5 years in NYC!!!!

Today I celebrate half a decade in NYC :-) I cannot believe it has been 5 years already!

Moved here with my suitcase and duffel bag, slept on a couch (thank you Sonya!) and have come so far and accomplished so much from apartment to MBA to career :-) plus now happily engaged :-) Looking forward to settling down and spending my life here, in the suburbs of New York ;-) Dreams do come true!

2 pics from my first days in NYC

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Happy Holi!!!!!!

Happy Holi to our family and friends!!!!!! :-)

For those who do not know, Holi is the Festival of Colors in India. You drench everyone in colored water and throw colored powders on each other. Colors of Joy. It is celebrated as harvest festival as well as welcome-festival for the spring season in India. It is one occasion when sprinkling colored powder ('gulal') or colored water on each other breaks all barriers of discrimination so that everyone looks the same and universal brotherhood is reaffirmed.

Happy Holi to you and yours!!!!!!!! :-)

Love and hugs,

Anisha and Mohit  

Happy St. Patrick's Day and snow day!

Happy St. Patrick's Day and snow day! :-)

Hope everyone is well!
It is not much warmer here in NYC as of yet - still snowing away!

Looking forward to a real spring!

:-)

amazing!

U.S. baby's HIV infection cured through very early treatment


http://health.yahoo.net/news/s/nm/u-s-baby-s-hiv-infection-cured-through-very-early-treatment

my birthday :-)

Happy New Year!!!

Happy New Year to everyone! 2012 brought me an MBA, new job, and engagement :-) I cannot imagine this year being topped, but cheers to 2013!! Wishing all the best to you and your family and friends, and enjoying every moment of it! Yay! :-)

Snow :-)

I love snowy New York winters :-)

A Change is Needed

Just heartbreaking. Such disgrace, ignorance, pain, suffering, and shattering. The worst has happened, but now hopefully it will change a nation - and the mentality of people - for the better.

Fight for change. Fight for respect. Fight fo r equality. Fight for justice. Stand up for all that you believe. I hope and wish to see an equal world, with more understanding human beings.

She fought for her life, but lost. We should fight for justice and change, in her bravery, courage, and willpower to live beyond all of this, in spirit, to invoke change in India.
And all over the world. Global awareness and change is needed.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/29/world/asia/india-rape-victim/

India braces for angry protests after gang-rape victim dies

www.cnn.com

Seasons Greetings!

To our dearest family and friends,

Seasons Greetings! Happy Holidays! Merry Christmas! Happy Kwanza! Happy Hannukah! Happy Winter Solstice!
Any anything and everything that you might celebrate, and that brings you happiness and joy :-)

For me, this has been a year like no other. I finished my MBA, got an amazing job at a dream company - which really set my career, and got engaged :-)
I can't imagine a year topping this!
I hope you had a year just as amazing as I did, and as we did, and we wish you all the best to you and your loved ones this holiday season and into the new year!!!! :-)

Best wishes & Happy New Year!!!!! :-)
Attached are some pictures of our Christmas together, plus lights and decorations around NYC, including Bryant Park, Rockafellar Center, Columbus Circle, and a snowstorm while driving on Christmas Eve :-)
Love and hugs,
Anisha & Mohit

Happy Thanksgiving!!! :-)

To our family and friends,

Happy Thanksgiving!!!
Enjoy your holiday with family, friends, football, and great food.
:-)
Be well, safe and happy!

With love, hugs and best wishes,
Anisha & Mohit

I'm engaged!!!!

I am engaged!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-) :-) :-)

After over 4 years together, Mohit proposed, and I said yes with all my heart!!!

 

He proposed in Dobbs Ferry, New York, by the water, at night. Simple, sweet, and perfect!

Very excited to share this exciting news with everyone!!!!

 

4 more years!

