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월요일 밤, 936p: this morn, i went to the sunnyvale skate park n' skateboarded 4 a bit. the ground was a li'l wet. i guess it had rained really early in the morn. i did not get there super early cos the beautiful kaela hwang n' i were out late @ our friends jane n' sean's house 4 a new yr's eve party. jane's our friend from our ol' 산호세 제일 교회 san josé jeil gyohwe (fkcc - first korean christian church) days. she grew up in the area n' went to homestead w/ our friend mark. she joined our adult beginner taekwondo class @ u.s. taekwondo academy 4 a short while. thus, we're associated w/ her in several ways. neway, yah; we were out late, so i didn't start my skate session till 'round 1000a. i stayed till 'bout noon... a li'l after noon. i skated (skateboarded) a good 'mount the past few days, altho' i skipped sun. i feel like i've gotten back into the swing'f things w/ skatin'... sort'f. i mean, i've never been super good @ skateboarding, so... *shrug* i started droppin' in from 50.50 in the medium bowl / 0.5pipe (halfpipe). i think i was doin' backside 50.50 axle stalls in the medium bowl on sat morn, wasn't i? *shrug* i 4get. neway, i've also started prakticin' more frontside kick turns n' even do those li'l rear axle pivot grinds frontside instead'f just backside. that's a big breakthru. i don't wanna be "backside beno." neway, i came home, thinkin' that kaela'd be ready to make 뗙만두국 dduhkmandoogook (rice cake n' dumpling soup), but no... she was still in bed, which didn't surprise me. i tried to take care'f kaela. i walked sooni. then, i rode my bike to 한국 마켓 hangook market to buy just a few gro¢eries: 멸치 myuhlchi (dried anchovies), some dried oyster shrooms, a 양파 yangpa (onion), n' some 반찬 banchan. i came home n' tried to wake kaela up 4 dinner... well, i cooked 뎍만두국 dduhkmandoogook all by myself. it turned out ok, but just ok. 2morrow, i've gotta go back to werk.
so what's been up? hrm... kaela n' i used many, many giftcheck ¢oupons. on thurs nite, we ate @ vaqueros chop house (bogo). i think it used to be a mexican.style restaurant, but now it's a middle eastern / persian style restaurant. on fri? 4 lunch, kaela n' i went to left @ alburquerque ($10 off). then, we got chai drinks from coffee society (bogo). we went to the 4 dinner, sunnyvale chipotle w/ mark n' grace. i used my "free dinner for four" voucher that i got from icer air. on sat? :-/ hrm, in the morn, i went to the sunnyvale skate park, as i sed. then, kaela, sooni, n' i went to the santa clara farmers market, which was really small on this particular sat. uhm, after that, kaela n' i ate lunch @ queen of sheba (bogo), an interesting ethiopian dive in the rose garden area'f san josé. 4 dinner? oh yah, kaela n' i ate @ ravioli's a fast italian pasta joint (bogo) in the westgate west area. then we went to watch the pursuit of happyness @ santa clara's amc mercado 20. on sun, kaela didn't wake up in time 4 the 1st service @ grx, but we went to the 1100a, 2nd service. after service, we went out to lunch @ tomatina w/ pastor ali n' his wife karen. after that, we took sooni to santana row, where we got some huge smoothies @ smoothie king (bogo). then, we brought sooni to stanfurd mall. we visited our friends mac n' stephanie @ their artificial christmas tree store @ the mall: balsam hill. on our drive back home, we stopped by 갤러리아 프라자 (galleria plaza) to get some gro¢eries n' some soju.type liquor to bring to the party. we bought some 군 고구마 goon gogooma (roasted yams) from an 아저씨 ajuhssi outside'f the market. he was sooo enamoured by sooni... which isn't unexpekted. if he wasn't absolutely in love w/ sooni, i'd hafta scratch my head n' wonder. kaela cooked some 수제비 soojeibi from 1'f those refrigerator packs. it was good. then, we both kind'f fell asleep on the couch 4 a while. i started thinkin', "wow, maybe we can skip the new yr's eve party, sleep early, n' then go snowboarding on new yr's day." *sigh* well, my hopes were totally killed soon enuf. :-/ it's not that i'm anti.social: i like our friends; but well... the idea'f goin' to a party where ppl just get drunk n' stuff seriously doesn't appeal to me as much as the chance to go snowboarding. i dunno... maybe i'm turnin' into a big kid or sumpthin'. skateboarding n' snowboarding r much more appealing to me than gettin' drunk. sorry, but yah. i don't wanna miss out on life, u know?
well, it's been a few days'f lots'f fud, lots'f eatin' out. *sigh* it's a new yr now. resolutions? yah, i toldju 'bout 1 already: i resolve to keep my sideburns shaved. what else? well, along the lines'f what i was just talkin' 'bout, i'm wanna make some kind'f resolution 'bout drinkin' less alkohol... i'm thinkin' i'll resolve "not to get drunk." to some'f my friends that sounds like i'm aiming low; to others it sounds like i'm aimin' hi. furthermore, to some "drunk" is relative. the whole term "buzzed" sure creates 'lot'f probs. i recently saw ads that say sumpthin' like "buzzed driving is drunk driving." that's true. well, what else? i should resolve sumpthin' 'bout grx's unstoppable campaign, that i'll fulfill my pledge, etc. what else? *shrug*
목요일 점심: ¢oupon ¢ode 4 free shipping on up to 100 prints @ snapfish: freeshipjan. what's up? i sure haven't been writin' in my journal much this yr. *sigh* i dunno why. well, i s'ppose it's simply cos i've been so bizzy. what else can i say?
오후: thanks to bronx's junkyard, i have plenty'f hip, trendy pop tune mp3 albums on my lg chocolate playin' thru my motorola ht820 bluetooth headfons: fergie, gwen stefani, lady sovereign, fin.k.l's latest digital album, big bang, 비 bi (rain), jin da mc, christina aguilera, jojo, the pussycat dolls, ... these are some really hip groups rt now, eh? really trendy! u know that the beautiful kaela hwang got me these motorola ht820 bluetooth headfons 4 christmas, rt? i also got some new cds from our friend kaz from taekwondo: jars'f clay's good monsters n' relient k's mmhmm. kewl!
a few months 'go i was reading vibe magazine's short article on bluetooth headfons. the 1s they mentioned were: 1) samsung sbh 170 ($120), 2) jabra bt620s ($130), 3) blueant x5 stereo ($140), 4) plantronics pulsar 590a ($250), 5)motorola ht820 ($119), 6) bluetake iphono bt450rx ($109). if i had bought myself some bluetooth headfons, i wouldn't've gone so extravagant. i would've settled 4 the iogear 1s that were like $89 or less during christmastime. i wasn't tho' gonna settle 4 the logitech 1s: i heard 2 many bad things n' not 'nuff good things 'bout'em.
well, it's been a slightly bizzy wk. mon was new yr's day. kaela pretty much didn't get out'f bed the entire day. on tues, i had to return to werk. even tho' i skateboarded 'lot last wknd, i didn't skateboard @ all this werkwk! *sigh* i seriously dislike that. i was making such good progress. i noticed that the toeside'f my tail has gotten worn cos'f all the backside pivots that i do. i ride my skateboard as a twin tip, so i use the nose as a tail as well, thus the heelside'f the nose is also worn, since it's the toeside'f the tail when i'm usin' it as a tail. wow, i'm glad i got this twin tip kind'f shape cos i'm gettin' like 2ice the life out'f my deck, 'specially since i can't nollie n' can't really ride switch/fakie. i can totally snowboard switch/fakie, but i can't really skateboard switch/fakie. i was reading in future snowboarding magazine 'bout the debate re: whether snowboard tricks r ever really "switch" n' not always "fakie." the debate arises cos ridin' fakie implies that u'r ridin' backwards on ur board, while ridin' switch implies that u'r ridin' 4wards but that ur board's flipped 'round. w/ snowboard bindings the way they've been since the beginnin'f snowboarding, u can't possibly really flip ur board 'round backwards. maybe someday we'll invent some crazy binding system that'll allow 4 real "switch" ridin', but... *shrug* well, the way i figure it is this: if u ride a twin tip board n' use a duck or parallel stance, then u can say u ride switch. if u have a direktional board w/ 4ward binding angles, then u definitely should say all ur backwards tricks r fakie n' not switch. well... the pro snowboarder n' commentator/announcer todd richards sed in that magazine column that he now prefers the terms forward n' backward instead'f all this switch n' fakie stuff. true, it makes more sense to the gen'l viewing audience n' clears some confusion; but it sort'f takes some uniqueness 'way from the boardsports. :-/ after all, we pull 1080s n' not double axels. ('pparently, 'ccording to wiki, 1 "axel" = 1.5 rotations, so 1080 = 3 rotations = 2 ×: 1.5 rotations = 3 rotations.) oh well.
on tues, kaela's bro jay arrived @ our house. he's stayin' here this wk 4 a brocade class. on tues nite, we had him meet us @ the east arques 24 hr fitness, where kaela took a cycle class n' then joined me 4 a yoga class. i tried to take the cycle class 2, but they were 2 full. *sigh* after that, we went to our friends jane n' sean's house to pick up kaela's cellfon, wallet, n' scarf; which she left there after the new yr's party. then we went to eat a modest dinner @ cupertino's porridge place. we felt a li'l ripped off. 'gainst my volition, we left a really scrawny tip. we waitress kind'f scowled or 'least frowned. last nite, kaela n' i went to sach's turbo kick box (tkb) class. oh yah, 4 lunch yesterday we ate @ the sunnyvale una mas. i had this gallitos grillers steak burrito, n' kaela had this chicken margarita salad. we used this bogo (buy 1 get 1 free) ¢oupon that we got in the mail; a good deal. i didn't eat much 4 dinner last nite cos i had such a big lunch. we watched spirited away on dvd. 2day, @ lunch, kaela picked me up n' we went to ¢0$+¢0 to get homewood lift tix ($54/2pk), a 100.spindle'f dvd-rs ($39.99), n' some "hot n' spicy" pacific gold beef jerky. then we ate lunch @ sweet tomatoes.
[later] some alibris ¢oupon ¢odes (expire 2007년01월31일):
- textbooks3 $3 off $30+
- textbooks8 $8 off $80+
- textbooks10 $10 off $100+
월요일 아침: well, i continue to be 2 bizzy w/ life to updatechu 'bout it. is that ok? i hope it's ok. we've been bizzy snowboarding. this past wknd was the u.s. taekwondo akademy snow trip: 01월04일, 뽁 ~ 01월07일 일. we left on thurs nite, snowboarded @ homewood on fri, snowboarded @ northstar on sat, n' snowboarded @ sugar bowl on sun. *breath* wow, what a rockin' wknd... if i'm 'llowed to use that term. otherwise, what a uh... hrm... what's a word i'm 'llowed to use? "bodacious"'s definitely out. "b!¢hin'"'s 2 obscene 4 me n' also waaay passé. uh... "radical"? would that do? does it werk as a retro 1980s thing? *sigh* neway, 'twas a really fun wknd. i mostly rode freeride but got a few chances to hit terrain parks. wow, i aktually didn't get to ride ne terrain parks @ northstar, but @ homewood n' sugar bowl, i did. this was my 1st time @ homewood. uhm, it's seriously nuthin' special. the view's nice, but the lifts take so freakin' long! none'f them r detachable "express" lifts. they're all the ol' fashion lifts. no wonder only the non.hardcore ppl ever say they love homewood. they're just there 4 the nice view'f lake tahoe.
[later] i saw a bunch'f good deals on *buy.com*:
- kingston 1gb microsd card - $27.95 - $8.00 mib = $19.95
- transcend 4gb sd card - $49.95 w/ free s&h
- anycom bsh-100 bluetooth stereo headfons n' usb-200 bluetooth usb bundle - $69.99 - $20.00 mib = $49.99 w/ free s&h
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iomega silver series 320gb hi speed usb 2.0 external hard drive - $139.95 - $30 mib = $109.95
[later] the beautiful kaela hwang n' i rarely play video games, but we really want to play rayman: ravin' rabbids. we 1st saw the commercial last month, during our 12월 december tahoe trip, in our hotel room @ the resort @ squaw creek. we played it @ valley fair a couple'f wks 'go, while doin' after christmas $hopping. this past wknd, our student/friend chris brought the game n' his nintendo wii. we were 2 sleepy to play but wanted to.
[later]오후: i got a very interesting piece'f spam in my inbox this afternoon. it looked like sumpthin' i'd wanna read cos it talked 'bout all sorts'f issues i'd wanna discuss. hrm, weird. i bet this spammer has a program that searches profiles, webpages, n' blogs n' then generates spam msgs that look interesting to the recipient/viktim. check it out:
The Lord, and Satan in this case, knows that metal as we know it today needs more bands like Mastodon who understand more about shredding than they know about Soundscan.
subject: As a Democrat and a self-proclaimed Pro Choicer, I don't really see that I have a right to say ANYTHING about this.
from: Weiss <mlnze@adisciplednation.com>
date: Thursday, January 4, 2007 3:04:52 AM
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Try putting it on some morning when you wake up with a hangover - let it wash over you, giving you just enough rhythm to keep crawling forward.
I do hope things get better for you. Gay marriage - Okay, c'mon and just say it people: what's the big deal?
Thanks for the great article, TasT!
Any advise for Photoshop user on this one?
Rope an ole blue northern, and milk it til it's dry.
I am in similar circumstances as I enrolled in University at age 31.
I imagine you will be a fine engineer or architect one day. This album is the exact kind of album that blossoms as you listen to it.
Army for 6 years right out of High School, and then I got out and entered the conventional workforce.
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Glad to be back, things are still a little stressful, but everything should be pretty much undercontrol in the next few weeks.
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were originally released, The Clash forfeited their royalties so that the multi-record sets could be sold for the same price as a single album.
Swan Lake comes close to crafting a brilliant album, but the lack of true collaboration drags Beast Moans down and prevents it from being as good as any of their other projects.
All because people can't handle their dogs.
Luckily, there ARE men and women out there who only care about personality, so those ugly women and poor men out there do have a . This album is the exact kind of album that blossoms as you listen to it.
I can do without DesktopX and IconX, I can do without logons, bootscreens and cursors. I guess I'll find out soon.
Some better than others, yes, but none would fall into the category of unlistenable, horrible, or Down In The Groove. I want quiet but, that will probably make things worse.
well, during my lunchbrk, i went 4 a quick lunchtime skate sesh @ the sunnyvale skate park. crazy, huh? shameless, eh? *sigh* 3 days in a row'f snowboardin' n' then i'm back on my skateboard, eh? yah, that's just the way it is 4 me. it's a way'f life. i'm a skater/skateboarder. i'm a snowboarder. what's up? what's wrong w/ that? some guys play basketball @ lunch, some play ultimate frisbee, some jog, some cycle, some lift weights, some do stairmaster. me? i go n' skate/skateboard @ lunch. no biggie. 4 lunch, i ate a grilled chicken sandwich from my werk.com cafeteria.
2day, durin' my skate sesh; yah, i was happy to be back on my skateboard 'gain; n' i felt that this time, it didn't take me 2 long to get back into the swing'f things. i could do backside rear axle grinds, i could ollie, i could do backside 50.50 axle stalls, i could do some frontside rear axle grinds. i felt like i was back where i left off; that i didn't take ne major steps backwards. the crowd during lunchtime was a nice crowd. i saw a few'f the morn regulars from the morn crew. there were a few kids. there was this 1 southeast asian dude that i'd cn b4 during my last lunchtime skate sesh, i think. i didn't have ne extra sunblock w/ me but wish i did. that was 1'f the reasons i kept my skate sesh kind'f short. also, i went to ¢0$+¢0 to fill up on 87 oktane gas @ 2.539/gal.
[later] was it last wk or the wk b4? :-? oh yah, 'twas on 2006년01월30일. 2 sats 'go, kaela n' i watched the pursuit of happyness after eatin' dinner @ uh... where was it? :-? oh yah, raviolis in campbell. we used a bogo gift¢he¢k$ ¢oupon. i definitely expekted it to be as good as it was cos'f all the hype. i knew it'd provide good competition 4 dreamgirls in the fight 4 the oscars. i expekted to like it cos it's 'bout a dad strugglin' to provide 4 his family, n' yah... i totally feel that... even tho' i'm not a dad... just the dad to sooni (our doggy): 순이 아빠 sooni abba. however, u do realise that i have this 1 particular rule 4 movies, rt? i believe every movie needs an element'f romance. it doesn't need to be the main focus'f the movie, but the movie needs to have some element'f romance. the pursuit'f happyness? well, there was the conflikt btwn will smith's charakter n' his wife, but... that was really nething romantik to me. not really... i like will smith. on some web profile somewhere, i was asked to list my heroes. i 4got to include him. i think he's a good guy, as far as celebs go. *sigh* i wonder what kind'f dad i'll be when i "grow up." this wknd, i saw on the slopes a dad snowboardin' while holdin' his kid up on his snowboard, i.e. the kid was pretendin' to be snowboardin' on his dad's deck. *sigh* wow, i think that's a good snowboardin' dad.
[later] so kaela's bro was @ our house last wk. last wk was a strange wk. it flew by. mon was new yr's day, i werked 4 3 days, n' then i took fri off 4 the snowboarding trip. the wk flew by. still, kaela n' i managedto go to the gym (24 hr fitness) quite a bit. now, 2day was kaela's 1st day back @ skool. we finally really need to get back into the swing'f things, back into certain routines. i've gotta get organised 4 both my taekwondo class n' 4 my church small grp. u should realise that those r my 2 big leadership responsibilities.
[later] after this wknd's snow trip, w/ my mp3 cd soundtrack in my car, i think i'm pretty much all fergied n' gwen stefanied out. i'm also quite christina aguilera'd out. i'm still up 4 jars'f clay n' relient k, tho'.
"who i am hates who i've been" by relient k from their mmhmm album
i watched the proverbial sunrise
stop right there
i'm sorry for the person i became
i talked to absolutely no one
and i heard the reverberating footsteps
and i can’t let that happen again
who i am hates who i’ve been
©2006 capitol
coming up over the pacific
and you might think i’m losing my mind
but i will shy away from the specifics
cause i don't want you to know where i am
cause then you'll see my heart in the saddest state it’s ever been
and this is no place to try and live my life
that’s exactly where i lost it
see that line
well i never should've crossed it
stop right there
well i never should've said that
it’s the very moment that i wish that i could take back
i'm sorry that it took so long for me to change
i'm ready to be sure i never become that way again
cause who i am hates who i've been
who i am hates who i've been
couldn't keep to myself enough
and the things bottled inside had finally begun
to create so much pressure that i'd soon blow up
syncing up to the beating of my heart
and i was positive that unless i got myself together
i would watch me fall apart
cause then you'll see my heart in the saddest state it’s ever been
and this is no place to try and live my life
and who i am will take the second chance you gave me
who i am hates who i’ve been
cause who i’ve been only ever made me
[later] 져녁: the new yr has started. new yr's resolutions r underway. what r ur resolutions? plz fill out my gbook n' discuss. 1'f my resolutions involved alcohol consumption. maybe many other ppl in this world made new yr's resolutions involving alcohol consumption. i assume more ppl resolved to drink less alcohol than those whio resolved to drink more alcohol. as i sed it may sound like big or small goal to u that i resolved not to get drunk this yr. some'f my friends get drunk often, n' some'f my friends can honestly say they've never been drunk. i have been drunk b4, i've gotta admit. however, i've always believe in not usin' alcohol to escape reality or even relieve stress but just to complement a meal or to celebrate. i've sed that, in gen'l, i won't drink by myself; n', in gen'l, i won't drink if i'm not happy. that's my belief. also, i feel i learned sumpthin' last yr: i came to believe that it's wrong to laff @ drunk ppl, that it's wrong to have fun @ the expen$e'f drunk friends. from those 2 statements'f my beliefs, i'm pretty sick n' tired'f hearin' 2 things: 1) "so n' so got drunk, but she really needed it... she really needed to blow off steam." 2) "so n' so was sooo funny when he got drunk." pastor dave's asked a few times b4 in sermons 4 us to find the 1 thing in this world that u just "can't stands no more." @ this moment in my life, i feel this's the thing "i can't stands no more." 4 every time i pressured a young friend to take a shot ('specially in the ol' cal taekwondo party crew days), i'm sorry. 4 every time, i did hoping 4 hilarious results, i'm especially sorry. i know i'm such a freakin' killjoy; n', 4 that, i'm just so.so sorry. some1 i knew in the past 1nce sed, "i'll apologise 4 things i do, but i'll never apologise 4 who i am." personally, i'm not 100% thrilled by that statement'f philosophy, n' i totally question the philosophies'f the person who sed that. however, maybe it sort'f fits my feelings 'bout this subject. honestly, my new yr's resolution; i may or may not fulfill it. there r times, i go out to dinner w/ kaela n' we order a bottle'f wine n' i drink 2 much. there've been times in the not distant 'nuff past that i let young friends pressure me into takin' 1 2 many shots. that shocks some'f u; that makes others'f u yawn. whate'er. we've all gotta wake up n' c how wide this world is.
화요일 아침: w/ the popularity'f her recent hit single "the sweet escape," gwen stefani has successfully completed her gradual metamorphosis into madonna. "true blue, baby, i love you."
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[later] 오후: 4 lunch, my_group@werk.com went to grand indian buffet. i'm stuffed. buffets rn't always a great idea. when i returned, i found on my desk a foto taken'f me as i was crossin' the finish line'f the 5k i did back in 2006년10월 (oktober 2006). 'member? oktober was a really bizzy month last yr. that was the 1st time i ran my company's 5k run w/o sooni. usually, the run's @ mission college, but this time 'twas on company property.
fergie's "london bridge..." why do fergie n' gwen stefani swear so much? fergie, gwen stefani, n' lady sovereign; they all swear so much. i wonder if ne1 made a new yr's resolution this yr to swear less. i'm sure some ppl did. why's it that last yr the pussycat dolls n' michael bublé were both popular n' sang the same songs: "sway" n' "feelin' good"? what's up w/ that? why's it cm to me that kids these days simply don't have much'f an attention span?! i had more'f an attention span when i was that age, didn't i?
last nite, the beautiful kaela hwang n' i went to the gym (24 hr fitness, fremont ave in sunnyvale). i skipped my usual sach's turbo kick box (tkb) class @ the east arques ave, sunnyvale 24 hour fitness. my left knee felt arthritik neway, potentially aggravated by my lunchtime skate sesh (skateboard session) @ the sunnyvale skate park after 3 days in a row'f snowboarding in tahoe. kaela went to the hip.hop dance class, n' i wanted to go as well; but i got there 2 late from werk. i saw our friend darrell there in the weight room, so we just lifted, while our wives did the hip.hop dance class. after the gym, kaela n' i went to trader joe's to buy some gro¢eries. we went home n' ate a trader joe's flatbread thingy (sort'f like pizza) - which we bought on our last trader joe's expedition, not this 1 - n' some leftover organik salad from the snow trip. we watched 복수는 나의 것 boksooneun nauyguht (sympathy for mr. vengeance)
[later] i realised sumpthin': the item that prob'ly popped up in the most grp pix this winter's the nintendo wii remote controller!!!
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수요일 아침: *sigh* i wish i could hang out all day @ the sunnyvale skate park. this morn, i did take sooni 4 a walk on skateboard, but i didn't get to hit up the sunnyvale skate park. *sigh* i wish i could've. in some ways, reality bites.
[a li'l later] i found some more great links off'f (super)dave kim's starkdavingmad.com (sorry 4 always bitin' off'f u, dave... i hope it's 'nuff that i give u credit 4 posting the links): from best'f craigslist (san diego), "how to tell your friend his cat's dead" n' "how to search amazon for deals" (but, of course, use my amazon link
[later] i'm pretty scared'f rebate deals nowadays. how 'boutchu? [just a li'l later] r ur $pending n' budget under control now in this post.holiday season? r u ready 4 v.day? the next major blow to ur wallet, 'specially 4 guys/men. [a li'l later] i've been debatin' whether'r not to buy the entertainment book 2007, a book'f ¢oupon$ to local restaurants etc. last yr, i bought the gift ¢he¢k$ book 4 $10 @ the santa clara farmers market, but i bought it like in feb... 'twas that winter day when i ordered my skateboard from tactics.com, i think. i think 'twas a cloudy day, but i 4get. i know kaela was gone 4 some chiropraktic thing, n' i felt really restless. neway, i can get the entertainment book 2007 4 $22. that's more than $10, obviously. however, this book does have some ¢oupon$ to nicer restaurants like monsoon in mtn view on the chic castro. [a li'l later] oh, ok... the day i bought my skateboard was 2006년01월21일. i received it on 2006년01월25일. we're almost @ my 1.yr anniversary'f my return to skateboarding. however, maybe what's more significant'll be my 1.yr anniversary'f my 1st visit to the sunnyvale skate park, which was in 2006년05월 may'f 2006. aktually, 'twas 2006년05월20일.
[later] 오후: during my lunchbrk, i went over to palmer west chiropraktic college's tasman clinic to get treated by the beautiful kaela hwang. afterward, we had a hasty lunch @ the nearby extreme pita. [later] kaela had a small (6")gyros sandwich, n' i had a "regular" or large (9") philly cheesesteak sandwich. extreme pita isn't a terribly terrific joint, but it's ok. i can find better falafel sandwiches @ house'f falafel, falafel drive in, or eat.a.pita; better gyros sandwiches @ yiasoo, athena grill, or daphne's; better cheesteak sandwiches @ steven's cheesesteaks, the cheesesteak shop, or i.b. hoagie's. this place tries to do so much, but it ends up being just so.so @ all'f'em. still, the fud's decently fresh, healthy, n' customisable. i appreciate the option to add hummus to my sandwich @ no additional charge. on our way back to my car from this quick, quick lunch, we ran into my sister grace's friend leena's husband omar. i already knew he werks in that area 4 a silikon valley semiconduktor company. silikon valley @ lunchtime.
i didn't really get ne exercise 2day, n' that's bad. ever since we came back from the recent snow trip, i've had tortilla chips in my car. i've been eatin' them every.so.often, 2 often. 2nite, i'll miss both sach's n' will's turbo kick box (tkb) classes cos i've got a "core" mtg 4 my grx t3 light couples bible study small group. if i hadn't had my chiropraktic apptmnt this noon, i would've hit up the sunnyvale skate park 4 'nother lunchtime skate sesh. sure, skateboarding's not conventional exercise, but it's better than most ppl'll ever know.
[later] i'm glad that we went to tahoe last wknd cos i didn't plan on goin' to tahoe this wknd cos it's mlk, jr. wknd, n' thus tahoe'll be super.crowded. my ol' cowerkers from the college program r goin' snowboarding over the 01월26~28일 wknd. however, kaela's gettin' lasik done the next wk - not so much 4 cosmetik purposes but 4 serious health purposes since she's been gettin' frequent eye infektions from her contakts. 4 lasik, she hast'a stay off'f contakts 4 a wk, ie 7 days. she can't snowboard w/o contakts rt now, so she wouldn't be able to go snowboarding that wknd. however, *shrug* maybe i'll try to make a day trip on that sat to meet up w/ my cowerker friends. [later] in ne case, this wknd... i didn't plan on snowboarding this wknd. i planned on usin' this wknd to 1) do base repair n' maintenance on my snowboard, 2) skateboard @ the sunnyvale skate park, 3) catch up on household maintenance tasks - somehow mount the hot surface ignitor in the furnace, despite the fakt that the technician from performance air n' heating took the bracket w/ him; finally take down the christmas tree; finally get rid'f some yard waste; gen'lly clean up / tidy up... i also have some issues pertaining to 'puter hardware, 'puter software, 'puter files (musik, pix) to sort out. dude... there's always some werk to do 'round the house. i've sed b4 that in the modern era, u hafta do housekeepin' in ur house n' also do housekeepin' in ur 'puter. crazy.
u may've overlooked or 4gotten that my palm tungsten t5 pda's been in the shop 'gain 4 repairs since b4 the winter break. yup. *sigh* yup, it broke down 'gain. i'm s'pposed to get it back soon. i'm contemplating this tho': what if i sell off the refurbished unit that they'll send me n' then buy a brand new palm t|x like kaela's? the advantage? built.in wi.fi. the disadvantage? less built.in storage. let's find the aktual specs to compare: the t|x has "128mb w/ 100mb accessible to user." the t5 had "256mb flash memory (215 mb available): 55mb program memory, 160mb internal drive." processors? t|x: intel 312 mhz arm.based processor. t5: intel xscale processor (arm) 416 mhz. *sigh* dude, it's a real toss up!!! the main advantage to sellin' off the refurbished unit n' buyin' a new t|x'd be to get a full warranty. built.in wifi? yah, that's nice, but i've already got the wi.fi sd card... which is only so.so convenient, of course.
[just a li'l later] 저녁: i just realised that, this past sat, i could've gotten us northstar tix 4 $43 instead'f $44 if i'd shown my tahoe card instead'f that ubiquitous snowbomb.com coupon. [a li'l later] *sigh* yah, i've gotta figure out how to $ave $$$ here n' there. 1) i $pent a bundle @ christmastime, tryin' to be a nice santa, 2) my pay¢he¢k's gettin' slashed cos i'm puttin' more $$$ into fsa 4 kaela's upcomin' lasik surgery, n' 3) i've gotta $ave $$$ to contribute my pledge to the grx unstoppable campaign.
목요일 아침: last nite, the beautiful kaela hwang met w/ our grx t3 light small group bible study's "core" group/team @ l&l hawai.ian restaurant aka l&l drive inn. [later] kaela ordered the lau lau mini plate, n' i ordered the large seafud combo "e" plate, which included fried fish (mahi mahi?), fried shrimp, n' kalua pork (w/ cabbage). 'pparently, many ppl specify kalua pork w/o cabbage. the fud was all good, but i sensed the presence'f msg. after our dinner mtg, kaela n' i drove over from campbell back to santa clara, to the mercado to watch code name: cleaner @ amc mercado 20. kaela fetched us a grande 녹차 nokcha green tea latte from $tarbu¢ks, which she really drank almost 100% by herself as i got like 2 sips. since 'twas wed evening, we got 2 free small popcorns w/ our movie watchers cards. the movie was just so.so. we tend to watch these lucy liu movies to try to support an asian.am aktress, but... *shrug* i'm not so sure she does all that much 4 the asian.am community. personally, i detested her involvement in ally mcbeal as i totally hated that show. i don't feel she ever really plays charakters that truly posi+ively portray asian.am women. seriously! she's so borderline "good list" / "bad list." seriously! this movie? 'twas just so.so. cedric the entertainer was so.so funny. the whole movie kind'f reminded me'f jackie chan's the tuxedo. to spoil the movie, lemme tell u that, in the end, lucy liu kind'f flirts w/ cedric's char. that reminds me'f how jennifer love hewitt flirts w/ jackie chan @ the end'f the tuxedo.
when we came back from the movie, i installed the hot surface ignitor in our furnace w/o the necessary mounting bracket. i was n' still am worried that sumpthin'll go wrong cos i don't have the mounting bracket. the dude from performance air took our ol' hot surface ignitor n' took the mounting bracket w/ it. he was gonna charge us $234 to install this $33 part. grrr! they should've been honest w/ breakin' down how much the part'd cost n' how much the labour'd cost. that's what andy kwon @ ace auto does. he's honest. last nite, we were warm in our house 4 the 1st time in a long time. i researched on line the idea'f buyin' a whole new, diff hot surface ignitor that comes w/ its own mounting bracket from ignitersdirect.com.
[later] 오후: during my lunchbrk, i sold off the 512mb ipod shuffle (1st gen) that i won @ the grand re.opening'f the santa clara safeway on homestead n' kiely back in 2007년12월 dec 2007. i sold it off 4 $40 to some1 from my company via our intranet classifieds. he told me some bad news 'bout the outlook 4 us employees. i dunno; i hope it's just rumour n' just rumour.
[later] after that, i met up w/ kaela @ 금봉황 geumbonghwang / china china 4 a buffet lunch. i felt kind'f uneasy while eatin' cos'f that bad rumour. still, i ate 'lot; 2 much. 2nite, s'pposedly we're goin' over to our student chris's apt in sunnyvale to eat some grilled, marinated steaks.
this morn, i took sooni 4 a walk on skateboard. while ollieing up a curb, i somehow fell on my rt knee n' rt palm. i made it up the curb, but somehow my rt (back) ft slipped off. *sigh* somehow i'm so less confidence while skatin' on the street than in the park. i've gotta overcome this fear'f streetskating!
금요일 점심: i found 'nother good link off'f (super)dave kim's starkdavingmad.com: "pho beef noodle soup history, recipe." dude, dave: i'm sooo sorry 4 always stealing ur links. seriously, if u need a favour sometime, then simply ask me! i think i neglekted to mention that on tues nite, the beautiful kaela hwang n' i went out w/ a few'f our u.s. taekwondo academy friends to the santa clara pho hoa, rt in the heart'f k.twon (koreatown) on el camino real @ flora vista. i wanted to get their "special" bean drink w/ my rare steak n tripe noodles, but they were out; so i ordered the avocado shake, which was very tasty. we tied sooni outside by the door. she was a good doggy, but this 1 middle.aged couple was leavin', n' the woman was all scared'f sooni... ridiculous! as kaela pted out, sooni slowly came up to her w/ her tail all wagging, n' all smiling. the owner had me move sooni off to the side. i was quite disgruntled, but i did it, n' i still left a good tip. *sigh* sooni's so sweet.
well, last nite, after taekwondo praktice, as i sed we'd do, we went to our student chris's apt in sunnyvale to ea some steaks n' play rayman: raving rabbids on his wii. it was really fun.
[later] 오후: 2day, @ lunch, kaela picked me up, n' we went to 명동 순두부 myungdong soondubu; where kaela ordered her usual 버섯 순두부 buhsuht soondubu, n' i ordered 섞어 순두부 sukkuh soondubu. i noticed things've changed there: 1) the 순두부 찌개 soondubu jjigae prices've gone up by $1 - kaela pted out that the prices haven't risen in ~4 yrs, n' 2) the restaurant has a whole new marketing scheme, including a new logo n' a website tofucabin.com. 3) they have fancy menus that look like they belong @ a fancy korean restaurant like boas. (is that place 'round nemore? un4tunately, i don't think so.) 4) some young, 2nd gen korean.amerikan dude cms to be managing the restaurant. 5) they have more waitresses. 6) they have a new 2nd lokation in san mateo.
i feel like i never really 4malised or finished my new yr's resolutions. have u made ne?
월요일 오후: my pants r fittin' 2 well these days, if u know whad'ah mean. i haven't been gettin' 'nuff exercise n've been eatin' way 2 much. *sigh* on sat nite, 심 사범님 shim sabuhmnim (master shim) had us instruktors over @ his house 4 dinner. 사모님 samonim (master's wife) cooked lots'f good 한식 hanshik korean fud: 낙지 볶음, 잡채, 떡볶이, 불고기, 새우 튀김, 슈마이, 연어, 게장, ... nakji bokkeum (spicy oktopus stir fry), jabchae (special, clear, bean noodles), dduhkbokki (rice cakes in spicy sauce), saewoo twigim (shrimp tempura), shumai, yunuh (salmon), geijang (spicy, marinated, raw crab), ... it was very delicious, all'f it. we had a really fun time. i was honestly very disappointed thi past thurs to c that the so.called "adult" black belt class was mostly kids. i was happy to get to hang w/ the adults on sat nite. i realise that the best way to get more adults in our "adults" black belt class's to teach my adult beginners well so that they become black belts. it's not that i hate kids or nething, but it takes 'way the important social aspekt'f the class when ur classmates can't go out w/u after class n' can't relate to u @ all. they're all talkin' 'bout hi skool (or worse, middle skool), n' we're talkin' 'bout careers or 'least college. like, it's 'least easier to relate to kids that r like 16 n' up. under 14? it's hard. furthermore, it's weird cos it's startin' to be that i'm closer in age to these kids' parents than to these kids, u know? that's kind'f weird.
[later] on sun, the beautiful kaela hwang n' i tried to go to grx's 1st service but couldn't wake up, so we went to the 2nd service, where i won a grx beanie 4 answerin' a grx history trivia question on the 5th anniversary service 4 our church. the question was: who's the oldest grx staff member, n' i knew the answer was pastor ali. after service, kaela n' i ate dim sum 4 a late lunch @ canton delites in cupertino. then we stopped by home to do some random chores n' walk sooni b4 goin' out to oakridge mall's gymboree 4 our nephew nolan's 2nd b.day. on the way, we stopped by the homestead safeway to buy him a mylar balloon. it had a froggy on nit n' sed "hoppy birthday." @ 1st, we wanted to get him an elmo balloon, but safeway didn't have ne more'f'em. @ the party, my sister gave me her camera, n' i took pix. i felt like a professional event fotographer, like a wedding fotographer. 'twas fun. i ate some costco sushi n' costco croissant sandwiches, n' some b.day cake. after the party, kaela n' i went to borders in oakridge mall n' sat 'round. we were waitin' to have dinner w/ ken n' grace. later, we ate dinner w/'em @ cali4nia pizza kitchen. i ordered the new mango tandoori chicken pizza on honey wheat crust. 'twas just like the ol' tandoori chicken pizza but w/ mango. kaela ordered some kind'f thai pasta w/ shrooms n' chicken. kaela n' i also shared a "2 in a bowl" soup w/ some kind'f healthier barley soup n' an unhealthy adobe chicken chowder soup. i only chose that 1 cos it reminds us'f sierra@tahoe n' also normally costs more than the 3rd choice'f soup, which was sumpthin' healthier. neway... *sigh* i've been eatin' 2 much lately. eatin' 2 much n' exercisin' 2 li'l.
it's been really cold lately in the bay area. on sat morn, i went to the sunnyvale skate park; but i haven't been goin' so much lately. i think the thing i werked on the most was doin' frontside kickturns. i made a lot'f progress over winter brk, but now i'm kind'f stagnant 'gain. it's almost the 1.yr anniversary'f my return to skateboarding.
[later] this morn, i really wanted to hit up the sunnyvale skate park but didn't. i did however skateboard w/ sooni. there's a prob: she tends to pull while i'm crossin' the street, which prevents me from prakticin' ollieing up curbs. i had to bail on the 1st'f my 2 usual curbs but did make it up the 2nd. @ the sunnyvale skate park, there's this 1 dude w/ a mutt that aktually rides his skateboard in the park. can u believe that? it's pretty kewl. however, as the doggy rides the board, he also tends to chew on its nose. that's bad. i'd like sooni to be able to ride my skateboard like that. i trust that she wouldn't chew on its nose.
well, @ lunch, i did 2 things: i got my car washed @ santa clara lozano's brushless car wash n' had lunch w/ kaela @ king noodle house on el camino real @ lawrence expressway in the 갤러리아 프라자 (galleria plaza) strip mall that also used to have compusa. i don't think that style'f soup noodle's very healthy. it's sort'f a southeast asian / chinese version'f in.n.out, u know? i don't think it could possibly be healthier than burgers, just fast n' ¢heap like burgers.
when i go to the sunnyvale skate park in the morn, i get decent exercise ridin' the bowls. when i just skateboard 'round the block w/ sooni, i don't get much exercise. as i did last wk, i'm gonna try 'gain 2nite to go w/ kaela to the hip.hop dance class @ 24 hr fitness. last wk, i couldn't join the class cos i got there way 2 late cos'f werk.
화요일 오후 hwayoil ohoo: ugh, i'm havin' all sorts'f puter_probs@werk.com. i need to get my werk done. i've got ppl breathin' down my neck. that's simply how it is 'round here. i notice we didn't make fortune magazine's list'f companies to werk 4. werk's sometimes fun, but i take 'lot'f abuse here. some ppl simply rn't very nice to me n' don't make my life ne easier. however, there r nice ppl here n' there.
[later] i was talkin' to a cowerker friend chris re: pda (like palms), smartfons, n' other cellfons. i'm still undecided whether to continue tryin' to sell off my palm tungsten t5 n' get a tungsten tx or to keep my recently refurbished palm tungsten t5. it's a toss up. each has its advantages n' disadvantages. why can't i have the best'f both?!
during my lunchbrk, i snuck off to the sunnyvale skate park n' had a great lunchtime skate sesh. dude, i'm so diggin' these lunchtime skate seshes cos it makes werkin' @ my location all that more worth it. well, 2day, i got to the park, n' there were lots'f those 20.sumpthin' yr.old guys who r aktually pretty good. they're the 1s that've been (continuously) skatin' since they were kids n' can do lots'f good tricks, etc. they're not like me. i fit in better w/ the older guys who r tryin' to relearn or else tryin' to do stuff they never could do when they were younger buy wished that they could. . . . [unfinished entry]
수요일 아침 sooyoil achim: ugh, what a not.so.good morn. i had an awful nite w/o ne good sleep cos the beautiful kaela hwang was coughin' n' wheezin' all nite. sooni didn't like it but was tryin' to sleep on the floor'f our room. she scratched @ the door to try to get us to let her out. i called her over to the bed n' made her lie there n' told her, "if i hafta put up w/ this, then so do u!" poor doggy. this morn, we all woke up late, very late. sooni looked sooo groggy! i didn't ahve time to take her on her morn walk, but she looked fine w/ that. she just wanted to go into the living rm n' curl up in her bed.
*sigh* some scary, bad news: "Heating home takes chilling toll: COST OF WARMTH: JANUARY PG&E BILLS TO RUN 10 PERCENT OVER PROJECTIONS." (http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/16478718.htm) (printable version)
[later] on mon nite, kaela n' i went to the 24groove / super street hip hop dance class @ the fremont ave 24 hr fitness in sunnyvale. we saw our friends elaine n' darrell there @ the gym. i hope we'll get to hang w/ 'em more. after that, we came home n' ate some leftovers from sun nite's dinner @ cpk. we also ate 1'f the 3 samosas that we bought @ the santa clara farmers market on sat early afternoon. we watched the golden globe awards. i'm glad dreamgirls got lots'f awards. it's also nice that ugly betty, the english language remake'f betty la fea did well. i haven't watched it tho'. neither have i cn babel, but i want to. i wish the pursuit of happyness did better. i wish heroes or lost beat grey's anatomy. i hate hospital/doktor shows! furthermore, i question whether sandra oh is ne kind'f posi+ive influence on the asian.am kommunite despite her being in lots'f films that've been labeled as asian.am cinema. really, has she done nething to help the asian.am kommunite?!
[later] 오후 ohoo: well, i didn't get to talk 'bout sumpthin' yesterday: so i had a great, fun lunchtime skate sesh (skateboarding session) @ the sunnyvale skate park yesterday. however, when i got there, no 1 was wearing pads or helmets, so... immature me, i decide to skate (skateboard) w/o pads or helmet. well, i simply played it safe n' didn't push myself 2 hard. well, all was fine; but then there was 1 incident that ended my skate sesh: i ollied onto this metal copinged ledge that's just a li'l taller than ur avg curb. i 50.50 grinded it fine n' even popped off w/ a decent dismount. however, soon after i rode 'way from the ledge, i stepped off my board to stop; n' somehow... carelessly, i let my foot step on the nose or tail'f my board n' the other end (tail or nose) popped up n' whacked me in the rt knee. ow. it wasn't really hard, but it hit me in just the rt (wrong) place. it stung really bad, so i sort'f skated in a limping manner over to a bench ledge n' sat down n' rubbed it out, while coolin' it off w/ the cold metal coping on the ledge. *sigh* it just hit @ just the rt place, @ just the rt angle. it's like it hit me in a pressure pt or sumpthin'. well, i ended my skate sesh there n' went back to my office. it hurt thru the evening n' nite n' this morn.
last nite was the 2nd time (i think) that i had to teach both the black belt n' adult beginners taekwondo classes. it's fun to have a evenin' full'f taekwondo. in a way, that brings me back to my "glorious" ucmap days. i was very happy that kaela came w/ me, n' we got to the dojang on time. i wore a neoprene knee brace on my rt knee, n' i felt my injury now n' then.
this morn, somehow kaela n' i woke up really late. well, as i sed, kaela was sick n' coughin' n' wheezin', which kept both sooni n' me up. i had to hurry off to the office to werk on some stuff 4 a mtg @ 1100a. after my mtg, i had to drop off my 'puter w/ the it dept to have them fix some stuff. i went home 4 lunch. i ate the 3rd n' last somosas (which we bought from the santa clara farmers market on sat) n' a can'f annie's organik low fat minestrone. i guess i also ate a tangerine. that kind'f tangerine's a minneola tangerine, rt? i tried to clean up the house a li'l n' do other housechores n' then took sooni 4 a walk on skateboard. i'm frustrated that she keeps pullin' @ this 1 particular street corner where i wanna praktice ollieing up the curb. my knee still hurt a li'l as i skated (skateboarded) 'round the neighbourhood w/ sooni.
is it true that there's mario kart 4 the new nintendo wii? this is the most tempted i've been to buy a video game console in ages!!! i really don't play video games n' feel i don't have time to do so. however, kaela's really into the cuteness'f ubisoft's rayman: raving rabbids, n' i can imagine gettin' into some skateboarding n' snowboarding games. i know there's tony hawk's downhill jam, but i'm much more interested in checkin' out tony hawk's project 8, which isn't out on the wii.
2nite, kaela n' i r goin' over to pastor abel n' annie's apt 4 a grx leaders dinner. the dinner's @ 630p. i thought 'twas @ 700p. i guess i've gotta bust out'f werk "early."
목요일 아침: what's up? how's it goin'? how'r u doin'? u know, i have a gbook (guest book) 4 u to sign. plz sign it. if u r here, readin' this page, then u ought to sign it. plz do. well, it's still pretty cold/chilly here in the cali bay area. aktually, all'f cali4nia's s'pposed to be pretty cold. i saw news footage'f snow in malibu, down in socal. i heard the grapevine - on (the) 5 - was closed yesterday cos'f snow n' ice. wow. i heard it snowed in various areas'f the bay area. yesterday, i saw snow atop mt. hamilton n' the other east side hills. that's kewl. last march (2006년), i took sooni up to the west side hills - in saratoga - to c (n' touch), the snow. that was fun. i'd like to do that 'gain this yr, but i dunno how the weather'll be. *sigh* it's been a relatively dry yr. is this "tundra" weather? it's been cold n' dry. we need more snow in tahoe!!! i guess dry weather's good 4 skateboarding. there's a posi+ive flip side, u know? last sat, when i was @ the sunnyvale skate park, there wws an icy patch on the medium bowl / 0.5pipe (halfpipe)'s roll in. i don't usually use the roll in but just drop in off my tail over the coping, but 'twas pretty kewl to be able to say in sunnyvale - as opposed to tahoe - that there was an icy patch in the 0.5pipe (halfpipe). kewl, huh? well, there're also icy patches on the sidewalks. when i skateboard in the morn w/ sooni, i sometimes run over the icy patches n' purposely push into a li'l slide, just 4 fun.
i may orn may not drive up to tahoe this sat 4 a day trip. all sorts'f old time p.crew ppl r goin' up w/ the absolute dragons dragon boat team, so i may join'em, but... *sigh* i dunno if i have a passenger or not. 1 friend sed he might come w/ me. we'll c. i'd really like to ride w/ some'f these ol' timers 'gain. it'd be such a reunion.
last nite, the beautiful kaela hwang n' i went to our frineds pastor abel n' annie's apt in sunnyvale 4 a nice dinner. we like hangin' w/ 'em.
[later] *sigh* what's up? i don't like how i simply don't have energy in the morn these days like i did in the summer. i used to be able to get up sooo early n' hit up the sunnyvale skate park in the morn so often. nowadays? not really.
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valid thru 2007년01월21일.
this morn, just as i stepped out the door to take sooni out on skateboard, i realised that i wasn't wearin' sunscreen. usually, i wear jack black double duty facial moisturiser w/ spf 20. over the past summer or so, to save $$$ n' to get more spf protektion, i switched to some coppertone spf 50 sublock. well, last month or so, i bought 'nother pump bottle'f jack black double duty facial moisturiser, so i've been tryin' to use that, but i sometimes 4get. u c, every morn, i use 2 bathrms! funny, huh? i do some'f my stuff in the master bathroom n' some in the hallway bathroom. i leave the jack black lotion in the master bathroom, but i prob'ly should keep it in the hallway bathrm. i end up usin' the coppertone spf 50 sunblock more often. it's good to have more spf, but i'm just worried that i'm givin' myself more zits w/ this sunblock. neway, 2day i 4got to use either, but as i brought sooni outside, i stepped back in n' noticed this 1 bottle'f ¢heap spf 45 sunblock that i got 4 free @ a werk.com picnic a couple'f yrs 'go or so. it has a strong piña colada scent, which kaela hates. i remebered sumpthin': the smell'f piña colada reminds me'f snowboarding - sunscreens, which i wear while snowboarding, often have a piña colada smell; n' snowboard wax sometimes has a piña colada scent!
[later] i'm curious 'bout nhs's ricta wheels. they cm to be pretty good. *sigh* i wonder what hardware i'd want if i were to get a new board. i could imagine this setup: santa cruz rob welsh deck, independent eric koston 129 low trucks, ricta 52mm aircore or core or star wheels... bearings? whoa, 1nce u get into bearings, u could go super hi end n' pay 'lot or go ¢heap. *sigh* like, aktually skateboarding's 1 hobby that's getting me back to my mechanical engineering roots. bearings r sumpthin' that mechanical engineers r very concerned 'bout. harndess'f wheels? yah, u use the shore durometer scale to measure wheels. that's 'nother mechanical engineering concept.
[later] 오후: so, even tho' i've been deprived'f the sunnyvale skate park lately; i s'ppose i'm gettin a decently helping'f sidewalk cruisin'. yah, as i sed earlier, i skateboarded w/ sooni this morn; but then, @ lunch, i went over to my chiropraktic apptmnt w/ kaela @ her new benton clinic location in the heart'f ol' town santa clara: kaela informed me that she'd be late, so i parked, grabbed my skateboard and skateboarded over to the nearby togo's to buy a regular sized #24 on honey wheat to go. i felt a li'l weird being there w/ my skateboard amongst ppl in nice bizziness attire, but... *shrug* i must've appeared like a santa clara university grad student. i saw this 1 guy @ the sandwich counter that i recognised. i believe he's a korean lawyer who's adverts used to run on korean tv in this area. i rode back to the clinic. just as i reached the parking lot, i crossed paths w/ a desi / south asian dude 'round my age who was skateboarding w/ a backpack on. he looked like a santa clara university grad student. *shrug*
[later] on mon nite, kaela n' i were watching the golden globe awards, as i mentioned in an earlier entry. durin' that, we saw a quick newsflash ad thingy 4 the 1100p news on nbc 11 re: netflix's "getting movies to you faster." in my head, i was thinking, "dude, they're gonna do online, streaming movies like movielink
." i was rt! i told kaela that i'd been thinkin' that but hadn't sed it aloud to her. she sed, "2 bad; u need to say it aloud 4 it to count." *sigh* that's true.
the next movie on our netflix.com queue, after kaela changed it, is the devil wears prada. up until, i had picked all the movies (selfish me, i know); n' i'd picked only korean movies. well, after she added all these other movies like brokeback mountain, i thought, "skrew it; i'm addin' that christian hosoi biopic!" oh yah, i should also add those dogtown skateboarding movies: lords of dogtown n' dogtown and z-boys. aktually, i noticed that they have plain out skate videos as well. i need to add those to the queue.
[later] my trader joe's $hopping list:
- trail mix (nuts, dried fruit, no bad sugars)
- kefir
- garlic naan (frozen pack)
- bagged salad
금요일 아침: 2day's the beautiful kaela hwang's n' my 3.5 anniversary. we won't get to celebrate 2nite cos we have bible study group. 2morrow, i'm drivin' my cousin walter up to tahoe n' mtg up w/ some ol' cal taekwondo p.crew friends, 1s that r (or were) on the absolute dragons dragonboat team. sun evening, we're s'pposed to take our friend duk out to dinner to thank him 4 all his soonisitting. it's bizzy life. i used to say sumpthin' like "it's a noisy life." "noisy life" was the title'f a song from an ol' j.drama (japanese drama, as opposed to k.drama 4 korean drama) called long vacation. : sure, i could use a long vakation! pressure's built up @ werk. am i 2 bizzy w/ extra.curriculars? well, rt now, it's mostly church n' taekwondo. when the wedding season resumes, things could get worse. i live a full life, but i don't wanna burn out. i don't wanna crash n' burn.
neway, i took a paragraph that started out 'bout keno n' made it all 'bout beno. >:-( [later] on mon nite, kaela put the dishes in the dishwasher b4 goin' to sleep. i appreciate that. also, i'm very happy that so far this 0.25, she's made time to have lunch w/ me n' go to the gym w/ me. i respekt her 4 takin' a firm stand on a certain issue: ppl in church tend to think that the idea'f keepin' a fit body is only tied to vanity. they cm to think that christians don't need to concern themselves w/ fitness, that if u werkout in the gym it's only cos u'r out to check out n' pick up on members'f the opposite sex n' that u'r just obsessed w/ ur looks. kaela's been tryin' to get ppl @ our church simply to have a better attitude 2wards health n' fitness. it's great. we need to be better stewarsd'f the bodies in which god has placed each'f us! seriously! no more'f this stuffin' faces w/ pastries n' donuts cos it's simply part'f church culture. no more!
토요일 밤, 1142p: i boarded @ sugar bowl 4 the 3rd time this season. 'twas my 8th day'f boarding this season. i drove up w/ my cousin walter n' met up w/ ol' friends mostly from the cal taekwondo p.crew crowd or else absolute dragons dragonboating team. when i returned to my car, i found an innes sticker on my window above my santa cruz snowboards sticker. i told walter, since it looked nice n' was nicely placed, i didn't mind.
월요일 아침 wuhlyoil achim: my laptop's bein' fixed, so i'm typin' this passage on my cellfon. how r u? how was ur wknd? mine was ok. sat @ sugar bowl was great. sun morn @ the sunnyvale skate park was great. i spent sun afternoon gardening in our front yard w/ sooni. well, b4 gardening, i went to costco to buy roses n' dahlias. [later; now, from laptop, not fon] 오후 ohoo: the beautiful kaela hwang was @ yet another chiropraktic seminar this wknd. i s'ppose i should be thankful that 'least these seminars r local. yah, it's 1'f the benefits'f livin' rt smack in the heart'f silikon valley. we live very close to the santa clara convention center, various big hotels, n' the ubiquitous techmart bldg. hrm, that was kind'f incorrekt use'f the wurd "ubiquitous," or 'least misleading use'f the wurd, eh? i mean to say that the techmart bldg is frequently used 4 seminars n' classes. the santa clara convention center, the adjacent hyatt, the hilton, n' the marriott r all used frequently 4 conferences, classes, seminars, tournaments, pageants, mtgs, convetions, etc. the marquee shared by the convention center n' the hyatt had an odd sequence'f messages this wknd: "2007 school nutrition conference . . . chef says chicken wings and beer for superbowl xli." ha ha ha! the 4mer was advertising the conference. the latter was an ad to bring ppl into the hotels bar to watch the superbowl. ha ha ha! shoot, i should've videotaped that marquee n' posted it up on youtube! grrr!
yesterday morn, i dropped kaela off 4 her conference 'round 900a. then, i went to the sunnyvale skate park 4 ~1.5 hrs. then, i went to church @ grx. then, i picked kaela up to have lunch w/ some'f our friends from church: david, deb, gregory, susan, david n' deb's kid jonathan, n' deb's mom. we ate @ 만두랑 칼국수 mandoorang kalgooksoo. the nice 아줌마 ajoomma was there, not the mean 1. the nice 1 likes sooni n' has us bring sooni into the restaurant. the mean 1's snobby n' akts like she's 2 good to be serving us. i'm sure she's lived a pampered life n' somehow just got dragged into helping out @ that restaurant. neway, after lunch, i hastily dropped kaela back off @ her seminar n' went to costc to buy a few things: 2 2pacs'f roses, 1 bag'f deep red dahlia bulbs (11 plants), some duck jerky 4 sooni, some natural peanut butter cookies 4 sooni, a flat'f unenvironmental kirkland bottled hsubo (swirly tops), a box'f larabars (apparently, a colorado.based company, unlike berkeley based clif bar n' powerbar.), some trumpet shrooms (locally grown), 2 bags'f 8 cali4nian avocados ($4.99/bag), a 4.box pack'f la vache qui rit (laffin' cow) light spreadable cheese... nethin' else? i don't think so. [later] oh yah, i did buy sumpthin' else: nature's path organik oatmeal: a big box'f li'l packets. nethin' else? yah, i don't think so. [later] then i drove home n' planted the flowers. after that, i started watching the devil wears prada, but then kaela called me @ some time btwn 630p n' 700p to pick her up from her seminar. originally, we were gonna take duk out to dinner 4 watchin' sooni, but he cancelled on us. instead, i brought kaela to kampai house to celebrate our 3.5 anniversary n' use a restaurant.com dining certificate. we had: wild orchid (shroom salad w/ pine nuts n' toasted garlic), k.h.c. (chicken skewers w/ asparagus), black n' blue (beef n' eggplant), hotate nigiri, ebi nigiri, "asian ice cream" (more like an asian sundae - vanilla aisukuriimu w/ red bean paste, condensed milk, a sliced up strawberry, n ' a sprig'f mint), n' many pots'f green tea. when i paid, the polite waitress told me i had to order $50'f fud to use my $25 restaurant.com
certificate, so we ordered a tsunami caliente roll to go. kaela was mad @ me cos she didn't like my selektion'f roses. *sigh* it wasn't pretty frustrating cos i'd spent so much time n' energy plantin'em. *sigh*
now 4 a bunch'f skateboarding articles that u don't care 'bout but i do:
"extreme success", a santa cruz metro article 'bout nhs, inc., the parent company'f santa cruz skateboards, santa cruz snowboards, independent trucks, ricta wheels, krux trucks, mob grip, nor*cal clothing, etc.
"flip skateboards dissected" - flip skateboards's 'pparently a british company. i didn't know that. some memorable quotes:
- "Why does a skateboarder care where a skateboard is laminated, as long as it's made of the correct materials? If it's made in the U.S., it's made by Mexicans. If it's made in China, it's made by Chinese. If it's made in Mexico, it's made by Mexicans. Where is the issue?" - boo!!!! >:- *thumb down* i wanna find out which skateboard manufakturers make their boards in the usa. i know indy trucks r made in the usa.
- "There has been a serious issue with contests probably for ten years in the U.S. Skateboarding has been wrongly allied with in-line skating, BMX, and all that garbage. It was very unattractive to the pros. They didn't even want to go to the events." - ooh, yah; i totally c his pt! skateboarding goes 'long w/ snowboarding n' surfing. it doesn't go 'long w/ bmx, mx, street luge, etc. well, maybe it shares more common connektions w/ street luge cos'f downhill skateboarding. downhill skateboarding kind'f like freeride snowboarding. :-/ hrm... n' i know inline skating has wheels, n' so does skateboarding... *sigh* neway, in my book, the boardsports belong 2gether, but i'm not into wakeboarding. i think the boardsports that don't associate w/ motorsports belong 2gether. i personally wouldn't mind cing skateboarding in the olympiks. i think snowboarding's doin' fine as an olympik sport... freestyle snowboarding, that is. i think boardercross n' the 0.5pipe r great snowboarding events, but i wish there were a slopestyle event in the olympiks.
"active halts sales Of blank skateboards"
- "In light of the recent outpouring of concern among skateboard manufacturers over the rise in popularity of blank and shop-branded skateboard decks, Active, California's largest skate retail chain, has reevaluated its hardgoods business model. . . Although Active Owner Shane Wallace says he always caters to consumer demand, he's willing to temporarily suspend the sale of blanks. . . While it's not exactly orthodox business to cease the sale of a product that's in demand, Wallace says his decision was based on ethics and his vision of sustaining a healthy market. 'I'm a Christian first, a businessman second, and I have to treat others the same way I would want to be treated,' says Wallace. 'ethics plays a big part in this decision. The $29.99 blank is a good portion of our skateboards sales. However, we're supporting a blank-board market that is spinning out of control.'" *ears perk up* kewl! more christians in the skateboarding world!
- "According to Wallace, the current production of super-cheap blanks in Asia will soon flood the market with commodity decks with prices lower than any skate shop can compete with. He says it's not a question of if, but when: 'The distribution on a blank skateboard is the demise of everyone that relies on selling only skateboards. Soon China will make these boards for a dollar and put them in Wal-Mart. That would totally hurt all of us. We have guys poaching our store parking lots, selling $19.99 blanks to kids on their way into our stores. It just feels wrong at this point. People will never remember Active for how much money we made. They will remember us for what he did to make a difference to positively impact our market.'" - as i sed earlier, yah, i wanna find out which skateboard companies manufakture in the usa n' support them. i especially wanna support bay area companies or 'least cali4nian companies, as u know... i guess, cali4nian companies often manufakture in china, so... more accurately, i wanna buy produkts produced in the usa by cali4nian companies. that sez it.
man, so i watched the devil wears prada. maybe u think i'd hate it cos it's a chick flick, but no! i really liked it. after all, i do really like fashion. 'member: when i'm depressed, sometimes goin' to sephora cheers me up cos i'm surrounded by so many diff colours. yah, that sounds a bit less than straight, but it's not like that, man. i like fashion. i don't like the terms "metro" n' "metrosexual" tho'. i don't really wanna be labeled as such. i guess lately, i've been dressin' down tho'. my wardrobe has been influenced a bunch by skateboarding n' snowboarding, so i don't look so "metro." however, aktually, lots'f my casual shirts r still kenny cole or br (banana republik), but they just look really casual. neway, i especially liked the devil wears prada cos it reminded me'f what it's like to werk in silly valley's semiconduktor industry, 'specially @ the biggest, most respekted company in its sektor. i kind'f stumbled 'pon my entrance into this great company. i didn't expekt it. i guess god really blessed me. however, i've felt weird @ times... i've felt "not worthy." when my company talks, ppl must listen. i feel kind'f weird sometimes havin' to be the mouthpiece. uh, u know what bunny suits r, rt? we wear bunny suits in the "cleanroom."
[later] juhnyuhk: this morn, i didn't take sooni on her usual morn walk. instead (poor her), i ditched her in the backyard w/ a plastic dish'f h2o. :-( then i took off to the sunnyvale skate park 4 a much needed early morn skate sesh (skateboarding session). i continued werkin' on the usuals: carvin' or kickturnin' frontside as well as backside, backside rear axle grinds, occasional frontside rear axle grinds, backside 50.50 axle stalls (in the medium bowl as well as the small bowl)... yah, i've been tryin' to do more in the medium bowl instead'f just the small bowl. it's often less crowded. i feel that ridin' the medium bowl's pretty good exercise cos i've gotta pump my legs. wow, come to think'f it, b4 i learned to drop in over copin', i used to ride the medium bowl more than the small bowl. i believe that this past wknd, i passed the 1 yr anniversary'f my return to skateboarding.
화요일 아침 hwayoil achim:: yesterday nite, i read on bronx's junkyard that korean pop singer 유니 u:nee hung herself in her dressing room. dude, that's really sad. it hasn't been 2 long since korean aktress 이은주 lee eunjoo killed herself. i think she jumped off a tall bldg; i 4get. neway, these r such tragik stories. :-( *sigh* 'twas sed that u:nee was really depressed that her latest mat'l wasn't very well received by the korean publik. she received harsh criticism on korean internet sites. *sigh* if only she knew how much fans @ bronx's junkyard liked her. in fakt, the day b4 yesterday, jerome (jet) had posted up an article on her upcoming album release as the front page article. then the next article was the announcement'f her suicide. dude, that's sooo sad. i dunno if it's true; but my feeling's that korean entertainers don't earn the megabu¢k$ that amerikan entertainers do. i think they make a very good living, but they rn't super, super, super rich. i think many'f them, even if they're pretty famous, simply maintain an upper middle class lifestyle. of course, i learned in sophomore yr hi skool social studies that most professional entertainers r teknically middle class n' not upper class cos they're still werkin' 4 their $$$. according to my teacher, u'r only upper class if u'r born into ur wealth. kaela asked why many korean entertainers disappear from the pop culture scene after they get married, n' i think it's cos they've earned 'nuff $$$ in their career 4 'least a com4table living n' rn't greedy 4 more. i think so. neway, wow... this suicide.... it's so sad that she hung herself cos i bet most ppl that do that like her don't hang themselves the way executioners hang some1. i think executioners hang ppl in such a way that their necks brk immediately n' then they die rt 'way. on the other hand, i ppl like u:nee who hang themselves end up slowly strangling themselves. *sigh* i think it's really sad.
neway, last nite, i went to the 24 hr fitness hip hop dance class, expekting to meet up w/ the beautiful kaela hwang n' our friends elaine n' darrell. in the end, i saw none'f them n' did the hip hop dance class all by myself. yah, that felt a li'l odd ('specially since the class's mostly gurls), but eh... afterwards, i came home, met w/ kaela, hurriedly changed back into my normal clothes (out'f my gym clothes) n' went w/ kaela to 시골집 shigoljip to meet up w/ duk to treat him to dinner to pay him back 4 all the soonisitting he did this past winter. we ordered 흑염소 전골 heukyuhmso juhngol n' 매운 가자미 조림 maeoon gajami jorim. the 아줌마 ajoomma also gave us an order'f 파전 pajuhn as "서비스 suhbiseu (service)" (on the house).
yesterday, i went to the sunnyvale skate park 4 a good, morn skate sesh (skateboarding session). 2day, i wanted to go 'gain but didn't. i simply took sooni 'round the neighbourhood on skateboard. 'least i ollied up those 2 curbs ok.
[later] *ohoo*: i'm 'f course havin' such a freakin' bizzy day. i ate a veggie wrap from the werk.com cafeteria in my cube 4 lunch. oh yah, i didn't mention that kaela n' i ate lunch @ java coffee town on el caminio real, near bowers, in the moonlite plaza yesterday 4 lunch. java town's a korean café that sells sandwiches. we went there cos we had a ¢oupon. aktually, we have a ¢oupon book 4 that plaza n' wanted to go to kabab korner in that same bldg, but 'tis closed on mons (mondays). thus, we used the buy 1 get 1 0.5 off ¢oupon 4 java town. java town used to be java city. i don't quite understand what's up. aktually, i just checked out the java city website (javacity.com) n' learned that java city has locations in only 3 countries: usa, ireland, n' south korea. interesting... however, i saw no mention'f java town on the java city website. u c, it's weird cos the signs @ that café say java town; but the posters, cups, java jackets, etc. all say java city. what's up? -- java town: 2792 el camino real; santa clara, ca 95051; fon: 408.244.9157
i'm still all hyped/stoked 'bout this transworld business magazine website that covers news on the boardsport industries. wow. check out this article: "Sessions To Incorporate d30 Tech in 2007/08 Line." it's 'bout a viscous mat'l that sessions can put into clothes (like snowboarding jackets) that'll pad u when u crash. kewl! this makes mechanical engring fun, eh?
[later] *juhnyuhk*: $hopping list
- tp (teepee = toilet paper)
- 우유 ooyoo (ooyoo = milk; 4 cereal n' oatmeal)
- kefir or yoghurt
- bread (only if there's sumpthin' good, i guess; to go w/ our jar'f trader joe's almond butter)
- convenient but healthy meals 4 quick dinners on nite when we've got stuff to do
- (if i go to trader joe's) trail mix
- 식초 shikcho (shikcho = vinegar; to replace the very ol', expired bottle we have in the cabinet)
수요일 아침: so i think i'm gonna stick w/ my palm tungsten t5 4 now. i believe that i can purchse the $49.95 extended warranty on my recently refurbished unit. dude... i've given palm sooo much frickin' $$$. do they appreciate me?! *shrug* our friend from grx sunny werks in finance @ palm. also, this other dude i knew from *grx*'s community connektions (summer 2006) insung werks as an engr there. i lost touch w/ him n' wonder if he's 'round nemore, but... *shrug* neway, dude... i wish palm'd show me some more appreciation. *shake head*
this morn, i really wanted to hit up the sunnyvale skate park but didn't. instead, i took sooni 4 an extended walk 'round the neighbourhood on skateboard. i told myself it's good 4 me to werk on my "streetskating" neway. when i skateboard w/ sooni, i get to ollie up curbs here n' there. i don't think u can really call that "streetskating" cos i'm not ollieing off staircases, sliding down handrails, or polejamming up dented vehicle.blocking guard poles. i wish. i could do that kind'f stuff. if only i were as good as streetskating pros like jerry hsu, eric koston, or daewon song.
목요일 오후: ah (*breathe*), how r u? man, what a hektic life. i've got so much stuff_to_do@werk.com these days. my palm tungsten t5's broken 'gain. *sigh* i'm gonna hafta send it rt back in 4 repair; but palm's s'pposedly pickin' up the bill 4 $hipping. ok, that's a relief. it'd suck if they made me pay 4 $hipping yet 'gain. palm, w/ their tungsten line; they've got a great produkt, but they just can't market quite rt, if u ask me. all their marketing effort... they cm to be puttin' all their marketing effort into the treo line... which is good, but not what i want... n' not what some other geeky tech types want. i mean, really geeky, tech types!
this morn, i skateboarded w/ sooni. i did go 4 more'f an extended ride/walk w/ her. i wanted to hit up the sunnyvale skate park but knew she really wanted a walk. sometimes, tho', she's so difficult. i hate when she pulls me 'cross the street (me on my skateboard) n' then makes me bail rt b4 i ollie up the curb. aktually, 2day, i fell 1nce just rolling up the wheelchair ramp part'f the curb's corner. *sigh* i dunno why that happens. skateboard wheels r smaller n' harder than they used to be. when i was a kid, i could ride 60mm, 92a wheels r roll over lots'f junk... even more so on 60mm, 88a wheels. did i ever have wheels that soft? i don't think so; did i? my 1st wheels were 97a slime balls, rt? then i had 92a bullets, rt? what's crazy's that they re.released those bullets as classik/vintage or what'ever, so i could aktually get 'nother set'f those now... not that i would: i'm a li'l ol' skool, but not that ol' skool! i still wanna ride a twin tip style board, ~7.75" wide, etc. [later] i'm not ready to go back to hammerhead boards r nething... even tho' my 1st real skateboard deck was a christian hosoi hammerhead deck.
neway, since the beautiful kaela hwang was 2 bizzy to have lunch w/ me 2day, i took off to the sunnyvale skate park during my lunchbrk 4 a good skate sesh (skateboarding session). man, the last 2 times i had lunchtime skate seshes, tho'; :-/ i aktually skated sans pads/helmet. that's bad. however, i showed up n' no1 was wearing pads or helmet, so... *sigh* it sounds really juvenile, but i pretty much gave in to peer pressure. boooo! dude, i can't get hurt during lunchbrk; i'd be in so much trouble. *sigh* well, i just took it kind'f easy, n' i didn't plan on a long skate sesh. i mostly rode the curbs but also skated the small n' medium bowls. i like skateboarding; i like snowboarding. it was getting kind'f warm under the sun. i went back to my office, got a small salad bar n' ate 2 my desk.
this wknd, i've been invited to 3 diff snow trips, but i dunno if i'm gonna go to ne'f'em. i'm really not sure. u c, kaela can't wear contakts this wk. i went w/o her last sat, so i'd feel bad 'bout goin' w/o her this sat. i have 2 sets'f friends doin' wknd trips: 1 to north tahoe, the other to south tahoe. me, i'd only do a daytrip on sat, n' only if i have passengers. kaela sed she might go n' ride w/ glasses under her goggles, but she's not sure. oh yah, i have those 2 trips, n' my cousin walter's also plannin' on goin' to sugar bowl on sat. that's 3 trips. i dunno what to do: sugar bowl, northstar, sierra, or just hang 'round the ol' silly valley n' skateboard @ the sunnyvale skate park. i learned that boreal has an indoor skate park @ their resort! it costs $5/hr to ride there. dude, i'd love to check it out. i dunno if i'm good 'nuff'f a skater to skate there tho'. furthermore, 'f course no1'd skate w/ me.
금요일 아침: how r u? it's fri. it's the end'f the fiscal 0.25 4 me. it's almost the end'f 1월 jan(uary) 4 all'f us. dude, i've gotta finalise my list'f new yr's resolution b4 the end'f the month. what've i got so far?
- i resolve to keep my sideburns short n' groomed.
- i resolve not to get drunk.
- i resolve to fulfill my grx unstoppable pledge (monetary donation; a 3.yr commitment).
what else? i've considered resolvin' sumpthin' 'bout weightliftin' more often. also, i've pondered resolvin' sumpthin' 'bout eatin' less sugar n' maybe less land animal meat or non.organik or non.local fud. :-/ i dunno. whadya think?
last nite, the beautiful kaela hwang n' i went to taekwondo praktice @ u.s. taekwondo akademy (not the new url / domain name, ustaekwondo-academy.com): 1st we went to our black belt sparring praktice, n' then we adminstered the 심사 shimsa (belt test) 4 the adult beginners (white, yellow, n' orange belts). after that, we went w/ the adult beginner class n' fellow instruktors to 고향산천 gohyangsanchun. we ate some good fud: 해물 파전, 오.불.당, 순대붂음, 오댕국, 떡볶이, ... haemool pajuhn, oh.bool.dang (ohjinguh boolgogi tang... 4 some reason 탕 tang turns to 당 dang, i dunno why), soondae bokkeum, odaenggook, dduhkbokki, ... wow, i stuffed myself. the fud was so good. i had this strange incident afterwards, where this middle.aged woman (our friends estimate that she was 'bout 50) was kind'f hittin' on me or sumpthin'. she looked pretty drunk. 1st, she was talkin' to me 'bout sooni. uh, weird... *shrug*
this morn, i wanted to hit up the sunnyvale skate park, particularly cos i heard it might rain this afternoon. well, shoot... even if it doesn't rain, i can't pull off a lunchtime skate sesh 2day cos i've got a chiropraktic apptmnt w/ kaela.
[later] 오후: ah, it is fri 2day. i've been a bit more hi_strung@werk.com lately cos i've had plenty, plenty, plenty'f werk to do. it's hard to realise that 2day's aktually fri. i keep thinkin' it's just a tease. after all, i've got lots'f stuff due @ the beginning'f next wk, n'... *sigh* it's scary n' stressful. neway... *sigh*
i went to my chiropraktic appt w/ kaela @ her benton clinik. then we went to lunch @ kabab & curry's (1498 isabella st, between lincoln n' scott, "behind new holiday inn [sic, according to their bizness card]"; santa clara, ca 95050.) it's a buffet. we ate plenty. their bbq chicken rocks. it's a got a great smokey taste!
[later] here's 'nother kewl link that i'm stealing from superdave kim's starkdavingmad.com: 50 fun facts about credit cards (http://www.bargaineering.com/articles/50-fun-facts-about-credit-cards.html).
일요일 밤 / 월요일 오전, 1207a: the bay area needs an indoor skate park. dude, i'm so bummed that i skipped snowboarding this wknd. originally, i told myself that i wouldn't feel 2 bad if i missed snowboarding this wknd cos i'd just hit up the sunnyvale skate park 4 some extended skate seshes (skateboarding sessions). however, (much to my chagrin), it rained all wknd down here! *sigh* lookin' online on skateboardpark.com, i learned that the closest indoor skate park's in frickin' petaluma! >:-( grrr! i can hardly believe i missed the whole era'f the vans skate park in milpitas's great mall. *sigh* on sat, i drove the beautiful kaela hwang to a home bizness party (tupperware, mary kay, homemade jewelry, etc.) @ our friends hannah n' eric's house. after dropping her off, i swung by the campbell skate park to check it out. it was wet from the rain n' thus closed. however, i got a good look @ it. it's not nearly a good as the sunnyvale skate park, but i wouldn't mind checkin' it out 4 real sometime.
아친: argh, it's monday, n' it feels like monday. this wknd? *sigh* it was an unusually lazy wknd. kaela n' i didn't do much: we didn't go to tahoe. i didn't even make it to the sunnyvale skate park. in a way 'twas a disappointment. 4 most'f the wknd, i was simply stressed, stressed, stressed 'bout my job. i didn't like that. i don't like stressin' 'bout my werk over the wknd. in fakt, i really hated that feeling this wknd. i'm a bit unhappy w/ how this wknd went. i dunno. there were still fun things: 1) we went bowling on fri evening w/ our grx t3 light couple bible study small group. 2) on sat nite, we went to our friend tony's place to eat hot pot. we don't eat hot pot much. some chinese n' taiwanese ppl r sooo into hot pot, but me? i haven't been that much into hot pot over the yrs. if nething, it's only been sumpthin' i do w/ my family, not so much w/ friends... unless we go out to do it, like @ hot pot city. shoot, that may've been the very 1st time i did hot pot @ a friend's place; i'm not sure. crazy, huh?
[later] ugh! it really feels like monday. :'-( sorry, i'm really not havin' the greatest day.
밤, 953p: so what's up? i had a freakin' exhausting day. i ate a werk.com cafeteria lunch in my cubicle, but it was decently good: seared, rare, black n' white sesame crusted ahi tuna w/ basmati rice n' stir.fried asian veggies. not bad. after werk, i went to sach's turbo kick box (tkb) class @ the east arques 24 hour fitness cos i definitely could not make it out the door to the 24groove hip.hop dance class that kaela went to.
oh yah, in the parking lot 2day, i saw a dude i recognised. quickly, i recognised him as the dude i saw last wk during my lunchtime skate sesh (skateboarding session) @ the sunnyvale skate park. quickly, i looked down @ his shoes, n' sure 'nuff he was wearing red converse hi.tops, a popular choice 'mongst ol' skool skaters. neway, i didn't get a chance to talk to him or nething. maybe if i c him 'gain @ the sunnyvale skate park, i'll talk to him. crazy tho'.
well, on fri nite, kaela n' i went bowling w/ our small group. it was really fun. we played 2 games. afterwards, we went to café aroma. that's a kick@$$ place. neway, kaela n' i didn't eat dinner, so we aktually got take.out from pho hoa n' ate it @ café aroma. the dude told us not to bring in outside fud 'gain. well... i aktually didn't really wanna patronise pho hoa. they rn't really nice there. [a li'l later, 1008p, watching simpsons] i did buy a 녹차 nokcha green tea frap.
on sat, i woke up late. 'twas raining. man... the bay area needs an indoor skate park. i talked 'bout sat n' sun, didn't i? we ran several errands, kaela n' i. on sun, afer grx's 1st service, kaela n' i went w/ my mom to lunch @ 비눵 biwuhn (sekret garden). we ordered 화덮밥, 알찌개, n' 갈비찜 - hwedupbab, aljjigae, n' galbijjim. 'twas a good lunch. afterwards, kaela n' i hung out @ 차생원 chasaengwuhn, a tea house on el camino real. 'twas pretty good. i had 감잎차 gamipcha (persimmon leaf tea). kaela had 장미차 jangmicha (rose tea). we shared an order'f 과일 빙수 gwailbingsoo (fruit shaved ice). it was pretty good.
화요일 아침: there's no better way to kick off my entry this morn than to steal yet 'nother link from superdave kim's starkdaving mad: "unhappy meals" (from the new york times).
[later] 오후: this morn, i sacrificed sooni's morn walk 4 a (most) excellent morn skate sesh (skateboarding session) @ the sunnyvale skate park. what made it so "most excellent"? yah, i dunno; i guess 'twasn't really "most excellent." i just wanted to use that phrase from the late 1980s or whenever bill & ted's most excellent adventure came out. there's this 1 dude on nbc's heroes that talks like he took akting classes from keanu reeves. ha ha ha! r u followin' that show? i'm not really, but i like it better than some'f the other shows that r out these days:
hyped up shows i'm kewl w/:
- lost
- heroes
- america's next top model
- beauty and the geek
- the biggest loser
- law & order (not that hyped up)
hyped up shows i'm not kewl w/:
- desperate housewives
- grey's anatomy
- er
i really don't watch much tv. i've aktually never cn an episode'f this season's beauty and the geek. in fakt, i don't think i've ever watched a whole episode'f lost, have i? however, they cm like decent shows.
[later] so this morn, i had a decent but rushed skate sesh (skateboarding session) @ the sunnyvale skate park. i was in such a frickin' hurry cos i woke up later than i had expekted. there was this huge traffik jam on lawrence expwy cos the stoplites @ the lawrence expwy / arques ave intersektion were out. that's where i turn 4 werk n' where i turn 4 the sunnyvale skate park. i rode n' got good exercise. i just did my usual: mostly backside rear axle grinds, a few frontside rear axle grinds, backside 50.50 axle stalls, whate'er li'l grinds on the ledges n' curbs. i wish i could ollie higher, n' i wish i could ollie out'f the bowls like so many guys n' gurls can do. why can't i pop out'f the bowls?
so i was reading an article online that referenced the "greer skate park" in palo alto: "new sunnyvale skate park offers alternative" (paly voice, 2003년06월03일, http://voice.paly.net/view_story.php?id=892). "Many Palo Altans ask why the skaters don't go to the Greer Skate Bowl. Callone says that it is out of date; the bowl favors the flowing surf-like style of the 1980s in which people used long boards; now there is a new style of skating." hrm, well, since i can't do a switchstance hard flip to frontside boardslide to save my life, maybe the greer skate park'd be a good place 4 me. :-? of course, man... being "all 'bout local grown," maybe i prefer to skate @ the skate park that's closest to me... however, that'd be the santa clara skate park... which i do wanna try out, but they're only open in the afternoon. here's a link to a better page 'bout the geer skate park: greer skate park; palo alto, california (http://www.skateboardpark.com/skateboardpark/viewpark.asp?ID=288). there r 2 sites that pop up 'lot when i google up skateboard parks:
- skateboardpark.com
- skateboardparks.com
i prefer skateboardpark.com (singular). i think it's a better site. hrm... funny. :-? the greer skateboard park's bowls don't have coping. so u can't grind, u really can only do surf.style carving. :-/ as much as i'm guy who can do a switchstance pop shove it to nose grind to save my life, i dunno if i really wanna travel "all the way" to palo alto, into nasty stanfurd territory (the 650) just to ride 1970s, surf.style bowl w/o coping to grind. i can't do fancy grinds, but i still like to grind. in a way, i think the way i skate the skate park these days is the skateboarding equivalent to snowboarding's freeriding. i'm not doing fancy tricks, but i'm still tryin' to do some stuff like grinding n' ollieing. it's like how snowboarding freeriders mostly just ride fast, carve, n' catch big airs w/o doing really fancy tricks. oftentimes, i'm a freerider when i'm snowboarding, but i always prefer to be a freestyle snowboarder. this season's not great 4 freeriding n' better 4 freestyle. i saw a glimpse on youtube'f the 2007 winter x.games slopestyle event. man, the 1st park feature was a big jump where u land on either a handrail or box. crazy. it was a big jump. most guys landed in a frontside boardslide, which i figure's harder than a backside boardslide. personally, i'd prefer to face the direktion i'm goin' while boardsliding. however, in most cases, i'm just 50.50in' the rail or box. i'd like to start doin' backside boardslides more often. i've gotta 'member not to go on my edge n' slide out. so, while lookin' @ skateboardpark.com
, i saw that peninsula covenant church (pcc) has sumpthin' called skate church. dude! not only am i excited (stoked) to hear 'bout skate church, but pcc is a covenant church, so it's in my denomination, which means it's slightly more likely that i'd ever get a chance to go there. i'd surely like to go someday, but i dunno when.
so the beautiful kaela hwang was s'pposed to get lasik 2day, but she didn't realise till last nite that 2day was s'pposed to be just an exam n' not the aktual surgery. d.oh! i'd already told my manager that i needed the afternoon off to take my wife in 4 eye surgery. *sigh* well, i needed the time to finish all this freakin' werk i've got these days, so i didn't take the afternoon off. aktually, she still believed this morn that she was goin' in 4 aktual surgery. 'twasn't until just an hr b4 the appt that she totally confirmed that it was just an exam, so i was ready to take the afternoon off until rt 'bout noon 2day. it was frustratin' cos i didn't dress rt 4 werk 2day cos i thought i was just goin' in 4 a li'l bit. well, durin' lunch, i went home, ate some stuff, washed dishes, changed into a collared polo shirt, put sooni out in the bakcyard, n' went back to werk.
[later] 밤, 1057p: i went to 태권도 연습 taekwondo yuhnseub (praktice). kaela didn't go cos'f some skool thing. i took sooni. after praktice, 사범님 sabuhmnim took us out to dinner @ 구이구이 gooyi gooyi(2331 el camino real; santa clara, ca 95050; 408.615.9292 - "9 2 9 2" = "goo yi goo yi"). i told dennis that kaela'd kill me 4 goin' there w/o her, n' i was rt. i tried to reach her n' left her a txt msg, but... *sigh* neway, u know what's funny? we had 'nother 1'f those experiences that prove that sooni's so famous! the waitress asked us (in korean), "that isn't sooni, is it?" ha ha ha! crazy! when we asked her how she knew sooni, she sed that she met sooni outside'f 서울 곰탕 seoul gomtang (3028 el camino real; santa clara, ca 95051; 408.615.0370).
[later] a couple'f links'f my own:
- stolenidsearch.com
- "top 5ive items to always buy generic" (bad grammar by smartmoney.com... split infinitive!)
1. produce
2. coupon.scarce goods
3. over.the.counter medications
4. canned fruits n' veggies
5. pantry staples
수요일 아침: dude, is it the last day'f 1월 janvier already?! 1월이 벌써 끝나요? hrm, wasn't i s'pposed to finalise my new yr's resolutinos by 2day? *sigh* well, heck; i've got waaaa 2 much werk werk (werk.com werk) 2 do to think 'bout new yr's resolutions. *sigh*
this morn, i awoke early (or 'least on time cos i was havin' a bad, bad dream. it was pretty disturbing. it involved my being "2 nice'f a guy," but then i got really violent n' started beating up some ppl. i woke up all sweatty. *sigh* i worry 'bout being passive aggressive. [later] neway, i groggily ate a bowl'f flax n' oats oatmeal (from nature's path, a big costco box'f nature's path oatmeal i bought a li'l while 'go...) n' then took sooni 4 a walk on skateboard. then i gathered my stuff 4 werk, saw the beautiful kaela hwang off to skool, n' then hit up the sunnyvale skate park 4 'nother great morn skate sesh (morning skateboarding session). the park was luckily not crowded yesterday or 2day. yesterday n' 2day, there were these 2 chicano dudes there, 1'f which i c pretty often. [later] yesterday n' 2day there were also a few other ppl. yesterdasy, there as that dude larry, n' then there was this kind'f odd gurl. she got there 'bout the same time i did. as a common courtesy, i sed hi or good morn to her, but suprisingly, she immediately replied w/ "what's ur name?" instead'f "hi" or "good morning." *shrug* i guess she was just friendly, but it was kind'f like i was being interrogated. i felt like i was in trouble n' was gonna get a traffik tic or sumpthin'. i told her my name's beno, n' figured i ought to ask her name in return: 1) maybe it's courteous n' 2) if i was being interrogated, wasn't it only fair? so she sed her name's jen. ok. well, not to be unfriendly or nething, but i kind'f avoided talkin' to her the rest'f the morn cos i had "serious bizness" to take care'f, ie i came to skate not to hang out. neway, larry spent a decent 'mount'f time conversing w/ her, so i didn't feel like i was making the place 2 less friendly, rt? *shrug* well, 2day when i got to the sunnyvale skate park, there were these 2 young dudes there n' a few older dudes, 1 who drove a big delivery truck w/ some sign 'bout solar panels. i guess 1'f them installs solar panels 4 a livin'. 2day n' yesterday, i felt kind'f weird padding up cos every1 else there had that "pads rn't kewl" aura. whate'er, dude. neway, uh... when 1'f the younger heavy metal dudes 2day accidentally crossed my path, i think he sed, "sorry, sir." whoa! i'm "sir?" ok. well, 2day, i mostly rode the bowls n' mostly werked on frontside grinds n' backside axle stalls. 'gain, it felt like such good exercise... all this pumpin' n' jumpin'.
[later] 오후: here r some 4tune cookie 4tunes that i'm 'bout to throw into the recyclin' bin:
- "stop worrying and take a chance."; lucky numbers 11, 25, 38, 15, 44, 7; learn chinese - medical doctor = hai-zi
- "spectacular accomplishment is never preceded by less than spectacular preparation."; lucky numbers: 38, 50, 22, 13, 47, 9; learn chinese - delicious = hao-chi
- "careful thinking will command respect."; lucky numbers: 44, 5, 38, 4, 11, 10; learn chinese - duck = ya-zi
- "creative energy is up - capitalize on it."; lucky numbers: 16, 34, 15, 25, 28, 4; learn chinese - automobile = qi-che
[later] 1월 janvier ends 2day, n' days only continue to get longer. isn't life crazy? time flows! 세월 유수. seiwuhl yoosoo. time really does fly. i'm gonna turn 32 this yr. *sigh* time really does fly. when was it that kaela n' i went down to socal n' watched that kpop concert? that was aktually 2005년 not 2006년, huh? rt? if so, crazy! man, i feel i've changed so much over the yrs, but i stay the same. my life continues to be very cyclical. like, i can barely believe that i find myself smack dab in the middle'f the whole skateboarding scene (or whate'er u call it) rt now. then 'gain, it makes perfekt sense cos my life's always very cyclical.
금요일 아침: it's fri. *sigh* i'm glad it's fri, but i've got lots'f cr@p to finish@werk.com b4 i go home. in fakt, simply btwn now n' the afternoon, i've got lots'f cr@p to do. *sigh* i went to the sunnyvale skate park 4 quick skate seshes both yesterday n' 2day. did i skate every single wkday morn this wk? :-? i think so. i've been doin' my usual, but the big thing's been that 1) i mostly rode the bowls ("vert") this wk (as 'pposed to ridin' the curbs n' ledges, ie streetstyle) n' 2) i've been tryin' to werk on frontside grinds (fs grinds) in the bowl (in the small bowl). in the medium bowl, i'll do lots'f frontside kickturnin', but i don't really ride the coping frontside yet.
an interesting thing happened this morn @ the sunnyvale skate park. i noticed a young dude teaching this european yuppie guy how to drop in in the small bowl. i wasn't sure if they were friends, family friends, relatives... the european yuppie ended up drivin' off in a mercedes suv. nuthin' wrong w/ that... i'm personally all 4 gettin' more yuppies into (back into) skateboarding. it's as if it's time 4 my generation to take back our sport or sumpthin'. ha ha ha! neway, after the euroyuppie left, the young dude came up n' introduced himself to me n' gave me a flyer. 'pparently, his name's josh, n' he's selling skateboarding lessons. honestly, i think this ain't a 0.5 bad idea. lemme show u the txt'f his flyer:
i found out 2day, that i can get 40% off the seth huot snowboard deck that i want @ porter's boardshop... even online w/ free ups $hipping. dude, it's so tempting! the board that has a list price'f $479 goes down to $287.99!!! to use my special di$count, i've gotta buy the deck by 2007년02월06일. when's that? 2morrow's the 3rd, sun's the 4th, mon's the 5th, so i guess next tues's the 6th. crazy! should i do it? <:-? the prob's just that there ain't 'nuff snow this season to ride a new deck. i'm so worried 'bout scratchin' it up as soon as i get it.
일요일 밤 1129p: this wknd, i went snowboarding on sat n' skated @ 2 diff skate parks on sun! woo hoo! yah, on sat, the beautiful kaela hwang made a day trip to kirkwood. on sun, i went to the sunnyvale skate park b4 church @ grx. then, in the afternoon, after oiling/lubin' my bearings; i went to the santa clara skate park 4 my 1st time. *sigh* i think i really need some new bearings, n' i'd like to buy that santa curz seth huot deck.
월요일 아침: this morn, i aktually rather purosefully skipped my usual morn skate sesh (skateboarding session) @ the sunnyvale skate park. my body's honestly a bit tired from all the exercise, all the boardsporting (all the skateboarding n' snowboarding) i did this past wknd. i think i figured i needed to let it rest. furthermore, i had a bad stomachache from my spicy catifsh @ krung thai #1 last nite. even furthermore, i have lots'f cr@p to do 2day, so i didn't wanna delay. i went to my office earlier than usual.
[just a li'l later] last_wk_@_werk.com (i think 'twas last wk), i got as a hand.me.down from my cowerker, a 3dconnexion spaceball 5000. it's really kewl.
[a li'l later] it's not rainin' 2day, but it'll s'pposedly start rainin' on wed n' maybe continue rainin' thru the wknd. ugh, wknds when i'm not snowboarding, i wanna be skateboarding; but i can't skateboard in the rain. *sigh* oh, how i wish the vans skate park still existed in the great mall. :-( i like rain cos it translates into snow in tahoe; but i don't like rain cos it means i can't skateboard down here. also, sooni doesn't like rain cos it means she can't play outside. i s'ppose, when it rains, i can do gym werkouts. *sigh* i've been needin' new x.training shoes 4 a while now.
i "need" all sorts'f new hardware:
- santa cruz seth huot pro model deck, 157 cm
- bones swiss 6 competition skateboard bearings
- new crosstrainer shoes
- new taekwondo instep pads, arm pads, n' shoes
- independent 129 low eric koston trucks
- ricta boltz white lightning tom penny wheels, 52mm
- santa cruz powerlyte rob welsh "branded" deck, 7.75" wide × 31.4" long (old model, ie 2005~2006... i think i prefer the ol' graphics over the new cos they're more subtle.)
- a pair'f new denon dj cd turntables n' a new denon dj mixer
aktually, yesterday, i spent a bit on myself: the beautiful kaela hwang n' i were @ westfield's valley fair mall, which straddles san josé n' santa clara (as u undoubtedly know). we went mostly to $hop 4 a friend's b.day present. however, kaela bought a box'f aveda tea 4 us, n' i bought some shirts 4 myself. macy's was havin' a pretty good clearance $ale'f spring clothes from last yr. i scored myself a paul frank, short sleeve button up shirt 4 really ¢heap n' a fashionable matix t.shirt also 4 really ¢heap. i know matix's a skateboard.related company, but what exaktly do they make? just clothes? ok, here's their wiki page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matix. yah, they're just 'nother skateboarding/snowboarding/surfing/boardsports clothing company. ah, they sponsor daewon song. that's kewl. daewon song n' rodney mullen; kewl. their official website: ... i wonder where they're located cos u know i always wanna support local
companies, nor*cal companies. i bet they're yet 'nother oceanside, ca company; but i dunno. neway, after the mall closed, we had some time to kill b4 dinner w/ kaela's recently engaged skoolmates rachel n' ken @ krung thai #1, so i drove us over to rasputin musik on bascom ave. there, i bought 3 used cds: for the masses a tribute album'f depeche mode covers from 1998; relient k's the anatomy of the tongue in cheek; n' hawk nelson's smile, it's the end of the world.
[later] i think 2day, 02월05일, 's the b.day'f an ol', good friend from whom i haven't heard in a very, very long time. hrm... i can't quite 'member if it was jack, jeff, or both. *shrug* [later] i think it's jeff who has his b.day 2day. i think i'm just gettin' the 2 confused cos they both, @ 1tym or 'nother, lived in the same neighbourhood: it's called pierce ranch, rt? over by castillero middle skool. jack chen's the good ol' friend who gave me the "nickname," which became much more than a nickname, "beno." jeff picard was my best friend thru elementary skool n' was my skateboarding buddy thru middle skool n' the early part'f hi skool. hrm, it's very interesting how these 2 ol' friends aktually represent very diff corners'f my varied life. oh yah, jack was also the friend who 1st got me to start goin' to church. [later] jack was also worship team leader w/ me 4 our church's youth fellowship thru hi skool. i'd surely like to find jeff n' skate w/ him 'gain.
over the wknd, i kept thinkin, "wow, should i really plop down all that $$$ n' buy that santa cruz seth huot deck?" would it be more praktical (or 'least less impraktical) to use that $$$ 2wards upgrading my skateboarding equipment? i guess i was thinkin' that cos'f this season's lack'f snow: as i sed (or 'least implied in earlier entries), if i buy a new deck i might not even get to use it (ride it) this season cos i don't wanna scratch it up. however, if it starts precipitating this wk n' continues to precipitate; then maybe this season'll be redeemed. *sigh* i've gotta "have faith." "keepin' the faith..." 'member when those 2 songs were popular in the 1980s? billy joel's "keeping the faith" n' george michael's "faith." [later] neway, yah... especially since this season may finally be redeemed; maybe i should proceed w/ shellin' out that $$$ 4 that new santa cruz seth huot 157cm deck. :-/ i only have until 2morrow to snag that nice pri¢e. *sigh* on the other hand, i also think it'd be wise (well, i use that term very loosely) to proceed w/ getting some upgraded skateboard parts. in a way i still regret not investing more $$$ on my 1st "return to skateboarding" setup. i mean, i didn't realise i'd get sooo (back) into it. however, on the flip side my bullet wheels, my bullet trucks, n' my mini.logo deck have served me very well! obviously, i really like nhs boardsports produkts, but i also think skateone makes some decent produkts (mini.logo decks, bones bearings)...
[just a li'l later] yesterday was super bowl xli (41), chicago bears v. indianapolis colts; but i barely cared. if i absolutely had to choose btwn the 2 teams, i'd definitely choose da bears cos 1) i lived near chicago in naperville when i was 2~4, n' 2) bears... cal bears... neway, the colts won, but i barely saw ne'f the game. instead, kaela n' i took sooni w/ us to eat a late lunch @ daphne's greek café on west el camino real in sunnyvale. then we went to the mall, as i sed.
[later] 오후: i've been pondering this deal: $79 4 amazon prime gives u $50 amazon grocery certificate. i used amazon.com
[later] lately, i haven't had so much elektronik gadgetlust. i just wanna buy boadsports equipment, it cms. however, i saw that buy.com has a 500 gb, usb 2.0 drive (fantom drives titanium ii) 4 $169.95 - #20 mir = $149.95 w/ free budget $hipping. crazy!
[later] 저녁: *sigh* worn out... @~:-/ is that the rt smiley? i feel quite drained.
화요일 오후: i'm a li'l depressed this afternoon, but i won't dwell on it. 2day, i had a hurried lunch w/ the beautiful kaela hwang @ 갤러리아 프라자 (galleria plaza). kaela ordered 알 찌개 al jjigae, n' i ordered 돌솥 비빔밥 dolsot bibimbap. we also picked up a pack'f 김치 전 kimchi juhn. the fud was fine, but the situation was very frustrating: there weren't 'nuff tables; ppl were eatin' slow; n' the fud was comin' out slow. *sigh* some1 had put down a tray'f fud @ a table n' ditched it, n' that was occupying 1 table. i was in a hurry, n' so was kaela. kaela went to the restroom, while i waited 4 a table. when she returned, she laffed, n' sed i looked very mad. it's true; i was mad. i had staked out a table, but this ol' 아줌마 ajoomma basikally stole the table from me by sayin' "excuse me" n' putting her purse down on the table while the exiting couple was still gathering their stuff. >:-( i was just bein' a decent guy n' lettin' the exiting couple have their space but was obviously ready sit there next. i let her take the table cos i figure i hafta respekt elders. *sigh* well, eventually, we took the table that had the ditched tray'f fud. as we ate, some 아저씨 ajuhssi came by n' sort'f apologetikally took his tray n' relokated to 'nother table that had opened up; aktually a very nice table, as it gave a front row view'f the flat panel tv that was playin' mbc's 비밀 남녀 bimil namnyuh. i've been under sooo much pressure@werk.com. "it's not even funny," as ppl say. it's not. werk's killin' me. <:-( i feel so drained, so exhausted, so depleted. @ times, honestly, i feel that i've tried my best but am barely keepin' my head 'bove water @ best. to make matters worse, i feel ppl r in fakt being relatively nice n' accomodatin', yet i'm still strugglin' not lookin' good. thus, this afternoon, i feel a bit depressed.
this morn, woke up later than i wanted to. kaela had hurried out'f the house early, while i was still sleeping. i sacrificed sooni's morn walk to hit up the sunnyvale skate park 4 1 last skate sesh (skateboarding session) b4 the rain comes 2nite. however, the park was wet n' slippery in many places, so i didn't skate much. i mostly prakticed ollieing over the pyramid. i didn't wanna do much "vert" riding 4 fear'f slippin' out on vert. i was all by myself. i could feel how my bearings either have lots'f junk in'em or r damaged. i really wanna get a set'f nice, replacement bearings. however, which kind? i think i'll treat myself to a set'f swiss bones; but, 'gain, which kind? swiss super 6? swiss ceramic labyrinth? original swiss? swiss ceramic labyrinth bearings have a list pri¢e'f $120!!! most likely, i won't go w/ those, but i think i've cn some deals on them on ebay. otherwise, i figure i can get a decent deal on swiss super 6 bearings on amazon.com
, then 'least i'll be supportin' a local .com corporation, 4 which many'f my friends werk. sumpthin' feels n' sounds very wrong w/ my bearings. last time i cleaned them, they provided significantly improved per4mance. t his time, they feel worse. also, i'm missing a bearing washer. i need a washer 4 an 8mm shaft. last nite, i was surfin' the net (skatin' the net? snowboardin' the net?) 4 bearings n' stumbled upon a site that had "micro speed bearing washers" or sumpthin'.
[later] 2nite, the adult beginners class @ u.s. taekwondo akademy resumes. i've gotta be ready to teach. mark's not teachin' much this 0.25/session/term, so i've gotta do more werk. i think kaela'll teach more this term. i hope so. also, i figure jen'll continue to teach 'lot n' that ernest'll continue to teach. the wurd's out now that the u.s. army's sendin' dennis back to iraq soon. i wouldn't wanna stress him out w/ teaching duties. i just want him to make sure to come back alive.
[just a li'l later] last nite, kaela n' i went to the 24groove hip.hop dance class @ the fremont ave sunnyvale 24 hr fitness. 2wards the end'f every class, the teacher (i think she's the 1 that calls herself "j.no.") picks 2 students to be "team captains" 4 a dance off. last nite, i got picked, to my surprise. it was fun. there was this los gatos day spa place sellin' di$¢ massage vouchers, so kaela bought us a couple. i 4get the deal, but it sounded good.
man, it's hard (almost impossible) to believe i'm talkin' 'bout $pendin' all this $$$ on boardsports equipment when v.day's just 'round the corner. 'f course my wallet'll take a big hit cos'f that. *sigh* kaela's lasik plus operation's on feb 16, i think, rt? yup. neway, she sed we should celebrate v.day on the wknd after her operation. i agreed to that. aktually, we won't be havin' our grx t3 light couples bible study small grp that fri nite, so maybe we can go out that nite... or wait; maybe that's a bad idea.
on sun, @ grx (church), during service, we (in the congregation) tied these black strings 'round each others' wrists (bracelets) as reminders that we're committed to the church n' that we'll pray 4 each other n' support each other in this commitment, etc. i think the black string bracelets look kewl, but i guess they make me look even more like some teenage punk sk8rboi... it's like i have friendship bracelets. we each got up to 4 bracelets, n' i had 4 on, on sun; but 2 fell off on sun nite in bed. i still have 2. i wanna wear the other 2 as well. i'm thinkin'f somehow combinin' all 4 strings to make a sturdier, single bracelet: a "more robust design," as we mechanical engrs say. as i've resolved to keepin' my sideburns short n' groomed this yr; i've also pondered the idea'f simply cleanin' up my image n' lookin' more professional in general this yr. i dunno. 'xaktly what would that entail? on nbc 11, they're havin' a series'f sort'f "human interest story" segments entitled moving pictures. s'pposedly they dokument everyday life'f various ppl thru digipix they take thru.out the day. i dunno all the details, but they say they'll feature the ceo'f youtube or google. i'm confused as to which it is; but he's s'pposedly 26. when i c this 26.yr ol' dude on tv, i think he looks so much more mature than i do. *sigh* has it gotten to a pt that ppl can't take me seriously?! there's that pet shop boys song: "how can you expect to be taken seriously?"
what's wrong w/ lookin' young?! i avoid smokin', try not to drink 2 much alkohol, try not to drink 2 much caffeine, try to eat healthily, try not to get 2 much sun, try to take good care'f my skin, try to get a good 'mount'f exercise each wk... try not to stress. try to get 'nuff sleep. &nbasp; recently, on korean yahoo!, i saw a feature on this 1 40.yr ol' woman who managed to get herself into tip.top physikal shape. honestly she looks great. they call her "몸짱 아줌마." ("momjjang ajoomma" = hot body auntie.) her name's 정다연 jung dayuhn (jung dayeon). she cms to run a fitness company called 봄날 fitness (bomnal = spring day). honestly, in some'f her pix, she looks like she's in her 20s. however, i suspekt she's also had some plastik surgery. shoot, i wanna stay fit from now till i'm 40 n' beyond.
[later] oh yah... heh... here's sumpthin' that's definitely'f some interest to me: u know how it cms like my life's sometimes split btwn asian/korean culture n' cali4nian skateboarding/snowboarding culture? well, here's sumpthin' that kind'f bridges that gap...
[later] 저녁: oh yah, i 4got to mention... yesterday evening, i proceeded w/ buyin' that santa cruz seth huot 157cm deck. whew! crazy! well, it's gonna arrive 2morrow from porter's boardshop. crazy, crazy. well, maybe the next time i hit the slopes, i'll be ridin' this new deck! that sort'f depends on if there's 'nuff snow, huh? well, w/ the storm that's s'pposedly comin'... yah, i believe that i'll be ridin' this new deck the next time i hit the slopes. well, i've renewed my uh... *shrug* "devotion" to the santa cruz brand, i guess.
[later] "never underestimate my jesus. you tell me there's no hope. i'm telling you, you're wrong. never underestimate my jesus. when the world around you crumbles, he will be strong." - from "for the moments i feel faint" by relient k wow! n' that's 'xaktly how i've been feelin'... i've been feelin' faint, stressin' 'bout werk.
