August 21, 2010 by Soma.

Utsav/IndiaDay 2010
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Moore Auditorium, Tallahassee, FL 32306

Indian Students Association of Tallahassee (INSAT) and India Association of Tallahassee (IATLH) celebrated the 64^th Indian Independence Day, India Day, and Utsav (in Sanskrit meaning Festival) - a cultural program this afternoon. The day started out bit cloudy and muggy and so we feared for typical summer rain, but we were spared. A food, jewelry, and handicrafts fair was also held between 12:00 Noon and 6 PM in conjunction with the Celebrations.

About 450-500 people (students, children, youngsters, and Tallahassee public) came to enjoy the free program. The proceedings began with Independence celebration with flag unfurling and singing of National anthems of India and the USA. There were 20 individual items split into two segments. The earlier segment consisted of performances by young artists. This included two performances by VS and one by me.

The first one of VS’ performances was “The Great Children of India”, where VS represented Bhaghat Singh. In the second item VS and I did a stand-up comedy called, Tanjore to Tallahassee, where we parodied the clash between Indian-born adults visiting and American-born youngsters.

The event was a big success.

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August 15, 2010 by Soma.

Exercised the primary duty

Sunday, August 15, 2010

Leon County Courthouse

Talalhassee, FL

Today in the morning we went and exercised our primary duty. We felt good about it.

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August 14, 2010 by Soma.

Belt Testing Today

Saturday, Aug 14, 2010

TallyTKD.com

Today there was a belt testing schedule. All levels of Tae Kwon Do belts were scheduled for testing today and yesterday. Our belt testing was today. At the appointed time we arrived 10 minutes early. There were two sets of belt testers: one for the younger ones and one for the adults.

After explaining what will happen the testing began for both the groups. One student at a time or at times a pair of students were tested. The testing involved showing to the instructor the basic form and some escape maneuvers.

After about 45 minutes all testing were done and belt awarding ceremony will be conducted separately on a pot-luck dinner at another location. The testing went well.

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July 24, 2010 by Soma.

New Furniture and Furniture InspectionSaturday, July 24, 2010Tallahassee, FloridaToday early in the morning folks from a local furniture company came to inspect a problem in one of the piece we had bought sometime ago. The piece was still under warranty. The gentleman came and made many measurements to see whether the problem we have encountered is within their requirements. After making measurements and documenting them, he said we qualify for replacement.Then within about half hour two other gentlemen from the local furniture company came and delivered our new furniture order. So within a span of one hour we got our old furniture inspected and new furniture delivered. The only thing that was left was donate our old furniture to charity. We will do so soon.

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July 8, 2010 by Soma.

Eastside Branch Library Groundbreaking

Thursday, July 08, 2010

9-10 AM Pedrick Road, Tallahassee

Today morning the Groundbreaking ceremony for Eastside Branch Library of the Leon County Public Library System was held at the location of the new library. Several local, county, city officials, library staff, and general public attended the event.

Some of the photos taken by G. Somasundaram during the ceremony are posted here and at the Leon County Library’s website as well.

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June 26, 2010 by Soma.

ESI Trip to DC

Wed-Sat, Jun 23-27, 2010

The ESI people went on a trip to Washington DC and came back on Saturday. They said they have had a good trip learning about environmental issues in Maryland and DC.

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June 25, 2010 by Soma.

Lightning strikes a tree

Our neighborhood

Friday, June 25, 2010; 5-5:30 PM

There was a severe thunderstorm that accompanied strong and continuous lightning. Some of the lightning strikes felt as though they were very nearby. I came out running to see whether someone was hurt during one of the strong lightnings.Saturday, June 25, 2010 morning:In the morning when we found our friends phone, cable and electrical outlets were not working we ran into a neighbor whose palm tree took the direct strike from one of the lightnings. Portions of the tree was burnt. The force through debris all over the top of the roof. Fortunately, no one was home. That neighbor also lost phone, cable, and other services.

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June 19, 2010 by Soma.

Swim at PoolWalker Ford CenterWe went to Walker Ford Pool at Pasco Street and swam for an hour. It is a nice pool with wide open lanes for swimming. The temperature and Sunlight was perfect for swimming.

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June 6, 2010 by Soma.

ESI Summer Camp 2010 OrientationSunday, June 06, 2010, 2:00 - 4:00 PMFAMUWe attended the orientation for the 2010 ESI Summer Camp at FAMU Science Building.

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May 31, 2010 by Soma.

Attend Memorial Day Ceremony

Oakland Cemetry

Tallahassee, FL

I went to the Oakland Cemetry  to attend today’s Veterans Memorial Day service. There were about 200 people gathered. Several veterans spoke about the sacrifices of the veterans whom we should remember today. The ceremony ended with playing of the taps.

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