Absolutely nothing.
I didn't win the lotto, I didn't change the world, and I didn't get to retire and play golf at a country club every day.
The only thing that I'm unusually proud of, however, is the fact that this blog has reached over 9001 visitors since April, 2005. And because of this, I'm going to celebrate tonight by drinking 9001 drops of grey goose vodka.
Let's hope 2006 will be a slightly more successful year.
Saturday, December 31, 2005
X-mas Lights
I'm sure by now all of you have seen the xmas lights video. If you wondered whether or not it's real, apparently it's real.
Read the article here.
They also have another xmas lights video that choreographed to the Jingle Bells song.
Read the article here.
They also have another xmas lights video that choreographed to the Jingle Bells song.
Sucky Weather
It's so windy and rainy out there right now that I can't get myself to goto bed. I thought this kind of crappy weather wasn't supposed to happen in sunny California. It's been three years in a row where it's rainy on new years eve. What's going on?? I'm better off moving up to Oklahoma where I will get to afford a mansion (and unlimited alcohol, of course) if this is how it's gonna go down going forward...
Argh! I can't sleep!
(lesson to self: don't drink 5 diet cokes in one day)
Argh! I can't sleep!
(lesson to self: don't drink 5 diet cokes in one day)
Thursday, December 29, 2005
It's 8pm on a Thursday night, where can I possible be?
You guessed it right! It's the usual stay-late Thursday! This Thursday, unlike any other Thursday, is rather special. I'll explain why.
1) It's very quiet here
A lot of people are still on vacation. It's sorta nice to be all quiet here so that I can focus and get a lot done. It made me quite happy that I didn't have any trouble finding parking, but it also saddens me that we couldn't gather up enough people to play sand volleyball during lunch time today. Blah!
2) You get to be goofy and not really be arrested for it
So I was peacefully sitting by my own desk minding my own business, until all of a sudden I heard this loud *click-click-click-click* sound coming right outside of my office. I turned my head around and found my coworker holding what seemed to be the Rapid Fire 20, crazily shooting at the glass window that separates between him and me. Normally, I would call the cops when that happens, but since it's supposed to be holiday season and all, I decided to grab the gun away from him and start shooting other people down the hallway instead.
3) Yoga ball races
A lot of people brought their kids along to work today. All of a sudden I saw 6 3-4 year old kids running down the hallway, each of them kicking their own yoga balls. Luckily my fast reflex prevented me from getting run over by a cesspool of kids and yoga balls.
4) Strongbad's techno music
As I'm typing up this blog, I hear this really nice bass going DOM! DOM! DOM! DOM! This is totally Strongbad's techno music! Whoever's playing it, please don't stop! This is making me want to stay here even longer!
Oh man, it's 8:25pm now. I can't believe I just spent 25 minutes of my life blogging.
/me goes back to work.
1) It's very quiet here
A lot of people are still on vacation. It's sorta nice to be all quiet here so that I can focus and get a lot done. It made me quite happy that I didn't have any trouble finding parking, but it also saddens me that we couldn't gather up enough people to play sand volleyball during lunch time today. Blah!
2) You get to be goofy and not really be arrested for it
So I was peacefully sitting by my own desk minding my own business, until all of a sudden I heard this loud *click-click-click-click* sound coming right outside of my office. I turned my head around and found my coworker holding what seemed to be the Rapid Fire 20, crazily shooting at the glass window that separates between him and me. Normally, I would call the cops when that happens, but since it's supposed to be holiday season and all, I decided to grab the gun away from him and start shooting other people down the hallway instead.
3) Yoga ball races
A lot of people brought their kids along to work today. All of a sudden I saw 6 3-4 year old kids running down the hallway, each of them kicking their own yoga balls. Luckily my fast reflex prevented me from getting run over by a cesspool of kids and yoga balls.
4) Strongbad's techno music
As I'm typing up this blog, I hear this really nice bass going DOM! DOM! DOM! DOM! This is totally Strongbad's techno music! Whoever's playing it, please don't stop! This is making me want to stay here even longer!
Oh man, it's 8:25pm now. I can't believe I just spent 25 minutes of my life blogging.
/me goes back to work.
Monday, December 26, 2005
Math problem
find X.
I stared at it for 30 seconds, and then couldn't help but crack up for the next 5 minutes. It's too funny.
I stared at it for 30 seconds, and then couldn't help but crack up for the next 5 minutes. It's too funny.
Sunday, December 25, 2005
Calm Down! It's just a game...
James sent this audio clip to me today. I guess supposedly it old news, but if you haven't watched it yet, it's definitely worth taking a look. Make sure you have your speakers turned on.
A little background: I guess this was a recorded phone conversation between two World of Warcraft players? This guy's "cloud song" was stolen by the other guy. Judging from his tone, he seemed rather pissed off.
Enjoy everyone! and have a Merry xmas!
You Stole my F!@#ing Cloud Song!!!
A little background: I guess this was a recorded phone conversation between two World of Warcraft players? This guy's "cloud song" was stolen by the other guy. Judging from his tone, he seemed rather pissed off.
Enjoy everyone! and have a Merry xmas!
You Stole my F!@#ing Cloud Song!!!
Friday, December 23, 2005
Friendster sucks!
I'm sitting here late at night trying to upload some recent pictures onto friendster. So, I click on the browse button, pick my picture to upload and click OK. The page refreshes and I don't see my uploaded picture.
Why? Uhm. Probably because friendster doesn't have a clue how to do the load balancing properly. Don't they understand that they really ought to make sure that their frontends support session stickiness so that stupid things like that won't happen? Now I understand why most people are migrating over to myspace.com.
But really, why can't the engineers at friendster fix it? Oh I know - They're all too busy browsing on random girls' profiles. Perverts!!!
Why? Uhm. Probably because friendster doesn't have a clue how to do the load balancing properly. Don't they understand that they really ought to make sure that their frontends support session stickiness so that stupid things like that won't happen? Now I understand why most people are migrating over to myspace.com.
But really, why can't the engineers at friendster fix it? Oh I know - They're all too busy browsing on random girls' profiles. Perverts!!!
Thursday, December 22, 2005
Is it really over?
New York strike over
What he forgot to mention, is that they will get their asses kicked by the rest of the New Yorkers right away, too.
"They go back right away," said Transport Workers Union President Roger Toussaint
What he forgot to mention, is that they will get their asses kicked by the rest of the New Yorkers right away, too.
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Not another Strike?
Strike shuts down NYC transit system
Since when did anyone assume that bus drivers should get a lot of respect? Go back and start driving your bus before millions of New Yorkers suffer from the cold weather!
"Transit workers are tired of being underappreciated and disrespected," said Roger Toussaint, president of the Transport Workers Union.
Since when did anyone assume that bus drivers should get a lot of respect? Go back and start driving your bus before millions of New Yorkers suffer from the cold weather!
Monday, December 19, 2005
Life Update
Got IM'd from my sister in HK asking me to update my blog. Uh, I didn't know that she regularly reads my blog!
Two notable events happened since I last updated:
Last Thursday - Went to E*TRADE's holiday party. Talked to a lot of my old co-workers. Somehow they all think that I'm a millionaire now. That can't be right. If spending 23 out of 24 hours of each day drinking and passing out will get someone rich, I should be the first to know. Afterwards a few of us headed over to Fahrenheit Ultra Lounge in downtown san jose for my coworker's Birthday. It was joyful watching Christophe get hit on by a 40 year old blonde girl.
Last weekend - Went snowboarding in Tahoe with Andy and Christophe. Paid something like $260 to sleep over at the cabin, and then spent 6 hours driving back from the snow storm. That was a weird trip as I was able to stay sober while Andy was passed out after drinking one bottle of Mike's hard lemonade. The trip was okay. I thought I spent too much time sleeping in the car and the cabin though. I think my eyes were only open for about 12 hours while I was in Tahoe during the entire weekend.
Pictures to come later.
Two notable events happened since I last updated:
Last Thursday - Went to E*TRADE's holiday party. Talked to a lot of my old co-workers. Somehow they all think that I'm a millionaire now. That can't be right. If spending 23 out of 24 hours of each day drinking and passing out will get someone rich, I should be the first to know. Afterwards a few of us headed over to Fahrenheit Ultra Lounge in downtown san jose for my coworker's Birthday. It was joyful watching Christophe get hit on by a 40 year old blonde girl.
Last weekend - Went snowboarding in Tahoe with Andy and Christophe. Paid something like $260 to sleep over at the cabin, and then spent 6 hours driving back from the snow storm. That was a weird trip as I was able to stay sober while Andy was passed out after drinking one bottle of Mike's hard lemonade. The trip was okay. I thought I spent too much time sleeping in the car and the cabin though. I think my eyes were only open for about 12 hours while I was in Tahoe during the entire weekend.
