tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87491044379355660982011-09-26T12:00:19.000-07:00Denis Mysenkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18074767315501679547noreply@blogger.comBlogger121100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8749104437935566098.post-62476074167997427812010-09-29T20:50:00.000-07:002010-09-29T20:51:05.262-07:00Due to numerous reasons, both positive and negative, I left India - I moved to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. Therefore, I'm closing this blog! :)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8749104437935566098-6247607416799742781?l=denisindia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Denis Mysenkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18074767315501679547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8749104437935566098.post-264664451706287142010-06-16T09:09:00.000-07:002010-06-16T09:11:24.656-07:00For the reasons known only to Allah, Buddha and Jesus, many magazines and newspapers of Sri Lanka contain printing "bugs" - it seems the country lacks professionals in this area.<br /><br />So, as a result, quite often you can spot VEEEERY hot girls, just like these:<br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4020/4706687574_e127c939be.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4042/4706687350_dc58fc25ca.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4045/4706045737_268cc5d376.jpg"><br /><br />I will repeat myself - you see THIS often.<br /><br />PS. In one hour - moving to the airport, taking a flight to Zurich!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8749104437935566098-26466445170628714?l=denisindia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Denis Mysenkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18074767315501679547noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8749104437935566098.post-1077666023832742752010-06-01T01:49:00.000-07:002010-06-01T01:52:00.441-07:00<img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4025/4656948893_4508d93c48.jpg"><br /><br />Don't miss the first (in many years) 100% VINYL set in Mumbai! This Friday, 4th of June, at Zenzi Mills!<br /><br />I will drop some classic drum&bass and jungle tunes - dated between 1998 and 2002!<br /><br />Let's travel back to London of nineties!!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8749104437935566098-107766602383274275?l=denisindia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Denis Mysenkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18074767315501679547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8749104437935566098.post-857269714773114292010-05-28T02:35:00.000-07:002010-05-28T02:36:33.403-07:00I began shooting series of Bombay's rickshaw wallahs' portraits:<br /><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4029/4646616425_16af210f49.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3411/4647230870_37af804d0d.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4023/4647231108_134cd4f509.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4069/4646615661_4e6bde4a75.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4014/4646616129_ffb3d24035.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4067/4647232376_62930fbc50.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4014/4646617003_a614f66010.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4054/4647232944_dd8d8326fc.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4024/4646617521_4d33f97081.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3376/4647233670_106a4581c6.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3385/4647234224_35df40025f.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4056/4647234652_f2faa02e0a.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4003/4646637733_4cca5c69a0.jpg"><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8749104437935566098-85726971477311429?l=denisindia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Denis Mysenkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18074767315501679547noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8749104437935566098.post-51588476899642142312010-05-25T00:35:00.000-07:002010-05-25T00:40:51.440-07:00Finally I visited an Indian wedding. Brother of my friend's driver got married! Good thing is that the groom belongs to the original Mumbai/Bombay community - "kolis", fishermen. They got here first. There are still koli villages around the city called "koliwadas".<br /><br />Invitation:<br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3362/4636037023_76b592c7fa.jpg"><br /><br />Kids are waiting for the start:<br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3361/4635382299_9b7b0ecbe8_o.jpg"><br /><br />Kiran, the groom:<br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4003/4635379355_9b12123b22.jpg"><br /><br />Musicians are waiting:<br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3412/4635381859_8e775bf5d6.jpg"><br /><br />Spotted some cute cats nearby:<br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4058/4635385169_10bc01a897.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4063/4635385859_8cfc01e829.jpg"><br /><br />As well as cute little girls:<br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4008/4635386547_26e505d0f9.jpg"><br /><br />Musicians, unfortunately, don't know any western music :(<br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4013/4635386959_2c8a3e1902.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4070/4635992126_3d34df46ec.jpg"><br /><br />It seems that those kids would enjoy Bollywood stuff more:<br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3342/4635388903_5578af873f.jpg"><br /><br />Local youth is taking whiskey, they don't care whose wedding it is, it's just another reason to have fun:<br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3387/4635389507_f592e12fc7.jpg"><br /><br />This girl, it seems, wants to marry soon too:<br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4048/4635390455_88455a371d.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3359/4635390859_ac8a7b1188.jpg"><br /><br />Chai time (I had some too):<br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4008/4635391753_2f1babaf0c.jpg"><br /><br />Young lady:<br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4003/4635996402_ee06b4b362.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4035/4635997002_24bdf43d5c.jpg"><br /><br />Groom is coming:<br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4016/4635394909_c62c00d150.jpg"><br /><br />Many people watch the ceremony from their apartments:<br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4046/4636002198_e222dc33ba.jpg"><br /><br />This little shop keeps ignoring the noise:<br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3399/4636002936_7ddfec8702.jpg"><br /><br />No idea what is this:<br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4043/4635399705_0e16cbf930.jpg"><br /><br />Groom is riding the horse:<br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4023/4636004434_2518265337.