Week 37 - October 22

92 Honda Civic

I recently upgraded to a Honda Civic. Although I'm sad to depart from my beloved Ford Escort, this black beauty will provide for a more "comfortable" drive in the upcoming hard winters of the mile high city.




Senator Hilary Clinton speaking at the downtown campus

Hey Everyone,

Another eventful week so far. Tried to purchase the world series baseball tickets online, but the server crashed. The Rockies website had 8.5 million hits within an hour on Monday morning, so there are still some very "ticked off" fans. Luckily for me, a colleague was able to get through and order his tickets, so now I'm off to see game 5 next Monday or I could sell the ticket for at least $600. hmm...... Do I go for greed or be part of a world championship history???

I had another brush with fame on Tuesday, well from afar. Hilary Clinton stopped in at the downtown campus to compaign for the 2008 election. Literally we were all surrounded by an army of policemen, CIA, bodyguards, you name it. There were so many barricades set up, and upon entering the event, you were literally body searched! Surprisingly, it was worth the trip downtown as during the 20 mins that I saw her speak, she was astonishing! Now, let's just see whether she will deliver on all her promises for a "better nation".........

Week 36 - October 15

View from Goose Creek Trail - Lost Creek Wilderness

Greetings All,

Another incredible week. The Rockies have made it to the World Series baseball and will play the Boston Red Rox. It's a bit ironic that they call it the "world series" when it just involves only Nth American teams....

Went on a fantastic hike back at Lost Creek Wilderness. This time we took the Goose Creek trail and saw some amazing boulders. It's simply spectacular. More pics can be found on my flickr page http://www.flickr.com/photos/ansthai/. We were so consumed by the breath-taking views that we lost track of time and stayed out in the wilderness for 9 hours! Needless to say, we were lost several time and eventually made it back to the car after dark.

Week 35 - October 8

Denver University vs University of Maine (ice hockey)


Sleepy S trail at Elk Meadows Open Park

At Centennial Cone Park

View from Centennial Cone Park

How'dy,

Another spectacular week. Kicked off the week by going to a great technology conference where I listened to some amazing speakers, especially the CTO of MapQuest. He's sure convinced me to go and work there, provided there is a job!

The baseball team "Rockies" are in the National League playoffs against Arizona, and are currently 2-0 up in the best of 7 games. A group of us went out to a bar and watched the game on the widescreen. It was excruciatingly painful to watch, as the game was so close. I've become somewhat of a huge baseball fan now, but still considered it to be boring at times.

It's been a very "sporty" weekend, with my time devoting to supporting the Rockies baseball and watching Denver University men's ice - hockey team beat the Black Bears (Uni of Maine). It was such an awesome game, and I was fortunately enough to be 3 rows from the glass ring.

I capped off my weekend by going mountain biking at Centennial Park and Elk Meadows. Am loving the rocky trails right now!

Week 34 - October 1

Trail at Centennial Cone Park


Mansion (castle home) - Lair Of the Bear trail


Greetings,

hope everyone is doing well. I had a relatively quiet week. No real adventures this week, just alot of mountain biking on various trails. Am riding with more confidence these days and can ride through the rocky trails. Still have plenty of scars to show for, but am thoroughly enjoying the rides.

Week 33 - September 24

Audience at Red Rocks - Abba tribute band

Greetings,

Another hectic week of work, with more training, troubleshooting, meetings etc. I can't wait for a mini holiday, which will probably be in Nov (Thanksgiving).

I went to a fun concert at Red Rocks - ABBA tribute band. I was so amazed by the audience - ranging from geriatric age to teeny-boppers! I was a little bit disappointed with the band as they didn't interact much with the audience and the vocals were too high pitched. Nonetheless, it was thoroughly entertaining listening to Dancing Queen for the millionth time!