beno n' sooni on christmas day
목요일 아침, 1103a: b4 i run out'f time this yr, i ought to write 'bout the top events'f 2005. i believe that in previous yrs, i've waited so long; just in case sumpthin' big happened on the 29, 30, or 31; that i had to post up the top events'f that yr on the journal edition 4 the following yr. otherwise, i had to write entries 4 the earlier yr during the latter yr but post them on the earlier yr. those r all sloppy retrofit patches, so i prefer simply to "call it a yr" now n' get writin'.
ok, so that's the list. ne questions? comments? if so, sign the new edition'f my gbook. i never answered my own questions last time but shall.
lsat nite, kaela n' i hung out w/ a bunch'f single friends. wow, this trip so far, we've hung out w/ lots'f single ppl. 2nite, we'll finally hang out w/ some newlyweds. wait, no; we already hung out w/ newlyweds mark n' grace earlier. man, last nite was interesting. [a li'l later] 110p: in a way, lately, i've talked more to married ppl, mostly married guys (obviously). these past few days, i've hung w/ phil n' then s.mike n' heard more from the perspektive'f single guys. last nite, kaela n' i hung out w/ s.mike as well as nelson, austin, n' 2 divorced friends our age: nick n' grace. wow... man, i dunno where to begin w/ how last nite's conversations were. i guess, 1st off, i'm glad s.mike also believes in how feminism has totally gone wrong in recent decades. he's like me n' abhors sex & the city. s.mike just came out'f a long, serious relationship; so he fit in w/ the divorcée n' divorcée. these single ppl talked 'bout sex 'lot. maybe i'd 4gotten that the ol' p.crew bunch maybe talked 'bout sex 'lot. i 4get. maybe i wasn't so uptight back then? heh, heh... i know; i know going back to church, as a side effekt, a negative side effekt, has made a me a li'l self.righteous n' $#!+. yah, i know, as a single person back then, i used to hang w/ lot's other single ppl that talked very freely 'bout like premarital sex n' stuff... n' guess what? they were moral, uprt, good ppl. that's sumpthin' that christians who hide in the church all day n' nite don't realise, just how good, moral, n' righteous some non.churchgoers r. i mean... sure they talk freely 'bout premarital sex, n' hey... some per4rm the aktion. it's a shame, yes. however... whadya gonna do? the pt isn't to dwell on the sin but focus on salvation, man. sorry, if u want me to be the judgemental, self.righteous kind'f christian; i'm trying my hardest not to.
neway, so what did i learn from last nite's conversations? well, 1st off, talkin' 'bout my career was honestly very discouraging n' depressing. what can i say? honestly, i've taken 'lot'f abuse from ppl @ werk in recent months. 'lot'f abuse... why?! *shrug* man... werking 4 my company started out really good, n' i believe it can be... however, yah... sumpthin's gotta change in my career, man. ok, what did i learn 'bout stuff other than career? well, 1st off, i was of course reminded that i don't travel 'nuff. however, i dunno what to say: 1) i can't afford to travel like certain other ppl, n' 2) i don't have the time off from werk to do so. yah... in a way, it's depressing; but well... it's not so much depressing that i can't travel than it is depressing that hearing 'bout travel makes kaela want to travel n' then me? i can't afford to take her to nice places, etc. now, that's depressing. ok, what else? what did i learn 'bout marriage or relationships from these divorcé(e)s? well, they sed that communication's the ultimate key, that if we stop communicating, things'll go bad. :-/ yah, i believe that. they approved'f our monthversaries. they sed that system's definitely good. what else? shoot, i dunno... the convesration (w/ nelson n' s.mike) was often steered 2wards sex, i s'ppose. s.mike talked more 'bout how it's wrong that muthahood is so disrespekted these days. he's so rt! back in the ol' days, muthahood was an honour. nowadays, it's a shame. that's wrong. he's rt. the sex & the city brand'f feminism sez that if u'r a mutha, u'r a loser. well, shoot... now no1's takin' care'f the kids. just like i've been saying all yr: 2 wrongs don't make a rt! the sex & the city kind'f life? it's all a big fallacy. 4 centuries, men've been judged harshly by their careers etc., now women want that as well? it really sucks 4 us guys. it's true; he's rt. guys like us, we can appreciate the idea'f a person who takes care'f his/her family. that's a worthwhile valuable life.
suyoil achim: dude, kirkwood has a 192" base, while snow summit (where
we boarded yesterday in big bear), has a 12" base. crazy, eh?
while some socalers want to say that mammoth is so bad@$$ n' all,
it still only has a 92" base rt now.
merry christmas!
토요일 아침, 1000a: we drove down to chino last nite in 5 hrs, not bad, huh? on our way down, in south san jo, we stopped by duk kyung's sushi restaurant (he werks there; he doesn't own it.) to drop off some christmas presents w/ him. dude, he wasn't there! when he told me that he was @ werk, he meant he was teaching taekwondo! argh, it didn't dawn on me until we got to the restaurant n' found him not there. it would've been much easier to drop the presents off @ the 도장 dojang. oh well. we had a nice, com4tably pri¢ed korean sushi dinner @ this nice, clean, new sushi restaurant. the star'f the nite was the spicy ahi poke salad! dude, go to sushi boat town rt now n' eat the spicy poke salad! the restaurant's name's kind'f excessive if u ask me: u can have "sushi boat" or "sushi town," but "sushi boat town" should be a place that sells sushi boats 4 sushi boat restaurants, not a place that aktually sells sushi, rt? well, it's a nice restaurant n' gets decent bizness. it's on santa teresa blvd @ bernal rd: 7130 santa teresa blvd; san joé, ca 95139; 408.972.0379. we gave the presents to duk's cowerker 희선 heesun.
on the drive down to chino, i took 2 bathrm brks. in fakt, the 2nd brk was kind'f long cos i stopped to let sooni pee n' to feed her n' give her h2o. it's interesting to pass cars, brk, n' then pass them 'gain, u know? the air was a li'l foggy but better than last yr. similary, i was sick last nite but much better than last yr. last yr, i had a mad, crazy fever as i drove down in the thick, thick fog. last yr, 'twas freezing cold. 'least last yr, we had good snow.
*sigh* so what's up? it's the eve'f the celebration'f the birth'f our lord n' saviour; that's what. yah, i'll say that i'm not sure he was born on december 25; but we're observing his b.day 2morrow.
[later] 1137a: it appears we'll be dining w/ our good friends grace n' mark lee 2nite. kewl. n' then we can go out to watch a movie n' use my 1 free mac movie tic. we'll c: i can use my free tic 4 chronicles of narnia yet like (praticallly nuthin' else. mark wants to watch memoirs of a geisha, n' yah... that is a good idea; but i just can't use my free tic nor the di$¢ounted tix i bought thru my werk's employeee di$¢out program. *sigh* we'll c. if we have to, we can just watch sumpthin' else, n' then i'll use the tix 2morrow? else, the day after? the free tic expires on 2005년12월26일.
well, i admit the weather down in chino's nice n' warm. furthermore, i even admit it's a decent brk from the cold weather in norcal, 'specially since we hadn't gotten that much snow, rt? my nose's stuffed. i need this brk, i s'ppose. last nite, dude... the moonshine over san gabriel valley was beautiful! while kaela slept, i drove east on the 210. i headed 2wards this big hill w/ lots'f streetlites. the giant half moon looked like it was setting over that hill. it was huge, like in e.t.
last nite, b4 kaela fell asleep 4 the remaining most'f the drive, she asked me why there r so many roads heading east off the 5. i sed, well, i know mammoth's east, out there. then she sed, 'oh, if u live out here, then u should get a season pass to mammoth.' then i reconsidered waht i sed cos i know my sista n' my brutha.in.law (her husband) insist it takes a long time to get to mammoth from the bay area, that u hafta either drive over to reno n' then back to cali or else drive down to socal n' back north. that's a funny thing: yesterday, s.mike suggested that we make a daytrip up from socal to mammoth. when i researched on google maps, the site told me it takes 8 hrs from chino n' is quite similar to driving all the way back up to the bay area! considering all that, i told kaela, yah... i don't think there r direkt roads from the 5 to mammoth, but that mammoth's just cally east'f where we were on the 5. just now, while 'gain researching on google maps, i realised sumpthin' pretty obvious: driving east away from the 5, u'll 1st hit the 99 b4 u reach newhere as foresty n' naturey as mammoth! that's rt. u'll 1st hit places that r like uh... "suburbs"'f fresno, rt? think 'bout cities like visalia n' tulare... then u'll also eventually, while going south on the 99 hit bakersfield. thus, u've gotta think 'bout li'l towns that r like "suburbs"'f fresno n' bakersfield. just think, "what's in btwn fresno n' bakersfield?" east'f fresno's a town called clovis. when i was briefly part'f leland hi skool speech n' debate (lsd), i kept hearing 'bout clovis or maybe west clovis (?) hi skool. neway, also, while researching google maps just now, the useful site reminded me that sequioa nat'l park n' kings canyon national park r out there, east'f the 5 n' east'f the 99.
dude! consider this: mammoth lakes is on the same lattitude as modesto, pleasanton, n' union city. now how is that not norcal??? *sigh* it's really amazing! it's like an ol' nintendo game, like the legend of zelda. let's say there's a place u want to go, but u hafta use some kind'f magik to get there... like, consider an "enchanted forest." dude, what is this magical 4ce that separates mammoth from the bay area?! it's called elevation, rt? some yrs 'go, kaela's hi skool friend was going w/ a grp to mammoth from socal, n' the friend told us to meet us there, that it'd be easy. i explained to her how steve n' grace told me it takes a long time to get to mammoth from the bay area. kaela got frustratd n' sed, "why does mammoth hafta be this unreachable 'shangri.la'?" that is, she didn't believe what i was saying 'bout it taking that long to get to mammoth. well, yah... we'd hafta drive thru yosemite.
all these state n' nat'l parks, i always dream'f taking sooni to visit them n' maybe even camp. [a li'l later] 1219p: ...interrupted w/ opening presents... [a li'l later] 1229p: yah, while looking @ google, i c lots'f these nat'l or state natural parks that i'd love to take sooni to, but... well, when? the 5 can take us all the way to canada.
금요일 아침: last nite, the beautiful kaela hwang n' i met up w/ my dad @ san josé j.town's minato sushi restaurant. my dad n' i both ordered this special bento box, which was 'lot'f fud. it had sashimi, teriyaki chicken, gyoza, n' katsu. crazy, huh? 'specially considering it also came w/ soup, salad, rice, n' some other 반찬 banchan type stuff. awesome. kaela had the "minato nabe," which is their yosenabe, i guess. it was also lot'f fud. i got sleepy n' went to bed relatively early last nite. i haven't showered. since i've been waking up earlier this wk, i get sleepytired earlier.
as the yr winds down, i'll need to post a list'f my top events'f 2005. i'll also soon need to make 1 or more new yr's resolutions, i s'ppose. lemme hook u up w/ a hot tip on what my resolutions'll include: i'll mostly likely resolve to write in normal amerikan english (not benospelling) 4 like 1 month or so. we'll c. what else? *sigh* i think i'll resolve to be more proaktive 'bout my career, not that i haven't been aktive @ werk, but what i mean is to be more proaktive 'bout my best interests. like, yesterday, i did shoot off an e.mail to my manager 'bout some software issues that've been impakting my produktivity. yah, i could've just grinned n' bared it n' not rock the boat, but i realised that shoot... if there's a prob like this that's impakting my produktivity, then it's making me look bad, unless i make sure ppl know there's a prob that's beyond my control. it's not that i'm out to make excuses, but that i'm sincerely trying to make sure this roadblock gets removed. neway... i won't go into 2 many details 'bout my werk n' comopany cos then i don't like to talk 2 much 'bout werk here. [later] hrm, i meant to hook u up w/ 'nother tip on what my resolutions'll include, but i cm to have 4gotten it. *sigh* oh yah! i'll prob'ly resolve to buy some mutual funds cos i realise that lettin' ur $$$ sit idle in a money market a¢¢ount's the tool'f the devil. well, i don't mean to get religious there, but i'm just saying that lettin' ur $$$ sit in a a money market or "$avings" a¢¢ount is evil. "make ur $$$ werk 4 u," rt? i can't believe that 4 so many yrs'f my young career, i let my $$$ sit idle, doin' absolutely nuthin' in stinkin' money market n' $avings a¢¢ounts. dude, i could have so much more $$$ now if i hadn't! well, not that i'm greed or $$$.driven... but u know, i realise that i've been lazy 'bout $$$, n' most likely it comes from the confucianism that just goes 'long w/ being born asian. well, shoot... in the past yr, even tho' i'll always cherish asian culture, i've reach that pt in the cycle (my life's very cyclical), where i'm sort'f questioning certain asian, 'specially confucianesque, ways'f life. *shrug* it's just sumpthin' to ponder, nuthin' absolute. like sumpthin' to ponder's this: abnegation's great but only abnegation 4 a purpose not abnegation just 4 abnegation's sake. well, shoot; 4 a few yrs now, i've realised that $aving $$$ just 4 the sake'f $aving $$$ is a bunch'f b.s.. rather what we ought to do is $ave $$$ 4 a specific purpose, a specific goal! let us not simply horde $$$.
