Sunday, December 19, 2010

Blog thru cell phone

This is my first blog thru cell phone. I am using cousin bro's card to access gprs internet. It works very well, even on my nokia 3110c. Pretty fast and convenient. I liked it very much.
- Mahesh

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

HAPPY DIWALI

To,

The Readers of "Life Ho To Aisee"

" I Wish A Very Happy and Joyful Diwali.

  May This Diwali Fulfil All Your Dreams. "

HAPPY DIWALI

- Mahesh Masurkar

Sunday, August 29, 2010

A Mind Refresher..

AWIM (A World in Motion)  is an initiative started by SAE India for the school students to learn science principles thru fun. You can get more detailed information here. This weekend, I had been to ARAI for AWIM Teachers & Volunteers Training. I opted as a volunteer for Millennium School, Pune along with Girish, Harshal & Vikram. Two days training was really good & a nice experience to learn how to make the JetToy. It was like a mind refresher from the regular life.

Now the next task is to teach school teachers and more fun when we start teaching students. I am sure students will also have equal (or more) fun too.

I will upload the photos from the training very soon.

Read the news in Sakal Times here.
Thanks,
Mahesh Masurkar

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Trek to Bheema Shankar - Part 1 (Plan)

Trek: Khandas Bheema Shankar Khandas (KBSK)
Dates:- 14-15 AUG 2010
Finally, only 5 people are available for trek as Anant, Kapil, Atul, Milind and Mahesh
We are going by Kapil's car.

Final Plan:

14AUG2010:-
1) Atul will come to Kapil's house in the morning
2) Kapil will pick up Mahesh at Pune Station at 6:45 AM
3) Then Anant will be picked up at Dapodi chowk at 7:00 AM
4) Finally, Milind will board the car at Nigdi Fly over at 7:15 AM
5) Reach Karjat by 9:30 AM, and have breakfast.
6) Reach Khandas by 11:00 AM
7) Start towards Bheema Shankar at 11:15 AM by Ganesh Ghat (Not going by Shidi chi waat?? .. may be)
8) Reach Bheema Shankar by 4:00 PM
9) Stay at Bheema Shankar

15AUG2010:-
1) Morning visit to the temple (one of the 12 Jyotirliga temple in India)
2) Roam around Bheema Shankar, visit gupta Bheema Shankar, Nag phani
3) Lunch at Bheema Shankar at around 11:00 AM.
4) Trek back to Khandas
5) Travel back to Pune
Plan to reach Pune by 7:00 PM


Individual Items to bring (MUST):

1) A haversack to put in all the things to be carried. So that one has free hands while trekking.
2) Good trekking shoes (& enough pairs of socks)
3) Sleeping bag/mat
4) Enough clothing
5) A good Torch, candle and match box
6) Minimum two water bottles 1 ltr each.
7) Cap (optional)
8) Camera (optional)
9) Wind cheater (optional)
10) Tent (Mahesh - Sneha's tent)
Its raining heavy these days, so pack your bags accordingly to save them from getting wet.


A) Food:
Everybody has to carry
-- Saturday lunch
-- Snacks items (plum cakes, biscuits, wafers, cream rolls, jam and bread etc)
B) Other items:
Mug/Glass, knife (optional)
Paper roll, napkins (optional)
C) Medicines:
Mahesh:- First Aid Kit
All:- As per individual requirement


Thanks,
Mahesh Masurkar

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

No more Fish...........

23Feb2003: Morning 9:00 AM, in Infotech office, waiting in a HR room, curious about what will happen next..very much anxious. There are 11 more like me, straight from the college. Here is the first time I met Vinayak, a small guy sitting silent.. little shy.

Next 2.5 yrs: This same Vinayak was my roomie with Sada. We enjoyed a lot. Our house was co-shared by other guttala members as well. Vinayak was open and mixed sometimes, sometimes reserved and locked in his room. This guy used to read a lot and to read anything.. don't have any restriction on the books. He used to read like an IAS preparer.

2Aug2010: 4:30 PM. In Casualty room at YCM Hospital, very much frustrated.. don't know what was the status of the mind. It was nowhere.. roaming from 23Feb2003 till date.. don't know. And I met him again.. ohh no.. not like this. One small mistake from the PMT bus driver had taken my friend miles and miles away from me.. it's unbelievable.

Life is unpredictable, but not for the close ones.. one of the worst post on "Life ho to aisee"

Vinayak, you will always be in my hearts.. no matter where you are..

- MM

Sunday, August 8, 2010

DiCAPac DIWP610: Waterproof Camera Cover

I lost one camera in one of the treks. So I always wanted to have one waterproof cover for my camera. Now the rainy and the trekking season is going to start, suddenly it striked my mind and I started searching for one for my SX110. I was browsing for it and saw a webiste for waterproof underwater covers for camera. I found it very much interesting, searched one compatible for camera. I found that DicaPac WP610 will be good for SX110. I had gone thru all the reviews available and decided to buy. Swapnil bought it for me and sent to India with his friends.
I decided to do the water proof (leak) test before using this cover. There are 3 point seals for this case, one like a air tight seal and other two are welcrows. I put cotton inside the case, closed and kept it under water for almost 10 minutes. Mru also joined to help me do the test. (Basically she wanted to play in the water) Once the test was over, I took the case outside and cleaned the outer surface with a cloth. (This is very very important.. this should always be done, before taking your camera outside the case.)
You can see all the test photos here.
Personally, I liked this case very much and I am going to use it from next trek onwards. One more gadget under my belt :)

Site where I bought this: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/
Price: $ 41.99


- Mahesh Masurkar

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Walk of "The life"

Whats this post and whats its significance to my 'Life ho to aisee"?
Any clue, any idea.. what may be the correlation?
Some thing related to my trekking...
Think.. think..
Still not able to correlate.
No problem.. I am here to explain each and everything in detail.

Tonight, Mru and Anagha were sitting on the bed, and Anagha was feeding her "varaN bhat (वरण भात). I was sitting next to them,solving Sudoku and Marathi crossword (शब्दकोडे). (yes.. don't get shocked, I try my luck every night )
At the same time, we were busy watching Sa Re Ga Ma Pa (सारेगमप) on Z marathi. Mru was doing something behind Anagha, near to the wall. Mru came in front of Anagha, and suddenly Anagha shouted "अरे ही बघ, चालत पुढे आली !!" ("Look at her, she is walking"). We were very happy to see this moment. Mru was OK as if she did nothing. She fail down, got up again and started again. Anagha and I cheered .. ताल, ताल.. ताल ताल.. (ही मृ ची भाषा, बर का!) Then she realized that she started walking. She even took a 90 degree turn as well. I immediately jumped from the bed to get my cell phone to capture this memorable moment. What a moment to capture.. all parents eagerly wait for this moment. Normally, Anagha was the first witness for Mru's all developments and I used to hear it once I am back from office. But not this.. we were together when Mru started her 'first step' independently of 'her life'.. Isn't this the beginning of walk of the life?