Walk of Life

2014-04-22T02:09:00.001-07:00

A month ago...... you looked in eyes pleading... take me home... i could not ... just had to coax you and say.... my woes, could see your pulse... running down.... 79, 78, 77, 76.... said could i take your photo... "Haan" ... thats what you said...

just said ... i have to be in office... leaving now... walked away still did not truly believe you would follow me .. out.. and fly from this mortal pain...

GOD REST YOUR SOUL IN PEACE

MR. PRASRAM WADHWA

10 DEC 1941 TO 20 MARCH 2014

A TRIBUTE TO YOU

FOR ALL YOUR KINDNESS

11 NUMBER SE... JAANA

.... to MEN..... hello Michael, Eric, Nigel... jess never gives up... just gives in August 2013

2013-08-13T01:09:00.002-07:00

... Was bright and sunny, a hot day as August 2013 sets in ... so many people rushing and the airport is always crowded.. Emirates really great with their curtesy to all the customers... and we passed the counter.. and the lounge... to be seated.... between two male passengers....

Kuwait has always been the home... no matter how many times we fly out and .... its not the things.. or the ways... i guess.. its just that .. moms ashes are burried here and this year even dad laid to rest... that close we feel to Kuwait.. God Bless all...

mind goes back to GOA..
the house i grew up in

and

the house my children grew up in ..

Arriving in Mumbai... and we see how the changes.. go on adding .. new venues.. everytime we pass.. rushing from international arrival.. to domestic airport.. we sit down .. and await for flight to Indore,

a hot cup of coffee.. .. makes you .. sit still .. till the hour in walk in .. tags checked.. there are more wires and mobiles in my luggage.. than clothes.. guess a set of garments is more than enough.. ..

The stern looks of the security staff around the airport the different shops, if you ever miss to buy something.. you can get it there.. still i wish they would put a counter to recharge a mobile and buy a line .. guess.. security reasons.. not to .... next trip.. i hope to concentrate on taking better pictures..

Indore new aiport.. same taxi people to help you all so kind.... we drive out .. meeting San, at the Choitram.. and them to home...

Heavy baggage.. even though nothing much..
hot chae... and we back to our relax.. moments...
things.. look a bit .. bleek ... and vague.. i should say.. at the Lemon... is the reason .. with a squeeze of sourness... hahaha yes San... another speed breaker...
we come.. back... soon... its.. a beautiful .. day...
dates out in Kuwait.. with the hot weather....

2013-03-22T12:38:00.000-07:00

http://prathibaramamurthy.blogspot.com/
http://www.raaga.com/play/?id=7561

Orchids of Ohio and the Midwest: Welcome to Orchids of Ohio!

2013-03-04T02:13:00.001-08:00

Orchids of Ohio and the Midwest: Welcome to Orchids of Ohio!: Welcome to Orchids of Ohio: your online resource for the state's indigenous Orchidaceae flora! It's my wish to build this websi...

For a Doctor's view ....Thank you God

2013-01-30T00:10:00.000-08:00

to my Late Dad....

2013-01-30T00:09:00.001-08:00

THE LATE JOAO FRANCISCO SANTANA FERNANDES CARVALHO by A. Veronica Fernandes, Kuwait

Sunday - Jan 20, 2013

It is with deep grief and sorrow I pen down these few sorrowful lines coming on to the fore from bottom of my heart. This is on the late Mr. Joao Frencisco Santana Fernandes Carvalho popularly known as Santan Carvalho who expired in Kuwait on 18th of this month. Santan Carvalho was from Raia Salcette, did his schooling up to Matriculation at St. Joseph’s High School, Arpora, Bardez, Goa; this school is the first English High School of Goa.

During his entire scholastic career as a Boarder he performed well in studies but in sports representing his School at all Goa level he performed extremely well. During those days when Goa was under Portuguese rule Matriculation was the highest level of English education in Goa and if anybody wanted to pursue still higher education in English one had to migrate to Bombay or Poona or Belgao or elsewhere.

The standard of this school during those days was so high that inspite of being a school it was still called as written in Portuguese on the school board at its entrance "COLLEGIO DIOCESAN DE ST. JOSE – ARPORA". The motto of this school was written on school calendar in Latin as "TAKE THE NECESSARY FOOD AND DEPART". Depart where? In the jungle? No! Depart to higher world to acquire higher things in life.

