http://www.djnavv.com Mon, 07 Jul 2008 18:14:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en At the end of this month I shall pack up and move to Oslo, Norway. I've been offered the position of a "Product Manager" by Opera Software and it requires me to move to Oslo. Norway, the country of the vikings, aurora borealis, midnight sun, dark cold and long winters. This ... http://www.djnavv.com/2008/07/07/im-moving/ Write it on a paper, and make you a plan Spoil your little adventure, walk you on hot sand Light you a fire, sit around for a while Tell you a tale into the night, get you through with a smile Let me take your thoughts, on a stroll in my mind Walk them down the cobbled lane, to the three ... http://www.djnavv.com/2008/02/13/i-wanna-tell-you-who-i-am/ In the shadows on the green grass, you seek solace from the deafening uproar, of the blindfold race Pumping the devils poison, in an uncontrolled parade waiting for the night to end, to see the suns shinning face All walk towards the silent hymn, where the song of the unknown plays to fall when the time comes, when the path beneath ... http://www.djnavv.com/2008/02/08/give-in-to-me/ "To be a poet, to be an artist means more than writing or painting or singing; it means having a vision and the courage to see that vision through, despite any opposition. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, and if you have what it takes, you are rare and ... http://www.djnavv.com/2008/01/31/magnificent-blue-balls-of-pure-ecstasy/ I'm turning 25 soon. It's going to be quite uneventful, I'll probably be at home with my parents. Or maybe out with a few friends :D. Should be fun.(I've let you know now that my birthday is approaching soon - so that you don't have any excuse not to buy ... http://www.djnavv.com/2007/12/05/here-i-go-again/ I've been uploading pics regularly to my flickr account - www.flickr.com/photos/navjotpawera Majorly they are private, so just send me a flickr contact request and I'll let you in (if i like you) (ONLY if i like you) (be VERY VERY offended if i don't let you in). Just haven't had the time ... http://www.djnavv.com/2007/08/31/updates-elsewhere/ "The moments of our life are not expendable" Well, I didn't want this post to be just an update, so I waited to really want to write something. Now I really want to write, but the best I can think of ... are, updates. I thought I won't write about her ... http://www.djnavv.com/2007/07/15/updating-my-life/ "storm in my brain a rumbling train a roaring cloud a thunder too loud like a whisper turned to a scream like an orgasmic dream a jump from the sky too high to ever die a crash against the cliff a never ending drift a hurricane thats inside needs an outside to hide" http://www.djnavv.com/2007/05/03/a-hurricane-inside/ So he's finally off. Right now I would've been on my way to see him off, but it will not be so. It's not a farewell ... just a g'luk ... who am I kidding, more of a ... dare you have all the fun without me !! "Bitch guy", ... http://www.djnavv.com/2007/04/24/gluk-man/ Me(making a statement): Summers ... Him: Ehh .... huh ?? Me(acknowledgement): Mmmm .... Him(breaks the silence): Man, you know, all you do in summers ... eat grapes and drink Tang. Me: Huh ... where did that come from ? Me (wtf) Him: Don't you find it kinda ironical ... Me: Huh ? Him: You ... http://www.djnavv.com/2007/04/05/conversations-with-god-the-one-from-the-roleplaying-game/ I would think I'd be tired, sleepy and eager to hit the bed at 2:30am - after 6 hours in the bus from Delhi to Chd, and 2 and a half hours in the plane from Bangalore to Delhi before that. I was actually, just until before I entered my ... http://www.djnavv.com/2007/04/03/introspection-ive-been-travelling-which-way-now/ Café del Mar, Vol. 9 (Track No 9) http://www.djnavv.com/2007/03/30/many-rivers-to-cross/ Café del Mar, Vol. 12 (Track 9, CD2) http://www.djnavv.com/2007/03/29/looking-down/ Café del Mar, Vol. 7 (Track No 8) http://www.djnavv.com/2007/03/28/beautiful-strange/ Café del Mar, Vol. 7 (Track No 3) http://www.djnavv.com/2007/03/27/whispering-wind/ Café del Mar, Vol. 1 (Track No 5) http://www.djnavv.com/2007/03/26/sundance/ Café del Mar, Vol. 7 (Track No 5) http://www.djnavv.com/2007/03/25/letting-the-cables-sleep/ Café del Mar, Vol. 9 (Track No 5) http://www.djnavv.com/2007/03/24/a-day-in-the-sun/ Café del Mar, Vol. 1 (Track No 