Wishes.

It's a long time, I have updated the Blog. Probably nothing was happening or say it was routine going on. It snowed heavily... and still snow is around here. Generally here in Calgary, Chinook (waves of hot wind) melts the snow but this time Chinook is taking rest a bit and we are fighting with the snow, ice and cold.

This is a Christmas time and instead of Santa knocking on the door it's Recession who is knocking the doors now. There is no way that we do no open doors on him. We have to open doors and accept, though not welcome, the recession. Come New Year and we just except to get the economy healthier.

I am sure this is the time to pass the New Year Wishes from bottom of our heart to all our near and dear ones around the world.

So here we, AbhiShipa, Wish You All A Happy And Prosperous New Year ahead, may recession not strike you.

-AbhiShilpa.

Snow again.

Snow, snow and snow all over. After two days of good weather today it was snowing heavily here in Calgary. We, AbhiShilpa, been inside the house for whole day. Here are some snaps of the weather, as seen from our house.

Snow flakes are one of nature's most fragile things, but look, what they can do when they stick together.

-AbhiShilpa.

X-mas Party.

X-mas is coming and parties are on, all over the city. My (Shilpa) manager, Shelley, had thrown a party at her place for all colleagues. It was a nice break in office time. She is living on outskirt of the city in cosy atmosphere. Here are some snaps of the party. Also attaching herewith some snaps of my workstation.

-Shilpa.

Awesome Office.

It was a nice and usual work day yesterday. All of a sudden, sometime after lunch, the office next to mine changed it's colors. It was all Pink. Everything turned Pink. Pink balloons all over the place... wall was decorated with Poster... the folders were covered with Pink paper... the chair was wrapped with Pink paper.... even individual pen was wrapped with Pink paper. (I took these snaps later part of the day... meanwhile the folder, pen and the chair was turned to normal.... obviously otherwise working would have been difficult.) It was a Birth Day of my neighbour in office.

Small small things makes life different from routine!!

I do not know, who did the decoration and why it was in Pink color while the Birth Day person was male and not female (Pink color is always associated with female).

-AbhiShilpa.

Diwali photos- Best quality.

Find below same slideshow with Best Possible Quality.


Diwali Celebration- 2008 Better Quality Photos. from AbhiShilpa on Vimeo.

-AbhiShilpa

Diwali Celebration- 2008

It was a memorable Diwali Celebration on 24th Oct 2008.

Find attached below a Slideshow-Video of Diwali Celebration. The snaps were taken by Umesh Kangralkar & Vipin Savai. The photos in slideshow are in Two sets. These two sets are not mixed as per the events but just lined up. Also the Red Eye correction is not done properly due to software limitations.

Despite of all this... we, AbhiShilpa, are sure that you will enjoy the slideshow and for many of us it's a recollecting the memories.... sweet memories. (Note:- You can maximise the video.)

-AbhiShilpa.

Diwali Celebration - 2008. from Abhijit Kadam on Vimeo.

PR- Canada.

We been to US border last week, on 1st of November. We got our PR (Permanent Residence) for Canada that day. It's a formality to re-enter country after processing the documents.
It was a nice trip to border, which is around 250 km from Calgary. We visited Waterton Lake on the way.... find attached a slide show-video of the snaps taken en-rout. (Please note the slideshow do not have music due to software problem.)
-AbhiShilpa.

First Snow Of The Season- 2008.

Yes!!! The first snow of the year!!

Welcome winter. The first snow of the year has made appearance yesterday. It was snowing since night of 4th November. Though the snow this year is late, it is said that there will be heavy snowing in this year.

Here are some snaps taken for the 'First Snow Of The Season- 2008'.

-AbhiShilpa.

Happy Diwali- 2008.

Wish you a Happy and Prosperous Diwali.

The picture attached here is a Sky-Lamp put up in our house in Calgary. It feels good when we put on the lamp. It gives us a feeling of Diwali.

We had an Diwali Get together last Friday. Around 17 families and few bachelors were part of it. About 70 people celebrated Diwali. We shall come back on this with some more inputs sometime in this week. Khatri family had invited their friends on Diwali Faral. It was also a good Diwali evening.

-AbhiShilpa.

Spectacular Calgary.

The sky was spectacular on Sunday 5th. The photos are saying it all. Canada is said to be number one in natural sky-lighting. Thanks to Vijay Krishna for sharing the photos.