With this view in mind Santan Carvalho after completing his education in Goa came to Kuwait approximately in 1955 by Ship which berthed in the deep Sea behind Seaf Palace from where small Barges used to go and bring the passengers from the berthed ship, to the shore for Customs clearances and other formalities for the passengers to enter Kuwait. Santan Carvalho like other Goan passengers carried the prestigious Portuguese Passport since Goans from Goa were treated by the Portuguese Government as overseas Portuguese citizens. Because of Portuguese nationality Goans in Kuwait enjoyed superior treatment compared to other Indians holding Indian Passports. This is one of the reasons Goans acquiring jealousy from other Indians.

During those good old days it was said, "if you want to attain laurels in Sports in Goa then join Arpora School". With this view in mind as an ambitious sportsman at an early age, Santan Carvalho came to Arpora School with a Violin in his hand since it was a part of his life and met with the then great Principal of that School Fr. Philipe Neri Mendonca popularly known everywhere as Fr. Mendonca. Seeing him with a Violin in his hand, Fr. Mendonca asked this young and physically well built boy full of positive energy ‘what he wants’.

For this question the young boy replied saying ‘Fr. I want to join this school’. Then Fr. Menondance asked "Do you know to speak English well?" The boy surprised Fr. Menonca by speaking not only in English but also in Portuguese and also playing Violin. Seeing such a fabuluous talent in him Fr. Mendonca registered the young boy as a boarder where he developed as an extra ordinary soccer goalkeeper playing for school team as a first choice goalkeeper.

During those good old days in Goa representing Arpora School in any discipline of sports means representing Goa. Since it was a boys school, any boy from this school coming out first in any item at All Goa Inter-school Athletics Meet means he was the best in Goa. This trend lasted till I finished my schooling at Arpora since I was the last Arpora student to win at All Goa School level the individual championship in athletics creating new record for 100 metres sprint. Arpora school then known to create gigantic sportsmen and Santan Carvalho was one of them and I was the last from this gigantic category from this school. After me this school did not create giants of our type in Athletics nor in Soccer.

According to senior teachers at Arpora school, Arpora school has never produced a magnificent goalkeeper like Santan Carvalho. When once he injured his left hand, he started catching the ball in his right hand but never got substituted. Rarely did it seem he allowed his opponent to score a goal from the penalty kick. When playing against Liceu many of the Portugese players out of frustration tried to kick him but since physically he was very strong he never allowed his opponents to succeed in their nasty plans.

He had unique distinction of diving for the ball from one corner of the goal to the other to stop the ball. In the air he would not allow the ball to enter into his net. His height was his big advantage. Once when I asked the secret of his success under the bar, he replied saying "I was constantly praying while guarding the goal posts as per the advice of Fr. Mendonca and this prayer was making me impenetrable".

He was one of the best violinist playing Violin for Arpora school choir. Even in Kuwait he was known to be a good violinist, many times playing in the Church especially Motets during the Lent season. When C. Alvares died we called a condolence meeting at Village Inn, Kuwait City. During this meeting the late Rosary Ferns with Thelma rendered the best duet song of C. Alvares "TARVAR VETAM" and musical score for this song was beautifully provided by Santan Carvalho on his beautiful Violin.

He was a great hearted Goan having all the attributes of pristine Goan. He was expert on Goan history and culture. As a Goan he had great love for Goa and Goans and always ready to give a helping hand for needy Goan and Goan causes. He had especial Niche in his heart for those who studied at Arpora.

He has never seen me in Goa as a best runner of Goa winning 100, 200 & 400 metres races nor playing first class soccer for Sesa but he only heard of me. When I came to Kuwait he located my presence and came sprinting to wish me and offer a helping hand. When he came to know I am jobless and desperately looking out for one, he put in his words to some of his friends. When I told him not to inconvenience because of me, he replied saying that it was his duty as en ex Arporite to help another ex Arporite. What a great wisdomatic thought!! Only wisdomatic persons think in this way and for that matter how many ex Arporites having power and position think thus?

In his death Goa lost a great soccer goalkeeper, Kuwait Goan community a very good person and his children a loving and responsible father. To all his loving children I confess that I am too deeply sad of your daddy’s death. He was daddy to you but elder and loving and caring brother to me. I too will miss him just as you miss him. May His Soul Rest In Peace.