수요일 아침: i stayed up 2 late last nite, $hoppin' online 4 a new set'f skateboard bearings. well, shoot; this morn, i went 'head w/ my original plan to order a set'f bones super swiss 6 bearings from amazon.com
2day, ups'll deliver my new santa cruz seth huot 157cm snowboard deck. that's kewl. i'm a bit excited. is it rainin' yet? *shrug*
[later] 오후: durin' my lunchbrk, i gro¢ery $hopped @ 갤러리아 프라자 (galleria plaza) n' then went home to eat lunch n' wait 4 the ups delivery'f my snowboard. we had some pasta leftovers from mon nite, but i left those in the fridge n' opted to eat an avocado, since i bought 16'f'em @ ¢0$+&ecent;0 a couple'f wks 'go or so. i toasted a couple'f slices'f this multi.grain, organik bread from some li'l bakery somewhere in marin county. i put a 0.25'f an avocado n' a slice'f soy provolone btwn the 2 slices n' ate it while sittin' on the kitchen floor, thumbin' thru some ads from the sunday paper that we took from the driveway'f the vacant house next door. *sigh* that sure doesn't sound like a glamourous, yuppie life, eh? ha ha ha! *sigh* yah, it's kind'f scary how trashy we get in our house. if u only knew... well, the small sandwich obviously wasn't 'nuff, so i made guacamole w/ the rest'f the avocado n' ate it w/ some multi.grain, litely salted chips from trader joe's. oh yah, i also ate a leftover 김치 전 kimchi juhn (or 김치 부침 kimchi boochim) from yesterday's rather frustratin' lunch @ 갤러리아 프라자 (galleria plaza). well, my snowboard deck didn't come until after i left, n' i dilly.dallied 'round the house 4 a while, waitin' 4 the delivery. i tried to tidy up here n' there.
yesterday, i got a comment on my youtube acct re: the video i posted'f my snowboarding @ sugar bowl back in 2006년12월 dec 2006 - "beno at sugar bowl (snowboarding)", http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4o4d8WVYb0. dollabill17 wrote, "you are decent but it looks like ur style reminds me to much of skateboarding!" hrm, ok. well, i replied, "thanks 4 the feedback. yah, i skate as well as snowboard, so the 2 aktivities influence each other. i'll give a shot @ a style that's less skateboarding n' more snowboarding. we'll c." i'm a bit perplexed tho'. i think my skateboarding looks 2 much like snowboarding, not the other way 'round.
[later] on our last trip to kirkwood (on this past sat), i tried to do some backside boardslides. on the best attempt, i imagined i was on a skateboard, ollied n' turned frontside. i ended up landing @ like 45°, not quite 90°. i slid 4 a while @ that angle n' then slid off the side, w/ my board following its nose. yadadamean? it wasn't quite what i wanted to do but better than fallin' on my butt or on my face.
목요일 아침: *breath* life's a bit overwhelming these days, mostly cos'f werk.com. rt now, i'm tryin' to juggle werk, taekwonodo, n' church duties. honestly, that's less categories than usual cos in the spring, i'll have more weddings to dj; so it'll be werk, taekwondo, church duties, n' djing. however, i guess, to be fair, i'm really throwin' snowboarding into the mix; so it's werk, taewkondo, church duties, n' snowboarding. however... *sigh* to tell u the truth... boardsports (both snowboarding n' skateboarding) r hardly responsibilities but pure fun. :-/ however, can't i have a li'l fun sometimes? *sigh* taekwondo n' church shouldn't be obligations n' duties but also joyous aktivities, rt? how 'bout my gym werkouts? should i count those in this list? *sigh* neway, last nite, i was @ werk till a bit past 900p. it was the 1st 12+ hr werkday'f the yr. *sigh* werk's tuff these days. freakin' a! is it thurs already?! argh, altho' i ought to be thrilled that the werkwk's comin' to an end; in my industry... ugh, there r so many freakin' deadlines, so... *sigh*
[later] neway, last nite, i missed my usual gym werkout. when i finally came home, i found my new santa cruz seth huot 157 cm snowboard deck delivered by ups. woohoo! i was pretty excited. the idea'f switchin' from a 152 cm to a 157 cm deck does make me think. i mean... i'm s'pposed to ride a longer deck. however, i've always preferred short decks cos i figure they're lighter n' can spin faster. this longer deck should help me ride pow (powder) better n' also help me build up speed on flat areas, rt? i may need to carve more tho', i think. i may need to use more effort to carve 2. i dunno. w/ my current 152 cm gian simmen santa cruz snowboard deck, i can often ride w/ my base flat, w/o edges. i may need to use my edges more now. we'll c. i'm really curious.
[later] while @ my werk.com desk last nite, i got hungry n' ate a couple'f 4tune cookies that i left in my drawer last wk. i have 2 4tunes:
- "you have a natural grace and great consideration for others." "daily numbers 8 8 0 lotto six #s 40 28 35 46 10 36"
- "work hard, and you will become more wealthy." "daily numbers 3 7 9 lotto six #s 12 46 79 40 2 34"
hold up; wait up a minute! can my werk.com cafeteria hand out 4tune cookies w/ 4tunes that read "work hard, and you will become more wealthy????" i had gotten those 2 4tune cookies from my werk.com cafeteria! sometime last wk, i ordered the kung pao tofu @ lunch. i think 'twas fri; but i 4get. neway, dude... i s'ppose i'm not 1 to believe in 4tune cookie 4tunes.
last nite, i cooked some refrigerator package 수제비 soojeibi 4 dinner. we had a pretty late dinner, i guess. i tried to go to sleep early since i stayed up 2 late the nite b4 $hoppin' online 4 skateboard bearings. the beautiful kaela hwang fell asleep 'gain on the couch watchin' tv. she's done that a bunch this wk. it's bad. however, we're both wakin' up earlier cos'f that. :-/ still it's no good.
[later] i got an spam mail w/ an interesting subject line: "is progress and skill in martial arts up to the teacher or the student?" they sent it to my ucmap.org acct, so wow... these spammers r clever... or rather, they have clever software.
[later] 오후: ok, during my lunchbrk, i got 'lot accomplished (in a way): i hurried off to the sunnyvale skate park n' got a 0.5 hr lunchtime skate sesh (skateboarding session) in b4 the rain started... well, it didn't start raining really; it just started to sprinkle. then, i went to sports basement to pick up a dakine spike stomp pad n' a powerbar protein plus, both 4 almost free thanks to the $10 voucher from val.pak. [a li'l later] i only paid 14¢: [(stomp pad = $9) + (power bar protein plus = $1.75)] × 90% - $10 = 14¢. then i drove my subaru back to my office, ran in, bought a grilled salmon sandiwch on ciabatta, n' ate it in my cube. not bad. 'twas very refreshin' to get out'f the office.
a while 'go, our friend ben moon posted up on his xanga a video'f the fedex (i think) commercial where an office gets a wooden skateboarding 0.5pipe (halfpipe) n' the employees spend all their time gettin' hurt on it instead'f werkin'. he posted that up the day after we went to 쥬쥬비 jujubee n' i took out my skateboard n' let my intoxicated friends ride 'round on it b4 n' after goin' to 노래방 noraebang. well, u know, many times in the past, i saw all the extra land on my werk campus n' wished we had a skate park on campus. of course, that'd never happen, but it's fun to imagine.
a couple'f nites 'go, kaela n' i watched j.lo n' jane fonda's monster in law. it's an ok movie. it's pretty kewl how j.lo keeps changin' her hair thru.out the movie. [later] it's an ok movie, not really intelligent, not really thought.provoking, definitely 2 gurly... but i have a higher tolerance 4 chick flicks than most guys, i think. [later] i guess it's a "romantik comedy," n' i guess i like romance. i think being absorbed in guy aktivities like engineering ('specially mechanical engrng), skateboarding, n' taekwondo (well, berkeley taekwondo's a very co.ed environment; but outside'f berkeley, i guess it's more male.dominated) has gotten me 'way from my romantik side. that's particularly bad cos ('f course) v.day's comin' up.
[later] this afternoon, durin' my luncthime skate sesh (skateboarding session), i was surrounded by guys who were really good. *sigh* i guess it surely was not a morn sesh. morn seshes have lots'f guys like me who r tryin' to learn. dude, 4 all i know, some'f the guys that were there like pros. *shrug* amazon.com
[later] shoot. 2day, i'm wearing a kenny cole shirt that i really like; but, while lookin' in the bathrm mirror just now, i realised that i lost a button. where? @ the skate park when i opened my shirt a li'l cos i was gettin' sweatty? i n my office/cube? in my car? 'least this is 1'f those shirts that comes w/ extra buttons sewn onto it. [a li'l later] i'll need to do some sewing pretty soon.
금요일 아침: groggy fri morn... u know i'm a big fan'f east asian linguistiks. a while 'go, 1'f my 태권도 taekwondo students was askin' me 'bout chinese names translated into korean. his last name's chan. i told him that i 'member that on korean tv, they call jackie chan "성룡 sungryong," so i sed that chan must translate into 성 sung. i knew that was odd. well, i figured it out 2day... jackie chan's 1st name translates into "성룡 sungryong," but his last name "chan" translates into "진 jin." that makes much more, much better sense! last nite, the beautiful kaela hwang went out w/ our friend eric n' our friend sohee to dinner @ 99 치킨 chicken next to 길목 gilmok after 태권도 연습 taekwondo praktice. (heh, yah, i know i'm throwin' extra 한글 hangeul 2day 4 no good reason!) we had a big dinner: fried chicken, 양념 yangnyuhn "spicy" fried chicken, 골뱅이 무침 golbaengyi moochim (sea snail salad), n' some delicious ob 맥주 maekjoo 
. later, last nite, kaela n' i started watchin' the korean adaptation'f dangerous liaisons, entitled 스캔들 scandal or "untold scandal" in english. wow, it's quite a racy film, i've gotta admit. that's very interesting cos it stars the ever.famous 배용준 bae yongjoon'f 겨울 연가 gyuhool yuhnga (winter sonata), possibly the most famous k.drama. i thought 배용준 bae yongjoon was such a goody boy type from his gyuhool yuhnga (winter sonata) role. well, he plays a really h0rny womaniser in this film. wow, quite a change!
this morn, the big news's that anna nicole smith died. wow. yah, i guess there's been lots'f news lately that i haven't talked 'bout, but well... 'lot'f this isn't really important. like that female astronaut that drove 900 miles in diapers to kidnap some other female astronaut that she considered a love rival. *shrug* also, last wk, the harry potter aktor came out in an onstage produktion (play or musikal) that has him n@ked. ick! dude, that is sooo frickin' "brokeback!" eww. what else has been in the news? the super bowl, super bowl ads... eh! nuthin' much'f interest to me.
some other chinese names translated into korean: zhang ziyi = 장자이 jang jayi. yao ming = ??? 명. jet li = li lianjie = 이련걸 yi ryuhnguhl. sun mingming = 손명명. chow yunfat = joo yoonbal. chu muyen = joo mokyuhm.
[later] wow, i came to werk kind'f early 2day cos i didn't walk sooni or go skateboarding cos'f the rain. poor sooni. the morn feels much longer 2day cos i came early.
it's ok that i got a 157 cm deck this time instead'f a 154 cm, rt? while reading snowboarding forums, i read more from park riders who insist on short boards. my 1st deck was a 153 cm, my next was a 152 cm. well, the dude @ porter's did recommend a 157 cm 4 me. furthermore, 2 often my friends keep me on freeride terrain or pow n' 'way from the park. 2 many'f my friends don't do freestyle. it may surprise some, but my best terrain park buddy's my wife! w/ my longer deck i'll be more able to catch those long ski skier friends like our taekwondo student friend ken. [later] it should be ok, rt? think 'bout how gian simmen rides like a 159 cm, n' he's relatively freestyle, rt? well... aktually, he's more'f a big mtn rider, huh? :-/ well, what length deck did he ride when he won the olympik 0.5pipe (halfpipe) event?
dude, when r my bones super swiss 6 skateboard bearings comin' in from amazon.com
*sigh* this wknd, it's gonna rain, so i can't skate (skateboard). it's s'pposedly gonna snow up in tahoe, so i can't necessarily go snowboarding. furthermore, we have our friend's b.day party 2morrow nite; n' kaela has a seminar, so i wouldn't even have my terrain park buddy.
토요일 아침: i'm @ werk.com 2day, in my cube. *sigh* i've got lots'f werk to do, lots'f pressure, lots'f deadlines. neway... *sigh* yah, neway, i read just now on korean yahoo! news that aktress 정다빈 jung dabin committed suicide by hangin' herself w/ towel in her bf's apt's bathrm. :<:-o dude! what's goin' on here?! what's w/ all these korean female celebs killin' themselves?! this is awful!!! what's up?! here's the bronx's junkyard newsclip 'bout it in english: "[News] Jung Da Bin Commited Suicide" (http://www.bjunkyard.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17087). here's the wiki article re: 정다빈 jung dabin (in english): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jung_Da_Bin. crazy, crazy.
[later] 오후: argh, it's so frustrating! i'd been waitin' 4 the beautiful kaela hwang to txt msg me when her lunch brk from her seminar was approaching. just now, she called me, n' sed she's goin' w/ all her chiropraktic skool friends to grand indian buffet. argh, we were just there yesterday. the restaurant's ok, but i don't wanna go there 2 days in a row, so i'm not goin'. that's sooo frustrating! >:-(
[later] late afternoon: what was just s'pposed to be a short time in the office has turned into almost a full day already. i dunno how long i'll be here. it's ~330p now. i think i may stay till 400p. the whole lunch thing cms to have ruined my day, but... *shrug* it's all perspektive, rt? i dunno, man. i ended up not eating lunch. instead, i ate a washington fuji apple that i left here in the fridge, some planters brand pistacchio trail mix, n' a chocococonut lara bar. what a cr@ppy diet, n' i need exercise!
월요일 아침: groggy mon morn... this past wknd, i read this "special report" by the iasc (international association of skateboard companies) 'bout the bad effect'f "blank boards" on skateboard companies. it's fascinating. check out the report: under fire: a special report on the skate hardgoods market (http://www.theskateboardindustry.com/tsi/article.aspx?ID=263). seriously, it's very interesting. the report is in .jpg 4mat. it might be aktually more convenient to print it out onto paper to read; but it is like 22 pages. if u have an adobe acrobat .pdf writing program, that'd be good. [later] hrm, i really hope that those'f u who r interested in: 1) bizness, 2) art n' culture, 3) sports, 4) sociology, or 5) boardsports (like snowboarding)'ll read this report cos it's very interesting. the opening article (by miki vukovich)'s the best. hrm, i'll try to extrakt some important quotes:
- "today's top skate brands are owned and managed by individuals who've been involved in skateboarding for most of their lives."
- "skateboarding is unique, in part, because the individuals making critical decisions abou its future are not only financially, but emotionally invested in it."
- "and their experience has led them to the alarming conclusion that, if current trends continue, the next generation of skaters will not have pros to look up to, videos and magazines to study, or pro demos to look forward to. if the proliferation of generic hardgoods in specialty retail stores continues to erode the pro-branded marekt, the skateboard industry - hardgoods and all higher-margin categories that depend on it - will cease to exist as we know it."
- "many pro skaters today fail to actively represent their sponsors. comopanies have been reluctant to innovate their products. distributors and shops have allowed generic products to infiltrate the skate-specialty supply chain."
- "pros need to rock their sponsors' gear and ride the products they're paid to. companies need to put their manufacturing expertise to the test and offer products that no one else can. an distributors and shops need to promote those efforts to their respective customers. and non-branded, generic skate products must be seen for what they are - bland, unwarrantied commodities that support faceless factories that do nothing to support professional skateboarding, magazine ad campaigns, pro teams, pro tours, and all the other efforts skate companies make to help preserve skateboarding's unique heritage. buying (or selling) a pro-model deck from a reputable brand circulates the profits back into these efforts."
- "the $9.99 ebay deck is the red flag that should have us all realizing that the core skate companies aren't the only link in the pro-skate supply chain being threatened. without demand for professionally endorsed products, the exclusivity that core shops and the distributors that supply them have means nothing. skate shopes represent the best that skateboarding has to offer. if a young skater walks into a shop looking for a particular pro's board, and the shop has it; that kid is sold on the store's credibility. the link between all the promotional efforts core skate companies make (ads, tours, dvds, and other events) and a sale at the local shop is direct and self-evident."
- "the range of pro-endorsed skate products that a shop carries and the expertise of its staff sets it apart from sporting-goods and mall stores. but if the kid walks out of the store with a blank or shop-branded deck, his support stops with that shop - the rest of the profits from that deck don't go to help a company send their team to town the following summer, to produce the new dvd, or to support the mag. the rest of that profit goes into the pockets of disinterested entrepreneurs."
- "skateboarding has survived for more than a half century because it has a magic quality that attracts kids to it."
- "[pro skaters]'ve served to inspire other skaters and are responsible for turning a business into a culture, a lifestyle, and a livelihood for many of us. if we can't find a way to preserve the role of pro skaters, and to support the companies that support them, then skaters will have to find their skateboards on aisle five, somewhere between the tennis racquets and free weights."
my 1st skateboard had a christian hosoi pro model deck, n' i looked up to christian hosoi cos i read 'bout him in rolling stone magazine. rt now, i ride a mini-logo deck. it's almost a blank but not. it's a pricepoint deck from a core skate company, ie skate one. it has minimal graphics, but it still has some n' isn't a "blank." i realised this wknd that i insist on buying pro model snowboard decks, but i've recently resited buying pro model skateboard decks. why? well, when it comes to snowboards, i say that if no pro's willing to ride a deck, then it must not be very good. there must be sumpthin' wrong w/ it; so it's not good 'nuff 4 me. i consider myself decently proficient in snowboarding. to whate'er extent i'm talented in snowboarding, it's a gift from god. neway, w/ skateboard decks? well, i feel i can't justify havin' 2 nice'f a deck cos i'm simply not that good, not yet. @ the same time, as i've sed b4, i do regret not investing in nicer equipment from the get.go. i could've 'least gotten a pair'f indepedent trucks, even tho' my bullet trucks r servin' me just fine. i dunno how kids akt these days; but, when i was a kid, if u had super nice gear but couldn't skate well, then ppl'd call u a poseur. then 'gain, that was back in my day. in the report, 1 older pro skater (i 4get who) talked 'bout how in the early 1990s, it wasn't kewl to have graphics on ur deck, that all the pros rode blanks n' kids'd sand off the graphics from their decks. c? that was what skate culture was like when i stopped skating in college. now, there's this movement 2wards supporting skate art n' skate culture thru the purchase of "branded" decks. i guess interested parties r tryin' to pass it off as "socially conscious," n' maybe it is. true, it's 'bout culture n' art. i've cn books on skate art that i really wanna buy. however, here r some deterrents to my buyin' expen$ive, branded, pro boards these days: 1) i need to c a technolgical advantage (maybe cos i'm an engineer). [later] i don't wanna buy the same 'ol slab'f ply wood n' pay more just cos'f some painting. 2) i need to c pros that r worth supporting, 1s w/ good charakter n' rn't just punks. who r some current pros that i respekt? christian hosoi, steve caballero, daewon song, rodney mullen, ... if i c a skate company signin' on more minorities n' women, then i'm more likely to wanna buy their stuff. it's hard to wanna "support" pro skaters n' the whole skate industry if they don't make me as a consumer n' enthusiast feel welcomed. like, what if a pro skater begs ppl to buy his board n' then goes off n' calls'em all poseurs cos they have nice boards but can't skate as well as he can? that's not rt! 3) if i'm gonna pay 4 artwerk on my deck, i want artwerk that i like! i don't need demonik images, anime gurls spre@din' their l3gs (hookups), references to drugs, gore, juvenile cartoons that rn't really all that cute (world industries)... lemme tell u; if santa cruz put their snowboard graphics on their skateboard decks, i'd be all over'em. 4) i need to c skate hardgoods that r manufaktured in the usa or 'least not made in china. all my snowboard decks were made in europe. i think they were made in germany. i wanna support, local nor*cal or 'least cali4nian companies. 5) i need companies to make produkts that i want. i'm an old guy skater who doesn't really wanna ride old guy skateboards. i want a 7.75" wide "all.around" deck w/ steep concave n' a bidirektional/twin shape n' low trucks that carve but wheels tall 'nuff to ride vert n' that r hard 'nuff 4 max speed in the park but soft 'nuff 4 a smooth ride while i skate w/ sooni 'round the block. i want the best engineering in my bearings, griptape, n' hardware as well. 6) i need skate shops to make me feel welcomed. i don't wanna be stared @ cos i'm asian or cos i'm a kind'f yuppyish guy. i don't need punk attitude from the employees. i wanna know that my bizness's appreciated.
how does the skateboarding industry differ from the snowboarding industry n' team sports industries? maybe consumers'f snowboarding equipment have more $$$ on avg. team sports make most'f their $$$ thru advertising @ events n' during broadcasts'f events. team sports events happen much more frequently than boardsports events. honestly, i think skateboarding'd benefit from being added to the olympiks. x.games n' olympiks r good things 4 the board sports, if u ask me. the way i c it, "punk" attitude's ok, but loser attitude isn't, so int'l competition's a good thing. think 'bout how hard taekwondo supports fought to get taekwondo in the olympiks! then consider how hard some skateboarding afficianados r fighting to keep skateboarding out'f the olympiks. sports should be co.ed or 'least as co.ed as possible. like even tho' there should often be men's n' women's divisions, teams n' praktices should be co.ed. ooh, check out this very short article 'bout skateboarding in the olympiks: "Skateboarding in the Olympics?" (http://skateboard.about.com/od/events/a/Olympics.htm) hrm, here's an article that opposes the idea: "skateboarding and the olympics" http://www.sublimited.net/miscellaneous/skateboarding_and_the_olympics.html) oh yah, the 1st article mentions how the olympiks's @ its medal limit as far as nombre'f sports. dude, imagine if they had to pick btwn taekwondo or skateboarding. :-( yah, not a good choice. dude, why not take out like... uh... basketball. ha ha ha... i was tryin' to think'f a sport i don't like.
[later] dude, i didn't know george powell'f skate one's a stanfurd engineering grad! check it out: http://www.twsbiz.com/twbiz/features/article/0,21214,1016690,00.html.
ok, some skateboard companies that still manufacture in the usa = abc board supply (acme n' scarecrow), beer city, cohort, n' skate one, independent, sector 9, arbor, watson laminates (makes laminated "fiberlam" decks 4 tum yeto - foundation, toy machine, deathbox), ... aktually, i think the list is much, much longer than what i'm quickly findin' online. it's prob'ly just that most corporations wanna reserve the rt to start makin' 'least pricepoint boards in china, so they don't advertise the fakt that their decks r currently made in the usa. 4getchu not that i have this insane loyalty to santa cruz n' the nhs corporation cos'f the time when my dad booked the asme tour'f the nhs faktory in soquel, n' i got to meet the founder richard novak.
ok, finally gettin' 'way from the topik'f skateboards, i'll give u a link to an article that i started readin' cos'f tim fong's xanga: "The Rise of Christian Fascism and Its Threat to American Democracy" (http://www.alternet.org/module/printversion/47679). i don't agree w/ everything this author writes here, but... *shrug* it's simply an interesting read... 'least to c what some ppl think. i'm not alone in being sick'f ignorant ppl equating christianity w/ conservative politiks. i'm @ a pt now where i can accept the existence'f a politkal rt as well as a politkal left, but i definitely want ppl to realise that christians can be demokrats (w/ a "big d").
a good, currently popular song: mat kearney's "nothing left to lose" (http://www.matkearney.com/)
call me a hippie, but if i had to move 'way from the bay area n' all the beautiful, diverse culture it offers, then one place i'd prefer to live is santa cruz cos it's got a great, established skateboarding culture n' a up.n.comin' contemporary christian "scene. however, i'd be that much further from tahoe, n' i wouldn't like that. obviously, the lack'f real asian fud's the biggest drawback."
[later] 저녁: 'gain, here's an article from transworld business re: santa cruz skate/snow/surf: "Hardgoods Trifecta" http://www.twsbiz.com/twbiz/print/0,21538,1025868,00.html)
[later] 밤, 1101p: i'm sleepy. ok, i never gave a recap'f this wknd. on fri, i went to our grx t3 light couples bible study small group by myself cos the beautiful kaela hwang sed she was 2 bizzy w/ clinik stuff to go. i was really worn out from a hard_wk@werk.com, but it was refreshin' to hang w/ some friends n' their cute kids. when i came home, kaela was asleep. on sat morn, i woke up later than i wanted to. i spent the whole day (pretty much) @ werk. >:-( very unpleasant! i didn't get to eat lunch n' not even really dinner. it was rainin' all day. i went to santana row to pick up a b.day present 4 our friend grace. kaela n' i were s'pposed to go bowling 4 grace's b.day, but only i went bowling. i bowled horribly! after 2 games, i went home n' picked up kaela, n' we went to 루머스 rumors 호프 hof 4 some fud, drinks, b.day cake, n' 노래방.
well, in contrast w/ sat, sun was a much better day. i woke up n' went to church in the morn. 'twas a bit drizzly still, i think. i went to church. then, my mom n' i went to jamba juice n' tj maxx. then we returned to the church location (santa clara hyatt) 4 the grx town hall mtg. after that, i went w/ some friends from our ol' small grp to lunch @ chez mayflower in the milpitas 99. after that, it was well into the afternoon, n' the drizzly skies had yielded to very sunny, dry weather. i went to the sunnyvale skate park. dude, that was fun! well, i dunno; the park was crowded w/ kids. i don't like that. i prefer morns, when they're just a handful'f ppl there. *sigh* i skated 4 a while. i've gotta admit. i didn't pad up cos almost no 1 else was padded up (kids, u know?), n' i knew i wasn't gonna push myself 2 hard. i had 1 kind'f scary fall, where i fell onto my skateboard down a transition. i thought i'd be really hurt, but aktually, landin' w/ my leg on the skateboard, somehow broke the fall ok. *shrug* well, after skating @ the sunnyvale skate park, i went home n' skated w/ sooni 'round the block. then, i mounted my burton cartel bindings onto my new santa cruz seth huot 157 twin tip deck. then, i proceeded to give it a full hand wax. then what? i think kaela came home, n' i cooked dinner. i cooked some 만두 라면 mandoo ramyuhn. *sigh* what a nite, what a wknd.
this morn, i woke up, ate some cereal, skated 'round the block w/ sooni, n' went to werk. @ lunch, i went w/ kaela to the sunnyvale house'f falafel. it took'em an hr to get us our fud!!! it was so crowded. i ordered the combo kebabs plate w/ 1 lamb n' 1 beef, n' kaela got the house falafel wrap. i werked a long day n' then went to sach's turbo kick box (tkb) class @ the east arques ave, sunnyvale 24 hour fitness
화요일 아침: in the ccs catalog, i've cn a shirt that has the slogan "skateboarding ruined my life." sometimes i feel that's true 4 me. as u can c from my journal, it often occupies my mind. why? i dunno. it's just really fun 4 me. furthermore, i feel like it's sumpthin' that i've gotta do now or never. i feel like this is my last chance to get good @ it. i realise tho' that i've gotta chill. this morn, i didn't touch my skateboard. originally, i was gonna head out to the sunnyvale skate park. however, when i looked out the window, i realised that the ground was drenched from rain last nite. i didn't even take sooni 4 a walk on skateboard. i told her we had to walk on our feet like chumps. well, i guess she's always on her feet. well... *sigh* i feel weird that skateboarding kind'f takes me 'way from the culture that i'm s'pposed to be in n' the society i'm s'poosed to be in. like, my friends don't skateboard. my family doesn't really skateboard. my cowerkers don't skateboard. i dunno... lots 'bout me goes 'gainst "corporate culture," i guess. in order to fit in best w/ "corporate culture," u've gotta firmly believe that $$$'ll buy u happiness, so u'll do whate'er ur corporate employer tells u to do in order to get a chance'f makin' it big. :-/ i dunno. oftentimes, i wonder if my lack'f materialism'll be my downfall. sometimes i wonder if "corporate culture" wants every1 to worship $$$ n' the white picket fence life, etc. whadya think? i mean, shoot... sometimes i feel sooo inspired @ church to live entirely 4 jesus, n' that goes sooo 'gainst the whole materialism, $$$, n' pursuit'f winnin' the rat race stuff. *sigh* dude, am i experiencin' 'nother 0.25 life crisis, or am i 2 ol' 4 that? if i'm experiencin' a 0.25 life crisis now, then i'll live past 120. :-) otherwise, is this a 1/3 life crisis, in which case i'd only life to 90. :-/
as much as i've recently been more inspired to support apple cos it's a silikon valley, bay area, cali4nian company; i've gotta admit that 삼성 samsung's "iphone killer" appeals more to me.
"N. Korea agrees to nuclear disarmament" (http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/16683716.htm?template=contentModules/printstory.jsp) - "North Korea agreed Tuesday to shut down its main nuclear reactor and eventually dismantle its atomic weapons program in exchange for millions of dollars in aid, just four months after the communist state shocked the world by testing a nuclear bomb."
[later] instead'f thinkin' 'bout skateboarding, maybe i should focus on snowboarding. we finally have some decent snow levels:
- kirkwood: 77~128"
- alpine meadows: 42~105"
- squaw valley 24~90"
- sierra@tahoe: 33~88"
- boreal: 45~70"
- diamond peak: 40~70"
- northstar@tahoe: 26~61"
- sugar bowl: 16~60"
- pathetik dodge ridge: 12~55"
수요일 아침: 2day's v.day. happy v.day. my valentine = the beautiful kaela hwang who's urs? here's the wiki on v.day: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Valentine%27s_Day. so what's up? r u gonna buy some overpri¢ed flowers 2day? i don't blame u. it's a day to do things that r illogikally n' impraktically romantik. i was 'bout to use the phrase "3 sheets to the wind," thinkin' that it means sumpthin' 'bout bein' carefree, but i just learned that it aktually means bein' drunk: http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-thr1.htm. i got kaela a present this past wknd but haven't given it to her yet. it's... just sumpthin' small. however, i wish she knew how much i love her even tho' i so terrible @ expressin' it. i wish i were better @ it. it makes me very happy when she goes to taekwondo praktice w/ me like last nite. it makes me very happy when she goes snowboarding w/ me like a couple'f wknds 'go. it makes me very happy when she goes to church w/ me. it makes me very happy when we can get dressed up n' go out to a nice dinner. it makes me happy when we can watch a korean drama together. she makes me laff, n' i like that. neway, it's not all 'bout just good times n' doin' stuff ('specially stuff that i like to do. i love her thru the good times n' the bad. i wish i were better @ expressin' it.
heh, it really made me happy that 1 time a while 'go when kaela brought sooni n' met up w/ me @ the sunnyvale skate park. i really appreciated that. neway, i didn't skateboard yesterday nor 2day, n' i did it on purpose. as i sed yesterday, i wanted to take a deliberate break from skateboarding in order to be less obsessed w/ it n' put things back into perspektive. after all, i'm not super good @ it, so it's kind'f sad if i'm totally obsessed w/ it. *sigh* well, i think taking this brk really did put things into perspektive n' remind me that there's other things in my life that i really like; like snowboarding, taekwondo, musik, etc.
[later] 저녁: days r gettin' longer, n' they'll soon get even longer cos daylite saving time starts earlier from this yr on, eh? crazy. we'll be springin' 4ward on march 11 instead'f the end'f april, rt? didn't daylite saving time used to start @ the end'f april? *shrug* well, no... maybe 'twas the end'f march, but a quick wiki search'll settle this debate! ok, here's a quote from the wiki, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time:
"Start and end dates and times vary with location and year. Starting in 2007, most of the United States and Canada observe DST from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November, with transitions typically at 02:00 local time. The 2007 United States change was part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; previously, from 1987 through 2006, the start and end dates were the first Sunday in April and the last Sunday in October." daylite saving time used to start @ the beginnin'f april, eh? wow, this shift'll affekt the snowboarding world cos we'll have more hrs to board, rt? or 'least spring n' fall boarding feel a li'l diff from b4, rt?
2day, kaela n' i had a v.day lunch @ midori sushi in sunnyvale on el camino real. kaela sed the owner/manager sounded like my dad. shortly after that, i heard the dude totally bust out in taiwanese. he made lots'f jokes, n' that reminded kaela'f my dad. we ordered 2 much fud: a sushi combo lunch'f spider roll n' spicy tuna roll (w/ miso soup n' salad), a hamachi teriyaki bento box (which also came w/ miso soup n' salad as well as chicken teriyaki, rice, 4 pieces'f cali rolls... but came as a salmon teriyaki bento instead'f hamachi... w/ the waitresses explanation that the kitchen cooked the wrong thing), n' also the spicy snowballs (tempura stuffed shrooms - hecka yummy!) n' hawai.ian poki (very good as well). wow, the fud was all very delicious, but we simply ordered 2 much. i had to take some'f it to go. kaela had picked the restaurant. we met up there. it was a good lunch.
[later] yesterday n' 2day were both beautifully sunny days, n' yet i didn't go skateboarding. strange.
last nite, i watched pirates of the carribean: the curse of the black pearl. it was ok, decently fun, w/ good visual effekts. however, i thought the ending was a bit'f a (what ppl call a) "cop out." i wish i had cn this 1st installment b4 watching the 2nd, but oh well.
mokyoil achim: it's sort'f like i "deprived" myself'f skateboarding 4 2 days n' then jumped back in. 2day (this morn), i skateboarded w/ sooni n' then hit up the sunnyvale skate park 4 a morn skate sesh (skateboarding session). i had much fun; much, much fun. well... heh, it's not like 2day was ne diff from many other days, but... *shrug* u know, while carvin' n' kickturnin in the medium size bowl, i got fatiqued kind'f fast. :-/ why? *shrug*
last nite, i was stuck@werk.com till pretty, stinkin' late! >:-( grrr! *sigh* neway, when i finally escpaed, i headed over to the ol' san francisco rd. safeway in sunnyvale, bought a frozen combo pizza, bought 2 bags'f caeser lite salad, bought 3 tins'f anchovies, bought a big bottle'f pomegranate white tea, bought a mixed bouquet'f flowers 4 the beautiful kaela hwang n' headed home to cook an oversimplistik *v.day* dinner'f frozen pizza w/ anchovies n' caesar lite salad w/ anchovies, soy parmesan, n' various nuts n' seeds n' black pepper. *sigh* yah, it surely wasn't fancy, but well... it was just 1'f those "simple things in life." while eatin', we watched the pirates of the caribbean: the curse of the black pearl 'gain cos kaela'd fallen asleep the nite b4 when i finished watchin' it. as i sed, i don't really like the ending. however, i do enjoy the pro.proletariat mood'f the whole pirate thing. it's got sort'f a han solo feel, u know? i enjoied sort'f havin' the nickname "hwang solo" in the *cal* taekwondo party crew. neway, since i had watched the movie in its entirety on tues nite, i was mostly just readin' the latest issue'f future snowboarding magazine instead.
well, while the oven was warmin' up (earlier), i ran to the garage n' fetched kaela's *v.day* present: a homedics quad.roller massage chair thingy. i installed it, n' we tested it out last nite. since kaela was watchin' the movie, i ended up usin' it more. wow! my back muscles were sore after usin' that thing 4 a long time.
[later] ohoo: so over the nxt wk or so, if i bring a *netflix* envelope flap into blockbuster, i'll get a free movie rental, eh? i've gotta do this.
[later] i checked the status of the delivery'f my bones super swiss 6 bearings, n' they should be @ our house by now. man, i've been so tempted to take off, go home, install those bearings, n' well... it's not like even if i were to install those bearings, i'd have a chance to test'em out. :-( i had fun skating 2day. i prakticed stayin' a bit more crouched as i grinded. i figure eventually, i should be able to do those grab grinds like indy nose picks, etc.
[later] a good song - delirious's "didyou feel the mountains tremble" from their album sonicpraise... 'nother good song - switchfoot's "this is your life" from their album the beautiful letdown... "this is your life. are you who you want to be? this is your life. are you who you want to be? this is your life. is it everything you dreamed it would be when the world was younger, and you had everything to lose?" really makes u think, eh? i feel like switchfoot's musik really asks 'lot'f questions. it akss more questions than it answers. however, it's ok. these questions make u think, n' thinkin's good. 'nother good song - hawk nelson's "things we go through" from their album letters to the president.
월요일 화요일 아침: oh, it feels like mon, but it's tues. upes. yesterday was presidents day n' also the beautiful kaela hwang's n' my 43rd wedding monthversary. i had an extra long wknd, a 4.day wknd cos i took fri off to take kaela to her lasik apptmnt n' take care'f her afterwards. u know what? even tho' ppl've sed that lasik isn't that painful, she was in pain!!! yah, altho' i'm not sayin' that lasik is bad or nething like that, wow... it sure looks very, very painful. she was screaming in pain afterwards. furthermore, when i saw a guy leave the next day, while waitin' 4 kaela's follow.up apptmnt, he looked like he was in a tremondously unbearable 'mount'f pain. yah, i don't believe it's @ all painless. it looks very, very painful!
*sigh* this morn, on the today show, they had a short feature on some german dude (i think 'twas in germany) who has bred this ginormous (gigantic + enormous) bunnies. the feature was titled "monster rabbits." neway, i knew that'd get kaela out'f bed (as she was already late to wake up), so i shook her n' told her that there'd be bunnies on tv. she scrambled up n' immediately fixated her gaze on the bunnies on the tube. however, 'twas a very odd sight 4 me cos she didn't 1st scramble 4 her glasses, she just scrambled to push the comforter out'f the way n' proper herself up to c the bunnies on the tele. wow! yah, that was very diff.
*sigh* neway, dude; 'twas a very packed wknd. cos'f kaela's lasik surgery, we did not go snowboarding in tahoe or @ kirkwood. nope. however, on sat, we went to santa cruz n' biked n' walked 'lot. 'twas very fun. i loved bein' in this boardsports epicenter.
[later] aktually, i need to discuss this past wknd from its begnining. on fri, kaela n' i woke up early n' went to her lasik apptmnt @ dr. kawesch inc. they made it sound like i could be in the rm w/ her while she got thes urgery, but no. instead, i sat in a 2nd waiting rm, sort'f a "secret" waiting rm, not the main lobby. they played dvds there: 1st some ol' martin lwarence movie where he dreams that he's in camelot n' then 50 first dates. a quick google search told me that the martin lawrence movie was black knight (2001). 'twasn't a very good movie. [later] rt after the surgery, kaela was cryin' 'lot but not yet screamin', mostly snifflin'. i noticed that the clinik pretty much shoved us out the door in order to prevent waitin' patients from observin' her pain. wow, slick. i tried to drive us home but had a flat tire. i had to pull over in fron't the hummer dealier on steens creek blvd. [later] 오후: @ 1st i noticed the dealers kind'f smirkin' @ the sight'f a subaru breakin' down in front'f their hummer dealership, n' that really annoyed me. however, eventually, they sent a mechanic out to laon me a tire pump that was bigger than the 1 i was usin', which i keep in my trunk. however, their tire pump eventually blew the fuse on my 12v outlet w/o fillin' up my tire. i had to drive off in search'f a gas station w/ a tire pump. the 1st 1 i pulled into was a union 76 station on stevens creek blvd @ kiely near the whole woodhams strip mall n' bevmo etc. the machine required 50¢. bein' ¢heap, i decided to 4go it n' try to find a free pump @ the arco down the street; down kiely, @ homestead. well, i couldn't make it that far. i had to pull over on a pruneridge or some street near pruneridge, in front'f a 2.story green house to remove my flat tire n' install my spare tire. since i was parked, blockin' the driveway, my knuckle scraped on the driveway as i cranked the jack. *sigh* while i was in the middle'f changin' the tire, a gurl came out'f the house to get sumpthin' or check mail or sumpthin', so i apologised to her 4 blockin' their driveway. well, eventually, i changed out the tire n' got on my way. kaela had fallen asleep back when i was in front'f the hummer dealership but awoke after i suceeded in changin' the tire, when i pulled over @ the santa clara post office to pick up a couple'f packages: my bones super swiss 6 bearings n' my repaired timex helix watch that kaela got 4 me. she started screamin' very loudly cos'f the pain from the surgery. i knew i looked very suspicious w/ durty, durty hands n' a screamin' female in my passenger seat. worse yet, she started kickin' my dashboard n' hittin' stuff; so it really looked like i'd kidnapped her. when i got her inside the house, she kept screamin' n' screami'. she made me call the lasik office. aktually, she had me do that 1nce earlier in the car 2. 1st she had me ask them if it was ok that her eyes wouldn't stop tearing (눈물 noonmool... teardrops not tear as in paper). they sed 'twas fine. the 2nd time, she had me ask 'bout the incessant pain, n' they sed it cmed normal n' that she had to take the prescription painkiller eyedrops which she had opted not to buy. well, kaela sent me off to kaiser to pick up her painkiller eyedrops. that was my 1st time @ the new, lawrence expwy kaiser facility. it's nice. however, the number'f ppl in white coats disturbed me. i had decided to dress casually 4 that day n' looked like some sk8erboi punk, so i felt a bit self.conscious 'round all these ppl 'bout my age w/ medikal degrees, etc. wow, it must be great to werk as a pharmcist! the job looks sooo easy! it's like stuffin' envelopes! while waitin' a long time 4 the eyedrops, i went to the nice cafeteria there n' ate some chana masala (indian garbanzo bean dish). [later] 'twas such an interesting experience! well, i went home to give kaela her tiny, $83 vial'f eyedrops, but she was asleep, which was good. i watched the korean horror movie 분홍신 boonhongshin (red shoes). it was ok, but only ok. it was a bit like the ring up until the end, where it just became really ridiculous. i watched the movie while kaela slept cos she wanted me to watch it w/o her cos she hates horror movies. i'd picked the movie on netflix.com simply cos it's 1'f the newest korean movies they have. when kaela awoke, she was ok. i had some errands to run: 1) mail off the 분홍신 boonhongshin (red shoes) dvd back to netflix.com
; 2) get my tire patched; 3) pick up a free blockbuster dvd rental w/ my netflix.com
envelope flap. kaela n' sooni came w/ me. i ended up buyin' a whole new set'f yokohama avid tires from america's tire company. we walked to blockbuster on stevens creek blvd near lawrence expwy, near pet fud express, while we waited 4 my tires to be mounted. we picked up marie antoinette. &nsbp; well, we went home. kaela felt up 4 a belated v.day / early monthversary dinner; so i made reservations to take her to twist bistro in downton (historik / ol' town) campbell. she ordered the pâte, the portabella shroom napoleon (w/ couscous inside), a side'f garlik spinach, n' iced tea. i ordered the chicken liver on frisée, the hanging steak frites (steak n' fries), n' a glass'f syrah - simply to complement my steak. we shared a dessert'f chococovered profiteroles (cream puffs) filled w/ vanilla aisukuriimu n' each had a cup'f decaf.
on sat morn, kaela had a 800a apptmnt w/ the lasik office. it was pretty quick. she noted that it was an interesting experience cos the optometrist was an asian gurl that was maybe younger than us. after the apptmnt, we drove 2wards santa cruz, as i'd loaded our bikes into my forester. kaela wanted to grab brkfast on the way, so we pulled over in los gatos in an attempt to eat @ sweet peas, but 'twasn't open; so we ate @ gilley's, a li'l ol' fashioned coffee shop. kaela had the special brkfast'f 2 eggs (over easy), 2 links'f sausage, n' 2 pancakes. i had the veggie omelette, which came w/ hash browns n' a choice'f bread (english muffin). we each had a cup'f decaf. i was so full from brkfast n' the previous nite's dinner. well, we got on our way to santa cruz.
it didn't take 2 long to get to santa cruz via highway 17 (the 17). i 1st drove us thru santa cruz past the boadwalk. we spotted a nice bike trail along a creek/river, but kaela wanted to ride along the beach, so i got back on the hiway (hiway 1 / the 1?) n' drove us to seacliff beach. i parked on the street, outside'f the state park's parking lot, to avoid the parking fee. we rode down to the beach n' along the beach. it was fun n' relaxing but was 2 short'f a ride. we rode back up the hill, which was interesting. then i drove us back to santa cruz n' we parked by the bike trail, near the new skate park that's under construktion n' opening this wk. i thought the park was open n' wished i could skate there but felt less bad when i saw it wasn't yet open. we rode to downtown santa cruz n' walked 'round. we got a café freddo @ peets n' went to the santa cruz bookstore that coined the slogan "keep santa cruz weird." then we went to this pacific wave board shop. kaela bought a cute bikini, n' i bought a ¢heap, on.sale t.shirt in order to change into a short sleeve shirt (out'f a long sleeve shirt, cos 'twas sooo warm). i'd wanted to buy a santa cruz skateboards or independent truck company shirt but didn't really like the designs or pri¢es, so i bought an $11 element shirt instead. element's an irvine company, n' i'd wanted to support a nor*cal company. i like nhs's nor*cal line'f clothing, but it's become less a skateboard / snowboard thing n' more'f either a hick thing or a hyphy thing. neway, i guess i've now added to my wardobe'f skateboard.related clothing. we strolled more down the main strip'f downton santa cruz, n' i was so happy to c so much skateboard.related stuff like the skate works store. we rode our bikes down to the boardwalk. we walked down the pier n' ate a shrimp cocktail n' a crab cocktail. then we rode back to my car n' packed up. we drove back to the silly valley.
since we had some time to kill b4 mtg my family 4 dinner, i wanted to get more biking in. i suggested sierra azul, los gatos creek trail/park, the almaden lake trail, n' quicksilver park. un4tunately, i picked the last - quicksilver park. 1nce i'd unloaded n' assembled our bikes, n' after we rode uphill to the park's entrance, we found out that the park no longer allows bikes. i didn't know that! well, we rode 'round the neighbourhood n' visited some expen$ive model homes just 4 fun. we ran into kaela's skoolmate jenny n' her husband. her classmate announced that she's pregnant. well, we killed time there. then we drove to sushi masa to meet up w/ my family but were still 2 early, so we went to drove over to princeton plaza to browse 'round berean christian store. well, finally, we went to dinner. kaela ordered this combo w/ chicken teriyaki n' lobster tempura. i ordered the deluxe chirashi. after dinner, my mom, kaela, n' i walked 'cross the parking lot to longs drugs, so that i could buy kaela some systane eyedrops. well, kaela n' i went home. it was still quite arm, especially 4 fevrier (feburary)!!! we dropped off our bikes, picked up sooni, n' went to the cupertino fantasia. 'twas a bit cold there, so we got warm drinks n' didn't stay 2 long. we went home n' watched marie antoinette.
on sun, we went to church - grx's sunday celebration service (early service) - @ the santa clara convention center. then, we drove to blockbuster, where kaela watched the end'f marie antoinette on my laptop. then we met up w/ my family @ 팔각정 palgakjung (the octagon) korean buffet on homestead btwn san tomas n' kiely. after lunch, kaela n' i picked up sooni n' went to santana row 4 the farmers market. then we washed sooni @ pet fud express. then, we dropped off sooni n' went gro¢ery $hoppin' @ 한국 마켓 hangook market, where kaela ran into her skoolmate 지영 jiyoung. we went home n' ate non.korean fud 4 dinner: guacamole, stuffed sole, mixed veggies, n' peju wine. we watched 나쁜 남자 nabbeun namja (bad guy). then we made it a double feature n' watched 엄정화 uhm junghwa n' 감우성 gam woosung in 결혼은 미친짓이다 gyuhlhoneun michinjisida (marriage is a crazy thing). albeit 'nother racy, racy movie w/ tons'f steamy $3x scenes; it's such a profound vision'f how young ppl 2day view relationships n' marriage! dude, it's so revolutionary. it's a li'l like when harry met sally in that way.
well, on mon (pres day) morn, i spent 2.5 hrs @ the sunnyvale skate park. i had such a good time n' made some breakthru improvements like ollieing off the 3rd level'f the block (manual pad block, the top level), gettin' backside shove.its decently repeatably, gettin' some frontside grind aktion in on a somewhat repeatable basis. oh yah, my new bones super swiss 6 bearings really help!!! now that i'm goin' much faster w/ my new bones super swiss 6 bearings, i don't yearn so much 4 a new deck, wheels, or trucks. i go much faster, 'specially in the bigger bowls. [later] when i arrived 'round 800a, 'twas just english mike, me, n' 2 younger guys/kids. later, this family from gilroy arrived. i could tell they weren't locals, n' i wasn't sure if the other regular guys didn't want non.locals, cos i know some skate spots have this "locals only" vibe. neway, i figured it's better to make friends n' spread god's love, so i talked to them n' found out they were from gilroy.
[later, 2007년02월21일, 1223a] restaurant reservations i've made online over the yrs:
feb 16, 2007 twist bistro
dec 18, 2006 plumpjack cafe squaw valley
nov 18, 2006 tarragon
nov 13, 2006 kampai house
aug 12, 2006 kampai house
jul 14, 2006 kampai house
jun 21, 2006 village california bistro & wine bar
may 26, 2006 menara moroccan restaurant
may 14, 2006 bayleaf
apr 23, 2006 piatti - santa clara
feb 11, 2006 chez tj
jan 26, 2006 cascal
jan 19, 2006 tarragon
dec 18, 2005 alexander's steakhouse
sep 5, 2005 straits restaurant - santana row
sep 2, 2005 park place
aug 13, 2005 the plumed horse
jul 16, 2005 stokes restaurant and bar
may 19, 2005 kaygetsu
feb 14, 2005 faz sunnyvale
dec 22, 2004 arcadia
nov 19, 2004 7 / seven restaurant & lounge
sep 9, 2004 nola - palo alto
aug 13, 2004 stoa restaurant and wine bar
jul 19, 2004 tamarine
apr 2, 2004 consuelo mexican bistro
feb 14, 2004 cascal
dec 19, 2003 emile's
oct 24, 2003 vin santo
sep 19, 2003 7 / seven restaurant & lounge
jun 22, 2003 tsunami - las vegas
jun 21, 2003 mon ami gabi - las vegas
jun 13, 2003 consuelo mexican bistro
apr 19, 2003 park place
feb 14, 2003 anton & michel restaurant
jan 20, 2003 the basin
nov 22, 2002 bella mia
jul 20, 2002 maya - san francisco
jul 13, 2002 thirsty bear
mar 20, 2002 la rue
feb 15, 2002 foreign cinema
dec 20, 2001 fifth floor
nov 21, 2001 eulipia restaurant & bar
sep 14, 2001 xanadu
jul 28, 2001 brix
jul 20, 2001 a.p. stump's
may 21, 2001 thirsty bear
mar 16, 2001 montage
feb 21, 2001 oliveto cafe & restaurant
feb 16, 2001 basque
feb 14, 2001 enrico's
jan 20, 2001 shanghai 1930
nov 20, 2000 alegrias food from spain
oct 20, 2000 xanadu
so after my morn skate sesh (skateboarding session), i came home n' watched the rest'f 결혼은 미친짓이다 gyuhlhoneun michinjisida (marriage is a crazy thing) w/ kaela. then we went out w/ sooni to lunch in campbell. we tried to go to stacks, but they didn't have outdoor seating. then we tried to go to sonoma chicken coop, but the construktion'f aqui 'cross the street was waaaay 2 loud. we went to the pruneyard instead, in hopes'f hittin' up hobees. they didn't have outdoor seating. we saw grace, steve, mason, n' nolan @ the pruneyard. we ate lunch @ café artemis. kaela had this okra dish. i had this ground lamb patty dish w/ tzaziki sauce. it was all really good mediterranean fud. we couldn't finish tho'. oh yah, kaela also had a sangria, n' i had this turkish bier. after lunch, we walked 'round pruneyard w/ sooni. we went to the campbell roasting co. n' had some hot drinks: soy latte 4 kaela n' oregon chai soy latte 4 me cos they were out'f spiced chai. i realised that i really prefer spiced chai cos oregon chai's 2 sweet. then kaela went gro¢ery $hopping @ trader joe's while i walked sooni. then what? i guess we went home. what else? hrm... i guess i cooked chicken curry 4 dinner. oh yah... no, 1st we cooked brown rice (which takes 4ever), n' then we went to the fremont ave, sunnyvale 24 hr fitness, planning to take the hip hop dance class. it was replaced by a turbo kick box (tkb) class taught by this gurl mary ann, who usually teaches a pilates class after the hip hop dance class. i had her as a substitute tkb teacher 1nce but didn't 'member her. when she started pushin' me harder n' harder to bend my knees lower n' lower; i 'membered her. well, we went home tired n' a bit sore n' cooked chicken curry.
2day (yesterday), i had yet 'nother stressful_day@werk.com. *sigh* i came home 4 lunch, n' so did kaela. we ate some guacamole n' some bagged mexican salad w/ a couple'f portabella shroom garden burger patties. well, 2nite, kaela n' i went to taekwondo praktice n' then taught the adult beginners class. afterwards, we went w/ our students n' fellow teachers to verdi in cupertino 4 some boba drinks n' taiwanese fried stuff on skewers.
수요일 아침: the stress@werk.com just don't quit, man. neway, what's up? how r u? do u like mat kearney's song "nothing left to lose"? i'm sure u do. most ppl prob'ly do. it cms to be very popular. i was reading the wiki article on mat kearney, which sez many ppl think he sounds like coldplay's chris martin. pesonally, i'd liken him 'least in his singer/songwriter style to jason mraz. u 'member that roland took the beautiful kaela hwang n' me to the jason mraz concert last summer @ villa montalvo as an anniversary present, rt? well, the wiki article sez that mat kearney started in oregon but is now located in nashville, tn. why do so many christian musicians end up in nashville?! i can't imagine nashville being a pleasant place to live.
[later] 접심: since lunchtime skate seshes (skateboarding sessions) r the perfekt way to relieve pent up stress from werk (n' i've got plenty); i wanted to hit up the sunnyvale skate park @ lunch. however, i realised soon 'nuff that it's "ski week" this wk @ lokal skools, so the skate park may be filled w/ kids. i don't like to skate there when the skate park's filled w/ kids. *sigh* so much 4 that idea. i wanted to skate @ the skate park 2day cos it's gonna start rainin' 2nite. i didn't go this morn cos i had to make sure kaela woke up. i did skate (skateboard) 'round the neighbourhood w/ sooni tho'.
[later] 오후: kaela had to meet w/ our friend nancy during lunch. i went home n' ate leftover chicken curry. lemme ask u: do u call it "chicken curry" or "curry chicken"? as i was growin' up, my mom always called it "curry chicken," but most'f my friends call it "chicken curry," so now i say "chicken curry," i think. while warmin' up curry, i took my ol' independent truck co. bearings, opened them up, n' soaked them in mineral spirits (which i bought yesterday @ lowe's during my lunchbrk b4 goin' home). after eatin', i took the bearings out n' dried them. i'll need to lube'em n' seal'em back up someday. i dunno... maybe someday, i'll get a 2nd set'f wheels, n' i can put them inside those wheels. maybe someday, i'll get a whole 2nd skateboard setup. i could either get a setup 4 kaela to use (if she has ne interest) or keep 1 in the house 4 skatin' (skateboarding) w/ sooni n' 'nother in the car 4 skatin' @ skate parks. i dunno. *sigh* i'm still usin' my 127mm (7.6") bullet trucks on my 7.75" wide mini.logo deck. now, how do i dispose'f used mineral spirits (paint thinner)??? i found this link via a quick google search: "disposing of used mineral spirits from badger pond power tool forum." hrm, it cms like strainin' it thru a coffee filter's a good idea... strainin' it n' then reusin' it. here's 'nother page that sez so: http://www.purdue.edu/dp/envirosoft/housewaste/house/paintth.htm.
목요일 아침: it's a rainy morn. i'm glad it's rainin' now while it's the kids 'round here's ski wk. if i can't go to the skate park, then no 1 can. >:-/ as i sed yesterday, i don't like goin' to the skate park when it's full'f kids cos 1) i don't like the liability or risk or whate'er'f runnin' into a kid, n' 2) sometimes kids r punks. neway, it's rainin' 2day just as the weatherppl sed it would. i woke up this morn to the sound'f heavy rain.
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i had such a hard_day@werk.com yesterday. demeaning, discouraging, abasing, humiliating, frustrating, dehumanizing... abused, kicked 'round, spat upon, looked down upon, disrespekted, unrespekted, hated, bossed 'round, micromanaged... :-( depressing. *sigh* neway, the crud i take @ werk, i guess, make me appreciate other things in life so much more, the precious things, like my beautiful kaela hwang. also, there r days when i come home so beat n' exhausted, open the door to find this cute, fuzzy doggy strollin' up to me w/ a waggin' tail. the she likes my face. such is life. as always, i've gotta quote switchfoot from their song "this is your life": "this is your life. are you who you want to be? this is your life. are you who you want to be? this is your life. is it everything you dreamed it would be when the world was younger, and you had everything to lose?" *sigh* thinkin' 'bout my situation... rt now, like this... almost brings tears to my eyes. "yesterday is a wrinkle on your forehead. yesterday is a promise that you've broken. don't close your eyes. don't close your eyes. this is your life, and today is all you've got now. yeah, and today is all you'll ever have. don't close your eyes. don't close your eyes. . . yesterday is a kid in the corner. yesterday is dead and over." what do i have to show 4 all the effort i've put in, in life, in my career, over the past few yrs. i feel my last major accomplishment was graduating w/ my masters degree, my msme, back in 2004. back then, i werked on a projekt @ werk that was direktly related to my field'f study, n' my cowerkers considered me an expert in my field. since then, i've been given tasks that rn't 'xaktly what i was trained to do... but sort'f... yet i've been kicked n' beaten 4 not doin' it like i've been doin' it 4 a million yrs... n' in engrng, as many software programmers'll tell u, it's always harder to fix some1 else's mistakes instead'f creatin' sumpthin' new on ur own. it's hard cos u've gotta spend so much time figurin' out what that other person was thinkin'. every1 bosses me 'round. how wouldju like to be told constantly that u'r worthless n' stoopid? scapegoated. in most'f my other aktivities, i feel like a leader... i am a leader. @ werk, i feel like a total loser. mostly, it's cos ppl tell me i am. i werked 'bout a 12.hr day 'gain yesterday... n' 4 what?
금요일 아침: it's fri. that's good. i have tons'f crud_to_do@werk.com b4 the end'f the day. that's bad. it rained last nite, so there's snow in tahoe. that's good. it rained last nite, so i couldn't skateboard this morn. that's bad. it rained last nite, n' thus there's snow in tahoe n' even in the silly valley hills. that's good. i have to be in livermore 2morrow. that's bad. i'm gonna go watch n' maybe ref @ a taekwondo tournament in livermore 2morrow. that's good. i only have 1 student competing when i wanted n' expekted many more. that's bad. good, bad; good, bad... is life good? is life bad? i dunno. i werked really late last nite, missed taekwondo praktice, missed the class i teach, missed dinner w/ my students n' friends afterwards. i went home after 900p. the beautiful kaela hwang was watchin' that wretched show e.r.. i ate some leftovers butternut squash w/ chicken marinara sauce (which was very delicious, which we cooked on we nite). afterwards, i ate an apple (organik fuji or braeburn; not sure). then i showered n' fell asleep... not on purpose. i was totally exhausted, just from the stress alone. this is sooo not healthy.
일요일 아침: what's up? it's sun morn, n' i'm typin' this entry from some bar/café inside the santa clara hyatt, where the beautiful kaela hwang n' i attended grx's 1st/early sun celebration service. we're waitin' 4 the short term missions "sharing," n' then we have a t3 light couples small group core mtg after that. lots'f church biz 2day, huh? yah... but... *shrug* it beats doin' werk werk, rt? well... it's not that i don't enjoi werkin' as an engr, mindju; but it's just freakin' stressful rt now. seriously. *sigh*
neway, on fri nite, we had a "social nite" (fud n' games) 4 our t3 light small group @ our friends tim n' nancy's beautiful house; n' it was really fun. talk 'bout de.stress! talk 'bout decompress! man, i really appreciated my friends @ that pt; seriously. we ate delicious (but *sigh* fatt'nin') l&l drive inn fud: kalua pork (pig), teriyaki (?) chicken, steamed white rice (a given), maccaroni salad (hawai.ian staple), spam musubi (mmmmmm! but we should make it w/ spam lite), a delicious spinacci salad (not l& l) w/ cranberries (or cherries?) n' almonds... neway, delicious. nancy also "baked" a microwave "tupperware" cake. she sells these tupperware containers that u can make cakes in w/ ur microwave. kewl, huh? it was a good cake, 2: chococherry cake. we played guesstures, which is really fun.
i really like akting/drama games n' aktivities... however, 4 some reason, i'm an awful aktor... 'specially when it comes to makin' an aktual movie or skit, etc. *sigh* i wish i were better. dude, sometimes i think it'd be so kewl to be an aktor, rt? however, i'm horrible @ it. *sigh* if nethin', the only kind'f akting i can do is comedy. when kaela n' i tried to help our filmmaker friend out by aktin' in his film class projekt... :-/ it sounds like we didn't do so hot. we never got to watch the aktual, finished projekt... well, come to think'f it, we never saw ne'f that footage, but i don't think we did so hot.
on sat morn, i woke up early n' took sooni w/ me to the sunnyvale skate park. ah, it was ('gain) sooo "decompressing n' relaxing to skate (skateboard). i werked on the usual grinds n' stalls n' tryin' to ollie over the pyramid etc. i had lots'f fun. it was a good time. i took sooni 4 a short walk/ride (whate'er u call it). then, i packed up my stuff (pads, helmet, etc.) n' drove us 2wards home, stoppin' by ¢0$+¢0 (costco) to get gas. gas is sooo expen$ive rt now. however, i noticed that whenever gas gets super.expen$ive, the ¢0$+¢0 margin grows, ie the 'mount'f di$¢ount u get from buyin' @ costco grows. costco's a good company, a good store. i guess sam's club's a bad place, but costco (in gen'l)'s a good place. i just worry that if i buy clothes there, every1 else'll have the same clothes as me. however, my mom told me that she 1nce bought me a burberry polo shirt @ costco, n' it's a really nice shirt. i mean, i wear it; so i know it's a nice shirt, n' i have it. however, sometimes i wonder if she really bought it @ costco. she sed she did, so i don't really have (a) reason not to believer her; but some'f my friends don't believe me.
neway, i came home n' woke up kaela. we watched some qubo cartoons like veggie tales. i like veggie tales. it's a funny show. then we ate some l&l drive.inn leftovers. then, we packed our stuff n' headed off to livermore's las positas college 4 the amerikan open taekwondo tournament. we wanted to watch our student cam compete in 품새 poomsae, but we arrived rt after she did her 품새 (form). we saw her get her bronze medal. we watched 'lot'f the tournament; sat on those hard, uncom4table bleachers. i coached our teenage, black belt classmate alex in his fight. he did well but lost. we watched kaz really fight well n' win gold in his division. kaela n' i sed hi to the masters etc. we sed hi to master yoon, his wife, master shim, master shim's bro who just moved back to the u.s. from korea. we were happy to c him. afterwards, we drove some kids back w/ us to santa clara. we ate dinner @ 한성 갈비 hansung kalbi. it's a 숱불집 sootbooljip (wooden charcoal bbq house). we ate 'lot. dude, i've been eatin' 2 much lately, not exercisin' 'nuff, n' stressin' 2 much. what do they call'em? cortisols? ugh. i gotta fight the bier belly / spare tire, etc.! skateboarding's aktually great exercise 4 me; but i haven't gotten to do it as much this past wk cos'f my overload'f werk n' the rain.
last nite, when we came home, after we fed sooni; we watched crash on dvd from netflix. 'twas a really good movie. i really respekt the locksmith charakter. the 2 important wife charakters in the movie were a bit whiney... but they were also pretty realistik. like, thandie newton's char was well developed. sandra bullock's? she was not quite a sdeveloped. neway, overall, 'twas a very good movie.
[just a li'l later] 점심/오후 1208p: we also received the 1st dvd installment'f 궁 from netflix, but the dvd was craked/broken in 0.5! crazy, huh?
*sigh* rt now, kael an' i r so hungry. the hotel has this snack bar thing set out, sellin' overpri¢ed fud, but they only take ¢a$h. the ¢a$hier told me that there's an atm 'round the corner, but dude... i'm sooo freakin' sick'f hearin' that reply. i don't wanna withdraw ¢a$h n' pay those outrageous atm fees. i wish ppl'd strike that lame excuse 4 not takin' credit card from their vokabulary or whate'er. i'm soo sick'f hearin' that.
[later] 밤 1011p: current nor*cal snow conditions thx to snowbomb.com:
- alpine meadows: 60~124" (12" new)
- bear valley: 50~88" (7" new)
- boreal: 56~90" (12" new)
- diamond peak: 58~92" (14" new)
- heavenly: 62~82" (12" new)
- homewood: 53~103" (18" new)
- kirkwood: 92~142" (10" new)
- mammoth mountain: 60~84" (7" new)
- mt. rose: (do u care? i barely do.) 30~44" (12" new)
- northstar@tahoe: 49~90" (10" new)
- sierra@tahoe: 40~100" (12" new)
- squaw valley: 48~118" (18" new)
- sugar bowl: 16~95" (0" new) <- i don't believe that.
so kaela n' i went to our short term missions sharing session n' then our t3 light core mtg @ red miso / ramen rama. kaela ordered the clam ramen, n' i ordered the chicken teriyaki ramen w/ "suicidal" (spicy) broth. eh; it wasn't that spicy. seriously! well, it's a pretty good ramen house. i think it's owned n' operated by cantonese ppl, which is fine. most japanese restaurants rn't owned or operated by japanese or japanese.amerikans; nope. however, korean, taiwanese, n' chinese ppl've learned to cook japanese fud pretty well. sometimes they rn't as up to date w/ trends, but it's still good. i mean... whereas most non.japanese japanese restaurants still focus on sushi or ramen, most japanese japanese restaurants r focused on kaiseki.
well, the core mtg went pretty long; but, after that, we drove home. then, after a while, i drove back out to do gro¢ery $hopping @ both trader joe's n' safeway. wow, i proved to myself 2nite that trader joe's is indeed signifikantly ¢heaper than safeway!!! i came home n' gave kaela a choice: i could either cook homemade pizza or fish tacos. she chose fish tacos.
who won oscars?
월요일 아침: monday... everything cmed to grow dark as i walked nearer to my cube. such a dark, grey cloud looms over my head. it's ridiculous. i jogged this morn n' yesterday morn. i hadn't jogged in a long time b4 that. of course, i jogged w/ sooni. it's just that the grounds been 2 wet to skate (skateboard), so i jogged.
"therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entagles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us." - hebrews 12:1
"i have seen something else under the sun: the race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, nor does food come to the wise or wealth to the brilliant or favor to the learned; but time and chance happen to them all." - ecclesiastes 9:11
"do you not know that in a race, all the runners run; but only one gets the prize. everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. they do it to get a crown that will not last; but we do it to get a crown that will last forever. therefore, i do not run like a man running aimlessly; i do not fight like a man beating air. no, i beat my body and make it my slave so that, after i have preached to others, i myself will not be disqualified for the prize." - 1 corinthians 9:24~27
"i have fought the good fight, i have finished the race, i have kept the faith. now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day - and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing." - 2 titus 4:7
"however, i consider my life worth nothing to me, if only i may finish the race and complete the task the lord jesus has given to me - the task of testifying to the gospel of god's grace." - acts 20:24
[later] 져녁 이지만 아직도 직장에서: didju know 'bout this james cameron film 'bout an archeologikal find back in 1980 that some ppl believed to be a tomb that contains bones'f james, brutha'f jesus; mary magdalene (or else two other marys); (s'pposedly) jesus; n' (s'pposedly) jesus n' mary's son "judas"? "cameron: jesus tomb film is a 'detective story'"(http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17349123/page/2/print/1/displaymode/1098/) yah, it's further davinci code mat'l. i figure, even 4 christians, this is a good topik'f discussion. my freshman yr ivcf (intervarsity christian fellowship) small grp leader always sed, "if god's wurd doesn't stand up to our qusetions, then maybe it doesn't stand @ all." let's not play church, n' let's not play dumb. we can suspend disbelief 4 a while to listen better 4 god's voice; but let's not necessarily suspend reality cos god's real.
often, those'f us that r fascinated by asian (or 'least korean) pop culture want to know what our celebs looked like b4 they were famous, especially since korean celebs r kind'f famous 4 gettin' plastik surgery, eh? check out this batch'f fotos: "'미녀들의 졸업사진' 누가 얼짱" (http://kr.news.yahoo.com/etc/print_text.htm?articleid=20070227085507587a3) "minyuhdeuluy joluhb nooga uhljjang" (which beauties' graduation pix r these?)
[later] kpop... krock... last nite, i dled from bronx's junkyard the o.s.t. (soundtrack) to some movie or drama called 미녀 괴로워 minyuh gwerowuh. oh, i think it's a movie. i think this is the official website 4 the movie: http://www.sline2006.com/. however, i haven't clicked the link yet myself. neway, it has a track by 김아중 kim ajoong, a korean language cover'f blondie's "maria." kewl. when that blondie comeback song was new, i bought the cd single just cos i liked it.
[later] after werk (n' 'f course i werked decently late), i met up w/
the beautiful kaela hwang @ sach's 730p turbo kick box (tkb) class @ the e. arques, sunnyvale 24 hr fitness. then we came home n' ate some leftovers (okra n' a small lamb patty from café artemis, some kalua pork/pig from last fri nite, some bagged salad). i'm gonna make some homemade pizza sometime this wk, either 2morrow nite or... *shrug* i dunno; lately, i've been more into cookin' n' cleaning. *shrug* i guess, since i've been so stressed2werk.com, i'm goin' into that mode that i was in back in college when i always wanted to cook whenever i had lots'f hw to do... u know?
so... i'm gonna be a mod on the snowbomb.com forums as well as on bronx's junkyard. go there now n' join in on the conversation... or start a thread or sumpthin'. seriously. i'm s'pposed to plug it, etc,; so yah... i'd like u to help me out. thx.
목요일 아침: i came into the office early this morn. originally, i was gonna hit the sunnyvale skate park 4 a morn skate sesh (skateboarding session); but it started sprinkling. that's annoying. i prefer that it either pours or simply doesn't rain. this sprinkling... argh; like i couldn't tell if it'd persist, get heavier, or go 'way. it just kept sprinkling. i was gonna skate (skateboard) w/ sooni this morn, but yah... it started sprinkling, so we just walked (like a couple'f shmucks). *sigh*
here's an article that talks 'bout the height n' weight'f korean celebs: "연예인 실제키 몸무게" ok, it mostly just gives out nombres. can u believe it's now 3월 march? werk's still bizzy, but i feel better now than i did last wk. 4 those'f u who checked up on how i'm doin' under all this stress, thnx!
[later] 오후: i went to lunch w/ our friend andy n' grace, who r getting married on labour day this yr n' wanted to talk 'bout wedding musik. i ate this good chicken w/ lemongrass n' peanut sauce, which came w/ a deliciously crispy, fried egg roll. dangerous stuff, fried fuds. neway, i had a good time talkin' to'em.
it's still kind'f sprinklin' outside n' only litely sprinkling. u nkow, i wish every day, it'd start rainin' 'round 100p n' then stop 'round evenin' time. then, the skate parks'd dry up overnite. then, i could go skateboarding every morn, u know? *sigh* neway, this wk's been more 'bout snowboarding than skateboarding. the whole snowbomb thing's got me more stoked 'bout snowboarding.
[later] so i'm obviously hyped 'bout snowbomb.com n' bjunkyard.com; but 'nother site i'm currently hyped up 'bout is lala.com, which our friend tim yuen introduced me to. it's a peer trading site, where u send each other used cds. kewl!
월오일 오후: i had a good n' bad morn. this morn, sooni was behavin' badly on her walk. she pulled n' tugged. then, after she took a dump, she started kickin' up the grass as she wiped her feet. that's ok, but then she stepped in her on 똥 ddong! eeeeew! she was bein' a troublemaker. that was the 1st thing that made my morn not a great morn. the 2nd thing's that i left both my wallet, my 'puter bag, n' employee id badge @ home n' had to drive back home get them. argh. well, i had a good morn cos'f 2 things: 1) i skateboarded w/ sooni n' 2) i had a morn skate sesh (skateboarding session) @ the sunnyvale skate park.
this wknd, i was @ kirkwood 4 a fun snowboarding day trip: my cousin walter, his friend terry, terry's wife rita, clarence, eric, toby, the beautiful kaela hwang, n' me.
[later] 이요원 lee yowuhn was the innocent, naive gurl in the kbs k.drama 패션 70s (fashion 70s). u know how a few days 'go i gave a link to some korean yahoo! news article that had fotos of various celebs when they were in skool n' then now? here's sumpthin' like that 4 her: "이요원, 졸업사진 화제 "10년이 지나도 그대로"" (http://kr.news.yahoo.com/service/news/shellview2.htm?articleid=20070305162300438d9&linkid=rank_photo&type=hour&cate=ph) ("lee yowuhn, graduation pictures n' then 10 yrs later"). 서인영 suh inyoung was (or is?) a member'f the popular korean gurlypop group jewelry. lately, she's gotten a reputation 4 havin' a really 섹시 seiksi image. here's a korean yahoo! news article that shows her b4 n' after gettin' her makeup done: "서인영, 메이크업 전 '청순' VS 후 '섹시'" (http://kr.news.yahoo.com/service/news/shellview2.htm?articleid=20070305152024945b0&linkid=rank_photo&type=hour&cate=ph) ("suh inyoung, before makeup 'pure' versus after 'seiksi'") fans'f korean pop culture often like to observe the diff btwn celebs b4 the do their makeup n' after. well, heck; same goes 4 fans'f amerikan celebs; but, really, u know how korean gurls have a rep 4 doin' makeup really well.
[later] 밤, 1159p: snowboarding @ kirkwood on sat was fun. skateboarding on fri n' 2day was fun. boardsports rock.
목요일 아침: can u believe it's thurs already. man, i'm sorry that i haven't given a proper update or posted a decent journal entry in so long. it's prob'ly been 'bout a wk since i posted a decent journal entry. i've written some entries that i haven't yet uploaded. i didn't get 'round to talkin' much 'bout our day trip to kirkwood on sat, when i got to ride my new santa cruz seth huot snowboard deck. i've skated (skateboarded) pretty much every morn this werkwk. usin' that paypal $15 rebate off $30+ pur¢a$e, i proceeded to buy a pair'f independent stage 9 129mm low eric koston trucks n' a set'f (4) ricta white lightning 52mm tom penny wheels. oh yah, n' to qualify 4 free shippin' i bought a black matix t.shirt, since matix's co.owned by daewon song, n' i think he's a kewl guy. i was debatin' b4 whether to use my $15 rebate on a skateboarding pur¢ha$e or else sumpthin' that better suits a yuppie like an elektroniks pur¢ha$e, as i was contemplatin' buyin' a sleek, slim metal case 4 my palm tungsten t5. well, shoot... after i bought my skateboard stuff, i was still uneasy 'bout that; but then the beautiful kaela hwang gave me my belated v.day present: 2 nice papermate multi.funktion stylus pens n' the sleek, slim palm tungsten t5 case in ana kewl anodized navy blue. perfekt! i feel like i have my cake n' am eatin' it 2. crazy, eh? *sigh* well, my skateboard equipment should arrive 2day or 2morrow. soon, i'll be ridin' on pro trucks n' wheels instead'f kind'f "pri¢epoint" equipment. the nicest thing on my setup rt now r my bones super swiss 6 bearings. dude, they rock!
part'f the reason i haven't been posting journal entries (besides havin' to werk extra long hrs lately)'s cos i've been tryin' to post more on the snowbomb.com forums since i'm s'pposed to be a mod (moderator) there, but i haven't heard back from jim mcalpine in a while... in a'bout a wk.
maybe i'm a boardsports gear freak. plz allow me to post up my current setups 4 skateboarding n' snowboarding:
snowboarding
- deck: santa cruz 2007 seth huot tt 157cm
- bindings: burton 2007 cartel medium
- boots: airwalk 1999 park size 9
skateboarding
- deck: mini.logo 146 ki11 7.75" × 31.375" navy blue
- trucks: bullet 127mm silver
- wheels: bullet birds 54mm 99a white
- bearings: bones super swiss 6
- risers: independent 1/8" black
- grip: jessup
- hardware: iron horse wonder 1"
it feels good to ride good hardware/gear; but i guess boardsports shouldn't be all 'bout gear. sometimes, gear can only do so much. u've gotta have skills n' praktice. i 4get... do they make pro model (signature) bearings? i was surprised 'nuff when pro model wheels started poppin' out. then, pro model trucks?! crazy. well, i'll have pro model trucks n' pro model wheels w/ a pri¢e point deck. neway, mini.logo decks r really good.
[later] 오후: ok, sorry 4 all the talk 'bout skateboarding. i know i bore u all to death w/ it.
[later] dude! heh, heh... my trucks n' wheels came in from caliskatz! woo hoo! 2morrow, i shall be ridin' on pro model trucks n' wheels. heh heh. the ups woman came, dropped off my box, n' gave sooni a milk bone.
[later] we've been watchin' 'lot'f netflix (dvds) lately, but 1 movie that i wanna watch in the theatres as soon as it comes out is the namesake. oh, wait! it debuts 2morrow nite. :-/ i dunno... would we be able to watch it on sat or sumpthin'?
금요일 아침: *breath* well, i installed my new independent stage 9 129mm low eric koston trucks n' my new ricta white lightning boltz 52mm, 82b tom penny wheels. u'd think a not.so.experienced skater (skateboarder) like me ouldn't notice the diff, but man! the ride feels sooo smooth n' controllable. i really do notice the diff! the independent trucks r sooo responsive. they feel so steady. they grind smooth 2! wow! the ricta wheels, they feel so in control... the rt slip:grip ratio. wow! i skateboarded w/ sooni 1st. then, i headed out 4 my 5th morn skate sesh (skateboarding session) in a row @ the sunnyvale skate park. kewl 5 4 5. i worried 'bout switchin' to a lower profile truck. s'pposedly my ol' bullet trucks were already a "low profile" truck, so i wasn't 2 worried, but when i put them side to side, the indies were lower. i'm still usin' indpendent 1/8" riser pads, so i dunno if i'm sort'f negatin' the whole pt'f switchin' to lower trucks. *shrug* i've always used risers, so it's just natural 4 me to continue usin' risers. many skaters insist that risers don't do nethin' as long as u have small 'nuf wheels n' hi 'nuff trucks. my new ricta wheels r 52mm, whereas my ol' bullet birds were 54mm. however, i'd worn them down to less than 52mm over the past yr. what can i say? skateboarding's so much fun!
a while 'go, i was readin' an interview on some site called "bob's trick tips," an interview w/ the founder'f this skate zine (skateboarding magazine) called concrete wave: "blank boards? an interview with michael brooke" (2006년12월18일) michael brooke had lots'f good things to say. his magazine talks 'bout all kinds'f skateboarding: streetskating, ramp skating, vert skating, park skating, pool skating, longboarding, slalom skateboarding, freestyle skateboarding... in his interview, he quoted the minutes from a 1994 mtg'f skateboarding companies where they sed that "skateboarding doesn't seem like fun anymore": u either r super hardcore n' ollie off 40-step stairs or don't do it @ all cos the other skaters call u a poseur. dude! i totally get what they were sayin'! michael brooke totally pts the finger @ transworld skateboarding magazine n' alludes to how they only show impossilbe tricks, that they don't promote positive role models in the skateboarding community, that they're all focused on the image'f bad boy skaters n' not 'bout the thrill'f the sport/art. i totally feel where he's comin' from. look @ me; i'm not an 18.yr ol' boy that can akt all tuff n' have punk@$$ attitude. i skateboard cos i have fun doin' it, not cos it validates my place in society. if nethin', it takes 'way from my place in society, but i do it neway cos i have so much fun.
yestrday, outside my cubicle, this manager.type woman was talkin' to some process technician, n' she sed, "hey, those r skateboarding shoes. i found that out from my son. those r vans!" my ears perked up, n' i kind'f worried 4 a sec if i was bein' "outted" as a skateboarder. no, she was talkin' bout that guy, the technician. he was wearing vans. however, that manager.type woman was in my cubicle earlier, n' she might'f also noticed that i was wearing vans. furthermore, my vans totally have a worn.in ollie mark. this wk, i've been goin' home @ lunch often, n' @ home i've been changin' out'f my vans n' into my banana republik sneakers 4 a more gentrified look. i dislike havin' to maintain a refined look 4 werk, but whate'er. earlier this wk, i noticed this "modern art" type paintin' that recently got mounted in our stairway@werk.com. i noticed a shoe print on the paintin'. dude, i immediately recognised the shoe print as havin' the waflle sole'f vans shoes! what's up?! skateboarding's all 'round me.
so... i like the idea'f promotin' all kinds'f skateboarding, stuff other than streetskating, stuff like longboarding. however, me? i have a total streetskating setup. the shape'f deck i like is 'pparently called the popsicle shape.
1 obvious thing that i just realised in the past wk is this: when those crazy.good skateboarders ollie onto handrails, they don't ollie all the way up onto the handrail. arther, they ollie off the staircase n' then by the time they get onto the handrail, the handrail has gone down the decline a bit, so... yah, u don't hafta ollie super hi as long as u go fast 'nuff to maintain ur elevation 4 a bit. neway, i won't be ridin' handrails on a skateboard 4 a while... i can do it on a snowboard, but not on a skateboard. it's kind'f interesting n' kind'f sad that, 4 how much i skateboard, i'm not that good.
[later] so what've i been eatin' this wk? well, the beautiful kaela hwang n' i haven't been dinin' out as much this wk, which is better 4 my wallet. intead, we've been eatin' @ home more. on mon, we went to udupi palace (on el caminio real by wolfe rd) 4 south indian (vegetarian) lunch buffet. that was the only time i went out to eat this wk so far... besides pluto's on sunday w/ the hasans.
[later] 오후: durin' my lunchbrk, i went to big! lots n' then albertsons. *sigh* i've been doin' 'lot'f gro¢ery n' household $hoppin' lately; 2 much. i've gotta learn to be more efficient n' do it all in 1 trip. :-( i ate some cereal n' then a trader joe's garlic naan w/ some land o' frost honey smoked turkey n' some bagged spinacci. [later] i took care'f some housechores while i was home, just random odds n' ends. *sigh* it's hard: i'm a housekeeper as well as full, full.time werker, u know?
[later] 거미 싫어: this morn, i woke up to a bad dream re: spiders. i don't like spiders.
토요일 저녁, 628p: dude, it's sat eve, n' i.m@werk.com, werkin' hard. *sigh* [later] this morn, i woke up decently early. i took sooni w/ me to the sunnyvale skate park 4 a morn skate sesh (skateboarding session). there was this other doggy there that had been there earlier in the wk w/ its owner. the doggy's name's daisy, n' she's a black retrieverish doggy'f some sort. since daisy was off leash, i let sooni off leash, n' they both ran off out'f the skate park n' explored the perimeter 2gether. @ some pt, daisy's owner got her n' left. then i told sooni to come over cos i was gonna put her back on her tie out. however, as soon as she figured out she was gonna be tied down, she took off. >:-( well, i simply ignored her n' skated (skateboarded). when she got rowdy w/ some nasty, disobedient pug out there, i grabbed her tie out from off the fence, called her over, n' pretended to be leavin'. i got her into the car, put her tie.out on, n' brought her back into the skate park. as we were leavin', this other wknd regular brought his li'l doggy into the park. sooni wanted to be a li'l dominant w/ that doggy, but she wasn't that bad.
well, 2day was my 2nd day w/ my independent stage 9 129mm low eric koston trucks n' my ricta boltz white lightning 52mm tom penny wheels. they still feel great, but... i've been riding these trucks really loose. @ 1 pt, i was on the coping'f the medium bowl, n' my front truck hanger fell off!!! :-o wow! that could've been really dangerous! the english dude mike that i talk to there brought me over to his car, n' he had a "skate key" wrench, n' i tighted the hanger back on, tighter. he advised that i get some softer bushings if i wanna ride loose trucks like that, n' i knew he was rt. yah, it was pretty obvious, but i had just been sort'f mindless. *sigh* neway, i had fun. oh yah, i didn't mean to stay long, but i met this dude there that was really interesting. he's a 36.yr ol', ol' skool skater. he also graduated from cal but in 1992 w/ a bsee (eletrical engineering). he werked @ my company 4 a li'l. now he has his own startup. his family owns a winery in spain, cortez winery or sumpthin' like that. they make white wines like the trendy pinot grigio. his wife was a saberkitten cheerleader 4 the sbercats arena futbol team. neway, interesting guy.
화요일 아침: i'm sick. i came down w/ sumpthin' over the wknd. i had to werk in my office on both sat n' sun. that frustrates me n' upsets me. i'm so frickin' sick. i have like a flu or sumpthin'. *sigh* [a li'l later] i feel really weak, n' my head doesn't feel rt. my joints r a bit achy.
'member over the wknd, i had that whole thing 'bout my new independent stage 9 129mm low eric kostoin trucks' bein' 2 tight (not that u care)? 'member how i bought those soft, blue doh.dohs bushings from fishbanks skate shop on sat? well, i found out sun that they don't fit my trucks. i'm still unsure if they don't fit indy lows or don't fit ne indy trucks. *shrug* neway, i've been askin' 'round the skateboard-city.com msg boards. apparently, i have a few options:
1) sand down my doh.dohs
2) get diff bushing cups
3) buy some independent brand soft bushings
fishbanks only sold doh.dohs n' bones bushings, n' they were out'f soft bones bushings. if i were to order some independent bushings, i guess i should 'least try to return these doh.dohs even tho' i already opened the packages. *sigh* i was mindless n' opened both packages rt 'way w/o knowin' whether or not the doh.dohs'd fit. i know i can buy some independent brand bushings from tactics boardshop online. should i do that? *sigh* c... it sucks that i tried to support my local boardshop / skate shop, but they simply don't have what i need, i guess. i wonder how they're able to pay the rent 4 that decently big $hop in such a prime neighbourhood. [later] 오후 had i known i'd need to change out the bushings on these trucks, i would've bought the bones bushings from caliskatz along w/ my original ebay
order. when'll i c my $15 paypal rebate?
ah, the wurd i need is "presenteeism", not absenteeism!
what's up? how r u? me, i'm sick. sick, worn out... *sigh* i hope to get better soon, of course. *shrug* *sigh* what a wk. s'pposedly, i'm goin' snowboardin' w/ ppl from our 태권도장 taekwondojang on sat, snowboarding @ kirkwood. yah, i'm pretty certain i'll go cos i have a free kirkwood tic from icer air to use. i have been adjustin' only so.so to daylite saving time. as u knkow, daylite saving time (dst) came early this yr. well, i've been more'f an early riser in recent yrs neway, so that made the transition easier. last nite, since i was sick, i fell asleep really early. still, over the past few days, the position'f the sun has thrown me off. even when all the clocks n' watches 'round me ahve the rt time, the sun has been throwin' me off. *sigh* this move to a longer daylite saving time period has brought w/ it an early end to winter this yr, an early spring. [later] the weather in cali4nia's so warm this march. it's still the 1st 0.5'f march, but s'pposedly temps in the bay area'f reach ~80°f. in socal; yah, temps've definitely passed 80°f. *sigh* time's precious. i wish i could spend more time w/ friends. last nite, i skipped sach's 730p, mon nite turbo kick box (tkb) class @ the east arques 24 hour fitness cos i was so frickin' sick.
[later] 저녁: on my way back to my office from spendin' most'f the afternoon @ 'nother company's office 4 werk, i stopped by fishbanks to return those soft, blue doh.dohs that don't fit my indy trucks. the woman gave me ¢a$h back even tho' i aktually bought'em w/ ¢redit ¢ard. i saw that the decks that they had in stock already changed from sat. wow, that store has 'lot'f turnover, i guess. they had this 1 santa cruz "signature" powerply 7.75" wide deck that i'd like. [later] i'd prefer a powerlyte deck, but i dunno... aktually, i wonder which's aktually lighter. powerlyte is 8 plies: 7 plies'f wood + 1 ply'f kevlar. powerply's just 7 plies'f wood. now, r the powerlyte's 7 plies thinner? if not, then the powerlyte's stronger but not lighter. however, the powerlyte's 7 plies might be thinner; i dunno. [later] powerlyte's 8 plies'f wood + 1 ply'f kevlar.
[later] 밤, 906p: i came home after a loooong_day@werk.com. i cooked fancy 우동 oodong... threw in some 만두 mandoo, fish sausage, n' all sorts'f veggies.
오후: i s'ppose 2day's "the ides'f march," eh? yesterday was "pi day." march's flyin' by, n' it's totally been spring 4 a while now. i mean, we've been havin' spring weather 4 quite some time now, even tho' it's aktually winter. i'll be hittin' up kirkwood 4 snowboarding w/ my taekwondo friends on sat. next wknd, the beautiful kaela hwang n' i'll be in socal 4 kaela's dad's 60th b.day. [later] these r bizzy times, eh? *sigh* i think spring'll fly by. i believe that.
well, this morn n' yesterday morn, i skateboarded w/ sooni n' then hit up the sunnyvale skate park 4 early morn skate seshes (skateboarding sessions). it's good exercise. 2day, i videoed myself w/ my fon. oh yah, 2day, when i got the skate park, no 1 was there. i was surprised. maybe 'twas a li'l chillier this morn. just b4 i left, a couple'f the other morn regulars showed up. yesterday, 1'f the morn regulars was there when i got there, n' then later 'nother showed up.
my cousin walter e.mailed out that u can win tix to the conan o.brien show (ie late night with conan o'brien) when they come to sf in late april / early may by e.mailing nbc @ a certain e.mail address. yah, i saw the blurb on tv last nite. dude, that's very kewl that they're comin' to town.
금요일 아침: it's st. patrick's day eve. dia de san patricio... seriously, st. patrick's day doesn't mean much to me, but i know lots'f other ppl really care 'bout it. *shrug* when i was in elementary skool, teachers made such a fuss 'bout it. 2morrow, i shall be snowboarding @ kirkwood, n' 4 the 1st time in 10 yrs, i won't be drivin' myself to the slopes but ridin' as a passenger in my student/friend ken's huge suv. it'll be my 2nd day on my new santa cruz 2007 seth huot 157cm deck. i've gotta get used to the pivot pt 4 ollies... yah, since it's a longer board, the tail's further 'way. on my last trip, a couple'f wks 'go, i wasn't used to it. i've gotta get used to it now. over the past couple'f wks, i've been prakticin' jumpin' n' spinning 360° backside in hopes'f gettin' my backside 360 back. i haven't been pullin' them much or even tryin' them much lately cos i've focused more on rails n' boxes. i've only made so.so progress w/ those, un4tunately... like, i was already com4table w/ 50.50s on the rails n' boxes even on bent n' rainbow stuff. i guess i've gotten even more com4table w/ that stuff, so that's good. however, i'm still not pullin' real fsbs (frontside boardslides) or even backside boardslides. well, my guess's that i won't be doin' 2 much terrain park ridin' on sat. i think my grp'll be more'f a downhill crew. @ best, i'll get to do some freeride jumps off'f ledges n' a few hits here n' there.
the beautiful kaela hwang's in her 3.day chiropraktic board exams rt now. she has board exams n' finals @ the same time. she's really bizzy.
a couple'f wks 'go, i tried to make this cd full'f mp3s 4 our last snowtrip. i kept in mind that eric only likes rock, so i put lots'f rock songs on there. however, i had probs w/ nero (the cd burnin' program), so i didn't burn the disc in time. instead, we listened to my ol' mp3 cds, n' eric was all disgruntled w/ the kpop n' the christian punk. i hadn't realised that some'f my christian punk tunes r so blatantly spiritual. neway, lemme share w/ u the file listing'f that cd that i eventually burned:
volume in drive c has no label.
directory of c:\200703~1
03/16/2007 08:58 am <dir> .
directory of c:\200703~1\0304
03/16/2007 08:54 am <dir> .
directory of c:\200703~1\adore
03/16/2007 08:55 am <dir> .
directory of c:\200703~1\anatomy of tongue in cheek
03/16/2007 08:56 am <dir> .
directory of c:\200703~1\ballad.type stuff
03/16/2007 08:57 am <dir> .
directory of c:\200703~1\dance or pop or techno
03/16/2007 08:57 am <dir> .
directory of c:\200703~1\for the masses
03/02/2007 06:57 pm <dir> .
directory of c:\200703~1\good monsters
03/02/2007 07:05 pm <dir> .
directory of c:\200703~1\mmhmm
03/03/2007 12:41 am <dir> .
directory of c:\200703~1\smile, it's the end of the world
03/02/2007 08:02 pm <dir> .
directory of c:\200703~1\stoysideb - connect set
03/02/2007 02:22 am <dir> .
directory of c:\200703~1\various rock
03/03/2007 01:06 am <dir> .
total files listed:
volume serial number is bc4f-9b9e
03/16/2007 08:58 am <dir> ..
03/16/2007 08:54 am <dir> 0304
03/16/2007 08:55 am <dir> adore
03/16/2007 08:56 am <dir> anatomy of tongue in cheek
03/16/2007 08:57 am <dir> ballad.type stuff
03/16/2007 08:57 am <dir> dance or pop or techno
03/02/2007 06:57 pm <dir> for the masses
03/02/2007 07:05 pm <dir> good monsters
03/03/2007 12:41 am <dir> mmhmm
03/02/2007 08:02 pm <dir> smile, it's the end of the world
03/02/2007 02:22 am <dir> stoysideb - connect set
03/16/2007 08:58 am 0 total_list.txt
03/03/2007 01:06 am <dir> various rock
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03/03/2007 12:32 am 2,319,574 jewel - 01 - stand .mp3
03/03/2007 12:32 am 2,615,178 jewel - 02 - run 2 u .mp3
03/03/2007 12:32 am 2,786,328 jewel - 03 - intuition new - (full song) .mp3
03/03/2007 12:33 am 2,423,033 jewel - 04 - leave the lights on .mp3
03/03/2007 12:33 am 2,334,937 jewel - 05 - 2 find u .mp3
03/03/2007 12:33 am 2,540,309 jewel - 06 - fragile heart .mp3
03/03/2007 12:34 am 2,310,488 jewel - 07 - doin' fine .mp3
03/03/2007 12:29 am 3,341,176 jewel - 08 - 2 become 1 .mp3
03/03/2007 12:30 am 3,495,400 jewel - 09 - haunted .mp3
03/03/2007 12:30 am 2,975,363 jewel - 10 - sweet temptation .mp3
03/03/2007 12:31 am 2,876,669 jewel - 11 - yes u can .mp3
03/03/2007 12:31 am 2,586,400 jewel - 12 - u & me = love .mp3
03/03/2007 12:31 am 2,655,985 jewel - 13 - america .mp3
03/03/2007 12:32 am 3,154,402 jewel - 14 - becoming .mp3
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03/02/2007 08:11 pm 2,614,626 the smashing pumpkins-annie-dog .mp3
03/02/2007 08:11 pm 2,565,730 the smashing pumpkins-appels + oranjes .mp3
03/02/2007 08:12 pm 3,134,043 the smashing pumpkins-ava adore .mp3
03/02/2007 08:09 pm 3,752,219 the smashing pumpkins-behold! the night mare .mp3
03/02/2007 08:08 pm 3,502,999 the smashing pumpkins-blank page .mp3
03/02/2007 08:12 pm 3,016,181 the smashing pumpkins-crestfallen .mp3
03/02/2007 08:13 pm 3,376,675 the smashing pumpkins-daphne descends .mp3
03/02/2007 08:10 pm 5,982,228 the smashing pumpkins-for martha .mp3
03/02/2007 08:12 pm 2,967,285 the smashing pumpkins-once upon a time .mp3
03/02/2007 08:11 pm 2,419,645 the smashing pumpkins-perfect .mp3
03/02/2007 08:08 pm 3,449,388 the smashing pumpkins-pug .mp3
03/02/2007 08:10 pm 4,789,786 the smashing pumpkins-shame .mp3
03/02/2007 08:09 pm 4,197,327 the smashing pumpkins-tear .mp3
03/02/2007 08:13 pm 3,287,355 the smashing pumpkins-the tale of dusty and pistol pete .mp3
03/02/2007 08:13 pm 3,381,998 the smashing pumpkins-to sheila .mp3
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03/02/2007 08:03 pm 2,602,119 relient k - failure to excommunicate .mp3
03/02/2007 08:03 pm 2,731,271 relient k - for the moments i feel faint .mp3
03/02/2007 08:04 pm 2,100,240 relient k - i'm lion-o .mp3
03/02/2007 08:04 pm 5,076,948 relient k - less is more .mp3
03/02/2007 08:04 pm 1,655,442 relient k - may the horse be with you .mp3
03/02/2007 08:05 pm 2,335,038 relient k - maybe it's maybeline .mp3
03/02/2007 08:05 pm 2,728,134 relient k - my way or the highway .mp3
03/02/2007 08:05 pm 2,518,722 relient k - pressing on .mp3
03/02/2007 08:05 pm 2,131,282 relient k - sadie hawkins dance .mp3
03/02/2007 08:06 pm 2,939,409 relient k - the rest is up to you .mp3
03/02/2007 08:06 pm 3,352,566 relient k - those words are not enough .mp3
03/02/2007 08:06 pm 2,443,511 relient k - what have you been doing lately- .mp3
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03/03/2007 12:48 am 2,828,096 11 fergie - mary jane shoes (ft rita marley) .mp3
03/03/2007 12:48 am 3,403,897 4 in the morning .mp3
03/03/2007 12:48 am 2,893,945 aqualung-brighter than sunshine .mp3
03/03/2007 12:49 am 2,327,501 black eyed peas - gone going .mp3
03/03/2007 12:49 am 2,611,175 corinne bailey rae - put your records on .mp3
03/03/2007 12:49 am 2,821,497 daniel powter - bad day .mp3
03/03/2007 12:50 am 2,767,903 dixie chicks - landslide .mp3
03/03/2007 12:50 am 2,864,366 dobie gray - drift away .mp3
03/03/2007 12:50 am 3,459,263 eagles - take it to the limite (greatest hits 08) .mp3
03/03/2007 12:51 am 3,398,619 early winter .mp3
03/03/2007 12:42 am 3,332,453 edwin mccain - i could not ask for more .mp3
03/03/2007 12:42 am 2,670,574 edwin mccain - i'll be .mp3
03/03/2007 12:43 am 4,500,466 elton john - tiny dancer .mp3
03/03/2007 12:43 am 2,895,433 elton john - your song .mp3
03/03/2007 12:43 am 2,402,114 elvis costello & burt bacharach - i'll never fall in love again .mp3
03/03/2007 12:44 am 2,956,942 five for fighting - 100 years .mp3
03/03/2007 12:44 am 3,135,014 green day - boulevard of broken dreams .mp3
03/03/2007 12:44 am 2,775,120 helene rolles - je m'appelle helene .mp3
03/03/2007 12:45 am 2,962,559 howie day - collide .mp3
03/03/2007 12:45 am 2,772,913 jet - look what you've done .mp3
03/03/2007 12:45 am 3,803,627 lifehouse - you and me .mp3
03/03/2007 12:46 am 3,634,333 no doubt - underneath it all .mp3
03/03/2007 12:46 am 2,633,767 red hot chili peppers - scar tissue .mp3
03/03/2007 12:46 am 2,974,075 rem - the one i love (live & acoustic - mtv unplugged) .mp3
03/03/2007 12:47 am 2,526,556 sarah mclachlan - rainbow connection .mp3
03/03/2007 12:47 am 2,926,855 sixpence none the richer - don't dream it's over .mp3
03/03/2007 12:47 am 1,861,073 the jesus and mary chain - sometimes always .mp3
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03/02/2007 07:54 pm 3,511,456 01 fergie - fergalicious .mp3
03/02/2007 07:54 pm 4,627,745 01_and_she_said_valentin_extended_mix__lucas_prata .mp3
03/02/2007 07:55 pm 2,898,624 04 fergie - london bridge .mp3
03/02/2007 07:55 pm 3,096,453 andrea burns-100 stories (sanger remix) .mp3
03/02/2007 07:55 pm 3,567,605 colette-feelin' hypnotized (blackliquid remix) .mp3
03/02/2007 07:56 pm 2,752,547 danity kane - show stopper .mp3
03/02/2007 07:56 pm 3,119,263 erasure - blue savannah .mp3
03/02/2007 07:56 pm 3,111,479 erasure - solsbury hill .mp3
03/02/2007 07:57 pm 2,773,566 frou frou - breathe in (radio edit) .mp3
03/02/2007 07:49 pm 2,377,038 groove armada - at the river .mp3
08/17/2006 05:12 pm 3,621,504 ivy - aha .mp3
03/02/2007 07:50 pm 3,121,369 les nubians - tabou (remix w the roots) .mp3
03/02/2007 07:50 pm 2,653,517 los lonely boys - heaven .mp3
03/02/2007 07:50 pm 3,212,715 madonna - american life .mp3
03/02/2007 07:51 pm 2,440,335 madonna - hung up (radio version) .mp3
03/02/2007 07:54 pm 2,685,498 nelly furtado - promiscuous (radio edit) .mp3
03/02/2007 07:51 pm 3,066,361 notorious b.i.g - big poppa (benocleaned) .mp3
03/02/2007 07:51 pm 3,184,090 olive - you're not alone .mp3
03/02/2007 07:52 pm 2,453,499 orange county girl .mp3
03/02/2007 07:52 pm 2,936,255 scissor sisters - i don't feel like dancin' (linus loves vocal edit) .mp3
12/16/1999 11:37 am 2,786,557 sneaker pimps - 6 underground .mp3
03/02/2007 07:52 pm 3,018,735 the federation - i wear my stunna glasses at night (dj louie lu) .mp3
03/02/2007 07:52 pm 2,065,136 the wolfpack - vans (rmx, dj louie lu) .mp3
03/02/2007 07:53 pm 3,006,744 usher - yeah! .mp3
03/02/2007 07:53 pm 3,264,475 zero 7 - in the waiting line .mp3
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03/02/2007 06:57 pm <dir> ..
03/02/2007 06:51 pm 3,859,733 apollo 440 - i feel you .mp3
03/02/2007 06:51 pm 2,080,174 deftones - to have and to hold .mp3
03/02/2007 06:51 pm 2,709,617 dishwalla - policy of truth .mp3
03/02/2007 06:52 pm 3,125,277 failure - enjoy the silence .mp3
03/02/2007 06:52 pm 3,875,427 god lives underwater - fly on the windscreen .mp3
03/02/2007 06:52 pm 3,857,847 gus gus - monument .mp3
03/02/2007 06:53 pm 2,870,118 hooverphonic - shake the disease .mp3
03/02/2007 06:53 pm 2,647,237 locust - master and servant .mp3
03/02/2007 06:53 pm 3,888,587 meat beat manifesto - everything counts .mp3
03/02/2007 06:54 pm 3,080,146 monster magnet - black celebration .mp3
03/02/2007 06:54 pm 5,453,117 rabbit in the moon - waiting for the night .mp3
03/02/2007 06:55 pm 3,413,663 rammstein - stripped .mp3
03/02/2007 06:55 pm 3,027,147 self - shame .mp3
03/02/2007 06:56 pm 3,501,441 the cure - world in my eyes .mp3
03/02/2007 06:56 pm 2,896,465 the smashing pumpkins - never let me down again .mp3
03/02/2007 06:56 pm 2,949,416 veruca salt - somebody .mp3
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03/02/2007 07:05 pm <dir> ..
03/02/2007 07:01 pm 2,702,091 jars of clay-all my tears .mp3
03/02/2007 07:02 pm 2,398,973 jars of clay-dead man (carry me) .mp3
03/02/2007 07:02 pm 3,140,010 jars of clay-even angels cry .mp3
03/02/2007 06:58 pm 2,940,328 jars of clay-good monsters .mp3
03/02/2007 06:58 pm 3,378,249 jars of clay-light gives heat .mp3
03/02/2007 06:59 pm 2,859,456 jars of clay-mirrors & smoke .mp3
03/02/2007 06:59 pm 4,384,164 jars of clay-oh my god .mp3
03/02/2007 07:00 pm 2,764,467 jars of clay-surprise .mp3
03/02/2007 07:00 pm 3,360,378 jars of clay-take me higher .mp3
03/02/2007 07:00 pm 2,775,447 jars of clay-there is a river .mp3
03/02/2007 07:01 pm 2,855,388 jars of clay-water under the bridge .mp3
03/02/2007 07:01 pm 2,807,408 jars of clay-work .mp3
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03/03/2007 12:41 am <dir> ..
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03/03/2007 12:38 am 2,069,491 relient k - high of '75 .mp3
03/03/2007 12:38 am 3,375,834 relient k - i so hate consequences .mp3
03/03/2007 12:38 am 3,658,157 relient k - let it all out .mp3
03/03/2007 12:39 am 3,683,050 relient k - life after death & taxes (failure ii) .mp3
03/03/2007 12:39 am 2,413,275 relient k - maintain consciousness .mp3
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03/03/2007 12:35 am 2,079,375 relient k - my girls ex-boyfriend .mp3
03/03/2007 12:35 am 2,552,246 relient k - the one i'm waiting for .mp3
03/03/2007 12:36 am 1,034,938 relient k - the only thing worse than beating a dead horse is betting on one .mp3
03/03/2007 12:36 am 2,506,533 relient k - this week the trend .mp3
03/03/2007 12:36 am 5,665,940 relient k - when i go down .mp3
03/03/2007 12:37 am 3,527,249 relient k - which to bury, us or the hatchet .mp3
03/03/2007 12:37 am 3,251,863 relient k - who i am hates who i've been .mp3
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03/02/2007 08:01 pm 2,437,536 hawk nelson - bring 'em out .mp3
03/02/2007 08:01 pm 2,939,413 hawk nelson - everything you ever wanted .mp3
03/02/2007 08:01 pm 3,484,206 hawk nelson - fourteen .mp3
03/02/2007 07:58 pm 2,968,557 hawk nelson - head on collision .mp3
03/02/2007 07:59 pm 2,161,049 hawk nelson - hello .mp3
03/02/2007 07:59 pm 2,432,211 hawk nelson - is forever enough .mp3
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03/02/2007 08:00 pm 3,109,621 hawk nelson - something on my mind .mp3
03/02/2007 08:00 pm 2,246,645 hawk nelson - the one thing i have left .mp3
03/02/2007 08:00 pm 2,316,531 hawk nelson - the show .mp3
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10/23/2006 03:51 pm 4,177,816 storyside_b - dance to me (connect sets) .mp3
10/23/2006 03:51 pm 3,455,989 storyside_b - everything and more(connect sets) .mp3
10/23/2006 03:51 pm 3,313,792 storyside_b - it's not over (connect sets) .mp3
10/23/2006 03:51 pm 3,892,171 storyside_b - miracle (connect sets) .mp3
10/23/2006 03:51 pm 3,327,553 storyside_b - more to this life (connect sets) .mp3
10/23/2006 03:51 pm 4,301,665 storyside_b - off the ground (connect sets) .mp3
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03/03/2007 01:06 am <dir> ..
