I cannot believe the number of smokers in NewYork City. Every time I step out of a building or am walking down the road, all I can smell is cigarette smoke. Every street has at least a dozen people if not a lot more, smoking at anytime of the day. Imagine how much of this smoke the city must be engulfed in. It is seriously a problem for normal people, pregnant women or anyone else trying to lead a normal life, to be inhaling this every time they step out onto the street. Why cant the city council do something about this? Or are they busy smoking?

I love my job and the place where I work. Somehow today, I just felt like saying it out aloud.

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I moved the post about comments to a new page titled “Comments Policy”, since I want to retain focus on running for my blog.

I dont know why but this really strikes me funny…found it on Marketwatch.com. That is a pretty darn thin bull I’d say..hehe

I must say the view just keeps getting better! The run keeps getting longer and easier (I wonder if this is from my legs getting stronger or the beauty of the route). Yesterday I took off to Battery Park on the usual 0.75 mile loop. But after doing the loop, I came out and decided to see what lay beyond. After all, the previous 2 runs had yielded rewarding routes when I succumbed to curiosity. Not at all disappointed this time either.Here are a couple of snippets I was able to capture on my iPhone that I was a carrying with me on the run. I should have taken more pictures but I was just so lost in taking in the view with my eyes, that it did not strike me until the very last moment to snap a few pictures!

Running along the east shore of Hudson, was the west side highway, with a seperate walkway flanked by trees and parks on either side and the beautiful views of hudson washing right up to the footsteps. Did the 2.5 mile run today I think. I went as far as there was a volleyball court where grown men, dressed in work formals were fighting like kids over a fault point in the game. Newyork never ceases to pick at your intrigue There is something about running beside water, I must concede. Something about it that makes me run for a longer time and feel more refreshed and free. Yes thats the word – “Free”. Run Free…

The title speaks for itself. The scientific aspects of photography can be both overwhelming and fascinating, so much so that for some photographers photography comes to be just that: a scientific process that they attempt to master over their lifetime. However, to achieve mastery of the technical side of photography is to address only one of the two aspects of photography. The result is often technically excellent photographs that lack emotion.

I recently picked up a Canon Rebel Xs DSLR and am looking forward to putting it to full use during the fall colors this season. Will try to take some technically great pictures that actually depict something to the mind as well rather than just the eye.