http://mariaraj.com Vj Mariaraj's random thoughts Thu, 07 Dec 2006 22:07:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Landed in Hawaii yesterday. I am so excited to be going Scuba diving tomorrow. Will post some pictures of Hawaii later. http://mariaraj.com/2006/12/07/16 I ran 26 miles today. I feel so great. One of my goals to run a marathon is going to be realized in another month or so. Things that I have learnt so far from the training program: 1. Set small goals that are realistic. 2. Once the small goals are reached expand ... http://mariaraj.com/2005/11/20/12 I have been planning on proposing to Sarah for quite sometime. We had discussed about getting married earlier and had rough timeline in mind. I wanted it to be a surprise for her. It is very hard to plan for a surprise. She has ESP. She can tell with about 90% ... http://mariaraj.com/2005/10/29/11 Flew to Chicago for the weekend. The flight was uneventful. White Sox won World series after 88 years. People that I met here were excited about the win. There was a celebration parade. Someone asked me whether I flew in for the parade. Funny. I never follow baseball. I am staying ... http://mariaraj.com/2005/10/28/10 My run tomorrrow is 23 miles. I am excited about it. Tomorrow by this time, I would have ran 23 miles at a stretch. It is pretty impressive what the human body could adapt too in a few weeks. For those of you who were interested in the workout summary, ... http://mariaraj.com/2005/10/22/9 Only Apple and Steve Jobs can create a news event around something that they wont tell what it is. Apple had a difficult time with the itunes phone, working with Motorola as in the cell phone industry products are announced much earlier before their release. Sometimes even 2 years early. My ... http://mariaraj.com/2005/10/11/8 This run has been the best so far in terms of recovery. I feel great. My muscles are a bit sore. I feel like I have had a good leg work out. The recovery during the previous runs have been painful. Today, I feel so much better. http://mariaraj.com/2005/10/10/7 A Marathon training update As part of the AIDS marathon training program, this weekend was the 20 mile run. My previous 2 long runs had some “after-effects”. I was limping around for 7 days after the run. The 20 mile run was originally scheduled for last weekend. But due to the ... http://mariaraj.com/2005/10/09/6 Back in May of 2000, I was playing around with Win32 API for Active Perl. I hadn’t programmed in Windows before that and it was cool to mess around with Windows internal settings. Right around that same time, the “I Love You” virus was creating havoc. 8:30 am in ... http://mariaraj.com/2005/10/04/5 I went to a Indian restaurant near Venice Blvd and Motor Ave called Annapoorna. I really enjoyed my lunch. They had a buffet. It is a bit expensive for an Indian buffet at $9.99 per person. But well worth it. I strongly recommend it. http://mariaraj.com/2005/10/01/4