vivek sekar

the 10 day trip to Iceland was nothing short of awesome, the place has me captivated. and my desire to frequently visit iceland has only increased.

out of the planned route, i had to skip the north western fjords and north eastern Iceland because of the road conditions from the snow.

spring, snow, rain, wind, gail storms and warm water. i had a taste of nearly all the weather expect summer in the trip . with the landscape providing an add on variety along with the weather. i am still digesting the varied experiences from the trip. as expected i ended up with close to 15GB of photos of all that i saw and along with edyta’s help we (mostly her alone) took close to 40GB of HD video, and i might put up a short video clip also.

one of the days i took only 20 odd as we where stuck in gail winds from an approaching storm. and during that drive i was weaving the car left and right, putting on a fight with the winds that were pushing the car around. exhilarating!! guess one word that can describe that experience.

i have uploaded the photos from the first 3 days in picasa, and you can see them here :

Iceland day 1 photos

Iceland day 2 photos

Iceland day 3 photos

Iceland day 3 photos

i spent 2 cold nights trying to see the Northern lights and both the attempts were successful, albeit only the toned down and weak ones though. guess it was because the winter had not set in and it was near the full moon day. the second time i saw them, it was bright but the wind did not allow for any steady photos.

more posts about the trip will come as time passes on, and i am sure there will be one about the kindness to/from strangers .

just before i head to Iceland, i am in Jyvaskyla, Finland for a short meeting.
in 1 and half days back at Helsinki and heading to Iceland.

its sunny and cloudy, the sun aligned in an angle that the clouds have a depth to them. The is basically back lighting the clouds, the corners brighter and the middle dark and gloomy. And to compliment this, its the autumn colors in full glory.

so its the blue, white, gray, yellow, orange with shades of red. all next to a river that flows through and cold winds sweep across.

after that ‘i do not know’ and how it came to be a post, i am back to the normal and usual.

in 5 days time, i will have landed in Iceland. i have gotten a minimum 3000 km route at this moment, all subject to change based on the daily weather conditions.
enough places listed in the map to see, photograph and be part of

and as a starter i am putting the points listed in the Iceland map that i plan to go through.

iceland map points

and on a side note, i have added a canon speedlite 580EX II and wireless transceiver to my camera kit. what results and inquisitiveness in me, it produces are to be seen.

what i know is not what i want to know
what i wanted to know is relative to everything around me and in me
what i do not know is what i want to know, its also what i do not want to know. the duality presents itself and just as relativity does
how do i know what i want to know ?
only after i come to know what i want to know, only then can i know, if what i am presented with is what i wanted to know
only when i am in a state of knowing, can i know if i want to know

and how do i know,
what i know now but do not want to know now, might be something i want to know later.
but then i do not know when this later will come, if it will ever come that is. and i do not know if i will want to know

it all comes down to i do not know

WHO AM I ?? WHAT AM I ?? WHY AM I ??

as the age old question goes, introduced to me by my father. and  i have realised for long is not answered in short. if its answered in short time, it only applies to the time it is answered to and not an answer to satisfy the eternity of what is.

a question very few find an answer, and those who do, have done so for eternity and results it seems are not so forthcoming of what this is all about.
it is not for some one who did find the answer to give it out and make the lives of those in search, miserable and not worth the effort. so the fruits of the pain are there, but to what extent do you go through this pain for the fruit.
there also those, who never go in search of. but have the answer, whether they know or not is a something different.

clarity

sitting in front of the computer and staring at the screen, just about epitomizes the state i am in.

Iceland, salsa, gym, rock climbing – pursuits to break the monotony

lavender, basil and thai tulips shiver as the cool autumn breeze flows in past them, through the half inclined window. outside in front of me as dusk settles in and the clouds start their march on the sky and reclaim the emptiness for themselves, as they replace the blue emptiness with gray emptiness. this variance in color seems to be affecting the manner in which we perceive our daily mood, the blue bring in cheer just as the gray adds a touch of sombre to the mood flavor. with all these around, still i am in search of emptiness. the emptiness where i am not searching for anything, where i am not in need of anything,  where there is nothing to deviate my attention.

but then focus seems to be just as alien to me, like spices to the landscape surrounding me.

why i am writing this, i have no idea
what made be write this, i have no idea
how writing helps me, i have no idea

when you put the keyboard and empty post together i guess i end up with this.

the latest version of maemo is released, and this would give an idea about what i have been working on along with my colleagues at Nokia.

Check out the site at maemo for more info

And you know what is my new phone is – actually my phone for some time now