Pictures to come later.
Tuesday, December 13, 2005
12:36
Spent the last half hour or so watching the coverage on the execution of Tookie.
The time of death was 12:36am.
It's pretty sad.
Very sad.
The time of death was 12:36am.
It's pretty sad.
Very sad.
Saturday, December 10, 2005
Should Stanley Williams die?
Govenor has two more days left to decide whether or not Stanley Williams should be executed on Tuesday.
For those who haven't been following this news. Stanley is some dude who was found guilty in killing a few people back in 1979. He was also the co-founder of some gang back then. However ever since he's been in jail he's turned his life around 180 degrees.
I think he probably shouldn't be executed. If George Bush got re-elected after murdering thousands in Iraq, why shouldn't Stanley, especially since he's already been in jail for so long?
Williams' fate now up to governor
For those who haven't been following this news. Stanley is some dude who was found guilty in killing a few people back in 1979. He was also the co-founder of some gang back then. However ever since he's been in jail he's turned his life around 180 degrees.
I think he probably shouldn't be executed. If George Bush got re-elected after murdering thousands in Iraq, why shouldn't Stanley, especially since he's already been in jail for so long?
Williams' fate now up to governor
Thursday, December 08, 2005
cheap Dells on ebay?
So, my cubemate asked me today if I thought his dad should buy a brand new, unopened box of dell computer system on ebay that was priced significantly lower than what's on dell.com.
I told him, find out if the guy who's selling it is chinese. If he's chinese, don't buy it.
He called me a racist. And I said, oh yeah? go buy it then! and while you're at it, go find a real prada wallet in China town too.
He listened to me and went ahead and bought the computer on ebay...
I told him, find out if the guy who's selling it is chinese. If he's chinese, don't buy it.
He called me a racist. And I said, oh yeah? go buy it then! and while you're at it, go find a real prada wallet in China town too.
He listened to me and went ahead and bought the computer on ebay...
Friday, December 02, 2005
Story time
So, I went back to my parents' house tonight to pick up my suit from the closet in preparation for this Friday's company holiday party. While I was going through my closet I found my copy of DOOM 3 which I had bought from Best Buy the first day the game was out at the stores.
Surprisingly the game is still in its original box, unopened and still has its seal on. I can't play it because my computer sucks. Come to think of it, I don't even know why I'd bought the game to begin with. Anyhow, it's been in my closet for over a year at least.
It just so happened that I had promised Trevor a month ago that I would give him my copy of DOOM 3 since I don't really have a reason to keep it. So when I saw the game in my closet, I immediately took it out and put it on the floor in the living room so that I would bring that along with me when I would leave my parents' house.
Those who know me would know that I'm quite a forgetful person. So yup, I'd accidentally left the box of DOOM3 on the floor when I left my parents' house.
My mom called me up while I was driving home and she's like... "Hey Pat, I think you left a movie on the floor. It is called D-O-O-M (she was spelling it out!! hahahahaha)." So I was like "Ok don't worry about it I will get it next time." Then she's like "Is it a good movie? Can I open up and see it?" LOL I started cracking up! She didn't know what DOOM was and she thought it was a movie! Well maybe it's not entirely her fault either since there really was a DOOM movie that was released recently.
Ok this is the end of story. I'm so happy that I have taken out 5 minutes of your life. Now go back to work!
Surprisingly the game is still in its original box, unopened and still has its seal on. I can't play it because my computer sucks. Come to think of it, I don't even know why I'd bought the game to begin with. Anyhow, it's been in my closet for over a year at least.
It just so happened that I had promised Trevor a month ago that I would give him my copy of DOOM 3 since I don't really have a reason to keep it. So when I saw the game in my closet, I immediately took it out and put it on the floor in the living room so that I would bring that along with me when I would leave my parents' house.
Those who know me would know that I'm quite a forgetful person. So yup, I'd accidentally left the box of DOOM3 on the floor when I left my parents' house.
My mom called me up while I was driving home and she's like... "Hey Pat, I think you left a movie on the floor. It is called D-O-O-M (she was spelling it out!! hahahahaha)." So I was like "Ok don't worry about it I will get it next time." Then she's like "Is it a good movie? Can I open up and see it?" LOL I started cracking up! She didn't know what DOOM was and she thought it was a movie! Well maybe it's not entirely her fault either since there really was a DOOM movie that was released recently.
Ok this is the end of story. I'm so happy that I have taken out 5 minutes of your life. Now go back to work!
Thursday, December 01, 2005
I Got Up Way Too Early...
...and read this:
FINALLY! So now I can do what I always used to do with scissors on the plane:
TSA: Small Scissors to be Allowed on Flights
FINALLY! So now I can do what I always used to do with scissors on the plane:
- cut my hair
- cut up cucumbers to prepare for my cucumber water
- cut letters out of magazines for ransom notes
- make paper dolls
- test out my knife sharpener
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Xooglers!
If you are bored at home and you are up for some fascinating read, check out Xooglers.
Xooglers is written by Doug Edwards, an ex-Googler who was the Director of Consumer Marketing and Brand Management at Google during 1999-2005. Doug's writing is unbelievably addictive as he started to reminisce about his experiences at Google.
Although I've only been at Google for less than a year, a lot of the stories that he has written so far truly resemble Google's culture today. I think many readers who don't work at Google will find his site very entertaining as well.
Here's a snipplet from one of his entries where he recounts his job interview with Google's co-founder Sergey Brin:
Xooglers is written by Doug Edwards, an ex-Googler who was the Director of Consumer Marketing and Brand Management at Google during 1999-2005. Doug's writing is unbelievably addictive as he started to reminisce about his experiences at Google.
Although I've only been at Google for less than a year, a lot of the stories that he has written so far truly resemble Google's culture today. I think many readers who don't work at Google will find his site very entertaining as well.
Here's a snipplet from one of his entries where he recounts his job interview with Google's co-founder Sergey Brin:
When Sergey showed up, . . . he was wearing gym shorts, a tee shirt and inline skates. He had obviously been playing hard. I'd known better than to wear a tie, but he took office casual to a new level. I sat back and began toying with one of the rubber balls, feeling so relaxed that I accidentally removed its stopper, causing half the air inside to rush out with a hiss. Sergey seemed to find that amusing. He quickly pored over my resume, and began peppering me with questions. "What kind of marketing did you do that was most effective?" "What metrics did you use to measure it?" "What types of viral marketing did you do?" "What was your GPA?" I was doing fine until that last one. I just looked at him."My GPA?" I asked. I hadn't thought about my GPA since the day they handed me my diploma in 1981. And given that Brown allowed me to take as many classes as I wanted with a pass/fail option, I'm not sure I ever knew what my GPA was. . . .But that was not Sergey's hard question. He saved that for last.
I'm going to give you five minutes," he told me. "When I come back, I want you to explain to me something complicated that I don't already know." He then rolled out of the room toward the snack area. . . . I found out later that he asked almost everyone to do this, so if a candidate wasn't hired, at least it wasn't a total waste of his time.
Do You Know Me?
Please leave a one-word comment that you think best describes me.
It can only be one word.
No more.
Then copy & paste this in your journal so that other people may leave a word about you.
UPDATE: Keep the insults coming!! It goes to show how many people I offend each year!
It can only be one word.
No more.
Then copy & paste this in your journal so that other people may leave a word about you.
UPDATE: Keep the insults coming!! It goes to show how many people I offend each year!
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
Monday, November 28, 2005
Possibly Sick
For some reason I get sick every year around this time.I got up this morning with a sore throat. I immediately knew it was Andy who gave me the cold since I had dinner with him on Sunday night.
Trying to get myself in better shape, I decided to make "jook" (congee) for dinner tonight.
I spent about 2 hours making this awesome chicken jook and I didn't finish making it until 9:30pm. The jook tasted a little blend, so I decided to add some salt to it. Being such a cooking newbie, I added a spoonful of salt into it. Yes it got really salty, but I ate it anyway since I was so hungry.
I'm paying for it right now. I've had five bottles of smart water so far and I'm still dying for more. Sigh.
I've lost my respect for Harry Potter
I knew there's a good reason why I decided not to read the books.
Pervert.
Pervert.
This Guy Has Got it All Wrong...
This might make people avoid having Thanksgiving dinner altogether in the future...
Man beat family to death on Thanksgiving
Man beat family to death on Thanksgiving
Sunday, November 27, 2005
Arrgh.. False Alarm
Debbie and Jon were here chilling at my condo tonight until the fire alarm at the entire complex began to go off at 1:45am this morning.
