tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87401792011-11-30T13:23:54.966-05:00I am a not so regular girl settled in US and living the American Dream. My experiences and expressions are my inspiration.prihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932937134413147567noreply@blogger.comBlogger701100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740179.post-28614659546536552382010-02-25T14:10:00.017-05:002010-03-09T10:14:36.031-05:00

Maui is the most beautiful island of all the major island in Hawaii. It's strikingly blue waters and lush green rainforests are like a dream. After staying in Maui once, you feel like moving there.Road to Hana: It is a very scenic drive with 500+ blind turns and 62 one lane bridges. There are so many waterfalls along the way. Unfortunately, Maui has been going through a drought so we did not get

prihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932937134413147567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740179.post-87951209829247000842010-02-25T14:10:00.014-05:002010-03-04T15:27:01.148-05:00

The Island of Hawaii is an amazing place. The east and west sides of this island are such a contrast.Accommodation: The decision to stay on which side of the island is a big one. If you are staying here for 4 or more nights, it is best to divide the stay between the two sides. The town of Hilo which is closer to the Volcano National Park is the only good place to stay. You should stay here if you

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The city of Honolulu is on the island of Oahu along with the world-famous Waikiki Beach. Oahu is not such a big island and can be easily covered in four days. Of course, if you plan to spend more time on water sports or just laying on the beach, go for one week. Accommodation: Waikiki area has tons of hotels to choose from. You can find very good deals especially closer to your time of travel. If

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Recently, my husband and I went on a two-week trip to Hawaii. We went to Oahu, Big Island and Maui. Each island has tons of activities to do and has its own unique beauty.Before going, we read every book we could on these island and scoured the Internet for tips and information. But even after getting so much information, there are more things we wish we had known.For next few posts, I will

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Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize 2009!WTH! What has he done so far to receive this prize? It seems just like the media was under his spell during the primaries and subsequent elections, the international populace is taken over by his "magic". Of course my views may differ from many but I do not think he has accomplished anything yet since taking office. There are so many larger issues at hand

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Because the wife will never be good enough.Because the wife will always feel inferior.Because the wife will be made to feel guilty for wanting to spend time with just her husband.Because the wife will be made to give up control when Mother is around.Because the wife will be told she is right to pacify her but later be told that Mother is always right.

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I am visiting London and surrounding places all this week. London is an amazing place and so cool. I really enjoyed my visit. Next on my agenda is to do the main European continent.But for now back to London - Here are my trip details and suggestionsFirst, if you are visiting England or UK, brush up on your British history. It helps identify all those Kings and Queens who have the same names but

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I saw Half-Blood Prince in the land of Harry Potter and like typical England weather, it was raining on the day. We had to stand outside due to a fire alarm in the pouring rain. Fortunately, it all happened before the movie began.Well the movie is good but not excellent. I had imagined so much when I read the sixth chapter of Harry Potter series. The movie is only 2.5 hours long which explains

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Indians, in general think very highly of their culture and I as one take pride of the same. But sometimes the love for our own culture results in looking down or being blind to other cultures. There are good and bad points in every culture and recognizing the differences is the key to be respectful to every nation's culture.Indians who have never traveled to US or lived here hold a very different

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I know this is a late post about Bill Maher's take on President Obama, but I totally agree with every statement that he made in this video.I too am tired of watching Obama whenever I turn on the TV. The media like my husband is totally in love with Barack Obama and overlook whatever he is not doing, giving excuses that how much can he do or he has just come in.The economy is still trying to pick

prihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932937134413147567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740179.post-13656224521710214462009-06-26T08:14:00.004-05:002009-06-26T08:29:57.353-05:00

This has been the week of big news! First the serious and sad ones.Michael Jackson is no more. As wacko as he may have been he was a star and king of pop. People worshipped him and still do. Farrah Fawcett lost her battle to cancer. Though I am not familiar with the old Charlie's Angels series, I understand she was an icon and losing someone to cancer is always heartbreaking.And now onto

