Family History by Granddad

Shilpy, my respectful daughter-in-law quiet often behaves like my own daughter. She has the courage to exchange jovial notes. She is the main reason of excellent harmony in the family. Here is one below, as she sends me and amuses me. I also get a chance to write about her in my blog.

                             

Back to School 2013

Gobind and Jania walking back from Live Oak Elementary School.

Field Trip to Mt Diablo and subsequent Fire on east side.

The Majestic Summit of Mt Diablo

Double pivoted Mt Diablo as Freeway 680 cuts through lower ranges of surrounding  rolling hills.

Taco food satisfaction

Shiv decided to give a treat of Summer Vacations to G&J. As we set aside to embark for the Summit Journey, it was decided to have lunch as the kids may not get any thing of their choice to eat there. So we went to Taco Bell and kids enjoyed their favorite food to their fill.

The Visiter's observatory under development and closed to Public

It was really wonderful and only half hour drive from home. The summit is double pivoted  and It is an isolated upthrust peak of 3,864 feet (1,178 m), majestically 

visible from most of the San Francisco Bay Area and much of northern California.

Another Panoramic view from the Summit.

From the Golden Gate to the Farallon Islands, from the High Sierra to the Central Valley—this is the sweeping panorama you can savor from atop Mount Diablo. 

Pacific in the background.

Geographers claim that hikers can see more of the earth’s surface from the top of Mount Diablo than from any other peak in the world with only one exception: Africa’s legendary 19,340-foot Mt. Kilimanjaro. 

Shiv having a look at the vast Panorama of North and East San Francisco.

The far-reaching panorama from Mount Diablo is all the more impressive considering the mountain’s relatively short (elevation 3,849 feet) height.

Two reasons for the grand views: (1) the mountain rises solo very abruptly from its surroundings, and (2) the land surrounding the mountain—the San Franciso Bay and Central Valley—is nearly flat. 

Jania's head was turning circles.

Feeling drowsy due to sudden height 

Today the park consists of some 19,000 acres of oak woodland, grassland and chaparral. Stands of knobcone and Coulter pine, as well as scattered digger pine, are found all over the mountain. 

Concord on left, Vallejo bridge and WW discarded ships stranded in the Pacific, seen on the right. Martinez, Pittsburgh,  and  Antioch.

Jania was scared of Helicopter flies had to be carried in Shiv's lap

Mount Diablo boasts some fine trails but the state park is primarily oriented to the automobile. Something of the majesty of conquering Diablo is lost for hikers when they’re joined at the top by dozens of visitors stepping from their cars. 

Father and Som duo at the Summit

The roads, retaining walls, bridges and observatory was developed in the Great Recession period to provide work to the Jobless on this 90, 000.00 sq miles area.

A view of Mt. Diablo in the background of 205 Sherwood Ct from our neighbors balcony

Sep 9, 2013

A vegetation fire broke out since yesterday evening and has engulfed 1500 Acres on east side as shown below:

Due to bad air quality we had a notice from the Principal of the Live Oak Elimentry School reproduced below:

Parents of LO students,

 We wanted to update you that we will have our afternoon PE classes and recesses indoors today. There is some soot coming down and we are taking precautionary measures in light of the fire on Mt. Diablo. We appreciate all the calls and have been working with our district office today to monitor the situation. Your student's health is of the utmost importance to us.

Have a wonderful afternoon,

Sincerely,

 Nadine Rosenzweig

Principal

About 3700 acres of land was raged in fire and was only 20 % contained. 

Dennis Rein, an information officer for the Moraga-Orinda Fire District, said 250 firefighters had been on the line overnight and were being replaced Monday morning with 700 new firefighters. Crews are gathering at Camp Parks in Dublin and are arriving from all over the region and California, he said.

Camp Parks is just in our back yard about two-three miles down.

Sept 10, 2013, 6.30 AM

As per ABC news bulletin at 6.40 am in the morning,  3400 Acres were effected and the Fire Department was able to contain 45% of the fire by working 24 hours.

 Not Hot today, it is forecasted to drizzle tonight. I think God will help now.

        TV Shot of today 9/10

Sept 11, 2013

The fire is 70 % contained today morning.

TV Shot today morning 9/11

Sep 17, 2013

Mt Diablo State Park has reopened today after more than 3000 Acres were burnt totaling a loss of $ 4.5 Millions.

