http://www.nahalfamily.com living the dream Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:27:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The waiting is over.  Dal is now the proud owner of Guitar Hero World Tour.  What have I let myself in for? It's been18 months now since Dal has been strumming on her guitar playing GH2 & GH3.  Since then Rock Band has come and gone, Rock Band was never released in ... http://www.nahalfamily.com/2008/12/03/guitar-hero-world-tour/ A big Happy Birthday to Pal and Surj Today Pal is celebrating his 25th Birthday with his whiskey bottle and Little Surj, who is barely off the starting line, is celebrating his 3rd with no doubt his own favourite bottle.  Cheers to you both have a good one, wishing we were ... http://www.nahalfamily.com/2008/11/16/happy-birthday/ Beautiful sunny day, started off with an appointment in St Kilda.  All went ok until we left the building... the parking cost of $24 for only three hours!  You can just imagine how much it hurt the old wallet! Anyway, moving on with the day we decided to take the rest ... http://www.nahalfamily.com/2008/09/25/what-a-day/ So we've been in Melbourne for 16 months and are yet to have ourselves decent fish n chips. The quest started a week after we landed here, many chippies were sampled but always failed scoring 1/5. Main reason for the rejection was the batter quality and the use of frozen chips ... http://www.nahalfamily.com/2008/09/24/four-brits-and-a-chippy/ Got there eventually. Well it's been over a year so we thought we would update the blog theme, something different for the eye.  However we had problems installing and uploading the new wordpress software.  At one point the website stopped working and fell apart, those of you who visit regulary would ... http://www.nahalfamily.com/2008/09/20/updating-our-blog-theme/ As a birthday gift from Parm and Sian this year, Rum and I received a popcorn maker for the new house.  The idea was we wait until December, have a movie night and enjoy some freshly made popcorn.  Well we couldn't wait.  It was a nice idea ... http://www.nahalfamily.com/2008/09/05/popcorn-maker/ Happy Birthday Dal Not quite the same when you not at home in the UK, having a few drinks and home made somosa. However Dal celebrated her birthday at work.  As you can see from the grin I think she ate most of the cake.  Thanks Mae for making a lovely cake. All ... http://www.nahalfamily.com/2008/09/02/happy-birthday-dal-2/ As you all know we are in the process of building a house out here in Oz.  One of the rooms will be a dedicated home cinema room, something we aren't quite used to back home yet.  The audio and Visual kit is not quite finalised but one thing is ... http://www.nahalfamily.com/2008/08/17/what-would-be-your-first-movie/ Raksha Bandhan is the celebration of brother sister relationship. The sibling relationship is nowhere so celebrated as in India. The day when the siblings pray for each others' well being and wish for each others' happiness and goodwill. As the name 'Raksha Bandhan' suggests, 'a bond of protection', Raksha Bandhan ... http://www.nahalfamily.com/2008/08/17/happy-raksha-bandhan/ 8 years today and still going strong.  Having fun in Australia, we went out for a meal after soccer with our mate Luke.  Had a few drinks as usual and got home at a reasonable hour! We'll celebrate more on the weekend and will let you know how it goes, ... http://www.nahalfamily.com/2008/07/08/happy-anniversary-to-us/