From the monthly archives: June 2006
Hello all Agassi Fans (also non-fans),
A sad moment in tennis history. Andre Agassi the oldest player in the ATP circuit is set to retire after the US open. That will be his last tournament. To me he is one heck of a comeback player with a very cool and composed head that does not erupt in a game. Tennis will lose a lot the day he retires. I amm planning to go to the US open to see atleast a few of his games this year. Anybody who wishes to go is invited.
Dhiren Haria
Hello Medavo.org faithful. Medavo was down today and much of yesterday due to a mistake by Dreamhost, the host for this blog.
Hopefully we are back up for good now 
Hope everyone has been well! California is has been hot and sunny the last week.
66.3 million: Estimated number of fathers in the United States today.
26.4 million: Fathers with children under 18 and wives in a family setting.
2.3 million: Number of single fathers with children under 18, up from 400,000 in 1970. Currently, among single parents living with their children, 18 percent are men.
102 million: The number of Father’s Day cards expected to be given this year in the United States, making Father’s Day the fifth-largest card-sending occasion. (Source: Hallmark research)
50: Percentage of all Father’s Day cards that are purchased specifically by sons or daughters. Nearly 20 percent of Father’s Day cards are purchased by wives for their husbands; the remaining cards are bought for grandfathers, sons, brothers, uncles and “someone special.”
73: Percentage of Americans who plan to celebrate or acknowledge Father’s Day.
143,000: Estimated number of “stay-at-home” dads, defined as married fathers with children under 15 years old have remained out of the labor force for more than one year primarily so they can care for the family while their wives work outside the home.
32: Percentage of fathers who regularly worked evening or night shifts and were the primary source of care for their preschoolers during their children’s mother’s working hours.
4.6 million: Fathers who provide child support. All in all, 84 percent of child-support providers are men, who provide median payments of $3,600 annually.
Happy Fathers Day to all the fathers and fathers to be in India or US or anywhere in the world. Thank you for being the source of inspiration, joy and love for us. We love you all.
From,
All children
Many Many Happy returns of the day. This is a great day for you, your birthday and father’s day especially since you are going to be a father soon. We are so glad that you moved to NY. Enoy your day to the fullest today.
Priti, Dhiren and Parth
Dear Dhen ben, Have a happy happy (and sweet sweet…notice the chocolate?) 25th birthday. What a day you chose! Fathers day, Sunday and a celebration of 25 years of wisdom. We are all very proud of you and wish you the best of the best! You da bomb 
Love,
Nimit, Mom, Dad, Paras (the california gang)
I uploaded a few pictures of prom last night. http://www.flickr.com/photos/45943595@N00/169192148/
This is to wish you one of the most happiest and beautiful birthday today. May your day be joyus. Thank you for coming in my life and making it so beautiful. I want to grow old with you to celebrate many more such birthdays.
Happyyyyy Birthday Mommyyyyyyyyy, Ginnnn Ginnnnn, can’t wait to grow up….
Dhiren Haria
Parth Haria
This helped me to improve my conversation with Americans in the United States of America.
* I don’t open conversation (on telephone) with a “Hello” but with a “Hi”
* The telephone is never “engaged”, it’s always “busy”.
* I don’t “disconnect” a phone, I simply “hang-up”.
* I never “mess-up” things, I only “screw them up”.
* I never have a “residence” tel. no., I have a “home” no.
* I don’t stop at the “signals”, but halt at the “lights”.
* I don’t “accelerate”, I “step on the gas”.
* My tire (tyre) never “punctures”, I may have a “flat”.
* The trains have “coaches” or “bogies’ no more but “carriages” or “boxes”.
* There are no “petrol pumps”, but “gas stations”.
* I no longer meet a “wonderful” person, I meet a “cool” guy
* I don’t pull the switch down to light a bulb, rather flick it up.
* I don’t “turn on the heat”, I “turn on the juice”.
* There’s no “Business Area” only “business districts”, and no “districts” but “counties”.
* No one stays “a stone’s throw away”, might be “a few blocks away”.
* There’s no “Town Side”, it’s “Down Town”.
* In restaurants I no longer ask for a “bill” and pay by “cheque”, rather ask for a “check” and pay with (Dollar) “bill”s.
* There are no “soft drinks”, only “sodas”.(“pop” in Minnesota)
* Life’s no longer “miserable” it “stinks”.
* I don’t have a “great” time, I have a “ball” or balls].
* I don’t “sweat it out”, I “work U’r butt off”.
* Never “post” a letter, always “mail” it and “glue” the stamps, don’t “stick” them.
* I no longer live in “flats” or “blocks”, find an “apartment”.
* I no longer “like” something, I “appreciate” it.
* “#” is not “hash”, it’s “pound”.
* I are not “deaf”, I have “impaired hearing”.
* I are not “lunatic”, I are just “mentally challenged”.
* I do not “Give an Exam”, I “Take” it.
* I am not “disgusting”, I am “sick”.
* I can’t get “surprised”, I get “zapped”.
* I don’t “schedule” a meeting, I “skejule” it.
* I never “joke”, I just “kid”.
* I never “increase” the pressure, I always “crank” it up.
* I never ask for a pencil rubber, I ask for an eraser.
* I don’t try to find a lift, I find an elevator.
* I no more ask for a route but for a “RAUT”
* I don’t ask somebody “How r u ?”, I say “What’s up dude?”
* I never go to see a game I go to watch a game.
* If I see “World” champions (or Series), read “USA” champions (or Series).
* There’s no “zero” but “oh”, no “Z” but “zee”.
* There’s no FULL STOP after a statement, there’s a PERIOD
* If someone gets angry at me, I get “flamed”.
In short I don’t speak English, I speak American. 