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With so many social networking sites springing up, blogging is becoming obsolete. Microblogging is the new thing made popular by sites such as twitter where you say what you want to in 140 characters. While twitter gives people the unending need to follow and be followed, facebook gives them apps - quizzes and more to outdo their "friends".But if you have a whole lot to say, a desire to write and

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I would say there is a lot to a name. Shakespeare may have said that "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet." but in this world of branding, name is what people will remember. Well there is a purpose to this post. Recently, I took part in a Bollywood style dance group and we performed at different community events. A few of us girls have started this group and would continue performing

prihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932937134413147567noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740179.post-61135721462000461262007-10-01T15:43:00.000-05:002007-11-14T14:31:51.204-05:00

Just the word 'Swastika' creates an uproar everywhere in the world. It reminds everybody of Hitler, Nazis and The Holocaust. I perfectly understand and am sensitive to such feelings. But this symbol has now been associated with the negatives only.The history of the Swastika symbol is very ancient. You can read more here in the wikipedia article. There are many more sites on the web that will

prihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932937134413147567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740179.post-36069353101290530192007-09-04T11:16:00.000-05:002007-09-05T07:35:36.366-05:00

Seems like customer service representatives are now taught to say "Love your accent" or "Your accent is so sweet" when they don't actually understand what the person on the other side is saying and have to ask them to repeat the word. This is an euphemistic way of saying "You have a weird accent and I do not understand it". I hate when they say that and the next time somebody utters those words

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My long weekend started off well. My dear husband gave me a birthday gift to a spa so finally I went to one. I had never been to a spa before and never had a massage. It was a good experience. I got a massage, facial and manicure-pedicure. Sitting on a chair for almost 10 hours a day definitely tightened my back muscles. Wish I could just ask my husband to give me a massage once in while and save

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Look at these geeky wedding cakes. Some are really funny.I particularly like the one on right.I am guessing they are chocoholics like me else the wedding cake would have been white like the iMac.

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That's me in a nutshell. Read my VisualDNA™ Get your own VisualDNA™

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Yesterday, we had a party at one of our friend's apartment complex pool. The party was full of fun with water games and some barbecue. Added to that was an almost constant scene of a young couple hanging onto each other and locking their lips endlessly. Oh! maybe that's what's causing my indigestion. So what is it about so much Public Display of Affection or shall I say Looooooooooove. I have

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I am not sure how many of you read my blog and follow it or feel the lack of posts. If you do really want to see more updates here and I am not doing a good job of it, please leave me some comments, so I know there are people out there who are interested in reading my rants on just about anything.So lots of things have been happening at my end which kept me really busy. But I am sure no way as

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I came across the controversy about Katie Couric being out of line when interviewing Elizabeth and John Edwards two days after they found out that Elizabeth Edwards' cancer had returned and was incurable but treatable. Here is a link to the MSNBC story on Katie Couric's untimely interview.After looking at this story and other video clips from the interview on YouTube, I did feel Katie went a bit

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(Cartoon by Dr. Sudeep Ross) So India finally did it, they chucked themselves out of the World Cup even before reaching the second stage of the tournament (unless a miracle - read Bangladesh loses to Bermuda happens). I thought we started off well against Sri Lanka but never used it to our advantage. Ofcourse the batting was horrible. How can a country with the best batting line up on paper never

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Almost every day now we hear about Sanjaya Malakar, his bad singing, his hair and his luck on American Idol. I have come across several posts, videos related to the so called outrageous idea that he is still in the top ten. One girl has a video on youtube protesting against Sanjaya and claiming to go on a hunger strike and another guy has vowed not to bathe till Sanjaya gets the boot. So I ask

prihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932937134413147567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740179.post-54704902170647665882007-03-16T08:18:00.000-05:002007-03-16T08:27:41.047-05:00

I am back once again after a long hiatus. Sometimes, I just run out of ideas for posts or sometimes I just don't get to sitting down and writing out my thoughts. So let me try once again even though almost three months of 2007 are gone.After the last Vegas trip which is now almost a year back. we had many more trips and family visits which was a lot of fun. It was a fun year with lots happening

