Las Vegas, Hoover Dam and Grand Canyon

4 days, 4 nights for 4 people in one good deal of $2500 ( Flight + Hotel + Car ).

Laptop No # 3

I wasn't ready for this but unexpected VGA card failure of my previous Sony Vaio has brought Tech life to stand still. So after one week without laptop; we found a good deal for $999 with free printer at nearest Circuit City store. and there you've it my third Laptop in last 9 years.

My Big Fat Big Screen TV

The need of time and a long desire for Big LCD screen TV has landed us on this SAMSUNG LN46A550 model. Thou there is a never such things as good deal on HDTV due to the always falling prices; I thought what price I got was reasonable.

Rock On

We indeed felt like being in Live Rock Concert in the last 20 minutes and the Magik did work on us. Na Na Na Na Na Na....!

Singh is Kinng

We had good time watching this nonsense comedy.

08.08.08 - Summer Olympics

Last 07.07.07 It was this and this year its 2008 Summer Olympics. Coincidentally our TV's colors are washed out and we could only enjoy the opening ceremony in B&W.

Dead Car Battery

This happened on Sunday evening after returning from someone's birthday party; the car wouldn't start in front of apartment entrance; blocking all the traffic. Fortunately, the neighboring guy had Jump Start Kit to pull the car in parking lot. So over the week; We spend time looking for reliable car mechanic and way to tow the car at his place. Finally after all this worry, things took place and my car started by spending $600; which included much needed 30,000 Miles car servicing.

So the guys that "Road Side assistance" do help; when its most needed.

Another Prod Release

Another Heavy Data Migration Prod Release and this time I was pulled in, at the last moment; making it more challenging one. But at the end it was well orchestrated release to remember after this release.

The Classic at Wimbledon

After watching Wimbledon at every 4th July weekend, I lost interest in it. But when I switched on TV today and saw the final was about to end. I stayed for little while, just to witness the one of the greatest sports event in the history after this.

This was one of the classic battle between Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer's five-year reign at Wimbledon. As the commentator said "Change of the guard at Wimbledon" after the 4 hours, 48 minutes of play - the longest men's final in Wimbledon history. A deserving win for Rafael Nadal.

Jaane Tu...Ya Jaane Na

This 4th of July, I watched this and whole weekend we spent listening to 'Aditi' .

another Six Flag visit

another Six Flag visit, making it the 4th one and the uniqueness of this visit was, I didn't ride a single roller coaster ride.

More Work

More Work ...!

Work

Work ...

Indiana Jones on Big Screen

Its been long long time, we haven't seen Hollywood flick on Big screen, I think the last movie was Spider-Man II. So when this movie was released. We thought of watching it in theater, to enjoy the visual effects.

But beside few visual effects and actions sequence, It didn't impress me much.

Another Big Move !

Its time to move again. Everything NEW !
New Job, New City, New State and New Apartment - Many address changes, Lots of planning, Lots of frustration but finally settled for now before next move.

Job Hunt and Post selection process.

This time It was only one shot and selection unlike last time, but the time it took to confirm the Job offer was longer. Each day looked more longer due to uncertainties and anxiety. It was emotional roller coaster ride for 2/3 weeks. Due to few commitments on apartment leasing side, my flexibility was vanished. Sometime only time can put things in proper order and only time can make it harder to decide.

California Pizza Kitchen

California Pizza Kitchen- Their Pizza has unusual softness. Now We have decided our favorite one - Italian Tomato-Basil. It specially made from Imported Italian tomatoes, Mozzarella cheese, topped with fresh basil and Parmesan cheese.

P.F Chang's - China Bistro

Finally, We did get a chance to try out at P.F Chang's China Bistro, after hearing lot about their food.

The food here taste delicious, even the boring Tofu is tasty. In Appetizers, we had Harvest Spring rolls & Vegetable dumplings. Main entires included Coconut Curry vegetables , P.F. chang's Fried Rice Vegetable and Vegetable Chow Fun. To make it sweet ending, we had the 'Great Wall of Chocolate' as desert in the end. The best part was, all this came together in close to $40. We surely are ready for our next visit.

Ray-Ban

I bought my first original Ray-Ban Aviator Sunglasses after all this years of desire of having one, thou Its late at this stage. But as they say better late than never !

Hibachi at Kujaku

Yet another farewell lunch at Japanese Bistro. But this time it was unique experience to see your food prepared right in front of your eyes in Hibachi style. In appetizers, I enjoyed these Vegetable Tempura.

Bye Bye to Diapers.

For now we can say bye bye to Huggies, Our Little one is Potty trained. Now only Issue is, When he want to Pee, We have to find the nearest restroom within 5 minutes.

Bombay at Westport

It was last minute decision to have dinner at Bombay in Westport, after hearing lot about it thru Friends. Thou the menu looks impressive, We weren't impressed by what we ordered. May be next time, We might give try for Lunch Buffet, just to give it second chance.

Fighting Viral Fever

This annual fever has lasted longer than usual one day stand, it took almost complete whole week to cure.

early morning trip to JFK

another quick early morning visit to JFK. Surprisingly, didn't find any usual traffic this time. Also the waiting time at the airport was average hr or so.

The Grand 'Jodha Akabar'

Keeping aside the various controversies, this movie did not bore us; consider the long 3 hrs show time. The director did succeed taking us back in the history, with his impressive story telling & screen play. He also did justice to A R Rehman’s two great songs a divine one ‘Khwaja Mere Khwaja’ and grand ‘Azeem Shaan Shahenshah’. A true historic masterpiece from Bollywood. I'm glad that I didn't miss the chance of watching this one on Big Screen.



This movie does reminds that, India as a country has very interesting & fascinating history.

Its Tax Time

Its that time of the year again, when 'Filing taxes' just add another item in the to-do list. I always preferred filing it as soon W2 arrives in the mail, just to avoid that last minute stress.

Life is Wi-Fi

It took almost 3 yrs to migrate from broad band Internet connection to Wireless (Wi-Fi) one. I can feel the flexibility of being a wireless, but only if the battery life of laptop could last longer. It could have made huge difference.

Indian Passport Renewal

Never thought that the 10 yrs will go such fast, when I received my first passport 10 yrs ago, the Expiry date didn't bothered much. But when the time came to renew the passport, it was just additional paper work stress and early morning trip to Indian Consulate. In addition to that, now I need to carry two passport old and new every time I travel and every time I make those never ending copies.

HTML, Java Script, JSP, Java

HTML, Java Script, JSP, Java, Java applet, Eclipse, 2-Tier & 3-Tier Programming, thats lot of technology for single web application and every language has its own syntax, for loop, and variable declaration, Could have been more simpler !

Oracle Advanced Queuing (AQ)

The year started with learning the new undiscovered feature of Oracle's "Advanced Queuing (AQ)"
messaging, that you won't appreciate until you really put it into real practical use.


If you go by this Oracle Advanced Queuing by Example, then its really simpler to understand.