Nov 15th, 2008 - Our first stop was to Sam Walton's 5 & 10 store in downtown Bentonville. This was the very first the Sam Walton opened, well now there are thousands of Wal-Marts all over the world and Walmart is the largest retailer in the world now.

The original store front still remains but now the inside is a museum. The museum has many things including

A History of Walmart from the 50s until today
A history of International growth of Walmart
Sam Walton's chartitable causes
Information about his family

There are lot of his personal memorobilia including his office, his Ford pickup truck and other personal effects.

If I was older, I would certainly have been inspired, but for today, I was only interested in his Ford Truck.

Trip to Arkansas

Nov 14th, 2008 - My parents decided to take a trip to Rogers, Arkansas this weekend. Apparently the Fall colors in this part of Arkansas are very nice and my dad has been meaning to go for the past couple of weeks. We started off at around 9 AM and were hoping to reach there by sunset stopping along the way. It was a long drive as we went through Texas, Oklahoma before finally reaching the Rogers/Bentonville area in Arkansas.

The Fall colors were just about going away and we got to see some of it. All day long, I was very excited in the car because we were going to "Arkansalt". We were staying at the Hyatt Place which was very nice. It had a nice big bed and a big TV. We took a break at the hotel for a while and then headed out to see the town.

Bentonville/Rogers is the birhtplace of Walmart and its a nice small town. You can see many Walmart buildings around the town. There were lots of restaurants but we decided to go to Aroma, a new opened Indian Restaurant in Rogers. The food was very nice and I sat down and ate my dinner quietly (for a change).

After a long day, it was time to go to bed. Tomorrow, we will be visting some of the local attractions.

My Spider Artwork

Nov 11th, 2008 - Going to school is a lot of fun for me. I get to spend time with other kids and also spend time playing with puzzles and doing other fun activities. Today we creatd a spider using a paper bowl and some strings. Looks pretty cool huh!!!!!

Dinner at Our Place in Irving

Nov 8th, 2008 - I have a friend at school by the name of Siddharth and he is also an Aamchi. His parents thought that it would be a good idea to meet for dinner and get to know each other. We decided to meet at an Indian restaurant close by called Our Place. We reached that at around 6:30 just before the main dinner crowd got in and both Siddharth and I were super-excited to see each other. Fortunately for our parents, we decided to sit in our high-chairs.

We sat through most of dinner and then began to get restless. Towards the end of dinner, another classmate, Arjun and his family also came in for dinner. We all started jumping in the middle of the restaurant. Our parents decided that it was time to head home.

Happy Anniversary

Jan 28th, 2007 - Today is my parents' third wedding anniversary and my first anniversary with them. They got lots of phone calls, emails and cards wishing them well. Last year they were hoping I would be born on this day. It also happens to be my uncle Prem's birthday too. We went to a Mexican place called Guelaguetza for lunch. The food was pretty good. It is not the typical Mexican food, no tacos and burritos on the menu.

I got to taste a little bit of the chips and salsa. Other than that we spent a relaxing day at home. My dad was trying to get over the fact that there was no football today but was looking forward to the Donald firing someone.