New Yorkers screaming in the streets. And they have every right to celebrate - we don't have to move to another country!!!! YAY GO OBAMA! So happy I voted :-) WOOOOOO!!!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/decision2012/after-grueling-campaign-polls-open-for-election-day-2012/2012/11/06/d1c24c98-2802-11e2-b4e0-346287b7e56c_story.html


Obama wins a second term as U.S. president

A sharply divided America awarded President Barack Obama a second term Tuesday, choosing him over Republican Mitt Romney to lead the repair of an economy that by far remains the country’s biggest concern, the Washington Post projects.
The president was poised to narrowly win several tight races in a handful of battleground states. It was the culmination of a staggeringly expensive, extremely close and sometimes bitter contest far removed from Obama’s 2008 message of hope and change.
Democrats also held onto their majority in the Senate, picking up two seats in early returns with the possibility of a third.
In early results, Obama won his home state of Illinois as well as Massachusetts, where Romney was governor and the place he still calls home. Maryland and the District of Columbia were put in Obama’s column as soon as polls there closed.
After more than $2 billion in campaign spending, unprecedented hours of television ads and a record number of voters who cast their ballots before Tuesday, Election Day 2012 was told in timeless tableaus of lines outside schools, volunteers waving signs and Americans emerging with “I Voted” stickers attached to their jackets.

Vote

I voted!!! GO OBAMA!!!! :-)

Presidency 2012 vote woooo!!!!!!

Elements

Amazing - Elements - fire, earth, water, air

So beautiful :-)

Elements- Dubstep Violin- Lindsey Stirling

Here we go......

Hurricane Sandy

http://news.yahoo.com/sandy-storm-surge-pose-worst-case-scenario-201317558.html

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/time-lapse-views-hurricane-sandy-space-shows-enormity-153449271.html

Time-lapse images from high above Earth show Hurricane Sandy bearing down on the East Coast, highlighting the storm's enormous size.

NASA's Earth Observatory has released time-lapse animation of the powerful hurricane from a satellite 22,300 miles above ground. The images reveal details of Sandy's motion and eye wall.

Hurricane Sandy was shown approximately 275 miles south-southeast of Cape Hatteras, N.C., and moving northeast at 14 mph during the time of the photographs. NASA notes that the structures of the clouds are highlighted by the changing angles of the sun.

The animation was created from photos taken every minute from 7:15 a.m. to 6:26 p.m. ET on Sunday. More images can be viewed at the Earth Observatory site.

The immense storm has prompted emergency evacuations, closed offices and delayed flights along the East Coast.

 

Fall in New York with decorations

Fall in New York and decorations :-)

Finally got my diploma!!

Yay! It's for real now! :-)

Anisha Bhagat, MBA

New dream job!

I wanted to share the amazingly great news that I got a new job, in my field of healthcare management - my first job as a manager - at the number one ranked medical center in the country.

I am an Administrative Manager at Columbia University Medical Center :-) It has been about three weeks now, and I continue to learn so much on a daily basis, while working hard in my department, and staying very busy :-) It has been a long road and a lot of hard work, both with my MBA, and job applications, to finally reach this stage, which is like a dream come true for me :-)

I am working with incredible people and knowledgeable staff at one of the top medical institutions in the country. A place where lives are changed on a daily basis. I am continuing my passion for health care and helping others. A position, company and opportunity that really supports and ties in with my MBA in Health Services Management, and takes my job to a new level, and career to new heights. I am thankful and humbled.

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Celebrating 4 years with the love of my life :-)

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No fear. New job!

Sometimes we let fear get the better of us, but if we don't take risks or chances or incredible opportunities in front of us, then how will we move forward, do amazing things, live a great life and help change the world. I received an incredible job opportunity, in line with my MBA, at one of the top medical institution's in the country. I was scared to resign at my current job, nervous at the reaction, but I did it, and I am so glad I did, because I have to move forward, take risks and embrace new opportunities. Because I want to grow in my field of health care management, help others, promote positive change, and that will contribute to my part of helping to change the world. 

