Friday, September 26, 2008

Long time . . No blog posting

Hello there, it has been quite some time since the last posting. I am busy "enjoying the break" - and relaxation includes doing mundane things and the joy of doing having done it - reading books, doing spring cleaning, washing and waxing the car, apart from spending long hours with my family & playing with my two sons - aged 6&1/2 years and ~10 months and some "little" amount of time on my new toy - iPhone 3G. 

Of the books that I have been reading, the interesting one that I would like to share is "The Google Story" - a very good book for those who want to bring back the intensity of unwavering focus back into their life. This book, an unauthorized/unofficial bio of the company, gives an insight into the 10 year old youngster  (i mean Google), its founders and various milestones along its journey of what is now a US$100+ Billion Market Cap with an annual revenue expected to be in the surplus of US$20B for this year. 

Of the movies that I watched, "WallE"  the kids movie is fun to watch - the first 40 odd minutes of the movie goes without a dialogue and funny enough one doesn't feel the lack of dialogue. And with my son around, there were thousands of questions that had to be answered; much to the irritation of an adult who happened to be in the movie theatre screening a kids movie (with no dialogues) and expecting silence from kids wanting to understand. God bless his "common sense".

 And today is the start of the Singapore F1 Race weekend - the first ever night race. I am not able to watch the race at the circuit due to the rule of not allowing kids below 7 years. This disallows the biggest F1 fan in the household from watching his fave team - Renault. So that leaves us to watch it live on TV. But we did enjoy going around the island to different malls and locations where the F1 cars were located - Renault@Mariott, Mc-laren@Mobile pertol pump on East Coast, etc and of-course the 30 min ride on the real-life-size F1 simulator having the Singapore circuit. Whew!! it seems easier on TV rather than in real life.   

And thru this one month, my second one started standing up, and walking by holding onto support (such as tables, bed,etc) and teething. Guess he will become a cook someday - has an excellent aptitude for all types of food - spicy hot or sweet - wants to try all food that we have and finds his food very bland!! He enjoys waking up father and elder brother in the morning - he thinks it is very funny !! More so when he starts singing. Anyways, it is good to be able to spend time playing with him with no urgency to get ready. God does like providing surprises. 

In a nutshell, it has been an wonderful one month since the "event" on 25th Aug. More on this subject later. And on iPhone 3G. Ciao.