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Sunday, June 30, 2002
Woo Hoo... counting down time until the end of June 2002...
Once again ... it is good to be back home. My friends, Eric and Hsuan, dropped by this evening. It was fun to catch up and watch a HK movie. The movie we watched was called "Marry a rich Man". It was a romantic comedy. It was pretty funny. Anyway, it was alot of fun... and so ends another wonderful Sunday.
Ah... it is really good to be home. It feels so weird waking up to birds chirping outside. I guess that is why Auburn is still considered a ?country town? ? right?
" ... If you mess this up, I promise you, you will be flying cargo plane full of rubber dog shit out of Hong Kong!!!" -- Top Gun
Well... I am back in good old Auburn, Alabama. Gee, Auburn just looks more and more beautiful everytime I come back. As for how I feel??? Well... I am feeling better, but I am still very tired.
I am up early this Saturday morning getting ready to head home to Auburn. I slept about 12 hours last night, but I am still feeling a bit woozy... so I don't know how the plane ride will turn out. We will see...
What's up with this crap.... it's Friday and I will be going back to Auburn soon... but I am not feeling well again.... could it be my lunch? I am going to see how it goes... if I don't feel any better in 30 mins. I am out of here.
I hate this ... just when the weekend is about to start too!!!
Well... the comment thing is still not working yet.... I will try to get it up next week or something.
anyway... I am sooo tired today... maybe this coffee will get me going.
one more day until I head back to good old Auburn, Alabama!!! Woo Hoo!!! Well, I been trying to get my blog comments to work but I have no luck so far. Hopefully, it will work soon!
On the way to lunch today, we pass by the Enron Building and saw some girls getting their pictures taken in front of the Enron logo. It took us a minute until we realized who they were. What gave it away was that, one of the girls had a copy of Playboy in her hand. DUDE! They're ?The Girls of Enron?, Playboy?s special feature. But I have to say this, they were not much to look at. I don?t think I will be racing to get a copy at the nearest news stand. Darn? I did not have my digital camera with me. It would have been fun to get a picture with them though.
So this afternoon I finally went to the doctor. I spend about 15 min waiting in the waiting room.. another 5 mins in the checkup room and then I saw the Doc for 5 mins. She said I am probably coming down with something... but I am still ok right now. She gave me some decongestion pill and send me home. Humm... I am starting to wonder maybe I should have been a doctor instead of an engineer. Don't get me wrong, I am not saying their job is easy, but it just seems that it is almost like a technican type job.. except you are trying to patch the human body system instead of some other mechanical system. How interesting.... Well, I don't know if it is mental or the pill actually works... but my ear is feeling a bit better.
"Am I sick ... or am I not sick... that is the question"
You ever have this problem that when you are about the go to the doctor, all the sudden you feel better. I mean you may not really feel better, but just the thought of going to see a doctor for some minor stuff make you think that "this is stupid". Well, this is how I am feeling right now. I don't know if I feel better already or if the discomfort is still there and I am just use to it.
My appointment is at 3:30.
Ok... going to the doctors has now officially on my things that suck list. Well, I was suppose to have an appointment this morning, just few minutes ago I got a call from the clinic telling me that they will have to reschedule. Well, that's all nice and dandy except I was planning to take half day and I am already late for work now. Oh well... now I need to get ready and head to the office. What a fun way to start a morning.
The Health Service in El Paso Building was no help. I went over there and told them that my ear feels funny. They look in my ear... and said... "humm.. there are a lot of wax.. but I can't tell what's going on. Please go to the doctor!" So they call the doctor and got me an appointment for tomorrow.
So...I have to suffer my ear problem for another day.
Warcraft 3 is awesome!!! We played some WC3 last night at Scotts place... it was pretty cool. There was one problem though. For some reason, WC3 did not work with scott's voodoo 3 card. All in all it is a very cool game, everyone should check it out.