[later] 점심: so i went to watch mason's preskool show. ha ha, he looked like he was having so much fun. *sigh* man, it was so kewl that i pretty much arrived just in time to c his entire set. kewl! it's funny cos 4 the main set, he sang so enthusiastically; but, 4 the closing song, he got distrakted by the guitars and drums resting on the stage that he seemed to forget about the performance. ha ha, it's so cute how kids' minds werk! well, what a fun experience. later, (nephew) nolan dropped (brutha.in.law) steve's keys, n' we had to search 4 them. luckily, kaela pushed me to look further down the sidewalk, n' we found them. :-) later, just now, i read a very mildly interesting article on the mercury news website 'bout a man who found his wedding band: "man's lost ring found in fruit basket" (http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/13473956.htm).
[later] awesome! cal beat brigham young university (byu) last nite in the las vegas bowl! 35 to 28; kewl! here's an article: "A bright future: SOPHOMORE LYNCH PAVES THE WAY WITH 194 YARDS RUSHING" (http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/sports/colleges/cal/13472890.htm).
this yr's new yr comes w/ a "leap second." didju know that? article here: "New Year's will arrive -- but late" (http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/13475572.htm).
[later] 오후: dude, i'm gettin a li'l sleepy this afternoon. i can't believe i'm sick 'gain. i was sick going into last wk. then i got better. then midway thru this wk, i started getting sick 'gain. argh! as we sed in the late 1990s, "what up w/ that?!" (in fakt, we sometimes sed, "what up w/ dat?!", "wat up wid dat?!", or maybe even "waddup wid dat?!" many variations existed. ah, funny to think; we also used to say "doo" instead'f "dude.")
[later] man, it's crazy, the snow conditions in socal look really bad. like, snow summit doesn't even have ne black diamond runs open. >:-( n' trail ratings r inflated there, a black diamond's relly more'f a tahoe blue square! however, i still hope to go snowboarding this wk. [later] dude, check it (as we sed in the 1990s [instead'f saying "check it out"): snow summit has 12" of snow, while kirkwood up here in norcal has 80"! dude, man; it's gonna be all freestyle riding in socal this wk cos there's no snow 4 real downhill riding. how're my knees n' back? ready to jump n' catch air? ready 4 landings? maybe it'll be my chance to werk on railriding. *shrug* hrm, funny. i could call it "railsliding," but it cms like "railriding"'s more appropriate 4 snowboarding whereas "railsliding"'s more appropriate 4 skateboarding. there rn't ne rails in surfing. there could be rails in wakeboarding, i s'ppose; but seriously: the big 3 boardsports r snow, skate, n' surf. 4 some reason wakeboarding as an extreme sport more often falls into the same category as bmx, motorcross, snowmobiling, jetskiing, etc; most likely cos it requires a motorboat, rt? man, i still would like to learn how to surf 4 real. [later] so i'm really worried 'bout snow conditions everywhere this season. yah, 2day, i was talkin' to steve (brutha.in.law) 'bout the poor snow conditions, n' he sed everywhere's having bad (little) snow this yr. *sigh* yah, i'm really gonna hafta take back up skateboarding in order to keep up my boardsports. i was just researching mountainboarding, i.e. offroad skateboarding on mountains... u know, a mountainboard aktually isn't 2 expen$ive. u can get 1 4 like $120, which isn't that bad, considering a good street skateboard ¢o$ts 'bout that much. however, if i were to buy 1 n' not like it, that surely would be a waste'f $120! hunh, this mbs jeep cj5 mountainboard even has brakes. really?! oh wait... this mountainboard 4 $120.99 is 4 riders up to weight 100 lbs n' recommended 4 ages 6~12. *sigh* nuts! apparently, a real mountainboard ¢o$ts more like $250, which is in the low.end snowboard range, eh? dude, where can u rent a mountainboard? newhere?
목요일 저녁: 2morrow, evening we'll go down to socal 4 a li'l over a wk. (i'll get duk kyung to watch our place, so well... in case, u read my journal just to figure out when u can break into our place, be warned. also, our neighbours r home all the time n' can keep a watchful eye.) i've gotta 'member this time, while driving to take 5 to 210 to 57 to 71. on past trips, we've overshot the 57 n' gone all the way to the 15 b4 looping back west to chino. oh yah, i've gotta get into socal mode, i.e. i'm taking the 5 to the 210 to the 57 to the 71. is it (the) 210 east? east or south? (the) 5 south, (the) 210 east, (the) 57 west (or east???), (the) 71 south... ok, here r the official, google, correkt direktions: 101s.152e.5s.210e.57s.71s. yes, that makes sense: 101남152동5남210동57남71남. it makes sense; everythings south, east, south, east; either south or east. ah, even tho' roadtrips can be boring, w/ that long stretch'f the 5 n' all; i really feel like i'm lookin' 4ward to this roadtrip. i guess i'm anticipating the christmas brk. it sad tho' cos i'm anticipating christmas 4 all the wrong reasons :-(, 4 all the secular reasons instead'f the spiritual reasons. 4 goodness sake, i'm s'pposed to be celebrating the birth'f our lord n' saviour. last nite, the beautiful kaela hwang n' i wathced some national geographic channel shows 'bout jesus n' the bible. sure, it's not like really spiritually edifying material; but it's still interesting to watch.
i wonder if centro basco (12432 south central avenue; chino ca 91710; 909.628.9014) is a worthwhile français/basque restaurant to check out in the inland empire.
2day, kaela came to pick me up 4 lunch. we went to the nearby sweet tomatoes, not a creative choice but an opportunity to get some greens, u know? as 'twas really crowded as usual, we ended up eating out on the heated, covered patio. wow, 'twas quite a neat experience. we were nice, warm, n' relatively dry, while the rain poured down hard in the surrounding parking lot. crazy! kaela remarked how it felt so tropical, n' she was absolutely rt.
[later] 밤, 1145p: argh, it feels like 300a cos i've been waking up earlier this wk n' getting less n' less sleep as the wk progresses. 2morrow evening we drive down to socal, n' i need to stay 'wake. i'm trying to watch mason's preskool winter holiday show
수요일 아침 suyoil achim: 2day's the shortest day'f the yr. 2day's the official start'f winter. whadya think? i know the beautiful kaela hwang enjoyed yesterday's surprisingly warm while overcast weather. i commented to her that we experienced very similar weather in the spring'f this very same yr. crazy, huh? it's like last winter ended in the same manner that this winter is starting up. strange, strange, strange. it's been a very strange yr in weather, 2005. 2day's date (w/o the yr) is a palindrome: 12.21. last nite, after our lite taekwondo werkout, kaela n' i went to fantasia to get some boba drinks: hot taro milk tea w/ boba.
[much later] 밤 1145p: i'm very sleepytired since i've been waking up earlier these days. 2day, i had lunch w/ my mom @ udupi. i cooked 떡볶이 dduhkbokki 4 dinner @ home. in the evening, kaela n' i watched lots'f science of the bible episodes on the national geographic channel.
화요일 아침: well, i don't really have time to write an entry; but, hrm... i feel i should write 'least a li'l. lessee, what should i say? [later] w/ the yr winding down, i'm soon gonna need to discuss the top events'f 2005 (in my life). crazy, crazy. 2morrow's the shortest day'f the yr, rt?
| season | scientific | consumer |
| spring | 3월21일~6월21일 | easter (nowadays v.day) ~ memorial day |
| summer | 6월21일~9월21일 | memorial day ~ labour day |
| fall | 9월21일~12월21일 | labour day ~ t.giving (nowadays halloween) |
| winter | 12월21일~3월21일 | t.giving (nowadays halloween) ~ easter (nowadays v.day) |
[later] i need to 'member to buy an av switchbox to make recording tv from the dish netwerk receiver to our camcorder's (built.in) vcr easier. *sigh* i also wish i had sumtphin' to split the audio signal from the dish netwerk
receiver to the audio receiver/amp as well as the tv, so that we can have audio from both. my yamaha reciever doesn't have a line leverl out. it was made 4 musik not tv. it's rather inconvenient that my pa1mone tungsten t5's still in the shop. i called them this morn, n' they sed they'd call back w/ an update 2morrow morn. funny; both times pinay women answered my call. @ 1st, i thought, "wow, florida (813 area code) has lots'f pilipinos." then i realised 2day, "wait! is it that the call center itself's aktually in da pilipines?" the repair center's s'pposed to be in pharr, texas. i don't s'ppose they ship the repair orders to china or nething; i don't think that'd be ¢o$t.effi¢ient... or is it? imagine if all they do is collekt broken devices n' ship out refurbished 1s. in that case, maybe, they could collekt broken devices in texas, send 'em off to china 4 repair in a sweatshop, n' then have the refurbies sent back to texas to be shipped out. eh! i highly doubt it; they'd need to be sellin' 'lot more palms b4 they a complikated operation like that'd be profitable. i mean, of course, the original manufakturing's all done in chinese sweatshops, but... nah, i doubt the service'd be.
as u know, the dry early part'f the snow season has. . .[interrupted]
[later] 오후: gadget talk: let's talk 'bout bluetooth stereo headfons. well, there's the bluetake i.phono bt420ex bluetooth headphones - stereo sound w/ a boom mic(rophone), funktional w/ ne audio device via its dongle w/ a 3.5mm plug. it retails @ a whoppin' $249.99. there's the logitech "wireless headphones for ipod," which retails @ $119.99. there's the iogear gbmhkit wireless stereo headphone kit that can be found 4 like $135 online.
[later] 2day, 4 lundh, the beautiful kaela hwang picked me up from my office, n' we ate @ thai chili. kaela had the shrimp silver noodle pad thai, n' i had the cashew beef. when the waitress asked me how spicy i wanted my cashe beef, i sed "spicy." then she questioned me, "are you sure? have you had spicy here before?" i thought 2ice, knowing that the 1st time we went to thai chili, we were w/ our friends susan n' gregory; so we likely didn't order the spiciest stuff that time. however, i was very sure that the 2nd time i went, w/ cowerkers, i definitely ordered my spicy catfish as spicy. i gave my consent 4 them to make my fud "spicy." it was fine. that waitress had me a li'l worried, but 'twas all 4 nuthin'! c'mon, do i really look like a guy who can't handle his spiciness? i'm a spicy guy.
