Happy B-Day Harmeet

Hey All,
it's Harmeet's Birthday today... so be sure to wish her a happy one.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HARMEET!

Story for the day

Seema forwarded this to me, and I thought I'd share it with everyone. It's a little long, worth the reading, especially for this time of the year. Enjoy!!

On a road trip to California’s breathtaking North Coast region, my hubby Ken and I, my teenage daughter Lahre, and my nine-year-old son Shawn, stopped to have lunch and stretch our legs a bit.

As we walked toward the restaurant’s entrance, a gruff looking man jumped up from a nearby bench and opened the door for us. “Good afternoon and welcome to Denny’s,” he said in a very jovial voice. In his hand he held a ceramic mug full of steaming coffee—which was inviting on such a cold day—but from the looks of the rest of him, it appeared that he hadn’t had a good meal or a shower in a long time.

With a scraggly beard and dirty hair that went well past his shoulders, it was obvious he was homeless. An old bike loaded down with a sleeping bag and the rest of his earthly belongings rested against the bench, and his clothing told of hard times, from a weather-beaten jacket right down to his old boots with mismatched laces. But regardless of his appearance, he greeted us as if we were his best friends, adding as we entered, “Today’s soup and sandwich special’s a great deal.”

Once inside, my teenager whispered to me, “Mom, he smells.” And Shawn asked questions about him, not quite understanding the concept of a homeless person. After we ordered our lunch, Ken and I explained the best we could, telling the kids to look beyond the dirt and grime to the person underneath and within. As we explained, the four of us watched other customers approach the restaurant; they appeared unsure of the homeless man and many snubbed him or ignored him.

Seeing this rudeness truly frustrated me. The day I became a mother, I had resolved to set a good example for my children. Granted, some days, when things just didn’t go right, being a good example was tough.

When our meal arrived, I realized that I had left the car-sick pills in the glove compartment. With the windiest part of our trip just ahead of us, the kids needed to take their medicine. I excused myself from the meal and went to the truck.

As I neared the front door, the “doorman” was opening it for an older couple and welcoming them to the restaurant. They rushed past him and didn’t even acknowledge his presence. I let the couple come through first and then said a loud and gracious “thank you” to the doorman as I exited. He teased me by asking if I was running away from my family, and I told him I needed to get something from the truck. When I returned, I showed him the car-sick pills and he laughed, saying he had ridden his bike that direction once and understood the need for the pills.

We talked a bit longer. He told me that the restaurant’s manager wouldn’t let him inside unless he purchased food. All he could=2 0afford was coffee (which, he said, didn’t count as “food” according to the manager), so he had to stay outside. But he learned that if he stayed close enough to the front door, the wait staff would sneak out and refill his mug.

I went back inside and told his story to my family. I then asked our waitress, who was bringing the kids their dessert, to add one soup and sandwich special to our bill. Both the kids looked at me funny—as we had already eaten—but Ken knew exactly what I was doing. The waitress was confused, too, but when I explained the order was for the doorman, and that he was to eat his meal inside with the rest of the customers, she smiled and thanked me.

Both children asked why I would order a meal for the “smelly guy.” Again, I shared that everyone has goodness inside of them regardless of what they look like or even smell like, and by expressing one simple act of kindness to a fellow traveler in life, the world could possibly become a better place.

By this time, we had to get back on the road to stay on schedule. But before we left, a visit to the “happy room” was necessary to relieve our bladders. As we rounded the corner of the very full restaurant, the doorman was sitting at a table enjoying his meal. When he saw me, he jum ped up and thanked me profusely for the hot meal. He then extended his hand for a handshake, which I gratefully accepted. It was then I realized he had tears in his eyes—tears of gratitude.

What happened next drew gasps of astonishment from the restaurant customers, staff and even my own children: I gave the doorman a hug. Just as surprised as the rest of the crowd, the doorman held me tight for just a few moments. Pulling away, his tears were now streaming down his face, and others were beginning to cry, too.

While we can’t choose many things in life, we can choose when to show gratitude, and I was doing just that. I was saying thanks to a man who had simply held open a door for me, and also saying thank you for that opportunity to teach my children by example. Hopefully, when someone opens a door for Lahre and Shawn during their journeys through life, they will remember to say thank you. And hopefully they’ll have a great soup and sandwich special on the menu, too.

Time is flying!