10) http://www.djnavv.com/2007/03/23/a-man-called-adam/ Will be posting a picture, everyday .. for the next 12 days ... Do criticise ... Give them titles ... i'll try myself ... but do suggest ... :) Aman, cafe del mar ... that's what it was .... so I'll start with this one "Sunset At The Café del Mar" - ... http://www.djnavv.com/2007/03/22/of-sunsets-the-sea-and-a-weekend/ Once I had a strange love, a mad sort of insane love, a love so fast and fierce I thought i'd die yes once I had a strange love, a pure but very pained love, a love that burned like fire through a field Oh once I had a strange love, a childlike but derranged love, a love ... http://www.djnavv.com/2007/03/02/strange-love/ http://www.djnavv.com/2007/02/21/grey-life/ http://www.djnavv.com/2007/02/17/dusk/ "was it really so long ago we were taking photographs of each other in our winter pagent clothes... skipping school or going home running for shelter from a sudden thunderstorm kissing raindrops on your nose... what part did i play in making you the way you are? what more can i say to convince you it didn't have to go so far? in way ... http://www.djnavv.com/2007/02/10/happy-new-year-and-all-that/ 30th Nov - Chd to Delhi (Anup) 1st Dec - Delhi to Bangalore (Udai & Chaals) 8th Dec - Bangalore to Delhi (Chaals, Karan, Ubhi) 11th Dec - Delhi to Chd (Chaals) 15th Dec - Chd to Delhi (Chaals) 16th Dec - Delhi to Agra (Chaals) 17th Dec - Agra to Delhi (Chaals) 18th Dec - Delhi ... http://www.djnavv.com/2006/12/25/this-winter/ Not saying much here ... will know in April ... Nephew ? Niece ? Take care bhabi :D http://www.djnavv.com/2006/11/30/well-whos-coming/ Sometimes a realization can shake you. It's particularly irritating for me when I realize that I am at fault for what I might have been blaming others for. But this time it's really shaking me, like holding me by the trunk and "shaking" me till all the leaves fall off. I've ... http://www.djnavv.com/2006/11/27/the-perfectionist/ [UserJS ExtraLinks Link] editor_content.css [UserJS ExtraLinks Link] wordpress.css Last few weeks have been pretty busy for the Pawera family. We finally decided that we wanted to move to our new house, and hence majority of the time was spent packing stuff - unpacking stuff - shopping - setting up the new place. ... http://www.djnavv.com/2006/11/06/settling-in/ http://www.djnavv.com/2006/10/11/cease-fire/ Just put up an all new website on www.navjotpawera.com, kindly head there and let me know what you guys think :D So, today is the new "happy to you" of the website :D Got some jazz going there :P http://www.djnavv.com/2006/10/10/navjotpaweracom-happy-to-u/ http://www.djnavv.com/2006/10/08/take-some-time-off/ The "taste" of an oxygen mask ... expected it to be more "pure" ... more tasty ?!!! But it wasn't even close. Or maybe it was the nebulization that contaminated the "yumminess". I did want it to be more than that !! Although the oxygen mask wasn't that exciting, the precedings ... http://www.djnavv.com/2006/10/06/another-one-for-the-been-there-done-that-list/ [UserJS ExtraLinks Link] editor_content.css [UserJS ExtraLinks Link] wordpress.css Sometimes you get bored of how things are working and the monotony of things going right ..... and you facilitate a change. You might have reasons to justify the change, but it gets to you when it cracks the mould of your comfortable lifestyle. So ... http://www.djnavv.com/2006/10/05/return-of-the-mack/ Well, its friday ... the weekend has begun ...  OFFICIALLY ;) http://www.djnavv.com/2006/09/08/weekend/ I can make an excuse and say thats what I've been doing all this while. Professionaly, maybe its true, but thats not the excuse. The excuse is this new theme I have been working upon. For those who didn't get it: 1. excuse - for not posting for such a long time 2. ... http://www.djnavv.com/2006/09/05/serving-shakabukus-all-day-long/ Woohoo ... first paycheck (for me), first service (for the bike) !! :DHad resolved about 2 months ago that I'm not gonna stay in this city anymore, but it just won't happen I guess. But GLAD to say - no regrets so far !!!! :D Having an awesome time here ... ... http://www.djnavv.com/2006/07/20/30-days-%e2%80%a6-and-i%e2%80%99m-all-red/ Time spent well .... could be the energy to look forward to more time together, or a consolation for a good memory. You grow relationships over time. Those that you hold dearly are the ones you