.0 L Lens.
I must say I’m in love with canon’s “L” lens. Saturday evening my friend Sachin and I went to the Stoney Creek Metro park.
Here are a few photos from my new lens:
This snap was just a few minutes before the sunset.
View of the lake:
View of the sky:
Just after the sunset:
More colours:
Finally on the way back clicked the view of a freeway:
Overall I’m very impressed with the new lens. This is my second L lens. I must say the Canon “L” lenses ROCK!!!
May 14, 2007
ion – power your music – ipod charger – India
Posted by chadaga under Bangalore, Trekware, ipod chargerLeave a Comment
This is my first venture started with Niara Ahmed and Swaroop C. H.
Click here to read more about it: ion | power your music
It has been a wonderful experience for all 3 of us. The best way to learn about MBA in a practical way 
. It has taught us right from design, manufacturing, testing, marketing, customer handling… anything that you can think about in an MBA.
Launch:
Date: 21st May 2007
The whole trekware gang met up for the launch… it was a surprise for all of them. We had worked on it from January 2007.
May 14, 2007
Date: 12th May 2007
Group: Manohar, Aravind, Sandeep, Manjunath, Rahul and his wife Rhujuta
We had been to Karwar for Milind’s wedding (Click here for the wedding photos).
Few snaps from the bus…
Snap from the moving bus…
We reached the beach in the late afternoon…
Saw a few kingfisher birds, clicked them. I saw this one sitting on a boat. I loved the colour combination.
Beautiful evening at Karwar beach
May 14, 2007
Date: 30th April 2007
Worked at Bosch India for 3.5 years. It was a little tough to say good bye.
May 11, 2007
Place: Stuttgart, Germany
Date: 29th October 2006
I had never seen such a huge exhibition for hobby projects. Its mind blowing to see the power of engineering in Germany. The Mechanical designs, small engines, precision plastic molds for the toys, accuracy in designs. We are talking about toys and hobby projects!!! People have spent their whole life working on one project! When they do it… they do it their best!
Construction…
You guys must have seen the huge construction machines, here we are talking about small versions of them and they exactly do the same thing!
Bike…
This bike looks huge and like a real bike, but it is a small bike kept on a table with real engine may be a size of 10CC. It had real disc breaks!
Helicopter…
Guy flying an Helicopter… its a small one made out of plastic but gives you control to fly in all directions.
Toy car…
This toy car has a real engine which runs on some alcohol based fuel and can go almost up to 40Kmph.
Train station…
Its a complete train station with city around it. I could also spot small toy people made around it. The trains are very accurate and move around on the tracks, change tracks. Spoke to this guy with my broken german and found out that he has taken 10years to build it!!!
March 5, 2007
We finally meet Sid to give his birthday present!
Sidhu bought a new air gun… we had a lot of fun with it, not to mention that I almost lost my cell phone! 
Lots of fun!!!
January 31, 2007
Team: Swaroop, Niara & I
Occasion: Ajay and his Mom’s Birthday
Where: Ajay’s House
We buy a lot of heart shaped balloons for ajay… his reaction was worth watching
November 30, 2006
Statistics of the trip:
Date: 30th November 2006 to 3rd December 2006
Team: Balaji Venkataseshan, Prashanth Raghavendra and Vikram Chadaga
Places Visited in Norway: Oslo, Kongsberg, Myrdal, Fläm
Number of Nights slept: 2 out of 5 (best use of vacation time )
Craziest things done:
- Slept in the train station
- Watched “Seinfeld” on my laptop in the train station
- Partied till 3AM and watched Seinfeld in the train station till 8AM
- Climbed snow covered mountain with sports shoe at -5deg C with a heavy bag!
Click below to view the photos:
- Day 1: Around Oslo
- Day 2: Trek at Kongsberg
- Day 3: Oslo -> Myrdal -> Flam
- Day 4: Flam -> Myrdal -> Stuttgart
Prashanth and I write about the whole journey, Balaji adds his unique comments, so read on…
29th November 2006, 11:17 PM
Route:
Stuttgart (23:05) to Mannheim (23:43) – Train
Mannheim (23:48) to Mainz (00:31) – Train
Mainz (03:45) to Frankfurt hahn (04:55) – Bus
Frankfurt hahn (06:30) to Oslo Torp Sandefjord (8:30) – Air
Oh Boy! That was my first expression looking at the itinerary. Whole night no sleep 
Right now traveling in the ICE train at the speed of 250Kmph I can feel my ears pop every 5 min.
30th November 2006, 5:22 AM
We have reached the Frankfurt Hahn airport. We just had the security check-in and they threw out my deodorant, shampoo and my toothpaste and Prashanth’s deodorant. But Balaji knew all about it and was prepared to stink right from the beginning!!!
Before this we had a wait of 3 hours in the Mainz Train station.
Prashanth and I watched Seinfeld Season 2 and didn’t realize how time flew. Big Balaji tried to fit himself in a small chair and tried to sleep!
November 20, 2006
Road trip to Rome
Posted by chadaga under Colosseum, Europe, Germany, Italy, Road Trip, Rome, Switzerland, Vatican City[2] Comments
Trip Statistics:
Number of days : 4 (17th to 20th November 2006)
The Machine : Alfa Romeo 159
Distance Traveled : 2700KMS
Max Speed : 220 Kmph
Route :
Onward Journey: Stuttgart -> Switzerland -> Milano -> Rome
Return Journey: Rome -> Pisa -> Milano -> Switzerland -> Stuttgart
Team : Ajay Shetty, Chidananda Nagaraj, Jaffar Mohammed Shiraj, Mahesh Nagaraja and Vikram Chadaga
Click here to view all photos .
Five of us had decided to go to Rome by car. I was the only driver with a valid driver’s license. Our initial plan was to cover Naples, Rome, Pisa, may be Venice. With only 4 days in hand I think this was being too optimistic. I hadn’t driven a car since I had come to Germany and I was waiting to drive a car, should I also add the “Autobahn’s” of Germany was another factor!
We had booked a compact car from Sixt car rentals, and a compact car included something like a Mercedes A-class or a VW Golf. 5 people in this compact car would have been a little to tough. We decided to upgrade the car the next segment. To our luck we got a free upgrade to an Alfa Romeo 159, it’s a diesel car and I think it has all the features one can think about, Navigation, Parking assist, Cruise control, 6 gears, almost everything! I was surprised it didn’t come with an auto pilot
We guys were totally thrilled with the car! So “She” was my babe for the next 4 days!
