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

During my visit to Abudhabi, I was lucky enough to sight a jackup rig near the shore. Above is the picture of the same. For those who are not familiar with "Jackup rig". please visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackup_rig.

Jyoti's mummy and Pappa are here on a tour to Australia. Last weekend, we all went to Fremantle. Fremantle is a town which is 30 minutes drive from Perth. Good place for a one day picnic. Fremantle market was main attraction of all.

Potted garden in our backyard is slowly growing. Hibiscus plant is a new addition to it. Expecting first flower on it very soon.

Pune Blast - When I read the news, somewhere in the corner of my mind, one question popped out, with such incidents happening everywhere where we all are heading towards? I was upset. I am not an expert or analyst but at least have an opinion that solution should be worked out so that such incidents can be prevented in the future. My deep condolences with all of those who have suffered a great loss in this blast.

I will be working for Transfield Worley(here after "TW") from Monday onwards. This time the work will be more on brownfield projects. Visit http://www.transfield-worley.com.au/ for more details.

I am happy to share a good news which Sauarabh mailed us today. Hamari Library is now a registered society in India. This is a one big step which will help us in spreading the message of education in a more organized way. Hamari Library is aiming to develop educational and knowledge based libraries across India. Hamari Library's motto is ‘Education for all and all for education’. Our vision is to provide the much needed basic education to the needy children. For those who are keen to know more about this project, please do write us and our e-mail id is hamari.library @ gmail.com.

ciao,

Padmakar(Paddy)

I took off from Perth airport on 12/12/09 and reached Mumbai in the early hours of 13/12/09. My journey was quite tiring as usual. My last India visit was almost 18 months back. Though I was tired but was very happy to be in India.

I did not spend much of time in Mumbai and I rushed to Bhopal. Train journey from Kurla Terminus to Bhopal was good. This was my second visit to Bhopal and was more for 7avenues www.7avenues.com This visit really helped me to understand some of the hard facts of agricultural sector in India. One to One discussions with experts like Mukesh Gaur, Sanjay Saxena was really fruitful. A night at Machhan with all friends was a thriller. I can't forget the taste of wood fired chicken ( barbecue) had there.

My EMBA exams were scheduled in between 3/01/2010 ~ 09/01/2010 and exam centre was Abudhabi. I landed in Abudhabi on 25/12/2010. 2 weeks in Abudhabi were very busy as I have spent much of time in study. 18 years back in April 1992, I finished my engineering and since then never went for any written exams. I was bit nervous on my first exam day. My main concern was writing speed, fortunately I could manage to complete my exams and now hoping for good results which will be declared soon.

Watching 3idiots in Abudhabi with Sheetal and Amit and then with Jyoti in Perth was a great experience. Aamir Khan and Amitabh Bachchan are my all time favourites from Bollywood cinema. Truly inspirational personalities. Congratulations to Aamir Khan for his Padma Bhushan award.

Returning to Perth from Mumbai on 15/01/2010 was more emotional, the reason was I could spend only 1-2 weeks with my mother.

Work on Hamari Library is moving at slow pace. Saurabh Nair has joined our team and we all welcome him to be a part of Hamari Library group.

Our Hamari Library blog is now available and its URL is http://hamarilibrary.wordpress.com/ Thanks to Sauarbh for creating this blog.

lastly ending with a good poem. click on the link below;

http://www.esnips.com/doc/bf7a2979-4d37-4505-bfd3-eecbc89628e1/Maine-Jeevan-Dekha-Jeevan-ka-gaan-kiya

ciao
Padmakar(Paddy)

Whale Encounter -Fremantle in WA

Watch this video clip. Its awesome. This was taken on November 15, 2009 during our visit to Fremantle coast - 20 minutes drive from Perth in Western Australia. We were lucky to see humpback whales on their migration. It was really fantastic and life time experience.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voU-tcV0vgg



For more information on whales visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humpback_Whale

ciao

Padmakar(Paddy)

I was chatting with one of my friend in USA couple of weeks back and she was wondering as how I get time to write blogs in the busy schedule. I just listened to her and opted not to comment. The reason is quite simple. I am not really that busy unlike others. The term workaholic does not suit me. In fact, I would love to be workaholic. There are several plans in my mind to keep myself busy but very few of them have come on paper and only one or two are executed.

I took a challenge of per suing education. Enrolled myself in distance learning programme EMBA( Executive MBA) in Oil and gas offered by University of Petroleum and Energy Studies - Gurgaon, India. Its testing time!! Exams are scheduled in January 2010 and I am putting my best efforts here. Imagine! I will be entering the exam hall almost after 18 years. My last appearance was during final year of engineering. That was in 1992.

I am not a regular blog writer but whenever I write, it gives me an immense pleasure of expressing myself. Putting my thoughts in words. Oh! what I feeling. Its good to express it rather than hiding it all the way inside your mind.

Indian Oil's depot caught fire. Oil and gas plays a vital role in human being's day to day life. It has brought lots of comforts but at the same time this has to be handled with utmost safety.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jaipur/12-dead-in-Jaipur-oil-depot-blaze-Deora-says-fire-to-die-down-on-its-own/articleshow/5178960.cms

Ciao

Padmakar(Paddy)

365th day in Perth and Deepavali season. Double celebration for us. We left KL on 15th Oct 2008 for Perth. Someone has correctly said "Time flies and fly with the time"

Settling down in Perth was quite smooth and silky. We are enjoying our stay in this beautiful city. As correctly said "small is beautiful". Perth is small and beautiful.

We have few friends visiting for Deepavali festival. Gala and Party time , Fun! Fun! Fun!. I have plan on the cards. You know what? "Playing cards"

Vengaboyz Brazil song - simply fantastic and energetic. Here you go mate!! Enjoy song track

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAD9ZIxVi6c

take care

Cheers

Padmakar(Paddy)