월요일 아침: 2day's the beautiful kaela hwang's n' my 29th wedding monthversary. 2 yr n' 5 months. last nite, i took kaela out to a "steak dinner." we always have fun w/ that term cos'f how leonardo dicaprio sed it in catch me if you can. while hittin' on some bank teller gurl, he sez sumpthin' like, "i'll take you out for a steak dinner." he sez it so proudly, u know? i'm sure 'twas sumpthin' super.special in those days, but these days, u a steak dinner could mean a ¢heap steak @ denny's or an expen$ive steak @ harris ranch or ruth chris's or mccormick n' whoever's. maybe steak isn't always the aristokratik meat it used to be. however, last nite, we went to the relatively new, ritzy, blingin' alexander's steakhouse in cupertino's vallco fashion plaza or whatever that ghost town mall's officially called. from searching online 4 info, i was prepared 4 the hi pri¢es, but 'least the fud lived up to the expektations. kaela had the filet mignon, n' i had the "all 4 one." b4 our entrées, we had a beet "carpaccio" salad n' some lobster n' shrimp dumplings. w/ our entrés;, we had this awesome kabocha squash n' this above.mediocre, unnecessary artichoke. 4 dessert, we had this "fire n' ice" raspberry souflé w/ lemon sorbet. we had a bottle'f 2003 côte du rhone wine w/ our dinner n' some white tea w/ dessert. dude, white tea n' beet salad in the same meal; that's pretty hip! what do kids say these days? i think they say, "that's hot!" the server tried to sell us the kobe beef filet mignon, but i'm glad kaela resisted it cos we figured out that it must ¢o$t over $100, maybe like $125~150. the amerikan filet mignon wasn't ¢heap, but it was good. the all 4 one is this: (raw) beef "sashimi" rolled 'round jicama w/ black sesame n' ponzu sauce; prime rib w/ horseradish sauce; braised(?) short rib w/ green olives n' some kind'f creamy sauce; n' this other, small, delicious steak. sounds extravagant? yah, it was; but they were small portions'f each beef dish. we definitely can't eat like that every nite, definitely not every wk either. we noticed that the restaurant's really into using chives n' mint oil; not necessarily 2gether.
yesterday wasn't only the anniversary'f kaela's n' my wedding engagement (2001); 'twas also my mutha's baptism. yup, she got baptised @ the 900a (i 4got 'tisn't 915a nemore (since we've been going to the 1030a service more these days)! :-o) service @ grx. pastor bobby gave the sermon 'bout 'membering the true meaning'f christmas instead'f just doing the family traditions. he talked 'bout how the magis that found jesus chose to defy king herod n' thus kept herod from finding n' killing jesus. @ the end'f the service, pastor steve baptised my mom w/ the whole h2o submersion baptism. i dunno if u know or not, but kaela n' i didn't have immersion (submersion?) baptism but were just sprinkled. as we're not baptists, we honestly feel all these methods r valid. was there not a simpsons episode where somebody (maybe flanders???) tried to baptism a mass ('f ppl, a crowd) w/ a firehose??? neway, my sista came w/ our nephew nolan (even tho' mason n' steve stayed home cos mason was sick), n' 'twas a really glorious event. my mom wrote a very good testimony 4 the bulletin. every1 loved it. after the service, we headed over to joy luck place 4 a celebratory dim sum lunch. some ppl from my mom's small group bible study came: judy, john, n' ray. 'twas kewl to meet them. i'm glad my mom has a grp'f supportive fellow christians to study the bible w/. sure, they're more like my age than hers, but that's no big deal. wow, we had such nice dim sum. joy luck place does, i admit, have the best, most innovative dim sum. i've avoided that place lately cos it's so crowded n' pri¢ier than other places, like canton delites or that so.so place in sunnyvale near the sunnyvale towne center ghost town mall. (dude, i can't wait till sunnyvale towne center n' vallco get totally redone. the silly valley [amerika's real heartland] deserve those 2 places to be turned 'round into nice hangouts!)
after dim sum, kaela n' i ventured out in the rain to santana row's farmers market. we bought some expen$ive chilean sea bass (but the fishmonger did "hook us up" w/ a good deal) n' some seedless, red flamer grapes. (uh, what r they really called? red flaming grapes? red flameless grapes? nah, couldn't be that. maybe just red flame grapes. *shrug*) then we went home n' chilled 4 a bit, watched a dokumentary 'bout "big wave" surfing n' then the tail end'f some awesome korean pop concert to benefit needy children in 3rd world countries. oh, then we watched our drama city show that i like so much. then we went out to dinner 4 our monthversary.
[later] 오후: 2day, 4 lunch, i went home. kaela cooked, n' she didn't just cook sumpthin' simple; she went all out! she cooked the chilean sea bass we bought from the farmers market yesterday. she gave it some kind'f sesame miso vinegar mustard mushroom green onion sauce. it was awesome. she also baked these baby potates w/ shrooms, carrots, onions... it was very good. i won't c her 2nite cos she's going off 'gain to do sumpthin' related to her skoolstuff. *shrug* i'll try to go to the werk.com gym 2nite n' then... *shrug* maybe i'll go to costco? well, i badly need gasoline. this morn, i bought 2 gallons'f gas from the shell station by our house. it's not ¢heap there, so i only bought 2 gallons. [later][ aktually; maybe, instead'f costco, i should go to a korean supermarket. i'm s'pposed to cook 떡볶이 dduhkbokki on wed nite w/ kaela 4 some1 in our couples bible study small grp.
[a li'l later] during lunch, i mentioned to kaela how i've had more dreams lately. i wish i dokumented all my recent dreams. i know 1 was a bad dream 'bout werk. aktually, most'f my recent dreams've been bad dreams. 1 dream i 'member from 2day was 1 where sooni bit this midget darth vader. then the midget darth vader turned out to be the devil (satan), n' the devil got very mad n' was gonna do sumpthin' bad to me. i was scared. after i realised it was a dream, i told myself sumpthin' 'bout how it doesn't matter what satan does to me cos i'm eternally saved. hrm... i must sound like a total wacko, but... *shrug*
[later] i realised via www.onlineconversion.com/dayborn.htm that i was born on a thursday. that's interesting as i'm rather indifferent to thursdays. like so many other ppl, i prefer fridays n' saturdays.
밤 914p: after werk, i werked out in the werk.com gym. it was more crowded than usual. i guess lots'f other ppl had the same idea as i did: get exercise b4 the holiday brk. after werking out n' showering, i went to 갤러리아 마켓 galleria market to buy a li'l bit'f gro¢eries; just a li'l. i came home n' steamed myself up some 김치 손 만두 kimchi son mandoo. i ate that n' 1 big 후지 사과 fuji apple. oh, i alos had an o.doul's non.alkoholik bier cos i knew it'd go well w/ the 만두 mandoo. *sigh* just a few more days till the holiday brk, n'... shoot, i've got so much werk to do. *sigh* i don't wanna get my @$$ kicked @ werk, u know?
토요일 밤, 953p: 2day, i aktually drove up to kirkwood n' snowboarded all by myself. can u believe that? it's not the 1st time i've snowboarded all day by myself. i guess it's the 2nd. i dunno: 1) i'm not very popular these days; n' i guess i just don't have friends like i used to, n' 2) i'm a serious snowboarder.
[later] 1010p: so last nite, the beautiful kaela hwang went to some party w/ her chiropraktic skool friends. we were s'pposed to go snowboarding 2gether 2day, but she didn't come home until like 100a or sumpthin'. yah, she asked if i wanted to join them, but really... i want to have my own friends. i can't just tag 'long to all her social events... like, really; think 'bout it. like, if she wanted me to hang out w/ her hi skool friends or sumpthin' that's diff cos 1st off those r friends she made b4 she was w/ me, n' 2ndly it's just diff. if we hang out w/ ol' berkeley taekwondo friends, those r our common friends. yah, we have common friends from berkeley taekwondo, from our current u.s. taekwondo akademy, from church... then there r my friends, i s'ppose: like, my ol' hi skool friends, my ol' college friends, my cowerkers, n' to some extenet my friends from community connections @ grx. i feel really bad that i haven't made much'f an effort to keep in touch w/ my ol' community connektions friends from this summer. the thing was that w/ community connektions, i had lots'f fun but always felt guilty being @ church instead'f w/ kaela. she had some chiropraktic skool club thing on wednesday evenings neway. however, she'd sometimes get home 1st, n' i'd still be @ church, u know? so i always felt guilty 'bout that. n' yah, in gen'l i prefer to go to church events w/ kaela instead'f by myself, but... u know? i've learned thru.out this yr, that that's just nonsense. however, i don't want her to start saying that our church friends r just my friends n' that when we hang w/ church friends it counts as hanging w/ my friends, n' thus she can expekt me to hang out more w/ her friends.
on thurs nite, we ditched taekwondo n' a very important taekwondo party to go to this christmas party @ kaela's classmate friend's apt. yah, her friend is gay n' he n' his bf hosted this party. we've hung out w/ this gay couple b4. it was a fun party, n' i admit that i had fun. however, really! as much as ppl r nice to me in the chiro crowd, i obviously don't share ne common bond w/ them as i'm not in skool w/ 'em. *sigh* u know what? even when i hang out w/ my cowerker friends, i often feel 2 old, n' man... u know? i dunno why. i'm not that much older, so i should get over it. i do believe my cowerkers do make kaela feel welcome. *sigh* neway... this entry doens't have cohesive paragraphs. what can i say? i've been depressed lately, n' this feeling that i don't really have friends nowadays makes things worse.
so how was 2day? yah, i drove up to kirkwood all alone, snowboarded all alone, n' went home all alone. it does sort'f remind me'f the smiths' song "how soon is now?", which i did listen to in the car. "there's a club if you'd like to go. you could meet somebody who really loves you. so you go and you stand on your own, and you leave on your own. and you go home, and you cry, and you want to die. . . just shut your mouth. how can you say i go about things the wrong way? i am human, and i need to be loved just like everybody else does. . . i am the son and the heir of a shyness that is criminally vulgar. i am the son and heir of nothing in particular."
on thurs nite, while kaela was @ her happy hr n' party, i drove sooni to get gas 4 my car n' then 'round san josé's wonderful christmas in the park. i wanted to hear the smiths' "there is a light and it never goes out" but didn't have it on my europop mp3 cd that was in my stereo. "take me out tonight where there's music and there's people who are young and alive. driving in your car, i never never want to go home because i haven't got one, anymore. take me out tonight because i want to see people and i want to see lights. driving in your car; oh, please don't drop me home because it's not my home, it's their home, and i'm welcome no more."
so how was the day on the slopes? the snow was fine. it wasn't fresh powder but wasn't bad. i spent pretty much the whole day on black diamond n' double black diamond runs. i didn't hit the terrain park till my last, exhausted run. i guess that's fine cos i can ride freestyle next wk in socal. yah, @ some pt 2day, i sed to myself in my head, "shoot, r u a freestyle boarder or not?" since i was mostly riding downhill. however, i did take some li'l hits along the downhill runs n' even pulled a small 360 just to prove to myself that i can still do 'em.
i didn't eat ne brkfast. i stopped relatively early, @ noon, to eat a hamburger n' drink a gatorade 4 lunch. it's interesting; i noticed that the employees r visitors from europe or south amerika that want so badly to praktice their english.
금요일 아침: somebody bought sumpthin' from my paragon sports link on 2005년12월12일. thank u very much! i appreciate ur using my link! :-) how's christmas $hopping going, y'all? good? i christmas $hopped on 월요일 밤 wuhlyoil bam / mundae nite but haven't really done so 'gain since, eh?
[later] 밤: i'm still@werk.com. the beautiful kaela hwang, since she's done w/ finals, went down to santa cruz this morn w/ some friends from skool. then she had some happy hr celebration this evening. i guess, since she's @ that, i might as well stay n' werk late since i'd rather be here late 2day than a wk from 2day. 2day, @ lunch, my division went to the santa clara convention center n' had our holiday luncheon. the fud was pretty good. i had steak. dude, i ingested 2 much fat tho'. it was hard to c the fat on the steak w/ the dim lighting, but ugh... i tasted it in my mouth n' figured it was impolite in a bizness setting to spit fat out. well, i ingested more than i wanted but 2wards the end'f the steak couldn't stand it nemore n' did spit out a li'l fat. ugh! neway, the fud was good, but man! i need exercise.
[later] *sigh* well, kaela's still @ her happy hour thing. me? *shrug* i guess i'll keep werking, but man... it does feel pretty depressing to be werking late on a fri nite, worse knowing that the most i have to look 4ward to 2nite's eating dinner by myself. it's not gonna be a fun fri nite. i gotta get our cr@p ready 4 snowboarding, do cr@p like put my boardrack on the roof'f my car, etc. *sigh*
목요일 점심: hi, how r u? seriously, lemme know. communicate w/ me. well, i'm ok. i still feel a bit sick but also a bit better. hey, 1 topik that i haven't discussed here but that u might've expekted me to is the execution'f stanley tookie williams. yah, u'd think that i, as some1 who writes 'bout political issues, 'd talk 'bout this; but i haven't. in gen'l, i'm 'gainst the death penalty, so yah... i would've sed not to execute him. @ the same time, i'm basical saying that, in gen'l, we shouldn't execute ne1. didju know that the ppl that he was in prison 4 killing were taiwanese immigrants? he shot them pt blank, n' they were elderly ppl. yah, it's sick to think ne1'd do that. tookie did apparently insist that he didn't do it, but... *shrug* that's what he was in prison 4 doing. *shrug* neway, i think it was great that he cleaned up while in prison. i believe ppl can clean up. i believe ppl can be "transformed," n' i believe in forgiveness. however, well, the state killed him, n' that's the story.
this morn, i couldn't find much to eat 4 brkfast. we haven't had much good fud 'round the house lately. it's a prob that's contributing to my low quality'f life, which i've mentioned in earlier entries.
