Valentine's Day

Today is Valentines Day. In the evening Anisha made me a Sheppard’s pie which tasted fantastic. I think the most noticeable taste which really answered my appetites needs was the Worchester sauce.

Anisha had printed out three recipes from the Internet by a well known chef on the process of making Sheppard’s Pie. Anisha has never made such a meal before but nevertheless I was extremely impressed!

We exchanged gifts with each other. I gave Anisha the Britney Spears spray that she wanted, along with a box of roses chocolates. I also gave her the Hersey’s chocolate bar which I had Phillip Jackson send over from the United States. Anisha was to put it mildly impressed.

Anisha gave me the CK4U spray that I chose at the Parallel imported sale. Refer to the link below for my account of that weekend.

Average Weekend
http://blog.nztechie.com/2008/02/average-weekend.html

I had continued problems with my web host Startlogic (not as serious as the 32 hour hour outage I had!). However, by the evening everything appeared to settle down (touch wood).

Additional Information: The history of Valentine's Day -- and its patron saint -- is shrouded in mystery. But we do know that February has long been a month of romance. St. Valentine's Day, as we know it today, contains vestiges of both Christian and ancient Roman tradition. - www.history.com

Average Weekend

Anisha wanted to go to Parallel Imported's clearance sale at the ASB Showgrounds this weekend so I took her there. We both picked-up our Valentines gifts for each other while on site.

We had planned to go for another walk, however Anisha didn't want to do it on Saturday so we decided we were going to do it on Sunday. As had happened previously before it was raining in the morning. We didn't go today and Anisha spent parts of Saturday and Sunday watching episodes of Smallville while I worked on revamping my website.

Over the course of the weekend I also dropped Anisha off at the Botany Downs Town Centre so that she could get a haircut and organise some things she needed to do at the post office.

We are looking at doing a walk in the Clevedon Scenic Reserve, however I am yet to find any specific information on available walks. At this stage I have read that there are a variety of walks there ranging in a number of levels of difficulty.

I also received a letter in the post from Cartridge World. They were offering me a 20% discount on ink or toner refills. There was a voucher included which I must say was not the best example of sharp printing around. I would expected it to be well presented for a company specializing in ink and toner cartridges. Anisha still has it in her handbag so hopefully I remember to get it back off her. Cartridge World are annoyingly only open to midday on Saturday.

I read in the Sunday Star Times about how a "Man bites pet to death in front of owner". Apparently a man killed a pet mouse by grabbing it from its shocked owner and biting its head. He is due to be charged with assault, cruelty to animals and offensive behavior.

I chatted online with Nigel regarding his new computer box, and the advantages and disadvantages of various RAID configurations. I have included a photo he sent me above.

Additional Information: Parallel Imported claim to have the largest range of 021 mobile phones in New Zealand