Fire Fatigue

San Ramon Olympic Pool & Aquatic Park

Jania's best friend Maniya and her parents Jalmeen & Navneet and her grand parents Pammy Arora and Avtar Singh Arora had invited us to have pool party at  San Ramon Olympic Pool & Aquatic Park.

Arora family was kind enough to have all our family to join the birthday felicitations.

Kapoor family

Enjoying the cake!

Gobind is fed by Shilpy

Grandmas enjoying the treat

I think the cake is yummy.

Grandpa Avtar Arora Veer Ji.

Preparing to cut cake.

The elaborate yummy cake, Maniya Happy Birthday to you

Kids playing with the pet bird, the attraction of the Partha

Gobind and Jania having fun with swimming.

G&J enjoying the swim in perfect weather.

The boys having fun in the Park.

Enclosure for small kids, full of fun.

The popular Olympic Pool.

First look Of The New Gurdwara Sahib, Glasgow.

 First Look of New Glasgow Gurdwara -

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0TCdzGJwHE

Jania Ties Rakhi on Gobind 2013

Jania ties 'Raakhi' on Gobind. 

Family Concert in Sherwood summer 2013

Weekly Friday Concert at Sherwood Ct

Tiger Car is on sale, any bidders!

Barrett-Jackson will feature this stunning 1925 Rolls Royce Phantom I in its Las Vegas auction which will take place at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino September 26th through the 28th.

The Maharaja of Kota, Umed Singh II, contracted with Barker and Co. Ltd of London – Rolls Royce preferred coach builder of that era – to outfit the New Phantom chassis with Torpedo Phaeton coachwork as a hunting vehicle on his private estate. This car featured many specialized options including searchlights for spotting game, two lockable vertical racks for hunting rifles, a Chubb safe and a Lantaka elephant cannon mounted to the rear bumper.

Dubbed the “Tiger Car,” it was used to transport the Maharaja and his guests to the estate’s tiger hunting grounds. It came equipped with the New Phantom’s standard OHV eight-liter straight six-cylinder engine, a low ratio four-speed transmission and extra tall tires that allowed it to pass through the jungle terrain in Rajasthan.

The Maharaja Rolls Royce has received multiple first-place Concours awards, including the Rolls Royce of Canada Award at the 1991 Rolls Royce National Meet. In 1992 it received a second in class award at Pebble Beach. More than a show car, the Maharaja Rolls has also been toured in numerous events.

For more information about the car and the auction visit the Barrett-Jackson website at barrett-jackson.com/lasvegas

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Shiv joins Spectrum Pharmaceuticals

Shiv after a long stint in the Wall Street for about 10 years both as a Sell Side and Buy Side Biotech Analyst, joined the Industry as a Strategy and Investor Relations head for Spectrum Pharma in Nov 2011.

During his tenure in the Wall Street, he made strong inroads into the Equity Research field and was #3 Best Analyst in Estimated Earnings in the Forbes List in 2007. 

Shiv undergraduated in Molecular Cellular Biology from Univercity of California at Berkeley in 1996. He did his Masters in Business Administration in Strategy, Enterprenureship, and Finance  2000-2002 from University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Shiv Kapoor along with Senior Executives on the opening Bell Ceremony of Nasdaq on Nov 29, 2011



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Chuck E. cheese'S, Kamaal Ki Cheeze.

Gobind is overgrown for Chuck E. cheese'S and is away in Shilpy's office which is close for his annual medical appointment in Stanford hospital. He confirmed over his newly acquired phone that he was not interested in CEC. Jania insisted to have fun time here as she was  feeling bored in the absence of Gobind.

Picture with Chuck E.

Jania caged near the roof top.

Jania sharing with anew friend

Harvinder and me went for delicious, yummy and oven-hot fresh Cheese Pizza with Salad and shared the same with Jania who had, in addition, plenty of Cucumber, carrot and strawberry. Jania shall not leave unless she was able to grab a Popsical from the self vending machine. She inserted a dollar bill, selected her choice and pushed the same number on the key board and out came the selected Popsical which Jania pulled it after pushing the lid away. She promised not to eat it in the car but only after reaching home, merely a ten minutes drive back.

The whole show was over in less than two hours with an award words from Jania saying, 'Thanks a lot Grandpa and Grandma!'. 

Being Summer vacations, we found a few more grandparents accompanying their kids and enjoying with them but still to be awarded.