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Thursday, February 26, 2004
     
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Blog ... blog ... blog....
What happened to Wednesday? Well, the cool thing I did last night was I wrote some scripts to automate my photo posting. What does that mean? It means that you will see all the pictures that I've took in the last couple of month in the next couple of days. I have speed it up so I can process a lot of pictures really, really quickly. Here is a sneak preview.
So what did I use to accomplish this great task? Jalbum, of course!!!
    Min-Hsao -- 8:24:00 AM [ 0 ]
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Tuesday, February 24, 2004
     
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Boy ... another fun filled day ... so what have I being doing lately? Well... VoIP for our ZIPP gateways!!! Whoo hoo!!! So... all you boys and girls in Grant County... go sign up and get Zipped!
    Min-Hsao -- 5:07:00 PM [ 0 ]
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Happy Mardi Gras!!! ... Yep, it is that time of the year again... nope I am not doing anything special... It seems that People in Washington don't really celebrate Mardi Gras like the people in the south. But oh well...

Hey ... there is a Auburn vs Alabama Basketball game on ESPN tonight.... I hope we win!!!
    Min-Hsao -- 10:25:00 AM [ 0 ]
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Monday, February 23, 2004
     
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So what did I do this weekend? Well, actually I participated in a middle school math competition. It is called the Mathcounts. It is where middle school students from all over the region compete in doing math problems. I was a grader and good thing too... because there is no way that I can do math as fast as those kids.
    Min-Hsao -- 8:56:00 AM [ 0 ]
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Well, I was cleaning up my house this weekend and I found my old HP48G+.... yeah.. I use to have a GX in college but my last year in school ... I lost it .. so I ended up getting a 48G+ So what is a HP48??? Click here It is basically a high tech scientific calculator ... back in the day. Anyway... so the question is ... do I ever use this calculator anymore? Heck no.....
    Min-Hsao -- 8:53:00 AM [ 0 ]
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Sunday, February 22, 2004
     
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You should always check your mail.... you never know what you mind find... like money and stuff....
    Min-Hsao -- 4:58:00 PM [ 0 ]
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Tuesday, February 17, 2004
     
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So what's going on in my life... actually lots and lots of stuff... sometimes I just wish I have some more time to write it all down on my blog. I really have been slacking on my blogs and on updating my websites. It is not like I don't have any new pictures... actually I have lots and lots and lots of new photos since 11/2003 ... but I just have not been updating my site. One is because I been too lazy... and the other is I've been too busy... I mean GEE Weez... they actually make me do work in this new job... ha ha ha... Actually work has been wonderful. It is alot of fun and it has been really challenging.

OK ... so let's talk aboout what's been going on lately....

Well.... this weekend my fiancee come to visit me for valentines day... see this is what she gave me for valentines... Isn't it beautiful!!! She made it all by herself too!!! cool huh?

So this weekend, we finally made it to Seattle. I've made reservation at a Spanish resturant in downtown Seattle. The place is called Madrid 522. It is located few blocks from the space needle. Thanks to Uncle Chen, we were able to get reservation at 5:00 pm. It was either at 5:00pm or at 10:00 pm. How can anyone eat at 10:00 pm for dinner??? Anyway... the food there was pretty good. The important thing is the atmosphere was awesome!!!


So here are some of the events that happened on Sunday

Pikes Market

Cool market? it is sort of like the French market in New Orleans and a little bit like the Chinese market place. It is right at the edge of downtown


Seattle Chinatown
Finally, some good dim sum. The Chinese food in Seattle is actually pretty good. And the cool thing is, it?s right next to downtown Seattle. Yeah? I think I will definitely have to go back there again.

Open House in Queen Ann
While we were in Seattle, my friend took us to Queen Ann, which is a hill north of downtown Seattle over looking the downtown skyline. While we were there we found a townhouse for sale, and it is open for open house. So we decide to visit it. Hey, who knows I might just buy a place in Seattle. Well, I love the place. It was like my place in Houston, except a bit bigger and a bit more beautiful. My fiancée also loved it. Well? we really love it, until we saw the price? $585,000. OUCH!!! Yeah? it is still a pretty cool house, but it is just too darn expensive.


