Category Archive: Personal & Family

May 20 2013

Aero

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Aero is brought home this weekend. Aero is our new puppy – Labrador breed. He is about a month old and we bought him over the weekend. Still there are a few things to arrange for him at home, but he is finding the marble floor comfortable enough to sleep at will. He already found …

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Jan 26 2013

Replublic Day 2013

My Republic Day morning is spent at SA Palm Meadows. After a brief session of Squash, I headed to the flag hoisting ceremony organized by the community. This short and sweet function is attended by residents of our community – from all age groups. The sequence of events included flag hoisting, message by the President …

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Jan 05 2013

Three Phones

I have been using three phones in the recent past and all three have their own distinct purpose. The purpose of these devices is varying a lot and I am on the verge of kicking out one. The choice seems to be very trivial in terms of which one of these is being kicked out. …

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Sep 11 2012

New Rebel

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Here is our new “Rebel” in the block. A casual picture on 02nd September at SA Palm Meadows. And for the uninformed – Rebel is not just the upcoming Telugu Movie; it is a popular camera brand from Canon.  

Aug 17 2012

Wedding Anniversary

Our wedding anniversary turned out to be quite a busy day. We could head out in the morning for a really uneventful shopping session. Lunch at Little Italy is really nice with its comprehensive menu – we are too full by the time we headed out of the restaurant. Because of kids’ busy schedules, dinner …

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Jun 11 2012

Too many readers!

A family with many readers gets its own challenges at times! Never realized that we compete so much for books. During the last weekend, three of our family members are found to be in the middle of reading the three books of a trilogy. I was in the middle of the first book – The …

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Apr 22 2012

Cooking

Some of the passions I have hardly come out during the regular course of life. May be because of my busy lifestyle or may be because I am surrounded by people who beat me in passion in those areas. One such passion for me is cooking. It hardly comes out because my wife is one …

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Mar 26 2012

Busy weekend, Bay area style

What would a busy weekend in Bay Area look like? Enabling SIP on a Voice Gateway and configuring extensions Installing and testing SIP clients Installing a Mass Phone Dialer for testing the network Validating users on a production automation system Assisting in installation of  a PBX box Installing VMWare, after troubleshooting a few issues and …

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Jan 23 2012

Sankranti Trip 2012

This year, only myself and Surya managed to go to our native village during Sankranti. We decided to drive to that place in our Xylo. The onward journey took more than 12 hours, including a few hours of visits to relatives en-route. The drizzle hit highway reduced our speed and we fully complied with that …

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Jan 01 2012

Welcome 2012

  Milind and Sriya joined Spurthi and Surya in welcoming the new year at our home. After our dinner on 31st, kids spent a couple of hours with friends in the apartment complex. Once they are back, we cut the cake when the clock struck zero hours. The writing of the year 2012 on the …

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