A Brother From Another Mother!

This week is brought to you by our brother from another mother!  Welcome Abeed Shariff!  Also, I am EXTREMELY jealous of your pic with Patrick Adams!


Hey everyone my name is Abeed Shariff. I'm a friend of the Pirani family as well as a distant relative from both Inayat and Shaida's sides of the family.

I am very much looking forward to this amazing vacation Natasha has planned. You will see me exchanging life stories with Shafique and Mike at the pool and I will be the first one ready to explore the hiking trails nearby.

My hobbies are sports, travel, photography, literature, film, and adventure.

2014 was a big year for me in terms of travel, some highlights include Romania , Athens Greece, Mykonos and Santorini in the Greek Islands, Rome, Naples, and Sicily in Italy. I'm looking forward to adding to the adventures in 2015 and this trip will definetely be one of the special trips coming this year. Looking forward to hanging out with you all.

Cha Cha Cha!

Week 3 gives us a post by Shafique Pirani, also known as by his nieces and nephews as Shafique Cha Cha!  Coming all the way from Vancouver he looks forward to uniting with many of his family members as well as some new friends made in Romania and Turkey!

Hello everyone, I'm Shafique, Natasha's uncle. I'm really looking forward to this trip as it should be very different from last years venture to Turkey! 

It's going to be fun getting to know everyone. A big dose of sun will be very welcome after a long rainy winter. 

You will most likely find me at the beach or in the pool. I had the pleasure of getting to know Mike on our last trip and everything his post says about him is true!

Ram Ramroop Family

Week two of 'let's get to know each other' series brings a post about the Ram Ramroop family written by Kevin - song writer, singer, creative writer, and all around amazing artist :)  

Hello everyone, I am emissary to Mike’s sole contribution of this trip, which consists of myself, Mike’s younger brother Kevin, and our two parents Reva and Nary. As the clear-cut black sheep of the trip, we are most excited to assimilate ourselves into the overwhelming majority that is Natasha’s family, whilst at the same time soaking up some sun, enjoying a good meal, and picking up some interesting tidbits about the Ismaili culture.

Since we are all shrouded in mystery, I will provide a brief bio and headshot as a guide of reference. 

This is the whole fam!

Nary is a Trinidadian-born Trinidadian. His interests include Game of Trones (this is not a typo due to his slight Trini accent), hot peppers, and that covers it pretty well. He can hold a conversation from anything to the architecture of the resort building to which people on the beach resemble which characters from Game of Thrones.

Reva may ring a bell as the name that spearheaded the booking of this trip for most you. Of course she is a travel agent, but her zeal for geography does not define her life. A self-professed jack-of-all-trades-master-of-none, she is affluent in topics from fashion, celebrity marriages, 90’s sitcoms, and more.

Kevin is a 21-year old English student who likes music and has a beard. Imagine another Mike who doesn’t really look like Mike and you pretty much nailed it.

Unlikely to make an appearance on the trip is our older brother Naren, his wife Nadine, her parents, and two lovely children Etash and Shrey.  But here's to hoping as it seems the attendee list keeps on growing.

That is all.

Shrey and Etash! 

The bros!

Mukund & Natasha

As promised we will feature posts done by the different households that are attending the 2015 reunion!  Here is the first one :) Enjoy!

This is the blog post for the residents of 4905-11 Brunel Crt. This specifically refers to Natasha Pirani and Mike (Mukund) Balakrishnan.

Inspired by her Cousin Omar’s (See Virani Family post for more information on him) graduation gathering and ever-eager to plan well into the future, Natasha Pirani endeavours to establish lasting family traditions bringing all parts of her life together to celebrate her amazing network of family and friends. In 2014, Natasha looked forward into 2015 and saw her (and Mike’s) 30^th birthday and saw for herself an opportunity to weave these loose strands into a full-fledged quilt of family, fun and merriment.

This pictures shows exactly how Natasha feels about Mike's description. 

Mike provides a unique perspective on this trip. As someone who seemingly knows it all, all the time, to the general annoyance of all around him, he is among the few participants who you can count on to explain how, why and who is on the resort at any given time. Always up for beach volleyball, cards, or a beverage or two, find Mike and you’ll find yourself a conversation worth having.

As a unit they are looking forward to the beaches, the food, the pool, and last but certainly not least, the family time and activities.

Who are we here with?  WHO AREN’T WE HERE WITH!!??

Who will we miss? See Figure 1 (Answer = All People – People in Attendance)

How excited are we? See Figure 2

Figure 1 – A Venn Diagram

Figure 2 - Histogram