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February 23rd 2011

Four Generations And A Wedding

by Anwin in Events, Family, Nagercoil, Personal, Pics     tags: , , ,       2 Comments

Last Christmas, we were in Nagercoil celebrating something and also so we could finish off Ayden’s baptism. Stories are many from that trip, but not all can be told publicly :-) .

One of the best memories from the trip is the following picture taken with Ayden, Dad and Granddad along with me. A very rare picture which I had never imagined in my wildest dreams.

Both my grandparents from my dad’s side of the family are still alive and reasonably healthy at almost 90 years of age. They were extremely happy to meet their great grandchild.

Below is my grandmother holding Ayden in our ancestral home.

And most of all, my brother Eddie got married after Christmas. It was a wonderful affair in Tuticorin and a reception in Nagercoil. I wish him all the best in his new life.

To the left is Sandy, a cousin of mine, and to the right is my sister-in-law Anusha’s  mom.

Altogether another great Christmas and end to an awesome 2010! Yes, I am offering my belated New Year 2011!!!

August 11th 2010

Mumbai Independence Blogger Meet 2010

by Anwin in Blogging, Cool Sites, Entertainment, Events, Indiblogger     tags: , , , , ,       1 Comment

3 years of IndiBlogger and the blogger meets never end :) . That is the key motto that my full time friends at IndiBlogger tell me all the time. In tune with what we think, here comes one of the biggest IndiBlogger meets, in India’s commercial capital.

Mumbai, here we come!!!


Some highlights of the upcoming Mumbai IndiBlogger Independence Meet 2010:
  1. IndiBlogger celebrates 3 years of bridging bloggers and blogs – offline and online
  2. First time for us to have a blogger meet on our Independence day
  3. Lots of freebies (some secret and some usual :) )
  4. More crowd – expecting about 300 bloggers
  5. Meeting new bloggers, blogs, networking, learning, have a ball, and much more to be expected at the blogger meet.
I hope I will have time to meet all the Mumbai bloggers at the meet personally. Until then, Ciao!!!
Visit http://www.indiblogger.in/bloggermeet.php?id=89 for the latest information and agenda.
March 18th 2010

Univercell Chennai Indiblogger Meet 2010

by Anwin in Blogging, Events, India, Indiblogger     tags: , , , ,       1 Comment

Closely following the recent Kingfisher Bangalore IndiBlogger Meet, we have arranged for another mega blogger meet in Chennai this Saturday, March 20 – UniverCell Chennai IndiBlogger Meet.

UniverCell, one of the largest Mobile stores in India, and co sponsor for the Chennai Super Kings Team in IPL-3, is sponsoring the event. We are also expecting nearly 200 bloggers from in and around Chennai. Awesome!!!

When & Where?

Saturday March 20, 2010 – 2:30 PM, Chennai

End Time: 6:00 PM

Seats Available : 200

The Venue

GRT Convention Center
120, Sir Thyagaraya Road,
T. Nagar, Chennai – 600 017

Landmark: Next to GRT Grand Days

Agenda

Item By
1. Welcome IndiBlogger Team
2. Message from the sponsor UniverCell
3. 30 seconds of fame Bloggers
4. Live & let comment Bloggers
5. Traditional Media and Blogging Journalists and Bloggers
6. Formation of Chennai Bloggers Club Bloggers
7. Mingling session / High Tea Bloggers
8. Special Announcement IndiBlogger and UniverCell
9. IndiBlogger Forum: Open discussion Bloggers
10. Head home and keep blogging! Bloggers, Auto Drivers, etc.

Visit the IndiBlogger Meet page to register - limited seats only :)

October 17th 2009

Fosters Aoc Party!!!!

by nafisa in Bangalore, Entertainment, Events, Weekend getaway           12 Comments

Hello everyone. I am Nafisa. This is my very first post :) as a guest blogger on Anwin’s Blog.

Me, Anwin, Diana & Anoop went to Fosters Art of chilling Poolside party last weekend on 10 th of Oct at Lalit Ashok Bangalore city Hotel. We landed at the party on an empty stomach, so the first thing we did was attack the food. There was lot of mouth watering options for meat eaters ;) – fresh clams, Beef steaks, Pork ribs….etc. They had arranged spray paints and a huge canvas board at one corner for the crowd to paint their thoughts; we too did a little scribbling on it :)

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“IndiBlogger.in Chilled here”

Afternoon started with little showers of rain, Foster’s Hat came in handy  and saved us from getting drenched. After having a satisfying lunch we sat down for Beer to chill our self from hot sun, the pool looked so tempting that we all wanted to soak our body in the water, unfortunately we didn’t come prepared.

Anoop and Diana Chilling out….

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Later, Bharath & Naveen joined us with their companions. For a change there was a band playing fusion music, which was ok but didn’t blend quiet well with the atmosphere.

Squeezing to fit in the frame Indiblogger team and friends…..

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Thanks for your invitation Fosters and I would like to be there again. After having unlimited beer with awesome grilled meat who wont enjoy, I know I did!!

Thanks Diana for the pics :)

October 12th 2009

Mr. Big, An Energetic And Refreshing Concert Experience

by Anwin in Bangalore, Concert, Events, Music, Video     tags: , , ,       2 Comments

True to the expectations, Mr. Big concert was a real experience in Hard Rock, Metal and Rock music. It was a very tightly packed 2 hour musical affair at Palace Grounds last Saturday.

First we went off to the Foster’s Art of Chilling Poolside party at Lalit Ashok. There we ate a lot of awesome Beef steaks and Pork ribs. Yummmmm!!!

Then we went off to Mr. Big concert. When the lights began to change Mr. Big started the concert with a song we didn’t expect – Daddy, Brother, Lover, Little Boy. Wow. That was the beginning of a very energetic and lively rock concert. Some of the songs they played are from my previous post about songs I wanted to hear at the concert – notably Just Take My Heart, Colorado Bulldog (that was freakin’ awesome), Wild World (Of, course), Green Tinted Sixties Mind, To Be With You, and some other songs like Temperamental.

Some highlights of the concert:

1) Eric (the singer) turned 49 that day and celebrated his birthday on stage with other band members, and us, the crowd

2) Billy Sheehan (Bassist and Founding member) and Paul Gilbert (guitarist) showed their guitar prowess at various times between songs and with solo performances.

3) Billy Sheehan picked up the mike and gave his bass guitar to Eric and went on to sing a cover of Deep Purple’s Smoke on the Water. Electric!!! Pat Torpey took the guitars while Paul took to drums for this part. Then Pat Torpey took the mike and started singing the remaining verse of Smoke on the Water. Very nicely done.

4) Mr. Bid did two encores… hehehehe. Anoop said they will definitely stay for two encores, and it came to pass. We loved it, even though we thought it weird :)

5) Above all, we got to enjoy an almost front seat after only paying for the 800 tickets. Why? Some rockers broke down the 800 / 1300 barrier for us. Ha ha ha ha ha!

What was my take out of the concert? 2 hours of non-stop rock, and lots of adventures before, during and after ;-)

A very low res video of Billy Sheehan and Paul Gilbert playing Guitar as if their lives depended on it :)

Mr. Big concert