Ham pee.

Vijayanagara beckoned yet again. It was not really long back I set forth on the first trip with the then photography guru et al. Guru's a doctoral student of Computer Science in the Amreeka these days. He was in homesick tears when I mentioned Hampi.

So what changed in three years? A "diff -u" resulted in this:

--- then   2005-01-15 14:45:32 +0530
+++ now    2007-09-15 07:45:00 +0530
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
  wannabe
- naive
- silly
- those dudes
- lovestruck Romeo
- Canon EOS 66 SLR camera (borrowed)
- Kodak Gold 400 colour print film
- taxi ride
- Hotel Priyadarshini, Hospet
+ cynical
+ sillier
+ these dudes
+ love, my ass! (with the comma in place)
+ Yashica Electro 35 GSN rangefinder camera (own)
+ Ilford Pan 400 B&W film
+ bicycle ride
+ Padma Guest House, Hampi Bazaar
+ The Mango Tree Restaurant

Sorry, could not resist that. And dude, time flies fast. Really fast. The trouble now is figuring out what to do with what remains of it.