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Everytime I read about the forthcoming events in Utah, I have seen the Utah Scottish festival pretty famous in the lists.It made me remember the days when I use to hear the touching music from the movie ‘Braveheart’, which portraits the Scottish history.The Utah Scottish Festival 2008 was held on June 13 and June 14 2008 and I was pretty much ready to attend.
It was a nice to see how the general public here and the Scottish Americans were enjoying the event.My favorite part was the Scottish music played by various bands who came from various parts of America to be part of this awesome event.’Molly’s Revenge’ was my favorite band and ‘Wicked Tinkers’ also took the crowd in their hands with their melodious tones and got the chance to get their cds autographed by the talented performers itself .The combining music from the instruments like the bagpipes,fiddle ,Tin Whistles started make me love towards this style of playing and of course made me a fan of this country music.
Special Thanks to Vamsee Koneru for having the same interests in the festival as I had and sharing her camera.This was the first time I played a lot with a professional SLR camera and also gave me hints that its high time for replacing my SLR-like camera(Canon S3 IS).
The picture taken can be viewed here .

It’s a movie recommendation again from my side. Got some time on the weekend to watch a movie ,The Kite runner .Its a movie based on the novel ‘The Kite runner’ by the afghan author Khaled Hosseini .An amazing touching movie from Dreamworks which shows friendship and bondage .I really love the movies about human beings and the way our mind and heart make you a prove a better person . I recommend this movie to every one of you and am sure it’s worth the time.It also shows how the Taliban regime in Afghanistan has ruined the land with their harsh fundamentalist version of Islamic justice. It made to go back again to the national geographic documentary about Afghanistan which I watched recently.
Also Thank you Lakshmy Pillai , my friend in UK who has done it again in recommending a beautiful movie.

For more details on the movie,

Official website
Wikipedia

After a long wait the iPhone 3g was launched in the market hours ago.I was much concerned about the reviews that it will have but was unhappy the way Yahoo news reported flaws in the iPhone software(Why did I read it at first hand ???).That was not expected but I came to know that it was not a software issue but the itunes server issue.The fans had to wait for long to be connected to the server which made some guys sad.I don’t know why Yahoo is acting like Microsoft and not admiring innovation .
Anyways got to read some wonderful reviews and have decided to go for it soon ….

Read the latest reviews here

Gizmodo
Cnet tech news
Cnn Money

Its been sometime I am hearing my friends asking where am I in this world right now ,So I decided to make it clear about my whereabouts.I have moved to USA and right now working for Aramark Corp in Draper,Utah.Its been two months of working here and working on something that I love , Search Engine Optimization.
About Utah, Its a beautiful state in USA and I think,the best place I should be.Its a place for Outdoor activities and never allows me to keep my camera aside when I am out.The people are really good and its a state with very less number of Indian migrants like me.I am very thankful to Priti Tayi (my colleague) and her hubby Vinod Rayala for giving me the support and help whenever I required .
Also I got to know that its really hard to be in US without a car .So planning to my driving license done and get a car soon.I am waiting for the winter experience here as Utah is known for the highest snowfall in USA.I am a bit scared about it and hoping for the best