03/02/2007 07:10 pm 2,303,669 american hi-fi - flavor of the week .mp3
03/02/2007 07:23 pm 3,107,380 ataris - boys of summer .mp3
03/02/2007 07:13 pm 2,451,900 avril lavigne - sk8er boi .mp3
03/02/2007 07:15 pm 2,589,072 blink 182 - all the small things .mp3
03/02/2007 07:05 pm 1,759,815 blink 182 - what's my age age again .mp3
03/02/2007 07:08 pm 2,080,163 blink-182 - feeling this .mp3
08/18/2006 10:26 am 3,085,419 bowling for soup - 1985 .mp3
08/17/2006 01:28 pm 3,436,505 bowling for soup - girl all the bad guys want .mp3
03/02/2007 07:20 pm 2,938,450 carbon leaf - learn to fly .mp3
03/02/2007 07:31 pm 4,064,169 chris tomlin - where the streets have no name .mp3
03/02/2007 07:14 pm 2,579,847 cowboy junkies - sweet jane .mp3
03/02/2007 07:18 pm 2,861,634 creed - one last breath .mp3
03/02/2007 07:30 pm 3,913,019 delirious - all this time .mp3
03/02/2007 07:22 pm 3,040,324 delirious - here i am send me .mp3
03/02/2007 07:16 pm 2,756,682 delirious - pride (in the name of love) .mp3
03/02/2007 07:22 pm 3,007,729 depeche mode - precious .mp3
06/14/2006 11:23 pm 3,105,709 diamond nights-the girl's attractive .mp3
03/02/2007 07:08 pm 2,111,210 dinosaur jr - just like heaven .mp3
03/02/2007 07:31 pm 4,073,194 dinosaur jr - start choppin .mp3
03/02/2007 07:06 pm 1,970,036 dope - you spin me right round .mp3
03/02/2007 07:25 pm 3,253,813 elton john - don't go breaking my heart .mp3
03/02/2007 07:19 pm 2,871,629 evanescence - bring me to life .mp3
03/02/2007 07:07 pm 2,030,944 ex-idols - go away .mp3
03/02/2007 07:26 pm 3,409,308 fighting instinct - like it, love it, need it .mp3
03/02/2007 07:25 pm 3,252,853 finger eleven - one thing .mp3
03/02/2007 07:14 pm 2,491,677 firehose - sometimes .mp3
03/02/2007 07:13 pm 2,839,961 garbage - im only happy when it rains .mp3
03/02/2007 07:12 pm 2,423,413 garbage - when i grow up .mp3
03/02/2007 07:09 pm 2,141,606 gnarls barkley - crazy .mp3
03/02/2007 07:09 pm 2,175,777 good charlotte - girls & boys .mp3
03/02/2007 07:19 pm 2,920,261 good charlotte - hold on .mp3
03/02/2007 07:06 pm 1,970,757 good charlotte - i just wanna live .mp3
03/02/2007 07:07 pm 1,982,070 good charlotte - if you leave .mp3
03/02/2007 07:09 pm 2,121,562 good charlotte - the anthem .mp3
03/02/2007 07:08 pm 2,115,302 green day - american idiot .mp3
03/02/2007 07:06 pm 1,854,799 green day - good riddance (time of your life) .mp3
03/02/2007 07:20 pm 2,938,451 h.i.m - wicked game .mp3
03/02/2007 07:17 pm 2,776,396 hoobastank - the reason .mp3
03/02/2007 07:06 pm 1,909,573 jack johnson - flake (acoustic) .mp3
03/02/2007 07:07 pm 1,991,693 jimmy eats world - it just takes some time .mp3
03/02/2007 07:17 pm 2,764,462 joy division-ceremony .mp3
03/02/2007 07:29 pm 3,550,644 joy division-dead souls .mp3
03/02/2007 07:13 pm 2,471,074 joy division-love will tear us apart .mp3
03/02/2007 07:27 pm 3,431,224 joy division-she's lost control .mp3
03/02/2007 07:32 pm 5,511,710 joy division-sister ray .mp3
03/02/2007 07:12 pm 2,452,271 juliana hatfield three-my sister .mp3
03/02/2007 07:32 pm 1,722,520 juliana hatfield three-spin the bottle .mp3
03/02/2007 07:07 pm 2,080,810 juliana hatfield three-supermodel .mp3
03/02/2007 07:09 pm 2,253,799 kim ahjoong - maria .mp3
03/02/2007 07:15 pm 2,597,669 linkin park - in the end (remix) .mp3
03/02/2007 07:26 pm 3,403,311 oasis-supersonic .mp3
03/02/2007 07:25 pm 3,199,510 orgy - blue monday .mp3
03/02/2007 07:32 pm 1,657,188 pennywise - california dreaming .mp3
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this morn, i skateboarded w/ sooni but did not go to the sunnyvale skate park 4 a morn skate sesh (skateboarding session). that does not make me happy, but i had 2 many housechores to do n' was runnin' late. instead, i simply went to werk extra early. i went to teach taekwondo last nite. i still feel a li'l sick, un4tunately, but am gettin' better li'l by li'l. i know what's keepin' me from recoverin' faster's all this stress@werk.com. aktually, things've been better lately, but i still have plenty'f pressure.
[later] *sigh* i'm still tryin' to get some soft bushings 4 my independent stage 9 129mm low eric koston trucks. just now, i called up fishbanks to ask what bushings they've got, n' it's still the same stuff. *sigh* man, i might wanna try drivin' over to either caliskatz in fremont or nc boardshp in los gatos on sun afternoon, if i have time. 2day, i had fun skateboarding w/ sooni. while she was peein' or sniffin' 'round; i got onto a curb n' prakticed pivoting off a 50.50 onto my tail. in the process, i scratched the "koston" logo on my truck hanger. *sigh* it's like u pay $$$ 4 some silly log n' then it all gets scratched off neway. that is what skateboarding's all 'bout tho', eh? there's that book 'bout the art'f skateboard decks called disposable, rt? yah... i, personally, consider it all a great parallel w/ life: in order to create a thing'f beauty (skateboard tricks) u've gotta let ur board n' trucks n' all get all scuffed up. such is life... in order to create beauty in ur life, in order to succeed, in order to have a full life; u've gotta go thru the bad times as well... however... even tho' u get banged up n' damaged, god still loves u n' thinks u'r beautiful.
every time i visit or call fishbanks, it's always that same lady werkin' there. hrm, is she the only person that werks there? maybe she's the owner; i dunno. 'gain, i sometimes wonder how that store survives. i dunno... their deck inventory turns over 'lot; so there must be lots'f kids that come in during the afternoon n' buy tons'f stuff. the store has lots'f space that they don't use. mayb, in the afternoon, lots'f kids go, n' it gets crowded. i dunno. whenever i go, it's all empty. oh yah, the 1st time i went, it was to $hop 4 pads, eh? i $hopped there n' @ copelands, n' ended up buyin'em on amazon.com
월요일 저녁: if i were to say that this past wknd was a very full wknd, u'd prob'ly say that i say every wknd's a "full wknd." well, *shrug* this wknd was a full wknd, but i've had wknds that were more full or fuller. fri nite; after finally bustin' out'f werk, went home to cook dinner 4 the beautiful kaela hwang, n' then went to grx t3 light bible study. on sat, i spent dio de san patricio on the slopes'f kirkwood w/ my taekwondo students. on sun, i went to grx n' had various church.related aktivities. also, i took kaela out 4 dinner @ amber india @ santana row, n' we watched mira nair's film the namesake.
2day, i recieved my packages'f goodies from snowbomb.com. this's really kewl!
i skateboarded w/ sooni this morn but didn't hit up the sunnyvale skate park this morn 4 a morn skate sesh (skateboarding session), which upsets me. instead, i went into werk early. *sigh* well, the snowboarding daytrip to kirkwood on sat n' 2day's snowbomb.com stuff's got me more stoked on snowboarding than skateboarding @ the moment. after all, i'm much better @ snowboarding. the cellfon video footage i took'f myself last wk kind'f rein4ced that pt. even tho' i have fun grinding up the small bowl, it looks like such small peanuts compared to the tricks i can do on a snowboard. watching the videos was a li'l discouraging. *sigh* it might start raining 2nite, n' kaela n' i'll be in socal next wknd, so no boardsports. :-(
화요일 아침: how r u? i'm ok. i'm just ok. i don't feel 100% content w/ life, but... *sigh* maybe i'm just a whiner. *shrug* havin' been so stressed@werk.com over the past couple'f months, it's hard to be 100% content. however, i know god blesses me w/ much, n' i appreciate that. i couldn't ask 4 nethin' more, rt? i mentioned yesterday, that on sun nite, the beautiful kaela hwang n' i watched mira nair's film the namesake starring kal penn of harold and kumar go to white castle fame. of course, kal penn's role in this film's much more serious. *sigh* this film talks 'bout like 'least 2 generations'f an indian.amerikan family: immigrant parents n' born.in.amerika kids. the film made me think 'bout life, death, relationships, family, purpose.in.life... the purpose driven life; obviously, that's the name'f a very famous, popular book. i've never read it.
it rained this morn. i didn't skateboard w/ sooni n' didn't hit up the sunnyvale skate park 4 a morn skate sesh (skateboarding session). yah, these past couple'f days, i haven't felt like much'f a skateboarder, more'f a snowboarder. i took sooni 4 a walk on foot this morn cos'f the rain. wouldn'tchu know that it'd just start rainin' as soon as we stepped out'f the front door? i had put my vans skateboarding shoes on n' was ready to skate w/ sooni. usually, i walk out the front door, open up the garage door, fetch my skateboard out'f my car, n' then take off w/ sooni. well, 2day, we walked. rt now, it's the city'f santa clara's annual spring cleaning dump time. ppl r 'llowed to throw all their trash unto the curbside, n' then the city sends ppl out to haul it 'way. it's a very fun time 4 sooni. she loves to sniff all the junk that ppl throw out. i took her 4 a long walk 2day to humour her. i hope she had fun.
[later] 오후: i had lunch w/ kaela @ 명동 순주부집 myungdong soondubujip. it's raining harder now. didju know that there's a 1975 horror movie called the milpitas monster? i was born in 1975.
[later] phew! brief scare... i thought i accidentally overwote this entry w/ a review i wrote 4 judysbook.com 'bout snowbomb.com. nope, i stored it in a file w/ the same name but diff direktory. whew. neway, u've gotta check out this link i found on superdave kim's starkdavingmad: diego goldberg: the arrow of time (http://zonezero.com/magazine/essays/diegotime/time.html). that makes me wanna dig thru some ol' pix n' post'em up or 'least organise'em, so that i can c how i (n' also kaela) have changed in appearance over the yrs. ppl think i'm younger than i aktually am. i hope that lasts. *sigh* however, ppl my age rn't concerned 'bout snowboarding n' skateboarding like i am. i mean, they might like snowboarding but rn't into it as much as me n' definitely rn't into skateboarding. they're into raisin' their li'l kids, parenting. otherwise, they're 'least into travelin' the world.
[later] "toi, c'et très complique, mais il est fou d'être trop raisonnable moi. l'amour, c'est plus fort que j'ai besoin de toi." that's the bit français from bijou's "love love." hrm, sumpthin' doesn't look rt 'bout the grammar in those sentences, n' i 'member hearing that there's sumpthin' wrong w/ it. uh, what does it mean? otherwise, what r they tryin' to say? i think that they're tryin' to say, "u? u'r 2 complicated, but it's crazy to be 2 reasonable like me. love? it's 2 strong, so i need u." *shrug*
수요일 아침: i had a decent morn despite the fakt that it rained last nite n' so the ground was wet. u c, i ran out the door w/ sooni n' myskateboard n' then noticed that the ground was wet. i skated w/ sooni fine n' then went to the sunnyvale skate park 4 a morn skate sesh (morning skateboarding session). the park was wet, n' there were some "teenage punk" types there 4 some strange reason (is it spring brk 4 kids already?); but i still skated n' had fun. since i wasn't planning to go big cos'f the wet surface, i didnt' bother padding up. i just skated. still, that's bad; i should pad up most'f the time. i don't wanna get hurt. thankfully, i haven't really gotten hurt... god, plz continue to watch over me!
during lunch, the beautiful kaela hwang picked me up from werk.com, n' we went to the mexicali grill in the mercado (rt in the heart'f silikon valley) w/ a 2.4.1. ¢oupon that i printed off'f valpak.com. in the parking, after lunch, i met up w/ a woman to sell off my 2 diamond peak lift ticket vouchers (4 $40 total). i also gave her 2 free "basic" tahoe cards. ah, i gotta say, it's fun bein' so involved w/ snowboarding, snowsports, boardsports... @ a recent session'f grx's t3 light couples small group bible study, we played an ice breaker game that was like the newlywed game, where we each answered questions 'bout our spouses. 1'f the questinos was: "if $$$ weren't a concern, what would he/she want to do 4 a profession." kaela wrote down "dj or snowboard shop owner," n' she was absolutely correkt. my cousin walter pted out tho' that u don't wanna be stuck in the shop on wknds while every1 else is off playin' in the snow. true... but i do like boardsports equipment just as i like the boardsports themselves. i wish i could have my own snowboard/skateboard shop n' dj in it. some ppl prob'ly think owning n' operatin' a skateboard shop is risky cos u'll get punk kids, n' i do think that's 'least somewhat true, but i'm always pushin' 4 more posi+ive role models n' a more posi+ive image 4 skateboarding. if i could werk 4 snowbomb.com n' get a decent salary n' get to stay down here in the silikon valley, i think i would. they cm to be a very promisin' venture.
[later] so 2day, kaela n' i had lunch @ mexicali grill. we each ordered a 3.item combo to max out the value'f the 2.4.1 combo ¢oupon. they have a name 4 that combo, sumpthin' like "el rey." what does that mean? *shrug* [less than a min later] i checked babelfish.altavista.com, n' "el rey" means "the king." ah, that makes sense. "le roi" = "el rey" = "the king." makes sense... thus, monterey must mean sumpthin' like "king mountain," eh? wow, so "cruz" means "cross," so "santa cruz" must be the same thing as "saint croix," rt? "alameda" = "tree.lined avenue." "alma" = "soul." "alma den" = "soul gives." neway, kaela picked: tamale, chile relleno, n' beef enchilada (i think). i picked: tamale, chile relleno, n' chicken taco. we also ordered the sweet corn tamale appetizer. the tamale was special; it had mole rojo sauce. we took home lots'f leftovers.
while i'm on the topik'f fud, let's talk 'bout the delicious indian fud we had on sun nite @ amber india, santana row: teen mirch ka fish tikka (tandoori sea bass), bhara jungli khumb (portabella shroom stuffed w/ paneer n' asparagus bhurjee), asparagus kofta, n' the bread basket. also, kaela ordered a glass'f riesling, n' i had a 1.pt bottle'f taj mahal lager. also, 4 dessert, we shared an order'f gulfi n' each had a cup'f chai. yah, 'twas an extravagant meal, n' we took home lots'f leftovers which we ate @ home on mon 4 lunch.
[later] kaela was really happy that i sold off those diamond peak tix cos she didn't wanna go back, 'specially since last time, the lift exit was all icy, so she slipped. it's a bit'f a dinky, li'l resort n' out'f the way. i didn't wanna drive out there, 'specially not 4 a daytrip. we'd gotten those tix free from the tahoe tourism reps @ the bay area snow show. the woman who bought them was very happy to get them 'specially @ such a good price. i also gave her 2 snowbomb.com "basic" tahoe cards, so she can get more di$counts, n' snowbomb.com gets more exponsure. dude, it's a win.win.win.win.win situation! i win, kaela wins, the buyer wins, the resort wins, snowbomb.com wins; everybody wins.
shiftin' from snowboarding to skateboarding: i still need to get some soft hardcore bones bushings. where can i get some? nc boardshop? caliskatz? i'm sure caliskatz'll have'em, but they're all the way in fremont, n' fremont has higher sales tax.
[later] 세월 유수 seiwuhl yoosoo: this past sat nite, clarence was asking me questions 'bout how to learn to snowboard better n' asked me to draw from my experience. i've been snowboarding since 1992. it's been a long time. those questions made me dig deep into my memory. wow, how life has changed. snowboarding's been w/ me over many yrs, so it brought me thru many stages'f my life. i thought 'bout things that happened during college n' after college, during grad skool, 'til now. *sigh* i started 'memberin' ppl i used to snowboard w/. u know, this season, i had the chance to snowboard w/ some friends that i snowboarded w/ in the past but not in a long time. that would be ppl like toby, dave, n' eric. i dunno if phil counts cos i think i have snowboarded w/ him sometime in the past few yrs. oh yah, in socal. i've snowboarded 'lot over the yrs.
[later] 밤, 1048p: after a longday@werk.com, i went to will's turbo kick box (tkb) class @ the east arques 24 hour fitness in sunnyvale. afterwards, after stretching, prakticing a li'l taekwondo, gathering my stuff from the locker, etc.; i stopped by ¢0$+¢0 to fill up on 87 oktane gas @ $3.059/gal. expen$ive, eh? then i came home. kaela n' i ate some fridge pack 수제비 soojeibi.
금요일 아침: this morn, i discovered a whole bunch'f fraudulent aktivity on my ebay account: a whole mess'f elektronics pur¢ha$es in germany! i'm chattin' w/ an ebay
rep rt now, tryin' to sort it out.
- sony ericsson w850i precious black (200092694846) from kutscheluppi (51) eur 200.00
- nokia 6233 classic black wie neu mit garantie (250097538815) eur 209.00
- samsung sgh-e900 noir - tous opérateurs - gar. 1 an (140100065829) from jmarc9661(129) eur 200.00
- nokia 6680 gps tomtom avec carte sd 512 mo (120101153330) beste_schop(39) qty 2 eur 663.80
- nokia n73 *OVP* garantie *neu* (260096943898) dannycn321(13) eur 325.00
- nokia n73 handy **music edition** (220095492206) marsi120(25) eur 230.00
- sony ericsson W900i weiß wie neu (120101243467) euroexpress1tiger(4304)
- nokia n73 *OVP* garantie *neu* (260096943898) from beste_schop(38) qty 2 eur 663.80
일요일 아침, 814a: the beautiful kaela hwang n' i'r in socal, n' sohee's watchin' sooni n' our house. yesterday morn, i hit up the sunnyvale skate park 4 a morn skate sesh (morning skateboarding session) n' also brought sooni. i started doin' rock to fakies. i felt bad 4 ridin' the small bowl n' not pushin' myself cos this 1 dude jerry, b4 i dropped in 1nce sed, "ok, let's see something fancy now," so i knew people were sick of seeing me do my usual. however, i was riding really boringly especially cos my left ankle was kind'f all misaligned or sumpthin'. i had taped it up b4 goin' to the park.
last nite, kaela n' i had an extravagant dinner @ yamashiro w/ kaela's skoolmates rachel n' ken, who might get married there.
[later] 밤, 1120p: many yrs 'go i talked 'bout a japanese bunny named yuebing who has become a big internet star. well, this is a page w/ some'f her best pix: http://www.h6.dion.ne.jp/~yuebing/031102/031102-2.htm.
2day, we ate brkfast w/ kaela's parents 2 some chino café burger place. i 4get the exakt name. they had good decaf coffee. after that, kaela's bro jay dropped us off in irvine 4 the 2nd church service @ newsong covenant church (http://www.newsong.net/). we met pastor dave gibbons there n' told him we came from their sister church grx. after church, jay picked us up, n' we went to his place in quail hill (or whate'er it's called) in a new part'f irvine. i think the neighbourhood or region might be called sand canyon or sumpthin'. we hung 'round there 4 a li'l while n' then went out to bevmo n' cvs in a strip mall that had a 24 hour fitness active. we needed to buy disposable champagne glasses n' some b.day candles. then we went to 'nother strip mall n' had boba.type drinks @ a lollicup café. kaela n' jay had watermelon juice, n' i had blueberry yogurt slushee. none'f us had boba. we browse thru a li'l sanrio / morning glory type store called kitty house. then we went back to jay's place n' watched 'least 0.5'f jet li's fearless. then, we took off 4 garden grove to go to 북경 bookkyuhng 4 kaela's dad's 60th b.day banquet.
life's gettin' bizzy soon btwn werk ('f course) n' djing, so i'm gonna hafta cut sumpthin' out. i think i'll be skippin' some turbo kick box (tkb) classes soon. it's gonna rain on mon nite n' maybe tues, so i won't get to skate (skateboard) much this wk. still, i'm on course to hit up squaw valley on sat 4 a snowboarding day trip. *sigh* @ the same time, some taekwondo friends have all these big plans 4 clubbin' on sat nite. i might have a very exhausting wknd next wknd. werk hard, play hard.
kaela n' i r flyin' out'f ontario aeroport @ 610a 2morrow morn. i have a mtg@werk.com @ 930a. i bet my mgr sent me some tasks to do over the wknd, but i haven't had access to my e.mail. it'll be a hektic morn!
화요일 저녁: this morn, i skateboarded w/ sooni n' had a morn skate sesh (skateboarding session) @ the sunnyvale skate park even tho' it had rained last nite. i saw that the ground was pretty dry, so i proceeded. i needed to get back on board, u know? on sat, i had started doing rock.to.fakies, n' i didn't wanna lose that. well, i did them ok 4 a while but then started to regress. i started puttin' my back fut down on my way back down, n' that'd really cause probs. *sigh* aktually, 1 semi.trick that i started doin' 2day (better than rock.to.fakies) is pivoting from 50.50 stall to tail stall. these r a couple'f long overdue tricks. dude, when i got to the skate park, i was all alone. then some teenager came. then some like drug dealer came n' sold the kid sumpthin'. man, that wasn't the 1st time i saw sumpthin' like a drug deal go down. i don't like cin' that, but... *sigh* man, it's a skrewed up world. it was really cold this morn, so i padded up but put on my planet earth wool jacket on top of my pads.
@ lunchtime, the beautiful kaela hwang (who's on spring brk) dropped her car off 4 brake werk @ 애이스 자동차 정비 ace auto repair. we went 4 a rushed lunch @ 옛날 짜장 yeitnal jjajang: kaela had 짜장면 jjajangmyuhn, n' i had 고추 짬뽕 gochoo jjambbong. kaela dropped me off @ home in my subaru, n' i rode my bike to an afternoon class 4 werk.com.
dude, yesterday_evening@werk.com, i heard that 1'f my cowerkers died @ home. we think he had a heart attack. *sigh* it's such a frickin' shame. this hi pressure industry n' all... *sigh* *shake head* he was a big time smoker tho'. ppl need to stay healthy! i refused to werk extra late but went to sach's 730p turbo kick box (tkb) class @ the sunnyvale east arques 24 hr fitness. 4 dinner, kaela cooked some pasta.
rolling stone magazine's "best songs" of 2006 (http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/12769472/the_100_best_songs_of_2006)
1. gnarls barkley - "crazy"
2. the raconteurs - "steady as she goes"
3. chamillionaire - "ridin'"
4. t.i. - "what you know"
5. the pack - "vans"
6. bob dylan - "thunder on the mountain"
7. lily allen - "smile"
8. clipse with slim thug - "wamp wamp (what it do)"
9. wolfmother - "dimension"
10. goldfrapp - "ooh la la"
11. pearl jam - "world wide suicide"
12. the killers - "read my mind"
13. the flaming lips - "free radicals"
14. cham - "ghetto story"
15. afi - "miss murder"
16. the strokes - "you only live once"
17. my chemical romance - "welcome to the black parade"
18. christina aguilera - "ain't no other man"
19. the rapture - "get myself into it"
20. the dixie chicks - "the long way around"
21. justin timeberlake - "sexyback"
22. the red hot chili peppers - "tell me baby"
23. regina spektor - "fidelity"
24. bruce springsteen - "how can a poor man stand such times and live"
25. arctic monkeys - "when the sun goes down"
26. tv on the radio - "province"
27. mastodon - "capillarian crest"
28. the raconteurs - "level"
29. gnarls barkley - "smiley faces"
30. hot chip - "over & over"
31. thom yorke - "the clock"
32. cherish - "do it to it"
33. the hold steady - "chillout tent"
34. the killers - "when you were young"
35. the decemberists - "summersong"
36. rihanna - "sos"
37. beck - "strange apparition"
38. dirty pretty things - "gin & milk"
39. fall out boy - "dance, dance"
40. sonic youth - "incinerate"
41. cassie - "me & u"
42. chris smither - "origin of species"
43. the sounds - "tony the beat"
44. rick ross - "hustlin'"
45. chris borwn - "yo (excuse me miss)"
46. cold war kids - "hang me up to dry"
47. tokyo police club - "cheer it on"
48. shawnna with ludacris - "he said, she said"
49. snow patrol - "chasing cars"
50. justin timberlake - "my love"
51. prince - "black sweat"
52. taking back sunday - "makedamnsure"
53. the decemberists - "o valencia!"
54. ghostface killah - "kilo"
55. beck - "nausea"
56. nelly furtado with timbaland - "promiscuous"
57. lady sovereign - "love me or hate me"
58. outkast - "idlewild blues"
59. kelis with too $hort - "bossy"
60. yeah yeah yeahs - "phenomena"
61. css - "let's make love and listen to death from above"
62. the rakes - "work, work, work (pub, club sleep)"
63. band of horses - "the funeral"
64. corinne bailey rae - "put your records on"
65. ben kweller - "penny on the train track"
66. eef barzelay - "ballad of bitter honey"
67. beyoncé with jay.z - "dèja vu"
68. arctic monkeys - "bigger boys and stolen sweethearts"
ush do somethin' crazy
69. jay.z - "trouble"
70. lupe fiasco - "i gotcha"
71. yeah yeah yeahs - "let me know"
72. the walkmen - "louisiana"
73. the long winters - "pushovers"
74. tapes n' tapes - "just drums"
75. carrie underwood - "before he cheats"
76. be your own pet - "fire department"
77. "weird al" yankovic - "trapped in the drive.thru"
78. solomon burke - "that's how i got to memphis"
79. yung joc with nitti - "it's going down"
80. pimp c - "i'm free"
81. sean paul - "temperature"
82. fergie - "london bridge"
83. elvis costello and allen toussiant - "who's gonna help brother get further"
84. panic! at the disco - "the only difference between martyrdom and suicide is press coverage"
85. silversun pickups - "well thought out twinkles"
86. green day and u2 - "the saints are coming"
87. pink "u + ur hand"
88. cat power - "the greatest"
89. john legend - "show me"
90. james kochalka superstar - "britney's silver can"
91. the pussycat dolls - "buttons"
92. dropkick murphys - "i'm shipping up to boston"
93. tom petty - "saving grace"
94. li'l wayne and birdman - "stuntin' like my daddy"
95. the roots - "don't feel right"
96. oakley hall - "if i was in el dorado"
97. teddybears - "automatic lover"
98. amerie - "take control"
99. the coup with silk e - "baby let's have a baby before bush do somethin' crazy"
100. amy millan - "skinny boy"
*sigh* dude, there just ain't 'nuff hrs in a day. it's hard to come out'f this burnout mood.
수요일 아침: this morn, i woke up not 2 early. i drove my car w/ sooni over to andy's 애이스 자동차 정비 ace auto care. i dropped it off 4 brake pad changes n' an oil change. then, i skateboarded back w/ sooni. skateboarding is fun. the hard black bushings on my independent stage 9 129mm low eric koston trucks r starting to break in, so i have a more com4table, looser ride. i still do want to change those black bushings out 4 some bones hardcore soft bushings tho'. *sigh* did i mention? now that i'm doin' 50.50 stalls to tail stall (pivots), i'm startin' to rub off the "koston" logo on my trucks. wow, that's the nature'f skateboard graphics: they're only temporary; very temporary. that's why there's that book titled disposable.
here r some interesting links, 'gain from (super)dave kim's starkdavingmad.com:
- "how to: tricks of the trade"(http://www.themorningnews.org/archives/how_to/tricks_of_the_trade.php)
- "ten ways being a geek makes you more attractive"(http://mingle2.com/blog/view/10-ways-being-a-geek-makes-you-more-attractive)
- real simple's "101 new uses for everyday things: the multitasking hall of fame" (http://www.realsimple.com/realsimple/gallery/0,21863,1030084-2,00.html)
recently, dave sed sumpthin' 'bout in his blog 'bout breakin' up w/ a gf. i think the fakt that he's postin' links like "top 10 child actresses that grew up to be hotties" n' "celebrity babes with high iqs"'s sort'f indikative'f this. heh heh, no offense; just an observation. i'm always snaggin' links from dave's site, not cos i want to use his links to make my blog more interesting but cos i wanna 'member to go back n' read this links or print'em or whate'er. how many real readers do i have neway? it's mostly just me. if i had real readers, more'f'em'd sign my gbook!
'puter frustrations: why can't my lg vx8500 chocolate connekt to my laptop via bluetooth? why does my windows xp on my laptop not c my sony dvd burner??? did the "netwerk_nazis@wer.com" push some kind'f applikation to disable my bluetooth n' my dvd/cd burning capabilities? it's possible. recently, they pushed symantec netbackup, a program that backs up data on ur drive to a netwerk drive. the thing is that i noticed that it's set to backup all ur "my documents" files, n' so it's aktually very easy 4 the corporation to search ur personal docs. i have reason to believe it's configured to delete all mp3s from our 'puters, even totally legal 1s. i don't like that. oh yah, it's also configured to back up all ur internet explorer bookmarks. >:-/ hrm, sounds very fishy to me!
[later] 오후: during my lunchbrk, i had lunch w/ the beautiful kaela hwang @ bombay gardens, where pasand used to be on el camino real @ lawrence expwy near osh n' albersons. man, i'm stuffed. buffet lunch's like $10.50/person or so. it comes w/ drinks, including chai. they have a big, big buffet. it's really tasty stuff, n' they play indian musik videos on flat panel screens. [later] afterwards, kaela dropped me off to pick up my car. i got all 4 disc brake pads changed n' an oil change. when i got back to the office n' parked my car, i kind'f expekted to c my cowerker outside smoking. then i 'member that he died. it's quite sad.
as i sed in an earlier entry (this wknd), life's gonna get very bizzy soon w/ djing stuff. i'm mtg 2nite w/ some clients, so i'll miss my turbo kick box (tkb) class. i'll prob'ly be cuttin' back on turbo kick box (tkb) 4 a li'l while un4tunately. *sigh* i gotta make time 4 dj stuff. djing, taekwondo, church stuff, snowboarding/skateboarding, ... how do i balance it all? the important thing's that i don't watch much tv. i don't watch much tv n' i don,'t "party" 2 much.
일요일 오후, 205p: yesterday was a total snowbomb style day even tho' i didn't meet up w/ the snowbomb.com staff like i sed i would. it was just 2 hard to plan 4 me. neway, i was up @ squaw w/ my taekwondo student ken, w/ clarence, w/ walter, n' w/ walter's friends ben n' daniel. we had a good time but the snow got kind'f slow in many places. aktually, it got very slow in many places. however, i got to ride the "superpipe" halfpipe... altho' only 1nce, n' i got to ride thru the mainline terrain park a few times or so. i rode rails n' boxes n' got ride 1 transfer quarterpipe... like a quarterpipe where u jump from 1 quarterpipe to 'nother. uhm, aktually, i dunno if i should call it "transfer" quarterpipe... it's not like a spine transfer or nething... *sigh* aktually, come to think'f it... it's a li'l depressing cos i used to have more guts to do stuff like ride up a big quarterpipe jump over a spine and drop back in on the other side. dude, what happened to me? i have lets guts but more teknical skillz.
this afternoon... later this afternoon, i've gotta drive up to san francisco to meet up w/ a dj client. man, gas's expen$ive these days; very expen$ive. well, i'm gonna try to hit up the slopes 'least 1 more time this season. however, as we cruise thru april into may (as april's rushin' into may), i'll need to transition from snowboarding into djing. however, skateboarding'll always still be there! :-) heh heh... skateboarding's the best in the morning cos i don't wanna absorb 2 many uv rays. the sun damages ur skin. protekt urself!
the beautiful kaela hwang wants me to go give sooni a bath now, so i've gotta jet 4 now. i'm writing this while sittin' on a lounge chair in my backyard w/ my feet propped up on 'nother lounge chair. sooni's back here w/ me, loungin'. as soon as i let her out she ran to the sunny part'f the patio n' plopped down like a dead doggy. a cool breeze gently blows by me, convekting heat 'way from me, but i'm wearin' my courduroy pants n' also my brown zip.up sweater, so i'm ok. it's a sunny day, but i'm sittin' in the shade. i'm a bit drowsy cos'f the long drive yesterday n' cos i was up a li'l late on fri nite @ our friend mark's b.day party @ rumors hof.
월요일 아침: april fool's day came n' went; but i didn't c many april fool's day jokes yesterday (sunday). i saw google had some funny jokes. as i sed, i'm making this transition from snowboarding season to dj season. i still wanna hit up either kirkwood or sugar bowl on april 21 4 a day of only terrain park riding since that's the only kind'f riding u can really do in this soft, soft spring snow.
[later] 오후: i dunno where the beautiful kaela hwang is, but i'm assuming we're gonna have lunch 2gether but haven't heard from her, haven't received a fon call from her. i'm assuming she's cing a patient, maybe my cousin walter. [later] ok, she's on her way. she wasn't cin' a patient. rather, some doktor in her clinik simply wouldn't stop talkin' to her. *shrug* 'f cousre, i hope he's not some durty perv.
so i played that snowtrip mp3 cd in my car this wknd. it has lots'f rock n' punk songs as well as some other stuff like soft stuff n' dance, pop, n' hip.hop tunes. that cd only has 1 korean song: ivy's "a-ha." [a li'l later] if u 'member, i made that mp3 cd, keepin' in mind that our friend eric j. would only want rock n' punk tunes, etc. well, that cd still has lots'f variety. oh yah, eric wasn't on this trip or nething, but i still played that cd. neway, 1 song that i heard on that cd that i hadn't heard in a while was juliana hatfield's "my sister." do u 'member juliana hatfield? do u 'member that fahad n' i used to go to her concerts? here's the wiki on her: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliana_Hatfield. here's her official website: julianahatfield.com
[later] 4 lunch, kaela n' i went to sweet tomatoes by ¢0$+¢o cos 1) it's close, 2) it's fast, n' 3) i had a ¢oupon. 4 those same reasons, we've been goin' there a bit much over the past fwe months. each month, the restaurant has a different theme 4 its menu. in feb, the theme was cherry. last month? uhm, the theme was like kid fud. this month (april), the theme appears to be lemon. i've gotta watch what i eat. i don't wanna get fat. i need to get exercise, n' i wish i could stress less, but my werk stresses me out plenty. that's bad. life oughtta be simpler than this. on a brighter note, this morn, i skateboarded w/ sooni - longer than usual - n' then skateboarded @ the sunnyvale skate park, my morn skate sesh (morning skateboarding session). *sigh* 'gain, i saw that drug dealer guy. i feel really uneasy 'bout him, but it's not hate the person, i hate crime.
[later] 저녁 이지만 아직도 직장에서: r u following amerikan idol this season? i'm sure not. however, i heard 'bout this sajaya guy. this situation sounds interesting. here's the wiki article link 4 sanjaya malakar: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanjaya_Malakar.
*sigh* *breath* man, werk's still stressful; pressure, pressure. i haven't given very good updates 'bout my life in a while. on fri evening, kaela n' i went to our friend mark's b.day party @ rumors, the korean hof. oh yah, i did mention that. well, we had the chance to sing some 노래방 noraebang there. our friend hana's a great singer. i mostly belt out stuff... but 'least i try. 2 many ppl r microfon shy. they shouldn't be. it's fun. it's just 4 fun.
on sun, after church, i went w/ some'f our friends to eat lunch @ 만두랑 칼국수 mandoorang kalgooksoo. did i mention that? i ate 얼근 수제비 uhlkeun soojeibi. in the afternoon, 'round 230p, i drove sooni to pet fud express n' washed her. then 'round 345p, i picked up kaela from home n' drove us out to dominic's @ oyster pt in south san francisco to meet w/ a wedding djing client. after that i drove kaela 'round sf a li'l. i wanted to drive us to skates on haight in the haight, so that i could buy some bones hardcore soft bushings, but eh... i wasn't gonna put kaela thru that. i bought some gas @ a gas station on geary. then, we went to lulu 4 dinner... a very over.extravagant dinner. shoot, that's a prob! lately, we've been slippin' back into the bad habit'f having over.extravagant dinners 4 no reason... 4 example, that evening @ yamashiro's in hollywood. that was very much unnecessarily extravagant. *sigh* aktually, b4 this past wk (which was kaela's spring brk... but no excuse!), we were pretty good 'bout cuttin' down on over.extravagant dinners. this isn't good. lately, kaela n' i've been eatin' out @ lunch plenty. hrm... we've gotta watch our budget! recently, i $pent 'lot'f $$$ on car maintenance n' gas. that brake job n' oil change wsn't 2 ¢heap.
[later] in the past few days, i think i've been more stoked 'bout snowboarding than skateboarding. i dunno... i'm often wavering btwn the 2 but i really like both neway. i like how i aktually have friends to snowboard w/. w/ skateboarding, i just mostly do it by myself, altho' there r guys @ the skate park that i talk to now n' then. however, those guys don't really know me. i'm tryin' to be friendlier @ the skate park 'least 'mongst all the ol' guys like me. *shrug* neway, i think the snowbomb.com thing got me more stoked 'bout snowboarding. i proudly wore my snowbomb.com hoodie on the slopes on sat. i feel like part'f an online community'f legit snowboarders. [later] man, this season, i haven't tried many 360s. in fakt, i haven't tried so much aerial tricks ore new grabs. i'm mostly doin' indy grabs n' stalefish grabs still. more than aerial stuff n' grabs, i've been ridin' boxes n' rails n' mostly just 50.50in'em. :-/ i wish i had had the chance to werk on my aerial stuff... 360s n' nicer grabs n' halfpipe stuff. well, w/ my new santa cruz seth huot 157cm deck i get to do nice manuals n' presses. that's good. well... cos'f my friends, i've had to do ride 'lot more downhill ridin' n' freeride n' not 'nuff freestyle, terrain park, n' pipe. :-/ c, if kaela boarded w/ me more this season, then i would've gotten to do more terrain park. it's a bit ironic, i geuss. most ppl'd think that i'd do freestyle n' terrain park w/ my guy friends n' not my wife, but it's flipped. walter made a funny statement 'bout me over dinner @ some cantonese restaurant in davis on sat nite on our way home. i had sed that these days i'm 2 lazy to carve, so i just go fast n' bullet down. in case u don't know a thing 'bout snowboarding, carving is the process'f turnin' n' gradually slowin' down. 4 not.so.expert riders, turning = slowing down. as u progress, u learn to eurocarve / make fast turns n' speed check w/o turning (by pushin' snow laterally). neway, carvin' takes energy, but goin' fast takes guts; i guess. goin' really fast can be unnerving; but since i've been snowboarding so much 4 so long, i'm more used to it... even despite how i ride a really, really soft, flexible freestyle board, which isn't designed to be super stable @ hi speeds unlike certain all.mountain or freeride boards, which r really stiff. neway, i sed that i'm sometimes 2 lazy to carve, n' walter retorted, "dude, u never carve! u always just bullet down. n' then if u think u wanna slow down, u look 4 a jump to go off of, n' then u'r like 'oh, ok, now i'm goin' slower.'" ha ha ha... i guess he's rt. X-D
회요일 아침: i had a slightly frustrating morn: i did housechores instead'f hittin' up the sunnyvale skate park 4 a morn skate sesh (skateboarding session). >:-( very unpleasant, but such is life!
things to do during lunch 2day:
- e.mail toby to invite him to april 21 snowboarding n' april 14 super suppers n' snowboard repair.
- take out laundry.
- deposit $$$ in bank, if time.
- clean out car.
- send grx t3 light survey results to pastor abel.
- in the case that i'm superman n' get this all done w/ plenty'f time to spare, buy zip.loc bags.
[much later] 오후: ok, so what did i accomplish over my lunchbrk? :-/
- e.mailed toby to invite him to april 21 snowboarding n' april 14 super suppers n' snowboard repair.
- took out laundry.
that's it. nuthin' else. i ate some caesar salad, a chicken sausage, n' a honey ham sandwich on whole wheat bread.
here r a couple'f interesting things i learned on the internet:
1) "the cure team up with ashlee simpson" (y! music): wow, robert smith's prob'ly gonna record a track w/ ashlee simpson.
2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pwned: "pwn3d"'s an intentional misspelling'f "owned." i, like many others, thought it meant "pawned." here's a funny clip from the wiki article: "On a South Korean news channel an anchor said, “Youn Hong-Gyu PWNS” because a rival news anchor told him that it was a formal, professional way to say “good bye” in English." here's an list'f internet slang from wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_slang_phrases
so how's the weather these days. yah, it's decently warm, what most ppl'd call pleasant. the temp's somewhere in the 70s (fahrenheit). i wish that it'd snow more in the sierras. :-/
수요일 오후: 사 사... 4 4... *breath* *sigh* what a bizzy day. man, of course it's hard balancin' werk, taekwondo, church, djing, snowboarding, skateboarding... it's tuff, but i've gotta do it. these r the things that make me who i am, i guess. sometimes being a leader stresses me out. u wanna do what's best 4 the group but wonder if ne1 appreciates it. i believe in leading from the bottom. i think positions'f authority mean i'm out to serve the ppl i lead, not abuse'em. sometimes i wonder if ppl take advantage'f that or if they appreciate it or... *sigh* i've been "preachin'" 'bout "ownership" 'lot lately. i don't appreciate it when i'm put in a position'f aktion n' told to do 'lot'f things, but ppl don't let me make ne'f the decisions. u nkow, when the $#!+ hits the fan, if i'm gonna get in trouble; then shouldn't i be the 1 callin' the shots? vice versa, if i'm assignin' some1 else to werk in the trenches, i believe i can allow him/her to make 'least some decisions w/o always checkin' in w/ me. as a leader, i try to avoid micromanagement, but... *shrug* i hope i do; i dunno.
well, this morn, 'gain, i didn't hit up the sunnyvale skate park 4 a morn skate sesh (skateboarding session), but i went 4 an extended ride 'round the neighbourhood w/ sooni. i made sure to ollie up n' down more curbs. skateboarding w/ sooni's fun, but the skating (skateboarding) @ the skate park gives me much more exercise... all that transition riding - up n' down, pumpin', pumpin', pumpin'. skate park ridin's a whole body werkout. a while 'go, i read some webpage that gave a review'f this 1 skate park in benicia. back in the late 1980s, 1'f the santa cruz skateboards / nhs, inc. skate videos features natas kaupas skatin' @ that benicia skate park. they made it sound n' look sooo kewl. now, in this day n' age, i guess kids rip on that park 4 bein' borin' n' ancient. heh... my how times've changed! the review on the website n' bagged on it, leavin' its only saving grace as bein' "'least more fun than the curb outside ur grandma's house... altho' i dunno... curbs r pretty fun!" ha ha ha... true, curbs can be fun. on my street, there r 3 houses w/ waxed curbs. in case u don't know, skateboarders ('specially the young 1s) wax curbs so that they can "grind" n' slide on'em. this morn, i purposely avoided usin' wheelchair access ramps onto sidewalks n' instead ollied onto sidewalks in order to avoid rollin' thru the h2o runnin' off alon' the street gutter. when i got back to my house, instead'f rollin' up the driveway, i ollied over the li'l street that was runnin' across its entrance. what can i say? ollieing is fun n' praktical. :-) i gotta say... 2day, i felt more in my elements while "streetskating." 'member how in the past, i always felt so weird streetskating but felt more com4table skating @ the skate park? well, streetskating wears out my deck n' other equipment more. ollieing on ruff concrete sands down my tail more. cos'f that, kids who streetskate 'lot might need to buy new decks all the time, while ol' guys who only skate @ skate parks can use the same deck 4 yrs.
목요일 아침: skateboarding is fun. this morn, i skateboarded w/ sooni as usual. i just took our usual short route 'round the block (or aktually 2 blocks). that was fine. then, i hit up the sunnyvale skate park 4 a nice, quick morning skate sesh (skateboarding session). i had skipped 2 or 3 days, rt? i skipped tues n' wed. when i got there, that dude clint was leavin' in his truck w/ his friend that always sleeps in the passenger seat'f his truck. left was just this 1 couple - a guy n' a gurl. they both skateboarded. they looked very "santa cruzish," like they were from santa cruz. well, the gurl was ridin' a santa cruz signature powerply deck, n' the guy was ridin' (i think) a creature deck. however, i'm talkin' 'bout how they were dressed n' the gurl's dreads. [much later, 오후] i didn't try many rock.to.fakies. *sigh* i need to pick those back up. i did however continue werkin' on rear axle pivot type tricks. also, i continued werkin' on frontside grinds (what that dude jerry called "frontside slash grinds"), ridin' frontside to the lip n' then slidin' into a fakie backside 50.50 grind, n' backside 50.50 grindin' on the deckside not the transition side. i'm werkin' on those things... werk in progress - wip. uhm, that trick where a skateboarder approaches the lip 1 way n' slides into a fakie 50.50 grind... that might be called a "hurricane," but i'm not sure. maybe it's called a "sugar cane." *shrug* c, i'm readin' the wiki article on skateboard grind tricks rt now - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grinds_%28skateboarding%29 [later] however, more sources say that a hurricane grind needs to be a feeble grind, not a 50.50.
while diggin' thru my ol' cds to make that 1 mp3 cd full'f lots'f altrock n' punk tunes 4 snowboarding trips, i stumbled upon my ol' dambuilders' promo only single'f their 1 hit "shrine." do u 'member or didju ever know who the dambuilders r? here's a link to the wiki article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dambuilders.
[later] a good article from that board-crazy.co.uk site: http://www.board-crazy.co.uk/180_ollies.php. 1'f the few things left that i could do as a kid on a skateboard but not now is a backside 180 ollie. i can do most other things n' more.
[later] 저녁 이지만 다직도 직장에서: 2day's maundy thurs. do u know 'bout "maundy thursday?" here's the wiki article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maundy_Thursday. washing'f the disciples feet n' the last supper r 2 important events that happened on the nite b4 jesus's crucifixion on good fri, leading to his resurrection on easter sun. these 3 days r very important days in history.
2day, @ lunch, the beautiful kaela hwang went to 청기와 chunggiwa. kaela had 닭구이 백반 dalkgui baekban, n' i had 육계장 yookgyeijang.
금요일 1249a: mirei antonia, thanks 4 signin' my gbook. i came back not 2 long 'go from dinner @ 모두랑 modoorang (tutti) on el camino real near calabazas in santa clara's koreatown. we went there after taekwondo praktice 2nite. 2morrow (2day), the beautiful kaela hwang n' i go to berkeley 4 the uc open. duk'll take care'f sooni.
2day's good fri, the day jesus died 4 our sins.
일요일 밤, 955p: "easter: because literally anybody can be your martyr, but only one can be your risen saviour."
where did i leave off updatin'chu? on fri morn, i packed my clothes n' toiletries to stay overnite @ roland's condo 4 the 38th uc open. i skateboarded w/ sooni 'round the neighbourhood, but it was less than ideal cos sooni kept pulling. the beautiful kaela hwang dropped me off @ werk. during lunch, i tried to walk to this bank to open an acct w/ $25 to get a free $25 4 opening the acct as my mom's referral. i used google maps n' walked 2 miles in the hot, harmful sun w/o a hat or sunglasses n' w/ minimal sunscreen. google maps was very, very wrong. i ended up @ lakewood elementary skool in sunnyvale next to lakewood park, which has a skate park n' where 'nother group from my company was having a picnic. i walked back 2 miles under the toxic sun.
in the evening, kaz picked me up from werk n' drove me n' john park to berkeley via 280, 92, 880, 24. i found kaela n' some'f my berkeley taekwondo friends like roland, samantha, sally, n' bobby @ haas paviliob. later in the nite, roland, phil, kaela, n' i ate a fancy dinner @ a thai restaurant on university ave near san pablo ave.
일용일 아침: it's the day after easter. some ppl've told me easter's the most important holiday... 'least 4 us christians. it's more important than christmas. 봄예요. it's spring. i sense that this summer'll fly by. [later] *sigh* so what's up? maybe i should finally sign the gbook qs 4 the current version'f my gbook.
name: 황명록 (hwang myuhngrok) beno hwang
e.mail: 비노 앳 비노믹스 닷 콤
homepage url: http://www.benomix.com
birthplace: ann arbor, michigan (u knew that, didn'tchu?)
new yr's resolutions 4 2007? 1. keep my sideburns groomed. 2. not get drunk (i've been drinkin' almost only bier, wine, n' soju).
new yr's prediktions 4 2007? maybe this is wishful thinkin'; but how 'bout a breakthru in renewable energy?
what's the next big teknology? uh... renewable energy. ha ha ha... well, lemme instead put down, "super.compakt, mobile computin'."
tell me 'bout a restaurant u like: well, i liked
bombay gardens (http://www.dinebombaygarden.com/) in santa clara on el camino real near lawrence expwy, which the beautiful kaela hwang n' i recently visited.
if u could be a celebrity; then which'f these wouldju most wanna be (criminal, musician, athlete, actor, model, author, politician, news/media/announcer, ceo, socialite w/ no talent)? musician... but i don't really play much musik on musikal instruments these days... so i guess i'd wanna be a famous dj (remix dj, not the talkin' kind)... but... *sigh* maybe that's 2 far.fetched. :-(
additional comments: i'm not a gbook spammer.
wow, so mirei antonia's the only real person to've signed my gbook so far, eh? every1 else was a gbook spammer, eh? i mean... i'm talkin' 'bout the current version'f my gbook. i'm gonna hafta change the questions 'gain soon, so i hope others sign this version soon. i'll post up mirei antonia's answers now... here. if u sign my gbook, i'll post up ur answers here to dokument them in a safer place in case my gbook server disappears. well, i'll do that unless u don't want me to.
name: Mirei Antonia
e.mail: mirei [dot] antonia [snail] gmail [dot] com
homepage url: http://rosesnchaos.livejournal.com/
birthplace: Kuching, Malaysia
new yr's resolutions 4 2007? To do well in my Japanese language studies.
new yr's prediktions 4 2007? It's gonna be another dull year and so far it's proving to be so.
what's the next big teknology? We need teleportation!! So I can teleport myself to places I want to visit but don't have the time and $$$$ to.
tell me 'bout a restaurant u like: No particular fave, but lately love to hang out at a Korean restaurant serving AUTHENTIC Korean food, a rare thing in this part of the world.
if u could be a celebrity; then which'f these wouldju most wanna be (criminal, musician, athlete, actor, model, author, politician, news/media/announcer, ceo, socialite w/ no talent)? musician
additional comments: Beno needs to update his questions. :P
that's true, mirea; i do need to update my questions; but i want more ppl to answer them 1st. :-/ *sigh*
i have a couple'f topiks that i wanna discuss in greater length: 1) how i now feel 'bout the "asian party crowd" n' 2) how i feel 'bout demons n' false prophets. which should i discuss? either, both, or neither? heh, i didn't know how to phrase the 2nd topik just now. "how do i feel 'bout demons n' false prophets?" the smart@$$'s response: "hrm, lemme guess... u don't like'em, eh?" *sigh* well, it's not just that... i wanted to talk 'bout some'f my recent encoounters w/'em this past wknd. re: the "asian party crowd," my have i changed since the ol' cal taekwondo party crew days, eh?
[later] 오후: kaela n' i had lunch @ shan indian restaurant on el camino real @ halford (near big! lots, albertson, n' osh). i ordered the "beef roll" (a beef sikh kebab wrapped in naan w/ onions), n' kaela ordered this chicken curry w/ a roti n' a naan. we prob'ly should've ordered more cos the beef roll n' the curry were small. afterwards, we $hopped @ big! lots. it's a sunny, sunny day here in the silly valley 2day. yah, it sure is spring now! [later] the day's flyin' by. 2nite, i'll prob'ly go to sach's 730p turbo kick box (tkb) class @ the east arques ave sunnyvale 24 hour fitness. i'm glad i didn't eat a huge lunch cos last wk, i got a stomach ache during his class from eatin' 2 big'f a lunch. after eatin' sooo much this wknd n' exercisin' sooo li'l; i need a good gym werkout, a good aerobic werkout. i did skate (skateboard) w/ sooni 'round the neighbourhood n' had a short but decently sweet morn skate sesh (skateboarding session) @ the fair oaks park sunnyvale skate park (as opposed to the lakewood park skate park that i just discovered but haven't yet skated). i mostly werked on doin' those alley.oop style backside powerslides to fakie 50.50 grinds. there were more kids in the skate park this morn cos some kids r on spring brk. sure, it's often embarassing to fumble 'round the skate park while kids r doin' all sorts'f fancy kickflip tricks all 'round me n' totally showin' me up... but i guess i don't let my bruised ego get me, n' i mostly ride transition, while they're mostly ridin' ledges, rails, n' stairs. there was this gray.haired man there skatin', playin' frisbee w/ himself, n' talkin' 'bout how he's not much good @ skateboarding either. neway, i didn't stay long.
*sigh* so yah... i have a couple'f things to talk 'bout, the 1st'f which is how my perception'f the whole "asian party crowd" life has changed over the yrs. my life's very cyclical. u can c this in the kind'f musik i listen to from yr to yr. i mentioned this yrs 'go on the "beno talks about music" page (http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~beno/music1.html). over the decades'f my life, i've found myself either hangin' w/ a "mixed race" group'f friends (like thru skateboarding / boardsports or thru mutli.ethnic church groups) or w/ a "cool asian" (only predominantly asian, never exclusively) group'f friends (like thru cultural/political aktivities or asian church groups). neway, sicne i've gotten quite absorbed in skateboarding n' snowboarding lately n'm part'f a church that is trying very hard to be "multi.ethnic," i'm sort'f in the "mixed race" mode rt now. @ the same time, since i'm in taekwondo n'm @ a church that so far has a history'f havin' a mostly asian congregation, i'm sort'f in the "cool asian" mode as well. well, 1 nite a few months 'go, i went to a b.day party, n' i know i was dressed totally like i was in my skate punk mode, but the group was totally that "cool asian party crowd." i think many'f the ppl were 4mer asian sorority gurls n' 4mer asian frat boys, etc. wow... all'f the sudden, i felt like i was back in freshman yr'f cal. i felt like i was 1nce 'gain that purple.haired kid from san jo amongst well.dressed asian kids from socal, drivin' their sleek integras, sportin' well.groomed hair. worse yet, i was wearin' my depeche mode shirt from their recent 2006 tour, so that really threw me back to 1993. i felt like i gained back that 50 lbs'f fat that i shed during college! seriously! it was so much so that @ 1 pt i had to take off my zip.up cal hoodie to remind myself that i did lose all that fat. it was a surreal experience. [later] neway... i also had 'nother strange experience recently. we have this friend that is very exuberant 'bout gettin' ppl out to party all the time. this person also has a tendency to pressure ppl to consume more alcohol than they should. i know this person's intentions r really good because i 'member,during the cal taekwondo party crew heyday, being the person who would well... pester young folks to come out n' party regardless'f whate'er financial hardships or whate'er homewerk or werk needed to be done. shamefully, in those days, i also sometimes encouraged young ppl to drink more than they should've. that's a person who i used to be, but that's not me now. however, after a recent revelation, i know this person feels he/she has a good intentions. this person wants ppl to feel included n' to have a great time. me, now? i know i'm prob'ly often perceived as such a killjoy, such a party pooper n' a downer. i'm this snowboarding christian monk. i take everything so seriously. perhaps 2 seriously? "god, i'm scared to ask u this; but maybe i'd like u to teach me how to have fun 'gain."
now onto my 2nd topik: on sat evenin', after the uc open, kaela n' i were talkin' to an ol' friend. i admit that he was never (like) my closest friend, but he's been a friend. neway, he's really into all this new age "healing" stuff, n' he was talkin' to kaela 4 a veeeery long time 'bout it, tryin' to sell us both on it. i dunno, man... well, he claims to have the power to read ppl's past lives n' futures. i know that in recent yrs, he's gotten into lots'f new age stuf, but wow... he's really into it. i know he sensed that i obviously wasn't super into what he was talkin' bout, but 1 thing his powers prob'ly didn't tell him is that it isn't cos i don't believe in the supernatural. he prob'ly assumed that i'm just ur typikal "scientifik.minded" engr that doesn't believe in god or nething spiritual. i didn't tell him 'bout how i'm a follower'f the christian bible n' jesus. shamefully, i find it hard to profess my faith 'mongst the berkeleyish new age crowd. yah, he spoke'f past lives, 'bout dead souls* ('f overseas soldiers) that haunted the (sf) presidio, 'bout how some new age cleric.types banded 2gether to chase out those evil spirits, 'bout the spectrum'f energies released n' described by crystals n' rainbows, 'bout ppl communicatin' to each other thru dreams... he told us that kaela had a "past life" as an accupuncturist who failed to save a person's life n' felt guilty 4 it n' that i had a "past life" as a siberian horse.ridin' instruktor. i found that interesting cos i do like snow 4 snowboarding (n' i didn't tell him 'bout how i'm so into snowboarding n' skateboarding), n' i feel like a horse could be like a snowboard or skateboard, n' i do like to teach ppl physikal stuff like snowboarding or taekwondo. he told us to make a shield'f protektion by thinkin'f a colour that comes from the center'f the earth, n' 'nother that comes from (like) the heavens. i chose respektively green n' grey; n' then realised that: 1) was wearin' my big green backpack n' my grey planet earth wool jacket, carryin' a green towel n' that my car's green n' grey n' that the nite b4 i had worn a pair'f green n' grey warm up pants to bed. neway... the thing is... i feel our friend, especially w/ the "past life" thing was really reading our hopes n' fears n' makin' a good story to fit them. some kind'f trick or somethin' spiritual? well... *shrug* i'll tell u this: in a way, what r our hopes n' fears? in a way, they're demons! the things that scare us, the things that tempt us! not to say our friend's a bad guy; but in some i really feel he's basikally communicatin' w/ the demons that surround us! u c, i don't doubt the existence'f the supernatural... but not all that is supernatural is good. what is a miracle? a miracle's somethin' supernatural n' good... but more than that, it's somethin' supernatural n' good that glorifies god. would u befriend demons to gain wealth, health, a longer life, power, or $3xual prowess? wouldju befriend demons in order to gain the strength to physikally overpower some1? wouldju befriend demons in order to gain the strength to heal some1? honestly, i was very uncom4table in that conversation not cos i didn't believe in the existence'f his powers (as he prob'ly assumed) but cos i don't like where i think they're comin' from. neway... i don't wanna feel "uncom4table" in these situations cos i wanna have the confidence to proclaim god's truth... whether or not these r demons or not. we sang a song on easter w/ the lyrics "god above all my hopes and fears." wow, that really struck me yesterday. i have a confession to make rt now: kaela n i r tryin' to go on a "short term missions trip" this summer to london to help let the south asian community there know 'bout god's biblical truth n' the power'f jesus. heck, i know that that kind'f talk scares the hell out'f many'f u, n'... *shrug* i believe i have a constitutional rt to a religion in this country. that trip aktually means even more to me after this experience this past wknd cos i know lots'f this "new age" stuff likes to claim to have roots in south asian religions (altho' it's prob'ly mostly wannabe 1960s mumbo jumob more than nething), n' i think goin' on this mission would teach me to speak out 4 my god in awkward situations like on sat instead'f compromisin' 4 lettin' ppl assume i'm just 'nother godless engring, "scientifik mind."
from the indigogirls.com website, the lyrics to the indigo girls' hit song "galileo" (http://www.indigogirls.com/discographyandlyrics/lyrics/ritesofpassage.html):
"galileo's head was on the block the crime was looking up the truth as the bombshells of my daily fears explode i try to trace them to my youth then you had to bring up reincarnation over a couple of beers the other night now i'm serving time for mistakes made by another in another lifetime how long till my soul gets it right can any human being ever reach that kind of light i call on the resting soul of galileo king of night vision king of insight i think about my fear of motion which i never could explain some other fool across the ocean years ago must have crashed his little airplane how long till my soul gets it right can any human being ever reach that kind of light i call on the resting soul of galileo king of night vision king of insight i'm not making a joke you know me i take everything so seriously if we wait for the time till all souls get it right then at least i know there'll be no nuclear annihilation in my lifetime i'm still not right i offer thanks to those before me that's all i've got to say maybe you squandered big bucks in your lifetime now i've got to pay but then again it feels like some sort of inspiration to let the next life off the hook or she'll say look what i had to overcome from my last life i think i'll write a book how long till my soul gets it right can any human being ever reach that kind of light i call on the resting soul of galileo king of night vision king of insight how long, how long, how long
i'd like u to read a li'l from tim fong's xanga (http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=edg176), his sunday, april 8, 2007 entry. if u absolutely refuse to do the extra readin', then 'least absorb this excellent quote: "It seems to me that in the religion can be and often is a shared language for people to talk about life, death and feelings. Show me a person who claims not to subscribe to a religion, and I'll show you a person who has made up their [his/her] own." dude, wow... tim's word's speak to 'xaktly what i experienced on sat nite. even tho' our friend thought i couldn't dialogue w/ him cos i don't buy into his religion; aktually, i had 'lot to say cos i do believe. furthermore, at this pt, to my anonymous friend's credit, i'll say that perhaps he doesn't speak to demons but to angels. *shrug* maybe an angel who 1nce followed a siberian horse.ridin' instruktor now follows me 'round. an angel or a demon; i dunno. i don't. i do know that i'm not a gnostik cos i know some ppl that don't know me that well might think that's where my monologue has been headed. no.
a dialogue from the video'f new order's dance hit (the asian.amerikan national anthem) "bizarre love triangle":
stereotypikal chinese woman: (angrily) "i don't believe in reincarnation because i refuse to come back as a bug or as a rabbit."
anglo man: "you know, you're a real 'up' person."
2day on our drive back from shan indian restaurant in kaela's kia sportage, we heard the dj say that "everyone knows new order's songs, but they never know which song's which." what she failed to pt out (but i've known all 'long)'s that new order rarely puts the song title in their lyrics! some examples that counter that over.generalisation r: "regret" n' "world in motion." however, true... songs like "bizarre love triangle," "blue monday," "ceremony," n' "everything's gone green" follow this pattern. maybe the trend started durin' the band's previous life as joy division since "ceremony" was 'riginally a joy division song. well, "love will tear us apart" surely doesn't follow this trend, nor does "sister ray." is "sister ray" a joy division original or cover? ah, a quick wiki search revealed what i already knew: "sister ray" was originally a "velvet underground" song.
[later] 저녁 이지만 아직도 직장에서: i'm gonna leave my ofice soon to go to the gym. [later] 밤, 1011p: while cookin' 수제비 soojeibi after sach's turbo kick box (tkb) class n' after prakticin' my 태권도 품새 taekwondo poomsae; i watched on youtube, a clip'f an enjoi skateboard video starring jerry hsu n' louie barletta that used new order's "age of consent" 4 a soundtrk. mazin' stuff! u know, a good amt'f skateboarding videos r filmed in the san josé / silikon valley area. i sometimes c bldgs n' streets that look familiar.
* i'm usin' that term cos'f the joy division song, which the cure covered 4 the crow o.s.t. back in the days.
화요일 오후: 2day, i skateboarded w/ sooni 'round the neighbourhood but sacrificed my morn skate sesh (skateboarding session) @ the sunnyvale (fair oaks) skate park in order to 1) c the beautiful kaela hwang off to skool, 2) try to do housewerk, n' 3) get to werk early. *sigh* was it worth it? :-/ i wonder if i can hit up the sunnyvale skate park 2morrow morn or else if it'll rain. *sigh* earlier this wk, the weatherppl sed that it'd rain. what's the current 4cast? *shrug* 4 lunch 2day, kaela picked me up, n' we went to afghani house on el camino real rt @ the sunnyvale / santa clara border (1103 east el camino real; sunnyvale, ca 94087), 'cross the st from 한국 마켓 hangook market. that place's overpri¢ed, n' the service's spartan if not mediocre. i feel they waste all their $$$ on the décor. it looks kind'f overly flowerly, kind'f like lotte hotel style stuff. 2nite, kaela has some cali4nia chiropraktic association dinner to attend (sans moi; w/o me 'f course) @ santana row's posh hotel valencia. i'll be off teachin' taekwondo. i've gotta 'member to bring sooni to petco to use our $2 off ¢oupon. life's bizzy. <:-( r things gettin' out'f hand? i dunno, man; i've gotta stay strong n' (above all else) pray; pray hard. [later] weather.com sez it'll rain 2nite n' 2morrow. the rain'll start @ 100a. it'll last till thurs nite @ 300a, eh? shoot; i really wish i could be on the slopes on sat then. *sigh* [later] it really doesn't look like it's gonna rain 2nite; but i guess it will.
수요일 아침: a 2nd day in a row w/o goin' to the sunnyvale skate park in the morn 4 a morn skate sesh (skateboarding session)'s driving me utterly insane, 'specially cos it's rainin', so i assume that it's snowin' in the sierras n' yet i can't hit the slopes this wknd unless i were to skip church on sun. i'm aktually tempted. @ the same time, s'pposedly, we'll be out late on sat nite clubbin' 4 our friend laura's not.nemore.a.suprise b.day party; so i guess i wouldn't be able to wake up neway. *sigh* that's not the 1st time the "bay area party life" has come into conflikt w/ my boardsports life. 'member how i was s'pposed to go clubbin' after snowboardin' @ squaw a few wks 'go now? well, we ended up not goin' clubbin'; n' luckily, since the beautiful kaela hwang stayed out till like 400a 4 our friend mark's b.day on fri nite that wk, she fell asleep @ home after her seminar that sat n' didn't mind that i didn't take her clubbin'. it's not that i don't like clubbin'. i really like musik n' dancin'. i don't necessarily love the hassles'f takin' care'f drunk ppl; but then again... i wouldn't be a good christian if i don't show compassion n' 4giveness. seriously! u've gotta admit that certain so.called "conservative," goody.goody christians failed to recognise this. ham didn't take care'f his drunk father, noah. ham's bros shem n' japheth did (take care'f noah). they didn't ridicule him; they didn't give him a lekture in the morn; n' they didn't shun him. let that be frickin' lesson to u (n' me). neway... *sigh* i really like boardsports... @ the sanme time, s'pposedly i'm reachin' that pt in the yr when i must transition from snowboarding to djin' weddings. w/ that in mind, i ought to focus on party musik etc. clubbin' wouldn't be a bad idea, u know? i need to keep up w/ what's hot (on the dancefloor).
jerome (aka "jet"), thanks 4 signin' my gbook. as i sed, i'll be publishin' gbook entries here in my journal (unless u ask me not to).
name: Jerome "Jet" Ri
e.mail: jet [snail] bjunkyard [dot] com
homepage url (don't 4get to use http colon slash slash!): >http://www.bjunkyard.com
birthplace: los angeles, ca
new yr's resolutions 4 2007? get to the gym more. get somewhere w/ my life
new yr's preditkions 4 2007? i'm gonna start studying more. beno will hit the slopes a lot.
what's the next big teknology? big tek? hrm... beats me. i'm not that smart. cyborg ninjas. that's what we need in the middle east.
tell me 'bout a restaurant u like: in n out. they have lots of burgers.
if u could be a celebrity; then which of these would u most want to be (criminal, musician, athlete, actor, model, author, politician, news/media/announcer, ceo, socialite w/ no talent)? model
additional comments: i'd want to be a model since no one's ever said that they want me for my body. would be nice to get that comment from time to time.
wassup beno. i'm moving back north in late june/early july.
jet, thanks 4 signin' my gbook. i'd been ponderin' givin' u a call or e.mail. maybe 'twas cos i was @ the uc open this past sat, n' u weren't. *shrug*
[later] did i mention that we're watching the k.drama 궁 goong
목요일 아침: uhm, is 하리수 getting married??? y! news foto article - "하리수-미키정 5월 결혼 축가 김창렬 박상민, 사회 신영일 아나운서" (http://kr.news.yahoo.com/service/news/shellview2.htm?articleid=20070412171847331e7&linkid=rank_photo&type=hour&cate=ph) "harisu - mickey jung 5wuhl gyuhlhon chookga kim changryuhl, park sangmin, sahwe shin younngil announcer" "harisu n' mickey jung: may wedding. congratulatory song by kim changryuhl n' park sangmin. public announcement by shin youngil." uhm, if u rn't familiar w/ turn'f the century korean pop culture, then u might not understand that 하리수 harisu is a transgender aktress/singer. here's the wiki article on her: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harisu. whoa... uhm, lemme ask u guys: could u marry a woman that u knew was 1nce a man? :-? seriously, let's not have some kind'f frickin' theologikal, moral debate over this. rather, it's just a simple n' maybe lighthearted question. now, what if u didn't know but somehow later found out that ur wife used to be a man? i'm quite sure we've discussed all these issues on the bronx's junkyard forums ages 'go!
on sat, the beautiful kaela hwang n' i r goin' w/ our friends from grx t3 light to the sunnyvale super suppers (769 east el camino real; sunnyvale, ca 94087; 408.625.7821, info@sssunyvaleca.com, http://sssunnyvaleca.com) after dimsum @ bamboo garden (711 town and country village; sunnyvale, ca). super suppers is a place that provides a kitchen n' ingredients n' lets u assemble pre.planned meals to store @ home 4 later reheatin' n' eatin'. it's a neat concept, but i hope the fud's healthy. i need to pick uh... 6 entrés to assemble w/ kaela. we're allowed to choose 2 0.5 entré in place'f 1 full entr&eactue;e. i wonder what i should pick. these r our choices:
- baby back ribs
- barbecued meatloaf with mashed potatoes
- beef fajitas
- beijing chicken noodle bowl
- breakfast braided bread
- cheddar chicken and rice
- coconut chicken with dipping sauce
- garlic chicken with olives
- lemon-caper cod with steamed rice
- meaty cheesy lasagna
- pork and green chile stew
- shrimp scampi on pasta
ah, diff entrées, 'f course've diff reheatin' times:
- baby back ribs: grill or oven - 15 mins on each side
- barbecued meatloaf with mashed potatoes: oven - 1 hr if thawed; 1 hr 20 mins if frozen
- beef fajitas: 10 mins if thawed; stovetop - 15 mins if frozen
- beijing chicken noodle bowl: stovetop - 10 mins if thawed; 15 mins if frozen
- breakfast braided bread: oven - 20 mins if thawed; 35~45 mins if frozen
- cheddar chicken and rice: oven - 1 hr if thawed; 1 hr 10 mins if frozen
- coconut chicken with dipping sauce: no reheatin' info provided... serve cold or frozen?!
- garlic chicken with olives: oven - 25~30 mins if thawed; 35~45 mins if frozen
- lemon-caper cod with steamed rice: stovetop - 15 mins if thawed; 20 mins if frozen
- meaty cheesy lasagna: oven - 55 mins if thawed; 70 mins if frozen
- pork and green chile stew: stovetop - 30 mins if thawed; 40 mins if frozen
- shrimp scampi on pasta: stovetop - 10 mins if thawed; 15 mins if frozen
hrm; which 6 should i pick? also, we'll prob'ly be givin' 'way 1 entré to a couple that recently had their 2nd child. neway, 6 entrées 4 $132. hrm... :-?
4 full entrées:
1. baby back ribs
2. barbecued meatloaf with mashed potatoes
3. shrimp scampi on pasta
4. lemon-caper cod with steamed rice
n' 4 half entrées:
1. meaty cheesy lasagna
2. pork and green chile stew
3. coconut chicken with dipping sauce
4. beef fajitas
[later] 오후: during my lunchbrk, i didn't luncheon w/ kaela cos she had lunch w/ 2 "sistas" from our grx t3 light small group 4 lunch @ krung thai. instead, i went to trader joe's to gro¢ery $hop. i really like trader joe's... 'cept when it gets 2 crowded. i had a good time there 2day. i $pent $55.36. i got 6 raffle tix (4 bringin' my own reusable, environmental bags). kaela n' i discussed how discouragin' it is, tho', that we never win the raffle. i didn't eat much 4 lunch, just organik carrot sticks w/ "mediterrannean hummus" n' a li'l bit'f leftover pasta w/ a li'l bit'f olive oil drizzled on it.
[later] 저녁 이지만 아직도 직장에서: a couple'f days 'go, we received the movie transamerika from netflix. we haven't yet watched it. we're just into watching the kdrama 궁 goong aka palace: princess hours. it's fun n' funny. :-) 윤은혜 yoon eunhyei's so funny. she's the gurl that was the youngest member'f baby v.o.x. back in the days. aktually, last nite, we didn't watch an episode'f 궁 goong cos we're still waitin' 4 the next disc (dvd). our friend tim fong paid us a visit to catch up. 2nite, s'pposedly our ol' friend n' wedding videographer jason lee's gonna pay us a visit while we're @ dinner w/ our taekwondo colored belt students after their 심사 shimsa (belt promotional test). it's kind'f funny cos both tim n' jason r guys who r willin' to do stuff like take off to 'nother country to pursue some dream. :-/ *sigh* sometimes, i realise that i'm 2 anchored.
oh yah, this morn, i skateboarded w/ sooni n' then took off the the sunnyvale skate park (fair oaks park) 4 a morn skate sesh (skateboarding session). i had fun. skateboarding is fun.
금요일 아침: ah, tgif, eh? *sigh* well, shoot; wknds'll be pretty bizzy 4 the next month or the next few months. :-/ it's a li'l scary cos... like, sometimes i need to werk on wknds to meet deadlines, rt? however, w/ the packed calendar 4 the next few months, i won't have that option, n'... :-/ i just hope that doesn't get me in trouble. this wknd, i've got many church aktivities, we're goin' to laura's non.suprise b.day party, i'm mtg w/ wedding dj clients, i'm s'pposed to help toby fix his snowboard base, n' i hope to do some yardwerk n' housechores. eventually, i'll need to repaint some'f my house. my mom recently pted out some places where the paint's flakin' off, leavin' the wood vulnerable to h2o damage. next wknd, i plan to be on the slopes @ kirkwood on sat. then, on sun, i have a grx london mission team lunch mtg thingy. i guess next wknd isn't as bizzy as this wknd, but i think i'll need to take care'f some wedding dj clients next wknd as well cos... man! may's comin' really fast! april's rushin' into may. *sigh* well, the wknd after next wknd, the beautiful kaela hwang n' i'll be in socal 4 kaela's cousin linda's wedding (wait! linda or jessica? i'm confused). *breath* crazy. so much stuff to do this month. then, the wknd after that, i'll be djing a wedding on that sun @ ruby hills country club in pleasanton. c? i need to inspekt that site soon! i prob'ly've gotta do that on april 22, next sun afternoon after the grx london mission team thingy. sat, may 12's a grx church picnic. sat, may 19, i'll be djing 'nother wedding. wow, wow, wow... my skedule doesn't come close to clearin' up till late may. dude; what happened? like a yr 'go or so; i didn't have such a bizzy skedule. now, my skedule's loaded! well, i guess the answer's simple. in the past yr, i've picked up 2 major leadership roles if not more: 1) grx t3 light facilitator, 2) u.s. taekwondo akademy u.s. taekwondo akademy instruktor, n' 3) (maybe this counts) snowbomb.com forum "super.moderator." i feel bad that i haven't put as much time or effort into my bronx's junkyard forum moderator role. :-( *sigh*
[later] 점심: hrm, what can i do to reduce $pendin'? *sigh* man... i 2 often feel that we're livin' hand to mouth in this household. oftentimes, un4tunately n' shamefully, i envy couples that have really 2 incomes. us, we really r just livin' on my income, n' i'm always worried that i'll lose my job or sumpthin'. it's a horrible way to live. *sigh* this morn, i was wonderin' if i really have low self.esteem. how come i don't value my contributions to the ppl 4 whom i do werk. like... it's true, i'm a decent bargain in all the things i do. my pay's just so.so @ my job (my werk.com job). seriously, just so.so. i don't charge much 4 djin'. i teach taekwondo 4 free. *sigh* i dunno, man. i've always tried not to be all 'bout $$$, u know?
[later] 오후: i went 4 a late lunch w/ kaela n' 소희 sohee @ the santa clara pho hoa on el camino real @ flora vista, rt in the heart'f santa clara's koreatown. *sigh* i guess i really appreciate livin' here in santa clara rt by koreatown. last nite, after 태권도 연습 taekwondo praktice, after the colored belts' 심사 shimsa (belt promotional exam), we went 4 a late dinner @ 99 치킨 (goo goo chicken). man, i was so stuffed afterwards. we ate fried chicken, 낙지 볶음 nakji bokkeum (or was it 오징어 ojinguh? nah, i'm pretty sure 'twas 낙지 nakji.), n' 두부 김치 dubu kimchi. oh, n' we had plenty'f 오비 맥주 o.b. maekjoo . grace wanted me to finish off the 2 litre (is it 1.5l or 2.5l??? i feel like that "pitcher" bottle's not 2 litres.); but i felt no shame in abandonin' an almost full mug @ my place settin' since i had to drive. it was a good time w/ friends. aktually, there was lots'f talk 'bout relationships n' datin' @ our table. now that i've been married almost 4 yrs n' hang 'round w/ lots'f other married ppl, i'm honestly sooo not used to talkin' 'bout datin' nemore. ppl were talkin' 'bout tryin' to get some'f our single guy friends @ the table hooked up w/ gurls. ppl talked 'bout the site eharmony.com n' also 'bout xanga n' myspace. man, this is stuff i haven't talked 'bout in ages. i used to enjoy talkin' 'bot datin' n' relationships so much; but, nowadays, i can't relate; i really can't. i dunno; i guess i can talk 'bout like marriages but not datin'. i aktually had a weird dream this morn cos'f last nite's conversation. i dreamt that some gurl i used to have a silly crush on in college came to talk to me. i don't 'member 'xaktly what she sed, but i ended up telling her that i'm happily married. [later] *shrug*
*sigh* so i feel like i never really gave a complete update on last wknd. yah, we went to berkeley 4 the uc open; i know i mentioned that. sunday, we went to 2nd (easter) service @ grx cos we didn't wake up 4 1st service. after church, kaela n' i picked up sooni n' our bbq grill from home n' went 1st to the santana row farmers market n' then to dennis's goin' 'way to iraq picnic @ john mise park behind archbishop mitty hi skool, somewhere btwn saratoga ave n' lawrence expwy, near moorpark. we ate some grilled meats n' let sooni have some fun. she really missed human exposure after bein' locked up in our house all sat by herself, while we were @ the uc open. lots'f ppl had their lil "kick me" purse dogs there. i assured them that sooni wasn't gonna kill them but was just "posturing" as real dogs do. it's 100% true. she might lunge @ this li'l "kick me" dogs; but, as i sed that day, if she really wanted to kill those dogs, she could've n' would've. rather, she was just posturing. u might know that kaela n' i r rn't huge fan'f "kick me" purse dogs nemore. 2 many teacup this n' miniature that... yah, honestly, we're much more into real dogs like sooni. well, we left the bbq picnic early to go to my mom's house 4 an early easter dinner. dude, sooo much eatin'; lots'f meats. we ate hame n' rack'f lamb. sooni got to play in my mom's backyard. i think she really likes it there, sooni. oh yah, b4 we ate, kaela sed she was 2 full to eat dinner; so a few'f us took a stroll 'round the block. *sigh* ah, almaden valley... that's where i grew up. would i wanna live there now? :-/ nah, not now. later? :-/ i dunno. *shrug* *sigh* i like bein' close to fun biznesses... like where we r now. man, i often worry that my "luck"'ll run out, that i'll lose my job n' have no means'f supporting us 2 n'll hafta move to some boonies place. *sigh* well, honestly, if we lived in truckee, i'd appreciate livin' rt by the slopes; but i prob'ly wouldn't've a good job, so i wouldn't've $$$ to go snowboarding. furthermore, there's no good, real asian fud out there. *sigh* neway, i shouldn't think like that. this whole "my luck'll run out" kind'f thinkin's wrong. i know god wants to take care'f me. furthermore, regardless'f how my situation changes, he'll still take care'f me n' "bless" me.
[later] the wiki article on the city'f cupertino: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cupertino.
월요일 아침: *sigh* this wknd, i sed i'd go out n' party a li'l n' try to learn to have fun, rt? sat was our ol' friend laura's b.day party. the beautiful kaela hwang went out, partied, n' stayed out kind'f late. now that it's mon, i feel like i'm still recoverin' from the lack'f sleep. u c, i had a really bizzy wknd. i didn't hit the slopes this wknd, n' i didn't even skate (skateboard). that's unusual. yah, i guess i didn't touch my skateboard on sat or sun even tho' i wanted to. i was 2 bizzy w/ other stuff. i guess i could provide a realy wknd update.
on fri evenin', i came home from werk, baked a delicious frozen pizza from trader joe's. kaela came home from... *shrug* where was she? i think she was @ trader joe's, rt? rt. she went to trader joe's after some chiropraktic apptmnt. in the afternoon, i had a late lunch w/ her n' our friend sohee @ the pho hoa in santa clara's koreatown. eh; i think i already toldju 'bout all this. :-p well, on fri nite, we went to our grx t3 light small group bible study. kaela n' i rushed over. it's honestly always a bit hard to get there on time cos... shoot, i'm kept late @ werk every nite, u know? i dunno, man. it's not like i werk 12 hr days every single day; but dude... it's so seldome that i don't hafta werk more than a normal werkday, n' it's not just the qty'f werk... it's the unpleasantness'f certain ppl's attitudes that wears me down. @~:-( i think that's the ascii smiley that conveys a frazzled emotion, rt? *shrug* yah, i feel frazzled. *sigh* neway, dude... what's up? :-) well, we went to our church group. that was fun. then, we went home. heh... that sure doesn't sound exciting, but we had fun. on sat, it rained, so i didn't bother wakin' up early. if it hadn't rained, maybe i would've woken up early to have a "most excellent" (to revisit the pop culturef'f my middle skool yrs) morn skate sesh (skateboarding session) @ the sunnyvale skate park. (uh, what happened to the bill n' ted charakter who wasn't keanu reeves? i mean, what happened to that aktor? *shrug*) [a li'l later] neway, kaela n' i slept in n' listened to the sound'f the fallin' rain. we both like the sound'f rain. well, i guess ppl in gen'l like the sound'f fallin' rain cos it's relaxin'. hrm, do u have those ne'f those cds w/ nature sounds that help u relax? wow, there used to be stores like uh... nature company n' uh... was it called natural wonders??? neway, those stores'd sell rain sticks n' cds w/ nature sounds. well, eventually, we woke up, got dressed, n' went to our grx t3 light dimsum n' super suppers event. we showed up @ dimsum late but had the best costume, i guess. we were told to dress alike, n' we both've lots'f military green clothing, so we wore all military green w/ black leather shoes. i guess we're all 2 often late, but 'least our decent costumes appeased our friends this time. heh heh. hopefully, i can share a pic'f our outfits soon. i sure as heck haven't posted many pix up on my journal this yr. *sigh* <:-( i'm sorry. i simply haven't had the time. hey, what 'xaktly is picasa? well, here's the wiki article on it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picasa. *sigh* neway, i've gotten way off topik. well, we ate dimsum @ bamboo garden in sunnyvale. i'm so happy that that place's pretty ¢heap. that makes me happy. i like it when my friends' li'l kids recognise me n' wanna say hi n' stuff. :-) like... we all know that kaela n' i rn't quite as baby crazy as some'f our other friends, but yah... certain li'l kids n' babies really put a smile on my face! :-) some'f our friends really, really, really love kids, u know? we do like/love kids; we just rn't quite as extreme as some'f our friends n' also don't feel ready to have our own quite yet. *sigh* when will/shall we be ready? *sigh* dude, honestly, i used to feel more ready; n' now [interrupted] that we c more n' more n' more'f our friends' havin' kids, we're more scared. well, 'least that's how i feel. *shrug* *sigh* so... uh, where did i leave off w/ the update? oh yah, so after our dimsum lunch, we went to the sunnyvale super suppers. kaela n' i made 4 full dishes n' 4 0.5 dishes. we had lots'f fun. the kitchen stations r clean, n' we love how e didn't hafta clean up! :-) the host woman (robin) was nice n' led us in some contests n' games. i already listed out the dishes we planned to make, n' we stuck to those plans. we tried to modify some'f the recipes by addin' chili powder n' spices that weren't in the original recipes. we didn't wanna get in trouble tho'. well, we packed up our fud. the sun came out. we took our fud home. originally, i wanted toby to come over to our house, n' i would've done base repair on his burton t6 (aluminum core) snowboard deck; but he was 2 bizzy. he asked me to come out to his house in san leandro; but... *sigh* our skedule was 2 tight. kaela gave me a haircut. then we got showered n' dressed to go out to laura's b.day party. we picked up our friend eric j in fremont n' cruised on up to oakland, to 삼원 갈비 samwon galbi on telegraph in oakland's koreatown. we ate lots'f bbqed [interrupted] meat: 갈비, 불고기, 돼지 불고기 (galbi, bulgogi, n' dwaeji bulgogi) n' also some 김치 찌개 kimchi jjigae. somebody bought some nice asian.style cakes: 1 tiramisu n' 1 fresh fruit. our table ordered some hite 맥주 maekjoo . after dinner, my car drove off 4 sf 4 clubbin'; but we stopped to get gas 1st. we found some parkin' in chinatown near north beach, to go to the dragon bar. some bmw suv was really pi$$ed that i kind'f snaked his spot, but eric reassured me that i did the rt thing. *shrug* i felt bad 4 the dude, but he was also pretty reckless in makin' a 3.pt turn onto the sidewalk n' tryin' to back out, almost hittin' me. i know he was frickin' pi$$ed @ me, n' i didn't snake his spot out'f revenge but just cos i got there 1st. dude, if he hadn't made that reckless 3.pt turn, maybe i would've driven by the spot earlier n' the car that was pullin' out wouldn'tve been leavin' yet. c... cos he almost rammed into me, i braked n' honked. then as i passed him, i saw the car pull out. c? neway... that's that. we stopped by some atms to get ¢a$h. well, we went to the li'l club, which was prob'ly the smallest "club" that i'd been to in sf... more like just a bar w/ some dancin'. we had a couple'f cocktails n' danced. then i told my car that we should leave. well, on our way to my car, eric got a fon call. he led us to some cocktail lounge in chinatown called mr. bing's cocktail lounge. i thought he was gonna meet up w/ some friends there n' quickly introduce us n' stuff; but no... he aktually wanted to buy us some drinks there. well, since i really didn't wanna stay out 2 late, i just had a miller lite. then we went to some place called yoogo gelato to chill b4 finally goin' home. kaela n' i had a large coffee n' dark chocolate n' also a small latté (un4tunately full fat n' caffeinated). dude, i wasn't used to how late ppl stay up n' stay out in "the city" (sf). wow. neway, after hangin' out @ that gelato store 4 so long, we finally headed back home. i got home like @ 300a or so!
then, on sun morn, i woke up @ 611a to go setup 4 grx sunday celebration service @ the santa clara marriott hotel. i was prety groggy, n' so were others; so i worried some1'd get hurt while rearrangin' stage platform thingies, but... *shrug* i guess god protekted us n' no fingers were crushed. it was more complikated to setup this wk cos the uc santa cruz college republikans stole our usual room. i'm not a republikan. it was kind'f interestin' to me cos the republikan event was happenin' next to our church service n' our church program's introduktory blurb featured a story 'bout demokratik senator john edward's wife. yah, i'd like our church to avoid joinin' that whole conservative "envangelikal" politikal thing. so far, i feel our church's pretty objektive n' non.biased 2wards either major party. that's good. well, after settin' up the church4 an hr n' a 0.5 (i got there a li'l late cos'f a stomach ache), i went home to wake up n' n' pick up kaela. u c, b4 i left to setup, i put sooni out in the backyard, so she could pee since i couldn't take her 4 a walk. when i returned, there was a citation or warning from a santa clara police officer 'bout sooni! :-o whah?! it sed she'd been loudly barkin', n' the ticket thingy was timestamped @ 752a. dude, what stoopid, stoopid neighbour started this?! sooni doesn't usually bark! she's such a quiet doggy! if she barks, then sumpthin's goin' wrong! maybe some1 was tryin' to break into our yard. also, why file a noise complaint @ 752a?! just wake up! it's not like 'twas 300a! it was almost 800a! that was sooo frivolous! they should've left a written note instead'f callin' the cops. that was sooo wrong! *sigh* neway, i brought sooni into the house. kaela sed she heard sooni barkin' 4 a long time, but she did't get up to let her in n' didn't hear ne1 knock on our door or nethin'. *sigh* neway, we went to grx's early (915a or 900a, as i like to say in order to get us out'f the house on time) service. we saw lots'f friends n' my mom there. it's great to be 'round lots'f nice ppl. well, after church, kaela n' i drove over to the milpitas 99 ranch mlal cos i needed to meet w/ some wedding dj clients @ 200p. we ate @ café ophelia (http://www.cafeophelia.com/). interestin' menu; pretty good. kaela ordered stewed beef soup w/ bean noodles n' date n' longan tea. i ordered some kind'f special set w/ my choice'f 3 side dishes, an entré, a soup, rice, n' a drink. my side dishes were some kind'f braised tofu w/ shiitake shrooms, some kind'f marinated bamboo shoots, n' a garden salad. my entré was grilled sea bass w/ miso sauce, which wasn't very miso.tastin'. my drink was uh... some kind'f really, really sweet n' fatt'nin'.tastin' oolong milk tea. after lunch, we went back to sit in the warm car on the brisk, windy day. i prepared some stuff 4 the mtg w/ the wedding dj clients. then, i had to go to the restroom, so we went into 99 ranch market. we bought some gro¢eries n' then went to meet our clients. nuts, i should've gone to fantasia earlier cos the place was packed, n' we had to sit outside in the cold 4 our mtg, which ended up bein' really rushed cos every1 was cold. *sigh* i had hot taro milk w/ taro balls. after the mtg, i drove kaela n' me over to the santa clara costco to buy gas. then, i dropped her off @ a tupperward party n' went to target to buy her some systane eyedrops. then i drove by the campbell skate park, just to take a look. 'twas filled w/ kids, n' i was really sleepy; so i decided not to go in. i went back to our friends' house (where the tupperware party was @), parked, n' took a nap in my warm car. dude, i was so tired. later, i went into our friends' house n' ate some snacks. then, we left, returned home. i did a bunch'f yardwerk n' noticed that the kids in the back neighbours' house were 1nce 'gain firin' their bb guns n' wondered if maybe they had been shootin' @ sooni that morn, which made her bark. *sigh* in that sense, firearms suck. i did yardwerk, n' kaela cooked up the beef fajitas that we prepared @ super suppers. we ate that n' watched 3 more episodes'f 궁 goong. 2day was garbage day, so i had to pack up the trash n' recyclables n' set'em out.
yah, this past wknd, i feel like i kind'f did more "grown.up" things like takin' care'f yardwerk, goin' to target, preparin' meals... @ the same time, i did stuff that some ppl'd think is more representative'f "youngish" life like clubbin'. however, clubbin' really wore me out. i feel like if i do that 2 much, it might age me. maybe i'm just paranoid.
this morn, i told myself not to hit up the sunnyvale skate park 4 a morn skate sesh (skateboarding session) but to go into werk early instead. consequently, i took sooni 4 a longer walk on skateboard b4 goin' to werk. sometimes ppl give me either weird or durty looks 4 skatin' 'round my neighbourhood. in some ways, skateboarders r the modern bikers (motorcycle bikers). u know how some ppl view bikers as outlaws n' thugs? i guess in the more modern context, ppl think that'f skaters. i'm a nice guy tho'. many bikers that r dressed in black leather r also nice guys. i dunno, man... i guess sooni n' r both outlaws. [later] 오후: rebels w/o a clue.
2day, kaela picked me up 4 a late, late lunch @ bombay garden. the 1st time we went there, 'twas really crowded but really good. 2day, we went late. 'twasn't crowded @ all, but the fud wasn't nearly as good. the fud had been sittin' 'round 4 hrs n' didn't taste fresh. in fakt, some'f the stuff wasn't even warm. :-( i also, w/o thinkin', left 2 big'f a tip. *sigh* in a way, i've really gotta stop that cos it's burnin' a hole i my wallet. heh, aktually, this afternoon, i noticed that my wallet is literally fallin' 'part. i haven't used this wallet 4 very long. [later] b4, i wasn't sure if this was a real designer wallet that my aunt (my mom's sista) gave me in taiwan or a fake designer wallet that my bro.in.law, kaela's bro, got me when he was in china. now that it's fallin' 'part, i guess it's the fake 1 that kaela's bro gave me. *sigh* fallin' part. i don't like it when things fall 'part, 'specially when it's my stuff.
the wiki article on 1,000.yr.ol' eggs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thousand_year_old_egg.
'k, i wanted to mention sumpthin' here 'bout the kdrama series 궁 goong. i'm 'bout 0.5way thru the series, so i hope i'm not givin' 2 much 'way. ok... in the series there r 2 princes. (1, 2 prices kneel b4 u. that's what i sed now; princes, princes that adore u.) 1 is this ultra.sensitive guy; the other's more'f a tuff guy. i'd think most guys'd sympathise more w/ the tuff guy prince. i know i do @ this pt. he sed sumpthin' pretty kewl to the main char gurl. like, the ultra.sensitive prince was like all "i'd die w/o u" n' all, rt? however, the tuff guy prince has a more realist approach on life n' told the gurl sumpthin' like "well, i've lived 19 yrs w/o u, so if u left me, i'd prob'ly still survive. however, i'd really, really miss u." ladies, doesn't that just make ur heart melt? ha ha ha ha ha ha! seriously, tho'. i really respekt that he put it that way to his lady cos... why lie? the fakt that a guy can live on w/o a certain gurl doesn't mean he loves her ne less. what was that song lyrik from back when i was in hi skool? sumpthin' 'bout "she needs u more than she wants u." what song was that? it cms to me that it might've been a u2 song but maybe not. it cms to me that it's 1 thing to need a person n' 'nother to love a person. however, i'm a li'l confused n' conflikted cos the bible says that the 1 who needs god more loves god more. :-? i dunno. is it a diff situation? maybe. ppl r diff from god. aktin' more desperate 4 a mate or a certain mate doesn't necessarily make u ne more attraktive or desirable to mates or that certain mate. oh, oh, oh! that song lyrik's either a smiths or morrissey lyrik, not a u2 lyrik!!!! which song? oh yah! it's "i know it's over." ah, it's a smiths song. it's such a depressin' song, n' yet... i didn't know the queen song "bohemian rhapsody" back then; so i didn't realise the similarities. ah, the depressingness, the drabness'f that song... it's sooo perfekt 4 over.emotional teenagers!!! ah, i 'member those days. *sigh* :-) ha ha ha! i'm glad they're over! i guess morrissey was such a romanticist, huh?
[later] 저녁 이지반 아직도 퇴근안해써요: as u know, many days, i start my day as a skateboarder, werk the werkday as an engr, n' then end the day as a taekwondoist / taekwondo instruktor. thus, i've been thinkin' 4 a long time'f making an mp3 cd 4 my car mp3 cd deck that has musik 4 skateboarding in the morn n' musik 4 taekwondo in the evening. u c, my mp3 cd deck can take an mp3 cd w/ files in diff folders n', well, keep'em separated by folder. thus, i've been thinkin'f making 1 folder called "morn" or "am," n' 'nother called "evening" or "pm." *shrug* the "am" folder'd have punk n' rock, while the "pm" folder'd've kpop n' some tekno or pop. well, i guess pop kind'f musik might fit in both. *shrug*
화요일 점심: honestly, i wasn't plannin' on writin' 2 much 'bout the va tech campus shooting spree; but then i found out just now that the gunman was a korean.amerikan. here's a y! news article i just read: "va. tech gunman writings raised concerns." wow. so... i'd 4gotten, but my cousin wendy n' her fiancé eddy go to va tech. i know 1'f my new taekwondo students came from va tech. i ought to talk to him 'bout this when i have the chance; but, i'm sure he's sick'f talkin' 'bout it. he's a very recent grad 2. cos the shooter was a korean.amerikan immigrant, the story's all over the korean news as well. here's an article: "美 언론, 버지니아大 총기사건 '용의자 조승희' 얼굴 공개."
[later] speakin'f the south, last nite, the beautiful kaela hwang n' i watched all the kings men on dvd (from netflix, plz use my links!). b4 that, after werk, i went (late) to maryann's 700p turbo kick box (tkb) class @ the fremont ave sunnyvale 24 hour fitness. she's a tuff instruktor, n' she really pushes especially me n' kaela cos she knows we do real martial arts. my hamstrings n' gluts r very sore 2day. *sigh* sometimes i think it's unfair cos if i were to push my (taekwondo) students this hard, i'd get in trouble. :-/ like, this gurl maryann doesn't push most'f her students like she pushes kaela n' me; but 4 us, she really pushes hard. [later] 오후: neway, last nite, 'twas just me @ maryann's turbo kick box (tkb) class cos kaela was comin' from somewhere but couldn't make it in time. instead'f drivin' all the way to the fremont ave sunnyvale 24 hour fitness, she went to the e arques ave sunnyvale 24 hour fitness. i was 2 full from our late buffet lunch @ bombay gardens, so i couldn't werkout very well. i was still full @ our late dinnertime, so i requested that we not each much. while i washed dishes, kaela cooked some'f these turnip n' taro cakes that we bought from 99 ranch on sun.
this morn, i skateboarded w/ sooni, n' it was fun. we went 4 an extra long time. i did not hit up the sunnyvale skate park 4 a morn skate sesh (skateboarding sessino) tho'. that makes me unhappy, but i knew i needed to get to werk early. still, instead'f headin' out the door earlier, i ended up doin' housechores n' leavin' @ just an ok time.
수요일 아침: reee.frickin'.diculous! i can't believe i didn't hit up the sunnyvale skate park 4 a morn skate sesh this morn. how many days in a row is that?! i purposely didn't go on mon n' tues cos i wanted to get to werk early cos i have 930a mtgs on mon n' tues n' ppl drill me n' grill me on my progress. sometimes, wed~fri rn't quite as bad, so i figured i'd 'least hit up the sunnyvale skate park this morn, but still no! >:-(: grrr! i took sooni 4 a li'l bit'f a longer walk on skateboard this morn. that's a small consolation. *sigh* [later] 'least i had fun skateboarding w/ sooni. that's the thing... like, whereas some kids these days get sooo intense 'bout skateboarding - they hafta jump off sooo many stairs n' do sooo many kickflips; sometimes u just gotta bring the fun back to skateboarding. u don't hafta be the greatest skateboarder to ride a skateboard. just go out, roll, n' have fun. i started watchin' this 1 dvd - transworld skateboarding presents: first love. in beginnin'f this dvd, some pro skater (skateboarder) sez sumpthin' 'bout how these days, skateboarding's 'bout drivin' to some skate spot, skatin', n' then packin' up n' goin' home... whereas, in the past, u skateboarded down the street n' 'round the neighbourhood n' maybe ended up @ some skate spot. "gettin' there" was the fun.
[later] 한국 가수 채연을 아시나요? u know the korean pop singer chae yeon? did she recently change her name to "이채연 lee chae yeon"? i did a li'l research on google n' learned that her 본명 bonmyuhng (given name)'s 이진숙 lee jinsook. in case u don't know, it's very common praktice 4 한국 가수 kpop singers to change their names. i mean, heck; it's not 2 uncommon here in the u.s. neway, i think she's now gone from 이진숙 lee jinsook to 채연 chae yeon to 이채연 lee chaeyeon. ok. neway, to confirm what i thought i was readin' on google in 한글 hangeul; i went to wikipedia. here's the wiki article on her: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chae_Yeon. so... she was born in 1978. i didn't know that! i always assumed she was just 'nother 1'f those li'l teenybopper gurls, but no! she's almost 30. dude, way to go! i like to support those kpop singers'f my generation. she looks really young! wow. a while 'go, i saw a y! news (korea) 'bout how some singer'f a kpop group called 상상밴드 sangsang band's in her 30s but looks like she's in her teens. seriously, from the pix she looked as if she were 16. [later] it's good to stay young.
*sigh* cos i haven't gotten in a morn skate sesh (skateboarding session), i'm not gettin' 'nuff exercise. the beautiful kaela hwang n' i missed taekwondo praktice last nite cos we were sendin' in our taxes cos the turbo tax server was broken or sumpthin'. it was quite an experience. we 1st tried to send them off @ the kiely blvd. we managed to weigh our envelopes n' buy stamps there, but the mail was already collekted, so we needed to go to the san josé main post office on lundy @ murphy. we trekked on over. when we got to that intersektion, we saw a big traffik jam. however, after we turned, kaela noticed that postal employees were standing on the curbside, collekting envelopes. kewl! since we had bought the correkt postage, we were set to go! awesome. we had sooni in the car w/ us cos we were on our way to an important taekwondo instruktors mtg @ 청기와 chunggiwa n' the owner woman there (i guess we call her an 아줌마 ajoomma even tho' it's kind'f weird cos as we get older, we're not that much younger than ppl that age.) wanted to c her. after droppin' off our taxes, we hurried off to 청기와 chunggiwa 4 our dinner mtg. we talked 'bot 'lot'f good stuff. wow, so we'll be takin' our next black belt level tests soon. i've been a 2단 (second dan) black belt 4 like... 8 yrs.
[later] 점심: when i came back to werk after easter, i found on my desk a small cellophane package'f easter candy that our nice "admin" or secretary left, i.e. she gave each employee in our division 1'f these. the pouch was full'f egg.shaped whoppers malted chocolate candies. over the past couple'f wks, i periodically reach down to my desk drawer n' pull out an egg.shaped candy n' snack on it. it's bad. this past wknd, i didn't get ne exercise other than dancin' a bit @ that dragon bar club. this current wk, my only exercise has been maryann's 700p turbo kick box (tkb) class @ the fremont ave sunnyvale 24 hour fitness on monday evening. frickin' a... other than that, i haven't gotten much exercise. :-( i've skipped my morn skate seshes (skateboarding sessions), n' those r good exercise. worse yet, this wk has been kind'f stressful 4 me@werk.com (what else is new?), so... *sigh* it's that kind'f stress that puts fat 'round ur belly, u know? *sigh* this is sooo frickin' unhealthy. :-/ i apologise 4 my extraneous use of the wurd "frickin' 2day, but plz appreciate that it's 'least a euphemism, so i'm not really swearin' or nethin'. oh yah, here's the wiki article on whoppers candies: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whoppers.
[later] 오후: so i drove out to meet up w/ kaela n' our friend yvonne @ 금봉황 geumbonghwang, aka china china, 4 lunch. i made a conscious effort not to eat 2 much cos 1) i've been eatin' 2 much n' exercisin' 2 li'l lately, n' 2) i'd like the option to go to either will's 730p turbo kick box (tkb) class @ the e arques ave sunnyvale 24 hour fitness or sach's 700p turbo kick box (tkb) class @ the fremont ave sunnyvale 24 hour fitness. we'll c. sometimes i end up trapped@werk.com, which is very bad 4 my health. 4 the past couple'f months, i've been pretty sressed@werk.com. things were gettin' better; but, this wk, things rn't necessarily still gettin' better. i dunno. stress, stress, stress. aktually; stress, stress, stress, n' unpleasant ppl. i guess my werk load is lighter in recent wks than it was in wks b4 these. however... the gen'l atmosphere still stresses me out: the lack'f courtesy, the lack'f consideration, the lack'f common decency...
last nite, 사범님 sabuhmnim talked 'bout a bunch'f us takin' our next black belt degree/level test... 심사 shimsa. i've gotta admit, 1 silly reason i haven't been all that motivated to take my 3단 samdan (3rd degree) 심사 shimsa (belt test) @ our current 태권도장 taekwondojang (taekwondo skool)'s cos i like wearing my 버클리 대학교 buhkeulri daehakgyo (uc berkeley) black belt. i mean, my black belt is embroidered w/ "버클리 대학교" cos i earned my 1단 n' 2잔 (1 n' 2nd degree) black belts from berkeley, n' i'm honestly a bit proud'f that fakt. iy'd noe neen like almost 5 yrs since i left berkeley n' ucmap started doin' taekwondo here @ u.s. taekwondo akademy. honestly, now that the adult colored belt class (that mark n' i teach) is goin' so strong, i feel more proud 'bout bein' "from" u.s. taekwondo akademy. if i hafta wear a u.s. taekwondo akademy black belt, i'd wear it w/ more pride, u know? it's like werkin' 4 a start.up as opposed to werkin' 4 a huge, successful, widely.known company like the 1 i werk @ now. i don't wanna mention my employer's name here, but u can figure it out if u dig 'round my website just a li'l. if i were to mention my employer, i could say it w/ much pride. my company's like the undisputed leader in what it does. it's a huge comapny, very successfuly. however... i know i shouldn't be a proud man. i should find my identity as a child'f god, as a follower'f jesus, as 1'f the redeemed. earthly titles, university degrees, n' corporate schwag only getchu so far. as juliana hatfield sed @ the beginnin'f some blake babies song that my ol' roommate friend fahad liked back in the days, "u can't take it w/ u."
[later] 밤: well, i aktually had a decently produktive day@werk.com. however, we've yet to c if ne1 appreciates that. *shrug* well, after werk, i went to sach's 700p turbo kick box (tkb) class @ the fremont ave sunnyvale 24 hour fitness. they're redoin' the floor @ the east arques 24 hour fitness this wk. in case, i 4got to tell u, yah... that's why i went to maryann's 700p turbo kick box (tkb) class @ the fremont ave sunnyvale 24 hour fitness on mon nite instead'f sach's usual 730p turbo kick box (tkb) class @ the east arques sunnyvale 24 hour fitness. 2nite, i went to sach's class instead'f will's 730p turbo kick box (tkb) class @ the east arques 24 hour fitness cos'f that rfloor thing. will was in sach's class 2. i guess i like the fremont ave 24 hour fitness's classrm better cos it's bigger. the classes r earlier tho'. on mon nite, my stomach was still 2 full from that late, big lunch. 2day, i purposely didn't eat 2 much. well, aktually, i had some cookies @ a mtg in the afternoon. that didn't help. 2nite, after the gym, i came home n' cooked the green chile pork stew that we prepared @ super suppers on sat afternoon. it was ok, but the meat wasn't tender. our friend joanie recommended a place called "dinner my way" over super suppers. i'd give'em a shot.
