BIRTHDAY SURPRISE!!!

June 17, 2008 at 10:28 am (Celebrations)

BIRTHDAY GIFT

On 9th of June, came this wonderful day for me…

Actually it was wonderful only for a certain reason.

This day being my Birthday, yeah just that and nothing else was new for the day!!

Since it was a weekday and I didn’t insist on RAVI to take a off, he left for work!!

Obviously, he made me stay awake the previous night and sharp @ 12 am.. he wished me.

The rest of the day was normal with friends wishing in mails, and Karthi Bharathi calling me from NJ.

But as soon as Ravi left @ 9 am for work, @ 9.30 a parcel arrived from FedEx.

I guessed it might be from my hubby. And I was right!!!

I waited till 9 pm for him to return home so that i can unpack the surprise!!

It was really a SURPRISE!!

Guess what??

An IPOD TOUCH!!!

capacity : 8 Gb.

Size and weight

  • Height: 4.3 inches (110 mm)
  • Width: 2.4 inches (61.8 mm)
  • Depth: 0.31 inch (8 mm)
  • Weight: 4.2 ounces (120 grams)

iPod touch in package

In the box

  • iPod touch
  • Earphones
  • USB 2.0 cable
  • Dock adapter
  • Polishing cloth
  • Stand
  • Quick Start guide

Capacity

  • 8GB, 16GB, or 32GB flash drive
  • Holds up to 1,750, 3,500, or 7,000 songs in 128-Kbps AAC format
  • Holds up to 10,000, 20,000, or 25,000 iPod-viewable photos
  • Holds up to 10 hours, 20 hours, or 40 hours of video

Display

  • 3.5-inch (diagonal) widescreen Multi-Touch display
  • 480-by-320-pixel resolution at 163 pixels per inch

Audio

  • Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz
  • Audio formats supported: AAC (16 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), MP3 (16 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV

Video

  • H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Low-Complexity version of the H.264 Baseline Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; H.264 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline Profile up to Level 3.0 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats

Wireless

  • Wi-Fi (802.11b/g)
  • Maps location based service

Headphones

  • Earphones
  • Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz
  • Impedance: 32 ohms

Mac system requirements

  • Mac computer with USB 2.0 port
  • Mac OS X v10.4.10 or later
  • iTunes 7.6 or later7

Windows system requirements

  • PC with USB 2.0 port
  • Windows Vista or Windows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 2 or later
  • iTunes 7.6 or later7

Languages

  • English, French, German, Japanese, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Russian, and Polish
  • International keyboard support for English, UK English, French, French Canadian, German, Japanese, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, Swedish, Polish, and Portuguese
  • Dictionary support for English, UK English, French, French Canadian, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, and Dutch

Environmental requirements

  • Operating temperature: 32° to 95° F (0° to 35° C)
  • Nonoperating temperature: -4° to 113° F (-20° to 45° C)
  • Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing
  • Maximum operating altitude: 10,000 feet (3000 m)

Input

Input and output

  • Dock connector
  • 3.5-mm stereo headphone jack

Power and battery

  • Built-in rechargeable lithium ion battery
  • Playback time
    • Music playback time: Up to 22 hours when fully charged
    • Video playback time: Up to 5 hours when fully charged

    battery playback

  • Charging via USB to computer system or power adapter (sold separately)
    • Fast-charge time: about 1.5 hours (charges up to 80% of battery capacity)
    • Full-charge time: about 3 hours

Click here to watch a guided tour

The best thing about it… he ordered it as a gift !! And I got an ENGRAVED IPOD!!

At the back of the IPod( As you see in the picture), I got an enscription

“HAPPY BIRTHDAY SARATHA”

I am really blessed for having him as my life partner, not because he presented an Ipod,

But through that “Ipod Touch”, I could read his heart ” I POsitively Did TOUCH ” you!!

and will be there for ya….

© 2008 SarathaRavi

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SRI RAMANAVAMI

May 13, 2008 at 9:46 pm (Celebrations, RECIPES)
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What is Sri Ramanavami??

Ram Navami is a Hindu holiday. It falls on the ninth day of the Hindu lunar year (or Chaitra Masa Suklapaksha Navami), and is a celebration of the birthday of the Hindu god Rama.

Well since it was a Sunday here, I had a lot of time to prepare for the occasion.
The day started with Ravi and me sharing our house chores.
He was upto cleaning the home like vaccum carpets, dusting..etc.
Me ? whatelse? had bath and started of with the preps for prasadams.
Since we skipped our morning breakfast, We wanted to prepare lunch soon.
My menu of the day was: *Kosambhari *Neer Mor * Panakam *Rice & Rasam * Peerkangai Thuvaiyal( nothing to do with the occasion..just had the skins left for quite a while.. didn’t want to get it rotten..so went off with it)

After a lot of experiments..I landed up making the prasadams and here is how I made it..

Prasadams made :

RECIPES:
Neer Mor:
Ingredients:
• 2 Cups plain yoghurt • 2 Pinches asafoetida powder • 1 Stalk curry leaves • 1/4 tsp Cumin seeds • 1 tsp Grated ginger • 1 Green chilli • 1/4 Cup chopped coriander leaves • 6 Cups chilled water • 1 tsp Oil • Salt to taste

Beat the yogurt till smooth.
Pour water and churn the mixture well.
Tie grated ginger in a muslin cloth and squeeze the juice into buttermilk.
Add salt and stir.
Heat oil in a small pan.
Add cumin seeds and asafetida. Allow the spices to splutter.
Add chilli and curry leaves.
While the spices are sizzling, add them to buttermilk.
Add chopped coriander leaves and stir well.
Pour into a glass.
Chill for an hour. Ready to serve.


Panakam:
Ingredients (To serve 4 persons)

Jaggery (Powdered) - 1 Cup.Water - 3 CupsLemon - 2 Nos.Dried ginger (Powdered) - 1 ½ Tsp.Cardamom (Crushed) - 2 Nos.Pepper & Salt (Crushed) - ½ Tsp.
Procedure
Mix the jaggery in water and dissolve it well. Filter the ingredients in a cloth. Add lemon juice, dried ginger powder, Cardamom, Pepper and Salt. Mix this well. Serve chilled. This can be served as a welcome drink to quench the thirst and cool the system in the hot summer months.

Kosambari
Kosambari is like a salad,usually made with carrots or cucumbers.I like to call this as ‘Indian Salad’. It is served in temples as ‘prasada’. At my mom’s house during any festival this is a must side dish to go along rice and rasam.

Split moong dal 1/4 (cup soaked in water for 1/2 hour)
Carrot 1 peeled and grated

Grated Green Mangoes
Cliantro few chopped
Lemon/lime juice 1tsp.
Salt to taste.
For seasoning
Oil, mustard, urad dal and red or green chillies 1.

Method.
Soak split yellow/moongdal for about half hour. Then drain the water and mix veggies.
Mix together soaked dal, grated carrot , coconut, cilantro leaves, lime juice.
Add salt to taste.
Heat oil, when its hot add mustard seeds,urad dal and chilis to it. When urad dal starts to change colour turn off heat and this seasoning to veggies. Mix well.

Then the Pooja was performed..

well hopefully, all the three dishes came out wonderful..
Our lunch of the day was the same with addition of Rasam Sadam and Peerkangai thuvaiyal.

Evening a friend of Ravi’s dropped by with their sets of Prasadams… Vadai and Paal Poli.
Lots of dishes are yet to shared..
Hopefully expect more in my next blog..
eat healthy, stay healthy.

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