{"id":575,"date":"2008-12-05T05:17:47","date_gmt":"2008-12-05T10:17:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kirantarun.com\/?page_id=575"},"modified":"2013-09-17T02:46:27","modified_gmt":"2013-09-17T06:46:27","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/DSC_0380.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4151\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/about\/dsc_0380-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/DSC_0380.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"276,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D5000&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1301433678&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;34&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DSC_0380\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/DSC_0380-207x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/DSC_0380.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4151 alignleft\" title=\"DSC_0380\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/DSC_0380.jpg\" width=\"209\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/DSC_0380.jpg 276w, https:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/DSC_0380-207x300.jpg 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 209px) 100vw, 209px\" \/><\/a>Hello, I am Kiran Srivastava. Commonly known as the Chatterbox in the family. Ten years ago, I met Tarun (the Hubby) and we instantaneously fell in love. Our life so far, has been a roller coaster ride. From Malaysia and India, we begun our journey as husband and wife to America.<\/p>\n<p>I started <em><a href=\"http:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\">blogging<\/a><\/em> our journey since 2007 for our families back in our homelands. When we are not busy blogging, you will find me working on <em><a href=\"http:\/\/kirantarun.com\/food\">recipes<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/kirantarun.com\/lens\">photography<\/a><\/em>, learning web designing, indulging in occasional <em><a title=\"Tweet Tweet!\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/kiran_\" target=\"_new\">twittering<\/a><\/em> &amp; <em><a title=\"Like us :)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KiranTarun\" target=\"_new\">facebooking<\/a><\/em>!<\/p>\n<p>Admittedly, I am a scatter-brained, often forgetful and not willing to admit that I am over 30 years old now. I am always 29 \ud83d\ude42 But I love my husband, our family, life and living abroad &#8211; not that it has anything to do with Ricky Gervais&#8217;s show.<\/p>\n<p>Some random facts about yours truly:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Born in the land of Malaysia, truly Asia on April 6th.<\/li>\n<li>3rd child of 4 in the family. I have two elder sisters and one little (brat) brother.<\/li>\n<li>Completed my MBA via distance learning. It&#8217;s not easy, but I did it.<\/li>\n<li>Love to cook, eat and feed others.<\/li>\n<li>It&#8217;s been a while since I&#8217;ve jungle trekked.<\/li>\n<li>Love traveling, swimming, cycling, reading and recipe testing.<\/li>\n<li>Been caught with drama\/serials\/tv series bug lately. GLEE fan. Huge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/05\/abcs-of-me\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to read more about me<\/a><\/em>. And be sure to <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/KiranTarun-Full-RSS-Feed\" target=\"_blank\">subscribe<\/a> to us so you&#8217;re notified as soon as we have had the chance to get more of our lives published. I meant, our story.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #808000;\">Living abroad is like a new birth to life. Learning to take baby steps all over again.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"skills\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"..\/..\/blog\" target=\"_new\">Chatterbox<\/a> | <a href=\"..\/..\/lens\" target=\"_new\">Shutterbox<\/a> | <a href=\"..\/..\/food\" target=\"_new\">Recipebox<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/Kiran_\" target=\"_new\">Twitter<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KiranTarun\" target=\"_new\">Facebook<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/kirantarun.com\/blog\/contact\">Contact<br \/>\n<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, I am Kiran Srivastava. 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