Florida road trip (Day II)

Our initial plan was to go to Savannah, GA first but after first day we realize it would be too exotic plan. So headed toward Titusville, FL directly. We stopped by Columbus, GA in the middle. Columbus, GA was okay but not too much exciting during winter.

Columbus, GA

Most important event was I loose control over myself and went crazy on Adnan. So that defines the fate of our entire road trip. Well in my opinion the it could be better but we had our own moments.

Christmas Florida road trip (Day II)

Florida road trip (Day I)

Day I of our Christmas Florida road trip was good. We started from Norman, OK around 10 am in the morning. Our drivers drove like crazy and we reached Fort Smith, AR around 12 o'clock. Our next stop was Memphis, TN. By the time we reached Fort Smith, we realized if we drive like crazy our MPG gone crazy as well. So we decided to slow down a bit and we reached Memphis, TN around 5 pm. We spend some time in Memphis. While we were in Memphis we heard a good news and we decided to celebrate it; so we did. We started toward Birmingham, AL around 10 pm and reached around 2 am in the morning. That's our first day. We pretty much driving like crazy. But cover maximum distance in our first day.

There is not much things to do while you are behind the wheel. But we chatted with each other, know each other a little bit and get ready for the next days. Since it was the day before Christmas the Beale street (Memphis) was boring and no one was there except us. The day was good except few minor discrepancies.

 Christmas Florida road trip (Day I)

Somebody to love

When the truth is found to be lies

and all the joy within you dies

don't you want somebody to love

don't you need somebody to love

wouldn't you love somebody to love

you better find somebody to love

When the garden flowers baby are dead yes

and your mind is full of red

don't you want somebody to love

don't you need somebody to love

wouldn't you love somebody to love

you better find somebody to love

your eyes, I say your eyes may look like his

but in your head baby I'm afraid you don't know where it is

don't you want somebody to love

don't you need somebody to love

wouldn't you love somebody to love

you better find somebody to love

tears are running, ahhh, they're all, running down your breast

and your friends baby they treat you like a guest.

don't you want somebody to love

don't you need somebody to love

wouldn't you love somebody to love

you better find somebody to love

[Jefferson Airplane]

Chickasha, Festival of lights

We went to Chickasha festival of lights yesterday. It was beautiful. They have pretty decent number of lights in the festival. This is not my first time, I have been there before back in 2008. This time it was different. This time my primary intention was was to take some photographs. They have a large collection of light and I wanted to take picture of them. I got some but most of them are crap. However I leaned some good lessons to take photographs of this kind of lighting show.

Some pictures are nice if lights are not in focus. Putting lights out of focus makes a outline of bokeh and that is pretty spectacular. Taking picture of lights in focus is pretty boring. Out of focus light is rather dramatic and visually aesthetic. 

Photographs are two dimensional, of course they are. Most importantly when I was taking photographs of lights, the entire field became two dimensional lighting field. What I saw was no way comparable to what I got in my shot. Well, this is always true for photography but it became even more important for photography of lights. Background lights are as prominent as foreground lights or to be more specific there is nothing called background light. 

Here is what I have taken from yesterday's photographic venture,

Planning!

I just realized I am not good as planning. Planning for life! So far I am pretty much without any plan. When I look back I feel there is something missing and that missing part is probably proper planning. So far, I behave pretty much as an opportunistic! without any plan at all. USA a super fine tuned country and I kind of fall behind because of my lack of planning. I got to be well tuned in terms of planning. 

I used to think I am good at it but all of sudden I realized I am not. I could have done better if I had a better plan. I have not idea how to improve it but I got to do it anyway! I need to find a place where I wanna be and then how to be it! Make some plan!

Florida, State of Sunshine!

Lot of things going on, this time we are going to Florida!!! We are planning a road trip to Florida during this Christmas break. This time we are sixteen! wow! big number. Hasib is coming from Illinois, Jamee is coming from Texas, Shehab is coming from Maryland, Apu is coming from Kansas! We are a big gang now. I can certainly feel the heat. Florida the state of sunshine.  

