Happy Mother’s Day !
I wonder how each one of us celebrate Mother’s day.Are there any surprises in store for Moms?
Share how did you spend the day with your kids, any special way you wish your mothers in India ?
Facebook is going IPO in next few days. We had started a similar post during LNKD IPO which proved very popular (31 responses). So its but natural that we start a post to capture the mother of all IPOs.
As compared to LNKD offering, this time folks who have a Etrade account can attempt to get some of the stock at the IPO price (23$-35$ expected range).
Are you getting IN on the FB bandwagon? I want to and have already put in an order thru Etrade to participate in the IPO offering. Now its wait and watch and pray. 
Since some of you may not be on KV yahoogroup or may not be accessing those emails often, I am pasting the email here that I just sent out…
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Hi All
Based on a bad experience that I had couple of years ago when I transferred money to India, I realized that there is an opportunity to create something that will provide value to people who send money overseas. To begin with, A) Make it easy to compare the different money transfer services and B) Bring a little bit of “transparency” regarding the exchange rates that these companies actually give to their customers compared to what they publish on their website (my bad experience!)
So after working on it for a few months, I am happy to announce the beta version of www.currencyremit.com. BTW…..Dollar has appreciated over rupee quite well over the last 4 weeks and its over 53!, take a look at the graph on the website once you do a comparison. You can signup to get alerts on the exchange rate.
I am hoping that you will find it useful if you send money to India. If you like it then please forward the link to your other friends who might find it useful. I am trying to get the word out so any help in that regards will be very much appreciated. There is also a facebook-like button at the top if you like to share it that way And if you want a ready-made email text that you can copy-paste and send out to your friends, then here you go……
“One of my friend has launched a website to make it easy to compare money transfer services like Remit2India, ICICI etc. It is www.currencyremit.com. I am forwarding this information because I thought you or your friends may find it useful. Thanks!”
Also any feedback from you will be very useful. You can either email or call me or give me feedback through the feedback button on the website. I will be adding more “features” to the website in the near future so stay tuned!
Regards
Manish
If you are bored of eating those desi pizzas and looking for a change then this would be the place to go.
Pizzas are not as oily as Ciceros and have non standard flavors as well. A good place for a group hangout.
Bread is served initially and kids were given nice coloring pages. The westgate mall site has outdoor seating with heaters and plenty of t.v screen inside for those games. Other locations at Los Gatos and Willow glen.
Liked their pizza’s and other items that they serve. Decent options for vegetarian.
The spicy thai (with tofu for vegetarians) was yummilicious. Mediterranean was good too.
We’ve been there couple of times now and have enjoyed the other standard flavors as well.
http://www.willowstreet.com/#
Hello Campers,
Campsites are booked. Kutchvalley-event mailing list will be set with confirmed & expected campers. Most important part of any event is food, which can be difficult at times to decide then campsite location 
Let’s open up discussion for this years camping menu.
For two night camping we have 3 meals & 2 breakfast to take care. Some of the things to consider will be less time spent in food preparation & more time in fun activities.
Sat Lunch – Arrange your own.
Sat Dinner – Open for discussion
Sun Breakfast – Bagels/Crossiants
Sun Lunch – Open for discussion
Sun Dinner – Open for discussion
Mon Breakfast – Bagels/Crossiants
Please start rolling your suggestions/preferences/ideas here.
Thanks to Bhavini for forwarding this Groupon Coupon
http://www.groupon.com/deals/amf-bowling-san-francisco?c=all&p=19
- For $15, you get two hours of bowling and shoe rental for two people (a $42.06 average national value based on two people bowling four games each in two hours).
- For $25, you get two hours of bowling and shoe rental for four people (a $67.32 average national value based on four people bowling three games each in two hours).
We can individually buy the coupon and target May 19 or a weekend in June(June 16) for another Group event.
Please post your date preference if you are interested or have bought the coupon.
Also if you are interested in pairing with another family to buy the $25 coupon please post your interest on the site.
Last event was fun with about 6-7 KV families participating. Enthusiastic Bowlers ranged from juniors (Nivriti) to wadil’s (Nitul’s parents).
Please post your date preference if you are interested.
Come tomorrow and we lose another family choosing to return to the motherland.
Yes Sejal & Mithil return back to India tomorrow.
We have spent lot of good times with this wonderful family and while those times may not come back soon, we have the memories of these good times to cherish.
Sejal – the rough and tough girl – an excellent and creative cook, enthusiastic, loving, helpful and always smiling – we all are going to miss you both a lot.
We wish you all the Best for your future endeavors and hope that our paths cross again !
Pu La Deshpande Park
Recently we went to the Pu La Deshpande Park in Pune on Sinhagad Road. Its also known as Pune Okayama Friendship Garden or the Japanese Garden. Its a really beautiful park. They have maintained it very well. And they have a water stream which runs around the park. Its a man-made stream as such with the water coming from the water purification plant which is next to the park. And probably the water gets recycled. But because of the stream flowing amid the green grass the outcome is very scenic. Folks are not allowed to go in water or on the grass. There are several women security guards who blow the whistle if anyone is found going on the grass or in the water.
Fortunately they have made a wading area where entering the water is allowed.
Wading Area
They also have orange fishes in the small pond just like the ones in Kelly Park , San Jose.
There are no playstructures for the kids though. Its mostly a good walking trail park for adults. But kids will have fun wading in the water and looking at the fish.
Orange Fishes
There are various small and medium waterfalls too.
Scenic Waterfall behind Kairavi and Suravi
There are couple of gazebo like structures where we found students reading, etc.
The entry is a nominal 5 Rs / adult only. And there is plenty of parking.
Overall a very beautiful park with green grass, bridges, streams, flowers, gazebos, etc which is worth visiting if you come down to Pune.
Bridge with small waterfall behind
View my complete Pu La DeshPande Park Album here
Lately me and kids have been having a mix of cereals as general snacks. We have 6 to 7 different kinds of cereal boxes at home. Each one of us chooses the cereals that we want. There is a wide variety to choose from (Mango, Strawberry, Banana, Fruit and Nuts Mueslix, Normal Cheerios, Plain Kix, Colored Kix, Cookie Crisps, Cinnamon Crunch, etc). Then we mix and match cereals in a bowl. And have them as afternoon snacks. Nice and Tasty. Somewhat like “Chivda”. And the kids love to choose what goes into their bowls.
Cold Stone Ice Cream Concept applied to Cereals.