목요일 아침: ok, i guess now that they media's been talkin' 'bout 조승희 jo seunghee (cho seung-hui) n' the va tech massacre all wk, i'll write a li'l more 'bout it. i just sent an e.mail to 1'f my friends 'bout sumpthin' he sed 8 yrs 'go. we took some1 in our social circle out 4 a b.day dinner, n' the friend to whom i just wrote sed 'twas the best insurance policy we could ever get cos if we had ignored him on his b.day, he would've gone crazy n' shot all'f us. true... that person was very "on the edge." he was violent, had a bad temper, n'... wow... 'lot 'bout him remind me 'f jo seunghee's profile 'ccording to what i just read on wiki. here's the wiki article i was reading, but keep in mind that wiki articles change n' evolve over time, so the article that u read when u click on the link may not be the same as the article that i just read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B0%EC%8A%B9%ED%9D%AC. wow, similarities: 1) ethnicity n' immigration status, 2) obsessed w/ a particular gurl, 3) similar edukation n' akademic interests/history, 4) listening to songs on "1 repeat," 5) interest in letting out trapped emotions via art, 6) interest in n' possession'f weapons. hrm... now, i'm not tryin' to make lite'f the situation or treat it litely; but wow... i told my friend in the e.mail that va tech 2007 could've been uc berkeley 1999!
this morn, the news was all over this "media package" that jo seunghee sent to nbc news. uhm, is that rt? did he send it to nbc news? *shrug* well, he sent it btwn the 2 parts'f his killing spree. the "media package" contains a bunch'f pix n' videos n' writings. wow. oh, ok; i just read msnbc.com; n' they say, yah, the package was sent specifically to nbc news: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18195423/.
wow, this massacre really was like columbine! in both cases... like, man... i dunno how to say this rt, but it's hard 4 me to say i'm more in the social circle associated w the victims than the social circle associated w/ the murderers, u know? not that i condone or necessarily "sympathise" w/ the killers, but... like, wow... the killers in both cases were the outkasts the kids who were diff from jocks n' cheerleaders. well, no... more so in columbine than @ va tech. @ va tech... wow... after readin' the profiles'f the victims (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18143312/), i feel more like... wow, did this guy really kill the ppl he wanted to? or were there many incidental killings? on the news, they cm to focus more on the victims who were like "the jocks n' cheerleaders." maybe the media's just tryin' to liken this incident to columbine n' stretchin' it more than it needs to be. however, well... the killer himself referred to columbine in his video. do u think he was 'bout the same age that the columbine killers would've been if they'd survived? [later] wow, the profiles say that many'f the victims were christians... like aktive christians. well, in a way, i feel bad cos'f that, but it's good that they're in heaven. it appears that many'f the victims were european language scholars/students; so the big massacre must've happened in a bldg that has lots'f european language classes. however, many'f the victims were engring students/profs. hrm... *shrug* [later] wow, yah... like many'f the victims were more like engrng types. i'm aktually kind'f mad that the media cmed to focus on a certain other type 'mongst the victims cos it kind'f creates this polarisin' faktor, u know? like, consider that some'f the victims were asian! it wasn't that jo seunghee only killed non.asians. [a li'l later] so yah... this klling spree was not all that much like columbine! perhaps columbine wasn't as much'f "jocks n' cheerleaders" v. goths outkasts kind'f thing as the media made it out to be. do u know? as u can c, i'm not in4med 'bout these things! here's the wiki article, which i'll now read: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacre. man, i feel so ignorant. it's like wikipedia's my usa today! :-p [later] so wow... that whole "trenchcoat mafia" thing was a misconception! the killers in columbine weren't really part'f that crowd! wow, u learn sumpthin' new every day.
[later] 오후: i went home during lunch n' ate the leftover green chile pork stew w/ the leftover whole wheat tortillas. peter park (bronx or bronx99)'f bronx's junkyard fame (he's the founder) wrote some good stuff on his blog "life of the bronx" re: the va tech shootings - "when the press reported that it was an Asian kid, i just had a gut feeling it was gonna be a korean kid.. i hoped it wasn't.. but i was right. The thing that ticks me i guess is that so much attention is put towards what nationality he is. Does the crime became any less horrible if he was white or black? I just hope racial problems don't occur based on this single incident." that's so true; the media made such an effort to make sure every single freakin' person in amerika knew that the shooter was a kid'f korean descent... furthermore a korean immigrant. why?! is it cos'f the n. korean issue n' how it doesn't cm quite resolved? is it cos 'lot'f this reminds us'f better luck tomorrow? after all, how's it that this kid managed to shoot/kill 2 ppl n' then go send off a package n' return to shoot like 30 more ppl? isn't it cos no 1 suspekts that the asian kid's capable'f violence (n' thus it's ok to pick on him)? some1 on bronx's junkyard forums mentioned that 'lot'f weird, crazy stuff's goin' on lately n' mentioned va tech n' the rutgers womens b.ball team v. don imus. true, maybe the media's focused so hard rt now on racial tensions. it's important to think 'bout race relations in amerika, but we need to try to solve the issues n' not make them worse. peter brought up an important pt in his previous blog entry; that don imus got fired over his racist remarks 'bout afrikan.am women, but rosie o.donnell gets to make fun'f asians n' get off scott free! true, that's plain wrong! here's the 1st article i googled up 'bout the incident (typed in "rosie o donnell ching chong ching chong"): "Asian Leaders Angered by Rosie O'Donnell's 'Ching Chong' Comments." i noticed sumpthin' 'bout the pic'f rosie in that article: she looks kind'f asian. ha ha ha. i wonder if that pic came from some publik apology re: this incident n' if she did her hair n' makeup to look more asianish to gain brownie pts. ha ha ha. *sigh* well, the thing is that, in this country 2day, when ppl speak'f amelioratin' race relations, they're only thinkin'f black v. white. un4tunately, amerikan society doesn't care 'nuff 'bout asians (including south asians, middle.easterners, pacific islanders, etc.) n' not even quite 'nuff 'bout chicano.latinos (or native amerikan). it's like if they can 'least patch things up w/ the afrikan.ams, then society's ok. *roll eyes* really, that's great; but it doesn't stop there!
neway, after doin' 'least a li'l readin' on the va tech incident, i'm less convinced that it's a prob 'bout whites or whites n' blacks v. asians or 'bout jocks n' cheerleaders v. geeks, goths, n' punks. instead, i'm more convinced that it's a prob 'bout a kid who owned two too many guns... 2 more than ne person ought to own, if u ask me. guns n' college r 2 equalisers in life: a gun lets a weak person kill a strong person. college lets a poor person surpass a rich person.
well... heh, on the other hand, if i were to consider this a racial issue... then let's consider the case'f that 1 particular daily cal columnist who wrote an angry blurb cos he was a white dude that was goin' out w/ this korean gurl n' then the bro'f that korean gurl confronted him in a threatening manner. a long time 'go, i mentioned that the way he treated that incident exposed the racism in our society, how he obviously assumed that asian guys weren't capable'f physikal threat... meaning he obviously would've handled the situation diff'ly if he were a white guy datin' a black gurl n' was confronted by her black bro. i wrote my opinions on this topik in my journal. this all happened a long freakin' time 'go, n' the columnist aktually e.mailed me an apologetik msg 'bout the incident. he mentioned that he matured lot since then. yah, reflektin' on how he wrote that e.mail, i'd like to give him some credit. so... i never sed n' never'll say that what the korean bro did was rt; but i just think that the way the situation was handled... yah... wasn't very mature on either side... n' yah, really exemplified a racial prob in our society.
[later] this morn, when i skateboarded w/ sooni, i took the "short" route - just 1nce 'round our block or aktually 2 blocks cos our "block"'s cut into 2 blocks... later, i went to the sunnyvale skate park 4 a morn skate sesh (skateboarding session), prob'ly the only 1 i'll have this wk cos it started rainin' durin my lunchbrk, while i was @ home. *sigh* sooni really wanted to go out 4 1 last pee b4 the rain started, but i didn't let her cos she was bein' 2 eager n' tryin' to tell me to open the door 4 her. in our house, we don't tolerate that. however, i feel bad that i didn't let her go pee cos gee... i was home after all. *sigh* i had a pretty good time durin' my short morn skate sesh (skateboarding session). hrm... all this talk'f "sessions," reminds me that i saw on myspace.com that the sessions store in scotts valley's havin' a big sale like over the next couple'f wks. i'm sooo tempted to go. what do i need tho'? not much... maybe some socks... but not snowboarding socks cos i've got 'nuff'f those now.
2day's the beautiful kaela hwang's n' my 45th wedding monthversary, so we'll skip taekwondo sparring praktice 2nite to go out n' celebrate.
금요일 아침: hrm, 2day's 04월20일. :-/ i suspekt lots'f potheads'll be smokin' out @ 420p 2day. @ random times n' places in this life n' in this world; i c ppl smokin' pot. honestly, i don't like it. in gen'l, i don't like smokin' n' wish ppl wouldn't smoke. abovetheinfluence.com: they have these really cute commercials w/ this doggy that wants to go 4 a walk but his owner's 2 stoned on pot to get off the couch n' sez, "why don't you go walk yourself?" the cute doggy walks 'way sayin, "you disappoint me." it's very cute.
well, last nite, the beautiful kaela hwang skipped taekwondo sparring praktice n' went out 4 our 45th monthversary. it was an interesting evening/nite. i tried to get home earlier from werk, but 'f course i was trapped till late. well, i eventually came home, n' kaela was already home, watchin' simpsons. we recently bought the entertianment book, a ¢oupon book. kaela sed we could pick a restaurant from it n' chose some place called village rendezvous in saratoga on big basin way. well, when we got there, we discoveed it had closed down. shoot, should've called 1st, eh? *sigh* well, we looked 'gain in the book n' ended up @
the duke'f edinburgh (www.theduke.com) in cupertino on wolfe rd. wow, strange place to end up on our 45th monthversary; kind'f out'f char 4 us, but... *shrug* 'twas an interestin', shared experience! kaela ordered the beef wellington, n' i ordered bangers n' mash. also, to complete the british/scottish pub experience, kaela ordered a cider, n' i ordered a boddingtons pub ale. i thought i'd 1nce had a boddingtons pub ale @ our friend eric j's goin' 'way party, but... i was surprised when it came... pleasantly surprised. it's creamy like guiness but lite like hefeweizen. i can't quite 'member the name'f the cider that kaela ordered, but it tasted like sparklin' wine. she preferred my boddingtons n' didn't finish her cider. while tryin' to 'member the name by googlin', i stumbled 'pon this neat page: http://www.beersofeurope.co.uk/. here's a link to the wiki article on boddingtons pub ale: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boddingtons. well, it was an interesting experience to eat @ "the duke." we were 2'f very few asians in the place. some'f the caucasian clientele there @ british accents. we sat behind this 1 older (prob'ly) chinese couple. kaela pted out that they were extremely "lovey dovey" 4 a middle.age couple n' suggested that maybe they're havin' an extramarital affair n' came to "the duke" to hide from all the chinese ppl that would recognise'em. *shrug* these 2 korean hi.tech werkerish guys (i think they wore like suits) came in. i pted out to kaela that this is the only bar w/in walkin' distance'f cupertino village (the 99 ranch outdoor mall). those koreanguys came in w/ chinese fud leftover boxes, so i suspekt they were lookin' 4 a drink after dinner, n' 1 guy was maybe familiar w/ the place cos some local silikon valley engr brought him there in the past. *shrug* theories, theories, theories... neway, not to be prejudiced, but aktually, the fakt that the servers were all chicano helped me feel less like an asian guy that walked into a totally euro place, u know? i mean, it aktually made me feel more com4table. i enjoied my bangers n' mash but, after lookin' 'gain @ the menu after orderin', i kind'f wish i'd tried out some savoury pie like steak n' kidney pie. they sell scotch eggs there! 2 4 $8.50.
월요일 오후: the big news's that i'm on crutches. :-( it's a shock to many who run into me. sat's trip to kirkwood started out somewhat ok. well, i guess i didn't get very far. on my 2nd run down the mtn, i decided to go down the big terrain park. they had just had a big contest there last wk, so i guess the reshaped the jumps n' made it nice n' slick. my goal was just to go fast n' clear the deck w/o gettin' 2 much air. i went fast, but the shape'f the kicker was diff from b4. instead'f lettin' me fly low over the table, it shot me hi up in the air. i was prob'ly 'bout 5~6' in the air (not super hi). i wasn't freaked out but knew i was goin' pretty big, pretty hi. i tucked in nice, kind'f doin' an indy grab, but i prob'ly didn't get a good grab on my board. that' happens. neway, i barely noticed that i wasn't gonna quite clear the deck (table). n' when i did notice, i prob'ly didn't consider how hi up the air i'd gone. i landed hard @ the edge'f the deck or table, what ppl call "the knucle." i heard a loud pop in my left (front) knee n' immediately sumpthin' was not rt! :-o i slid down the landin' ramp, tryin' to go off to the left side but couldn't get very far. i was in 'lot'f pain. i unstrapped n' grabbed my knee in pain. the park wasn't very crowded, but some guy who went down n' cleared the jump n' sed, "that's not a good place to sit," which's a typikal thing to say in the park. however, he didn't realise that i was hurt. i saw my friends go down the mtn to the left'f the park. i called them up n' let'em know i was down. they walked up the hill to meet me. [later, 저녁] it took a long time 4 the kirkwood snow patrol to come fetch me. this dude named kip that reminded me'f our ol' friend mike shea 1st inspekted me n' took a few notes. then some dude named marty came w/ a sled n' sledded me down. then a snow mobile towed marty (who was towing me) to the clinik. there, i got walked over to a gurney. the staff there asked me questions n' filled out forms. then a physician asked more questions n' took 2 x.rays'f my knee. this dude almost 4got to put the lead drape on me while my crotch was totally exposed to the radiation, but rt b4 he fired the x.ray, i asked 'bout the lead. phew! good thing i asked!!! well, the doc sed no bones were broken. they wrapped up my knee, put a splint (immoboliser) on it, gave me a vicodin (i 4got to ask what the pill was b4 they gave it to me; upes!), n' sent me 'way on crutches. they sed if it still hurts in a wk, then i should get an mri. they were pretty optimistik, but i worried more when some kid in the lounge where i rested afterwards told me that the docs there 1nce told him that his broken arm was ok but it later needed a bunch'f pins. he sed they tend to wanna just getchu out the door. neway, the medikal staff there told me to wear the splint 4 only 2 days, so i'm already not wearin' it 2day.
*sigh* similar to the time i broke my hand in a taekwondo tournament in the summer'f 1994, i feel like i have more'f a window into the world'f the disabled.
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화요일 아침: uhm, i hate to be always stealin' from (super)dave kim's starkdavingmad.com, but i found 'nother article that he linked to that i'd like to put a link to here as well: "what the bubble got right" (http://www.paulgraham.com/bubble.html). i like item #5: i can understand what the dude's sayin' by how smart ppl don't need to wear fancy clothes to werk cos their werk speaks 4 itself. now whether i fall into that category or not... *shrug* i mean... which category do i fall into? *shrug* i'd like to think that i'm smart 'nuff. i dress pretty casually to werk, but i do like to wear somewhat fashionable clothes. *shrug* ooh, i also like item #9 - cali4ornia. yup, i'm a big fan'f my state. here r a couple'f excellent quotes from that sektion: "What makes the Bay Area superior is the attitude of the people. I notice that when I come home to Boston. The first thing I see when I walk out of the airline terminal is the fat, grumpy guy in charge of the taxi line. I brace myself for rudeness: remember, you're back on the East Coast now." "Silicon Valley may not be the next Paris or London, but it is at least the next Chicago. For the next fifty years, that's where new wealth will come from." [a li'l latr] hrm, 'f course, this article is from sept 2004... but i think it's still relevant.
[later] 점심: i just read a blog entry re: 조승희 seunghee cho. i found that link on tim fong's xanga, but the entry's not tim's. here's the link to the other person's blog entry: "seung cho, vengeance, and me." that entry aktually links to an article on an east coast tv station's website: "virginia tech shooter was laughed at." that article was a bit interesting. 1st off, it's funny how we keep readin' n' hearin' that 1) seung's speaking was often incoherent, but 2) his english was fine. i think ppl keep assumin' that he was a really recent immigrant who couldn't speak english, but we all know well now that that wasn't true. i mean, 'specially after cin' his videos on tv, we know that's true. in fakt, i'm very glad that nbc aired those videos n' straighten ppl out on that... 'specially cos the media already spent so much time labeling him as a korean. well, not cos'f that but cos'f many other reasons, i personally think nbc did totally the rt thing in airing those videos n' pix despite criticism. the article i read also mentioned a link btwn seung n' the award.winnin' 김기덕 kim kiduk film oldboy. wow... i aktually wondered 'bout that @ 1st, when they made seung sound like such a recent.immigrant.type. u know that we've watched lots'f 김기덕 kim kiduk films lately, n' yah... there' really violent. *shrug* they're very quentin.tarentino.ish.
well, i'm still on crutches. i'm mostly walkin' 'round on 1 crutch; n' yesterday afternoon, that really encouraged me, but ppl tell me to be careful not to hurt myself worse, n' that makes me wanna be more cautious, yes. i know my knee's fragile rt now. aktually, as i left werk yesterday, when the beautiful kaela hwang came to pick me up, i walked 'way barely usin' my crutches n' mostly carryin' them; but i saw my manager give me a very worried look; n' he was prob'ly quite rt. i shouldn't rush my recovery! i need to do it slow n' steady! i need to do it rt the 1st time. i wanna follow kaela's expert chiropraktic advice to the letter n' not mess up. she's havin' me take these capsules called "a.i. enzymes" to reduce the swellin', n' i'm doin' that. i'm tryin' to ice all the time; but last nite i fell asleep in bed w/o icin'. when i woke up, my knee felt horrible, n' i saw some brusin' on the outer side, below the kneecap. honestly, i was hopin' not to c ne bruisin' cos ppl say that bruisin's a sign'f torn soft tissue. well, kaela sed the bruisin's not 2 bad, so i may still be ok. :-/ ooh, i hope so! i mean, i hope it's not bad! :-/ *sigh* well, i used my crutches more 2day n'am icin' like crazy in my cube. i can walk a li'l on my left foot as long as i don't put all my weight down on it; but i'll try to resist. seriously! it's sooo temptin' to rush the recovery, not just 4 myself but cos i hate to c ppl worry 'bout me. like my mom... i know she's worried 'bout this, n' i want to tell her that i'm all better, that i'm walkin' on both feet... but if i rush it, i could make it worse! i wish she wouldn't worry. her worryin' stresses me out.
on sun evenin', kaela n'i had dinner w/ peter park'f bronx's junkyard fame. we went to 구이구이 gooyi gooyi on el caminio real, just east'f san tomas expwy on the eastern end'f santa clara's koreatown. it's great that peter's back in the area, n' i hope to hang out w/ him more.
[a li'l later] on fri nite, kaela n' i fly out on southwest to socal to attend her cousin linda's wedding. duk'll take care'f sooni n' our house in our absence. we return on sun afternoon. *sigh* i just wonder if i'll be on crutches still durin' that whole time. prob'ly, huh? [a li' later] just now i was readin' just some random page i googled up w/ "sprained knee", a uk (united kingdom, british) site: "knee ligament injuries". from what that site sed, it sure sounds like i *sigh* tore my acl. that scares me. yes, i hurt it while landin'; n' yes, i heard a distkinkt pop. acl, mcl, pcl, lcl... *shrug* i dunno... keep in mind how i was such an unathletik youth. bein' able to be athletik in my adulthood has been such a blessing.
[a li'l later] last wk, kaela n' i had lunch w/ our friend 소희 sohee @ fresh choice in sunnyvale. she was talkin' 'bout a famous musician n' used the term "emo." i admitted to her that i always hear that term but didn't know what it means. she kind'f got to explainin, n' i got the gist. still, i just now wikied the term to get a better idea: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emo_%28slang%29. i s'popse i was very "emo" in my sr yr'f hi skool, but i don't like the term just like i don't like the term "metro" or "metro$3xual." :-p bleh.
[later] 오후: durin' my late lunchbrk (i've been takin' late lunchbrks lately cos'f kaela's skedule), kaela picked me up, n' we went to acapulco mexican restaurant n' cantina off lawrence expwy in santa clara (near the dmv, btwn el camino real n' benton, by marina playa apts, near some street called granada). we went there cos i had a ¢oupon from the mail: buy 1 entrée, get 1 ('f equal or lesser pri¢e) 4 $2.99. kaela ordered some picadillo grilled enchiladas ($8.99), n' i ordered the halibut tacos($9.99). it was only a li'l ¢heaper than the $7.99 weekday fajitas lunch buffet, but we got to choose our dishes n' were more than full nonetheless. maybe some other time, we can come back n' have the weekday fajitas lunch buffet 4 $7.99/person. the silikon valley has 2 many buffets!!! 1 thing i've always liked 'bout acapulco mexican restaurant n' cantina ever since i was a kid's how they have a great view'f the ducks in the pond next to the marina playa apts. kaela n' i watched the mallards (almost all male), the 4 canadian geese, n' the 1 lonely turtle that was swimmin' in the pond that had 2 fake turtles on rocks. i commented to kaela that all those male mallards w/ only 2 females 'mongst them must be grumblin' 'bout "man josé," just like the male engrs'f silikon valley. the ducks n' geese had such a peaceful, idyllik life (if i'm 'llowed to call it that). *sigh* they don't hafta worry 'bout stock pri¢es n' mortgage. during stressful times in recent months, i've wished i could have a non.teknical job like bein' a full.time taekwondo instruktor (1 that aktually gets paid). however, now that i'm sittin' here, icin' a busted knee; i'm glad that i don't rely on my body 4 a pay¢he¢k. i've gotta admit that i was very glad to have my kaiser insurance when the bill @ the kirkwood clinink came out to only a $35 deduktible. phew. i may've mentioned this already, but i'm djin' my 1st weddin' 4 this season on sun, may 6 @ the ruby hills country club in pleasanton. i hope i'll be able to carry n' setup equipment. scary, huh? i surely don't wanna mess up my knee 'gain while settin' up there. *sigh* what can i say? this injury has been really scary cos i keep worryin' that it'll happen 'gain. will this disrupt my life? it's like there's a psychologikal injury as well as a physikal 1.
[later] 저녁: u know, every day since i hurt my knee, i wear my vans skateboard shoes even tho' i know i won't be skatin'. it's cos 1) they r wide n' stable n' 2) they remind me that i'm a boardsports athlete n' that whether it takes me a wk or a few months to recover, i'll eventually be ridin' some kind'f board soon 'nuff. i'm not 100% sure, but i believe the lyrics to the red hot chili peppers' "zephyr song" include the line "find a way to be a skater." if they do, i like that. i'm not 100% sure, but a quick google search 4 "find a way to be a skater" brings up a rt 'way a bunch'f pages that cm to confirm that i'm hearin' the lyrics rt. however, the diff pages don't agree on the subsequent lyric: "rev it up to levitator" or "rev it up to levitate her." *sigh* on thurs morn b4 this all happened, i was happily ridin' my skateboard, feelin' groovy. i recall that as i was leavin' the skatepark, this big dude named jeff who rides a longboard wanted to borrow my adjustable wrench, so i swiftly skated thru the bowls back to my car, gleefully olliein' up n' down curbs. it felt so good to be able to get to my destination no matter what obstacles were in my way. i felt so agile n' felt that that feelin' was the quintessential spirit'f the boardsports.
[later] now that i'm benched, i'm tryin' to 'member not to eat 2 much.
[later] 밤, 1038p: what a disappointing nite! kaela picked me up from werk, n' it looked like she was ready to go to taekwondo praktice. while we were pickin' our stuff up from home, i knew i needed to print out som pix 4 our next 단 심사 dan shimsa... 4 the applikations. while, i did that kaela fell asleep on the couch while watchin' an ol' simpsons episode that we've cn a million times. i tried to wake her up in time 4 the colored belt class, but she refused to get up. well 4 the 1st time since sat, i drove myself. i drove to praktice n' sat on the sideline. *sigh* it was so frustratin'. it turned out that 사범님 sabuhmnim didn't really need our pix yet cos we hadn't yet even filled out the applikations. wel, i stayed thru praktice n' thru the extra make.up test afterwards. i drove home. i noticed that there really is a bad sound comin' from my front rt wheel every time my car turns left. i thought maybe i was just imaginin' it as the passenger in my car. dude, it sounds very bad. i think the cv joint is busted. *sigh* dude, busted knee; busted cv joint!!! what's up?! when i got home... i saw the lite was on n' hoped that maybe kaela woke up n' baked the meatloaf that we put out to defrost a couple'f days 'go. nope, she was still asleep, n' the meatloaf would take an hr to bake, n' it was already 1023p. *sigh* instead, i just heated up a sausage 4 myself n' ate some soynuts. yup, that's dinner 'round here. *sigh* i dunno what to do 'bout 2morrow cos kaela has a 740a class. earlier, i sed maybe i'd drive myself, but now my car's apparently busted! :-( i almost wanna cry, but i guess i should pray.
수요일 아침: every day since the knee incident's filled w/ joy n' disappointment. this is why the good lord allows bad things to happen. he wants to make sure we feel, that we're not just goin' thru the motions in life. when i feel i can walk better, i feel great. when i look @ my left knee, n' it still looks so swollen; i feel horrible. the beautiful kaela hwang keeps talkin' 'bout lymph drainage n' how that's why my left calf looks so swollen. yesterday, while watchin' the adult colored belt class from the side, i felt such an "itch" to get up n' kick. often, while sittin', i 4get all 'bout my injury. then when i stand, as soon as i let my left leg extend a li'l; i feel the familiar tightness. i feel tightness n' also feel s#arp pain when my leg or knee gets jostled or jerked. i really want the swelling to go down. this morn, i considered takin' ibuprofen, switchin' from 100% natural remedies to the world'f "conventional," chemical pharmaceuticals. [later] i hate painkillers. anti.inflammatories r ok; but i hate painkillers cos as soon as they wear off the pain comes back 10fold. i mentioned that the kirkwood medikal staff gave me a vicodin, rt? i think it made me drowsy. oh yah, they also gave me a preskription 4 more vicodin, which i haven't filled n' prob'ly won't.
[later] 점심: i feel that, in gen'l, every day, my knee gets better. i dunno tho'. :-/ this morn, i could've woken up extra early when kaela woke up n' went to the gym in the early morn, but instead, i slept in w/ an ice pack on my elevated knee. i think that did me 'lot'f good. 2day, i've been tryin' to put ice on my knee under my pants instead'f on the outside'f my pants. u c, the jeans i've been wearin' this wk were 2 tight to hike up the legs. 2day, i purposely wore an older pair'f kenny cole jeans that r baggier. i can hike up the leg n' put the ice rt on my knee. well, the ace bandage's btwn the ice n' the knee. i think that's helpin' 'lot. as i sed, i go thru 'lot'f emotions: @ 1 moment, i'll feel like things r gettin' so much better. then the next moment, i'll feel like things r lookin' really bad. i really don't wanna hafta get surgery! u know? 4 the most part, i still think that i won't need surgery; but sometimes i really worry. don't worry 4 me tho'... when i c u worry, then i get stressed.
yesterday afternoon, i drew up a silly comic that recaps my knee injury incident. i hope i'll post it up here soon. in fakt, i have a whole bunch'f pix that i aktually already uploaded to my acct that i haven't yet posted here on my journal. if u know how to navigate 'round my publik direktory on my server, then u can find the pix. do u know the direktory that has all my pix? it's uh... http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~beno/journal/2007/pictures, i think. if i'm wrong; sorry.
[later] 오후: u guys know what facebook.com is? i guess it's like a trendy thing all'f the sudden. i've been on it 4 a while now but never really logged in. however, lately, 'lot'f my u.s. taekwondo akademy friends've been invitin' me to be their friends there. i think the 1st person to ask me to sign up w/ julie... a long time 'go; but i didn't c ne aktivity on that site 'mongst my friends 4 a long time till now, all'f the sudden. i heard'f facebook.com on the news cos the cops used it to solve some crime i think. well, i was gonna post up a msg on "the wall" there (i guess that's the personal netwerk bulletin board) re: my knee, but it sez the server's down or sumpthin'. this is what i was gonna write: "in case u haven't heard or cn; i busted my knee on sat, snowboardin' @ kirkwood. it was my 2nd run'f the morn, n' i went straight 4 the terrain park. i caught more air than i expekted on the 1st jump but barely didn't clear the table n' landed really hard. i heard a pop in my left knee as i landed n' couldn't go on. :-( i'm walkin' w/ 1 or 2 crutches these days. i won't be doin' ne'f my usual physikal aktivities 4 a while."
lately, when i sync the "recent" page'f my beno journal via avantgo on my palm t5, the page looks all messed up: it's 2 wide n' doesn't fit w/in the palm's screen, 4cin' me to scroll; n' that's very inconvenient. i dunno why this happens. there must be sumpthin' i my html that's makin' this happen, but i dunno what it is. :-( [later] also, i hate how my page always loads up in the western european character set, when i want it to load up in korean by default. i wish i knew how to write webpage code better. all i know is very simple html. :-(
durin' my lunchbrk, kaela picked me up n' brought me back to her clinik, where she did some ultrasound therapy on me. then we had lunch @ zafran's indian n' pakistani buffet. [later] i'm still tryin' not to eat 2 much since i can't exercise, but i also know i need to eat 'nuff protein to help me heal. such a dilemma, eh? [later] i'm so fidgety in my mind 'bout when this injury'll be gone. i just don't know! <:-( like, will i need a roadie to handle all my gear @ the upcoming wedding dj gigs? may 6? may 19? i s'ppose 2day, i'm kind'f "aggressively" icin'. i'm makin' sure the ice has good contakt w/ my wrapped up knee. it really helps, bein' able to hike up my pant leg. [later] kaela mentioned that her tasman clinik (as opposed to her benton clink, where i usually visit her now) has a "cold laser" machine. i wikied up "cold laser therapy": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_laser_therapy. i'd like to visit her tasman clinik to get cold laser therapy sometime.
u know, i've got 'lot'f issues swirlin' 'round my mind rt now, lots'f thoughts 'least (if "issues" ain't the rt wurd). *sigh* i wonder if this injury's simply usherin' me into a new (but not necessarily pleasnt) era: in my 0~10 yrs, i was somewhat aktive in the earlier 0.5'f that n' then got fat n' lazy in the latter 0.5. i nmy teens, i was very lazy n' grew fatter. in my 20s, i lost all that excess wt n' got very fit n' athletik, as u know. now, i'm 31, almost 32. is this a new era? am i doomed to be unathletik 'gain? <:-( i sure as heck hope not! what to do? c? i go thru a wide range'f emotions each day! yet, i think the worst thing's when ppl r overly worried 'bout me... then i stress. i mean... i so much appreciate friends' callin' me up; but honestly, i dread that my mom's worryin' 'bout me n'll nag me to quit snowboardin' when u know i obviously don't wanna. do u know my outdated index page on this website? it's the page that pops up when u type benomix.com into ur web browser. someday, i'll update that page, but man... rt now, it's sooo outdated. 1'f the few things there that is still true's that i always wanna go snowboarding. it's funny: this past season, i was bouncin' in btwn snowboardin' n' skateboardin'. which do i like more? *shrug* each has its posi+ives. u know, i think, statistikally, snowboarding has more accidents/injuries per yr than skateboarding. i read that somewhere on an official skateboarding organization's website. do u believe it? @ 1st i kind'f found it hard to believe cos snow's softer than concrete n' that's why so many more mature ppl (adults) n' gurls snowboard but won't skateboard. howe'er, 1) typikally, u don't jump as hi on skateboard as u would on a snowboard, n' 2) more ppl whether athletik or not try snowboardin' than skateboardin', rt? i think so. when'll i skateboard 'gain? when'll i snowboard 'gain? when'll i walk normally 'gain?
[later] 저녁: i'm stayin' late@werk.com 2nite cos kaela's gonna go to sach's 700p turbo kick box (tkb) class @ the fremont ave, sunnyvale 24 hour fitness. she'll pick me up from my office afterwards, sometime after 800p. i guess we'll eat our supper supers meatloaf 2nite. we also have plenty'f shrooms in the fridge that we've gotta eat, 'specially since we're goin' out'f town this wknd. *sigh* wow, life, eh? i need to mow my front lawn, but my knee's busted. whereas i usually detest yardwerk, i can honestly say i'm lookin' 4ward to the day i can mow my front lawn 'gain. no, i'm not fishin' 4 sympathy. ha ha ha, gee, is this kind'f crazy writin' what ppl label as "emo"??? ha ha ha! last nite, on youtube, i watched the madtv fake commercial 4 "tickle me emo." it's a pretty funny video clip. "emo," it's like what we used to call "mod" n' then called "alternative." yah, the wiki article sez it's very poorly defined, n' so were the wurds/terms "mod" n' "alternative."
[a li'l later] so is facebook.com the new place to hangout online? like, i don't think it can replace myspace, rt? like, in the past, i totally like friendster better than myspace, but i guess myspace's waaaay more popular than friendster. however, friendster's always cmed more mature, whereas myspace always cmed like a place 4 kids. myspace got infamous 4 bein' a place 4 online predators. already, ppl criticised friendster 4 bein' a meat mkt, so there r these other more "professional" netwerkin' site 4 ppl more like my generation or older. aktually, there r plenty'f those. i guess like whereas myspace sort'f won the mkt 4 the youths, the mkt 4 the older yuppies kind'f is still up 4 grabs. i dunno. however, like, i've noticed that some politicians r gettin' myspace pages. like, john kerry had his friendster fan profile thingy, n' that made sense; but i c these totally suit n' tie politicians w/ myspace pages now, n' it looks kind'f weird. i dunno if they're demokrats or republikans, but they kind'f stick out. i've toldju 'bout this 1 older dad that skates (skateboards) @ the sunnyvale skate park. @ 1st, i thought he was a mormon cos well... he has lots'f kids; but he might be "just" a standard protestant. neway, i noticed his myspace profile linked via the sunnyvale skate park's myspace profile. his screenname's "been there, done that, sold the t-shirt for a 5th." (http://www.myspace.com/somehowskating) on the page, he tells the story'f how he used to be an alkoholik but has now found god n' salvation thru the bible. hrm... ok, yah, he is a mormon. heh, figured it out... cos he sed he's a fan'f some author named "orson scott card," n' that author's a big mormon, so yah... i was rt. neway, yah, not every1 on myspace's is a li'l kid or an online predator.
these days, kaela has 'lot to say 'bout "ligament laxity." i got tennis elbow from bad ergonomiks@werk.com. kaela sed ligament laxity contributed to that. my knee injury; kaela sez "ligament laxity" contributed to that. she sez that eatin' 2 much sugar (refined sugar?) contributes to "ligmaent laxity." what is ligament laxity. let's consult wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligamentous_Laxity.
[later] well, it's late in the evenin', but i'm still@werk.com, waitin' 4 kaela; but that's ok. however, i'm still full from lunch. how'm i gonna eat meatloaf 2nite? my mom called me 2day: 1) she wants me to rub ginger dipped in rice wine on my knee cos that's werked 4 her in the past. 2) she hired her handyman to do our yardwerk 1nce on mon since i can't. *sigh* i guess, @ this pt, i'll accept that n' appreciate it.
밤,목요일 오전 128a: i'm up late 2nite. i feel yesterday, i finally really started rehab. durin' the day, i did visit the beautiful kaela hwang's chiropraktic clinik, n' that's important. however, the bigger brkthrus happened @ nite when she treated me @ home, which is 'bout the same as a chiropraktic clinik. she kind'f figured out how much'f my injury is 1) bone, 2) ligament/tendon/cartilage, 3) muscle, 4) psychologikal, 5) emotional. wow, i realised 2nite that more'f the prob was aktually muscular n' psychologikal than i'd realised. it's not so much that my knee repeatedly keeps failin'... it's the muscles that support the knee that kept failin'. kaela "turned them back on"; n' wow, i could walk better. i'm not walkin' normally yet, but i'm walkin' better.
well, here's my 만화 manhwa (comik):
그요일 아침: hey, what's up? it's fri. this morn, i woke up, n' i felt much better. i mean, my knee felt much better. my shin n' lower knee were all wrinkled up cos the swelling drained. isn't it strange that i'd be happy to wake up find that my skin was all wrinkly?! well, yah, i was happy n' felt better. this is the 1st time i felt good in the morn. earlier this wk, every time i woke up i felt lousy n' disappointed. wow, i've tried all types'f medicine from convential to alternative, u know? 1) chiropraktic, 2) traditional asian medicine, 3), convential "western" medicine. hrm, come to think'f it i highly resent that term "western" medicine. i'm sure doktors in asia also preskribe ibuprofen n' put splints on sprained knees. well, 2day, i have 2 doktor's apptmnts! i c the beautiful kaela hwang @ her clinik @ 1100a n' then my kaiser pcp @ 115p. crazy, huh?
[later] what's the weather like in socal??? prob'ly warmer than here, n' it really warmed up, up here this wk!
[later] 오후: just an ad - photostamps
[later] 저녁: i went to 2 doktors 2day. i 1st went to c kaela. then i went home to get some shorts, so i wouldn't hafta "drop trou" 4 the kaiser doc. thankfully, i didn't hafta wait super long to c the kaiser doc. she didn't have a whole lot to say. she made an apptmnt 4 me to c an orthopedist on may 14. that's 'bout it. she told me to continue takin' 600 mg'f ibuprofen 3 times a day. *sigh* that's what mds do, rt? tell u to do drugs. :-/ while in that kaiser office, w/ my shorts on, i noticed that my shin's really malleable! i was leanin' my elbow on it n' it molded to fit my elbow! it's like memory foam, like a tempurpedic bed! whoa! i showed the doc, n' she confirmed that it's just cos'f the fluid drainage.
월요일 아침: can u believe that april ends 2day? crazy, huh? as expekted, spring's flyin' by! my knee? well, i took sooni 4 a walk this morn on my own. i my knee got a li'l sore after a while, n' shoot... it took sooo long to make it 'round that short block. *sigh* however, we did it.
[later] phantom planet's "california" on the simpsons (the o.c. parody) -- i haven't had time yet to watch this clip on youtube, but i really want to. it's the clip of the simpsons parody'f the o.c., which uses (apparently) phantom planet's song "california." it's hilarious, n' i originally didn't believe that the song was a real song. i thought the clever folks @ the simpsons made it up. however, no. it's a real song that has really been used on the o.c.! neway, here's the url 4 the clip: http://youtube.com/watch?v=k8CmHCezz64. i so badly wanna watch it!
[later] 점심: have u ever googled up "beno hwang"? like, i did an img srch n' found it interesting. u can try it.
oh, so how was the wedding this past wknd n' the whole socal trip? well, the wedding ceremony was a bit long n' ceremonious. it was a greek orthodox wedding cos the groom's greek. that's all i really knew 'bout the groom b4 i went to the wedding. aktually, we'd heard that he was a movie producer, but we didn't know what kind'f movies. when i mentioned that, friends'd teased me that he made like uh... x.rated movies or sumpthin'. neway... guess what! @ the wedding reception, i learned that he makes skate videos! freakin' a! kewl! he makes videos 4 the popular skateboarding site 411mv.com. however, his biggest claim to fame is producin' the hookups skateboards 2001 video. now, that's particularly interesting cos yah, he married a korean gurl, n' hookups has been a bit criticised by the asian.am grps cos all their graphiks feature japanime dwgs'f scantily clad often asian women, rt? (furthermore, i don't think they have ne asian pros on their team.) yah, so... that's kind'f interesting, but... neway, the fakt that this dude makes skate videos makes him kewl by me. we'll have sumpthin' to discuss @ family funktions if i ever run into him 'gain.
neway, the beautiful kaela hwang n' i flew down on southwest on fri nite n' returned on sun afternoon. we were in such a hurry to the san josé mineta aeroport on fri nite after eatin' some mahi mahi 4 dinner, so i didn't get a chance to try gettin' a preboardin' pass due to my knee. kaela checked in our luggage, while i proceeded to go thru security n' get in the "a' line. i'd 4gotten that i'd left a cheapo corporate schwag multi.tool in my bag, n' they confiscated it. i didn't shed tears cos it was a cheapo made.in.china thing. it wasn't even very funktional 4 a "multi.funktion tool." i let them throw it 'way. on fri nite, we simply went to sleep when we got to kaela's parents' house. on sat, we woke up n' ate a traditional *korean* brkfast, meanin' fud u wouldn't expekt to eat 4 brkfast but 4 lunch or dinner. later, we had mcyukyuk happy meals 4 lunch. 'twas a pretty chill day (that means "lazy" not "cold"), n' i mostly just hung out online @ bronx's junkyard forums or on flickr. i uploaded some pix to flickr.
[later] 오후: oh yah, speakin'f flickr, a long time 'go, on (super)dave kim's starkdavingmad.com, i found a link to an interesting site called flickrleech. well, here's the link to my flickrleech page: http://www.flickrleech.net/user/benoburdy. those r all my flickr pix on 1 page "because paging sucks," as they say on that site. wait! but if some1 has 'lot'f pix, it does paginate. is that the rt wurd?
durin' lunch, kaela n' i went to thai chili on halford behind el camino real, behind citibank. kaela had some kind'f "silver" noodles, n' i had some mixed vegetables beef. everything was ok, but nuthin' super spektacular if u ask me.
[later] u know... *sigh* like this past winter, kaela n' i were hangin' out w/ 1'f our friends who's a total "socal" gurl, n' i'm pretty sure she'll say that herself. she sez that life's a total "rat race" up here, that it's sooo competitive compared to socal. :-/ well, it's true that ppl r really smart in the silly valley. ppl (in gen'l) r heck'a edukated/edumakated. it's a freakin' hi.tech world here. yah, it often cms that most ppl r from top notch skools like cal / berkeley or else stanfurd. well... it's really not that every1's from cal / berkeley or else stanfurd; but it's that, if they're not, then they're from some other big name skool like university'f michigan or m.i.t. or harvard law or sumpthin'... n' if they're not, they're still from some well.respekted skool somewhere. the standards'f edukation/edumaktion r very hi 'round here. that's true. that's very true. yah, i guess what i really mean to say is that even if ppl rn't from the best'f the best universities, they still contribute to this higher average'f edukational/edumakational level 'round here. that's true. now contrast that to what i experience pretty much each n' every time i go to socal! what matters down there? well... some ppl like our friend say it's more competitive up here, while other friends say it's more competitivel down there. well, i think both regions'f cali4nia r competitive but just in diff ways. i think in both places u find materialistik ppl who worship $$$ but in diff ways. ok, 4 better or worse, i've gotta say that i really believe that the whole hype 'bout big edukation/edumaktion's less down there, no doubt. listen; i'm not sayin' that every1's flat out stoopid down there, but the average level'f edukation/edumaktion must be less cos, unlike here, not every1's a freakin' ph.d. in plasma physiks. in agreement w/ popular belief, i've gotta say that, yah, image's more important down there than here. or... is that true? *shrug* *sigh* like, maybe, up here, it's more important to look smart; while, down there, it's more important to look rich. yah, maybe so... *shrug* like, up here... i think it's harder to be respekted 4 bein' born into wealth; don'tchu think? whereas down there, i think it's more acceptable. like, down there, it's respektable to gain wealth thru family or show biz. up here, u'd better've gained whate'er wealth u've got via a ph.d. in plasma physiks. rt? *sigh* i think this is all related to sumpthin' that i read in po bronson's book the nudist on the late shift
depeche mode - "walking in my shoes"
i would tell you about the things they put me through
the pain i've been subjected to
but the lord himself would blush
the countless feasts laid at my feet
forbidden fruits for me to eat
but i think your pulse would start to rush
now i'm not looking for absolution
forgiveness for the things i do
but before you come to any conclusions
try walking in my shoes
try walking in my shoes
you'll stumble in my footsteps
keep the same appointments i kept
if you try walking in my shoes
if you try walking in my shoes
morality would frown upon
decency look down upon
the scapegoat fate's made of me
but i promise now, my judge and jurors
my intentions couldn't have been purer
my case is easy to see
i'm not looking for a clearer conscience
peace of mind after what i've been through
and before we talk of any repentance
try walking in my shoes
try walking in my shoes
you'll stumble in my footsteps
keep the same appointments i kept
if you try walking in my shoes
if you try walking in my shoes
try walking in my shoes
now i'm not looking for absolution
forgiveness for the things i do
but before you come to any conclusions
try walking in my shoes
try walking in my shoes
you'll stumble in my footsteps
keep the same appointments i kept
if you try walking in my shoes
you'll stumble in my footsteps
keep the same appointments i kept
if you try walking in my shoes
try walking in my shoes
if you try walking in my shoes
try walking in my shoes
those lyrics r blasphemous, but not every song i post lyrics to here hastuh be rt out'f the church hymnal. i know u think i'm ned flanders 
, but i'm not that ned flanders. in fakt, i'd love to watch a musikal that uses all these songs that i like. i mean... this song'd be perfekt 4 a musikal cos it shows what our human nature tells us to feel 'bout things like sin. this is original sin n' how we justify it to ourselves. yah, like the musik'f depeche mode's sometimes blasphemous (like their song titled "blasphemous rumours"), but it's very thought.provoking 'bout spiritual topiks, n' i believe that's good. no, it's not christian musik, but it's spiritual; n' i've cn it discussed on christian websites exaktly cos'f that. must u always believe in the lyriks'f songs to listen to them n' enjoi'em? it's kind'f like that quote from the movie good night and good luck, which we watched yesterday afternoon. the main char ed murrow talks 'bout how a socialist british professor dedikated a book to him, not cos they agreed on politiks but cos they were able to discuss politiks w/ ech other so well despite not agreein'. hrm, as a christian, i think it's sometimes hard to find non.christians that will have a good conversation w/ me re: spirituality cos 1) christians tend to assume 'lot'f things 'bout other ppl, n' 2) other ppl tend to assume 'lot'f things 'bout christians.
shoot, freakin' a! i went from talkin' bout nor*cal v. socal to talkin' 'bout christianity 'gain. *sigh* well, lemme tell u sumpthin' bout nor*cal v. socal. this is a confession... a big confession! if i'm not allowed to snowboard 'gain, then i'd be much more likely to agree to bein' 4ced to relocate to socal than if i can keep on snowboarding! snowboarding's 1'f the biggest posi+ives to livin' in nor*cal. tahoe! even if i were to be told not to snowboard ever 'gain (which i believe is very unlikely), i sure hope i can still skateboard. u know, in the past yr, my skateboarding's really improved. i'm still not all that, but i'm much better. *sigh* i hope i haven't regressed 2 much cos'f this injury! >:-( i want this injury to go 'way!
yesterday, we watched 2 movies: good night and good luck n' volver. both were good movies, but i liked volver better. i'm just that kind'f person. i'm not as much into politkal movies. as i've sed, i believe every movie should have a romantik element. aktually, volver wasn't a really romantik movie either; but it had more emotion.
it's frustrates me extremely that i can't get exercise. the most exercise i've gotten recently was walkin' sooni 'round the block 2day. i can't jog. i can't do turbo kick box (tkb). i can't do taekwondo. [later] it's not so much that i want to exercise so badly; but it's that, if i don't exercise, then i can't eat; n' i wanna eat.
[later] i enjoied watchin' volver n' tryin' to learn some spanish. i learned that "tia" means "aunt." so that fud brand "tia rosa" means "aunt rose," n' "tia juana" means "aunt joan." in order to confirm that "juana" = "joan" ~ "john," i consulted babynames.com. *sigh* (someday) when kaela n' i have a boy or gurl, what should we name him/her? i like names that makes sense in an asian n' european context. i'm not averse to french or spanish names. last nite, after watchin' volver, kaela asked me how ol' penélope cruz's, n' i answered that she's 'bout "our" age. well, 'ccordin' to the wiki article, she was born in 1974; so i was rt.
[later] 저녁 이지만 아직도 사무실에서: can u believe that usps postage rates r goin' up 'gain??? [later] in recent months, whenever i hafta walk 'cross a parking 'lot or down a sidewalk, i was always thinkin, "shoot, i ought to be skatin' on my skateboard! here i am, walkin' like a sucker!" *sigh* now, i just wish i could walk w/o limpin', eh?
화요일 아침: hey, what's up? uhm, if u haven't done so yet, wouldju plz consider signin' my gbook? oh yah, i 4got that i'm s'pposed to post up gbook entries here in my journal unless the visitor/signer doesn't want me to. i had some deutsche (german) visitor. i should post that 1 up now.
name: Elke
e.mail: elke1972[at]lavy[dot]de
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new yr's resolutions 4 2007? [blank]
new yr's prediktions 4 2007? [blank]
what's the next big teknology? [blank]
tell me 'bout a restaurant u like:
if u could be a celebrity; then which'f these wouldju most wanna be (criminal, musician, athlete, actor, model, author, politician, news/media/announcer, ceo, socialite w/ no talent)? socialite w/ no talent
additional comments: Uhh, many questions :)
Greetz
Elke
as i did yesterday morn, i took sooni 4 a walk this morn... on fut. as it did yesterday morn, it took a long time. [a li'l later] yah, it took longer cos'f my limpin'. as i walked down the sidewalk, some teenager on a skateboard passed me, n' felt quite jealous. a couple'f wks 'go, that was me! aktually, this month (the month'f may) marks the 1.yr anniversary'f my goin' to the sunnyvale skate park, an event that really launched my skateboarding hobby or however, i should put it. i still 'member that early, early sat morn, that i timidly entered those gates n' met the father n' son duo'f dave n' danny kojima (or whatee'er their last name is; i'm not sure). that was rt b4 i spent the wk in denver 4 that werk.com conference. i knew i wasn't gonna skate that wk, so i wanted to get it all out'f my system by doin' sumpthin' a bit more extreme. also, i guess snowboarding season'd ended by then. well, as'f 2day, the only open snow resorts r mammoth n' squaw. *sigh* it'd be straight up dope to get to snowboard in chile or australia someday.
this morn, as i returned w/ sooni back to our house, i stopped to chat w/ our next door neighbour barry, who just had his dual hip resurfacing surgery. i told him that i sprained my knee @ kirkwood. he's a big skier, so he was interested. i learned from him that it was his step.son who called the cops on sooni that sun morn. *sigh* i always want to believe that guy's a good kid; but man... i dunno. why'd he hafta do that? geez! i always sensed that he n' his friends that hang out in their garage all nite don't get 'long w/ sooni.
so, as i was strollin' (n' limpin') w/ sooni this morn, i thought'f the title'f 2day's entry. geez, i sure hope i'm not a mayfly. i hope that my knee gets better, fully recovers; so it's not that my time as a somewhat athletik dude isn't bounded by the decade that's ruffly (approximately) my 20s. i sure hope that my time as a snowboarder isn't bounded w/in the past 14 or 15 yrs. i sure hope that my time as a taekwondoist isn't bounded w/in the past 14 yrs. i hope my time as a skateboarder isn't bounded w/in the past yr. <:-( *sigh* i feel better, but my knee n' lower leg still look so freakin' swollen. i don't like that. the beautiful kaela hwang confirmed my suspicion that i'll, from now on, experience more arthritis in this left knee. i already experience some arthritis in my knees, fingers, hips, n' other joints; but it's not 2 bad. *sigh* neway, "road to recovery," u know? i e.mailed our friend roland yesterday cos he's been thru some leg injuries in his time. he's spent more time on crutches than i have. i definitely respekt'im 4 havin' been able to deal thru all that (or deal w/ all that).
점심: yesterday, the gardener that my mom hired to do our yard came, but he really didn't do much. kaela came home while he was still there n' found him just loungin' in his truck. i hadn't cn the yard 4 myself @ the time, but my mom called him n' chewed'im out. later, when i got home, i saw that, yah, he really hadn't done much. he'd just mowed the front lawn... n' that's 'bout it. neway, personally, i don't wanna hire a gardener, but my mom just wanted to get this guy that does some other properties that she owns or maanages to take care'f our yard 4 a li'l cos'f my injury. neway, my mom sed he sed he'll come back next mon to finish the job n' then come back the followin' wk to do a li'l more. i don't plan on hirin' him after that. originally, my mom suggested that i hire him after this kind'f "trial period" that she set up; but now she doesn't think so, n' neither do i. *sigh* ppl've suggested that we hire maids tho'. in a way, i'm more open to that, but still... u know me; i prefer to do my own labour n' feel like more'f the... *shrug* proletariat. after, i recently explained how berkeley really brainwashed / taught me to shun kapitalisme. *sigh* heh, all this just after i watched good night, and good luck, eh? seriously! don't label me a kommunist or even a socialist. i'm simply a compassionate christian. :-/ maybe that makes li'l sense. *shrug*
오후: 2day, i read on tim fong's xanga his thoughts on the 조승희 seung cho n' the va tech shootings. (it's now so freakin' ridiculous that the media addressed him by his korean, korean name n' not the anglicised/amerikanised rendition! proof'f anti.asian racism in the media? maybe.) neway, this is what i commented in response (along w/ 2 eprops):
the role'f violence in society... great topic!
you know, it's illegal to punch someone, but it's apprently totally legal to be a total, annoying jerk. this is how it was on elementary school playgrounds, n' that's how it is today in the grown-up world! maybe it's cos i'm into martial arts n' all; but i notice that those who are incapable of physical dominance often use verbal and psychological ways to be offensive... and they don't suffer any consequences for irresponsibility and inconsideration. they aren't kept in check.
if only we were allowed to sock them now and then. even kids get away with throwing a punch or two now and then in the playground, right? a note home to the parents, some kind of white or pink slip, that's ok, better than criminal charges. as martial artists, we know we could force physical dominance, but we don't; at least not unless it's time... n' we all hope we know when that proper time is, right? anyway, we know we could beat certain people up, but we don't. at the same time, annoying people... people who say mean, belittling things or try to get their way always through verbal manipulation and whining etc., they too often don't hold back... ever!
do you know what i'm talking about? well... i'm obviously venting. i'm talking about what it's often like to deal with difficult people in the silicon valley, people with inflated egos. often it's because of great educational backgrounds and academic merit and stunning career records. i've seen some very smug people in my time. like... hrm... like when we were in berkeley, we were amongst many nerds, and heck... we're nerds too, right? like, in the martial arts program, a lot of times, we were amongst nerds who seemed to take up martial arts because they were sick of being bullied by jocks. i mean, this is kind of figurative, but in some cases it was probably literal. anyway, i'm proud we were amongst people like that... because there are many others that would just hide behind the yard duty / hall monitor instead. as you see, it really frustrates me. i just think people would be more considerate and behave in a more civil manner if they had to deal with the fear of getting the $#!+ kicked out of them now and then, right?
like, sometimes, kaela (my wife, who grew up in part in socal) sees people driving rudely on the road and says (kind of jokingly) that they'd get shot on the l.a. freeways, referring to that period of time in (i think) the early 1990s when there were many l.a. freeway shootings because of road rage. also, i guess l.a. has it's "dangerous" areas like south central and compton, and people talk more about street violence as a reality than they seem to here, at least in the silicon valley. maybe up in the east bay and sf, people think about it more. don't forget: i live and work _right_ in the heart of silicon valley, and yeah... this is how i see it.
you may have heard me say or read me write that i'm actually all for gun control. however, when someone actually takes all the items out of your shopping cart and steals the cart at target just because he's too lazy to go to the front and get his own cart, maybe you shoudl be allowed to sock him. don't you agree?
[later] kaela picked me up 4 a late but fast lunch @ the nearby sweet tomatoes. i tried not to eat 2 much since i still can't really exercise. 2nite, i'll suit up n' instrukt the colored belt class @ u.s. taekwondo akademy, but i won't praktice myself n' won't even kick or nethin' like that.
[later] big news items in the ca bay area this wk so far:
- mcarthur maze, eastbound i.580 bay bridge interchange destroyed in overturned gas tanker fire on early sun morn.
- conan o.brien's late nite show bein' taped @ sf's orpheum theatre this wk.
- immigration reform rallies
- sj sharks in playoffs v. detroit red wings
- golden state warriors doin' sumpthin' basketball.related... i'm not sure.
i'm glad the sj sharks r doin' well. the nite that i watched cal's disappointin' futbol loss to usc, i was slightly uplifted cos i saw the sharks win. i don't have the patience to follow pro sports teams, but i enjoi watchin' hockey games now n' then.
[later] ok, it's long, long overdue that i post up some pix. i sed i had uploaded some pix a while 'go, so lemme present them now. keep in mind that some'f these pix r really old now. 7 pix:
'member that warm day in 2007년02월 (feb 2007) that felt like summer? 'twas 2007년02월17일. 'member that kaela n' i drove down to santa cruz n' rode our bikes 'round under the hot sun? we stopped by the book shop santa cruz after gettin' some drinks @ peet's coffee. here's kaela w/ a book she found.
from that warm, warm feb day, here's a pic'f kaela n' beno (keno) hwang on a streetcorner in santa cruz.
'member how excited (stoked) i was this late winter (almost spring) to buy some nice skateboard parts? independent stage 9 129mm eric koston trucks n' ricta boltz white lightning 52mm 83b tom penny wheels... n' sooni. dogs n' skateboards: a great mix! 2007년03월08일
well, a wk later (2007년03월15일), i used my lg chocolate fon, propped up 'gainst a glass coke bottle to video myself sessionin' the small bowl @ the sunnyvale skate park. honestly, i've gotta say the video was pretty lame. here's a blurry, blurry screenshot that looks almost not lame.
our late winter / early spring color belt class @ u.s. taekwondo akademy; 2007년04월12일
that same nite, me (beno) in the 태룡 taeryong vest that kaela got me @ the l.a. koreatown festival sometime in like 2006년09월 sept 2006
that same nite, the taekwondo class @ 99 chicken (구구 치킨)
수요일 오후: i'm very frustrated n' upset 2day cos i lost over $300. i discovered 2day that i'd 4gotten to pay our property tax bill last month. our house's 2 messy, n' i didn't c the bill. it' so frustratin'. how can i lose $300 just like that?! u know, this is the 2nd time in recent months that the gov stole $$$ from me cos i missed a deadline by a li'l: my dmv car registration; i missed it by a day n' had to pay like a $20 fine or sumpthin'. *sigh* neway, this incident's much more extreme: $300! dude, u know what i could do w/ $300?! it's so frustratin'. *sigh* u know... like, 'member back in my 1999년 days, while hangin' out w/ s.mike, i used to talk 'bout luck 'lot. well, i don't like to talk 'bout luck nemore, but i know it cms like i'm havin' very bad luck these days: my knee, losin' $$$ here, stress, stress, stress... neway, i don't wanna hear cr@p 'bout good luck / bad luck or good 4tune n' bad 4tune. #@¢% that! life ain't 'bout luck. everythin' happens 4 a reason n' an eventual greater good. *sigh* neway, i'm out $300.
@ this pt, i look @ my life n' almost yearn 4 the days when life was simpler, like back in the early 2000s, back @ the turn'f the century, the turn'f the millennium. back then, i didn't hafta worry 'bout mortgage n' property tax. i didn't hafta worry 'bout so many bills. *sigh* u gotta admit: 'round the time that this bill was due, i was freakin' scramblin' 'round 4 funds to pay off our ¢redit ¢ard bill; so shoot... maybe i didn't even have 'nuff $$$ to pay the bill. well; no... i'd kept this $$$ 4 this bill tucked 'way in a special acct, so i did have it. this acct was s'pposed to have $$$ 4 our property tax n' 4 our grx unstoppable pledge. [later] *sigh* $$$, $$$, $$$. talk 'bout $tre$$! i hate havin' to worry 'bout $$$. i alway worry 'bout losin' my job n' then not bein' able to pay the mortgage. *sigh* man! seriously, home ownership's stressful; but, at the same time, it's the wisest investment. i don't care if ppl say u can make more $$$ on stocks, etc. home ownership's the wisest investment. i didn't say it's necesarily "the most lucrative," altho' it often is, here in the bay area. in ne case, it's the wisest. *sigh* however... am i livin' so hand to mouth? isn't this what i worried 'bout so much when i got into home ownership? isn't this why i chickened out the 1st time that i was 'bout to go into home ownership? i'm really upset that i hafta take care'f all the bills: i pay the fon bills, the internet bill, the gas bill, the elektric bill, the h2o bill, most'f the gro¢eries, the garbage bill, the mortgage, the property tax, everything!!! it's drivin' me crazy. c? so i think back to 2000년 n' how things were simpler then. that was a long time 'go now, n' i'm sure some'f u'd just tell me i've gotta grow up. *sigh*
well, let's talk 'bout sumpthin' else to get my mind off this disaster. this morn, on the the today show on nbc, matt lauer did his "where in the world is matt lauer?" segment from paru, bhutan. they did a feature on how bhutan finally legalised tv n' internet in 1999년. they talked 'bout how it's changin' the culture there, n' asked kids to identify various amerikan celebs from their promo fotos, such ppl as the cast from friends, jay leno, the japanese dude from heroes, prince... the kids recognised those faces but didn't recognise matt lauer's promo foto. ha ha ha; that made 4 a good laff; i've gotta admit. however, what irked me was this demostration'f amerikan egotism. amerikans believe that their pop culture really diktates what the rest'f the world thinks. u know what? it doesn't. we amerikans, we're not as kewl as we think we r! i betchu that these kids also watch plenty'f kdramas (korean "dramas") just like the rest'f asia. korean pop culture's drivin' much'f asian youths these days as is japanese pop culture n' european pop culture! amerika does not have this int'l monopoly on pop culture in which so many ignorant amerikans believe. amerikans rn't that kewl!
[later] 저녁 이지만 아직도 사무실에서: *sigh* i wish i could leave my office @ a decent time each day. why does this industry hafta be like this?! it's quite depressin'. neway... 2day, durin' lunch, the beautiful kaela hwang came n' picked me up, n' we went to kabab korner. we originally went there cos we had a ¢oupon from the entertainment book, but when we arrived a sign on the door sez that they no longer accept the entertainment book
¢oupons. wtf! neway, since we already there, i told kaela that we should just go in n' eat; so we did. kaela ordered the chicken seekh kabab plate ($9.95), n' i ordered the tandoori mixed grill ($10.95). the fud's aktually pretty good quality altho' expen$ive. the service was only so.so, so i made sure to tip just the rt 10%. i've gotta resist the temptation to overtip. i do that 2 often. u know how it is w/ me: i hate it when ppl assume that asians tip poorly, so i try to tip well 2 often; but that just drains my wallet.
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[later] 750p: well, i'm home from werk now. i didn't go to the gym cos i'm gonna werk on dj stuff 4 a li'l until our friend eric j shows up. he sed he wanted go out 4 dinner w/ us 2nite.
목요일 아침: can u believe it's the 3rd day'f may already?! crazy! this wknd, i'm djin' a weddin' on sun in pleasanton. in some ways, this is a simple gig; in other ways, it's pretty complikated. well, shoot; 1 thing that definitely complikates it is my busted but healin' knee, rt?
[later] this morn, i took sooni 4 a walk 'round the block. *sigh* i wonder when i'll be able to go back to walkin' her on skateboard instead. it's so temptin' to try it out prematurely; but i know i've gotta play it safe. i think she prefers bein' walked on skateboard cos we go faster. she'd rather run thru the borin' stretches n' only slow down @ the places where she wants to poop n' pee. *sigh* i'm still limpin'. i think much'f the swellin' has left my knee altho' some remains. i feel some tender spots on the lower, outside'f my knee as well as the lower, inside'f my knee; i think. by "inside" n' "outside," i'm referrin' to the side closer to the inseam n' the opposite side. yadadamean? mmm, that reminds me that i've gotta buy some hip hop tracks on sony connect. *sigh* aktually, maybe i ought to switch to itunes cos my connect affiliate program cms to have disappeared. *sigh* i lost a free album download cos i didn't use the ¢oupon in time. that $u¢k$. i just lost $10 just like that. *sigh* why'm i losin' so much $$$ left n' rt?!
speakin'f losin' $$$, so last nite eric j came down, n' we went out to dinner. he was interested in some latin amerkian fud, so i suggested: 1) sabor salvadoreño rt by our house or 2) habana cuba down 2wards downtown on race st. well, the beautiful kaela hwang opted 4 the nicer habana cuba, so we took off in that direktion. i missed my turn n' had to loop 'round hp pavilion where the sharks were playin' the red wings. (go sharks!) by the time we pulled up outside'f habana cuba... [interrupted, later, 저녁] by the time we pulled up outside'f habana cuba, it was closin'! well, since we were on a search 4 latin.amerikan fud, i drove us to santana row, to consuelo's. i remarked that we'd gone up a notch in upscaliness. sabor salvadoreño's admittedly just a hole.in.the.wall joint. habana cuba's nicer, n' consuelo's is nicer still. *sigh* but we paid 4 the niceness. man, 'specially after losin' $300 to property tax penalties, i didn't wanna blow $100 on dinner 4 2'f 3, u know? what can i say? honestly, finan¢es worry me. i guess i've just gotta live day by day n' trust in the lord... that he'll give me each day my daily bread. i try not to think 'bout how most other couples have 2 nice jobs, while kaela n' i live off my single in¢ome, which... *sigh* i mean, i appreciate it; but it's not that great. *sigh* i do worry 'bout how we'll ever afford to have kids, etc. neway, no; i shouldn't worry.
2day, 4 lunch, kaela n' i went to the pho nam off lawrence expwy (1205 wildwood ave; sunnyvale, ca 94089; fon: 408.730.8106). i had the pho w/ tripe, steak, flank, n' tendon cos i wanna feed my tendons (knee tendons). i was also glad that we could eat somewhere not $uper.expen$ive. there were a couple'f times in recent wks when i was bewildered why we were eatin' such extravagant fud @ lunch: the kabab korner lunch yesterday n' the afghani house lunch a while 'go. how much should lunch ¢o$t? lunch buffets usually ¢o$t $8.99 nowadays. they used to ¢o$t $7.95 or even $6.95 not 2 long 'go. some places, lunch buffet ¢o$ts $9.99 or more. i wish lunch could always be under $5 or sumpthin', but... *sigh* i might as well wish 4 a free lunch, n' "there's no such thing as a free lunch." oh yah, the time that kaela n' i ate @ athena deli or whate'er it's called was a bit extravagant 2, huh? i dunno... i s'ppose realistikally, i can only hope to keep our combined lunch bill under $20 each time, n' that's hard. an order'f 순두부 soondubu ¢0$ts $8.95 nowadays. inflation, man. inflation!
토요일 밤, 833p: 2day's cinco de mayo. 2day, i went to ken n' grace's bbq. 2morrow, i dj a wedding in pleasanton (p.town). 2day, i learned that grace n' ken r havin' twins. grace's 10 wks pregnant. crazy! congratulations to them. every1's havin' babies, n' so many r havin' twins! the beautiful kaela hwang really wants to have twins, but not now. it's kind'f funny, cos i tend to follow in ken's futsteps: he's a li'l older than me. i got married 3 wks after he did. how do i feel now that he's havin' kids soon? well, i'm honestly happy 4 him. however, it's funny cos i thought to myself that it might look like i kind'f envy him cos like as i heard the news, i was reachin' 4 some chococream pie n' started eatin' it; so it must look like i'm that homely gurl that cant'find a husband but just heard that her beautiful best friend got engaged. ha ha ha! ok, that analogy sounds really g@y, so let's never use it 'gain. ha ha ha. well, shoot... i does make me feel a li'l more immature tho'; but dude... i'm 2 overwhelmed n' stressed over other stuff to worry 'bout feelin' immature. it's just that yah... i know while other ppl my age've been startin' families 4 a couple'f yrs now, i'm still aktin' like a total kid. like, i was stressed 'bout this a few yrs back, like in 2002 or so. then, i got over it n' accepted that god has a plan 4 my life n' everythin' must happen in his time. it's to slip back into feelin' insecure 'bout how yah... i'm just this overgrown teenager @ 31; but... whate'er. i know those r just demons speakin', u know? freakin' a; i need to hold the course steady n' just be the man that god wants me to be... in his time, on his skedule.
[later] 958p: oh yah, 2day, nelson told me that 2 guys that i sort'f knew died in a car accident last month. michael n' larry were cousins. i knew their sisters better cos they were closer in age to me; but i met mike 1nce @ ken n' grace's house a long time 'go. i think they both went to my hi skool (leland). i'm not sure if they went to leland when i was there or came after me. *sigh* mortality... i've had to deal w/ it more as i've gotten older. 'member, my cowerker died last month. it's still just so weird to think 'bout ppl i know dyin'. 4 a long period'f my life, i could honestly say that no1 i knew ever died. i dunno... i was kind'f not countin' my maternal grandfather cos i didn't know him well. my 7th grade draftin' teacher passed 'way, so... maybe that was the 1st person i felt i kind'f knew that passed 'way. i dunno. *sigh* i mean... as a christian, i've gotta think'f death diff'ly than i guess many others do. i dunno.
*sigh* so last nite (fri nite), after werk, after comin' home to eat a li'l bit'f leftovers 4 dinner, i went to grx t3 light couples small grp. kaela went to some chiroprkatic x.ray class @ the san jose fairmont. on my way home, on san tomas, i spotted her car, caught up to her, n' passed her.
2day, i went to ken n' grace's bbq by myself cos kaela went to yet 'nother chiropraktic seminar. i called her 'round 500p. she answered the fon, but i could hear that her classmates were tellin' her to go out w/ 'em. i told her to come over to the bbq cos ken n' grace announced their pregnancy. she did. well, after we went home, she took off to go out w/ her chiropraktic friends, n' i'm home 'lone werkin' on wedding dj stuff.
월요일 아침: last nite, i djed stephanie n' scott's wedding. it was an absolutely beautiful wedding! wow, the ruby hill golf club's in a very, very ritzy, posh, gated neighbourhood in pleasanton. the aktual golf club (country club)'s really nice. geez, the houses near the country club? wow, they were all such huge, beautiful mansions! i'm sure an exekutive lives in each'f the houses. honestly, i don't think i'll ever live in such a nice, big house; no. *sigh* however, i guess that's ok. would i want to? after all, i'm sure those neighbours wouldn't let me skateboard 'round the block w/ sooni, rt? *sigh* my knee's healin', but i'm still disappointed w/ how long it's takin'. sometimes, i worry that i'll be 4ced to never do all the things i love to do. that's such a scary thought. however, it shouldn't be so bad. like, *sigh* all the experts so it's not that bad'f an injury; but i'm just confused as to why it's takin' so long to heal.
[later] have u heard'f a uc berkeley asian.am student publikation called hardboiled? i read 'bout it on tim fong's xanga. i checked out the current issue; pretty kewl stuff.
[later] 오후: i went to lunch w/ my cowerkers yulin n' gwen @ 갤러리아 프라자 (galleria plaza). the beautiful kaela hwang joined us like 0.5way thru. @ 1st, i bought 갈비탕 galbitang n' 생선전 saengsuhnjuhn. then when kaela arrived, i also got a 부부 과일 빙수 booboo gwail bingsoo. it was good fud. i still shouldn't eat 2 much cos i can't exercise w/ my bum knee. however, i think i'm still eatin' 2 much. *sigh* i eat 2 much! as'f last nite's drive back to the sobay from pleasanton, my car's definitely still shot. i still think it's the cv joint. it makes an awful noise when i turn, 'specially when i turn 'left, 'specially when i make a tight turn.
this wknd, i copied some ol' pix from my ol' (ancient) desktop 'puter to my portable usb hard drive. well, i should burn some dvds to back this stuff up cos this ¢heap usb drive kind'f scares me. neway, i've been lookin' thru some'f kaela's n' my weddin' pix from 2003년. i wonder when these pix'll start lookin' "dated," u know? like, @ what pt... whe'll the hairstyles n' fashions in these pix look ol' fashioned? like, obviously, when u c weddin' pix from the 1980s, they usually look very 1980sish, rt? *shrug*
relient k - "in love with the 80s (pink tux to the prom)"
so it was jeremy in nineteen eighty three
and i'm only gonna pierce my left ear!
cuttin' class through the first floor window,
and i'm only gonna pierce my left ear
when you're the president of the breakfast club,
i am going to wear a pink tux to the prom,
from the album two lefts don't make a right... but three do
in his ocean pacific tee,
who got a bloody knee,
on his skateboard,
in the halfpipe,
in the backyard,
that tuesday night.
and i've been working on this mustache all summer long
and my favorite band will always be tears for fears..
and i'm gonna to wear a pink tux to the prom.
he's drivin fast cause he never did a thing slow,
and i look up to my big bro cuz in the eighties all the ladies grabbed his
hands and couldn't let go!
and i've been working on this mustache all summer long,
and my favorite band will always be tears for fears,
and i'm gonna to wear a pink tux to the prom, a pink tux to the prom.
i am going to wear, a pink tux to the prom,
live without a care, what can possibly go wrong.
and you're not hesitant to fall in love,
to fall in love,
to throw it away!
to fall in love with the eighties.
live without a care, what can possibly go wrong,
i am going to wear a pink tux to the prom,
live without a care cause you threw it away
lemme say sumpthin' candid 'bout yesterday's wedding. scott n' stephanie r very good lookin' ppl. i thought that they were 'bout my age. however, when kaela n' i saw their slideshow pix, it dawned on us that they're older than they look. when we saw stephanie's prom pix, we realised that she's more like my sister's age, the generation that really grew up in the 1980s unlike my generation that kind'f straddled the late 1980s n' early 1990s. neway, this is a good thing; they look young!
maybe some ppl think that 'bout me n' kaela; maybe they think we're younger than we look. there's some website called realage.com. i found it on the bottom'f my journal page as a google ad. that website takes in health data n' sed i'm 21 yrs ol'. i doubt that's accurate. neway, i know i am very immature. as i was sayin', while all my friends r raisin' families, i'm nursin' a sprained knee i got from landin' a big snowboarding jump; whoopdidoo. heh... i'm just sayin' that in jest. i'm not all that insecure 'bout bein' immature. whate'er. i'm mature 'nuff to feel secure 'bout bein' immature, rt?
on sat, @ grace n' ken's bbq; grace, ken, kaela, n' i were talkin' to grace's li'l cousin, who's 22 or 23 yrs ol' (i 4get). neway, she asked us what we thought 'bout gurls her age datin' guys who r like 30. both ken n' i advised 'gainst it. what i sed is this: i hang out plenty 22~23 yr olds cos'f taekwondo. yah, we have plenty to talk 'bout n' we relate to each other n' can have decent conversations... however, @ some pt, i do feel the generation gap. there r things that the young ppl wanna talk 'bout in which the ppl my age don't have ne interest n' vice versa. however, i'm sure some couples can deal w/ the age gap fine. i c it plenty often 'nuff; even in this day n' age.
the cpc - the christian punk conspiracy: if u've been readin' my journal over the past few months, i've taken a likin' to a few christian alt rock bands. a couple'f the bands i like r relient k n' hawk nelson. they both have that "power pop punk" or "mainstream surf punk" kind'f sound. yah, that kind'f stuff is pretty looked down 'pon by "real" punk rockers, but... *shrug* i have tendencies to listen to bubblegummy teenybopper stuff sometimes. u'll find some avril lavigne in my mix'f mp3s, u know? neway, check out the name'f that relient k album i reference 'bove cos it has that song "in love with the 80s (pink tux to the prom)": two left don't make a right... but three do. hrm, it already sounds fishy... the whole "left" n' "right" thing looks frighteningly 2 much like "liberal" v. "conservative" politikal talk. it's 2 reminiscent'f all that "get right or get left" kind'f talk that conservatives use, rt? they like to play on how "right" refers to both direktion n' correktness. yah, i worry that the title's makin' fun'f politikal "liberals." furthermore, the main art on the album cover's a bunch'f wrecked cars bein' lifted by a crane. however, it also has a silhouette icon version'f that art in 1 corner. in the silhoutte, the pic looks like 2 dead donkey heads hangin'. hrm... very fishy! whadya think? then there's hawk nelson. their name's kewl cos it's all based on skateboarding. 'f course, i feel tony hawk (1'f the biggest names in pro skateboarding history)'s a bit'f a politikal/social conservative. i just kind'f sense it. neway, they have a song n' album titled "letters to the president." i'm a bit uneasy cos the song's basikally praisin' dubya (george w. bush), u know? neway, to be honest, i don't mind havin' musik that doesn't totally jive w/ my politikal views. i have many friends that hold 'lot more conservative politikal views than i do. yah, 'specially since i left berkeley, i've made friends w/ 'lot more politikal conservatives. me? i'm still kind'f a social conservative but politikal progressive... or if u must "liberal." by callin' myself a "social conservative," i only mean that i don't support things like: freelove, drug use, etc. [later] aktually, i know the album two lefts don't make a right... but three do has 4 different album covers. i s'ppose superfans can collekt all 4. neway, each cover has a diff dwg'f a car wreck. hrm, on 1'f the other covers, the silhouette icon looks a li'l like an elephant. 'nother kind'f looks like a dead donkey's upside.down head. aktually, i think there r 5 album covers: an original 4 n' then the 1 i have, which was prob'ly released later. maybe the album cover i have's a compilation'f the earlier 4. here's a link to the cover art: 0066944729220_500X500.jpg. here's a link to the earlier (?) 4 cover arts: rk_twolefts.jpg. hrm, the page where i found that last image's interesting: "christian-y mainstream" - secular bands whose lyrics reflect a biblical worldview. ([later] since i was so upset that the last bit'f swellin' in my knee hasn't made a whole lot'f progress over the wknd, i just popped 600 mg'f ibuprofen. *sigh* i hate drugs.) [later] ok, back to the christian punk conspiracy... check out this article that i found online: "relient k grows but remembers to its roots" (2007년05월05일). here's an important quote from the lead singer: "People are like, 'You know what? Green Day's going to sing anti-Bush stuff, and even if I'm a Republican, I can still listen to it.' And they're like, 'If Relient K wants to sing about their faith, even though I'm agnostic, I can still listen to it.'" wow, so relient k played the fillmore last month. i guess if i had more time in my life, i would've liked to've watched them, u know? 2007년04월14일... that was a bizzy day n' nite. i was in sf that nite 4 laura's b.day. just b4 that, they were on the tonight show w/ jay leno. how did i miss that?
화요일 아침: how r u? how am i? :-) well, life... life's ok. uhm, back in college, i'd sometimes say, "life is life," n' i'm tempted to say that now. why? well, *sigh* i feel like i'm goin' thru 'lot'f emotions in the past couple'f days cos'f my knee. 1) it's healin', but 2) it's not healin' fast 'nuff. i still feel joy n' disappointment. i'm joyous that so much'f the swellin' has gone down. i'm disappointed cos the swellin' in 'least 2 specific places has not gone down. *sigh* i get scared now n' then that i'll need surgery. *sigh* like, lemme tell u: if gettin' surgery means that i can do all the things that i love to do (taekwondo, snowboarding, skateboarding), then i'd do it. i know so many ppl who've had knee surgery. i mean, i don't want to; but i'd rather get surgery than hafta give up those things. [later] as i sed yesterday, i'm back on ibuprofen. i tried to go clean n' natural 4 a few days; but i was just so frustrated w/ the last bit'f swelling, which's preventin' me from stretchin' out my quads. still, i have that apptmnt w/ the orthopedist next mon. ooh, i hope that goes well. seriously, i want them to give me an mri.
[later] last nite, the beautiful kaela hwang n' i ate the 2nd'f our super suppers lemon caper cod dishes. it was good, but i think the cooking direktions should tell u to remove the fish from the pan b4 heatin' up the sauce in that pan. it was still good. *sigh* finances... still stressed 'bout finances. yesterday, kaela sent me an e.mail. c, her best friend from hi skool or from when she was a kid is buggin' her to go to vegas in july 4 her (her friend's) 30th b.day. well, heck! every1 knows that i'm not a fan'f vegas just cos... well, i'm not a fan'f resort towns or places that represent the "luxurious life." @ the same time, i had a decent time there last yr 4 kaela's sista's weddin'. i don't think i mentioned this, but our friend clarence's also plannin' a vegas trip n' asked if i wanted to join in; but i told him what's up; i.e. budget, time, etc. *sigh* [later] like, i know kaela'll say that i'm no fun nemore cos i say we shouldn't go to vegas 4 her friend's b.day. however, every time i say, 'ok, i'll let loose n' just do whate'er," the ¢redit ¢ard bill eventually comes in n' really hurts, u know? freakin' a. [much later, 오후] *sigh* it's true that i'm just not the same guy, not the party boy i was back in the heyday'f the cal taekwondo party crew. i'd like to believe that i still know how to have fun but that my life just has more purpose. however, i know some ppl'd argue that i don't know how to have fun nemore. :-(
[later] i think i've made it quite clear here that i hate drugs (pharmaceuticals). however, i've gotta admit that i feel 'lot better 2day, now that i'm back on ibuprofen. [later] 저녁 이지만 아직도 사무실에서: this is the beginnin'f the 3rd wk'f this injury n' the 3rd wk w/o skateboarding. it's scary that i'm aktually gettin' used to it. could i go back to being a non.skateboarder?! i'm sooo bizzy w/ djin' stuff n' church stuff that i don't have time to think 'bout things like skateboarding.
목요일 아침: i didn't write a journal entry yesterday. [later] didn't have time, was 2 lazy, etc... u know how i wrote 'bout "the christian punk conspiracy" on 2007년05월07일 in my entry "creaky joints"? here's the wiki article on christian punk. *sigh* what cds should i request on lala?
[later] 오후: 2day, i got the cv joint on my car fixed. it wasn't the joint closer to the wheel, but the 1 closer to the center; on the left. i wonder when this prob started. it ¢o$t me $180 @ ace auto (3100 el camino real, #h; santa clara, ca 95051). [later] since it's this joint that was broken, i feel my car's injury was even more analogous to mine!!! well, @ lunch 2day, the beautiful kaela hwang n' i ate @ the new korean restuarant called beque (3060 el camino real; santa clara, ca 95051; fon: 408.260.2727; fax: 408.260.2777) in the new korean strip mall on el camino real near calabazas, rt in the heart'f santa clara's koreatown. koreatown rocks! heck ya! (or "heck yah!") kaela ordered some kind'f 손칼국수 sonkalgooksoo (handmade noodles in soup), n' i orderd 오칼붂음 okalbokkeum (오징어 칼국수 볶음 ojinguh kalgooksoo bokkeum; squid n' noodle stir fry). i think the new strip mall has a name, sumpthin' like t&h village or sumpthin'. after lunch, i picked up my car. 권현무 andy kwon (the owner) wasn't there, but i paid his werker, the mexikan dude.
cos i played the $tarbu¢ks planet green game, i'm s'pposed to display this badge on my website. i found a receipt in my car from 2007년04월11일 4 1 tall soy latte from the $tarbu¢ks on el camino real n' lawrence expwy. i don't 'member this pur¢ha$e. it was made @ 221p. hrm... 2007년04월11일 was a 수요일 wednesday. i had lunch w/ pastor abel on that overcast day. i drove myself from my werk to garcia's taqueria in my car. maybe this receipt fell out'f kaela's purse.
last nite, i met up w/ a couple @ the santana row $tarbu¢ks to talk 'bout djin' their weddin'. [later] i met w/'em @ 800p. wow, santana row was sooo crowded, even on a wed nite! where do all these ppl come from? they must be rich n' just hafta dine out, eh? *shrug* [later] i think bein' @ the ruby hill gated kommunite this past sun kind'f opened my eyes to just how rich some ppl in this area r... i mean, more ppl r wealthier than i realised. in comparison, i feel so freakin' trashy; i've gotta confess. our house is sooo messy. our yard looks nice now tho'. *sigh* if only we had 'nuff $$$ to hire a cleaning $ervi¢e. however, as i sed b4, i have an issue w/ hirin' household help cos i wanna feel like i'm part'f the proletariat or whate'er u call it. i'm just a middle class guy, rt? otherwise, maybe i'm livin' more like a "werkin' class" guy, which isn't bad, is it? maybe i wish i were a .com millionaire, but i'm not. yesterday, on nbc 11's 11 o.clock news, they featured the new wag pet hotel in sf, which 'pparently was opened by a rich 4mer tech industry werker named ritu raj. interesting...
[later] yesterday, i wrote an e.mail reply to an e.mail from our friend phil huang. i wanted to share some'f it here:
> Sorry to hear about your knee - so you'll
> really need surgery.
so... i don't know that i'll need knee surgery n' still hope that i don't. however, i'm trying to come to terms with the fact that i might. life's been such an emotional roller coaster over the past few weeks. so many thoughts and concerns race through my mind. maybe i wish life would feel more certain than it does. supposedly, this uncertainty is the fun in life. i have an apptmnt w/ the kaiser orthopedist next monday. i want him to give me an mri. however, i learned that it takes a long time get an mri appointment. also, it takes a long time to take an mri, about 45 minutes.
While it can seem daunting - I've never had it
> for an injury - think of all those pro skate 'n snow
> boarders who've been through the same...
do you remember when kaela broke her foot? we all went to ghirardelli square and sf j.town n' took a nice pic at the bottom of the staircase. you're in the pic. well, when she broke her foot, i told her that if she can get through that, then she's in taekwondo for life. i said that because that's what i told myself when i broke my hand at a taekwondo tournament in the summer of 1994. when i came home in crutches three saturdays ago, kaela dug up that quote and shot it back at me. i was touched that she remembered that i said that. i can't imagine quitting these things - snowboarding, skateboarding, taekwondo. i won't accept the option of not getting surgery if it means quitting those things. i have taekwondo students that have had knee surgery, so it seems silly that their instructor would be scared to go through knee surgery if necessary.
well, i'm guessing i'll know by next week whether or not i'll need surgery.
i saw on tv this morn that this wknd's 1'f those wknds @ osh (orchard supply hardware) that the store pays the sales tax. i need to get a couple'f things: a garden hose 4 the front yard n' a good extension cord 4 djin'.
[later] 저녁 이지만 아직도 사무실에서: as i was sayin' (b4 i got sidetracked), last nite i met up w/ a couple 'bout djin' their weddin'. they're a vietnamese couple, n' coincidentally, after the mtg, i went w/ kaela to eat dinner @ a vietnamese restaurant that played hip.hop videos on their big flat panel tv. u c, kaela was gonna meet the couple w/ me, but she arrived as i was walkin' 'way after the mtg. i saw her drive past me. i tried to catch her but was limpin'. i finally caught her in the saturated parkin' lot. we picked a nearby restaurant from the entertainment book ¢oupon book: asian garden on bascom ave. the ¢oupon was bogo (buy 1 get 1 free) entré w/ a max value'f $12. we ordered the catfish in sweet n' sour sauce ($12.95), the cubed steak ($10.95), n' the thai seafud soup ($9.95). the soup was the freebie. i knew they'd count it as an entrée! that's why i insisted on gettin' an expen$ive soup n' not the crab n' asparagus soup ($6.95 ). kaela n' i both noted that the steamed jasmine white rice was really good, but beware that they ¢harge $1/person. the cube steak was really good, the shellfish in the thai seafud soup was really good. the catfish was good but its sauce was 2 sweet. the waiter tried to push their 9 courses'f fish ($15.95/person). maybe next time...
how's my knee? well, when i ice it, it feels better. as i sed, i'm back on ibuprofen. :-( as u'd expekt, here's the wiki article on ibuprofen.
금요일 오후: i gave this entry the title "some resolution" cos i feel that some things r comin' 2gether @ long last. u know that awful property tax debacle? well, the website now sez that it's paid... i mean, that means they received my check, n' that's good. my knee? it aktually feels much better 2day. the beautiful kaela hwang's been doin' sumpthin' called graston technique on me @ her clinik. it hurts like heck, but i guess it's werkin'. i'm icin' n' takin' ibuprofen as well, as u know. this morn, i felt much better 'bout extendin' my leg (left leg). this afternoon, my grp@werk.com had a memorial lunch 4 my cowerker that died'f a heart attack last month. i guess that kind'f brings closure on this sad episode, rt? we went to super buffet on steven crk blvd @ saratoga ave. every1 else liked it better than california buffet n' 금봉황 geumbonghwang china china buffet; but me? i like both'f those better, personally.... even tho' my sista hate california buffet cos she got fud poisonin' there. super buffet's huge, but things get 2 messy n' hektic. it reminds me'f crazy buffet, but it's bigger. that bldg used to be squeezers hamburger factory back in the 1980s. oh yah, so things r comin' 2gether, n' i think we got our in¢ome tax refund 2day. i was very worried cos when we all'f the sudden were forced to mail in the forms instead'f usin' e.file via turbo tax, i 4got to include my w2. i thought it was kind'f ridiculous that i had to include a hardcopy'f my w2 in this day n' age. neway, i think things r now in the clear. yah, things r comin' 2gether... like, @ werk, i'd been stressed 'bout bein' pushed out'f a projekt... it was kind'f a hostile takeover'f my projekt... but as'f yesterday, i got assigned to a new projekt w/ a cowerker that i think i can werk better w/ than others (he's a nice guy). c? i think things r comin' 2gether; things r finally comin' 2gether. *sigh* i guess this simply goes to show that god takes care'f me. god loves me n' takes care'f me.
[later] i check a handful'f friends' blogs every day. most'f'em don't update as often as i do. sometimes, i get almost frustrated waitin' 4 their next entry n' wonder when i should give up on'em, u know?
월요일 아침: how r u 2day? i'm ok. [a li'l later] i'm goin' to my kaiser orthopedist's apptmnt this afternoon. *sigh* i guess i was a bit scared or nervous or anxious 'bout this apptmnt over the past couple'f wks, but now i'm more calm 'bout it. he may give me good news; he may give me bad news. he may say i don't need surgery; he may say i need surgery. i really hope he gives me an mri! [a li'l later] aktually, i've been feelin' amazingly good. this wknd, i did 2 amazing things: 1) biked, 2) skateboarded. crazy, huh? uhm, i guess this, along w/ teaching taekwondo,'s all 'gainst my kaiser primary care physician's orders not to do ne physikal aktivities, but... i'm feelin' better. 'gain, i stopped takin' ibuprofen. i 4get when i stopped, but i wasn't takin' it over the wknd. maybe i stopped last thurs. i 4get. i still want more swellin' to go down. often, over the past couple'f wks, i've had to say that my knee feels beter than it looks. i've been so sleepy lately, meanin' i've been wantin' or else maybe needin' more sleep. this greatly contrasts from last yr 'round this time, when i was often wakin' up early to skateboard or to go to the gym. *sigh* well, i couldn't stand not gettin' ne exercise, so i proceeded w/ bikin' n' skatin' this wknd. i didn't have a weddin' to dj this past wknd. this comin' wknd, i have 'nother weddin'. i joked that this past wknd was a "bye," as they say in competitive sports.
on thurs nite, . . . [interrupted]
[later] 오후: i had lunch w/ the beautiful kaela hwang n' also vince. then i went to my orthopedist apptmnt. then, i hung out @ café aroma w/ kaela a li'l. we had lunch @ the pasta market in sunnyvale on el camino real, near fair oaks; cos i had an entertainment book ¢oupon that $aved us $10. i think the entertainment book
's doin' us some good. kaela orderd prawns pomodoro, n' i ordered veal mona lisa (a veal marsala type dish, which kaela sed was like sumpthin' from maggiano's.). well, what did the orthopedist say? *sigh* not much... un4tunately, kaiser docs r notorious 4 not sayin' much. *sigh* altho' i'm sure he's a nice guy; i gotta say that he didn't show much personality or emotion. neway, he motioned my knee, palpated a li'l... he used some elektronic device to measure the "looseness"'f my knee. he then ordered an mri, which'll be done next fri (not this fri; fri'f next wk). he sed i may've torn my acl n' meniscus. that's the 1st time i heard an expert say nethin' like that i might've torn my acl. every1 else sed lcl. honestly, i don't wanna believe his acl comment but'm just glad he got me into an mri apptmnt. [later] however, i guess i'm frustrated that i've gotta wait so long 4 my mri apptmnt. *sigh* do i need surgery, or do i not need surgery?! i'm almost dyin' to find out.
[later] 밤, 1110p: *sigh* after werk (a late day/nite), i met up w/ a grx couple re: djin' their weddin' in 0.5 moon bay on 2007년09월01일 (sept 1). we met @ the new cupertino peet's coffee. i had a nf (nonfat) masala chai latte. after the mtg, i drove 'cross the street (yah, shameful) to buy just a few gro¢eries @ whole fuds (whole pay¢he¢k). *sigh* everythin' there's so expen$ive. it reminded me'f 1'f my 1st times ever goin' to a whole fuds. dude, that was back in like... *shrug* 1999년 or 2000년 or so... i went to a whole fuds in san anselmo or somewhere like that... maybe greenbrae? back then, i was a single guy. back then, i was prob'ly a single guy, rt? altho' i had an appreciation 4 good fud, i couldn't comprehend why ppl'd ever $hop @ whole fuds n' pay so much 4 organik produce. *sigh* yrs later, i still couldn't believe in payin' sooo much 4 gro¢eries, but 'least when i went to whole fuds w/ kaela, she'd plead 4 buyin' this or that, n' then all'f the sudden, it made more sense to pay those outrageous pri¢es.
*sigh* ever since that orthopedist's apptmnt... i've been terrified to move cos i feel like ne move i make could make my left, lower leg fall rt off. *sigh* i'm terrified. c? i go thru this rollercoaster'f emotions. it's not fair! how can these docs just freak me out n' not tell me nethin' like when i'll ever be able to skate (skateboard) 'gain. *sigh* i hate this! i'm bein' held hostage, u know?
well, on thurs nite, after taekwondo praktice; well, a bunch'f ppl went over to the new quickley boba café. a few'f us were unsatisfied w/ the idea'f just havin' boba 4 dinner n' went over to 토방 tobang 4 a proper dinner'f grilled meat n' other stuff. on fri evenin', kaela n' i went to grx's t3 light small group. on sat... i went to the grx picnic @ sunnyvale baylands park. i went early n' helped cook n' also talked to this 1 dude 'bout djin' his weddin'. yah, i'm djin' a lot'f weddings. my clothes ended up smellin' like meat. i was cookin' sooo many burgers. aktually, besides burgers n' hot dogs, we had all these really fancy meat: pesto chicken n' this delicious tri.tip. 'twas a fancy bbq. this 1 gurl that was leadin' the cookin' is a cali4nia culinary akademy student n' 'nother is or was a chef 4 some martin yah restaurant. kaela eventually showed up after some seminar. we watched 11 ppl get baptised. we hung out 4 a long time. 'twas fun to have so many grx friends in 1 place. after the bbq, i swung by orchard supply to buy my hose n' extension cords. later, kaela n' i rode our bikes. we went to 한국 마켓 hangook market n' then to the dojang (u.s. taekwondo akademy) to say hi to our friends, then to fantasia 4 some hot boba drinks.
on sun, we went to church n' then to my mom's house 4 a mutha's day lunch. kaela n' i made ahi n' salmon poke salad n' this agar agar jelly fruit dessert. kaela also prepared some 도토리 묵 dotori mook. my sista's family brought some l&l bbq fud. oh yah... on sun morn, i skated (skateboarded) 'round the block w/ sooni. it was a bit scary. my knee... it felt ok, but i was a bit scared. *sigh* i don't like this emotional rollercoaster. oh yah, this wknd, kaela n' i watched brokeback mountain dvd.
화요일 오후: i can't believe it's already 2007년05월15일! i can't believe it's already the 15th day'f may, 0.5way thru may. i can't believe it's already may, almost 0.5way thru the yr. i can't believe it's already 2007, more than 0.5way thru the decade n' almost 10 yrs since i graduated college. well, shoot; @ some pt, i'll hafta accept that. recently, (i think 'twas cos'f a thread on bronx's junkyard forums) i was thinkin' 'bout how this ol' indian man @ my 1st job (ebmud) that sat in the cubicle 'cross from me sed, 'i always wondered why, when you're a kid time moves so slowly; but when you're an old man, time moves so quickly. when you're a kid, you wait for summer break to end, and it takes forever. when you're an adult, it seems like there's never enough time, and your kids grow up so fast.' i kind of paraphrased what he said, so i used the single quotes. that was like 10 yrs 'go that he sed that. he was a nice man. i always worried that he distrakted me from my werk cos he didn't have much werk 4 himself n'd always chat w/ me when i needed to get my werk done. [later] in a way, i wish i werked w/ more guys like him still... cos he was philosophikal n' thought n' reflekted on life (but was still an engr).
2day, durin' my lunchbrk, i went to c the beautiful kaela hwang @ her clinik. honestly, her treatments make my knee feel better. that orthopedist, he made me feel horrible... emotionally n' psychologikally. b4 cin' him, i felt good 'bout my knee. after cin' him, i became so apprehensive to walk. check out what i posted on the snowbomb.com forums:
it takes sooo freaking long to get an mri with kaiser. the docs all tell me not to do anything strenuous but don't tell me when - if ever - everything will be back to normal. worse yet, the last doc i saw said that my acl might be torn... not that he really looked at it all that much... but i think he's just trying to cover his @$$ just in case. geez! they might as well give me a false cancer diagnosis while they're at it... just in case! they should tell everyone they only have six months to live. grrr! it's quite frustrating.
well, i have an mri appointment next, next friday. wow, it's going to be over a month since my injury by the time i get an mri!
do u have facebook? here's a link to my facebook profile. here's a link to my friendster profile. here's a link to my myspace profile. if u have ne'f these social netwerkin' accts, maybe u can add me as a friend! does ne1 use yahoo 360°??? dude, we've gotta find sumpthin' that unites all these social netwerkin' sites the way trillian united all the diff im (instant msging) programs. dude... last wk (n' prob'ly the wk b4), i kept cin' these annoyin' ads 4 zwinky.com. kaela n' i wikied up zwinky. it looks like some kind'f spyware! u dl the program n' generate an avatar that sits in ur system tray or sumpthin'. scary stuff, if u ask me. it changes ur default search engine n' all, u know? dude, i don't need a cartoon avatar! i'd much use my own, real pic. i think that ought to be a law. u ought to have ur pic on the internet so that ppl know whatchu look like. i mean, shoot... i think every1 ought to have a well.updated blog, but that ain't gonna happen.
4 lunch 2day, kaela n' i ate @ thai pepper, rt 'cross the street from her clinik. we went there cos'f an entertainment book ¢oupon; but after we sat down, kaela realised that the ¢oupon's only valid during dinner, not lunch. rats. kaela ordered panang curry chicken, n' i ordered green bean pork. the fud was pretty good.
this morn, i skateboarded 'round the block w/ sooni. i'm not yet jumpin' off curbs or olliein'; just rollin', crusin', n' sidewalk carvin'. i enjoi it 'nuff @ this pt; n' so does sooni.
rt now, i have this painful ulcer on my tongue n' an infekted cut on the inside'f my bottom lip. honestly, these r blessings cos they make it painful to eat, n' i shouldn't eat 2 much since i can't get much exercise.
수요일 아침: hi. how r u? seriously, plz lemme know. u can sign my gbook or send me an e.mail. a li'l while 'go, i was readin' this mercury news article on how britain's prince edward visited our company yesterday: "Prince Edward promotes volunteerism in Silicon Valley visit." i found it interesting just cos the beautiful kaela hwang recently finished watchin' the mbc kdrama 궁 goong (aka: palace: princess hours). in case u don't know, 궁 goong's a story that takes place in an imaginary settin', where korea still has a royal family. it's really fun.
[later] yesterday evenin', kaela n' i went to taekwondo praktice. i tried my best to do 품새 poomsae durin' the black belt class. it frustrated me that i couldn't get into nice stances or kick. i tried my best, tho', to do my 품새 poomsase well otherwise. *sigh* after the colored belt class, we went to 99 치킨 (googoo chicken) on el camino real n' bowers, next to 길복 gilmok. i ate 2 much! :-( *sigh* dude, i really need to exercise! *sigh* well, yesterday n' 2day, i skateboarded w/ sooni in the morn. that's not really a whole lot'f exercise tho', 'specially since i just go 1nce 'round the short block. *sigh* i really wish i could go skate @ the sunnyvale skate park. that's decent exercise. [later, 오후] this wknd, i ate 2 much @ the *grx* bbq n' then @ our mutha's day party. last nite, i ate 2 much.
[later] kaela n' i went to taxi's hamburgers in the santa clara mercado 4 lunch cos'f an entertainment book ¢oupon. wow, we're gettin' some good use out'f that book! it's great. i thought we'd both ordered vegetarian sandwiches, but they were both hamburgers w/ lots'f vegetarian toppings. upes. i should've switched my patty from beef to turkey. kaela ordered the monterey (portabella shrooms, shiitake shrooms, cheese), n' i ordered the santa cruz (aguacate [avocado], daikon sprouts, jack cheese, roma tomatoes). c? w/ those ingredients, i thought they were both vegetarian sandwiches. since i thought our sandwiches were healthy, i proceeded to order a "share" order'f beer battered onion rings. upes. 'twas 'lot'f fud, so kaela n' i both finished only 0.5'f our burgers. dude, i eat 2 much n' need to exercise more! input must be less than output!
[later] yesterday, i joined go211.com n' created my profile. go211.com's s'pposed to be a 'social netwerking' site 4 "action sports" enthusiasts. u make a profile. there r forums. there r feature articles. it reminds me'f tkdspace.com but 4 "action sports," not taekwondo. here's my profile. it's neat how i can specify which "action sports" i'm into (snowboarding, skateboarding) n' then show what gear i ride 4 those sports. that's kind'f fun.
[later] 저녁 이지만 아직도 직장에서: i need to buy us some black ink 4 our dell aio 924 printer. i'll prob'ly buy it from 123inkjets.com
; but do i use my link or the mypoints.com reward program? my link'll pay 28% commission. the mypoints.com program'll gimme 350 pts (a li'l less than $3.50) n' 10% off my order over $60. hrm, can i not get the same 10% di$¢ount via my link? a remanufaktured black ink cartridge ¢o$ts $22.95 (replaces dell m4640). a remanufaktured colour ink cartridge ¢o$ts $24.95 (replaces dell m446). they also have a "valuepack" that contains 4 m4640 n' 2 m4646 4 $134.62. hrm, there's free $hippin' 4 all orders over $55 or else $3.95 $hippin' on all other orders. hrm, what to do? i wish ink jet ink weren't sooo freakin' expen$ive!
[later] 밤, 1000p: i went to 24 hour fitness after werk, lifted n' rode the stationary bike. *sigh* i really wanted to do sach's 700p turbo kick box (tkb) class. [later] 1047p: we ate random junk 4 dinner, includin' some leftovers n' the corned beef n' cabbage from super suppers that i tried to cook like a wk 'go but didn't finish cookin' till... well, kaela finished cookin' it 2nite while i was fillin' up on gas 4 $3.339/gal @ ¢o$t¢o. *sigh* i've gotta werk on dj stuff 4 this wknd. bizzy life... i'm ponderin' skippin' taekwondo 2morrow nite since i can't spar neway.
화요일 오후: some kewl links i found in pc magazine (2007년05월22일 may 22, 2007 issue)...
[later] neway, how r u? i'm ok. i still wish that stoopid mri apptmnt'd be sooner! >:-( i s'ppose i'm not the happiest w/ kaiser these days, eh? *shrug* however, what would life be life if i had aetna instead'f kaiser? @ my werk, we have a choice btwn kaiser n' aetna. kaela sed, w/ aetna, i'd be visitin' 'lot more small offices. [a li'l later] i used up my lunchbrk 2day to get chiropraktic treatment @ the beautiful kaela hwang's clinik. when i returned to my office, i was pleasantly surprised that my office was havin' an office.cleanin' party n' had a bunch'f finger sandwiches. kewl! otherwise, i would've gone down to the werk.com cafeteria to buy like a salad n' soup or sumpthin'. shoot, i need to eat more veggies n' less carbs n' fat! that nite (tues nite) @ 구구 치킨 (googoo chicken / 99 chicken) was maybe a bit'f a mistake. *sigh* i'm thinkin'f skipping taekwondo praktice n' taekwondo class 2nite to werk on dj stuff 4 this sat's weddin'. @ the same time, i need exercise. however, in my condition, teachin' taekwondo isn't great exercise. who can help me move dj equipment on sat???
*sigh* palmer west chiropraktic college's closin' their santa clara benton street clinik. i don't like that. they're movin' all their chiropraktic interns from benton over to their main tasman clinik. *sigh* it's been so much easier 4 me to visit kaela @ her benton clinik than when she was @ the tasman clinik. *sigh* i don't like this. this begins 2007년07월01일 july 1, 2007. i picked up a letter @ the benton clinik's receptionist's desk. it sez that the new hrs @ the tasman clinik'll be:
[later] last nite, i saw a kewl commercial: it's 4 garmin gps, 4 the consumer car gps navigation systems. it featured an asian.am couple in a convertible. they get lost, n' the pull over on the side'f the road. sure, it's cliché to have a husband stubbornly refuse to admit to bein' lost n' askin' 4 direktions, but then there's a twist - they pulled over next to a yao ming billboard. yao ming's pic comes alive n' tells them to "get garmin." then he gives the man his garmin gps system. the couple zooms off, leavin' behind their paper map. yao crumples up the paper map into a ball n' shoots it into a trash can. [later] what a great commercial! what a great, posi+ive portrayal/representation'f asian.ams. finally, sumpthin' good 4 a change! freakin' a! (i've been sayin' "freakin' a" 2 much lately.)
[later] 저녁 이지만 아직도 사무실에서: 4 a long time, i've wondered what's up w/ that christian fish symbol. i wikied up "christian fish symbol." i ended up @ the entry 4 "iscthus." then i clicked on a link n' ended up on the entry 4 "ichthys." yah, when i was a hi skool kid or maybe in college (but i think 'twas in hi skool), a pastor told us that back in the early days'f christianity, christians used the 'jesus fish' as a sekret symbol: a christian, upon mtg some1 who might or might not be a christian (potentially some1'd rat'im/'er out as a christian n' send'em to his/her death), 'd draw a semicircle in the sand or whate'er. if the person wasn't a christian, he/she'd prob'ly draw a matchin' semicircle that completes the circle. however, a christian'd know to draw the semicircle tilted off a bit to make a fish. after a while, i started thinkin' that maybe that pastor had just made up a good story, but wiki sez it's true. wow, that's kewl! i know i always used to c the wurd "ixoye" inside the "jesus fish," so i wikied up "ixoye" n' ended up back @ "ichthys." "ichthys"'s a greek acronym:
[later] 밤, 917p: check out this youtube video: "simpsons football." it's the climaktic scene from the episode where homer goes back to college n' goes to the springfield u v. springfield a&m futbol game. @ the end, the place kicker kicks, n' his lower leg falls off. that's 'xaktly what i worry'll happen to me, when i think 'bout what that kaiser orthopedist sed, u know?