We calmly and carefully placed the dreyer's ice cream back into the freezer and proceeded to follow the EXIT signs to get down to the courtyard of the complex.
Most of the residents that were gathered in the courtyard were quite worried and were wondering where the fire was. As for me, I was more concerned about the poor ice cream that we had left behind.
Five minutes went by and the firefighters had finally arrived. Some dude who was standing next to me suddenly started pointing at the far end corner of the complex, saying that he could see smoke coming out. I, too, saw smoke coming out from there, but I could not see anything being set on fire. Some lady proceeded to claim that she could smell something burning. Uhm, yeah right.
So being a disbeliever, Debbie, Jon and I decided to walk around the complex to see if there was really something burning from where we had seen the smoke come out from. When we got there, there were like two firetrucks with their engines still running. Aha! the smoke was coming out of their exhaust pipes you idiots!
For the next 10 minutes though, the alarm was still going on and it was really pretty annoying. I escorted Debbie and John to leave because it really didn't make sense for them to stick around. As for me, well, I got a little bit too cold and so I decided to go back into my unit to grab a jacket real quick.
By the time I got back into my unit, the alarm had stopped! I was like damn! All that hard work going back up for nothing! Oh well, at least I probably won the "first idiot to get back into the condo units when the alarm was turned off" award.
We calmly and carefully placed the dreyer's ice cream back into the freezer and proceeded to follow the EXIT signs to get down to the courtyard of the complex.
Most of the residents that were gathered in the courtyard were quite worried and were wondering where the fire was. As for me, I was more concerned about the poor ice cream that we had left behind.
Five minutes went by and the firefighters had finally arrived. Some dude who was standing next to me suddenly started pointing at the far end corner of the complex, saying that he could see smoke coming out. I, too, saw smoke coming out from there, but I could not see anything being set on fire. Some lady proceeded to claim that she could smell something burning. Uhm, yeah right.
So being a disbeliever, Debbie, Jon and I decided to walk around the complex to see if there was really something burning from where we had seen the smoke come out from. When we got there, there were like two firetrucks with their engines still running. Aha! the smoke was coming out of their exhaust pipes you idiots!
For the next 10 minutes though, the alarm was still going on and it was really pretty annoying. I escorted Debbie and John to leave because it really didn't make sense for them to stick around. As for me, well, I got a little bit too cold and so I decided to go back into my unit to grab a jacket real quick.
By the time I got back into my unit, the alarm had stopped! I was like damn! All that hard work going back up for nothing! Oh well, at least I probably won the "first idiot to get back into the condo units when the alarm was turned off" award.
Saturday, November 26, 2005
New Title, New Logo, New Layout...
I got bored last night and decided to give this site a brand new look. Since Ray (*ahem*) refused to help me design a new logo with his mad photoshop skills, I had to create my very own logo by using photoshop for the first time.
Let me know what you guys think of the new look. I got really bored with the blue from the last layout.
Let me know what you guys think of the new look. I got really bored with the blue from the last layout.
Friday, November 25, 2005
I'm an excellent shopper
I went shopping today with the goal of buying a couch, a tv stand, and a coffee table. After six hours of intense shopping, I came home with the following:
- Bath Mat
- Scented Oil
- Toaster Oven
- Swifter
Thursday, November 24, 2005
Thanksgiving Doodles
Google's:
Yahoo's
Ask Jeeve's
Sigh... If I were to draw a Doodle for thanksgiving, I would simply have the site return a static image that says "Sorry. We are closed today for Thanksgiving. Please come back tomorrow"
Yahoo's
Ask Jeeve's
Sigh... If I were to draw a Doodle for thanksgiving, I would simply have the site return a static image that says "Sorry. We are closed today for Thanksgiving. Please come back tomorrow"
Happy Thanksgiving
For the first time in my professional career I am having both Thursday and Friday off for Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving is a time for people to be thankful for certain thngs that are important to their lives.
So I am thankful for Wednesday night, Thursday night, Friday night and Saturday night - all nights that I'll be drinking heavily with no next-morning repercussions.
Ok ok I'm kidding! I'm not really a heavy drinker. Plus, I need to do some major shopping at 5am on Friday. I'm still hunting for a couch, a tv stand, and a coffee table. If you know of any good deals, please let me know!
Thanksgiving is a time for people to be thankful for certain thngs that are important to their lives.
So I am thankful for Wednesday night, Thursday night, Friday night and Saturday night - all nights that I'll be drinking heavily with no next-morning repercussions.
Ok ok I'm kidding! I'm not really a heavy drinker. Plus, I need to do some major shopping at 5am on Friday. I'm still hunting for a couch, a tv stand, and a coffee table. If you know of any good deals, please let me know!
Monday, November 21, 2005
Gotta Listen to Usher
Usher offers dating tips in Time magazine
"Women love compliments. Talk to her. Buy her a drink. Make her laugh."
Gee, thanks.
What he forgot to mention was: if at all possible, try to be a famous singer, and a millionaire too.
"Women love compliments. Talk to her. Buy her a drink. Make her laugh."
Gee, thanks.
What he forgot to mention was: if at all possible, try to be a famous singer, and a millionaire too.
Paintball Sunday!
I went and played paintball with Chris and some of my coworkers in San Jose yesterday. It was my first time playing paintball and so my friends were talking smack to me about how I was gonna get shot at and blah blah blah.
Little did they know, I knew I could apply the same skills that I had acquired from my Quake days. I was quite sure that I wouldn't get shot at at all.
So how well or poorly did I do? Just look at this picture. As you can see, everyone else had paint all over their shirts and pants. As for me, well, it looked almost as if I didn't get shot at all!
How did I do it? Here's how. During each game, I would hide behind the closest bunker I could find. Safely camping behind the trusty barrel, I commanded my teammates to charge at the enemies by yelling "GO GO GO! MOVE IT MOVE IT!" I would tell my team that I would cover them by shooting at the enemies while they charged, but being the cheapass I am, I chose to do nothing and not waste my paintballs.
All in all, it was a fun and inexpensive trip, since I didn't need to refill on paintballs at all.
Little did they know, I knew I could apply the same skills that I had acquired from my Quake days. I was quite sure that I wouldn't get shot at at all.
So how well or poorly did I do? Just look at this picture. As you can see, everyone else had paint all over their shirts and pants. As for me, well, it looked almost as if I didn't get shot at all!
How did I do it? Here's how. During each game, I would hide behind the closest bunker I could find. Safely camping behind the trusty barrel, I commanded my teammates to charge at the enemies by yelling "GO GO GO! MOVE IT MOVE IT!" I would tell my team that I would cover them by shooting at the enemies while they charged, but being the cheapass I am, I chose to do nothing and not waste my paintballs.
All in all, it was a fun and inexpensive trip, since I didn't need to refill on paintballs at all.
Friday, November 18, 2005
What is wrong with these ice skaters?
This US ice skating champion dude named Johnny Weir is performing with the song "Unchained Melody" on the Today Show right now.
What the hell? Doesn't he realize that the song is totally out of date, and that chicks who dig guys will actually think that you're a llama?
If I were a top skater and was told to perform on the Today show, without hesitation I would pick the song "In Da Club" by 50 cent.
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
All your base are belong to us!
We have announced today that we are officially launching the Beta version of Google Base. This was one of the projects that I was involved in launching. I'm oso happy that this puppy has launched!
Go check it out!
Go check it out!
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Carbing up for Turkey Trot
We're having an annual event called Turkey Trot here at Google tomorrow. It is basically a fund raising 5k running event which starts from Googleplex and loops around Charleston Park.
To sign up for this event, one needs to pay either $10 straight up or bring five cans of food for donation.
Not wanting to spend $10 to run, I went to Safeway tonight and paid $8.99 for 12 cans of Heiniken. Then I proceeded to fill my body up with carbohydrate in preparation for the long run tomorrow by drinking seven cans them. The leftovers will be donated to the event.
Sunday, November 13, 2005
How do you...
make your home smell like the Spa? You know, if you've ever entered a Spa resort before, you can immediately smell this nice, refreshing scent. I'm trying to make my new place smell like it, but I really can't figure out what and where I could get something that would make it smell like that. I thought about illuminations, but I don't think burning candles all over the place is the safest thing to do. Plus, I'm not sure if they have got the right product for that smell anyway.
Do you think spa resorts in general smell like that because the massage lotions that they use smell like that, or do they spray additional things in the air??
While I was searching for a good spa picture online for this post, I found one of those "who the hell are you??" pictures. Check out that guy in the background!
Do you think spa resorts in general smell like that because the massage lotions that they use smell like that, or do they spray additional things in the air??
While I was searching for a good spa picture online for this post, I found one of those "who the hell are you??" pictures. Check out that guy in the background!
