Le Monde - A Poetic Travail

Global air traffic condensed into 2 minutes

Nisha — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:53:43 +0000

I came across a beautiful video which has captured and condensed 24 hours of global air traffic in just 2 minutes !

The yellow dots are aircrafts. Note that as evening approaches, the traffic is predominantly from the US to Europe (Eastbound) and when daylight comes, the traffic switches and it is predominantly from Europe to the US (Westbound).

Have you also noticed how less is traffic movement over deserts of Africa or even in parts of southern America ?

This is all from here.
Have a happy weekend ! Bon weekend !

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Wandering Wednesday Photo – SkyTower, New Zealand

Nisha — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 07:24:46 +0000

The SkyTower is Auckland’s major landmark and a tourist attraction. As far as I know, it is the tallest tower in the southern hemisphere.

The view from the top of the platform is incredible. You can see the entire city. Even the tall buildings look very small from up there.
If you have a weak heart, please do not look down. Better would be not to go up at all !

And with a rope tied around you, you can jump off it too. We also did it.

More pictures from this place later.
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Taste of India

Nisha — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:13:17 +0000

Today I received this image of India as an e-mail forward and it depicts different foods from different parts of India. Felt like sharing with you all.
I have not heard of even half of them, let alone taste ! Real mouth watering specialties loaded with sensory stimuli waiting to treat your taste buds.

How many of them have you tasted ? Click on the map for a larger view.

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Influence of Tamil

Nisha — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:54:01 +0000

I had always heard a saying “wherever you go, you’ll find a sardarji there”. They will always be the first Indian or of Indian origin to arrive at a place and open a shop or earning their livelihood.

But I was wrong. The more places I visit, the more I am convinced that its Tamilians and not Sardarji’s. From Singapore, Europe, USA to Indonesia, Malaysia. They are everywhere.

Some cities of Malaysia have been greatly influenced by the dynasties of Portuguese & British who ruled there for decades or even centuries. The buildings, the architecture and the names of roads or buildings are testimonies to that. Still, Tamilians have influenced the local culture in more than one way.

For example, I do not understand why a word as simple as ‘shop‘ which is easier to read, write or speak, could not make it’s way into Malay dictionary and instead ‘Kedai‘, Tamil word for shop became popular leaving behind Chinese or local Malay.

The Tamil form 10% (15% in KL) of total population in that country, not that large number, yet we could see many Tamil words in day to day usage.

I am not a historian but a simple observant to notice it. In another post just to let you know, I’ll write down some words and their usage that we came across in that country.