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The whole India-Pakistan population was glued to this India vs Pakistan semifinal. Though the match didn't have great drama, it created hype for 3-4 days. News channels were covering it live like an election or a calamity. Facebook and twitter too had its share of traffic. Lots of people took a day off because of 'cold' or 'bad stomach', etc. Many in India halted their work by afternoon to sit in front of television to catch the action from the toss. For me, the match started at 5pm. Indian batting was over by 8:30pm. By then, I thought of not watching the second part of the match. When Pakistan was going smoothly at 100-2, my hopes were going down. In the next hour, I got a message on my phone that the score was 150-6! Though I was sleeping, my mind was partially on the match and was telling myself that India will win if they pick couple of more wickets. In the end, message on phone read, "Pakistan 231-10". Next is the grand final - India vs Sri Lanka in ...

From room window... Morning... Afternoon... - Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone Location: New York

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Visited Angkor Wat last week. It was an awesome trip. Click on above photo to check out the photo album. We flew from Singapore to Siem Reap (nearest International airport). Our guide was waiting at the airport and took us to our hotel. The next 3 days went like a zoom. All our arrangements were done by our travel agent, Chan Brothers, Singapore. Siem Reap is tourist friendly. Guides and shoppers speak basic English. Hotel accommodation is available in plenty with good facilities like gym, swimming pool and wi-fi internet access. Roads are OK. Food for vegetarians has to be managed with rice, soup and cooked vegetables.

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We visited Singapore zoo today. It was raining heavily when we reached at 11:30am. In the next hour, rain stopped and the weather was suitable for taking the zoo tour. We spent the next 5 hours roaming around and making sure that our little one was not bored. Our son liked the KidzWorld section. There was pony-ride which we initially thought would be tough for him. I told my wife that once we hand over him to the care-taker, he will sit on the horse and continue his ride. My main idea was to show him elephants (Elephant show)! Our dad will surely tell, "oooh, just take him to temple; you will find lot of elephants". It was 3:30pm and time was ticking for our son. Within few minutes of the show, he got bored listening to the story. Having shown him how elephant looks in real life, we started back home.

Marina Bay, Singapore New Year Celebrations. Near Esplanade, Singapore

Roof top at Chinatown Point, Singapore. Visited Chinatown, Singapore today.

This is a video of Chrome Event held on 07-Dec 2010. I checked my earlier blog writter in 2008. To my surprise, most of the words/phrases/ideas in the video is the same as my blog. My earlier blog is here - http://hkshyam.blogspot.com/2008/07/future-of-computerweb.html

Last night, it rained heavily in Singapore. I was stuck in office for an hour waiting to return home. After a long wait for a taxi, I got one to reach home by 8pm. By 9pm, I got a call. Caller: Hi, is it Mr. Kumar? Did you leave something in my taxi? Me: No, I don't think so. I didn't have any bag or anything in my hands. Caller: Are you sure? I think you have left your RSA token. Me: Oh!? Is it? Let me check... Oh yes..., it is mine. How do I get it back? Caller: I will give it to you when I am in your area next time. By 11:30pm, I got my RSA back. I must thank the cab driver who called me and finally returned my RSA token. I even called the cab company and gave my thank-you feedback.

Using the iPad as slate for our son: He did the above 'modern art'. I wrote the kannada alphabets for him which he enjoys reading.

The new toy (iPad) has caught everybody's attention at home. Our son loves apps by Duck Duck Moose . Interactive games and learning make kids stick to iPad. Apart from that, there are many nice apps for ipad that make it worth using. For me, I am happy using most of the social networking tools. Also, some of the apps are linked to wiki. These apps get updated on a daily basis that will make me read some new topic everyday. Online chat with voice also is easy. With iPad being more portable compared to a laptop, it is easy to move around the house with iPad in hand. For my wife, iPad is a boon! iPad makes our son eat his meal faster than ever before without running away from his seat. My wife used to have a hard time making him eat before we got our new family toy, the iPad.

Got an iPad today for my wife. The screen and video clarity is awesome! There are many apps for kids which we will be using to entertain our son.

My wife and I planned to watch Einthiran at PVR today. Apart from the movie being superclass, the Goldclass experience was an experience of its own. For less than USD 15 for a couple, we were provided royal treatment with welcome drinks at the waiting lounge before the movie started. The screen is designed for a small audience of 30 who sit/sleep in leaning couches which have adjustable buttons to shift from sitting to sleeping position. We are also provided with a pillow and blanket! Lastly, food can be ordered by pressing the 'attendant button' attached to our seat (just like in flight). The movie is one of its kind in Indian cinema. I have never seen an Indian movie with so much graphics and sci-fi action. Rajani rocks the show! Bottonline - Eithiran is worth watching.

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