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Trevor

Thursday - Jan 24, 2013

A great tribute to a very remarkable man. May his soul rest in peace.

Venancio Fernandes

Monday - Jan 21, 2013

A lion passed away, very sad news to me. At Arpora we were called "lions" in honor to the founder of the school, Fr.Lyons. Your article brought to my mind distant and dormant memories. I remember him well, a daring goal keeper of the Arpora Lyons team during my school days as a boarder and student also at that famous school. He was an excellent sportsman, good friend and also a good performer on the stage during our school konkani "tiatr" on the occasion of our rector's birthday, Fr. Mendonza. I was the school's Commander of Mocidade Portuguesa at that time. Boarder for five years I made lot of friends but I dont know were they are now. I remember their faces as young boys full of energy and life. Teachers like Mr Rafael, Ildefonso, Natalina, Mogul, Fr.Peter, Fr.Furtado and many more, left their mark in my memory and in my heart. All these remembrances now make my eyes watery with tears of thoughtful gratitude. As the song goes "Those were the days my friend we thought they would never end, we'd sing and dance forever and a day....."

All Atoms of the Moment .. thats Sans

2013-01-05T16:03:00.003-08:00

Maria said: if you believe it is GOD
If you do not it is just a STONE s t on e / st one / s tone /
Just a picture.. …
A pot with a flower

The "Lion": lying flat no matter how much strength

The linga – necessity of human

The hard base… of reality

Trishul

The tiny drum of happiness

Eyes closed to all around

An embrace

Few materials as necessary

Covered what should not be shown

Head a little higher than the body… standing with head up always

Water flowing.. from above

No other covers

As we approach to new shores... 2013

2012-12-31T19:42:00.001-08:00

YOGA - BEST EVER - SATURDAY - 17 OCT 2012

You thought of Yoga

You read of School of Yoga

You found out

You felt

Finally you went on

To join the year to study yoga

Every day you drove

With the feeling of tremendous pleasure just to be there

You met many other like you

You enjoyed the moments

You shared

You laughed

You felt loss sometimes

You picked up

You tried

You failed

You studied

With all heart mind and soul

You questioned

You answered

You live each day

Now imagine…

The practical .. class door is closed one day

You tried to open … its locked….

You look around.. no one knows why

But still you will ask ..

Find out …

The reason

May be it will not be open the next day

And others who joined too.. will ask

Find out..

As days passed… the door is shut

Sometimes you come and someone says to you..

The door is always opened…. But early than the time you are here

So you try to come early

Or they say it opens later and you come later

But just when you are there

The door is always closed

1 - will you just .. come and go.. ?

2 – will you keep questioning why its closed when you come ?

3 – will you say you want your fees back ?

4 – will you let the Head know that he has no right to keep it closed since the college made a commitment to train you for the year?

1 – will you keep coming and seeing…?

2 - one day you will finally see that there is no point since there is no answer to all you asked?

3 – you will try to find solace with the other students and go to other yoga school

And

1 – deep inside you will still wonder why did the school simple close the door for you at the practical class

2 - may be they will give you an answer… and

What would you do?

Once your mind is answered you will carry on

Once your heart accepts you will carry on

Once you feel that the college did not live by the standard that they say they are

But sans har kadam

this is just a course

What about life…

Always jess

How I Learned That Plagiarism Is Bad | Thoughts In Play (T.I.P)

2012-10-31T23:31:00.001-07:00

How I Learned That Plagiarism Is Bad | Thoughts In Play (T.I.P)

Goa activities

2012-05-12T22:39:00.002-07:00

http://www.kvkicarrcgoa.in/gallery.html

May 2012

2012-05-09T22:42:00.000-07:00

life is strange .. daily it gives surprises ... dazzles u thru ur nerve but still takes u along and makes u experience the most beautiful memories of life.... (Read this from one blog i am following..... and woke up ... thank you :) )

Is week end... and going to be wonderful time with ME... both are here... on summer vacation... its just surprise after surprise .. with them every moment .. you never know... when the USB going to be in pieces... or iPOD going to be shut.. they both are always loading and downloading.. music... and stuff...

weather is beautifully hot... haha.. but ..its ok ..looking all the flowers in the blogs... i follow just freshens... up the mind.. with Sans... every moment... and reading all thee blogs.. i hardly have more words to say... just enjoyed thots of you all guys out there.. have a happy day ...

