I started swimming again; it's hot lately in SD, and nothing beats swimming during a hot afternoon!

One complaint I have about swimming is that it's individual, i.e., not like volleyball where you play and bond with your friends.  It's like running but even more boring because at least with running you can listen to music.  That's one reason why I haven't swam as much.

Lately I bought a under-water MP3 player, SwiMp3: 

You hook these babies onto your goggles, and you've got music!  You can plug it into your computer's USB port, and upload any MP3's you want onto it (mine's a 256 MB version); it's also charged when it's plugged into your computer's USB port like that.

I just used it for the 1st time today; it was not bad.  The quality isn't as good as regular MP3 player (so don't expect to listen to book on CD), and be ready for a sudden volumn increase when you come out of the water.  It definitely makes my laps more interesting though, and you should consider it if you swim a lot and want some music too :).  

Hi, everyone!

This is my first blog!  A lot of people have been blogging for a while, but I just started.  It's kind of ironic considering that I'm in hi-tech.  Why?  Well I'm not that big of a talker in real life; digitally I'm not that big of a writer either.  My emails have always been succinct and to the point; just ask my sister, who used to write these long emails to my family only to get short responses from me .

So why start now?  What really changed my mind was seeing the benefit of blogging, on the receiving/listening end that is.  Often when I have a question about something (technical or not), I can find my answers in somebody's blog after Googling it.  I've also found a lot of useful content in those aggregator sites on the web (digg, delicious, etc) coming from people's blogs.  In a way blogging has become the under-pinning of free information in a society.  Think about it; a lot of info made available to us today (from periodicals, TV, etc) have been filtered or even deliberately distorted by a few individuals; only on the internet, through blogging and mediums like digg.com do we have access to all info, from all sides of opinions.

So after benefiting from other bloggers for a while, it's time for me to also blog and join fully this free intellectual exchange.  Who am I and what will I blog about?  Well I'm a Software Engineer working for Intuit (the maker of Quicken, QuickBooks and Turbo Tax); I've been with the company since after college (see my linkedin profile).  I love the ocean and live in the beautiful San Diego.  In my spare time I like to (you guessed it) read others' blogs, play volleyball and salsa dance (doesn't mean I'm good at it).  

I will blog a lot about techie stuff (latest technologies, gadgets, etc); you can probably already tell from my geeky writing style.  I'm also into real-estate, finance/economics, history and travelling.  Of course once in a while I throw in some fun stuff to make you laugh .

So keep in touch and look forward to hear from you.  Feel free to check out my website (soon to be merged with this site) to see what I look like, and if you already know me, let's keep in touch in Facebook.