금요일 오후: hi, how r u? plz sign my gbook n' lemme know. seriously! how r u? how'm i? well... *sigh* it's fri. i'm ok. i wish i were happier, eh? there r some good things n' some stressful things. 'what else is new,' eh? earlier this wk, i was happy cos on my palm, on avantgo.com my journal page came out normal... u c, 4 the past couple'f months or so, the page has been comin' out funky on avantgo -- the page gets all wide, n' i hafta scroll left to rt to read stuff. that's very inconvenient. then the prob got fixed when i deleted my older entries from the recent page, u know? however, that only lasted a couple'f days or so. 2day, the prob's back, which means that yesterday's entry has sumpthin' in it that is skrewin' up my page on avantgo. it's a formatting thing. i dunno 'xaktly what it is. it might be the lists. *shrug*
*sigh* yesterday, i skipped taekwondo. i stayed @ werk just a li'l late cos i've got a decent 'mount'f werk now. i got moved onto a diff projekt recently. it's a more excitin' projekt 4 me. things r, i guess, lookin' up. i feel like, in a way, i found new life @ werk... cos b4 that, i was gettin' a li'l... *shrug* how should i say it? "bored?" i dunno if that's the rt wurd. "bored" or "discouraged?" "frustrated?" pretty much every1 knows that in the past few yrs, @ werk, i've had to put up w/ this 1 cowerker that's just nasty... i mean, he's really bitter n' discouragin' n' just says mean things all the time... he just sucks the life out'f me. neway, i get to werk on a diff projekt now, n' that's really given me new life @ werk cos i werk w/ this other engr that's a good, nice guy. lemme tell u... a design review should be a review'f the projekt not'f the engr... why should an engr hafta defend himself durin' a design review? if nethin', he should be defendin' his concept, not himself n' his abilities! i hate how certain ppl turn design reviews into a chance to try to nitpick @ other engrs to bring'em down, make'em look bad. i hate that. it's so not produktive! neway, yah... i guess i've got a new projekt @ werk, n' so yah... i was @ werk just a li'l late. i missed taekwondo, but the beautiful kaela hwang told me to come home. i'd left my cellfon in my car by accident, but i called her from my office fon, n' she told me to come home. thus, i went home. 1'f the 1st things she sed was that she was gonna go to some stoopid international a.k. (applied kinesiology) conference cos her classmate friend got a paper accepted. what the heck, man. if she had a paper that was accepted, that's 1 thing, but does she really hafta waste our $$$ to go just cos her friend's paper got accepted?! grr... that put me in a foul mood. we ate some random stuff from the fridge n' freezer 4 dinner. i werked on some wedding djin' stuff. *sigh* the tv was on, but i was happy to c that kaela fliopped to the simpsons when the e.r. season finale came on. 1) i hate e.r. n' 2) while watchin' the 1st minute or so'f it, i was reminded just how bad the aktin' is on that show. dude! no doktors'd interakt n' dialogue like that in real life! grr!!! i'm sick'f hospital shows, n' the only 1 i can sort'f tolerate's scrubs. i'm so glad scott "jeongkang" liles bagged on e.r. n' grey's anatomy on his blog! (he's an m.d.) *sigh* neway, yah... that chiropraktic conference thingy... i got a southwest itinerary sent to me this afternoon, so i know kaela's gonna be gone from june 5~11 or sumpthin' like that. the follow.up apptmnt w/ the kaiser orthopedist's on june 6 (after my mri on may 25). u know... last nite i was really mad, but i felt so helpless cos'f my knee. when i get stressed, my knee cms to hurt more. i felt pretty frustrated. u know what i feel like sometimes? i feel like a guy who tried to kill himself but failed. i know; that sounds really extreme. however, geez... this is takin' so long... *sigh* sooo much'f my life's dependent on my knees! this is what it means really not to place faith in ur physikal body but to put faith in god.
m.d. ("medikal doktors") v. chiropraktors: *sigh* i'm always hearin'f this dichotomy cos kaela's in chiropraktic skool n' almost a chiropraktor. lemme tell u; yah, i've got plenty'f experience w/ this stuff. i usually avoid medikal care, but i've been 4ced to visit m.d.s lately cos'f my frustratin' knee injury.
i'm quite a bit displeased w/ how the kaiser m.d.s treat me. i've benefitted 'lot more from the chiropraktic care i get from kaela @ her clinik. m.d.s... i have friends that r m.d.s, but it's always cmed to me that many m.d.s r in the profession just 4 the status n' "glory." back in college @ berkeley, i knew n' hung out w/ many, many, many ppl who were "premed," i.e. they were intendin' to apply to medikal skool. well, some'f them made it into medikal skool, n' some'f them r now m.d.s. neway, some'f the "pre.med" students weren't my friends, n' lemme tell u -- in gen'l most pre.med students were sooo competitive n' cut.throat that i can't ever imagine them havin' the kind'f personalities capable'f truly carin' 4 a patient. from what i observed, it was all 'bout them, all 'bout whatever they could do to benefit themselves n' only themselves. i feel like i do c the fruits'f that kind'f attitude in the way some m.d.s treat their patients. i feel like they really don't care 'bout their patients but simply enjoi walkin' back late from lunch w/ their other m.d. friends, walkin' like rock stars past all the sufferin' patients in the waitin' rm. 'oooh, harsh wurds!' well, heh... i know not all m.d.s r like that, n' i know that those who r my friends r good doktors.
yah, i'm more impressed w/ alternative medicine doktors... in gen'l. yah, i think more'f them have less'f that "pre.med, cut.throat" personality, which makes them more carin' doktors. however... that's not to say that alternative medicine doktors don't have their dark side. lemme tell u 'bout 'least a few'f'em:
1) alternative medicine doktors r sometimes 2 open.minded n' thus waste ur time w/ a bunch'f hocus pocus that won't ever lead newhere! some'f these s'pposedly well.respekted chiropraktors that go 'round on tours teachin' other chiropraktors sound n' akt like guys that pitch free "real estate" seminars on late nite tv. a long time 'go, kaela n' i were hangin' out w/ tim fong @ borders in sunnyvale, n' we were talkin' bout how berkeley's so open.minded, which was kind'f good 4 martial arts cos more adults were willin' to try martial arts. however, on the flip side, ppl were 2 open.minded n' like "everythin'" was "cool." tim gave the great example'f how in berkeley, some1 can smoke pot all day, n' ppl r ok w/ that. that's true. in berkeley, some1 can say he smokes pot all day, n' some ppl'll say, "hey, that's great! every1 should have a cause. i'm glad u found urself a hobby." c? open minds r good, but... there ought to be a diff btwn open.mindedness n' just plain stoopidity! then there's the "don't knock it till u've tried it" excuse. argh, dude! i don't hafta try everything. ppl might say don't knock homo$3xuality till u've tried it, but heck! i'm not gonna try homo$3xuality! i know it ain't 4 me! some alternative medicines r just whack. if it's not gonna werk, it's not gonna werk; just give up on it! 4get that "u've gotta believe in it 4 it to werk" cr@p. u know whatchu call that? placebo effekt! sure, it sounds kewl to say that ur medicine comes from some ancient native tribe'f some far off land, but does it werk? that's an important question that just won't go 'way on its own! lack'f research due to lack'f funds is 1 thing, but lack'f research due to lack'f desire/motivation's 'nother. well, i guess what's worse than not havin' ne real results is fakin' results. 1 skool'f thought that i'm buyin' more into these days's that the efficacy'f a medicine's greatly dependent on genetiks n' well... 4 lack'f a better wurd - race. what werks 4 1 ppl grp might not werk 4 'nother. i know it's all happy feelgood to say that we're all the same underneath our differently coloured skin; but i think that shoot... if 1 kind'f medicine werks 4 1 ppl grp but doesn't 4 'nother; then, let's accept that.
2) some alternative medicine doktors still have the snobby attitudes'f those bad m.d.s but don't even have the minds capable'f the edukation that the some m.d.s love to boast. i hate when ppl use their edukational/akademic background to define themselves n' elevate their statuses. however, maybe it's worse when u'r pretty much just fakin' it n' r pretty much "frontin'," as they'd say in early 1990s rap songs. doktors'f all medicines ought to show more humility. did i come here to feel better or to hear 'bout how smart u think u r! oh, that brings me to my next pt which is prob'ly my most important 1...
3) some alternative medicine doktors r more interested in provin' their medicine (or themselves) than in ur well.bein', which'f course is no better or worse than the bad m.d.s). small dog syndrome n' low self.esteem... if ur medicine really werks, then u ought to be confident in it 'nuff to be focused on my overall well.bein' n' not just usin' me to prove how great u n' ur esoterik medicine is! part'f this prob is due to lack'f research. some alternative medicine doktors don't have the statistiks to prove that their medicine werks, so they're always huntin' n' huntin' 4 those personal testimonials to back up their werk. however, if u pi$$ me off w/ this kind'f mentality n' approach, u won't get a good recommendation from me whether or not ur medicine werks!
ok, i think i'm done rantin' on doktors'f all skools n' done pi$$in' off every1. oh well, i'm just tellin' it like it is, n' i guess i can't be everybody's friend. oh yah... i 4got an important pt: some alternative medicine doktors as well as conventional medicine m.d.s just wanna c boobies. ok, heh heh... now, i've thoroughly pi$$ed off every1! :-) rant over.
월요일 오후: it's been 'xaktly 1 month since i busted my knee. funny: last nite, the beautiful kaela hwang n' i went out to dinner to celebrate our 46th monthversary. now, 2day's the 1st monthversary'f my knee injury. *sigh* i really hate not bein' able to get exercise! :-( i'm really sleepy 2day cos i stayed up late 2 nites in a row, watchin' lords'f dogtown on netflix dvd n' then the extra special features on the unleashed version. *sigh* i guess i should give a total wknd recap @ this pt, eh?
ok, on thurs nite, i skipped taekwondo praktice to werk on wedding dj stuff, as i'd sed. fri nite, kaela n' i went to our wkly grx t3 light couples small grp bible study gathering. it was a big gathering. the evite put the attendance @ 24, but i realised 2day that that included kids - only 19 adults. neway, that's still kewl. neway, we had a good time n' then went home.
on sat, i woke up decently early but not early 'nuff. i werked on my dj stuff 4 the weddin' that nite. i cooked some latke (potato pancakes) from a boxed mix. i 4get if i bought that @ trader joe's or @ albertsons. *shrug* we ate those latke w/ some trader joe's pear sauce - which kaela bought from trader joe's a while 'go but proclaimed was 2 sweet by itself - n' some packaged melon n' grape fruit salad that i bought from albertsons on fri after werk along w/ some microwave frozen pizza, which we ate 4 dinner on fri nite. well, i werked on my dj stuff all morn on sat. kaela cooked some 볶음빱 bokkeumbap (fried rice) 4 lunch. then our friend tim fong came over to help me move my dj equipment out'f our house n' into my subaru forester. what a nice guy. (btw, tim has stated that he'll now require u to have a xanga acct to read his xanga [blog], which i believe's totally fair. exploitation'f internet anonymity totally $u¢ks!!! anonymous flamers r the worst.) neway, kaela n' i got to the weddin' @ vallco's dynasty chinese restaurant in good time. i was surprised to find out that we were in the back room, not the front room. last time that i djed there, i djed in the front room. the back room's quite a bit bigger. friends'f the bride n' groom helped me move my gear into the room. they were really nice. i djed. it was a really pleasant gig. most'f my gigs r really pleasant n' fun. if i had ne construktive criticism.type feedback, it'd be that i would've liked to have werked w/ the mcs a li'l better - 1 issue was that my dinner seat was a bit far from my dj setup, n' it was hard to run up to my station, whereas the mcs were really close to the mic. so there was 'least 1tym but not many, when the mc started talkin' n' i had no clue he was gonna talk, n' so i had to make a mad dash up to my mixer to turn down the musik. after that incident (maybe it was more isolated), i set my mixer's mic channel on "auto talk" or "auto mute," the settin' that turns down the musik automatikally when some1 starts talkin' into the mic. it's not as good as havin' me turn down the musik manually but better than nuthin'. the couple was very cute. they make a great couple 2gether! kaela remarked that the groom's li'l bro, the best man, made a funny best man's toast/speech by askin' both the bride's n' groom's parents stand up as if he wsa gonna say sumpthin' really profund n' then sayin', "on behalf of everyone here tonight, i'd like to say, 'thanks for the free food.'" every1 got a good laff out'f that. oh yah, 1 other bit'f construktive criticism.type feedback i'd like to povide is that the karaoke revolution didn't werk 2 great cos the sound balancin'/equalisation's done on the sony playstation n' not from my mixer. i'm sure lots'f ppl thought 'twas my fault that the vocals were 2 soft n' that we kept gettin' fdbk (feedback). i werked hard to minimise the fdbk. the fud was great. gee, @ chinese wedding banquets, we get sooo much fud! kaela n' i sat w/ the groom's cowerkers, who conversed in mandarin the whole evenin'. the waitress cmed to refuse to come to our table to refill our ice water glasses. the dancin' part'f the nite was great. my mixes werked well 4 the most part. i'm very thankful that the weddin' coordinators didn't overwerk me. they cut off the dancin' @ the set time; only like 10 mins over skedule. some wedding coordinators or bridal parties praktically demand that i dj until the very last person's sick'f dancin' n' the venue kicks us out. then, it's like i'm bein' held hostage. the crowd was a fun crowd - fun n' pleasant. there weren't ne punks or thugs or pushy ppl. that's great. the groomsmen helped me move my stuff back into my car really quickly. then kaela n' i zoomed off back home. i really like these close venues! i get a whole month off b4 my next wedding dj gig; which is kind'f a relief, i've gotta admit. i mean, i love djin' n' really like djin' weddings cos they're usually "a time 4 pure celebration," but i guess it's been a bit taxin' on kaela. kaela n' i watched lords of dogtown that nite.
on sun, i woke up early (despite stayin' up so late to watch lords of dogtown) cos duk came to help me move my dj equipment from the car into my house b4 church @ grx. grx's sunday celebration service was @ the santa clara hyatt on sat, n' pastor abel orozco gave/delivered the msg on jacob/esau n' isaac/rebekah. after service, kaela n' i chatted w/ our friends dean n' julia. i'd djed their weddin' almost 2 yrs 'go now, eh? like, not quite 2 yrs... maybe 1.5 yrs... 2005년11월... after that, kaela n' i went to the sunnyvale ¢0$t¢o 4 lunch n' $hoppin'. kaela noted that it had been soooo long since we went to ¢0$t¢o, so we spent 2 hrs there. we ran into our friends darrell n' elaine there. we bought tons'f stuff @ ¢0$t¢o but also utlised many &cen;toupons n' got a decent di$¢ount. this 1 woman ran her $hopping cart into my left ankle, n' it hurt. she apologised, but i hate to admit that i aktually just sort'f ignored her n' walked 'way. i wish i'd been nicer 'bout it, but... then 'gain, she shouldn't've rammed my ankle. it's the christian dilemma, man. part'f me tries to be all hi diddly freakin' ho like ned flanders; but then 'gain, @ some pt, part'f me sez that i shouldn't fake it n' that havin' a woman ram her ¢0$t¢o $hopppin' cart into the ankle attached to my leg w/ the sprained knee's not the funnest thing in the world. *sigh* ¢0$t¢o is indeed a madhouse on a sunday afternoon, but we hadn't been there in sooo long that we were willin' to brave it or tuff it out. oh yah, 4 lunch, kaela had a slice'f combo pizza n' i had a polish sausage. oh, n' we shared a churro. great diet, eh? [later] in the latter afternoon, i did house chores n' yardwerk n' then took sooni 4 a bath @ pet fud express on stevens crk blvd. i used the last'f our stock'f pet fud express pet wash tokens. we'll hafta buy a new batch, n' the pri¢e went up a while 'go. :-( sooni really needed a bath tho'. the funny thing's that sooni'd trapper herself in our master bathrm shower earlier that day. i've mentioned here b4 that she does that every so often. kaela believes it's cos she's scared'f the sound'f strong wind blowin' by our house. 4 some reason, sometimes, when she's home 'lone, she walks into our glass shower n' then sits there. 4 some reason, she can't get out. sometimes, my towel's hangin' on the glass door, n' that makes it hard or impossible to open the door after it's been opened 1nce cos the towel falls a li'l n' jams the door closed from the inside. however, there r other thimes when i've found her in there, n' i really dunno why she can't get out, especially since she managed to get in. *shrug* well, in the evenin', i took kaela out 4 our 46th wedding monthversary dinner @ sunnyvale's il postale. ah, that restaurant has such a non.sunnyvale feel to it. i can sort'f pretend i'm in oakland's rockridge neighbourhood, north berkeley's solano avenue, somewhere in marin county like san rafael, stanfurd's university avenue, or maybe even some quaint neighbourhood in sf. i know, to some sf city purists, it's like sacrilege to say newhere (anywhere) in suburban or corporate sunnyvale looks like newhere in sf. however, i dunno... it's a classy place. kaela ordered the blackened salmon (even tho' she disliked burnt fud) n' a glass'f pinot grigio, n' i ordered the beef bracioli n' a glass'f 2001 machiavelli chianti classico reservo. we shared an appetizer'f grilled marinated artichoke on mixed greens n' a dessert'f blueberry cheesecake w/ fresh strawberries 
along w/ 2 cups'f decaf coffee. i wanted to do sumpthin' fun after dinner, but kaela had to go home n' study 4 some midterm 2day while she studied late into the nite, i watched the special features on the lords'f dogtown.
ok, plz allow me to get just a li'l editorial here: there's 1 deleted scene that really deserved to get deleted, n' yah as expekted it's the scene where tony alva gets it on w/ bai ling durin' the big skate competition. don't get me wrong - tony alva is a skate hero, a legend; n' if he wants to have a relationship w/ a female'f ne race, that's fine by me. it's just that, wow... bai ling... she never plays a normal woman, does she? she's always some "me love you long time" $lutty chick... in freakin' every movie she does, rt? i dunno; in my book, she may be the worst, negative impakt on asian female stereotypes in the media. has she ever played a char that really portrayed asian women in a posi+ive way?! 'gain, what bothers me 'bout this scene isn't that she's havin' some kind'f interracial relations. it's that the tony alva char's like under her skirt, given her oral $3x n' she's sayin' the cheesiest things! c? that's not necessary. seriously, i think bai ling's the worst influence on asian female stereotypes in the media, but can u think'f some1 worse? there might be some1. :-?
[later, rant on asian media stereotypes over] 2day, kaela n' i had a very produktive lunch hr. we ate 냉면 naengmyuhn @ 청기와 chunggiwa, ate 과일 팥빙수 gwail patbingoo @ café aroma ('cross flora vista from 청기와 chunggiwa), n' then went to postal annex to get our world harvest mission applikations notorised by chuck c. kim, notary publik. can i share w/ u a "dorky little secret?" 4 some unknown reason; 4 a while, i've wondered what it'd be like to be a notary publik. i dunno. i feel like it'd be a bit'f an honour, like bein' a boy scout. 'huh?!' yah, i guess that comparison doesn't make a whole lot'f sense.
[later] 저녁 이지만 아직도 사무실에서: from jeanna's blog, i followed a link to the wgbh morning stories radio program's podcasts. i listened to an .mp3'f 1 episode'f interest called "a higher education." i thought that program was very weird. the way the host tony kahn conversed w/ the chinese teenage gurl was a bit 2 patronisin'. u know how asian.ams say that they hate it when ignorant non.asian, amerikans come up to them n' unintentionally say things that really offend them? stuff like "wow, u speak really good english!" yah, it was 2 much like that. furthermore, the way he talked sounded like a man hangin' by the curb, outside'f a skool, offerin' fuzzy puppies or lollipops to lure kids into his car. next, not to be mean, but the korean.amerikan gurl that they interviewed (who's 'bout my age) had the strangest accent, prob'ly due to livin' in new york - she didn't sound like ne korean.amerikan i hang out w/ out here on the west coast! she sounded more like a female woody allen w/ a bit'f a chinese accent. *shrug* neway, that korean.amerikan gurl sed that she came to amerika when she was like 14 or 15; n' now when she returns to korea, 14 or 15 yrs later, she feels koreans shun her as a total foreigner. :-/ hrm, i don't buy that. i mean, it must be her n' not nethin' to do w/ korean culture v. growin' up in amerikan as a korean.amerikan cos both times that i went to korea, i was treated very well n' treated as if i were a complete korean even tho' i'm not korean by blood @ all. furthermore, the korean.amerikans w/ whom i travelled were treated really well n' welcomed to their muthaland totally fine. i'll tell u this: if u'r an asian.am who visits the muthaland w/ the attitude that u'r so much better cos u'r so freakin' "amerikan," then yah, expekt to be shunned like a foreigner (cos u deserve it). if u go n' u respekt the muthaland's culture, then u'll be treated fine. that's simply from my observation. that korean.amerikans sed that she's treated like such a foreigner in amerika. hrm, where is wgbh located? ah, boston, not new york. ok. neway... yah, i know in many places in the united states, yah... an asian.am might be treated like a foreigner. however, maybe things r diff out here in the bay area; but i feel it's not that hard 4 an asian.am to find a com4table balance btwn asian n' amerikan culture, is it? heh, maybe i'm just bein' insensitve. lemme tell u sumpthin' tho': i've sed it a million times, but i'll say it 'gain. i, as well as prob'ly many other taiwanese ppl kind'f envy the sense'f unity that korean culture has. it's common 4 korean.amerikans to give each other a "welcome home" kind'f treatment. u know, in a way (n' only in a way, don't take it overboard), korean.amerikans give each other the hookups. like, 'mongst taiwanese.amerikans, (i feel) u've gotta go thru this long, arduous screenin'... "do u speak taiwanese or mandarin? ... oh yah, well, i speak hakka. ... ur taiwanese sounds like u'r from taipei; well, i'm from kaohsiung. ... which presidential candidate did ur family support in the last taiwanese elektion? ... well, not mine! ... oh, u made a mistake n' meant the other 1? well, i got mixed up 2, so we're still on opposite sides!" n' when u'r lucky 'nuff to find out that the person u'r dealin' w/ turns out to be the grandson'f ur grandfather's best friend, all u get is, "oh, ok... cool, i don't hate you." ha ha ha... ok, just kidding there. after all, i do admit that i have experienced times when bein' taiwanese had perks - 168 4 example... also, there was that time when i managed to buy kaela those nice jeweled hairpins in taiwan n' condukt the whole transation in taiwanese. of course, chinese ppl have that big split btwn cantonese n' mandarin, n' ugh... well, this makes me curious 'bout what it's like growin' up desi amongst faktions involvin' india v. pakistan, hindu v. muslim, brahman v. untouchable, hindi v. punjabi, n' so on n' so 4th. i mean, i've heard stories; but, 4 the most part, i can only imagine. headaches, eh? well, neway; all i'm sayin' (n' w/o disrespekt to ne culture)'s that it's not that hard to feel @ home 'mongst koreans.
화요일 오후:
"california" by hawk nelson
i'm not falling for anymore of these tricks
i'm so tired of everything here
the sun is calling me to the west
everyone's having fun out there
my bags are packed
and i'm lookin out the window
everything is so outdated here
i wanna move west to where the sun is shining
i want my friends to all be there
ohhhhhh ohhhhhhh
let's pack up and move to california
she's got lots of friends out there
we'd never get bored cause we can go boarding
let's let the sunshine take us there
i'm tired of taking it slow
so tired but i'm not sleeping
i'm wired about to pick up my board
cos we're all heading out for the weekend
let's pack up and move to california
hop on board before we get older
raise your hands and shout for california
c'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon
let's pack up and move to california
she's got lots of friends out there
we'd never get bored cause we can go boarding
let's let the sunshine take us there
c'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon
let's pack up and move to california
she's got lots of friends out there
we'd never get bored cause we can go boarding
let's let the sunshine take us there
let's pack up and move to california
she's got lots of friends out there
we'd never get bored cause we can go boarding
let's let the sunshine take us there
let's pack up and move to california
hop on board before we get older
raise your hands we're heading for the border
c'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon
a while 'go, roland (rolo) started a thread on the bronx's junkyard forums called "guilty pleasures" 'bout things u really enjoi but r kind'f embarrassed to enjoi. he mentioned that he's really into teenybopper pop, n' i sed that i'm addikted to bloggin' n' readin' blogs. aktually, i guess - in a way, i'm like roland in that teenybopper pop musik thing cos i guess it's kind'f embarassing that i really like pop punk stuff like hawk nelson, the all-american rejekts, relient k, jimmy eats world, good charlotte, blink 182, ('f course) relient k, etc. skaters r s'pposed to listen to real hardcore punk like black flag, minor threat, the circle jerks, etc., rt? well, i like some black flag songs. i like social distortion. i'm not 2 sure what minor threat or the circle jerks sound like. i like green day; r they real punk or pop punk?
neway, that hawk nelson song "california..." ah, ain't cali4nia a great state? c? by definition, cali4nians need to ride boards: surfboards, skateboards, snowboards, ..., ironing boards, bulletin boards, cutting boards... ha ha ha. i need my knee back so i can be a cali4nian 'gain. ha ha ha. *sigh* pastor abel's msg (sermon) this past sunday (@ grx) was on "self.entitlement." (u can listen/dl the mp3 @ the grx website. he played a clip from the movie friday night lights, in which a kid has a bad knee injury (acl?) n' has'ta quit futbol even tho' he had a really, really promisin' future in it up until that pt. pastor abel sed it's a true story. the kid, in the movie, was devastated n' cryin', as he sat in his dad's car. pastor abel sed that the guy ends up healin' but only playin' futbol @ community college n' then not goin' ne further n' then like... i think pastor abel sed he got into trouble. i 4get. let's consult wiki: friday night lights (film). ok, the dude's name's james "boobie" miles. hrm, a google search cms to be tellin' me that james "boobie" miles "is curently trying to put together a hip-hop group" n' "has two children." the link 4 that is dead (goes nowhere). neway... futbol amériain : texas :: boardsports : california. i sure never had a real, "promisin'" future in snowboarding or skateboarding but enjoi them plenty. well, pastor abel's pt was that james "boobie" miles really felt entitled to playin' futbol. 1 quote, which i found in the wiki article, from james in the movie:
mike winchell: hey boobie
boobie miles: what?
mike winchell: you didn't lift.
boobie miles: c'mon, baby. this is god-given. only thing i gotta do is just show up.
hrm, i didn't watch the movie; but maybe that's an example'f how james "boobie" miles felt like he was entitled to bein' a great futbol star. if i were to say that it's my rt as a cali4nian to be able to skate (skateboard) n' snowboard all the time, then that'd be "self.entitlement." [later, 저녁 이지만 아직도 사무실에서] if god takes 'way futbol from a texan or boardsports from a cali4nian... then life goes on. god provides.
durin' my lunchbrk 2day, i got chiropraktic treatment from the beautiful kaela hwang. then, we went to eat lunch. we discovered an amazing, unexpektedly authentik japanese restaurant rt by her clinik in santa clara's old town, over by santa clara u: hatcho (hatcho japanese cuisine: 1271 franklin mall; santa clara, ca 94050.4806; fon: 408.248.8500). kaela ordered the hirame yamakake don, n' i ordered the gomoku ramen. both were quite unique. the place was full'f real japanese ppl speakin' japanese, so... *shrug* if that's a sign'f nethin', then... *shrug* kaela saw these 2 gurls walk past our table, n' they spoke japanese. i guess she thought they weren't japanese but korean cos she asked me sumpthin' like, "how do u tell if some1's japanese n' not korean." well, i replied that i usually assume that ppl rn't japanese cos there really rn't many japanese ppl 'round these days. it's been sed/written that japanese.amerikans r a dyin' breed cos not many japanese ppl r immigratin' to amerika nemore, n' japanese.amerikans r intermarryin' like crazy. yah, from what i've observed, that's very true.
[later] speakin'f cali 4 tex... kaela's sista jeanna n' her hsuband robert relokated from socal to austin, tx a while 'go. i know it's 1'f the few places in texas that a "liberal," health.conscious person can survive.
목요일 아침: so i skated (skateboarded) this morn, even (finally) returned to the sunnyvale skate park 4 a (wimpy) morn skate sesh (skateboard session). i didn't grind or even drop in over coping. i just cruised, kickturned, ollied onto the curb a few times... that's it. i didn't wanna risk hurtin' my knee. i just wanted some good physikal n' emotional therapy. a couple'f the usuals were there n' a couple'f new guys, who were both decently good - 1 really good, the other... well, better than me.
i just found a kewl deal on spoofee: w/ a bank'f amerika check, debit, or credit card; u can get into a bucnhf' museums 4 free durin' the month'f may, which's almost over: asian art museum, cali4nia akademy'f science, sfmoma, yerba buena center 4 the arts, de young museum, legion'f honour. kewl!!!
[later] 오후: dude, restaurant.com has beque dining certificates! u can often get serious di$¢ounts on restaurant.com certificates. rt now, u can use ¢oupon ¢ode "GRAD" to get 60% off plus a $15 gift certificate to de la flowers (wherever that is... *shrug*). what's hilarious's restaurant.com description'f beque: "Brand spanking new Korean BBQ restaurant in a new plaza off El Camino in Santa Clara's K-town." what the??? sounds like it was written by a young asian.am dude, perhaps the nephew'f the owner or sumpthin'... just cos'f the use'f "brand spanking new" n' "k-town."
[later] speakin'f fud, durin' my lunchbrk,
the beautiful kaela hwang took duk out to lunch @ sweet tomatoes by my office n' by ¢o$t¢o. 'twas very crowded durin' the peak lunch period... silikon valley @ lunch... engineers like buffets. we cm to consider them a good value n' feel that we're smart 'nuff to assemble our own meals n' not depend on chefs n' kitchen staff to do so.
on our way out'f sweet tomatoes, i snagged a copy'f the latest issue'f the silicon valley metro, which has a cover story on the pat tillman "fiasco." here's the wiki on pat tillman. altho' i didn't hang out w/ pat, we went to leland hi skool 2gether. since i was in band, i was aktually @ 'lot'f his futbol gams. here's the wiki on leland hi skool. neway, cos i went to skool w/ pat, even tho' i didn't really hang w/ him; i still feel a li'l closer than the avg person to this situation. i think it's definitely a total shame. i think it's great that; even tho' he voluntarily joined the army, sacrificin' a great nfl career; pat was aktually 'gainst the war. i think it's shameful that the u.s. military covered up the fakt that he was killed by friendly fire. when i 1st left berkeley w/ the "typical berkeley mentality; i prob'ly didn't feel much sympathy 4 fallen soldiers cos i was just so anti.military. however, now that i've spent more time out'f berkeley, i've gotten to know so many more servicemen/women (military ppl). i now understand much better the realities'f the military - the real reasons ppl join, how soldiers r real ppl, etc. wow, my view'f the miliatary's 'lot diff now. @ the same time, i think every1's view'f the amerikan military has changed @ this pt, so many yrs into this ridiculous war. man, i can only imagine what life was like durin' the vietnam war.
[later] this afternoon, i realised that i had to confess to myself that i haven't kept my social skedule/calendar well.organised. whereas i've kept good track'f my werk apptmnts, my taekwondo apptmnts, my church apptmnts, my djin' apptmnts; i hadn't kept good track'f my social n' leisure aktivity time, etc. thus, i've been sacrificin' 'lot'f time w/ family n' friends. well, i spent just a li'l time re.organisin' my calendar on my palm tungsten t5. i noticed 1 prob - that i tend to mark certain events as "no time" if they're big events that r likely to take the whole day. well, the prob's that, instead'f blockin' out the whole day 4 those events, i tend to 4get that they're there n' almost book other stuff. in lotus notes, u can mark events as "all day events." i wish they had that feature in palm desktop! i went thru some'f my "no time" events n' entered either estimated or confirmed times (start n' end times) 4'em.
[later] 밤, 1117p: after werk, i hurried, hurried, hurried over to the cambrian neighbourhood to meet up w/ kaela 4 some spa massage apptmnt she made 4 us. [later] 1132p: afterwards, we browsed thru boarder nation, a nearby snow/skate/wake. then we went to the hillsdale 24 hour fitness. kaela went to the 24groove class. me, i lifted a li'l n' then rode the stationary bike. then we tried to eat @ yiasoo w/ my restaurant.com certificate, but the werkers hastily turned off the open sign @ 930p when we pulled into the parkin' lot. *sigh* instead, we came home n' ate some afghani/afghan fud that kaela bought @ the cambrian farmers market.
here's an interesting page i found (in korean) that has lots'f pix'f celebs b4 n' after plastik surgery: "현대 의학기술 연예인들의 성형은 기본인가?"
금요일 아침: this morn, i had my mri @ the santa clara kaiser (ol' bldg). aktually, the mri was done in a trailer outside'f the hospital. funny, huh? i guess that's cos they're movin' out'f that bldg into their newer bldg on homestead n' lawrence. that's my guess. *breath* so what's up? yesterday, i dropped off my car w/ andy kwon @ ace auto. the beautiful kaela hwang drove me to werk. then, @ lunch time, she picked me up to pick up my car; but andy called me on my cell n' sed it wasn't done n' that the prob's the bearing. kaela had no time 4 a real lunch or nethin', so we went home, ate some random scraps; n' then i hopped on my bike n' rode back to werk. i accidentally left my cellfon @ home. after a full_day@werk.com, i rode over to ace auto to 1) check on my car n' 2) get my taekwondo stuff, which i left in there. well, andy had closed up shop n' locked my car in his garage, so i couldn't do nethin'. i went home. kaela n' i skipped taekwondo. instead, we ate some random stuff @ home n' watched curse of the golden flower on netflix dvd. do u think those costumes were authentik? i mean, no doubt they were beautiful; but did chinese ppl back in those days really wear clothes like that? i think they were bsaed more off'f ol' european stuff... like, rennaissance era stuff, rt? yah, in ne case, they were beautiful. the story was kind'f simple. i mean... i guess i expekted sumpthin' more complex. however, after watchin' zhang yimou's comments, i understood that his msg (in the movie) was pretty simple.
ah, it's fri... 'nother werk wk just flew by. *sigh* i've got many projekts i need to wrap up, n' so... in a way, i wish time wouldn't fly by. also, i feel like i need more time to prepare n' my heart / mind / spirit 4 the grx london mission trip; so, again, i wish time wouldn't fly by so fast. on the other hand, i want my knee to heal, so i wish time would go by faster. however, in gen'l, i don't really look 4ward to agin', so i wish time wouldn't fly by so fast.
화요일 오후: it's the day after memorial day. don'tcha hate returnin' to werk after 3.day wknds? *sigh* well, werk's a li'l better than it was earlier this yr, so i'm thankful 4 that. i'm decently bizzy this wk, but 'least my manager knows n' understands that i'm decently bizzy n's involved w/ the stuff i'm doin'. *shrug* i mean... i know i'm not describin' my situation very well, but i usually keep quite mum 'bout werk stuff, rt? i'm sure my company doesn't want me to talk 'bout my werk here, n' that's fine cos i don't really wanna talk 'bout it here.
well, 'twas 'nother full wknd. on fri nite, i took the beautiful kaela hwang out 4 our date nite as 'mandated' by our grx t3 light couples small grp. originally, kaela had the idea that we should go to parcel 104 inside the santa clara marriott cos her patient werks there. well, we tried, but the maitre.d wouldn't let us in cos the kitchen'd closed early. *sigh* oh well, no biggie. i asked him to validate my parkin' tic, n' he did; so that was nice. well, we headed over to the mercado, where i made good use'f a restaurant.com dining certificate. we had a great dinner @ a great pri¢e (thx to restaurant.com
), n' then we went to $tarbu¢ks to drink some chai b4 watchin' spider.man 3. i liked it the best'f the 3 spider.man movies cos it showed the good n' the bad'f peter parker. i disliked the 1st installment cos it showed only the goody.goody side'f peter parker n' mary.jane watson. later, i pted out to kaela that the "new goblin" rides this snowboardish vehicle, but he's usually ridin' it "falling leaf," so he's far from bad@$$.
on sat, i woke up early (after only a li'l sleep after comin' home from that late, long movie), n' our friend kaz drove me in his acura nsx to stanfurd, so that i could mc (emcee) the 2007 stanfurd taekwondo spring open. 'twas pretty fun. i saw some decently good fights. [later] after the tournament, our friend dropped kaela n' me off @ home. then we drove out to 토방 tobang to eat some grilled meats. *sigh* so much eatin' this wknd!
[later] on sun, kaela n' i woke up late 4 church. we showed up durin' the msg (sermon), durin' the 1st service aktually, we would've been later if it weren't 4 kaela spottin' a good shortcut to the room we were usin' that day @ the santa clara hyatt. after church, we brought my mom out to dimsum @ cupertino village's joy luck place. she was sick, but we got her some hot grass jelly drink w/ red n' green beans from fantasia. we had lots'f good dimsum n' also some jook. then kaela n' i went home. we took sooni 4 a walk. then, we drove out to sf. wow, it was pretty foggy n' cold in sf. we went to the sfmoma (museum'f modern art) n' saw the picasso exhibit 4 free thanks to bank'f amerika's promotion/deal. we were hopin' to meet up w/ our friends fahad n' wendy; but they had family things to do after their sf giants game; so kaela n' i ate dinner by ourselves @ park chow after drivin' 'round 4 a bit. mmm... park chow rocks! i'd always heard'f that place, like back when i was in berkeley; but this was our 1st time there. [later] i always assumed 'twas yet 'nother posh, yuppy restaurant in sf, where things'd be really luxurious n' expen$ively overpri¢ed even tho' the fud's considered "comfort food." well, no... the fud is aktually a really good deal n' the restaurant's very modest! like, i'm used to findin' this kind'f "hole in the wall," casual atmosphere w/ asian fud, but this is 1'f the best amerikan "hole in the wall" joints i've been to. i remarked to kaela over dinner that the genre'f cuisine's like cpk (cali4nia pizza kitchen); but the quality's like 10× better, u know? they use lots'f organik n' plenty'f fresh, hip, trendy ingredients! we ordered: beet n' asparagus salad, smiley noodles (curry w/ chicken n' shrimp), n' fennel sausage pizza (wood oven). the fud was all good! oh yah, n' kaela had a glass'f alsatian riesling, n' i had a "tall" glass (pilsner glass)'f death n' taxes black lager, which tasted like a stout - like unsweetened mocha. we shared this ginger cake w/ pumpkin aisukuriimu 4 dessert n' each had a couple'f cups'f "thanksgiving," organik, fair trade coffee. hrm, how come our dessert was so autumnish??? *shrug* after dinner, we drove home.
on mon (memorial day) morn, i woke up early n' skateboarded w/ sooni 'round the neighbourhood. then, kaela n' i drove sooni over to the pruneyard hobee's in campbell to eat brkfast w/ wendy n' fahad: kaela ordered the mtn view ommie (w/ blueberry coffee cake), n' i orded the hi protein whole wheat pancakes, n' ate'em w/o syrup. our waiter backed up from the table next to ours n' accidentally stepped on sooni's front paw. poor thing... he apologised tho'. 'twas really great to catch up w/ wendy n' fahad. we've tried hard to meet up w/ them over the past yr, but hadn't met up w/ them since cin' them in washington, dc back in march or so'f last yr. i wish vince could've been there; but he was off campin' w/ his gf. [later] after our brkfast, kaela n' i dropped sooni off @ home n' went to 한국 마켓 hangook market to gro¢ery $hop. i was gonna cook 떡볶이 dduhkbokki 4 our u.s. taekwondo akademy bbq potluck @ our student poonam's apt. kaela n' i showed up ~2 hrs late to the bbq cos i cooked that 떡볶이 dduhkbokki. i could've made it better but, we had run out'f normal 고추장 gochujang, so i had to use 초고추장 chogochujang (has vinegar 4 certain seafud dishes). kaela suggested that i make my own 고추장 gochujang... uhm, i think that's a long, complikated process. however, that would be a fun challenge... like, makin' bier. maybe someday... maybe someday i can learn to make my own 고추장 gochujang n' my own 김치 kimchi. funny thought, eh? maybe 'least someday when i'm old n' retired? *shrug* neway, we rushed off to the bbq potluck. it was fun. most'f our students n' classmates were there; most, but not all. i ate 2 much! we ate lunch n' dinner there. 'twas like t.giving! what's w/ these ritualistik all.day eatin' festivals? we played wii n' watched a couple'f ol' asian.am (pinoy.am) dvds: leave it to chance n' lumpia. well, kaela n' i were a couple'f the very last ppl to leave. we came home n' watched the latter part'f the miss universe pageant. we were surprised that miss japan beat miss brasil cos it just cms like those pageants favour latinas over asians; but... *shrug* of course, we were rootin' 4 miss korea. just as i was comin' in from the backyard w/ some dried laundry, kaela told me that miss usa'd just slipped n' fallen on her butt. i'd missed it!
2day, i woke up early n' took sooni 4 a walk on skateboard. i've been olliein' up curbs 'gain now. i even had some fun grindin' on a couple'f the waxed curbs. yah, as i sed, kids in my neighbourhood wax up curbs. i'm glad they do. i thought i'd get to werk really early 2day but got in only a li'l early. *sigh* durin' my lunchbrk, i went to kaela's clinik 4 a chiropraktic apptmnt n' then took her to lunch @ kabab n' curry (1498 isabella rd; santa clara, ca 95050). we're like regulars there now. it's like goin' over to some family's house 4 dinner. it really feels like a house there! oh yah... durin' my chiropraktic apptmnt, kaela kept sayin' that my adrenal glands were messed up n' that i'd ingested 2 much sugar. heh heh... what she didn't know was that i drank a sobe adrenaline rush on my way to werk 2day cos 'twas the only cold beverage in the fridge besides these cute li'l bottles'f h2o that kaela cms to wanna keep 4ever. lemme tell u: in gen'l i hate these chiroprkatic n' alternative medicine methods where the prakticioner akts some kind'f 4tune teller that can read all ur sekrets, but i've gotta admit that kaela was 100% rt on that 1! when i was @ 용인 대학교 yong.in daehakgyo in the summer'f 1999, our grp from ucmap got to praktice some kind'f korean yoga under this young woman who turned out to be like 1'f the most famous yogi in korea. 'least that's what i gather from cin' her on tv n' newspapers etc. in more recent yrs. she came up to me, looked @ my feet n' sed that i was sick. honestly, i had an awful stomachache, but i lied to her that i wasn't sick. heh heh... yah, i was really sick, n' later some'f the korean college student hosts went out to the herbal medicine pharmacy n' got me these kewl traditional herbal pills (한약 hanyak). i'm pretty sure i was sick from eatin' 2 much cos i was overwhelmed by the abundance'f good, free korean fud (한식) @ the dorm. some'f the hosts warned us not to eat w much 김치 kimchi; but i scarfed it down like crazy @ 1st n' then got sick'f it later.
do u yet have facebook? u should get it... n' then add me as a friend.
[later] 밤, 1105p: well, when i came home 2nite, my mom was @ our house. she sed she came to pick up her watch from kaela, but kaela had already put the watch in her purse... i mean, this was durin' her chiropraktic apptmnt. i missed taekwondo black belt class but went to teach the color belt class. aktually, mark taught most'f the class, while i mostly just warmed'em up n' stretched'em. well, our student/friend grace hurt her knee while doin' a jump/flyin' side kick. ppl sed they heard a pop from her knee when her left foot landed. ouch! just like me! when i came home, i ate some leftovers 4 dinner. kaela'd stayed home to study n'd already eaten dinner.
수요일 아침: hi. how r u? i guess i should say happy b.day to the beautiful kaela hwang's twin siblings. 2day, 'gain, i thought i woke up early; but by the time i got out'f the house to go to werk, it wasn't that early. well, 2day, i did take sooni 4 a slightly longer walk on skateboard. i'm olliein' up curbs ok 'gain now, i guess. i mean; in case u haven't figured it out, i'm talkin' 'bout my knee injury n' how i've been apprehensive (n' prob'ly rtfully so) to get 2 wild on my skateboard. the 1st curb i ollied onto... i think my back truck got hung up on the curb or sumpthin'. then my back fut came off, n' my front leg continued 4ward. it hurt my knee a li'l; but i don't think it was 2 bad; 'twas more'f a stretch, i think. *sigh* i can't wait to be skatin' like normal 'gain! *sigh* next snowboarding season... just how much less wild shall i be?! i mean, i always try to be safe. i don't feel i go 2 wild. just, when i get bored, i push it a li'l harder, u know? "amp up," rt? i turn up the amplitude.
statistikally, more snowboarding accidents happen each yr than skateboarding accidents. i think there r 3 faktors that influence this: 1) a great variety'f ppl try snowboarding - old/young, male/female, athletik/non.athletik. ppl who simply don't get 'nuff exercise n' rn't that hearty, try to snowboard, thinkin' that it's a vehicle that u can just sort'f drive like a car or a bike. 2) skateboarding accidents r prob'ly under.reported cos lots'f those young kids don't go to the hospital or tell their parents n' the older guys r maybe embarassed to say they hurt themselves while skateboarding. 3) snow v. concrete makes ppl think they can go bigger... cos they think bailin' on snow's soft, while they know bailin' on concrete can give u severe "road rash" or worse. even tho' skateboarding tricks r hard, skaters (skateboarders) typikally don't jump as hi as snowboarders. (oh, those danny way n' bob burnquist mega.ramp skaters don't really count cos they're more like daredevils than skaters.) i know i've gone much higher up in the air on a snowboard than on a skateboard. the highest i've ever jumped on a skateboard's prob'ly only like 3', while the highest i've ever jumped on a snowboard? well, if u measure from the landing up to the peak of the parabola... *shrug* maybe like 10'? maube more? *big shrug* after all, when u do snowboard jumps, u'r landing's @ a lower eleveation, u know? cos u snowboard downhill. sure, there r guys like ryan sheckler that can ollie off rooftops n' land fine, rolling 'way. however, i c more guys on snowboarding taking jumps'f that height on a regular basis. *sigh* so yah... how big'll i go on my snowboard next season? when'll next season start? [later] shall we have a late start to the season 'gain this yr?! i hope not.
*breath* ok, how's ur day? so... i spent the morn in east san josé. i had to go to a machine shop out there 4 my werk. there r 2 vendors i often visit: 1 in east san jo, 'nother in san carlos (by redwood city). i aktually like getin' out'f the office n' visiting the vendors, who typikally treat me nice since we buy stuff from'em. i mean; they don't give me gifts or nethin', but 'least they're polite, n' that's nice. in my own office, 2 often ppl rn't very polite to me. well, i had to get this machine shop to do a quick job n' sed i'd wait 4 them to do it. the guy sed, he'd werk on it but told me to come back in an hr. he suggested that i go out n' get some coffee. well, instead, i went over to eastridge mall, went to the sears there, n' looked @ laundry dryers. oh yah, our laundry dryer cms to have pooped out. kaela remarked 2day, durin' lunch, that lots'f stuff in our house cms to be fallin' 'part now, now that we're in yr 4. strollin' thru the mall so early on a wkday morn really brought me back to my days in my 1st yr'f grad skool, when i didn't have classes or werk durin' the morn. *sigh* it was very refreshin'! i've gotta say, maybe those relaxin' times in the morn helped me get my brain ready 4 skool. i think if i got to have that kind'f time every day, i'd werk better. maybe my engring brain needs some non.engineerin' aktivity durin' the day. *shrug* *sigh* then 'gain, i'm sure every1 thinks i need to werk harder, so whate'er... well, goin 'to the picasso exhibit on sun was good rt brain stimulation! i had a better time than i expekted. i didn't realise it b4, but i really like pablo picasso's art. i like a certain style'f 20th century art from like the 1940s or so. i dunno whatchu call it or even if it's a single category or just a bunch'f random stuff. i thought the style was called "art deco," but i guess "art deco"'s more'f an architektural style n' an industrial design style than an art style; so i dunno whatchu call the kind'f art i like. like, 1 paintin' i like's this 1 that the sell reproduktions'f @ bed, bath, & beyond: it's got a man drivin' a car w/ his woman. the car's very 1940sish or 1950sish. the ppl have very sharp, contrastin' features n' a pretty angular look. i like that, n' i like paintings that look like the gordon biersch brewery logo. speakin'f gordon bierch, here's the wiki on bier... just cos it's a good article. it's good to know the diff btwn a lager n' an ale, etc.
can u believe u can buy a 1tb usb 2.0 drive 4 $269 (after $20 mir) @ buy.com? crazy! hd n' flash pri¢e$'ve dropped sooo much in the past yr or so! [later] gee, i wonder how long it'll be b4 we start cin' 500tb drives, etc. imagine a 512tb portable media playa!
[later] 저녁이지만 아직도 회사에서: i guess i haven't talked 'bout news stuff in a while. or have i? *shrug* like, i guess i didn't talk 'bout when the sharks n' the warriors both fell out'f their playoffs 'round the same time. that was a big letdown 4 the bay area sports fan community. a beautiful letdown? *shrug* yah, that's the title'f a switchfoot album n' song. neway... 'nother news item that i haven't discussed's the impostor stanfurd student(s). there were 2'f'em, rt? n' 'least 1'f'em was a korean.amerikan gurl, eh? d.oh! more somewhat negative stuff 'bout korean.amerikan college students in the news! well, shoot, gurl... if u were gonna fake bein' a college student; u could've 'least picked a better skool, like berkeley!!! ha ha ha... heh, in all seriousness, i did know some kids back in college who got kicked out'f berkeley but pretended to be students still n' didn't tell their parents. *sigh* it's a serious situation.
[just a li'l later] *sigh* i was tellin' kaela this wknd how i felt like i didn't do a great job organisin' my mom's b.day or mutha's day w/ my sista, n' i feel @ fault. i told her that i feel like the family views me as bein' an irresponsible, punk "baby" brutha. *sigh* i told kaela how i feel like that gurl in that katie holmes movie that tries to put on a t.giving dinner 4 her family. i'd 4gotten the title but did some research last nite n' found the title on wiki as pieces of april.
oh, 'nother news item this past wk was the wayward whales in the sacramento river: it was a mutha n' a son, rt? *shrug* ppl believe that they've now escaped back into the pacific ocean.
목요일 아침: 2day's my mom's b.day. happy b.day.
this morn, i woke up early cos the beautiful kaela hwang woke up early n' took off early to skool. i think she had a test 2day or sumpthin'. i woke up early. i skateboarded w/ sooni. then, i went to the sunnyvale skate park 4 a morn skate sesh (morning skateboarding session). wow... this routine's like back b4 my knee injury. however, my skatin's not yet up to back b4 my knee injury. i made 'lot'f progress 2day tho'. i mean, i tried 'lot more stuff 2day, harder stuff than last time i was there. i ollied up n' down curbs, i rode the pyramid, i rode kickturned the transitions, then i finally touched coping. i started backside rear axle grindin' 'gain. then i started droppin' in over coping from my tail. i started goin' into (but not yet out'f backside 50.50 axle stalls. since i started out not plannin' to try much, i didn't pad up. however, as i continue to try harder stuff, i still didn't pad up. that was prob'ly unwise; but thankfully, i didn't fall. when i got there, the park was absoultely, totally empty. then this 1 dude -- 1'f the good, new skaters i saw last time -- arrived. then, 1'f the best guys 'round, matt, showed up. oh yah, rt b4 that, some rollerblader showed up n' started talkin' to me. he sed he'd never noticed this park b4. historikally, bladers n' skaters've a bit'f rivalry; but whate'er... i was still polite to the guy.
so i heard on nbc11 this morn that hillary clinton's stoppin' by my company 2day. here's the article on the nbc11 website: "Clinton, Edwards To Visit South Bay." here's the important snippet: "Sen. Clinton will speak to business and technology leaders at Applied Materials. She will be joined by NBC11 political analyst Larry Gerton." 그래? really?! i didn't know 'bout this. i'm undecided whether to support hillary or barack. i agree w/ kaela that hillary should be president n' barack should be vice.president just cos'f their respektive ages. however... *shrug* i'm not well.edukated on this demokratic party primary, i've gotta admit. based on pure 1st glace (which is not a good way to figure these things out), i feel that hillary'll represent women well, n' obama'll represent racial minorities well. heh, those r a couple'f bad generalisations, eh? basikally, those r prejudices. awful, eh? however, that's just the feel i get; n' i bet there'r lots'f other uninformed voters who agree w/ me. who knows, maybe some'f the informed voters aktually agree w/ me. *shrug* which's the better candidate from the "christian" pt'f view? well, they're both christians, both protestants. barack's a follower'f the united church'f christ, n' hillary's a methodist. i believe those r both denominations that i'm fine w/.
[later] 오후: yah, my cowerker friend also sed that hillary clinton's @ our company 2day, so she must be. wurd has gotten 'round. *sigh* neway... so what's up? 2day... this afternoon, i was thinkin' 'bout how 5월 may's endin' now, n' june'll soon be startin'; so i can now sort'f reflekt on almost 0.5'f 2007년. @ the end'f this yr, i'll hafta pick my top events 4 this yr. i'm sure they'll include the upcoming grx (west) london mission trip. i'm sure the list'll definitely include my knee injury n' the subsequent recovery process (the road to recovery) i think that 1 hot day in 2월 february that kaela n' i spent in santa cruz might make the list. maybe the upcomin' birth'f ken's twins'll make the list (9월). the current facebook craze may make the list. netflix... if gettin' netflix
can count as an event, it could make the list.
[later] lemme be frank here: i worry that i'm alienatin' my non.christian friends. i'm worried that i'm becomin' 2 engulfed in church aktivities n' that my non.christian as well as christian friends that simply rn't so gung.ho into bein' @ church every single day, every single wk r startin' to feel that i don't relate to them. i'm worried 'bout this. i'm out to be the man that god intended me to be... but, altho' i'm not to be of this world; indeed i need to be in this world. i have a purpose here, n' god gave me the friends that surround me (whether christian or non.christian) 4 a reason.
금요일 저녁이지만 아직도 회사에서: 6월이 시작해요. june starts on a fri this yr, eh? "june bug skipping like a stone... with the headlights pointed at the dawn... we were sure we'd never see an end to it all." why does it cm like i bring up those smashing pumpkins' "1979" lyric every yr when june rolls 'round? why do i like those lyrics? *shrug* i like that song cos it feels nostalgik. i was only 4 in 1979, but i like the feelin'f nostalgia in gen'l. like, i think when i hear that song, i don't think 'bout the yr 1979, but'f youth in gen'l. like, i reflekt back 'pon my hi skool yrs or so.
[later] in a li'l bit, i've gotta drive down to scotts valley 4 a grx leaders retreat.
월요일 아침: hi, how r u? well, i s'ppose i had a pretty bizzy wknd. *sigh* i guess i'm quite surprised i did all that i did, yet i'm not like super.exhausted. i mean, i didn't feel like i was doin' a whole lot this wknd; but, when i look back, i realise 'twas a lot. it was indeed 1'f those wknds where i did 'lot w/ our church grx; but i don't wanna compartmentalise my life n' say i was necessarily hangin' out w/ "church friends," u know? i try not to. however... i guess it does cm like i have 2 main social circles these days: church - grx n' taekwondo - u.s. taekwondo akademy. i'm happy that these 2 circles intersekt a bit. i have 'least a handful'f friends that go to grx n' u.s. taekwondo akademy. i s'ppose i'd like to c that group grow. i'd like to c more'f my u.s. taekwondo akademy u.s. taekwondo akademy friends go to grx n' more'f my grx friends go to u.s. taekwondo akademy u.s. taekwondo akademy. my taekwondo friends could benefit from some spiritual enlitenment, n' my church friends could benefit from some martial arts training n' exercise. as i sed last wk, tho'; i do worry that my spendin' so much time w/ "church" aktivities's keepin' me from my non.christian (or anti.christian) friends; n' i don't want that. even if we don't share the same faith, we still ought to be friends. even if i'll never convince u to be a christian, we still ought to be friends, u know? yah, let's be friends.
ok, b4 i go on to a wknd recap; i guess i need to publish a retraktion notice'f sorts. i wished both'f the beautiful kaela hwang's siblings a happy b.day last wk, but well... uh... jeanna has sumpthin' to say 'bout that n' signed my gbook (which all beno journal readers should), so well... lemme publish her gbook entry now:
Friday 06/01/2007 2:05:29am
name: Jeanna
e.mail:
homepage url (don't 4get to use http colon slash slash!): http://le-artiste.blogspot.com
birthplace:
new yr's resolutions 4 2007?
new yr's preditkions 4 2007?
what's the next big teknology?
tell me 'bout a restaurant u like: Kerby Lane Cafe in Austin, TX
if u could be a celebrity; then which of these would u most want to be: criminal
additional comments: Y'know, I know you and Kaela think it's funny that my legal birthday isn't my actual birthday, but I haven't celebrated the actual one for over 20 years now, and I don't plan on doing so ever. So thanks for the birthday wishes, but I'd prefer them in February, thanks.
ok, she made it really clear, n' that was thoughtless'f me not to think 'bout the numerous other times she got upset when we brought this up, so sorry.
[later] 오후: 2day, i went w/ my werkmates to lunch @ grand indian buffet in sunnyvale, off lawrence expwy. employees @ my company often eat there, n' i've been there plenty'f times. honestly, i consider it just so.so n've had much better indian fud elsewhere; but it ain't bad. neway, b4 goin' to lunch, i drove over to the nearest albertsons to buy some ibuprofen n' get some ¢a$h 4 lunch. the 100 tablet bottle 200mg generik ibuprofen was $2.99, on $ale from $8.99. not a bad deal, eh? well, since the swelling simply isn't disappearin', i decided to go back on ibuprofen 2day. i hate drugs but also hate swellin'. b4 diggin' into my lunch, i popped 3 ibuprofen, 1 boswellia, n' 1 glucosamine. wow, 5 pills!
ok, this past wknd...
on fri, i left werk @ a decent time (but still not early 'nuff) to drive down to scotts valley's mission springs conference center 4 the . . . [interrupted]
화요일 오후: *한숨* *sigh* what's up? dude, what's w/ the "*sigh*?" *으쓱* *shrug* dude, what's w/ the "*shrug*?" neway, yah, what's up? the beautiful kaela hwang n' i've been watchin' the sbs 드라마 k.drama 마지막 춤은 나와 함뻬 majimak choomeun nawa hamggei netflix dvd. we've now watched episodes 1~6 on discs 1 n' 2.
[later] "This wave breaks 24 hours a day, every day. And you know what, bros? We're going to be the first to ride it." - the tony alva charakter in "lord of dogtown"
[later] lately, i've been enjoiing skateboardin' but not bein' totally absorbed in it, which is good. it's hard to get totally absorbed in it since i can't go all out cos'f my knee. maybe this is 4 the better rt now, u know? i still wish i could skate more n' get better @ it, u know? on sat, our friend kaz's takin' a grp surfin' in santa cruz. i really wanna go n' gave him a tentative yes. however, since my knee has not yet gotten miraculously better, i might need to cancel on him. like, i don't mind skatin' @ the sunnyvale skate park cos... even tho' it sounds dangerous, since i'm decently com4table on a skateboard, i know what to expekt n' know how not to push myself to hard. like, if i take it easy i can be almost sure that i won't fall. on the other hand, if i try to push myself hard, i can almost guarantee that i will fall, u know? let's say i just grind up the coping w/ backside rear axle grinds; then, yah, i can be pretty sure that i won't fall. however, if i try to do rock n' rolls or even rock to fakies, then yah... i can be sure that i'll definitely take a fall or 2; u know? thus, in a way, i know my limits n' know that i can choose to push'em or not.
2day, durin' my lunchbrk, i went over to kaela's chiropraktic clinik n' had my treatment there rt after duk did. then, kaela n' i went to zafran indian/pakistani restaurant 4 buffet lunch. i really need to eat better n' get more exercise. yesterday, i went back on ibuprofen. furthermore, btwn kaela n' i, we had 2 biers (1 sam adams summer brew n' 1 carmel brewing co wheat bier) w/ our super suppers baby back ribs dinner. i thought we should just share 1 bier, but... ribs taste better w/ bier! neway, yah... w/ that bier n' ibuprofen, i'm given my liver quite a hard time! that's bad. keep in mind that i've made a new yr's resolution not to get drunk this yr. 1 or 2 biers won't get me drunk, 'specially if i'm drinkin' them w/ a meal'f fatt'nin' baby back ribs. however, the toxins that my liver had to deal w/ made me pretty tired this morn. i woke up later than i wanted to, so i didn't take sooni 4 a walk this morn. poor doggy!!! :-( last nite, i returned to turbo kick box (tkb). i made my grand re.entrance, u know? heh heh... yah, kaela n' i went to sach's 730p turbo kick box (tkb) class @ the east arques 24 hour fitness. i took it easy, 'f course. i didn't bend down low or kick 2 hi. aktually, i did do hi front kicks, but taht doesn't really strain my knee as long as i don't push out my pelvis 2 much.
수요일 아침: 2day, i have an apptmnt w/ the kaiser orthopedist to review the mri'f my sprained left knee. that's @ 오후 230p @ the new kaiser campus on lawrence expwy @ homestead rd. i've gotta 'member to go to the new kaiser campus. i almost 4got n' thought i need to go to the old kaiser bldg on kiely. b4 that i've gotta drop the the beautiful kaela hwang @ the san josé mineta aeroport so she can fly to frickin' detroit to go to her stoopid chiropraktic conference.
[later] i never gave u a wknd update. so... on fri eve, after werk, i left my office n' immediately started drivin' 2wards scotts valley, ca. scotts valley's a city near santa cruz, kind'f in the mtns. it has a mini silicon valley area, where a few tech compoanies like seagate (hard drives) have their offices. it's a great place 4 surfer engrs to werk, i guess. scotts valley also s'pposedly has a very nice skateboard park, which's like the sunnyvale skate park but bigger. [a li'l later] neway, i drove out to scotts valley n' looked 4 dinner. i ended up @ nob hill fuds (a supermarket, a local chain), thinkin' i'd find healthier choices there than @ a fast fud joint. i headed to the deli. i figured i'd prefer a hot sandwich instead'f a cold 1, so i ordered a pacific panini. i hadn't realised that it'd be all meat n' cheese n' no veggies. it's pastrami n' some kind'f melted chese w/ some grilled onions. it was decently tasty but not healthy! i ate that n' also drank a 녹차 nokcha green tea sobe lean just to get in the feel'f days gone by (back when i used to drink sobe). oh yah! b4 searchin' 4 dinner, i 1st visited the sessions office in scotts valley (60 old el pueblo rd). i thought they had a store there that sold sessions gear, but no... they only have occassional clearance sales @ that office. i arrived in their parkin' lot n' was confused. i walked into their office n' viewed the vintage skateboard decks. then i asked some dude @ a desk if they had a store there, n' he straightened me out. wow, it sure looked like a freakin' fun place to werk tho'!
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[later] so on fri evenin', i arrived @ the mission springs conference center in scotts valley, ca 4 the grx leaders retreawt. as i pulled in, realised that i'd been there b4 back in the summer'f 1993년 4 the canaan taiwanese christian church retreat. i 'membered that it was a nice, convenient retreat venue. all the roads r paved. i thought, "kaela would like this place." she doesn't like how retreat venues r often so dusty. i thought i'd arrived late, but i was just in time. not bein' late's a nice feelin'. :-) [later] well, the retreat was kewl. the speaker pastor jeff mazzariello was kewl. he talked to us 'bout how, to be a better christian leader, we need to be less adultlike n' more childlike. yah, i s'ppose i'm pretty immature... but i s'ppose i should hold fast / hold steady in my immaturity. ha ha ha. what can i say? it's god's word. the fud @ the retreat site was ok. the fud @ last yr's retreat site was better (sausalito). (last yr's retreat site's fud was fancier.) this yr's retreat site; the fud was well.presented n' decently tasty, but last yr's retreat site's fud tasted like it was prepped by totally professionally trained chefs, like restaurant chefs from sf. heh... well, maybe not that great. i'm startin' to make it sound like it was chez panisse out there. ha ha ha! well, i had a fun time.
on sat nite, i stayed later than i planned but drove back from the retreat. the retreat lasted till sun @ noon, but i told the church staff that i'd leave early. after all, i needed to organise a grx team london social event that afternoon. i drove back home. my cellfon battery was dyin', but i managed to call kaela on my way home. she was over @ mark n' grace's w/ sohee. i guess she was takin' care'f grace's sprained knee. i arrived @ home n' went to sleep. i was quite tired.
on sun, kaela n' i went to grx's early service, but we were late. uhm, did i take sooni 4 a walk on skateboard? uh, i think i did; but maybe i didn't. i 4get. :-/ prob'ly. yah, i think i did. well, we went to church, n' then we met up w/ our grx team london (mission team) to head up to sf 4 our social event. i drove, n' pastor alvin drove. we went to burma super star. wow, that place has changed. 'pparently, it was featured on the fud netwerk. it's gone big time. geez, back when supermike took us there... it was just a li'l hole in the wall. now... it's all fancy! we had a great lunch, but the waitress pushed us to order 2 much fud. i don't like it when servers do that. i mean, she was nice n' polite n' all, but... we had tea salad, vegetarian samusa soup, some kind'f chili lamb, that tsung yo bing style bread thingy, chicken biryani, some kind'f braised beef, rainbow salad, ... i 4get what else we had. well, after the lunch, we drove over to the asian art museum. i like that place. after that, we went 4 aisukuriimu @ polyann's in the sunset. i ate 2 much! well, when it was all done, kaela n' i drove home. we finally ate those leftover steaks 4 dinner.
[later] 오후: i returned from the orthopedist. he examined the mri n' briefly reviewed it w/ me. he sed i tore my medial n' lateral menisci n' . . . [interrupted, later] he sed i tore my lateral n' medial menisci n' prob'ly my acl as well. he sed he thinks i'll need a patellar tendon graft w/ 2 screws drilled into my bones. this surgery requires 6 monnths'f recovery. [later] 저녁이지만 아직도 회사에서: i'm a bit bummed. things r goin' a li'l bad_4_me@werk.com... not that my aktual projekts r bad, but ppl cm to think so, so they're gonna be lookin' more carefully @ my werk... like, a few months 'go, 'twas like this, n' now it is 'gain... i mean... every single day from 500~600p, they'll review my progress. i feel like things in my life r fallin' 'part. [later] i think, cos i stopped takin' ibuprofen this afternoon, my knees (both) feel worse than usual. [later] 밤이지만 아직도 회사에서: gotta werk late 2nite. *sigh* gotta make up 4 lost time. i missed sach's 700p turbo kick box (tkb) class @ the fremont ave 24 hr fitness n' will's 730p turbo kick box (tkb) class @ the east arques 24 hr fitness. i feel like i'm not havin' a great day.
*sigh* comin' to terms w/ the reality that i'll need knee surgery... so... i'm s'pposed to meet w/ the orthopedic surgeon on 2007년06월21일. if an earlier apptmnt pops up, they'll s'pposedly lemme know. the orthopedist was aktually more interaktive w/ me 2day. it's as if either 1) he read my journal n' read that i complained that he didn't really interakt w/ me last time or 2) he felt sorry 4 me. i dunno. *sigh* well, here's an interesting thing he mentioned, sumpthin' like 'u'r body cms to be tryin' to heal itself, but that rarely turns out rt." sumpthin' like that. he was sayin' that my acl... it's torn, but it's tryin' to heal itself, but those don't usually heal themselves rt. it's interesting, i guess. yah... i guess my body's tryin', but... like, i need to be 100% sure that i'll be ok. *sigh* man... the way i c it... i'll get surgery. then some ppl'll prob'ly tell me never to go snowboardin' 'gain; but that makes no sense cos the reason i'll go thru w/ the surgery's cos i want to keep goin' snowboardin'. if i were to swear off snowboarding, skateboarding, n' martial arts; then i wouldn't need the surgery. however... *sigh* 4 me, that's no way to live. how much's this gonna ¢o$t? *shrug* id on't think ¢o$t's so much an issue @ this pt, is it? so... i'll have 2 metal screws in my leg?! metal? is that true?
목요일 오후: oh! 2morrow's 777. i hadn't realised that... oh! no, it's not! 2morrow's 768 or 687. well, i know there'll be asian weddings on 888 next yr. [later] how r u? i ate minestrone n' salad in my cube 4 lunch. last nite, i ate 짜장면 jjajang myuhn 4 dinner while watchin' the simpsons. then i watched part'f the dvd rising son: the legend of christian hosoi while cleaning my bones super swiss 6 bearings 4 my skateboard. what can i say? i like skateboarding. [later] this morn, i woke up later than i wanted to but thankfully not 2 late. i took sooni 4 a decent walk on skateboard but didn't have time to hit up the sunnyvale skate park or nethin'. [later] i wanted to.
[later] so... what's on the agenda this wknd? it's my sista's b.day - 저의 누나의 생일. the beautiful kaela hwang's'f course off @ her chiropraktic conference in detroit.
금요일 아침: *sigh* thank goodness it's fri, eh? tgif. funny; i was @ tgi friday's last nite w/ our u.s. taekwondo akademy bunch. i s'ppose we went there cos'f the happy hr $pe¢ials; but... i'd prefer goin' to some homegrown, mom n' pop korean joint in ktown. i mean, i know that's what we do like "all the time," but we might as well take advantage'f livin' here, rt? *shrug* well, i s'ppose the tgi fri's happy hr $pe¢ial ain't 2 bad: $2 draft bier (or $3 4 nicer brews) n' 0.5.pri¢e appetizers, rt? sumpthin' like that. in ne case, my meal was pretty ¢heap altho' not healthy - a bud lite n' the sesame jack chicken strips.
[later] u know, 4 some mysterious reason, my knee took kind'f a turn 4 the worse rt @ the end'f our taekwondo class last nite. like, i'd been feelin' progressively better 4 a while. then, all'f the sudden, last nite, i had a bit'f a sharp pain near the lateral meniscus area. *shrug* just a li'l while 'go, i took 600mg'f ibuprofen. *sigh* this off n' on stuff... *sigh* i prefer to avoid ibuprofen altogether.
[later] 오후: in studyin' the bible, i was reminded that jacob wrestled w/ a mysterious man or angel. this mysterious fighter touched jacob's thigh or hip socket n' disabled him. i guess it's written that jacob walked w/ a limp 4 the rest'f his life. :-o i don't wanna walk w/ a limp 4 the rest'f my life.
월요일 밤, 1131p: wknd update, eh? well, 1st off; how r u? i'm ok. well, the majority'f this wknd was spent 1) cleanin' the house n' 2) celebratin' my sista's b.dsay. [later] 1146p: i skateboarded on sat morn @ the sunnyvale skate park, but my knee felt funny as i was ridin' the medium halfpipe, so i had to stop n' climb out'f the halfpipe. [later] 1159p: upes, the day's almost over. well, it'll be 화요일 tuesday soon. *sigh* i never have time to past these days! <:-( well, yah... the wknd came n' went.
화요일 아침: well, it's 화요일 tues already. 벌써 화요일예요. time flies, eh? 세월 유수. i've written journal entries that i haven't yet uploaded. seriously, i haven't had time to do stuff like that. i'm ('f course) bizzy@werk.com durin' the day, i've got weddings to dj comin' up soon, i've got my church stuff to attend to, i've got taekwondo class instruktion stuff to do... oh yah, n' i've gotta take care'f my knee. i've got lots to do. *sigh* i've been sharin' w/ some friends how this knee injury really does feel like a disability; altho' some ppl in society don't believe that a youngish, uprt, somewhat fit guy like me can be "disabled." however, shoot... like, i can't run. on sat nite, i needed to chase my dad down as he was waitin' to make a turn @ a nearby stoplite, but i couldn't do it! i felt helpless @ that pt, n' i don't like that feelin'! i want to feel able.bodied.
수요일 아침: *sigh* what's up? yah, i've been so freakin' bizzy@werk.com n' w/ other stuff, so i haven't had time to update; nope, nope nope. last wknd; will it be 4gotten in history? i never gave u a wknd update 'bout last wknd, u know? well, 'twas mostly spent celebratin' my sista's b.day, as i sed. i was @ the sunnyvale skate park on sat morn 4 a li'l. on sun afternoon, i rode my bike to sports basement n' back. on sun morn, i went to church (grx'f course), n' pastor dave gave a great sermon on the whole jacob, rachel, leah bizarre love triangle. his catch line 4 the sermon was "in the morning, it's always leah." heh... not a bad 1.liner. do u know what happened w/ jacob, rachel, n' leah? well, jacob was s'pposed to marry rachel, but on the wedding nite, rachel's dad switched her out w/ her older sister leah, n' that really bummed out jacob when he found out 'bout it only after spendin' the nite w/ his new bride. neway, the bible describes rachel as totally beautiful but leah as "having weak eyes." now, pastor steve (in last wk's sermon) n' others've sed that leah had "weak" eyes in that she was tender n' caring, yet she was still beautiful, just not as beautiful as rachel. however, pastor dave n' others say that leah was simply plain n' homely n' not very pretty. who's rt? just pastor dave just have higher standards than pastor steve? heh heh, just kiddin' 'bout that!
[later] *sigh* yah, these days, i'm uh... quite the bizzy beaver, i s'ppose. freakin' a.... time to breathe? *shrug* *sigh* like, lately... 1 thing i haven't discussed here's that we're havin' some werk done to our house. we're havin' it painted. my mom's like managin' that cos i guess she doesn't think i'm capable... which... i dunno... it's hard 4 me to argue cos i dunno if i am. she's in real estate, n' she knows lots'f painters n' how to deal w/'em, so... *sigh* i dunno, man.
[later] 저녁이지만 아직도 회사에서: on sun evenin, when i was hangin' out w/ my sista, she told sumpthin' that i didn't know 'bout my ol' ivcf bible study leader. yah, he was a kewl dude, n' i always looked up to him. i'll always 'member his line: "if god's wurd doesn't stand up to our questions, then maybe it doesn't stand @ all." i was really happy to have a bible study leader who encouraged challengin' existing dogmas or whate'er u call'em. he was opposed to blind faith, n' i thought that was very kewl. he wanted us to be christians, yah; but 4 the rt reasons, not the wrong reasons. he wanted us to have solid, well.founded, well.rooted faith. now... my sista told me on sun evenin' that she learned several yrs back that he had "turned g@y" n' had aids. wow... i didn't know that. *sigh* he didn't cm homos3xual when i knew him; but i guess... i guess he didn't have a gf back then or nethin'. however... :-/ *shrug* well, i believe my sista; i don't think she was lyin' to me. *sigh* oh well... u know... even if he is or was g@y, i hope he still held fast in his faith... cos... well, yah... the bible sez homos3xuality's wrong; but, neway, we all have our temptations n' demons 'round us; so... like, i think god can 4give ne sin. it's interesting that i heard 'bout this on sun evenin' cos pastor dave sed on sun morn that in 2 wks well have a guest pastor come n' talk, n' that pastor used to be g@y.
[later] 밤이지만 아직도 회사에서: next wk, 06월21일 june 21's "go skateboarding day." shoot, if u ask me, every day should be "go skateboarding day," eh? *sigh* man... i'm still@werk.com n' feelin' sick n' exhausted. i wanna go to the gym, but i'm feelin' sick n' exhausted... as i sed.
[later] 1102p: so... what's up? well, this wknd... heh, am i really ever gonna do a wknd update 4 last wknd? well, on fri nite i went o our grx t3 light couples small grp. well, not many ppl showed up, so instead'f doin' a bible study, we just played phase 10, a card game. we stayed up pretty late, playin' that card game. in the morn... on sat morn, i went to the sunnyvale skate park. then, i came home n' cleaned the house some. my mom came over, n' i made us some 짜장면 jjajangmyuhn. then i went $hoppin' @ valley fair really quickly. i hadn't been there in ages. then, i went to my sista's b.day dinner (the 1 w/ my dad, whereas sun was the 1 w/ my mom) @ 청기와 chunggiwa (my sista's choice). wow, my nephews had such a fun time eatin' 떡보쌈 dduhkbossam. they like how it's so chewy n' slippery yet sticky, rt? after dinner, i took my sista's family out 4 gelato @ café aroma. i ordered myself a 과일 빙수 gwail bingsoo. later that nite, i drove over to ken n' grace's house to hang out w/ ken n' nelson n' also ken's employee jay. man, we had a good time just talkin'. it's been 2 long since i hung out w/ my hi skool friends like that, eh? i mean, there was ken's bbq; but that 2 was a while 'go now. *sigh* on sun, i woke up, went to church, uhm... then what? uh... i guess i went home, rt? then, i rode my bike to sports basement to look @ their small selektion'f knee braces. i didn't buy nethin' n' then rode home. i guess i cleaned up the house more or sumpthin'. then i went over to my sista's house 4 her other b.day dinner, where my mom brought over fud from li'l tainan, a taiwan restaurant in the cupertino village 99 mall. it was good fud; but she bought lots'f soup noodles, n' they were hard to share. i hung out w/ my family 4 a long time. i skateboarded while my nephews rode bikes. then i went to pick the beautiful kaela hwang up from the aeroport. yah, on sat nite (late sat nite), she called me n' sed she was comin' home early, n' that made me happy.
목요일 오후: a few wks 'go, i mentioned that my knee injury'll definitely go down in history as 1'f the biggest things that happened in my life this yr. yah, that's 4 sure. it cms like last yr was a big yr'f increased physikal aktivity while this yr's now a big yr'f decreased physikal aktivity, all thanks to my knee injury. *sigh* don'tchu think so? i think 'twas dennis moon - on tues nite - who sed he felt kind'f sorry 4 me @ taekwondo praktice cos i look like i really wanna participate 100% but whenever a more intense aktivity comes up, i look disappointed. ha ha. i think he's rt. he read me well. ha ha.
*sigh* now, some'f the reasons i haven't updated my journal so well these days (besides werk, church aktivities, n' taekwondo) include 1) facebook, 2) bronx's junkyard forums, n' 3) 마지막 춤은 나와 함께 majimak choomeun nawa hamggei. [just a li'l later] perhaps i'm doin' more'f things like hangin' out online n' watchin' dvds cos i can't do as much physikal aktivity rt now. :-/ was this what my life was like b4 i got back into skateboarding? :-/ no, b4 i got back into skateboarding, i was more'f a fitness type guy 4 a while. like, u could imagine that i'd someday do a triathlon or sumpthin'. i didn't own a bike tho'; so maybe u'd imagine that i'd someday run a marathon or sumpthin'. in ne case, i was more into things like running n' gym werkouts... liftin' weights. last yr, i didn't lift weights much. i did plenty'f taekwondo. i did plenty'f turbo kick box (tkb). i did plenty'f skateboarding. now this yr... :-/ yah, i've been 4ced to take a short break'f sorts. "my eyes will watch over them 4 their good, n' i'll bring'em back to this land. i'll build'em up n' not tear'em down; i'll plant'em n' not uproot'em." - jeremiah 24:6 that was my memory verse @ the recent grx leaders retreat. *sigh* i believe god'll bring me back to that place in my life, the "place" i was last yr. maybe by next yr, i'll be doin' all the things i was doin' last yr, n' it'll be just like i lost 1 yr'f my life or sumpthin'. ha ha ha. yah, that's sumpthin' tied in w/ the kdrama that the beautiful kaela hwang n' i r watchin':
마지막 춤은 나와 함께 majimak choomeun nawa hamggei. 4tetchu not that i've an apptmnt w/ the orthopedik surgeon on 06월21일 next wk. which day's that? 목요일 thurs. a li'l while 'go, i looked @ my knee n' it appeared a li'l bit less swollen. :-) i dunno if it was just the way i was sittin'. lemme c: no, really! it looks a bit less swollen.
금요일 오후: ah.... *breathe* 2day i had to do a decently big presentation@werk.com. it aktually went well. this newer projekt that i've been werkin' on... yah, it's been quite refreshin', as i mentioned b4, cos i'm werkin' w/ a diff sr engr who's just a nicer guy than a certain other sr engr i was werkin' w/ b4; so yah... really, there's better synergy. i realise that god broke my knee in order to help me focus on my werk instead'f always daydreamin' 'bout things like taekwondo, snowboarding, n' skateboarding.
well, i've been werkin' late 'lot lately. i was werkin' pretty late last nite n' the nite b4. i rushed over to teach the taekwondo color belt class but totally missed the black belt class. thankfully, mark was there to get the class started. i had tried to call him but couldn't reach him, so i was panicked that no 1 was teachin' class. neway... yah, i've been werkin' late. however, some ppl like nelson tell me stories 'bout either bizness ppl or 'puter programmers that werk really late. eh; i don't care all that much cos... 1st off, i'm not werkin' late to impress my friends, n' i'm not impressed by stories'f ppl's werkin' late all the time. 2ndly, the bizness ppl n' 'puter programmers that nelson n' other like him tell me 'bout... they're all gettin' paid waaay more than i am, so yah... i think maybe they deserve to be 4ced to werk late all the time. maybe... 1'f my friends sed this 'bout ppl who werk wknds: he sed that ppl who werk wknds... it's their own fault. cos they could've werked harder durin' the wk. maybe... yah, seriously... i don't think i feel so sorry when bizness ppl r told to werk long hrs... 'specially when they're paid really well. however, when i hear'f engrs' havin' to werk late hrs, i'll feel more sympathetik; seriously.
often, i wonder if engring isn't the respekted field it used to be. doktors, lawyers, bizness ppl... they're respekted... engrs? :-/ i think we're really treated like "hired help" now. i mean, keep in mind that i'm a mechanical engr. maybe software engrs r still respekted, but... *shrug* i've talked 'bout this b4 w/ friends; but i think pharmacist is a great job rt now... i mean, not that i personally would enjoi the field'f pharmacy, but when i saw all those pharmacists @ kaiser havin' such a good time n' hardly werkin'... wow! i bet they get paid pretty well to party it up back there n' hand out drugs n' read the instruktions aloud 4 patients who r clueless 'nuff to ask'em to.
[later] well, this wknd's a relatively free wknd, but... hrm, not really. i'm bizzy w/ wedding dj werk n' church aktivities. it's also father's day this wknd. [later] yah, my dad requested to go out to a japanese restaurant. hrm... i'm thinkin' midori sushi; but i dunno. oh yah, 2morrow, late morn, the beautiful kaela hwang n' i have some kind'f ¢heap massage sessions @ some place in los gatos called better body works. we'll c how that is. phil sed he's gonna be in the sobay 2morrow morn on his way to hike in the santa cruz mtns. i wonder 'xaktly where he's goin'. i offered to meet up 4 brkfast.
토요일 오후: 2day's a diff kind'f day. the beautiful kaela hwang n' i got massages @ better body works in los gatos, ate @ green papaya, n' ran into my cousin alan w/ his female "friend." date? *shrug* now, i'm waiting 4 kaela @ the valley fair viktoria's sekret.
월요일 아침: *sigh* how r u? :-/ heh, sorry to start out my entry w/ a sigh. heh. well, it's just that i feel pressure@werk.com; so... *sigh* it's certainly monday morn. oh wait, it's noontime now, so well... neway, it's mon! [later] 점심: this wknd was more extravagant n' expen$ive than others in recent months. as u read in my previous entry from 토요일, 2007년06월16일 ("better body works")), the beautiful kaela hwang n' i went 4 massage sessions in los gatos on sat morn thru early afternoon. then we ate a gourmet but simple n' lite n' small lunch @ the viet.fusion restaurant green papaya o'er there. on our way out, we ran into my cousin alan n' a gurl who was prob'ly his date (uh, i guess i'm spreading rumours n' shouldn't be), n' we went w/ 'em 4 some gelato @ some candy shoppe. kaela n' i shared a regular size gelato w/ low.fat banana nut n' spumoni. [later]we hung 'round los gatos 4 a while, n' then we went to valley fair mall. we spent 2 much time there, but we hadn't been there 2gether 4ever. later, that evenin' nite, we took sooni w/ us out to dinner in mtn view, where we ate @ 3ta a new asian.fusion joint. we ate outside; the fud was great, but it was very cold. we should've eaten earlier. it was late. yah, 'twas very good fud.
on sun morn, i woke up later than i would've liked n' had a hard time wakin' up kaela. we went to church a li'l late but not super late. after church, we went to lunch w/ my mom n' sooni @ 갤러리아 프라자 (galleria plaza). we ordered 2 much fud. 'twas good fud tho'. shoot, this past wknd was full'f 2 much good fud, huh? well, after lunch, kaela n' i went to pet fud express to bathe sooni. then, we went to santana row 4 the farmers market. then we went home. i took put the laundry to dry n' mowed the lawns. then, we went over to my dad's hotel to meet up w/ him n' my sista's family. kaela n' i took'em all out to dinner @ midori sushi. 2 much good fud 'gain. well, after dinner, kaela n' i walked sooni 'round the block. then we rode our bikes in the warm nite air to café aroa n' shared a large 녹차 nokcha green tea latte. 'twas s'pposed to be made w/ soy milk, but i wonder if they messed up. this wk, i've gotta prepare 4 a wedding reception on sat. a bit'f werk to do...
[a li'l later] this wknd, duk told me he wanted to buy a skateboard 4 commutin' to/from skool (along w/ a busride or literail, i'm sure). i got pretty excited cos i already help ppl $hop 4 snowboards, but this might be my 1st time helpin' some1 $hop 4 a skateboard. i told him, tho', how much my stuff ¢o$t, n' i think i freaked him out. *sigh* well, 1 option'd be 4 him to buy some'f my ol' equipment off me n' assemble a frankenboard (frankenstein board... some ol' parts, some new parts, whate'er we can find). i saw a great, great deal on a good ol' skool complete setup on amazon.com
[later] 오후: *sigh* 2day 4 lunch, kaela picked me up, n' we went to 장터 순대 jangtuh soondae. kaela ordered the 야채 국수 yachaegooksoo, n' i ordered the 순대국 soondaegook cos i was curious what 순대국 soondaegook tastes like. the waitress informed us that 야채 국수 must be ordered 4 2 ppl, so i sed we could cancel the 순재국 soondaegook; but she sed we should keep it; so we did. it was 'lot'f fud! *sigh* i've been eatin' 2 much lately. what's up? lately, we go out to eat n' order 2 much fud. the only time when we didn't order 2 much fud was @ green papaya cos we told ourselves not to order 2 much.
[later] 저녁이지만 아직도 회사에서: i plan to go to sach's 730p turbo kick box (tkb) class @ the e arques 24 hr fitness 2nite after werk. *sigh* gotta get out'f here @ a somewhat decent time. man... there just rn't enuf hrs in a day sometime, eh? freakin' a. *sigh* as i sed, i've got wedding dj stuff to take care'f 2. i have 1 weddin' this month; 1 weddin' next month; n' then i have a brk in aug. i turned down 1 gig in aug. i have 4 gigs in sept! i had to turn down 1 gig in sept cos i was already booked that evenin'.
[later] this morn, i did take sooni 4 a nice walk on skateboard. after a wk'f not olliein', i went back to olliein' up curbs this morn. i'm glad it comes back naturally after a wk. phew. since i can't do as much other stuff w/ my injured knee, i've been tryin' to manual more these days (manual = wheelie). i'm far from good @ it; but i try. i don't like wearin' out my tail when i mess up n' pull my nose up 2 hi, so i let me shoe drag a li'l back, behind, off my tail; so when i pull my nose up 2 hi, my shoe drags, not the tail'f my deck. poor shoe. [later] i'm not good @ manualin' tho'. :-/
화요일 오후: ugh! i'm so mad cos... 'member that nice surf one ol' skool complete (skateboard) i 4 super¢heap saw on amazon.com
[later] finally off the topik'f skateboarding... do u know what beard papa's is? it's a cream puff store, a japanese chain that has finally reached amerikan amerika, n' i hear it's all the rage out here now. u can check out their corporate u.s. website: muginohousa.com. i bet there's a wiki on'em. lemme check... [a li'l later] yes, they have a wiki page: "beard papa." they're openin' 1 up in cupertino soon. kewl. well, kewl; but not kewl cos i don't need more unhealthy fud. *sigh* [a li'l later] ok, on their website, they say they're healthy cos they don't use preservatives n' do use organik ingredients. uhm, ok; but check out the fat content! :-o ok, so in nor*cal, u'll find'em in sf (2 stores) n' redwood city... n' soon (07년07월) cupertino. down in socal, they've got 'lot more stores.
it's kaela's n' my 47th monthversary 2day... but we celebrated over the wknd.
수요일 아침: our house's bein' painted 2day. 2morrow's the 1st day'f summer n' also "go skateboarding" day. i didn't go skateboarding 2day cos the painters were paintin' by the time i was ready to take sooni 4 a walk. since the beautiful kaela hwang's on summer brk rt now n' her clinik's closed; i left sooni's walk to her. *sigh* i feel so bad 4 kaela cos it's her 2.week summer brk rt now, but... freakin' a! i'm sooo bizzy w/ werk, djing stuff, church stuff, n' taekwondo class stuff that i can't take her newhere to play. i feel sooo bad. :-( oh yah, we're also havin' our house painted, so that's 'nother thing goin' on, just to make life even more hektic. seriously! life's hektic rt now, n' i didn't expekt it to be hektic this wk, but it is. i need a brk; i really need a brk! i just wanna go skateboarding on "go skateboarding" day. it that 2 much to ask?! ha ha ha. *sigh*
lately, i haven't been doin' so much facebook cos my friends haven't been talkin' to me 2 much on facebook. i s'ppose i feel a li'l anti.social on facebook rt now. or... *shrug* i dunno. i guess i wish my friends'd contakt me n' write on my wall n' stuff; but... *shrug* i s'ppose i'm just not very popular. *shrug* i've gotta 'member that the mobile txt # to use facebook from my fon = 32665, which spells out "fbook."
[later] 오후: *sigh* well, it's afternoon. durin' lunch, kaela picked me up, n' we ate @ shan indian restaurant on el camino real @ halford, near big! lots, albertsons, osh, n' bombay gardens. we ordered some bindi masala, some beef jalfari, 2 naan, n' 1 roti. it was plenty'f fud. the total bill was $18 after tax n' tip, so... well, that's ¢heaper than buffet, n' i was just as stuffed. i like shan indian restaurant; now that i think 'bout it. yah, our friend/student poonam sed it's 1'f her favourites... 'least she sed that 'bout the 1 on stevens crk; but i'm pretty sure this 1 on el camino real's pretty much the same. [a li'l later] after lunch, kaela n' i bought some gro¢eries @ albertsons. then, i went back to werk. kaela left sooni @ home w/ the painters durin' lunch. her clinik's closed 2day, n' she's on summer brk... uhm, yah... i 'lready sed that. she went home n' then called me to say that she doesn't like the colour'f the garage door, but geez... we can't change it now!
목요일 아침: 2day's the summer solstice, but it's also go skateboarding day! go skateboarding day's also known as "gsd." it's the longest day'f the yr. i need longer days. [just a li'l later] every1 only gets 24 hrs each day. i have $34 in my wallet. every1 only gets 24 hrs each. use'em wisely. every1 only gets 24 hrs each day. it's up to u how u use'em. it's go skateboarding day, n' i'd rather be skateboarding.
this morn, i took sooni 4 a walk on skateboard. since it's go skateboarding day, but i woke up 2 late to hit up the sunnyvale skate park; i took her 4 a longer walk. i turned to cross a street @ a place where i don't normally do so. when i rolled up the handicap ramp, my wheels got suck on the li'l ledge, n' i fell off my board on my healin' left knee, n' my board rolled into the street. i got up n' limped over to retrieve my board b4 a car drove over it on that bizzy street. i walked a li'l carryin' my board... limped. i was shaken but not really hurt. in fakt, my knee kind'f felt better than b4 the fall. i found a baseball n' picked it up. this man walked by, walkin' 3 german shepherds. sooni tugged on her leash 2wards them... *roll eyes* as if she could take on 3 german shepherds! dude, as if! she's never liked german shepherds. it goes back to her days, livin' w/ moona. hrm, how do u spell mooma? "moona" or "moonah?" personally, i think it's a cute name. what if i were to name our daughter moonah? heh, ken'd think it's funny that i'd be naming a daughter the same name as his ol' dog, eh? neway, we're not pregnant. i was just given a hypothetikal situation. did i mention that ken n' grace's twins'll be gurls? dude, he should name his gurls moona n' luna! neway... sooni tugged on the leash n' made me drop my newly found baseball. ("have u cn my baseball?" - stoopid, immature quote from something about mary, i guess...) the man told 1'f his german shepherds, "leave his baseball alone." by "his," was the man referring to me or sooni? sooni's a gurl. *sigh* i must've looked like such a kid, walkin' 'round w/ my skateboard, dropping my baseball. heh... *sigh* neway, after walkin' a bit like a sucka, i realised that my leg was fine to skate, so i hopped back on my skateboard but made sure to take it a li'l easier n' be a li'l extra careful. i didn't bother olliein' up ne more curbs. *sigh* i have my apptmnt w/ the kaiser surgeon 2day. yesterday, while we were @ lunch @ shan indian restaurant, the beautiful kaela hwang looked @ my mri.
[later] 저녁이지만 아직도 회사에서: kaela n' i ate lunch @ the kaiser hospital's nice cafeteria, which is 'pparently mostly run by a bunch'f korean 아줌마 ajoomma. aktually, b4 eating, we browsed 'round the farmers mkt there in the courtyard. we bought some indian fud there: potato paratha n' cilantro chutney. then, we went to the courtyard café n' bought a pair'f vietnamese shrimp spring rolls ($3.50) n' a bowl'f chinese chicken salad w/ 2 boiled egg halves. we ate the rolls n' salad n' some figs that kaela brought w/ her but didn't touch the indian fud. then, we went to go c the orthopedik surgeon.
well... *sigh* he agrees that i have 2 torn menisci but also insists that i have a fully torn acl, such that it doesn't show up in the mri cos it's gone. yah, i've gotta admit that when i heard the pop @ kirkwood that fateful april 21 morn, it sounded like i was rippin' 'part a chicken leg. x-o well, the surgeon discussed my options: surgery or no surgery; just menisci surgery or menisci n' acl surgery; graftin' in a chunk'f patellar tendon or graftin' in cadaver acl. well... i guess i'm goin' w/ the full menisci n' acl surgery w/ cadaver transplant. dude, who knew i'd end up w/ a piece'f some dead person in my body. frakenbeno! ("franks n' beans!") well, this is all s'pposed to go down on th morn'f 2007년08월09일 august 9. how much is this all gonna ¢o$t?! *shrug* [later] yah, after readin' thru the kaiser website, i still don't know how much this's gonna ¢o$t. :-( [later] aktually, recently, i got a bill from the kirkwood clinik 4 ~$67. i dunno if my insurance didn't cover the whole amount. i'm readin' rt now some online .pdf pamphlet that sez: "if you paid for the services or later receive a bill, contact our member service call center when you return home for instructions on how to submit a claim. our member service call center can be reached from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., seven days a week at the following: 1-800-464-4000 english 1-800-757-7585 chinese dialects 1-800-777-1370 tty." hrm... should i do that? [later] uhm, i may be mistaken, but i think the surgery might be 100% covered by my insurance. i dunno.
*sigh* well... way to spend go skateboarding day, eh? way to spend the summer solstice! way to spend the longest day'f the yr.
[just a li'l later] u know what's a li'l interestin' 'bout 2day's hospital visit? the office i was @ had 2 grx ppl werkin' there! we talked to paul, but we didn't c john.
oh yah, after my mtg w/ the orthopedik surgeon, i had to take a 2nd knee x.ray cos the surgeon sed the 1 from kirkwood was horrible, just as kaela earlier sed.
금요일 아침: it's fri. however, 2morrow i've a bit'f a large.scale produktion'f a wedding reception to put on. typikally, i'm a club.style remix dj. however, this couple cms to have hired me, thinkin' i'm more'f an a/v produktion guy. in the next 24 hrs, i've got 'lot to do. i've been a professional dj 4 ~15 yrs; but i'm not so much an a/v guy. i got into this biz not 4 the equipment but 4 the art'f remixing.
this morn, i overheard some cowerkers discussin' some online newspaper article re: the world's most expen$ive cities. i googled up "world's most expensive cities," n' found an article; but it's from 2005년: "world's most expensive cities - survey: tokyo and osaka take top spots, followed by london, moscow, and seoul." i heard 1'f my 2 cowerkers say that seoul passed london this yr. i thought he sed seoul passed london to take the #2 spot afer tokyo, but i'm not sure. [a li'l later] ok, i think i found the article that they were discussin': "world's most expensive cities - moscow wins again with london as runner up. new york drops five places to no. 15, while san francisco plunges 20 places to no. 54, according to mercer's 2007 survey." ok, here's the list:
world's most expensive cities 2007
01. moscow
02. london
03. seoul
04. tokyo
05. hong kong
07. copenhagen
07. geneva
08. osaka
09. zurich
10. oslo
11. milan
12. st. petersburg (russia)
13. paris
14. singapore
15. new york city
16. dublin
17. tel aviv
18. rome
19. vienna
20. beijing
"among north american cities, new york and los angeles are the most expensive and are the only two to rank in the top 50 of the world's most expensive cities. . . . san francisco came in a distant third at no. 54, down 20 places from a year earlier." interesting! 'nother interesting article is this: "who gets the most (and least) vacation - when it comes to taking a holiday, it's best to be finnish, and (not quite) the worst to be american. a new study ranks countries by their paid time-off policies." the philipinnes cms to be the worst just 4 vacation days (after 10 yrs) but 14 paid holidays. oh, thailand's just as bad w/ 6 vacation days (after 10 yrs) n' 13 paid holidays. in the us, we typikally get 15 vacation days (after 10 yrs) n' only 10 paid holidays. do i really get 10 paid holidays???
01. new yr's day
02. president's day
03. memorial day
04. 4th'f july
05. labour day
06. t.giving
07. black fri (day after t.giving)
08. christmas
09. floating holiday 1
10. floating holiday 2
11. floating holiday 3
oh, ok. i do get 11 holidays, including those floaters. however, i don't get dr. martin luther king jr. day, abraham lincoln's b.day, columbus day (aka indigenous ppl's day), or veterans day. dude, it cms to me like the banks n' post offices r always gettin' extra holidays. 4th'f july's comin up... 4jx2007. that's 1 good/nice thing.
[later] 점심: wouldn't it be great to be able to google up ur future? *sigh* rt now it's june. well, june's almost over. next month... @ the end'f next month, the beautiful kaela hwang n' i'll go on our grx london mission trip. aug'll be my 32nd b.day. last yr, on my b.day, i got to hit up the sunnyvale skate park, rt? well, (it) looks like i won't be able to do that this yr, eh? i've been thinkin' this: since i'll be missin' the 1st part'f the snow season neway; maybe i should try to take kaela n' me out'f the country 4 a vakation @ the end'f the yr. shall (will) i have 'nuff vakation time? *sigh* i dunno. i haven't thought 'bout it.
[later] *sigh* i'm sure plenty'f ppl 'round me feel no sympathy 4 my knee situation cos they'll say i was bein' irresponsible, that no 1 told me to go out n' snowboard so wildy. however... *sigh* like, why do ppl ever push their limits in action/exttreme sports or in other sports that rn't team or point related? like, if i hurt myself figure skatin' or sumpthin'... what if i hurt myself while runnin'? wht if i hurt myself rock climbing? i guess, in a way, when u participate in an aktion/extreme sport, u push ur limits to prove that it's possible. u do it 4 the ppl u represent. u do it 4 (hu)mankind in gen'l. u do it 4 the sport itself, to raise the bar. even tho' i'm not up there 'mongst the competitive pros or even theo competitive ams (amateurs), 'least i'm bringing up the mean (average), u know? (or i was.) *sigh* i mean, i've often gotta introspekt n' reflekt n' reconsider if i've been 2 prideful in my snowboarding gift/ability. "your will above all else, still my purpose remains. the art of losing myself in bringing you praise. everlasting, your light will shine when all else fails. neverending, your glory goes beyond all fame." - from "from the inside out" by hillsong... what, am i trying to justify my irresponsible aktions by sayin' it was 4 the glory'f god or some higher purpose?! well... i dunno, man. often it cms like god really created me the way i am 4 a purpose. my interests... i must like these thigns cos god created me w/ this disposition to like'em. u know i've always been toein' the line btwn "tryin' to fulfill some purpose in life by snowboarding" n' just bein' prideful, boastful, n' irresponsible. it's been a hard journey along that border. u've prob'ly heard me say things like, even tho' i'm nowhere as good as those competitive snowboarders, i'm better than most'f bay area yuppies that trek up now n' then to play in the snow, rt? so... so that's a bit boastful, maybe... but on the other hand, maybe it was to inspire... more like, if u go up to the slopes as often as i do, u'll be able to do these things 2. 'gain, compared to the guys that like live in tahoe (literally), i'm not very good. in some ways, maybe i'm the best'f the worst... @ best. or 'least i was. who knows how i'll be able to snowboard next season. was this a "career.ending" injury?! that's a very scary thought; but the whole reason i'll be goin' thru the surgery on 2007년08월09일's cos that'll allow me to continue my boardsports n' martial arts, rt?!
[a li'l later] 오후: everytime i go into kaiser n' hear 'bout surgery, i honestly get a bit depressed. i know it has an effekt on my body. like, when i feel optimistik n' believe my body's healin' itself, my body feels better. when i'm faced w/ the thought/reality'f surgery, i get depressed, n' my body feels worse. can u believe that? i mean... as a martial artist i firmly believe that it's possible to put mind over body n' to disassociate the 2. like, if u put ur mind to it, u can physikally per4m @ ur best even if ur emotions r in the pits or whate'er, u know? furthermore, u can push ur body beyond ur emotions. like, if u feel pain, that's just in the mind; but u can make ur body funktion beyond pain, etc. rt? *shrug* in a way, it's like i'm sayin', as a martial arts "tuff guy" i should be able to be king'f my emotions n' thoughts n' body. maybe that leads to insensitivity. like, my index finger; i don't have feelin' in the tip'f my index finger rt now. it's been like almost a month since the grx leaders retreat @ mission springs conference center in scotts valley, when i played bass guitar w/ abel 1 afternoon. ever since that day'f intense bass.playin', i haven't been able to feel the tip'f my left index finger. some ppl worry 'bout that; but, me, as a martial arts "tuff guy," think that bein' numb's a good thing. if i lose feelin' in my insteps, i can kick harder roundhouse kicks w/o feelin' pain. if i lose feelin' in my knuckles, i can punch harder w/o feelin' pain. numb, u know? numb.... numbness. as a martial arts "tuff guy", as an insensitive macho male; i've come to let myself believe that numbness's good. numbskull. the flip side'f numbness is what? sensitivity, rt? :-/ is it not due time i got (back) in touch w/ my sensitive side??? u've gotta admit, over the yrs, perhaps i've grown more insensitive. like, in hi skool, was i not 1 freakin' "emo" boy? wasn't i pretty freakin' sensitive? then... then what? i hardened over my college yrs? i know. . . {much later] i know my 2nd relationship prob'ly had much to do w/ that. in retrospekt i often think that that was a stoopid relationship that i should've avoided, but i dunno... it's hard to regret the things u do in life, rt? often, u'll hear me say that i got into that relationship 4 the wrong reasons; that thru it, i was seekin' a sense'f "normalcy" n' fittin' in. in some ways that took 'way from my identity. like, kaela asked me 'bout this recently, asked me to expand 'pon that. the example that i gave was how that exgf n' her friends made fun'f this 1 particularly loud green shirt w/ white dots that i liked wearing. they called it my pickle shirt. my exgf put me into designer clothing w/ blatant labels n' logos. often, i think she thought "if it has a designer brand name, it must look good." i dunno. i mean, so many'f us 'least went thru a phase in our younger yrs when pri¢y fashion made 'lot'f sense, n' yah... i know i still occasionally $pend 2 much on a piece'f clothing now n' then. however, more importantly, my pt's that the clothes my exgf put me into weren't me. neway... that's not my overall pt here. my overall pt's that, altho' i got into that relationship 4 the wrong reasons, when she pretty much dumped me 4 'nother guy, it still hurt, n' that kind'f lead me to "harden my heart." i s'ppose that was the 1st n' only time that happened to me, so yah... it affekted me in that typikal way where i probl'y decided to protekt my emotions more, rt? so... maybe that lead to a increased level'f insensitivity in me. yah? *shrug* numbness. numbskull. numbnut. numbnuts. u always hear'f so.called "shao.lin monks" hangin' weights from their gon@ds to prove that they don't feel pain or sumpthin'.
superdave kim hardly updates his journal "starkdavingmad.com" nemore, but i noticed 2 article links in his "vault" rt after 'nother:
2007-06-20
japanese man falls to his death on half dome.
what you don't know about sushi.
i can imagine that txt appearing on jay leno's tonight show on nbc. jay leno'd make some lame joke, hintin' that the sushi killed the japanese man, playin' off'f stereotypes n' ignorance'f the amerikan ppl; n' ppl'd laff. yah, it's a li'l funny or maybe even "cute" to think a piece'f nigiri'd throw its predator off a cliff; but... *shrug*
on my facebook profile, 4 the "about me" sektion, i currently have: "martial artist, boardsports athlete, dj." well, maybe i ought to change that to "just a man w/ a broken knee." otherwise, i could still say "dj w/ broken knee." to make a bold statement, i could say, "just a man w/ a broken knee, depending on god"; but that's a bit 2 much.
월요일 아침: 유월 06월 june's comin' to an end. it's summer now, n' days r aktually only gettin' shorter. this yr... this yr's diff from last yr. maybe every yr's a li'l diff. i guess that's a given. *sigh* well, my knee injury's cms to be such a life changin' event. last yr, @ this time, life was very diff. i was very aktive. thsi yr, i'm much less aktive. healthwise, that's a prob. since i'm not gettin' 'nuff exercise, i need to eat less. it's a been a while since i felt, like, really healthy. i don't have that "strong chi/gi" feeling. i'm sure there r all sorts'f chemical imbalances in my body rt now cos i'm not gettin' the exercise i typikally do. sumpthin's not quite rt, but i can't really describe it. *shrug*
*sigh* well, 'twas a bizzy wknd 'f course. i had wedding to dj, n' i didn't just dj it but did all the a/v werk. that was a diff experience. well, 'twas really crazy cos i discovered that evenin' that i'm the cousin'f the bride! crazy, huh? while i was settin' up, my aunt came up n' sed hi, n' she sed the bride's her niece. so... since this aunt is the wife'f my dad's cousin, n' the bride's her brutha's daughter... we're like 3rd cousins, rt? funny! neway, the wedding (reception) went ok. some things in the a/v stuff could've gone better, but my vendors let me down: the 'puter rental $hop told me to stick w/ their smaller power projektor, but i should've gone w/ their larger model. guitar showcase rented me a messed up amp. *sigh* it's awful when ur vendors make u look bad in front'f ur customers, eh? it's what i've gotta worry 'bout @ werk werk 2.
