Diwali 2011

Thepans at the Lochns for Qais Diwali 2011
Thepans at the Lochns for Qais Diwali 2011

This year for Diwali, our whole family went to my boss’s place for a wonderful party fully decked out in festive gear. Clearly Clara was the star of the day and simply too cute to resist, so everyone took turns to carry her and take pictures with her. She was a darling and slowly got comfortable with everyone.

Here are some of the wonderful photos that my boss’s daughter took. Enjoy.

The kids
The kids
Rajeev with Clara
Rajeev with Clara
Boss's mom with Clara
Boss's mom with Clara
Sparkles
Sparkles
The crazy ones
The crazy ones
The beautiful ones
The beautiful ones

We all had loads of fun clearly. :)

Clié Pan – Love You Like a Love Song (Cover)

It’s been said and done,
every beautiful thoughts been already sung
and I guess right now, here’s another one
So your melody
will play on and on
with the best of own
You are beautiful
like a dream come alive, incredible
A center full of miracle, lyrical
You saved my life again
and I want you to know baby

I, I love you like a love song, baby (3x)
And I keep it in re-pe-pe- peat
I, I love you like a love song, baby (3x)
And I keep it in re-pe-pe-peat

Cursing me,
boy, you played through my mind like a symphony.
There’s no way to describe what you do to me.
You just do to me,
what you do
and it feels like I’ve been rescued,
I’ve been set free
I am hypnotized
by your destiny
You are magical, lyrical, beautiful,
and you are and I want you to know, baby

I, I love you like a love song, baby (3x)
And I keep it in re-pe-pe- peat
I, I love you like a love song, baby (3x)
And I keep it in re-pe-pe- peat

No one compares, you stand alone to every record I own.
Music to my heart, that’s what you are.
A song that goes on and on

I, I love you like a love song, baby (3x)
And I keep it in re-pe-pe- peat
I, I love you like a love song, baby(3x)
I love you like a love song.


Clié loves singing and sings at home ALL THE TIME. So I’m gonna slowly record down her singing and show her when she grows older.

Seeing the Jade

Jaded

We all feel jaded someway or another.

I thought if I studied hard, I’ll get into a good school. I thought after I graduate from school and did well, I’ll get a good job. I thought that if I’ve put in enough effort at work I’ll be better paid. I though if I had a fantastic idea, I’ll change the world.

I thought if I treat them nice, they would treat me nice. I thought if I was interested in his stuff, he would be interested in my stuff. I thought if I loved her, she’ll love me back.

I’ve been mixing with a lot of very good people. Very nice and very good people. Unfortunately their circumstances are not so good. Family issues, money issues, sickness, accidents, tragedies.

I ask why.

I don’t think its fair.

Some crash and burn. Some fall into depression. Some lock themselves away in a tower and throw away the key. Some simply give up.

I feel so jaded for them. Its not fair.

But then again… Will it ever be fair.

I’m sorry. We don’t live in a storybook. There is no fairy tale.

The prince charming on the white horse could possibly become a drunk pedophile in the future.

The princess can grow old and become the wicked witch. The damsel could possibly not get rescued and got ran over by the train. The prince charming on the white horse could possibly become a drunk pedophile in the future.

The world doesn’t owe us anything, nothing at all.

If that’s the case, then how?

Then I realize what kept them going. They stay positive. They do what it takes. They keep trying. They don’t give up. They enjoy trying. They enjoy those around them trying together with them. They appreciate what they have. They count their blessings.

They don’t let what happened in the past affect what they are doing to achieve what they want in the future.

Resilient.

Focused.

They see the Jade in Jaded.

In your face b*tch.

iPhone iOS5 Upgrade Unknown Error -23

iOS5

Everyone seem to be upgrading to iOS5 without any problems, but I was plagued with “Unknown Error -23”. Searched online for a few days, asked a few friends and finally found a solution which was to update it manually.

  1. Download the iOS5 manually. See iOS 5 Now Available [Download Links]
  2. For Mac users, copy the iOS5 file to “~/Library/iTunes/iPhone Software Updates“. Win XP users “\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Apple Computer\iTunes\iPhone Software Update” and Win Vista / 7 users “\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\iTunes\iPhone Software Updates
  3. Go back to iTunes and hit “Update”.

Yay. iOS5-ed. Next up iPhone4S.