Friday, November 11, 2005
Pimp of the year - Shinji Saito
Shinji: yo yo
Random hot chick: hello!
Shinji: yo yo!
Random hot chick: what??
Shinji: watch this!
Random hot chick: OMG you're so hot.
You guessed it... It's another work-from-home Friday...NOT!
For some reason I don't have to urge to work from home today, but I am stuck at home until the plummer get outta here.I was an early bird today and woke up at 8am because the plummer was supposed to show up to fix the toilet in my bathroom. Somehow has not flushed very well ever since I moved down here. When I turn on the water in the bathtub that's next to the toilet, the toilet would start bubbling!! Cool, huh?
So the plummer came in, tried out a few cases that I had suggested to him, and he started laughing!!! WTF? He's like, "I've never seen anything like this before.. This is bizarre!"
Uhmm.. so do you know what you are doing???
I decided to leave him alone in the bathroom to let him do its thing awhile I go and make myself a cup of coffee. Two minutes went by and I heard the sound of someone sawing something! I ran into the bathroom and it appeared that he had begun to open up a hole in the wall. Dude, are you sure you're a plummer?
Needless to say, I am quite concerned about what he is doing. Does he know of some hidden jeweleries that are hiding behind the wall that I don't know of?
Then, I started watching the Today Show on NBC in my living room. I guess they're featuring some traveling around the world week where Matt, the host of the Today show, goes to these different countries and talks about how nice it is at so and so country. Today, he's at some town in Croatia, and when he was about to wrap up his segment, he said, "Well, I have got a plane to crash, cya all later!" All the other hosts that were in the studio went "Nooo!!!!!!!!" It was quite amusing. That pretty much made my Friday.I hope all you have an adventurous Friday like mine that's filled with someone cutting up a hole at your place and a TV host crashing a plane.
Thursday, November 10, 2005
I'm moved in!
Many of you have asked why I haven't been updating my blog. Well duh! I spent pretty much the entire week moving my furnitures into my new place. I was living at the new place without TV and DSL for awhile, and hence I couldn't really find time to update this blog.
Moving to a new place is such a pain in the butt. Luckily Rico and Christophe "volunteered" to help and I got to stand right next to them and direct the traffic while the two of them carry the heavy stuff from my house into the new condo.
Painting was kinda fun and painful at the same time. I walked in to work yesterday with paint on my elbows and my knees... very cool! I think some people thought I was a construction worker or something.
Moving to a new place is such a pain in the butt. Luckily Rico and Christophe "volunteered" to help and I got to stand right next to them and direct the traffic while the two of them carry the heavy stuff from my house into the new condo.
Painting was kinda fun and painful at the same time. I walked in to work yesterday with paint on my elbows and my knees... very cool! I think some people thought I was a construction worker or something.
Wednesday, November 09, 2005
Oso romantic
Someone at work sent this out:
Sugar is sweet, and so are you.
But the roses are wilting, the violets are dead,
The sugar bowl's empty and so is your head.
******
Of loving beauty you float with grace
If only you could hide your face.
******
Kind, intelligent, loving, and hot;
This describes everything you are not.
******
I want to feel your sweet embrace
But don't take that paper bag off of your face.
******
I love your smile, your face, and your eyes;
Damn, I'm good at telling lies.
******
My darling, my lover, my beautiful wife;
Marrying you screwed up my life.
******
I see your face when I am dreaming.
That's why I always wake up screaming.
******
My love, you take my breath away.
What have you stepped in to smell this way?
******
My feelings for you no words can tell
Except for maybe "go to hell."
******
What inspired this amorous rhyme?
Two parts vodka, one part lime
Sugar is sweet, and so are you.
But the roses are wilting, the violets are dead,
The sugar bowl's empty and so is your head.
******
Of loving beauty you float with grace
If only you could hide your face.
******
Kind, intelligent, loving, and hot;
This describes everything you are not.
******
I want to feel your sweet embrace
But don't take that paper bag off of your face.
******
I love your smile, your face, and your eyes;
Damn, I'm good at telling lies.
******
My darling, my lover, my beautiful wife;
Marrying you screwed up my life.
******
I see your face when I am dreaming.
That's why I always wake up screaming.
******
My love, you take my breath away.
What have you stepped in to smell this way?
******
My feelings for you no words can tell
Except for maybe "go to hell."
******
What inspired this amorous rhyme?
Two parts vodka, one part lime
Thursday, November 03, 2005
Monday, October 31, 2005
Halloween party at work
We had a halloween party at work from 2pm-6pm today. At around 1:50pm, I started seeing people walking past my office with all different kinds of cool costumes.
Out of the corner of my eye I saw Darth Vader walking down the stairs that were facing right outside of my office. Safely watching from my office with my cubemates, we were kind of in awe that this real life Darth Vader actually did look pretty real, holding a light saber and moving kind of slowly.
But then all of a sudden it looked as though he could not see very well through his helmet and he began to look more like a wimpy version of Darth Vader. He had his left hand held on to his light saber while his right hand was holding onto the hand holder railing along the stairs!
At that point we couldn't help but start laughing at this image of a blind Darth Vader. My cubemate felt bad for him and went up to offer him a beer, which, he politely refused by saying "no thanks" without sounding like Darth Vader. I wish I had a camera to capture it all, but I hope this description is good enough to draw out this image in your head.
Out of the corner of my eye I saw Darth Vader walking down the stairs that were facing right outside of my office. Safely watching from my office with my cubemates, we were kind of in awe that this real life Darth Vader actually did look pretty real, holding a light saber and moving kind of slowly.
But then all of a sudden it looked as though he could not see very well through his helmet and he began to look more like a wimpy version of Darth Vader. He had his left hand held on to his light saber while his right hand was holding onto the hand holder railing along the stairs!
At that point we couldn't help but start laughing at this image of a blind Darth Vader. My cubemate felt bad for him and went up to offer him a beer, which, he politely refused by saying "no thanks" without sounding like Darth Vader. I wish I had a camera to capture it all, but I hope this description is good enough to draw out this image in your head.
Sunday, October 30, 2005
water leaks!
So I stopped by my condo tonight with my sister and my brother-in-law to see what's the latest status to it. My sister noticed that there's water on the floor in the bathroom stall. I guess it didn't quite make sense since I haven't moved into the unit yet. She looked up the ceiling and noticed that there's water dripping from the ceiling! Hard to believe this would happen to a brand new condo.
Since it was around 11:30pm, I figured I shouldn't go upstairs to knock on my neighbors door to tell him to stop showering in that bathroom. I'm gonna have to go back there early tomorrow to let him know instead.
I went back home afterwards and called the 24-hour emergency number that's listed in the Homeowners Association Booklet to report the issue. After a few rings, some friggin answering machine answered the phone and says "You have reached the 24-hour emergency hotline. Please leave a message about your emergency and someone will call you back shortly." It has been two hours and no one has called me back yet. So much for calling this an emergency hotline...
Since it was around 11:30pm, I figured I shouldn't go upstairs to knock on my neighbors door to tell him to stop showering in that bathroom. I'm gonna have to go back there early tomorrow to let him know instead.
I went back home afterwards and called the 24-hour emergency number that's listed in the Homeowners Association Booklet to report the issue. After a few rings, some friggin answering machine answered the phone and says "You have reached the 24-hour emergency hotline. Please leave a message about your emergency and someone will call you back shortly." It has been two hours and no one has called me back yet. So much for calling this an emergency hotline...
Thursday, October 27, 2005
Things that I hate #2
Ahhh. another bathroom incident. So I was done using the bathroom and was about to push open the door to the men's bathroom to get out when someone suddenly pulled the door open from the outside before I got to push the door. I almost fell because that made me lose my balance. That !@#ker just walked right past me without saying sorry or excuse me. How rude and inconsiderate is that?!
Breaking (yet obvious) News
WNBA MVP Reveals She is Gay
Nothing against anyone being gay, but wouldn't it be more news-breaking to discover a WNBA player that isn't gay?
Monday, October 24, 2005
DOOM - the Movie
Saw this tonight with Rico, Christophe and Anita. All I have to say is... don't see it!
If you really really want to see it anyway, here's my step by step guide on how to do it if you don't feel like paying $10 for a movie:
If you really really want to see it anyway, here's my step by step guide on how to do it if you don't feel like paying $10 for a movie:
- Download DOOM the video game online
- Install DOOM
- Start the game
- Shoot at a few monsters, die a few times, shoot them again when you respawn
- Done!
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Things that I hate (part I)
Every so often I will run into things that really bother the crap out of me. My problem is that they usually aren't important for me to really complain to my coworkers or discuss it with my friends and family. So I guess what I've decided is to start a "Things that I hate" blog and just write about certain annoying things that I experience and why I think we can do better to fix them.
Things that I hate #1:
Today I was in a real hurry to the bathroom to take a crap (yes drinking milk in the morning can do that to me). I walked into the bathroom stall and quickly pulled out one of those toilet seat protector sheets. I proceeded to gently and carefully place the protector onto the toilet seat. Then, I turned around and began to pull down my pants so that I could begin my crap session. And right at that moment, the stupid toilet sensor thought that I was done and it flushed down the protector! How stupid is that?!!??!
Things that I hate #1:
Today I was in a real hurry to the bathroom to take a crap (yes drinking milk in the morning can do that to me). I walked into the bathroom stall and quickly pulled out one of those toilet seat protector sheets. I proceeded to gently and carefully place the protector onto the toilet seat. Then, I turned around and began to pull down my pants so that I could begin my crap session. And right at that moment, the stupid toilet sensor thought that I was done and it flushed down the protector! How stupid is that?!!??!
Nerdy Joke
If you are not a nerd or you do not appreciate nerdy jokes, you can stop reading now.
Here goes:
A Spanish class is given the task of chosing a gender for the word
"computer".
The men's group decided that ''computer'' should definitely be
of the feminine gender (''la computer''), because:
1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic;
2. The native language they use to communicate with
other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else
3. Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long term memory
for possible later retrieval; and
4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself
spending half your paycheck on accessories for it.
The women's group, however, concluded that computers should
be Masculine (''el computer''), because:
1. In order to do anything with them, you have to turn them on;
2. They have a lot of data but still can't think for themselves;
3. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the
time they ARE the problem; and
4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you had
waited a little longer, you could have gotten a better model.
God I'm such a loser for blogging something like this ta 12:17am.
Here goes:
A Spanish class is given the task of chosing a gender for the word
"computer".
The men's group decided that ''computer'' should definitely be
of the feminine gender (''la computer''), because:
1. No one but their creator understands their internal logic;
2. The native language they use to communicate with
other computers is incomprehensible to everyone else
3. Even the smallest mistakes are stored in long term memory
for possible later retrieval; and
4. As soon as you make a commitment to one, you find yourself
spending half your paycheck on accessories for it.
The women's group, however, concluded that computers should
be Masculine (''el computer''), because:
1. In order to do anything with them, you have to turn them on;
2. They have a lot of data but still can't think for themselves;
3. They are supposed to help you solve problems, but half the
time they ARE the problem; and
4. As soon as you commit to one, you realize that if you had
waited a little longer, you could have gotten a better model.
God I'm such a loser for blogging something like this ta 12:17am.
Monday, October 17, 2005
"Are you gonna win at the Wynn?"
Hi everyone! I'm back from Vegas!
and I lost $500.
We got there on Friday night and we immediately changed into our superhero outfits to cruise around the strip. Since we were staying at the Venetian, we decided to walk right next door and check out the new Wynn hotel. It was just like another Bellagio, but slightly nicer and bigger. When we first got there, Nick was like, "Are you gonna win at the Wynn?" I guess that really got Mike and Andy pumped up. Originally we were gonna go over to the Rum Jungle at the Mandalay Bay to go clubbing, but when we got there, they decided to spend the night playing craps instead. I warned them not to gamble on a friday night since we'd still have Saturday and Sunday to gamble, but they didnt listen. By the time we were done gambling at 5am, I think collectively we were down by about $800.
We spent Saturday sleeping in and then going clubbing at the PURE at Caesars Palace. That's supposed to be the most happening place in vegas nowadays. Luckily we got there at 8:30pm and only had to wait for three hours to get in. Oh man, once we got in, _______________ and then ________. And I was like Oh my god! ________ and he ____ and she _____ the both of us! What a _____ ! ____________________________________________________ what a night!
Sorry for cutting all the details out. I really cannot tell the entire story here. :) I guess that's why they say whatever happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. It's true!
And here's the only picture taken at PURE that I can show without getting anyone in trouble.
and I lost $500.
We got there on Friday night and we immediately changed into our superhero outfits to cruise around the strip. Since we were staying at the Venetian, we decided to walk right next door and check out the new Wynn hotel. It was just like another Bellagio, but slightly nicer and bigger. When we first got there, Nick was like, "Are you gonna win at the Wynn?" I guess that really got Mike and Andy pumped up. Originally we were gonna go over to the Rum Jungle at the Mandalay Bay to go clubbing, but when we got there, they decided to spend the night playing craps instead. I warned them not to gamble on a friday night since we'd still have Saturday and Sunday to gamble, but they didnt listen. By the time we were done gambling at 5am, I think collectively we were down by about $800.
We spent Saturday sleeping in and then going clubbing at the PURE at Caesars Palace. That's supposed to be the most happening place in vegas nowadays. Luckily we got there at 8:30pm and only had to wait for three hours to get in. Oh man, once we got in, _______________ and then ________. And I was like Oh my god! ________ and he ____ and she _____ the both of us! What a _____ ! ____________________________________________________ what a night!
Sorry for cutting all the details out. I really cannot tell the entire story here. :) I guess that's why they say whatever happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. It's true!
And here's the only picture taken at PURE that I can show without getting anyone in trouble.
Thursday, October 13, 2005
Las Vegas... here I come!!
Wow. It has been two (or is it three?) years since I last went to Vegas. I'll be going there this weekend with Andy and some of our old college buddies. I am totally expecting a good time on Friday night and then a really crappy Saturday and Sunday due to alcohol overdose. But I still gotta make sure that I go down to the casino and play at least three to four hours of blackjack. I hope I still have the basic strategy matrix memorized.
Wish me luck everyone! If I don't update this blog for weeks after this one, it either means I've won some sort of jackpot and got so rich that I no longer care to entertain you guys here online, or I've lost everything in my bank that I can no longer afford to go online.
/me goes to sleep.
Wish me luck everyone! If I don't update this blog for weeks after this one, it either means I've won some sort of jackpot and got so rich that I no longer care to entertain you guys here online, or I've lost everything in my bank that I can no longer afford to go online.
/me goes to sleep.
Wednesday, October 12, 2005
How to mod your new ipod nano to have 200gb of space
I've always been a fan of ipods. I bought their U2 ipod a year ago and then the ipod shuffle a few months after. When the ipod nano came out, I told myself that I'd definitely need to get one since it's so damned tiny. The only problem that I have with it is that it only stores up to 4GB of songs, which equates to roughly 1000 songs. This doesn't equately nearly to the 30GB U2 ipod that I have. Because of that, I hesitate on getting the ipod nano until they come out to support a lot more songs.
By the luck of a draw, I came across this article which teaches you how to mod your ipod nano to have 200gb of space. I am gonna put in my order tonight and become an official ipod nano owner!
Monday, October 03, 2005
The coolest thing just happend!
I guess weird/cool things kinda come one after the other. I've been playing beach volleyball at work during lunch time for the past two weeks. Sergey showed up today and played with us, and I got to set the ball to him a few times and vice versa. Very neat!
Sunday, October 02, 2005
I saw the weirdest thing yesterday
I've never been a big fan of fancy cars. But every so often I'd see pictures online of people standing in front of their own exotic cars and taking pictures of themselves trying to look cool. I guess it's okay if you're so proud of being over $30k in debt and you want to announce to the world about it, but it's certainly not cool to take pictures of yourself standing in front of some junkie old car trying to look like a stud.
With that said, I saw one of the funniest things in my life. I went into work yesterday to finish up on some work. Since it's Saturday, there werent too many people on campus at all. For those of you who have been to the office, across the street there are more offices and there's a big fat logo that says "Google" on it. Anyways, so I'm driving into the parking lot and I couldn't help but notice these two guys taking pictures of themselves across the street right in front of the logo. I guess that was ok, but then I noticed that they were wearing google t-shirts and they had brought their electric scooters with them! By then, I just kept saying WTF?!@# to myself in the car with the windows rolled up, of course.
Safely watching it across the street from my car, one of the guys proceeded to take a photo of the other guy standing in front of the logo and the scooter, with his arms crossed, looking totally hardcore. And then they switched place and the other dude did the exact same thing. Oh man. That's too weird. Imagine asking your coworker, "Hey Bob, you wanna come to work tomorrow and take some nice pictures of us with the scooters?"
While I was on my way walking into my building, I saw those two guys approaching towards my direction with their scooters. I gave them an evil grin and said "Yo! Nice pictures! You want a picture with the two of you together?" They were so embarassed that they just ignored me and took off with their scooters. How rude!
