Randome updates

Well its been over a month now since last time i wrote. nothing much exciting is happening but here are some updates

- learning photoshop software and and photoshop elements.
- got scammed on EBAY.
- Had a huge gathering just yesterday with friends and family and did some 3 rounds of garba and dandiya and now my damn legs are all cramped up
- Attended some shows in the area concerning to food. It was good.
- MY EMPLOYEES ARE STILL A BIG HEADACHE AND GETTING DUMBER AND DUMBER DAY BY DAY (EXCEPT COUPLE)
- Lost the indian channels for good now. WAH WAH NO MORE FREE INDIAN CHANNELS.
- I ACTUALLY HAVE STARTED EATING CEREAL W/ MILK NOW EVERYDAY DAY MON TO FRI.
- PRAY TO GOD EVERYDAY NOW A DAYS. NOTHING MUCH JUST USUAL GAYATRI MANTRA SINCE I GOT BACK FROM INDIA.

WELL NOTHING ELSE. SO SEE YA WHEN I ENCOUNTER ANOTHER EXCITING EVENT.

Back to HELL HO all over again

Well i thought i would post something now that i am back from India. It was lot of fun there. Lot has changed in terms of infrastructure and way of life back home. Felt like i was still in states but a far better more happy and straight forward life.

nothing could be more fun that meeting the family and this time there were the in laws too so u know the good old JAMAI treatment. It was great. Went to Srinathji and Jaipur. Got to see my old home and Jaan's old home in the village. Had a great time drinking all kinds of soda's like limbu soda, aadu limbu soda, aadu limbu fodina soda, chaas soda and above all the KHARI soda.

Did not eat outside that much this time around except for Gathiya's , pani puri, Vada Pav, Mughlai, Gola's, Sherdi raas, sandwiches,some punjabi food , kathiyavadi food and etc etc

Had fun riding around the Bike and in the car beeping my way through the traffic. honking at everyone and everything even if there was no one there. FREEDOM to do stuff aahh soo peaceful.

Well anyways no i am back to HELL HO of the U S of the A and it is cold and not fun at all.

India within me is calling.......

I don't know what it is about India that i have to remember it once a day. The emotions that run through the body on thinking about it is just drives me crazy. Is it watching the movie SWADESH again for the 5 th till 4 am in the morning or is it watching the show THE STORY OF INDIA or maybe it is just the anxiousness of going to India next Thursday.

It has been long 3 years since i have been there and there is a little anxiety in the air about what i am in for when i reach home. Questions are hitting....Is it the same as i left it 3 yrs ago, is it changed beyond imagination for the good or the bad or what should i expect and so on. One thing that has for surely changed is the part of my life, a chapter that was present when i left India 3 yrs ago and would be in my future is now a past and in memories for never to be wiped out. Would i have the courage to step into that place again and think about all the things we did there or would it be changed beyond recognition. Nervousness is creeping in to what will i want to do while i am there.

Going to India really haven't been so hard as it is this time. Just a sheer thought of landing down at Mumbai is scaring me. Would i see children begging for money, food etc, will i see the slums that will make me feel that everything i have her is taken for granted or would i see the fear and helplessness of people who went through the chaos that happened on 26th Nov.

Most people including me are usually very excited about going to India and spending time away from work and other stuff from the life here in the states, but this time it is just not penning up the right way.

Like owen wilson said in Armageddon " i think it is 80% nervous and 20% Scared or is it 80% scared and 20% nervous , but that's what makes it exciting." Well we just have to go and see what ratio actually applies to me this time.

I know my 4 am post are getting quite longer and longer and stranger and stranger but time is teaching lot of good stuff and making me realize how lucky i am.

Good old 2008

so it's been a while since i wrote on the blog but now that 2008 year has passed away i wanted too see what happened in the past year and how much i can remember on my fav stuff that happened and least fav stuff that happened in the year 2008

Things that hurt me the most in 2008

- Mumbai chaos on Nov 26 by the terrorist.
- some friendships were broken while some were mended which should not have been broken in the first place.
- My brand new car got into an accident, luckily everyone in it were not hurt.
- PATRIOTS LOST THE SUPER BOWL DAMN IT.

Marriages

- Bena got married recently . CONGRATULATIONS. sorry i missed it.
-Tapan my friend got married in summer. Sorry i missed your too buddy.
- Rathin got married. Missed your too.

Babies

- Dipubhai and bhabhi had a baby boy so i became uncle again in feb
- Poojaben and Jij just had a baby girl so became uncle again in dec
- Tinki as i call her had a baby girl in india so i became a mama again.

Special Occasions

-Aadi Visited his mama at his new apt. (MOST SPECIAL)
- Dhil (jay) got graduated. WOW
- I GOT MYSELF A BRAND NEW CAR

Tavelled in 2008

- Niagra Falls
- New York city
- beaches around the area
- Six flags
-Mohegan Sun casino (well every now and then)

People who got beaten up by me

-Jay (as usual)
-Nirav (as Usual)

some awesome English movies i watched in 2008

21
Iron Man
The Dark Knight
Quantum of Solace
Valkyrie
Saw V

Indian movies seen in 2008 worth mentioning

Sarkar Raj
Dostana
Partner
Welcome
Jodha Akbar
Race

Games played in 2008

Medieval II (PC)
Call of Duty - World at war
Madden 09 (BUSTED everyone ass on it)
gaers of war 2
Far cry 2

New Food and Rest Discovery

-Fire and Ice
-Tapaz
-Greek Crusine in Quincy market
-Chacarero (new location) ;-)
-Mysore veggie
-Chipotle

New habits developed in 2008

-Going to bars and clubs every couple months here and there though not drinking anything except pineapple juice. WIERD (did not go when i was single and in college)
- eating plain marinated olives
- Started to hate some people which i never did before even when i did not like any person i did not like hate them but now its all changed.
- Just started to get more responsible than i was ever before after i moved into my place.


well that pretty much summs up 2008 hopefully 2009 will be a lot better and lot more fun.

