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Walking around LV in the hot summer evening…

Las Vegas is hot!!! Here are some picture of my brief walk around.

So about an hour ago… after an hour wait in line in front of the Apple Store in Lynnwood, I finally got my new iPhone. This is my 3rd version of iPhone and I am pretty excited. I am still very very surprised that I was in line to get a phone. I am pretty surprised, but it was all a mistake on my part for not get it shipped to my house. However, I did meet a very interesting person while waiting ini the line. This gentleman is an iPhone developer. He actually developed few really simple apps that make him enough money to quit his full time job and to go back to college. That is truly inspiring!!! His app is called “magic card”. What is also very interesting is that he is the personal friend of Al Gore. That is a shock.

Anyways… off to playing with my new iPhone :)

My quest for an iPhone 4

So today I went to the apple store to pick up the iPhone. What a line for a reservation??? WTF!?!?!? The reservation line was longer than the regular line. It extended all the way to PF Changs!!!!

I guess I will be getting my iPhone 4 in the afternoon… or I may not be getting my iPhone 4 at all!!!

Another Monthly Update

It’s been almost a month since my last blog posting. Things have been moving pretty fast. Finally moved in to my new house. It’s great, however, almost everything is still in the garage. I’ve been really busy with my New York project. I was just back there this past week. It seems that I’ve been alot busier than ever before. The house requires constant caring. Just yesterday I repaired my doors, just last week changed locks, just today, I fixed the guest toilet from leaking. And as soon as the rain stops and dries up a bit, I will need to mow my lawn.

So, what else been going on? Well… I pre-ordered a new iPhone 4. I will be picking that up on Thursday!!!!

Woo Hoo!!! I am officially a home owner in Washington!!!

After many month of looking and hunting and dealing with stupid lender funding my loan, I am finally and officially a home owner!!! Woo Hoo!!!!

So what’s next???

3 years in Seattle!!!!

I was reminded that today is my 3 year anniversary with Sparling, my current company. It is hard to believe that 3 years ago I moved from the little town called Ephrata to Seattle. It was 3 years ago that I started my life in Seattle. So many things have changed since that time and more changes are coming … stay tuned!!!

What will happen to Space Camp after the Space Shuttle Program?

About 15 Years ago, I participated in Space Academy, it was a more advanced Space Camp. It was an amazing experience. I loved it. I remember, it was the day that I decided after space camp that I should pursuit a more realistic dream and become an engineer instead of a pilot for the space shuttle.
But take a look at this person that continued her dream, I think she was in Space Camp around the same time I was.
http://www.waaytv.com/Global/story.asp?S=12260779

It does make you think what will happen to space camp after the shuttle program.

http://gizmodo.com/5517896/neil-armstrong-blasts-obamas-space-plan

My first paper to be accepted by a conference!!!!

Wow… what an amazing morning. I received an email that one of my paper just been accepted by this conference. ICWN (International Conference on Wireless Networks) is the conference name. Oh!!! Exciting!!!

Third Full Day in NYC

Yesterday was my third full day in NYC. It was also the first day that I don’t have to work in NYC. And on top of that it was Good Friday. The day started pretty late after sleeping in. Since we were staying near Madison Park in The MAve Hotel, which btw reminds me of the hotel in Paris France. Why? Because of it’s small size in the hotel room and the modern hotel room design. It even use a similar RFID door opening system. Cool huh?

So in the morning (more or less Noon time), after the complimentary non-existing hotel breakfast, we went back for a to Madison Park for a walk also to take some pictures more pictures of the flat iron building. Afterward, we stopped by the Museum of Sex. Yes it sounds really bad/good. But in reality, it was a big waste of money. Yes… the 5 minute gallery of history of condom is interesting, however, after that it was all pretty boring and could probably got most of the gallery items from a store like Lovers.

After the walk around the Madison Park area, we grabbed our stuff and move to our new location. For this weekend, we are staying in a studio apartment 2 blocks from Central Park. It is very nice even with a small balcony on the top floor of this old building. The place is very small but it does have a kitchen. And the price was good relative to the hotel in the near by area.

For lunch, Whole Foods. Got some salad from Whole Food and ate on the bench of Central park while we people and dog watched. Yep, since it was Good Friday, we saw so many people.

Around 5 we went to MoMA (Museum of Modern Art), since it is Friday after 4 it is free to enter. Oh my, the line was super long, however, it went through pretty quick and we were able to go in. We saw almost everything except for the Tim Burton exhibit.

After MoMA, we met up with some friends of Vicky and had a interesting Bday dinner at a cheap Thai place. The food was crappy, but the company was great. They even said that I don’t sound like I am from Seattle. They said that they thought I was a New Yorker… I guess that is a good thing right?

So after dinner around 10:45pm we decide to catch the last elevator up the Rockefeller Center Tower. We ran few blocks from the restaurant near MoMA to Rockefeller center and we thought we were late, but we were not the last. we got our tickets and got to the top. At the check in, the attendant told us, we just help break their entry record. Yes… with our help we broke their attendance record of 150,000 people in a day. Wow…

And with the beautiful view of New York… that concluded another wonderful day in NYC. Enjoy the pictures.
http://picasaweb.google.com/minhsao/NYCDay3#