La Sel de La Vie

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La sel de la vie; if my rusty French does not betray me translates into:

"The salt of life" - French Idiom


Its life's lil' quirks & oddities that when it first strikes, will daze, amaze or maybe confuse you. You whip out a camera, a point-and-shoot or a DSLR, doesn't matter. You capture the moment & you store it.

So when the mental copy of the event has been eroded by the sands of time, the photos you've taken will etch a smile on your face; reminding us of the random weirdness life has in store for us at every turn of the corner.



After all, we're all travelers in this life.

La sel de la vie;

It is what makes this life worth every sweat, tear and blood shed; it is also what makes every victory, triumph and successful endeavour tastes just as sweet. It is the spice of life.

As many of you've already known, I've been living in Manipal, India for the past 2 years chasing my MBBS. Such a wild country, and with it has given me many many memories.

The good, the bad, and the ugly.

The following are just some random snippets of my life so far in India.



On the first day I was in this country,

I passed by Iron Man on his way to the pasar.


And every day,

I had to come home to this.

Nooh Sainorudin, my charming roommate of 3 years


When it was time when I couldn't put off studying any longer, I commit the hours & hit the books,

And came out looking like this.


I needed some fresh air, so I stepped out of my house,

And saw this.

It was a civic-awareness poster reminding the kids to stay in school.


I stepped in the local gift-shop to have a look at the trinkets for the family back home. The Uncle recommended me their biggest-seller,

'Deligent' Cattle & Lovely Boy.

Who would win in a fight with Batman you say? My money is on the Lovely Boy. Aauumm!


All this made me hungry.


So I ducked into one of the local eateries,


I didn't feel like having a 'chicken Sewerage pizza'



SandWITCHES? Nope, nenek kebayan berpasir won't hit the spot either.



Hmm, Indian Hot & Exotic Mexicans?

I summoned the waiter promptly and asked if these two new flavours charge by the hour or by session?

I'm not done yet, or it's better said that India is not yet done with me. I've still another 7+ months; and to Gandhi & the gang,

I say bring it on.



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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

enjoy the movie last weekend? ehem2.. hahahaha.. nice and easy bro.. nice and easy..

July 20, 2009 at 2:48 AM
syaq_kirah said...

Your life in India is a circus boss..hehehehe..Congrats again for ur v nice blog:)

July 20, 2009 at 3:13 AM
Lutfi Fadil Lokman said...

Nooh Sainorudin siot! U gotta be proud, man. haha!

July 20, 2009 at 6:40 AM
hanaa (: said...

hahahahhahaha!!!! *looks again at skull pic*

July 20, 2009 at 8:38 AM
isya said...

hey retard, get me one of those exotic mexicans! haha

July 20, 2009 at 8:47 PM
Esther Leow said...

u noe wat, i got the same photo on my first day in india. i oso took a picture of that uncle carrying all those silverwares above his head when our bus drove past him. same uncle i think. haha.

July 21, 2009 at 9:33 PM

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