Scale of Power!

While I was in India, I spent a day with the in-laws doing a mini yatra of gurdwaras in their locality. When I got back home to Jalandhar to my 'out'-laws (!), I had this interesting little conversation with my mamaji, which, in short, went something like this:

Mamaji: Prreeeti, where is this 'saropa' and 'parshaad' from?

Preet: I went to 'Flahi Sahib' Gurdwara and did an 'ardaas' there, they gave it to me there

Mamaji: You should have done your ardaas when you went to 'Alamghir' Gurdwara

Preet: Why? Surely the ardaas is the same regardless of the gurdwara you do it in, the Maharaj da saroop is the same everywhere, right?

Mamaji: Well, there is more power in that Gurdwara!

I, in my infinite stupidity, fail to understand this concept!

Anyone care to set me straight?

A smile and a twinkle

A smile and a twinkle
Originally uploaded by Preet_D.

IM BACK!
This is Yoda...aka naniji
Had a fantastic time with her, miss them all so much :o(

Guess who's back?! :o)

Will try to post a few of the hundreds of pics (very crappy pics, I so need to take a photography course) when I get round to it...

World's most adorable bridesmaid ever!

World's most adorable bridesmaid ever!
Originally uploaded by Preet_D.

Gurcharan posing with the flower arrangements I made for the Gurdwara for Vaisakhi - aint he the cutest thing?!

Shame bout the colours in the pic - does no justice to the beauty of the flowers (and Gurch!) - i took it in the evenin, i wish i could make the dullness go away

I have soo much work to do today...

...and so I will blog!

HAHA!

My sidekick Jat left this on my dressing table! hehe I've never laughed so hard!!!

Just as well Gurcharan has life insurance, eh?! ;o)

Greatest CD collection!

Greatest collection!
Originally uploaded by Preet_D.

BIG BIG Thanks to Harpreet Singh who bought this present for me (er, I mean for Himmat!)! The greatest bestest collection of Nusrat CDs.

Dad was a MASSIVE fan and even met him a couple of times - he was as excited as a little teenager meeting Jacko! ;o)

I did something all on my own!

I put a counter on my blog without any help whatsoever!

Now that im such an expert wiz kid, i'll be installing a mind control devise for any who visit my blog.

"You will all be under my sole control...MUUAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!"

"You will start by robbing all LUSH stores for me! MUUUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!"

"I WILL BE SQUEEKY CLEAN FOREVEEEEEEEEER!"

Sitar Master

Here's another one for all you Himmat fans!
This was also taken by Sukhmani Kaur Penji at the S-hall nagar kirtan on Sunday.

For you sharp eagle eyed people you will notice the red board behind Himmat! Haha!

Ustaad Himmat Singh Ji!

himmat
Originally uploaded by s.kaur.

When the moon is full...

Ah, nice!
Originally uploaded by Preet_D.

HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY BURDAY!!! :o)

Heaven on a plate!

Hope you have an absolutly CHOCOLICIOUS day!!
Big hugs and kisses and lots of chocolatey sweet love!
xxx

I know its tomorrow - but I can't really blog on weekends. x

HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY BURDAY!!! :o)

Heaven on a plate!
Originally uploaded by Preet_D.

Heaven on a plate!

Hope you have an absolutly fantastic day!
Big hugs and kisses!
x

New boy in the office

Hmmnnn...not sure where I've seen him before, sure does look familiar!
He's our new Project Manager, must say looks very much like our old one!

Red Nose Day

So, what do they make me do - SPONSORED SILENCE!

I mean, they were all falling over each other to sponsor me to SHUT UP for 24 hours!!!
And boy did I manage to raise a nice stash of cash!

Actually, I quite enjoyed it! :o)

Triple H strikes again!

This one's for Rumta!

Triple H is back due to great public demand.

This kid's far too popular for his own good - people actually request me to upload posts on HIM on MY blog!!! shheeeeesh!

Meet Cesc

Isnt he adorable?! No, he's not my dog :o(
Meet Cesc
Originally uploaded by Preet_D.

Weekend madness

This is a post I was typing up a week ago - but the PC crashed and I haven't had the time to post since. Oh well, might as well post this anyway - its only a week old.

As my right arm finally regains consciousness, I am finally able to muster a word or two about the cause of my appendage related misery.
What started off as an unusually placid weekend turned into a barmy up-to-no-good weekend! (Why is it that the claim “oh I have nothing planned for the weekend” on Fridays turns into “you wont believe what I did over the weekend” on Mondays).
Anyway, on with the saga.

Act 1 scene 1:
So, off we went to watch Handsome Handsome Holy Himmat (otherwise known as Quadruple H) play against Redbridge & Ilford (by the way, check out the http://www.plashethc.co.uk/home.htm website).

Plashet totally thrashed the opposing team, a sweet 7 – 0, no doubt thanks to my superb cheerleading and banner brandish. Although, strangely enough Himmat seemed to avoid me throughout that evening. I mean – I did an excellent job of shouting some really well rehearsed slogans! Hmph!

After the game a certain tingling in the cerebral pits threateningly conjured up the idea of reliving my past (I WAS vice-captain of my school hockey team I’ll have you know!) and shoot some rounds on the pitch. This, as I realised later, should have been filed under “no, HELL NO!”. 5 minutes later, my rusty ol body realised my hockey playing days were over – the fat lady’s done her riyaaz, said her fateh and is on a plane to the Bahamas to retire.

