After Fighting the strong GERMAN GIRL
When I oppress you my primal roots are unleashed. When I see your brown skin, my British roots overtakes me to oppress the brown skinned guy!!!
Gori- I have documentation to oppress you.
Desi- I also have have documentation, but another brown skinned guy (OJ) messed it up with his white skinned partner.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Nice Ways to Learn Hindi
A very nice way to remember Hindi besides the normal is Hindi Songs. Thing which is very good about Hindi songs are
A classical thing on these are the 70s songs. One song taht we tried this.
But makign it more interesting this was the core concept said in the song. and if I put as a puzzle or पहेली.
And if you are Indina guess which famous 1970's Hindi song are we talkign about and if not Indian which relationship we are talking about. Note as the song in first person I am putting in first person
[Understood or not said - In this relationship] "I can forget the other person's name" नाम भूल जायेगा
[Understood or not said - In this relationship] "Your face can also alter/change" चेहरा भी बदल जायेगा
[Understood or not said - In this relationship] "Your voice still will remain unchanged" तेरी आवाज़ एक पहचान है
[Understood or not said - In this relationship] "Your voice bekons me towards you" फरियाद है
So what relationship are we talking about...
Not an ex - you will never forget her/his name
Not a old school teacher - you will not forget his face his face might not have changed
Answer - old middle school or high school friend.
Song "NAAM GUM JAAYEGA" नाम गम जाएगा
Movie - Kinara
Lyrics - Gulzar
See IMDB Post about the movie
- First of all they speak the words slower than spoken Hindi
- Mostly words are not that complicated and can be out of context i.e. poetic liberty and usually only the subject and predicate are used and not the verbs and conjugates. Especailly makes life easier for non Hindi speaker as it avoids going early into post-juntions and verbs that needs modifiers which HIndi is famous.
- And because of melody can be easily heard time and time again.
- But the best thing is many of them (capturing from the Urdu languages amalgamation of Farsi's melody and deep philosophy of Hinduism, i.e. Sufism) has a more metphoric and is more connected memory and Idea.
A classical thing on these are the 70s songs. One song taht we tried this.
But makign it more interesting this was the core concept said in the song. and if I put as a puzzle or पहेली.
And if you are Indina guess which famous 1970's Hindi song are we talkign about and if not Indian which relationship we are talking about. Note as the song in first person I am putting in first person
[Understood or not said - In this relationship] "I can forget the other person's name" नाम भूल जायेगा
[Understood or not said - In this relationship] "Your face can also alter/change" चेहरा भी बदल जायेगा
[Understood or not said - In this relationship] "Your voice still will remain unchanged" तेरी आवाज़ एक पहचान है
[Understood or not said - In this relationship] "Your voice bekons me towards you" फरियाद है
So what relationship are we talking about...
Not an ex - you will never forget her/his name
Not a old school teacher - you will not forget his face his face might not have changed
Answer - old middle school or high school friend.
Song "NAAM GUM JAAYEGA" नाम गम जाएगा
Movie - Kinara
Lyrics - Gulzar
See IMDB Post about the movie
Thursday, February 18, 2010
The sacrifice
So we thought I should try to take some load off from her travelling 70 miles one way.
So yesterday we moved in (of portion of a week) to a very different world. A world I had once seen though momntarily when I stopped to get out of I-15 when there was too much of traffic.
The world of Fontana and trip from there to my office near LAX.
So from yesterday evening for the first time I tried all that LA provides as part of mass Transit. And so just to go to and from home to work I made a trip of over 140 miles that took 6 hours. Which basically meant I tried these
