Can't get back to Mac OS X after windows 7 install

I have a Macbook (aluminum one, not a pro)with leopard OS X and have gone through the process of creating a 60gig partition and installing windows 7 32bit ultimate edition on it using boot camp. After the installation process and several restarts, it seems windows 7 works great... The problem is I have no idea how to get back to OS X.
When I restart the computer it gives a gray screen for a moment then a black screen with a white blinking cursor, it flashes to the typical windows OS selection screen for about 1.5 seconds then boots up in windows 7. I have spammed the up arrow key to make sure that I am able to interact with the DOS OS selection screen and windows 7 is the only one shown.
I am completely lost as to what to do about this. My Leopard OS disc is long gone, I have an .iso of it saved on my Mac partition but I don't know how to access that either.
If anybody could help me out I would be ever grateful. Thanks in advance.

Windows 7 has a hidden task bar at the bottom of the screen. It really isn't apparent especially if you have not used Win 7. This is not the power looking icon in the lower left, move the cursor to the lower right side and the task bar should appear.
Then, as with other windows versions, there should be a shortcut that allow you to access Bootcamp. Once in the bootcamp window you can select to reboot back to the Mac OS.

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