[later] well, fri nite... i stayed_late@werk.com. then, i came home. the beautiful kaela hwang had just come home from the gym n' was out on the driveway killin' ants on our rose bushes. it made me laff cos it's like what i did as a kid. kids r so intrigued by killin' ants. then, we tried to go out to dinner @ the cuban international restaurant in san josé's j.town (japantown) cos'f an entertainment book ¢oupon. it wasn't open. i don't understand, was it just late (cos it was a bit late), or did it close down (4 good). gee, it cms that the entertainment book
sure has 'lot'f ¢oupons 4 restaurants that've closed down n' gone out'f bizness. it's like lots'f restaurants use advertisin' in the entertainment book
as their last ditch effort to stay 'live or sumpthin'. *shrug* neway, we then tried to eat @ gombei, a place i like to go to 4 katsucury, but they only take ¢a$h, n' i didn't cm to have quite 'nuff ¢a$h; so we went to kubota sushi... an expen$ive, nice, authentik japanese restaurant. *sigh* i didn't wanna eat such an extravagant dinner but whate'er. also, the waitress encouraged us to order 2 much. i hate when they do that. i mean, the fud was all really good, but it was 2 much. *sigh* well, after dinner, we went home, n' i werked on dj stuff.
on sat morn, i werked on more dj stuff. in the late morn, i took sooni 4 a walk on skateboard. i 'specially did that to take a break from my werk. sometimes u need to get out n' take a step back from ur werk, rt? well, i was in a time crunch tho'. i had to rush out to guitar showcase n' rent that extra audio equipment. duk n' jason came to help me load my equipment into my car. they did all the werk, while i werked on burnin' some important cds. they did a great job. i really appreciate their help. well, kaela n' i got dressed n' drove off to joy luck place 4 the wedding reception. 'twas really hektic there. the restaurant stuff was all over the place, settin' stuff up; the florsts as well. 'twas hektic, but i tried to stay nice n' friendly 'mongst all the hustle n' bustle, rt? well, the wedding reception went fine. it took a long time to pack up n' leave. the groom's friend really helped me kaela n' i got home n' were exhausted.
we had a super.bizzy sun(day) as well! i didn't take sooni 4 a walk on skateboard cos i woke up just a li'l 2 late. kaela n' i went to church (@ grx 'f course). we went to the early service. then, our small group went out 4 lunch @ bamboo garden in sunnyvale's town n' country village. 'twas great fud @ a good pri¢e. after that, kaela n' i had a grx team london mtg @ the church office but had a li'l time to kill; so we went to trader joe's to buy some snacks 4 the mtg n' some gro¢eries 4 us. well, we went to the mtg. it went a bit long, n' i had to hurry home to unload the dj equipment n' then hurry off to guitar showcase to return the rented equipment. duk totally helped me 'gain. dude, he was such a help. well, when i came home, i felt so relieved. *sigh* it had a been a really bizzy wknd. i figured i could finally relax. kaela had some skolarship app essay she was writin'. i don't understand why she didn't werk on it earlier, like last wk. i sat in the backyard n' watched the last episode'f sbs's kdrama 마지막춤은 나와 함꼐 majimakchoomeun nawa hamggei (save the last dance for me). well, now i know the ending. [later] 오후: i was tired n' sleepy but i eventually cooked dinner: tortelini w/ a tomato sauce that contained random farmers market veggies n' spam.
i wanna share w/ u a very important passage from the 2003년 edition'f my beno journal from the 2003년08월26일 entry titled "buhngae" (번개 = buhngae = lightning):
now sun was a very special day. we woke up, tried to clean up a bit, n' then rushed off to church. that's the 1st time either'f had been to church in a very long time. that was the 1st time we went to church 2gether. we went to san jose jeiil gyohwe on arques n'
lawrence right by fry's. ppl from our taekwondojang go there. we met up w/ brian chong there. the pastor / moksanim talked to me n' kaela 4 a while after service, since we're new. i can't say 4 sure we'll be going there regularly, but it cms to be a kewl place. during the sermon n' all, i realised just how diff my life is nowadays from yrs 'go... spiritually... if u read my old, old journal entries, u'd know... u know, i dunno what to say 'bout if i was "a better" person back then... or if i did less bad things or whatever... what was more on my mind is that i sure ask 4 help from god less than i used to. i know lots'f nonchristians'd think, "shoot! now that beno's gonna go to church 'gain, he's gonna get all preachy n' make us feel bad 4 not going to church!" *sigh* no, i really don't want to or plan to do that. i won't do that. i just realised that i have so many stresses in my life these days: finances, career, skool, job, house... :-( however... i deal w/ it so less constructively than i used to... n' that's cos i don't have the spiritual life i used to. true. i've gotten really whiney in recent yrs. u've heard me say that many times. i'm so sorry. :-( it's a big jump btwn "i've gotta do everything myself; i'm so stressed out, so stressed out, so stressed out" to "i'll trust that god'll take care'f me." wow, in my past, i really did have a "i'll trust god'll take care'f me" philosophy @ times. well, don't ppl say that sometimes after u've tried everything else, maybe u should just trust god? *shrug* neway, as i sed, i'm not out to become a judgemental person n' force ne1
to take on my religious beliefs. i just know i need to take on my religious beliefs.
well, after church, after talking to the pastor, kaela n' i went to fry's to hang out n' wait 4 brian. brian went to teach hi skool sunday skool, n' julie went to the korean service. funny, it must sound like we do stuff w/ those 2 'lot, it cms, but they r not a couple. julie, brian, brian's friend mindy, kaela, n' i went to bamboo garden 4 dimsum in sunnyvale's old town n' country shopping neighbourhood. it was a pretty good dimsum lunch. nelson recommended that restaurant.
4jx2007's comin' up, next wed, rt? it's awkward to have 4jx in the middle'f the wk. i wish we'd just do 4jx on the 1st mon'f july. that'd make so much more sense. i dislike when holidays r set by date n' not day'f the wk. even christmas; was 12월25일 really jesus's b.day? well... hrm... aktually, i guess we have records based 'pon astronomy, rt? history sez jesus was born under the "christmas" star, n' that 4mation'f that particular bright star (is it the north star?) above the crescent moon happens 'round 12월25일, i guess, huh? well... i guess b.days might be an exception; but if ppl were to celebrate my b.day on a fri or sat, i'd be happiest.
수요일 아침: uhm, just 4 a sec, can we talk 'bout korean gurls' dancing 'round showin' their tah.tahs n' naughty bits? on bronx's junkyard, there's been some discussion'f a (new?) singin' duo called 폭시 foxy. they prance 'round stage wearin' next to nuthin', which is hardly nethin' new in ne country... i mean, consider the pussycat dolls. they're a good example'f scantily clad women who sing n' dance, n' they're massively popular. well, neway, like the thing that kind'f weird, interesting, or maybe even annoying 'bout foxy's that their musik's that hello kitty asian pop like the original 핑클 fin.k.l. stuff. like, when 이효리 lee hyori or 신미나 frolik 'round stage w/ their clothes fallin' off, it makes more sense cos their musik sounds like musik that gurls sing while their clothes disappear. however, foxy... their musik's musik 4 kid's cartoons. like, aktually, i haven't watched a foxy per4mance yet, but i've heard their musik n' read 'bout them on bronx's junkyard. when i heard their musik, it was hard 4 me to connekt those sounds w/ what i read 'bout them, u know?
[later] 오후: whereas a couple'f months or more 'go, i was so into gettin' back into punk, christian punk, n' harder altrock; lately, i've taken a likin' to that mid.to.late 1990s style alice altrock. like, on mon (i think 'twas mon)... no... 'twas sunday (i think), i was in the beautiful kaela hwang's kia sportage, n' i heard the wallflowers' "one headlight" on alice, n' i totally dug it n' was stoked. 2day, i was listenin' to jack johnson's "flake" mp3 on my lg chocolate fon n' totally dug it n' was stoked. yah, i hadn't realised that the song "flake"'s 'bout "flakin' out" on ppl. that's what it's 'bout, rt?
"flake" by jack johnson
i know she said it's alright. you can make it up next time. it seems to me that "maybe," it pretty much always means "no." i know she loves the sunrise, no longer sees it with her sleeping eyes, and it seems to me that "maybe," it pretty much always means "no."
i know she knows it's not right. there ain't no use in lying.
maybe she thinks i know something. maybe, maybe she thinks it's fine.
maybe she knows something i don't. i'm so, i'm so tired. i'm so tired of trying
so don't tell me you might just let it go.
and oftentimes we're lazy. it seems to stand in my way
cause no one, no not no one likes to be let down.
i know that when she said she's gonna try; well, it might not work because of other ties,
and i know she usually has some other ties, and
i wouldn't want to break'um, i wouldn't want to break'um
maybe she'll help me to untie this, but until then, i'm gonna have to lie too
so don't tell me you might just let it go.
and oftentimes we're lazy. it seems to stand in my way
cause no one, no not no one likes to be let down.
it seems to me that "maybe," it pretty much always means "no."
so don't tell me you might just let it go.
금요일 아침: this wk's comin' to an end. this month's comin' to an end. will summer really fly by just as the beautiful kaela hwang sed? she sed that, w/ our grx london mission trip n' my knee surgery, this summer'll really fly by. yah? *sigh* maybe. *sigh* sometimes, i wish we could make a short roadtrip to socal. it's hardly that i love socal that much; but it's a place where we can go n' kind'f getaway yet still know our way 'round n' know ppl n' have ppl to stay w/, etc., rt? it's been a while since we packed up our stuff into a car (either my subaru forester or a rental) n' trekked down the 5 w/ sooni, u know? think 'bout those truckstop towns we stop @ along the way. think 'bout the drive thru the grapevine. well... since i prob'ly won't be snowboardin' durin' the winter holidays this yr, maybe we can do a socal roadtrip durin' that time. *sigh* last snowboarding season was aktually pretty good 4 me, come to think'f it. i'm glad kaela n' i made that winter holiday time tahoe trip. that was great. *sigh* those were good times. i guess we won't have that trip this yr... 'least not @ that time. yah, in a way this surgery scares me 'specially cos'f the unknowns: what will recovery be like?! how long'll it take? how soon will i be able to snowboard n' skateboard n' do real taekwondo? *sigh* life's not as bizzy rt now yet still bizzy. [later] i s'ppose i don't have ne kaiser doktor's apptmnts thru the whole month'f 07월 july. odd. i have a surgery apptmnt w/ the assistant chief'f orthopedik surgery on 08월09일, but i have a 2nd opinion apptmnt w/ the chief'f orthopedik surgery on 08월01일. i just figure, if the assistant chief's 'bout to make a big mistake, the chief chief can stop him if i give him 1 wk, rt?
*sigh* well, every day this wk, i took sooni 4 a walk in the morn on skateboard, rt? yup, i think so. furthermore, i took her 4 longer walks, takin' longer routes. i try to go by all the waxed curbs n' grind a li'l on'em. i try to get near the edge'f curb, slide 'least my rear truck into a grind n' then pull out back onto the sidewalk. it's sumpthin' stoopid n' lame, but 4 some reason it's fun. there's just sumpthin' fun 'bout the feelin'f grindin' metal on waxed concrete, rt? streetskaters know what i'm talkin' 'bout. otherwise, i also like the feelin'f grindin' metal trucks on metal copin' in the skateboard park. *sigh* i haven't been to the sunnyvale skate park in ages now, huh?
oh, my freakin' goodness! uhm, ok... uh, i find this very interestin', but u won't. u know how i recently got attached to the jack johnson song "flake," playin' as an mp3 on my lg chocolate fon? i just checked the wiki on jack johnson... ok, 1st'f all, he's a hawai.ian.born musician that's the same age's me! his b.date's 1975년05월18일. so he was big into surfin' n' skatin'; n' he was a professional surfer until he had a big surfin' accident. ok, it's not like i was ever that great'f a snowboarder, but we both've had big boardsports accidents n' r the same age. he went to ucsb. i wonder if he was there while some'f our friends were there.
일요일 오후, 239p: can u believ it's july?! crazy! *sigh* *sigh* @ the end'f this month (7월), we go on our grx london mission. crazy, crazy. then, next month (8월), i'm s'pposed to get knee surgery. *sigh* i need to get more exercise n' eat less. i'm gettin' out'f shape, n' it's horrible! it's very horrible. it's no good. i need more exercise, n' need to eat less. input, output... [later] 259p: yes, i badly need more exercise! *sigh*
here's a link that only i'll appreciate... u prob'ly won't care: youtube video: "daewon song 2006 soty" (soty = skater of the year).
yesterday, the beautiful kaela hwang spent the day in the east bay. 'twas our friend roland's b.day, so we celebrated w/ him n' a bunch'f our friends.
월요일 아침, 112a: i'm watchin' a neat show called amerika @ the crossrds on kteh (pbs 32). it's showin' 'lots'f real footage'f what it's like in the warzone in iraq.
[later] monday, monday... [later] 오후: i went to lunch late cos i thought i'd get a free lunch from a vendor company, but maybe i visited their li'l show thingy 2 early. they had pizza there, but they were givin' it out yet. then, i talked to the beautiful kaela hwang n' sed i'd go home n' eat lunch w/ her. i went home 'roun 1230p. we ate some trader joe's pizza n' salad n' started watchin' my super ex.girlfriend. when i returned to my office 'bout an hr later, every1 was outside n' firetrucks were there. apparently, we had a small elektrical fire that started 'round 1241p. man, i should've stayed home longer n' watched more'f the movie! aktually, they didn't let us back in until 230p, so i could've watched the whole movie. :-( oh well.
so... how was this wknd? on fri evenin', i werked late. i missed may's 530p tubo kick box (tkb) class @ the fremont ave 24 hour fitness; no suprrise. kaela n' i had had lunch @ sweet tomatoes that afternoon, rt? i think so. @ nite, we went to dinner @ the sunnyvale pasta pomodoro cos i had an e.mailed ¢oupon 4 a free dessert'f our choice. we chose this chocosoufflé w/ vanilla aisukuriimu. [later] oh yah, we ordered a (large) spinacci salad to start (2 big!); n' then kaela had some new verdure dish w/ gluten.free shell pasta, n' i had this pasta portobello. the fud was great, but we ordered 2 much. kaela ordered a glass'f riesling, n' i ordered a glass'f pinot grigio. i should've ordered a red wine as i usually do @ pasta pomodoro, usually sumpthin' like chianti. red wine's better 4 u. i simply figured that since i wasn't orderin' a steak or some beefy dish, that i'd stick w/ a white wine; but when i got my dish, i realised the brownish creamy sauce w/ sausage as well as chicken'd go better w/ a red than a white.
화요일 아침: it's tues morn. *sigh* this is a funny wk cos 4jx2007 (4jx2k7) falls in the middle'f the wk. rt smack dab (smackdab?) in the middle'f the werk wk (werkwk?). *sigh* i guess 'tis nice to get a brk in the middle'f the wk, now that i think 'bout it. oh! it's only tues 2day, eh? gee, 4 a sec, i thought 2day was wednesday... despite the fakt that i just typed out that it's tues. it's just that i have a mtg every tues morn, n' i thought i didn't need to go cos i thought 'twas wednesday. upes.
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[later 오후: i never got 'round to givin' u an update 4 this past wknd. *sigh* well, 2morrow's emerica's (skateboard shoe company) big "wild in the streets" event in sf. i wish i could go n' participate in some way, but whate'er... my knee, u know? like, "wild in the streets"'s 'spposed to be 'bout takin' skateboarding out'f the competitive sports world n' makin' it a street aktivity'f some sort. i don't totally buy into that faktion. i think skaters should enjoi skateboarding, yes. however, i think it's great that skateboarding has the x.games n' look 4ward to the day that skateboarding's in the olympiks. i think skaters should set goals 4 themselves, u know? i'll tell u this tho': i'm not into that whole robotik kind'f skateboarding that lacks style. like, in the 1980s, there was a big division, a dichotomy - u had tony hawk on 1 side n' the great christian hosoi on the other. tony hawk was a robot - he could do amazing, acrobatik feats, but he had no style. christian hosoi could also do crazy tricks... not always quite as crazy, but he had great style that ppl loved to watch. c... i'm more into the christian hosoi kind'f skateboarding. i think skaters need to have style. otherwise, it's like the chinese snowboarding team - the chinese gov't cms to take acrobats n' just stick'em on snowboards, skis... etc. they don't have a particular style that's relevant to snowboarding or freestyle skiing. so... yah... altho' i hate to c li'l league parents pesterin' their kids to praktice skateboarding, i still think the competitive events r good cos skaters need goals.
[later] much to my dad's dismay, i don't often listen to taiwanese musik, while i listen to plenty'f korean musik (obviously cos i understand more korean than mandarin). however, a while 'go, i dled the latest s.h.e album on bronx's junkyard n' like it fine. here's the wiki on s.h.e. in a way, they copied s.e.s. w/ their name, n' the wiki doesn't talk 'bout how they've covered korean songs. i've heard them sing a 장나라 jang nara ditty sometime 'go. 장나라 jang nara or some other korean 가수 gasoo.
this morn, i didn't skateboard w/ sooni. i didn't take her 4 a walk. *sigh* 4 some reason, i've had trouble fallin' 'sleep @ nite n' wakin' up in the morn. this is sooo diff from a yr 'go, when i'd wake up early to hit the sunnyvale skate park all the time. *sigh* this knee injury's really changed my life... :-( i'm sure u've wished b4 that life were like a video game that lets u save ur game n' go back to that saved pt. if only i could rewind to ~900a on 2007년04월21일 april 21, 2007. would i not change history if i could? i mean... on the other hand, some ppl'd say that u shouldn't regret nethin' u do in life. i dunno, man. 1 could argue that it was destiny that i went off that fateful jump, rt? it's in my nature to be a snowboarder who dares to try things like that, rt? pushing limits, u know?
on sat, the beautiful kaela hwang n' i woke up in the morn, n' i drove her up to walnut crk to sparta taekwondo 4 a gurl's taekwondo werkout w/ linda buell. however, kaela decided not to participate cos she felt not prepared 4 it - she expekted it to be much more casual, not so 4mal. well, after i dropped her off, she called me n' told me to come back n' pick her up, so i did. then we swung by downtown walnut crk n' got a jamba juice açai smoothie. i used a jamba juice gift card that i got from the stanfurd (taekwondo) tournament, but that was foolish. instead, i should've used that bogo ¢oupon that's all over the web rt now. *sigh* well, after that, we drove over the san pablo to watch the korean.amerikan olympiks @ helms middle skool. wow! what a poorly run, disorganised tournament! crazy! howver, our u.s. taekwondo akademy boyz did well, so congratulations to'em. kaela n' i were sooo hungry after that. we went to the richmond/albany 99 mall n' got some hk.style egg waffle thingies some fishballs on skewers n' a hot sesame tea. kaela bought some hair accessories n' a cellfon accessory @ the korean gift store. then, we went to target to buy other stuff. then we picked up roland from his condo n' headed over to 고려 숯불 goryuh sootbool 4 roland's b.day dinner. we a had a great dinner, altho' we didn't actually order much fud. then our grp headed over to andy's condo to play wii n' hang out. [later] we stayed up 2late. i drove home from albany @ 'round 100a, not gettin' home till 'round 200a. there was some huge traffik jam on the 880 near the colosseum/arena, so i pulled off onto some surface streets n' drove thru some really mean streets in the late nite. crazy.
on sun, we woke up 4 church. we had to drive out to foothill covenant church cos grx
n' foothill were havin' a joint service there. after church, kaela n' i went to passage to india 4 lunch after tryin' to go to some other restaurants that had the entertainment book ¢oupons - mahalo hawai.ian bbq n' asian fusion café. lunch was good, but we'd like to return (to passage to india) someday to try out their buffet. it looked really delicious! it's a bit pric¢y tho' - $11.95 4 wkday lunch buffet. we had bhindi masala, handi biryani, n' some kind'f naan stuffed w/ dried fruit. in the late afternoon, we went to 24 hour fitness to werkout a li'l. then, i mowed the lawn n' did other housechores. i think we ate leftovers 4 dinner, rt?
last nite, we ate some 짜장면 jjajngmyuhn 4 dinner after comin' home from sach's 730p turbo kick box (tkb) class @ the e arques 24 hr fitness. we finished watchin' my super ex-girlfriend. uma thurman's pretty funny in that movie. i don't typikally think'f her as a comedienne or comikal aktress, but she's pretty funny there. we also finished watchin' jet lie's fearless. oh wait! did we finish watchin' hat on sun nite along w/ 2009 lost memories? oh yah, i think so.
2day, durin' lunch, i went home, n' kaela n' i ate some salad topped w/ broiled salmon. 'twas delicious. we started watchin' the promise but haven't yet finished, of course. it's not like i have super.long lunchbrks, u know?
on facebook n', i think, also flickr, i posted up pix'f our recently repainted house. i personally really like the colour scheme, but kaela kind'f didn't like it @ 1st. c'mon! it's the same colour scheme as paris hilton's outift when she left jail, so it's gotta be kewl!
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목요일 오후: as i was commentin' on ernest's xanga; 2day feels like mon, yet 2morrow's fri; so it's a weird feelin'. it's like we're fast 4wardin' thru 1 werkwk, n' i like that.
[later] 저녁이지만 아직도 퇴근 안해써요: *sigh* what's up? 2day, the beautiful kaela hwang n' i ate lunch @ 1'f our all.time favourites - 명동 순두부집 myungdong soondubujip. i had 섞어 순두부 찌개 suhkkuh soondubu jjigae, n' kaela had 된장 순두부 찌개 dwenjang soondubu jjigae.
how didju spendjur 4jx2k7? well, on 4jx2k7 eve, kaela n' i went to a 24cycle class in the evenin' n' got some good exercise, 'specially cos 'twas an extended, 1.5 hr class. it hurt my knee tho'. now my rt knee n' my left knee hurt. *sigh* we went home, n' kaela cooked some filet mignon steaks n' topped'em w/ grilled onions n' shrooms. man! what an extravagant, home.cooked dinner! then we hurried off to the vallco amc to watch ocean's 13 w/ darrell n' elaine n' eric n' hannah. 'twas a fun movie. on 4jx2k7, i wanted to hit the sunnyvale skate park; but my knee felt yucky from the 24cycle class. *sigh* i did take sooni 4 an extended walk on skateboard n' skatebarded w/ her thru santa clara's koreatown. gee, i really wish there were more waxed curbs in my neighbourhood, but i'm sure as heck not gonna wax mine up! well, kaela n' i left to go $hopping. we 1st went to home depot to look @ laundry dryers. i bought a can'f marble cleaner/sealant 4 our outdoor table n' some masking tape 4 taping down cables/wires while djin'. we were s'pposed to go to valley fair after that, but our friends mark n' grace called us n' asked if we could have lunch w/'em, so kaela n' i went out to microcenter 1st to try to buy kaela a 2gb sd card. however, they were out, but i bought a 100 spindle'f cdrs n' a 4pac'f aaa batteries. then we ate lunch @ yoyo sushi n' grille. i ordered 2 much. *sigh* then kaela n' i went to fry's n' then long's drugs @ valley fair. then we went to our friend dave's big b.day party. dude, 'twas so kewl. his wife helen hired a taco cart to make authentik mexikan "street" tacos in their backyard! woohoo! 6 tacos n' a corona w/ lime... mmm!!! i even got to have 1 lengua taco! kewl! [later] also... fresh guacamole? yah, i like that 2! well, after kaela n' i went home, we took sooni w/ us to the cupertino fantasia n' got some "frosty" blended drinks - taro 4 me, green bean 4 kaela. we walked 'round, saw some firewerks, n' then sat in my car to watch the rest'f the promise.
금요일 아침: oh, it's fri? 그래요? geuraeyo? i'd almost 4gotten, 'specially since wed was 4jx2k7. neway, dude... here's an important link, which i totally lifted from (super)dave kim's starkdavingmad: simpsons.themed 7.eleven stores (kwik.e marts). dude, there's 1 in mtn view! 1380 pear avenue, mtn view, ca 94043. dude, i've gotta check it out! [later] ok, i've located some pix'f the mtn view kwik-e mart on flickr. funny; i noticed that some'f the pix r by this 1 gurl that the beautiful kaela hwang n' i sometimes talk to @ the 24 hour fitness turbo kick box (tkb) classes. she's also from cal n' did wushu there; but somehow we didn't know her even tho' we were sooo involved w/ ucmap.
u don't know, but flickr's been a great resource lately! u c... on 4jx2k7 (wed), kaela n' i drove by this 1 abandoned, 4mer applied materials bldg on lawson lane off'f san tomas expwy. kaela used to drive by that bldg n' admire this 1 werk'f graffiti art on the garage door there. it's a cute, de4med bunny w/ the tag "bun-e." she really liked it. however, on (wed) 4jx2k7, we saw that the bldg's bein' demolished. the garaged oor's gone! we drove 'round the bldg in slight disbelief, n' kaela was wailin' n' wailin' in agony. it was very hard, a very hard situation 4 me, the husband, u know? well, i spotted that the artist had put up a 2nd "bun-e" painting on a diff wall up hi, so we pulled over, n' kaela took a pic'f it. this aktually took a long time. she was slightly appeased or placated. well, on mon, i searched "bun-e" on flickr n' found a couple'f great pix'f that particular werk'f art n' sent the link to kaela. she was very happy. here's the 1st pic'f "bun-e." here's the 2nd pic'f "bun-e" (diff fotogarpher). u should check my flickr every so often to c what new pix i've uploaded... however, since i don't have a flickr pro acct, it'll only show u my most recent 200 or 201 pix; so instead, use flickrleech! u really ought to bookmark that page! maybe i can share w/ u some'f my recent, important pix:
ok, here's 'nother kewl like that i'm stealin' from (super)dave kim's starkdavingmad: "the 7 most useless transformers ever." aktually, the printable version's easier to read. the 1 good thing 'bout my low/small readership's that ppl don't complain that i steal their links, rt? ha ha.
[later] 점심, 1200p on the dot: here r (links to) some other flickr pix from the past, just 4 fun...
월요일 오후: does it not feel like a mon since we know we don't have a holiday this wk, unlike last wk? [later] so i had lunch w/ abel 2day, n' we had giovanni's pizza. 2 often, i'm sayin' i eat 2 much these days, n' i do. i dunno what it is. my appetite has grown, it cms. he mentioned that he's been updatin' his xanga, so i checked it out n' found a couple'f other friends' xangas. on a.way's xanga, i saw sumpthin' called the votematch quiz. it sez that i'm a "hardcore liberal." :-/ hrm, u gotta understand - i consider myself, yes... a political liberal but a social conservative... i think. like, i want the government to take care'f its ppl, but i don't support... what do u call it? like, immorality. i'm concerned w/ n' support racial equality, social equality, the environment, animal rights, women's rights. @ 1st, i accidentally had it pick a 2008 presidential candidate 4 me only from the "withdrawals and unannounced." it chose rev. al sharpton, followed by john kerry. just now, i had it pick from the real pool'f candidates, n' it has picked dennis kucinich (73%), followed by barack obama (60%), then hillary clinton (58%), then chris dodd (58%), then joe biden (50%), then mike gravel (50%), then john edwards (45%), then bill richardson (33%), then john mccain (23%), then ron paul (23%), then rudy giuliani (23%), then jim gilmore (20%), then tommy thompson (20%), then mitt romney (18%), then duncan hunter (15%), then tom tancredo (15%), then mike huckabee (15%), n' lastly sam brownback (10%). some things that throws me into a weird category r that: 1) i support gun control; 2) i think recent immigration control acts r racist; 3) i appreciate peace; 4) altho' i believe in the biblical views on $3x, marriage, n' abortion; i also believe that ppl need to come to believe that in their hearts themselves n' not be 4ced by the gov't to accept them. i'm kind'f neutral on fair trade: i mostly want the u.s. to buy from countries that have good bizness praktices n' take care'f their werkers. i prefer that we buy our own produkts. however, i understand the need 4 exports n' imports. thus... *shrug* i dunno. was kucinich the guy i wanted to win in 2004년? [later, after some diggin' thru my 2004년 archive] oh, no; 'twas howard dean that i originally wanted to win.
[a li'l later] so what happened o'er this past wknd? well... the beautiful kaela hwang n' i went out to dinner w/ our friends tim n' nancy @ hunan taste in north san jo. later, we went to watch fantastik 4: rise'f the silver surfer, which disappointed me. on sat morn, i went 'round koreatown n' the cupertino 99 ranch n' put up flyers 4 our taekwondo class (@ u.s. taekwondo akademy) n' then went to the sunnyvale skate park 4 a nice n' efficient but not super long skate session. i was happy to c that i can still do like most'f what i could do a couple'f months 'go... not everything but most. it's not much neway. i'm not a great skateboarder. in the mini 0.5pipe (halfpipe) i aktually slid out n' fell 1nce while goin' 4 a backside grind. i aktually felly on my left knee, my bad knee. it was a li'l scary, but i was ok. well, i didn't stay 2 long, just like 1 hr or 1.5 hrs @ most cos i didn't wanna ditch kaela @ home. i went home, but she was still asleep, so i took sooni 4 an extended skateboard ride 'round koreatown. i think i tired her out. then we hurried off to our friends deb n' dave's son jonathan's 1st b.day party @ michael's @ the mtn view golf links. there was a fiasco cos kaela sed i signed the wrong b.day card 4 the wrong baby. u c.... 8 or so'f our friends from grx had babies last yr, so we're attendin' many 1st b.day (첫돌 chuhtdol) parties. there was a big commotion, but... *sigh* well, it eventually came to pass. the lunch was great. it was fun to c some friends we hadn't cn in a while. kaela n' i were like the only couple there w/o kids tho'. crazy, huh? i guess it's an honour n' a privilege tho' cos our friends still like us even tho' we don't have kids, rt? ha ha. *sigh* i often feel insecure 'bout it tho', as u know. i dunno... i feel insecure 'bout bein' immature since we don't have kids; yet, o'er the past couple'f yrs i've gotten increasingly scared to have kids. u'd think i'd grow more com4table w/ the idea'f havin' kids, but it's the opposite. @ the same time, i love playin' w/ our friends' kids n' our nephews, so... *sigh* i dunno, man. neway, after the party, we went o'er to the mtn view kwik.e mart (a 7.eleven disguised as a kwik.e mart to promote the upcomin' simpsons movie. there was a short line out the door cos the sekurity guard only lets so many ppl in the store @ 1nce. inside, every1 was takin' lots'f pix n' only buyin' a li'l stuff. there were simpsons produkts, which ppl were buyin'. kaela n' i bought a whole set'f these silly simpsons magnet slurpee/squishee straw/spoons. maybe 'twas a waste'f $$$, but maybe' they'll be worth 'lot in the future. then kaela n' i went to milpitas's great mall cos our friends helen n' dave told us to $hop 4 a washer n' dryer @ the sears outlet there. [later] phil called me n' sed he was @ our house. i told him to meet us @ the great mall. well, kaela n' i went to home depot there n' shelled out a buttload'f $$$ on a new washer n' dryer. *sigh* $$$ comes, n' $$$ goes, rt? well, kaela sez the 4th anniversary's the appliance anniversary. we also bought some plants 4 our yards, n' then we went to eat @ gojo ethiopian restaurant. we had a bottle'f tej - ethiopian honey wine. i was so full cos i ate 2 much injera - the spongy flatbread. i think i ate 2 much'f it cos i don't pick up fud efficiently 'nuff w/ it. :-/ *sigh* phil hung out @ our house till 1145p, when i drove him back to his car @ the great mall. i was sleepy cos i'd woken up so early to post up those flyers n' skate (skateboard). on sun morn, kaela n' i woke up 2 late 4 1st service @ grx, so we ate brunch @ ihop w/ a nice entertainment book book ¢oupon. kaela had some spinacci n' onion crêpes, n' i had this black bean veggie chili omelette w/ corn pancakes. after church, we went to our grx team london mtg. then we met w/ a.way n' jen to discuss their upcoming wedding reception, which i'm djin'. then kaela n' i went home. i did lots'f yardwerk, n' she cooked dinner. oh wait! b4 we went home, we went to trader joe's. hrm, that was inefficient cos we were @ the grx office rt there n' then went to café aroma to meet w/ a.way n' jen. then we went back... [incomplete entry]
화요일 오후: on facebook, jason oh has the "daily bible verse" app. 2day's verse = "charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the lord is to be praised. - proverbs 31:30" then, rt next to that, in his friends list's the beautiful kaela hwang's "pie crust teeth" pic.
수요일 오후: b4 i leave to london on the grx mission, i've gotta fill out my ballot 4 the the wave magazine 2007 readers poll! u should vote 2! "represent," u know? that's what they sed 'round the turn'f the century. "represent!" [a li'l later] i had taken abundant notes as to 4 whom i was gonna vote; but i can't find'em. maybe it's @ home. *shrug*
last nite was the 1st session'f our new 2007 summer .25'f the u.s. taekwondo akademy adult color belt class. we picked up 1 new student. that's kewl. our instruktional staff's resources r a bit strained tho', which is bad. i feel like i've sacrificed quite a bit 4 the sake'f teachin' taekwondo o'er the yrs. however... whate'er... that's what it's all 'bout, rt? i want others taekwondo instruktors to feel that 2, that the spread'f taekwondo instruktion's sumpthin' worth sacrificin' a li'l 4, u know? well, when i came home, uhm, the beautiful kaela hwang was still nappin'. i'm utterly shocked by the amt she sleeps these days. these days, she's sleepin' so much, n' i'm sleepin' so li'l.
[later] it's 'bout time that i print some pix w/ shutterfly
[later] i really, really wanna thank our friends n' family who've been financially n' spiritually supporting kaela n' me on our london mission trip. definitely, may god bless u multiple times over.
목요일 오후: these days i'm werkin' on lots'f dj stuff. i've been stayin' 'til 'bout 200a each nite n' groggily wakin' up a bit 2 late each morn. *sigh* on the flipside, the beautiful kaela hwang keeps fallin' asleep early in the evenin' n' sleepin 4 ~12 hrs n' wakin' up early in the morn, full'f energy, bouncin' off the walls n' jumpin' on the bed, etc. she goes to sleep as soon as she gets home cos she sez she feels nauseous. i've joked that she's pregnant, but i'm sure she's not. howver, gee... someday that won't be a joke. scary, huh? 'least intimidatin'. well, yah... since i've been werkin' on lots'f dj stuff, i changed my facebook profile pic to this 1'f me, djin' in 2005년 @ julia n' dean's wedding:
i've been preppin' musik 4 the next weddin' that i'm djin'... aktually, i've been preppin' musik 4 a few upcomin' weddings. also, i remixed a track 4 grx's sunday services this wknd. u should come to hear it!!! u'll be surprised @ what track it is. 2day's journal entry's title's a quote from the pet shop boys' song "dj culture." aktually, a few nondjish songs that i've been diggin' lately r: the fray's "how to save a life" and "over my head (cable car)" and mat kearney's "nothing left to lose."
2day durin' lunch, funny... i had 2 cars waitin' 4 me: 1) kaela - to pick me up to go eat, n' 2) mo from grx - to pick up the cd'f my remix. kaela n' i ate lunch @ sweet tomatoes. i noticed that we sat next to some dude from grx. i don't know him, but i've cn him n' think he plays in 1'f the bands.
[later] back to djish musik... why do nelly furtado's n' gwen stefani's musik sound so similar??? [later] the diff's that nelly furtado can sing in español, but gwen stefani can't. isn't this just like britney spears v. christina aguilera?! so i was readin' the wiki on nelly furtado. didju know that she was named after a hapa north.korean soviet gymnast nellie kim??? her full name's "nelly kim furtado." crazy, huh? nelly furtado's a canadian, while gwen stefnai's s'pposed to be a totally cali4nian gurl, rt? that kind'f scores pts 4 gwen, rt? nelly furtado's 1st name's the same as my 1st gf's 1st name, which makes it very awkward 4 me to type w/o her last name. now, let's look @ the wiki 4 gwen stefani. yes, she's a totally cali4nian gurl, born n' raised in fullerton n' anaheim. that's good that she's a cali4nian gurl, but she's a socal gurl, is that good or bad? ha ha ha. well, 'specially since she's a gurl let's call it a good thing cos guys 'round here often have that generalisation that socal gurls r more attraktive. gwen stefani's much older - 37, while nelly furtado's 28. they were both raised in roman catholik households.
그요일 아침: *sigh* what a bizzy life. noisy life? i dunno... i believe that my signal:noise ratio's aktually very good rt now. however, there's just so much signal. last nite, i fell asleep 'round 1130p n' didn't wake up till like... *shrug* i guess i woke up 'round 300a to go uh... pee. then i woke up 'gain 'round 520a when some awful cat 고앙이 was caterwauling. sooni kept barking @ the cat each time the cat caterwauled. wow, that cat really sounded freaky!
well, last nite we had our 2nd taekwondo praktice 4 the 2007년 여름 summer 0.25'f the u.s. taekwondo akademy colour belt class. i was happy to c grace came back even tho's she, like me,'s awaitin' acl replacement surgery.
[later] 오후: u know, i dunno if i've sed it here b4 or not; but this knee injury's really reminded me'f my own mortality. life - on earth - is temporary. some say life's precious. some say to live fast, die young, and leave a beautiful corpse. well, i can try to live fast; but maybe it's 2 late to die young, and maybe leaving a beautiful corpse was never an option. ha ha ha. seriously, can u believe that i, @ age 31, 've outlived the kurt cobain / jimi hendrix crowd ("the 27 club")? maybe some1 ought to sell t.shirts that read, "i survive bein' 27." here's a list from wiki'f "famous people who died young.") the whole issue'f "mortality," brings up the question'f "what wouldju do if u knew u only had 1 yr to live?" however, u could also ask sumpthin' like, "what wouldju do if u knew u only had 1 month to live?" [later] would things like health n' exercise go out the door?
월요일 오후: monday, monday. i ate some "kung pao" beef from the werk.com cafeteria just now 4 lunch. hrm, it wasn't really kung pao. i dunno what it was. it wasn't super delicious, but it was lunch. well, it's less than 1 wk till the beautiful kaela hwang n' i leave w/ the rest'f grx team london 4 uh... london. we'll be interfacin' w/ some south asian / desi churches, mostly in west london; i guess, in boroughs like heston, southall, n' wembley.
links to some'f the south asian / desi churches we'll be kickin' it w/:
i think we'll be hangin' out w/ chris n' josephine hatch'f world harvest mission. we'll be in london durin' the india now festival! wow!
a partial list of wiki articles about south asian cuisines:
[later] *sigh* what a bizzy wknd. on sat morn, well... i took sooni 4 a walk on skateboard. then i drove out to like mtn view or somwewhere (yah, 'twas mtn view) to meet up w/ a couple to go visit their wedding site: ralston mansion in belmont. it's beautiful. also, it's a great place to dj a wedding cos the acoustics r good cos it's an older building from before electrically amplified sound, but there are adequate power outlets. great. that' wedding's on labour day. [later] after that, i went to lunch by myself @ a nearby el pollo loco in sunnyvale on el camino real, had 2 tacos al carbon n' a chicken drumstick. 1'f the taco al carbon was free cos'f an entertainment book ¢oupon (coupon). [later] while i was eatin' my ~$2.17 lunch, kaela's bro jay called n' asked me to recommend a nice restaurant in sf. it was hilarious that i was namin' off all these critikally acclaimed 4.star restaurants while eatin' my el pollo loco. ha ha ha. after lunch, i went to the nearby michael's in sunnyvale on el camino real to buy some card stock to fix a card that kaela sed i messed up. i ran into the wedding couple i was hangin' out w/ earlier there. then i went home n' did housewerk like a domestik homemaker. oh yah, kaela was @ yet 'nother chiropraktic seminar. this 1 was @ life west chiropraktic college in hayward, jerome's skool.
well, in the warm, early evening, i drove over to our friends eve n' chris's house 4 a grx t3 light bbq. wow, eve n' chris have such a beautiful, huge backyard! i was flabbergasted. they have such great landscaping. the koi pond w/ waterfall n' the gazebo seriously "put it over the top."
화요일 아침: last nite i got a decent (but not overabundant) amt'f sleep, yet i woke up so unrefreshed n' groggy this morn. why?! what's goin' on here? i never finished updatin' u 'bout this past wknd, did i?
[later] 오후: just an ad - / iprint
2day's the beautiful kaela hwang's n' my 4th wedding anniversary. happy anniversary! 2nite i'll take her to dinner @ santana row's tanglewood restaurant. we've never been there b4. unless the weather's s'pposed to be exceptionally warm, i guess we'll leave that dog @ home. hrn... i dunno, it's decent 'ccordin' to weather.com. *shrug* *sigh* well, to keep things less complicated, i'll still plan on leavin' that dog @ home. we'll c. well, 4 yrs! can u believe that? 4 yrs 'go, we were gettin' married. u wanna c some pix from back then? let's dig thru my fotos direktories:
[later] *sigh* i never finished tellin' u 'bout last wknd, rt? well, uh... on sun, we went to 3 church services @ grx to get commissioned. we had to go to 2 morn services in santa clara n' 1 evenin' service in sf. btwn morn n' evenin', we ate lunch @ 길목 gilmok n' hung out in sf's j.town. after the evenin' service, we ate dinner @ shalimar in sf. on mon n' wed nite this wk, i went to sach's turbo kick box (tkb) classes. on tues nite, i taught taekwondo.
수요일 아친: we're back from london. wow, the mission trip is done, n' the next big event's... :-/ my knee surgery. well, 2day, i'm gettin' a 2nd opinion from the chief'f orthopaedic surgery v. the assistant chief'f orthopaedic surgery. i don't expekt 2 much... i mean, i expekt the chief'll back up his assistant. that's my guess. if he sez that his assistant doesn't know what he's talkin' 'bout; then plans could change. otherwise, i'm gettin' arthroscopik knee surgery next thurs, 08월09일. *sigh* well, on fri evenin', we're throwin' a big party 4 the ppl who supported our mission trip. we're gonna like cram some 20 ppl into our house... somehow.
2day's my bro.in.law (my sista grace's husband) steve's b.day. happy b.day.
yesterday, the beautiful kaela hwang n' i met w/ santa clara kaiser's chief'f orthopaedik surgery. after that mtg, kaela persuaded me to postpone my surgery. i was s'pposed to get surgery from the assistant chief'f orthopaedik surgery, but she doesn't feel com4table w/ that arrangement. the chief took a look @ my knee. he gave a rosier outlook on it than ne other kaiser doc. he sed it looks pretty strong n' that i prob'ly won't hurt it ne further. however, he did cm to say that basically, i won't be 100% better unless i get surgery. yes, he thinks i have @ least 1 torn meniscus n' a torn acl. the thing's that i think my knee is kind'f healin' itself to some small extent, so i feel that maybe if i wait to have surgery, the surgeon won't have to cut 'way as much'f my meniscus/menisci. i don't like the idea'f losing tissue in my knee. like, gainin' tissue's 1 thing, but i feel that losin' tissue'll most likely lead to probs in the long run.
2morrow nite, kaela n' i r hosting an appreciation n' debrief dinner @ our house 4 the supporters'f our london mission trip. shoot, we need to clean up our house... badly! it's a total disaster zone there rt now, n' we'll have like 24 ppl over! "eek!" rt? *sigh* kaela n' i r terribly jetlagged 2. :-( this is gonna be tuff... however... shoot, let's trust jesus n' keep pushin' 4ward, eh?
금요일 아침: jetlag... dude, i fell asleep like @ 1030p lst nite n' woke up @ 300a this morn. the beautiful kaela hwang n' i cleaned our house all morn n' then started our day. we're almost nokturnal, in a way. we're havin' an appreciation/debrief dinner 4 our london mission trip supporters 2nite. we'll have delicious indian/pakistani fud from shan. we've ordered a whole bunch'f fud. wow, our house has been really messy over the past yr or so. *sigh* i'm startin' to think more n' more that i should give in n' hire a maid. grace n' ken have a good maid that werks 4 ¢heap... 'least ken cms to recommend her. i don't know 4 sure that she's good. *sigh* i hate to waste $$$, but... *shrug* i guess this's gettin' ridiculous. *sigh* imagine if we end up hirin' a maid n' a gardener. :-( i don't like feelin' like i'm some1 that thinks he can always hire help like this. i prefer to be a person who can get down n' durty, u know?
[later] ok, to continue talkin' 'bout "the good life" or "the pampered life," lemme tell u 'bout what kaela n' i ate n' drank @ our 4th wedding anniversary dinner @ tanglewood restaurant:
wine: a bottle'f auslese 2003 riesling
salad: green goddess
appetizer: 0.5 dzn small tomales bay raw oysters
unexplainable middle course: pork sliders
entrée: local seafood cioppino
dessert: mason jar banana split w/ brownie
coffee: latte 4 kaela n' espresso 4 me
u'll notice that the fud @ tanglewood is sort'f pseudo simple or pseudo com4t fud. like, it sounds really simplistik, but it's aktually pretty fancy. after dinner, we walked 'round santana row n' walked into borders bookstore, where i browsed thru recent snowboarding n' skateboarding magazines. heh, sounds romantik, eh? *shrug* well, kaela was reading other magazines, n' i'm sure she didn't mind. it was fine. we just wanted to chill, u know? well, that was the thurs nite b4 we left 4 london.
on the fri b4 we left 4 london, kaela n' i got our cars washed durin' lunch. aktually, we didn't go 2gether. i went 1st, n' later she went. i ate 순대 soondae n' 김밥 kimbap from 한국 마켓 hangook market . oh yah, on thurs, durin' lunch, i got a haircut @ great clips near our house. neway, 4 dinner on fri, on our way to the grx team london final mtg, kaela n' i got lee's sandwiches in milpitas.
on sat, kaela n' i went to 정기준 connor chung (topher n' maryann's son) 's 첫돌 잔치 chuhtdol janchi @ michael's in mountain view durin' lunch. then, we went to andrew n' jen's wedding in palo alto. i djed their wedding @ ming's in palo alto that nite. wow, hektic, hektic day n' nite, eh? then we stayed up all nite n' packed. wait, i think kaela slept 4 a li'l, but i stayed up all nite. duk came n' drove us to sfo aeroport.
wow... london... how can i updatechu 'bout our grx london mission's trip?! 'f course, 'lot happened. wow... it's hard to believe it all came n ' went. wow, wow, wow...
[later] so it's 8월 aug now. [later] can u believe i'll turn 32 this yr? well, is that a big deal? i'm already over 30. *sigh* ppl prob'ly think i akt like i'm 20 @ best. i'm sure ppl think i'm pretty immature.
일요일 아침, 1245a: it's 8월 aug. my 32nd b.day's comin' up. maybe i can list some things i wouldn't mind havin' 4 my b.day...
월요일 오후: wow, 2day's my 1st mon back @ werk, the 1st day'f the 1st full wk back @ werk since our grx london mission trip. *sigh* crazy, crazy. well, i went to werk @ a decent time. then, the beautiful kaela hwang called me up n' sed she was in the parkin' lot. she'd brought a box'f stan's doughnuts 4 my cowerkers n' aoy decaf cappuccino 4 me. what a sweetie, eh? she's bein' so nice to me lately! in all frankness, i'm much happier in my marriage now than, well... say a few akademic 0.25s 'go when kaela was always in class, studyin' @ the library, or @ seminars or extra classes. u know, things r changin', changin' 4 the better.
[later] *sigh* so yah, i've been readin' n' post' a li'l on the knee1.com forums. [later] ha ha, some1 who responded to my initial, like intro thread asked me if i'm from bronx's junkyard. isn't the internet great?! also, we got a new taekwondo student in our adult color belt class @ u.s. taekwondo akademy. her e.mail address in the mailing list looked so familiar. i thought maybe she was from grx, but now i'm thinkin' maybe the address looks familiar cos she's from bronx's junkyard. not sure...
[later] how was ur wknd? on fri nite, kaela n' i had a bunch'f our mission trip supporters over 4 dinner. we had ~25 ppl @ our house. we managed to clean our house quite a bit. i was a li'l worried cos some'f our married friends r really tidy! i was worried that our messy house'd freak'em out. phew, thankfully, we managed to clean up quite a bit, as i sed. i came home from werk, later than i wanted but still not 2 late. i setup some folding chairs and a folding table out in the covered patio. then i took off 4 shan restaurant to pick up the catered indian fud. we had beef jalfrezi, lamb seekh kebabs, chicken karahi, chicken tikka masala, bhindi masala, an overabundance'f naan, n' a decent 'mount'f basmati rice. oh yah, we also had dessert. it was s'pposed to be halwa n' kheer, but they gave us gulab jamun instead cos they were out'f the other 2. un4tunately, that's kaela's least favourite indian dessert. the dinner party went pretty well, but i was a li'l sad that i didn't get 2 talk to every1. oh yah, we also ran low on drinks, so i hurriedly drove over to the nearby korean liquor store n' bought 3 2.litres'f soda @ $2.50/bottle. crazy, huh? outrageous. neway, it kept our guests happy. poor sooni; we kept her outside cos some'f the guests had small children, n' i knew it would be complikated w/ sooni there. well, many'f the guests did keep her company, so that's good. however, i know she really wanted to be inside w/ the fud n' the majority'f the ppl. later that nite, while kaela n' i were restin' n' coolin' off w/ the window open durin' the hot silikon valley nite, kaela heard some rustlin' fromt he garbage bag in the kitchen. kaela rushed over. apparently sooni had fished out a naan from the trash, but as soon as she saw kaela, she dropped it on the floor. i didn't c it happen, but it sounded so comical from kaela's account. *sigh* the forbidden naan in the garden'f eden, eh??
화요일 오후: this morn, i had to run 'lot'f errands@werk.com n' drive all o'er san josé. i had plants to meet up w/ the beautiful kaela hwang @ noon 4 lunch, so i swung by falafels drive.in n' picked up 1 small falafel sandwich 4 kaela, 1 large falafel sandwich 4 me, an order'f onion rings, n' an iced tea. the total was $12.75. i drove over to her skool, n' we ate in my car, parked in the parking lot under a tree. our b.days r comin' up. we discussed what we could possibly do to celebrate'em. i dunno; man. i really don't wanna ask 4 much. kaela sez we should go clubbin'/dancin'/partyin' (whate'er kids call it these days) on next fri nite. i s'ppose u should e.mail her if u wanna join us. i think we'll keep it in the sobay n' hit up a sobay (south bay) club... mostly cos kaela has some chiropraktic seminar in the morn. *breath*
so last nite, kaela n' i hit up sach's 730p turbo kick box (tkb) class @ the e arques, sunnyvale 24 hr fitness. originally, i'd thought i'd get their like early; but 1 thing led to 'nother @ werk, so i had to stay late n' got to the class just b4 it started. kaela came in late cos she had fallen asleep in the parking lot there. well, no... she woke up by the time i pulled into the parkin' lot, n' she was grabbin' all her stuff out'f the car, but she took a while to get ready, i guess.
on sun, uhm, after church, kaela n' i... gee, did i not recap ne'f this past wknd?! [later] ok, i s'ppose i should start w/ sat(urday). on sat, kaela went to some chiropraktic seminar @ life west (chiropraktic college) in hayward. after she left, i cleaned up the house n' did chores like that. i gave myself a goal n' sed i had to clean up the house b4 i could go to the sunnyvale skate park to have a skate (skateboarding) session. i finished, n' 'twas like... *shrug* 930a or so? i went 4 a skate sesh (skateboarding session). the sun was up n' out. i got 2 much sun exposure. i wish i'd been there earlier, while the sun wasn't beatin' down so hard. my knee was a bit sore, the area'f the quads rt 'bove the patella... that kept me from skatin' 2 much. i werked 'lot on gettin' my manuals (wheelies) down, but... i'll always need more werk on that. a sunnyvale cop drove up to the park, n' all the kids that weren't wearin' helmets or pads sat down or left the park. wow, what a scene. no 1 got busted, but it was very interesting. a few'f us, who were wearin' pads n' helmets, kept skatin'. well, 'ventually went home n' did 'lot'f housewerk all day. while washin' dishes i noticed that our sponge n' my dishwashin' gloves were disintegratin'! 'twas cos i'd soaked 1'f our 2 sinks w/ bleach, huh? well, @ that pt, i decided to get out'f thouse 'gain. i went to bed, bath, & beyond n' bought some oral.b triumph toothbrush heads. then, i went to ohana board shop to check out the place. it rocks. un4tunately, they had gotten robbed the nite b4. after i came home, i sent an e.mail to the owner arun frances n' sed "robbing a skate shop's like robbing a church." yah, it's awful. havin' read those articles on the skateboarding n' aktion sports industry, i know that runnin' a skate shop's really hard. [later] lessee... eventually, kaela came home n' we went out to buy our friend tony a b.day prsent n' then went to his b.day party @ grace n' mark's new townhouse place. we ate lots'f good 돼지 불고기 dwaeji boolgogi n' 쇠고기 불고기 sogogi boolgogi. we had a good time.
on sun, we went to church, grx's early service. i missed out on 'lot'f the service cos i had my partnership interview @ the beginnin'f the service n' then had to use the restroom later. oh well. we had dim sum @ joy luck place 4 lunch w/ kaela's skoolmates rachel n' ken. then, kaela n' i got gas @ ¢0$+¢0 n' quickly stopped by home b4 headin' up to sf 4 our grx team london 2007 teammate phil's goin' 'way party cos he's goin 'to yale 4 mba skool. after the party, kaela n' i went w/ our friend yvonne to the sf fashion centre. kaela n' i hadn't yet visited the centre since its revamp. wow! we ate beard papa cream puffs. wow, unhealthy! well, we didn't have much time @ the mall. however, gee! parkin' was $6! we went to dinner @ thirsty bear brewery... tapas.
[a li'l later] 2day's aktually sooni's observed b.day. poor thing: it's her b.day, but she's stuck inside the house "like a sucker." :-( i'll try not to be stuck@werk.com 2 late n' go home n' take her to petco or sumpthin'; but gee... my company 2 often makes me werk late. *sigh*
[later] 밤, 1124p: i was kept late@werk.com n' didn't take sooni to petco. :-( i went to taekwondo n' 'twas great to be back.
수요일 저녁 (아직도 안퇴근해써요): what's up? ah, i'm tired, n' my eyes r tired cos my stoopid 'puter monitor@werk.com isn't very good. i'm worried that it's ruinin' my eyes. *sigh* ah, 2day's "ba ba" day - father's day in... *shrug* i think taiwan n' uh... china? *shrug* well, i woke up a bit late this morn. i dunno why. i did take sooni 4 a walk on skateboard. *sigh* every now n' then i wonder if i should sneak out late @ nite n' wax up some curbs in my neighbourhood. there r a handful'f waxed curbs but not 'nuff. i hastily blended a smoothie w/ frozen tropical fruits, a banana, some ol' yoghurt, n' some silk (soy milk) b4 rushin' off to werk. i thought i was gonna luncheon w/ the beautiful kaela hwang but she went swimmin' w/ her friend rachel instead. i ate some grilled fish from the werk.com cafeteria. it was pretty good.
[later] just an ad... 4 sumpthin', as i sed, i'd get 4 myself 4 my b.day: element mohave skateboarding backpack @ ccs; element mohave skateboarding backpack @ tactics
목요일 아침; chiropraktors n' pt type ppl tell me to exercise on a
wobble board, but that makes li'l sense to me cos i skateboard every morn. furthermore, i praktice plenty'f manuals/wheelies, which means i try to balance on my rear 2 wheels. that's pretty good, isn't it? [later] furthermore, i'm always tryin' to find waxed curbs to grind, n' when i do that i'm balancin' my body front to back cos i'm slidin' my 2 trucks (50.50) on the edge of the curb, u know?
[later] can u believe it? 2day would've been the day i got knee surgery. however, the beautiful kaela hwang convinced me to postpone it. lately, my knee's feelin' much better. i just read a post on the knee1 forums by a guy who sed he's lived w/o ne knee ligaments 4 15 yrs n' does all sorts'f crazy aktive sports.
[later] 점심: u've heard me say that i want a skateboard backpack. it's 1'f the things i'd buy myself 4 a b.day present if i were to do that. yah, like, i've cn 1 i like, the element mohave/rhino. i think it's ¢heape$t if i bring in the 20% off ¢oupon i got in the mail 4 tilly's. funny... tilly's's like a total kids' store, rt? i'm so immature! i can't deny that. :-( i aktually want the backpack, so i can carry all my stuff 4 the day... like to werk. i'm usin' my ol' yakpak bag from circa 1999 cos the imitation diesel bag that kaela's bro jay got 4 me in china was fallin' 'part n' then got candlewax spilled onto @ the last grx team london mtg, the fri nite b4 we left. the bag was 2 small. if it weren't 2 small n' not ripped, i might've tried to salvage it; but, instead, i had kaela donate it to goodwill.
월요일 오후: i'm sunburnt n' tired from this wknd. i don't like the sun. it's evil. :-( i don't like this feelin'f bein' sunburnt! [later] i don't like this feelin'f bein' tired! *sigh* it sure does feel like monday! bleah/blech/bleh. "everyday is like sunday. everyday is silent and grey." -- from morrissey's "everday is like sunday" hrm, sunday sure wasn't silent or grey. maybe sunday 2 wks 'go in london was grey. was it? hrm, i 'member it was pretty hot that day. i 'member i used to love that song so much in my "emo" hi skool days. (i never used that term "emo" back in hi skool n' still have my issues w/ its existence.) were days more grey back then? *shrug* hrm... i'member some grey, overcast days back then, but... *shrug* hrm... there were plenty'f sunny days as well. i never saw morrissey in concert, but i've cn the cure how many times? uhm, i think i've watched the cure 3 times n' depeche mode 3 times... i think. new order? i've never watched new order in concert. pet shop boys? i've never watched the pet shop boys in concert. erasure? yes, i've cn erasure 1nce in concert, rt? those r like the monsters'f 1980s english modern rock, rt? does ne1 else deserve to be included in those rnaks? :-/ siouxsie n' the banshees? well, i almost saw them @ lollapalooza, rt? but i had to run off n' play elektric guitar @ a church musikal. i don't think siouxsie n' the banshees quite qualify to join those others, rt? whoa! siouxsie sioux's 50 yrs ol' now?! wow! u must've liked the siouxsie n' the banshees song "kiss them for me." every1 liked that song in the early 1990s, rt? [later] will ne1 care yrs from now that i aktually attended 2 lollapaloozas? *shrug*
on fri, i had to run a bunch'f errands 4 werk. i had lunch w/ the beautiful kaela hwang @ fresh choice in sunnyvale. in the evenin', i met up w/ darrell @ café aroma n' then we had dinner along w/ our wives @ yoyo sushi n' watched harry potter: order of the phoenix.
[later] on sat, kaela n' i woke up kind'f late but not super late. kaela cooked an "english" breakfast: baked beans, sunnyside up eggs, shrooms... [later, 저녁 이지만 퇴근 안했어요.] n' also nonfat greek yoghurt (from trader joe's) w/ a bunch'f sliced peaches. while eatin' our delicious breakfast, we watched the 1st episode'f 별을 쏘다. then we finally got our butts off the couch n' ready to go to our grx t3 light picnic @ mtn view's shoreline park. on our way there, kaela n' i bought some lee's sandwiches 4 lunch n' some other vietnamese fud thingies to share w/ our friends. when we arrived @ the picnic spot, 'twas pretty chilly n' windy. however, it soon warmed up as the wind died down. i was wearing shorts n' a t.shirt... a "napoli" t.shirt that my mom got me from italy. i didn't know what napoli is, but our friend eve sed it's some nice italian brand. gee, i used to be so much more plugged into fashion than i am now, i guess. *shrug* oh, our friend kim made kaela a b.day cake. i think she sed avoided puttin' ne frosting on it cos kaela's so healthy. we played a trivia game called 2nd guess, n' then most'f us rode paddleboats on the lake. it was very fun; but, man, i got sunburnt!
after the picnic, kaela n' i went to ¢o$t¢o to buy some movie tix n' a few other things. oh, i also filled up on gas. it hink 'twas $2.849/gal. then we went home n' met up w/ our friend phil. i guess we just hung 'round the house n' talked 4 a bit. then we went out to mtn view's castro st 4 dinner. originally, we were gonna go to monsoon, an indian restaurant thee; but it was closed... maybe 4 rennovation or maybe 4 good; not sure. we ended up eatin' @ amarin thai restaurant. dinner was very good: corn cakes, vegetarian forest curry, spicy catfish, n' hoa moke pork. good stuff... we ate dinner really late.
on sun, we woke up late 4 church. we hurried off to church. after church, we had brunch @ a nice restaurant in saratoga called crêpe daniel or crêpe danielle, dependin' on whether u believe the sign on the outside or all the other markings on the inside. we used an entertainment book ¢oupon n' saved $7 off'f our brunch specials, which include a croissant w/ fruit n' spreads, café (coffee), cali4nian chamapgne or else 오렌지 쥬스 oreinji jyooseu, n' a crêpe'f ur choice. 'twas a great deal 4 the 'mount'f fud n' drink we got. yah, u should check out this restaurant! well, after that, we went to our grx
team london post.trip mtg. after that, we went home, n' i gave kaela her b.day present: a skateboard (which i bought from ohana boardshop that time) w/ a sector nine bamboo mini deck; independent stage 9 139 trucks; n' big, soft sector nine wheels. i took kaela 'round the block 4 a ride w/ sooni n' then helped her learn n' get used to her new board in the backyard. since she snowboards well, she learned fast; but i know rollin' on wheels's diff from slidin' on snow. i know the sidewalk cracks must still freak her out a li'l, but they freaked me out 'lot when i returned to skateboarding last yr. well, later, i took kaela out 4 a fancy b.day dinner @ café marcella in los gatos. well, 'twasn't ¢heap; but i wanted to do sumpthin' to celebrate her b.day. here's our dinner: chacuterie plate (w/ pâte, prosciuito, brie, n' a bunch'f other things), a beet salad, milk.fed veal saltimboca 4 kaela, duck confit 4 me, bread puddin' 4 dessert, almond.vanilla black tea 4 kaela, decaf café 4 me (later, the waiter gave me a decaf café americano instead'f a refill), n' a bottle'f some 2002 clautier syrah. yah, 'twas a nice dinner. we wanted to c some meteors last nite but didn't c ne.
[later] 1058p: kaela n' i went to sach's 730p turbo kick box (tkb) class @ the e arques, sunnyvale 24 hr fitness. then we came home n' ate leftover fud. oh yah, 4 lunch 2day, we went to the milpitas pasta pomodoro. i picked kaela up from clinik. after that, i was s'pposed to have a physikal therapy session @ kaiser, but they cancelled it. i didn't ask'em to cancel it. they reskeduled me 4 wed morn... on the spot. [later] hektic wk... keep smilin'... i hope i can.
화요일 아침: 우늘 아름다운 개이라 황의 생일예요. [later] i wish i could do more 4 the beautiful kaela hwang's b.day 2day, but it's tuesday. it's a bizzy wk 4 both'f us. she has many apptmnts 2day, n' i have many tasks.
[later] 오후: well, i drove over to kaela's skool n' ate lunch w/ her. they had some free lunch @ her skool, sponsored by some vitamin company.
they had a bunch'f cold cuts, veggies, fruits, bread, chicken (strips n' wings)... sure, i really wish i could've taken kaela out 4 a nice b.day lunch, but i s'ppose we were both just happy 'nuff to get to c each other 2day. 'least we had that nice lunch @ pasta pomodoro yesterday, complete w/ semifreddo nocciola dessert. kaela had the melanzane (eggplant) pasta (switchin' the linguine w/ fettucine), n' i had some kind'f insalata bistecca (or, as they call it, "steak salad"). that was yesterday. *sigh* 2day, as i drove over to kaela's skool, i started wondering why i werk as an engr. shouldn't i be just a full.time professional dj?! then when i got back to my office n' climbed the stairs, i realised that the whole health n' dental insurance thing'd be so much harder. *sigh* i think i need to buy a new battery 4 my lg chocolate. many ppl r sellin' them on ebay. some r sellin' combinations'f batteries, wall chargers, car chargers, cases, usb cables, etc. i wonder which i should pick!
수요일 오후 sooyoil ohoo: what' sup? well, yesterday was the beautiful kaela hwang's b.day. she aktually came out to taekwondo praktice. then we went out to 길목 gilmok 4 dinner, but some'f our friends got in an argument w/ the owner. that was a downer.
멱요일 오후: *sigh* each wk flies by, n' i don't get all the things done that i want to n' need to get done. :-( each month flies by, n' i don't get all the things done that i want to n' need to get done. :-( each yr flies by, n' i don't get all the things done that i want to n' need to get done. :-( it's thurs 2day. *sigh* last nite, i skipped sach's 700p turbo kick box (tkb) class @ the fremont ave; sunnyvale 24 hour fitness cos 1) i had 2 much stoopid werk to do @ werk.com, n' 2) i wanted to go home n' werk on dj stuff. well, i skipped tkb but didn't werk on dj stuff. instead, i bought some gro¢eries @ safeway n' went home n' cooked dinner: asparagus, shroom, red onion, n' tomato angel hair pasta w/ grilled salmon. i guess it aktually turned out quite well. we watched episodes 3 n' 4'f 별을 쏘다. *sigh* i wish i had more time each day, no doubt. sometimes (2 often) i feel groggy all morn. then, i feel like i don't really wake up till late in the afternoon or early evenin'. :-( also, i prefer not to deal w/ difficult ppl; i really do. i wish life weren't so comlicated. neway, was it pastor abel? he sed that we can't expekt to go thru life w/o sufferin' cos gee... jesus suffered 'lot 4 us, so... yah, i shouldn't complain.
[later] i know part'f this might be media hype, but man... have u noticed that stuff that's made in china lately has lots'f bad, bad probs?! all this toxic dog fud n' toxic toys n'... man! c? that's why i avoid buyin' stuff made in china. ppl've sed that it's much ¢heaper to manufakture skateboard decks in china, even if u use canadian maple. ppl've also sed that these made.in.china decks r sometimes stronger cos they use glue (4 the plywood) that r illegal in the usa. urgh... yah, u get a stronger deck that might last u like a month, but u'r doin' so much damage to the earth! i prefer to buy skate (skateboarding) produkts that r made in the usa. just now, i bought my 1200 mah lg chocolate battery on ebay. i confirmed w/ the buyer that the battery's made in korea. man, i really need this new, extended.life battery cos my current battery runs out so fast! i'm also ponderin' buyin' a car charger.
[later] gee, i sure think that i wish i could have time to sit 'round n' do nuthin'. i mean... i know that sounds like 1'f those things that u'd regret u wished if u were to wish it. i mean... 'f course i need to werk cos i need $$$ to pay the bills n' pay the mortgage. however, gee... i sure wish i could get paid to sit 'round n' do nuthin'. life's sometimes 2 stressful n' hektic. however... whate'er, dude; i just sed that i shouldn't ever complain' 'bout "sufferin'." i'd like time to rest, to get good exercise, to relax, to clean up the house, to do yardwerk, to play w/ sooni, to go out n' have a daytrip w/ the beautiful kaela hwang to napa... or more like a 2.day trip. 'member back in circa 1998, i used to quote the smashing pumpkins' "despite all my rage, i'm still just a rat in a cage"? [later] almost 10 yrs later, i'm still thinkin' 'bout that lyric. i'm s'pposed to back off on some'f my favourite physikal aktivities rt now n' concentrate on my physikal therapy exercises. i mentioned that i went to the kaiser pt yesterday morn, didn't i? maybe i didn't. neway, i did. i mean, i did go. yah, ... [later] so i have some pt exercises to do: leg extensions, leg lifts, squats, lunges, etc. however, if i don't do my usual favourite physikal aktivities, then i worry that i'm not gettin' 'nuff exercise. i feel bloated, u know?
금요일 아침: can u believe it's fri?! i can hardly believe it. *sigh* time flies. days fly by. wks fly by. months fly by. seasons fly by. yrs fly by. as expekted, this summer has been flyin' by. [later] last nite, i was browin' facebook 4 ppl who werk @ my company. i was surprised to find certain ppl that i werk w/, n' u know what? again, i felt kind'f depressed that it cms like my career isn't goin' so hot while ppl who r my age or younger r doin' so much better n' gettin' promoted, etc. rat race, u know? keepin' up w/ so.n.so. i noticed this a while back after last yr's 5k run n' they posted the results along w/ our ages. i didn't do so bad in the run, but i noticed that ppl who were have better titles n' reputations @ werk r so young, n' me? am i just headed 2wards bein' an ol' wash up? i'm sure some ppl'll say that, in ur career, u get what u put in. i've heard that phrase recently, but it was 'bout ministry n' our recent mission trip. u get what u put in. is it just a curse that i'm sucked into doin' christian ministry? i'm sure secularists, materialists, atheists, n' agnostiks sure would say so. i coiuld be usin' the time that i put into church aktivities 2wards werkin' harder n' gettin' further/farther ahead in life. shouldn't i be on the fast track to management n' leadership in werk?! why'm i such a dillydallyer? why'm i so stagnant?! dude... well, ppl measure life in all sorts'f ways, as i keep sayin'. career? yah, some parents want their kids to get great degrees n' get great jobs n' promote, promote, promote. on the other hand, there r parents that want their kids to become great athletes. i'd be pretty stoked to have a kid that grew up to be a pro snowboarder or pro skateboarder. yah, i'd be pretty proud. is $$$ really all there is in life?! $$$, fame, status, popularity, romance, experiencin' "the good life..."
switchfoot - "gone"
she told him she'd rather fix her make-up
she told him that she believes in living,
don't say so-long, you're not that far gone
gone, like yesterday is gone,
she said, he said, live like no tomorrow;
don't say so-long, and throw yourself wrong
gone, like yesterday is gone
we are not infinite
gone, like frank sinatra,
life is more than money
she said, he said live like no tomorrow,
than try to fix what's going on
but the problem keeps on calling
even with the cell-phone gone
bigger than she's living now
but her world keeps spinning backwards and upside-down
don't spend today away, 'cause today will soon be
like history is gone,
just try and prove me wrong, and pretend like you're immortal.
every day we borrow brings us
one step closer to the edge. infinity.
where's your treasure, where's your hope,
if you get the world, and lose your soul?
she pretends like she pretends like she's immortal,
this could be your big chance to make-up
today will soon be
like history is gone,
the world keeps spinning on
you're going, going, gone,
like summer break is gone,
like saturday is gone,
just try and prove me wrong and pretend like you're immortal
we are not permanent
nothing is immediate
and we pretend like we're immortal
we are so confident in our accomplishments
look at our decadence
like elvis and his mom
like al pacino's cash,
nothing lasts in this life
my high school dreams are gone
my childhood sweets are gone
life is a day that doesn't last for long
time was never money
time was never cash
life is still more than girls
life is more than hundred-dollar bills and roto-tom fills
life is more than fame and rock and roll and thrills
all the riches of the kings end up in wills
we've got information in the information age,
but do we know what life is
outside of our convenient lexus cages?
every moment that we borrow brings us closer
to a god who's never been short of cash
hey bono, i'm glad you asked,
life is still worth living, life is more that we are
i'm gonna turn 32 next tues. when i was a kid, my dad told an anecdote 'bout a swedish (i think) cowerker who had probs pronouncin' the "th" sound. the cowerker'd turn the "th" sound into a "d" sound. he sed that his cowerker sed, "i'm dirty, n' my wife is dirty too," which really meant "i'm thirty, n' my wife is thirty-two." last, i told the beautiful kaela hwang, "my wife's durty; n' next wk, i'll be durty 2." i know kaela's a bit self.conscious now 'bout her age, so i apologise 4 exposin' it here, but the joke/anecdote doesn't otherwise werk. neway, if u ask me, age 4 a gurl is a good thing: cos if u can look this good @ whate'er age u r, then that sez sumpthin'... i mean, young gurls age, n' well... will they still look as good? neway... that's all freakin' beside the pt! so... i'm turnin' 32 next tues. my b.day's 08월21일 aug 21. my b.date/birthdate's 1975년08월21일 aug 21, 1975. i looked up on wiki b.days, events, n' deaths that occured on my b.day. i share my b.date w/ some aktress named alicia witt. have u heard'f her? when i read the name, it looked n' maybe sounded very familiar. she's been in movies n' tv shows n' made appearances on late nite tv talk shows. i'm not totally sure how often she plays lead chars n' how often she plays supportin' chars. *shrug* however, yah, her name sounds familiar. i saw her pic. i guess she looks a li'l familiar. *shrug* neway, yah... i share my b.date w/ her. have u looked up ur b.day on wiki? u should. it's kind'f interestin'. i'd thought hawai.i's statehood day was on my b.day, but maybe it's the day b4 or sumpthin'. [a li'l later] no! i'm rt! hawai.i was admitted to the usa as a state on 1950년08월21일 aug 21, 1950. hawai.i... the birthplace'f surfin'... which lead to skateboardin' n' snowboardin'. [later] from hawai.i to cali... from the 808 to the 408...
"my high school dreams are gone." a couple'f nites 'go, i thought 'bout the yrs'f my life that i spent not bein' a skateboarder or a snowboarder. i mean... in a way, that doesn't really make much sense cos i didn't completely stop skateboardin' till i got to college n' my friend lost my board, yet i'd already started snowboardin' my senior yr'f hi skool. however, i've gotta admit that i didn't skateboard much after i started drivin' in junior yr'f hi skool n' didn't snowboard so much until my last yr'f college. i mean, i'd snowboard like 1nce a season durin' college, but... like, after i graduated, that's when i really went 'lot, u know? so, yah... i wasn't thinkin' to myself, "dude, what a waste! why didn't i do boardsports durin' those yrs? it's cos'f the foolish decisions i made re: relationships n' gfs in those days, huH?" well, aktually, that's not 100% true. [a li'l later] 1) even tho' i sometimes feel like i've regrest 'bout my 2nd relationship, i.e. my "college" gf, cos - in a way - that relationship was mostly my attempt to get back to a "normal," societal life that meant dressin' "right" n' appearin' to be a proper "church" boy (which differs much from bein' a person w/ has a good relationship w/ god); i gotta admit that she was into martial arts n' did help me get more into snowboarding cos she was a skier who also got into snowboarding. 2) those yrs were obviously important 4 my career as an engr cos i focused well on studyin' my engrg stuff... altho' i also benefitted 'lot from my later grad skool yrs. 3) those yrs greatly contributed to my martial arts endeavours... not that those were really glorious days in my martial arts career, but those were some decently 4mative yrs that included lots'f steady praktice, rt? [later] i spent a few yrs'f my younger life thinkin' i was gonna be a rockstar, u know? lots'f guitar playin', elektric guitar playin'... *sigh* do i regret those yrs? *sigh* nah... it's all part'f life.
"she told him that she believes in living, bigger than she's living now." recently, cos'f the london mission trip n' cos'f the revised grx partnership (membership) process, i've had to talk 'lot 'bout my life n' how i became a christian n' then sort'f drifted 'way from the church community durin' the p.crew days after college. do i regret those yrs? heck no! i made some heck'a great friends durin' those yrs n' had great times! u kiddin' me?! however, how would i describe my life in those days as far as why i didn't go to church in those days? well, u know what? yah, i guess i had previously felt like goin' to church'd become more'f an "obligation" n' "duty," sumpthin' i had to do in order to be a good christian. like, nowadays, i realise that goin' to church should only be sumpthin' u do cos u wanna, cos u love god n' u wanna go to church to express ur love 4 god n' god's ppl... if it's obligation, then don't go; no prob! don't go. then, reconnekt w/ god... talk to god thru prayer, n' when u find that u wanna go to church out'f love 4 god, then go. neway, what did i think'f church n' god in those days. well, lemme tell u: i still loved god n' knew that he loved me. i guess i was exposed to other relgions like buddhism via s.mike n' materialsm n' hedonism n' humanism thru many others in the berkeley / bay area community. it's like, the silly valley n' the whole .com boom somewhat preached materialism. sf in all its cosmopolitanism preached hedonism - good fud, good wine, good dancin', good movies, great entertainment, beautiful ppl. berkeley w/ all its "free love" n' "good vibes" preached humanism; that ppl, if they have a good spirit can solve all the world's probs: all u need's love. yah, me? did i really fill the void in my life w/ "partyin'" n' all sorts'f illicit exploits? not really... i mean, heck yah, i partied; but i don't have a testimonial like others... like, i didn't go out n' get drunk n' hi all the time n' have all sorts'f crazy $3x n' get involved w/ crime, no. that'd make 4 a great "prodigal son" story, but it's not my "prodigal son" story! i did put my faith in friends n' popularity (as u can c), but i also put my faith in "the triumph'f the human spirit," that i could be a great martial artist n' accomplish many feats on my snowboard... simply via "the human spirit." in many ways, that's my "prodigal son" story. [later] yah, that's my "prodigal son" story. or... heh, rather, it's god's story, but it's the story that involves me. maybe it doesn't sound as glamourous as other testimonials u've heard on a sun morn @ the pulpit, stories'f ppl who found god after a life'f crime n' $3x or a hard life'f abuse. yah... i guess i stopped goin' to church cos i felt it was obligation but knew i could get by in life w/o goin' to church n' prob'ly felt it was a waste'f time to go to church. @ some pt, i teased a church.goin' friend, sayin' he was just goin' cos he liked some gurl there. [later] nowadays, yah, i'm a big proponent 4 goin' to church, but... it's not everythin'. w/in the christian coomunity, ppl have made an idol'f church in some ways. however, yah... church is a way 4 god to speak to u. he speaks thru the sermons that u hear, he speaks thru the interaktions u have w/ ppl there. church's a way 4 u to communicate w/ god. u speak to him by prayer @ church, thru singin' @ church. however, moreso, u speak to him thru aktions like volunteerin' to do habitat 4 humanity w/ u church or volunteerin' to help @ a homeless shelter or program like cityteam ministries thru ur church. u say, "god i know u love me, so i want to love u back by spreadin' ur love 'mongst ppl 'round me." do u know the distinktion btwn christian ministry n' christian service v. humanitarianism n' simple community service? i'm not out to buy acceptance. i'm not out to buy salvation. i was talkin' to a couple'f our london mission team members 'bout the harm in spendin' all ur time in church. god has a purpose 4 each'f us, n' i don't think we're all called to spend our lives in church. i believe god put us on earth 4 a reason, so we ought to get out there: do things, hang w/ ppl. god speaks to us thru our experiences in the world/life as well as thru the church. however, how to understand what he's sayin' thru these experiences? yah, that's why u need the bible.
"gone, like yesterday is gone, like history is gone, just try and prove me wrong, and pretend like you're immortal." *sigh* by takin' that big jump that fateful 2007년04월21일 april 21, 2007 morn... was i pretendin' as if i were immortal? maybe so, man. from skateboarding as a kid, i have scars on my knees... well, it's not "from skateboarding." it's from fallin', while i was skateboarding. i also have scars on my shins from bangin' my skateboard into them while tryin' to do tricks. i think 'twas while tryin' to do 180° or maybe 360° frontside no complies. *shrug* otherwise, i don't 'member so well what tricks i used to do as kid. from snowboardin', i received some probs w/ my left ankle from skiddin' out on the castle run @ sierra@tahoe n' 'f course my bad knee from that day @ kirkwood. last nite, i learned that a friend'f ours... her bf died in a car accident. she often denied that they were bf n' gf, but i witnessed somethin' @ the new yr's party that led me to know that they were bf n' gf. i don't 'member the bf's name, but i know he has much younger than her n' werked as a sushi chef. he cmed like a really good guy, n' i know they taught sunday skool 2gether. it is crazy that a person can be here 1 day n' gone the next. [a li'l later] that's so awful that a guy could die so young. (i only say this out'f reverence, so don't think i'm poking fun.) it's a shame this guy didn't live long 'nuff to turn 30 n' blow out his knee like the rest'f us. seriously, i don't say that to be funny. u know, the fakt that i blew out my knee @ kirkwood that fateful morn; what a blessing! it's a blessin' cos i survived. it's a blessin' cos i was able to be out there on the slopes that morn. [later] trials n' triumphs: life is full'f blessings, either evident or not so evident.
[later] so... i yam what i yam... am i the man god wants me to be? while werkin' w/ the grx i realised somethings 'bout age n' generations. the team members' ages ranged from 23 to 35. our leaders were younger than me. as i sed, @ werk, many ppl who hold higher titles than i do r younger than me. i realised sumpthin' 'bout generations tho'... i mean, gen x v. gen y. me, i feel like i fall into gen xy. gen xy includes ne1 born btwn 1976년 n' 1981년, but i'll include myself even tho' i was born in 1975년. perhaps, i'd like to suggest bounds'f 1975년 n' 1979년. u should read up on gen x n' gen y on wiki: generation x n' generation y. my 누나 older sista's definitely gen x. the "kids" i do taekwondo w/ r def'ly gen y. ppl like kaela n' me; we're really in btwn, so gen xy. while werkin' w/ gen x-ers n' gen y-ers on the london mission as well as from past experiences werkin' w/ gen x-ers n' gen y-ers @ werk, i reailsed some things: gen y-ers have a certain confidence 'bout them, sumpthin' similar to the yuppies'f the early 1980s, a certain innocence or dare i say naiveté. 4 gen y-ers, often, the world's their oyster. on the other hand, gen x-ers have a certain humbledness. gen x-ers not only grew up thru the 1980s boom n' the late 1980s recession (or as i like to day, depression); but they also lived thru the turn'f the century .com boom n' bust. sure, gen y-ers also saw the .com boom n' bust, but there's a huge, huge, huge diff!!! gen x-ers not only lived thru the turn'f the century .com boom n' bust, but they feel responsible 4 causin' the .com boom n' bust! already, scholars (n' other smart ppl) attribute the birth'f the "0.25 life crisis" to gen x-ers n' how they've lived thru the best'f times n' the worst'f times n' thus r often nervous 'bout what'll come next... so much so that they didn't wait till middle age to get nervous 'bout mortality, etc. mid.life crisis? #@¢% that! gen x-ers n' gen xy-ers were way 'head'f that n' had plenty'f 0.25 life crises. gettin' out'f college... was it all it was cracked up to be? 4 gen xy-ers... we got out'f college in the middle'f the .com boom. we felt great but were scared that it'd all come crashin' down like the depression'f the latter 1980s. whadya know, we were rt. however, yah... we genxy-ers n' genx-ers now feel guilty that we brought it upon ourselves. we feel guilty n' thus a bit less sure.footed. gen y-ers; they got out'f college, n'... many'f them found the mess that the gen x-ers n' baby boomers had left. yah, well, the baby boomers caused the turn'f the century bust, but gen x-ers took the bulk'f the blame. neway, gen y-ers found that mess as they got out'f college n' feel confident that they fixed the prob. "havin' been raised on the internet, they can do nethin'!" sure, gen y-ers heard "smells like teen spirit" comin' out'f their big bros' n' big sis' stereos, but gen x-ers lived it. by all this, i don't mean to bag on gen y-ers. what i mean to say's that gen x-ers n' gen y-ers can learn from each other. [later] mmmnn... i c that my "gen xy"'s more officially known as either "the xy cusp" or "the mtv generation." well, i never really had mtv.
[later] 저녁 이지만 아직도 퇴근안했어요: my eyes r a bit sore from starin' @ the 'puter so much 2day. oh yah, i did read the wiki on "the xy cusp." very interestin' stuff... i agree w/ many'f the pts. however, i wonder why skateboard culture wasn't mentioned @ all. :-? i think boardsports culture has really influenced pop culture thru 2day. think 'bout how animated chars like superheros in the fantastic 4 or spider.man or chars like tarzan in the most recent disney rendition all move 'round like boarders'f some sort. boardsports n' breakdancin'... yah, both'f those things've helped shape modern pop culture. [later; 2007년08월18일, 오후 1225p] after all, switchfoot... i really like switchfoot. their name's totally boardsports inspired, rt? is there ne other meaning to "switchfoot?" x.games... x.files... rn't those things related to the xy cusp / gen xy? or r they simply gen x?! [later] ah, yes... the band got its name "switchfoot" cos they're all surfers n' they feel it means "takin' a new stance" n' switchin' to "facing the opposite direction." ah, quite clever...
oh yah, 08월17일's my ol' friend eileen's b.day. i wonder how she's doin'.
월요일 오후: feelin' nor*cal - i had lunch w/ abel 목사님 (pastor abel) @ chavez market (had a puerco al pastor burrito) n' a guava jarritos. i'm glad that jarritos soda has real sugar n' not hi fructose corn syrup. on my drive back to my office, i enjoied the cool breeze in the warm summer heat. it wasn't 2 hot nor 2 dry. i was thinkin' how this is unlike socal; thus i decided that i was really feelin' nor*cal. isn't there a song by juliana hatfield called "feelin' massachussetts?" isn't there a keanu reeves movie called "feelin' minnesota?" have i cn it? i 4get. aktually, when abel n' i ate lunch, we sat outside, n' already i was enjoiin' the nor*cal summer weather. ah... summer. when i was a kid, i sed that summer was my favourite season. then, i grew up n' learned to snowboard. that soon made me question if summer was my favourite season. *sigh* this morn, i skateboarded w/ sooni 4 a bit longer than usual. we went all the way out to el camino real n' up el camino real to 갤러리아 프라자 (galleria plaza) n' back. oh yah, on sat evenin', i changed out the bushings on my independent stage 9 eric koston 129mm trucks. i removed the bottom bushings - which were those original black, hard 1s - n' installed some bones hardcore soft bushings. i wanted to change out the top bushings 2, but these low trucks use a kingpin that's shorter than the original indies/indys, so the top bushing doesn't fit. i might cut down the bones hardcore soft bushings and then install them. it's very weird to think that my board has indy 129 low trucks, while the beautiful kaela hwang's board has indy 139 regular height trucks.
on sat morn, both kaela n' i headed out to the sunnyvale skate park 4 a skate sesh. i took kaela out there cos there rn't ne sidewalk cracks - the surface is very even n' consistent. she appreciated that. i mostly rode w/ her n' watched her. 4 a li'l bit i padded up n' rode the li'l bowl. 'twas a very special morn cos my sunnyvale skate park sessions ceased to be an aktivity just 4 me n' became an aktivity 4 both'f us! u dunno... kaela really got into it. on fri, she went out to tilly's @ the great mall n' bought herself some fancy dc skate shoes (black plaid w/ hot pink trim). kewl, huh? we're by no means the 1st married couple to skate @ the sunnyvale skate park 2gether, but it's not an exteremly common sight. kaela hasn't yet entered the bowls or nethin'. maybe someday... but i won't pressure her. i wanted to try out her board 4 a li'l, but she didn't wanna trade. ha ha ha.
on fri nite, kaela n' i went out to dinner @ tony roma's cos we have our annual free b.day meals. we ate meat. kaela ordered the filet mignon since her meal was free, n' i ordered baby back ribs. also, we had some bier. the waitress asked kaela if she wanted a 16 oz or 25 oz hefeweizen, n' kaela chose 25. she shouldn't have since she prob'ly didn't even finish 16 oz'f her big mug. i'm glad she didn't try to finish it all. no biggie. good health's better than bein' able to brag that u drank a huge bier. afterwards, we went to watch a movie @ amc mercado. we ended up watchin' the bourne ultimatum - an entertainin' movie. i think there'll be more installments. do u 'member? when julia stiles 1st startin' doin' big movies, there was some other gurl that kind'f looked like her. what was her name? sumpthin' like erika christiansen or sumpthin', rt? ah, the next installment's called the bourne legacy, follwed by the bourne betrayal. oh yah, wiki also confirmed that, yes, the julia stiles lookalike was/is erika christiansen. they might as well do a movie together like how topher grace n' tobey maguire did spider-man 3. they should've had jake gyllenhaal 2 tho'. don't 4get, i sat thru the entire showin'f the moonlight mile, thinkin' that the main char was played by tobey maguire. well, more embarassingly, i sat thru the fantastic 4 n' thought that jessica alba's char was played by charlize theron. upes.
on sat afternoon, kaela n' i went to our taekwondo student debby's b.day bbq @ irvington park in fremont. she has 'lot'f friends, i guess. we brought sooni. there was so much fud! our friend eric j also stopped by. after the bbq, kaela n' i (n' sooni) went to caliskatz in fremont, where i bought kaela some pro.tec pads (knee, elbow, n' wrist) n' then my bones hardcore soft bushings n' some bones speed cream (bearing lubricant) 4 me. the store's much better than i'd expekted. it's a clean, well.lit place, n' the werker was aktually cordial. wow, that's better service than i used to get 2 go skate when i was a kid n' dumped so much $$$ there! yah, it appears that in this day n' age, a skate store has to be a pleasant place in order to survive. i also liked ohana board shop tho'. so far, i like ohana n' caliskatz. i'm not so impressed by boarder nation on union or fishbanks (un4tunately... since it's rt 'cross the st from the sunnyvale skate park). i wanna check out nc boardshop in los gatos.
[later] i realised a while 'go that i made a big typographical error in my last journal entry. no, i did not go out n' get drunk n' hi all the time n' did not go out n' have all sorts'f crzy $3x durin' the p.crew days. i did do some shameful things, but... yah, i made a typo that kind'f blew it out'f proportion. i should fix that typo 2nite!
so... how was the ride on my new bushings? heh heh... i know most'f u don't care (99.99%'f u). well, the new bushings sure r softer, n' that took a li'l gettin' used to. @ 1st, i felt a li'l wobbly, but i guess i've started gettin' used to the new feel. in replacin' my bushings, i hope i'm not changin' ne'f the kinematics'f my trucks. i hope the height'f the new bushin' w/o the washer's the same height as the ol' bushin' w/ the washer. i get more'f the carvin' feel w/ the new bushings.
화요일 아침: ah, can u believe that 2day's my 32nd b.day? 2007년08월21일... august 21, 2007...
[later]the beautiful kaela hwang dropped off a winnie the pooh b.day balloon, a cinnamon.raisin bagel (a li'l random), n' a bear claw coffee cake to share w/ my cowerkers. she showed up while i was in a mtg, but rt after the mtg, i checked my v.mail n' had a msg from the security desk that my wife had dropped off a balloon n' cake. i brought the stuff upstairs n' shared the cake w/ my cowerkers.
수요일 아침: i wanna thank all who sent my b.day wishes/greetings via e.mail, txt page, or in most cases facebook. yah, facebook's really big rt now, no doubt. i tried to reply to all the msgs that ppl sent me cos i want ppl to know that i really appreciate that they talk to me. i appreciate their friendship. last nite, i heard a funny conversation. some ppl r talkin' 'bout some gurl. i think it's a gurl that many'f us r friends w/, but 1'f our friends just met her recently, n'... *shrug* i dunno if the friend who just met her recently isn't vibin' well w/ her or what, but... i think the conversation went like this -- "so u'r friends w/ her?!" "well, we're facebook friends." ha ha ha ha! ain't that such a 2007년 mid.2000s conversation?! what's the diff btwn a real friend n' a facebook friend, eh? was it ever s'pposed to end up like this?!
well, yesterday was my 32nd b.day. 어제는 저의 32번째 생일이었어요. in the morn, the beautiful kaela hwang brought me a winnie the pooh balloon n' a "bear claw" coffee cake to share w/ my cowerkers. @ lunch, i picked her up from skool n' we ate @ the macaroni grill in mccarthy ranch (110 ranch drive; milpitas, ca; 408.935.9875). kaela ordered the seared sea scallops salad, n' i ordered the chicken portobello. 'twas my 1st time there. gee, as i look @ my credit card receipt, i wish the waiter had noticed that it was my b.day. it sez it rt on there... wait, no... that's the date'f transaktion... "dob..." well, it sez "dob: 08/21/2007." uhm, i was born 1975년08월21일. "duh," rt? *sigh* sometimes i feel pretty stoopid. neway, yah... i noticed that many customers also had b.days. i noticed cos the servers came out n' sang 4 them n' gave'em b.day cake w/ a candle. i didn't get that, but that's ok. i don't need the extra calories, rt? well, aktually, i was a bit disappointed that i didn't get ne freebies on my b.day. i aktually did wanna try to hit up 1'f those free meal places... *shrug* i know todai gives u a voucher 4 a free dinner as long as u bring 'nuff ppl. i think midori sushi does sumpthin' better. well, after taekwondo praktice, a bunch'f us taekwondoers went o'er to v.i.p., the hip, korean hof that all the college kids patronise. kaela n' i 1st dropped sooni off @ home... poor doggy. the service was really slow, but the fud was pretty good. i guess the kids wanted to get me drunk, but thankfully it was gettin' late n' 소주's not that ¢heap. ha ha. 'twas a big crowd, but man... i gotta say sumpthin'... i worry that p.crew politiks'll soon arise w/in our new p.crew. nah whaddahm shayin'? there's 2 much faktionin' off. aktually, ben asked me to make a speech, n' i sed we're a big taekwondo family. as kind'f a lite.hearted joke, i pted out ben n' dennis's friend whom i seriously had not even met cos maybe the table was so long or maybe cos the group's a bit faktioned *shrug*, n' sed yah "especially the sista down @ the end." [a li'l lter] i meant that to be an inclusive, welcomin' statement to try to keep the group 2gether; but i think i maybe caused trouble: 1) i think that gurl felt uncom4table... like, "dude, is that ol' man flirting w/ me? why'm i gettin' singled out?" 2) i get the sense that some ppl in the group feel we've reached capacity n' that i don't need to be always invitin' ppl to join us. sound familiar? 3) mmaybe i made it 2 obvious that i think the group has faktioned off. lemme tell u... to put it in a very blunt n' straight4ward way, "let's call it the j.crewin' of p.crew, complete w/ euro.trip n' all. i'm 32 yrs.old, n' maybe my life's as cyclical as ever!" gee, i guess 1nce 'gain, i'll need to instate the policy'f "hey dude, i'll hang out w/ whomever wants to hang w/ me." #@¢% status quo. #@¢% "cool kids" who ostracise "uncool kids." back in 2003년, a group called "the cooler kids" opened 4 erasure in sf. is that what they meant by "cooler" kids, that they were cooler than the "cool kids." if so; 1) clever, n' 2) i sure am dense 4 just figurin' that out now, 4 yrs later! i always thought it had sumpthin' to do w/ ice chests n' ice boxes. does that make me "un.cool?"
[later] ha... how coincidental, a certain ol' cal alum, ol' time blogger just sent me a facebook friend req. i'll let him remain anonymous, but... like, lemme tell u: imho, he's the best out'f the turn'f the century "a.list" bloggers. honestly, i could never make that list. 4 some reason, i just wasn't kewl 'nuff. however, yah... i thought he was the best'f the bunch. lemme go on a sideroad 4 a sec: 'specially durin' the grx london mission trip, when time was scarce but benojournal.quality thoughts were abundant/copious/ample; i considered tryin' out vloggin' (video bloggin'). [later] however, in the end, don't really only gurls vlog? cos only gurls can get an audience as vloggers, rt? c? this applies to both blogs n' vlogs! netizens'll stay glued to their screens to watch/read a cute (or not even that cute) female's recountin'f her recent $3xual exploits or rantin' 'bout her menstrual cycle. however, netizens only care 'bout a straight/hetero guy's opinions if they're 'bout 1) politiks, 2) sports, 3) economiks/bizness, 4) music/movies, or 5) teknology! [a li'l later] do i talk 'bout those things? :-/ i dunno... i think i talk plenty 'bout politiks n' a li'l 'bout musik, movies, n' teknology. sports? i talk 'bout boardsports n' martial arts. what do i talk 'bout? well, i guess i mostly talk 'bout myself! ha ha ha! i s'ppose that accounts 4 my lack'f readership, rt? ha ha ha. however, i do talk 'bout things other than myself, don't i? 1nce u filter thru what the #@¢5 i ate 4 brkfast n' how i skateboarded w/ sooni in the morn, u can read 'bout my opinions on relationships, religion, society, fud/dining/restasurants, boardsports (snowboarding n' skateboarding) a long time 'go, kaela asked me why the heck i care if i have more readers or not. well, i consider my journal to be 1) an open letter to friends n' family n' 2) sumpthin' like a newspaper column. ok... neway, uh... i think i may've offended 'nuff ppl w/ this 1 paragraph. it's time to start a new 1.
a few wks 'go, sometime 'round when i bought kaela's b.day present (her skateboard) @ ohana boarshop, ppl watched the jake brown incident @ this yr's x.games. as u know, pro skateboarder jake brown launched up in the air durin' the megaramp event n' fell ~45 ft to the ground. while i was shoppin' @ ohana boardshop, some dude that was also shoppin' there started talkin' bout it. that was the 1st i'd heard'f it; but later i saw it on youtube n' then on tv. shouldn't i comment on that? yah, my editorial on this topik's long overdue. since the 1990s, most kids care more 'bout streetskatin' than ramp/vert skatin'. however, the x.games's keepin' vert skatin' 'live. i like ridin' "tranny" transition/ramp/bowl @ skate parks, but i'm pretty sure i'll never ride big vert on a skateboard (only on a snowboard). i'm not that much'f a daredevil on a skateboard (only on a snowboard). as i've sed b4 here; altho' many streetskatin' kids say that skateboarding shouldn't be a competitive sport (n' not in the olympiks; many even hate the x.games as a media.hype, exploitation thing), i personally like the competitive sport aspekt'f skateboarding cos it helps ensure that skaters have goals n' life n' rn't just slackers. i wish i could've watched the x.gamse, but i don't have cable. every so often, they show "extreme sports" or "action sports" competitions on nbc. i hadn't really paid attention to the name "jake brown" until this incident, i've gotta admit. however, u know what? i aktually have a certain connektion to him: he's 1'f the few pros that ride independent trucks n' ricta wheels. i ride independent trucks n' ricta wheels. i dunno why that combination's so rare. both independent truck co. and ricta wheel dynamics (along w/ santa cruz skateboards, snowboards, n' surfboards) r owned by the parent corporation nhs, inc. independent trucks has a long team roster. ricta has a shorter team roster. independent n' ricta r both nor*cal brands since they're owned by nhs, but independent's better known as a "nor*cal brand," n' most'f the pros that cm to want to ride 4 nor*cal brands choose to ride 4 spitfire wheels, which's an sf brand under sf's deluxe distribution. maybe most'f the pros who ride ricta wheels r the new.skool type who don't appreciate time.tested independent trucks. vice versa, maybe most pros who ride independent trucks think that ricta wheels r 2 new.fangled n' flash in the pan. *shrug* well, i dunno... i think it's just that ricta wheels hasn't capture that sf appeal. personally, i think that spitfire's best wheels have those air holes to reduce weight, but i worry 'bout the dirt that collects in those holes.
[later] 밤, 913p: what a long_day@werk.com! now, our friend "the other tim fong"'s @ our house, werkin' on team london stuff.
월요일 아침: wow, so much happened this wknd that i'm pretty sure i need to switch into outline mode 'least to summarise b4 goin' into detail!
kaela gave me really nice b.day presents this yr. she bought me a whole bunch'f stuff from the list i posted on my journal: the element mohave skate backpack, cat n' dog theology, disposable, n' the santa cruz emmanuel guzman powerlyte deck! wow!
[later] 점심: cos i feel muddleheaded n' groggy these days, i feel i need to detox a li'l. i don't approve'f trendy detox diets tho'. i prefer to make my own. in fakt, recently, i've considered talkin' more (like on this journal) 'bout my philosophies on diet. i disapprove'f trendy lo.carb, hi. fat cr@p. @ the same time, i realise the flaws in ol' skool lo fat diets where sugar n' sodium weren't monitored! the rt way to eat is: lo fat, hi fibre, lo sugar, lo sodium, hi protein, hi anti.oxidant, lo preservative, locally grown, n' preferably organik. [later] 저녁 이지만 아직도 퇴근 안했어요: furthermore, 1 should stay very hydrated!
ugh, what a stressful_day@werk.com! i'll letchu in on a li'l sekret. durin' my lunchbrk, i went home to get my wallet. instead'f eatin' lunch, i took a nap on the couch 4 like 30 mins. i awoke, when the ups lady came to drop off a package. sooni was very nice to her. sooni trotted out, sat 4 her n' licked her face! the ups lady always gives her a milkbone! :-) wow, i hope that makes her werkday better. i wish my job involved havin' dogs' lick my face, rt? ha ha ha! i notice that that woman's very good w/ dogs. she knows her stuff. i had to swing by 'nother company 4 a werk errand on my way back to the office. what a hektic day!
*sigh* i hope this wk get better. :-( so far it's startin' off just so.so. i have lots'f tasks@werk.com but also lots'f dj tasks 4 the 2 weddings i'm djing this wknd! it's labour day wknd. on sun evenin', kaela helped me call 'round local skate shops to ask if they sell mob griptape. [a li'l later] now that i've done a li'l internet research, i think i wanna get "independent mob grip" not just mob grip. it's got the independent truck company's cross logo cut out'f it. yah, i think imight just buy that from tactics.com in oregon even tho' i really wanna "upport my local skate shop." *sigh* the local skate shops that i've been to (not including tri.city. copelands, go skate, n' sessions, which r long gone) r: ohana, boarders union, fishbanks, caliskatz, that 1 in santa cruz, n' (i guess) zumies. i really like the ppl n' principle'f ohana board shop, but... in the end; based 'pon selektion n' service; so far, i think caliskatz in fremont's the best. they have the advantage'f bein' an online n' offline store. that cms to let them buy in bigger volumes cos they sell more. i hope ohana learns from that. however, i think they've got the sort'f disadvantage that they also sell surf, wake, n' snow stuff. 'f course, i don't mind snowboard stuff. i also kind'f don't mind surf stuff. however, i don't have much use 4 wakeboarding n' wakeskate stuff. yah, i'm really rootin' 4 ohana, but we'll c if they get better. i appreciate that the staff there is responsible, mature, n' friendly. i still wanna check out nc boardshop in los gatos n' circle.a skate shop in downtown san jo. boarders union's similar to ohana in that the staff there cms to be pretty reliable, n' they also sell snowboarding n' wakeboarding stuff. however, i was more disappointed with their skateboarding selektion. now... on sun afternoon, while @ the mall, i considered steppin' into zumies to check out their selektion'f skate shoes. however, rt as i was 'bout to walk in, i saw it was crowded w/ all middle class, suburban teenage punks dressed in well... like, poseur clothes. all that like wannabe gangsta skate clothes. rt as i looked in, there was this guy.gurl couple, all decked out in that bling bling wanksta gear, n' they were bobbin' their heads à la night at the roxbury to whate'er poseur musik was playin'. it was quite a ridiculous sight! i dunno if that couple might've aktually've been paid to stand their n' do that cos it was quite a picture. *shrug* i just kept on walkin'. they lost my bizness! i never really wanted to patronise zumies neway cos they're a big corporation n' not a "local" boardshop. i've been thinkin'f buyin' a pair'f black skate shoes since i really just have my brown vans rt now n' i sometimes wanna wear black shoes w/ a black belt. also, i wanna try wearin' some skate shoes that don't look so bulky. some dvs shoes look pretty stylish n' not bulky.
[later] 밤, 926p: argh, what a hard day! eh... whate'er! after werk, i went to sach's 730p turbo kick box (tkb) class @ the east arques, sunnyvale 24 hour fitness. after the werkout, i showered, n' now i'm home. we're cookin' manhattan clam chowder, inspired by our visit to sam's chowder house on sat. ok, kaela cms to be doin' most'f the cookin', as i'm here typin' in my journal. i badly need a haircut!
[later] 951p: oh, so what's w/ the 2 asian dudes on heroes. whadya' think'f heroes n' its impakt on asian.am media image? whadya think? so far, i think it's a posi+ive thing, but i dunno. let's discuss.
오후: 2day, i could be really stressed cos life is hektic as heck rt now. however, i think i'm feelin' a bit more content 2day than i've felt so far this wk. i think mon, i felt 2 muddleheaded from partyin' o'er the wknd. 2day? i feel hopeful n' ambitious. i'll try to knock out tasks@werk.com n' tasks related to upcoming weddings that i'll be djin'. yah, i'm djin' 2 weddings this wknd. c? i could be stressed, rt? hey... let's just trust the good lord, u know? stress never got us nethin' good, rt? i'm feelin' better n' maybe even feelin' groovy, rt? as u may've heard, our friend (our student) derek's collektin' ol' clothes to send down to peru to help viktims'f the recent earthquake. i read on his xanga that his family's gardener has family down there that was affekted. kaela n' i've got lots'f clothes to donate, but we 4got to bring'em last nite to taekwondo praktice. [later] this past wknd, @ aéropostale, i bought this nice brown hoodie w/ a gift card that i got 4 returnin' a present that kaela's relatives gave me last christmas. i think i left it @ the 태권도장 taekwondojang last nite. :-( i'd really like to get it back! gee, our house's a big mess 'gain. :-( that dog's sheddin' 'lot. 2day's s'ppose to be a scorcher; but thankfully, i don't think it's as hot as the nbc 11 weatherwoman sed it'd be. maybe it's hotter down in almaden valley n' inland. [later] cos'f the hot weather w/ not much wind, the area's havin' a "spare the air day." i think ppl can ride publik transportation 4 free 2day or sumpthin' like that. 2day, i rode my bike to werk n' used my new green element mohave backpack. i like it. i rode w/o my knee brace. apparently bike riding isn't so dangerous to the acl neway. that knee brace (which aktually belongs to my taekwondo student chris) gets so hot n' sweatty.
[later] 오후: the beautiful kaela hwang picked me up from werk 4 lunch n' also brought me my employee badge, which i accidentally left @ home this morn. we ate @ steven's philly cheesesteak shop, usin' an entertainment book bogo ¢oupon; great deal! we each go the supreme n' shared an order'f greasy garlic fries. the sandwiches were sooo good, but i'll prob'ly skip the greasy garlic fries next time. i wonder what's 4 dinner.
last nite, i put in an order w/ tactics.com: my independent truck co. mob griptape, some independent truck co. brand mounting hardware,, a pair'f independent truck co. brand 1/8" shock pads (i wanted to try these out), n' a baby blue (medium size) helmet 4 kaela - just cos if the cops roll by, it's illegal to skate in the sunnyvale skate park w/o a helmet n' pads; furthermore, she'll need helmeets n' pads if we ever go to the santa clara skate park 2gether (even tho' it's full'f li'l kids). oh yah, i also ordered the black dvs daewon 9 shoes. as i sed, i've been eyein' some black shoes; n' these were on sale.
저녁 이지만 퇴근 안했어요: *sigh* how's life? how r u? me? i'm ok. i think i still feel decent, but not as decent n' certainly not as groovy as i felt yesterday. things went south in the evenin' when the beautiful kaela hwang went to some presentation by a pyramid scheme called worldventures (or "world ventures"). these travel agent biz scams r nuthin' new. like all scams (health scams, real estate scams, financial investments), things don't change, they just come back 'round 'gain, resurfacin' every few yrs 4 each new generation. seriously, i know it's possible to run a profitable home bizness via these mlm (multilevel marketing) "programs," but their proponents out to admit 1) it takes effort (so much so that u'd need to quit ur "day job," n' 2) u hafta compromise ur integrity n' prey on ur friends. if u'r gonna put all that effort into marketing, why not market a substantial produkt like a dj service or boardsports equipment? we're not all bizness skool grads, so let's not pretent marketing's easy. neway, here r just a few links that discuss worldventures n' related "rta (referral travel agent) mlm (multilevel marketing, ie pyramid scheme) programs":
i skipped sach's 700p turbo kick box (tkb) class @ the fremont ave, sunnyvale 24 hour fintess to werk on dj stuff 4 the 4 weddings i have next month, startin' w/ the 2 this wknd. however, gee... it was so hot. i got drowsy n' was really hungry; so i wasn't as produktive as i wanted to be. i ended up fallin' asleep last nite on the couch while waitin' 4 a cd to burn, but sumpthin' was wrong w/ my 'puter or software. i burned it in the morn when i woke up. *sigh* 'twas so hot. *sigh*
way to end august금요일 아침: amazon.com
(not sure if this 1 werks...) ('gain not sure if this 1 werks...) (not sure if this 1 werks... it cms the more "standard" categories might not werk.)[later] i need to buy some velcro cable ties 4 my dj stuff: vek91140 - ties, reusable, adustable, pre-cut, 8, 100 count, black
[later] also, i wonder when i'll make the switch from sony connect to apple itunes to take advantage'f my affiliate link 4 that. *shrug* itunes does have better selektion, n' i bet they have better support. i've had some probs w/ the sony connect software. :-(
오후: the beautiful kaela hwang n' i went to dusita thai restaurant on el camino real @ los padres near san tomas expwy 4 lunch, usin' an entertainment book bogo coupon/¢oupon that maxed out @ $16. we got 2 expen$ive seafud dishes: "lord of the sea" 4 $15.95 n' pineapple curry w/ seafud 4 $15.95. i think they charged us $2 a head 4 rice (argh, ripoff), n' we ordered 1 thai ice tea each (i should've skipped out) 4 $2.50 each. well, they dedukted $15.95, n' it was a decent but not super¢heap lunch. we had plenty'f leftovers.
