Archive for April, 2005


This has been one really hectic week at work.
Had the Open House on Monday, which was a good success.
Had the Prayer Meeting on Tuesday. Praise and Worship was conducted by Jordon and the teaching by Janice.
Just as I was about to leave with Melody on the bike home, we heard a loud scratching noice from [...]

Was at the Emmaus Encounter from Thursday 21 evening till Sunday 24 evening.
Had simply a wonderful experience.
Reached the place sharp 6.00pm and registered and settled in to my room. Must confess that I was a little apprehensive about staying there, but had made up my mind to not let it bother me.
We began the Encounter [...]

Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger has been elected as the Pope - the head of the world’s 1.1 billion Roman Catholics.
Read the full report

Pope Benedict XVI, formerly German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, has delivered his first, brief address as pontiff from the balcony of St Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Full text follows:
Dear brothers and sisters, after the great [...]

I got a leaking nose is the bottomline.
The day of yesterday was very useful. Slept a good deal, but my cold and cough are still pretty much there.
Didn’t go for the prayer meeting because of this.
Was really bored and so watched The Forgotten.
A grieving mother, Telly Paretta, is struggling to cope with the loss [...]

Adobe is buying Macromedia for $3.4billion
Here is the actual details from Adobe’s site.
What Adobe buying Macromedia *could* mean for VoIP by ZDNet’s Russell Shaw
As we report today, desktop publisher Adobe Systems is buying multimedia platforms and software developer Macromedia for $3.4 billion. I believe this combination could have interesting potential for the development of [...]

That’s what it has come to.
Visited the doctor on my way home from work. Been to a new doctor this time and she seemed good.
Not many medicines and took two days meds as I want to go for the prayer meeting in the evening.
But, woke up this morning and found my head spinning, so decided [...]

Awoke early on Saturday morning. Was later than I usually get up but early for a weekend.
Had to meet Madam C by 10.15am and had to make quick stopovers at two banks on my way there.
Had left her to do the planning and she decided on watching Hitch at Fun Republic.
We got there very much [...]

Have been using Messenger Plus! for many many years now. Have always upgraded to the latest version whenever it came out.
For the uninitiated Messenger Plus! is an add-on for MSN Messenger.
Came across the Messenger Plus! Contest the other day where you can win a Sony PSP and/or a brand-new Alienware laptop PC

If you haven’t [...]

I currently am running Coppermine to power my photo album.
Have been considering using Gallery as it seems to be very rich in features.
I love Coppermine as it has been established to be very stable. Love the way I can add albums. But, I find it very less customizable and hence the search for an alternative.
If [...]

Yesterday was the much awaited party at work.
Not at our workplace but at a hotel called Hotel Highway View in Sanpada.
We had speeches by our GM and other heads at ASC itself after which we moved to the hotel.
Following the inauguration and cake cutting was the felicitation program where I got a nice alarm [...]