grow in. And these are the ones that can be the hardest to dismiss as "good memories". So, its these tricky ones you need to deal with carefully. And when you have to let go, you need to look back to ... http://www.djnavv.com/2006/07/06/northern-lights/ There is cliche, and there is gossip. You know that you won't find gossip here, but that doesn't say I talk cliche here either. And that's taken because I don't care, and I know most of those who do share their thoughts with me don't care either. Those who don't care. ... http://www.djnavv.com/2006/06/29/introspection-about-those-who-dont-care/ More than a month back, I stopped working in the CueBlocks office, and started planning an internship in .. europe maybe. So of all the things, I was kinda glad to leave the city. I've been here ever since !! But I guess, the city still hasn't had enough of me ... http://www.djnavv.com/2006/06/13/the-city-beautiful-wont-let-me-go/ Just back from a trip that I might as well call the best road trip to the hills till now. When we left home, the destination was Dharamsala. Have uploaded pics from the trip at - www.djnavv.com/dharamsala/ After around 5 hours of an amazing drive, we reached Dharamsala, it was dissapointing. A ... http://www.djnavv.com/2006/06/08/om-mani-padme-hum/ So, once again .. I present .. a new theme for my blog This one is called "homework", or "off1.0" .. or "the-me" ... dunno yet :P Ready again this side, for your comments, critique or whatever it is u have to say. Updates soon ... http://www.djnavv.com/2006/05/29/calling-the-critics/ I am on a sabatical ... who wouldnt need one after the tsunami of events my life was hit by... Ok ... so ... lets see ... well ... you know ... I ... graduated ... ... ... !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As we always said ... we would get our degrees ... "all rolled ... http://www.djnavv.com/2006/05/14/sabatical-from-the-sabatical/ Its the early morning cool bedsheets that make me want to stay in bed longer. Its how a movie ends, that makes me want to watch it again. Its the homecoming journey, that makes you wanna go back again to a trip with your mates. Its the end that makes you want to ... http://www.djnavv.com/2006/04/18/introspection-yet-again/ No office in the past few days, and working from home just doesnt feel like working. Back to a bit of coding these days. Too many things to take care of. Ever since the "RA" website went online and we noticed the "not so evident" similarities, I've been in a dilemma. ... http://www.djnavv.com/2006/04/14/new-id/ Been trying to freeze on a satisfactory design for my 'other' website, www.navjotpawera.com, but seems i'm pinging the wrong server.So, what do you do when you cant seem to get past the blank sheet ? In order to see if there is a work-around, I've noted down some mood swings i ... http://www.djnavv.com/2006/04/11/my-creative-serve-aint-workin/ This should've been here earlier. But I thought before writing about it, I might just use it and actually see how it performs. So I bought the Sony DSC H1, my "nu" lens last week on the 3rd. Drumrolls please :D Have been shutter crazy for a week now, and getting some good ... http://www.djnavv.com/2006/04/09/the-nu-lens-of-mine/ http://www.djnavv.com/2006/04/07/did-i-capture-the-right-emotions/ Sorry people ... I know this can be very very irritating, but this post is dedicated only to the person in the pic. Apologies again, for not explaining anything here ... (you may call me for some "news" though ;) ) http://www.djnavv.com/2006/04/06/theres-always-a-reason/ No my man, ovenfresh hasn't closed down !! Its still there ! And just in case you're missing it too much ... here are some snapshots :D What say, another croissant someday ? http://www.djnavv.com/2006/04/06/this-ones-for-udai-p/ It was Ovenfresh 2 years ago, now its Golfers. The place where I have dinner more than home. Just love the food ! Went their with my "nu" Sony DSC H1 and clicked some .. http://www.djnavv.com/2006/04/06/golfers-thats-where-i-park-my-car/ Well guys .. here I am, back on my feet. This is what I had been working on .. and this is what kept me busy. Too tired right now to write anything, but just wanted to get this theme done .. and beleive me .. this time, I met my ... http://www.djnavv.com/2006/04/03/here-i-am-again-p/ Many create blogs ... write one KICKASS post ... and wait for the next shot of