Tax season is upon us and the due date for filing is quickly knocking on the doorsteps. Thankfully, got ours done this week and got a good tax consultant to help us out with it. Every year I think, we can get this done on our own and then reality strikes when I know someone can bail me out better. Same story this year as well.
Past years' consultants never recommended opening an IRA or a 401(k) account, but this year, our consultant insisted we open one for atoning for past years' lost money :)
More than ever, I am relieved that we finally got our house that both of us liked, its close to work and that rent is affordable. The 'hunt' was very frustrating and ironically we ended up in a locality where we had already checked out quite a few apartments.
A dangerous situation occurred last night. For all the right reasons, the temperature in Chicago was 80 degrees, the house started heating up and we ended up sweating all evening. So after dinner we start watching a movie and turned the fan full swing. A little past 11:30 pm, we hear a noise as if someone is throwing stones on the glass windows. Turning up the light, we figure out that the fan above is missing one of the blades and that the blade was broken and luckily flew on the opposite end of the room where no one was. It was just too scary to imagine what would have happened if it sliced through any one of us.
IPL-3 is really becoming monotonous like IPL-1 and IPL-2, except that Mumbai Indians team is doing amazingly well. It is really no surprise that IPL stars are being paid amounts second only to the NBA stars. IPL becoming a $1 Billion enterprise is not small feat but it is really pathetic to see bowlers being carted around the ground. While it is always good to see a 6 being hit with a good cricket stroke, hammering the ball from the start with no solid technique and that too to good international quality bowlers is really sickening. Kochi and Pune join the party next year onwards and that means increased revenue for the BCCI.
Amitabh Bachchan gets hammered by the Congress for being a brand ambassador to Gujarat. Why is Congress raising the issue now, only because Narendra Modi is being investigated and questioned for his role in the 2002 riots? But then again, AB is ubiquitous and sooner or later controversies will always follow him. Got to wear a layer of teflon to be unaffected by all this.
All I can think of is negative things that I have seen in the news in the recent weeks. Help me with something good if you can. Can't seem to remember anything. But then again controversy is what sells the newspapers, doesn't it?
No other notable events since I wrote something last time around and I am sure by now you know how boring my life really is. But still, writing about daily news that all of you really can get from other sites is not something I wish to shove down your throat. And as always, till next time, file your taxes and enjoy the spring.
Past years' consultants never recommended opening an IRA or a 401(k) account, but this year, our consultant insisted we open one for atoning for past years' lost money :)
More than ever, I am relieved that we finally got our house that both of us liked, its close to work and that rent is affordable. The 'hunt' was very frustrating and ironically we ended up in a locality where we had already checked out quite a few apartments.
A dangerous situation occurred last night. For all the right reasons, the temperature in Chicago was 80 degrees, the house started heating up and we ended up sweating all evening. So after dinner we start watching a movie and turned the fan full swing. A little past 11:30 pm, we hear a noise as if someone is throwing stones on the glass windows. Turning up the light, we figure out that the fan above is missing one of the blades and that the blade was broken and luckily flew on the opposite end of the room where no one was. It was just too scary to imagine what would have happened if it sliced through any one of us.
IPL-3 is really becoming monotonous like IPL-1 and IPL-2, except that Mumbai Indians team is doing amazingly well. It is really no surprise that IPL stars are being paid amounts second only to the NBA stars. IPL becoming a $1 Billion enterprise is not small feat but it is really pathetic to see bowlers being carted around the ground. While it is always good to see a 6 being hit with a good cricket stroke, hammering the ball from the start with no solid technique and that too to good international quality bowlers is really sickening. Kochi and Pune join the party next year onwards and that means increased revenue for the BCCI.
Amitabh Bachchan gets hammered by the Congress for being a brand ambassador to Gujarat. Why is Congress raising the issue now, only because Narendra Modi is being investigated and questioned for his role in the 2002 riots? But then again, AB is ubiquitous and sooner or later controversies will always follow him. Got to wear a layer of teflon to be unaffected by all this.
All I can think of is negative things that I have seen in the news in the recent weeks. Help me with something good if you can. Can't seem to remember anything. But then again controversy is what sells the newspapers, doesn't it?
No other notable events since I wrote something last time around and I am sure by now you know how boring my life really is. But still, writing about daily news that all of you really can get from other sites is not something I wish to shove down your throat. And as always, till next time, file your taxes and enjoy the spring.
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Keep writting, i have become a big fan of your blog, recently spent hours in reading one after the other...convey my regards
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My story needs revival like yours...
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Good to hear from you. I heard about your visa story from Prakash Ganti.
Hope you, Bipasha and Aditi are all doing well. Good luck to you.
Things will be alright. Thanks for reading my posts.