The Hobbies Thread: What are yours?

neoranjit · 8th September 2007, 01:29

Photography. Am usually out every weekend on shoots.

highwayblaze · 8th September 2007, 01:35

Making videos and editing them to music and Cooking!

iraghava · 8th September 2007, 01:58

Well I like reading a lot, especially auto mags (good quality stuff, not the Indian ones) and books too. Apart from that cars, movies & videos take up the rest of my time. And am into tyres & wheels BIG TIME! But you guys already know that!!

Enjoy living a fine life so do really cherish checking out new eating joints, watering holes, hotels, holiday destinations etc.

V-16 · 8th September 2007, 03:57

Reading(no novels please) car, food and gadget related books and magazines, Food, and music are my hobbies. Like visiting new restaurants, discovering new places to eat. I like poetry. I find Hindi and Urdu poetry more meaningful than English. I guess its th e depth of the meaning. I tinker with my key boards. I amnot professionally or otherwise trained and can somehow manage to find the right keys to make music. (Ram is the other person who ive seen do this, besides a few others). I like watching films ( no rona-dhona or mush stuff for me).

eagle_f1 · 16th November 2008, 16:34

I've been collecting indian & international automobile brochures from the past 10 years. This has been my main hobby.

Apart from this i have a small collection of scale models, stamps & coins.

TaureanBull · 22nd June 2010, 23:50

I was wondering if any such tread existed, but did not find any. (@Mods if any thread exists please merge).

I see lot of talented people in the forum clicking some of the best photographs I have ever seen or people making some innovative Carputers etc. I was just curious to know what all the BHPians have been doing in their spare times and what are their hobbies, of course other than Automobiles. Most of you must have written it in your profile. But lets share it here and know how we go about doing it. May be we can find other BHPians sharing the same interest.

I will start with myself.

1. Audiophile: Interests Hindustani Classic. (yet to get the equipment of my taste and need lots of vinyls)

2. Philately : A very popular one I assume. I am mostly interested in the Indian stuff. I collect First Day Covers, Information Brochures, Crossed Stamps along with the original stamps. Still need to work on my ability to organise this stuff in a proper manner.

3. Numismatist : The oldest one I have is 1858 given to me by my grandfather. Many more from pre-independence days. In addition I have the coins released from time to time but not so popular. Again I am working on organising my collection.

@ Mods please correct the spelling in the title. Sorry.

clevermax · 23rd June 2010, 00:04

Hooby? What's that?

My Hobby is photography.

If I had enough Vitamin M and lots of free time, and the technical know-how, I'd love to work on cars in my own garage, modding them, servicing them or whatever possible - as a another hobby

Gandhi · 23rd June 2010, 00:23

My hoobies

are:

Photography (not able to spend time on these lately ).
Computer games (racing and strategy, no FPS strictly).
Playing TT.
Writing code (believe me it is my hobby. As per definition of Hobby, writing code fits perfectly in my case).

TaureanBull · 23rd June 2010, 00:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by clevermax

Hooby? What's that?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gandhi

My hoobies

are:

Writing code (believe me it is my hobby. As per definition of Hobby, writing code fits perfectly in my case).

Already written to Mods request again for change of title

Whats writing code can you elaborate??

prateekm · 23rd June 2010, 01:04

Hobby? Sleeping is surely on the top of my list

Quote:

Whats writing code can you elaborate??

I guess he means coding in various computer languages like HTML, C++, PHP, JS, etc.

Gandhi · 23rd June 2010, 01:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by prateekm

I guess he means coding in various computer languages like HTML, C++, PHP, JS, etc.

Exactly. I forgot about my non tech-savvy friends. I should have said - writing computer programs.

Abhay · 23rd June 2010, 13:18

Listening to music. Later trying to play the stuff I listen to on my guitar (mainly metal).

I also love to trek/hike and take photographs (although its a minor hobby as I do not even have a SLR, yet), read (lots of it, history/WW2 being a favourite topic of mine)

Maybe I can also say watching football is a hobby, but then most who know me personally would disagree as its not part time thing..it is almost a full time job for me

(and not just during the world cup)

abs · 1st July 2010, 13:30

Ham Radio - chennaihams.blogspot.com - Callsign VU2ABS
Trekking - www.chennaitrekkers.com
Home Aquarium
RC Planes ( Yet to take off - Just got the plane + all accessories necessary )
Photography ( with P&S Cannon A570IS and CHDK )
and Off Roading (on somebody else's 4x4)

So all weekends and some weekdays are consumed by one of more of the above.