So... I just finish watching 2 1/2 seasons of Spiderman: The animated series. It was alot of fun. The only thing that bothered me was that the series ended with it hanging. Peter Parker never found Mary Jane. Besides that ... it was pretty awesome.
Spiderman is way cool... Well, since I have not been feeling too great today... I been resting alot. I slept and rested.... and I been watching a spiderman marathon. It's pretty good. I just hope my ear gets better. It probably will.... we'll see how I feel tomorrow.
Check this out, an MIT student hacked in to the Xbox... so what does this mean? Well, it could mean that soon the Xbox will be the next dreamcast... the most flexable and moded gaming system. Wow !!! won't it be cool... your very own Xbox/Divx player... so check it out.
I like the Park Shops. It has a pretty nice atmosphere for lunch, ok it is just a small mall... but it is still pretty cool. Yep, that's where I went for lunch today.
One more day until WEEKEND!!! WOO HOO... so... I got up too early this morning. I went to play racquet ball with Scott. I am starting to like the Travis Gym more and more? but 35 dollars a month is still a little steep for me, especially when I have a mini-gym at my apartment complex. ?. And now back to work?.
I just got back from lunch with my friends, Scott and Dwayne. I believe we all ate too much. I definitely need to work out to night to get rid of some excess fat. We took the Metro trolley back from lunch. All I have to say is Houston's Trolley system is messed up. During our trip back from lunch, the trolley stopped twice and the driver disappeared twice. I mean, she just left the trolley running and disappeared. What gives??
AH... it?s pretty cool... I just finish watching a TLC special on "The Street Magician: David Blaine". It was pretty cool, but there was one part that really boggled me. It was the levitation bit. On the program, it clearly showed that he floats a few inches off the ground and the crowed was amazed. Well, being a curious and scientific person, I did some searching on the net and found the answer. It is actually a pretty simple illusion. So here is what I found. Check it out!!!
Well, I finally fixed the Tag-Board System. It seems that the stupid people in that company changed their IP address to their site but forgot to change the www.tag-board.com to it as well.
It's all fixed now... please report any other problems to the discussion forums.
I just finish watching Princess D. It is a HK movie... and it's pretty good. I have to say it was probably more enjoyable than most of the silly Hollywood movies now days. Anyway, that's just my two cents.
Gees ... I am like a pig.... it is a bad idea to start taking a nap around 5:30 pm... I am soo messed up right now.
I wonder why am I so tired? Is it because I got a hair cut today and all my powers are gone? or is it because it is sooo hot outside, it feels soo good to take a nap in an AC room? Or is it because I walked another 4 miles this morning? It was a pretty good walk. I got a chance to take some pictures this time. I also got a chance to look around at some townhomes around the area. Boy!!! are they expensive!!! I think almost all the ones that I saw building are 300 and up!!!!
Friday... it's finally here! Well, I just got an email saying that they have a new version of the Tag-board. It supposes to have some new features. But there is too much stuff to do at work for me to update my site. Oh well... I will do it tonight. So what good movies are coming out this weekend I wonder????
"Surprises are good... but surprises at work are not always good"
I hate cubicals, I can hear everything everyone else is saying 3 cubes down!!!! AHHHHH!!!!
Ah!!! Good morning everyone!!! I just finish running and working out .... Yep... trying to stay in fit and healthy. Time for a shower!!!
I miss you, Hsiu Hsiu!!!
10 % across the board.... humm... I wonder..... what does that really mean???
So after a hard day of work today, we visited one of my favorite sushi place, Osaka.
Worried about our jobs and how much we could spend, we charge only the minium and then ordered water. So what's wrong with us?
The dinner was great, the company were great. Aw... another wonderful afternoon.
On my way home to work ... I decided to be a really big geek and see how many Wireless Access points I can pick up. So I downloaded Netstumbler and started scanning. On my way home, I have picked up 15 different non-elpaso Wireless Access points. Out of the 15 I picked up, I was able to sync and obtain an IP once, and 12 of those AP's are not WEP secured. Kinda makes you wonder huh? I might post a full listing of public access location around town sometime.
