Tanvi Sinha

October is all about pink

2008-10-10T11:03:00.001-07:00

We have heard about it. We know about it. We have seen it on TV. But, what we don't know or understand is what they go through who are actually affected by it, till someone you know personally is affected by it.

Did you know that one in every eight women in the U.S. will be diagnosed with breast cancer in her lifetime? That’s one every three minutes

Some one in my office is taking chemotherapy. She has breast cancer. I was taken aback when I heard about it. The only thing that was likable about the whole situation was her spirit. Her spirit to fight the disease. Her spirit to support those who support the cause. Her enthusiasm to help eradicate the disease or at least have an early diagnostic.

Our firm took one step further and supported Lee National Denim Day.

Lee National Denim Day® is one of the largest single-day fund raisers for breast cancer. On Oct. 3, millions of people nationwide will slip into their favorite jeans and make a $5 donation (or more) to support the Women’s Cancer Programs of EIF, who are bringing together world-class scientists to develop an early detection blood test and working in Lee Labs nationwide to find less toxic, more effective treatments for breast cancer patients.

We are proud to support this event and the fight against breast cancer. You can check out our team page at http://www.denimday.com/team_page.aspx?tid=228322. There, you can donate money to this cause and learn more about breast cancer. Whatever we contributed, Our company matched it.

We did slip into our jeans yesterday with our pink ribbons broaches. I meant to write this blog before Oct 3, but somehow could not. But it is not over. You can show your support for whole month of October. So, go pink, donate if you can, put the pink ribbon in your profile and spread awareness.

God bless.

Happy Birthday Sachin!!!

2008-04-08T14:05:00.000-07:00

For April 9^th 2008

I always say April is special for me. But this day, is even more special because it is special for the most special person in my life. It's Sachin's birthday.

Sachin,

It seems like we have known each other since ages now. We have reached a level where we just have to look at each other to know what we are thinking. It has been a wonderful journey with you and am hoping it continues till eternity. I just love you the way you are.

And on this special day, of the numerous things I simply adore about you, of the numerous times, I feel proud of you, of the numerous times I feel to be the luckiest person on earth, here are some:

The way you try to take up all the responsibilities on yourself when I am busy at work.
Love it when you know I am tired and make tea for me to surprise…
Adore you when you don’t care about it is a ladies purse in the mall and take it from me so that I can try stuff on…
When you always try hard to understand my problem and try to solve it.
When you come home early when we hang up the phone on an argument.
When you make papad to make things up
When you immediately start worrying when I have a headache
When you always say "Accha lag raha hai" to anything I like in stores.
The way you give in your 100% in whatever you do. May it be making a cup of tea or a big project at work.
Your sense of humor
Your sensibility.
The way you are more concerned about my health than myself.
The way you freak out when I don't put on the safety belt on treadmill
The way you act when you don’t sleep well.
The way you get up early with me on Saturdays…
The passion with which you love cricket, Amir Khan, Daal and Me.
The way you go to every extent for people who matter.
The kind of knowledge you possess from every sphere of life.
The way you sing and of course Dance. I love it!:-*
Your patience.
Proud of your achievements.
The way you sing gibberish when you don’t understand the lyrics of a song. Still remember "Chakdiye"
Your ability to eat anything anytime in any mood. Makes it sooooo easy on me.:)
The way you guide me in personal, professional or athletic matters.
When you are always game for the plans I make.
The way you slide on the foyer, when I come home and you are already there…although I get to see that for only 3 months a year.
The way you switched from Selson Blue Natural to Classic for me.:)
The way you do small things for me in your own special way.
The way you always call me at work and ask if I ate my breakfast.
The way you have helped me become what I am. You have made me a better person and given me all the love care and respect that I deserve and much more. I simply cannot thank God enough to have brought you in my life. On this special day, I wish you all the happiness in this world and our togetherness for life and beyond.

Happy Birthday Betu! Lots and lots of love…

Well, I can go on and on on this. But since 30 holds a special importance on this day of the year, I will stop here, and let some other special people of your life say something to you:

Daddy-Mom

Daddy:

People like you are loved by all.
So, from all of us,
Here are love filled greetings for a Happy Birthday and wishes for the very best of luck and life.

Mom:
Akash me jitney tare ho
Khushiya utne sare ho
Khushiya itne sare ho
Ki kisi bhi gham ka ehsas na ho

Mummy:

HI SACHIN HAPPY BIRTH DAY TO U
BAR BAR DIN YE AAYE BAR BAR DIL YE GAYE
TUM JIYO HAJARO SAAL SAAL KE DIN HO PACHAS HAJAR
HAPPY BIRTH DAY TO U HAPPY BIRTH DAY TO U
HAPPY BIRTH DAY TO DEAR SACHIN HAPPY BIRTH DAY TO U

Pehchan Kaun?

