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| Wednesday, December 31, 2003 | ||
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Well... it is almost 2004 ... and I am sitting at home by myself on new years eve. It is already 2004 in Taiwan and in Auburn. Oh and Auburn Won 28-14 .... Woo hoo ... War Eagle. Anyway, it is really not that bad... I am going to have a chance to catch up on my sleep tomorrow morning .. yeah... Besides... I wouldn't feel like doing anything without my lovely Fianc? around anyway. I really miss her. I want to wish everyone a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! Good bye 2003 ... and HELLO 2004!!!!! |
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| Min-Hsao -- 10:17:00 PM [ 0 ] | ||
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Wow. I can't believe it is the last day of 2003 already. I can't believe I am still at work. what? I never work on New Years eve. But things change. So many things have happened this past year. Let's review shall we. The two most important things are … 1) I am no longer in Houston, Texas working for El Paso Corp. I now work for Grant County PUD in Ephrata, Washington as a telecom engineer. 2) I am engaged!!! yep, I proposed to my lovely girlfriend on November 1, 2003. Then there are other things that happened around the world … 3) Big SARS scare in the beginning of the year 4) Auburn's Football season was not as wonderful and spectacular as everyone expected. 5) US declared war on Iraq. 6) Saddam was captured. 7) Gundam Seed and Last Exile Ended this year. Oh.. Gundam Seed... What a great anime!! And tons of other stuff Sigh... it sucks not able to watch Auburn Football today. why? Because I am at work. I believe this will be my first New Year all by myself. how aweful!!! But I got good friends and family. They are watching the game in Auburn and MSN message me the plays. You just can't beat that!!! War Eagle!!! and go Auburn Tigers!!! |
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| Min-Hsao -- 10:08:00 AM [ 0 ] | ||
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| Saturday, December 27, 2003 | ||
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Well, Do you have a brand new Nokia Phone and you wanted to use another sim card on another network ... say if you are in another country and you want to use thier GSM network.. but your stupid tmobile phone is locked. Well... I got the solution for you. Go to www.nokiafree.org and get your unlock code. yep it worked for me and Hsiu hsiu. Yeah... and T-Mobile wanted me to wait 90 days and Nokia told me the code is 1234.... what an idiot. Anyway, go to nokiafree.org to get your free unlock code for your phone. |
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| Min-Hsao -- 7:41:00 PM [ 0 ] | ||
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| Friday, December 26, 2003 | ||
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 This is news couple of days old... but I new this would happen.... Stupid Houston Metro Light rail system... it is just a matter of time before someone gets flatten in downtown Houston.
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| Min-Hsao -- 9:28:00 AM [ 0 ] | ||
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I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. I had a wonderful time visiting my friend Matt's family down in Wenatchee. It was very interesting to see how some other family celebrate Christmas. It was a very warm and exciting experience. There were alot of food, alot of people, and alot of presents. Just like a good ol' family Christmas party. The only big difference between my family's Christmas party and theirs is that my family usually have the xmas party on Christmas eve and Matt's family have it on Christmas Day. Thanks Matt for inviting me to share Christmas with your family!!! Thanks! |
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| Thursday, December 25, 2003 | ||
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MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!! |
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| Wednesday, December 24, 2003 | ||
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Well... I just finish calling home to Auburn... everyone is having a wonderful time at my parents annual Christmas dinner... and I won't be there again this year :-( . This is the second time that I am not home for Christmas. Last year I was in Taiwan, but this year I am all alone... So what am I going to do for Christmas eve and Christmas??? Well, one of my new coworkers has asked me to go over to his parents place for dinner tonight. So I am going over to Wenatchee tonight. I am so blessed to have friends like him. I will make sure I take plenty of pictures. Merry Christmas Everyone!!! And I miss you so much Hsiu Hsiu!! |
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| Min-Hsao -- 4:40:00 PM [ 0 ] | ||
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So ... today has been really slow so far.... I was suppose to reboot a box but the customer never called back... so ... until he calls back... I can't do anything but to wait. Well... looks... Moses Lake, WA is in the headline... just go to Yahoo and click on news ... and it is the first one.... or you can just click here and see the article. It is nothing good.... just Mad Cows....NO MORE BEEF for me... |
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| Min-Hsao -- 10:51:00 AM [ 0 ] | ||
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I know it has been a while since I last posted on my blog... it seems that ever since I moved to Washington, I just have less and less time to update my site and post on the blog. Now, it is not that I have less content to share... Actually, I think I have a lot more... It is just that I don't have the extra time that I use to have. Which is good I guess. So Let me give everyone an update on what's been going on... Starting from the beginning of last week..... Dec. 16th 2003 .... I registered to vote today... Woo hoo... Hey Scott ... I finally did it... And hey they even gave me a copy of the Bill of Rights. So now I am a registered voter, all those public officials better watch out or you are out of there ... Ok ok at least you don't get my vote. Dec 18th 2003 .... Hsiu Hsiu arrives today... I took a half day and drove to Spokane to pick her up. The drive was not bad at all. Dec 19th 2003 ... Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King Yes... Today... Tom, Mara, Hsiu Hsiu and I went to see the LotR:TRotK ... All I have to say is COOL!!! Three years of watching LotR is finally over ... What am I going to do next year??? The movie was really good. I don't think there were any bad moments in the movie. The interesting thing about watching the movie in Ephrata was that first we got a pizza booth. Yes in the theater in Ephrata there are actually pizza booth in the back ... So you can have your pizza and soda and enjoy a movie.... Cool huh? And the price wasn't bad either. Second... half way through the 3 1/2 hours long movie... an intermission popped up. What? an intermission? isn't that something from the long distant past? But it was actually pretty cool ... because it give everyone to run to the restroom without missing a beat of the movie. and the theater gets to make some extra bucks by selling concessions.... it is a win win situation. During the intermission, I also felt the small town atmosphere in the theater... it is pretty cool... you just don't see that in Houston or any of the big cities. A really unique experience indeed. Dec. 20 2002 We woke up and it was cold and all white outside and we had a xmas brunch to attend to in Moses Lake. And on the way there Hsiu Hsiu and I got lost in the snowy road of Moses Lake ... Doh!!! But we eventually found our way.... Breakfast brunch at Terry M's Thank you Terry for inviting us to your wonderful Christmas Brunch. Hsiu Hsiu and I had a wonderful time. The brunch at Terry's was wonderful... she have a beautiful house, all decorated ... I really felt the xmas spirit in the air. The brunch was delicious and plentiful... umm umm.... so good.... After the brunch we got a chance to talk with friends and play some ping pong.... boy it has been so long since I last played.... but I can still do my spinning serv. :P Once again ... that was a wonderful Brunch..... Thanks Terry..... After the wonderful brunch we headed to Spokane... Once we got to Spokane, we found this wonderful Japanese restaurant... it is called Suki Yaki Inn. It is one of the most authentic Japanese restaurants , Hsiu Hsiu and I have been. We ordered some "shabu shabu" and I've also ordered some sushi. The sushi was pretty good ... but I still say it doesn't beat the sushi in Houston's Osaka restaurant. We spend a day around Spokane visiting downtown and finding every Chinese markets there .... which btw ... they don't have much in Spokane. After a day around Spokane... Hsiu Hsiu and I finally end up at the airport... she has a overnight flight back to ATL. Dec 22, 2003 Hsiu Hsiu is back home in Auburn for one day .... Dec 23, 2003 Hsiu Hsiu is on the plane back to Taiwan... :-( I wish I would be there with her. Well... only two more days before xmas ... and it looks like I won't be able to find a ticket back home for xmas. .... Merry Christmas.... |
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| Monday, December 22, 2003 | ||
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Awesome news!! http://apnews.myway.com/article/20031219/D7VHHPHO0.html |
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| Min-Hsao -- 11:49:00 AM [ 0 ] | ||
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| Friday, December 12, 2003 | ||
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I wake up this morning and this is what I see outside...... 
... it all the sudden reminds me that I am no longer in Alabama or Texas any more ........ Burrrrr.... it is cold up here.... |
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| Min-Hsao -- 10:20:00 AM [ 0 ] | ||
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| Wednesday, December 10, 2003 | ||
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Couple of quick notes to everyone.... Photoshope CS is really cool..... Especially the shadow highlight feature.... it like adding a flash to the picture after you taken it.... cool.... |
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| Min-Hsao -- 8:35:00 AM [ 0 ] | ||
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Today I truely realized that I am no longer in the south.... I woke up in the morning and everything was covered in show.... Burrrrr....... |
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| Thursday, December 04, 2003 | ||
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I Love You, Hsiu Hsiu!!!! |
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| Min-Hsao -- 10:40:00 PM [ 0 ] | ||
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First there is the Matrix.... then there is the Mintrix .... now there is the Meatrix ... ... ha ha ha ...go check it out!!! It is actually a anti big corporate farming website.... but the flash is pretty cool.... |
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| Min-Hsao -- 3:10:00 PM [ 0 ] | ||
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This is pretty cool ... if you like ebay... it is a free bid sniper. It is called Cniper. Try it out and win your bid. |
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| Min-Hsao -- 1:41:00 PM [ 0 ] | ||
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Dude... this is really messed up and sick sick sick.... male pregnancy. WTF ... That is messed up.... But after looking at it for a while... I realized that this can't be real.... I mean no where on the website did it ever mention a contact info or anything ..... So.... This is what I've found.... Art Imitates Tabloids |
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| Wednesday, December 03, 2003 | ||
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Still at work... and it is already 5:30pm... Gee wiz.. 5:30 pm... man... It doesn't feel like it... I guess time really flies when you are busy and having fun .... Got a small semi presentation tomorrow... oooh... how fun!!! |
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| Min-Hsao -- 5:37:00 PM [ 0 ] | ||
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Wow... After many many many years of switching from Netscape to IE... I think I might actually switch back to Mozilla Firebird ... Wow... it is fast and pretty slick... a very small footprint too... So what is Mozilla? Well... it is Netscape... reborn... Firebird is not the same as the Netscape by AOL. |
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| Monday, December 01, 2003 | ||
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Since it is so nice in Houston... I want to say Hi to all my friends back at El Paso Corp. HELLO Friends!!! I miss you guys!!! 
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| Min-Hsao -- 1:10:00 PM [ 0 ] | ||
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Wow... it is snowing outside... it is sooooo beautiful!!! ... I will take a picture of it at lunch... |
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