Apple products

iMac, MacBook, Cinema Displays, iPhone and iPods. Their designs are just so sleek and cool that you just want to run into the store and grab the latest Apple gadget.

When Dar and I finally decided to get a 24-inch iMac 2 months ago, there were no announcements from Apple, no news (just vague rumors), nothing about the new iMacs that were going to be released 2 months later on. If we only knew... then we should have waited.

our iMac (left), new iMac (right), at a cheaper price at that!

And then the iPod. Ours (5th gen) is also around 2 months old. Then the new iPod "Classic" is just out now - same design, but bigger space (30GB to 80GB) and "enhanced interface" (i.e. Cover Flow) at the same price again!

And I guess for those who got the iPhone even though it's only for AT&T subscribers (US) just so they can use the other features, the new iPod Touch is just out now. An iPod that looks like an iPhone and has the features of the iPhone without the phone. Me want!!!

It's all pretty and sleek!!!

What's coming next??

Darwin's Work Permit came out

Yey!!! We're soooo happy!!!!

Hopefully he'll find a job soon... hahahahahha!!!!!

Monthsary today

75 months now hehe

Did nothing special. Well we did - we had dinner at Fisherman's with my sister and her boyfriend.

Lunar eclipse

The lunar eclipse as seen from the Carter Observatory in Kelburn, Wellington

This is what we're supposed to see. We went out the balcony around 8:50pm last night to watch the moon slowly fade to black - when the earth's shadow blocks the moon. Then it became too chilly outside so we went it. We went back and forth outside to check the moon but the skies became too cloudy. I was also trying to take a picture of the eclipse - fat chance - hehe. Too bad we missed the part when the moon became a reddish glow.

They said the next total lunar eclipse that is visible from New Zealand is not due until 2014.

Whale Rider

"One young girl dared to confront the past, change the present and determine the future."

If you want to learn more about NZ culture, particularly Maori culture, I recommend you watch this film. It gives you a glimpse of Maori society here in NZ. The film is low-budget without all the Hollywood fru fru and even though it is a simple story, it is very well told and the actors gave compelling performances especially Keisha Castle-Hughes who played Pai, who Darwin say has a very strong stage presence.

Basically, the film is about a young girl who has to fulfill her destiny and in the process, fight her grandfather and a thousand years of tradition to fulfill it.

My only gripe about this film is that it would have been better if there were English subtitles on the Maori chants/songs so people could have a better understanding on what they mean. But overall, it was a moving and beautiful film. The ending was also... not quite what you expect I guess.

The film was released in 2002 and has been nominated and won lots of awards.

Watch the trailer: