Up late waiting for the new iMac

Well its almost 2 AM and Phil Schiller is stretching it out ..

To get you clued in, its opening keynote at Apple Expo in Paris and everyone expects Apple to launch the new iMac G5 that is long overdue. Apple has done a good job of keeping new intros at the Expo under wraps so its anyone's guess but it looks like we can expect "something" since all the Apple Stores around the world have gone offline for "updating" - something's cooking for sure. I can't believe I'm still awake and I have to be at work morning tomorrow. Oh well, bitten by the Mac bug again. Watch this space tomorrow for an update :)

Big basin

We went to big basin redwood park on Saturday and hiked for a bit. Then, grilled some veggies and ate it. It was really good. yumm.. Then we went to a campfire meet (arranged by park rangers). They described abt the forest fire geared towards kids ofcourse. It was fun, i enjoyed singing and seeing puppet show ;)

"Smokey the bear

Smokey the bear

smiling and growling

and sniffing in the air

:

"

you get the picture right? After laughing so much, we went back to the camp site. We were super smart, thought since it was a warm day we wont need any blanket. Guess what, we were so cold that we couldn't sleep comfortably the whole night. O well, lesson learnt! never ever underestimate the cold nights in Northern California.



Next day, we got up and went for a longer hike. This time, we hiked a popular trail which led up to sequoia falls. When we reached the falls, we were disappointed to see a small falls. I don't know if you can classify it as falls. Really small one. For more info, check the site

http://www.bigbasin.org/trailssequoia.html



We then went directly to saravanna bhavan. I ordered special meals and ate it like a hog. We were so happy so we decided to go to a mall, instead of coming home. So went to a big huge mall and walked for more than an hour and bought useless items (other than arvind's jeans).

Came home with a killing headache but that didn't stop me from watching MTV VMA show. It was great. My favorites usher and alicia keys won!!:)

sad news!

Arvind's granddad passed away on Sunday. We prayed for him yesterday. May his soul rest in peace.

Apple fans abuzz over new iMac

The world of Apple is excited as Apple Expo approaches. New products including the iMac G5 on the horizon. This article at ZDNet sums it up nicely.

Off to Big Basin!

Hey all, we finally decided to get off our butts and do something we've been wanting to do - and so we are headed to Big Basin Redwoods SP this weekend. Promises to be warm 'n nice. Get back with pictures on sunday!

Hiking again

Now that my swimming classes are over, we've started to hike again. I got my orthotics(foot inserts) which will keep my arch from collapsing. We went on a hike for an hour with the new orthotics. Its very hard to walk with it. My body is used to walking in a wrong posture so when i use orthotics, its hurts my feet. I'm trying to get used to it.



Then, we met kram (k.ramanathan), arvind's school friend. It was fun. we met him at saravanna bhavan. Food wasnt great yesterday since we went for dinner around 10pm (closing time) :(( o well, it was super fun.. Its arjun's bday day after tomorrow...Advanced birthday wishes, Arjun.

3 deer in Dublin

Nothing much happening of late. Except of course, the 3 deer. Yes. I saw 3 deer on "the hill" near our complex. It was very unexpected but cool. The whole place is fenced off so I wonder where they came from. They were able to leap pretty high so I guess they jumped over the fences.

Last night we were back on the hill again with Stephen, Rachael, Elaina, Jake and Darrell. Sunset was beautiful, wish we had taken our camera.

Parents are back in Madras.

Arjun is back to normal food as soon as the leftovers are done, which I am guessing is already.

And oh yeah, we got our visas to Oz. 1 year, multiple entry. Hurrah!

Met Ranjit's fiancee

Me and ag went for ranjit's bday and met his fiancee Archana. Very sweet, cute and friendly girl. Liked her. We had a very good time at the restaurant. We were laughing non stop so it was really fun. Hopefully we will get to meet her this weekend.



Otherwise, my swimming lessons will be over soon. I'm so eager to see olympics swimming now. To see how the pros really swim. I'm all excited.. Looks like I might go to vegas soon. Most of my company guys have already moved to vegas.

I'm still here!

In case you're wondering about the pause in the posts. The last couple of weeks have been.. well.. weird. I haven't been as active as I usually am. Life as usual for the most part. Well, Steve Jobs is recovering from cancer. Hopefully that won't put the iMac G5 off track. Oh yeah, I got an iPod! 40 gig, 4th Generation. Like it but need a skin before I can carry it everywhere.

The iFrame project is shaping up. Will take some pics for you to see how things are shaping up.

I had my annual review at work, it went well I thought.

Nothing much else, am still playing Starcraft. And a little bit of Warcraft. When App allows me access to the desk, of course! :)