Yesteryears Sans - 2012 we start a new ...

2012-01-12T02:01:00.000-08:00

Walking on we read these lines...
I was born tomorrow
Today I live
Yesterday killed me

and all roads lead to Rome they say
hahahah all sans makes me sans san

beautiful books.. i know you would enjoy all
today we even found.. the fruit we enjoyed on

End of 2011 ... Two in....... Oh.... one and one...

2011-12-28T01:55:00.000-08:00

Christmas time is the best time of the year.

This festive season reminds us over and over again of

birth, death, and that life goes on.... :) church view

God

I thank you for the blessings you have been constantly

showering on us all as we stand each day...

This year you made me stronger than i was

its been a wonderful year... thank you !!

Olivier you grew so fast.. haha remembering you as the little one who came at the wee hours of morning of 4th October 1997

Looks loud, but soft within, love you son, like jess you will be ............. hahahah why to say more..Nathan already knows...

And Dr. Camilo ... Congratulations... this year belongs to you my son

i am proud to be your mother... thank you for all the moments you have given to me..

yes every child is great to their parents... but to you

i want to say...to you and your brothers

forgive me for the times i did not understand you'll

forgive me for the times i was rash with you'll

but most of all i want to thank you boys...

for giving me the pleasures of being your mother...

i love you so very much ......

We all thank Mr. Siva and his family for their support.... thank you

what can i say how not to say and how much to say .....

to you..... San,

i want to thank you for all the atoms...

You came in time to reach before the fall

held our a palm and let me stand

may God Bless You and all that You Hold

Your support with my children is something i will always remember

the time you have given and been with us...

the encouragement for Dr. Camilo

the endless times ... when you have

reached to us...and stood with me

Love you San...

Ella ella echo of the childrens voices

ringing in our ears

each step you stood with me

through the thick and the thin

may be you will never get to read this

I love you

just as the children

without your presence some of my moments would have been unbearable...

thank you ...

Dad I admire you each morning

this gives me the courage to do what i want to do

God bless you and help you to take the moment as it comes...

love you Dad

Its been a wonderful year...

want to thank you sis

for being there

2011-12-01T04:02:00.000-08:00

Few pictures of my trip

1st December 2011

2011-12-01T03:51:00.000-08:00

Tuesday, 22 January 2008, 13:57
Message body
Hello Chura,
God bless you and your household.
Many times I have wanted to speak to you, but there was never a proper moment to speak. Every time I asked you, you did not feel right to talk may be.
I am not writing to get in the best side with you (becoz that I know I have) we have Seby between us.
Not going the bollywood filmi way. Just myself.
Yes Seby can talk to me like the way I like to talk.
No one knows better than you, you are his wife.
As a woman you know your rights.
Dreamt of saying to you: Chura, I still want to be tension sort – that is the only place for me in Seby’s life.
It was not my intention to hurt you. I just only saw love in Seby,
I will not pretend nor do i regret for any of my actions. I have no explanations.
But you may not believe me, it is my wish that you, ryan and seby always be together. God will hold all.
But I want to thank you, for coming in my life as you have. If not for this situation and a lot of changes in my life here I would not know
What the world really is.
Which world I was living in and what it is all about.
Now my world is come so small (which includes):
Yen, Nan,
Chura
Seby, menr
God
Myself
My work
Seby said to me, you have suggested to see my boys (that is a blessing) No chura, I am not dying and Cassey does not have cancer.
All I am saying is, please do not change anything in your way becoz of me. I am like the wind – come and gone…..
God bless you. I love you chura, You are a wonderful person. What Seby touches cannot be anything less than wonderful.
Always
Cassey

........... a time to ponder..... remember a birth, a death, a life, a breathe sans se san tak...