1. Car ride over the world largest Mass Transit Road to the Harbor Line Station for Silver Line - thanks Stan
2. Silver Line Bus Ride to Cal State LA
3. Metrolink train ride to Fontana
4. Rose finally giving me the ride to my 2nd Home in Fontana..
Time taken: from 5:40 PM to 8:40 PM
2. Trip from Fontana to Office near LAX
1. A sleepy Rose's drive to Rancho Cuchumango Metrolink Station. [Rose's Mind-Who the Hell gets up at 5:40 to go to work by 9 AM. I want the world to align so that I can sleep till 8:45 AM and go to work by 9 AM-that includes 5 minutes drive to work. And less than two minutes to get ready... Was there a miscalculation of time... we are still missing 15 -(5+2) = 8 minutes. Ohh that!!! That is snooze time to relax in the bed. To contemplate on should I go at 9 AM or 9:30 AM. My boss is good enough of accommodating my erratic timings.!!! Ohh did I forget breakfast... Ohhh that is done while driving... and SMSing to Shantanu.... and trying to find direction to the place on Google Map on iPhone... Should I be asked by Insurance company to be charged more premium..... Naaahhh... This is America... Everyone has a choice of how he can drive (read kill oneself or others)...
2. Metrolink train to Cal State LA.
3. Silverline train from Cal State LA to Greenline Harbor Station
4. Greenline Harbor Station to LAX/Avaition
5. 15 minutes walk to office.
Time: 5:50 AM to 8:50 AM
( This includes waiting for bus/train and Rose, should not be more than 30 odd minutes). So predominately was on the road. And considering I did not get any traffic snarls it ALL ROAD TIME... So a TOTAL OF 5:30 hrs of road time... Wow)
So I understand the destination took so much of stuff... That even for jsut hour of work..
And that is funny... I really enjoyed the whole expereince... Will be doing it months at strectch maybe not...
If I want to do it for weeks or maybe be few months .. YES
The reason as they say is not the destination but the journey and that is the reason I am writing the Blog...
It was one of those expereinces which will be for my granparents... When I can boast to say... I went from one portion of LA to another to come to office but still it took more than time than coming from Dallas.
When I finally saw the front of the Colloisum (though I have been here in LA for more than 3 years).
The arena for the last of the seperated/boycotted Olympics. The LA Olympic which most of us will remember as the first live telecast of Olympics Ceremony with culmination with cauldron was lighted by Rafer Johnson.
When instead of starting off my home with the regular sight like this.
I see the sunrise with a sight of the snow capped San Bernardina Mountains.
Instead of siren filled nights of Hawthorne and I sleep to sounds of insect chirping and the far away noise of trucks in I-15 climbing to the San Bernandino mountains.
Of not seeing the the Cardboard stucture of South Bay in one of the trashy and yet costliest rented appartment I live in a great house for $220K.
And most important reducing the guilt. The guilt for waking up Rose (who is not a morning person). Making her ride over 140 miles a day to take the ride to work through dangerous roads of LA. Instead I take turns to lessen her load so that she can sleep a bit more in the week. And being a morning person can get up early in the morning and use the public transit...
And funnily if anyone asks you took over 6 hours to come to work and fro I will let them read this.
Will I do it for months... No...
Will I enjoy till it lasts... Offcourse.
So yesterday we moved in (of portion of a week) to a very different world. A world I had once seen though momntarily when I stopped to get out of I-15 when there was too much of traffic.
The world of Fontana and trip from there to my office near LAX.
So from yesterday evening for the first time I tried all that LA provides as part of mass Transit. And so just to go to and from home to work I made a trip of over 140 miles that took 6 hours. Which basically meant I tried these
1. Car ride over the world largest Mass Transit Road to the Harbor Line Station for Silver Line - thanks Stan
2. Silver Line Bus Ride to Cal State LA
3. Metrolink train ride to Fontana
4. Rose finally giving me the ride to my 2nd Home in Fontana..
Time taken: from 5:40 PM to 8:40 PM
2. Trip from Fontana to Office near LAX
1. A sleepy Rose's drive to Rancho Cuchumango Metrolink Station. [Rose's Mind-Who the Hell gets up at 5:40 to go to work by 9 AM. I want the world to align so that I can sleep till 8:45 AM and go to work by 9 AM-that includes 5 minutes drive to work. And less than two minutes to get ready... Was there a miscalculation of time... we are still missing 15 -(5+2) = 8 minutes. Ohh that!!! That is snooze time to relax in the bed. To contemplate on should I go at 9 AM or 9:30 AM. My boss is good enough of accommodating my erratic timings.!!! Ohh did I forget breakfast... Ohhh that is done while driving... and SMSing to Shantanu.... and trying to find direction to the place on Google Map on iPhone... Should I be asked by Insurance company to be charged more premium..... Naaahhh... This is America... Everyone has a choice of how he can drive (read kill oneself or others)...
