My Backpack

I got a Vaude backpack as a birthday gift recently - best gift ever.

Stats

Vaude Formula 60 I M

Metrics: 58 x 34 x 20 cm / 66 x 32 x 18 cm
Weight: 2800 g / 2900 g
Model number: 14614
Colour: d'grey/jeans

Well the next thing is to take some time off and go on a long backpacking trip!

Being in Singapore you often see cash rich or carefree or passionate westerners hop around the region with bulging backpacks smelling of exotic earth.

Wish I can take off on such a journey before it is too late! So let me now busy myself with learning how to pack for a backpacking trip!


Iyer

NUS Triathlon 2006 - Outswim, Outbike, Outrun

I have taken the plunge and registered myself for the NUS Triathlon 2006! So has Machee!



Category: Short Distance
Swim: 0.3 Km
Bike: 10.0 Km
Run: 2.0 Km

Training: Day 1
Run: 4.0 Km
Swim: 0.2 Km

Things to do
Buy a good pair of running shoes


It is going to be a lot of fun if I manage to swim those first 300 meters in the sea! :)

We'll know soon.


Iyer

Hard evidence

Richard Boucher, a mid-level functionary of the Bush administration, "advised" India to rely on hard evidence before drawing conclusions on the Mumbai terror attacks! TOI article>>

What HARD evidence did they have when the US attacked Iraq? What about 9/11 - Osama took credit much after the large scale offensive by the US against Taliban.

The only HARD and inappropriate evidence US ever had was against Bill Clinton!

Boucher goes on to say:

"The terrorists that we're fighting against have been fighting against Afghanistan, been fighting against Pakistan, been fighting against the US, been fighting against Europeans, and maybe some of them fighting against India, as well,” he said, almost grudgingly including India among the list of countries affected.

I hope this really was the case, and India hadn't lost countless civilian lives in Kashmir. And I hope he will realize soon how damaging a two-faced anti-terror policy can be!


Iyer

Obituary: Syd Barrett

Strange, I remembered Barrett this evening - only to find out he passed away a few days ago.


Iyer

and death... whispered a lullaby...

the grin of a drunk woman...: and death... whispered a lullaby...