[later] 오후: during my lunchbrk, i went home n' ate leftover 볶음밥 bokkeumbap (fried rice), which the beautiful kaela hwang cooked 4 dinner on uh... which nite? uhm, oh yah, mon nite. that's rt. i 'membered 'twas a nite when i ate some kind'f amerikan fud by myself, but 'twasn't last nite, when i ate mcyukyuk's by myself. dude, what the heck ever happened to the mcveggie?! dude, is there nuthin' healthy n' handheld @ mcyukyuk's these days? the chicken sandwiches r loaded w/ unhealthy mayo! well, i ate lunch, sorted thru mail n' then gloomily left to return to werk. oh yah, besides the 볶음밥 bokkeumbap, i also ate some ol' clementine oranges n' a li'l bit'f tostitos w/ some salsa. our house doesn't have much useful fud these days, as i mentioned. yah, that contributes to both my "low quality'f life" as well as my winter depression. lately, 4 some unknown reason, i'm receiving even less personal e.mail than usual. *shrug* maybe ppl r bizzy christmas $hopping. *shrug* maybe i need to go gro¢ery $hopping. i guess i would've liked to werkout in the gym during 2day's lunchbrk. i'm not 100% sure why i didn't. honestly, my legs r a li'l sore from taekwondo praktice on tues nite. in a way, it feels good to be sore cos i know i exercised. however, it's depressing that it took so li'l to make my legs sore. winter depression; man, i tell u! winter depression!
[later] i s'ppose i'm looking 4ward to the winter "break," the winter "shutdown." i'm looking 4ward to it. kaela n' i r s'pposed to go snowboarding on sat. well, shoot; i should be looking 4 ward to that! to get to kirkwood, i should take 580e to 205 to 5n to 4e to 99n to 88e. i've gotta 'member that: 580.205.5.4.99.88.
i've been w/o my pa1mone tungsten t5 4 almost a wk now. there's sumpthin' wrong w/ the repair process, n' i haven't been updated online w/ what's going on. just now, i called them, n' gave'em the ups tracking nombre that proves that they received it. *sigh* now, just gotta keep waiting. worst comes to worst, i s'ppose they owe me a new (refurbished) pa1mone tungsten t5. *sigh* neway, i definitely want my device back b4 the winter shutdown! i don't like being w/o my palm.
[later] last nite, i fell asleep, watching house of flying daggers. i was already really sleepytired when i tuned in, but i wanted to watch it. man, zhang ziyi's getting 'lots'f exposure these days, eh? i mean, w/ memoirs of a geisha n' all... i dunno, man; she might become the most popular n' most famous asian aktress in amerika, eh? do u think that's what she wants? as i sed in earlier entries 'bout 권보아 kwon boa, it's not necessarily the most important thing to be popular in amerika. 4got u not the cheesy 1980s alphaville tune "big in japan." in a way that describes boa's situation: maybe it's better 4 her to be popular in japan than in amerika. how old is the movie house of flying daggers? the 1st movie i saw w/ zhang ziyi was crouching tiger, hidden dragon, rt?
as i sed a li'l while 'go; i'm lookin' 4ward to the "holiday shutdown." when i get stressed_out@werk.com, i sometimes think 'bout our hawaii trip (this past oktober) n' how relaxing the environment was there.
[a li'l later] i think i'm mostly recovered from my laryngitis. man, i feel like i hadn't been sick in such a disabling way since my fud poisoning in the early autumn. it really sucked not being able to talk.
[a li'l later] even tho' i look 4ward to the holiday shutdown when i get stress_out@werk.com, i shouldn't depend on it being the answer to nething. even tho' i have great, great memories from our hawaii trip; it obviously had it's stressful pts such as trying to book activities, getting seasick, finding parking, navigating thru bizzy streets in the touristy area; no doubt! the only answer to life's probs is jesus. i gotta say that last nite, being @ berean christian bookstore made me feel more relaxed. however, even that's just an earthly building made by man. it's not perfekt. 4 example, just think 'bout how i mentioned the overabundance'f republikan propaganda 4 sale. nuthin' on earth or 'least of earth's perfekt, rt? no person, place, or thing. there's no person quite like jesus, no place quite like heaven, n' nuthin' else as good as god's pure love.
수요일 아침: hi, how r u? "hello, i saw you, i know you, i knew you. i think i can remember your name, name." - r.e.m.'s "pop song '89" 2day, i feel maybe 85~90% recovered from my laryngitis. the worst part's all this phlegm in my throat that i just can't cm to expektorate. hrm, "expektorate," that's a wurd i 'member hearing in a they might be giants song. ah, they might be giants n' r.e.m., a couple'f folksy rock bands i enjoyed in hi skool, eh? these days, they might be giants's best known 4 the malcolm in the middle theme song. "life is unfair..." "you're not the boss of me now! you're not the boss of me now!" me, i got into they might be giants cos'f their flood album. it had songs such as "istanbul not constantinople" n' uh... what else? i know it had the track "your racist friend." what else? hrm, there's some other hit single that persuaded me to buy the tape cassette album. :-? i 'member 'twas a kewl album. it had a self.titled (?) track called "they might be giants." what else? *sigh* i don't 'member, but there was some hit single. back in those days, 'nother folksy rock band i enjoyed was the dead milkmen w/ their hit single "punk rock girl," which was a kewl song. ah, the violent femmes? yah, there's 'nother. i s'ppose these folksy rock bands were sometimes classified or categorised as "college rock" if not "alt rock." i think this was the era in which the term "alt rock" started to replace the 1980s term "modern rock," which was previously abbreviated as "mod." of course, the violent femmes were best known 4 their hit single "blister in the sun." neway, dude, that's all 4 ur 1990s folksy alt rock lesson 4 2day, eh?
in case u haven't heard, my mom's getting baptised @ grx this sunday, december 18 @ the 915a service. this is a big deal. we're talkin' eternal salvation here! this is good stuff. come if u can. in ne case, i s'ppose u can pray 4 it to be as great n' glorious'f an event as it should be.
last nite, i went to taekwondo praktice. i had no voice. we kicked paddles, n' it was fun. 2wards the end, i convinced mark to have us do more "demo" stuff (fancy kicks), which was fun. i couldn't talk n' couldn't 기합 kihap. do u know what our 태권도장 taekwondojang's like? it's like the barbershop in the movie barbershop. like, after praktice's done, it's a place 4 a bunch'f guys to sit 'round n' talk 'bout whatever nonsense there is. i don't think we really mean to make it specifically "an asian thing," but it's like an asian version'f the afrikan.am barbershop in the movie, u know? well, in that sense, it's a special place. after praktice, i went home n' ate some random stuff: 팥죽 patjook (red bean porridge), some red grapes, n' some pepper jack cheese. what a random combination! i watched this movie française french.canadian called la peau blanche (white skin), sort'f an indie/foreign film. 'twas quite interesting n' has this major twist @ the end that i can't discuss w/ u w/o spoiling it.
late, late last nite, an ol' friend from the cal taekwondo p. crew (the early days) e.mailed me n' asked me to remove all reference to her name from pic captions on my webpage. she was very, very nice 'bout it. yah, i know some ppl don't want, 4 "professional reasons," their names mentioned on ne personal webpages or blogs. yah, i totally understand even tho' u know that i'm totally not like that. i'm so frickin' publik 'bout everything i do. man, yah, employers can find out 'lot'f $#!+ 'bout me w/ just a simple google, 'specially if they realise that i go by "beno." i s'ppose that's 1 important thing: if they don't connekt the name "beno" w/ me, then they might not get it; but it's not 2 hard. neway, i started to browse thru some ol', ol' pages to find where i'd referred to her. wow, that was a trip down memory lane! frick, that stuff was over 5 yrs 'go now! time really flies. i hope none'f us consider those bad memories. it cmed that ppl were fine w/ my having those pix up on my webpage in the past, n' i hope, even if ppl'd like their names removed, they don't mind the pix aktually being there. like, shoot, i hope no 1 starts asking 4 me to blur out faces. that's just disturbing, u know? sheesh, then we'll have pix that look like stuff from horror films like the ringu/ring series! what i plan to do is sort'f encrypt her name. i'll e.mail her 'bout it soon.
[later] dude, i just realised that w/ my pa1mone tungsten t5's being in the shop 4 repair, i'm missing 1'f my important dj tools. i mean, shoot, of course the most important pieces'f equipment r my 2 pioneer cdj500s n' my mixer, but as an accurate dj, i use lots'f teknogadgets like my palm. :-/ i'd like to do more dj stuff. i need to.
[later] 오후: after quickly reading a few webpages 'bout time management yesterday, i decided to make more'f a habit'f planning out each'f my werkdays on a more hr by hr basis. i told myself, "micromanage urself, or else be micromanaged by some1 else!"
[later] 져녁: oh i 4got to mention earlier sumpthin' mildly interesting that happened 2day: the beautiful kaela hwang ran out'f gas on the side'f the road, so i went out, bought a 5.gal plastik gas tank, filled it up, n' helped her get back on her way. 4tunately, it didn't take 2 long.
hey, have u guys ever heard'f a book titled the great physician's rx by jordan rubin? a li'l while 'go, i got a spam mail from "christian music updates" advertising it. it aktually sounds pretty kewl, but... *shrug* apparently, it's been on the ny times best sellers list 4 a long time or whatever. the link in the spam mail leads to a site that sells the book 4 like $16.95 + 4.95 s&h.
[later] 밤 955p: 2nite, after werk, after werking out @ the werk.com gym (i was sooo frustrated w/ sumpthin' that happened @ werk 2day, so i wanted to lift weight to take out my aggression), i drove far. i drove to berean christian bookstore in princeton plaza. that's relatively far from where we live n' where i werk, but it's very close to where we used to live back when we lived w/ my mom. it's a shame we never went to berean back when we lived w/ my mom. however, back then, it wasn't there but instead closer to the ol' hamilton/meridian bally total fitness. it was very fun to be @ berean. i really liked being there. however, i was also very disturbed by the amt'f reublikkkan propaganda being sold. ugh!
[later] on my way out'f princeton plaza, i got a grilled premium chicken sandwich meal from mcyukyuk's mcdrive. the mayo's so fatt'ning!
화요일 아침: so i still don't have my voice back. dude, this really is laryngitis. it's not kewl. @ times, i feel helpless cos i can't talk.
[later] 점심: i should be @ the werk.com gym, but i think i'll skip now. *sigh* as i sed in a previous entry, my "quality of life" is not good these days: poor diet, lack'f exercise, lack'f sleep, 2 much stress... [later] so all, this n' i don't have my voice.
[a few mins later] oh yah, u wanna hear a slightly interesting story? (well, it's not that interesting, so don't get ur hopes up.) while walking sooni this morn, i found a skateboard. i guess some kid left his skateboard out. sure, it would've been fun to take off w/ it, but that'd be mean. neway, i rode it 4 a few feet w/ sooni, just to c her reaktion since she doesn't like the sound of skateboards rolling. well, i think when she 1st heard the wheels hit the sidewalk, she was scared; but then she was just more concerned 'bout marking her territory as usual.
[later] "should we talk about the weather?" - r.e.m.'s "pop song '89" days r getting very short. the weather 4 the end'f autumn this yr's "hazy sunshine." that's what the weatherwoman on nbc 11 calls it, i think. "hazy sushine" apparently means much clouds w/ no precipitation. it's a dry, dry autumn. the temp's been ok, just a li'l chilly @ times. a couple'f wks 'go, we had plenty'f frost on green lawns in the morn. when i took sooni 4 her morn walks, we'd c lots'f frosty lawns. now? not so much so. cloud cover @ nite prevents frost. i can't believe we're almost 2 wks into december, n' i haven't yet gone snowboarding! this is quite an outrage! we do need more precipitation. days continue to get shorter, n' s.a.d. / winter depression thrives. that's a shame, though. i ought to extinguish this winter depression. i'd like my voice back.
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월요일 아침: 4 the beautiful kaela hwang n' me, this wknd was full'f aktivities n' events sort'f tied in w/ our church or else the kommunity / netwerk'f friends we've made from our church.
[later] 오후: 4 lunch 2day, i went home, got kaela, n' went to 신독도 횟집 shindokdo hwetjip (shindokdo sushi house). i had this ¢oupon that gave us a free cali roll w/ ne $20 lunch purr¢ha$e. whenever we have a minimum order amt to get 4 some di$¢ount, kaela's pretty good @ reaching that limit. we had some seafud oodong, a lambada roll (spicy salmon w/ tobiko on top, we skipped the "special sauce"), n' a bay area scallop roll (cali roll w/ baked scallops on top w/ special sauce). also, we had our free cali roll. it was 'lot'f fud. @ 1st, it didn't look like 2 much, but it was a good amt.
2day, i don't have a voice, 'least not much'f 1. i don't get it. last tues nite, i started feeling a bit sick, most likely cos'f the flu shot on mon, rt? then since then, i've mostly just gotten worse. maybe i didn't sleep 'nuff this wknd. fri nite's 노래방 strained my voice, i s'ppose;cheering last nite as well. in gen'l, i haven't gotten 2 much rest... like, in gen'l, i think my "quality'f life," sort'f isn't that great lately. i've been werking long hrs w/ lots'f stress n' pressure n' not much'f a fulfilling feeling (in all honesty). i haven't had time 4 christmas $hopping, n' that stresses me out. lately, i have not had time 4 exercise, n' that really makes me feel bad. i have s.a.d. / winter depression. i haven't yet been up to tahoe. *sigh* neway, let's not let this be a b!t¢h sesh (session).