MBA Graduation

I always wanted a jumping-in-the-air graduation pic! smile emoticonYAY!!! Anisha Bhagat, MBA!!! Class of 2012!! With my diploma! In my cap and gown! Yay! Jump for joy!!!!!!! wink emoticon  — in Utica, New York.

Kony 2012 - Part 2

"The better world we want is coming. It's just waiting for us to stop at nothing."
"We believe that human connection extends across the world. But starts across the street."

Kony 2012 - Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_Ue6REkeTA&j=42974558&e=nishsmiley@yahoo.com&l=29804180_HTML&u=267212198&mid=10415228&jb=0

4 years in NYC!!!!

Happy NYC Anniversary to me! :-) 4 years ago, I got on a plane at night with a suitcase and duffel bag, and woke up in NYC, to follow my biggest dream and love for this city :-) I slept on a couch in a kitchen (thank you Sonya Petkova!!!!) and worked my way forward from there. :-) Here I am today, in the greatest city in the world, finishing my MBA in 4 weeks and 4 days, working in my field of healthcare and helping others every single day, happily in love with my best friend and soulmate, enjoying life, working and playing hard, with amazing friends and family, and truly living my dream! I only wish the same for everyone and their dreams! :-) They do come true <3

Season's Greetings!

~My dearest family and friends~

Happy Holidays!

Season's Greetings!

Merry Christmas!

Happy Hanukkah!

Happy Kwanza!

Happy Winter Solstice!

And anything and everything you may celebrate!!!

:-)

Lots of hugs and best wishes,

Anisha

August 12, 2011

In the past six months, I have had two days off from work (not counting weekends). One was to take an MBA summer semester final. And the other is today - a beautiful, non-rainy, wonderful, warm summer day in New York City, that I am spending out and about, with the love of my life, celebrating our 3 year anniversary together :-) Couldn't ask for a better Friday in August!

Best. Day. Ever. Happy 3 year anniversary to the love of my life - and cheers to many more to come! :-) and happy Friday to everyone else hehehehe!

new niece!

YAYYY!!! Today my cousin had a beautiful baby girl, Harper, and so Auntie Nishi (me) is an aunt again!!!! :-) So excited and happy! Yay for new life in the world <3

Happy July 4th!!!

Happy July 4th & Independence Day! I spent the day by the lake, having a Panera picnic with Mohit ♥ This is me relaxing, taking a little nap, on my red sheet ;-) I have never appreciated a day off from work, MBA and life...SOOO MUCH!!!! ♥ I hope you enjoyed as much as I did! :-)

New York = Equal Love

NYC pic

The Empire State Building lit up with rainbow colors to represent and celebrate both Gay Pride weekend in New York, and the Senate passing a same-sex / equality rights for marriage law (only by 4 votes, and that too in a Republican controlled Senate). Overwhelmingly amazing! YAH GO NEW YORK! GO EQUALITY AND LOVE AND HUMANITY! :-)

YAHH!! GO NEW YORK!!!

New York legalized same-sex marriage.

New York passes equal marriage law.

http://wvgazette.com/News/201106250022

"It's truly a historic night for love, our families, and democracy won.'' "New York became the sixth and largest state in the country to legalize gay marriage, breathing life into the national gay rights movement that had stalled over a nearly identical bill here two years ago."

http://harvardcrcl.org/2011/06/25/new-york-passes-marriage-equality/

"New York becomes the largest state to entrench marriage equality, and the legislature’s reversal may create momentum for proponents nationwide. The result will likely be attributed to shifting public opinion. A Quinnipiac poll cited by the New York Times suggested that support for gay marriage amongst New Yorkers rose from 37% to 58% in the two years separating the failed vote from the successful one."