Appu:

Jijs for me is like one person I can always look up to for the answer of my questions. He is the one who guided me to the good part of my life since I know him. If I have to rank the person I really admire in my life he'll come right there after my parents :)

He is a gem of a person with whom you can do all kinds of talks, a full time Entertainer, A super intelligent Human Being, Pretty good singer and a Mind blowing comedian :)

Wishing you a very very happy birthday jijs!

Gudia:

Phoolon ka taaron ka sabka kehna hai….

Hazaar karodon me mere Bhaiya hain….

Saari umar hamein sang rehna hai…..

Wish you thousands of Happy returns of the day….

Keep Smiling

With lots n lots of love & good wishes

Baby:

Hello Bhaiya many many happy returns of the day.....I hope dis bday brings u more happiness and success. Whenever ur bday comes in my mind it always reminds me the story which mom tell us every now and then about ur classmate in Gwalior i guess....really hilarious one...hope u also remember that. I hope we are meeting in India and we both will win one more Ludo game as u know u r a Ludo champ....aur waise bhi "hari baaji ko jeetana humien ata hai tanananana." once again Happy bday loads of love to world's best bhaiya.

luv

BABY

Suraj:

Happy Birthday Choci Chacha

Navya:

Sachin Chacha - Happy Birthday!!!

Lots of love

Navya

Uncle and Aunty:

Janmdin ki bahot bahot shubhkaamnayein aur aashirwaad

Love.

Bhatija, Urvashi, Saumya,

A gift for you from Nivaan – he has decided to call his Sachin tauji – Sachin chachu.. .Happy Birthday Sachin Chachu…

Lots of love.

Harsh, Tanu n Vanshika:

Sachin ke janamdin ki de rahe hain sabhi badhai...

Tanvi khushi se jhoom uthi hai and planning kar rahe hai surprise..

Prakriti ne bhi basant ki hai chaadar pehni..

Mano keh rahe hai Sachin tumhare hi leeye cherry blossom ki khushiyaan le aaye

Mile tumhe safalta.. aur khushi saalon saal...

Wish kar rahe hain manao tum apna janamdin isi prakaar barum baar...

Gunchu:

Gunchu:

Hii Jijs

Wish you many many many many manyyyyyyyyyy

HAPPY RETURNS OF THE DAY!

Poonam :

Happy Birthday to someone who deserves a truly happy day!!

Sachiiiiin, Keep as always and do what u do, coz u r just the best!!!!! goodluck!!!

May ur birthday be filled with all the happiness and the most beautiful things in life!!

Looking forward to many more years of fun & friendship..lots of good wishes..

Abhinav:

Hi Sachin!

Wish u a Happy Birthday! Being 30 must be a different feeling, crossing the 20s line across. But I know you will always be young at heart;) and spread happiness with your uncomparable sense of humor, and great affection for people around you. Another year to celebrate having a wonderful friend like you because everything u r and everything u do makes u someone very special. Have a very very happy birthday.

Cheers...

Deep - Navodita,

Sachin,

Wishing you a very Happy Birthday!!. Many happy returns of the day. Have a great day and a wonderful year ahead!! Where are we all going for dinner on the 9th?:-)

Mehul:

Dear Mitr, Wish you many many happy returns of the day. May all that you wish for come
true. Safaltaon ki seedhiyon ke aur bade chalo !

Vibha:

Dear Sachin, Wishing you many many happy returns of day. Hope you have great day and year ahead.

Sunil, Mrinalini & Suraj:

Hi Sachin,

Wish you a very happy birthday!

Priya, Gurprit ,Kenny, and Arinder.:

Hi dear Sachin,

With lots of love, we wish you a very!! Happy Birthday!!

Today is your day to celebrate
Your day to be the star
So let the ones you love all cheer
And say how special you are

May this year brings you lots of happiness and joy, May all your wishes come true. Have a Great day and blessed year ahead.
!! Happy Birthday !!

Veren:

Wish you a very very happy birthday !! I hope destiny brings you happiness and cheerfulness to you like you bring to the group. See my face how cheerful i am just imagining a great get together.

Komal:

Pooja :

Sachin is so cool and fun to be with. He can always make anyone smile and its simply wonderful having a Friend like him.
I Wish him a Very Happy Birthday and a year filled with Joy and Happiness, and may all his dreams come true.

On a Special note:- Birthdays are nature's way of telling us to eat more cake :
Sachin - Happy Birthday Once again !!!!!!

Amit:

Sachin Bhai - I have Just one line for you.
"Friends like Sachin are hard to find, difficult to leave and impossible to forget."
Many Many Happy Returns of the day !!

