Avinashsing Sunkur Blog

I’ve wanted to learn how to ride horses for a while now and today was my first lesson. For £22 an hour, it was all worth it. I had to pay 50 pence to hire a hat as well. I went to King’s Oak horse riding school and although the people training us beginners were quite young, let me rephrase that actually, kids (most of them), they were really good and know what they were doing. I really enjoyed myself and thinking of taking it up as a hobby now

Lyrics and music for Reality by Richard Sanderson:

Met you by surprise
I didn’t realize
That my life would change forever
Saw you standing there
I didn’t know I’d care
There was something
special in the air

Dreams are my reality
The only kind of real fantasy
Illusions are a common thing
I try to live in dreams
It seems as if it’s meant to be

Dreams are my reality
A different kind of reality
I dream of loving in the night
And loving seems alright
Although it’s only fantasy

If you do exist
Honey don’t resist
Show me a new way of loving
Tell me that it’s true
Show me what to do
I feel something special about you

Dreams are my reality
The only kind of reality
Maybe my foolishness is past
And maybe now at last
I’ll see how the real thing can be

Dreams are my reality
A wond’rous world
where I like to be
I dream of holding you all night
And holding you seems right
Perhaps that’s my reality

Met you by surprise
I didn’t realize
That my life would change forever
Tell me that it’s true
Feelings that are new
I feel something special about you

Dreams are my reality
A wond’rous world
where I like to be
Illusions are a common thing
I try to live in dreams
Although it’s only fantasy

Dreams are my reality
I like to dream of you close to me
I dream of loving in the night
And loving you seems right
Perhaps that’s my reality

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL2FazadHoQ

Lyrics that i’ve been searching for the beautiful song by James Spader (Your eyes):

Your eyes
Opened wide as I looked your way
Couldn’t hide what they meant to say
Feeling lost in a crowded room
It’s too soon for a new love
When you smile your eyes show your heart
Lost inside a suit torn apart
Feeling alone with people around
True love is so hard to find now
You think you’re so misunderstood
I’d explain if only I could
Something tells me this time it’s real
The way that I feel

Your eyes like the blue in the summer skies
Caught my gaze as I looked across
Feeling lost in a magic maze
It’s too soon for a new love
You can’t hide that look in your eyes
Open wide you seem so surprised
Searching around for somebody new
True love is hard to find now
When you smile your eyes show your heart
I feel mine is falling apart
Don’t you see the way that I feel
My loving is real
When you’re lost your eyes show you how
I should like to know I’m a part
When your eyes shine I’ll know you’re mine
For all of the time

And here’s the song on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRMXC-xvr2w

I passed the Microsoft 70-536 Foundation exam on ASP.NET 2.0 yesterday. I got 982 points out of 1000 (pass mark is 700/1000). I am really happy because now i am officially a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS). I took the first MS exam in December last year and after about 3 weeks took the second one. There’s one last exam to complete before i become a Microsoft Cerfitied Professional Developer MCPD but i think i am going to wait a couple of months before i do that as i am exhausted now.

Since it came out, i wanted one. But due to its high popularity, it sold out very quickly. I remember it was the perfect and most wanted gift for Xmas 2006. Anyway i managed to get hold of one today (10th Jan 2008) at Game in Oxford Street, London. It costs me £180 for the console which come with one set of controllers and 1 game, the Wii Sports. I bought another game as well, Sonic and the Secret Rings for £20. So i paid £200 in total.

Mind you that it was my first ever game console in my lifetime. I always wanted one when i was younger (yeh, i’m a bit older now) but i couldn’t afford it. Anyway, the Nintendo Wii is an awesome console and i recommend to all. The first night i got it, i played all of the Wii Sports games - Tennis, Bowling, Golf, Boxing, Baseball but didn’t have enough time for Sonic. The next morning though my whole body was aching because of all the movements you make when playing the Wii. I mean it is really good because if you’re lazy enough not to do any exercise, this can really help you. You will be doing something fun while playing the game and at the same time exercising. What could be better, eh?

The next game that i am eager to get is Mario. Oh did i tell you that the Nintendo Wii has got no age limits, even parents and grandparents love that thing!!!

I spent christmas 2007 and new year’s eve with the family, so i had a quiet time in - just a few drinks and the usual shisha party

Anyway I’ve decided that my resolution for the year 2008 is going to be as follows:

1. Spend more time with Poum
2. Buy a house
3. Increase my adsense earnings to $1000 (hehe)
4. Find time to play my guitar
5. Eat more healthy food (i think i’ve lost weight btw)
6. Acquire the microsoft certifications which will help me most in my career

I don’t know how many i’ll be able to do but at least i know what i am aiming for this year. Good luck to me

I was supposed to take the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Web based Client Development (70-528) exam back in July this year but due to unforseen circumstances, i couldn’t do it. After that incident, i couldn’t get myself to get back to it and it was only in December that i managed to read the syllabus again and study the material.

I am really pleased to have been able to pass this exam with 982 points (out of 1000) with 700 being the pass mark. Congratulations to me

I will be tackling the 70-536 exam next as i wanted to do the 70-528 exam first. Hopefully within a few months i shall get my MCTS title

I was so excited to watch Night at the Museum yesterday but little did i know i would be watching just the first 15 minutes. My old PC froze after the first quarter because of limited memory i presume. I decided to watch the video on Vista then but Windows Media Player would not play the video clip because it doesnt like the .avi extension. So i thought i might as well install the VLC player but all i could hear was sound with no video images. The stupid Vista wouldnt play the video right while XP had no problem. That meant i couldnt watch the movie at all and had to go to sleep early because there was nothing worth watching on TV.

Anyway i found a solution today which could make the VLC player work on Vista. Here’s the solution:

http://computerbits.wordpress.com/2007/01/25/vlc-media-player-problem-under-vista/

I will try that tonight and see if it’s going to work for me

I bought my 1st laptop on Thursday the 12th of April. It is a Toshiba Dual Core 1.6Ghz, 80 Gig hard drive and 1024 RAM memory. It has Windows Vista Home Premium already installed and has 4 USB ports and 1 FireWire. So now i can transfer my videos from my Digital Camcorder and have some fun editing them.

I paid £540 for the laptop from PC World but could have got it for £500 with Dixons. Well Dixons is no longer a shop which has a physical store now, it is only an online thing and i just cant bear to wait for deliveries.

I also got myself a nice Wireless Modem Router along the way. It’s a Linksys router and i just love the whole wireless connection and the ability to be able to network my PC and my laptop wirelessly and share my broadband connection.

Last Thursday, it snowed across the UK. It was a couple of inches deep and i had a tough time walking to the train station. Fortunately the government manage to be on top on the bad weather forecast this time and transport was okay. A couple of weeks ago, there were really strong winds across the UK and there were no trains to come back home. It took me 3 hrs to find a way home by a combination of bus, tube and walking. Anyway, i’m glad this time it wasn’t so bad. The day it snowed, it was not too cold but recently i’ve noticed that it’s exceptionally chilly here in London. I hate the cold and i can’t wait for summer to come.