-AbhiShilpa.

"Happy Dushehra"

Dushehra, also called Vijayadashmi, and culminates the nine-day Navaratri celebrations. It commemorates the death of the evil king Ravana along with his son Meghanatha and brother Kumbhakarna.

According to the Ramayana, Rama was the exiled prince of Ayodhya. While living in the forest, his wife Sita was abducted by Ravana, the demon king of Lanka. Rama attacked Lanka to rescue her. Sugriv, the king of monkeys assisted him with an army of monkeys. A fierce battle ensued between the two armies for many days. It was proving very difficult to beat the mighty Ravana. Rama then prayed for nine days to nine different aspects of Durga (also Navaratri) and accumulated enough strength to defeat Ravana.

Century of Life.

Abhay Joglekar, a friend of mine, reminded me, his Grandfather will be turning 100 in coming January. Keshav Nana Joglekar is in limelight now a days. Please click here to know in detail about him.

Also click here for some more information about Joglekar.

-Abhishilpa.

Photo Spree to Eating Spree!!

A week ago we, AbhiShilpa, Sawai, Satolekar & Jangam, decided to go Photo-Spree on Saturday... as mother nature is changing color these days. And the scenery or backdrop for photography is very beautiful. However it was rainy today (Saturday) and we cancelled to go out and decided to enjoy in the house instead.

See the slideshow-video attached below to see our Photo-Spree converted to Eating-Spree!!

-AbhiShilpa.

Halloween - 2008

It's Halloween time and malls are filled with crazy items. It's really weired to see skeletons hanging from mall roofs and horror faced masks lined-up on the shelves. People will purchase these items and will be putting in front or back yard. Kids will wear some of the costumes and will hover here and there like crazy.

Actually this Halloween is coinciding with our Pitru Paksha, where we remember our ancestors. Similarly here too this occasion is to remember the ancestors!! Isn't it amazing the countries so diverse are following the same concept?

Find below the slideshow-video of some of the photographs taken at nearby malls!!

-AbhiShilpa

First step towards movie making

It was a relaxing weekend.

Saturday morning, we ladies (myself, Sapana, Sharayu & Sandya) had planned to go for shopping. However at last moment I decided to have some rest… as last 4-5 weeks my schedule was little tight and I hardly had time to rest. After a good nap in the afternoon, we spent that evening at Vipin’s place.

Saturday was very special day for Abhijit & group. They moved one step forward in their movie making. They discussed few topics & finally choose a feminine topic…………”Breast Cancer”!!! Now it’s time to get a sensible script or write a sensible story. We (all wives) are also planning to support them in all possible ways and participate in their efforts.

Readers, thanks for your responses/ mails which gives us encouragement to do better and keep our blog up to date. Your suggestions & tips are highly appreciated.

Sunday was lazy day for us. At the end of the day we watched “Welcome to Sajjanpur” directed by Shyam Benegal. It’s worth watching!! I will recommend you to watch this at least once.

-Shilpa

Vidisha's B'day.

It was celebration time again at Wagale's house. It was Saturday' 13th Sept. The occasion was Vidisha's birth day.

The families of Pasalkar, Vijay Krisna, Parkhi, Bhamre, Jog and Kadam (AbhiShilpa) were the invitees in the evening. Kids were enjoying, as usual, from 4 o'clock in the afternoon till late in the night.

The cake and the food was delicious. The Rassam by Suvarna was a special treat for all on the occasion.

Well..... find few of the photographs of Vidisha's B'day below.







-AbhiShilpa

Movie- Marathi Maanus.

Today... Sunday 21st Sep 2008. Vipin, Bipin and me (Abhijit) had a formal meeting for Movie making. (Many of you might be knowing my inclination towards Video Shooting and editing..... ) We have decided to make some movie. Some in the sense.... we are still looking for a good script. Movie might be about an Hour and half.

Vipin has inclination towards writing and we mainly rely on him for this critical job.

But, yes, something has triggered today..... let's see what these all Marathi men can do? We discussed topics like.... Finance, Story and risk involved in movie making. We have to think on technical and hardware aspects too. Let's see where this hobby will take us!!

We missed Vikas Jangam, who also is very interested and passionate about movie making. Well, we have just begun on the path.... will go together onwards!!