Boy another day is almost over at work. Today went by pretty quick. Why? Because I was stuck in a training class for the entire day. It's ok I guess. So what is the training about? Well, it is a class that teaches me how to communicate. So we went through a whole bunch of silly examples and we learned how not to say stupid things. So... here is our brainwasher's .... I mean instructor's website.
It's late and I am tired. I worked out today... which is good. I cooked today ... which is also good. (I got a Foreman Grill)
I miss my girlfriend ... which is bad....
ok.... sleep time and ready for another day tomorrow.
Dude... the Houston Metro Trolley SUCKS!!!!
For some reason, everyday the trolley stops in front of our apartment for a "layover". This means, they sit around until they catch up with thier ?schedule?. Well, while they are doing that, we are waiting across the street wondering what's going on. They SUCK the big ones. Today, I waited over 15 minutes. Oh well?. Enough complaining at least the trolley is free, right?
Good Idea : Go to eat boil crawfish with friends
Bad Idea : Go to eat boil crawfish with friends while wearing contacts
so.... just got back from having dinner with Tuan at Cajun Coner. Tomorrow, my GF heads back to Taiwan... so I am waiting for her to call me. Oh I will miss her soo much!!!
I just returned from a 4 mile hike around Buffalo Bayou. It was fun. I get to see a bit more of Houston on foot. I guess this is my small attempt to get more fit. Sorry? I forgot my camera or else I would put some pictures here. So? now ? for some food? I am sooooo hungry!!
I am wondering what I should add to my website next? What neat features should I add? Should I add an Yacc board? Should I add a chat room??? What do you think???
Yes... it is another Friday night. Tonight is a bit different. Don't get me wrong, I still miss my family and gf in Alabama, but I had fun tonight. So what happened?
Well, after work today, I followed my friend Scott to one of his "staff meetings" at Slick Willy's in Bayou Place. It's pretty cool. We had some beer and played pool. I have to say, El Paso got some upper management that can play some pool. Yep, needless to say.... I got my butt whooped!!!
Afterward, I went to Osaka's ... which I have to say is one of the best sushi places in Houston. They have really fresh fish and the sushi chief is friendly and honest. I like it.
So as you can see... pretty nice evening huh? {sigh} but I still miss Hsiu Hsiu.
so ... tonight I wrote my first ASP program. Boy! I am very very rusty. It has been a while since I programed, but it is still pretty cool. I still get the cool feeling when I get the program working. So take a peek at it guys!!
What a pretty awesome morning, I got up this morning at 6:00 am! Woo Hoo! Well, I met up with my buddy Scott at the Travis Fitness center next to our building. I have to say... its a pretty cool place. We played a little Raquet ball and yep.... I love Raquet ball!!! now ... back to work!!!
Well? what a roller coaster El Paso stock is today. It finally stopped at $21 something, which is still 4 dollars less then Friday. You know what? it is all play money right now and it?s all good. So tonight after work I will start my new schedule of discipline. I will attempt to work out, eat, study and study? oh ?. And go and shop. I am trying to motivate myself and I hope this hype will last.
Ah... couple more hours until the end of another wonderful weekend. So what did I do today? Uh... absolutely nothing productive. Well... I did start my plan to start studying today. How? Well, I lend my PS2 to my good friend Scott. I also show him a very awesome game, Final Fantasy X. If any of you guys out there that have a PS2 ... you must get FFX. Anyway, I figure if I don't have my PS2 in my house, I would have less distraction and have more opportunity to actually study. Uh... I hope this works. My TARGET is start grad school in Spring 2003. Wish me luck!!! Dinner tonight was great!!! Once again, Thanks Scott for the wonderful dinner... and oh ... your new TV is cool!!!
I can't belive we are half way through 2002. It seems just yesterday 2001 was over and I moved to Houston. Boy! time sure moves fast!!! Well, today is rent day. I paid my rent in full for the first time and damn it's expensive!!!! I probably should think about moving or something, but we will see.