2. Metrolink train to Cal State LA.
3. Silverline train from Cal State LA to Greenline Harbor Station
4. Greenline Harbor Station to LAX/Avaition
5. 15 minutes walk to office.
Time: 5:50 AM to 8:50 AM
( This includes waiting for bus/train and Rose, should not be more than 30 odd minutes). So predominately was on the road. And considering I did not get any traffic snarls it ALL ROAD TIME... So a TOTAL OF 5:30 hrs of road time... Wow)
So I understand the destination took so much of stuff... That even for jsut hour of work..
And that is funny... I really enjoyed the whole expereince... Will be doing it months at strectch maybe not...
If I want to do it for weeks or maybe be few months .. YES
The reason as they say is not the destination but the journey and that is the reason I am writing the Blog...
It was one of those expereinces which will be for my granparents... When I can boast to say... I went from one portion of LA to another to come to office but still it took more than time than coming from Dallas.
When I finally saw the front of the Colloisum (though I have been here in LA for more than 3 years).
Instead of siren filled nights of Hawthorne and I sleep to sounds of insect chirping and the far away noise of trucks in I-15 climbing to the San Bernandino mountains.
Of not seeing the the Cardboard stucture of South Bay in one of the trashy and yet costliest rented appartment I live in a great house for $220K.
And most important reducing the guilt. The guilt for waking up Rose (who is not a morning person). Making her ride over 140 miles a day to take the ride to work through dangerous roads of LA. Instead I take turns to lessen her load so that she can sleep a bit more in the week. And being a morning person can get up early in the morning and use the public transit...
And funnily if anyone asks you took over 6 hours to come to work and fro I will let them read this.
Will I do it for months... No...
Will I enjoy till it lasts... Offcourse.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
First thing first get the Green Card !!!
As we were always trying to collect documentation etc, so though of creating a blog and thus following the steps required etc.
A Basic steps required to get the green card
See here at USAVisanow.com
If both the U.S. Citizen and Foreign National Spouse are in the U.S., the U.S. Citizen may apply for the Foreign National Spouse’s Permanent Residence through Adjustment of Status with the USCIS.
Who Qualifies:
Any U.S. Citizen in the United States with a Foreign National Spouse who entered the U.S. legally with a visa or a visa waiver. It is OK if the visa or I-94 has expired. Canadian Citizens do NOT need to show proof of entry (visa or visa waiver).
An Overview of the Process:
Once the marriage has taken place, the couple files the following with USCIS:
1. Petition for Alien Relative (USCIS Form I-130)
2. Application to Register Permanent Residence (USCIS Form I-485)
3. Biographic Information (USCIS Form G-325A)
4. Affidavit of Support (USCIS Form I-864)
5. Permission for Work Authorization (Optional) (USCIS Form I-765)
6. Medical Examination Results (USCIS Form I-693)
7. Request for Travel Documents (Optional) (USCIS Form I-131)
8. The appropriate supporting documents
9. The USCIS filing fees ($1,010 to $1,365).
The USCIS will contact you first regarding the Biometrics / Fingerprinting Appointment.
The USCIS will then issue the work authorization and permission to travel approximately 90 days after filing.
The USCIS will contact you next to schedule an interview. This will be anywhere from 6 months to 9 months after filing the initial application.
Following a successful interview, the foreign national spouse will receive a stamp classifying him/her as a Conditional Permanent Resident.
USCIS will mail the Permanent Resident Card (Green Card) approx 4-8 weeks after the successful interview.
The Conditional Status may be dropped by applying for Removal of Conditional Status (USCIS Form I-751) within 90 days of the 2 year anniversary of the granting of Conditional Permanent Residency.
Good Sites for Do-It yourself Kit
us-immigration.com
From usavisanow.com
A Quick Guide on getting green card
See the full at www.h1b.biz
We filed our Application, now what?
