From Samiyala to Uncle Sam's

Happy Valentine's Day!

2011-02-02T18:13:00.001-05:00

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One more Nor'Easter!

2010-03-13T23:22:00.008-05:00

Tonight I'm going to go a little 'old school' after quite some time - posting a blog entry in the era of Facebook, Twitter and so on. But the topic that I want to write about tonight can't really fit in the Facebook status updates.As many of us have experienced so far, this winter has been pretty unusual in all respects. 3-4 major snow storms dumping snow all across North-East with amounts not

Hong Kong - Special Administrative Region!

2008-06-01T19:23:00.013-04:00

This is a continuation of Seoul-Hong Kong Trip. If you are interested in Part I, please find it here!The flight from Seoul to Hong Kong was fairly short - 3 and 1/2 hours I think. Since we (Charles and I) had left Seoul early in the morning, we arrived in Hong Kong before noon. As soon as we landed at the airport the first thing struck me was the airport. If you don't know, Hong Kong is a big

Hyundai, Samsung and LG Chronicles..!

2008-05-30T21:04:00.028-04:00

It's been a while since I wrote something - at least more than a year now. I think I have become too lazy or may be there wasn't any kind of motivation to write ;). On the other hand, nothing exciting has been happening lately, or say life has become pretty much a routine now. So, things which used to arouse curiosity and surprise earlier, now they don't as much. One reason may be - I've been in

Congrats to BJP, Modi and Gujarat!

2007-12-23T09:17:00.000-05:00

Well done Modi and many many congrats to BJP on this historic win! You've made us proud.I read so many comments from all parts of the country not just Gujarat, and there is a common feeling - many want you now as PM of India..! Let's see, keeping fingers crossed!Anyways not much to write, few snaps should be enough. That should give what's the general atmosphere is like across the media.

The day that will be remembered forever..!

2007-09-24T21:52:00.000-04:00

India won today a BIG BIG match - the final of Twenty20 World Cup. It's special in so many ways - first, this is the first T20 Cup and we won (anything first is always special) , second - this was Dhoni's first series as a captain and he just won it - it couldn't get better and most importantly we rout Pakistan - the arch rivals. That's the peak of any kind of drama cricket could have..!Any kind

नदी नी रेत माँ रमतु नगर मळे ना मळे...

2007-07-17T23:55:00.001-04:00

I found this Gujarati poem somewhere on the Orkut. It's written in Hindi with Gujarati phonetics. It has few grammatical mistakes, but this is as close as I could type in Hindi, due to non availability of some of the Gujarati characters.If you can understand it and connect to it, it will make you nostalgic for sure.----------------------------------नदी नी रेत माँ रमतु नगर मळे ना मळे,फ्री आ दृश्य

From that world to this world..!

2007-05-09T23:02:00.000-04:00

It has been 3 days now since I started the new job. And, I am trying to settle down as quickly as possible and it appears that I have to catch up a lot.I must say that, the place (building) is exactly like what I always had 'imagined' as an office. I mean, separate cubes, a phone number without 'extension' and above all a computer with 'internet access'. And the office actually looks like an '

2350 miles and 25 days..!

2007-04-20T15:49:00.000-04:00

It was exactly a month ago from today - Tuesday, March the 20eth, 2007. It was just past 12.00 noon, and I was driving my car in the direction opposite to my home in Buffalo and not knowing when I'll be back or how much I am going to drive and where all I'll be going. The only sure thing I knew was that I had a job interview the next day somewhere in New Jersey. It was completely an open-ended

400 Hundred Something..!

2007-03-19T13:40:00.000-04:00

So it's the lunch break of the India - Bermuda group B match of the cricket world cup 2007..! And India already has created a world record by hitting 413 runs for 5 wickets..! The highest in all the world cups so far by any team..!It was a spectacular performance by the top order batsmen..! The ground was flooded with sixes and fours all over..! Especially Yuvraj Singh's 83 off just 46 balls,

2 Weeks In India...!

2007-01-25T20:00:00.000-05:00

It was a long American Airlines flight of about 14 hours non-stop from Chicago to Delhi. I did get very bored if not tired due to it. However, my train of thoughts was moving at a speed much faster than the supersonic speed (literally 1100+ kmph) of Boeing 777. The outside air temperature was in the range of -60 to -70 deg Celsius sometimes, while I was sweating inside, just because I was heading