2011-11-21T23:52:00.000-08:00

with so many things happening.. and me travelling.. god its been lovely... rains in chenai

Dr. Ram's garden in Cuddalore ... has all kinds of herbs and plants in their Aravind's Eye Hospital. There the tend to help those in need. http://www.aravind.org/

Came back to desk.. to add more calories.. buffet infront who can resist hahaha

haan haan sans le thi hoon me... as we drove to the Airport

Birthdays

2011-10-17T22:15:00.000-07:00

Birth simply says ..... it all .. and day.. ah dats it...
and then you have when all get together.. and give you a name..
a name that
some will cherish
some will poke fun
some will simply sing it
some will abuse it
some will say it so harshly that you wonder - what did i do..
hahahah
still some will so lovingly carve it on walls, books, trees, palms, you name it and it will be there
yet some will change the sound
some others will shorten it
god what am i talking..
from now on..
i will say you name just as you have been given...
thats my gift to you this year...

was a day...
i only can close eyes and have a vision of how it may have been
with rains pouring..

as you walked in market
water spluttering all around
people trying to shelter.. funny word ...
once someone makes you naked... there is no shelter from the shame and humiliation..
just the word...
and see where i wandered..
thats what all think...

:)
coming back to birth

its nice to hear one's name ..
and when you hear others have been called by their name
and you stand and watch...
someone will simply say to you "............... is this yours, or just show a sign to indicate its your"
while the same person will turn round and say to the next person.. " John, i think this is yours, or john please take your book"

now i am thinking.. why is it so.. that when it comes to me..
why my name is not called.......?
a day after your birthday... have a wonderful ... year

Someone you used to know

2011-10-07T11:01:00.000-07:00

Steve Jobs

2011-10-06T04:11:00.000-07:00

Steve Jobs
Entrepreneur, Computer Programmer, Inventor
February 24, 1955
DEATH DATE: October 05, 2011
Reed College

Best Known For
Steve Jobs co-founded Apple Computers with Stephen Wozniak. Under his guidance, the company pioneered a series of revolutionary technologies including the iPhone and iPad.

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Steve Jobs biography

Synopsis

Steve Jobs was born February 24, 1955, to two University of Wisconsin graduate students who gave him up for adoption. Smart but directionless, Jobs experimented with different pursuits before starting Apple Computers with Stephen Wozniak in the Jobs' family garage. Apple's revolutionary products, which include the iPod, iPhone and iPad, are now seen as dictating the evolution of modern technology.

Early Life

Entrepreneur. Born Steven Paul Jobs on February 24, 1955, to Joanne Simpson and Abdulfattah "John" Jandali, two University of Wisconsin graduate students who gave their unnamed son up for adoption. His father Abdulfattah Jandali was a Syrian political science professor and his mother Joanne Simpson worked as a speech therapist. Shortly after Steve was placed for adoption, his biological parents married and had another child, Mona Simpson. It was not until Jobs was 27 that he was able to uncover information on his biological parents.

As an infant, Steven was adopted by Clara and Paul Jobs and named Steven Paul Jobs. Clara worked as an accountant and Paul was a Coast Guard veteran and machinist. The family lived in Mountain View within California's Silicone Valley. As a boy, Jobs and his father would work on electronics in the family garage. Paul would show his son how to take apart and reconstruct electronics, a hobby which instilled confidence, tenacity, and mechanical prowess in young Jobs.

While Jobs has always been an intelligent and innovative thinker, his youth was riddled with frustrations over formal schooling. In elementary school he was a prankster whose fourth grade teacher needed to bribe him to study. Jobs tested so well, however, that administrators wanted to skip him ahead to high school—a proposal his parents declined.

After he did enroll in high school, Jobs spent his free time at Hewlett-Packard. It was there that he befriended computer club guru Steve Wozniak. Wozniak was a brilliant computer engineer, and the two developed great respect for one another.

Apple Computers

After high school, Jobs enrolled at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. Lacking direction, he dropped out of college after six months and spent the next 18 months dropping in on creative classes. Jobs later recounted how one course in calligraphy developed his love of typography.

In 1974, Jobs took a position as a video game designer with Atari. Several months later he left Atari to find spiritual enlightenment in India, traveling the continent and experimenting with psychedelic drugs. In 1976, when Jobs was just 21, he and Wozniak started Apple Computers. The duo started in the Jobs family garage, and funded their entrepreneurial venture after Jobs sold his Volkswagen bus and Wozniak sold his beloved scientific calculator.