Restoring the Light

My friend Carol, who graduated from NYU film school, is a documentary filmmaker. For the past 3 years, she has been living in China and making a film about a rural eye doctor who gives up his savings and home in order to bring transformative eye care to the remote villages of northwest China. Carol says, “As I followed the journey of his mobile clinic, I discovered incredible stories of resilience in the everyday lives of people living in this region: I met a brilliant young boy who spent everyday penned in his yard because of his blindness, yet who dreamt of becoming a truck driver to support his family; a young woman who, in spite of a debilitating bone infection, became the first in her family to attend college. Her family lived in a cave for over 60 years. She wants to become an artist.”

About the film: "Restoring the Light" is an hour-long feature documentary about a local eye doctor's quest to provide free healthcare to remote impoverished villages in northwest China. His journey reveals an intimate portrait of an unobserved Chinese farming community's resilience and hope. Carol's film, “Restoring the Light,” has an incredible trailer, more about the film, opportunities to donate, etc on her film’s website: http://www.restoringthelight.com

We are so lucky and blessed to live in a country where eye care is both accessible and affordable, especially through health/vision insurance. Since I work at the Eye-Bank for Sight Restoration, we see/hear/know about the miracles of eye transplants on a daily basis.
I cannot imagine all that Carol has encountered on her journey.
Thank you for reading,
Anisha

milestones!!!

Most probably my LAST SUMMER SEMESTER EVER IN GRAD SCHOOL!!!!!!
:-)

peace

amazing cover by Glee

Somewhere Only We Know
originally by Keane
cover by Glee

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DeaAQPIHotQ

I walked across an empty land
I knew the pathway like the back of my hand
I felt the earth beneath my feet
Sat by the river and it made me complete
Oh simple thing, where have you gone
...I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin
This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go somewhere only we know
Somewhere only we know

tv shoot!

Law and Order CI filmed outside my work today on Wall Street. I saw them shoot the same detective scene 12 times! Reminds me of my days working in film in Cali :-) And yes I did see Vincent D'Onofrio aka Detective Goren and Kathryn Erbe aka Detective Eames :-)

Judas

Only Gaga can take two biblical characters and make a hit pop dance song out of it - and I LOVE IT! Can't stop dancing :-)

The lyrics remind me of the struggle between good and evil....really interesting!

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!
:-)

Happy Earth Day!

Hug a tree!
:-)

NYC rain

Turning Tables

Touches something in my heart and soul

me

Waiting for the bus, on my way to work, on the day of our big fundraising event, April 2011 :-)

3 years in NYC!!!!

3 years ago tonight, I got on a plane with a duffel bag & suitcase, woke up April 4th morning & started my new life in New York City, my biggest dream since I was 16. Here I am 3 years later: living my dream, supporting myself, completing my health care MBA, working in my field, helping people everyday, found my soulmate, in love & enjoying every moment in the greatest city in the world :-) DREAMS DO COME TRUE! :-)

Tsunami in Japan

Please go online and donate to the victims of the Japan tsunami right now. I read an article on CNN that a lot of bogus websites are going to pop up during this crisis, where the money is not going to Japan. For this reason, donate through official sites, like Red Cross, and Save the Children International, etc. If you don't want to donate online, you can text REDCROSS to 90999 to donate $10 to Japans emergency relief. Help others, in general every day, but especially in times of crisis and need. And this is a global crisis. Please go and donate. Do this to help others. Please do it now. Thank you.

love

30 months (2 1/2 years) anniversary with my love! YAY! Wow time flies, but treasuring every single moment makes it last forever :-) So happy and blessed!

new job!

Today is one of the best days of my life. I got a new job, in my field (healthcare) at a non-profit on Wall Street. Finally using my MBA in Health Services Management to help people on a daily basis, in the greatest city in the world (NYC)!!! I truly believe that with hard work and faith, you will achieve your goals and dreams, and get what you deserve in this life :-) SO happy and excited! I start in 2 days!!!

