Jhanvi and I spent the weekend with friends at the 2010 Andersonville Midsommarfest where I got to see Funkadesi live (for the second time). And they were rocking as usual 
. I got to get some snaps with the artists and also record some video (apologize for the poor quality).
Funkadesi’s Valroy Dawkins
Radhika Chimata Pavithra Anand
And finally the opening of Makhna ve Makhna
The first five reasons are in this video.
The sixth reason.. you are actually watching the video above to decide if you are cut out to be a CIO .. Come on people!!
My colleague/friend KP wrote a hilarious post on arranged marriages in India. Check it out at www.kprabu.com/2010/01/great-indian-arranged-marriages.html .
PS : Yes, people do speak with each other before agreeing to get married and No, elephants don’t walk around in the streets in India .
A picture is worth a thousand words
Fun fact from a chain e-mail sent by one of my friends..
February 2010 has exactly
And this happens once in 11 years!!
My nephew.. Anish Paruchuri
Jhanvi and I went on a trip to Costa Rica recently and in addition to being amazed by the nature of the country, we were also charmed with the decorating skills of the maids in our hotels . Take a look at the pictures below to understand why..
PS : If you haven’t visited Costa Rica yet, put it on the list of places to visit in your lifetime
A follow up on my post, about a South Korean woman’ attempts to get a driving license despite failing it hundreds of times.. She finally passed the exam on the 11/6/2009 in her 950th attempt (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8347164.stm) !!!
Congratulations, Mrs Cha Sa-Soon !!
Reminder for the rest of us to never give up .
I ran the last (at least for now) half marathon of 2009 this weekend along with Jahnavi and Sri. We ran the Northface Endurance Challenge Half Marathon. The Northface Endurance Challenges are a collection of races which take place in the wilderness across the US throughout the year. The race in Wisconsin, held each October, is the easiest out of them. I ran this race last year and wanted to make this of my annual races.
My official time for the race was 3:01:09 (~31 minutes slower than my time from last year). So this makes it my slowest half marathon ever. How do I continue to keep breaking these slow records? Well, by not practicing .
While the run itself was painful (reminder for self.. never ever run a half marathon in the woods without practicing!!), it was fun to have Jahnavi accompany me on her first half marathon. She was a real trooper and kept me company throughout the race. I also took some videos of the race (that again tells you how poorly I prepared for the race ). Here is a snippet from my last mile, I was delusional by this point
The obligatory pre and post race pictures
Pre Race
Post Race
Comment from a lady coming out of a portable toilet, during the Northface Endurance Challenge Half Marathon this weekend
You know, it is cold, when you don’t want to come out of the porta-potti!!
It was 36 degrees!!