화요일 아침: this wknd, i djed 2 weddings - 1 on sat n' 'nother on mon. oh yah, 'twas labour day wknd. the sat wedding was @ 0.5 moon bay @ the 0.5 moon bay golf links. the reception was in mullins restaurant there. the mon wedding was @ ralston house in belmont (near san mateo). both weddings went well. these r such great couples, n' i'm glad they had beautiful weddings. honestly, since things just fell into place, i know ppl must've prayed 'lot, n' god really provided, u know? oh yah, these were both grx weddings. [later] 오후; i was remindin' the beautiful kaela hwang yestrday nite, as we drove home, that ppl who r very involved w/ church put on great weddings... the weddings r so well organised n' so well run; furthermore, the ppl makin' toasts n' speeches make very good toasts n' speeches, very meaningful 1s. i've been a best man 2ice, n' i wish i'd made better speeches!
[later] 2day, i went o'er to kaela's skool n' picked her up 4 lunch. we ate @ ay.chung noodle house in the milpitas 99. i'd mentioned that we don't eat 'nuff asian fud these days, 'specially real asian fud. we've been eatin' lots'f thai fud lately, but i don't consider thai restaurants to be aunthentically thai. i'm sure most thai restaurants in amerika r pretty fake. i mean, even if the fud's great; i'm sure they're not authentik. well, i was happy to have some taiwanese
fud, but i've gotta admit that it was 2 greasy n' didn't have''nuff veggies. [later] the h [later] 저녁 이지만 아직도 퇴근안했어요: what's up? how as ur labour day wknd? i guess our wknd was jam.packed. uhm, i s'ppose i need to switch into outline mode 'gain:
[later] i think everyday this wknd i skateboard w/ sooni in the morn, rt? yah, it's kind'f contrary to common sense; but after i messed up my knee, i skateboard in the morn w/ sooni more. that's cos i haven't been doin' wkday morn skate seshes (skateboard sessions) @ the sunnyvale skate park. uhm, i hope i don't lose whate'er amt'f "locals" status i had. i've been doin' lots'f sidewalk cruisn' u know? skool's started 4 the kids in our neighbourhood; so now, in the morn when i skate, kids c this ol' man ridin' 'round on a skateboard w/ his doggy. hey, did i mention to u that when kaela n' i were @ caliskatz, buyin' her pads n' my bearing lube n' (truck) bushings, i ran into a fellow ol' guy skater from my company? it was great to talk to this dude n' confirm that he's in a very similar situation as me. we're both mechanical engrs, but he's apparently a much better skater than i am. oh yah, on fri evenin', while kaela n' i were waitin' 4 duk to come o'er; kaela jumped on her skateboard n' prakticed a li'l in our backyard n' in our driveway. heh, i like how she's motivated to learn to skateboard. 수요일 아침: it's wed 2day but feels like tues cos mon was 노동절 nodongjuhl labour day. last nite after taekwondo praktice, the beautiful kaela hwang n' i ate thai fud leftovers from dusita on fri n' watched 브루 blue a "romantik" drama 'bout korean navy divers... it's kind'f like top gun in that it's a military story n' there's a female instruktor that catches the interest'f guys. ah... 'member the days'f top gun? as much as i'm not all that into military stuff... dude, u've gotta admit top gun was a fun movie @ the time! "highway to the danger zone," u know? i was in middle skool when that movie came out, rt? when did it come out?! 1987년? 1988년? ah, a quick google search revealed that it top gun was originally released in 1986년. ah, i c. hey, lemme tell u; derek (from our taekwondo class) would love the movie 브루 blue. i wanna loan it to him as soon as he gets back from hawai.i! i tell u, even tho' i'm glad i never joined the military; i've always sed that if it were mandatory 4 our country, i'd gladly go. well, shoot; uh... lemme kind'f retrakt that: i would not wanna be sent to iraq or afghanistan. however, i think how other countries like taiwan n' korea have mandatory service 4 all guys... i think that's not 2 bad'f an idea cos it might straighten out some guys who would be goin' down the wrong track. however, i think if countries that have mandatory military service 4 guys ought to have mandatory military service 4 both guys n' gurls: equality, u know? well, in the end, what would be best would be 4 amerika to have mandatory service 4 both men n' women but not in the miliatry but in some kind'f civil corps... like maybe sumpthin' environmental or social/community service oriented.
[later] 오후: well, durin' lunch, i had my kaiser pt (physikal therapy) apptmnt. kaela met me there. to my delite n', to a good extent, to my surprise; the pt sed i've made decent progress. my left leg's still smaller than my rt; but things r gettin' better; my left leg's gettin' stronger. after my apptmnt, kaela n' i ate lunch @ sushi.go.round n' went gro¢ery $hopping @ green eawrth fud; bought some fruit, yoghurt, n' trail mix.
i've been ponderin' takin' advantage'f 1'f these stoopid "trade in ur aeroline miles 4 magazine subscriptions" offers. i don't use my u.s. aeroways dividend miles acct ever, n' s'pposedly the pts'll expire, so... *shrug* well, i wonder if this's a good deal or a scam. i'm glad i can google up an answer (
"magazines for airline miles"):
[a li'l later] oh yah, shoot! did i 4get to tell u that i've got a new surgery date?! i'm goin' in 4 an acl allograft n' meniscal repair on 2007년11월09일 w/ dr. rahul sanghvi. i s'ppose that's our final answer. 목요일 점심: yesterday, on our way to the gym 4 sach's 700p turbo kick box (tkb) class @ the e fremont ave sunnyvale 24 hour fitness, the beautiful kaela hwang remarked that the silicon valley sky adorned w/ the red sun lower towards the horizon reminded her of socal. i agreed that the sky looked surprisingly smoggy. i realised 2day that the sky was so smoggy cos'f smoke from the lick fire east'f morgan hill.
while lookin' 4 info on the lick fire on mercurynews.com, i stumbled on this interestin' article: "couple accused of performing unlicensed cosmetic surgeries." crazy.
last nite, after turbo kick box (tkb), i drove us out to yiasoo on bascom ave to use up a restaurant.com dining certificate. the guy there was a li'l reluktant to accept it cos he sed i bought it last yr. i assume he was reluktant cos they must've discontinued their program w/ restaurant.com. however, i politely reminded him that gift certificates don't expire in the state'f cali4nia (the wonderful state'f cali4nia). he agreed to accept it, n' i gave'em a big tip. kaela ordered the gyros plate, n' i ordered the lamb souvlaki plate, n' we had some bier as well. then, we went to rasputin's to $hop 4 cds. i only bought the latest michael bublé cd. gee, u wouldn't've guessed that i own all'f his albums, eh? the life'f a wedding dj...
yesterday, i received my tactics.com 금요일 아침: dude, it's crazy how fast a skateboard deck gets scratched up @ the tail, 'specially when u'r streetskatin', eh? i'm really diggin' my new santa cruz emmanuel guzman powerlyte deck. this morn, i skateboarded w/ sooni. i rode my new deck n' wore my new "kicks." that's what kids call shoes, rt? *shrug* my dvs daewon 9s... i dislike buyin' made in china shoes, but i don't think i can find skate shoes (skateboarding shoes) that rn't made in china, can i? ironically, i think nike n' reebok skateboarding shoes r the most likely to be not made in china just cos those big companies've gotten into 'nuff trouble 'ready 4 bad manufakturin' praktices. nike has 2 diff skateboarding shoe lines: nike sb n' nke 6.0. i don't totally understand the diff, but i think nke 6.0's s'pposed to be a ¢heaper line aimed @ a younger crowd. don't 4get, even tho' 'lot'f skateboarders bag on nike's, rbk's (reebok), n' adidas's entry into the skateboarding shoe market; they've contributed greatly to keepin' the doors open 4 minorities by takin' skateboarding out'f the surfer/snowboarder realm n' placin' it in the urban basketball n' breakdancin' realm.
[later] 오후: i went to lunch w/ the beautiful kaela hwang @ 명동 순두부집 myungdong soondubujip. we had our usuals. afterwards we bought some 빵 bbang from 빵굽는 마을 bbangguubneun maeul.
lately, i've been havin' some really bad lag issues w/ my werk.com laptop. in a few months or sooner, they'll be replacin' my current laptop, n' i might not get administrative rts on my next 1. it'll be a better machine, but a werk.com laptop's as useless as a square wheel or uh... a pen w/ no ink. seriously. if i had tons'f $$$, i'd buy myself a good laptop 4 my personal use. lately, i've been sayin' that if i were to buy myself a new laptop, i'd strongly consider buyin' a mac [later] 4 a while, i've wanted to share w/ u a comment that
tim fong sent me via facebook re: my p.crew/j.crew faktionin'f social groups thing (c "the party'll continue" on 2007년08월22일.):
"I think what it comes down to is that when an organization is small then things can be done informally. The sense of community comes from shared interests and experiences. As a group gets larger, it's hard to keep that feeling. So that's where the institutionalization comes from. When I thought about it more, I realized that this is probably why we have governments and so on...to kind of organize these things and prevent hurt feelings."
i totally agree. i'd been tellin' mark that we ought to have our students not just to social aktivities but do social aktivities tied into taekwondo aktivites. if our students just party 2gether, they could eventually just decide, "hey, we can always party 2gether... we should quit taekwondo so we can party 2gether more often... n' even leave out the ppl we don't quite like as much." instead, we should have them do sumpthin' like go to a taekwondo tournament n' then party. 월요일 아침: i guess 'lot'f guys r excited 'bout the new futbol season. if a good game's on; yah, maybe i'll watch. however, 4 the most part, i don't go 2 far out'f my way to watch a futbol game. if i had to pick a favourite team to watch, it'd obviously be the cal bears. after them? *shrug* i guess i'd watch the niners. i'm sure u know that i'm simply not into point.based, team, ball sports. futbol, basketball, baseball... it's not that i hate'em; i'm just not that interested. 4 some strange reason, i might prefer watchin' hockey. if i had to pick a point.based, team, ball sport, maybe i'd prefer to watch soccer, i.e. real futbol. *shrug*
i'm also sure u know what sports i am more into: taekwondo, snowboarding, n' skateboarding. these r the sports that i play n' also the sports i'd prefer to watch. even tho' these r the sports i'd most want to watch, i still would rather play them than watch them, u know that? u prob'ly do. r non "comopetitive" sports still sports? like, let's say i'm doin' taekwondo but not sparring n' not doin' 폼새 poomsae in a tournament. is that still a sport? if i'm snowboarding or skateboarding but not in a contest, am i still "playing" a sport?! personally, i think so. is dancing a sport? does it maybe depend on what kind'f dancing? *shrug*
last nite, i remarked to the beautiful kaela hwang that this past wknd cmed long cos we didn't have a wedding. yah, it sure cmed like we did 'lot. 'gain, i'll hafta switch into outline mode:
저녁 이지만 아직도 태근 안했어요: oh yah, the wave magazine readers choice awards came out. as usual, i have mixed feelings 'bout the results. who the heck's votin' in these things?! now, i think it's time to vote in the metro's readers choice poll.
[later] so many ppl @ my office went home "early" (i.e. on time or @ a decent hr) cos'f the niners monday nite futbol game. 화요일 점심: i'm waitin' 4 the beautiful kaela hwang to come out 4 lunch, waiting in the parking lot'f her skool. my knee's really been aktin' up these past few days. i hate these unpredikable times. [later] 오수: by "unprediktable," i'm referrin' to how i never know how my knee'll feel day to day. it was goin' great 4 a while after we got back from london, rt? now, it feels as if i regressed 2 months. :-( it's all stiff n' swollen. kaela n' i ate lunch @ mahalo hawai.ian bbq, usin' an entertainment book [later] a couple'f songs i enjoied in my car on the way to kaela's skool, on air1:
an article: "takahashi: momentum gains for myspace, linkedin, facebook." 수요일 아침: yesterday evenin, the beautiful kaela hwang took me to watch
pink martini @ oakland's beawutiful n' historik paramount theatre. we had such a good time. what an entertaining musikal ensemble!!! i think 'twas impossible not to have a good time. their musik's very fun n' stimulatin'. seriously! i think my brain aktually tingles when i listen to their musik n' i resultantly get smarter! the members'f the group r obviously well.trained musicians w/ very knowledge.rich noggins, n' that really cms to transfer over thru their musik. i think i may've earned a degree in musik or musikology just by sittin' thru their concert 1 nite! ha ha ha... ok, maybe i only earned 4 credits'f musik 27. earnin' the bachelor degree requires listenin' to all their albums. do u know pink martini? u prob'ly've heard their musik in films n' tv shows but didn't know. here's the wiki on'em: wiki on pink martini. they r fronted by thomas lauderdale n' china forbes, who met each other in college @ harvard. well, kaela n' i rushed up to oakland, fightin' rush hr traffik. we met up w/ phil n' his friend michelle n' ate dinner @ a random cantonese restaurant called bay fun tong. i'm not sure, but i imagine that that name means "white rice pot." can ne1 who understands cantonese tell me what it really means? it's simply that i can imagine it equates to "백반통" (baekbantong) or "백밥통" (baaekbaptong) in korean. we kind'f ate in a hurry in order to make it to the show. kaela ordered their house special chow fun, n' i ordered the prawns in lobster sauce. the fud was pretty good, n' i appreciate that the waiter ran out to catch us when i left our camera there on the table. 목요일 아침: i'm back on ibuprofen. yesterday afternoon, i quickly ran some errands: i went to drop off my suit 4 $2.50 dry cleaning n' stopped by target quickly to buy a bottle'f ibuprofen liquid gel capsules. i don't like taking drugs. ibuprofen wears out my body. when i'm on ibuprofen, i have a hard time wakin' up in the morn.
[later] 저녁 이지만 아직도 퇴근 안했어요: 4 lunch, the beautiful kaela hwang n' i went to café dhaka 4 their pakistani, bangladeshi, n' indian lunch buffet. where's dhaka? let's consult wiki: wiki entry on dhaka. ah, dhaka's the capital'f bangladesh. we went 4 a late lunch, but the fud was still good. i appreacite that they made fesh naan 4 us. the fud there differed from more typikal indian buffet restaurants. they had a couple'f neat fish dishes. aktually, i think the fud might've been a li'l less salty there, n' that's a big, good thing cos some other indian buffet restaurants have such salty fud.
here r some other interesting wiki articles i found just now:
[later] *sigh* it's gonna be a bizzy couple'f days. i need more exercise, but my knee's all messed up. dude, i'm pretty worried that i'm uh... gettin' fat. it's late, n' i need to go to the 태권도장 taekwondojang to judge the color belt students' 심사 shimsa (belt promotional exams). 금요일 아침: i've been takin' ibuprofen. i guess i'm takin' 1800 mg a day. last nite, the beautiful kaela hwang n' i helped administer n' judge the u.s. taekwondo akademy color belt 심사 shimsa (promotional belt exam). i tried to make the test efficient n' not give really long tests. [later] afterwards, a group'f 7'f us including eric j who came down to visit went over to the cantankerous fish to take advantage 1nce 'gain'f their happy hr (900p~close, thurs~sat). argh, i'm tryin' not to eat so much cos i really fear that i'm gettin' fat @ this pt: not 'nuff exercise cos'f my bum knee. :-( not 'nuff exercise cos'f my bum knee n' also cos i'm djin' so much - i'm skippin' turbo kick box (tkb) classes to werk on dj stuff n'm gettin' fud fatt'nin' fuds @ wedding receptions, rti? i've gotta watch my weight. while @ the cantankerous fish, we ran into vincent from stanfurd taekwondo. he was w/ some gurl name kristin that he apparently just met @ some japanese restaurant down the street. kristin had some 3.month ol' miniature shih.tzu in a carryin' purse. his name's max. kaela had each'f the 7'f us @ the table shoot a kamikaze shot to celebrate the test n' kaela's last final. then most'f us took advantage'f the happy hr draft (draught) biers, $3/pint. kaela n' i each had a lost coast great white. i had that same bier last wk. i 1st had it @ harry's hofbrau a few yrs 'go. since i didn't wanna eat 2 unhealthily n' also cos i sensed that the waitstaff doesn't like it when a party abuses the happy hr deals, i ordered the $15 seared ahi tuna salad instead'f just a $5 happy hour bar plate. i also tipped our waiter decently cos sooni jumped up on him when he stepped on her. well, he shouldn't've stepped on her, but i still feel bad n' want ppl to accept doggies @ restaurants, u know? i do struggle w/ the whole idea'f gratuity or tip, but i guess i prefer to err on the side'f classy instead'f trashy, u know? [later] also, i wish my dj clients would tip more often. some do, but i guess most don't cos they figure i'm the owner'f my bziness, (n' i know what wedding guides/resources instrukt brides n' grooms not to tip when the service provider's the owner). i wish they didn't think that way cos i do give'em superb deals. last nite's drinks along w/ my ibuprofen r killin' my liver; no good.
[later] 밤, 805p: i'm home now, werkin' on dj stuff. i'm sleepytired. i had jamba juice 4 lunch 2day. i'm makin' the switch from sony connect to itunes 월요일 아침: wow, some wknds feel so packed. i guess i'm really livin' life to its fullest. like, i didn't necessarily have the wildest wknd or even the funnest wknd, but i did 'lot'f things, i guess. [later] most importantly, i guess, i djed a wedding on sat. it was quite an interesting event. i took care'f the sound n' musik 4 the ceremony n' djed the reception. the event was @ dominic's @ oyster pt. wow... the crowd got uh... kind'f drunk n' kind'f surprised me. 1st off, yah, there was a drunk groomsman that kept wanting to sing on the mic. that's wasn't 2 unexpekted, but then there was a drunk grandpa that came to complain 'bout the musik. urgh. like, basikally, the drunk groomsman kept wanting like really hard musik, but the drunk grandpa... well, i dunno what he wanted, but he kept sayin' that all my musik "sucked"... his exakt wurds, man. i assured him that i had plenty'f musik that he'd like, but that i was just playin' requests. i encouraged him to request a song, but he just kept sayin' that all my musik "sucked". uh... ok. neway, in the end, altho' it was 'lot'f werk, it was fun; n' i'm sooo glad the bride n' groom had a good time. they're good ppl n' friends'f our friend hannah. kewl. [later, 오후] yah, like that groomsman submitted a long list'f very weird songs ahead'f time, so... well, i asked the bride if she was ok w/ all those songs, n' she sed, "yes"; so i bought'em all on itunes man, i didn't get to hit up the sunnyvale skate park this wknd, n' i haven't gone nearly as much as i used to. :-( howe'er, i have been skatin' (skateboarding) w/ sooni in the morns on a very consistent basis. [later] i miss the days b4 my knee got hurt n' i could do thing like try kickflips. *sigh* i miss frontside grinding in the bowls instead'f goin' back to just backside grinds. gee, i seriously'm losin' a yr'f my skateboarding n' snowboarding life, eh? that's a bit depressing.
this past wknd, the beautiful kaela hwang had a seminar in ssf (south city, south sf, south san francisco). on fri, i got adjusted by her in her clinik. afterwards, she tried to have a quick lunch w/ me @ the rivermark. she couldn't find parking, so she just took off to her seminar. i got a regular bright.eyed blueberry jamba juice n' a parmesan sourdough pretzel to go. in the evenin', after she came home, kaela cooked some pasta, n' i werked on dj stuff. sat was the dj wedding gig. however, durin' lunch, i went out w/ my dad's side'f the family. i mean, we met up @ aroy.dee thai restaurant 4 buffet lunch. the fud there's not the fanciest thai fud, but i've gotta admit that the buffet's pretty fresh, as they guarantee that new fud's brought out every 20 mins. after lunch, my (2nd) cousin walter came o'er to help me load my dj equipment. i'm pretty efficient w/ it now. oh yah, since kaela had her seminar on sat as well, she met up w/ me @ the wedding site. thankfully, the seminar lokation was very close to the wedding site. also, i'm so glad my friend eric helped me setup my dj gear @ the site.
on sun, our friend joon came to help me unload my dj equipment. then we went to grx's 2nd service. i had to do breakdown 4 kidzone. b4 all that, aktually, i skateboarded to the bank w/ sooni. since that trip really tired her out last time, this time, i brought a nalgene bottle'f h2o n' her portable dish. someday, i'd like to ride up the bank on the overpass 4 lawrence expwy on el camino real; someday, after my surgery. in the afternoon, kaela came home, n' we went to eat lunch @ falafels drive.in. then we went to valley fair mall. kaela bought some clothes @ ol' navy n' a 도복 dobok 4 sooni. yah, seriously. i guess it's a halloween costume, but it's very appropriate 4 her cos she comes to our 태권도 taekwondo praktices, u know? then, i went to get my watch batteries replaced @ the kiosk there. dude, it's worth it to get the esq watch's battery replaced, but the casio's battery replacement cost the same - $15 - but is sooo much easier. u don't need ne special tools, u know? next time, i'll do that 1 myself. i dunno if the batteries @ the shop rn't top quality or sumpthin' cos the 1 in my esq cms to run out kind'f fast. oh, i hafta recalibrate the altimeter on my casio. in fakt, i prob'ly hafta recalibrate the compass as well. to recalibrate the altimeter, i should go to the beach - sea level, u know? while waitin' 4 my battery, we went into gap, so i could complain 'bout how i didn't get my refund 4 this 1 shirt i brought in to exchange. the dude there, when i brought back the shirt, had me submit my info n' sed i'd receive a refund in the mail in 7 days, but i didn't. after that, kaela n' i walked into metropark. dude, that's how i got the title 4 this entry. dude, i feel that store (like zumies there)'s full'f poseurs. [later] like, i feel every had the "i'm so f@¢kin' alternative" air 'bout'em. does everythin' u wear hafta be a freakin' fashion statement, n' does that statement hafta be "oh, the world doesn't understand me." ok, part'f why i felt like that was cos maybe i miss the days when i could be "so f@¢kin' alternative" n' walk 'round w/ long purple hair n' ripped up pants, n' i was standin' there dressed like a yuppie engr.
[later] 저녁 이지만 아직도 퇴근 안했어요: after the mall, kaela n' i met up w/ my hi skool classmates @ the milpitas hot pot city. i tried not to eat 2 much. i avoided (land animal) meat n' ate more seafud. i've really gotta cut back on my calorik intake. as i've been sayin', i feel pretty fat. i'm not gettin' 'nuff exercise these days. after hot pot city, kaela n' i went to safeway@rivermark to buy gro¢eries. we aimed to buy more fruit n' veggies. i believe we'll eat salad 4 dinner 2nite. oh yah, sat's wedding had tons'f fud. crazy: all these salads, fruit, pasta, beef, pork, chicken, n' fish! crazy, huh? yah, 'twas a buffet.
2day, 4 lunch, abel n' i went to la paloma cos i had an entertainment book 화요일 오후: on sat, while i was 'mongst all the poseurs @ metropark, i took good notice that the dj there was usin' serato scratch live. then, when the beautiful kaela hwang n' i went to the puma store, i noticed that the dj there was also usin' scratch live. it made me wonder if instead'f aimin' 4 the denon dn-hs5500, i should aim to get a pair'f stoopid t1200s n' scratch live or finalscratch? like, i've always been 'gainst vinyl turntables cos digital turntables (cd or hard drive) can now do everythin' that vinyl turntables can do n' much, much more, n' the only advantage to vinyl turntables's that stoopid kids like to c'em: it's all 'bout hype n' image. u've got so many more tricks in ur bag w/ all the onboard controls n' features'f digital turntables. seriously! have u cn digital turntables these days? they're really advanced. pioneer cdj1000s r, i guess, the industry standard 4 digital tunrtablism. howee'er, since kaz had a hookup thru his dad on denon stuff, i was aimin' to get the denon dn.hs5500s when they come out. however, he sed he might not have that hookup nemore. :-/ in that case, should i just 4get the whole digital turntable thing n' go 4 the scratch live or finalscratch setup? in a way, i would think it's the poseur way to do it, but... i mean, shoot, if it keeps the customers happy, then... *shrug* sumpthin' that makes me very nervous 'bout the scratch live or finalscratch setup's that it's sooo software dependent. if i don't have a good laptop, then it's all over. basikally, to switch to a scratch live or final scratch setup, i'd definitely need to buy a nice laptop n' then also buy a pair'f t1200s n' all that. *sigh* *shrug* [later] yah... it's a tuff decision, but i think i'm still leanin' more 2wards the denons cos, gee... it's got soo much more funktionality.
2day, i went to kaela's clinik 4 treatment, mostly what she considers pt (physikal therapy) treatment: elektro.stim n' ultrasound. afterwards, we had lunch @ extreme pita. kaela had a small philly cheesesteak pita, n' i had a regular chicken gyros pita. the sandwiches there r kind'f overpri¢ed, but i notice that the service's always courteous, whether genuine or 4ced. i'm pretty sure that i mention that as a good thing.
this morn, i couldn't find my cellfon. i'm pretty sure i lost it @ the gym @ the e arques, sunnyvale 24 hr fitness last nite cos i called it. i think some1 picked up n' then was quit or hung up. after that, i could only reach voicemail. i went 'head n' filed an insurace claim online. i kind'f wish that i had lied on the online form n' sed i had an lg vx8550 instead'f an vx8500, but... *sigh* i didn't. @ the same time, i know sometimes the insurance company sends the newer version'f a fon just cos they don't have the older 1. i mean, take 4 instance when pastor dave got the treo 650 instead'f his ol' palm.based phone when he lost it. i hope that happens... but if it doesn't, i won't complain. the "call" or "send" button on my fon was broken. un4tunately, i won't get back my extended.life battery or my 1gb micro sd cad. :-( i'll hafta buy a new micro sd card. well, the replacement fon should arrive 2morrow via dhl. [later] i can't believe some1'd take my fon n' not return it. that's so freakin' ridiculous. cell fons r so ¢heap these days, yet it's still a pain in the butt to replace ur fon if it's lost or stolen. it's like stealin' some1's foto album... like to the stealer, it's worthless; but to the viktim, it's precious. why?! thankfully, i backup the data on my fon on a regular basis.
[later] some pix from the wks followin' my b.day, i.e. my b.day thru labour day wknd:
an important issue these days's facebook v. myspace. yah, friendster's totally lost out! so... i guess i'm behind the times, but i just read in newsweek 'bout a controversial study that concluded that facebook users r the preppy type n' myspace users r the outcast type. well, u know what? i hate to say it, but it's sort'f true. wait, b4 i go on; here's an article 'bout it: "Social Networking And Class Warfare" so... like on facebook, they have u fill out a profile that includes lots'f stuff like where u went to college n' grad skool n' where u werk. in fakt, the whole term "facebook" comes from a collegiate environment! furthermore, on facebook, u join netwerks that associate u to a college or a corporation. like, me? i belong to the berkeley netwerk n' the applied materials netwerk. on the other hand, on myspace, i have less real friends n' more "friends" that r simply links to boardsports companies, in fakt, mostly skateboarding companies. s'pposedly myspace's a place 4 like altrock n' hip hop musik. s'pposedly myspace's big on musik. *shrug* well, pesronally i think myspace has 2 many (annoying) ads n' pix'f scantily clad women, etc. it's not the kind'f page i want on my monitor @ werk! facebook, it's also not encouraged @ werk, 'f course; but 'least it looks more professional. now, linkedin? ha ha, that's just plain boring!
[later] these days, i'm tryin' to eat less n' eat healthier since i'm worried (a bunch) that i've been gainin' weight cos i haven't been exercisin' as much cos'f my knee injury n' cos'f all these weddings i've gotta dj.
[later] 밤, 956p: well, kaela n' i r home. we didn't get ne exercise 2nite. we ate dinner @ home n' watched the biggest loser. :-( i wish we'd gone out to ride our bikes or sumpthin'.
수요일 아침: gee, i've been so self.absorbed lately. i realised that i didn't mention that a month 'go was the beautiful kaela hwang's n' my 49th monthversary, which makes 2day our 50th monthversary, i.e. our golden monthversary, eh? in 2 more yrs, we can celebrate our diamond monthversary. next yr'll be our 5th wedding anniverary. can u believe that? yesterday, while lethargikally watchin' tv instead'f exercisin', both kaela n' i saw on some hollywood gossip tv show that will smith n' jada pinkett.smith recently celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary. i dunno if u know, but will smith's 1 hollywood figure that i aktually respekt. i aktually like the msgs in his musik. it's not as "hardcore" n' edgy as what ppl wish hip hop'd all be, but that's fine w/ me; i like it. a couple'f yrs 'go, 1 couple who had me dj their wedding asked me to play will smith's "lost and found." i didn't know the song b4; but when i heard it, i liked it. will n' jada; yah, that's a couple in hollywood i can respekt. i like them. neway, yah... in recent wks, i've been so self.absorbed. i guess i've been wallowin' in self.pity o'er my knee n' my upcomin' surgery. i've been thinkin' so much 'bout how i'll hafta step back from skateboarding, snowboarding, n' taekwondo n' how maybe i'll have a chance to focus on djin' more. i've had lots'f thoughts like that, but wow... i feel bad that in all my self.absorption, i haven't done 'nuff to treat kaela well. like... *sigh* love is an unquantifiable thing. no 1 should go 'round sayin' that he/she loves some1 so much cos'f how much stuff he/she buys 4 that person or how much housewerk he/she does 4 that person or how much he/she takes that person out... i mean... time? can u use quality time as a measure'f how much u love someone? *sigh* i dunno, man. i think it's best to leave it all uncounted. i mean, heck; how r u ever gonna call the score even?
[later] 오후: durin' lunch, kaela picked me up, n' we went to lunch @ chocolate sushi (4merly kampai house, . we had uh... lessee... uh... dragon fantasy roll (spicy tuna n' cucumber w/ soft shell crab on top), tsunami caliente roll (spicy tuna w/ jalapeño on top), n' ruby dragon roll (shrimp temupura roll w/ unagi n' tuna on top). it was a really good lunch. afterward, we went to longs drug cos i sed we could buy some autumn colour, dark chocolate m&ms 4 our a promo contest 4 our grx t3 light fall launch booth. when we got there we couldn't find the kind'f m&ms we wanted, so we didn't buy ne. however, i did buy a pair'f flip.flops 4 75¢cents n' a pack'f anti.oxidant strawberry [later] i rode my bike to werk 2day. u c, i told myself i'd best go finally have an early morn skate sesh (skateboarding session) @ the sunnyvale skate park 2day cos kaela n' i'll be @ her parents' house this wknd. however, i also sed that if i didn't make it to the skate park, then i needed to ride my bike to werk cos i won't get to go to sach's 730p turbo kick box (tkb) class 2nite cos i'm mtg up w/ darrell to discuss small group facilitator biz. yah, so i rode my bike to werk 2day. i guess, after werk, i'll ride 'cross the street to the fry's elektronics café to chat w/ darrell n' then ride my bike home in the dark. i have lites on my bike, but i've gotta 'member to remove them when i park @ fry's cos gee... some ppl in the silikon valley sure r scrounges that'd steal nething! the fakt that i didn't get my fon back @ the gym's great proof'f that. as much as i like the silikon valley in all its glory, i've gotta admit that that's 1 drawback. however, where's it ne better?! do u really think that if i'd left my fon in the locker room in smallville, usa; i'd get it back?! nah... [later] neway... yah, i'll ride my bike home in the dark. this morn when i rode my bike to werk durin' rush hr commute hrs, man... so many ppl tried to run me over! i notice that they get pi$$ed that i get to pass'em while they're backed up in congested traffik, n' then when the move, the try to sideswipe me in the bike lane out'f anger. &NBSP; [later] dude, that's not kewl! >:-(
[later] 저녁 이지만 아직도 퇴근안했어요: oh yah, so the cellfon insurance company sent me the same ol' lg chocolate vx 8500. *sigh* i was really hopin' 4 the vx 8550, but shoot... 'least the call/send button werks, eh? 밤, 824p: i'm @ sjc mineta aeroport's gordon biersch. i had a pilsner 'long w/ the bk angus burger i shared w/ the beautiful kaela hwang since we're still hungry, kaela's buyin' cpk. *sigh* 토요일 아침, 925a: it's pouring (rain) here in chino. [later] 928a: seriously pouring! it's not that cold, tho'. the beautiful kaela hwang loves it; n', honestly, so do i but don't let that add fuel to the whole nor*cal v. socal debate n' the annoying "what if we had to move here?" debate. oh yah, in the recent wks, i had a big revelation that i haven't shared w/ ne1 'cept 1 dj client by chance in casual conversation. u c, she commented that she heard that i do 'lot'f things. u c, she was referred to me by her cowerker friend who's my taekwondo student, n' she knew i werked as an engr. already, that sounds like 'lot, but she doesn't know i also lead a church small grp, moderate a couple'f online forums, etc. neway, i told her that i recently realised that the reasons that i can do so much r 1) i don't watch much tv, n' 2) i live close to werk (n' taekwondo) so i waste very li'l time in commute. that's not so possible in socal, eh?
951a: yesterday afternoon, kaela n' i went to the chino hills 24 hr fitness. to our surprise, 'twas jam packed w/ hi skool teenyboppers. i get the feeling that adults out here rn't as fit or healthy but am sure more adults come werkout after werk (n' after fightin' commute traffik all the long way from werk to home). neway, do more triathletes hail from the bay area or socal? even tho' i'll prob'ly never be a triathlete, that's a good measure'f the fitness'f the ppl'f a specific region. i believe more ppl in socal werkout 4 appearance reasons / physique than 4 health / fitness.
[later] 오후, 202p: we wanna go to pinkberry. the beautiful kaela hwang n' i r flyin' out'f ontario back to sjc mineta int'l aeroport 2day. i'm waitin' 4 our southwest flight. ugh, some1 just frickin' farted! i smell it. well, besides our 1st visit to pinkberry, not much happened. we stayed in waaay 2 much. [later] 1248p: we're on the aeroplane. i've gotta remind myself to visit energyfederation.org to $hop 4 dimmable cfls (compakt fluorescent lightbulbs). [later] 110p, on the flight, in the air: gee, next sat, i dj a wedding @ the palo alto 4 seasons. i've gotta werk on that. after this wedding i get a ~1.month brk, 'specially since i turned down 1 gig cos i'm s'pposed to go hiking w/ our grx t3 light grp that day.
120p: while i was in line 4 this flight n' i smelled that fart, i was standing by these ol' management.type men conversin' loudly 'bout drunk golf in palm springs. not to be @ all racist, but dude, talk about "rich white trash!" when i lived w/ a sophomore mech e (mechanical engineering) student n' a freshman, 3rd string cal futbol playa my freshman yr; in sekret n' on separate occassions, each'f my roommates called the other "rich white trash." interesting! have i ever called an fellow asian "rich yellow trash?" i dunno, but i'm sure it exists. i've cn so much classless materialism in the asian.am community.
this wknd, on netflix 월요일 아침: monday morn, u know? how was ur wknd? i'd love to hear from u 'bout how u'r doin'. u can (login n') write on my
facebook wall. as u know, @ the moment, i'm a pretty big proponent'f facebook. i dunno. i wish it were a silicon valley thing, but i believe it's an east coast thing. neway, it's the best social netwerkin' site i can find rt now. i guess it'd be nice if google bought it out n' made it a bay area thing, rt? *shrug* neway, yah; how r u? plz tell me. oh yah, 'twas sohee's b.day on sat. the beautiful kaela hwang n' i missed her party cos we were in socal.
we uh... really didn't do much excitin' down there. honestly, i was a bit disappointed. i guess, uhm, pinkberry (in rolling hills estates) was the hilite'f the wknd. kaela's parents installed new hardwood flooring n' granite kitchen countertops n' cabinets in their house. i guess that was the next most excitin' thing, rt? 1 thing 'bout this past wknd was that i was 4ced to be 'round lots'f hi skool kids: 1) when we went to the chinio hills 24 hr fitness on fri afternoon, 'twas filled w/ hi skool kids, n' 2) when we went to pinkberry on sat nite, 'twas filled w/ hi skool kids. i feel a li'l bad that i don't cm to have a great tolerance these days 4 hi skool kids. is it me, or is it them? is it that i'm gettin' old, or is it that hi skool kids r more spoiled now? oh yah, i was also 'round hi skool kids a li'l on sun nite cos we ate @ willow st pizza on saratoga ave in w. san josé near saratoga @ the westgate mall. aktually, the restaurant was almost empty on a late sat evening cos i guess everything closes early on that side'f town cos it's a total "family" type community. gee, on mtn view's castro st, everything'd be bustling, but not there! it wasn't full'f hi skool kids, but the waitresses were obviously hi skool kids, rt? don't tell me those youngsters were west valley college kids, were they? so... 1) am i getting old? 2) r hi skool kids getting more spoiled? otherwise, 3) is it that i was 'round hi skool kids in spoiled neighbourhoods like chino hills, rolling hills estates, n' saratoga / west san josé??? plz help me out here; i dunno. *sigh*
[later] so... like, even @ age 32, i'm still so conflikted 'bout my age n' how to akt n' all, u know? it's not unlike the awkwardness'f middle skool, u know? [later, after an interruption] yah... like, i know lots'f my friends my age n' younger have kids while i'm off skateboarding every morn, n'... well, shoot, i don't think there's nethin' wrong w/ that. i wanna be a healthy, fit, n' aktive guy. however, i think both adults n' kids think there is just cos society n' media has programmed them so intensely, rt? *shrug* i'm sure some kids think, "dude, rn'tchu 2 old to be on a skateboard? get a life." u know, i feel kids just have no sense'f respekt in this day n' age. isn't that an old kook kind'f thing to say? it's the stuff abe simpson'd say, rt? sometimes, i feel that my generation was so much more respektful when we were growin' up, but gee... come to think'f it; that's totally not true. there were prob'ly times i did really disrespektful things. yah, 4 sure, there were.
[later] 오후: let's talk ('bout) sports 4 just a sec: so i hear my (#6) cal bears n' the/my san josé sharks r both doin' well. that's great! i want them to keep it up. a li'l while 'go, i mentioned that a couple'f reasons that i'm able to live a full life r: 1) i don't watch much tv n' 2) i live close to werk; but maybe i should add to that 3) i don't follow sports. u think?
[later] @ lunch 2day, kaela came n' picked me up. we ate @ sweet tomatoes. i tried not to eat 2 much. i still feel fat. u know that? i wonder how much i really weigh n' what my aktual body fat percentage's rt now. we have a body fat monitoring scale @ home, but i guess i've been 2 lazy n' maybe a bit 2 scared to use it. i've also gotta clean all the dust off'f it now. i cleaned the hallway bathroom floor n' the kitchen floor w/ the swifter wet jet last nite, but i've gotta take care'f the master bathroom. yesterday, after my mom brought us home from the aeroport, i did some yardwerk. later, i werked on some dj stuff. kaela was sleeping. later, kaela n' i went to the saratoga target n' then to the willow street pizza there n' then to safeway there. [later] we aktually bought quite a bit'f gr¢eries. gee, am i $pendin' 2 much? i saw on tv that some study or sumpthin' proved that $hoppin' really does lift ur emotions, n' well... that's sort'f a bad thing... materialism, etc. u know?
oh yah, doesn't heroes start up 'gain 2nite? well, i plan on goin to sach's mon nite 730p turbo kick box (tkb) class @ the east arques 24 hour fitness. after that? i guess we'll come home. we should cook sumpthin' 4 dinner, but i dunno 'xaktly what. neway, we have gro¢eries.
[later] oh dude, 1tym more (i think i've sed this b4), i've gotta complain 'bout a modern day prob: dude, i keep buyin' downloaded tracks from legit musik sites 4 songs that i already own!!! argh! i'm so disorganised w/ my musik. i'm wastin' $$$ 99¢ @ a time!
[later] 저녁 이지만 아직도 퇴근안했어요: these days, when u'r @ the mall or gro¢ery or drug store, it's hard not to notice that halloween's comin' up. what're we gonna do 4 halloween? dude, uhm.... don't even ever get started w/ me 'bout the whole "christians shouldn't celebrate halloween cos it's satanik" cos dude... if christians complain that christmas n' easter've been secularised, then we ought to admit that halloween's also been "secularised." i tell u, i shall not be sacrificin' goats or drawin' upside down pentagrams on the floor on oktober 31. however, i wouldn't mind goin' to a party the wknd b4 n' passin' out candy (or better yet, some healthier treat) on halloween nite, which's a wednesday. yesterday, @ safeway, i bought a pumpkin carvin' kit w/ stencils. [later] well, w/ all the halloween paraphernalia, it sure feels like autumn... autumn in the silikon valley... *sigh* yah, the stores r slowly clearin' out their back2skool stuff as kids've now mostly gone back to skool if they're gonna do it, u know? i heard that lots'f kids had back2skool nite last wk... or was it the wk b4? aktually, maybe 'twas the wk b4. both pro n' college futbol've started, n' even hockey's started. pretty soon, baseball'll end. days've been getting shorter, no doubt. days've been sort'f gettin' colder. this morn, 'twas pretty cold. this past wknd in socal, it rained. aktually, it not only rained; it poured. i guess it rained a bit up here 2; but i aktually think it didn't rain quite as much, from what i hear. well, this wk's gonna be hot, i hear. i haven't been out much 2day, so i don't really know how the weather is 2day. that's the life'f a silikon valley engr, rt? freakin' a. neway, i hear that it's gonna warm up this wk but that when this warm trend ends, it'll really be autumn! u think? how do u feel 'bout that? how do i feel 'bout that? well... usually, i want it to snow asap in the mtns, so i can snowboard. @ the same time, i don't mind if it doesn't rain out here cos then i can skateboard. this yr, since i guess i can't snowboard cos'f my knee (torn acl n' meniscus damage), i guess i'm a li'l less emotional 'bout the weather. if it rains, it rains. if it snows, it snows. i'm still skating, but i can't go all out neway, rt? so... if it rains, it rains. i took sooni 4 a walk on skateboard this morn. i saw that the sidewalk in front'f our house was wet n' wondered if i need to adjust our sprinklers. later, i realised that it must've rained last nite. i did fix 1 front lawn sprinkler yesterday afternoon, so... yah, i wouldn't've expekted that id' need to fix others. i was confused.
[later] 2day's the start'f 추석 choosuhk. my comopany's corporate calendar shows that our korean offices get 월 mon, 화 tues, n' 수 wed off; n' our taiwanese offices get tues off. us, we don't get nethin' off. *sigh* i 'member back in uh... 2001 or 2000 or sometime like that, i was tryin' to get out'f werk on time n' drive down from corte madera (marin county) to san jo to meet up w/ my family 4 a moon festival or lunar new yr dinner but couldn't get off'f werk in time. as a consolation, kaela n' i went to dinner @ that kewl asian fusion restaurant xanadu that used to be down by the bay in berkeley. *sigh* i know that we used to go out 4 fan¢y dinners a li'l easier back then, but 1) i got more exercise n' 2) i didn't have a mortgage to pay off, n'... *shrug* i think i'm talkin' 'bout life durin' the .com boom neway, rn't i? things were just diff back then. 화요일 아침: 2day's the 2nd day'f 추석 choosuhk n' the moon festival day. happy 추석 choosuhk / moon festival. [later] dude, knowin' that it's 추석 choosuhk now just 4ces me to realise that the yr's flyin' by, u know? does that depress u? let's not let that get us down. me, i just wanna get my surgery over w/. i wanna get the surgery n' the rehab over w/ asap.
[later] i was writin' a wall post on my friend jack's facebook page n' found it appropriate to dig up a simpsons quote ("check it out -- i'm kicking books at a sixth grade level.") from our beloved snpp.com. i ended up @
the episode guide 4 babf05 "grift of the magi." dude, the beginnin'f this episode (i often miss the beginnings'f episodes) has lots'f hilarious quotes n' scenes!
[a li'l later] i'm goin' to lunch w/ vince 2day.
[later] 오후: i luncheoned w/ vince @ seto deli (155 e maude ave.; sunnyvale, ca 94085; 408.735.7777). i hadn't realised b4 2day just how close this restaurant is to my office. in case u don't know (n' u might not), seto restaurant n' seto deli r rt 'cross the st from each other. i'm pretty sure they're owned by the same ppl. both r very popular n' very good. i told vince i'd buy him lunch, but he insisted on buying us dessert. originally, i wasn't planning on eating dessert cos i've gained so much weight n' need to lose weight; but he insisted. 4 lunch, i ate a 3.item bento box w/ beef teriyaki, salmon teriyaki, n' (fried, breaded) chicken cutlet (i.e. chicken katsu). 4 dessert, i had a fruit flan parfait thingy.
yah, i found out last nite that i've gained over 10 lbs. this isn't just fake fat, man! i really need to lose this weight!!! this's awful! on my drive back to werk from the restaurant, i passed by the sunnyvale skate park. i miss that place. u know, originally, i considered biking to werk 2day, but then i knew i had to meet vince 4 lunch. if i'd known that we'd eat somewhere so close, i would've still biked. [later] seriously, this is a serious issue: i've gotta drop some weight. i know some ppl blow it off when i say i'm gettin' fat cos they think 1) it's ok to be not in the greatest shape, 2) older guys like me can let go a li'l n' get flabby, n' 3) i'm 'least in better shape than when i was a fat hi skool kid. however, those excuses r still bad. i really need to eat better, eat less, n' exercise better, exercise more. u know that? well, shoot; i need to werk on the wedding 4 sat, n' that'll prob'ly involved skippin' sach's wednesday nite, 700p turbo kick box (tkb) class @ the fremont ave, sunnyvale 24 hour fitness 'gain. *sigh* that's bad. i noticed a while 'go that the beautiful kaela hwang has some housewarmin' party on her calendar 4 fri, some friend from chiropraktic skool. i really don't wanna go, i've gotta admit. i've gotta werk on my dj stuff. on sat @ lunch, we have our friends' son's 1st b.day party; so i'll lose a couple'f hrs to that. also... while it's not that i'm just a killjoy, no fun kind'f guy; but like part'f the reason i've gotten fat's cos'f partyin' cos well, shoot... u drink n' then u eat n' then u drink n' then u eat, u know?
[later] 밤, 1145p: kaela n' i went to taekwondo praktice. it was fun, but i 4got my (chris's) knee brace. i told myself not to go 2 intense. in the end, i came out ok. we have 2 new students. [later] we came home, n' i cooked crazy 라면 ramyuhn. i threw all sorts'f stuff in it. yah, when i eat 라면 ramyuhn, i don't just empty a package into boiling h2o. i added all sorts'f veggies n' 만두 mandoo n' 새우 saewoo (shrimp), fish sausage, ... all sorts'f stuff!
do u know who 박근혜 park geunhyei is? i used to c her all the time on korean tv. she's a korean politician, a middle.aged congresswoman. here's a wiki article on her:
"park geun-hye." i always saw her on tv like all the time n' wondered what the story was behind her. well, she's part'f the 한나라당 grand national party, which is the main, conservative party. here's the wiki: "grand national party." here's a wiki on politikal parties in south korea: "list of political parties in south korea." neway, i read the wiki on 박근혜 park geunhyei, i was surprised to read that she has a ph.d in elektrical engineering from "chinese culture university in taiwan." really? why would she go to taiwan 4 grad skool? :-? 수요일 이침: gee, i stay up 2 late these days. *sigh* i stayed up late werkin' on dj stuff. i really wanted to wake up early n' get some exercise by goin' to the sunnyvale skate park n' havin' an early morn skate sesh (skateboarding session) 4 1nce, but... *sigh* when'll this ever happen 'gain? i did take sooni 4 a walk on skateboard. then, i rode my bike to werk. i rode my bike cos i'm pretty sure i'll need to skip sach's wednesday nite 700p turbo kick box (tkb) class @ the fremont ave, sunnyvale 24 hour fitness. [later] this morn, while i was skating (skateboarding) w/ sooni, i aktually did fall 1nce when my wheel caught caught on some piece'f twig on the sidewalk. i fell on my hands, n' my board shot backwards along the sidewalk and then down a driveway. this was in front'f a house where a korean couple n' their young daughter live. the dad was werkin' on his car when this happened. he prob'ly didn't c me fall, but he did c my board roll 'way n' did c me walk back w/ sooni n' retrieve it. sooni was sniffing their lawn when i went to retrieve my board, n' maybe she wanted to pee or poop on it, but i wouldn't let her. the family's cn us b4, n' i'm sure they've taken note that sooni's a 진돗개 jindotgae n' all. [later] i'm glad that when i fellon my hands, i wasn't wearing my wedding band (wedding ring). i don't wear my wedding ring when i skate (skateboard). if i had a fake wedding band, then maybe i'd wear it. in the past, i've scratched up (n' dented a li'l) my wedding band when i fell on my hands while skating (skateboarding).
[later] while it may cm like i'm 1'f those malcontents that always whine that amerikan media always portrays asians n' especially asian men in a negative way; i've gotta say that in the past yr i've cn much improvement in the posi+ive use'f asians in amerikan tv advertising. 1'f my favourite asian.am telly adverts these days's the wells fargo commercial in which an asian gurl comes over to an asian guy's apt 4 a date n' waits, sitting on his couch. the guy comes in n' sez sumpthin' like 'r u ready? let's go.' then, the gurl picks up her purse n' gets up. as she gets up, her purse's caught on a bedsheet that is covering the couch. as the sheet is lifted, it reveals a really, really nasty, beat.up couch underneath. the guy looks really embarassed, n' the gurl really disgusted as well as a bit embarassed 4 the guy. it's great! not only's the akting great in this ad, but the situation's so "funny cos it's true." dude... i personally believe that whoever wrote the script 4 this advert must've been a gurl that went on a date w/ toby. i can easily believe that that scene's straight out'f toby's past. also, not that the guy looks like toby, but sumpthin' 'bout him reminds me'f toby. c, that's a great portrayal'f asian.am life on amerikan tv. hrm, what r some others? plz e.mail me w/ some other examples. i also like the garmin ad w/ yao ming, as u know. i'm sure i've mentioned it b4. what else? oh yah! there's the home depot ad w/ the asian couple w/ the daughter who's paid off by her mom to tell her dad to that the kitchen's so outdated n' needs remodeling. that's a good 1. the parents look a bit young to have a teenage or pre.teen daughter, but... *shrug* some couples start early, n' that's fine. i mean, heck; everything's relative, n' i know i'm just a "late bloomer" by not yet havin' kids, etc. what else? well, there's that baskin robbins ad i saw a while 'go w/ the young asian gurl who's cryin' n' then her granddad asks what's wrong n' she sobs sumpthin' like 'mom sed we can't go out 4 bakin robbins sundaes cos my grades rn't good 'nuff' n' then the grandad quickly alters the report card n' sez sumpthin' like 'let's go.' it's ok. it does cm a bit stereotypical to mix asians n' grades / report cards, but heck! i've cn worse! ...much worse. so... i still give that ad my approval. sumpthin's odd 'bout it tho'... the aktors' voices cm dubbed. r they? i haven't cn the advert much lately. instead, they keep playin' some ad where some li'l caucasian boy refuses to eat his peas, n' then his mom quickly gulps them off the plate in order to get the dad to take'em out 4 sundaes. *shrug* eh, whate'er... good, bad, good, bad... so... r the asians in heroes a good effekt on asian.am media portrayals? personally, even tho' some hafta fake accents, in gen'l, they're good. [later] sure, i'd like to believe that things r gettin' better.
1 page that i bookmarked in my browser a long time 'go is "what's your inspiration?", a (slightly outdated) page (u can immediately tell it's outdated cos'f the aol.com url, rt?) 'bout asian.am pro skateboarders. that's a great li'l essay. u know what tho'? yah, thru.out the earlier 2000s n' 'round the turn'f the millennium in gen'l, i used to be really proud'f the number'f asian.am pro skateboarders. however, u know what? i feel that in recent yrs, the number'f new asian.am pro skateboarders has decreased. isn't that true? [a li'l later] like, i believe that since pacific islanders invented surfing, which's lead to skatebboarding, there has always been a good nombre'f asian.ams involved in the skateboarding world, n' i hope there always will be. also, since skateboarding developed so much in the great, golden state'f cali4nia, many asian.ams as well as chicano.latino.ams've been involved in its history n' still r. i think these days, i hear'f more chicano.latino new pro skateboarders than asian.am new pro skateboarders, rt? [a li'l later, just after a fon call from the beautiful kaela hwang in which she sed she won't have lunch w/ me] me n' my emmanuel guzman deck, rt? who r the top asian.am pros nowadays? well, obviously the 2006 skater of the year daewon song... also, eric koston, jerry hsu, ... those r prob'ly the big 3, rt? cairo foster, don nguyen ("nuge"), lincoln ueda (vert skater)... there's also that long.haired, skinny japanese.amerikan dude. what's his name?
[later] 오후: during lunch, i rode my bike home n' ate a oscar mayer honey ham sandwich w/ organik spinacci, soy smoked gouda (2 slices), n' safeway selekt dijon moutarde on this really tasty safeway wheat n' nut whole grain bread that we bought on sunday nite. 'twas a delicious sandwich, n' i ate it outside on the patio w/ sooni there w/ me. she would've loved the sandwich, but i didn't give her ne. while i was eating, a fedex truck pulled up next door n' dropped off a package. [later] kaela'll tell u that i'm a li'l anxious 'bout this sat's wedding. aktually "anxious" isn't the rt wurd. i just have a bit'f "nervous energy," let's call it. like, i'm a bit excited 'bout it cos they requested 'lot'f songs i like, n' i think it's a "party" crowd. it's kind'f like i feel like i can really impress this crowd. i dunno, man. like, all the weddings i do lately do go well, but man... can i tell u? it's like by the grace'f god. i tell u: weddings r special occasions, n' i know lots'f ppl pray 4 the wedding itself n' the bride n' groom. i tell u: when i dj, so many things just happen to fall into place that i know it's just by the grace'f god. these days, i often dj weddings 4 ppl from grx, but this weddings n' the previous wedding were/r ppl not from grx. 목요일 저녁 이지만 아직도 퇴근 안했어요: just a while 'go, i received the wkly "xflash" announcement e.mail from our church grx. it had a bible verse that i've always liked:
lately, i've been tryin' to werk hard on dj stuff 4 sat's wedding. durin' my lunch brk, i aktually went home to werk on stuff. i came up w/ a really kewl remix'f mariah carey's "fantasy," which the bride requested. i'm kind'f surprised i was able to come up w/ such a good remix in such a short time. as i was sayin', somehow w/ my djin' stuff, god always pulls thru!
yesterday, the beautiful kaela hwang had quite a day. apparently, she enjoied a $hopping spree (not the free kind) @ whole fud$ but got a traffik ticket on the way home. later, in the evening, she found out she won a skolarship.
here's a link i figure she should check out: "wikihow: how to fight a traffic ticket," here's 'nother: beattraffictickets.com.
*sigh* i had to come to werk early 2day. i've gotta come to werk early 'gain 2morrow. come early n' stay late? i don't really like this. neway... i shouldn't complain. 월요일 아침; oktober starts 2day. can u believe that? well, i feel i started the month well cos i had my 1st morn skate sesh (morning skateboarding session) in ages @ the sunnyvale skate park! i'm glad my knee felt ok. i'm thankful. my board's (deck's) gettin' more scratched up tho'; but that's what it's s'pposed to do, eh? [later] i mean, i'm talkin' 'bout my new, santa cruz emmanuel guzman powerlyte deck. as soon as i got on my board in the parking lot, i rode up to the curb to ollie up n' enter the park, but i was goin' to slow, so i slammed the bottom'f my deck rt on the edge'f the curb n' scratched my deck rt there. [later] i do like the "dining with the dead" graphics (based upon the last supper), but... yah, skateboard graphics were meant to last, i guess. i rubbed off more'f the graphics while riding the mini bowl. just droppin' in off the tail or nose rubs off the graphics by the trucks. i'm still doin' the whole thing where i'm riding the board the rt way as well as w/ the nose n' tail reversed in order to get 2ice the life out'f it, u know? man, i really need to clean my bearings. bearings on my mini.logo/bullet setup r great! i cleaned'em n' oiled'em up w/ bones speed cream. hey, where is my li'l vial'f bones speed cream? *sigh* cleaning n' oiling bearings's like waxing a snowboard deck. aktually, it cms to be more'f a pain. &Nbsp; however, maybe it's just cos i've been waxing snowboard decks 4 'lot longer than i've been per4ming preventative maintenance on skateboard bearings. i've done preventative maintenance on wafer.handling robot 4 werk b4. *sigh* well, now that i have a month brk from djin' weddings (not really quite a month cos i'll hafta prep musik 4 the 11월03일 wedding), i guess i've time to take care'f my bearings. 2nite? we'll c.
[later] 저녁 이지만 아직도 퇴근 안했어요: well, 'twas quite an eventful wknd. i didn't get much sleep until last nite. i think 1 almost full nite'f sleep (last nite) still didn't make up 4 all the sleep i lost earlier. yah, the latter part'f last wk was spent gettin' ready 4 saturday's dj gig. i remixed 'lot'f songs ahead'f time to save myself hassles @ the gig, n' even tho' i personally feel things didn't go perfektly, it definitely saved some headaches. so what do i mean that things didn't go perfektly? well, the nite went great, but the dancing part was kind'f so.so, n' if the dancing part isn't perfekt, that always gets me down, cos that's what i really "take pride in," u know? i'm a remix dj, not just a wedding "deejay." i 'member a long time 'go jerome was talkin' 'bout how some ppl @ a dj shopped like to make that distinktion: dj v. deejay. well, yah... i'm a "dj." i don't just pick out songs n' play'em; i remix stuff n' create werks'f art thru my mixing. that's what i do. howe'er, on sat nite, i seriously was werkin' w/ a fickle crowd, n' i don't just say that to make myself feel better. literally, i threw certain songs in the mix, n' ppl were like wallflowers n' all... then they aktually came up n' asked me to play those songs 'gain. can u believe that? i already was feelin' down cos they weren't gettin' into those songs when i played'em, but then... it's like... i guess it wasn't me, but it was just them n' maybe the skeduling. like, as i was talkin' the whole post.game talk w/ the beautiful kaela hwang on the drive home, i pted out how i had pressure to get the nite moving n' rush thru the oldies set n' get rt into the whole hip hop n' pop scene. but dude... like the old relatives were still finishin' their 6.course meal. then, when they started really diggin' the old tunes, i was already switchin' into the "party" dance mode, u know? u know what? sometimes bridal parties n' wedding planners don't put 2gether well thought out skedules. i don't mean to say that sat's weddings was bad @ all cos it wasn't it was beautiful! also, i don't mean to say that just to "defend myself" cos i don't need to defend myself. however, i do pt that out cos i have gone to 'lot'f weddings, definitely more than most brides n' grooms n' prob'ly more than most wedding planners. neway, whereas the wrench in the gears @ the last, last gig was the drunk groomsman n' drunk grandpa. the wrench in the gears this time might've been the groomsman who used to be a dj n' figured he could come 'round, hang out lookin' o'er my shoulder n' go 'round slappin' his 4head if i didn't play his request rt then n' there. he asked me 4 "hardcore hyphy," n' i told him it'd be in the mix later but that i had a very set set, which was based upon the bride's requests. dude... yah, like durin' that post.game analysis, i resolved to make a kind'f checklist 4 brides n' grooms that includes questions like:
gee, i stayed up so late on fri nite n' on thurs nite. on sat, durin' lunch, kaela n' i went to will n' alice's son matthew's 첫돌 chuhtdol (1st b.day party) @ mayflower chinese restaurant in milpitas's 99 mall. 'twas a great lunch w/ great ppl. on sun, kaela n' i werked w/ our grx
t3 light small group's "core" to put on our booth @ fall launch. that went great, n' a bunch'f us went to lunch @ tomatina afterwards. after that kaela n' i tried to exchange her skateboarding knee pads @ fremont's caliskatz, which just recently moved, but they were mysteriously closed; so i continued to drive kaela's kia up the east side'f the bay to hayward to check out ken's friend's new dj shop - the dj outlet on its grand opening day. dude, it was 2 hektic in there to talk to ne employees, but i saw they had the essentials: rane/serato scratch live systems, technics 1200s, pioneer cdj1000.mk3s.... *sigh* i'm still so confused o'er what equipment to get. *sigh* neway, after that i drove us o'er to betty n' toby's place, where we had dinner w/'em. they cooked some delicious, fresh, homegrown fud!!! toby's a great gardener! we had tomato gazpacho w/ parsley sour cream, bbq chicken, n' lemon garlic chicken beans. augh, good stuff! typikally, i don't like gordon biersch marzen; but last nite, it tasted great... maybe cos'f the fud. toby gave me a toshiba gigabeat f40 4 my b.day n' told me how to install rockbox on it, so i did that 2day. 황요일 아친: not to sound 2 cali4nian; but, dude, i'm still totally stoked from yesterday's morn skate sesh (skateboard session) @ the sunnyvale skate park. like, 2day i didn't make it back out there. i skateboarded w/ sooni, which isn't much, but yah... i'm still stoked 'bout yesterday's sesh, so... heh... [later] well, last nite, i didn't have the energy to clean n' relube my powell bones super swiss 6 bearings. i wish i had, but no. maybe 2nite after taekwondo praktice? *shrug*
check out this superkewl article "Orange County: Seat of Republican Hypocrisy." our friend tim fong wrote it... uh... that is... the tim fong that went to cal, not to be confused w/ the tim fong that went to yale. [later] i hate to categorise ppl by their skools, but i guess that's 1 way to distinguish the 2. [later] i found this kind'f neat page while reading that article: streetprophets.com.
[later] 오후: just a li'l while 'go, i read this humourous article: "The 8 Most Needlessly Detailed Wikipedia Entries," which i found on superdave kim's now anonymous blog. as part'f the joke, the article has a bunch'f scantily clad pix'f a certain celeb, so u might hafta shrink ur browser window to crop off those pix while u read it in ur werk cubicle. durin' lunch, i went to get chiropraktic treatment from the beautiful kaela hwang @ her tasman palmer west chiropraktic collegeclinik. after that, the 2'f us ate lunch @ the nearby extreme pita. kaela had the chicken philly cheesesteak wrap w/ hummus, n' i had the chipotle bourbon chicken wrap. un4tunately, i'm often "not that full" later in the afternoon, when we lunch @ extreme pita. it's an issue'f satiety, eh? here's 'nother kewl link from superdave kim's site: "10 easy arithmetic tricks". ugh, the inside'f my rt ear tickles, but i know i can't scratch it cos it's dangerous. hrm, from that arithmetic article, i found this kewl article: "top 10 tips to improve your memory". [later] ok, the next list from this website (listverse - the listuniverse)'s sort'f dangerous cos i think it tries to be more than it should be: "top 10 tips for self-improvement." i gotta say, it's highly "humanistik," n' i consider that a bad thing cos well... i've now surrendered to the fakt that the human spirit is seriously not such a glorious thing, that we should stop tryin' to bask in glories'f "triumphs'f the human spirit." in the end'f every good n' perfekt thing comes from god, n' humans should accept that fakt. [later] however, that isn't to say ppl shouldn't try @ all to be the best person that they can be in order to bless those 'round them, to be a blessing 'pon those 'round them; u know? [later] so... instad'f wasting ur time w/ tryin' to be the perfekt human, how 'bout checkin' out this list: "top 10 tips to commit the perfect crime." [later] maybe this list's useful: "top 10 stain removal tips"? otherwise, this 1: "top 10 prison survival tips"?
[later] 저녁 이지만 아직도 퇴근 안했어요: after 2 yrs'f pimpin' out my journal to google adsense, i finally recently received my 1st pay¢he¢k! now, if only they'd let me eat @ their cafeterias! 수요일 오후: 2day, we had our werk.com division bbq @ twin crks sports park in sunnyvale, ca. i ate 2 much n' didn't get 'nuff exercise cos i couldn't join in the sports cos'f my bum knee. :-( *sigh* i was startin' to lose a li'l excess weight o'er the past wk; but last nite we went to tgi fri's to celebrate our taekwondo student's 30th b.day, n' i ordered 2 much fud cos i thought ppl'd help me eat. i also had a samuel adams oktoberfest bier, which was really tasty. i dunno why, but lately i've been enjoiin' these brown or amber biers, whereas i usually i only enjoi really lite or really dark biers. *shrug* strange. *sigh* neway, 2 much fud. @ our werk.com picnic, i had a gordon biersch marzen. 'gain, i usually don't enjoi biers like marzen, but lately i have. *sigh* strange.
lately, i'm considerin' some new dj equipment (as u know):
[later] 저녁 이지만 아직도 퇴근 안했어요: *sigh* so i'm always talkin' 'bout either skateboards or dj equipment, nowadays, eh? yesterday, i received in the mail the latest issue'f transworld snowboarding. *sigh* i'm so sad that i'll be missing this entire season. :-( after all, that's 'xaktly why i'm lookin' into escapin' to taiwan during christmas brk. i might as well go somewhere where there's no snow to get my mind off'f snowboarding.
[later] 밤, 1037p: after werk, i went to sach's wed nite 730p turbo kick box (tkb) class @ the e fremont ave, sunnyvale 24 hr fitness w/ the beautiful kaela hwang. i really needed to werk off some'f those calories i took in durin' lunch. crazy, crazy. [later] 1057p: i've been learnin' 'lot 'bout recent dj hardware from djforums.com.
[later] 1111p: here's a kewl article that i'm readin' rt this sec in the current issue'f transworld skateboarding:
"first words: young at heart" - by carleton curtis
i just turned 31 last month. but based on my behavior, you'd think i was 13. i mean, i've got a college diploma from an esteemed university, m 401(k) balance is respectable, i got married last year and curtis offspring are up next, teenage girls don't look at me like they used to, my scalp is engaged in a war on gray hair... basically, i'm a full-fledged "adult." but mentally, i'm retarded. if there's a car nearby with dirty windows, i'll get the uncontrollable urge to draw a gigantic wiener on it with my fingertip. if i'm done chugging a carton of chocolate milk, i'm compelled to stomp on it just to see the sh-t scared out of bystanders. and i've got a romantic date planned with the wifey that just happens to coincide with the adio park's grand opening, guess what i'll be doing that evening?
there's just something magical about riding a skateboard that keeps you young at heart. i think it's because the feeling you experienced after your very first push, whether it was ten months ago or ten years ago, never dies. that's a powerful thing right there. especially during a time when modern skateboarding is no different than hollywood, where youth is king. it's all about nyjah, sheckler, shaun, and "who's next?" (you might remember that coverline from our am issue a couple months ago.)
but take a step back from the hype, and look what you see: ol' chris miller is terrorizing bowls like it was 1989. the so-called decrepit old pro arto saari just snaked first place in rotterdam's wsr07 contest. ex-big-thing eric koston straight tamed the egos of next-big-things p-rod and jereme in 07's tampa pro. nike sb's latest team addition? 43-year-old lance mountain. and you'll need more than one hand to count those who've risen from the dead recently: hosoi, guy, j.lee, shiloh, smolik, and so on and so on.
so don't be ashamed to be a man-am. getting that acl repaired for the twelfth time now? no sweat. your sponsors may be deserting you, but your skateboard won't. as you'll soon see, there's a big retirement theme running across this issue. jamie thomas went full circle returning to his hometown of dothan, alabama after one of the most decorated careers in skateboarding. even young dgk pro jack curtin gave huge props to three of the old farts: "i heard [koston] did a trick down the macba big four like a couple months ago. and that fool's like 31. rick howard and carroll too, man, it's just amazing how good of a level they can still maintain." kiddingly, jack went on to say that they must have some secret-formula wheaties at home. nah, their bones may be old, but it's their hearts that are forever young. wurd! 목요일 아침: how r u this morn? well, yah, i know it might not be morn when u read this, but how r u? my current facebook status reads "beno is shopping for new turntables." *sigh* not to buy into amerikan materialism or nethin', but i'm aktually $hoppin' 4 'lot'f things: currently, i'm $hoppin' 4 a 2gb micro sd card. i think i found a decent deal on pricegrabber 4 a sandisk 2 gb micro sd card from some no name brand .com $hop. i also need ann 1/8" std stereo to stereo rca cable or cable/connektor combo. i need that in order to hook up my new toshiba gigabeat f40 mp3 playa to my car stereo deck. yah, in case u don't 'member, lemme remindju that toby gave me this unit 4 my b.day on sun. i mean, 'twas a belated b.day present. my b.day was not on sunday. [later] i sure hope i didn't confuse u.
[later] 오후: an incomplete list'f important websites in this day n' age:
"therefore, i tell you do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly father feeds them. are you not much more valuable than they? who of you, by worrying, can add a single hour to his life?
and why do you worry about clothes? see how the lilies of the field grow. they do not labor or spin. yet i tell you that not even solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. if that is how god clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you, o you of little faith? so do not worry, saying, 'what shall we eat?' or "what shall we drink?' or 'what shall we wear?' for the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly father knows that you need them. but seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. each day has enough troubles of its own." -- jesus in matthew 6:24~33 materialsim; it's the religion'f amerika. it's the religion'f the world. it's so easy to talk 'bout material things. how many'f 2day's most important websites r commerce/$hopping sites? i'm not sayin' that that's bad; but doesn't it say sumpthin'?
[later]밤, 1131p: the beautiful kaela hwang went to teach the u.s. taekwondo akademy coloured belt class. afterwards, a bunch'f us went to eat an unhealthy dinner @ 99 치킨 (구구 치킨 googoo chicken). 금요일 아침: wow, is it 'lready fri? *sigh* it's 2007년10월05일 2day, eh? i believe it's s.mike's b.day. i should wish'im happy b.day o'er e.mail in a bit. poor sooni! i didn't take her 4 a walk this morn. instead, i fed her (cos she didn't eat dinner last nite) n' put her in the backyard n' took off tardily 4 a morn skate sesh (morning skateboarding session) @ the sunnyvale skate park. it was short but still sweet. when i got to my office, i iced my knee a li'l cos it's been feeling a bit icky o'er the past couple'f days, n' i dunno 'xaktly why. i mean, heh... i'm sure the skateboarding n' martial arts has sumpthin' to do w/ it, but... *sigh* i just can't wait until the surgery's done n' o'er w/ n' rehab's done n' o'er w/. *sigh* 'gain, i hope i can catch up on djin' stuff while i'm banned from boardsports (skateboarding n' snowboarding) n' martial arts. *sigh* i could sure use an upper back n' shoulder massage rt now. i'm glad that i've been gettin' some upper body exercise these days thru sach's turbo kick box (tkb) (like cardio kickboxing) classes n' from some'f the kewl exercises in taekwondo that ben has been havin' us do.
[later] 오후: i went to lunch w/ abel. we went to the new specialty's café on bowers ave. near scott ave. i ate some bbq chicken sandwich that un4tunately had lots'f bacon. i thought it came w/ cole slaw, but the slaw was aktually in the sandwich. wow, i guess fall's really here. it's (it has) snowed in tahoe a few times in recent wks. nites r much colder in the silikon valley these days than it was a few wks 'go. *sigh* honestly, it looks like it might be a great snowboarding season... 'cept not 4 me since i'll be sittin' this entire season out. :-( [later] neway, weather.com's givin' some lower temps 4 the next few days, not so many 80°+ days from here on out:
[later] this morn, i walked down the cubicle hall from my cube to the
coffee station n' saw that 1 guy down the row just received n' setup a gaiam [later] 저녁 이지만 아직도 퇴근 안했어요: dude, i just installed a korean 한글 hangeul font - gulim.fnt - on my toshiba gigabeat f40 w/ rockbox. dude, this mp3 playa just becamse useful! it's great! all the menus r in korean now, n' that rocks.
[later] last sat, @ will n' alice's son matthew's 첫돌 chuhtdol, i was talkin' to our friend austin who's a professional pianist n' piano teacher. he admitted that he doesn't like performing or talking to fellow professional pianists cos he feels the competitive vibe. u know what? i know what he means cos, to some extent, i've felt that way 'bout djin' from time to time. i'm glad, so far, i'm com4table askin' n' answerin' questions on djforums.com 월요일 아침: this morn, i woke up early to take out the trash. aktually, i woke up a couple'f times early in the morn to go pee. heh... i hope i'm not bein' 2 frank here, am i? well, last nite was ryan n' anh's wedding @ los gatos's tollhouse hotel. since i had a few alkoholic drinks there (the beautiful kaela hwang drove us home), my brain was doin' that thing that kaela sez brains do; i.e. if u drink alkohol, ur brain has some probs stayin' asleep that nite. do u know 'bout this? well, i think i experienced that. well... also, i drank a litre'f h2o when i got home; so yah, i guess it'd make sense that i'd wake up n' need to go pee.
[later] 2day, kaela n' i took s.mike out 4 a b.day lunch @ the rivermark's piatti. mmmm... great locally grown fud, eh? he's got a lot'f fun things goin' on in his life rt now. he took 2 months off'f his job n' travelled 4 1 month in europe w/ his sister. he visited the bay area this past wknd n' caught us on his way down. *sigh* u know... i've gotta admit that i have some friends where, when we get 2gether, there's sometimes this atmosphere'f let's c where we're @ in our lives. i want to c my ol' friends, but i'm' tryin' to make sure we don't get into comparin' our lives or nethin'. i'm not sayin' we necessarly did that 2day; but in gen'l, let's not do that. let's not compare salaries, titles, vacations, degrees, cars, or relationships/marriages. in the future, let's not compare kids. let's not.
[later] yah, so this morn, i skateboarded w/ sooni 'round what i now call our short route, but what i used to call our long route. them, i took off to the sunnyvale skate park 4 a short but sweet morn skate sesh (morning skateboarding session). cos'f my lack'f a left acl, i don't push myself as hard as i used to, but i'm happy to c that i'm pickin' back up 'lot'f the things i used to be able to do. i'm doin' backside 50.50 axle stalls pretty ok now. i'm even sliding in to them from a frontside approach sometimes. however, i do need to get back my frontside "slash" grind n' my 50.50 axle stall to tail. [later] it's s'pposed to start rainin' 2morrow evenin'. that bein' the case, maybe i should try to pull off 'nother morn skate sesh (morning skateboarding session) 2morow. i dunno. we'll c. i might not be able to wake up early 'nuff. it's s'pposed to start rainin' 2morrow @ 400p. *shrug* we'll c. 2day was an amazingly, beautifully, sunny day. when, we went to piatti, we sat outside. the waiter kind'f messed up my order, but he fixed it n' also gave us free aisukuriimu dessert; so that's kewl.
graphic from 2day's wikipedia entry'f the day: guinea pig(s) 화요일 아침: *sigh* my palm tungsten t5's dying. [later] here r some links that might help me get a new palm tx instead:
[later] 저녁 이지만 아직도 퇴근 안했어요: well, i did a hard reset n' cleared off all the apps on my palm n' reinstalled some essentials. i dunno, but i think it's werkin'. the crazy thing's that maybe i didn't need to pay $169 to do that out'f.warranty repair o'er the holidays last yr. u think? maybe all i really needed to do was clear off all my apps. u think?
@ lunch, the beautiful kaela hwang went to 주막 joomak. kaela had the 해물 라면 haemool ramyuhm, n' i had the 해장 라면 haejang ramyuhn. we shared an order'f 닭똥집 꼬치 dalkddongjip ggochi (chicken dung house skewers), which they've euphamised as 닭모래집 꼬치 dalkmoraejip goochi (chicken sand house skewers). yah, as i sed in my yelp review, if u know nethin' 'bout gizzards n' avian physiology, then u can say these r equivalent. yah, u should check out my recent yelp reviews. after a long, long hiatus from reviewin' restaurants, i'm slowly gettin' back into the game.
as i've mentioned here b4, i'm part'f the myponits rewards program. if u wanna earn rewards 4 reading spam mail n' $hoppin' online, then let me know; n' i'll give u a referral into the program. neway, it's that time'f the yr 'gain where i've banked up 'nuff pts to ¢a$h out 4 some rewards. otherwise, i can $ave up 4 some better rewards. u c, the rewards r tiered, n' typikally, the higher pri¢ed rewards r a better value based on points per dollar or cents per point, u know? [later] i'll prob'ly pick from: omaha steaks, macy's, bloomingdale's, or old navy. a couple'f the rewards merchants caught my attention: brinkers restaurant group n' metromedia restaurant group. i've only heard'f those names here on this page. i'd learned earlier that they're parent corporation 4 many'f the popular, big name amerikan "family" restaurants. well, check out the wiki articles 4 each: brinkers international n' metromedia restaurant group. brinkers owns chili's, on the border mexican grill and cantina, maggiano's little italy, n' romano's macaroni grill. metromedia owns bennigan's, bonanza, ponderosa, steak and ale, the plano tavern, the southlake tavern, n' the 29 degree tavern. the only 1'f those that we c 'round here is bennigan's. movin' on from here, u should read this interestin' wiki article: list of casual dining restaurant chains.
[later] i like the colbie caillat tune "bubbly." i didn't know she was a myspace musician. 수요일 오후: the beautiful kaela hwang n' i had a late, late, late lunch @ the new 최가네 chwe ganei (chef choi) restaurant that replaced 청기와 chunggiwa (blue stones). i'm a bit sad that 청기와 chunggiwa went under. the owners there were really nice n' liked sooni. they even let sooni sit inside. i liked those owners. *sigh* i dunno why they wen tunder. i know the husband tried to open a sushi place called love 'r' sushi by 포인트 point n' 장터 순대 jangtuh soondae on el camino real a strip that's already oversaturated w/ korean, japanese, n' taiwanese sushi joints. that restaurant closed down, but i thought 청기와 chunggiwa was doin' fine. *shrug* neway, 외가네 chwe ganei's s'pposed to be a 쌈밥집 ssambabjip, n' i do like 쌈밥 ssambap, but i guess we figured the 쌈밥 ssambap looked a bit expen$ive @ $26.99 + $7 4 컴비나션 쌈추 combination sssamchoo. [later] however, our order'f 은대구 조림 eundaegoo jorim($16.99) n' 김치 찌개 kimchi jjigae ($8.99) still came out close ($25.98) to that. *shrug* neway, how was the restaurant? well... hrm... honestly, i miss 청기와 chunggiwa, but it's ok. shall i write a yelp review? *sigh* maybe, but i'd prefer to try it 'least 1 more time b4 makin' ne conclusions.
well, it started rainin' last nite, as kaela n' i ate dinner @ home while watchin' the queen on dvd, which we got from netflix 목요일 아침: how r u? seriously, how r u? let's talk. u can post on my facebook wall. also, as always, i'd like to make my journal interaktive, so... if u have ne comments 'bout my aktual entries or want me to talk 'bout some topik, lemme know. i'd like to post up more text from my readers.
[later] 오후: i went to east san jo 4 werk. on my way back i took 280 n' stopped off @ bed, bath, & beyond on stevens crk blvd @ lawrence expwy to exchange the oral.b precision clean (3+1 bonus pk) toothbrush heads 4 our usual oral.b floss aktion 3.pk. then, i went home n' ate some 물만두 moolmandoo 4 lunch, n' loaded up n' started the diswhasher. sure, the our ol' clunky dishwasher's a $$$ waster, but it beats havin' a sink full'f nasty, durty dishes when we're 2 bizzy to wash'em by hand. *sigh* there's never 'nuff time in a day, u know? 2nite, i'll be teachin' taekwondo. we'll go out 4 cam's belated b.day. this morn, i wanted to wake up early to hit up the sunnyvale skate park but couldn't wake up. i took sooni 4 a skateboard ride 'round the neighbourhood. it's funny cos i came 'cross kids on skateboards 2ice. that's a slightly odd feeling cos they prob'ly wonder what's an ol' guy doin' on a skateboard when he's not even good @ skatin', u know? however... it's the whole "man am" thing that they mentioned in that transworld skateboarding article. [later] i mean, that article was sayin' there's no shame in bein' old n' not a pro... "am" = amateur. i've been meaning to write in a praise letter to the editor 4 that article. i wishi i could've skated @ the sunnyvale skate park 2day. u know; @ some pt b4 my surgery, i'll need quit skateboarding n' taekwondo n' turbo kick box (tkb) n' make sure i don't reinjure my knee rt b4 my surgery. my surgery's on 11월14일 nov 14. i have my pre.op apptmnt on 11월08일 nov 8. *sigh* when should i (temporarily) call it quits? it may be like 6 months b4 i can ride a skateboard 'gain, eh? *shrug* however, i'll need to go to the gym n' do physikal therapy stuff like leg extensions n' squats w/o weight. [later] neway, yah, i wanted to hit up the sunnyvale skate park this morn cos it might start rainin' 'gain 2nite. the weather's been kind'f interestin', eh? rain, no rain, rain, no rain, ... "off n' on" rain... [later] 'twas pretty cold last nite n' this morn, so i was hopin' that i might have the whole sunnyvale skate park to myself if i woke up early n' braved the chill out there, u know? skateboarding is fun.
[later] 저녁 이지만 아직도 퇴근 안했어요: from superdave kim's anonymous blog, i found an article on cracked.com 'bout the most disgusting n' "dangerous" fuds in the world. ick. i won't share the link cos the beautiful kaela hwang would really freak out if she accidentally clicked on it.
uhm, it's that time'f yr 'gain when i need to renew my domain name on godaddy.com 금요일 오후: i'm glad it's fri. i continue to feel burnt out n' out'f focus. altho' i have a bizzy wkend ahead; compared to my usual wknd, it's not that bizzy. it's oddly similar to last wknd. when was it that we drove up to the east bay 4 the dj outlet's grand opening n' to visit betty n' toby? oh yah, 'twas the sunday after my most recent wedding dj gig. i've had distraktions @ werk.com: 1. in the past couple'f wks construktion werkers've been bangin' n' pounding on the roof, installing new solar panels. 2. this wk, rain leaked thru the compromised roof, so we've had the ceiling lites off @ times n' blowers (fans) n' carpet dehumidifying machines loudly running. that, along w/ the yelling'f not.so.considerate neighbours makes it very hard to werk.
n' jesus sed, "im in ur heart, saving ur soul."
i awoke this morn to the soothing pitter patter'f autumn rain fallin' 'pon silikon valley n' then to nbc's today show. 1st they covered al gore's nobel peace prize n' then
some fluff 'bout ann coulter's religious comments on donny deutsch's cnbc talk show big idea. gee, that ann coulter story's 'xaktly the kind'f rubbish that allows conservative nuts to use the misnomer "liberal media." coulter was hardly exercisin' the best charisma or choice'f wurds, but she was 'least tryin' to explain some pts'f biblical truth obviously, she should've backed off'f judaism n' simply pted out that the gospel's 4 every1. why must we christians continue to be robbed of our freedom'f religion in this country? sure, it's a b!+¢# that we think we're the only 1s goin' to heaven; but hey, we're hardly the only followers'f a system'f belief to think sumpthin' like that. if we're to respekt every1 else's religions, then we need to accept that we'll disagree. we've gotta stop tryin' to make some universal belief system that annihilates the purpose'f believin' in nethin' @ all. that news story offended me as a "liberal" n' as a christian. we "liberals" don't need to stoop so low to argue against conservatives, n' we christians rn't necessarily stoopid n' mean ppl. i have plenty'f friends who call themselves conservatives, n' i think after cin' this kind'f thing happen, i aktually kind'f better understand "where they're comin' from," 'least some'f'em. u probl'y can imagine that i can agree w/ social conservatives much more easily than w/ fiscal conservatives or libertarians.
last nite, after the adult colour belt taekwondo class @ u.s. taekwondo akademy, a bunch'f us went out to 토방 tobang (korean restaurant) to celebrate our friend cam's 24th b.day. man, i was so stuffed by the end'f dinner. @ 1st, i was really hungry n' wasn't gettin' much fud, but the mgr (or owner?) came out w/ extra 차돌백이 chadolbaeki n' 냉면 naengmyuh. i didn't touch the 냉면 naengmyuhn. i let dennis eat as much as he could'f that. *sigh* if only duk were 'round. he used to put fud 'way like no other! *sigh*
@ lunch, while i waited 4 my crashed laptop to finish a chkdsk after recovery, i went home to rest n' eat a quick lunch. i grilled up an old, old sausage i found in the fridge. now, i'm worried that i got fud poisoning. :-o i feel a li'l queasy.
"everybody's got to live their life, and god knows i've got to live mine." steven patrick morrissey sang poorly "grammaticised" line in the smiths' 1984 single "william, it was really nothing." morrissey n' the cure's frontman robert smith r pretty much sworn enemies, but i like the musik'f both. neway, i like that line cos it's true: god does know that you've got to live ur life. he has put each n' every 1'f us on his earth to fulfill a purpose n' has uniquely crafted each'f us 4 that purpose. heh, i guess the wikipedia article sez that this song's 'bout a h0m0$3xual relationship, but... eh, whate'er! *shrug*
life @ the speed'f foot: well, this morn, cos it had just rained, i took sooni 4 a walk on foot instead'f on skateboard. i hadn't down that in ages. i feel like i noticed more things 'bout houses in my neighbourhood cos i was on foot instead'f on skateboard. well, maybe it isn't just that i'm a li'l faster on skateboard but cos, when i'm on foot, i don't hafta think 'bout things like dodging rocks n' twigs or gettin' ready to ollie onto or off'f a curb. [later] i think it's foolish that ppl ever walk. we should all ride skateboards where'er we go. dude, that's the way to live. "god knows i've got to live mine."
2morrow morn, i'm s'pposed to be @ sunnyvale's serra park to help run the kids' 태권도 심사 taekwondo shimsa. i'm s'pposed to run an adult colour belt 태권도 시범 taekwondo shibuhm, but only 1 student (chris)'s showin' up. uh... i dunno what we can do as far as an aktual 시범 shibuhm (demo). after that, i'll go to grace n' ken's baby shower 4 their twin gurls. later, i'll go to our friend elaine's b.day party @ nola's in stanfurd territory. i'm a li'l confused why a bunch'f us cal alums r goin' to stanfurd territory.
* in case u don't have a firm foundation in 1980s europop rock, that line's from the smiths' 1984 single "william, it was really nothing." 월요일 아침: the gloomiest thing this wknd was cal's senseless loss to oregon state on sat evening:"Cal takes a BCS tumble in defeat" (mercurynews.com), "printable" version (sometimes easier to read). [a li'l later] neway, yah, that's really depressing. however, the wknd overall was ok. [later] what was the hilite'f the wknd? :-? well, there was grace n' ken's baby shower, then our friend elaine's b.day party @ nola's on sat nite, brkfast w/ the husbands'f grx
t3 light on sun morn (sunday morning), the beautiful kaela hwang's n' my skate sesh (skateboarding session) @ the sunnyvale skate park on sun eve (sunday evening), n' dinner @ old town santa clara's mio vicino.
[later] 오후: pc magazine's 2007년11월 issue has a list'f top 100 undiscovered sites (4 my reference):
[later] this morn, kaela n' i hired a maid. i feel really guilty 4 resortin' to hiring help to clean our house, but i simply can't do it all myself, n' kaela doesn't do housewerk. that's fakt i'm finally accepting. seriously, my somewhat humble, middle.class, taiwanese.amerikan upbringing makes me cringe @ the idea'f wastin' $$$ like this, but i hope to observe a beneficial improvement in quality'f life n' profitable increase in produktivity: can we just call this outsourcing? [later] 저녁 이지만 아직도 퇴근 안했에요: i hope we can host more gatherings 4 grx (church) n' u.s. taekwondo akademy. i've been wanting to host korean movie nites 4 our 태권도 taekwondo class.
[later] i realised several mins 'go that i failed to recognise an important anniversary earlier this yr: 2007년01월20일 marked the 10th anniversary'f my blog!
[later] dude, i just saw that u can buy an 8gb sd card 4 $45! crazy! 화요일 오후: my werk.com laptop keeps crashing. >:-( i guess; if it's not 1 thing, it's 'nother: last wk, 'twas my palm (pda).
[later] 밤, 1157p: i skateboarded w/ sooni this morn. i slipped in a puddle in the driveway into the parking lot'f the korean liquor store. i 4get, but maybe 'twas cos sooni was pullin' me. i slid out. i was ridin' my old board, not my new 1. i fell on my back, 합기도 hapkido style. @ lunch, i went to ¢0$+¢0 (costco). after werk, i skipped 태권도 taekwondo praktice cos my butt n' elbow hurt a li'l from fallin' in the small bowl 2 the sunnyvale skate park on sunday n' cos i had heartburn. how r u?! plz tell me. 수요일 아침: it's my dad's b.day 2day. happy b.day.
[later] 오후: i dunno why, but lately i've been experiencin' a lot'f heartburn n' angina (angina pectoris). what's goin' on?! [a li'l later] i thought 'bout hittin' up the sunnyvale skate park this nmorn 4 an early morn skate sesh (skateboarding session) but couldn't make it out in time. instead, i just skateboarded 'round the block w/ sooni. i didn't go our longer, usual route cos kids were walkin' to skool. it started to sprinkle on my drive to werk. however, the precipitation was lite n' ended soon. i thought 'bout headin' out'f my office 4 a lunchtime skate sesh @ the sunnyvale skate park, but i decided not to. why? *shrug* i guess part'f it was cos my left knee, left butt, n' left elbow hurt. what's wrong w/ the left side'f my body?! well, yah, i guess my butt n' elbow hurt from the fall in the small bowl on sunday afternoon/evening, n' my left elbow also hurts a li'l from when i slid out on the wet driveway'f the korean liquor store on tues morn. my left knee's a bit sore cos i've put it to good werk, i guess. on sun afternoon, it felt pretty good. i prob'ly gave it a bit'f werk durin' my sunday afternoon/evening skaeboarding session, but it wasn't that bad. i had so much fun on sunday afternoon/evening, skateboarding. i pushed myself a bit harder cos the park was full'f kids; n' honestly, i didn't wanna look so bad in front'f the kids.
[later] pretty soon, i hafta pay the home insurance bill n' the property tax. 목요일 오후: here's a wiki article 4 u: "frappuccino." when was it that i went to ¢0$+¢0 (costco)? tuesday? well, i bought 1 0.5.gallon jug'f odwalla mint chocolate soy milk n' n'other 0.5.gallon jug'f pumpkin protein drink. 2day, 4 lunch, i ate this bbq chicken w/ mashed potatoes, grilled carrots, n' buttermilk biscuit loaf thingy from my werk.com cafeteria. it was really good. the fud @ our werk.com cafeteria has really improved. [later] i was aktually s'pposed to have lunch w/ abel 2day, but we both had some things to werk on; so we called it off 4 2day. last nite, i wanted to do so much after comin' home from werk n' sach's 700p turbo kick box (tkb) class @ the e fremont, sunnyvale 24 hour fitness; but i fell asleep on the couch, exhausted. the beautiful kaela hwang went to dinner w/ (mark's) grace n' sohee @ thai pepper across the street from the gym. i didn't wanna intrude on a gurls' nite out, so i went home n' ate random junk i found in the fridge. ' o'er the past couple'f wks, i've been eatin' this red pepper feta cheese spread that kaela bought from whole fud$. i don't think she liked it much cos'f the strong feta taste, so i had to eat the whole tub'f it. i don't think it's a good diet. i've been eatin' lots'f that w/ ol' naan from early 8월 august that we've kept in the freezer. this morn, kaela told me that there's fuzzy, moldy rice in the rice cooker, which i need to throw out in the garbage can outside. *sigh* our house's really messy n' nasty. d'ya c why we hafta hire a maid? even tho' i've ben eatin' lots'f fruit ever since my trip to ¢0$+¢0 (costco) on uh... tuesday?... i don't feel my diet's healthy. last nite, i felt like i was gettin' sick, as if i was comin' down w/ a cold or sumpthin'. that's why i went 'head n' slept on the couch. i woke up when kaela came home n' brought sohee n' max over; but i wen 'round 1130pt back to sleep on the couch after that n' slept all nite there. my knee doesn't feel 2 great this wk. my whole body doesn't feel 2 great this wk. [later] just complainin', eh? *sigh* i dunno, every wk's got its ups n' downs, eh? well, wks like this wk make me feel like i can't wait 4 my surgery to be done n' o'er w/, u know? [later] this wk's been off n' on rain, rt? last wk 2, rt? it's s'pposed to rain 2nite n' uh... 2morow nite, rt? after that it's s'pposed to get really warm. we might hit 80°f out here in the silly valley! oktober's ending. halloween'll be here soon. u know; 1 peculiar thing 'bout autumn
this yr's that i didn't get that nostalgik back 2 skool feeling that i get pretty much every other yr! i usually reminisce 'bout the 1st days'f the skoolyr n' homecoming festivities. why didn't i feel that this yr?! 금요일 아침: 2day's the beautiful kaela hwang's n' my 51st wedding monthversary. 2nite, we're s'pposed to lead a bible study on our london mission trip. i think that's aktually kind'f appropriate 4 our 51st monthversary cos it's a real shared experience 4 us. last nite, i skipped taekwondo praktice n' skipped teachin' the adult class cos i was so bizzy w/ sttopid_crud@werk.com n' had to do more stuff later in the nite. life's hektic. neway, i went home n' cooked dinner w/ kaela. we had grilled sea bass w/ guacamole, grilled veggies, n' whole wheat carb smart tortillas. we watched a bunch'f inane nbc thurs nite tv.
hey, check out this site: design your snow boards [sic] online. (they should've spelled it "snowboards.") i found that site thru a google search when somebody commented on the snowbomb forums that there ought to be a company that lets u make a snwoboard w/ ur own graphics. well, there is, n' their snowboards n' skateboards r made in the usa, which is good. i posted a link to that site on the forums in reply to that comment. this morn, i almost made it to the sunnyvale skate park, but sooni really wanted to go 4 a walk, so i instead took her on an extended walk on skateboard. [later] we went out to el camino real - the heart'f santa clara / sunnyvale / silikon valley's koreatown - n' back. *sigh* i'm pretty bizzy@werk.com these days, but... *shrug* whate'er; i don't wanna discuss werk here. this ain't that kind'f blog.
last nite, i saw that timothy y. fong posted a really kewl link on his facebook: "life is harder now, some experts say" (from msnbc), printable version. *sigh* isn't it true that the rich get richer, n' the poor get poorer? :-/ maybe it's that the rich get richer, the poor get poorer, n' the middle class's also gettin' poorer!
[later] 점심에: i found this kewl link on superdave kim's anonymous website: "the power traveler's checklist."
[later] earlier this wk, on my morning rides/walks w/ sooni, i was riding my ol' mini.logo setup. 2day, i rode my santa cruz emmanuel guzman setup. i have 2 skateboards. i realised a few wks 'go that i could nickname 1 "mini" n' the other "manny." "mini" or "minny" 4 "mini.logo" n' "manny" 4 "emmanuel guzman." funny, huh? i've gotta say, personally, i think the emmanuel guzman deck's graphic's 1'f the best skateboard graphics to've come out in recent yrs cos it's more than just a logo; it's tells a story but isn't 2 bizzy, n' kind'f mixes ol' skool n' new skool as far as skateboard graphics. 화요일 밤, 1038p: i'm s'pposed to be fastin' 4 the next 12 hrs, b4 my cholesterol screenin'. bloodwerk; ugh, i hate gettin' stuck w/ that needle! neway, how r u? plz tell me. i've been ridiculously bizzy this past wknd, partyin' as if it were 1999년 or 2000년. the taekwondo p.crew's definitely in full effekt... the sobay or silikon valley or... *usta* taekwondo p.crew. crazy, crazy how things come 'round 'gain, u know??? seriously! 화요일 오후: this morn, i had my health screening (bloodwerk). here r my scores in comparison to last yr's (last yrs 1st, then this yrs):
2day, the beautiful kaela hwang n' i had lunch w/ our friend dr. eric j. @ sitara indian restaurant on lawrence expressway n' homestead road. it was a pretty decent buffet lunch; not quite as good as bombay gardens, but still good and ¢heaper.
[later] my favourite pink martini song's "clemenitne." there's sumpthin' so carpentersish 'bout that tune.
[later] 밤, 1034p: so what happened this past wknd? well, on fri nite, kaela n' i went to our grx t3 light couples small grp n' talked 'bout our london mission trip. on sat morn, i guess i skateboarded w/ sooni 4 a while. we went farther than usual. then in the late morn, kaela n' i met up w/ some wedding dj clients @ the winchester $tarbu¢ks. then, we picked up sohee n' went to the campbell oktoberfest in downtown campbell, mtg up w/ a bunch'f taekwondo friends (nefaur, jenny, chris, ryan, anh, ...). we hung out there 4 a long time, drinkin' bier n' eatin' sausages n' explorer the festival. we chilled there 4 a long time. then, kaela drove sohee n' me in my subaru o'er to valley fair mall (after swingin' by sohee's place to pick up some'f her stuff), where i finally bought some new "goin' out" clothes - 'nother kenny cole outfit - cos we were plannin' on goin' clubbin' @ downtown san jo's vault niteclub. we ate dinner @ ivar's in the fud ct cos i had an entertainment book on sun, kaela n' i woke up late n' went to grx's 2nd service. we missed my mom. afterwards, afer chattin' w/ lots'f friends that we hadn't cn in a while, we went to lunch w/ yvonne, gabe, paul, n' judy @ bennigan's. after that, kaela n' i headed to downtown san jo to visit body worlds 2 @ the tech museum. after that, we went to san jo's j.town to eat dinner w/ my dad n' other members'f my family @ kazoo. on our way out we saw our grx friends mike n' mindy, who were there w/ their family. after that, we went to nefaur's place to catch the tail end'f his dinner. i tell u! it's just like the ol' taekwondo p.crew days... just a diff taekwondo p.crew. what the heck's goin' on?!
[later] 반, 1112p: lately, i've been tryin' to yelp more. didju know
they have a 5000 char limit on their reviews?! well, here the original version'f my review'f 엣날 짜장 yeitnal jjajang, which i had to abbreviate by turnin' "the" into "da," makin' me sound like i speak pidgin:
my favourite dish in the whole wide world is jjambbong. i'm really into spicy food. sure, i haven't found a jjambbong as spicy as cluck u's 911, but jjambbong's allure doesn't stop at its spiciness; rather, it also has noodles, broth, protein, veggies, ... the ingredients found in jjambbong vary from region to region or from group to group. i mean, i guess the general idea as well as the recipe is folklore, i.e. it's oral tradition with multiple existence, versions, and variation. (you should read up on the works of the late, great professor alan dundes to learn more about folklore.) anyway, to start off describing differences in jjambbong, you must begin with the discussion of korean jjambbong version chinese jjambbong, aka "chao ma mien" or "tsao ma mien." i don't speak much mandarin, and the name sounds like "stinky horse noodles" when i say it. i notice that the chinese version tends to have land animal meat as well as seafood and has some pyogo, aka shiitake mushrooms. (i don't know what those are called in mandarin, but i think the taiwanese name is like the korean; something like "hyoogo.") the korean version usually omits land animal meats and has only sea animal meat. also, the variety of vegetables is a bit more streamlined in the korean version. although i like having a good mix of vegetables, the korean version is almost always spicier, so the hangook v. joonggook match is all tied up. there's no sense in arguing which is better. i love them both.
now, i know yeitnal jjajang, aka "zazang" has gotten enough abuse on yelp. (some socal korean-american transplants consider l.a. koreatown the gold standard in korean cuisine, so nothing outside of l.a. koreatown will ever suffice for them... except for garden grove.) however, yeitnal jjajang always finds a warm place in my heart. i first discovered yeitnal jjajang on telegraph ave. in oakland (right at the berkeley border) in the same plaza as goryuh sootbooljip (koryo wood charcoal bbq). right when my wife and i move down from bekeley to the south bay, yeitnal jjajang opened its second location in cupertino. later, when we moved from san josé to santa clara, they opened a shop (this shop) right by our house in the heart of silicon valley's koreat\own. there's a special bond here, eh? they also have a shop in san francisco, but i haven't visisted it yet. the cupertino shop also sells pizza, including their signature kimchi pizza. i still want to get a group of friends together to try that. when the first, oakland shop opened up; i enjoyed their nice, low prices and great portions; not that portions and value alone will ever win me over; it's not like i live inside hometown buffet or anything. anyway, i found out right away, they provided great food with friendly service.
have things changed? well, things can be different from location to location, and i've noticed that the faces have changed at all the locations i've been to. i think ownership has maybe changed hands a few times. in general i still really like yeitnal jjajang. sure, the prices have gone up in the past seven years or so, but inflation is everywhere. i think all the locations have tvs (televisions). they probably mostly have nice, big flat panel tvs now. they tend to show korean programming, and that's great. the menu has more items now than it used to. honestly, in the past, i would have said that the only really great items were the various jjajangmyuhn (jia jiang mien in chinese) dishes and the jjambbong. i didn't really love the ggangpoong saewoo (deep fried garlic prawns) or the gochoo jabchae (green pepper clear, bean flour noodles). i'm not 100% sure they have either of those on the menu anymore. i'm pretty sure they don't sell them at this santa clara location. they started selling soondae (pork blood, rice sausage) - another one of my most favourite dishes; but i'm not terribly impressed by theirs. i don't want to make up rumours, but i kind of wonder if they just buy it at hangook market and heat it up. hangook market itself sells decent soondae, but i suppose jangtuh soondae should be the place to enjoy soondae in silicon valley's koreatown.
anyway, at the santa clara location, i'd recommend: 1) any kind of jjajangmyuhn - original, gan jjajang (dry sauce), haemool gan jjajang (seafood, dry sauce), maeoon jjajang (spicy), maeoon gan jjajang, ... they're all good! 2) any kind of jjambbong - original, gochoo jjambbong (with jalapeno... i appreciate their efforts in spicing it up, but i'll also dump in extra gochoogaroo), ... and 3) any kind of bokkeumbap (fried rice). you can order a combo of bokkeumbap and jjajang or jjambbong. at the oakland location, they would serve up a mean jjajangbap and put a freshly fried, sunnyside up egg on it. i'm not so sure if they do that these days at the santa clara location. actually, the bokkeumbap dishes make for great meals because they come with jjambbong soup (without the noodles unless you specifically order the combo). uhm, i think the mandoo (goon, jjim, or mool - fried, steamed, or boiled) are fine here; but i tend to go to mandoorang kalgooksoo (dumplings and noodles) down the street for that; and one of my friends insists that the haejanggookjip (seoul soondubu yangpyuhng haejanggook) has the best mandoo in koreatown.
so... i'm going to give the santa clara yeitnal jjajang a pretty good rating. i like that they're open decently late for those "after taekwondo practice" meals. a further plus for you is that our cute doggy is sometimes parked outside. she seems to attract customers. after all, once i was sitting in there with my friends and an ajuhssi (older gentleman) runs in and asks me, "sooni majyuh?" ("that's sooni, right?") dude, i don't even know this guy, and he knows my dog! if you see a bunch of ajuhssi smoking outside of a korean restaurant with a white jindotgae (korean jindo dog) kickin' it with them, yeah... it's probably our sooni. she runs with an odd bunch, but she's very cute. 금요일, 오전 1204a: i can get 50 free prints @ snapfish usin' the ¢oupon ¢ode ENTMTGIFT20. i might hafta use the link www.snapfish.com/entertain08.
[later] 오후: so nelson drafted me to dj @ the superhappyfunhouse halloween party 2morrow nite in hillsborough/burlingame. *sigh* it was a very, very last min thing. our taekwondo p.crew wanted to stay 2gether on halloween nite but many'f'em didn't make it on the guest list 4 the party; so nelson sed he'll cut the owners a deal - our friends can go in if i dj. man... well, i hope it's fun. i gotta say, i feel really low self-esteemed these days cos i feel underequipped. i really wanna upgrade to a serato system asap. i hope next wknd's wedding gig's the last 1 i do w/ my cdj500 setup. i used to feel so proud'f those decks, but now? i feel i can dj 'lot better than those decks make me look like i can. i hate image things, but... :-/ i need to be taken seriously. i saw that @ the vault, altho' the hip hop dj downstairs uses serato, the house dj upstairs uses pioneer cdj1000s. gee... it made me 2nd guess my decision to go 2wards serato. should i reconsider n' head back 2wards the pioneer evolutionary track or else head back to veerin' off to the denon dn.s5500 track?! nah... if i were really a house dj still maybe, but i'm really a top 40 n' hip.hop dj now. *sigh* i dunno... i mean, personally, i do prefer house or 'least "edm" as they call it these days (elektronic dance musik). (i mean edm includes house.) since it's a mixed.race crowd n' not a specifically asian or "minority" crowd @ superhappyfunhouse, i expekt to play 'least a li'l less hip.hop n' a li'l more rock. i figure it's basikally an overgrown frat party, rt?
[later] 저녁 이지만 퇴근 안했어요: promised land - honestly, i have a very unsettled feelin' in my heart these days. i don't feel that great. i feel 'lot'f anxiety, nervousness, some depression, disatisfaktion, jitteriness, n' more anxiety. u c, i feel like things'll get better by 12월 december. i feel like things in my life won't be better until: 1) i get my knee surgery n' 2) the beautiful kaela hwang takes her board exams n' graduates. i feel like, till then, there'll be lots'f stress in my life. however, honestly, there's no cure.all. just cos 12월 december comes n' goes, doesn't mean my life'll be perfekt, i've gotta 'member.
o'er the past few wks, i've been meanin' to say sumpthin' but never get the chance: i've observed in this world, in recent wks, that "sin breeds sin," n' "the devil'll find werk 4 idle hands to do." it sure is 2 bad we live in an imperfekt world, eh? 화요일 오후: dude, 'twas such an eventful wknd, n' i haven't had time to updatechu! *sigh* shall i 1st give the hilites?
on mon, i guess i had to get back into the swing'f things. kaela n' i ate lunch @ pedro's. after werk, i went to the 730p turbo kick box (tkb) class @ the e arques, sunnyvale 24 hour fitness. sach didn't teach; we had a substitute. after that, i came home n' cooked packged 수제비 soojeibi.
