Oahu: panoramics

Here is a collection of the panoramics I generated.

Oahu: Hanauma Bay

ONP: Mount Ellinor

If you are big on nature, or just enjoy a slight on top of the world feeling then this hike is definitely for you. The views from the peek are just fantastic and unbelievable. With the clouds scattered around us and the wind throwing them around the scenery was ever changing.

We did this hike back in September on Labour day. I do have to admit the hike up wasn’t the easiest i have been on, with 4.5 round trip and a total elevation gain of 2100 ft the climb is quite steep. Usually on these trails the beginning feels easily and it gradually gets harder, but this one as soon as we started the trail looked like a staircase the climbed through the woods. The switchbacks get shorter and more and more steep until about half way Read more

Storables: fresh and modern sotrage for a decent price

A few nights ago Orsolya and I stumbled on Sotrables store in downtown Bellevue as we were driving around. We were just in the middle of a major renovation of our home office so we decided to drop by to see what they had. We were both in the car complaining about how difficult it was to find affordable storage. And by affordable I don’t necessarily mean cheap; just something that you wouldn’t mind spending the money on. We had been to stores like “The Container Store”, but I sometimes feel bad walking through there because their prices are so ridiculous that I would never want to spend any money there. So the only other place that was left for us to shop at was Target and Ikea, but they have a lot of the same old cookie cutter stuff. When we walked into Storables, we noticed they had pretty much all the stuff we wanted, in multiple colors shapes and styles and the prices were decent too; at least the same as we would have paid at Target or Ikea. Check out their site www.storables.com and I am sure you will find something you like also.

Social or Antisocial Networking

During the past little while I have noticed my friends, coworkers, people on the bus and pretty much every kid walking the streets have become more and more addicted to the concept of social networking. Everyone has a Facebook page, msn account, chat account and a smart phone with unlimited data plan to follow all of the above. Every time I turn around one of my friends has his/her phone out, clicking away and chuckling about some dumb comment someone else left on their Facebook wall. I know I am probably the last person in US and Canada not to have a Facebook account, and according to my friends I don’t really exist until I exist on Facebook, but personally I neither enjoy for just about anyone one the WWW to have access to all of my info, nor do I think anything I do is interesting enough for others to follow. And honestly, I am surprised you are even reading this post right now. Read more