Death is Inevitable

It is sad to announce the demise of my camera which has served me faithfully for the past 4 years. The following is a short description of how it's death was diagnosed by no other than me. On Sunday, 4th March, myself, Pavithra, Kshama and Kshama's friend, Rebecca were going for the Chinese New Year Celebration in Uni of Leeds Great Hall. I promptly took my camera with not one, but two sets of rechargeable batteries. I go to the Great Hall and look at how beautiful everything is out there, and decide to take my camera out and take a couple of shots randomly for memories sake. I try to focus the camera, but the camera refuses to focus. So, I give it a few seconds rest and try again. Again, refuses to work. Then, I realise this is after all, technology. So, i switch the camera off and switch it on again after a few minutes. Still refuses to work. Then, I thank the stars that I brought another pair of batteries and decide to change it, figuring it may have something to do with batteries. It still refused to focus! So, by now, I have realised that the camera's refusal to focus has NOTHING to do with either the batteries or stupidity of technology. I try shaking the camera a bit to see if that helps, try ensuring the settings are the same as always. Everything is okay with the camera, but it REFUSES to focus, therefore giving me extremely blurry pictures. This leaves me no option but to say that this camera has died of old age and lens failure. It has been buried in my top most drawer of my desk underneath the endless pile of papers and stationery. During this sad moment in life, I must mention some of this camera's achievements. It was born in Japan, after which it was stacked in a shop in Bombay. When my parents went to see the camera adoption centre, they saw this camera sitting on the shelf all alone and decided to keep it as though it was their own child (clearly they were missing the presence of their daughter who was currently in a boarding school in Bangalore). This is when the camera started to face many new adventures almost everyday. Not only has it travelled around the world (places include: Sri Lanka, UK, Hong Kong and in and around India), it has also faced many random moments with me. During its last few months in university, it took many pictures that would be cherished as memories by me forever. *starts to cry* I really don't know how I would live without this camera anymore *sniff* All I can say is: May its buttons rest in peace.

The Evilness of Randomness

This was done by Shreya during the 1/2 hour or so conversation we had on skype... Now the reason for the towel on my head is because i had just come out of my shower and was letting my hair dry. Though to be honest, I quite liked the result which is seen above. I had no clue she was doing this! anyway, thats all for now.. Longer update in a while... too busy for that now!