As you may know, all applications must be filed with the Chicago Benefits Center. USCIS made this center in hopes of speeding up the handling of applications. (Your final interview, however, will be handled by your local USCIS district office.) Make sure to make a complete copy of every form, document, and checks that you send to the USCIS. NEVER SEND ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS AS YOU WILL NEVER SEE THOSE PAPERS EVER AGAIN!!!
Once USCIS has received and accepted your adjustment of status packet for processing, they will put you on in the big line for your interview. They will also send you receipts for all the forms that you paid for. The receipts are very important documents and you must treat them as official government paperwork. Among other things, the receipts will contain your A-number, which you’ll need if you have to correspond with USCIS about your case or find the status of your case. You should be getting receipts 2-3 weeks after filing.
You work permit will come in the mail in 90 days or so after filing.In some states the interview may be scheduled before the work permit arrives.If this is the case and you are approved on the day of the interview, the work permit will no longer be required as you will receive the Green Card.If for some reason your case is not approved or they may need more evidence, the officer will approve the work permit at the time of the interview.
Bona Fide Marriage Documentation
From Immihelp here
You must prove that your marriage is bona fide, not a sham just to get a green card. Collect and photocopy as many of the following items as possible. Do not send originals.
* wedding invitations, church certificates, or other reliable documents that show the required relationship
* joint bank accounts
* joint credit card statements
* joint club memberships
* joint federal and state tax returns
* copies of actual credit cards, health insurance cards, or other "joint" cards that you have together, showing same account number
* photographs of you and your spouse taken before and during your marriage, wedding photographs preferably those that include parents and other relatives from both families
If the camera does not insert the date automatically, write the date the picture was taken and a brief description on the back what the photo shows, or underneath, if you are photocopying them
* do not take wedding or other videos, there won't be any time or a space to view them
* copies of letters and/or emails between you
* phone bills showing your conversations
* auto registrations showing joint ownership and/or addresses
* rental agreements, leases, or mortgages showing that you have lived together and/or have leased or bought property in both spouses' names
* receipts for gifts (such as flowers, jewelry, art, candy etc.) that you have purchased for each other
* your mutual child's birth certificate or a doctor's report indicating that you are pregnant
* hotel and airline receipts showing trips that you have taken together or to visit each other
* letters from friends/family to each or both of you, mailed to an address where you were living together
* utility bills in both your names
* evidence that one spouse has made the other a beneficiary on his/her life or health insurance or retirement account
* car, health, or life insurance that has both of your names on the policy
* a car title or other titles to property showing joint ownership
* copies of Christmas cards or other holidays cards addressed to you both
* other family pictures of you together
Experiences of Family Based Green Card See here
Adjustment of Status (I-485) Interview
For detail see here
For most people applying for adjustment of status, the interview is waived, but in some cases, they are called for an interview.
If your interview is waived and your case is adjudicated then you will get the approval letter from the USCIS office handling your case. You can go to your local USCIS Office and get your passport(s) stamped. You need to take all the I-94s & EAD Cards when you go. Getting I-485 approval does not really make you a permanent resident until you get your passport stamped with temporary green card. If your case is already approved, the tamping procedure is purely clerical and there is no decision making involved
A Basic steps required to get the green card
See here at USAVisanow.com
If both the U.S. Citizen and Foreign National Spouse are in the U.S., the U.S. Citizen may apply for the Foreign National Spouse’s Permanent Residence through Adjustment of Status with the USCIS.
Who Qualifies:
Any U.S. Citizen in the United States with a Foreign National Spouse who entered the U.S. legally with a visa or a visa waiver. It is OK if the visa or I-94 has expired. Canadian Citizens do NOT need to show proof of entry (visa or visa waiver).
An Overview of the Process:
Once the marriage has taken place, the couple files the following with USCIS:
1. Petition for Alien Relative (USCIS Form I-130)
2. Application to Register Permanent Residence (USCIS Form I-485)
3. Biographic Information (USCIS Form G-325A)
4. Affidavit of Support (USCIS Form I-864)
5. Permission for Work Authorization (Optional) (USCIS Form I-765)
6. Medical Examination Results (USCIS Form I-693)
7. Request for Travel Documents (Optional) (USCIS Form I-131)
8. The appropriate supporting documents
9. The USCIS filing fees ($1,010 to $1,365).
The USCIS will contact you first regarding the Biometrics / Fingerprinting Appointment.