Pic

At a cafe for brunch - upper east side, NYC :-) Photo by Mohit ♥

This One's For the Girls

I first heard this song during a summer at camp. It's such a sweet, beautiful and true song about being proud to be a girl at any age, and how the different stages of life are all to be celebrated with love and happiness :-) The video is sweet and adorable also :-) This song always makes me teary and emotional - not just because it reminds me of camp days, but because the lyrics are so beautiful and empowering to love yourself at any age and be happy and love :-)

This One's For the Girls
by Martina McBride



This is for all you girls about 13
High school can be so rough, can be so mean
Hold on to, on to your innocence
Stand your ground when everybody's givin' in
This one's for the girls

This is for all you girls about 25
In little apartments, just tryin' to get by
Livin' on, on dreams and spaghettios
Wonderin' where your life is gonna go

This one's for the girls
Who've ever had a broken heart
Who've wished upon a shooting star
You're beautiful the way you are
This one's for the girls
Who love without holdin' back
Who dream with everything they have
All around the world, this one's for the girls
(This one's for all the girls)

This is for all you girls about 42
Tossin' pennies into the fountain of youth
Every laugh, laugh line on your face
Made you who you are today

Yeah, we're all the same inside
From 1 to 99

This one's for the girls

OMG

"Snow drifts and ice stalled a New York City subway train this morning, trapping passengers without heat, food, or water for more than six hours--even as the train was mere feet away from a subway platform. They were just some of the countless people left stranded by a powerful East Coast blizzard that shut down roads, rail lines, and major airports. The train was finally towed to a nearby station just before 8am. Meanwhile, thousands of travelers were stranded overnight at the New York City area's three airports, Kennedy, LaGuardia, and Newark, after more than 1400 flights were cancelled. Blankets and cots were provided in some cases, but some passengers who had already checked their bags were not allowed to retrieve them, and so had no extra clothing or toiletries."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_thelookout/20101227/ts_yblog_thelookout/passengers-stranded-for-over-6-hours-without-heat-on-nyc-subway-train

yay holidays!

December 2010

To my beautiful family and wonderful friends,

Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! Happy New Year! Happy Kwanzaa! Happy Hanukkah! (and anything and everything else you may celebrate!!!)

Wishing you and your family and friends a safe, happy and lovely holiday season :-) I hope everyone is enjoying with family and friends and FOOD!




My Christmas tree in my NYC apt :-)









Rockafeller tree in NYC - Dec 2010 :-)








Festive holiday candles and gingerbread man with red holiday pom pom earmuffs :-)






Peppermint soy white hot chocolate in a festive Starbucks holiday cup :-)












First snow in NYC!!!!







Store window decorations in NYC!!! :-)

hilarious video!

M1 Patient Diagnosis

Welcome Christmas!

Beautiful Christmas song :-)

Originally from the movie "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"

Covered by the Glee cast :-)

Glee means happiness, delight, and joy from within :-)

MBA

I finished my HR class finals & work early. My professor graded everything & I got an A in the course :-) She said I wrote one of the best final papers & praised me highly!

Xmas in the city!!!

"Starry nights, city lights, coming down over me, skyscrapers, stargazers in my head" ~Green Day

Xmas tree across the street from my apt :-)

Soy peppermint white hot chocolate in a Xmas cup!!! :-)

I love life stream of thoughts

I celebrated Thanksgiving with Mohit - our early celebration together, since we are both going home for the holidays. Two of my friends passed the bar exam :-) I bought the Glee: Christmas album. I love ALL Christmas music. But I love all music period :-) I got a new candle that is apple-cinnamon flavored. Mmm smells so nice and warms up my apt. I can't wait to put up my little mini Christmas tree in my apt too. I love this fall and winter season, the scents, the warmth, the spirit, the music, the snow, the lights, the decorations, the foods. Yay the holidays! I'm listening to Green Day - the Broadway songs version. I got some new things for my apt, including an air purifier, pink fuzzy slippers, a ball chair from Gaiam, and got holiday festive foods and groceries also. Love it! New York City is beautiful in the fall. See the leaves and trees near my apt :-)

Happy Diwali!!!!!!