[later] pix from the superhappyfunhouse halloween party:
수요일 오후: as u surely know, we had an earthquake last nite in the sf bay area / silikon valley. if this link still werks, then here's the 411/info on that quake:
nc40204328.htm (from usgs.gov). just a li'l while 'go, we had a 2nd, much smaller earthquake. here's the info on that (if the link still werks): nc51189820.htm. i'm glad the usgs uses this low bandwidth style website to ensure that the site doesn't get clogged rt after an earthquake.
cos'f last nite's earthquake, i've pondered gettin' earthquake insurance. however, check out this article that was published (coincidentally) not 2 long 'go: "Earthquake insurance in the Bay Area is expensive, risky business" from 2007년10얼21일 sfgate.com; (printable version).
[later] so durin' last nite's earthquake, i was teachin the black belt class @ u.s. taekwondo akademy. i thought some1 was runnin' on the roof cos o'er the past few wks @ my office, they've been installin' solar panels, so i'm used to hearin' ppl walk on the roof. whwen i realised 'twas an earthquake, i told ppl to duck n' cover, but there wasn't newhere to duck n' cover, so we headed 2wards the door, but then the earthquake finished. [later] not 2 long after that, the black belt class finshed, n' then i taught the coloured belt class. argh, attendance has been down lately! argh! well, after praktice, i went home n' cooked some spam n' frutti di mare pasta sauce w/ baby portobellas n' chantrelles n' multicoloured sweet peppers n' squash to go w/ some nice ravioli. it was much tastier than it sounds! it took a while to make.
[later]밤, 1052p: 4 lunch 2day, the beautiful kaela hwang went to blue mango w/ the entertainment book we didn't get many trick or treaters 2nite. shoot, we have tons'f extra candy. our 1 jack.o.lantern's not very good lookin'! <:-( also, the other non.jack.o.lantern pumpkin... ugh, that was my halloween scare! i cut it open, n' it was full'f green mold! i was totally taken 'back, n' i dropped my knife. <:-o 일요일 오후, 1242pm: how r u? i s'ppose i really shouldn't waste my afternoon 'way writing my stoopid online journal, eh? well, i djed my last wedding'f the yr last nite. i sed earlier that i won't take nemore gigs 4 the rest'f the yr. i'll take this brk to switch out my gear. man, my gear's dyin'! [later] 1252p: yah, even tho' i really shouldn't be wastin' my time rt now writin' a stoopid journal post; i have 'lot to say. i kind'f wish i could video record a vlog (video blog) entry rt now. now that i finished my last dj gig'f the yr, i enter a big, big, big transitional period! i'm gonna switch out my pioneer cdj setup 4 a serato scratch live (ssl) setup, which'll empty out my wallet. more importantly, i'm gonna go in 4 my acl/meniscus (or menisci?) surgery next wk. i have my pre.op apptmnt on thurs, n' then the surgery's next wed. *sigh* crazy, crazy! i'll be out'f aktion after that 4 a while. no taekwondo, no skateboarding, ... no snowboarding! :-( *sigh* it's so strange cos my knee feels great! if u were me n' could feel how my knee feels, u'd be seriously surprised to know that i'm gettin' acl surgery next wk. however, there r those episodes that happen every so often, times when my meniscus flares up. i need to put an end to all that. u know what? this morn, i was skateboarding w/ sooni. i was rollin' down el camino real, underneath the lawrence expwy overpass/underpass (whate'er u call it). i told myself a while 'go that i wanted to ride up the slanted wall'f that concrete strukture; so i did. i rode up, but on my way down, my wheels got caught, n' i took a spill. i fell on both'f my knees. since my left knee had the mcdavid brace (chris's mcdavid brace), it aktually came out ok; but my rt knee ended up bruised up. *sigh* oh, crud. i still hafta unload all my dj equipment now. *sigh* yah, i oughtta be werkin' on that instead'f writin' this stoopid journal entry. *sigh* 2day, i plan to swing by the dj outlet in hayward. i dunno; if the pri¢es r rt; i might go 'head n' buy my complete ssl system 2day. who knows? *sigh*
it's been a bizzy time. i skipped taekwondo praktice on thurs n' grx t3 light on fri to werk on dj stuff. this morn, after skateboarding w/ sooni, i went to grx's 1st service. uhm, when i walked in late, i thought i saw my mom sittin' in the front, so i hurried down n' was 'bout to sit down next to her, but then i realised it wasn't my mom!!! uh, i think it was adrienne. i just know it was some1 much younger than my mom, n' i was a bit embarassed, so i sat on the other side'f the aisle. i dunno... it's just that she was sittin' in the spot in which my mom'd usually sit, n' well... asian black hair, gurl.length... *shrug* what if i'd blurted out, "u'r not my mom!" ha ha ha.
the beautiful kaela hwang's in hayward now takin' her board review. her board exam's next wk. dangit, if i'd thought things thru more carefully, i should've driven up to hayward earlier n' had lunch w/ her n' then gone to the dj outlet. i'm so stoopid. *sigh* yah, 11월 november's a month'f great, great changes'f massive, massive, huge, ginormous proportions: 1) i'll hopefully switch out my dj gear, 2) i'll get my acl surgery, n' 3) kaela'll graduate n' hopefully have her license. *sigh* still... some changes r painful. it's been a freakin' tuff past few wks cos'f kaela's internship thingy (what does she call it 'gain? i 4get. it has a special name.) n' her board exam review classes n' study sessions. dude, it's the final stretch, n' yah... even 4 me (it's all 'bout me, eh? i'm so freakin' egocentrik, but i shouldn't be.), it's a tuff final stretch. *sigh*
i missed icer air yesterday, but i refuse to miss the bay area snow show next wknd.
[later] 108p: shoot! i just checked the dj outlet's website, n' they're not open on sundays! they're only open tues ~ sat, 1100a~800p. *sigh* ok, well... now what? i already did yardwerk: i mowed the front n' backyard lawns. i sprayed weed killer here n' there, pulled weeds here n' there, swept the front patio... *shrug* what should i do? i wish i could go skate, but my knee's messed up. my "good" knee's messed up. *sigh* i guess i should unload my dj equipment.
oh yah! did i mention that i went on thurs nite to play w/ pioneer cdj1000 mk3s @ the guitar center? i think i did. man, they r pretty freakin' kick@$$... i kind'f wish i could upgrade to a cd1000 system, but... 1) my audience wants to c vinyl turntables n' 2) i really need to switch to ssl (serato) cos'f the digital musik file management system. dude, yesterday, i had this awful, awful episode: i burned all the sponsor / family / bridal party intro musik onto cdrws. dude, i didn't know that my pioneer cdj500.iis can't play cdrws! @ the freakin' last min, i had to switch to playin' the songs off the laptop instead. *sigh*
dude, i couldn't find my suit jacket @ the end'f the nite last nite. i asked the kohl mansion staff, but they sed they didn't find it. well, i'll call 'gain 2morrow or so; but... *sigh* 월요일 아침: shoot, it sure feels like a monday. despite gainin' an hr yesterday cos'f the endf daylite saving time... *sigh* it sure has been a hektic morn. so much crud goin' on, u know? can u believe i get my knee surgery next wk? well, shoot... that makes this wk even more hektic. dude, i can't believe i don't have nemore dj gigs 4 the rest'f the yr (since i'm refusin' to take'em cos'f my knee surgery). crazy.
*sigh* imagine if i was just a dj 4 a profession. well, 1st'f all, i can't do that cos'f the health insurance stuff, u know? neway, i was thinkin' more this wknd 'bout how i really don't like how the wedding industry gouges n' exploits young brides n' grooms. geez, can i say sumpthin'? in a way, i wanna say this: if u can, avoid hirin' ne traditional wedding vendors! make use'f ur friends n'a ll ur hookups. lemme elaborate - i've had very few good experiences w/ wedding planners/coordinators. i have had a few good experiences w/ wedding planners/coordinators, but very few. now, i'm not just talkin' from my pt'f view as a dj, but i find that they rn't very good 4 the bride n' groom either! most traditional wedding planners/coordinators don't appear to have the bride n' groom's best interests in mind. instead, they cm to want weddings to fit their own idea'f what a wedding should be like. lemme tell u, i've cn 2 many times cases where traditional wedding planners/coordinators don't understand or respekt cultural tradations. they complain when the bride n/or groom has to change into traditional, cultural attire. they don't respekt family traditions like when relatives want to do traditional cultural activities. 2 often, traditional wedding planners/coordinators only think 'bout: 1) let's push the skedule faster so i can get out'f here -- i don't care if it doesn't make sense n' the cake comes out while the guests r still eating dinner or if the dj has'ta start the dancing while guests r still eating dinner -- they often figure 1nce the dj starts, they can sit back n' relax... 2) lemme support my own netwerk'f wedding vendor cronies whether they're ne good or not. lemme tell u, if u really want to use a wedding planner/coordinator; then talk to me, n' i'll dig thru my notes to find u a good 1. [later] lemme tell u; seriously, the best wedding "vendors" (4 the most part) r the 1s that do it part.time / on.the.side n' r ur friends (or 'least friends'f friends); ppl who understand u.
*sigh* my thoracic area hurts... on my rt side. *sigh* it's been like that 4 a couple'f weeks now. i've had a bad, bad diet lately. i just eat whatever crud i find in the fridge cos if the beautiful kaela hwang's always off studyin', then i figure it's not worth eatin' good stuff by myself, u know? i'm not that kind'f guy.
[later] 오후: 2day, kaela n' i had lunch @ sweet tomatoes. it was good fud, but they didn't have much fruit. we used to like fresh choice better than sweet tomatoes, but in sunnyvale, the sweet tomatoes gets much more bizness, so the fud stays fresher; it cms. it's not as warm 2day as i expekted. i oughtta check weather.com, huh? last wednesday, on halloween, we didn't get nearly as many trick.or.treaters as i expekted. i wondered if it was cos'f the colder weather. *shrug* i also wondered if kids went trick.or.treating @ santana row or sumpthin'. what happened? we have all this leftover candy now. i've gotta get that crud out'f our house. ah, weather.com sez it might rain on sat; 30% chance. 'f course, this wknd's the bay area snow show. last yr, it rained on the day kaela n' i went to the bay area snow show. this yr, kaela'll be in l.a. durin' the show, takin' her chiropraktic board exam. 화요일 아침: as i've sed b4, 11월 november (novembre)'s a month'f big, big, big change 4 me. ...well, 4 our household. 1) i'll be gettin' my knee surgery next wk. 2) i'll be upgradin' my dj gear. 3) the beautiful kaela hwang'll be takin' the 4th n' final part'f her nat'l chiropraktic board exam @ the end'f this wk n'll be graduatin' @ the end'f this month.
kaela n' i watched sweet november 2gether a long time 'go. i guess the movie came out in 2001. when i search thru my 2001 archive, i guess we watched it on 토요일 2001년02월24일 (samedi, 24 fevrier, 2001). it was not a great movie. keanu reeves isn't a great aktor, but i still like his movies, in gen'l. maybe cos i find it amusing that he started off w/ bill n' ted's excellent adventures n' went on to do the matrix series. i also like charlize theron's movies. however, wow... the 2'f them were indeed pretty awful in sweet november. didju read the wiki spoiler article? it sed, "Due to its poor reception by critics the film was nominated for Worst Remake or Sequel and both Reeves and Theron nominated for Worst Actor and Worst Actress (respectively) at the 2001 Golden Raspberry Awards." crazy, huh? when i was a kid, my best friend @ the time n' i went to oakridge mall's movie theatre to watch ishtar. that's 1 infamously bad movie. neway, sweet november was a bad movie, but i kind'f feel it's an appropriate title 4 my entry 2day in many ways. so... to spoil the movie 4 u, lemme tell u 'least this much - it's 'bout an uptight biznessman keanu reeves n' how this hippiechick charlize theron tells him to spend the month'f november w/ him so that she can teach him to enjoi life etc. well, w/ my surgery 8 days 'way, i've got things to think 'bout. what do i wanna do w/ my last days w/ 2 legs? i want to skate more, but i banged up my rt knee (my "good" knee on sunday morn). i did go to sach's 730p turbo kick box (tkb) class @ the e arques, sunnyvale 24 hr fitness last nite n' told him n' celia that i'm in my last 3 classes. it's just wednesday n' then hopefully next monday, n' that's it. so... i'll be kind'f disabled 4 a while after my surgery, rt? 4 how long? *shrug* what i hear's that i'll have a 4~8.month period'f not doin' aktive aktivities like taekwondo n' skateboarding n' snowboarding. however, my surgeon sed that he had a patient that was walkin' like normal after 10 days. well, walkin's not the same thing as goin' snowboarding or doin' taekwondo. *sigh* i wonder when i'll next be able to skate. that's important to me n' sooni. however, i shouldn't push it. *sigh* the idea'f not bein' able to skate 4 a while's really frustratin' me. i'll need to focus on other things. *sigh* well, heck; that's part'f why upgradin' my dj equipment's so important now, eh? *sigh* 2 bad i'll be @ the bay area snow show on sat instead'f the dj outlet in hayward! it makes no sense, eh? i also need to get a good laptop. should i 1) buy a brand spakin' new, super duper macbook pro? or 2) pay an overpri¢ed amt to get kaela's "old," outdated vaio laptop's screen repaired? i'll bet a shop'd charge like $500 to repair that sucker. *sigh* weveral wks 'go, when the usta taekwondo p.crew was @ 토방 tobang; n' as we were leavin', i noticed a very simplistik, posted ad 4 'puter repair, so i ripped off 1'f the tabs w/ the fon nombre. *sigh* i dunno where i put that. i've been lookin' online 2 4 some place that'll do it. *sigh* i dunno.
[later] 오후: plz keep in mind that my blood pressure has risen 'lot in the past yr. i'm obviously under 2 much stress, so i ned to chill, to relax. *sigh* i went to cupertino to have lunch w/ kaela, but i had to wait a long time 4 her to come out'f her office. we went to whole fuds (whole pay¢he¢k!!!) 4 lunch. i opted 4 the lunch by the lb option: so much variety! well, @ $7.99 a lb, my lunch plate + a fragant, bottled lo.fat chai was over $16!!! insane! i was very full tho'. i ate 'lot'f chicken. i s'ppose chicken's very heavy. i needed to get some protein in my body. lately, all i've been eating's hummus n' bread! all last wk, i ate hummus n' bread, hummus n' bread, hummus n' bread! last nite, kaela didn't come home till late, so i dug thru the fridge n' grilled up some marinated turbot fish from trader joe's. however, i couldn't find nethin' else to eat w/ it, so i ate it w/ hummus n' bread. i laffin' deliriously when i realised that i had to eat yet 'nother meal'f hummus n' bread. @ least it's whole grain bread! *sigh* i miss havin' east asian meals. whate'er happened to steamed rice?! *sigh*
*breath* so what else's up? *shrug* yah, cos'f all this stress n' the adrenaline rushes, now that it's november, my body's crashing. i sure feel like i don't have 'lot'f energy these days. daylite saving time has now ended. i oughtta wake up earlier. i do wake up a li'l earlier, but not 'nuff earlier.
i missed icer air on sat cos i was djing that wedding. however, i plan on attendin' the bay area snow show this saturday. i'm pretty sure 'lot'f our friends r goin' w/ me. [later] cos i missed icer air this yr, i didn't get to watch talib kweli. a while 'go, i dled his latest album from bronx's junkyard, n' i heard 1'f his tunes playin' from my lg chocolate as i woke up this morn. i liked it. the wiki article classifies his musik as "alternative hip hop." it sez that he n' fellow rapper mos def run some place called "nikiru center for education and culture" in new york. wow, interesting guy. furthermore, he was born on 1975년10월03일, so he's the same age as me: 32살. crazy, eh? us young 30.sumpthingers, we're a special generation, rn't we? ha ha ha, i guess i'd like to think so. *sigh*
this morn, i read in the 2007년12월 issue (vol 17, no. 4)'f skateboarder magazine an interview w/ pro skateboarder rick mccrank. i didn't know much 'bout this guy, but i found some'f the things he sed to be really kewl:
"i never had a conscious reason why i've never done drugs or drank. as i got older, i started thinking about it. when i was younger and kids started to get into drinking and all that $#!+, i was scared of it, like, 'that's kind of not good.' and i was always just skating; they wanted to go party, but i wanted to keep skating. now i'm 31 years old -- i'm gonna start drinking? why? that's not gonna help my life."
"i've just discovered that water is the secret to life and longevity in skateboarding. obviously, yoga and stretching help too. but i just went on tour and i only drank water, more than i could even bear to drink. i was realizing that when i do get sore, it's not just from stair jumping; it's from dehydration. i sweat like crazy when i skate. i just felt like i needed to drink more and i could feel the difference it made. marc johnson does it too. he always has a beverage with him. i think it helps." wise wurds, man! 'ccordin' to the wiki, he's sponsored by girl skateboards (like eric koston), és footwear, matix, nixon, n' anti-social skatehop. however, who's his truck sponsor? he doesn't have 1? he co.owns momentum wheels, 'ccording to the wiki, but what 'bout trucks? [later] eh, i dunno why i care what brand'f whatnot ne pro rides. it cms so immature. then 'gain, i'm really immature.
[later] 밤, 1156p: after werk, i went to taekwondo praktice n' then taught the coloured belt class. after that, i came home n' ate some sirloin roast thingy that kaela got from trader joe's. wow, so much meat1 i personally like the beef, but kaela found it 2 meaty. ib4 2day, i really hadn't been eatin' much meat. well, on sun nite, kaela n' i drov eup to san leandro 4 toby's b.day party, n' i had this really good roasted chicken on soft polenta there. kaela had a salmon dish. we were @ vila cereja (1045 mac arthurt blvd; san leandro, ca 94577; fon: 510.562.3916). 수요일 아침: 7, 11, 7... don't 4get that every so often i mention this ol' early 1990s "depeche mode wannabe" synthpop group called 7 red 7. i had the cassette single'f their 1 song that got radio play. however, i'm sure i don't have it nemore. i wonder if ken bought the cd single back then. it was a bit cold this morn. i took sooni 4 a short walk on skateboard but not a long walk. i dunno... it was partially cos'f the chilly weather n' partially cos my rt knee still hurts from my fall on sun morn when i rode up the side'f the lawrence expressway overpass [later] a couple'f wks 'go, i bought a couple'f feist cds on lala.com.
[later] 오후: durin' lunch, i picked upthe beautiful kaela hwang<, n' we ate @ chelokebabi. service was unusually slow, but the fud was still good. kaela ordered the ghaymeh, and i had the
joojeh kebabs. then we swung by trader joe's so that kaela could return some vitamins that she decided she didn't want. we also bought some gro¢eries including some carnitas that we sampled. mmmm.... good stuff. i just wish it were healthier.
"hey there delilah, i know times are getting hard; *sigh* honestly, when i hear those lyrics -- not to be mr. ultrasensitive emo boy, but -- i almost get tearyeyed. u know why? it's cos i empathise. that's all a guy really wants to do. that's how our brains r wired. a man wants to find that 1 special gurl n' provide 4 her.
nelson sent out this article that is aktually relevant to married couples more than ne1 else. however, men n' women whether married or unmarried ought to read it to understand fully the posi+ive as well as negative results'f the 1960s' s3xual revolution: "Why women must learn to say yes in the bedroom, says leading female therapist." it's from a british publikation, so it must be good, rt?
목요일 저녁이지만 아직도 퇴근 안했어요: i had my pre.op apptmnt w/ my os (orthopaedik surgeon) 2day. after that, i ate lunch w/ the beautiful kaela hwang @ the cupertino village 99 ranch mall's guandong northern chinese restaurant. then i drove kaela to the san josé mineta int'l aeroport 4 her flight down to lax 4 pt 4'f her nat'l chiropraktic board exam. [later] b4 i went to the hospital, we had to swing by the bank to xfer $$$ from kaela's acct to mine cos i accidentally paid this month's mortgage 2ice! well, 'least i don't need to pay mortgage next month, but i sure hope i don't 4get to pay in 2008년01월 january. *sigh* i have 'lot'f bills to pay @ the end'f the yr. do i need a smog check this yr? 금요일 오후: wow, i can't believe it's fri afternoon already. *sigh* the wknd'll come n' go. then the 1st 0.5'f next wk'll come n' go. then, i'll be on crutches, rt? my acl/menisci surgery's next wed. my arrival time @ the dept'f orthopaedik surgery's 1115a. aktually, i don't go to the dept'f orthopaedik surgery; i go to the dept'f ambulatory surgery, i think. what's gonna happen? what'll life be like after next wed?! *sigh* god only knows. only god knows. i prefer the latter statement o'er the 4mer. god's in control. to say god "only knows" makes it sound like god knows but isn't in control, while other ppl know as well as r in control. "only god" knows better describes the truth that no 1 but god knows what life'll be like. [later] yesterday, @ my pre.op apptmnt, dr. sanghvi (my o.s. - orthopaedik surgeon) told me to think 'bout what i want to eat 4 dinner after the surgery, i.e. during the surgery... cos ppl who optimistikally think 'bout life after surgery'll do better n' heal faster, etc. well, yah... what do i want 4 dinner after the surgery. i imagine 1'f 2 things: 짬뽕 jjambbong from 옛날 짜장 yeitnal jjajang or 해장국 haejanggook from 서울 곰탕 seoul gomtang. dude, u know what? 4 some reason, lately, i've been eatin' 2 much fatt'nin' fud n' not exercisin' 'nuff. i really wish i could've gone to the sunnyvale skate park 2day. [just a li'l later] not to get whiny, but the hekticness'f the past few months cm to have left me as an emotional mess @ this pt in the yr. i feel really jittery n' anxious. i feel like my mind n' heart r a mess. i feel like things r tangled n' jumbled up. just now i wondered, "if i were to die 2day, who would cry? who would be glad to c me gone? who would be indifferent?" i've ingested 2 much sugar 2day. the company gave us free 40th b.day cake 4 our company's b.day. also, our division had our 0.25ly clean.up day, so they gave us cookies, brownies, n' nice cheeses w/ crackers n' drinks. i had a couple'f cups'f decaf coffee n' some cheese n' crackers, 0.5 a chocolate walnut cookie, n' 0.333'f a brownie. in a few mins, i'll have a grp mtg that'll prob'ly have more fud n' sweets. [later] i'm sure this sugar rush's messin' w/ my emotions. i had 2 much sugar durin' halloween wk. then i switched to eatin' 2 much protein this wk. however, 2day i had 2 much sugar 'gain cos'f all these free dessert_items@werk.com. while the beautiful kaela hwang's in l.a. 2day, i'm skateboarding n' bussing to the bay area snow show. it's my last wknd on 2 legs, so i'm makin' the most'f it. i skated w/ sooni n' then @ the sunnyvale skate park. this is how i'm going out, w/ a big bang! 일요일 아침, 1105a: i'm @ the san josé mineta aeroport, waitin' near the guadalupe crk park 4 the beautiful kaela hwang to arrive from lax on southwest aerolines. can u believe that my knee surgery's comin' up?! 2007.11.14... how shall i spend my last days? well, i oughtta live vicariously n' suck the marrow outta life, rt? *shrug* well, i should just live the life that god intended 4 me. however, we've gotta redefine "the straight n' narrow." living out god's will doesn't mean the same 4 every1. it doesn't mean living a "stable" life, "settlin' down," n' raising obedient, smart kids; not 4 every1. 4 some, not every1. i skateboarded to the bay area snow show yesterday, n' that's the kind'f stuff i need to do more'f in the future.
[later] 오후, 331p: well, i picked kaela up from the aeroport. i had big hopes 4 a fun day out, especially since i fell asleep 'round 1000p last nite n' woke up late 'round 900a 2day; but kaela was 4 tired from post.exam partyin' in l.a. w/ her classmates. we went to the valley fair cheesecake faktory 4 an oversized lunch. i'd thought we would go $hop afterwards, but kaela passed out on a bench outside'f the gap. it was 2 embarrassing, so i brought her home. by myself, i rode my bike out to kohl's to use a free $10 gift card that came in the mail. then, i went to orchard supply hardware to make myself a copy'f the 태권도장 열쇠 taekwondojang yuhlswe (key). now, i'm back home. i wanna go skate (skateboard), but my body's 2 full'f lunch n' groggy @ the same time.
[later] 저녁, 538p: i skateboarded w/ sooni - on 1'f the longer'f our regular routes. then, i did yardwerk. u know what? i think i might be sick. i feel i have an elektolyte imbalance. do i maybe have fud poisoning'f some sort? i sure don't feel like eatin' dinner. 월요일 아침, 807a: i'm gettin' ready to start my day, drinkin' a homemade smoothie n' wonderin' what i should put on my list'f things to do while i'm bed.ridden n' couch.ridden' o'er the next wk or so. [later] ugh, ever since sat nite, comin' home from the snow show n' dinner @ da hukilau w/ clarence, i've had stomach flu / gastroenteritis. i feel horrible. [later] here's an interesting wiki article: "street fighter series" (video game series)
[later] 오후: well, durin' my lunchbrk, i went to ¢0$+¢0 to buy gas (*sigh* gas's so expen$ive) n' then picked up the beautiful kaela hwang to lunch w/ her @ 만두랑 칼국수 mandoorang kalgooksoo. the 주인 아줌마 jooin ajoomma (lady who owns the restaurant) always sez how much she misses us n' sooni, but she doesn't realise that her other employees rn't as nice to us or sooni. the other 아줌마 ajoomma there r really surprisingly snooty! i bet they have rich husbands. i can tell they hate werkin' service jobs; they prob'ly 'specially hate werkin' in fud service. *sigh* well, i still like the restaurant n' the owners. kaela n' i shared an order'f 웨일 빙 칼국수 (well.being kalgooksoo) n' 소고기 만두 sogogi mandoo. after lunch, i dropped kaela off @ home n' tried to visit the bank to xfer $$$ btween 'ccounts, but they were closed cos'f observed veterans day. d'oh! i hope i can do the xfer 2morrow!
[later] ugh, this gastroenteritis's really makin' my day tuff! *sigh* i feel cold n' shivery. [later] knight in shining armour - shivery. 썰렁 썰렁 ssuhlruhng ssuhlruhng... ugh, seriously, i don't like this gastroenteritis! i dislike gastroenteritis.
this morn, i did take sooni 4 a walk on skateboard even tho' i did not make it out to the sunnyvale skate park 4 1 last morn skate sesh (morning skateboarding session). *sigh* it may very well be that saturday's skate sesh @ the sunnyvale skate park was my last 4 a long while. *sigh* i can't complain. god has blessed me w/ some good times; fun times!
tahoe tessie: didju hear 'bout the surfer who was @ marina beach (somewhere in nor*cal) n' got attacked by a shark but was defended by a group'f dolphin? that's an amazing story. dolphins r good. ('pparently, marina state park's near monterey.) i saw this story on the tv news a couple'f times. neway, what would be the equivalent 4 snowboarders? maybe it'd be if the abominable snowman attacked 1'f us, but cute, fuzzy squirrels came to our rescue. a long time 'go (almost a decade 'go now), s.mike used to joke 'bout a loch ness monster in lake tahoe. well, i just did a quick, quick google n' found that there is folklore 'bout such a monster - "tahoe tessie." hrm, now that i read that name, i feel like i'd read it b4. :-/ maybe i already knew 'bout tahoe tessie. *shrug* otherwise, maybe i just have an inflated sense'f self.esteem. ha ha ha. here's a website that uses a cute tahoe tessie mascot: "tahoe's best." has a snowboarder ever been attacked by a bear? *shrug* now what'd be the equivalent 4 a skateboarder? *shrug* maybe if rent.a.cop came n' beat him up, but a pack'f ferrell dogs came to his rescue. ha ha ha. well, seriously we're not all scofflaws. howe'ever, i'm not sure if i broke the law by skateboarding to the bay area snow show thru downtown cos i know some areas'f downtown san jo r "no skateboarding zones." however, i didn't c ne signs, so... *shrug* i read a long time 'go, that as long as u keep moving, the cops don't care. they just don't wantchu to session a spot, but i did pass a crew'f asian kids that were sessionin' a bench or planter by the tech museum n' the civic center. it was really kewl cos even tho' 2 often ppl think'f boardsports as bein' primarily 4 white guys, on my way on skateboard to the bus stop on sat, i passed by this 1 house, where these 2 30.sumpthin' asian dudes were teachin' their daughters to skate... well, the guys had skateboard, but the gurls had razor scooters, i guess. i gave'em a nod n' a "what's up" cos it's nice so randomly cross paths w/ some other old guy asian skaters. yah, then as i passed the tech museum, i saw those asian kids. well, that's kewl. ppl often don't 'member how much influence both asian n' latino/chicano skaters had in skateboarding's history. pacific islanders invented surfing, but i aktually heard 'twas a white man who 1st stood up on a surfboard. is that true? *shrug* well, not that it matters that much, but let's check this site - surfing for life - "history of surfing." "Although Tahitians are said to have occasionally stood on their boards, the art of surfing upright on long boards was certainly perfected if not invented in Hawai'i." wow, aktually, this is a very detailed, very well.written article. i think i also read the following quote in the wiki article: "Chiefs demonstrated their mastery by their skill in the surf, and commoners made themselves famous (and infamous) by the way they handled themselves in the ocean." that's a very quaint image. why can't more disputes or conflikts be settled w/ surf, skate, or snowboarding contests?! is that an odd thing 4 a martial artist to say? *shrug* well, no... martial arts should be 'bout conflikt but conflikt resolution - or better yet avoidance, rt? creating conflikt? no, that's not martial arts. just as many taekwondo masters end up loving golf, well... that's how i feel 'bout boardsports, u know? [later] neway, yah, this's a really engaging article. check this out:
"Freeth [an irish/hawai.ian friend'f jack london] was asked to put on a demonstration of wave-riding in southern California to promote the Redondo-Los Angeles Railway. Freeth accepted the invitation and earned the title of The First Man to Surf in California. . . However, that title wasn't exactly true. As early as 1885, three Hawaiian princes visiting Santa Cruz, California from a military academy in San Mateo were reported to have ridden waves at the San Lorenzo Rivermouth on boards shaped from local redwood. Earlier than that, in Two Years Before the Mast, Richard Henry Dana described Hawaiian crews on sailing vessels along the California coast in 1835. Dana tells one story of the Hawaiians gliding through a Santa Barbara shorebreak in their longboat without a hitch, then laughing from shore as the haole boat crew of easterners failed miserably at the same landing. You have to wonder about the Hawaiian boat crews in California in the early 1800s and throughout the century. A surfer is a surfer and a wave is a wave. It's hard to imagine anyone who has ridden a wave passing perfect Rincon or Malibu and not stopping to catch a few. Who knows how many surfers rode waves in California, but the Hawaiian princes were the first to be recorded and George Freeth was the first to become famous as a surfer." it's great to read 'bout californian boardsports history! [later] oic (oh i c), surfing for life was a pbs dokumentary in 2001년. well, i've surfed all but 1 time (somehow that statement w/ its awkward grammar translates to "i've surfed only 1nce), so my interest in surfing history's mostly cos surfing's the predecessor to skateboarding n' snowboarding.
when i was growin' up in the early 1980s, kids were fascinated w/ ancient archaeology stuff presented in media pieces like raiders of the lost ark. 1 term i heard now n' then was "the riddle of the sphinx." when i wiki up that term, i end up at this page - "riddle of the sphinx." that page lists a few links, including a yet.to.be.made wiki page on a 1982 video game called the riddle of the sphinx. i think, as kids in the early 1980s, we saw television commercials 4 that video game, n' it got us riled up. did i own that video game? honestly, i don't 'membe, but maybe. the wiki article also refers to sumpthin' i 'member well from my childhood. i 'member very well that my sister told me that the riddle'f the sphinx is "what animal walks on four legs in the morning, two legs in the afternoon, and three legs in the evening?" i 'member well that the answer is "man - babies crawl on two legs, adults walk on two, and elderly people walk on two legs with a cane." here's 'xaktly what the wiki sez "The famous riddle asked by the Greek Sphinx: 'Which creature in the morning goes on four feet, at noon on two, and in the evening upon three?'" 1 can click on a link there to get to this passage on 'nother wiki page: "sphinx - greek sphinx." 1 can also check out the wiki article on "riddle."
[later] 저녁이지만 아직도 퇴근 안했어요: a few months 'go, i was tellin' this 1 dude @ the sunnyvale skate park 'bout my acl injury. i'm not 2 sure 'bout his name, but he has a son n' a daughter that often skate @ the skate park w/ him; n' his son's name's parker. i think the dude's name might be "mike," but that's a common name. neway, when i told him that i tore my acl, he sed sumpthin' like, 'yeah, we have those all over the place, i guess. i tore the acl in my shoulder a few years back.' usin' wiki, i discovered that what he meant was that he tore his ac joint - his acromioclavicular joint. i heard the term sometime on saturday @ the bay area snow show. i 4get to whom i was speakin', but i mentioned that i tore my acl, n' this guy (i 4get who) sed he had torn the "ac joint" in his shoulder. so this dude knew 'xaktly what he was talkin' 'bout n' wasn't confused. aktually, i'm not sure if ppl tear or dislocate their ac joints.
i'm eatin' animal crackers that i bought from the werk.com vending machine cos i think these'll mellow out my gastroenteritis.
decaffeinated lipton tea n' animal crackers... 화요일 오후: 2morrow's my acl/menisci surgery. all nite, last nite, i was sufferin' from that enteritis. *sigh* i woke up @ 313a in so much pain. i tried to drink lots'f h2o. i felt like i had a fever. last nite, i went to sach's 730p turbo kickboxing (tkb) class @ the e arques sunnyvale 24 hour fitness 4 the last time in a long time. the beautiful kaela hwang also went. cos'f my stomachache, i didn't go as intense, but i still got good exercise. afterwards, kaela n' i ate some leftovers, but i guess they irritated my bowels cos i was in so much pain later, u know? 밤, 753p: well, i've been home from my surgery 4 a while now. 4 the most part, i've been lyin' down on the couch w/ my immobolised leg elevated. so.. the surgeon grafted in a new acl (achilles tendon cadaver graft) n' stitched my medial meniscus. however, he sed he wasn't able to save my lateral meniscus n' had to cut it 'way... i've been jokingly sayin' that he "amputated" it. i'm still decently numb from the anesthesia, but a li'l while 'go i just started to feel the external stitches from the arthroscopy. it was really kewl that our friend john choi was the pa (physician's assistant). [later] 824p: so... i don't 'member much from my surgery cos'f the gen'l anesthesia, but... i 'member bein' wheeled off on a gurney n' tellin' the staff, "hey, this is like bein' @ disneyland!"
[later] 900p: well, i've been on the couch all evenin'. the beautiful kaela hwang went to sach's 700p turbo kick box (tkb) class @ the fremont ave, sunnyvale 24 hr fitness. then she bought some gro¢eries from 한국 마켓 hangook market. ah, i wish i could've gone to 한국 마켓 hangook market. i miss goin' there more often. oh yah, while i was chillin' on the couch, i saw that ch 38 kcns's playin the mandarin.dubbed version'f 커키 프린스 1호점 kuhpi peurinseu ilhojuhm (the coffee prince first shop). i wanna rent the korean version.
[later] 914p: i've been thinkin'f things i should do while i'm bed/couch.ridden:
오전, 320a: i'm still up. i fell asleep 4 a li'l like from 1145p~200a. i guess i'm not tired cos i was asleep durin' the surgery, rt? i've been online, postin' on forums n' readin' random websites 'bout knee surgery n' boardsports. i didn't know that achilles tendon allografts 4 acl reconstruktion rn't that common. well, no... i mean, that's what 1 guy sed @ the knee1.com forums. aktually, he just sed that mine was the 1st 1 that he'd read 'bout on the forums since he joined, but he's been 'round 4 a long time; or i think he has. neway, yah... i s'ppose patellar tendon allografts r maybe more common. wow. neway, the dude sed that carson palmer has 1. i didn't know who carson palmer is, but i looked him up n' realised he's the qb 4 the cincinnati bengals. oh, ok. i watched pro skateboarder danny way's knee surgery video. here are some links to random stuff i've been watchin' n' readin' online just now:
gee, it's 345a; n' the anesthesia's def'ly wearin' out! i'm startin' to feel the pain in my knee!
[later] 점심/오후, 1212p: i'm watching the chronicles of riddick series on dvd cos my cowerker loaned me the dvd box set. i didn't know it was part anime. if u join netflix [later] 346p: so i finished watching the chronicles of riddick series. well... uh, it was ok; but some parts... i dunno... they were maybe a bit 2 dramatik? but then 'gain, that's why it can be part anime, rt? :-/ when i watch anime, i hafta sort'f put myself in that world, u know? *breath* yah, i dunno. @ the beginnin', the series kind'f reminded me'f the alien(s) series. i found out on wiki that vin diesel's totally into dungeons & dragons. that's funny. well, hey... i'm into that stuff now n' then 2. i was into it 'lot in my younger days. these days, i stay 'way from it cos i know it's addikting. like, when i had some ultima game on my palm, i sort'f got addikted to it. neway, from the vin diesel wiki, i eventually surfed my way to fast and the furious pages on imdb.com. there, i followed justin lin to some new movie called finishing the game: the search for a new bruce lee. u know what's funny? check out this pic:
pic from finishing the game. that pic reminds me'f that pic i took w/ the guys from the cal taekwondo demo team back in like 1998 or 1999 4 the s.f. chronicle, the goofy pic that ended up on the front page'f that multi.page article. like, we did all sorts'f amazing demo kicks, breaks, etc.; yet the big pic they put up is'f us guys'f the team goofin' off n' posin' as rockettes!!! oh, here's the link to the article, but w/o the pics: "Martial Arts Hit Milestone In Berkeley"
wow, i spent soooo much'f the day on the couch! sooni's so disappointed. she didn't get a walk this morn. i'm tryin' to take minimal pills, so the feelin' returned to my knee earlier this afternoon, n' it was a bit painful, but i just tried to watch the movie n' not think 'bout it. mind o'er body, u know? i haven't broken the seal on the bottle'f vicodin, n' i plan not to. howe'er, i guess i've been followin' the naproxen prescription, takin' 1 2ice a day. i took 1 last nite n' 1 this morn. i guess i'll take 'nother 2nite. howe'er, gee... i hope if i take 1 naproxen it doesn't hurt really bad 'gain when it wears off, etc. i know i need to take some pills to bring down swellin', but i prefer not to take pills 4 pain relief.
[later] 밤, 812p: did i mention that our friend hannah stopped by to gimme lunch n' an ice pack? that was so nice'f her.
well, eventually, the beautiful kaela hwang, n' eventually we both took sooni 4 a walk, a very short walk in terms'f distance (just 'round the block) but a not so short walk in terms'f time. it took me a while to get 'round the block on crutches, u know? pretty sick'f watchin' the boob tube n' surfin' the net. i feel unfocused, like i really need to accomplish some goals. uhm, shouldn't i 'least read a book, 1'f the books that i've owned 4 a while but haven't finished readin'? i sed i had some compositions to write like articles 4 keno's holiday arf! etc. oh! i should start playin' guitar 'gain! yah, no doubt! i mean... w/o doubt... but, yah, i should also play some no doubt on the guitar.
can u believe u can buy a 8gb sd card 4 $58.39 including s&h?! i saw it on spoofee. oh kewl, they now have
spoofriday.com 4 black fri! *sigh* i dunno how t.giving n' black fri'll be this yr. kaela's graduation's the wk after that, n' she's just thinkin' 'bout what to do 'bout that, so well... our plans 4 next wk rn't much so far. yah, her parents r comin' o'er, n' i assumer her bro 2. however, i know she wants to have some wild partyin' w/ her classmates 2. so... well, i mean, she's ptin' out that it's hard to have both @ 1nce, but... *shrug* dude, did i have some wild partyin' after my grad skool graduation? :-? nah, after dinner, we just went to 포인트 point to drink a li'l bier n' have some more fud. oh yah, aktually, earlier a diff group went out to blowfish sushi 4 some cocktails, but it certainly wasn't 2 much. after all, these rn't hi skool graduations n' not even undergrad college graduations! *sigh* gee... these past few wks've been ruff wks 'round here; lemme tell u! *sigh* our house's a complete mess even tho' we've hired a housekeeping service. what the heck?! there's still a big suitcase full'f clothes next to the kitchen table from kaela's trip to l.a. last wknd. i always feel like we've gotta clean up the house b4 the housekeeper gets here cos it's so embarrassing. :-( even tho' i prob'ly should stay off my healing knee, i was cleanin' up yesterday nite since kaela complained that she had to cook dinner n' all. oh well; i do feel pretty useless n' restless, lyin' on the couch. :-( life was gettin' 'lot better a while 'go cos kaela wasn't takin' many classes n' had a more open skedule, so we got to hang out more. but i dunno... now that she's werkin' @ the cupertino clinik, her skedule's all messed up 'gain, it cms. i don't get it. her hrs r all messed up. it's like an awful final leg'f a race or sumpthin'; i dunno... but it's really awful. it's like i just want 11월 november to end. rt now, kaela's sleepin' in bed. she came home n' complained that she had a bad headache n' just wanted to lie on the couch. then, we went 4 that short walk, but she couldn't handle the headache after that, so... yah. *sigh* yah, i feel like i just want 11월 november to end.
it was s'pposed to rain this wk, but it looks like the rain missed us here in the bay area. in fakt, it was s'pposed to start rainin' on mon or tues nite, but that never happened. then, there was a s'pposed to be a brk on wed. wed (my surgery day, yesterday) was a perfektly blue.skyed, sunny, warm day. heh, in a way, 'twas a bad day to be cooped up inside, havin' surgery or
per4min' surgery, eh? ha ha. well, it was still blue.skyed 2day, but kaela complained that it was cold. i wouldn't've really known. i was barely outside, just a 4 a short while 'round noon to retrieve the mail on crutches. i was tempted to go chat w/ our next door neighbour barry who had dual hip resurfacin' w/ kaiser earlier this yr. he's a kewl guy, n' i've been tellin' him 4 a while now that i was gonna get this knee surgery, so i kind'f wanted to show him that i finally did it. howe'er, i... *shrug* was anti.social, n' i guess i wanted to stay out'f the sun's damagin', evil rays, etc. vitamin d, my @$$! that's such b$! oh, ¢r@p! i just saw my ¢redit ¢ard bill! shoot, kaela $pent $o much @ whole fud$ w/ my ¢redit ¢ard this month! uh oh! shoot... now, that she's werkin' in cupertino, she goes to whole fud$ 4 lunch all the time, but yah... it ain't ¢heap by ne means!
[later] 929p: yah, this isn't a really happy time in my life... i had much happier times earlier this yr like durin' the grx london trip that kaela n' i took 2gether or skateboarding w/ kaela in the sunnyvale skate park... yah, i guess i can't do that rt now, eh? well, hey! i've had worse times this yr: 'least i'm on the rt rd to recovery now. when i 1st hurt myself, man... that was worse than this. i had a bizzy day the next day. i had to rush out'f church n' sit in some applied kinesiology seminar that kaela was in, where the guru up front cmed to be very, very annoyed that an unknown guy on crutches was in the back n' yet even more annoyed when kaela's friend asked him to bring me up to the front n' heal me. ugh; that was awkward. i didn't take ne time off werk 4 the initial injury; went rt back to werk. i had to get off crutches by the end'f wk cos kaela n' i flew down to socal 4 her cousin's wedding. 'member? the kewl part'f that was findin' out that the unknown greek groom dude produces skateboard videos. well... hey, it's been a yr! ha ha ha. yah, i'll hafta sum up this yr soon n' make my list'f top events'f 2007년. dude, can u believe that 2007년's almost over?! :-o what a yr, eh? what can i say?! yah, my knee injury... wow, it consumed so much'f this yr. i wanna put the grx london trip as the #1 event, but... uhm, i've gotta admit that that consumed less'f this yr than my knee injury. :-( still... if i were to focus more on which was a better experience? heh heh... no competition, eh? :-) 금요일 오후, 136p: how r u? i haven't showered since tues nite. :-) i'm nasty! :-) yay! :-D X-) neway, sometime recently, on facebook, i added the skiers v. snowboarders app. do u know it? u should add it. it's like pirates v. ninjas. these r "battle apps." i'm not 2 much 1 4 these violent rivalries, but oh well... so... the objekt'f these games's to recruit ur friends to be on ur team either ninjas or pirates in pirates v. ninjas or snowboarders or skiers in skiers v. snowboarders. then, u fight members'f the other team in a dungeons & dragons way: the 'puter rolls dice. it's kind'f lame but kind'f addikting... just like fantasy rpgs (role playing games), eh? neway, i feel a li'l bad 'bout these violent rivalries cos i like to promote unity 'mongst snowboarders n' skiers, 'specially as the forum admin 4 snowbomb, u know? howe'er, sure i'm proud to be a snowboarder. like, if they had a stanfurd v. cal app, then yah... 'f course i'd join the rt team. hey... why's it that pirates r listed b4 ninjas in pirates v. ninjas n' skiers r listed by ninjas in skiers v. snowboarders?! why's my team always listed later? yah, i'm obviously a ninja, not a pirate - since i'm a martial artist. however, i sense sumpthin' very bad 'bout pirates v. ninjas: dude, take a look @ the team rosters!!! most pirates r white, n' most ninjas r asians! dude, we're havin' all out racial warfare on facebook! shouldn't we promote racial unity? 월요일 오후, 146p: 2day's the beautiful kaela hwang's n' my 52nd wedding monthversary. happy monthversary.
i'm still home, usin' sick time. i feel pretty good n' am startin' wonder if i really ought to return to werk, but there r still issues: i need to werk on my physikal therapy stuff thru.out the day, n' usin' the restroom's still a bit'f a prob. i mean, it's not that i'm constipated, but it's hard to uh... get my pants off/down n' stuff. it's like day 5 or day 6 dependin' on how u'r countin':
yah, in gen'l, how's my progress? i sure as heck have not given many updates lately, n' that's cos i've just been bizzy tryin' to live life. i tried to spend more time w/ kaela all wknd long cos i finally get to cos she didn't go to ne stoopid seminars or nethin' this wknd.
[later] 452p: i watched v for vendetta on dvd. my cowerker loaned it to me. [later] 'twas a pretty kewl movie: "people should not fear their government; their government should fear the people." "one thing is true of all governments - their most reliable records are tax records." i liked the movie. it's a li'l like a clockwork orange n' a li'l like oldboy. it also kind'f reminded me'f kill bill, but i've only cn vol. 1'f that.
so what's been up lately? uhm, where did i leave off? i guess thurs was really disappointing. well, that was my 1st day after the surgery neway. i thought maybe kaela'd take me to c ppl @ taekwondo praktice, but she didn't. she sed she was 2 tired, so well... that was fine, i guess. we did take sooni 4 a walk in the early evening, but sooni was so unhappy that i was walkin' so slow on my crutches. on fri, kaela drove me in the afternoon to the dmv to pick up my disabled person's parking placard thingy. that was my 1st trip out'f the house in a car. i got my placard, n' then we drove out to east san jo cos we were on our way to our friends nancy n' tim's place 4 our grx t3 light couples bible study small group operation christmas child event. we stopped by the east san jo target n' hung out there 4 a long time. i thought i could get 'round the store ok, but i couldn't get 'round ppl well, so i sat in the $tarbu¢ks shop there 4 much'f the time while kaela shopped. what did we do on sat? uhm... hrm, i don't totally 'member. uh... i guess we watched happy feet on dvd 1st. then... well, uh... i know later we went out. 1st, we went to peninsula beauty, so i could buy my jack black double duty facial lotion w/ spf 20, usin' a $5 ¢oupon i found in some newspaper thingy. then, we ate dinner @ passage to india. 'twas our 52nd monthversary dinner. @ 1st, we were gonna order off the menu to use the 2008 entertainment book well, 2day, we went to my physikal therapist apptnmnt in the morn, but we were late cos i insisted on washing dishes in the morn n' couldn't wake up kaela in time. i'm sooo happy that the pt still took me in. as i entered the gym, grace spotted me n' sed hi. after my apptmnt, we went to... oh yah, we 1st stopped by the recyclin' center to recycle some bottles cos we didn't put the recyclables out on the curb in time. well, i can't do it cos'f my leg, n' kaela didn't wake up in time. we earned like $1.35. wow, i can't believe we got that much 4 just a few bottles. however, wow... there r lots'f ppl (not homeless ppl) there w/ shopping cart after shopping cart'f bottles. wow! then we went to denny's to eat brunch, usin' some $5 ¢oupon that i go tin the mail. did i mention that 'lready? then after that, kaela dropped me off @ home, n' i bummed 'round the house all day. i watched the dvd, i logged into my werk e.mail to answer some e.mails, i vacuumed. 화요일 저녁, 600p: it's tues. i'm @ home. i'm startin' to feel guilty 'bout not goin' to werk, but yah... i've sed it b4, it'd be very hard to have a normal werk day. i need to werk on my rehab stuff, n' it's hard to use the restroom. 2day, our housekeeper elizabeth came n' cleaned our house. she sed she lost her purse, so she couldn't take a check payment but needed ¢a$h 2day, so i drove myself to the bank to get some ¢a$h. that was my 1st drive since the surgery. @ lunch, eric johnson came o'er, n' i had him drive us to yiasoo in cupertino, in case the beautiful kaela hwang wanted to join us, but she ignored my call, txt msg, n' v.mail; n' we finished lunch b4 she called to tell me she was on her way to whole fuds 4 a 30 min lunch brk. i guess 'twas a good thing that we didn't wait 4 her, 'specially since eric was on his lunch brk. after lunch, eric n' i went to the sunnyvale hopkins honda, where he test drove an accord. nice car... in the afternoon, i watched trainspotting on dvd. eric had loaned it to me n' brought it o'er. u know... i've gotta confess: even tho' i sed i hadn't cn it b4; as i watche dit, i realised that i think i did watch it b4... a long time 'go in berkeley, but... uhm, i might've been either a bit drunk or else really sleepy. it's pretty gross n' reminds me why i dislike pharmaceutical companies: drugs r drugs. what's the diff btwn heroin n' vicodin, eh?
[later] 632p: so what's up? plz communicate w/ me. i'd like to communicate. [later] 641p: i paid our winter property tax bill 2day... or 'least i sent off the check. ok, what other bills do i have left to pay? well, i need to pay my vehicle registration... n' 4 that i need to get a smog check. *sigh* things to do... should i do that w/ my last sick day? man... i 4got that as soon as i get back to the office, i'll be takin' the fri'f that wk off 4 kaela's graduation. :-/ i hope my manager doesn't resent that. i did inform him 'bout it a long time 'go, but he might've 4gotten n' also might've not expekted to me to take all this time off 4 my surgery cos i sed i might come back b4 t.giving 수요일 오후, 307p: progress or no progress? i'm not sure. 2day, i took my 1st shower in a wk. i cut a hole @ the bottom'f a plastik bag. i believe it's the bag that was inside the box 4 my dvs daewon 9 shoes. i really like those shoes. i used the box to send off a christmas present 4 some unknown boy, age 5~9 via operation christmas child. last yr, i used the box from my vans, so... well, even tho' i really like my skateboarding shoes, i don't mind that i'm usin' them 4 operation christmas child. i guess, i'm hoping that i'm giving god my best in doin' sumpthin' silly like that, u know? heh, must sound pretty stoopid... neway... yah, i used that plastik bag n' sealed it off on both ends 'round my knee w/ rubber bands. i wanted those thick rubber bands from asparagus bunches, but we didn't have ne. i tend to use those to bunch up cables or pens. *sigh* i grabbed some other, random rubber bands n' used them. then, i used a produce bag as a 2nd layer'f protektion n' sealed off both ends'f that w/ some rubber bands. i used the handheld showerhead. our shower has 2 showerheads. yah, compared to the rest'f our house, our master bathrmm's kind'f fancy altho' small. some'f our married friends have really nice houses. well, me? i'm just glad that we've got what we got n' hope i can continue to make my mortgage payments on time, etc. ah... it felt sooo nice to take a shower finally!!! wow.
well, after that, i wasted some time watching a really awful, stoopid, boring n' painfully, painfully depressing korean movie called 꽃섬 ggotsuhm (flower island). never bother watching it. it's so depressing n' boring. ugh. maybe that movie ruined my day. i've been pretty frustrated 'bout sittin' on the couch 4 the whole day. last nite was pretty good. kaela drove us to taekwondo praktice. while she prakticed n' taught, i werked on my pt exercises, including walkin' w/ my crutches but w/o my brace, prakticing making normal motions w/ my left fut as i stepped. i felt good 'bout that. afterwards, a bunch'f us ate dinner @ 고향산천 gohyangsanchun. to our surprise, kaz treated all'f us. man, what a nice guy. well, 2morrow, instead'f spendin' t.giving alone in our house (well, w/ sooni); we'll go to kaz's place to eat the turducken that he's baking. we'll bring o'er uh... brussels sprouts, stuffing, n' uh... some kind'f fancy soup that the beautiful kaela hwang's planning. ... ha ha ha, jerome just txt msged me a funny, funny t.giving joke, but i believe it's a bit 2 crude to share here. ha ha ha. sorry, censorship sucks, i know; but...
*sigh* neway, yah... i wonder if i'm makin' progress or not. 2day's the 1주일 (iljooil) mark, the 1.wk mark. *sigh* yah, i took my 1st shower 2day n' have been werkin' on my pt exercises, but i've felt some moments'f pain while tryin' to do my flexion exercises. i really worry 'bout doin' damage like stretchin' out the graft or rippin' out the medial meniscal stitch. <:-( it's scary! so... i dunno if i should continue to try to get more range'f motion or just chill. i really dunno. progress or no progres? u know? argh. 목요일 오후, 148p: happy t.giving, every1!! 월요일 아침: how was ur t.giving wknd? i was 2 bizzy to update, i s'ppose. i'm back @ werk 2day tho'. welcome back to werk.
[later] 저녁 이지만 아직도 퇴근 안했어요: i had my 2nd post.op physikal therapy apptmnt 2day. the pt thinks i'm goin' to aggressively. she wants me to be back on 'least 1 crutch. argh. i really dunno if i can comply w/ that. she did say my range'f motion's improving well. i was @ 85° last wk n' am now @ 120°.
화요일 아침: i haven't given a proper update in ages, n' i'm feelin' kind'f hopeless 'bout that. *sigh* did i get all that i wanted to get done while i was 'way from the office after my surgery? i don't think so. i wanted to do things like sort out pix on my 'puter, write articles 4 this yr's keno's holiday arf!, sort out musik files on my 'puter / hard drive, make cellfon ringtones, ... lots'f stuff that i didn't do. *sigh* whate'er, dude. the most important thing 4 me to do while i was out'f the office after my surgery was the rest. did i do that? well, sittin' on the couch n' watchin' movies n' werkin' on the 'puter made my rt shoulder n' my neck really sore.
[later] 오후: durin' lunch, i went home n' did the dishes n' cleaned up the stove n' countertops. 수요일 아침: i'm waitin' @ kaiser's orthopaedik/sports medicine dept 148 @ the relatively new santa clara .. i have an appointment w/ a pa (physician's assistant) to follow up on my surgery. 2day's very frustratin': wakin' up late, skippin' sooni's walk, doin' laundry, skippin' breakfast, battlin' horrendous traffik on my way to my office, hobblin' in, 'puter probs, hobblin' off late to my kaiser appt, fightin' hard 4 parking, hobblin' in late to my 'ppointment, ... the worst part'f 2aay's how some (many - maybe even most but certainly not all) ppl @ my werk.com r so unsympathetik to my situation n' condition. they c a s'pposedly "young," cmingly (seemingly) able.bodied man slowly, cautiously hobblin' in front'f'em in the narrow, narrow cubicle hall; n' it's all rush rush, "hurry up! get the f@¢k outta my way!!!" it's an unpleasant side effekt'f life in the silikon valley. @ my werk.com, everything's rush rush w/o ne care 4 human life etc., but ppl'll say that's cos'f our customers. it's a vicious industry n' a cruel world.
[later] 오후: the physician's assistant sed my knee looks fine. she was very optimistik. she sed my stitches r closed n' that i can shower regularly/normally now. i asked if my knee felt loose to her, n' she sed, "no, it feels very stable." i asked her 'bout the clicking, n' she sed it's natural n' cos'f the skrews. oh, ok.
[later] so how r u? how was ur t.giving? i'm finally talkin' 'bout t.giving,eh? i'm so behind. the beautiful kaela hwang n' i went to kaz n' jon's place 4 t.giving turducken. we brought chestnut soup, shroom stuffin', n' lemon poppyseed brussels sprouts. we had so much fud! we played rayman's ii on the wii.
how was ur black fri
black fri? ours was less exciting than last yr's. 4 the most part, we simply $hopped @ valley fair. *sigh* these days, 2 much fud n' not 'nuff exercise! *sigh*
did i tell u 'bout 노래방 noraebang the nite b4 t.giving? oh, that was sooo much fun! 금요일 아침: i've been havin' so many 'puter n' palm pda probs lately! argh! dude, i wish i had a macbook n' an iphone instead!!! i lost admin rts on my werk.com laptop, so it's now only as useful as a brick!
2day's the beautiful kaela hwang's graduation from palmer west chiropraktic college; 2day @ 400p @ the santa clara convention center. afterward, we'll have lunch @ 금봉황 geumbonghwang (china china). [later] i'm in the office this morn but told my manager that i'm takin' the afternoon off. what a hektic time'f life! what a way to end 11월 novembre.
yesterday evenin' kaela's parents arrived @ our house. we took'em w/ us when we washed sooni @ pet fud express (pet food express) n' then took'em to dinner @ cupertino's blue pheasant cos we had an entertainment book ¢oupon to use.
[later] 점심, 1228p: i'm stressed. w/ kaela's graduation 2day, life's 2 hektic. why the heck does it need to be on a friday instead'f a saturday? [later] 오후: stress, stress, stress! 월요일 오후: how was ur wknd? it's been very cold n' quite dry as'f late in the silikon valley. i think i neglekted to tell u 'bout how, on 토요일, 2007년11월27일, the beautiful kaela hwang n' i had a fun nite out w/ grace n' mark n' dennis. in case u 4got; lemme remindju that grace, dennis, n' i all had acl surgery by the same santa clara kaiser orthopaedik surgeon: grace on 금요일 11월09일 n' then dennis on the morn'f 수요일, 11월14일 n' lastly me on the afternoon'f 수요일, 11월14일. [later] we ate dinner @ 최가네 쌈밥집 chweganei ssambabjip (chef choi's) - which replaced 청기와 chunggiwa
청기와 chunggiwa (blue stones) a while back. then we watched beowulf 3d @ the vallco amc. the next day, after church @ grx, kaela n' i had lunch w/ our friends the kewl google susan n' gregory. susan had acl surgery earlier this yr. we ate @ the new café amilia (3590 el camino real; santa clara, cali 95053; 408.247.4405), which's owned by ben moon's friend abraham choi's family. ben's our friend from 태권도 taekwondo but also went to 'least hi skool if not more w/ susan.
this sunday, we ate lunch w/ elaine n' darrell @ 최가네 쌈밥집 chweganei ssambabjip (chef choi's). now that kaela n' i've eaten there 3 times, we really oughtta write yelp reviews 4 it. i like havin' a 쌈밥집 ssambabjip in silikon valley's koreatown,but i wish the service @ 최가네 chweganei were friendlier. the 아줌마 ajoommas there r such "kiss my grits" waitresses (just w/ a korean twist)! i really miss the friendly owner couple'f 청기와 chunggiwa. on sunday evening, kaela n' i christmas $hopped n' rejoined elaine n' darrell @ the valley fair nike store's christmas party. later, the 4'f us checked out c28. what a kewl store!
my knee? sometimes better, sometimes worse...
[later] 밤, 1154p: after come home from the gym, kaela n' i ate the leftovers from kaela's graduation banquet on fri @ 금봉황 geumbonghwang (china china). i was surprised that there wasn't all that much n' thus we finished them 2nite. i opened up 3 leftover 4tune cookies:
화요일 아침: 21 days 'til christmas? yah, that's rt? *sigh* $hopping, $hopping, $hopping! last nite, while i rode the star trac pro stationary bike @ the e arques 24 hr fitness, after lifting; i watched (but couldn't listen to) merry christmas, charlie brown. i'd 4gotten 'bout its great, anti.commercialist msg.
[later] 오후: i met up w/ the beautiful kaela hwang n' our friend yvonne @ the valley fair cheesecake faktory to celebrate yvonne's 24번째 생일 24th b.day. happy b.day, yvonne! 생일을 축하해! we stuffed ourselves silly n' then some! we shared the sweet corn tamale cakes. kaela ordered some deep fried sushi roll, which i didn't get to taste; n' i ordered the pulled pork sandwich on a supersoft, fluffy "brioche" bun w/ cole slaw n' fries. according to the blue pages, the cheesecake faktory's aktually a good, socially conscious bizness.
lately, it's been feast after feast! last wed nite, kaela had us attend her chiropraktic skool class's graduation dinner @ santana row's maggiano's little italy. [later] 'f course; if u go there, then u'll overeat. [later] we overate. then, kaela's classmate friends headed o'er to rosie mccann's to drink n' dance, which was absolutely inhumane torture 4 me cos i could do neither on my healing left knee. on fri @ kaela의 졸업 잔치 (graduation banquet), i sed, '#@¢% it' n' proceeded w/ imbibing napa valley champagne n' sapporo biiru. also, @ mike's b.day (nelson's li'l bro n' viv's bf) @ birk's, i proceeded to indulge in a glass'f voss syrah w/ my med.rare prime rib. i hadn't realised that birk's'd be such a fancy restaurant! kaela n' i'd both thought it was some kind'f bennigans type place. upes. howe'er... dude, mike insisted on payin' 4 all'f us!
i saw that ben moon posted this link in his gmail chat status: u.s. news - "gold medal schools", 2007년11월29일; printable version
[later] 저녁: a li'l while 'go, i stepped out'f the office n' drove 'cross the street to fry's to buy 4gb'f laptop ram 4 the macbook that i don't even yet own. i'd also like a keyboard 4 my palm tx but dunno if ir (infrared) or bluetooth's better. which consumes less power?
last nite's stationary bike.riding made my knee feel much better. [later] i think i'll ride a stationary bike 'gain 2nite.
[later] 밤, 902p: i'm @ the fremont ave, sunnyvale 24 hr fitness, stretching on the stretching mat after lifting weights n' riding the star trac pro stationary bike 9.60 miles in 47 mins. i feel pretty good. feeling groovy, rt? well, heck... praise the lord, eh? blessed be his name when the sun's shining down on me; when the world's all as it should be, blessed be his name. our long novembre's done. now 4 a "long december?" nah, i doubt it; decembre'll fly by "like a mutha." 수요일 저녁 이지만 톤근 안했어: 2day, i ordered a macbook!!! nefaur helped me out w/ a friends n' family di$¢ount. a what a kewl friend! i had a physikal therapy appt this morn w/ a physikal therapist's assistant. since i was already late to werk, on the way out, i stopped by the homestead kaiser hospital's cafeteria n' bought a ham, egg, hashbrown, n' cheese breakfast burrito n' a naked juice protein drink to go. 목요일 오후: the beautiful kaela hwang n' i luncheoned @ sitara's indian buffet. b4 that, kaela went to chuck kim's postal annex
on homestead rd n' lawrence expwy by the korean.amerikan.owned green earth foods that used to be cosentino's to take a couple'f passport pix 4 her applikation 4 her chiropraktic license. we tried to luncheon @ the korean.amerikan.owned sushi.go.round in that strip mall, but it's sadly gone.
[later] wow, i just saw a really interesting advert on my gmail! "Craving Korean food? - www.honda.com - The Crave Reader knew that. Watch as it guesses your crave." ha ha ha.
i'm s'pposed to make a wishlist 4 my elfster; but, dude, i totally have not had time!!!
[later] oh, weird! i just stumbled 'pon this website from cnet.com: "remembering james kim, 1971 - 2006 (http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9829362-1.html).
[later] i answered an elfster
question:
"How do you and your dog keep hydrated, warm, and dry while you're on the trails or on the slopes?"
at work, i drink about 5 litres of h2o each day. i have a 1000 ml nalgene-style bottle that i fill about 5 times during the workday. sooni? she has a h2o dish at home. unfortunately neither of us manage to stay properly hydrated while snowboarding or hiking. there have been many days when i snowboarded from morning till sundown without any water, food, or bathroom breaks! it's not healthy. i end up with muscle cramps and strains. in recent seasons, i tell myself that since i snowboard so often, it's okay to take breaks now and then. however, sometimes i ride with eager, ambitious, young upstarts like matt whang. guys like that want to ride all day without breaks. i mean, yeah... it's great cos they learn and improve a lot each day on the slopes, but yeah... an old guy like me ought to take breaks. i, personally, do not want to wear either a backpack or camelpak while snowboarding because it throws off my balance while spinning during jumps and stuff like that. after all, if you watch the x-games, does anyone wear a backpack while competing?
sooni has a backpack though. she doesn't like wearing it though. maybe that's because it's not a very good one, and it's fluorescent green. well, in general, she doesn't really love wearing anything. "be naked and be free," she says. sometimes, i carry disposable water dishes made of a thin but sturdy plastic material. those are handy. we re-use them many times before losing them. 금요일 오후 geumyoil ohoo (my stoopid werk.com laptop doesn't let me type in hangeul, so i've romanised it.): from calbears.com:
"California Accepts Bid To Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl" what the...??? :-? whah?! what's the bell helicopters armed forces bowl?! "I've been in this business a long time," said Tom Starr, the Executive Director of the Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl, "and I can tell those who plan to attend this year's Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl that they are in for a treat....these two teams are fun to watch!" argh, this is sounding dorkier n' dorkier by the second! ok, here's an about.com link to a list'f official links 4 all the college bowl games:
Official College Bowl Websites ok, so it could be worse: the "papajohns.com bowl" in birmingham, alabama?!?!?! it's not just "the papa john's bowl," but the "papajohns dot com bowl!!!" how 'bout the "gaylords hotel music city bowl" in nashville, tennessee?! not only is it country musik, but it's g@y!!! dude, brokeback mountain, man! ok, i know, i know... i'm just bein' yoochihae n' juvenile, but heck! jay leno's still on hiatus cos'f the hollywood tv writer's strike, eh?
2day, durin' lunch, the beautiful kaela hwang n' i brought sooni to adobe animal hospital in los altos 4 a check up. apparently, she's healthy. then, we ate lunch @ the mtn view whole fuds.
[just a li'l later] last nite was the u.s. taekwondo akademy 급심사 coloured belt promotional exam. afterward, we had a festive dinner @ 고향산천 gohyangsanchun, which's prob'ly now my favourite 한식당 korean restaurant.
2morrow, i'll drive ppl up to northstar 4 snowboarding while i play w/ sooni in the snow.
[a li'l later; well, just a li'l] lately, i've been thinkin' 'bout sumpthin': why r pro snowboarders such wigga wankstas? (u can click on each'f those wurds 4 urbandictionary.com definitions.) like, i find it ironic that so many'f my friends (mostly asian, south asian, caucasian, n' middle eastern) think it's kewl (n' sophistikated) to snowboard but immature to skateboard; yet, from reading boardsports magazines, i find that (in gen'l) pro skateboarders r more culturally aware, edukated, n' responsible than pro snowboarders. pro skateboarders more closely resemble people in my circle of friends, at least my more "alternaculture" friends. the world'f pro skateboarding in the media is so much more int'l n' ethnically diverse than the world'f pro snowboarding in the media. look, all the pro snowboarders in the media r white. altho' i don't love about.com, check out this 2nd about.com link: "profiles of pro snowboarders." all the pros listed there r caucasian, rt? the only asian.amerikan pro snowboarder i've ever heard'f's so chick named yulin sumpthin' from down in socal. howe'er, i haven't heard much @ all 'bout her, just saw like 1 ad w/ her a few yrs 'go. in the past amerikan media paid some attetion to the japanese snowboarding scene. japan's the only asian country that really snowboards or skateboards. somehow, w/ all the alternaculture in tokyo, boardsports can kind'f thrive there. from readin' articles in snowboarding mags, 1'f my favourite pro snowboarders's tadashi fuse (pronounced "foo say," not like the elektrical circuit protektion device) from japan. he rides 4 burton. i 'member that santa cruz used to have some japanese pro riders as well. howe'er, yah... in recent yrs, amerikan media n' amerikan snowboard companies've not paid much attn to the japanese snowboarding scene. the only pros that get ne media time that rn't white amerikans r the europeans. so... while the skateboarding industry has many asian, latino/chicano, afrikan.amerikan, even middle eastern n' south asian (guru khalsa's indian, rt?)personalities; the snowboarding industry 2day's mostly full'f pale.faced haoles, sporting oversized hip.hop gear, n' bling bling jewelry. am i baggin' on that style? no. i'm just sayin' that we're losin' diversity n' that the pro snowboarding industry has strayed far, far 'way from the recreational industry in demographics as well as other areas.
shoot, i've gotta 'lot'f things i've gotta do on my car:
토요일 아침, 1137a: i'm sitting in a lounge @ northstar w/ sooni. i drove up the beautiful kaela hwang n' walter up here; n' nefaur brought his housemate n' ben; n' clarence brought some family members. this's sooni's 1st time in tahoe... as far as i know. maybe she came up here as a puppy, n' we don't know 'bout it.
dude, we had quite a shocking encounter w/ this clueless, snobby couple w/ a german shepherd mix. they let their dog off leash onto the ice rink. i thought, "hey, that looks like fun!" n' brought sooni up to the ice. the german shepherd ran up to sooni, n' they postured. then the german shepherd bite sooni on the back'f her neck n' wouldn't let go. both dogs were growling. then this jerk kicked sooni! like in the face! he sed sumpthin', but i didn't hear what he sed. havin' read book after book on dog training by akademic animal behaviourist n' well.resekted authorities n' havin' been instrukted by certified professional dog trainer dawna caldwell'f happy tails to you dog training, i friendily sed, "eh, that's ok; they're just posturing." then the wife or gf flipped! with her cell fon glued to her ear, she sed, "that's ok?!" still cheerful altho' concerned 'bout sooni's well.being, i sed, "that's just what dogs do. it's just dog politiks." then, still on the fon, she sed, "vicious dogs like that should be put down!" i was in disbelief. she's a dog owner?! she sed sumpthin' like, "your dog's on a leash, and you can't control her!" i tried to explain leash aggression n' [later, 2007년12월10일 월요일 아침 wuhlyoil achim] dominance, but gee... this woman was a total airhead! they walked away, and i wasn't about to waste more time with them. every1 'round so this ridiculous outburst. i strolled away, still bewildered with what had just transpired. well, this nice couple came up to talk to me. this couple had a little yorkie. the guy was telling me that he saw what happened, that the northstar workers saw what happened, that everyone else around saw what happened; and that everyone knew that the couple with the german shepherd mix was @ fault n' was being completely ridiculous. the guy kept reminding me that the man had kicked sooni n' that he would've socked the guy 4 that, this n' that. the guy introduced himself as john and his gf as... i 4get. he asked if i was korean, n' i toled him that i'm taiwanese. he asked if sooni's a jindotgae, n' i confirmed that she is. somehow i mentioned kaela, n' he asked if she's korean, n' i confirmed that she is. then, he sed told me 'bout how he's 3/4 korean n' 1/4 black n' that his gf's taiwanese. he told me 'bout how they're from davis n' stuff. since he kept saying that he would've beat up the guy 4 kicking sooni, i sed, "heh, well, it's kind'f funny cos i'm aktually a taekwondo instructor, but i just had knee surgery 3 wks 'go, so..." well, we talked more, n' it turned that he's totally into martial arts, that his dad's a hapkido master, n' that he used to study taekwondo @ k.t.c, the skool from which our u.s. taekwondo akademy split off a long time 'go. a northstar werker came to check on sooni n' me n' sed the northstar staff would try to track down the couple to have a wurd w/ them 'bout their inappropriate behavioud. well, john invited me to hang out in this 1 sort'f hidden lounge area w/ him n' his gf. so we went o'er there n' talked 4 a long time. well, 4 a while, we didn't talk n' just werked on stuff - he was like doing some werk 4 his werk; n' i was werkin' on the keno holiday arf! yah, we talked a long time 'bout dogs n' martial arts. it turns out he's an ol' friend'f mark lee! @ some pt, i left the bldg to check my fon cos i realised that i wasn't gettin' ne verizon reception there. upes, kaela n' the gang had tried to reach me 4 an early lunch. they'd come n' left. d'oh. i reached kaela on fon. she was a bit mad that they couldn't find me n' sed she was feelin' really sick. she told me to come up to the mid mtn lodge. i asked the ticket booth how much 4 a non.boarder/non.skier's lift up the gondola. they sed $10. then i asked if i could bring sooni up, n' they sed i couldn't. *sigh* i ate a $7 "frog dog" from the eurosnack concession booth - just a ft.long sausage in a baguette. n' went back to the lodge, where john sat w/ me 4 a while to talk. very interseting guy; apparently, he's been jumped many times but always manages to use martial arts to defend himself. [later, ??] well, eventually, kaela came back down the gondola, really sick. we had to bring her to the northstar clinic, where they gave her strong antibiotics. well, eventually, we got on the road to return home. we stopped in colfax to pick up some subway sandwiches. originally, we were s'pposed to go clubbing 4 yvonne's b.day, but... yah... 2 much.
on sunday, we missed grx church. [later, 2007년12월11일 화요일 오전, 1237a] kaela sent me out too buy jook (rice porridge). i went to joy luck place's café / casual side to buy preserved egg n' salted pork jook 4 her n' braised beef n' tendon over rice 4 me. [later, 아침, 738a] we watched ratatouille on netflix how r u?!
here r some long.awaited pix:
수요일 오후 sooyoil ohoo: i feel regretful rt now cos i feel like i undertipped @ lunch. the beautiful kaela hwang n' i went to 주막 joomak (3450 el camino real; santa clara, ca 95051;408.246.0011) 4 lunch n' used a "buy 1, get 1 50% off" ¢oupon. lunch was great, n' moreover, the service was excellent n' superb. the waitress was very polite. i tipped prob'ly over 15% of the pre.di$¢ounted bill, but it didn't cm like much; n' i felt like the waitress was unhappy after cin' the tip (on the credit card receipt). *shrug* whadya do, u know?
[later] 어제 밤 last nite, i hung out w/ 우리 친구 our friend darrell n' prepared 4 our new, "couples w/o kids" grx bible study small group that starts 2008년01월 january 2008. i drove down the 85 to princeton plaza 4 berean christian store, n' we grabbed a quick, simple dinner @ the nearby diner called "cup & saucer." [later, 저녁 이지만 아직도 퇴근 안했어요.] i aktually ordered the steak fajita omelette, which came w/ my choice'f bread - i chose the coffee cake; which, w/ its berries reminded me'f hobee's coffee cake but wasn't as good. well, after dinner, we $hopped @ berean.
when i came home, kaela was watching tv, n' i had 2 delivered packages on the floor by the door: 1) velcro cable ties from amazon.com 목요일 아침: these days, ppl keep asking me if life's better now that the beautiful kaela hwang has graduated chiropraktic skool. honestly, i don't know 'xaktly what to tell'em cos yah... she graduated... but almost just as soon as she graduated, she caught this bad flu. so... yah, life in the hwang household isn't quite yet as peaceful as we thought it'd be post.graduation, u know?
as a fundraiser, my division @ werk had this sibby's cupcakegram sale thingy. 1'f the managers'f a group whose produkt i support as a mechanical (design) engineer sent all the ppl related to his group cupcakegrams, so i received a red velvet cupcake.
[later] ohoo: i saw this on amazon.com wuhlyoil achim: "looks like somebody's got a case of the moondays!" as i drove in to werk 2day on lawrence expwy, that quote from office space, which i kind'f rewatched @ grace n' ken's place yesterday afternoon, ran thru my head. dude, life's been bizzy, n' i haven't had a chance to updatechu cos i'm 2 bizzy stuffin' my freakin' face @ all these freakin' christmas parties! seriously! so much fud! *sigh*
[later] here's sumpthin' else u can add to my christmas wishlist:
christmas, christmas, christmas... christmas's next wk. imho, even tho' it's a shame that christmas has evolved from a christian celebration'f the birth'f our saviour into a insane, ridiculously materialistik, evil, corporate orgy'f greed; it's sort'f sumpthin' we've gotta roll w/ the punches, n' make lemonade'f these lemons, etc. christians don't need to be grinches, u know? heh... the beautiful kaela hwang has this long.sleeved t.shirt that sez "bah humdog," n' it has a screen.printed illustration'f a husky dog w/ some winter flare. it's cute! she wore it to northstar 2 wknds 'go. sooyoil achim: i stepped out'f the office to get my tires rotated n' balanced 4 free @ america's tire co. here on stevens crk blvd in san josé near the intersektion w/ lawrence expwy. i needed to do this b4 our roadtrip down to socal next wk. on mon afternoon, i had andy kwon 권혁무'f ace auto (3100 el camino real, suite h, near calabazas; santa clara, ca 95051; fon: 408.244.2886) give my 1999 subaru forester a smog check n' oil change. how r u? ready 4 christmas? *sigh* can u believe the yr, 2007년's endin'?! uhm, i s'ppose i need to rank the top 'vents (events)'f the yr.
what's the diff btwn motorola h700 n' hs850?
금요일 아침, 959a: i'm @ the santa clara kaiser, waiting 4 my 1000a appt w/ the physikal therapist's assistant. *sigh* life's been 2 bizzy 4 updates. losing admin rts on my werk laptop's made it much harder cos i can't write korean .txt files it cms. i need to experiment w/ some methods. i wonder, tho', whether i should change some things here. should i switch to a blogger/xanga medium?! how 'bout an audio blog or vlog?! whadya think?
well, 2day's the last day b4 "shutdown" @ werk. my mgr's taking us out to lunch n' a movie - will smith's i am legend - @ the mercado. it cms that many'f us yuppyish engrs really respekt will smith.
[later] 오후: i'm back in the office after a fun afternoon w/ my cowerkers: yo yo sushi n' will smith's i am legend. i really like the "gomi extended mix"'f plumb's "in my arms." what a great track. i was so happy when i got to put it into my mix @ the superhappyfunhouse halloween party this yr.
*sigh* so how r u? i'm ok; but 4 some unknown reason, i have this anxious feeling in my heart. maybe it's cos i'm just waiting to bust out'f my cube (cubicle) 4 winter brk. *sigh* i wanna be out'f here. i'm trying to complete 1 last task, but the server n/or my 'puter r/is bein' so slow. *sigh* maybe i'm so anxious cos i'm takin' the beautiful kaela hwang out 4 our christmas monthversary. maybe it's cos we're puttin' on my family's christmas lunch 2morrow. maybe it's cos we're drivin' down to chino w/ sooai on sunday, rt after church @ grx. maybe it's cos we're flying to taiwan in less than a wk. *sigh* i dunno. "be still my anxious heart." that's the name'f some book kaela 1nce read. i haven't read it n' thus have no clue what it's 'bout... gurl stuff... 목요일 밤, 1020p (가주) / 그묘일 오후, 220p (대만): so... yah, i'm back to givin' 2 times cos the beautiful kaela hwang n' i r en route to taiwan from lax, on eva air flight br0011. i haven't given u an update in a long time, huh? yah, that's due to some teknical difficulties. *sigh* like, i can't quite get things to sync rt btwn my palm tx n' my macbook or my werk laptop (ol' ibm thinkpad). the prob's the whole 한글 hangeul conversion stuff. argh. rt now, i'm typin' this on my macbook, but i dunno when i'll ever ftp this up to my ocf acct. *sigh* hopefully, sooner than later, but i really dunno. we'll c.
neway, so what's been up? well, we've been in chino 4 the past few days. we drove down on sunday afternoon, uh... 12원23일. we drove down in the afternoon. it didn't take 2 long, but the biggest, stoopidest delay was this 1 intersektion'f 152e (pacheco pass) n' uh... 156w to hollister (i think). like, every1 was stoppin' n' lettin' ppl that live in hollister turn when we had rt'f way. they had a stop sign, but we didn't, n' our traffik was backed up to gilroy, while they just had a short, short wait. well, when it came time 4 me to go @ the intersektion... yah, i stopped n' let 1'f those hollister bound cars go, but they really didn't deserve it! neway, yah... we drove down w/ sooni. we stopped @ casa de fruita on the way down. i bought some dried organik mangos, some chili powder covered mixed fruit (pineapple, manga, n' papaya), n' some locally produced tortilla chips. i meant to buy the organik chips but grabbed the wrong bag. upes. we stopped in uh... gee, what's the name'f that truck stop??? uhm... oh yah, lost hills... we stopped there n' bought a protein.style portabella shroom $6 burger from carl's jr. 'twas as messy as i told kaela it'd be. we made it a combo meal w/ fried zucchini n' iced tea. poor sooni remained outside, tied out to our car; but we could c her, n' she could c us. otherwise, that'd be way 2 sad! we also stopped in that stoopid truck stop rt b4 the grapevine to buy a li'l bit'f ripoff gas. i should've filled up @ lost hills. gas was aktually ¢heaper in the middle'f the grapevine, in tejon ranch. kaela didn't believe me that there's a truckstop town in the middle'f the grapevine. well, we rolled into chino 'round 1000p, even tho' ppl thought we'd get there like @ midnite.
well, the 1st few days were totally consumed w/ doin' stuff w/ kaela's family, i guess. gee, i guess the 1st full day in chino was already christmas eve, so yah... hrm... i can't 'member doin' nethin' really special. i guess, kaela's parents went w/ us 4 a decently lengthy walk up the hill to the mega, mega strip mall up there. on christmas day, i guess we just went to kaela's relatives' house in rolling hills estates. each morn, i sed that i'd wake up early n' walk sooni or go to the gym or sumpthin'; but 'twas often so hard cos 'twas really cold in the morn. on boxing day (12월27일), i took sooni 4 a decently lengthy walk out to the chino spektrum, where i got a tall decaf from $tarbucks n' a lo.fat blueberry.aprikot muffin. 'twas pretty cold, n' i wanted that decaf coffee to warm me up, u know? then, after eatin' more brkfast @ home, i went w/ kaela n' her bro jay to the chino 24 hr fitness active. what else? hrm... i guess we didn't get out'f the house 'gain 4 a long, long time; totally missin' boxing day $hopping. we drove out to garden grove to eat dinner w/ kaela's family @ 북경 bookkyung. then we met up w/ wendy, fahad, phil, wendy's family, n' some'f phil's friends @ javier's in the irvine spektrum. 'twas kind'f weird to mix these crowds since the common denominator came down to me n' kaela. i didn't realise we'd have so many ppl from each side; but 'twas totally fine. so... yah, like fahad n' wendy's party was there 4 dinner, but the rest'f us had 'lready eaten. still, to fit in, i ordered 2 cervezas (negro modelo) 4 myself n' some mango margarita 4 kaela n' some ceviche de pescado 4 us. dude, i've been eaten 2 much n' exercisin' 2 li'l. 'tis really bad!
well, *sigh* 2day was a mad rush to pack. uhm, it's crazy! cos the laundry didn't dry in time, i'm packed my lighter than i planned! i'm gonna hafta buy some more clothes in taiwan n' do more laundry. crazy, crazy.
well, even tho' we were pretty worried 'bout gettin' to lax from chino in time; things werked out, thank the lord. we didn't hafta wait 2 long 4 our flight, n' the gurl @ the ticket counter was able to put kaela n' i seats next to each other even tho' we were s'pposed to be in front'f 1 'nother. i c that that seat (behind mine)'s empty, so that's fine. yah, even tho' they kept sayin' that it's a full flight, there r plenty'f empty seats. i don't get it. well, we've watched lots'f movies on the superkewl, personal entertainment systems: angel egg (a japanese movie), exit 6 (a taiwanese movie w/ a korean lead aktress / main female char)... well, kaela only watched the 2nd'f those 2 w/ me cos she was watchin' stardust while i watched the japanese movie. then, while kaela was asleep, i started watchin' a bengali movie called shadows of time. when she awoke, she started watchin' breakfast @ tiffany's, which i kind'f wanna watch, but dude... i'm still offended by the mickey rooni yellow.faced char. i dunno. i wanna watch the other asian movies in the library. they look really kewl. rt now, i'm watchin' some taiwanese musik variety show... some 1970s disco tribute. ha ha; pretty funny to watch!
*sigh* so what's gonna happen in taiwan? *sigh* dude, i do wish i'd prepared a bit better 4 this trip cos yah... not havin' brushed up on my taiwanese or mandarin's gonna really hurt! argh! i've been relyin' on the fakt that we have some friends that r there rt now, but... *shrug* oh boy, oh boy! it's a bit'f a gamble. i hope we can find them!!! i think the best bet's jeff kan. i guess he's there @ his parent's place, which makes him a total local, rt? :-? i hope! our friends andy, grace, n' eugene r also there, but... i can't really get in touch w/'em. 'least i've got jeff's fon nombre. yah, so what's gonna happen?! *shrug* good question. in fakt, great question. i've mentioned that i wanna bring kaela to ¢0$+¢0 cos taiwan's costco's amazing! i guess we've gotta c taipei 101, but i don't even know what's inside asia's tallest skyscraper. is it $hopping? offices? *shrug* i think kaela put 2gether a list'f stuff from what i sed our friends posted up 4 us on facebook, n' that list includes a daytrip to hua.lien, but uh... i hope that's not 2 last min. *sigh* i think i underplanned 4 this just cos'f the whole christmas season. i've had to worry 2 much 'bout christmas stuff to plan 4 this trip. *sigh* neway... as always, i'd prefer to hang out where the locals hang out than do touristy stuff. dude, u know what's scary?! i don't even have ¢a$h on me!!! i $pent it all on the fud n' drinks last nite @ javier's! aktually, i overpaid, but... oh well. oh yah, 1 thing we'll do 4 sure's go to the big new yr's eve party in the middle'f taipei. yah, that's 4 sure. i wonder who the musikal akts r. they should be pretty kewl. uhm, the only taiwanese pop stars i've been really listenin' to lately r s.h.e. n' yuki hsu, but... *shrug* i might recognise some others.
oh yah... b4 we left, the sat b4 we left, kaela n' i hosted a christmas lunch 4 my family, n' on the fri b4 we left, i took kaela out 4 a christmas monthversary dinner @ parcel 104. we'd been tryin' to go there 4ever. i'd read good reviews'f the place. i had hi, hi expektations, n' the restaurant lived up to those expektations! 'twas great! the fud was creative/innovative n' delicious. i think wave magazine readers voted it the best overall restaurant in the south bay. i dunno; it's def'ly up there, but what is the best restaurant in the sobay? :-? emile's, se7en, amber india santana row, chez tj's in mtn view, speido, a.p. stumps, ... all those def'ly score really hi! hrm... *shrug* well, kaela n' i exchanged christmas presents: she gave me a new pair'f nice, nice spy snowboarding goggles n' a new pair'f nice, nice burton mittens. i gave her a burton carryon luggage. it's funny cos i'm aktually not that big'f a fan'f burton cos they're the microsoft'f snowboarding, yet i end up buyin' n' usin' lots'f their stuff 'specially accesssories. yah, i have the burton cartel bindings, which r like the technics 1200s'f snowboarding. *sigh* whatchya gonna do? they make good stuff. mostly, i've avoided buyin' their decks cos they don't have many true twin freestyle decks, so i prefer to support our local brand, i.e. santa cruz, as u all know.
*sigh* dude, 'tis hard to stay hydrated on a long aeroplane flight to taiwan, eh? so... we're tryin' to go to india in march 4 vince n' champa's wedding. that's if i can get the time off from my werk or make arrangements to werk a day or 2 in bangalore. dude, that'd be quite an adventure! that's a long, long flight! the long flight's kind'f scaring me, but to go to india w/ kaela... that'd be such a great experience! [later, 화장실에 가기후에] oh yah, 1 kind'f (but not really) interestin' thing on this flight's that i requested the "asian (indian) vegetarian meal." i already knew that meant i'd get my fud b4 others. the fud was pretty good. nuthin' really fancy but 'least not disgusting, u know? i had hi expektation'f eva aeroline fud, but heh... well, i already knew not to have "hi, hih expektations" like i had'f parcel 104. ha ha. *sigh* i 4got to take pix'f the meals. there's that 1 website that has a big library'f aeroline meals. neway, i had the "avml" dinner, but i accidentally took the "spicy beef"라명 ramyuhn snack, when i should've held out 4 the "avml" sandwich snack. upes. heh, neway, the aeroplane fud's not gonna be the best fud on our trip to taiwan, no way!
di$¢ount ¢ard.
¢oupon - bogo breakfast sandwich: sasuage, egg, n' cheese mcgriddles.
'twas so much fun to catch up w/ ken n' grace. their twin daughters arrive in 12월 decembre.
la sky in sj
well, i learned that not only is this not a scam, it's important to do if u don't travel much!!! wow, u learn sumpthin' new every day!
lick fire sky
order. i stayed up 2late havin' fun w/ skateboard stuff. kaela fell asleep on the couch wearin' her pro.tec skateboarding helmet. it was very cute. i wet proofed my new dvs daewon 9 black shoes, disassembled my current setup, n' put 2gether my original setup as well as my new setup. i guess i now have 2 complete skateboards
since when did shoes become part'f a skater's (skateboarder's) setup? *shrug* also, since when did we start carin' what brand'f griptape n' hardware a skater (skateboarder) uses?! back in my day, we used generik griptape n' hardware. in fakt, we bought our mounting hardware from orchard supply! pretty soon, there'll be pro series toilet paper, rt?! neway, geez... i stayed up late. i had to assemble 'lot'f parts n' apply the griptape to my new deck. it has a patch cut out'f it in the shape'f the independent truck co. cross logo. i centered that patch o'er a skull on the top graphik'f my new deck. the top'f my new deck's yellow. the bottom'f my ol' deck was navy blue. 'lot'f ppl think that my favourite colours r either blue or yellow. however, on the benology quiz that kaela gave my b.day party guests, the official answer 4 my favourite colour was green. well, honestly, i like all those colours. i mean... i don't wear so much yellow, but it is my last name. howe'er, my asian name does sort'f imply green. blue n' gold've always been my skool colours. wait... my elementary skool's colours were green n' yellow. also, my youth soccer league's colours were green n' yellow. i tend to wear the followin' colours: black, blue, brown, grey, n' green. i typically don't wear red! i usually wear pants that r differently coloured from my top.
material issue
instead'f a pc. i'm pretty fed up w/ windows issues. thus, i'm ready 4 mac issues? ha ha ha. seriously, it's so hard to do musik n' video stuff on pcs. i'm maybe ready to make the switch when the time comes. *shrug* furthermore, i've developed a distates 4 microsoft n' all their non.bayareaness!!! >:-( buy locally grown, u know? i don't want a rim blackberry. if the palm treos really go the way'f the brontosauruses, then i'd rather get an iphone than a blackberry. 2 bad 1) they rn't available 4 verizon n' 2) i'm not rich 'nuff to buy ne'f that ¢r@p. [a li'l later] it's odd that i'm experiencin' this gadgetlust, eh? in recent months, i'm usually just discussin' how i'm pinin' o'er some piece'f skateboarding equipment or whatnot. it obviously must be cos i now have my ideal skateboarding setup, so i've moved on to drool o'er elektronics n' 'puters, etc. oh yah, along those lines, i'm hopin' to buy a pair'f denon dn-hs5500s when they come out. they appear to be the 1st serious pro dj hard drive turntables. *sigh* i guess it's that time 'gain to make a list'f ¢r@p i think i need or else ¢r@p 4 which i oughtta be $avin' up $$$:
life isn't a spektator sport
n' borders.
unprediktable
¢oupon (coupon). dude, that book's $aved us 'lot'f $$$. i wonder if i should go 'head n' buy next yr's edition now. *shrug* kaela ordered the kalua pork, n' i ordered this seafud combo w/ bbq chicken. it was all very tasty altho' not very healthy. gee, i wish hawai.ian fud were healthier. :-( [later] this yr, it's been hard to manage my weight n' all cos i'm injured. man... this past wknd's knee tweak or whate'er's quite a bit'f a setback. wow, w/o doubt, the knee injury n' the london mision trip'll top the list'f important events'f 2007년, sans doute. i was tempted to take some advil or generik ibuprofen yesterday, but i guess i kind'f 4got, n' also i just hate drugs. altho' i'll occasionally take ibuprofen to reduce swelling, i hate the feelin' after it wears off. furthermore, i simply hate the feelin'f havin' chemicals in my body.
p i n k m a r t i n i
cafe dhaka
love ur liver
poseurs
. i mean, they weren't necessarily really awful songs, n' the crowd liked'em, 'specially that 1 drunk groomsman, but yah... when i played marilyn manson, the drunk grandpa stumbled over to chew me out; wow. neway, yah... it was still a fun dj gig.
¢oupon. i accidentally overtipped. it's just that the waitress looked a bit bummed that i pulled out the entertainment book
bogo ¢oupon, prob'ly cos she thought that meant i'd tip off the after di$¢ount pri¢, but no... i know i hafta tip off the original pri¢e. i do that w/ happy hr di$¢ounts 2. it's only rt. however, in the end, i went overboard n' gave a 15% dinner tip instead'f a 10% lunch tip. abel sed that when he werked as a waiter b4 @ the cheesecake faktory; some ppl had a $120 bill, paid w/ a $100 gift card n' a credit card, n' then tipped only on the $20 credit card amt. dude, that sucks. c? i don't wanna be like that. well, hey! u know what? on sat, i received a pretty good tip; so... yah, i think maybe this is god's way'f makin' things all werk out, u know?
lost fon 'gain
beno 'pon openin' his present
kaela on the union jack chair: an appropriate prop 4 a post london trip pic, eh?
beno on the union jack chair: it's in the ben sherman sektion'f the valley fair macy's.
pastor steve, kaela, n' beno @ richelle n' michael's wedding
beno in a cowboy hat @ the oakland art & soul fest
kaela asleep w/ her new skateboarding helmet: like a kid on christmas nite, eh?
beno w/ his new setup, holdin' onto sooni's leash (in our garage)
beno w/ his new setup in the parkin' lot'f the new palo alto 4 seasons hotel
sooni w/ my new skateboard deck
golden monthversary
gum 4 kaela 4 $1.99. the gum was nasty. [later] well, i think it was nastier cos i had just eaten so much wasabi. well, when kaela dropped me off, i mentioned that my replacement fon'd come in via dhl 2day. then she remembered that she had a box 4 me, a shipment. yup, 'twas my fon. well, i have my fon now. i don't have my micro sd card or my extended life battery. *sigh*
burger, pizza, bier
never rain: "it never rains in southern california."
rich trash
, i watched 3 older asian.am movies. 2 were great. the 3rd was just "eh..."/so.so. shopping for fangs (1997) rocked. the motel (c.2003) rocked. long life, happiness & prosperity kind'f fizzled. it could've been worse; i.e. it could've been mina shum's earlier, 1980s immature asian.am piece double happiness. u know what? i'm pretty sure sandra oh can't ever do nething posi+ive 4 the asian.am community. i mean, shoot, i'd love to c her prove me wrong.
추석
추석 인사 오려 드립니다.
bart: oh, i am so bored!
milhouse: oh, i can't wait till we're teenagers; then we'll be happy.
. . .
bart: [walks to closet] alright! silly string! [sprays glasses and eyebrows on lisa] look, now you're milhouse!
milhouse: [to lisa] who wets their bed now, milhouse! [chuckles]
. . .
bart: check it out -- i'm kicking books at a sixth-grade level.
homer: get 'em boy! hit those smart-@$$ books!
marge: why don't you kick some books, lisa?
lisa: bart broke all my books.
asian.am advertising improves
sooni barked @ the truck n' got all riled up. i tried to get her to calm down. when the truck left, i finally got her to come over. she ran over, so interested in my sandwich. she ran into my rt fut that was resting on my left knee as i sat in that patio chair. that funny doggy. neway, i ate. i then packed up my gym stuff 4 2nite's turbo kick box (tkb) class n' drove back to my office.
the things we go thru
“therefore i tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes?look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly father feeds them. are you not much more valuable than they? who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?” -- jesus in matthew 6:25-27
i s'ppose it's a popular verse. u know, 1 funny thing's that a li'l b4 that, i was thinkin', "gee, really need more clothes 4 werk, like maybe some long.sleeved, button.down shirts. i'm always wearin' the same clothes. ppl prob'ly can guess what i'll wear on ne given day." *shrug* *sigh* yah, well, i s'ppose i needn't worry, eh?
10월 시작
so yah... let me emphasize that sat nite was by no means a failure or a bad wedding party. even 'the troublesome groomsman came up @ the end to thank me, especially since i ended the nite w/ a hyphy favourite: the federation's "i wear my stunna glasses @ nite." even tho' the couple sed they'd give me guys to help me set up n' breakdown, i had absoultely 0 ppl helping me the whole nite. dude... not to say that the ppl weren't great ppl, but that's always a bummer. neway, yah... i must emphasize, 'twas a beautiful wedding, n' things really went fine in the end. dude, the fud there was amazing. this was 1'f the rare, rare times that kaela n' i weren't fed the same fud as the guests: the guests had this crazy, crazy full 6.course meal; but shoot, our vendor meal buffet was still really good, n' i appreciated it.
internet goodies
turntables in my eyes
if i go w/ vinyl turntables, i don't really care to get really nice 1s cos the serato n' laptop (which i'll need to buy)'ll do all the real werk. however, the classic technics sl1200mk2s or mk3s only have ±8% pitch adjust. my current (antique) pioneer cdj500.iis give me ±10%, n' that's already not 'nuff. new cd turntables give ±24%. the numark tt500 vinyl turntables give up to ±50%. i don't s'ppose serato scratch live can magnify the pitch adjust range, can it? the technics sl1200m5g r the only technics turntables that can give ±16% pitch adjust. switch from cd turntables to vinyl turntables? *sigh* i dunno.
2× gemini cdt.05 hybrid (vinyl / cd mp3) turntables i've given up on gemini produkts
the internet'f 2day
i hear lots 'bout frappr but am still really confused by it. yah, sure, it's a site where u put ur friends on a map, but... *shrug* i believe by itself, it's not all that useful, but ppl cm to piggyback on it to do more useful stuff.
bodycare
will it rain on halloween this yr? this yr, halloween's on a 수요일 wednesday.
balanceball chair. it's the strangest lookin' thing! i bet it's good 4 ur body tho'.
metrics
palm probs 2007년 가을
however, gee... i really wish i could have an apple @ overstock
@ overstock
(expires 2007년10월31일)
(expires 2007년12월31일)
4 returnin' customers, i guess... (expires 2007년10월31일)
4 returnin' customers, rt? (expires 2007년10월31일)
iphone instead, but they don't make it 4 verizon.
return to korean fud wk
. kaela cooked some fish w/ southwestern chili spices n' then 한식 korean fud - 된장 찌개 dwenjang jjigae, sautéed oyster shrooms, n' a bunch'f 반찬 banchan.
need focusyn
. gee, i really wish i could make my website look nicer. *sigh* i think i should go on facebook hiatus 'gain. ha ha, i say that rt after askin' u to post on my facebook wall, eh? neway, yah... i don't want facebook to mess up my produktivity. i played the "addicted to the simpsons" trivia game last nite. i knew most'f the answers, but some'f the questions r not that good. some'f'em have like typos n' misspellings. i don't like that. *sigh* 10월 oktober's flyin' by, eh? it's almost mid.oktober! *sigh* [later] well, shoot... even tho' i figure i rarely like it when time flies by, i want to get my surgery done n' over w/, rt? since i can't snowboard this winter, it's gonna be miserable, rt? *shrug* i dunno; we'll try to make the best'f it. i'll try to werk on my dj stuff or sumpthin'. i guess the post surgery days, wks, n' months r a great unknown 4 me. what'll life be like after the surgery? *sigh* i dunno. i've gotta admit: ever since 10월 oktober began, i've found it hard to focus. &nsbp; i feel a.d.d. i feel like the hekticness n' bizzy.ness'f 9월 sept had me runnin' on pure adrenaline or whate'er. thus, now in 10월 okt, i'm like crashin'. i dunno.
the rain falls hard on a x
humdrumx exciting town. this town has xdraggedx lifted you xdownx up*
life links
1 or 'nother
아빠의 생일
pumpkin soy
51st monthversary
partyin' like it's 1999
health screening
my stats last yr (2006년)
my stats this yr (2007년)
my facebook status reads: "beno is tc136, hdl 59, tc/hdl 2.3, trg <45, glu 80, bp 138/91, pr 47 bpm, ht 5'11", wt 150 lbs bmi 21... not as healthy as last yr, rt?"
¢oupon. then, we went to our house to change. i stopped by the atm n' picked up max, n' we were off to the vault. wow! freakin' a! it really felt like the ol' cal taekwondo party crew (p.crew) days!!! it could've been 2000년! what the heck?! what was goin' on?!
superhappy?
last wknd'f oktober
¢oupon.
in mtn view, but they had just closed. we drove down el camino real n' only found walgreens open. i didn't find ne good costumes, but we bought halloween candy.
beno n' mark: ur taekwondo instruktors (click pic to view full pic on flickr)
keno (click pic to view full pic on flickr)
u.s. taekwondo akademy p.crew (click pic to view full pic on flickr)
the ladies ...n' then me in the background (click pic to view full pic on flickr)
halloween earthquake
bogo di$¢ount card since the 2007 book expired 2day... or does it expire 2morrow? what does it really mean when sumpthin' expires november 1, 2007? *shrug* neway... it was a delicious lunch.
"bad" means "good," and to "shake your booty" means to wiggle's one's butt.
djed last wedding'f 2007년 ('least that's the plan)
sweet november
pay the bills
/underpass on el camino real. [later] i think part'f why i fell on my re.entry's cos i'm still more used to snowboarding than skateboarding, and if i were re.entering such a sharp transition on a snowboard, my deck'd flex, n' i'd be fine; but a skateboard deck doesn't flex like that, so... *shrug*
but just believe me, girl, someday, i'll pay the bills with this guitar.
we'll have it good. we'll have the life we knew we would.
my word is good."
-- excerpt from "hey there delilah" by the plain white ts
someday, i'll pay the bills with this guitar.
someday, i'll pay the bills with these turntables.
someday, i'll pay the bills with this skateboard.
someday, i'll pay the bills with this snowboard.
someday, i'll pay the bills with this chuck norris karate chop.
someday, i'll pay the bills with these guns (flexes biceps, kisses left biceps, kisses right biceps).
someday, i'll pay the bills with these blackmail fotos'f pamela anderson in a compromising situation w/ rudy giuliani.
someday, i'll pay the bills with this stash'f illegal drugs.
someday, i'll pay the bills with these poledancing skills.
someday, i'll pay the bills with these millions of gold coins n' experience points in world of warcraft.
someday, i'll pay the bills with these h@x0r 5k1llz.
someday, i'll pay the bills with this business plan to perform unlicensed plastic surgery in our garage.
someday, i'll pay the bills with this ph.d. in plasma physics n' this mba in investment banking.
someday, i'll pay the bills with this fat bank account my parents gave me.
someday, i'll pay the bills with this fat bank account ur parents gave me.
gone till november
post surgery meal?
green day, snow day
elektrolyte imbalance
(gastro)enteritis
enteritis continues; 내일 수술
수술 - dizzkneeland
the chronicles of beno
usin' my link here, then i get $18. :-)
versus
52nd monthversary
i plan to hit the gym 4 the 1st time since my surgery 2nite, do some upper body lifting while kaela goes to sach's 700p turbo kick box (tkb) class @ the east arques 24 hour fitness. i've been eatin' 2 much n' well... not exercisin' @ all. i've been purposely avoiding exercise cos i can't take a shower. in reality, i can prob'ly start takin' a shower w/ a plastic bag sealed w/ rubber bands 'round my leg to cover the stitches as long as i use the handheld showerhead n' sit. uhm, yah, i might do that 2nite. it beats washin' myself in the sink n' w/ baby wipes n' w/ the disinfektant body/perineal spray that i bought from kaiser. yah, bathing myself has been very awkward lately; but i hope that soon changes.
¢oupon, but the waiters really pushed us to do the buffet instead, so we did. it was good, i've gotta admit. then, we went to hana dvd. i wanted to rent 커피 프린스 1호점 coffee prince ilhojuhm (the coffee prince's 1st shop), but it's not available w/ english subtitles till 2008년01월 january 2008. instead, we rented 포도밭 그 사나이 podobat geu sanai (the man in the vineyard). we've been watchin' 'lot'f episodes since then. on sunday, we went to grx's 1st service. uhm, 'f course we were late, but we made it. afterwards, we hung 'round the lobby talkin' to 'lot'f ppl. i 'specially waited to talk to john, who werked on my surgery. he confirmed that 'twas ok 4 me to try to walk but only w/ my immobiliser brace. well, after that, kaela n' i ate dimsum lunch @ joy luck place. aktually, we 1st got drinks @ fantasia, while waitin' 4 our table. well, dimsum was delicious, but uhm... i found some kind'f roach or silverfish in my hot sauce n' a mosquito on my hargow. :-/ uhm, honestly, i didn't bother sayin' nething cos i don't expekt much from a chinese restaurant. like, if i knew how to speak cantonese, then maybe it'd be worth a shot, but uh... no. i am going to report them to the county health inspektor, but more 4 their sake. i'm not sure, but i think what i need to do is maybe e.mail dehweb@deh.CO.Santa-Clara.CA.US. otherwise, i might hafta call 408.918.3400 during bizness hrs. i'm not sure. neway, on sun evening, our friend eric johnson came down from fremont to hang out w/ us @ our house n' eat dinner w/ us. oh yah, kaela n' i went gro¢ery $hopping @ 한국 마켓 hangook market in the afternoon.
¢a$h n' drugs
progress or no progress?
추수감사절 - t.giving
no comply
couch days over
some wiki articles
life @ the speed'f beno
캐이라의 졸업
k.town leftovers
lifecycle: bike 4 life
awaiting macbook
crave
adobe 동물병원
(dongmoolbyungwon = animal hospital)
snow season kicks off
dvd. then i went to our friends' baby shower w/o kaela. i'm sure i've set the record 4 #'f baby showers attended by a husband w/o his wife. @ nite, we went to trader joe's rt b4 it closed. oh yah, on fri nite, i went to lead our grx t3 light couples bible study.
not big mac, wii mac
life better?
christmas presence
gomadic interchangeable tip car charger 4 toshiba gigabeat f40
keep in mind: i was buyin' stuff from gomadic a looong time 'go cos they supported handspring stuff. they've got a good thing goin': interchangeable cables 4 portable elektronics. they're tryin' to minimise the 'mount'f cables u hafta buy, by makin' interchangeable connektors.
53rd monthversary
some wiki articles on (south) korean politiks
some wiki articles on wii games:
winter anxiety
성탄절
continue to 2008.
