We had a photoshoot for HP Software Russia's booklet recently, and this time I was a model! I only will be in group shots (only pre-sales people, incl. my father, were "eligible" for portraits), but I'm still happy. The photographer promised that he'd send us JPEGs until the end of this week. We'll see. I usually look terrible when photographed by other people, even professionals :)

Also my birthday is coming soon and I started planning a small party (only my favorite HP employees will be invited). Today I learned that favorite wines of one of my guests all cost from $150 to $200 per bottle. So you can either buy a Canon Speedlite 580EX II external flash or 2-3 bottles of wine. When I cried on my team lead's shoulder because of this he said "You're not going to buy this wine, are you?"