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Couple of weeks back, me and my husband went on a vacation to Vegas. We dropped in Phoenix first to spend time with my cousin and his new baby. We were in Vegas for two days and it was fun. Here's my report.We stayed at the MGM Grand. Nice hotel; lobby and casino were great. We stayed at their west wing tower and the rooms there were modern types with small TV in the wash basin mirror and frosted

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Its finally here, the IDOJ TV series on DVD. I bought the first season. It contains 4 DVDs with 30 episodes. I bought the color version. I don't think I had seen more than a couple of episodes from the first season so this will be fun. I saw the first two this weekend and it was nice. The color is pretty good. Technology can do wonders nowadays.I used to love seeing Jeannie and Bewitched when

prihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932937134413147567noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740179.post-1142819928691358592006-03-19T20:51:00.000-05:002006-03-19T20:58:48.700-05:00

What is the answer to this question? Do friends and friendships last a lifetime or is it possible that like Love, we can fall out of a friendship? In a struggle to get an answer I keep reminiscing what my mother used to say about 10-12 years back when I used to spend a majority of my time with friends outside the house. She said "your friends are not going to last forever" and I hate the thought

prihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932937134413147567noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740179.post-1139531972834153962006-02-07T19:35:00.000-05:002006-02-09T19:40:18.643-05:00

This weekend, we went to Atlanta to meet up with one of our good friends who was coming from India. It was a nice fun trip but now I feel so tired that I have skipped gym for two days. On the way over there we stopped at a subway for dinner. This subway was a peculiar one and I mean that in a positive way. The place was nice and big. The "sandwich artists" (that's what subway likes to call them)

prihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932937134413147567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740179.post-1138151925274419042006-01-24T20:13:00.000-05:002006-01-24T20:20:50.176-05:00

Of late, I have been following a couple of web-logs regurarly. One is Plumb Tuckered. The girl seems my age. Her posts are pretty interesting and almost always accompanied by a picture that describes the subject of her post. She does have interesting things happening to her and its just fun to read.The second is a very famous one by Gaurav Sabnis - Vantage Point. This guy does post a lot and is

prihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932937134413147567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740179.post-1138151602773286622006-01-24T20:09:00.000-05:002006-01-24T20:13:22.773-05:00

I went to see King Kong over the weekend. It may a bit late but here's my review of it. The movie itself is well made with great special effects but that's about the only good thing I have to say. The story is nothing great or original as most of you may know. The adventure undertaken is very interesting. But when the cast lands on "Skull Island", they are faced with gigantic, enormous sized

prihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932937134413147567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740179.post-1138151355340414712006-01-24T19:56:00.000-05:002006-01-24T20:09:15.373-05:00

What is it? I am sure many of us are still confused about this new ruling that has come out. How are we affected by this? To tell you the truth, all of us from India and China who are on H1-B visas and were hoping to apply for a green card are affected in a huge way unless a major reform comes along.There are couple of places you can look for answers. One is http://www.isnamerica.org.Another to

prihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932937134413147567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740179.post-1138012344818258462006-01-23T05:24:00.000-05:002006-01-23T05:32:24.830-05:00

Once again there has been a drought here. I simply haven't had the time. We found a new place to stay and were busy moving and setting up. There are still couple of things I have ordered that haven't yet come. I also ordered a new camera, the Canon SD 400 from Amazon since I left my previous with my sister. I have been disappointed with Amazon lately. Up until last year, the items were generally

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Its once again been long since I updated with any posts. Well, there is a reason to it. If you are keep track of the previous posts, you may already know that I had gone to India to get married. So yes, the day came and went by and now I am not single anymore. Being back, we have settled into routine and looking for a new place to stay, so its kind of exciting looking forward to new things.Yes,

prihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932937134413147567noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740179.post-1129331868072938742005-10-14T18:11:00.000-05:002005-10-14T18:17:48.106-05:00

Yesterday, after watching the Trump Apprentice, it is becoming more and more evident that it doesn't take too much intellect or personality to be successful and earn millions. On the other hand, it also provides proof that being educated from one of the topmost business schools or any such education institution does not necessarily mean you are the best and the brightest. Toral, the Indian girl

