shashank uchil | _shank | oslo

…this update was to be done on sunday…day before i left bay…but i could not do it due to technical difficulties(a net connection that’s slower than dial up).

Thank you
Thank you
Thank you

to all who made my time in bay awesome…

this has been the best vacation in bay so far…this despite all the ups and downs…

strangely enough i did not shoot that much film in bay…4 rolls…gave 6 rolls of film to the lab today…

i also got bored of digi pretty soon in bay…luckily the last few days gave the best frames of the trip…as usual…ALWAYS CARRY YOUR CAMERA

it was blast to be home and spend time with my family and friends…sadly i turn into the most lazy ass as soon as i step foot in my house in bay…

the return trip was also exciting…on my way from Helsinki to Stockholm…the pilot announced that due to a sudden drop in oil pressure we would have to turn back…nice…landed and we were surrounded by half a dozen fire trucks…

goto Oslo…bought a burger from Stat Oil…as usual…got home…which now feels empty without my Austrian mates…and then it started pouring cats and dogs…

before and after being deep fried…

goto to meet bhavin just once during the entire trip…

lali dislocated his shoulder one day before i left…

right across my building gate

love this one…

new profile pic for kunal…

a dash of color and mirror…pro

lali, kunal and me went out to chill and * got this msg from his girl…lots of ups and down…dont even ask…

kunal was also not quite there…thats another story…

kunal took this one…i like it in BW but sis likes it in color…so color…i dont mind being nice once in a while…

akshit joined us later…still talking to his girl on the mobile…i have no clue what couples talk about all day…

lali was playing some really bad bollywood ringtone on his cell…

met up with sis at a doctor…kunal later joined us…went to buy some pastry…and find this wall…so more profile pics…this time for sis…

need to have some streetshot…so here it is

goto the building and found another nice wall with some nice lighting…


i am the only one who likes this frame…everyone else like the earlier one…

sis took this one and the next…i like this frame

mom likes this frame

breakfast…

saturday…comming back home from malad…more nice light…

delna joined us as well…

hotel room in Helsinki…

view outside the room…

thats it for now…more stuff when i get the film developed

shank :: Jul.30.2008 :: Uncategorized, bombay, digital, street :: 2 Comments »

…is the word of the week…

/listens to Animal Alpha - Master Of Disguise

Been a crazy week…my sis took a week off from work…mental…at least in bombay where work=life. So the whole week has been spent shopping and general indulgence.

Amidst all this i have been dealing with all sorts of ups and downs in the life of the people around me. One advantage of living in Oslo…has been the bubble i live in…i dont have to deal with all these issues…basically the thing called LIFE.

All of it is about relations…people happy with each other…or people pissed with each other…pretty simple. Tell that to them…it seems that at some point people just fail to understand things…or choose not to.

The first thing i found out when i got back is that fact that all my friends are settling down…which is kinda scary as i have no clue where my life is heading…and then earlier this week…one of my close friend broke up with his girl…come to think of it…i have seen more breaks-ups in 2008 than in all my life.

Single people want to be a couple and couples want to be single…and grass is still greener on the other side of the fence and sun still rises from the west.

Dont feel like taking any pics…there is roll of cheap film in the camera…but my ass is lazy as ever…

someone is hooked to Ghibli stuff

bought Monopoly and Scrabble…my sis owns me in both of them…

dad joined the game as well


mom gets excited while my sis does some crazy shit with her hands…

shady deals


mom makes more awesome food…those bangles are made of gold

getting terribly bored I

getting terribly bored II

someone wanted to know how to break a coconut


grated coconut…I DID IT!!!

shank :: Jul.20.2008 :: bombay, digital :: 1 Comment »

…

I have been walking around my colony…hoping to connect to the past. But over the years things have so much that all the things that made this place my home are left just in my memory. I feel completely detached. The past seems like a dream…growing up…going to school…playing with friends…fighting with my sister…

Strange…

I am glad i now have a camera…at least i can freeze time…parts of it…

The speakers are singing Shine on you crazy diamond by Pink Floyd…i still remember the day suri gave me a cassette on which he recorded some tracks by Pink Floyd and Pearl Jam.

As a kid i always wanted to grow up…and now i miss those carefree days…i guess thats the price one pays for growing up…

Kunal and me were wondering where we will be in the next five years…who all will get married…who all will have kids…and come to think of it…five years will pass by and we wont even notice. I hope we still remain in touch…

we have a small garden in our apartment…

i prefer cooking over flame…

took a walk with the 50/1.4





pink asbestos sheets…

one of the few bungalows left in the colony…most have been replaced by towers…sad

its monsoon here…but it hardly rains…

people waiting for the bus


holy cross road

one of many crosses on the road…lots of Christians in my colony


love this one

kids going home from school…


a corrupt politician with a merc

took this one from kunals bike…

bought a cotton pant…for about 100NOK


my latest toy…hopefully i will get the batteries tomorrow…its kunals dads camera…

most of the pics are taken with the 50/1.4 @ 1.6…

shank :: Jul.11.2008 :: bombay, digital, street :: No Comments »