Jobs and Wozniak are credited with revolutionizing the computer industry by democratizing the technology and making the machines smaller, cheaper, intuitive, and accessible to everyday consumers. The two conceived a series of user-friendly personal computers that they initially marketed for $666.66 each. Their first model, the Apple I, earned them $774,000. Three years after the release of their second model, the Apple II, sales increased 700 percent to $139 million dollars. In 1980, Apple Computer became a publically traded company with a market value of $1.2 billion on the very first day of trading. Jobs looked to marketing expert John Scully of Pepsi-Cola to help fill the role of Apple's President.

Departure from Apple

However, the next several products from Apple suffered significant design flaws resulting in recalls and consumer disappointment. IBM suddenly surpassed Apple sales, and Apple had to compete with an IBM/PC dominated business world. In 1984 Apple released the Macintosh, marketing the computer as a piece of a counter culture lifestyle: romantic, youthful, creative. But despite positive sales and performance superior to IBM's PCs, the Macintosh was still not IBM compatible. Scully believed Jobs was hurting Apple, and executives began to phase him out.

In 1985, Jobs resigned as Apple's CEO to begin a new hardware and software company called NeXT, Inc. The following year Jobs purchased an animation company from George Lucas, which later became Pixar Animation Studios. Believing in Pixar's potential, Jobs initially invested $50 million of his own money into the company. Pixar Studios went on to produce wildly popular animation films such as Toy Story, Finding Nemo and The Incredibles. Pixar's films have netted $4 billion. The studio merged with Walt Disney in 2006, making Steve Jobs Disney's largest shareholder.

Reinventing Apple

Despite Pixar's success, NeXT, Inc. floundered in its attempts to sell its specialized operating system to mainstream America. Apple eventually bought the company in 1997 for $429 million. That same year, Jobs returned to his post as Apple's CEO.

Much like Steve Jobs instigated Apple's success in the 1970s, he is credited with revitalizing the company in the 1990s. With a new management team, altered stock options, and a self-imposed annual salary of $1 a year, Jobs put Apple back on track. His ingenious products such as the iMac, effective branding campaigns, and stylish designs caught the attention of consumers once again.

Pancreatic Cancer

In 2003, Jobs discovered he had a neuroendocrine tumor, a rare but operable form of pancreatic cancer. Instead of immediately opting for surgery, Jobs chose to alter his pescovegetarian diet while weighing Eastern treatment options. For nine months Jobs postponed surgery, making Apple's board of directors nervous. Executives feared that shareholders would pull their stocks if word got out that their CEO was ill. But in the end, Job's confidentiality took precedence over shareholder disclosure. In 2004, he had a successful surgery to remove the pancreatic tumor. True to form, in subsequent years Jobs has disclosed little about his health.

Recent Innovations

In recent years, Apple has introduced such revolutionary products as the Macbook Air, iPod, and iPhone, all of which have dictated the evolution of modern technology. Almost immediately after Apple releases a new product, competitors scramble to produce comparable technologies. In 2007, Apple's quarterly reports were the company's most impressive statistics to date. Stocks were worth a record-breaking $199.99 a share, and the company boasted a staggering $1.58 billion dollar profit, an $18 billion dollar surplus in the bank, and zero debt.

In 2008, iTunes became the second biggest music retailer in America-second only to Wal-Mart. Half of Apple's current revenue comes from iTunes and iPod sales, with 200 million iPods sold and six billion songs downloaded. For these reasons, Apple has been rated No. 1 in America's Most Admired Companies, and No. 1 amongst Fortune 500 companies for returns to shareholders.

Personal Life

Early in 2009, reports circulated about Jobs' weight loss, some predicting his health issues had returned, which included a liver transplant. Jobs had responded to these concerns by stating he is dealing with a hormone imbalance. After nearly a year out of the spotlight Steve Jobs delivered a keynote address at an invite-only Apple event September 9, 2009.

In respect to his personal life, Steve Jobs remains a private man who rarely discloses information about his family. What is known is Jobs fathered a daughter with girlfriend Chrisann Brennan when he was 23. Jobs denied paternity of his daughter Lisa in court documents, claiming he was sterile. Jobs did not initiate a relationship with his daughter until she was seven but, when she was a teenager, she came to live with her father.