Blizzard of ’06: Part II

2006-10-15T16:56:00.000-04:00

It’s about 3.30 pm on Sunday, October 15, 2006. And it has been more than 60 hours since we had electricity in our home last time, and for that matter hundreds of houses in and around Buffalo. All of this due to the snow storm that struck the region a couple of days back, and dumped more than 22 inches of snow in less than 22 hours. The news papers have coined the term ‘Freaking Friday, the 13th’

Blizzard of ‘06: Part I

2006-10-15T14:57:00.000-04:00

On last Wednesday night my roomie Purvin and I were having a usual chat, and he mentioned that it’s going to snow tomorrow. My first reaction was: I didn’t believe him, but then thought okay, so what, it would be the first snow of the season and would be very insignificant, no big deal. But none of us had expected what’s going to happen tomorrow and for that matter virtually the entire city of

The Final Frontier

2006-09-23T18:08:00.000-04:00

I liked a lot, the following article in Discovery magazine, that couldn't stop posting here.------------The Final Frontier Ten years after the publication of The End of Science, John Horgan says the limits of scientific inquiry are more visible than ever. By John Horgan DISCOVER Vol. 27 No. 10 | October 2006 <

The Dalai Lama: Live

2006-09-19T22:08:00.000-04:00

Till 12.50 pm today I didn’t know that who am I going to see in next few hours or so. I was at my home having a little siesta, which I usually do after lunch ;). So, before going back to the job, I just casually called one of my friends, Praveer, if he had any extra tickets for the Dalai Lama. To my disbelief, he did happen to have one, which he had held for somebody else, but that person wasn’t

God Bless Sanjay Dutt....!

2006-09-16T02:22:00.000-04:00

Verdict is due upon Sanjay Dutt for the '93 Bombay blasts case. Evidently, he already has paid enough for it during all these years, and has suffered a lot. Poor fellow, has seen too many ups and downs in his life so far and deserves a life of peace, especially when you are reaching 50 and you virtually have lost the entire family.Anyways, I just pray for him, hope he doesn't get convicted and

Being 25...!

2006-08-25T19:37:00.000-04:00

Few weeks ago I turned 25, precisely on July 19th. Well in a way it was just another birthday for me. I never get too excited about my birthday unlike most people. However, this year it was special, special in a sense the number 25 itself.For me turning 25 is kind of scary. I mean, I never wanted to turn 25, it has some kind of psychological effect and suggesting that you can no more be called a

Napkins and Forks...

2006-08-15T00:05:00.000-04:00

Most of us pay very frequent visits to Subways & Taco Bells and Burger Kings and what not...to soothe our hungry stomachs. All of these places have one thing in common - 'Paper napkins', and you couldn't agree more..!Many times most of us end up grabbing lots of napkins, forks, spoons and knives etc., no matter we consume them or not. Because we think, 'Who cares, it's free'. Well, those who

Ek Baar Aaja Aaja in the car

2006-08-14T23:59:00.000-04:00

While driving from LA to Vegas..we all were enjoying the Himesh Reshamiya songs..and this one was ek baar aaja aaja...Enjoy,KaushalP.S: This one becomes first video to be posted on my blog..;), and with this the blog 'officially' becomes a video blog now..:D

It's NOT mandatory in Vegas to make mistakes...!

2006-07-16T22:07:00.000-04:00

This is the last one (and most interesting) in the 4 part series of our recent LA/Vegas trip on July 4th weekend. If you haven't already read the first 3 parts, you can read them here:Part I, Part II, Part III.Anyways, we were walking and suddenly Shantanu spotted beer for $2, that was cheap. He bought two cups, so I tried one. This time I didn't find the beer very bitter, which I most of the

It's mandatory in Vegas to make mistakes...Part III

2006-07-16T21:53:00.000-04:00

Next morning I was awake by 6.15...and by the time we got out of LA it was about 9 am. Good performance by all of us...;)! I forgot to mention here, we had got a real luxury car from the rental company...and I think none of us had expectd it that it would be a V8 engine..with DVD player and all..it was Chrysler 300C or something like that...but it really was a HUGE car..okay not with one of the

