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Event: Mumbai Marathon 2012

2012-01-22T11:30:00.000-08:00

Hi Good day ppl ! I Finished ! The medal, all runners who complete the Half marathon get it. Its worth hodling it in your hand for all the efforts. Weekend here again. I have been having some interesting activity filled weekends these days. Last week being the Mumbai Marathon 2012. Its the 9th Edition of the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon. After doing the Dream Run (6Kms) for 4years I

Whats that pic-14

2012-01-11T09:32:00.000-08:00

Hi Good day ppl ! Whose Chamcha are you? ;) Here are a few pics from Crawford market. The whole sale market for a lot of commodities. These are shots from last month at Bhandi bazar or utensils bazar. Here you can get utensils of all sizes,variety,shape,lowest to highest cost & in bulk quantity too. Shopping here is cheaper coz of whole sale rate, but you need to know how,where & how much

Incidents 3-Your take on this?

2011-12-14T10:08:00.000-08:00

Hi Good day ppl ! :) Posting after a long time. Todays incident got me thinking & urged to post on the blog. Today evening got out late from office @8:45pm. With the Mahim fair going on was trying to decide what route,transport to take. At the depot saw my usual bus arriving in, so climbed in, got a seat. But the conducter informed this bus wont go, the one standing behind will go. So all the

Whats that pic-13

2011-11-26T11:01:00.000-08:00

Hi Good day ! Guess what this is in the pic? Post your guess as comments on this post.More of head scratching pics in the whats that pic series:Whats that pic-1Whats that pic-2Whats that pic-3Whats that pic-4Whats that pic-5Whats that pic-6Whats that pic-7Whats that pic-8Whats that pic-9Whats that pic-10Whats that pic-11Whats that pic-12Bye. Tc. Have gr8 weekend & week ahead ! :)

Travel-Haji Ali Dargah,Mumbai

2011-11-20T09:52:00.000-08:00

Hi good day ppl !Today visited the Haji Ali dargah for the first time even after being born & brought up in Mumbai :). Its a famous landmark of Mumbai, a must see for all tourist & welcome for all religions.The Dargah Sharief is built on a tiny islet located 500 meters from the coast, in the middle of Worli Bay, in the vicinity of Worli.I had thought we will have to consider the high tide,low

Whats that pic-12

2011-11-15T09:52:00.000-08:00

Hi good day ! What gum do you eat? Today post lunch we went for a walk & stopped at a general store to buy some toffees. Here is the new attraction they had:Time Bomb Gum They say the other big attraction among kids is the Zour Bomb !The Time bomb was a normal gum. But the Zour Bomb was aaarrgghh.... we just threw it away.Even awla tastes 10 times better than this.Try these if you get them. Want

Trek: Kalsubai peak Maharashtra's Mount Everest 6th nov 2011

2011-11-10T09:26:00.000-08:00

Hi Good day Ppl !I think I should change my goal from 3forts of maharashtra to 3highest peaks of maharashtra :POn 19th June 2011 trekked to the another highest peak in Maharashtra- Ajoba parvat 4500ftSo on Sunday 6th Nov 2011, trekked to the Kalsubai peak with Kalpvihar group. The highest peak 5400ft of the Sahyadris in Akole Taluka, of Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra.Story of Kalsubai:

Event-Amit Makwana Poem Exhibition 9th nov 2011

2011-11-09T10:45:00.000-08:00

Hi Good day !2days ago one of my friend/partner in crime for fun activities called me up to tell me about a Poem exhibition Inauguration on 9th Nov 2011@Prince of Wales Museum. She talked about this poet-Amit Makwana who wrote poems & drew digital drawings of what he pictured in his mind when writing them. She had blogged about it. Read it here.It sounded interesting since when reading/listening/

Whats that pic-11

2011-09-13T12:12:00.000-07:00

Hi good day ppl !Posting after a loooong time. So till I compile new posts, there are many in the making, please check these interesting new 'whats that pic' series.Buland bharat ki buland tasvir... Humara Bajaj !We see this bike driven by a handicap man near our office in Mahim on our walks. Sadly he was not around when we clicked this pic, would have loved to ask him questions :)Speaking of

Whats that pic-10

2011-09-12T12:24:00.000-07:00

Hi good day ppl ! With all the rave reviews about the Samsung Galaxy S2 & me buying the Samsung Ace, this machine caught my fancy in a saree shop.Wooden hand-cranked wall telephoneThey say & Newton's law proves it-Energy once created cannot be destroyed.So the words spoken are in the form of sound waves & floating around us. Scientists are trying to get all these waves.Wouldn't it be great to

Whats that pic-9

2011-08-30T10:56:00.000-07:00

Hi good day ! Another pic for the Whats that pic series. Caption this please ! My papa thought up this unique way to stop crows, sparrows from eating up the shoots or plants growing. My caption entries : Drip irrigation ? Caged growth Check out the other entries: Whats that pic-1 Whats that pic-2 Whats that pic-3 Whats that pic-4 Whats that pic-5 Whats that pic-6 Whats that pic-7 Whats

Movie: Into the Wild

2011-08-27T11:13:00.000-07:00

Hi good day ppl ! The film stars Emile Hirsch as McCandless I watched this movie a month ago on my sisters suggestion. Its based on a real life story of Christopher McCandless and his travels across North America. The movie is an adaptation of 1996 non-fiction book-into the wild by Jon Krakauer. The movie starts with this beautiful quote: There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There

Festival-Janmashtami 2011

2011-08-22T09:11:00.000-07:00

Hi good day everyone after a long time :) ! Today is Janmashtami, the birth of Shri Krishna. Janmashtami in Maharashtra is known as Dahi-handi. The Rasa lila re-creates the flirtatious aspects of Krishna's youthful days, the Dahi Handi celebrate God's playful and mischievous side, where teams of young men form human pyramids to reach a high-hanging pot of butter and break it. Since morning I