Act 1 Scene 2:
After all the cheerleading and that intense 5min of hockey, I thought id oil my vocal cords with a nice round of samosas, spring rolls and darling selection of tarts. I deserved it!

The game was sooo one sided, the Plashet goal keeper was actually seen snoozing on the pitch! These pics were taken during the game, the poor guy was so bored he decided to catch up on his beauty sleep!

Act 2 Scene 1:
Yup! You guessed it – when I awoke the next morning someone had replaced by right arm with a timber log. And No – this time, it wasn’t an excuse to get out of doing the house work. That 5minutes of hockey took its toll!

Act 2 Scene 2:
Some bright pipsqueak thought it would be a good idea to play a game of golf! Aha not one game – but two!

I let mom play my rounds, and she found her mark every with single shot! She was getting me more points than I managed to score for myself! Hmmn, obviously all those years of watchin Dad play golf did have an effect on her.

The man of the match - this dooode scored 20 TWICE!!! and won a free game! That grin says it all!

Act 2 Scene 3
Lunch at Chennai – the poor South Indian waiters were aghast - never in their waiter-ing lives had they seen a bunch of Punjabis devour so much food in one sitting!

Here Gurcharan is trying to mimic Himmat's green eyes!

Act 3 Final Scene
Now this takes the clinch – Indi left his Nintendo Wii at ours and we played non stop for over 5hours! By this time the right arm had transfigured from log to lead without so much as a transfiguration charm by Mrs McGonagall!

Aw, true love!

THE END

2 lovers and a perv

2 lovers and a perv
Originally uploaded by Preet_D.

These two cant keep their hands off each other! awww...true love! ;o)

I don't even want to know what the one standing behind them is thinkin(or doing, Jat and Himmi have some rather happy smiles!!!!) !!!

Musical Sensation

Musical Sensation
Originally uploaded by Preet_D.

Baljit Singh, Gurmeet Singh, Sarab Singh and Jatinder Singh.
Beautiful!

Test

Why is this not working???!!!

mmm!

DSC00178
Originally uploaded by Preet_D.

Delicious!

Giant snowman

Giant snowman, originally uploaded by Preet_D.

We took about 2 hours to create this giant - took some rebel kids 2 mins to demolish him! :o(

I will squish him like a grape!

I will squish him like a grape!, originally uploaded by Preet_D.

actually took the day off from work to play in the snow! And made Gurcharan take the day off too! However, Jat needed absolutely no convincing! :o)

Inspirational post by Jatlee - check it out:
http://jatlee.blogspot.com/2007/02/inspirational-sikhs-of-guru.html

Jump!

This has gota be the most hilarious live theatre performance I've EVER seen!!

GENIOUS!!!

Jungle Book

This totally reminds me of Dad - we used to swing to the sound track all the time! You might call it our all time personal fav album.

He had an old school vinyl record and he would play it on the record player. He would dance like Baloo and make me laugh so much!

Ahhhh.....I have some good memories! ;o)

Classical Raag Kirtan

Times are now 7:30 to 8:30pm

Location: Karamsar Gurdwara

400 High Road

Ilford, Essex

Happy New Year!

Nice bindi, eh?! :o)

Perfume - the story of a murderer

Good book.
Reading is far more exciting than watching the film.

How can onemake a film about smell??! Smellovision?!

Baljit Singh and Gurmeet Singh

These two masters were Dad's absolute favourite ragis!

They will be doing kirtan in Karamsar Gurdwara from Thursday 21st - Sunday 24th Dec. Then from Monday 1st to Sunday 7th Jan.

If dad were here, he'd go crazy and probably follow them round the country! hehe!

I remember when they came to Kenya, dad would get up early in the morning and load up all his equipment to record their Asa-di-war.
He recorded all their kirtan while they were in Kenya - I still listen to his tapes (yes tapes, no CD's back then!) nearly every morning.
Brings back some nice warm memories.
Dad has a massive collection of his recordings, must get Himmat to put them onto something more permanent.

Dad has always had a keen interest in raag kirtan. I wonder if I ask Gurmeet Singh Ji nicely if he'll do a shabad dedicated to my daddy?? hmmnn...

Christmas Party

The pic was taken at work before I got ready to go out for the Christmas party on friday. Everything was in a pile and thought it'd make a good photo (well, a good photographer would've made this look more appealing though!!!)

Im like those little school girls who leave the house with their hair in a neat bun, nice long sleeved cardigan with ankle length skirt and not a lick of paint on their innocent lil faces...but as soon as they get near the school the hair turns into something out of Mad Max, somehow the cardi turns into a skimpy dress and out comes the paint paraphernalia! hehe! :D

ah, the annual team bonding Christmas party, which is a great way to be paid to watch your diligent work mates get drunk and disorderly! And boy did they get disorderly! ;o)

Some interesting pics ive come across

"It is our choices, Harry, that show who we truly are, far more than our abilities"

Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets

Geisha!

Valentines Park

Some good shots by Gurcharan

Gurcharan & I like to go for long walks when the weather is nice. Jatinder's lil friends always come to say hellooo! :o)

Don't be fooled by the sun, this is London you know - brrrrr!