Monorail

So after the open house, my friend drops us off next to the space needle. We decided not to go up on the space needle, because it was just too pricy. So we decide to take the monorail to downtown. I find the monorail kind of funny. It was a demonstration for the future of transportation back in the 1960?s Worlds Fair and since then? not much has been added to the monorail. It goes from the needle to downtown? about six blocks?. Zoom? and you are there? I have to say one thing? it was pretty quick ride. But in some ways I was a little bit disappointed. I mean? in the last 40 years the monorail hasn?t made any progress.

Tulley?s Coffee

My friend told us that people in Seattle prefer Tulley?s coffee. Hsiu Hsiu and I never had Tulley?s coffee before, so in the afternoon we spend most of our time searching for Tulley?s coffee. The funny thing about that is, when you are looking for something you can never find it. After walking all around, downtown? including visiting Tiffany?s? we finally found Tulley?s coffee? Not bad? not bad at all?

Downtown Seattle

We were very, very fortunate because on Sunday afternoon, we actually got some really good weather in Seattle. Seattle is usually pretty wet and nasty during winter times, but we actually got to enjoy a very mild weather day. Seattle downtown is very beautiful. I miss big cities sometimes.

Sushi

Since I took Hsiu Hsiu out of dinner on Saturday night, Hsiu Hsiu took me out for Japanese food on Sunday night in downtown Seattle. We found this nice little Japanese restaurant with a view of the bay and right next to the art museum. The food was very good, it has been a long time since I had some good sushi?. Once again? this is one of the reasons why I miss big cities? Sushi!!!

Seattle Metro

After dark, Seattle downtown pretty much shuts down. We could not find the right bus stop for our bus, so we called the Seattle Metro hotline. Amazingly, they were so helpful. They were able to tell me exactly where to wait for the bus and they were able to tell me exactly when the next bus will arrive. I mean exactly!!! The bus arrived the exactly the time that the metro assist said. Cool~~~

And that concludes another wonderful day?.
Oh ? and I won on Mahjong that evening ? with the help of Hsiu Hsiu of course ?. And oh? and ?. On March 6th I am going on a trip to Taiwan... whoo hoo!!!
    Min-Hsao -- 9:31:00 PM [ 0 ]
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Over the weekend ... I got an interesting email from someone in France. This person in France saw my website and the picture of an elephant from Houston Zoo that I took. He ask if he can use the picture on his site... So I answered ... of course.... just remember to mention my name. ... so here is the link to their site.
Oh... it would help if you understand French...
    Min-Hsao -- 9:16:00 PM [ 0 ]
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Monday, February 09, 2004
     
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MY Houston Home for sale!!!! Anyone???
    Min-Hsao -- 8:36:00 AM [ 0 ]
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Friday, February 06, 2004
     
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I can't believe it ... after two years ... my discussion forum is showing signs of life again ....
    Min-Hsao -- 10:24:00 AM [ 0 ]
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Thursday, February 05, 2004
     
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Wow... What an interesting night.... tonight my friend Cody invited me to a high school basketball game. Cody was doing a live audio webcast for the school. Yes, almost all the high schools around grant county are trying to do some sort of webcasting. Moses Lake High School even do live video webcasts!!! Yep, that's pretty cool ... I wish I had that when I was in high school. Anyway... this is all because of our super high bandwidth fiber optic network. So we drove to Quincy, a small town 30 minutes from Ephrata, to watch the Quincy Jackrabbits play against the Ephrata Tigers. It was a very close game. The final score was 40-38 Ephrata in overtime. A very low scoring game... but it was still fun. It does make me think about how long it has been since I was in high school. I do wonder ... what happen to all my high school buddies... where are they now? I bet none of them would ever imagine that I am in a middle of no where town in Washington.

Anyway ... if you want to listen to the game here is the link....
http://www.qsd.wednet.edu
    Min-Hsao -- 11:27:00 PM [ 0 ]
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY ... MIN-JYE!!!!!

My little sister is one year older today!!!

Happy Birthday!!!!
    Min-Hsao -- 3:42:00 PM [ 0 ]
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Tuesday, February 03, 2004
     
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Sometimes... I miss the big city... sometimes ... I miss Houston....
This is what I missed this past weekend.... my buddy Raymund said that there were about 200,000 people in Downtown Houston before the Superbowl... Wow... and my townhome was only skip and a hop away.
    Min-Hsao -- 8:50:00 AM [ 0 ]
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