How do I manage the family? Simple got them hooked on to it too

8th September 2007, 01:29	#31
neoranjit BHPian Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Chennai Posts: 588 Thanked: 196 Times View My Garage	Photography. Am usually out every weekend on shoots.
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8th September 2007, 01:35	#32
highwayblaze BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Chicago/Mumbai/Pune Posts: 771 Thanked: 2 Times View My Garage	Making videos and editing them to music and Cooking!
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8th September 2007, 01:58	#33
iraghava Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Bhaiyyaland Posts: 8,033 Thanked: 272 Times View My Garage	Well I like reading a lot, especially auto mags (good quality stuff, not the Indian ones) and books too. Apart from that cars, movies & videos take up the rest of my time. And am into tyres & wheels BIG TIME! But you guys already know that!! Enjoy living a fine life so do really cherish checking out new eating joints, watering holes, hotels, holiday destinations etc. Last edited by iraghava : 8th September 2007 at 02:05.
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8th September 2007, 03:57	#34
V-16 Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2005 Location: mumbai Posts: 4,594 Thanked: 954 Times View My Garage	Reading(no novels please) car, food and gadget related books and magazines, Food, and music are my hobbies. Like visiting new restaurants, discovering new places to eat. I like poetry. I find Hindi and Urdu poetry more meaningful than English. I guess its th e depth of the meaning. I tinker with my key boards. I amnot professionally or otherwise trained and can somehow manage to find the right keys to make music. (Ram is the other person who ive seen do this, besides a few others). I like watching films ( no rona-dhona or mush stuff for me).
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16th November 2008, 16:34	#35
eagle_f1 BHPian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 142 Thanked: 13 Times View My Garage	I've been collecting indian & international automobile brochures from the past 10 years. This has been my main hobby. Apart from this i have a small collection of scale models, stamps & coins.
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22nd June 2010, 23:50	#36
TaureanBull Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: New Delhi Posts: 1,071 Thanked: 329 Times View My Garage	Whats your hobby? I was wondering if any such tread existed, but did not find any. (@Mods if any thread exists please merge). I see lot of talented people in the forum clicking some of the best photographs I have ever seen or people making some innovative Carputers etc. I was just curious to know what all the BHPians have been doing in their spare times and what are their hobbies, of course other than Automobiles. Most of you must have written it in your profile. But lets share it here and know how we go about doing it. May be we can find other BHPians sharing the same interest. I will start with myself. 1. Audiophile: Interests Hindustani Classic. (yet to get the equipment of my taste and need lots of vinyls) 2. Philately : A very popular one I assume. I am mostly interested in the Indian stuff. I collect First Day Covers, Information Brochures, Crossed Stamps along with the original stamps. Still need to work on my ability to organise this stuff in a proper manner. 3. Numismatist : The oldest one I have is 1858 given to me by my grandfather. Many more from pre-independence days. In addition I have the coins released from time to time but not so popular. Again I am working on organising my collection. @ Mods please correct the spelling in the title. Sorry. Last edited by Zappo : 23rd June 2010 at 01:47.
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23rd June 2010, 00:04	#37
clevermax Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Tvm/Amsterdam Posts: 2,103 Thanked: 2,753 Times View My Garage	Hooby? What's that? My Hobby is photography. If I had enough Vitamin M and lots of free time, and the technical know-how, I'd love to work on cars in my own garage, modding them, servicing them or whatever possible - as a another hobby
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23rd June 2010, 00:23	#38
Gandhi BHPian Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 963 Thanked: 209 Times View My Garage	My hoobies are: Photography (not able to spend time on these lately ). Computer games (racing and strategy, no FPS strictly). Playing TT. Writing code (believe me it is my hobby. As per definition of Hobby, writing code fits perfectly in my case).
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23rd June 2010, 13:18	#42
Abhay BHPian Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Pune Posts: 727 Thanked: 11 Times	Listening to music. Later trying to play the stuff I listen to on my guitar (mainly metal). I also love to trek/hike and take photographs (although its a minor hobby as I do not even have a SLR, yet), read (lots of it, history/WW2 being a favourite topic of mine) Maybe I can also say watching football is a hobby, but then most who know me personally would disagree as its not part time thing..it is almost a full time job for me (and not just during the world cup)
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1st July 2010, 13:30	#43
abs BHPian Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Chennai - Kotturpuram Posts: 27 Thanked: 3 Times	Ham Radio, Trekking, Off roading Ham Radio - chennaihams.blogspot.com - Callsign VU2ABS Trekking - www.chennaitrekkers.com Home Aquarium RC Planes ( Yet to take off - Just got the plane + all accessories necessary ) Photography ( with P&S Cannon A570IS and CHDK ) and Off Roading (on somebody else's 4x4) So all weekends and some weekdays are consumed by one of more of the above. How do I manage the family? Simple got them hooked on to it too Last edited by abs : 1st July 2010 at 13:47. Reason: Forgot the 3rd, 4th and 5th items in the list
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