With that said, I saw one of the funniest things in my life. I went into work yesterday to finish up on some work. Since it's Saturday, there werent too many people on campus at all. For those of you who have been to the office, across the street there are more offices and there's a big fat logo that says "Google" on it. Anyways, so I'm driving into the parking lot and I couldn't help but notice these two guys taking pictures of themselves across the street right in front of the logo. I guess that was ok, but then I noticed that they were wearing google t-shirts and they had brought their electric scooters with them! By then, I just kept saying WTF?!@# to myself in the car with the windows rolled up, of course.
Safely watching it across the street from my car, one of the guys proceeded to take a photo of the other guy standing in front of the logo and the scooter, with his arms crossed, looking totally hardcore. And then they switched place and the other dude did the exact same thing. Oh man. That's too weird. Imagine asking your coworker, "Hey Bob, you wanna come to work tomorrow and take some nice pictures of us with the scooters?"
While I was on my way walking into my building, I saw those two guys approaching towards my direction with their scooters. I gave them an evil grin and said "Yo! Nice pictures! You want a picture with the two of you together?" They were so embarassed that they just ignored me and took off with their scooters. How rude!
Friday, September 30, 2005
Wow... Not sure what to think of this one
Legless Football Player Sidelined Over Knee Pad, Shoe Rule.
Now I wonder if the rule specifically states that you need to wear your knee pads and shoes on your knees and your feet. If I was in his shoes (no pun intended), I woulda bought a pair of baby nike shoes and just tied it around my neck or something.
Even if he's allowed to play on the field though, anyone that actually decides to tackle this player should go to hell.
Now I wonder if the rule specifically states that you need to wear your knee pads and shoes on your knees and your feet. If I was in his shoes (no pun intended), I woulda bought a pair of baby nike shoes and just tied it around my neck or something.
Even if he's allowed to play on the field though, anyone that actually decides to tackle this player should go to hell.
Saturday, September 24, 2005
Sunday, September 18, 2005
UC Davis 20, Stanford 17
What a game! UC Davis beat Stanford tonight in football at the Stanford Stadium. I'm still in a state of shock. It's always fun to root for the underdog. The Aggies simply wanted the game a lot more than the Cardinal. They really played their hearts out tonight. It was so much fun being there to witness history in the making.
SF Chronical: A Cardinal shocker: UC Davis scores winning TD in final seconds.
SF Chronical: A Cardinal shocker: UC Davis scores winning TD in final seconds.
Friday, September 16, 2005
I'm le tired
Oh boy am I sleep deprived. Got home from work at 2am last night and got up at 6am this morning. Now I have to take Christophe to the SF airport so that he can finally go back to France for the first time in like 2 years or something!
To try to reward myself for working so much, here's my plan for the day:
7am-9am: Take Christophe to the Airport
9am - 10am: Breakfast at work
10am - 11:30am: Stair at my screen and do absolutely nothing
12:30pm - 2:30pm: 2 hour dim sum lunch in Mountain View with Rico, Trevor, Andy, Ray, Leo, and possibly Pei Pei, if she could walk all the way from San Jose to Mountain View to meet up with us.
2:30pm - 4:30pm: Beach Volleyball at work with my team
4:30pm - 6:30pm: Company TGIF happy hour and have a few beers.
6:30pm: Check my work email for the first time and reply to a few unimportant emails
6:31pm: Go home and start preparing for tomorrow's big game!
To try to reward myself for working so much, here's my plan for the day:
7am-9am: Take Christophe to the Airport
9am - 10am: Breakfast at work
10am - 11:30am: Stair at my screen and do absolutely nothing
12:30pm - 2:30pm: 2 hour dim sum lunch in Mountain View with Rico, Trevor, Andy, Ray, Leo, and possibly Pei Pei, if she could walk all the way from San Jose to Mountain View to meet up with us.
2:30pm - 4:30pm: Beach Volleyball at work with my team
4:30pm - 6:30pm: Company TGIF happy hour and have a few beers.
6:30pm: Check my work email for the first time and reply to a few unimportant emails
6:31pm: Go home and start preparing for tomorrow's big game!
Wednesday, September 14, 2005
May I be excused?
Reuters - President George W. Bush writes a note to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during a Security Council meeting at the 2005 World Summit and 60th General Assembly of the United Nations in New York September 14, 2005. World leaders are exploring ways to revitalize the United Nations at a summit on Wednesday but their blueprint falls short of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's vision of freedom from want, persecution and war. REUTERS/Rick Wilking
Friday, September 09, 2005
Pei Pei at GooglePlex!
For those of you who know, my parents have been on vacation and so I'm left to take care of my dog Pei Pei at home. When I was about to leave for work this morning, Pei Pei gave me this super sad face. Since I felt somewhat guilty for having to leave her at home for at least 12 hours, I decided to bring her to work with me.
Man it's such a bad idea! She wouldn't stop panting the entire day in my office! My other three officemates were extremely nice about it, but I'm sure they found that the panting noise was rather annoying. Needless to say, I am personally going to have to ban Pei Pei from visiting work again.
I did look up online on why some dogs pant exccessively. The main reason that causes dogs to pant so much is because they're obese! Those who have seen pei pei know very well that my dog is a bit overweight. I guess I'm going to start teaching my parents and my sisters not to give her so much treats anymore. Until then, pei pei (aka the cheat) is grounded!
Man it's such a bad idea! She wouldn't stop panting the entire day in my office! My other three officemates were extremely nice about it, but I'm sure they found that the panting noise was rather annoying. Needless to say, I am personally going to have to ban Pei Pei from visiting work again.
I did look up online on why some dogs pant exccessively. The main reason that causes dogs to pant so much is because they're obese! Those who have seen pei pei know very well that my dog is a bit overweight. I guess I'm going to start teaching my parents and my sisters not to give her so much treats anymore. Until then, pei pei (aka the cheat) is grounded!
Sunday, September 04, 2005
World Lines Up to Help After Katrina
For the complete list of countries that are donating money/supplies, click here.
Here are a few notable ones:
Germany said it would offer aid or money if requested by Washington.
Sri Lanka, still recovering from the tsunami disaster, pledged $25,000 to the American Red Cross.
Australia said it would donate $7.7 million immediately to the American Red Cross.
Japan donated $200,000 to the Red Cross and would also provide up to $300,000 in aid supplies.
The Vatican sent a telegram to say that Pope Benedict XVI was "deeply saddened" by the disaster and that he was praying for the victims and rescuers.
C'mon Pope! Open up the wallet a little. Who needs any more prayers when Britney Spears is already doing that.
And for me, I spent the whole morning watching TV coverage on Katrina, donated some money on amazon, and applied for a loan to fill up my gas.
Here are a few notable ones:
Germany said it would offer aid or money if requested by Washington.
Sri Lanka, still recovering from the tsunami disaster, pledged $25,000 to the American Red Cross.
Australia said it would donate $7.7 million immediately to the American Red Cross.
Japan donated $200,000 to the Red Cross and would also provide up to $300,000 in aid supplies.
The Vatican sent a telegram to say that Pope Benedict XVI was "deeply saddened" by the disaster and that he was praying for the victims and rescuers.
C'mon Pope! Open up the wallet a little. Who needs any more prayers when Britney Spears is already doing that.
And for me, I spent the whole morning watching TV coverage on Katrina, donated some money on amazon, and applied for a loan to fill up my gas.
Saturday, September 03, 2005
Errands day
Today I...
- Woke up at 11am
- Drove my dog up to the park
- Let my dog walk me around at the park
- Picked up poop for my dog
- Turned on the sprinklers at my sister's house since she's outta town
- Picked up her mail at my sister's house
- Picked up newspaper at home since my parents are outta town
- Negotiated with my dog, and finally convinced her to eat again after going on strike for the last four days
- Wondered why I couldn't stop listening to Vienna Teng's song named Lullabye
- realized that Google Deskbar somehow subscribed to the RSS photofeeds from ogrish.com... wtf?
Friday, September 02, 2005
defected lava lamp?
I've had my lava lamp turned on here at work for over 24 hours, and even after being on for such a long time, it's still not doing what it's supposed to do.At the reception desks here, their lava lamps would have multiple balls floating around, doing crazy things. Mine is just one giant ball floating up a little bit and then falling all the way back to the bottom again since it's so heavy...
I thought about calling the manufacture and saying "Dude, my balls are stuck." But I don't think that would sound quite right...
