Saturday Power Breakfast with Gareth & Mates tomorrow...

2CH breakfast personality Gareth McCray began working in the Media in 1980 having worked on air at 2GB, 2CH, 2UE, 2SM, 2KM and 2KY.

Gareth was the Drive announcer for Radio 2SM up until July 2003. Prior to this he was Programme Director & Breakfast Announcer at 2KY on a news and current affairs show. He was also responsible for setting up a nostalgia radio station for the Labor Council of NSW.

For some time, Gareth was Head of the Radio Department and The Australian Film Radio & Television School. He has an A.Mus.A. from the Conservatorium, has lectured in English for the University of Sydney, as well as running Media courses with the Australian Catholic University.

Gareth also did some training at the Ensemble Theatre under the tutelage of Hayes Gordon. He was also national publicist for the Papal Tour during the Beatification of Mary MacKillop in January 1995. He has been awarded a Citation from the United Nations for the Media peace Awards.

You can hear Gareth as he presents our breakfast show Monday to Friday morning between 5 and 9 and between 6.00am and 12 noon on Sunday as part of our Stress Free weekends.

Gareth & a few of us get together every fortnight on Saturday and have a big breakfast together at Castle Towers with CEO's & some fine learned people from whom I learn a thing or two & share experiences, jokes & chill out.

Another Old Client & Now Great friend of mine...

Ken Callander is a man with a cheerful smile, trademark lisp, and encyclopedic knowledge of the racing scene. Perhaps most importantly he is also, above all, a punter.

Ken has been in and around the racing game for more than 45 years, from his days as a copyboy with Sydney's Daily Telegraph, through to his broadcasting career, particularly with Channel 9 and shows likeClarence the Clocker and Wide World of Sports.

He's written his memoirs, and his trademark sign-off Good Luck and Good Punting is their title.

My Contribution to India

Five years ago alongwith my team of almost 25 people & the US Embassy in India, I setup the Helen Keller Computer Academy in Rural India (4hrs away from Delhi in Uttar Pradesh) and trained their staff & students for almost a year on Computers & their applications. Today I received an invitation from them to drop by and see the fruit of the labour we put in. I felt proud and nostalgic...

Follow the link...

http://www.education4change.org/School/computer.html

Gosh... What a Scene!!!

Thanks.. Jo Griggs

At a time when I am going thru a divorce & some near & dear ones have let me down it is very encouraging to have celebrity friends like Johanna Griggs cheer up my spirits.I spent the day with her in her company & guess what got paid for it as she had some computer related issues! And for her to fill up a nice survey & refer me to her personal friends was a bonus. She is a great cook and has her way with stews as I gathered today.

Johanna has been a friend of mine for years now and having gone thru divorce herself with the Actor Gary Sweet, she had some great advice for me. She plans to invite Kanika to spend a day with her sometime soon which is so sweet of her!

Jo... I give you a perfect 10 for being such a warm, humble, affectionate & loving person!

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From:

Date: Thu, 21 May 2009 00:28:58 -0400

To:
Cc: ,
Subject: Survey completed by Johanna Griggs

Rajiv Chaudhri,

Johanna Griggs has just completed a survey on you with a score of 100

Their comments:

Did we happen to please you with our service? If so, how?
It's always a delight to see Rajiv. He turns up on time, is polite, courteous, patient with my complete non techno phobe ways and have never NOT been able to fix our myriad of problems. He is fantastic.

Sure hope we didn't, but if we did disappoint you, how?
You didn;t

Any other comments you wish to share?
Just that Rajiv is brilliant!

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Nice Song...

hmmmm....

Nice Song...

Another weekend goes by..

Our Backyard

Hanging Baskets made by Kanika, Mum & Me

Hanging Baskets made by Kanika, Mum & Me

Yum Cha at The Hilltop Phoenix

My Jaan... waiting for her favorite Mango Pancakes..

Had an eventful weekend... went out to Reading Cinemas to see Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past followed by dinner at Rouse Hill to an Italian Restaurant where Kanika enjoyed a Wood fired Pizza & I had Nice Pepper Steak with Salt & Pepper Calamari... Enjoyed the Coffee therafter.

Sunday Morning was spent tidying up in & around the house... Had Yum Cha at The Hilltop Phoenix..went out to get some shoes for Kanika's School & some winter clothes for her.... She looks so beautiful in them.... Came back & did some gardening... Took Simba for a walk... Came back and watched Jab We Met on Colours TV... And another weekend goes by..

Late Night Shopping at Rouse Hill

Nothing Like Peri Peri Chicken!

Kanika caught on my candid blackberry camera

Shuchi, Mum & Moi..

Shuchi & Moi

Spent the evening with Mum & Kanika buying Indian groceries & later shopping at Rouse Hill. Met Shuchi & her kids there and took them out to Nandos for a Portugasm.... Later Shuchi treated the kids to Baskin Robbins...

Experiences...

There are times when we must go through negative situations.... I've been through it over the past 12-15 months. Maybe people say something negative about us, or they show rejection or even resentment against us. In such situations, it may be difficult to stay positive. We may be inclined to react negatively to them. That won’t do us any good though; doing so will just make the situation worse. People may behave even more negatively to us. Our day would be filled with anger and disappointment. At the end, nobody wins.

Though it’s not easy, it’s important to stay positive in negative situations. Beat the negative situations by staying positive. Here are tips on how I dealt with it...

Pick the ones that work for you:

Never respond when you are not calm. If you are not sure that you are calm, don’t respond. Take time to calm yourself down first.

Take a deep breath as a first step to calm yourself down.

Speak in gentle tone to reduce the tension of the situation.

Realize that you can find opportunities in negative situations. Albert Einstein said: “In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.”

Look at the content of what people say to you for something positive that you can act upon to improve yourself. Don’t just reject the whole messages.

For the rest of the messages which is negative, simply ignore it.

Maintain positive view of the people. Maybe you don’t like their messages or behavior, but that doesn’t mean that you can hate them personally.

Realize that having negative feelings will just hurt you, not them. So there is no reason for you to have any negative feeling.

If you make mistakes, be open to admit it.

If you make mistakes, remember this quote by George Bernard Shaw: “A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.”

If you can, listen to motivational audio program to feed positive thoughts into your mind.

Talk to a positive friend who can encourage you.

Remember your favorite quotes to give you inspiration and motivation. This is one reason why you should have quote of the day.

Look at the negative situations as your training sessions for real life. The higher you climb in life, the worse the negative situations would be, so you’d better be prepared for them.

Realize that you can’t please everyone. In fact, nobody can. Sometimes you need to just let some people go. Realizing this will relieve you from a lot of unnecessary burden so that you can focus on the people that you can positively interact with....

How to boost your self esteem...

Body Confidence: How To Boost Your Self Esteem

Fireworks at Darling Harbour

We all went into the city to spend an evening in the city. Parked on York Street & walked to the Harbour where we watched the fireworks and had dinner. This was planned by Kanika & Tanya..

Nostalgic Song... sums up my feelings

I love this song which I sang last year...

Look I Can Cook!

Chef Rajiv at his creative best..

Shhhh.....Even Chefs need their Mum's for finishing touches!

Tanya, Puneet & Kanika on the WII..

Now that's a mature conversation in progress..

Last week we invited our dear neighbours to dinner. It was nice butter chicken & rotis. We played on the WII, gossiped and relaxed.

Kanika Joins The Hills Grammar School

Kanika has joined The Hills Grammar School which is one of the best private schools in the Western Sydney. I sincerely hope she uses this opportunity to develop herself into a fine person & excels in the fields that she feels are best suited for her.