Work vs Fun

I love playing with data.
Just give me lots of data and a plotter tool and I wouldn't bother you for days :)
Yesterday I Stumbled on Google ngram viewer and presto! I was like a kid with a new paint kit.
This tool plots the occurrence of words/phrases in books over years. Played with it for hours seeing various trends of word usage.
One particular graph was very interesting :  Occurrence of words "work" and "fun"
Here it  is:

The occurrence of word "fun" almost died out around the beginning of the 19th century! Those my friend are the years of industrial revolutions. Does that mean people stopped thinking about fun after industrial revolution ..... me wonders!?

Call of the Druk

It's time again for the ride of the year.

This time it is the call of the Druk, to the land of the Thunder Dragon - Bhutan.
I will be riding with Vandit Kalia [An avid tourer, diver, founder of DiveIndia - http://www.diveindia.com ]


Tentative Itinerary :
[Entirely Vandit's hard work who has toured extensively across the land of Druk]


25th - Fly Bangalore-Kolkata-Bagdogra. Arrive in Phuentsholing by the evening.
26th - head to Thimpu, assemble bikes and go for a short afternoon ride;27th - explore Thimpu
28th - ride to Punakha
29th - spend a day exploring Punakha and the dzong
30th - head to Phobjikha
1st - explore Phobjikha
2nd - ride to Trongsa
3rd - ride to Jakar
4th - explore the Bumthang area; cycle to Ura in the evening
5th - (drive to Mongar?)
6th - Mongar to Trashiganj
7th - drive back to Paro
8th - explore Paro / Haa Valley
9th - explore around Paro (Tiger Hill Monastery?)
10th - head back to NJP
11th - fly out


Will keep tweeting [subject to network avilability]
Twitter handle : frnzi


Wish me good luck :)


Jogay - Let's go!