Hand-pressing Flash light

Rupal bought a flashlight which has a handle you squeeze to recharge, and we spent half an hour trying to read the caption on the back without breaking out in laughter. It's worth sharing. I've typed it exactly as is on the box, including the punctuation.

Product Characteristics:

1. This product is a new science and technology product and made with high and new science and technology. It can illuminate only placing

2. No need any power no environmental pollution. Low noise and health. Comparing with common torch,it can be several times on lift.

3. Con stantly using this health torch, it can benefit to your palm, arm and shouldter stretching and blood circulation,so as to let your hands relax and brain clever,hand and brain coor dinate and promote your brain memory and health composition.

Awesome!

The goings on

Anna is in town visiting, and luckily the weather is juuuuust right. Got back from Kangaroo valley a few minutes ago for Janet's 30th, 2nd time in 3 weeks we've been there - it's tough to leave. So gorgeous! We saw wombats, as you can see in this:

Here are some wild random pics of the weekend - love you!

camping adventure

now that we have a video camera I don't even really feel the need to provide commentary - just images... since this is pretty self explanatory.

With the fresh pack of gum

Click on the photo, event code is "rupal"and your sister. I think her name is Debra.

the debate in one minute, and a rant about vice presidential candidates

Like every american I'm speaking with are ill about the position we are in with the bailout that is needed to shore up our economy and putting it back on the right track. It's gotta be all about job creation. Health care reform, reducing takes has got to accompany trade as opportunity, not as competitive scary thing. All those things under the umbrella of job creation makes my head explode! This bailout is a part of that.

Oh Shit!

Back To the Grind

We're four weeks into Mr. & Mrs. Iselin. Married life so far is pretty great, though I'm not yet comfortable with the 'mrs.' part (nor the 'Iselin' part, while on that subject). Our time home was perfect and because of our wedding gift for the 'rents, we've got it on home video.

Coming back home to Sydney was difficult. The perfect blend of homesickness requires heaps of perfect weather, a dollop of Grand Canyon, two servings of wedding, and a few days at the Four Seasons to taste. The best cure for it is summer's approach in Sydney.

This weekend was fantastic. After weaseling our way into Diplo at the Oxford Arts Factory (which is a block away) on Friday night, I went to to James Squire Brewery in Darling Harbour to watch the first presidential debate with Democrats Abroad. Watching the debate with a room full of Americans was exciting... I get more riled about being an American when I'm abroad. After spending the rest of the day in the Rocks, I met Josh at Coogee beach with a picnic in hand. Josh was a bit pissed after a day at the races (to those Americans reading this... 'pissed' means drunk, and 'races' are the horse races where everyone wears outfits straight from the polo scene in Pretty Woman). Dinner on the beach and a movie. Today was more of the same - barbie with some good folk, beach, and now bed.

Check out facebook for some wedding pics!

The goings on

Apple store just opened in Sydney to the delight of dorks everywhere. Stupid people flew from the US of A to wait in line to go to a store they could have gone to in the US (where it's cheaper anyways). What in the insane is going on?

Then like 2 weeks later the iphone is released. It's complete mayhem. there is an 8 hr wait at the apple store.

Why can't I have one?

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"Fore-sta"

We went to Forester last weekend - it's pronounced "Fore-sta." A good way to remember it is to think of it as four-star with a twist, although I'd give it 3.


at a winery we went to in the middle of nowheres.

Make sure to click on the picture on the right - Rupal is the tiny dot in the corner. We went hiking at some mountain on the way home. Rupal thinks it was called mt. askot. I refuse to look it up.

Make sure to click on the pic on the left, Rupal is in mid air.

Wedding planning is taking over. Beginning to lose touch with reality. Reading a really good book though - it's call ed "The Brief Life of Oscar Wao." Highly recommended.

This weekend we did nothing. I didn't leave my bed except once to make tea - I had food poisoning from some faulty Friday night feast. Pretty sick. I watched Sopranos, and drank gatorade.

OK back to bed. :-( but before I do, here a picture I took 3 weeks ago of one of the best afternoons of my entire life. I'm prone to exaggeration, but damn look at this picture. It looks like a dream sequence from a movie about "HORS D’OEUVRES" which I clearly copied and pasted from the first website I could find that knew how to spell.