Festivals: Aashadi Ekadashi, Wadala Vithal mandir 11 july 2011

2011-07-14T10:44:00.000-07:00

Hi good day ppl !This post is about Aashadi Ekadashi which was this year 2011 on 11th july. Lord Vithal or Vithoba is the form of Lord Vishnu.This day, a huge yatra or religious procession of pilgrims culminates at Pandharpur, a town in south Maharashtra, situated on the banks of the Bhima River. Pandharpur is main center of worship of the deity Vithoba. Thousands of pilgrims come to Pandharpur

Event - Ratan ka Swayamwar Imagine TV Faisale ke ghadi

2011-07-04T11:12:00.000-07:00

Hi Good day ppl!Gr8 unexpectedly exciting weekend I had, like most times ;).My friend called me up on Sunday morning to accompany her to attend the Finale of the TV reality show 'Ratan ka Swayamwar'. I gladly accepted since I have never attended any shoots & also be a part of the audience.Ratan Rajput 's Swayamwar on Imagine TV grand finale-Faisle ki ghadi.My friend is doing Social media

Whats that pic-8

2011-06-27T10:48:00.001-07:00

Hi good day everyone!Guess how I was greeted today morning:Every monsoon we have a Live Orchestra every night in the ground opposite our building. The band members are frogs, toads,crickets along with regulars-stray dogs.This year it has started earlier due to the nala created to drain off water from the ground. This became the breeding ground for them.Today was exceptional. Morning 6am as I got

Whats that pic-7

2011-06-26T10:50:00.000-07:00

Hi good day ppl! What did I do this weekend? I decided to rest, do my pending tasks, gym, do some pace walking,... but more of spend time with myself. While sitting in my balcony on Sunday afternoon after lunch was admiring the plants, the kites soaring in the sky, the voices of children playing in the ground below, the cool breeze,..... My attention was caught by this scene: What does it say to

Trek: Ajoba Mountain, Valmiki ashram-samadhi, luv-kush cave

2011-06-20T11:53:00.000-07:00

Hi Good day ppl,Last weekend had added to my FB status message-that I want to go for a monsoon trek & Law of Attraction worked ! Some people from my workplace invited us to join them for a Trek to Ajoba on 19th June 2011,Sunday. Me and my friend were delighted coz we had been discussing about treks since we met.The Ajoba or Ajaparvat (Grandfather Mountain). The mountain is known to be one of the

Video: Law of Attraction

2011-05-05T11:32:00.000-07:00

Hi good day ppl! After a long time posting an inspirational video. Saw it on a friends orkut-video list. Its about Law of Attraction & Leading. You can watch it here: An Inspirational Video 1 - The Law Of Attraction - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEqdr_AwdakThe Law of Attraction states that whatever you think is what you get. What you dream of, strive for whole heartidly you get. Whatever you

Event-Flamingo Festival by BNHS, 16 April 2011

2011-04-17T11:36:00.000-07:00

Hi good day!I had mentioned I had a few activities to do in these 3-4months. Guess what, I did all of them :). The last one left & which I had lost hope of was: Going to pay the Flamingos a visit.Last week heard an announcement on the Radio, that BNHS has organised a 'Flamingo Festival' on 16th April 2011. I was super excited, checked the BNHS site, mailed a few friends, mailed the organizers

Whats that pic-6

2011-04-07T11:06:00.000-07:00

Hi Good day!Downloaded a lot of pics from my cell & camera.Here is an interesting one, which makes you laugh & feel cool instantly! :DHoli Hai!!! :DThis is from Euro-Kids play school (near Mickey Mehta Gym,Chembur) celebrating Holi with their cutie students. Yu-Hu, Holi hai!!! Kids wanna have fun :DJust see how they were loving water splashed at them ! We gym-goers & trainers had a fun time

Festival: Gudi Padva 2011

2011-04-05T09:16:00.000-07:00

Hi Good day! Happy New Year, Ugadi, Gudi Padwa, Navreh,Cheti Chand to all of you.Our colony celebrated it in true 'Marathi Bana' style :DSmall girls playing fugdi on the beats of dhol during the miravnuk or procession. They were enjoying themselves. :)It is celebrated on first day of a lunar month. It marks the beginning of the new agricultural phase of sowing. They say Brahma created the

Music-Affirmation by Savage Garden

2011-03-29T06:00:00.000-07:00

Hey good day ppl! :) Hows the week going? Beautiful ?? :DYes for me :).Affirmation by Savage GardenI believe that your most attractive features are your heart and soul I believe that family is worth more than money or gold I believe in Karma what you give is what you get returned I believe you can't appreciate real love until you've been burnedI believe you don't know what you've got until you

Whats that pic-5

2011-03-24T00:18:00.000-07:00

Hi good day ppl!Check the pic. What do you think is going on?Budhape mein Bachpana :)This scene is from the Matunga Z-bridge. This cute uncle was walking in front of me & was all involved in himself like kids do. He had this stick in hand & was scrapping it across the tin sheets which form the walls of the Bridge. He was using the stick to maximum use, scrapping it across any surface which will

Movie: Finish strong

2011-03-21T13:02:00.000-07:00

Hey good day everyone :)! I am getting used to hearing from all friends,colleagues,family members about how lucky I am to be enjoying such a long break :).What they dont know is, I prepared & worked hard for it. So I deserve it :)This mail from Simple Truths & beautiful video echoes some of the things I did & some which I would like to improve in the future to BE LUCKY :D It also talks about