The Olympics : Where did all the time go ?

We've been watching the olympics pretty religiously (actually more than religiously - haven't been to a temple in more than a year:). We saw:

1. Nastia Liuken win the all-round gold
2. Yang Wei win the all-round gold 
3. All of Phelps' gold medals : including 'The touch'
4. Walsh-Treanor win the beach volleyball gold
5. Brasil win the women's volleyball gold : As an example  of the american bent of the reporting - it's really hard to find a good picture of the team. Instead here is a picture of Kimberley Glass.
6. Bolt win three golds - he's so much faster than the rest of the field it's awesome! They actually complained because he had time to showboat before the end. In the 100ms. He had time to spare in the shortest race on earth!
7. Shawn Johnson win the gold on the balance beam - it was amazing to see her smiling through all the close losses (for silver - which isn't so bad if you think about it) - so it was nice that she finally got one!
8. The Chinese Team win the team gold (women's). The americans really should stop complaining about how young these girls are. They are amazing nonetheless. Huang Xu, Chen Yibing, Li Xiaopeng, Xiao Qin, Yang Wei, Zou Kai

Guacamole and chinese fried rice

Rashmi made some guacamole .. seems to have come out amazingly. However, I don't know what we are going to eat with the guacamole. She also made some chinese fried rice. Tastes amazing. Pictures!

The fried rice was made in our new 'wok' from ikea of all places. We also got this huge storage thingy, and it's full already as you can see.

Ahh crass consumerism! How much stuff we own! I can just imagine my mom's reaction to us becoming this american!

P.S: Rashmi says the fried rice tastes weird. Do I have to eat it ?

Sams club

So we went and got a Sams club membership. I wonder if it's going to be worth it.

The Breakfast Club

We saw The Breakfast Club, as part of my multi-part 'Watch all shows alluded to in Psych' binge. The Breakfast Club was in Murder?Murder? Anyone ? Bueller?

I loved it. Rashmi and Satashu didn't :(. According to wikipedia:The Breakfast Club is a 1985 American teen film widely considered as the definitive work in the genre. Written and directed by John Hughes, the storyline follows five teenagers (each representing a different clique in high school) as they spend a Saturday in detention together and come to realize that they are all deeper than their respective stereotypes. The film has become a cult classic and has had a tremendous influence on many coming-of-age films since then. The film was shot entirely in sequence. Shooting began on March 28, 1984 and ended in May of 1984.

Shows what they know.

Rashmi and the fizzy water incident!

Rashmi & Murali - Wedding Photos

2 years in the making -- the blockbuster hit of the summer!

The Olympics : China's coming out party (and where's India?)

We saw bits and pieces of the olympic ceremony - beautiful, astounding, amazing. I'm still looking for a high res video to see the parts we missed. I think that there is no doubt about which country is going to be the next great superpower.

And it isn't going to be us.