It's mandatory in Vegas to make mistakes...Part II

2006-07-09T02:25:00.000-04:00

So here's part II of the journey. Aditya and Shantanu had come to LAX airport for pick up and it was 11.30 pm local time. From there we drove straight to Shashi's home. I have a special relationship with that house, since I had stayed there for a little over 2 months when I was searching jobs last year. Felt really good after going into that house again. Anyways, so now we all were together. Not

It's mandatory in Vegas to make mistakes...Part I

2006-07-06T22:11:00.000-04:00

Finally it came! After months of planning (I wonder if we ever had any exact plans..;)). The only thing that was sure was that, we were going to get there. And it was always uncertain right from the beginning that who would make it to the trip eventually and who would not. Till two weeks before the trip, 5 (Shantanu, Golu, Purvin, Saloni & I) of us were in from the east coast. But, future was as

Living in G-World....

2006-04-12T22:34:00.000-04:00

This one is dedicated to the most hilarious personality I've ever come across in my life so far (and I believe you as well), - Hemalkumar Shankarlal Golwala urf Golu and lately Gohu. I expect you to know the first two names, and the last one you will know in a while, if you already don't know.As I said earlier - 'the most hilarious personality', undoubtedly he is, and if you know him closely,

From the Restrooms...

2006-04-02T13:13:00.000-04:00

This one is going to be a bit gross..;), so please bear with it. Last weekend, when we went to Monroe (somewhere close to New York City) to drop Kavin (he got job there), we had this 'tea time' sort of discussion. Here who were involved in the discussion is not important..;) so names shouldn't matter to you.We all were having pizza in a Pizza Hut and Purvin got a call from nature, so while he was

The Story of Kanan and CD Player...

2006-02-16T21:18:00.000-05:00

Somehow the CD player of my car is not liking Kanan, or may be vice versa ;). Well, the story goes like this. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, Kanan and I go together around 8.30 in the morning. I drop her to the school and then goto my work place from there.Now, as soon as Kanan sits in my car for whatever reason the CD player would just crash and would stop playing the CD. The most wierd thing is

Superstitiously Hygienic!!!

2006-02-15T23:55:00.000-05:00

This is about one of the employees at my work place and his hygiene consciousness. I find him very wierd though. The story goes like this, he comes to the rest room, would never use the standing urinal, instead would always pee in the shit-pot. That's still okay, then he would take at least 2 paper napkins from there, before washing hands, yes even before washing hands.Then will open the water

LA on Fire!

2005-09-29T20:16:00.000-04:00

LA weather has been nasty for past 2 days, and today it reached 97 F. Can you beat that ? I experienced that for the first time in 2 years. And sahi main was feeling very uncomfortable in this heat at home. Couldn't do much work for the whole day and had bath for 2 times and drank a lot of apple juice and sprite. But, no relief man. Still don't know what to do and it's 90 at this moment. Opening

How do I spell my name ?

2005-09-28T03:10:00.000-04:00

One more from my emails!-----------------May 12, 2005Hi All,Yesterday (May 11, 2005), a very funny incident happened to me. Actually, it was rather a very tragicomic situation at my work place. In my on-campus job, I answer many phone calls and make many calls everyday - its like customer-service center. And as all of us here in America must have experienced this once in a while: its always

Emergency at 3 am!

2005-09-28T02:57:00.001-04:00

Following happened on Jan 3, 2005. Never posted on the blog, doing it now! Kaushal -----------Jan 03, 2005 at 1 pmIt was January 3, 2005 and the time was around 3 am, yes 3 am in the winter of 2005 and we were yet to sleep on Jan 2. We were sitting in our drawing room and discussing some random issues, like all of us always talk. And the discussion included topics from India to America with

Playing Cards!!!

2004-12-29T23:32:00.000-05:00

last night was full of fun. we 4 (3 from my apartment and one our close friend) were playing cards. the game was "Dassi Coat". I dont know wat they call it in English. Dassi coat is called in Hindi. But played by 2 pairs of partners. And the 2 partners seat opposite to each other. And we've to collect 10s by making hands. and if u collect all four 10s from the pack, the opposite team has to

First Blog

2004-12-28T17:03:00.000-05:00

okay,so, this is my first post on the blog. for last couple of months i was thinking of starting a blog. but whenever i started, i just dint finish it, you know laziness or rather procrastination. but today i had to create it.reason is, the devil Tsunami which has struck in the south east asia. so, i was reading through tsunamihelp.blogspot.com and thought of starting my own blog. and thought it