Crater Lake - Again

I hope everyone are doing well. As you know I already went to crater lake long time back. But I have visited it again, but this time with my wife.


It was wonderful experience this time since I went in peak summer and all the lake areas are open. We did the boat tour also which was wonderful. You should really get into the lake to experience how big it is. You cannot estimate by seeing it from outside. And the water is damn blue.


Overall, it was pretty nice trip with hot sun and the lake around. If you are nearby and have a chance to visit it, dont miss it. Below are some pics of it. See you later.

Change of Status

Finally I have changed my status from Single to Married..:)

Yes I got married 2 months back and back to US as well and in settlement mode. Believe me, its a new life altogether with new interests, twists, what not. Anyway life has taken a new turn for me and I am experiencing it. My wife is getting used to the new place, people etc.

No visits till now to any places. I will keep you posted about more updates. I hope you are all doing well and did not forget me.:)

Straight from PDX(Portland)

Friends, I am heading to India today. This time for a big occassion and its my marriage. I was busy last one month in shopping, packing stuff etc. I hope you are all doing well.
I will try to keep in touch and see you all after I settle down. Have fun guys.

Are you eating healthy food?

I learnt a lot from my roommates about the calories, fat and protein stuff in last one year. Initially I used to wonder whenever they see the nutrition facts for each item they consume. Later I realized that they are really important to make the health better and fit. Thanks to them.

I used to eat lots of (really a lot) chocolates, sweets and other items with fat when I initially landed in US. You dont believe, but I used to eat atleast one donut each day. It was so scary when I think now.

I also used to feel a lot heavier(Ofcourse I wasn't that fat, just feeling). I have decided to follow some rules in diet so stopped all fat stuff. Also started going to Gym, working out and swimming. In 6 months I have observed complete change. My body got toned a bit and I have lost 10 pounds and also feeling comfortable and light body.

I think its really important to maintain the body. Not to be handsome but for health. I dont believe that I have cut down so much on food. But sometimes I cannot control myself for some food items.

Ofcourse I have a formula. Eat and workout.:)

I suggest you also to take care of your health and diet. Thats it for now.

Yellow Stone Park - 33 States

Hello friends,

Hope you are all doing good. Finally I have visited one of the popular places in US - Yellow Stone National Park. This is real huge park which covers almost 4 states. This was also shown in a movie "2012". I along with a friend flew to Salt Lake City, Utah first. Salt lake city is not a great city, but the location it is situated is beautiful.

It is completely surrounded by mountains. We have also visited the Bonneville salt flats near salt lake city. This place is amazing, its just miles and miles area covered with salt on the ground. You know, this place is known for hosting the international speed racing at peak summers.

Next our destination was to Yellow Stone National Park. It was snowing heavily near the park but we could visit the required places in the mornings without any issue. We drove along the northwest side of the park and reached the north entrance. There we could watch some wild life on our way to mammoth hot springs. It was a good driving practise for my friend on different types of roads(snow, gravel etc).:)

This is another amazing place where there are several hot springs. Its interesting that the water would be boiling at high temparatures and we could see the fumes all over the mountain. Definitely a natural wonder.

Last but not the least, the total number of US states I have visitied increased to 33 with this trip.:)

Checkout some photographs from my trip below..


Salt Lake City(mountain view)


Bonneville Salt Flats





Hot springs in Yellow stone


Small portion in Yellow stone

Ugadi - Performance 4

Hello all, I dont have much to say at this time. But one update is that I gave another performance. This time its not classical, but for movie songs. The local community here celebrated our new year Ugadi sometime back and I have performed couple of songs in there.

I was well prepared and presented the song with some interesting visuals. To my surprise, the song came out very well and the response was really good. I was satisfied that the result came out well for whatever work I did. Ofcourse the whole function was good with some mix of classical and entertaining programs.

These events helps to meet new people and have fun and break from regular work. I will upload the actual song whenever I record it.:). Till then have fun and am waiting for friday for a trip to Yellow stone national park..:)

Third Performance

Hello all, by god's grace my classical music thing is going well. I gave another performance at Portland Central Library . This time it was much better performance wise as well as crowd wise. It was nice to see lot people turning up for these type of events other than DJs and Discos.:)

It was also nice to see the kids performing tabla(an instrument mostly used in classical music space).

I thought about the time I have wasted in my past.:-P. Anyway I am atleast doing something now. Refer to my blog's header for the song I performed. This is called as "Tarana", one of the forms of classical music. This sounds interesting to audience because of the kind of tounge twisters it has.

Refer to this link which explains about the interesting history about - Tarana.