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Today I came across this post on CNN about Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar's sixteenth child. Yes, its not a typo, its their 16th child in 17 years since their first and all conceived on their own. That makes an entire cricket team with stand-ins. I am very sensitive when it comes to matters regarding population. It maybe because I am from India, a country where population explosion has been out of

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Its been a while since I put my thoughts in here. Just have been bit busy with some guests and then shopping around. There is an announcement to be made - I am getting married to my long time sweet heart next month. My dream is finally come true after five amazing years of togetherness. As the day comes nearer, the feeling is setting in. The marriage is in November in India and we will be flying

prihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932937134413147567noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740179.post-1125843479331661802005-09-04T09:02:00.000-05:002005-09-04T09:17:59.370-05:00

I came across this news article on Sania Mirza titled Dress properly Sania: Maulvis. In this they are asking that because Sania hails from a conservative muslim background, she should not wear short skirts and tight t-shirts when playing tennis. She should wear long pants and shirts with full sleeves. They believe that this is a sport and not a fashion parade. This is just too much. People

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You must have seen the July 2005 flood pictures I posted of Mumbai. I think people of Mumbai will feel good about their situation compared to what people are facing in New Orleans. The city is totally under water. The pictures on every news site are just overwhelming. I just hope that everything comes to normal sooner than later. They say that the city will be non-functional for 2-3 months.

prihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932937134413147567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740179.post-1124967900374163232005-08-25T05:54:00.000-05:002005-08-25T06:05:00.380-05:00

I read this article where a woman filed a complaint over her doctor's advice to lose weight.This is just plain ridiculous. What have people come to. Just because you are free to sue and complain, you do it on useless points. Who else is going to advice you on something that is dangerous to your health and life. This woman is crazy. And the poor doctor even apologized. He was just trying to make

prihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932937134413147567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740179.post-1124933632393675102005-08-24T20:18:00.000-05:002005-08-24T20:33:52.400-05:00

From the lack of activity here, it should be evident that I am either in a cave or just out of ideas for good posts. Well actually I may have some ideas, but then they are generally related to the current issues and being strongly opinionated, I did not want to sound too bitchy out here. Anyone who is a regular here would think I always speak about issues that are anti-US but that is far from the

prihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932937134413147567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740179.post-1124540315169554612005-08-20T07:11:00.000-05:002005-08-20T07:18:35.170-05:00

I saw the video of Shuttle Discovery being flown back to Florida. It was such a great shot. Here are a couple of pictures from the NASA website that show how the shuttle was flown over a 747. Just Awesome!!

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I read this article and I thought, well that's a beginning. Finally authorities and people who have an indirect hand in making people fat are taking a different approach. I hope this will really help the coming generation of school kids. Don't know if today's kids will actually like this but if they don't have a choice they will have to get used to the healthier option. I hope wending machines

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Well, here I am early from work today because I skipped gym. Didn't feel like going, just want to chillout today and the rest of the weekend. So sat on the couch and changed the channel to Food Network. Somehow if there is nothing else on TV, I can watch whatever is cooking on Food Network. Not absolutely anything, but Rachel Ray's 30 Minute Meals, Alton Brown's Good Eats, Unwrapped, Secret Life

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I came across this article on cnn.com today about Walmart's worry over the rising oil prices diminishing their sales. I believe it's not just Walmart but every major retail company is going to face the same situation. Consumers are going to lessen their spending due to higher portion of their budgets going towards gas. According to one of those useless polls, it says more Americans are worried

prihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932937134413147567noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740179.post-1124237048230805062005-08-16T19:00:00.000-05:002005-08-16T19:11:59.126-05:00

Lately, there have been so many plane crashes or mishaps. I remember it all started when I heard about the Air India plane skidding on Mumbai airport due to so much rain and water. But fortunately not much damage was done. Then maybe a week later, we heard about the Air France plane skidding off the runway. Passengers were lucky to escape but the plane did catch fire. Then comes the Cypriot plane

prihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932937134413147567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740179.post-1123589050067139472005-08-09T06:58:00.000-05:002005-08-09T07:04:10.073-05:00

