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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...

Yan and I tried goofing around Sacramento downtown with some Ski gear... 13 more hrs to take off ...Mom and Dad I can't wait to see you!

I volunteered to teach at a public school at Rocklin near Sacramento today. I went there feeling drowsy ..blame it on the lack of workout today. The moment we started I could feel the energy in the room. The 40 kids I taught for 3 hours were so enthusiastic ..I feel like a battery after a recharge. Some interesting observation...things I felt I never did when i went to 3'rd grade. 1. Kids ask so many questions?? ..I hardly asked any at school except when I fell asleep and the teacher caught me napping 2. The questions are not dumb ...they listen to every single word you say. I was taking about the role of a city planner ..and kept using a masculine gender all through to refer to the subject. Shoot question 1. Is the city planner generally a 'He ' Mr Viv??? 3.They make noise but at the count of 5 its pin drop silence.(Gees How many times at BVB have I been sent out for non stop chattering ...) 4.The teacher students ratio was 1:20 and maybe that contributed a lot to the the ...

Who said I can't climb??? The entire Deloitte team tried some outdoor activity yesterday at the indoor rock climbing gym Rancho Cordova

SFO-->Las Vegas in 5.5 hrs on a V8 Ford Expedition was fun..so was the guys only night at Sapphire in Las Vegas...Meeting a bunch of old friends 5 years after pasing out from college was nostalgic.We did try everything posssible to relive those evergreen days..each one had a story to tell , a few extra pounds of flesh has done no harm ...signs of prosperity i guess! We tried dancing at Grand Canyon al.la Ash in 'Jeans' ....