~~Pic for the day~~

Guess the bird - taken from my work place!

~~Zoom of my camera~~

 Last week I was checking how good the my camera zoom works, so while I was returning back from work I few pictures from the Geo Washington bridge.

Below is the normal view

 with zoom.

Thanks Sheila ,the camera looks impressive :)

~~Earthquake in the city~~

    I was having my lunch in the basement when Diana messaged me "Sriram R u ok? I found it weird and replied I am fine and even tried calling back. My friend tried to reach me then I didnt pick it up. Then we got alarm in our building saying there was an earthquake. Earthquake in New york is very rare and when it struck I was in the safest position underneath the building failing to feel it.

~~Stuffs I got this weekend~~

   After browsing through the books my friend took to gifts section where all sorts Russian souvenirs were available. Below were few of the stuffs available in the shop. Can you guess what are they and where its used?

From top left clockwise

1)Russian Chessboard

2)table heat protector

3)The famous Russian Matryoshka dolls

4)Tea nesting doll ( used to cover your morning tea)

5)night lamp

6)drinks brewer

Since all the items were way above my budget limits I happy just to take pictures of them.

From there we went to Russian one supermarket as she told Russian cookies made there are really famous. When I entered the shop there were lots to choose from I dont what choose from those ,finally ask my friend to select the best among the lot. She selected the one made with layers of waffles with cream which tasted good.Then there was something like are bajji but stuffed with potato paste ,it was so big and when I finished it my stomach was full.

Then we went to shopping the super market, since I needed to buy food for the week I thought why not try different varieties. First my friend took me to cheese section and asked what cheese you eat I proudly said Philadelphia cheese ,she asked how can you eat packed cheese and took me to place where fresh cheese was available and after tasting 3 or 4 varieties finally I narrowed down on one. Then got German butter dont know what special in that. Got Turkish bread ,Ukraine cola,Danish  muffins and few other stuffs

Good thing about this shop was all these food items where cheap so bought a bagful.

~~Trip to Russian book shop~~

   This weekend I went to Coney island with my class mate , after going for few wild rides we decided to go the Brighton beach area where there are lots of Russian stores. Since my classmate did her schooling in Russian she was keen to go this place. We saw a Russian book store and she said she will show some of the best Russian collections.

Once inside I saw different sections and there not much for to look apart from the front cover as everything else was in Russian.There was section called bilingual which was interesting because the left hand side was written in Russian and its english translation on the right hand side. It would easier for people learning the language to read these books.Then I found that all great writers like Shakespeare, Dickens  to the latest books by Paulo Coelho translated in Russian. There were also the book of famous Russian authors like Leo Tolstoy Alexander Pushkin etc Then there were biographies of famous Russian people like Lenin,Trotsky,Rusputin etc. My friend was telling me all the book she read during college days and how much importance the Russian literature were given importance in their school curriculam. It was my first experience to go into a book store finding my as an illiterate.

~~Movie night~~

      Since the weather reported predicted there might be a thunder storm in the evening we decided to go to a movie to begin the weekend. Then we were discussing what movie we should see since I ran out of gold amc passes and had only silver passes with we had to watch a movie which is two weeks old.Given our choices from the showlist we could see only one movie which suits our taste. It was horrible bosses.

     When we started from the home it started pouring and we were almost drenched before reaching the subway station.We reached the theater 30 minutes before the screening got some snacks from the nearby shop and went to the theater. Being a friday night the hall was packed ,we patted ourselves for coming early and getting good seats.
     The movie was about three people who are having terrible bosses and given the economic conditions have to live with it. They get frustrated at one point decide to kill their bosses and hire a hit man to do so. Things start to mess up and it is a laugh riot after that. We enjoyed the movie and it was a good start for the weekend.

~~Reading on travel~~

   Books are best companions and we can take them where ever we go. Best time to read a book is during the travel. This should have in practice for a long time ,to prove this I came across this statue of Lincoln in our institute in the middle of apple orchid . We can see him reading a book while riding a horse.