Thursday, September 01, 2005
Survivor of New Orleans blog
Someone at work sent out this interesting blog. Apparently it contains live updates of what's going on in New Orleans right now:
http://www.livejournal.com/users/interdictor/
Here's one unforgettable quote:
http://www.livejournal.com/users/interdictor/
Here's one unforgettable quote:
In case anyone in national security is reading this, get the word to President Bush that we need the military in here NOW. The Active Duty Armed Forces. Mr. President, we are losing this city. I don't care what you're hearing on the news. The city is being lost. It is the law of the jungle down here. The command and control structure here is barely functioning. I'm not sure it's anyone's fault -- I'm not sure it could be any other way at this point. We need the kind of logistical support and infrastructure only the Active Duty military can provide. The hospitals are in dire straights. The police barely have any capabilities at this point. The National Guard is doing their best, but the situation is not being contained. I'm here to help in anyway I can, but my capabilities are limited and dropping. Please get the military here to maintain order before this city is lost.
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Google Talk Beta Released!
No more speculation. Google Talk Beta has officially launched! Get your copy here. All you need is your gmail account. If you don't have a gmail account, let me know and I will get you one. My email address is patrickli3@gmail.com.Oh and one cool thing to mention is that you can dock your IM client to the new google desktop sidebar. It's really slick.
Dogs and babies can coexist peacefully
My nephew, Jason, might one day become the next famous jockey.
Sunday, August 21, 2005
This is depressing...
Since I am having trouble sleeping tonight (darn coffee!), I decided to google around to see what I could find about myself and people whom I haven't spoken to in a long time.
Came upon the intermud protocol page which I helped implement about 10 years ago. Hmm I wonder what the other implementors are up to nowadays. After looking them up, I am wondering what the hell happened to me. Let's take a look at a few of the people that I looked up from that page:
Came upon the intermud protocol page which I helped implement about 10 years ago. Hmm I wonder what the other implementors are up to nowadays. After looking them up, I am wondering what the hell happened to me. Let's take a look at a few of the people that I looked up from that page:
- Greg Stein - Now an engineering manager at Google. He's also the Chairman of the Apache foundation. Speaker at the Oreilly conference and a heavy contributor of open source projects such as Subversion and Python.
- John Viega - CTO of Secure Software, Inc. Co-author of Building Secure Software, Network Security with OpenSSL (Oreilly), and Secure Programming Cookbook. Nice profile on the Oreilly page as well.
- George Reese - Wrote too many Oreilly books! View that link to view it yourself. Now a CEO at Valtira.
- James Donald - My closest buddy back then during development. I guess we had the most in common since I was 14 and he was 13, and everyone else were in their late 20's and early 30's. He got his BS in EECS at Berkeley and is now obtaining his phd at Princeton in EE. He's the first genius I've ever met. If you look around on his website you'll be amazed by how much he has already accomplished already in his life. I don't think I will be able to accomplish even half of that throughout my entire life. sniff sniff.
Thursday, August 18, 2005
Joining the Dark Side
Most of you know that I have always complained about my back being stiff and tight. I've tried chiropractor, back doctor, massage, swimming, jucuzzi, etc. While each of those would provide some very short periods of relief,the pain would quite often come right back the next day.Being a nice guy I am, I naively let Anita convince me to go to the Yoga classes with her that's offered at work. In my mind, Yoga is such a chick sport (should it even be considered a sport), and how is moving around on a piece of mat going to help your back?? But then again, since it's free, I decided to check it out anyway.
I have gone to two sessions so far this week, and surprisingly the outcome has been quite positive. Each session really worked me out. I woke up the next day and my arms, shoulders, hamstrings, abs, and thighs were all sore! I don't think I've ever sweat so much in my life from just standing at the same spot for an hour. For those of you who have jacked up backs, I highly recommend trying out Yoga. And don't be afraid of going just because you're a guy... 40% of the class were guys when I went, and I was more flexible than most of them!
Anyhow, I have officially joined the dark side with Anita. Our plan is to convince Abe and Dan to join it as well.
Oooh.. and you know the picture at the top right? One of the students was doing that during the session today! She's craaaaaaaazy!
Tuesday, August 16, 2005
More Random Blogging
I went to the bathroom at work today, and someone was shamelessly playing some game on his cell phone in the toilet stall with its sound turned on! The whole time I was in the stall next to him, I would hear "beep! beep beep! beep!" with the background music of the game playing as well. It was really bugging me because I couldn't figure out what game he was playing. I know he wasn't using the same phone that I have though because I don't think any of my games would create those sound.
To the person who's sitting next to me playing the game on his cell phone at the bathroom today: Next time, could you at least ask if I wanted to play battleship against you via bluetooth?
To the person who's sitting next to me playing the game on his cell phone at the bathroom today: Next time, could you at least ask if I wanted to play battleship against you via bluetooth?
Sunday, August 14, 2005
A Message to Trevor...
Trevor and I had a bet last night that the 49ers were playing against the Raiders in San Francisco. Trevor insisted that they were playing in Oakland instead.
The first thing I dd this morning was to look it up online, and yup, I was right :D.
You owe me a drink!
The first thing I dd this morning was to look it up online, and yup, I was right :D.
You owe me a drink!
Friday, August 12, 2005
Random Observation of the Day
While my friends and I were walking towards a sushi restaurant for dinner tonight, I noticed a Tapioca express located in the same plaza, right along side of the parking lot. Outside Tapioca express there's a big sign that says:
I started cracking up after reading their motto. My friends didn't get my sense of humor, but I hope some of you out there would find that kind of funny as well.
Tapioca Express
"Suddenly, I want more!"
Thursday, August 11, 2005
Random Thought of the Day
Ok guys. I am about to stir up a very heated debate. While I was showering this morning, I noticed that there were a bunch of ants in my shower tub, diligently walking around in search of food. That image somehow triggered a very interesting question in my head:
Who will win a 100 meter race - The ant or the turtle?
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According to this page, ants travel on average about a foot per minute, so that's about .30 meters per minute.
According to this page:
So in theory, the turtle will easily beat the ant, right? But remember, you will almost rarely have just one ant just walking around. So we have to assume that during the race, this ant racer is accompanied by tens and hundreds of ants in the vicinity.
We also have to assume that the turtle stinks really badly, and hence is quite attractive to the ant(s). I mean c'mon, have you ever seen a turtle that doesn't actually stink? So if both assumptions are true, the ant will end up hollaring all his friends over and start to attack the poor turtle. The turtle will then pull of this amazing stunt by retracting its head and legs into its shell to protect himself. Little does he know that the ants are small enough to penetrate through the shell, and end up eating him up alive.
While all of this is happening, the original ant racer starts to slowly walk towards the finish line and win the race without much pressure... But that can't be true as well, since ants never really walk in a straight line unless it sense something that they want to eat. Since the turtle is just right next to it, the ant cannot help but be forced to keep eating the turtle away, and hence never finish the race.
I conclude that it will be a draw.
Thoughts?
Who will win a 100 meter race - The ant or the turtle?
vs 
According to this page, ants travel on average about a foot per minute, so that's about .30 meters per minute.
According to this page:
"In a speed test carried out in the Seychelles a male giant tortoise could only cover 15 feet in 43.5 sec (0.23 mph) despite the enticement of a female."so that's 0.11 meters per second, so that's 6.6 meters per minute (wow, this is faster than I thought)
So in theory, the turtle will easily beat the ant, right? But remember, you will almost rarely have just one ant just walking around. So we have to assume that during the race, this ant racer is accompanied by tens and hundreds of ants in the vicinity.
We also have to assume that the turtle stinks really badly, and hence is quite attractive to the ant(s). I mean c'mon, have you ever seen a turtle that doesn't actually stink? So if both assumptions are true, the ant will end up hollaring all his friends over and start to attack the poor turtle. The turtle will then pull of this amazing stunt by retracting its head and legs into its shell to protect himself. Little does he know that the ants are small enough to penetrate through the shell, and end up eating him up alive.
While all of this is happening, the original ant racer starts to slowly walk towards the finish line and win the race without much pressure... But that can't be true as well, since ants never really walk in a straight line unless it sense something that they want to eat. Since the turtle is just right next to it, the ant cannot help but be forced to keep eating the turtle away, and hence never finish the race.
I conclude that it will be a draw.
Thoughts?
Tuesday, August 09, 2005
I was never that bad!
Well, otherwise, I wouldn't be blogging this today, I guess.
CNN: Man dies after online game marathon
CNN: Man dies after online game marathon
Monday, August 08, 2005
Sunday, August 07, 2005
Deep Sea Fishing
Yesterday, I went deep sea fishing for the first time in my life with Trevor, Katrell, Christophe, and Li. After this experience, I can confidently say that I will never do that ever again.
This is the boat that we took to catch some salmon:
Here's the timeline of events that occured from the day before the fishing trip until the day after:
Friday:
8pm: Got home from work
9pm: Met with Ming and Cindy in Santana Row for drinks to celebrate their engagement. Had two redbull and vodkas.