Sabiha:

Here are my heartiest wishes for the coolest guy on his birthday. Sachin has to be one of the nicest persons around and he possesses the capability to make things better by his sheer presence and charisma. I admire him for his unflinching devotion and adoration he has for his pyaari-pyaari biwi who, then again, is one in a million. May this birthday bring a lot of happiness, success and love to him and he be forever blessed. Many, many happy returns of this day to you Sachin. God bless.

-Pal:

Hey Sachin!

Wish you Happy Birthday !!!

Birthdays are nature's way of telling you that you have got one more year less to enjoy. So Enjoy and have Fun as much as you can on THE DAY !!!

Anand:

"Sachin! We have a special previlege to say "Wish You the same" for Our birthdays! ;) Have a Wonderful Birthday"

Ujval:

Herez to 100 years of all forms of warehousing !!

Prajakta:

Happy B'day Sachin !!!!!

A birthday is just the first day of another 365-day journey around the sun.

So....Enjoy the trip. :)

Anu :

Hope that for every candle on your cake you get a wonderful surprise.

Wishing u a day soft as silk.....

white as milk.....

sweet as honey & full of money.

may all ur dreams come true....

HAPPY BIRTH DAY SACHIN and Wish u many more....Have a great Time Together.

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Tanvi:

Hope you have a great day ahead! Happy Birthday to you! Love you!

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April 09, 2004

April 09, 2005- Canada

April 09, 2006

April 09, 2007

Hope this year is even better for you and it keeps getting better for you in the years to come!

All the love I have!

Happy Happy Birthday!!!

Change!!!

2007-11-23T00:15:00.000-08:00

PS: Blogger is cropping my photos, so some of them are not even the full picture...but, whatever you see...Enjoy!!!
Happy Thanksgiving to all....

Change. The only thing constant in life is change. As cliché as it may sound, it holds true. Anything and everything around us is changing. May it be our age, the time of the day, our priorities, our thoughts or for that matter weather…

It is quite fascinating to see how in spring all the trees get new leaves; they have flowers and look beautiful. In fall again they change colors and look gorgeous and eventually they just fall off the trees. They have their own cycle and so do we.

Some changes are for good, and some not for so good. Some changes are easy to accept and some not. Some people adopt changes easily and some take time. Some changes change your life, and some…don’t even matter.

Talking about change… In 2005, we changed our digicam and got Canon S1 IS. Initially, I did not like it, as I was pretty used to my old camera…but then after I saw the results, I started liking it. It is with that camera I did all my novice photography sessions, and sometimes blogged about it as well…Lately that camera was acting weird so we got another one…..and there it was…Déjà vu…I now was resistant to change to the new one! But this time I thought of giving it a try and we did a contest between the two!!!

With fall colors all over, it was great photo op…here are a few photos taken from both the cameras…I think the results are pretty much the same, so I think I am going to switch over to the new one and let go off the past (My old camz)…after all that is what moving on is all about!

Just Love this pic!

This pic is clicked by Sachin!!! Amazing pic...

This is Sachin's creativity!!! Should give him credit I guess...

He he he That is me....

Clicking this pic...

