Saturday, May 03, 2003

 
Today was a pretty stuffed, hectic day, but fun too !

I had a meeting for a working session with one of my clients and it was really good to do a face to face meeting again .. we came up with a bunch of new ideas and it seems I will be working with this client for some time more ... great.

Since busses and taxis were to slow during the peak hours I did a lot of walking, which I then noticed I was not really used to anymore .. but the weather was nice and I enjoyed it. When I got home, Ritsu and I went to Sakagura for lunch. Ritsu had a noodle/chicken/egg dish and I had a salmon overkill also known as Sake Ikura Don. Raw salmon slices over sushi rise topped with Ikura (Salmon Roe) ... cho oishikatta desu yo !






Later that afternoon I left to meet with Berna down at the financial center, but somehow we missed each other, then it started to rain and I thought she had left already because I was a bit late anyway (I forgot all about the perils of friday afterwork rush hour on the 6 train) ... but heard later that she actually saw me when I then left .. she tried to get my attention .. but I was kinda running to get out of the rain ...

The next big thing was going to the AppleStore in SoHo where they had a special event for the release of the new iPod (for those of you living under rocks, this is an MP3 music player, you can have basically all your CDs with you in one tiny package and listen to it until the battery runs dry) I missed the 6 PM opening .. but I sure did not miss the line which wrapped itself all around the block ! ... And so I was standing there with other apple enthusiasts, waiting an hour in the rain, till it was our time to get in (also see posting below) ...

This shop is just beautiful .. it reminds me more of an art gallery ... I went straight to the line to get my iPod (and another one for Jonathan back in Fiji) and after lining up there for 15 minutes .. the next fun part was that my CC company really wanted to make sure that I am who I am .. the puzzled cashier (Josh) had to wait on the phone for like 10 minutes until he reached someone ... but in the end all worked out and I enjoyed the event a bit .. there was a DJ playing (on iPods) and some band by the (rather silly) name of "glassjaw" was playing music upstairs ..but it sure was a fun athmosphere ..





Back home I unwrapped my new toy and it is gorgous !!! A 30 GB mp3 player .. that is music enough for weeks .. or for many people simply it means they can carry their whole CD collection in a small pack the size and weight of a deck of cards .. amazing ... it also looks great .... and as I found out, it technically has the ability to record sound, but that seems to be still in testing mode ...

Home now, doing blog update, Ritsu is out with some colleagues, i bet they persuaded her to go for some karaoke after dinner .. darn, i love hearing her sing !!!
posted by Peter 1:12 PM