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4046/4635401299_9a34f5bd32.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3372/4636006680_931f0ae395.jpg"><br /><br />Finally!<br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4032/4635401907_3fd444e6ed.jpg"><br /><br />Mini rave begins :)<br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4006/4635403771_f9888c7d3b.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4044/4635405605_c402bf3849.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4059/4635406305_b4a7fb1ee0.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3394/4636011136_2780c2462e.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4005/4636012028_ebac4b4b8f.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4036/4635411201_85d416acf9.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4070/4635412799_be2b8e44f0.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3335/4636017266_cf214a1370.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3396/4635414069_0ba84d0070.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3337/4636018476_cf110d4b1d.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3368/4636018916_db7f3ce338.jpg"><br /><br />Others are still watching:<br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3129/4635416351_d832582502.jpg"><br /><br />Well, it was too hot, especially in jeans and shoes, so I got tired and went home before the crowd reached mandir (temple) to finalize the ritual.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8749104437935566098-5158847689964214231?l=denisindia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Denis Mysenkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18074767315501679547noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8749104437935566098.post-56068293357960584382010-04-29T13:22:00.000-07:002010-04-29T13:23:46.218-07:00Getting back to book reading (oh, don't tell me about Amazon Kindle).<br /><br />Got some classics from Amazon today:<br /><br /><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3513/4563003135_6ac5abef3d_o.jpg"><br /><br />Tim Leary is one of my favorite authors, actually.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8749104437935566098-5606829335796058438?l=denisindia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Denis Mysenkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18074767315501679547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8749104437935566098.post-43730990814880515792010-04-25T07:25:00.000-07:002010-04-25T08:07:10.307-07:00Since I've already spent more than 1 year and a half in Mumbai (Bombay), I know quite a lot about broadband market here, so I will try to make a kind of short review of local providers, from a point of view of a foreigner (who is used to a high standard of similar services in Europe).<br /><br />For every provider I will specify 3 main ratings - quality of connection including stability and speed, price, customer support including how easy it is to connect to the provider. Rankings are given on a scale from 0 (worst) to 10 (best).<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Tata Indicom - Quality 9/10 Price 5/10 Support 5/10</span><br />Details: Tata offers the most stable broadband in Mumbai. You always get 100% of the speed mentioned, at any moment. Cons: Tata is costly, perhaps the most expensive broadband. Support is quite slow - by the time they react (1-3 days) the problem is already solved usually. More cons: Tata is switching many clients to Wimax (wireless) technology so upload speed is always low - around 256 Kbps, even if in the planet it's specified higher. Installation time - sometimes as short as 1 day.<br /><br />Tata owns inter-continental cable network through acquisition of Canadian TeleGlobe, so there is nice speed with South East Asia and Europe. Not so good with the US.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Reliance - Quality 7/10 Price 8/10 Support 5/10</span><br />Details: Reliance is the only provider that provides true symmetrical connection - download and upload speeds are equal. Big cons is that at least every week the connection is going down for a couple of hours or more, and customer support doesn't give any comments on that. So you cannot rely on Reliance, despite the brand name ;-) Reliance is almost twice cheaper than Tata - which is a very big plus. Support is slow and stupid - they only give you generic, "template" answers - no matter what you're asking. You say my connection is down - they will recommend you to reboot your PC, and so on.<br /><br />Reliance owns an inter-continental cable network through acquisition of Flag Telecom so it's a 1) giant provider 2) doesn't depend on any other providers. Connectivity to South East Asia is especially good.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">YouTelecom - Quality 3/10 Price 8/10 Support 3/10</span><br />Details: This is, perhaps, the worst provider I experienced. Speed is unstable - going up and down every minute, you don't know whether it's 1 Mbps or 128 Kbps. Also, broadband goes down quite often and no comments or notifications are given. Price is good - YouTele is cheap. Support is SUPER terrible, I literally waited 1 month and a half for my problem to be solved, even though it could be fixed in 2-3 minutes.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Tikona - Quality 8/10 Price 8/10 Support 5/10</span><br />Details: Tikona network is based totally on wireless technologies, so coverage is quite good. Speed is good and stable, but connection goes down almost every night, for some time, no explanation is given by the company. Price is good - rather cheap. Support is not 24 hour per day as Tata or Reliance - which is a disadvantage.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">MTNL - Quality 8/10 Price 9/10 Support 3/10</span><br />Details: MTNL is a governmental, old fashion company but they offer cheap DSL services with some great plans - up to 4 Mbps unlimited. Nobody at the company speaks English so ask your Indian friends to help you :) You will need to bribe some technicians to get your connection faster, otherwise it may take up to 2-3 weeks. Another disadvantage - you must have an MTNL landline, since it's DSL. Connection is quite stable - up most of the time. Speed is exactly what you're promised. MTNL gets IP connectivity from Tata. Another disadvantage: upload speed is shockingly low on all plans - 256 Kbps. I tried increasing for an extra fee but MTNL ignored my request.