Normally, I plan to rest every weekend but end up in doing too much work. Saturday and Sunday were hectic as lots of things were fixed. First & foremost moving house items to our own house. Good to have our new house just 3 km away from where we are staying at present. Three Cheers and many thanks to my Basanti! ( Basanti is my lovely Toyota Camry -see picture above) who's making my shifting smooth.

I was looking for Mr.Al Gore's DVD on global warming - Inconvenient Truth and I got it last Thursday in a video library near to my home. A must see DVD which covers most of the information on the topic as well as its effects if measures are not taken right now. How one can contribute to stop C02 emission on individual basis.DVD cover tells all about it.

"My experiments with truth" an autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi. 63(sixty three) pages of this book are already flipped through. I read books or any material in a city bus ( To office and return from office, I travel in a Bus route 37 of transperth http://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/).

Watching Oscar Awards on TV was a real treat. Nice to see Hugh Jackman as a show anchor or host. He was fantastic on stage. Double Treat - Two Oscars for A.R. Rahman. Congratulations!

Recession is showing its effects slowly. Jobs are slowing down and people are concerned about the future.Once again, nothing one can do much. We need to take up as it comes. Life won't stop as it does not depend upon it.

ciao

Padmakar(Paddy)

Expressways/flyovers : This picture was taken from Tower in Auckland -New Zealand.

Effects of Bush fire in Victoria state -Australia are terrible. It is very difficult to pen down or express how people of Victoria state and Australia has suffered during this period. Hundreds of lives lost, Number of trees, homes,green cover turned to ashes. Animals, species have died in this Bush fire. Its a national tragedy for Australia.

If you are keen on knowing what this bush fire is and how this occur, here is a link for you;

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

Floods in state of Queensland -Australia also was also in news. Heavy rains, storm literally brought the life to standstill in the state. Though there was no news of any loss of lives ( at least I am not aware) but heavy loss to infrastructure, homes put every one at back foot. This is something very similar to what happened in Mumbai couple of years back. Water! Water! Everywhere. I can understand the feelings, the state through which all these people are going through.

Its tough time for all of us ! Yes, we should be more tougher to handle it and I am sure we together will overcome these hurdles.

Our new house in suburb of Lathlain in the city of Perth -Western Australia is ready. I and Jyoti are very happy to share this news with all of you.We have plan to move in our new own house somewhere by end of this month.

ciao again
Padmakar(Paddy)

Last week was a week of happenings. I was busy in office as well as home. Sunday's Australian open final between Nadal and Federer was truly entertaining. I swear! I have never seen such a great tennis contest in my life. The last two matches which Nadal won were simply awesome. I just can't express the moments I enjoyed. One has to really watch to enjoy.

At WACA ( Western Australia Cricket Association) in Perth everyone witnessed a thrilling one day cricket contest between New Zealand and Australia. At the end New Zealanders were the winners.I was switching the channels between cricket and tennis telecast. Watching cricket live on Australian grounds is a terrific experience. I am quite fortunate enough to watch T20 game at Gabba cricket ground in Brisbane last year. I am sure I will make it to WACA too.


Attached is the picture of my rented home in Perth. I remember Parag Patil - my friend from KL was mentioning about uploading the picture of it and here I am.

its 10.15 pm now. Right time to hit the bed.

good night ciao again

cheers,

Padmakar(Paddy)

26 th day of each January brings lot of meaning and value to me. This day India celebrates Republic day, Australia celebrates National day and most important this day is my younger brother's birthday. Cool ! triple celebrations for me. To know more on Australia day as well as republic day of India refer links below;

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

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_Day_(India)

My dear Amit(Appu), Many Many Happy returns of the day!

Wishing all Australians and Indians a very happy National and Republic day

I and Jyoti had a great fun on Coteslow beach yesterday evening. Prakash and his family joined us. Sunset at beach was awesome and here is the picture attached.

ciao again
padmakar(paddy)

"Cheeni Kum" (Literal meaning is less sugar). The storyline, concept, script of this movie was entirely different than usual Bollywood stuff. I and Jyoti did enjoy this movie as watching Amitabh Bachchan is always pleasure. Tabu's performance was fantastic.

Apart from India, I have travelled and/or worked in Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Myanmar( Burma), Australia and New Zealand. I am very fortunate to visit these places. Its very difficult on my part as how to describe the beauty of these countries which also includes India. I am not a great photographer but few pictures I have taken and one of is attached herewith. This place is in New Zealand and near to Auckland, popularly known as "Hole in the rock". The whole earth is awesome and mother nature is truly fantastic. Whenever I pick my handy cam or Digital camera to picture some great scenic places, I always remember a song from a Bollywood film titled "Boond Jo Ban Gaye Moti" - "Hari Bhari Vasundhara pe Neela Neela Ye Gagan" I managed to trace the link of the song as well as lyrics and here it goes;

http://www.esnips.com/doc/88d2a522-cd3e-4441-8db1-aae16d1bfd87/044-BOOND-JO-BAN-GAYE-MOTI-=-YE-KAUN-CHITRAKAR-HAI

http://www.hindilyrix.com/songs/get_song_Yeh%20Kaun%20Chitrkaar%20Hai.html

good day ciao again,

Padmakar(Paddy)

Last week I was very busy at home front and at office. After a very long Christmas break everyone is back to their office desk and suddenly I have observed a busy atmosphere all around. Though I was at work for few days during Christmas break, It took a day for me to come to normal level of routine.

First week of 2009, IT sector in India was in a bit of shock after Satyam's incident. In my view, 2009 is not going to be easy for all of us. We really and seriously need to work out on our plans. Its good to think twice before you spend. In fact, I believe one should work out on what are the needs and wants. if there's a need then there's no alternative or choice, we have to spend money but expenses can be controlled on "wants" " I want this and I need this" there is a huge difference in both. I am sure if everyone make this happen then there won't be any issues.

Tyre safety is very important when you have your own car or if you are driving a car. My friend Mr. Prakash Eswarappa shared a piece of information which talks all about tyres. Its very important to know about tyres when you buy or drive a car.The file which has all the information about tyre safety is quite big in size (3 MB) and due to limited space available, I am not attaching here. Please send me an email if any one of you is keen and I will send it to you

Visiting temple in Cannigvale suburb is our regular routine now. I will share the pictures of this temple soon.

ciao again

Padmakar(Paddy)

2009 !!

We are already in 2009. Two days of the new year are over. Three hundred and sixty three days are balance and if each of us will start planning on what we must do in this year then I reckon time is short, isn't it? Someone has rightly said, "Time is more precious than GOLD"

Here in Perth its warm summer and temperature is on average 37 deg C. No choice other than sitting at home, very hot weather does not permit to move around. One has to wait until evening. Good thing about summer in Perth is one can find very good sunlight until 8.30 pm in the night. "

Bhootnath" - We watched this movie yesterday night. It was good and as usual Mr. Amitabh Bachchan's performance was flawless. I have taken this picture during the visit to cameron highlands in Malaysia.(http://www.cameronhighlands.com/) .I wish year 2009 should bring freshness and happiness in every one's life just like this colourful flower.

I have also seen that most of you have already viewed my blog at least once. Thanks for investing your time reading my blog. I appreciate if you can leave your comment(s). This will really help in bringing more improvement. I remember one of the reader has mentioned on " How to put a comment on this blog?" You all will receive a separate mail from me on how to post a comment(s). I encourage others who are yet to visit this blog site - Please do it whenever you feel free and provide the feedback.

ciao again,
Padmakar(Paddy)