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[later] thru.out my life, i've had lots'f chinese, taiwanese, n' korean friends, as u know; while growing up in the almaden valley, while @ berkeley, n' after moving back to the south bay that has even more'f a east asian population now than when i 1st lived here. it always bothered me whenever my chinese n' taiwanese friends n' my korean couldn't get 'long cos'f culture diffs. me, i realise now that wow... over the past decade n' half, i've aktually grown up rather bicultural, i.e. taiwanese n' korean. yah, it's hilarious to hear me say that (even tho' i'm typing n' not speaking) since u'd expekt me to say that 'bout my future kids not 'bout myself. however, no; i really realise now that i, myself, have grown up really bicultural. it has always bothered me when young, 2nd gen korean.am boys n' less.often gurls have this korean superiority complex over other asian ethnicities, usually rooted in their lack of identity, growing up asian in amerika. likewise, it bothers me to c chinese kids (in this case, i think more often gurls than boys) express a chinese superiority complex over other asians, usually encouraged by the fakt that the chinese ethnicity's 1'f the 2 largest in the world n' that chinese n' taiwanese immigrant parents have been relatively successful @ using their science n' engineering backgrounds to establish solid financial roots in amerika, more so (or maybe just more often) than immigrant parents from other east asian countries. it's always bothered me to c ne kind'f disharmony btwn these 2 ethnic groups. however, recently, i'm realising better that every1 is not me. sometimes 2nd gen asian.ams can be so immature n' snobby n' so smug in their ethnic identity. some'f it they learn from the parents, some'f it they learn from each other. some'f it they develop from the way the gen'l amerikan publik mistreats them, i s'ppose. however, i guess the biggest cause 4 this rotten attitude's low self.esteem over not being close 'nuff to their family's culture. it's like, to compensate 4 being so "amerikanised," instead'f embracing their own asian culture, they turn to bashing on other ethnicities w/in the asian race. 'nother kind'f snobbiness n' discrimination w/in the asian race that bothers me lately's the gap btwn 2nd gen asian.ams n' 1st gen immigrants w/in the same generation. i hate hearing a fellow 2nd gen asian.am use the wurd "fob" as a deragatory term. if u ask me, 1st gen asian.ams r a great asset to our society n' deserve props ("proper respekt" in late 1990s hip.hop lingo) 4 dealing w/ all the bull$#!+ they face in this country.
[later] how does this wk look? well, shoot, it'd look better if i could know i'd get better from my illness soon. on thurs, we were s'pposed to go to a b.day dinner after taekwondo praktice, but kaela has us going to her classmate's potluck. that's fine. u know what i wish, tho'? i wish that after our dinner n' after the taekwondo dinner (whenever it ends w/o us) that kaela n' i can meet up w/ our taekwondo friends to go 노래방 noraebang! u know, this fri, i honestly enjoyed the chinese musik. still, i'd like to do some korean noraebang. i hope we can go. that'd be kewl.
yah, aktually, this wknd, we did 'lot more chinese things than usual. like, yah, i heard lot'f old chinese musik, n' we also played majong. we had explicitly chinese fud 4 2 meals, rt? sat dinner n' sun lunch. we had explcitly korean fud 4 2 meals: fri dinner n' sat lunch.
'mongst all this talk'f pan.asian.am identity n' asian.am issues, lemme remind u n' myself that in recent months, i've felt more'f motivation or optimism 'bout being more plugged.in to gen'l/mainstream amerikan society, i.e., i should make more'f an effort to hang w/ some non.asians now n' then or whatever. yah? i mean, i consciously made that effort in my early days @ berkeley. honestly, in the end, i found it to be more unnatural than i expekted n' perhaps just plain a li'l more difficult than i'd expekted, more'f an uphill battle than i'd expekted. perhaps, as an 2nd gen asian.am who'd grown up in the almaden valley in the 1980s n' early 1990s, i thought that i could let go'f that asian superiority complex that kids in these kinds'f neighbourhoods (like cupertino) devlop n' that all be kewl... but then perhaps i was reminded that it wasn't only my superiority complex or snobbiness that was a racial barrier, but obviously also those'f others. *sigh* well, whatever, man. 1 can either be discouraged, or else 1 can keep pushing n' have a thicker skin n' more patience.
[later] 밤, 1033p: i did lots'f good $hopping @ the registry@macy's valley fair. i bought lots'f stuff. i ate @ the li'l sandwich n' salad $hop called cosi there. it's aktually really good! i had a $2 ¢'oupon. i had their tasty wasabi roast beef sandwich.
[later] 1052p: i still don't have my voice back. *sigh* voiceless!
keep in mind that as much as some ppl'd call me a liberal freak etc., i am opposed to replacing "christmas" w/ "holidays"! is the use'f the wurd christmas a violation'f freedom'f religion? *sigh* i dunno, man. however, it sure cms like christians' freedom'f religion hasn't been 2 well respekted lately either.
금요일 아침: cos i'll soon be even more bizzy w/ christmas $hopping, i've gotta warn u that my journal entries r most likely gonna get kind short n' less frequent 4 a while; just a temporary thing. last nite, i went $hopping @ target, altho' i bought some b.day cards, i didn't buy ne presents, altho' i aimed to do so. oh! did i mention that the beautiful kaela hwang n' i went to valley fair on wed nite? we ate a huge sushi dinner @ the korean sushi restaurant there, sushi boat. it was pretty good stuff, but i know they're going w/ the recent trend'f serving lots'f deep.fried sushi. that stuff is decently tasty but very unhealthy! kaela n' i $hopped @ valley fair till it closed. i wanted to start the evening earlier, but man... i get so stuck@werk.com these days, u know? i mean, i could procrstinate, but then i'll definitely be crucified @ the end'f the wk b4 christmas. as i've sed b4, even tho' the silly valley's a wonderful place, the semiconduktor industry's very vicious!
last nite, when i was @ target, my $hopping ¢art disappeared. i was mad cos that had happened 1nce b4 w/ kaela n' me. that time, in the past, our cart disappeared, n' it cmed that an employee had taken our cart n' put our merchandise back on the shelves. well, last nite, i think what happened was that an old man stole my cart!!! @ 1st, i thought maybe an employee took my cart n' put my merchandise back on the shelf; but later, i found my merchandise shoved onto a shelf. just a li'l b4 that, i saw this ol' man pushing an empty cart near where i left my cart. dude, that f@¢k3r stole my cart! dude, that's sooo messed up! how can ppl be so shameless?! altho' i couldn't decide on or find a b.day present, i ended up buying myself a white thermal undershirt 4 $12.95. i wasn't sure whether to buy it or not, but the deciding faktor was that it wasn't made in china. do u know where it was made? swaziland... @ 1st, i read the label, n' thought, "swaziland... that must mean switzerland. kewl, swiss.made clothes must be good quality." then later, i thought 'bout it again, "wait, swaziland isn't switzerland! i think it's an african country. well, 'least it's not china." @ this moment, let's consult wiki(pedia): swaziland - "the kingdon of swaziland is a small country in southern africa (one of the smallest on the continent). . . embedded between south africa in the west and mozambique in the east. the country is named after the swazi, a bantu tribe. the head of state is the king, which since 1986 has been king mswati iii. . . king mswati iii is often criticized for living so lavishly in a nation that is afflicted by one of the world's highest hiv invection rates. his fleet of luxury cars, millions spent towards refurbishing his numerous wives' luxury mansions, are at odds with the approximately 34 perecent of the nation that stand unemployed, nearly 70 percent of which live on less than a dollar a day, and with around 39 percent of adults who are afflicted by hiv." whoa... i dunno what to make'f that ekonomy n' trade situation; i.e., do u buy produkts from that country in order to support those underpaid werkers or do u boycott proukts from that country in order to punish the crooked government? ain't that always the question??? after all, shoot, that's the main dilemma w/ buying produkts from china or vietnam, rt? the laborers there r so abused.
of course, i also avoid produkts made in china cos'f china's anti.taiwan policies. i heard the kmt won some recent elektions in taiwan. i dunno, man; i worry that things look kind'f bad. i don't wanna someday hear talks'f so.called "reunification" etc. i don't care whether the communists or capitalists r in control of china, but china should not have control over taiwan. taiwan's just a separate country. i mean, shoot; what next? should china be in control of korea? ok, i know that sounds ridiculous to every1, but so should the idea that china should have control over taiwan. if u ask me, the taiwanese culture's much like korean culture: influenced (but not defined) by chinese n' japanese culture. however, as u should know, unlike korea, as well as unlike china; taiwan has a relatively pleasant history w/ japan.
[a li'l later] ok, speaking'f china n' japan, what do u think'f this new memoirs of a geisha movie? when the book 1st came out, i didn't expekt much'f it, didn't think it was worth reading. now, it's a big motion pikture, starring zhang ziyi n' michelle yeoh. yah, certainly, the give the story much more credibility. my initial instinkt is to assume the story's just 'nother exploiting exotifikation'f asian females, but i admit i'll most likely watch the movie cos'f the big name aktresses. crazy, huh? michelle yeoh n' zhang ziyi were both on the today show yesterday. zhang ziyi was introduced as "zi zhang." isn't that funny? hrm, they should throw in jet li, tony leung, maggie cheung, n' jackie chan n' have all the big name chinese aktors, eh? lemme think... who's that 1 hong kong singer/aktor? hrm... i 4get his name, but he's a middle.aged man that still plays teenager.type roles; and that faceanalyzer.com site names him as being the celebrity that matches my profile. *sigh* i 4get his name. it's not aaron kwok, rt? i don't think so, it's some1 else. uhm... there's also some famous hk aktor that committed suicide, rt? since it wasn't tony leung, i guessed it was leslie cheung; n' a quick wikipedia search confirmed that.
[later] 오후: during my lunchbrk, i weightlifted n' did 10 mins'f precor in the gym. after showering, i stopped by this company bbq fundraiser 4 2nd harvest fud bank. it was pretty much over, n' they were cleaning things up. 4 $8.50, i got a hot dog, smothered in greasily grilled onions, 2 huge scoops'f potato salad, a bag'f ruffles, n' small slice'f carrot cake, n' a 500-ml bottle'f kirkland h2o. the original menu was $8.50 4 a tri.tip steak sandwich, 1 side, n' a bottle'f h2o or a can'f soda. however, they were running out'f stuff n' felt bad that they couldn't give me steak, so they gave me lots'f other stuff. shoot, i was hungry; so, in my cubicle, i scarfed down the unhealthy fud. i tried to remind myself to slow down n' relish each bite, but i also felt self.conscious as always 'bout eating in my cube, so i subconsciously rushed myself.
as i sed early, last nite i went to target. i know i have this unhealthy obsession w/ target. 4 some reason, i think i can find most things i need 4 a de ent pri¢e there, but that's not true. their stuff's gotten really expen$ive, as i've pted out b4. the sunnyvale target is more often than others ransacked, as my bro.in.law steve n' my sista grace've pted out b4. i mean, it's not that bad; but *shrug*. why do i like target? *shrug again* well, there isn't a wal*mart near me, n' i know wal*mart had a bit'f a bad rep. maybe i should $hop more @ big! lots instead. (yah, apparently, the "!" in "big! lots" goes after the "big," not the "lots," as i had previously thought.) 2nite, kohl's is open till midnite, n' it opens 'gain @ 700a 2morrow. i've never been to kohl's, but i'm thinkin'f hittin' it up 2nite. (heh, that's proper slang, rt? i'm not talkin' like that "i'd hit it!" mcyukyuk's cheeseburger commercial that the boondocks was mocking, rt? i do understand that "i'd hit it" or else "i'd hit that" specifically refers to copulating the described objekt, which is more aptly some attraktive woman, not a sandwich.)
