Rakhi 2007 - Tuesday, August 28th

Last year's photo of Kabir - with a Rakhi tied to his wrist by Sehaj

Rakhi is tied by sisters on the wrists of brothers in celebration of Raksha Bandhan (Hindu/Sikh religion)

More details here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakhi

August 2007 - Kabir and Sehaj have really grown over the year...

Although Kabir was all excited about something colorful being tied to his wrist but, that only lasted 5 min. then, he was like - take this thing off of me...please HELP!!!

Sehaj was the lucky girl as she got to have the 14-kt yellow gold Super Sweet little Butterfly bracelet which I picked up from Costco.

SUV shopping from the US

We have been thinking/researching for quite some time now...and so are a few of our friends. So, one fine day we are all going to go to the States and come back driving our new Sport-utes (SUV's)...wanna join us - hehehe!

Well, here is some research that I've done so far...

Registering a vehicle from the USA – ICBC link –
http://www.icbc.com/insurance/insura_getsta_howbuy_moving2_register.asp
If you are importing a vehicle into B.C. from the United States, contact the Registrar of Imported Vehicles http://www.riv.ca/english/html/how_to_import.html or call them at 1-888-848-8240.

Good articles in - http://www.canadiandriver.com/
Feature - Canadian vs U.S. vehicle prices: are we paying too much? - http://www.canadiandriver.com/articles/cc/price_diff.htm
How to import a car from the U.S. - http://www.canadiandriver.com/articles/cc/price_diff_sb.htm
Strong dollar drives us to record U.S. car imports - http://www.aacb.com/news/press.asp?id=3389

Cars n' women blogs/links:
http://askpatty.typepad.com/
The Vancouver dealership built for Women - www.autoone.ca/clutch/ More than a Purse

My favs (preference-wise):
AUDI Q7 - http://www.canadiandriver.com/overviews/2007/audi/q7.php
Acura MDX
Nissan Pathfinder
Honda Pilot

Next level (a bit bigger):
Toyota Sequoia
Nissan Armada
Lincoln Navigator
Lexus GX

Bocce Tourney 3 - Enrolment Services, UBC

Our Enrolment Services department is having it's 3rd annual Bocce Tourney this summer and our Reporting & Data Management Group team is being represented by me and Fred...we are the "Grey Goose". The name was much emphasized by Tony. We've won the first game (15/13)...four more to go if we hang in there till the final. Let's see where we end up. I have never played this game till now...and surprisingly I'm pretty good...maybe it's the first time at a game kinda thing.

Busting car-thieves in the middle of the night

Yeah, that's what I've been doing lately. Well, as I was sound asleep Sunday night...I heard this peculiar sound from a car that wasn't going away - around 2:45am. Normally, you would hear a car go by but, this was different so, I got up from the bed and looked out the window and what do i see!!! a guy sitting in front of a car parked on the road fiddling with the license plate...happened to be the car of our neighbour's guests visiting from Seattle. I called Harvie right away and he called the cops. After about 2 min. while we were watching from our window...one of the guys spotted us and walked away slowly into his car and started to drive away. I quickly turned off our front porch lights (smart move)...opened the door and ran down our driveway to get a glimpse of the license plate of the Black Cadillac CTS that they were driving...think of it now - what was i thinking. Anyway, that didn't help cuz the license plate no. that we'd given the cops turned out to be a Red Honda - well, they probably had swapped from the numerous plates they must have on hand. We're all set to go back to sleep and I hear that weird sound again. These guys had guts...cuz, after 15 min. they were back at it. We called the cops again and I was getting my camera ready and I guess they heard us talking on the phone upstairs as the voice echoes a lot; and they fled away, their car making a screeching sound. The cops came after 15 min. of this whole ordeal - so typical - i thought that happened only in Bollywood. Anyway, we slept away...i just had to snooze my alarm and ended up going to work late...so, my whole day was delayed by 2 hrs. but, it was worth it. Followed up with the neighbors in the morning...found out that they had taken the license plate from the back so, their job was half done no wonder they kept coming back...told them to call the cops and refer to our experience. They got the plate back - wonder if the cops did actually catch the culprits - a medium height white bald heavy built guy and a short skinny chinese guy with a cap - kinda like Laurel and Hardy with a twist - what a combination.

Vancouver's largest selection of Corelle ware with great prices

I came across this store 8 years ago...some of my friends have asked me about it so, thought of sharing one good find - Vancouver's largest selection of Corelle ware with great prices...enjoy!
http://www.homewares.ca/
They've got open-stock of Corelle coordinates so, one can buy as much as one wants depending on their family's needs. Moreover, they've got so many different designs to choose from.
Last time I paid a visit was when Sehaj broke a couple of my serving bowls...had to replace them.

Akhand Path Bhog - Kabir's Birthday

We are celebrating our son Kabir’s first birthday by hosting Akhand Path on Sunday, 17th June at Singh Sabha Gurdwara located at 132nd St and 82nd Ave. in Surrey. Akhand Path Bhog will be at 9am…followed by Kirtan around 10am…Langar will be served after 10am…so, it would be great if you can make it sometime between 9am and 12 noon.
Hope you can join us.
Regards,
Hundalz

Driving to work was a nightmare today

Ok, this is why I get up at 5 and i'm out the door by 6am - just to avoid the traffic. But, today i had a late start because of Sehaj (so i thought). Sehaj was playing with my alarm clock last night and took the cell out. And i just put it in half-asleep +/- duh! So, it was really my mistake. I got up after 7 and zoomed out the door. Left home around 8 and was surprised to see the never-ending line up on Nordel Way for Alex Fraser Bridge. I wish I could just take a U-turn and go back home. The traffic was a grid-lock. Massey tunnel was no better so, i just stuck to the current route. It took me almost 2 hrs. to get to UBC - yikes!
Actually it's all MJM Furniture's fault cuz we don't have a mattress yet - it's more than 20 days and they said we'd get it in 2 weeks. Had we had it, I would be sleeping on my new bed, in my room, with the more reliable double alarm clock. I've been experimenting quite a bit - i did try this weird idea of putting Sehaj's bunk bed twin mattresses side by side on the King size bed Sunday night not realizing that the planks were so wide apart and the matresses were so thin/light that me and Sehaj were all up and down...curvy - well, Sehaj didn't notice much as she's only 40lbs. but, by the time i got up my whole body was aching...by Monday evening i had a sprained neck. So i'm back to the futon downstairs with the un-reliable alarm clock (i'll just bring down my radio alarm clock just to be safe) till the day we finally get our mattress.