According to The Leaky Cauldron website, fans have noticed a blunder in the promos of the new Harry Potter movie. In the Goblet of Fire, to quote from the website, "Harry is shown standing in front of a grave with three names written on in, including one that reads "Tom Marvolo Riddle 1915-1943". As we know, that is the name of Lord Voldemort,and who, despite his err unnatural state at the

prihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932937134413147567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740179.post-1123424085821610982005-08-07T09:05:00.000-05:002005-08-07T09:14:45.833-05:00

I was cleaning up my inbox when I found an old mail about sand sculptures that are intricately done. They are really so cool, that I thought I should share them with you all here. I am sure whoever has done them has immense talent. Unfortunately, I don't have any links for this one.

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Because all the pictures don't fit in one post, here are some more.

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While browsing on the internet, I came across one site which had pictures of these amazing 3D paintings done on pavement. If you look at these from a particular view point, they look so real and life like. I have some sample pictures here that I found from the site about Julian Beever who does these paintings. Be sure to visit for more breathtaking paintings.One of the latest ones, I believe.

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Sometime back when I got my new Ipod, a gift from someone special, I was looking to load songs that make my workouts fun. I try and go to the gym regurarly but I get bored listening to the radio especially when doing cardio. One, there are more ads than songs and two, not all the songs are paced well for aerobic workouts. So I searched for good workout songs online and did find a few but not all

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Hello Everyone!!I have created another blog. This will be the techie me and is aptly named CoolTechGirl. I will be posting any ideas, solutions or cool techie stuff I find, on this blog. I am currently working with VB.NET and learning ASP.NET in C#, so I am sure I will come across lots of issues. Hope this helps anyone who has a hard time searching through user groups. Most of my solutions may

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Bombay is facing one of its worst monsoons in the century with over 37 inches of rain in a single day. This is just too much. I remember in monsoon 2000 when it rained 20 inches in ahmedabad and everything was just flooded. The basement shopping complexes to parking lots were just full of water. Worse is the situation in Mumbai and with rains still going on, the whole communication has gone out

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More pictures of Mumbai rains

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"With Great Power comes Great Responsibility", this is a famous line from Spiderman, the movie. Or at least where I heard it first. The second time I heard it was from my friend who does not fully agree with my blog In Defense of Salman Khan. And I do agree with him that famous people, be it celebrities, sportsmen or politicians, all have a duty of setting good examples for the people who love or

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Now we have a new scoop on Salman Khan, his tape conversation with Aishwarya Rai alleging his bullying her to perform a show and boasting about his underworld links. From the transcript of the conversation it is clear that Salman Khan is drunk. From Ash's comments, it is pretty evident that she knows he is drunk and warns him about the phone being tapped. He still goes on bragging about his links

prihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932937134413147567noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740179.post-1121310245965838122005-07-13T21:55:00.000-05:002005-07-15T17:33:09.376-05:00

For any of you guys interested in these two fields or opinions and impressions on them, you can read the blog Technology and Finance by Sandeep. It has some good articles and information about financial issues and other general stuff. I particularly like the writing style and subtle humor.I did find another financial site particularly for Indian IPOs through Tekfin. Visit IndianIPO for

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Today I thought why not write something different and interactive, So that you guys post some comments back in order to receive answers to my game.Here are a few questions, or five to be precise. For each question or rather word, write down the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of that word. Post your answers in the comment and I will tell you what these mean. Sounds good?Oh btw,

prihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932937134413147567noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740179.post-1120960018524653892005-07-09T20:32:00.000-05:002005-07-09T20:46:58.530-05:00

For all you Harry Potter fans, the sixth book Half Blood Prince is coming next week. I am so excited. I have already pre-ordered the book at Amazon. I will have it by the 19th of July. Hope to read it fast. This is the first Harry Potter book I have bought. I have read the first five but from a friend's collection. I got hooked onto Harry about a couple of years back when the fifth book, Order of