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목요일 아침: a wk w/o a palm - this is weird. yesterday, @ the korean ups store on el camino real near henderson, i sent off my pa1mone tungsten t5 4 repair cos the headfon jack only gives audio out'f the rt channel n' not the left. it'll take 'bout a wk to fix. i'm so used to having my palm w/ me all the time. last nite, i had to start getting used to going about life w/o all that useful data readily available in my pocket. do u realise how useful a palm os handheld 'puter is?!?! w/ my pa1mone tungsten t5 (w/ it's bluetooth connektion to my stoopid motorola v710), i can connekt to the web newhere, netime via verizon. @ nite, when i don't wanna use my werk.com laptop in bed, i can use my pa1mone tungsten t5 w/ the wi.fi sd card to connekt to the web via our dsl. in fakt, when i'm @ home, n' need to get on the web fast n' don't wanna wait 4 stoopid microsoft windows xp to boot up or even come out'f hibernation, it's easier to use my pa1m n' its wi.fi sd card. netime, newhere, i can look up a fon #, an address, an e.mail address, what i'm doing this wknd, what i learned @ church the wk b4, what's the best pri¢e i've found on toothpaste, 4 whom i need to buy . . . [interrupted]
[later] 밤, still@werk.com: 2day, 4 lunch, the beautiful kaela hwang n' i went to 명동 순두부집 myungdong soondubujip. she came n' picked me up from my office. kaela ordered the 해물 돌솥 비빔밥 haemool dolsot bibimbap. me, i ordered the 섞어 순두부 suhkkuh soondubu. i was worried i'd be way 2 full after eating cos i never really leave 명동 myungdong not stuffed. the 반찬 banchan's really good, so that makes me eat 'lot'f it as well as 'lot'f rice. these days, i eat 2 much n' get no exercise! >:-(
화요일 아침: i think i'm sick now. i'm not sure when i started feeling sick. this past wknd or so, i had sort'f a sore throat but nuthin' else @ all. then, on mon afternoon, i got my flu shot. i think, ever since then, i've felt a li'l sick. last nite it got worse. i felt more malaise n' more'f a sore throat n' other stuff. this morn, i felt like i was a li'l better in some ways n' yet a li'l worse in others. yah, i think i'm sick.
besides the cold or flu that i have, i also very definitely have sad (seasonal affektive disorder). i've known 4 yrs that i get "sad" in the winter, but this yr's hitting me harder than last yr. i guess the reason i was better last yr was that i went snowboarding 'lot in autumn. this yr, i haven't yet been to the slopes. now that i found out that the snow expo tic expires on 2005년12월16일 n' not 12월23일 like the tahoe card tic, i've gotta say that i really should've just driven myself up to tahoe on sat n' used my free tic. i just let it go to waste! that's awful! i've been sort'f kicking myself 'round cos'f that. 1 yr, back in 1999, i beat "sad" by recording benomix 2집: wintermusik. *sigh* to beat "sad," i cm to need either djing or snowboarding.
i've been stressed 'bout werk lately, not surprisingly. cowerkers put pressure on me, n' i put pressure on myself. i know that if i don't werk hard now, i'll be under much more pressure the wk b4 the christmas shutdown. every yr, b4 the christmas shutdown, i've got lots'f cr@p to do. b4 shutdowns, every1 puts the pressure on cos they think they can do everything b4 the shutdown or 'least they think they can make me do everything b4 the shutdown. *sigh* c? all this makes me even more depressed.
do u know what depression feels like? i'm always questioning my worth. i keep 2nd guessing myself. constantly, i'm wondering if i'm good @ nething. i get frustrated, i get angry, but then more than that, i get sad. i feel less motivated to do things. i feel passive. then i feel listless. sometimes, i'm not sure i feel nething. i get really super.lonely; but then, i don't want to c ne1 @ all. 4 a while, i won't feel like eating or drinking nething. then, later, i'll want to eat n' drink everything in sight. i don't feel like i have energy: i feel slow, sluggish. i feel like my muscles don't want to move. i feel like i'd be content sleeping in a warm bed all day. then i feel like i need exercise cos i haven't gotten much lately. i get irritated n' irritable, cranky. i don't feel like talking; i don't feel like listening.
[later] 오후: @ lunch, the beautiful kaela hwang came by my office, n' we went to sweet tomatoes. the restaurant was bizzy @ the pk'f silicon valley's lunchbrk. i don't think kaela had ever experienced that b4. yah... that's how life is in the middle'f the silicon valley on a werkday. maybe it was a li'l exciting 4 her, i dunno. well, even 4 myself, it's not always that annoying to be stuck in big crowds here during the werkwk cos it does make me a li'l happy to be part'f sumpthin' so special. silicon valley rocks! well, after we ate, kaela dropped me off, n' i rushed to a mtg that i was barely part'f. i dunno why ppl invite me to mtgs that rn't that relevant to me. i didn't really need to be there n' definitely didn't need to rush to be there. neway... 'round here, i'm "pond scum." that's the term our friend bun has used b4 to describe what it's like to be the lowest ranking person in ur office. well, that's me; i'm pond scum. i've gotta run this way n' that way just cos ppl say so. yah, it sucks; but it's better than not having a job.
later this afternoon, i took a brk to run an errand: i went to the korean ups store on el camino real next to 포이트 호프 point hof near 장터 순대 jang.tuh soondae to mail off my pa1mone tungsten t5 4 repair. pa1mone had given me this strikt, strikt guidelins 4 sending off my device. i thought i had abided to each'f their frickin' stipulations, but in the end, i missed 1. they'd better not rejekt my service request cos'f that! >:-( i had to pay $40 to send this thing off! the ppl @ the ups store were really helpful tho'. dude, if u ever hafta send off nething, use this ups store!
on the way back from the ups store, i badly needed gas, so i went to costco. guess what: the gas @ the sunnyvale costco ¢o$t more than the gas @ the pri¢y, pri¢y union 75 @ the corner'f e. arques n' lawrence! that 1's usually really overpri¢ed; but rt now, the 76's $2.139, while the costco's $2.159!!!
2day, on craigslist, i asked if ne1 has hookups to a ~$600/3yr deal @ 24 hr fitness. well, some woman sed she can sell me a bunch'f 1.day passes 4 $2 each. hrm... yah? maybe i should 'least buy some passes from her to figure out if i even like 24 hr fitness, eh? of course, 1 cr@ppy, cr@ppything's that i'll prob'ly hafta pay her in ¢a$h, rt? *shrug* w/o doubt, i shouldn't buy a whole bunch rt off the bat, but i think i should buy some to check it out, rt? they're s'pposedly good @ ne 24 hr fitness.
화요일 오후: it appears that i'll be sending my pa1mone tungsten t5 in 4 repair. i hadn't realised b4 that my device's still under warranty, just barely. 4get u not that the beautiful kaela hwang gave it to me 4 christmas in 2004. it apparently has a 1.yr warranty. when i send it in, i'll be w/o pda 4 a wk or more. that's crazy. lemme tell u, pa1mone pdas r very useful! it's amazing how the treo 650 has really caught on.
[later] 저녁: need to get get smog check, need to get delux or premier (or whatever) oil change, need to pay car registration, need to confirm that mortgage payment went thru...
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[later] so how was this wknd? well... it was ok. i surely woudldn't've minded getting more done, but what can u do, u know? i've gotta say: i got like 0 exercise this past wknd! that's awful!
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[a li'l later] the 2 apps on my palm tungsten t5 that give me the most probs r versamail n' avantgo. my t5's still messed up, i think, in that i can't hear audio from the left channel unless i somehow hack the headfon plug such that it's inserted @ a li'l angle. that werks @ my desk but not so well when the device's in my pants pocket @ the gym.
[later] 오후: 건강 (health) - 2day, during my lunchbrk, i went to my chiro apptmnt @ palmer west chiropraktic college. then i went to safeway@rivermark to buy a #5 grecian delite sandwich on the standard rustic italian bread w/ a small bag'f baked lays n' a decently big size soda (diet pepsi mixed w/ a li'l pink lemonade). i rushed back 4 a mtg that i 4got i didn't have. later in the afternoon, i made a 치과 약속 dental apptment w/ 중안 치과 central dental. later than that in the afternoon, i went down to the werk.com cafeteria to get my free flu shot. owee. "auwe..." on the street, i c cars w/ window stickers that read "auwe." i don't know what that means, but a quick google tells me that it's a polynesian wurd that means "ow" or "ouch." is that true? *shrug* here's a hawaiian.english diktionary w/ a couple'f cute mascots: mo'o n' lolo's cyber hawaiian dictionary online! i'd like to go to the werk.com gym 2nite n' get some exercise since i didn't get exercise the entire wknd. amazing, huh? why?! was it just the late autumn cold weather? *shrug*
*sigh* this wknd flew by. in a way, i did what i set out to do; just that n' nuthin' more... but no, i did do more, in a way... i didn't plan on raking leaves 4 so long on sat. i didn't really plan on going out to dinner @ 서울 순두부 양평 해장국 suhool soondubu yangpyuhng haejanggook on sat nite. i didn't really plan on going out to dimsum 4 lunch on sun after 2nd service @ grx. i didn't plan on staying so late @ valley fair after gettin' sooni's pic taken w/ santa. i guess i'd hoped to go there earlier n' leave earlier. ideally (in a way), i would've been snowboarding on the slopes'f kirkwood on sat. yah, in a way i wanted that n' was a bit annoyed, peeved, n' depressed that i wasn't. @ the same time, not being in tahoe, snowboarding gave me the chance to take care'f other things, rt? thru.out my life, i hate to admit, such frequent snowboarding has occasionally gotten in the way'f my taking care'f some responsibilities; not so much werk but more like housekeeping tasks.
[later] 저녁: on sat nite, after dinner, after kaela went back to her seminar thing; i sat on the couch n' watched bad santa. i'd cn parts'f it b4, but i saw most'f it last nite 4 the 1st time. it's just ok; ur typikal "crude humour w/ bad attitude" movie, i s'ppose. luckily, the santa we brought sooni to c wasn't like that, altho' kaela n' i noticed he surely didn't chit.chat much. i s'ppose he took it easy, considering the absence'f kids. i'm sure all the "ho ho ho" akting 4 the kids wears him out; so, in a way, the sunday 400~700p block reserved just 4 pets must'f relieved him a li'l, rt? yah, u've gotta admit, sooni was such a well.behaved doggy. altho' she growled a li'l w/ her whole bully thing, she didn't bark her head off like some froo froo dogs did. ugh, that was a headache, hearing some dog barking as if the mall was a non no.kill shelter. ugh. she's a good gurl.
am i feeling the side effekts'f the flu shot? uhm, yah, i believe i am feeling the side effekts rt now as i type. i hope it doesn't overwhelm me.
an egotistical dream: this wknd, i believe 'twas on sunday morn (but it might've been saturday morning), i dreamt that i visted the uc berkeley mlk, jr. asuc bldg. in my dream, the basement housed some kind'f museum filled w/ artistik displays. in this egotistical dream, 1 wall was a giant mural dedikated to the beno journal: it had an excerpt from my journal in huge font just as it appears on my webpage, *sigh* man, what kind'f egotist has this kind'f dream???
well, jeanna, thanks 'gain 4 signing my gbook. yes, i received ur msg re: if i had a radio talkshow, etc. also, i've received ur msgs n' understand ur feeling as well as tim fong's feeling re: my having the gbook funktion as a comment box. ok, i'll look into getting a real comment box via enetation. *sigh* i s'ppose htmlgear doesn't provide such a service. dude, i guess htmlgear's totally stuck in the 1990s, eh? after all, fudge! htmlgear's quite an ol' fashion name, rt? i mean, i s'ppose ppl consider html to be really passé; but i, myself, keep using it. my webpage's quite stuck in the 1990s; yes, i realise.
i really wanna make my journal a 2.way dialogue, not just my own... uh... soliloquoy. did i spell that rt? nope, i sure did not! "soliloquy"!!! i added an extraneous "o".
[later] 밤: it's late, n' i'm still@werk.com. the office a bit emptier. like, ppl do werk late here, very late. however, i guess i'm here decently late, especially taking into cosideration that it's christmas season. hrm, that brings up a pt: i heard more often this yr 'bout the gov't banning the use'f the wurd "christmas." is that true or still just hype? i mean, on 1 hand, u always have this s'pposed "christian rightwing" paranoia. however, on the other hand; yah, it's true that we christians have been losing our freedom of religion in recent yrs... however, well... shoot, we mostly only have ourselves to blame, if u ask me... since 2 many'f "us christians" akt like total lunatiks w/ the whole "christian right" n' "moral majority" kind'f stuff... however, hey, that's just my opinion.
sooni, santa... dr. min's 70th... that's what we did 2day... pretty much what we planned.