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Hathway - Quality 9/10 Price 7/10 Support 5/10</span><br />Hathway is a rather small companies, comparing to others mentioned above. Connection is very stable (actually never went down) and speed is always 100% of the promised value. Price is good - it's one of the cheapest broadband. Support is weak - it seems like there are 2-3 persons in whole Mumbai taking care of clients. Installation time is quite fast - 2-3 days. Upload speed is terrible - not more than 256 Kbps, no matter what is your download speed. Hathway gets IP carrier from Tata, as far as I remember.<br /><br /><br />In sum, I would say that Tata Indicom is the best provider, if you can afford it. Another great thing about Tata, is once you become a client - you can use Tata Wi-Fi at caffee shops allover Mumbai, using the same login/password as for broadband.<br /><br />If you are a developer or just need good upload speed - you have no choice but to go for Reliance - other providers suck at that.<br /><br />A sad fact, but we have to face the reality, is that customer support SUCKS everywhere - at all of the mentioned providers. Customer support is absolutely unhelpful, silly and slow. In my experience, they NEVER helped me with anything. They just kept giving some standard answers, perhaps written above their monitors.<br /><br />And never, never contact YouTelecom!!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8749104437935566098-4373099081488051579?l=denisindia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Denis Mysenkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18074767315501679547noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8749104437935566098.post-59822248971869104682010-04-24T08:52:00.001-07:002010-04-24T08:53:09.602-07:00If you love wine, maybe you will be interested in my new blog dedicated to Indian wine and Indian wine industry:<br /><br /><a href="http://indianwinetasting.blogspot.com">http://indianwinetasting.blogspot.com</a><br /><br />Cheers!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8749104437935566098-5982224897186910468?l=denisindia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Denis Mysenkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18074767315501679547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8749104437935566098.post-66941699862786808232010-04-24T04:45:00.000-07:002010-04-24T04:48:48.484-07:00Today I went to Crowford market - city heritage, built by Englishmen during the British Raj:<br /><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4027/4547161563_07399644f5.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4002/4547797428_b61cf1e9dc.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4013/4547797064_5db0917c82.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4042/4547159775_4f15eaa3be.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4033/4547159543_80d84b05da.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4037/4547795470_a6875b9d0f.jpg" /><br /><br />What kind of disappointed me is that everybody sells the same stuff, so it's rather boring walking around the market.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8749104437935566098-6694169986278680823?l=denisindia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Denis Mysenkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18074767315501679547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8749104437935566098.post-59092492471405819192010-04-17T06:18:00.001-07:002010-04-17T06:18:36.165-07:00<object height="81" width="100%"> <param name="movie" value="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fdusterio%2Fsankhara-dukkha-first-draft"></param> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param> <embed allowscriptaccess="always" height="81" src="http://player.soundcloud.com/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fdusterio%2Fsankhara-dukkha-first-draft" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="100%"></embed> </object> <span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/dusterio/sankhara-dukkha-first-draft">Sankhara Dukkha (first draft)</a> by <a href="http://soundcloud.com/dusterio">dusterio</a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8749104437935566098-5909249247140581919?l=denisindia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Denis Mysenkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18074767315501679547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8749104437935566098.post-74091592986649278602010-03-28T08:45:00.000-07:002010-03-28T08:47:08.245-07:00Finally I updated my homepage: <a href="http://www.mysenko.com">http://www.mysenko.com</a><br /><br />My previous site looked prehistoric ;-)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8749104437935566098-7409159298664927860?l=denisindia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Denis Mysenkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18074767315501679547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8749104437935566098.post-16883780460821685282010-03-13T05:07:00.000-08:002010-03-13T05:13:26.292-08:00Today I visited a local fish market in Bandra West:<br /><br /><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2800/4429240238_2af7dd6c5c.jpg" /><br /><lj-cut text="Далее"><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4034/4429241646_499e503712.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4053/4428474393_1baa70002d.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4067/4429240560_7cc347394f.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4070/4428473013_2dd48af9dc.jpg" /><br /><br />Smart cat got some food:<br /><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2798/4428475093_bb574065d7.jpg" /><br /><br />What a perfect location for flowers!<br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4010/4428474677_d1432184e5.jpg" /><br /><br />Friends forever<br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4038/4429241894_5d01c0e65a.jpg" /><br /><br />Cute kids<br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4055/4429242448_a03749eae6.jpg" /><br /><br />Future rickshaw wallah<br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4018/4428476249_05b4578559.jpg" /><br /><br />Friends forever<br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4037/4429242856_dc716b8894.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4002/4428477447_037bdeb2f9.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4023/4429244248_0065d73d69.jpg" /><br /><br />This cat doesn't feel like posing:<br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4001/4428478273_fb08dcda8a.jpg" /><br /><br />Typical kitchen of a simple Mumbai family:<br /><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4056/4429244534_512c185e28.jpg" /></lj-cut><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8749104437935566098-1688378046082168528?l=denisindia.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Denis Mysenkohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18074767315501679547noreply@blogger.com0