Automobile Internship – Halfway Stage

As you probably realized, I have stopped providing daily updates of my internship due to the repetitive nature of my work. However, I have almost reached the half way stage in the internship and I feel compelled to write another post about it.

By now, I have completed 4 out of the five levels of training courses. Jishar has been an excellent teacher and I feel much more confident around cars, since I can unhesistatingly work on most models now.

On the repairs side, I have repaired innumerable cars since my last post. I have worked on nearly every Peugeot car on the market and some notable non Peugeot models such as the Lexus ES300, the Nissan Patrol, the Chevrolet Tahoe, the BMW 750Li, the Audi A7 and the Porsche Cayman S. The repair work has been the same as before, replacing engine parts and repairing parts such as the injection system, the fuel pump and so on.

The internship has been thoroughly enjoyable and I enthusiastically look forward to the second half. It has helped drastically improve my skills with automobiles and I am sure that this will help me with various automobile projects in college.

I leave you now, with a few pictures from the past few days. Ciao!

Monthly Featured Post – Hofburg Palace, Vienna – A Glorious Monument to Royal Opulence

This photograph depicts the glorious Hofburg Imperial Palace in Vienna, Austria, once home to the mighty Habsburgs of Austria-Hungary. It currently serves as the official residence of the President of Austria. Its exterior as well as its interiors are great reminders of the opulence of the European royals in the Age of Empires.

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Trailblazers

Milestones set in stone.
They say, go down this way or perish alone,
Without this path, you’ll stay frail.
Forget they do, that grassy trail,
That had seen its last traveller in brocades
And will see it’s next one in shades.
This isn’t the road not taken,
‘Tis the trailblazer’s haven.

This photograph was taken at the Dachau concentration camp, Germany in May 2012.

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2012 in Review – My First Year!

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 9,400 views in 2012. If every person who reached the top of Mt. Everest viewed this blog, it would have taken 16 years to get that many views.

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The Beautiful World

The world is beautiful, we just need to open our eyes to it.

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Sunset Against the Burj Al Arab

Here’s a picture of the sun setting behind the Burj Al Arab, the most expensive and only 7-star hotel in the world. The scenery around depicts the Jumeirah Beach and the houses on the Palm Jumeirah in the background.

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Tranquility in a Death Camp

The road goes on
The sky is infinite
Trees dot the skyline
An image of tranquility
In the middle of a death camp.

Photograph taken at the Dachau Concentration Camp in Germany.
Check out both the edits!

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Soft Tones

Guys, this is a recent edit of a picture taken at Dachau Concentration Camp. I’ve tried to incorporate soft tones into the picture to give it an inspirational look. Tell me what you think!

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Sunset Behind the Tallest Tower in the World

Here is a picture of the sun setting behind the Burj Khalifa, the tallest tallest tower in the world, located in Dubai. I have edited it to give it a prophetic look. A little later, a will post the unedited version too.

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Cloudporn!

#cloudporn is a popular hashtag on Instagram, which refers to a picture which portrays an exquisite array of clouds in the sky. A recent attempt of mine, resulted in the following picture. It shows a scene of the sun setting through the clouds while seen through a gap between buildings. Tell me what you think!

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Colorful Skies

I took this picture on the road, while returning home from a class, last week. It’s wonderful how nature can present itself so beautifully isn’t it?

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Sleep Deal

My weekly thoughts:

Sunday 9.00 a.m. – I need more sleep.

Monday 12.00 noon- Sleep is awesome.

Tuesday 2.00 a.m. – To hell with sleep, I need to watch this show.

Wednesday 3.00 p.m. – I ate too much, now I’m gonna have to sleep at my study table.

Thursday 3.00 a.m. – Should I sleep? Nah, its the weekend. I can squeeze in another movie before daylight. (Note: The UAE follows the Friday-Saturday weekend system, don’t ask me why.)

Friday 2.00 p.m. – Mom shouts, “Get out of bed!”. I dutifully obey and go to the washroom and sleep in the bathtub.

Saturday – 11.59 a.m. – My brain says, “I’ve got school tomorrow. I better go to bed now’. What I do – Turn off lights, whip out iPhone.

Good night!

A Calm Evening in the City

An evening in the city usually consists of a cacophony of sounds and brash motorists. One only needs to look up to the sky at the mesmerizing beauty that it has to offer to us.

This photograph was taken in Dubai a couple of days ago.

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Sunset – A Melancholy of Colours

Sunset is the most beautiful time of the day. The homogeneity of colours evokes a sense of harmony in our hearts and transports us to another world.
The following picture was taken in Munich in late March, hope you like it!

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A Memory in the Rain

The sun rises,
The clouds burst,
Amidst the mist,
A memory churns,
Into the rain
It is hurled.
And then it beams into the sky,
Behind the mountain of joy.
The rain cedes
But leaves behind,
The seeds of a dream.

I clicked this photograph from the window of our car, in the German countryside. I have edited it to give it a prophetic look.

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