The USCIS will then issue the work authorization and permission to travel approximately 90 days after filing.
The USCIS will contact you next to schedule an interview. This will be anywhere from 6 months to 9 months after filing the initial application.
Following a successful interview, the foreign national spouse will receive a stamp classifying him/her as a Conditional Permanent Resident.
USCIS will mail the Permanent Resident Card (Green Card) approx 4-8 weeks after the successful interview.
The Conditional Status may be dropped by applying for Removal of Conditional Status (USCIS Form I-751) within 90 days of the 2 year anniversary of the granting of Conditional Permanent Residency.
Good Sites for Do-It yourself Kit
us-immigration.com
From usavisanow.com
A Quick Guide on getting green card
See the full at www.h1b.biz
We filed our Application, now what?
As you may know, all applications must be filed with the Chicago Benefits Center. USCIS made this center in hopes of speeding up the handling of applications. (Your final interview, however, will be handled by your local USCIS district office.) Make sure to make a complete copy of every form, document, and checks that you send to the USCIS. NEVER SEND ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS AS YOU WILL NEVER SEE THOSE PAPERS EVER AGAIN!!!
Once USCIS has received and accepted your adjustment of status packet for processing, they will put you on in the big line for your interview. They will also send you receipts for all the forms that you paid for. The receipts are very important documents and you must treat them as official government paperwork. Among other things, the receipts will contain your A-number, which you’ll need if you have to correspond with USCIS about your case or find the status of your case. You should be getting receipts 2-3 weeks after filing.
You work permit will come in the mail in 90 days or so after filing.In some states the interview may be scheduled before the work permit arrives.If this is the case and you are approved on the day of the interview, the work permit will no longer be required as you will receive the Green Card.If for some reason your case is not approved or they may need more evidence, the officer will approve the work permit at the time of the interview.
Bona Fide Marriage Documentation
From Immihelp here
You must prove that your marriage is bona fide, not a sham just to get a green card. Collect and photocopy as many of the following items as possible. Do not send originals.
* wedding invitations, church certificates, or other reliable documents that show the required relationship
* joint bank accounts
* joint credit card statements
* joint club memberships
* joint federal and state tax returns
* copies of actual credit cards, health insurance cards, or other "joint" cards that you have together, showing same account number
* photographs of you and your spouse taken before and during your marriage, wedding photographs preferably those that include parents and other relatives from both families
If the camera does not insert the date automatically, write the date the picture was taken and a brief description on the back what the photo shows, or underneath, if you are photocopying them
* do not take wedding or other videos, there won't be any time or a space to view them
* copies of letters and/or emails between you
* phone bills showing your conversations
* auto registrations showing joint ownership and/or addresses
* rental agreements, leases, or mortgages showing that you have lived together and/or have leased or bought property in both spouses' names
* receipts for gifts (such as flowers, jewelry, art, candy etc.) that you have purchased for each other
* your mutual child's birth certificate or a doctor's report indicating that you are pregnant
* hotel and airline receipts showing trips that you have taken together or to visit each other
* letters from friends/family to each or both of you, mailed to an address where you were living together
* utility bills in both your names
* evidence that one spouse has made the other a beneficiary on his/her life or health insurance or retirement account
* car, health, or life insurance that has both of your names on the policy
* a car title or other titles to property showing joint ownership
* copies of Christmas cards or other holidays cards addressed to you both
* other family pictures of you together
Experiences of Family Based Green Card See here
Adjustment of Status (I-485) Interview
For detail see here
For most people applying for adjustment of status, the interview is waived, but in some cases, they are called for an interview.
If your interview is waived and your case is adjudicated then you will get the approval letter from the USCIS office handling your case. You can go to your local USCIS Office and get your passport(s) stamped. You need to take all the I-94s & EAD Cards when you go. Getting I-485 approval does not really make you a permanent resident until you get your passport stamped with temporary green card. If your case is already approved, the tamping procedure is purely clerical and there is no decision making involved
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