Hey guys,

It is already December, boy is time flying. How is everybody doing? 

I'm doing great, but I got a few things to take care of. For one i got alot of classes that I need to pass. Second, I'm a little sick ((Slime running through my body lol )) . After im done with classes hopefully ill be ready to vacation and enjoy my month off beggining in a few weeks. Yup, thats it for my life, I hope everyone is doing good enough.

Dancing Bird

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1j_fxs8mUcQ

There's something cool at the end too...

Charity Info

Here's a website that has some useful information on major charities:
http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.alpha

Search for your charity and you can see how much they spend on fundraising, and how much actually goes to the program. There are some charities that waste most of the money on fundraising and administrative, and virtually nothing is left for the program.

Problematic Clothing

So I have gone out on a little business venture with Bobby and one of his friends, Richard. We got a DTG printer which is pretty new and we will be some of the first people to release shirts using this printer. We have been working on this for a couple of months now and have released our Fall Clothing Line. Please take a look and critique if you would like. Along with our fall clothing line, we have jumped into the spirit of helping out others. We joined the Walking for Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk in Sacramento on October 19, 2008. Please try to donate for this, I know Harmeet has been asking everyone too, but we have created shirts for this special event that you will get with your donation. Take a look, buy a shirt, and have a great day. 

Problematic Clothing

Kulvir

Merced,CA - My new place in a few weeks

Check out the video!!!!


The people in the house will be Indian. They are cool, two of their kids goto UCR, so they know the college life. (girls,homies kickin it sometimes, beers here and there, and privacy)

No one will bug me in the studio, I should move in soooon!

BIDU'S BDAY!

YAY Bidu version 2.7 is finally out!

Happy Birthday Bidu Bear!!

I am job

i am unemployed how depressing wah wah waaaahhhh.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DUDE!

Hey All,
It's Manny's Birthday today, so be sure to wish him a happy one!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MANNY! Make it a great one!

where is everyone

tip when dealing with the police

NEVER CONSENT TO A SEARCH! even if they just say.."can I take a look around?" Say No, I do not consent to a search.

they might still do it anyways..but if it ever goes to court their evidence might not be admissible because they obtained it illegally..

just thought i would share because i see too many dumb cases...

EXCUSE ME...

Yooo!!! wassup everyone... We all had a busy weekend but im lookin forward to another exciting event! I wanted to know where I can find the pics that were takin at Sat/Seema's Wedding. I wanna see the ones that Martin took so somebody LINK ME! PHUULEASEEEE!!!! :D

Congrats!!

Congratulations to Sat and Seema!!

Last Chanceee

Hello. As some of you might know i have been working as an investment banker for Christian Stanley for the last couple of years. Incase you don't know, Christian Stanley is an Investment Bank predicated on Life settlements, or what we like to call Reverse-Life Insurance policies. We offer great financial products such as full on life insurance policies (yielding over 12%) and/or 8%apr on your money (national average 1.2%). Our company has been around for about 6 years now, and i have been with them for 2. The reason i bring this up today is because after a long awaited period, we are finally going PUBLIC this year. I recently had a meeting with the CEO and he showed me our S1 form (the form you file with the SEC to go public) which will be submitted the end of this month confirmed by our lawyers.

I wanted to give everyone in the family one last opportunity a chance to invest in shares before we go public. This in no way is for me. Although i will get some commission if someone does decided to invest, you will be making alot more money. Basically the shares RIGHT NOW are offered at 80cents each. The S1 confirmed price per share that we will be opening at is $15 (over 15 times your investment). For some this is too good to be true, and for the last couple of years it has been for me also. But the time has come. As your friend, cousin, brother, or maybe even financial advisor, this is something you guys should definintley consider. It can change your life. The best deal we can offer is for $20,000 you will recieve 25,000 shares. This means when we go public, your $20,000 will at least turn into $375,000. Seems crazy, but its not. For worst case scenrio i suggest that the family comes together and make a pool of money, if no one has that type of capital to invest on their own. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity and in no way am i exaggerating. Also, there is no pressure from me, i just want you guys to know that this opportunity exists/existed. As a company we have enough funds to continue ($180,000,000 coming from the ipo) and i am just bringing this up for you guys. Even if you don't decide to invest, no worries what so ever. I will definintley hook you guys up after the IPO, but nothing close to this magnitude. Please let me know asap, thank you.

Best of Luck

Ugly