Nikhil Kini's Blog

29th May 2006 Memorial Day - Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday that is observed on the last Monday of May.  It was formerly known as Decoration Day. This holiday commemorates U.S. men and women who died in military service for their country. It began first to honor Union soldiers who died during the American Civil War. After World War I, it expanded to include those who died in any war or military action.  Nowadays most Americans use the date as merely marking the unofficial start of the summer vacationing season as many government parks and beaches start their summer schedule on the Friday before.

May 25th 2006 - Have you seen the movie GroundHog Day where the hero relives the same day over and over again. My life seems to be going the same way. I wake up at around 5 AM, have some food, sleep, wake up at 7, eat, play all day, sleep at 9 PM.  How long can this go on? Basically I just hassle my mother to hold me. I am a really naughty behind my innocent face.

In the evening my dad gets home and then he plays with me for a while. I love talking to him with my own baby talk. After that we sit and watch the NBA games. Right now, the NBA Conference Finals are going on. Its Miami vs Detroit in the Eastern Conference and Dallas vs Phoenix in the Western Conference. Today Detroit beat Miami and the series is tied 1-1.

Hopefully this cycle breaks soon.

 24th May, 2006 - Today was the finale of American Idol Season 5. The two finalists were Taylor Hicks and Katherine McPhee. Both gave a great show last night and I was not sure who would emerge the winner. I watched the entire show and my mom had a tough time feeding me as I kept  turning my head to watch the TV. The fans registerd 63 million votes, now thats a lot of phone calls. In the end Taylor Hicks won. I had a great time watching the show, although it made no sense to me.  Maybe next season, I will appreciate some of the music.

 Otherwise it was a pretty slow day, I spent all day at home playing with the toys. Lets hope my parents take me out tomorrow. Looking forward to the long weekend.

18th May 2006 - This was the big day in Vegas, we did a lot of activities today.  We woke up and went down to the restaurants for breakfast. We had a hearty breakfast at Nathan's.  After that, I sat and watched as most of the grown ups went and gambled. It was a great sight for me, to see all those shiny lights and the sound of money. I can only go to the casinos after 21 years .  My father then took my cousins, aunt and Uncle to Hoover Dam and Lake Mead. It was a really hot day with the temperatures well over 100 F and the returned home quickly.

For lunch, we went Chin Chin, a Chinese restaurant in the New York, New York Casino. Ney York, New York is a new casino built on the New York theme. The hotel has the Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, Brooklyn Bridge etc etc. We had a nice leisurely lunch.