토요일 밤, 1100p: well, i didn't go to tahoe 2day. last nite, was mike yee's surprise 30th b.day party. we all gathered 1st @ ming's'f palo alto on embarcadero off'f 101 in palo alto. i'd been to ming's 1nce as a kid 4 dimsum w/ my mom. i 'membered that it was a beautiful restaurant. yes, it was decent.looking but not as beautiful as i 'membered. the fud was pretty good. even tho' some'f the dishes appeared to be pretty ordinary erikan chinese favourites; they were well done, better than u'd think. some'f the dishes were really expen$ive tho'. we had a good dinner n' some b.day cake from aki's, the bakery from which kaela n' i got our wedding cake back in 2003. when i thought we were done, instead'f heading home, we went in search'f a korean bar to continue the celebration. the beautiful kaela hwang n' i led every1 to rumours on kiely by homestead cos we believed from what we've heard that it's a happening place even tho' we'd never been there. dude, i didn't know just how rt we were! the place was jam.packed. it's like the historik kkokko house in berkeley, in that it's more'f an asian.amerikan hangout, a korean establishment where most'f the guests r young, college.age 2nd gen asian.ams, perhaps mostly chinese/taiwanese.amerikans n' not koreans. the servers speak english n/or korean. well, the place was so crowded that we had to wait a long time 4 a table. however, the manager 아줌마 ajoomma was very smart! while we were standing n' waiting 4 our table, she gave us a free "pitcher" (a 1 litre bottle)'f o.b. 맥주 maekjoo. mmm, very smart'f her! furthermore, 1nce we got seated, we got plenty, plenty'f freebies! dude, she knew well how to do bizness korean style! if u ''member, i mentioned how kaela n' i pted out that the manger'f the now defunkt han's tofu in hayward was not good @ doing the korean "서비스 servie" thing. well, dude... this place knew how to do it. they kept giving freebies. granted, some'f the freebies were ¢heap, but that's not the pt. rather, the pt's that the gave us free things. well, we had a good time. what a way to celebrate mike's 30th b.day.
ok, 2day? 2day, i had a li'l bit'f a hard time waking up cos we stayed out late. kaela had a hard time waking up 4 her seminar. eventually, i woke her up. eventually, i went to my 2nd harvest fud bank "helping hands day" event, where i packed canned fud into boxes. it was a very crowded event hosted by my company. it was decently fun but crowded. then what? i came home n' cleaned. then kaela came home 4 lunch, n' i cooked some 군만두 goon mandoo. then she went back to her seminar. then what? uh, lessee... 1st i brought sooni to petco to get some di$¢ounted greenies. we went to the sunnyvale petco. in the end, i also picked up a heavily di$¢ounted halloween costume: an angel costume. later, 2nite, i put it on her, n' she looked very cute! :-) well, i came home. i started raking leaves outside, n' the neighbours' kids talked w/ me a li'l. their li'l 4.yr old daughter wanted to help me rake leaves. i aktually wanted to stop earlier, but she was having so much fun; so i kept going. later, i brought my snowboard to mel cotton's 4 my tahoe card tune.up. mel cotton's's an ok sporting good store altho' the pri¢es don't cm as good as i 'member tri.city's to be. after that, i went to check out the sports basement. *sigh* i couldn't resist buying this 1 navy blue dakine hoodie (hooded sweatshirt). *sigh* i feel horrible $pending ne $$ these days, but *sigh* then, i went to big lots! n' albertsons. @ big lots! i bought a 2.lb box'f some nylabone brand version'f sumpthin' like greenies 4 $9.99. the bag'f real greenies i bought @ petco was a 12.oz bag 4 $9.99 minus $1 from a ¢oupon. greenies r usually very expen$ive; so, believe it or not, that was a decent deal. i also bought some cleaning chemical. @ albertsons i bought 달걀 dalgyal (eggs) n' 양배추 yangbaechoo (cabbage) to cook 우동 oodong or whatever 4 dinner 2nite. i also bought a 0.5gal'f minute maid 오렌지 쥬스 oreinji jyooseu just cos it had really cute packaging based on the march of the penguins. i liked the package very much. well, when i got home, kaela called n' sed she was coming home. when she got home, to my surprise, she insisted on going out instead'f having me cook dinner. well, we went to that 서울 순두부 양평 해장국 suhool soondubu yangpyuhng haejanggook place near 길목 gilmok n' the santa clara petco
. usually, we feel bad going to that restaurant instead'f 길목 gilmok; but 2nite, since we left sooni @ home, we could sneak into that restaurant w/o the 아저씨 ajuhssi n' 아줌마 ajoomma cing us. the fud was prob'ly pretty good, but it was 2 stressful'f a dinner. *sigh*
the sun set so early 2day, n' days r only getting shorter till just b4 christmas. 2nite, i got to watch some musik shows on kbs amerika, n' that was kewl. *sigh* i was a bit depressed so far this wknd that i wasn't in tahoe, as i've mentioned. however... *sigh* i dunno, man.
그요일 아침: sometimes i wish my beno journal could be a legit, published newspaper or magazine column. sometimes i wish that, yes. however, would i ever wish that the benojournal could be a radio talk shor or even a tv talk show? heh, yah, that'd be kewl. furthermore, that'd be dope; altho', i seriously doubt kids say "dope" nemore like that. they don't, rt??? i was just reading online 'bout how david letterman n' oprah winfrey declared a truce after 16.5 yrs'f baggin' on each other on their respektive tv shows. oh, ok; i didn't really notice this. i don't watch oprah but more often watch david letterman's late show on cbs. i don't watch much cbs, but i find david letterman to be more intelligent than jay leno on nbc's tonight show. i've never really liked jay leno after his doritos commercial days n' grew to dislike him more as he kept promoting republikan politiks on his late nite show w/ arnold schwarzenegger et al.
dude, yesterday morning, i was sooo p!$$ed off @ this stoopid mary matalin woman on the nbc today show. ugh! the stoopid trash she was vomitting out'f her mouth 'bout how dubya's so great this n' that n' john kerry's so not great this n' that. ugh! what trash! what a load'f cr@p! dude, she used that totally passé term'f "liberal media." dude, the media hasn't been liberal in yrs! get w/ it, lady! ugh, her wurds really disgusted me. they were revolting. in ne case, w/ talks'f finally making an exit plan 4 our troops in iraq, we're now cing the most political feuding since the nov elektion'f 2004. wow, it has only been a yr?! since then, republikans n' demokrats on the streets (not necessarily those in political offices) cm to have made so much peace w/ each other n' maybe even healed wounds. however, now those scabs r being picked open, i guess; n' that's aktually a bad thing. picked scabs lead to more scarring.
oh! i just realised sumpthin' while reading the wikipedia entry on mary matalin: she's married to a demokratic party leader, demokratic party strategist james carville!!! oh yah, i heard 'bout this a looong time 'go but 4got who these ppl were cos i'm not that in touch w/ politiks, as u know. wow, ain't that sumpthin'! ha ha ha. (is it nething like how republikan arnold's married to maria shriver?) *sigh* neway... altho' i dislike jay leno's usual republikan politiks, i was pleasantly surprised last nite to find him poking such good fun @ dubya n' arnold. in a way, i'd say, "kewl!" however, *shrug* maybe it's stuff like this that allows mary matalin to exploit the term "liberal media," u know? in other wurds, perhaps it's sort'f a "set.up" or some kind'f sabotage.
it's true tho': arnold n' dubya r very unpopular rt now, so maybe, even as a "viktimised demokrat," i feel a bit sorry 4 them. after all, i deeply believe both r just puppet figureheads. oh, no doubt, man! over the past yr, i've come to think'f dubya as a li'l less'f a bad guy n' to realise that dick cheney's the real bad guy! dubya, i feel a li'l sorry 4 him in that; no, he doesn't cm to be a really brite guy. honestly, despite the nice, prestigious college degree, i think he must really not be a smart guy. however, in a way, that's ok. it's ok 4 him not to be smart; but i s'ppose in the end, some1 like that shouldn't be president (of the usa). altho' i'm happy that stocks r up rt now ('least some stocks altho' not many others), i feel the state'f the nation's not that great. now, we know that all the john kerry backers'f 2004 like me were rt n' all the proud, proud, self.righteous (ok, that was a bit harsh) dubya.lovers were wrong (re: iraq). however, i don't want to gloat, no. as always, the important thing's to push 4ward. listen, i'm a progressive, not a "liberal". heh, however, as an ignoramus, i have no clue what that implies. maybe some ppl interpret "progressive" as "kommuniste," in which case i must sound like quite the lunatik using that as my slogan. as u should know, my pt in saying that is that i believe that the gov't should take care'f its ppl to a decent extent, but i don't like morals; i don't like spiritual morals. the world (or @ very least the nation) must know that demokrats r righteous (but hopefully not self.righteous).
as i sed, i feel a bit sorry 4 dubya, n' it's cos he's just a puppet. yah, i'm sure there's more'f an x.files type conspiracy behind it all. (the republikan party's controlled by evil space aliens.) u know what i honestly like best 'bout dubya? it's that he has a dui (driving under the influence'f alkohol, aka drunk driving). listen, i don't say this facetiously! i honestly believe that, cos dubya has that dui arrest from 1976, he has really experienced the true grace'f god. yah, honestly, i think so. however, likewise, i should say that cos president bill clinton had his scandal w/ monica lewinsky that he as well as experienced the true grace'f god. yes, that's also true. however, the so.called "christian conservatives" in this country (cos'f the evil space aliens) prob'ly buy into the 1st statement but not the 2nd. that's not rt. in fakt, that's wrong. neway, didju know that dick cheney also has 2 dui arrests??? dude, what is w/ these ppl?!?! well, i've gotta admit: after growing up from being a kid, i've realised that it's much easier than i thought as a kid to get a dui. as a kid, i always thought, "who would be so stopid?!" however, now i realise it's easier to do that than i used to think. after all, it's not just 'bout like reckless hoodlums: rather, consider the nice, pleasant couple that goes 4 a romantik, quiet dinner w/ a bottle'f wine. thus, these days, i say it's fine not to finish a paid 4 bottle no matter how overpri¢ed it was. let's not drink n' drive.
ok, this is the most politiks i've talked in looong time. @ 1st everything up until now (in this entry) was just 1 paragraph. just now, i've gone back n' split that text up into multiple paragraphs. i hope, despite the awful benospelling, that makes my journal a li'l more palatable to the avg reader.
[later] 오후: i went to volunteer @ the werk.com holiday fair n' then to a farewell lunch 4 my supervisor from back when i was a co.op. it's christmastime, alright. the farewell lunch was @ el torito. i had this overpri¢ed chicken taco salad; $8.49?!?! it was small.
yesterday, there was this big, big thunder that lasted a while. after that, rain fell hard. a bunch'f us on this 2nd n' top floor'f my office bldg rushed over to the nearest window to witness this downpour. from my cube everyday, i hear this 1 guy that yells 'lot @ vendors n' sez some pretty tuff things. i always hear this guy cos he speaks loud, but i'd never cn him. in fakt, i even knew from his conversations that he was on the big island'f hawaii @ the same time that i was in oktober. funny, huh? yet, i've never met the guy n' didn't know him. well, as i was watching the torrent, i heard this guy's voice from behind; n', as i turned 'round, i finally saw what he looked like. it's was very interesting cos, if u ask me, he looks like a radio morning show host (or "deejay"). funny, huh? do u know what i mean? well, it's been my experience that radio morning show hosts don't look like what they sound like! have u noticed that as well? well, besides that phenomenon, this guy aktually looked like what most radio morning show hosts cm to look like. to me, that was interesting.
i'm sure u'r tired'f hearing the same thing wk after wk, but last nite i got totally rocked off my @$$ @ taekwondo sparring praktice. as i keep saying, i feel like joe glass from the ol' mike tyson's punchout nintendo game. i dunno, man; my legs were sore from maybe tues nite's werkout or from recent gym werkouts as well as the colder weather. i felt slow... molasses slow! i got rocked, n' it could be rather discouraging; but i'm trying to stay posi+ive, u know? i'm trying to believe that i can still someday be a better taekwondo sparrer. i have been a better taekwondo sparrer back in the days when john eing was teaching us stuff or when jason han was teaching us stuff in cal taekwondo. no doubt! however, i don't mean to say that i was definitely ever as good as the guys @ our current taekwondojang; i dunno. i think i'd have fared better back in those days; but... *shrug* still, u know what? i know some'f it's psychological. some'f it's psychological, while some'f it's still physical. u gotta understand tho' that i'm in better pysical shape according to like typical physical standards now than i was back when i was a better taekwondo sparrer... i think. like, not to say nething nice 'bout myself, but my "physique"'s prob'ly considered better now than then. back, then, yes; as expekcted, i was pretty dang skinny, w/o much muscle 'cept leg muscle n' abs but definitely much quicker to the draw. back then, i had more'f the "typical" taekwondoist's body. nowadays, it cms that i've been trying to be more'f the "well.rounded" body type guy or sumpthin'. as i've mentioned b4, this isn't necessarily good 4 taekwondo sparring. it werks 4 some but not 4 others.
if u ask me, euro.amerikan standards'f male beauty (or uh... "handsomeness?") obviously places 2 much emphasis on having big pecs n' biceps. i s'ppose euro.amerikan standards'f beauty r just, in general, 2 "top heavy." they diktate that men must have big pecs n' women must have big jugs. whatever, man... i don't necessarily like that. however, i guess, over the past few yrs, i have been bulking up more (to whatever li'l extent) up top as opposed to leaving my muscle mass down low. ("n' i'm talkin' downtown!" [simpsons quote]) (u've gotta keep in mind that when i was @ my taekwondo prime, i had pretty skinny arms.) i've pondered recently if i should give up weightlifting werkouts n' return to focusing on taekwondo.related cardio n' fast.twitch muscle werkouts.
well, shoot, now that winter's approaching, do i not need to focus on snowboarding related werkouts? i would think so. back on our 1st wedding anniversary, i brought the beautiful kaela hwang to the 0.5 mon bay ritz.carlton 4 a wknd getaway that included a couples massage. i've prob'ly mentioned this b4; but the masseuse while providing the massage therapy asked if i were a surfer cos i had the body type. i had to reply that i wasn't but that i'm a snowboarder. do i have a snowboarder's body? *shrug* the masseuse sed i had the back muscles'f a surfer.