Saturday:
12am: Got home from Santana Row
12:30am: Went to bed
3:15am: Woke up and got ready to go catch some fish!
3:45am: Started driving over to Sunnyvale to pick up Christophe
4:15am: Arrived Sunnyvale, picked up Christophe
4:45am: Stopped by work to load up on some water and snacks
5:30am: Arrived at Berkeley marina
6:30am: Departed from marina to the deep ocean
7:30am: midway through our destination, pretty happy so far as you can see from the picture:
7:45am: Arrived destination. The professional fisherman dude put on the bait for me and got the fishing rod all set up for me.
7:50am: It got extremely cold, so I decided to go back inside the boat and put on an extra shirt underneath my sweater
7:51am: While I was still inside changing, people outside started screaming... "Hey! this one got a bite! this one got a bite!" It turned out it was my bait that the salmon was eating. So the professional fisherman dude ran up to my fishing rod and started pulling it up. He was really good! so I kinda just stayed and watched the action from the inside and rooted for him quietly.
7:53am: I finally finished changing. I walked up to the professional fisherman, who was still fighting back and forth with the fish, that this rod belonged to me. So he handed me the rod and told me to finish the final part of the process, which was to keep turning the reel to pull up the fish. Somehow I managed to screw up and he grabbed back the rod right away and was able to catch the fish for me in the end.
7:54am: The salmon that I caught turned out to be pretty big (about 15 lbs). Everyone cheered as it was the second salmon that was caught during the day.
7:55am: I started feeling very dizzy, so I went back inside to lay down and rest, feeling my mission had been accomplished.
9am: Woke up, wondering when we would go home, then went back to sleep.
10am: Woke up, wondering why I didn't just stay home, then went back to sleep.
11am: Woke up, wondering why I paid $100 for this fishing trip, then went back to sleep.
12pm: Woke up, wondering why I didn't just goto costco to buy some fresh salmon instead, then went back to sleep
1pm: Christophe came up to me and asked if I was cold. I said yes, and he kindly offered me his jacket. I thanked him, put on his jacket and then went back to sleep.
2pm: Woke up, wondering why I'm such a weaksauce for getting sea sick the entire day! Slapped myself a few times, and then completely passed out.
3pm: Got back to the berkeley marina. Claimed back my fish, took some pictures pretending to be hella good at fishing, and showed it off to the people who were walking around the area.
6pm: Got home. Told my parents my heroic stories on how hard I worked to catch the fish
6:30pm: Dinner time! Salmon sashimi for dinner! lots of it!
9pm: Passed out, still feeling sea sick.
Sunday:
10am: Woke up, feeling sea sick.
11:30am: Opened the fridge looking for some more sashimi, and realized that they're all really fishy now!!!! *sigh*
Overall, it was still a lot of fun, given I don't get that many opportunities going out to the deep ocean to hunt for some fish. The valuable lesson that I learned from this though, is that I'm not really the type of person who would enjoys doing anything that requires sitting around for a long period of time doing nothing. In addition, I do not enjoy touching anything slimey. I thought it was quite gross having to touch the anchoive (the bait) and poking the hook through its eyes, and then not having any clean water to wash my hands with!
A few other things worth noting:
For more pics of the fishing trip, click here.
This is the boat that we took to catch some salmon:
Here's the timeline of events that occured from the day before the fishing trip until the day after:
Friday:
8pm: Got home from work
9pm: Met with Ming and Cindy in Santana Row for drinks to celebrate their engagement. Had two redbull and vodkas.
Saturday:
12am: Got home from Santana Row
12:30am: Went to bed
3:15am: Woke up and got ready to go catch some fish!
3:45am: Started driving over to Sunnyvale to pick up Christophe
4:15am: Arrived Sunnyvale, picked up Christophe
4:45am: Stopped by work to load up on some water and snacks
5:30am: Arrived at Berkeley marina
6:30am: Departed from marina to the deep ocean
7:30am: midway through our destination, pretty happy so far as you can see from the picture:
7:45am: Arrived destination. The professional fisherman dude put on the bait for me and got the fishing rod all set up for me.
7:50am: It got extremely cold, so I decided to go back inside the boat and put on an extra shirt underneath my sweater
7:51am: While I was still inside changing, people outside started screaming... "Hey! this one got a bite! this one got a bite!" It turned out it was my bait that the salmon was eating. So the professional fisherman dude ran up to my fishing rod and started pulling it up. He was really good! so I kinda just stayed and watched the action from the inside and rooted for him quietly.
7:53am: I finally finished changing. I walked up to the professional fisherman, who was still fighting back and forth with the fish, that this rod belonged to me. So he handed me the rod and told me to finish the final part of the process, which was to keep turning the reel to pull up the fish. Somehow I managed to screw up and he grabbed back the rod right away and was able to catch the fish for me in the end.
7:54am: The salmon that I caught turned out to be pretty big (about 15 lbs). Everyone cheered as it was the second salmon that was caught during the day.
7:55am: I started feeling very dizzy, so I went back inside to lay down and rest, feeling my mission had been accomplished.
9am: Woke up, wondering when we would go home, then went back to sleep.
10am: Woke up, wondering why I didn't just stay home, then went back to sleep.
11am: Woke up, wondering why I paid $100 for this fishing trip, then went back to sleep.
12pm: Woke up, wondering why I didn't just goto costco to buy some fresh salmon instead, then went back to sleep
1pm: Christophe came up to me and asked if I was cold. I said yes, and he kindly offered me his jacket. I thanked him, put on his jacket and then went back to sleep.
2pm: Woke up, wondering why I'm such a weaksauce for getting sea sick the entire day! Slapped myself a few times, and then completely passed out.
3pm: Got back to the berkeley marina. Claimed back my fish, took some pictures pretending to be hella good at fishing, and showed it off to the people who were walking around the area.
6pm: Got home. Told my parents my heroic stories on how hard I worked to catch the fish
6:30pm: Dinner time! Salmon sashimi for dinner! lots of it!
9pm: Passed out, still feeling sea sick.
Sunday:
10am: Woke up, feeling sea sick.
11:30am: Opened the fridge looking for some more sashimi, and realized that they're all really fishy now!!!! *sigh*
Overall, it was still a lot of fun, given I don't get that many opportunities going out to the deep ocean to hunt for some fish. The valuable lesson that I learned from this though, is that I'm not really the type of person who would enjoys doing anything that requires sitting around for a long period of time doing nothing. In addition, I do not enjoy touching anything slimey. I thought it was quite gross having to touch the anchoive (the bait) and poking the hook through its eyes, and then not having any clean water to wash my hands with!
A few other things worth noting:
- I wasn't the only person who was sea sick on the boat. There were a little boy and a little girl who were also sea sick as well.
- No, I did not throw up, but the little boy and little girl did!
- It's probably a good idea to wear a jacket when you go deep sea fishing.
- It's probably a genius idea to get plenty of sleep the night before you go deep sea fishing.
For more pics of the fishing trip, click here.
Tuesday, August 02, 2005
The Mighty Mouse!
Looks like Apple has done it again! Check this out... I want to buy one and keep it as my pet!
You can use the button to do all sorts of tricks:
I'm not sure how comfy that little thing lies on your hand though. Do you think someone like my grandma would know how to operate this?
You can use the button to do all sorts of tricks:
I'm not sure how comfy that little thing lies on your hand though. Do you think someone like my grandma would know how to operate this?
Friday, July 29, 2005
Revenge of the Nerds
I was going to make a post about how impressed I am by the heated toilet seats, motorized scooters, and working with people who were the authors of many text books that I had used in college, until I ran into this article online that pretty much sums up all I wanted to write.
If you want to find out why Google is such a great place for engineers, take a look at this article on businessweek.com.
If you find yourself interested in applying for a job there after reading this article, feel free to send me an email with your resume and the positions that you are interested in. I will be able to help refer you to the appropriate recruiter.
Have a good weekend, everyone!
If you want to find out why Google is such a great place for engineers, take a look at this article on businessweek.com.
If you find yourself interested in applying for a job there after reading this article, feel free to send me an email with your resume and the positions that you are interested in. I will be able to help refer you to the appropriate recruiter.
Have a good weekend, everyone!
Thursday, July 28, 2005
Interesting Observation
Tonight I finally decided to take a look at how this blog has been performing during this past week. Surprisingly, my site is still getting some decent traffic despite the fact that I haven't updated this page for over a week. Let's take a look at some interesting results:
Here's where most of the users came from. As you can see, a lot of people searched for images on bush, and somehow it directed them to my website:
Here's where most of the users came from. As you can see, a lot of people searched for images on bush, and somehow it directed them to my website:
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