First Trip to Little India, Artesia Los Angeles
 | June 3rd 2006 - India, is the great land from where my parents are and they took me to Little India which is in the city of Artesia. Artesia is about 30 minutes away from where we live. I went to Artesia with my parents and my grandparents. We first went to 99 Ranch Market , an Asian Grocery store, to buy some fish and vegetables. My grandma's sister and her husband are coming over for lunch and we wanted to make some nice Indian "Bandgda Phaana Upkari". Ranch 99 is a probably a great store to buy fish as they have a lot of fish from Asia. My mother bought some mackerel and pomfret. We also bought some vegetables here. All in all, my mother was very happy with all the stuff we got here. After shopping, we crossed the street and went over to the India Restaurant. It was a really hot day and the temperature was close to 95 degrees and walking outside was not very pleasurable. We had a simple buffet at the restaurant and then headed back home. I did not spend much time at the Indian stores in this visit. Next time around, I will visit all the other shops. |
SpellBound - National Spelling Bee 2006 Winner
June 2nd, 2006 - The winner in the 2006 Bee was 13-year-old Kerry Close from New Jersey, winning with the word, Ursprache. She is the first girl to win the competition since 1999. This has been a contest thats been domindated by Indian Americans and there were four in the final thirteen, which is still a great achievement. The profiles of the the Indian Americans is below |
A Little Piece of Sunshine
 | 1st June 2006 - June is finally here and summer has started in full swing in LA. It as pretty gray in May, but its bright and sunny in June. My dad decided to work from home today and I was very happy to see him around all day. For most of the day, I played in the living room. In the evening, we went to Costco which is a warehouse near our home. Its such a huge store and all I could do was stare. As you can see behind me, some nice variety of cheese. We did some shopping and then my mom drove us all back home. Right now, we are watching the Scripps National Spelling Bee. For the past so many years, Indian Americans have dominated this event and they look strong this year too. I will post the results tomorrow. |
Like Father, Like Son?
 | July 30th 2006 - My dad thinks that I look like he did when he was a baby. Some of my family agree while I think most disagree. Please take a look by clicking on the read more link at the bottom. Rate the article at 5 if you agree and 1 if you disagree. If you look closely in this image you will see a shadow of my grandfather. |
Trip to IHOP in Marina Del Rey
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8th July 2006 - I love to go out of the house, and usually my parents take me out in the evening for a walk or a stroll. I was really surprised when they put me in the car seat just after I woke up and had the first feed of the morning. I get really excited when my parents put me in the car seat. We drove to the new IHOP (International House of Pancakes) on Lincoln Blvd to have breakfast. The IHOP had just new opened and my parents wanted to go have a nice breakfast. We got a nice booth by the window and I sat there in my car seat looking at the new restaurant. The restaurant was smaller compared to the other IHOPs (at least that's what I heard my dad say). I had company in the restaurant. There was a small boy in the booth next to me and he kept talking to me and saying "Hello Baby". After breakfast we went to Venice and returned back home. We had to go to the Citadel Outlet later that morning. |
Viva Italia
 | 9th July 2006 - Its the 9th of July, the World Cup finals were played today. The game was between France and Italy. It was hard to pick a favorite as both the teams were evenly matched. Italy won the World Cup final on penalties. Italy defeated France 5-3 on Sunday after a 1-1 draw through 120 minutes. The winning penalty of the match came from Fabio Grosso. The second spot kick by David Trezeguet did not materialize into a goal. This was the first penalty shootout in the final since the 1994 World Cup. For Italy, it was the fourth World Cup crown. The Italian team had lifted the crown in 1934, 1938 and 1982. The most strange incident was Zidane headbutting into the chest of Marco Materazzi. What a way to retire!! |