We are planning to drive here to Birmingham, AL, then Savannah, GA; we are going to touch all east coast beaches from from Savannah, GA to Miami, Fl. And then finally Key West, FL. That's our beach road trip for all east coast beaches. From Key West, FL to Pensacola, FL we will touch all Gulf of Mexico beaches. I have been told that these beaches are even prettier than East coast beaches, let see. From Pensacola, FL to New Orleans, LA and finally home, sweet home. We are touching many points and probably visiting all points of interest in Florida. I hope I would make some good pictures.

Sporadic obsessions!

My general exam oral presentation is tomorrow. That's okay, somehow I got the maturity of not worrying about exams. I stopped by blogs I follows. I came across Salehin's blog. Salehin was always one of the fascinating guys I always admire. Me and Salehin started our career almost same time. I joined Kaz and he joined couple of days later. Just to give a little context, he was my batch mate in BUET as well.

He was a friend of my friend; I believe Dew introduced him to me. I didn't know much about him. I was curious when I first learned, he disappear from his home. Wow! it was my dream, and now I found a guy who can do it! That's fist I started paying attention to him; later I learned he is a mountaineer as well! This guy is unbelievable; he does what I always dream of! What amazed me most was he does all of these quite effortlessly! Somehow I never could do all these! They are still my dream. My romantic dreams, one day I'll leave everything, leave everyone behind me. 

I was suffocated after six month or so after staring my first job! I started thinking I don't belong this place anymore. So I decided to choose another career for myself. Where I am going is a different story but I observed Salehin, he was amazing. He must have something that beyond my imagination. He was never tired of what his job. It's not that I didn't like what I was doing and he liked. I love software development more than he does, I just become frustrate of places I belong to after some time. 

Little little things, we call life!

How am I doing these days? It is kind of hard to define. I knew for what I was missing, what I want and how I want them; all of a sudden I got kind of confused: what really this meant to be? Is there really any purpose? Or is this a wrong question? Let say I have what I want, then what? I would want some more, and more and even more! But this is not how I imagined my life! Did I start early? Do I really have the maturity for real life, or does it really need a certain level of maturity?

I know what I am seeing is not right, but I don't know the right either! Is this 'right' stuff really exist? If not what our ancestors were taking about? Maybe it exists then? What happen to it now? I have so many questions to ask, so little time to seek for all of them. I don't know what I am doing here. I don't even know what my I meant to be!

Halloween Parade

I went to Oklahoma City Halloween parade last week. It was pretty cool :) I love the concept of Halloween. In my country it would be too absurd for an adult to do something like Halloween. I don't know for some reason, adults in my country are pretty serious about everything. They never play silly. I even don't play silly. I mean it's fun to play something like this for some time. We don't have to be pretty serious about everything. I always heard it does not go with the people like your age, I think that's silly. We can play silly, we have life. Life is not all that serious. Maybe it is the time, I should think about my actions as well. I make life way more complicated than it meant to be. Why so serious?

Some pictures from Halloween parade

The best is yet to come

Across the desert plains

Where nothing dares to grow

I taught you how to sing

You taught me everything I know

And though the night is young

And we don't know if we'll live to see the sun

The best is yet to come

I know, you know

That we've only just begun

Through the highs and lows

And how can I live without you

You're such a part of me

And you've always been the one

Keeping me forever young

And the best is yet to come

Heya aeh ho

Don't look now, the best is yet to come

Heya aeh ho

Take my hand, the best is yet to come

Thinking of the times

How we laughed and cried

I wouldn't change a thing

I couldn't even if I tried

Through the wind and rain

The spirit of our song remains the same

And the best is yet to come

I know, you know

That we've only just begun

Through the highs and lows

And how can I live without you

You're such a part of me

And you've always been the one

Keeping me forever young

And the best is yet to come

Heya aeh ho

Don't look now, the best is yet to come

Heya aeh ho

Take my hand, the best is yet to come

Oh can you feel it in the air

It's in your heart and everywhere

We got to keep that dream alive

We cross another road

And face another day

Soldiers never die

They only fade away

How can we grow old

When the soundtrack of our lives is rock and roll

And the best is yet to come

I know, you know

That we've only just begun

Through the highs and lows

And how can I live without you

You're such a part of me

And you've always been the one

Keeping me forever young

And the best is yet to come

Heya aeh ho

Don't look now, the best is yet to come

Heya aeh ho

Take my hand, the best is yet to come

Heya aeh ho

Don't look now, the best is yet to come

Heya aeh ho

Take my hand, the best is yet to come 

[Scorpions]