My first summer Friday is tomorrow and I'm planning on using it to catch up on a few things I've been putting off.  It seems that you're always trading time no matter what you may be doing.  I keep remembering certain things I'd like to get started on or finish up but somehow, I can't seem to get to them all.  I guess that's just life-- always moving and changing and stopping for no one. 

So on that note, I haven't been able to update as much as I've like to because I've been out and about.  These last couple weeks have been eventful, at least for someone of my expectations and standards.  This is a good thing.  My 4 day Fourth of July weekend included going to a Ravinia concert to see the Mendelssohn String Quartet, a first annual classic car show at my own home town, spending an entire afternoon reading at a park (yes, I've been reading on the Mac tutorials), and attending a Ribfest.  Time with friends and family are important now matter how busy you become in life.  It will always be the ultimate feel-good factor.

Anyways, I've wanted to write more but sometimes there's just too many other distractions.  I wish I had something that would just record my thoughts as they come and I could save it, and upload it later to right here.  If that was the case, I think I would have a lot more activity going on.  But then again, I would take those quiet and contemplative moments for granted.  So I guess nothing good should come effortless.  On that note,  that just reminds me I have a quite a list of to-dos for my day off tomorrow.  There's laundry, shopping, errands to run, things to pick up at the library, not to mention hundreds of photos from the last 6 months are still sitting on my hard-drive and camera waiting to be edited and uploaded.  That's basically the reason why you never see much photos posting on my blog.

So for now, I'm just going to do the easiest thing, post photos from my phone (since I found out I could bluetooth my pictures straight to my computer effortlessly).  Here it goes, the last couple of months through the eyes of my Nokia:


(Fathers Day, there was some sort of bench painting contest near Evanston.  This was one of my favorite because I thought it offered a unique perspective, hehe)



(This one here was my number one choice. It's so colorful and creative and had wonderful quotes from 3 people: John Lenon, Gandhi, and M.L.King Jr.   I wonder if he won the contest.  If you look closely, "Imagine" isn't spelled how you'd think it is..)


(This one has a specific message that really resonated for me.  Zen-like)


(It's a privilege to be able to sit on one of these bench.  So much work and thoughts go into each seating)



(One day when I was near the lakefront, we saw that someone was driving this car through the parking lot.  It was blasting some hip hop music and drove about 5 mi/hour as it passed on by)


(I actually have this image set as my phone's wallpaper.  We were taking a stroll after dinner that same day at the lakefront and the sunset was just comparable to a painting in the sky.  And what made this scene so interesting and peaceful was the image of a man praying and facing the lake.  As I looked closely, I could see he had set out two or so Buddha figurine statues. There's just something so peaceful when we see someone in prayers.  So when I feel stress, I look at this image on my phone and it helps.)


(the End)

I did get that iMac after all...
20 inches of clear resolution beauty.
Happy early birthday to me!
(Thank you Robin for his 50% investment).

It was the most I've ever spent in 10 minutes.
Their student discount that's going on until Sept is quite a bargain.
Free printer and iPod touch with a computer purchase.
Who knew taking that 8 week Chinese course was going to be an added-bonus.

I already have checked out 2 tutorial books to help me in the transition.
For the most part, I got the Finder, iChat and iTunes down, the essentials.
The rest is going to be just fabulouso...
Hooray for Mac! Yep, I've switched over.