<center>2004.09.02</center> <a name="septbegins"><h3>sept begins</h3></a> <p>목요일 아침: how r u? u realise that it's sept now, right? i wonder if it's hit me yet. i might still think it's aug; not sure. do u realise that i've changed my <a href="http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~beno/gbook.html" target="_blank">gbook</a> since the last time ne1 signed it? i'd like it if u signed it. :-) *breath* so what's up? i'm <i>trying</i> to relax n' not so much stress out, u know? is there nething to stress out 'bout? *shrug* i dunno. werk's ok. as u know i'm doing this 10.wk rotation projekt rt now. the interesting thing's that my supervisor, under whom i've only been werking 1 wk, is quitting to move back to hk (hongkong) to be w/ his dad who's sick. that sort'f put me in an awkward situation cos i <i>just</i> started, u know? however, i realise these things happen. <p>2day, we celebrate b.days. it's nelson's b.day, n' it's betty's b.day. happy b.day! they were aktually born on the same day, meaning the same <i>yr</i>. <p>on tues eve, <a href="http://www.realestatesforcharity.com" target="_blank">kaela hwang</a> n' i went to <a href="http://www.us-tae-kwon-do.com" target="_blank">taekwondo</a> praktice, where we kicked paddles. afterwards, a bunch'f us took out our friend joyce to dinner cos she's leaving 4 med skool @ uc davis. we went to 장모집. it was so fun cos we got to bring sooni w/ us n' tie her up outside the door, where lots n' lots'f ppl came by n' pet her, etc. korean ppl know how to treat a jindo. it was really fun. i ate so much. i ate <i>2</i> much. we had lots'f 양념통닭 yangnyuhm tongdalk, 차돌배기 chadolbaegi, 아구찜 agoo jjim... it was awesome. :-) i ate way 2 much n' woke up in the middle'f the nite w/ a stomach ache. <p>[later] 오후 / afternoon: speaking'f stomach aches; as i told kaela, i just had a rotten lunch. on mon nite, kaela cooked this 해물 전골 haemool juhngol (seafud casserole). (maybe it as more'f a stew than a casserole.) neway, the leftovers sat out in a pot 4 a coupl'f days. <i>then</i>, i put them in the fridge. 2day, i tried to eat it the leftovers 4 lunch, but it was very sour. i called up kaela 4 advice on that matter, n' she sed it was rotten. ugh. *sigh* instead, i microwaved up some safeway selekt frozen beef stew. it was a bit'f a stressful lunch, i felt. :-( no 1 likes to eat rotten fud. <p>on mon nite, we ate that dish n' watched <i>풀 하우스</i>, which is <i>full house</i>, unless u'r a smart @$$ n' wanna say it's "<i>pool</i> house." *roll eyes* neway, it's <i><u>not</u></i> the stoopid, ol' amerikan show w/ bob saget n' the olsen twins, but a new/recent korean drama. u'll c it advertised on <a href="http://www.yahoo.co.kr" target="_blank">korean yahoo!</a> all the time these days. we watched the 1st 2 episodes. it's pretty kewl. we still haven't finished watching <i>파리의 연인</i> tho'. however, it <i>is</i> possible to watch more than 1 series @ a time, rt? why not? <p>oh yah, yesterday, my <a href="http://www.icube.co.kr" target="_blank">icube</a> <a href="http://www.playattv.com" target="_blank">play@tv</a> wireless digital streaming media receiver came in. i came home from werk n' played w/ it, trying unsuccessfully to configure it to werk w/ my ol' amd athlon 'puter. well, i had to give up 4 the time being cos i went to help mark move furniture @ his mom's house. they're painting. after that, mark took me n' ernest to dinner @ the newest location'f 옛날 짜장 yeitnal jjajang, which is praktically right freakin' 'cross the street from our house! man! i can't believe it! on sun nite, we went to the stvns crk blvd (cupertino) 옛날 짜장 yeitnal jjajang w/ sooni, u know. instead, we could've gone to the el camino real 1, which is <i>rt here</i> in good ol' santa clara! lemme tell u: 옛날 짜장 is an <i>awesome</i> restaurant!!! this santa clara location <i>also</i> has outdoor seating, which'll be great 4 sooni! :-) i can't believe this! if only i could be as much'f a carb.loader as i <i>used to</i> be, then we could eat @ 옛날 짜장 yeitnal jjajang <i>every</i> nite w/ sooni outside! :-) then 'gain, on tues nite, sooni behaved <i>sooo</i> well, tied up outside'f 장모집 jangmojip. she was <i>sooo</i> good! the werkers gave her a cooked pork bone, which she devoured. she loved it. every1 loved her. lots'f ppl outside played w/ her. we could sort'f c her thru the tinted glass door. <p>oh yah.... <a href="http://www.icube.co.kr" target="_blank">icube</a> <a href="http://www.playattv.com" target="_blank">play@tv</a>... i got it set up last nite, after dinner. it werks! it really werks! un4tunately, the 802.11b signal isn't <i>2</i> strong from the home office to our living room tv. i think the signal'll be much, much, much better from our office to our bdrm tho'. we'll c. now, we can watch all those muzik videos n' shows i've dled from <a href="http://www.bjunkyard.com" target="_blank">bronx's junkyard</a>. man... i really wanna figure out how to record those drama episodes off'f <a href="http://www.kbs.co.kr" target="_blank">kbs.co.kr</a>. <tt>:-/</tt> these days multimedia web page coders have lots'f tools to embed file urls etc. so that we can't so easily capture them to our hard drives. <tt>:-/</tt> i mean, <i>obviously</i> <a href="http://www.hoonnet.co.kr" target="_blank">hi.net recorder</a> kicks some serious @$$, n' getright's a good tool; but companies r doing things sort'f get in their way, etc. <p>i recently had some prob paying my car insurance online. there was some glitch or mistake that left me w/ no insurance 4 the past coupl'f months! <tt>:-o</tt> it was awful! however, 2day, i finally fixed the prob, n' i got my car insurance back! phew. not only that, i got ~$50 knocked off my bill cos they now know i'm married n' not single. i added the "unlimited towing" option 4 $4. <p>since duk'll be guarding our house w/ sooni this wknd, i feel we should go out n' buy some fud n' drinks to stock up the house. <tt>:-/</tt> but what?... *shrug* what does duk eat n' drink? maybe i should go buy some 라켠 ramyuhn? some soda? hot pockets? *shrug* i realise young guys like convenient, microwaveable fud. i should start there. maybe some cookies or sumpthin'? doughnuts? i really think i've gotta stop by albertsons or somewhere 2day after werk.<br><br><br>