Archive for March, 2006
After work yesterday, at about 8pm, I went to the gym to work out. My usual workout consists of running for 20-25 mins or so, and then lifting weights. I usually run with my mp3 player…which is nice, listening to good music is a good timepass while running. I was under the impression (as you maybe) that I would prefer to listen to upbeat…dhastik dhustik songs while running. Some crazy bhangra or hip hop songs and such. That is what I usually did…but yesterday, it just happened that when I hit play on the mp3 player, Ghulam Ali’s version of Woh Jo Hum Mein Tum Mein came on. This is a very serene ghazal…that I usually listen to it during late nights when I am working. For some reason, I decided to not change the song…and it went on, and I kept running. Then 6-7 minutes later, it changed to Itni Muddat Bad Mile Ho…and that went on, and I kept running. And before I knew it… almost15 minutes had passed! I was really enjoying this Ghulam Ali run.
So I guess there is no real point to this post, except for pointing out my discovery that when you are running, you don’t have to be listening to crazy up beat music to be inspired to keep going 
And since showering is a popular topic nowadays…I took a hot shower in the gym after my workout, and man it felt GREAT!
March 31st, 2006
Kaka & Kaki….Just wanted to say Happy Anniversary!! You will both be together again in a few days…:) Congratulations!
And just to get Kaka in some trouble, I would like to remind kaki about the one-liners post 
March 30th, 2006
This might seem like an embarrasing type of post. But hey, that’s what family is for. You can be yourself and don’t have to worry about saying anything, right
Dhiren had been leaving early and coming late for the past couple days. And as we shifted Parth from his cradle to crib for his naps and sleep, he had been a little fussy and not taking his usual naps. So I was playing with him and trying to put him to sleep almost for whole days. In the midst of all this, I never had a chance to take a shower for past 2 days 
because unless Parth falls sound asleep, I can’t leave him alone to take even a quick shower. Today Dhiren had some free time in the afternoon, so he came home for couple hours. First thing that came to mind and I told him, “let me go take a shower”. And I swear, being in the shower had never felt so good. What a refreshing experience!
March 29th, 2006
Hi Guys,
Harbhajan Singh (popularly known as Bhajji) of India got back his form at the right moment to help India win the first one day international match against England. After a dismal performance by the indian batters, bhajji who is not known for his batting stood firm at his crease and made 37 of 46 balls and later took 5 prize specially of Flintoff (the English captain) and collingwood giving up only 31 runs in 10 overs. That was one of the best performances of him specially when India needed it. At one point in time India was reeling at 147 for 7. Wish we could have some way to see these matches in US. Arre computer experts (in todays world Bhagwaans ofcourse after lawyers) kuch kamal dikhao.
Dhiren
March 28th, 2006
Hello fellow Medavoers! Today, it has been exactly 6 months (180 days) since the opening of Medavo.org. Not only that, this post is also the 200th post on Medavo. This is quite a remarkable landmark in the growth of our site. I wanted to thank each of you for reading, posting, and commenting. You have definitely enriched all of our lives with your contributions. I look forward to continuing this medavo with all of you for many years to come
I also wanted to note that if there is a family member out there who would like to be able to post/comment on Medavo.org but doesn’t have a user/password, please just email me to request one! The more the merrier!
Now for the ever popular stats. I hope these stats will encourage others to post and not start a competition about who can post and comment the most. We would always prefer quality over quantity You may also want to compare these stats with the stats from our 2 month anniversary to see the growth!:
Average Posts per day: 1.11
Average Comments per post: 5.94
Top Posters:
- Nimit (46)
- Paras (37)
- Mahendra (27)
- Ashish (24)
- Dhiren (11)
Top Commentors:
- Nimit (196)
- Veer (131)
- Paras (119)
- Ami (109)
- Dhiren (96)
- Mahendra (93)
- Harakh (68)
- Priti (61)
- Dhenu (56)
- Ashish (46)
March 27th, 2006
In todays world of online banking, (which I presume most of us do), we have to be really vigilant and make sure that scammers dont hack in to our personal profiles. last weekend I was trying to log on to our bank website -chase-to view our account. The website froze in between a couple of times not letting me go beyond the log in page. this had never happened before. But as I was busy at work I decided to check on it later. After returning home from my call in connecticut today The same thing happened when I was trying to log on but this time the message was –your password is not valid. At the same time I received an email from chaseonline@alerts.chase.com saying that –
During our regularly scheduled account maintenance and verification procedures, we have detected a slight error in your billing information.