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Oh!! I love this game. There was a time when I watched every match that India played and no matter what anyone said, India vs Pakistan was the biggest. It was always fun to win. But since I have been in the US, I haven't been able to follow much cricket. So many new faces in each team and so many changes. But my friend Ashwin is so crazy about the game that he keeps track of each and every thing

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Believe it or not, I didn't do much this weekend. That may not be too drastic for anyone but for me it is. Because most weekends, I have a routine, cleaning up my place, studying .NET stuff and going out and getting some chores done. But this weekend was cool. I slept a lot too. That also explains no posts for two days. Well I just lazed around on the couch and watched movies. I saw Troy and

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This is what I feel, that the commercials in the US are just so dull, boring and sometimes outirght stupid. Back in India, we have such funny and humorous ads that sometimes we would wait for a particular commercial to come up. Even commercials with celebrities would be witty and there is always competition to win over the other guy in content and concept. Here you just mention the other

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Just today, I was browsing books at the town public library when I came across a book that sure enough seemed to jump right at me, telling me to read it especially with recent interesting happenings around me. So I took a look and before even going through any of its chapters, I read the first topic which said "Why this book was written and How". Some of you may have come to know by now which

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A few days back I had an interesting and rather thought provoking conversation with one of my friends. My friend was looking to change his job because he was going nowhere with his current one in spite of his excellent technical knowledge, dedication and a good personality. What was more annoying is that a person with less experience of the same job but with just better speaking skills marched

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Well, I thought I should also contribute my views about the relationship between these two and how the media is handling or mis-handling it. Besides, there is so much coverage that it is hard to ignore them unless I am a cave person.Every article I read on these two had one statement about the poll where people believe that this is a publicity stunt. According to me it might be or might not be,

prihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932937134413147567noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740179.post-1118201486296030102005-06-07T22:15:00.000-05:002005-06-21T20:02:29.670-05:00

Today I was watching the Brad Pitt interview with Diane Sawyer on ABC primetime. And maybe I was just watching it because of all the media frenzy over Brad Pitt or maybe because he is too cute to miss, but I learnt something, saw something which touched my heart. The whole part about his trip to Africa to help the children, the statistics about medicine, education and just the money required to

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Well, this does seem unexpected, but a couple of months back I received a reply from Gulf Air regarding my complaint mailed to them as in the previous blog of mine. They said, they did not accept any responsibility for the stolen items but are willing to compensate for delayed baggage, ofcourse with a clause that I forego any claims towards Gulf Air. In short, I can't sue them ;-).I signed a

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-- This is my grievance letter I sent to Gulf Air presidant through their website. Hopefully I get a response back. People, NEVER FLY GULF AIR to India.I traveled to City B, India from City C, on 18th Dec 2004. I reached City B on 20th Dec at 3:45 am. My bags did not arrive with me and were delayed/misplaced. I filled out all the required forms with Gulf Air ground staff at City B airport. My two

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BLOG - The number one word on the Internet this year. And to tell you the truth, I came to know of what a blog is, somewhere in September-October 2004. Aah, now you may be saying that I am one of those tech dummies who do not know anything about computers beyond maybe checking my emails. I hate to tell you the truth that I am a software engineer working on the computer for more than 8 hours a day

prihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01932937134413147567noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8740179.post-1102171661332992352004-12-04T09:44:00.000-05:002004-12-04T09:47:41.333-05:00

Time - A Four letter word that is more powerful than one can imagine. Time is Money Time is Everything. So why am I hooked up on time? Well, I am a person who is very particular about time, in short punctual. I like to manage my time well. Why? Because that is what allows me to maximize the hours in a day. Aren't there many occasions when one feels that 24 hours in a day are less. Well they are

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Weight Woes?? Most of us have it. I am sure many of you have ridden the roller coaster of weight fluctuations. Unfortunately, many of us get stuck at the top and can't come down. Gravity isn't going to help here. It is only the will power and self control that will guide you to climb down to where you were before, where you felt good and where you weren't dizzy and unable to enjoy normal things.

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