In the early 1990s, Jobs met Laurene Powell at Stanford business school, where Powell was an MBA student. They married on March 18, 1991, and lived together in Palo Alto, California, with their three children.

Final Years

On October 5, 2011, Apple Inc. announced that co-founder Steve Jobs had died. He was 56 years old.

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BANKS OF THE OHIO - OLIVIA NEWTON JOHN

2011-10-01T21:32:00.000-07:00

Lata - Dil Mein Kisike Pyar Ka Jalta Hua Diya - Ek Mahal Ho Sapno Ka [1975]

2011-09-30T12:41:00.000-07:00

W HOTELS - THE STORE

2011-09-28T04:04:00.000-07:00

W HOTELS - THE STORE

How To Grow Orchids

2011-09-26T21:47:00.000-07:00

How To Grow Orchids

Back from walk

2011-09-24T04:38:00.000-07:00

Walking out.. you said no no .. be here jess.... and we got stuck.. was lovely walking down... what a path.. colourful houses.. the mountain cut off.. many roads we wanted sands to be along ... shhh was bzy time ya.. is fine with us... mike and eric growing fine.. hardly time to angel .. .. Goa seems to be more beautiful even though with increasing warmth and less space.. hahah... the man that drove mom years ago reminded us all of mom.. the days we hardly knew how she thought.. people around have grown older, wiser, some have gone to HIM some have to dilly and drag till time comes to them... House of the Sardine... hahah should i say "Can of Sardine" has not changed colour nor the shape... is still the same as when we were 7 yrs old... though some trees have been cut off and some fallen and yet some of them still standing strong.

So many other things around but our palms so small can hardly hold or carry anything more... like the birds.. we saw looking up and while the tears rolled.. with mad thoughts of Sands... heart was squeezed... why why why was in ears.... which only made the feet rush faster... back to ... Da bow limp hahahah.. the drive was so fast.. we did not even realize.. how quick...

Pacing up and down and you said.. where are we? and heart started to double up again .. mad as ever jess... traced.. feet back to ummmmh soMeHOW....

was raining...out as we looked... and sitting on flight.. mind flashed back .. to the two nights in GOA...

all people and all people are people everywhere... there will be lots of people to worry about and lots more people to care....
we said whats on our mind... may be not worth to say.. or repeat... but it does give you to solace to say whats in the mind and know you spat it out... and if .. we have to be happy while we here than why not to say?
Rajendra and all at home were nice... cattle all gone..
saw Gangadhar... rolling in bed.. saying.. " i cannot see, i cannot see.. " visions like that reminds...
God what am i holding on too? Beatrice was stunned... but we did say what we had to... and ended with the line .. if only prayers were required at time of admission... Lord i would never have to work.....
When we give .. give willing they say.. never to expect.. but then how come... when we need no one seems to be giving... willing?
hahahahah.. its good.. that we did not expect.. but when razor steps up.. then i guess its time to shave... all bald...

Few memories we carried with wish to let MEN see... but guess.. was not meant to be... Sam Sung ... went to retirement..

Said you love me but you... cannot show.... and i am phool enough to live on that .. so what.. someone has to be the phool... while others are thors... and we end up .. like the humming bird..
Happy moments never cease... all fine.. all well ... yes not much welcome around but we stand as always...till our feet hold...

Balcony green as ever ... birds chirping.. Kalu.. licking .. sweetly.. was playful as ever... ...
moments to hours to days.. and we back on road to desk... heart sank.. sink.. sunk .. think thank ...
Babbu and Monu... lovely ladies growing up... Few own aaah hahaha is ok.. reading people in the world.. she forgot how to live her own way... not all ways.. just some days..

we yawning. in the atoms of life... growing dimmer in our days... hearts says a lot more than feet can take... or stomach can hold...
come... we pray that MEN may hold... and grow to be ... able enough to smile.. their days... as years go ... and like we think now... and look back saying... "Ah mom always said so... or mom did this or mom lost her mind" love you babies... love you sans.. love you GOD.....

Land with Sand, Stone, Pebbles, Grass, Plants, Green

2011-06-21T22:14:00.000-07:00

Hot summers started to show the true heat. ME back, angel on way soon .. its a lovely day .. Hunger reminds of all the wonderful recepies we enjoy in india.. thinking of food just makes us rush back to eat and eat hahahaha