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Weekend / Monthly Update with Min-Hsao Chen

minhsao — Mon, 24 May 2010 01:02:21 +0000

So it has been a very long time since I wrote in my blog and since I am in the middle of my craziness at work on a Sunday, what better time to write a little bit about what have been going on so I won’t forget all the little things.

So Let’s start from now and go back to where we last left off…

Today.. I am working in the office today… overwhelmed with 2 major projects. Oh and I also receive my new glasses… which is incredibly fast. I ordered them on line on 05/20/2010. Which means I got them in 2 days!!!!! oh and it was only 15 dollars with lens and coatings and all!!! Coastalcontacts.com baby!!!

I may post a picture later if I have time.

Yesterday (05/22/2010), we spend an entire day looking for carpets and paint colors…. why? well… look below…

This past Friday (05/21/2010), I was suppose to be a home owner, however, the stupid lender decide not to fund in the last minute and then decided that they made a mistake and will be funding me. So I will be closing on Monday!!! Oh … I guess I will be a home owner soon!!! yeah!!!

This past Friday was bike to work day, and I biked to work going my fastest getting to work for an 8AM meeting. 54minutes from my townhome to my office!!! just short of 14mile/hour average time. I am getting stronger. In the afternoon, I took on the challenge of 8th Ave NE going south bound. Yes, it was a super step hill and on top of that it was pouring !!!! I was soaked!!!

Wednesday, my folks arrived in Seattle.

Monday, I biked to work with my new bike seat… I felt the comfort and more power!!!

2 weeks ago… I was back in NYC for my second trip for my project.

about a month ago… oh I signed contract for a new house.

So did I miss anything?

Third Full Day in NYC

minhsao — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 16:14:57 +0000

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#

Man near Madison Park

Flat Iron Building

Central Park

Towers Near Columbus Circle

Flowers Near Columbus Circle

Central Park

Imagine

From Central Park

Bench in Central Park

LOVE

Tim Burton Exhibit

Living Art in MoMA

View from top of the Rock with Min

Another view from top of the Rock

Time Square

Our weekend apartment in New York

minhsao — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 17:50:18 +0000

Oh just got to our weekend apartment in NYC. It’s small but nice!!!

Second Full Day around NYC.

minhsao — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 15:34:31 +0000

Yesterday was a busy day. I had to work most of the day, but in the afternoon, I had a chance to enjoy the nice weather and walk the Brooklyn Bridge. The view of south Manhattan was just beautiful. I get a chance to check out the location of the former World Trade Center Towers. It is amazing that it has been 9 years since the event. I remembered exactly where I was when that happened. After the walk around town, We had dinner at a local French Restaurant. It was call Les Halles. The food was good but wow… we accidently got an $8 bottle of water. All I wanted was ice water. I think that was the most expensive bottle of water I’ve ever drank and it tasted like tap water.

Anyways, today is a free day for me… so lots of exciting things to do today.

Enjoy the pictures.

The guys near Madison Park

Flat Iron Building… once the tallest building in the world

Buildings around New York

Brooklyn Bridge

The Lady of Liberty from Brooklyn Bridge

More Brooklyn Bridge

Min and Bob in New York

Me in New York

Statue of Liberty in a distance

Manhattan Bridge

Min and Manhattan Bridge

Vicky and Min on Brooklyn Bridge

around New York

St. Paul’s Chapel near ground zero

more buildings around NYC

NYC Subway

Rabbit Dinner

Updating my blog and just chilling…

minhsao — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 05:48:08 +0000

The last couple of days been pretty busy, with my family visiting… I moved from the master bed room to the guest bedroom, and from the guest bedroom to the office. But the exciting thing is my parents and my uncle from taiwan are all here in Seattle visiting me. It is good to be with family

So as for work… it has been pretty busy. Good news is that we got the NY project. Even after the lack of onsite interview… YEAH YEAH!!!! so NYC here I come.

More updates to come.

Remaining in Seattle after all …

minhsao — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:41:41 +0000

{This is a backfill post}
What an interesting day today, I woke up early this morning, got ready and went to the airport. I parked my car in an off site parking lot, I got to the terminal, I went through the security line and I got to the gate. I was still early, so I went around and look for some food. I got an bottle of OJ and a musubi and went back to the gate. Shortly after, they started the boarding process. I checked in, walking half way through the jet way and then my boss came walking up from the airplane. He said. “well, I just talked to the pilot and they said they don’t understand why we’re still taking off”. The pilot also said that a lot of planes already got cancelled. So my boss ask us if we should go or not. Finally our boss decided to cancel our trip to New York and not risk the chance of getting stuck either in New York or worse get stuck halfway between here in New York because we’re unable to land in New York and miss our interview.

So after walking back out to the terminal, and pick my car back up … I was back to work in Seattle

Getting Ready for NYC!!!

minhsao — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:23:51 +0000

I hardly can sleep last night. No no it is not because I did really well in the poker game last night but that was fun… thanks my friends for coming over. I am excited because I am going to NYC for the first time!!! No no I am not going there for fun, but for work and the bad news is that I will be returning tomorrow night. so more about NYC later today… have a wonderful Thursday everyone!!!