History in the making....

It was a moment yesterday... a unique chapter was being written that marks a change in America and truly the rest of the world. For the first time, a presidential address that talked about compassion, making forward progress. Two million people, and not a single arrest. Every word Obama spoke was powerful, meaningful and it was clear he spoke those with passion. A 20 minute address, that for the first time spoke some of the bigger religions around, Christians, Hindus.. calling for peace.

John. G Roberts lived up to his nominees expectations... as Chief Justice.. un-der prepared and unable to repeat the words correctly even after Obama gave him a chance to recover, clumsy.. just like the outgoing president.

The costumes.... awesome...Appreciate Michelle Obama for giving young and unknown designers a chance to be part of history, defining first lady by design and not following a traditional color that most would have chosen.

Hope corporate America would be less greedy, and return the country's economy back to where it belongs, hope that religions factions would find a way to live and let others live in peace.

Obama has set himself aside compared to any i have seen so far...

Now its about time, we pick ourselfs up, dust off and get back to work... so off i go..

Media should leave John Travolta alone...

Its really sad to see how celebrities have to deal with personal loss like this one that John Travolta has to go through. I think the media should respect privacy and just not hunt them down even in moments like this. The couple lost their son who was medically ill, and now every one who has had contact with them those days are being looking for their moment on TV which is so sad and inhumane IMHO.

Being a celebrity is like a double edge sword. The same media that game them the popularity is also drowning you when you have a grieving moment. This is not a time to try and figure out scientology was the cause... Just leave em alone and quit peeking at personal life...

Winter Wunderland @Portland this december...

Okydok... it usually only lasts a couple days.. this time its getting to be close to 2 weeks. Is this all global warming heh?

Spending time with family for the first week was all great.... lots of table tennis at basement, Many movies from Hollywood (we just signed up for the month plan), borrowed more movies from neighbors... its great...

I have no chains now, so stuck at home.. got them 2006, but never knew how to use them. So we ended up giving it back to Les Schwab. Here is a video from Les Schwab.

Here are some pictures of our deck. Now i promise i took some pictures of our family, but fate was not on my side.. i forgot to put the stinking flash card..

I was so dead yesterday :-).. especially with the snow, i cant even run away and take cover from the fire my family was venting at me :-)

My first attempt to use sms blog..

3rd day home alone. 2 movies back to back with my son after bowling in Sunset lanes. Great time. He is still in bed.. i wokeup early to make sure my dog does'nt go hungry.

Alright... lots of bills to clearup before the week starts.

Chao!

Home alone for a week...

My wife always finds a reason to go visit home. Well, this time 2 of her relatives are getting married and nothing could stop... so here iam taking care of my 8 year old and the only one who has the best greeting when i get back home... yep thats my dog.

Yesterday Day1: Stopped the alarm and woke up late.. somehow managed to get my son ready for school in 30 mins!

Day2 Today: Lucky its a weekend, Breakfast is done. Piano at 10:15, lunch, and then need to figure out homework and some entertainment before dinner... Phew.. dont know how my wife pulls this off everyday... just 2 days and iam exhausted to even thing what i have been through!

Waiting for next friday to return!

Time to standup for Peace... Solidarity and Support

Hello All. We all witnessed the painful events that came about in Mumbai. As Indians in America it's our resposibility to standup ....to show support to all those grieving families back home who lost their closed ones ... and to send a message "we are with you !!".

Come in with Friends and family to join in a Prayer for peace and hold hands together to form a human chain for peace and dress in tri-colors to stand up in a silent protest against the Terror attacks in Mumbai.

The Date & Location are finalized, and the Peace & Prayer vigil will now be held at
3:00 PM on Sunday, December 14th at Pioneer Court House Square, Portland.


Important NOTEs :
• The event is now being held a week later than the original plan. So please make note !
• Due to fire hazard associated with lit candles, local fire department will not allow Candles at Pioneer court house square, so if you plan to bring - please use battery-powered candles ! other options to show support are - flowers, flags !
• Please be on-time and plan to arrive early than late (no IST please !)

Spread the word.. and do take a moment out of your busy schedules, and lead by example !

Blasts in Mumbai...

This is real bad... i love the way India Responded... Strong. India is resilient, and iam very confident India will spring back much more stronger. We live in crisis always and know how to handle this. Its very sad and the target are unassuming peace loving civilians that are choosen to be targets..


Its really hard to live peacefully with all the distractions muslim terrorists create. I have some really good muslim friends who feel sorry and are rather ashamed that a few could completely disrespect the religion and the purpose for which it rather came to existance.

I was listening to CNN after a long time to capture a glimpse of whats happening. Larry King was on discussing with Deepak Chopra. Right after that i heard a comment from CNN reporter Christianne Ammanpoor which is rather shocking. She appeared very upset with Deepak's comments hinting pakistan's involvement and appeared to rather justify the attacks. She said that the 150 million muslims are underprevilegded. Come on Christanne.. you better read and know more before becomming emotional and acting up... It makes me sick to hear your comments.

More facts by some poster here http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/435982/cs/1/#reply

Its clear muslims have more freedom and representation... Would christianne justify if the underpreveleged blacks in USA do something similar. Its compeltely irresponsible for someone from CNN to do just sloppy representation in a national broadcast. Its a shame that CNN even has her on payroll..