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Fairfax VA was not as cold as I expected..the training was really good .Having a person with Consulting experience doing the teaching makes a big difference.Mr Phil Leary was probably one of the best trainers i have had in my 5 years of corporate life. Apart from the 8 hrs inside the training room ,we did 2 desi dinners,PF Chang's and one chipotle, I ran 10 miles last week ..Well it was covered in three tread mill sessions ,averages to 3.33 /session Not bad!! Have plans to watch Rang De Basnati...go trekking...and praying that the manager from Chicago does not call me this weekend:-) Its Yesudas singing Hamsadhwani..gotta plug my ears into that ...... TaTa!!

Phew 35 days just evaporated! The holiday was FUN Mom and Dad gave me great company .Mom broke down a few times during the last week ,I had to control my tears on more than one occassion, like some Desi movies of the 80's..:-). I sang for them a few times...when you see tears in mom's eyes after you sing..hmmmm can't think of words to describe that feeling! The first week was the best coz most of the happenings were unplanned . My top 5 for this trip goes like this ... 1.Pongal music festival in coimbatore...Unnikrishnan & Gayathri/Ranjini Combo were just mindblowing...Unnikrishnan's Bhairavi krithi touched new heights.. Jan 12'th -17'th 2.Trips to Kerala .Mulamkunnathu kavu guest house was better than i expected..The Melam at the temple on Dec 17'th for the annual flower festival('Niramala' in malayalam) made me jump in the air a few times. Guruvayoor and Vadakunnathan temples have an aura of thier own . Hotel Shree bhavan at Ollur serves some b...