inspiration to write another KICKASS post ... Now for some this shot may come from getting up in the moning and brushing up, while pondering over some subconsious notes... or ... just before crashing to ... http://www.djnavv.com/2006/03/10/interdooosing/ Me down with viral ... cold ... yet again ! Happens every season change .... Need wishes and blessings and hugs .... :( Flowers, chocolates and iPods will do too ... http://www.djnavv.com/2006/03/07/yet-again/ If it hadnt been for you guys ... it would've been for someone else :P Kidding, its just been a real, what I would like to call, a liveable day Bartender .... repeat that one ... another round of the craziness please !!! After a long time, spent the noon with an old ... http://www.djnavv.com/2006/03/05/another-round-please/ note-to-self My phone history so far (old first, most recent last) 1. Panasonic GD92 2. Nokia 3310 3. Samsung N500 4. Sony Ericsson T200 5. Nokia 8250 6. Nokia 3530 7. Nokia 6800 8. Nokia 3660 9. Sony Ericsson K500i 10. Nokia 6020 11. Nokia 6630 ( Present ) Wanna go for a PDA next, but first .... Gotta get the BABY !! ... http://www.djnavv.com/2006/03/04/nokia-6630-impressions-so-far/ Its not what you were ... rather what you would wanna be that should govern the way you live your life. Or is it ?? Is the way you live your life a cue to what you plan for your future, or is it a shadow of your past. In most likelyhood, ... http://www.djnavv.com/2006/03/01/introspection-could-be-injurious-to-health/ Note to self ... First post from a Linux box :) Details: Fedora Core 4 - kernel-2.6.11-1.1369_FC4 Gnome Date of installation: 22 Feb, 2006 Probable Date of un-installation: 25 Feb, 2006 Apps installed so far: FireFox - Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.1) Gecko/20060124 Firefox/1.5.0.1 Opera - Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; X11; Linux i686; en) Opera 8.52 Xmms ... http://www.djnavv.com/2006/02/23/brand-nu-linux/ Rulz came to the city for a day, and ended up spending more than a week here !!! For those who dont know who dis djRULZ DA MAN is ... lemme go into flashback. July, 2004. I land in Bangalore to start with my 6 month industrial internship for my B.Tech course. No ... http://www.djnavv.com/2006/02/21/djrulz-da-man/ Well .... after college ... and after aman left town ... I've been the lone one. Been in the city beautiful,been at home ... but feels like I'm the one who's away from home. Everyone left town ... gaggu, vishal, rohan, ubhi, tanay, aman. Not to mention sanchit who left ... http://www.djnavv.com/2006/02/16/case-of-the-missing-wheel-cups-its-all-nostalgic/ 4 years ... uncountable hours of music, at times to rave, at times to space out uncountable trips to the hills uncountable hours spent in the A/C in the killing Indian summer uncountable nights spent out driving to nowhere uncountable hours of rage spent on the wheels you've been the shelter, you've been the getaway more than ... http://www.djnavv.com/2006/02/13/my-precious/ Just back from a concert featuring Jal and the Aryans .. Thankfully missed the Aryans, and got there when Jal was performing :D Those guys are really good. Just posting some pics and a clip (via my n6630, very low quality) from the concert. Get the Video ... http://www.djnavv.com/2006/02/09/jal-in-town/ Life can hit you below the belt and get away with it .. too easily. Picture this.You're 2500 kms away from home. You're 22. You're busy in the office, scandalized over multi-dimensional excel sheet. You're experiencing short sightedness as well as far sightedness at the same time. Your phone rings, and ... http://www.djnavv.com/2006/02/08/bang-bang-bang-when-youre-on-an-excel-sheet/ I'm experiencing one of those "goose-bumps all over the body" moments right now !! Casually wading through my wordpress admin area looking for user level options, I noticed the "import" tab on the top menu. Next, I see options to import my posts AND comments from blogger, textpattern, movable type or ... http://www.djnavv.com/2006/02/08/wordpress-import-feature/ Just downloaded the FireFox 1.5.0.1 update. And just to express my "not-so-happy" state right now, I'm posting this from Opera :P. When I downloaded FireFox 1.5 , I was surprised to see the increased system resources that FF was eating up, not to mention the untimely crashes and also wierd rendering ... http://www.djnavv.com/2006/02/08/firefox-has-the-fire-sizzled-out/ Its a pity to be sitting inside on such a beautiful day .. Feel like .... hills ... green gardens ... hammocks in the shade ... sipping on orange juice ... http://www.djnavv.com/2006/01/31/beautiful-day/ How do u ruin a completely useless sunday ? Sit in front of the pc trying to work, when you know you dont wanna work. http://www.djnavv.com/2006/01/29/sunday-bloody-sunday/ The worst I could do to this blog would be to not post untill I was ready with a new design. I want to tweak the wordpress and get it work for me the way I want to. Want to give it a new theme of my own. Granted, this takes ... http://www.djnavv.com/2006/01/29/i-start-here-and-now/ Change the pen to write something better But the words come out the same I change the object of love But i still still feel the same old pain ( wrote it sometime last year .... march / april .. found it scribbled somewhere and editted it a bit ) http://www.djnavv.com/2005/02/17/incorrigible-love/ what i dont know right now is which is louder , the music or my heartbeat http://www.djnavv.com/2004/11/14/where/ the nights not that dark the chill , its makes me shrug we've flown far apart ur thought seduces me like a drug i smile while looking away and turn my gaze to the ground its still way too cold without the love i once found but i gotta move on, just the way i once did this is ... http://www.djnavv.com/2004/11/14/110050140255002370/ never thought his new album wud fade out onme so soon guess it was just the early excitement ... infact kinda sucks .... tiesto gud tracks ... delerium close to you flight 643 ( just coz of some old memories ) ..WHA ??? THATS IT ??? i'm glad though ....... lol http://www.djnavv.com/2004/09/24/tiesto-umm/ “This is the ghost of everyday assumptions which declares that the ultimate purpose of life, which is to keep alive is impossible but that this is the ultimate purpose of life” -Robert M Pirsig This brings to mind immortality, a topic that has become immortal itself. One which has to be ironically, ... http://www.djnavv.com/2004/09/12/%e2%80%9cnotes-alongside-an-introduction-to-explanations%e2%80%9d/ i'm struggling now with my hair i know that last night i wasnt fair yet not taken a bath havent brushed my teeth i kick the bed only to hurt my feet you left so early today so i know things arent certainly right even you must be thinking somewhere i hope you're done with that before tonite i'm waiting for ... http://www.djnavv.com/2004/09/12/an-inscrutable-love/ I"m still looking around .. but maybe i have realised now that what i am looking for is not where i can ever be it ceases to exist in my presence it gets so abstract everytime i think about it i didnt have any friends when i was home maybe thats why i came here but ... http://www.djnavv.com/2004/09/12/why/ just updating the site 'coz Aman asked if i'd been updating it . just putting some crap , for the sake of it http://www.djnavv.com/2004/09/12/updating/ http://zikri.indoglobal.com/books.html AWESOME COLLECTION OF BOOKS ... i dont know about the editions , but great collection anyways.... http://www.djnavv.com/2004/08/25/planet-books/ Well ... its now been almost one and a hlaf months since I landed here in Bangalore. Been going great , its a nice city ... but now i've started feeling uncomfortable with this new companion that I have ," lonliness " Got no one to interact with ... lookin around ... http://www.djnavv.com/2004/08/25/what-to-do/ MEL How-To This link is for you Alam , some MEL-how-to's ... check it out http://www.djnavv.com/2004/08/22/mel-how-to/ CGNetworks Gallery%3A Robot Hopper%2C by Tristan_bethe AWESOME image .... probabaly in some 3-D s/w . Check out www.cgnetworks.com for some amazing photoshop/3-D tutorials http://www.djnavv.com/2004/08/22/cgnetworks-gallery%3a-robot-hopper%2c-by-tristan_bethe/ billybussey.com - The digital portfolio of Billy Bussey never knew even websites needed some 3d cards to play properly .... I rate this site AWESOME !!!! http://www.djnavv.com/2004/08/18/billybusseycom-the-digital-portfolio-of-billy-bussey/ I've decided that to break away from my 6am-to-4pm sleeping habit , I am not going to sleep at all today. So I think I should be really sleepy till tonite by 9-10 and then go to sleep peacefully. Just downloaded DJ Tiesto's new album "Just Be" Especially the track: Love Comes ... http://www.djnavv.com/2004/08/10/no-sleep-for-today/