Anyone from the readers, if can help, some way or other, is welcomed!!

Tare Zamin Par is nominated for Oscar.... Valu and Tingya has taken a back seat..... still it is said to be success of Marathi man, since movie is written and directed by Amol Gupte. Click the Title "Movie- Marathi Maanus." to hear Mahesh Kothare.

Please click here for some inspirational article/ news in e-sakal for script writing.

-Abhijit.

Cleaning.

Winter is on doorstep and it was last week of Summer. Cold is on rise and we are putting on our heaters now. We are keeping our doors and windows more closed than open. It's a perfect time to get Air ducts and Carpet cleaned.

The ducts were cleaned on Friday and carpet on Saturday morning. Carpet was wet till evening and the furniture was moved to non-carpeted area of the house.... like in Kitchen, washrooms and passage ways.

Thanks to Sapana & Vipin for inviting us on Lunch. Sapana had prepared a Sindhi Kadhi as a special item other than Sindhi Style Potato, Lady Finger vegetable and Tondali. The sumptuous lunch was accompanied by Aam-ras!! Wow nice to have friends like them!!

Here are some snaps of the house cleaning......


-AbhiShilpa.

Come September.

Come September and it's fall time. Colour is changing around. The green is now getting yellow and eventually will bare all it's leaves!

Winter is coming. Get ready for cold and snow!! Here are some snaps for Come September!!

-AbhiShilpa.

Amul- The Taste Of India.

I was going through e-news paper today. Apart from bomb blasts in Delhi, I came across a news about the publication of Autobiography of Mr. Vargis Kurian, director of "Amul Industries" in India.

The autobiography is translated in 'Marathi'. The brief audio describing the same is linked above. The Audio is in Marathi language. Please click on the Title above "Amul- The Taste Of India." for link to the audio.

I always praised Amul for it's huge huge success in India. I have seen market waiting for Amul Butter to be supplied. The quality of Government run industry is really appreciable.

Just two days back I was talking to Adrian (remember...... one in 'Shirdi' posting below).... he mentioned that he asked someone to bring a box of 'Amul Chocolates' from India!!! Ammmmm???? I wondered at that point. And he mentioned further the Amul Chocolates are now not available at all shops now a days..... and he knew where those are available..... so he had special instructions from where to get those for his kids. Cadbury has engulfed the market but the quality and taste of Amul Chocolates is different indeed!!

http://www.amul.com/

-AbhiShilpa.

Site Visit.

Last week our team had a visit to the site. I shall not name the project for confidentiality. However find below the Slideshow-Video, of the same, for your eyes only.



-Abhijit.

Robbery.

In response to the posting, below, for 'NEWS'... refer below a mail from Asha Singh on her own experience, within same time period in Calgary.
Note that Asha was sitting very next to the person being robbed!!! Read on.....
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Hi Abhijit and Shilpa,
It is nice to read your blog..it really is a very nice effort ....
read about the robbery at Parkhis.....
Well since this is related to robbery..I have a news too..as you know I am working with RBC Shawnessy.
The shawnessy branch of RBC was also robbed on Tuesday 2nd Sept..I was sitting next to the person robbed.. watching everything..the robber who had a loaded gun demanded $30,000.00 cash,was there for about 5-7 min..but was caught as soon as he walked out of the branch...as the manager handled the situation very tactfully we were able to call 911 on time..the police was waiting for him as he walked out of the branch...there was a chance that if he sees the police he could come back to the branch and goes on the shooting spree...but we were lucky he didn't see them...
This news was in Calgary Herald as well as in Calgary Sun along with his picture...well all the clients and employees were safe which is a priority in such types of incidents.
If you want to share this in your blog ..go ahead...
Good luck and be safe...
-Asha.
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-AbhiShilpa.

Ganapati Bappa Moraya.

It's festival time.

Ganeshotsav is one of the festivals in Maharashtra. The lord Ganesha is been worshiped in this period of year. The utsav is about ten days.

This year we had an invitation from Bipin and Sandhya Satolekar, who leaves across the railway line from our house. Here are some snaps of the occasion.

We, AbhiShilpa, had a puja at our home too first and then had puja at Satolekar's home. Shilpa had made delicious 21 Modak.

Vipin, Sapana and Srisha was also the invitees for puja.

-AbhiShilpa.