[a li'l later] thru.out this wk, i've been unsure'f whether or not i'm going snowboarding 2morrow. kaela definitely can't go cos she has yet 'nother chiropraktic seminar. 4 a while, i believed i was gonna go w/ some cowerkers, but they decided to go on sunday instead'f saturday. on sunday, i've gotta go to church, take sooni to c santa@valleyfair.com, n' attend the ucmap reunion / dr. min's surprise 70th b.day party (a surprise, assuming he doesn't read my journal [i highly doubt he does.]). back in the days, kaela used to read my journal from the ucmap office n' leave the window open when she left. i guess some ppl in the office might've read it back then; but i doubt ne'f them read it now. it's been so many yrs now since i left berkeley, n' i'm sure ppl don't find my life that interesting.
@ best, ppl read my journal to make sure i don't talk cr@p 'bout them. ha ha, ok, that's a li'l cynical. besides, if i go 'round saying cr@p like that, then it's no wonder i don't have many readers! as i've sed recently, i'm not popular 'mongst the bloggin' kommunity. i'm definitely not on "the a.list," altho' @ times perhaps, honestly, i've wanted to be. as i mentioned b4, i used to belong to this "rice bowl journals" blogring until i got 2 lazy to update my link n' got booted. i think it was theer in a profile that i sed sumpthin' like that i wanted to get a house, get a dog, star in a p0rnfilm, n' then become a pastor. i guess i sed that in an immtaure way just 4 "shock value." well, i cm to've accomplished some'f those now. can u tell me which? [just now, i referred to http://www.grammartips.homestead.com/inside.html to make sure i correktly puncuated the "shock value" sentence.]
as the yr closes, we must ponder what were the most important events'f this yr as well as what were our favourite films or favourite songs. our house still does not contain a christmas tree. it's now the 2nd day'f dec. some houses have had christmas trees since t.giving, like our next door neighbours'. obviously other houses won't have christmas trees till much later if @ all. just as much as the next guy, i dislike the commercialism surrounding christmas, but i do believe we must celebrate the saviour's birth.
[later] as i was saying, thru.out this wk, i've been unsure'f whether or not i'm going snowboarding 2morrow: 1st, i thought i wasn't since kaela couldn't come w/ me. then i thought i was cos my cowerkers want to go. then i thought i wasn't cos my cowerkers wanted to gon sunday instead'f saturday. then last i nigte, i found out matt from taekwondo's going w/ some friends; so i mentioned that i was interested in joining their group. well, i haven't heard back from him, so i'm now back to thinking more as if i'm not going. if i'm not going, then i would like to drop my board off @ mel cotton's 4 the tune.up included in my pur¢ha$e'f the tahoe card. if i don't go snowboarding 2morrow, n' i'm thinking much more that i'm not, then what'll i do instead? well, 1st off, i'll pack canned fud 4 a werk.com 2nd harvest fud bank event. that's in the morning, but then what'll i do in the afternoon? *shrug* i could go $hopping. i could go to the gym. it's ok 'bout not going snowboarding w/ that grp cos i figured that a bunch'f young, college guys prob'ly wouldn't wanna hang out w/ an ol' fart like me, u know? it's sad, but i'm starting to feel the distance btwn myself n' ppl'f that age more n' more. i can't talk 'bout things like college classes, class skedules, parents ('least not the way college kids talk 'bout parents)... i'm realising i'm of a diff generation, an older generation. in a way, i'm ashamed to admit taht i'm not so interested nemore in the trendiest fashions but more interested in figuring out how i'll pay the next mortgage payment. i'm not interested in supped up cars, mtv hop.hop vidoes, or basketball... but then 'gain i never was. perhaps, those've always been things that made me "not so asian," like how i'd always had some kind'f attachment to skatepunk culture of some sort. (well, aktually; never, ever, ever 4get that skateboarding's the sport that prob'ly has the most asian.am pros!) i was never into those things, but maybe what has changed is my willingness to feign interest in them, rt? 2day, this 1 dude that operates a sports team paraphernalia store asked me if i'm into sports. i sed, "a li'l... everyone into sports at least a li'l, rt?" then he started to ask me what teams i follow, which i didn't expekt cos i thought he would've realised i was just trying to exit the conversation while respekting his enthusiasm 4 sports fanaticism. in gen'l, i prefer to participate in sports rather than watch them. later, @ the farewell lunch, i sat 'cross from my ol' cubicle neighbour that used to watch int'l futbol (soccer) games online in his cube. he mentioned that he doesn't like to watch games nemore, just play. honestly, i was relieved to hear from a guy that feels like that, sumpthin' like how i feel.
[later] 저녁: resorts open this wknd: alpine meadows, boreal, kirkwood, northstar, sierra... *sigh* n' i'll be stuck here in the bay area like a schmuck, eh? well, if it's ne consolation to me, those resorts r not open 100%, none'f them. most'f them have just a small fraktion/percentage'f their lifts running. *sigh* i got that info from snowbomb.com, but i omitted mammoth n' mt. rose cos i don't count them.
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[later} 오후: 2day, @ lunch, i went w/ some ol' college program cowerkers to pizz'a chicago on halford ave. @ el camino real. as always, it was awesome. we had 1 medium joliet jake n' 1 medium john dillinger. the joliet jake might be my favourite pizza there, but this was my 1st time having the dillinger. yum, they were both good. i had a buy 1 get 1 free ¢oupon, so the meal was decently ¢heap. :-) what a nice lunch! [a li'l later] 'twas a nice lunch, but un4tunately, it made me a li'l sleepy. :-( i now have "friends & family" ¢oupons 4 kenny cole n' guess. dude, crazy. i'm wondering if i should ditch taekwondo sparring praktice 2nite to go $hopping @ valley fair? :-/ of course, that sounds very silly n' not quite (male) hetero to do sumpthin' like that... no! don't say it's not male hetero, rather it's a bit "metro." *sigh* neway, i dunno, man; i like getting good deals but hate to $pend more $$$ than i need to. it takes $$$ to save $$$. as it's the beginning'f dec, i have several bills due: mortgage, property tax (a big 1), vehicle registration (+ smog check), the usual utilities, the usual ¢redit ¢ard...
수요일 아침: petco: use code bm12y5 to get free $hipping on orders over $50. [later] 오후: free $hipping on orders $25 and up
everyday @ circuit city
. @ lunch, i got adjusted by my "intern" @ palmer west chiropraktic college. after that, i ate a hasty (n' tasty) lunch @ masala oven w/ the beautiful kaela hawng. this morn, i hurried to werk cos this 1 vendor was s'pposed to pick up some parts from me. they never showed up. a li'l b4 lunch, i called them, n' they sed benthey'd come by after lunch, 'round "1:00." well, i hurried back to the office to meet them, n' they still didn't show up! argh! that's pretty darn frustrating. i'll be so mad (inside) if they tell me they stopped by @ 'xaktly 100p, n' i wasn't there. argh, that's the typical fedex response!
i believe this company's just rt here in santa clara (my office's in sunnyvale these days.), so why is this so hard?
be sure to order lots'f free prints thru my shutterfly.com link! i've been doing that. it's free 4 u n' good 4 me. i guess there's $hipping n' handling involved; but heck, if u really do order thru my link, i'm willing to reimburse u 4 the $hipping if my commission covers it, n' i think it does (altho' i'm not sure).
[later] 저녁: ppl w/ whom to meet up in socal this holiday season (in no particular order, of course):
+ supermike
+ fahad, wendy, et al
+ stannelise
+ joon kim
+ jerome n' laura (if she's not up in norcal @ the time)
+ brandie
+ brian chi???
+ philip huang (we've been pretty good so far 'bout mtg up w/ him, but let's keep it up.)
+ ne'f my cousins etc.
if i left ne1 out, plz don't get mad cos this isn't a well thought out list. instead'f gettin' mad, plz e.mail me or call me up n' let's try to meet up.
i just realised that while in socal, as it stands, i won't have access to ne bally total fitness gyms, n' that's no good cos how'll i werkout w/ the beautiful kaela hwang??? :-/ is it possible 4 me to pretend to be just a visiting guest n' get a day pass??? i doubt they'll go 4 that cos i'll already be in their system as a 4mer member, rt? @ the moment, i'm $aving $17/month by not being a member. it does feel good to $ave that $17/month, but i do value my health n' fitness n' need to have gym member$hip somewhere cos even tho' my werk.com gym is decent, it's not adequate 4 me cos it doesn't have a kicking bag or ne decent fitness classes. dude, that was a total run.on sentence; i know.
[later] 아직도 저녁 아니면 밤: this yr, the media hyped up this idea that, as the fri after t.giving's black friday 4 walk.in store retailers; this past mon, the mon after t.giving's now called cybermonday as the werkforce returns to their cubes n' begins their frenzy'f online holiday $hopping. funny, huh? well, shoot; didju participate in cybermonday??? i didn't really.
화요일 아침: i've been werkin' on this 4 a li'l while; downloadin', compilin', rotatin', shrinkin', n' uploadin' pix. plz enjoy.
as i was saying yesterday, i post pix up on flickr.com, n' the pix that r the most popular in my album r 1s'f the beautiful kaela hwang, n' furthermore, the lower her dress's neckline is, the more popular the pix get.
[later] 오후: from reading superdave kim's starkdavingmad, i realised that this yr's sfgate top 100 restaurant list has come out: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/04/03/CMTOP100.DTL. which'f those top 100 restaurants have kaela n' i visited? 1 thing that sucks's that the list is very biased 2wards sf n' 'way from the sobay. it does have a good nombre'f restaurants from the berkeley/oakland area but 2 many from the north bay n' 2 few from the sobay.
2day, @ lunch, i went to the werk.com gym n' did 40 mins'f precor. then after stretching, showering, n' getting dressed, i microwaved leftover gordon biersch cajun pasta 4 lunch. 
the small amt'f leftovers didn't fill me, but oh well. i've brought lots'f satsuma oranges w/ me to werk.
[later] 저녁: as'f the middle'f this month, i'm no longer a member'f bally total fitness. by quitting, i'm currently 4aving $17/month, while having a decent but not great gym @ werk.com. the werk.com gym's not adequate 4 me tho'. i need a gym w/ some classes like spin or taebo classes n' 'least 1 kicking bag. i s'ppose i'll eventually $hell out $$$ to join 24.hr fitness, but when?! kaela still has 3 more months on her bally total fitness membership.
dude, it scares me badly that i haven't yet been on the slopes this season. by this time last season, i'd been on the slopes several tiems. this is not the beginning'f the end'f my snowboarding, is it?! it'd better not be! the season b4 last seaon, kaela n' i had a bad season, only spending a total'f 8 days on the slopes. last yr, we made it into the double digits. 1 season (3 seasons 'go), i spent 21 days on the slopes n. i wish i could repeat that. this sat, kaela has yet 'nother chiropraktic seminar. (she signs up 4 so many'f these, n' it's totally ridiculous, but oh well.) i'm s'pposed to help out @ this canned fud packaging event, but u know what? if ne'f my friends wanna hit tahoe, i'll go. the canned fud packaging event most likely has 'nuff volunteers. they usually fill up n' hafta turn ppl 'way. if i end up not going snowboarding this sat, then i'll consider dropping kaela's n' my board off @ mel cotton's 4 our free tahoe card tune.up. next sat, we have a baby shower n' b.day party to attend.
[later] 밤 1055p: after werk 2nite, i went to taekwondo praktice. afterwards, i came home n' ate some t.giving fud leftovers.