Seasons Greetings!!

HAPPY DEEPAVALI

!!FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS!!

१५ अगस्त २०१०

स्वतंत्रता दिन के शुभ अवसर पर सभी को

हमारी तरफ से हार्दीक शुभ कामनाएं

पद्माकर और ज्योती

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http://hamarilibrary.wordpress.com/

 

मराठी भाषेतून थोड़े फार लिखाण करावे असे बरेच दिवस वाटत होते आणि आज मी हा ब्लॉग मराठी मधून लिहीत आहे. मला आशा आहे की  सर्वांना हा ब्लॉग  आवडेल.

गेल्या दोन सप्ताहात बरयाच गोष्टी घडल्या. मागील सप्ताहात मला  सर्दी आणि खोकल्याचा खूप त्रास सहन करावा लागला. सध्या पर्थ मध्ये थंडी, पाउस खूप आहे. कदाचित त्याचा हा परिणाम असावा. 

प्रत्येक व्यक्ति मध्ये काही  करावयाची  जीद्द  असली  आणि जोडीला कष्ट केले की आपण यशाचे शिखर गाठू शकतो.  यशाचे शिखर सर करायचे आहे तर अपार मेहनत ही फार महत्वाची आहे पण त्याच बरोबर थोड़े भाग्य पण पाहिजे.  मला असे वाटते की नुसती मेहनत कींवा  नुसते भाग्य  यशाची पायरी प्रत्येक वेळी  ओलांडू  शकत नाही.  मेहनत करने आपल्या हाती आहे  पण भाग्य आपल्याला  कमवावे लागते. मला असा अनुभव  आहे की  आपण चांगली कामे केली तर आपले भाग्य  आपली साथ सोडत नाही. 

भारताने  तीसरी क्रिकेट टेस्ट मैच जिंकली. अभिनन्दन !  लक्ष्मण ची एक बहारदार इन्निंग्स !

 मी, ज्योती आणि आमचे मित्र  अशोक आणि त्यांचा परिवार ह्या सर्वानी एक सहल आयोजित केली. लेस्मुर्दी हे पर्थ पासून २० km वर आहे. सुन्दर ठिकाण आहे.   पुढच्या वेळी मी काही फोटो अपलोड करीन. तुम्हा सर्वाना ते  खूप  आवडतील

परत भेटूया

आपला,

पद्माकर -Paddy

P.S - Its not an easy task for me to type on english keyboard to get the correct Marathi words. What all it need is a practice! Hope I will be getting there soon. Appreciate the latest technology which is making most of the things possible.

good day

cheers

padmakar(Paddy)

I remember watching on BBC, a programme on Himalayas by Michael Palin. I also knew about Michael Palin’s exemplary work was published and the book’s title is Himalaya. I was lucky to find this book in city’s shopping market and did not miss an opportunity to buy it. Guys! I am now on the journey of Himalayas. (Through this book).

 

Winter here in Perth is on peak now as Perth city and surroundings experiencing the coldest weather in the recent times. Reverse cycle air conditioners are on providing enough heat in each of the room. Some are using gas or oil heaters to beat the cold. For those who are keen to know little more on the reverse cycle air conditioner’s functionality, please visit to the following links

http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/595857

http://www.ehow.com/facts_5602668_do-cycle-air-conditioners-work_.html

http://www.ductair.com.au/reverse-cycle/

Let me know how many of you are aware of the fruit known as “Fuyu”. Jyoti came to know about this fruit from one of her friend and we being always experimental, bought few ones from supermarket. I was amazed to taste this fruit. Awesome! Try and you will love its taste. It looks like tomato and the taste lingers on for a while even after you finish eating.  I have done some search on the Internet to find out more on this fruit. Here is the quick link for the reference.

http://evolvingwellness.com/posts/660/fuyu-persimmon-a-fruit-from-the-gods/



Have a Good day

ciao,

Padmakar(Paddy)

My last post was published two months back. I  do not have  the excuses in my pocket to defend as why I failed to  write a new one . The real fact is, my time management skills need an improvement . I am seriously looking into this and trying my best to improve on it.  Walking on Sydney harbour bridge was an awesome experience for us ( myself and Jyoti). See picture above.  We decided to celebrate our marriage anniversary by climbing the bridge. It was really climb of the life. 

