Lessons From my Chinese Friend

This is one of the smartest people you can come across, and very humble at the same time. He smiles all the time, no matter what. In his broken English, he can be an extremely erudite speaker. “If I write one line about my life, I say: When you think that your life is going [...]

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Bhangra Magic

Regardless of nationalities, languages, cultures, there is something universal about the energy that Bhangra brings in!

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PSI Asian Lunch

Vihn, Yiming, Lokman and Changhong got together to invite us for a delicious treat of Vietnamese, Chinese, and Hong-Kong food. Never knew that Coca Cola Chicken was a local delicacy in HK. The veggie spring-rolls were awesome.

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The Unforgettable Tahoe Experience!

———————————————— This post is dedicated to my dear friend Dr. Sangat Sumit Singh Sohal, who unselfishly and bravely helped save my life. May God help him cruise through his MLEs very soon! ———————————————— Like a pencil searching madly for a paper, I have felt this unstoppable urge to write over the past couple of days. [...]

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The Trip, Ideally Planned (Part 1)

Psycho: “… abe tu iss weekend Chicago aa ja. Wisconsin chalte hain.” (come to Chicago this weekend, and let’s go to Wisconsin) Me: “… wahan kya hai?” (What is there?) Psycho: kuch nahi, bas ghoomenge aur doston se milenge (we’ll go around, catch up with (undergrad) friends) Me: You go ahead. I want us to [...]

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Splash!

This post is part of a travelogue I tried to write but never finished. Life has its own twists; it throws a surprise and you feel a brilliant splash from the past come back at you! Before I say more, let me share this with you all:written as in January, 2006: Just before dawn, the [...]

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