This might be due to either of the following reasons:
1. A recent change in your personal information (i.e. change of address,e-mail address).
2. An inability to accurately verify your selected option of payment due to an internal error within our processors.
Please click the link below to update your account . If the link isn’t clickable, please copy the entire link, paste it into your Web browser’s address bar and press “Enter” on your keyboard.
https://chaseonline.chase.com/online/sso_logon.jsp
I had read a similar earlier post at MEDAVO–so before clicking on any link I called my banker at chase to verify that they had indeed sent this email. The answer–No CHASE NEVER SENDS OUT EMAILS TO CUSTOMERS.
So again dont give out personal information on sites without knowing about the site. Another important lesson I learnt was that use your personal computer only to access bank sites. General computers at work may not be the right place to do banking. I am glad I read Medavo and did not click the site. Thanks everybody….
Dhiren
March 27th, 2006
i know you have been asking for a long time.. here they are
March 26th, 2006
Hey everyone, I just finished watching a shortened version of “Blown Away,” and i thought it was AWESOME (”dude” avi and jijaji ) a great movie, lots of action and excitment. not too much story line, but i liked the explosives 
you guys should go get it from the library. EXCELLENT MOVIE!!!!
March 25th, 2006
I had one of my tooth root canaled before i came to America. One month of me being here, the cap or the covering on that tooth came out.. i was worried as Now what? Dental treatment is too costly in America. i would be better off going to india for a $1000 return fare and get my teeth cleaned for 300Rs. rather than paying 1000$ for getting my teeth cleaned over here,.
So, i was thinking over this for a couple of weeks and something struck me.. I work in the Dental Bookstore.. can’t anything be done.. Some free treatment.. ? I spoke to one of my dental friends and she told me that we have board exams coming up in Mid April and we will require patients for that. You can get all your teeth cleaned for free. You will have to pass the screening and if we clear you, you are all set. i was like Awesome..
Today was my screening, She took around 3-4 Xrays from all angles of my teeth and was like you need to brush your teeth twice a day(that’s minimum) and also floss everyday. other than that, your teeth are fine and we will call you for the board exams..
Yahoo!
Paras
March 24th, 2006
Twenty Great One Liners:
1. Regular naps prevent old age… especially if you take them while driving.
2. Having one child makes you a parent; having two makes you a referee.
3. Marriage is a relationship in which one person is always right and the other is the husband!
4. They said we should all pay our tax with a smile. I tried - but they wanted cash.
5. A child’s greatest period of growth is the month after you’ve purchased new cloths.
6. Don’t feel bad. A lot of people have no talent.
7. Don’t marry the person you want to live with, marry the one you cannot live without… but whatever you do, you’ll regret it later.
8. You can’t buy love . . but you pay heavily for it.
9. True friends stab you in the front.
10. Forgiveness is giving up my right to hate you for hurting me.
11. Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.
12. Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.
13. My wife and I always compromise. I admit I’m wrong and she agrees with me.
14. Those who can’t laugh at themselves leave the job to others.
15. Ladies first. Pretty ladies sooner.
16. It doesn’t matter how often a married man changes his job, he still ends up with the same boss.
17. They call our language the mother tongue because the father seldom gets to speak.
18. Saving is the best thing. Especially when your parents have done it for you.
19. Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools talk because they have to say something.
20. Real friends are the ones who survive transitions between address book.
March 23rd, 2006
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