To my wonderful and beautiful family and friends :-)
Happy Diwali to you and to all of your family and friends :-)
Enjoy!!!
Love of love and hugs,
Anisha

See these Diwali pictures from India from this year - so beautiful!
http://www.cbsnews.com/2300-205_162-10005464.html?tag=page

I Look To You

A song about looking to God in our darkest times and moments, for strength and faith and hope :-)
The song and lyrics are incredibly beautiful <3
Touches the soul :-)

Original song: I Look To You by Whitney Houston

This version: Glee cover

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uYn3EKF7M8

As I lay me down

heaven hear me now

I'm lost without a cause

After giving it my all.

Winter storms have come and darkened my sun.

After all that I've been through

Who on earth can I turn to?

I look to you I look to you.

After all my strength is gone,

In you I can be strong I look to you, I look to you yeah

And when melodies are gone, In you I hear a song, I look to you.

Youuuuu

About to lose my breathe, there's no more fighting left,

Sinking to rise no more, searching for that open door.

And every road that I've taken (hmm) lead to my regret.

And I don't know if I'm going to make it.

Nothing to do but lift my head I look to you, I look to you.

After all my strength is gone, in you I can be strong I look to you I look to you.

And when melodies are gone yeah

In you I hear a song,

I look to you.

My levees are broken, my walls have come tumbling down on me

The rain is falling, defeat is calling.

I need you to set me free.

Take me far away from the battle. I need you, shine on me.

I look to you, I look to you.

After all my strength is gone, In you I can be strong I look to you I look to you.

And when melodies are gone, in you I hear a song I look to you.

Sink or Swim

One of my favorite songs and lyrics of all time (and my ringtone) :-)

"Hearing the song in your laughter, A melody I chase after, No one else has done this to me" ♥

Link:
Sink or Swim by Tyrone Wells

Embedded:

science and divinity

"The whole history of science has been the gradual realization that events do not happen in an arbitrary manner, but that they reflect a certain underlying order, which may or may not be divinely inspired." - Steven Hawkings "A Brief History of Time"

Women Will Rule the World!!!

http://www.newsweek.com/2010/07/06/women-will-rule-the-world.html?obref=obinsite

When historians write about the great recession of 2007–08, they may very well have a new name for it: the Mancession. It’s a term already being bandied about in the popular media as business writers chronicle the sad tales of the main victims of the recession: men. They were disproportionately represented in the industries hit hardest during the downturn, including financial services, manufacturing, and construction, and their higher salaries often put them first in the line of fire. Men are the victims of two thirds of the 11 million jobs lost since the recession began in 2007; in August 2009, when U.S. male unemployment stood at 11 percent (versus 8.3 for women), it was the largest unemployment gender gap in the postwar era. Those numbers have improved, a bit—new unemployment figures show men at 9.9 percent and women at 7.8—but not enough to stop Larry Summers, the president’s top economic adviser, from speculating recently, that “when the economy recovers, five years from now, one in six men who are 25 to 54 will not be working.”

Happy India Independence Day!

Happy India Independence Day! The Empire State Building is lit up with the colors of the Indian flag today :-)

personality

I took a random personality quiz online, and this is what it said about me (which is pretty much exactly right!!!) :-)

You are an explorer. You're always on the hunt for new exotic adventures that will appeal to your wild spirit. You'll try anything once! You've got a wonderfully childlike spirit. You see the beauty in the simplest of things. Happiness is not something to save for the future, it's about living in the moment. Nothing gets you excited like the thought of setting off on trip somewhere you've never been before. You really enjoy getting into planning all the sites you want to see. You're a bit of a cultural sponge too. You love checking out all the latest films, books and music. Deep down, you've got a big heart and like to put others first. Nothing puts a smile on your face like being able to make a difference. But remember it's always good to fit a little time for yourself in the mix too. Your batteries won't run forever!