Farewell to Malhotras & Podars!

April 22, 2006; 7:00 P.M. EST......Farewell to Karan, Nandini, Vinod and Nita @ Waterford MI.

What a bash and excellent speeches from all our friends and families. Sourin dominated the stage and Nita made the crowd use there tissues inspite of several warnings...and, this one is for Karan, Vinod and family -

My friends to you I bid goodbye

To the friendship that brought me sky

The year has been swell

As if coming from a wishing well

But as all things do

I have to bid adieu

How it pains me to

But there's nothing I can do

Thank you for the memories

The laughter and the tears

They'll linger in my heart

As if we never part

If by chance we meet again

May it be full of blessings in the rain

Yet for now all that I can say

Is to God for you I'll pray

From Anshul's Desk...

Michigan's extreme weather conditions, Michigan Construction, the downfall of the Auto Industry and the drooping real-estate prices keeps us in the news! Rick Wagoner's claim for taking direct control of struggling North American's division, KMART's decision to move to Chicago, the Superbowl extravaganza in the Mo-town, opening of new restaurant chains like P.F.Chang (Chinese) and Qdoba (Mexican Grill) and the cricket season getting hot on Dish keeps us again in the news.

The first quarter of 2006 - has been a year with plenty of activity with Karan (Lason) and Vinod (Trilogy) relocating back to India, Sourin (Accenture) to Lansing. Nita gaining experience handling the kids (with Vinod away in Bangalore) and bonding with them :) and Seemz clearing her exam with flying colors. I moved to my new home and Pratibha has been busy furnishing it with her full enthusiasm. Shantanu has a hectic year ahead with his SAT's and ACT's in the pipeline, AP exams in April-May, track season in progress and looking forward towards the cross-country tournaments as a captain. Our nephew Kalind is in USA for the last 6 months working his butt-off exploring the medical opportunities over here. Kalind, we are all with you and pray for your success!!!

Blogging - i started last year and a special thanks to Sourin for bringing me into this. Thanks to him for recommending one of my blogs to the 'Blog Contest'. Since then, I have read some extremely brilliant blogs from Sakshi, Curious Gawker, Sujatha, and Vikrum. One of the recent additions to the world of blogging has been Karthik with some excellent jokes. Keep it coming, Karthik!

Looking forward to this summer, especially since my Dad is coming over here for the first time. I definitely want to spend some quality time with him, socialize with him and have a good time with Vaidyas, Gargs and Raos.

Stay Tuned...

Red Eye

Saw the thriller Red Eye during the week-end! A nice movie with effective screen-play, direction and chills! Rachel McAdams is wonderful as Lisa- she's a very believable character. Check it out and here is the synopsis...

'After attending the funeral of her grandmother in Dallas, Lisa Reisert must take the dreaded red eye flight back to Miami to make it to work the next day. Lisa soon meets Jackson Ripner and their attraction grows. But moments after take-off, Jackson reveals to Lisa her father's wallet that he swiped off his desk and his real reason for being on board. Jackson needs Lisa's help to kill the deputy secretary of Homeland Security who's scheduled to stay at the Lux Atlantic Hotel, the hotel Lisa is the manager of. If she refuses to help, Jackson will call his partner on the ground and have her father killed. At 30,000 feet, Lisa has no where to run and no time for rash judgement.'