INDIA Burning

As of right now most of the people around the world knows what happened in Mumbai in past 4 to 5 days. Something so shocking and horrible can only be described as something that was unimaginable till now.

On Nov 25 the whole of mumbai was in chaos at around 9:40 pm when around 15 terrorists single handedly took control of the wh0ole city by hijacking the leopod cafe, the Taj hotel, The Oberoi hotel, Cama hospital and Metro cinema along with chatrapati Shivaji Train terminal and Nariman house.

What happened after that is something that everyone knows and does not need any words to describe it here on the blog. But after almost 59 hours of the siege everything finally came to an end killing more than 170+ civilians including tourists from other countries , many injured and killing ATS Chief, DCP, Encounter Specialist of mumbai police , One Commando and a Major from the army.

But the main reason for writing this article on the blog was not for the fact of spreading around the facts of what actually happened but something that not lot of people knows or would care to know about the facts that are happening after.

The whole Horror show is not turned to political show where everyone is playing the blame game, giving out resignations and making comments on the dead martyrs.

Lets start with Vilash Rao deshmukh who went to the Taj hotel with his actor son and director ram gopal verma. What did he need to be there for. Planning a film script on the situations. And then issued a press conference making a fun of the whole situation by laughting and joking with the reporters

how about Mr Patil who said the following words "ITS BEING MADE OUT TO BE A BIGGER DEAL THAN IT REALLY IS. IT IS NOT THAT BIG OF THE DEAL ON WHAT HAPPENED"

By far this one takes the cake and the anger of India by the KERELA CM who commented on the dead MAJOR SANDEEP UNNIKRISHNAN family. This is what exactly happened

Malayalam news were making a big deal on the death of the major and having him recognized as son of the state who gave his life for the country and was pressuring all the politicians to atleast be a human being and go pay respects to the family. SO when KERELA CM went to pay his condolences even when he did not wanted to he was turned away by the mourning father of the major who did not want to politicize his son's death. The CM Next day issued a statement which read the following

" IF SANDEEP UNNIKRISHNAN WAS NOT A MAJOR THEN THERE WOULD HAVE NOT BEEN A DOG AT HIS HOME PAYING RESPECTS."

This is coming from a state's Chief Minister about a Major and the only son of the family who gave his life saving the lives of people that he did not know. CM was going there to mourn his death and say a few words in his respect but when Major's Father Mr. Unnikrishnan asked CM if he remembered the first two words or two lines of what he was gonna say, our beloved Mr CM just blinked his eyes in confusion.

I ask MR KERELA'S CM that would a dog come to your house when u die if u werent the CM of the State.

THE ANSWER IS NO

even after all the horror in mumbai the one thing that the politicians are only aware of and wanna take care of is their KHURSI (Political position) and POLITICAL POWER. They do not care for anyone or anything except for themselves. Isnt it the time that politicians get the message that STAY AWAY
But as far as MUMBAIKARS go they are on their regular track of life and everyone is back to their routine. There are people at the Leopad cafe jamming to eat there, there are people travelling by trains and people going to watch the film at the metro cinema. This is the answer that MUMBAIKARS have given to the terrorist that no matter what you do life will go on as it has been for many many years and no one is scared of them

Like I WOULD SAY - THE SHOW MUST GO ON........ PICTURE ABHI BAHUT BAKI HAI MERE DOST....... YEH TO SIRF 5 MIN KA INTERVAL........ NO ONE CAN SHAKE US UP.

INDIA IS ONE - HUMARA HINDUSTAN

some interesting articles regarding some of the situations of the attacks

every bullet went through the bulletproof jackets

suprised ?? from indianexpress

witnesses testimony

TEJ........

After all this years , I still miss you. I will miss you when i go to India. It will not be the same without you being there.

Diwali Function

So we had our diwali function last weekend on Nov 1st and it was a great fun. Me and wifey dear were gearing up for it for a while now and now that it is ended there is nothing to look for.

The function itself was fun fancy dress competition, rangoli competition , mehndi and dessert competition. It was fun since me and a friend of mine actually took part in the dessert competition to everyone's shock and to add more shock to that we actually came in second. HAHAH that was really funny. They actually had to announce it in such a way that they could not believe that was happening. IT was great. There was also another person who was tied with us. So that made it even more special in respect to all participants that we never made desserts and now we were in second place. WIFEY dear came in the first place.


At the end me and a friend of mine did some stand up comedy or in gujarati "HASYA NO DAIYRO". It was great we both did good and all the people had great time laughing their asses off. Sorry wifey i made fun of you but all in good intention ;-)

Well now that is over it is back to store today. Gonna be a long day.