Complete bridge is a steel structure and of riveted construction. Approximately 6 million rivets are in place. It took 1437 steps for us to reach the top of the bridge.   I have gathered this information from our climb team leader.

FIFA 2010 world cup is in full swing.  My interest as well as knowledge in soccer is limited but still I enjoy watching the FIFA  world cup matches.  A match between Socceroos and Ghana watched  live on SBS channel yesterday. Australian Foot ball team also called as Socceroos.


It was on my plan. To list all the places where I visited at least once. Below is the list and I am hopeful the same will keep on growing. Every place that I have visited until today has its own identity and uniqueness.  I can very well say that It was just awesome to be there

Australia
Perth ,Melbourne, Brisbane,Sydney, Canberra ACT


China
Hong Kong


Indonesia
Jakarta, Bali ,Yogyakarta ,Bandung


India


Mumbai, Thane, Pune, Solapur, Tuljapur, Aurangabad, Nagpur, Satara, Bangalore,Gulbarga,Hubli,Gadag,Hospet,Bijapur,
Mysore,Madikeri,Hyderabad,Vizag,Chennai,Ooty,Kolkatta,Shimla,Manali,Bhopal,NewDelhi,Rishikesh, Varanasi,Haridwar,Thiruvanantpuram,KanyaKumari,Trichur


Malaysia
Kuala Lumpur,Penang,Johor Baru,Pangkor,Langkawi,Malacca,Taman Negara,Port Dickson,


Myanmar(Burma)
Yangon


New Zealand
Auckland


Singapore
Singapore


Thailand
Bangkok,Pattaya,Phuket,Rayong


UAE
Abu Dhabi


I was able to complete the third semester EMBA assignments by yesterday. I could manage to finish them though it was late.  

It was great fun to play beach volleyball with my colleagues  on  last Friday. It was a part of team building exercise. I never played it before but still could manage to hit the ball back in opponent's court. It was real fun.   We finished our  team building exercise with a barbecue dinner.

Ciao soon,

Padmakar(Paddy)
 

It came on first day of the week i.e. Monday evening. It was there for almost an hour. It came with hailstones leaving too many dents on cars. Yes! It’s a storm, which hit Perth very badly. Perth was out of gear as rainwater was logged in low-lying areas. This has also thrown traffic out of gear. I was in receipt of above pictures taken during or after storm. These are forwarded ones and I received it from a friend. Jyoti and myself started early on that day and reached home safely, totally wet, as both of us were not prepared to face the storm. Also refer the news coverage in below link

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/22/2853076.htm

http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/wild-storm-throws-city-into-chaos/story-e6frg1rc-1225843883475

Last four weeks were extremely busy at office and home. I was trying to balance the life, home and work and while doing the same, realised that how difficult is this. But it’s all right even if you miss few of scheduled commitments. After all a human being cannot be a superman, isn’t it?

IPL –3 is in full swing. Channel One in Australia broadcasting these matches live. I watched few of them until now. I am not a big follower of the IPL, However, I support Mumbai Indians and Royal Challengers Bangalore. Those who are keen on knowing what is IPL, please refer to

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Premier_League

The most interesting part of IPL is that it has developed huge interest among those who never used to watch this game. Jyoti is one of them. I remember she always used to compel me to change the TV channel whenever cricket channel is ON and now she is a follower of Mumbai Indians and hardly missed to watch their matches.

This year once again Jyoti and myself joined Earth Hour campaign by switching off all lights at home for an hour. We are extremely happy to be a part of it and we will try our best continuing doing so.

cheers
Padmakar(Paddy)

   

सभी को  होली की शुभकामनाएं !

पद्माकर और ज्योती

Wishing you all a happy and colourful Holi !

Padmakar(Paddy) & Jyoti