...

~~~Home Sweet Home~~~

The weather changed from 74 to around 30 today...

The view from my bath

Zoomed pic of master bedroom's window...

All gone...

Looks like a spread or something...

Diwali 2007

2007-11-12T12:33:00.001-08:00

PS: Text in red talks about the movies Om Shanti Om and Saawariya. Please read at your own risk, might contain spoilers.

!!! DIWALI 2007!!!

Family on phone; Friends real time; Sweets; Lights; Diya; Kandeel; Fireworks; Cards; Games; Fun; Movies; Shopping; Good Food and much more sums up Diwali 2007 for us.

Thanks to the timing as Diwali this year fell over the long weekend. It was absolute fun! I just worked for half a day on Friday. Although the busy season in my profession takes a toll, I really enjoy this holiday season period. It kind of compensates it all...

Friday was decorating the home, Doing Pooja, Good food, meeting with one of my cousin, fireworks, Meeting with our friends and playing cards...

TDP: The Diwali Preparations!

DFW- Diwali FireWorks!!!

TPP-Teen Patti Party

TPP- Teen Patti Party

Saturday we saw Om Shanti Om, and went to another rocking diwali party at our friends. Had good food, cards, music and games.

OSO-Om Shanti Om

Om Shanti Om was sadly a disappointment for me as I was expecting much more from this movie. I know expectations always let you down, but could not help but expect great work from SRK and Farah Khan...SRK did his bit. He was awesome. Now, after two days, when the movie has sunk in, I think I can give it a 7, although I was expecting it to be a 9 caliber. The movie was basically a spoof on bollywood and a twisted remake of Karz. I liked Deepika in the movie but somehow the editing was not up to the mark. I also could not digest the fact that they found an exactly similar looking girl after 30 years of death of a superstar...I mean I could have digested either of the two facts, but both reincarnation and an exactly similar looking girl was a bit too much for me...The movie just did not gel together very well. But what the hell, Shahrukh khan makes it worth it.

TDP- The Diwali Party!!!

Oh yeah, I had trail once in the game as well... but too sad, no one played in that round...But I started with 30 chips and ended up with 100! Needless to say, I was the winner

Sunday we watched Saawariya, had Thai food, Watched Before Sunrise and Before Sunset!

Saawariya was a surprise for me. I just loved Ranbir Kapoor in the movie. Loved the set. Loved the colors( although it was mostly two colors all over) Loved the character of Ranbir Raj. Sonam is also good, although she did not do much in the movie than just cry and laugh. Also I think it could have been done without Rani Mukherjee...I never thought I would do this, but I will give it a 7. Yeah, same as Om Shanti Om...

As we were leaving for Saawariya, we could not help but capture the Fall Foliage right outside our place. Here is a glimpse:

TFF- The Fall Foliage!

I started Before Sunrise at around 8 and then played Before Sunset back to back...I did not realize when I slept, but then again I got up at around 3, finished the movie and slept again at 4! It was worth it! Great movies and a great concept! The way the actors change overtime, their way of talking, their style, their attitude, everything...moreover the looks. The movie was actually shot after 9 years the first one was made! Cool!

Thankfully Today is a holiday for me! Festivities are over, and now I am getting ready to get back to the routine...yeah yeah laundry and stuff...Oh well...but overall it was good and fun weekend! Now looking forward to Thankgiving!!!!!!!!!!

Too Good or Too Bad???

2007-11-05T16:30:00.000-08:00

They say, every good has a bad, and every bad has a good associated with it. Is it really true? Let’s see…

Bad thing, it is getting cold.

Good thing, you get to wear your boots and jackets

Bad thing, I am unable to find my warm shoes I wear at home.

Good thing, I found an old pair, which I can use for the time being.

Bad thing, because of day light saving time , it was almost dark when I get out of the office.

Good thing, we got another hour in the morning to sleep

Bad thing, we cannot figure out how to stop the indoor thermometer to beep when it is below freezing point.

Good thing, we can still push some buttons and make it stop.

Good thing, we watched four movies over the weekend.

Bad thing, one of them was No Smoking

Good thing, after a long time, I reached office on time today.

Bad thing, my boss was not there to see that…

Bad thing, I did not do anything worthwhile in office today,

Good thing….Sabiha gave me a call when she heard that…

Bad thing, I am not able to blog often these days

Good thing, I am writing one today!

Okay, I think it works, and we can definitely find out, something good in bad, we should not do vice versa though…

This weekend of mine, was not so great but was fine! We had some friends over on Friday, we watched “ Jab We Met” and “ No Smoking” back to back!

While Jab We Met was a sweet romantic movie, No Smoking was bizarre.

I really liked Kareena’s acting in Jab We Met. Her character was different yet you can identify a typical hostler Sikhani from Bhatinda in her. I also loved Shahid’s intense role. Songs were good too. Overall, not a non predictable, but a sweet movie! I can give it an 8/10!

Coming to No Smoking, I don’t think it made any sense to me. I am not sure what was the movie trying to accomplish. Did it even have a message? Or the maker was just trying to be different? It was really confusing. After a point of time, I stopped keeping track of what is happening. I don’t know if this is because I dozed off a couple of times in between, or that the movie itself was so confusing. I am not taking the risk of replaying it and trying to get a hold of it. I would just say, Watch it at your own risk. For Paresh Rawal’s acting and John Abraham’s looks, I will give it a 4/10.

The third movie was Spiderman 3! We had not seen it when it was out in theatres. We ordered the DVD as soon as it got released last week. All I would say that if I were to rate all three movies, I would rate Spiderman I the first, III as second and II as third. Although, I wanted to see a bit more than Mary Jane in Spiderman movie…

The weekend also incorporated, some grocery shopping, camera shopping, and a trip to a friend’s friend’s new place…It was more like a mansion than a house though…

Well, another weekend passed by like this….weekends go by so fast, and as I always say, time is flying…Too bad, it goes by fast, .........but the good thing, it is passing by in the company of someone whom I love the most!!! Touch wood!

So, I will sign off now, have fun guys…have a great week ahead!!!

About the pic: Taken from my blackberry pearl; At office; Last week; On Halloween day!!! We had a costume party at work. I could not go and buy a dress but then I just picked this witche's hairband from CVS!!! Too bad I could not get a dress....Good that I had something....Something is better than nothing...Right!!!

This too good too bad is fun actually!!!!