Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Sarah Palin Please Sit Down

I'm so glad that McCain chose Sarah Palin as his running mate because watching all her videos is just so entertaining. I especially like Katie Couric interviews with her on Day 1, Day 2, and this. It just shows how sheltered Palin is and her lack of exposure to popular issues that she should definitely have a clear understand of and position on. Anyways, I would like to see how far she could go if she were to be on a TV show like, Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? How could she not even name a single source of news if she only relies on books and newspapers as her way to explore the world? This is ridiculous. You could tell that even Couric was getting bored. She didn't even have to try hard to get to the juicy part. Palin just keeps talking and eventually she will just start making stuff up when she's clueless. Can anyone really support her after watching these? Wake up people.

Vote Obama.

Monday, September 29, 2008

No Gmail at Work

My work joined the line of putting web restriction to any web mail and social networking sites on Monday. It was something completely unexpected because I thought that there was this silent trust that as long as you get your work done, something like this just wouldn't happen. I know that by blocking these sites, maybe more work would get done, but there are definitely some down side to this too.

Access to personal e-mails help keeps the number of phone calls down. What if there's some type of an emergency? With e-mails, you can multitask without bothering your co-workers, but when you get a phone call, you definitely would need to step out of the office. What if you're going through some difficult time or your friend is? Little emails here and there during your breaks to and from your friends can help you stay positive. So how does this affect your work? Well, if someone is in a good mood then they're most likely to work more, but if someone is stress or unhappy then they would most likely not get any work done anyways. But then again, it could work the opposite way as well.

I know that I definitely needed access to my personal e-mail on Monday. I had some work done on the weekend and because my work email can't receive any files larger than 10 MB, I used my Gmail instead to send the work to myself. After finding out the hard way that Gmail was blocked on Monday morning when the project is due that afternoon, I had to waste time driving home to get the file. I used yousendit.com to send the file to my work email address and luckily also added a copy to a memory stick. After I got to work, found out that yousendit was also blocked. Isn't that ridiculous?

Anyways, I completely understand why companies choose to do this, but it just sucks to know that if I really needed to check my email then I can't anymore. So for some of you who understand what this feels like, you might want to read this: Ten Things Your IT Department Won't Tell You

Updates: It turned out that whatever the IT guy have been doing at work, something went wrong and that's how all these web restrictions started. He had no idea, but everything is fixed now so we're back to normal. Yeah!

Monday, September 22, 2008

Thai Cultural Day

Attended my first MeetUp event at the Thai Cultural Day in Hollywood yesterday. I have never been to Barnsdall Park before, but have always wanted to visit the Hollyhock house that was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.





Saturday, September 20, 2008

Working Saturday

Today at 12:30 PM is when my very first working day on a Saturday will start (For this company, not in my entire life). It's not a new work schedule or anything (Yeah!). It's just for this weekend because there will be a big BIG meeting with a new potential client on Monday and it'll just be awesome if they fall madly in love with us. My boss is going to bring in lunch from Porto's, which will be awesome. Alright, I have to go now, but will continue this topic later.

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It's now 2:26 AM. No, I didn't just get home from work. Anyways, I just wanted to share that I feel lucky that I'm one those people with a Mon.-Fri. work schedule...at least for now anyways. I know many people who work all the time and rarely take any vacation, so compared to them, one working Saturday is nothing. My first job out of college was 6 days per week and the schedule was insane (7:ooAM - 6PM). I can't imagine working like that now and I'm not even that old. And that's just the office hour, so it doesn't even include the time that I actually have to be there by or how much longer I have to stay afterward to close up the office. Ahh, I need sleep now. Good Night.


Work Parking Lot

Saturday, September 13, 2008

Today in Pictures


Miso Ramen at Hokkaido Fair
Inside of Mitsuwa in Torrance, CA.


Wilson and Pearline (W+P)
I didn't get a picture of them today, but they were the one who invited L, K and I to the fair for lunch. We also went to see Burn After Reading afterward, which was funnier than expected.


Water-Saving Dual-Function Handle at Symantec
Isn't this awesome?


L at Moon Festival in Chinatown


Via Cafe for Dinner


K in Black


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Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Yeah, I Don't Have to Cook!

There are some days when I just hate to come home and cook. It's when I just feel like shutting down after a long work day. Cooking should never feel like a chore though especially after a successful turnout of a new recipe. I can't remember the last time that I made anything new from my Indian cook book. I remember getting it about almost three years ago and I'd try to make something new almost every week. Now, I would like to be better at baking. So far, I have only baked cupcakes and different type of bread.

So the point of all this is that L's brother, K, is staying with us for a week. Last night, he made us dinner then we had a tea ceremony with desserts. Yum. All fresh and organic!


Mmmm
Thanks, K.

Friday, September 5, 2008

Don't Want This Cold

It sucks to have a cold. It started with a sore throat three mornings ago. Does it always start in the morning? Now it's full on with sneezing and stuffy nose. I hate this. I'm constantly going to the restroom because of all the water that I'm drinking. I'm probably secretly known as the "Bathroom Queen" by now. Some sites recommend drinking cold water to help the sore throat feel better, while others suggest warm water for when you have a cold. What to do...what to do. All I know is to have extra soft tissue paper ready and face lotion for my nose. Yesterday, I felt like my nose was going to fall off : ( My trash can that is usually empty is almost full with tissue paper. If it can look any better than it sounds, I would take a picture of it, but it doesn't. I'm glad that my work has tissue paper for us to use, but too bad that it's not the super soft kind that I like, so I had to bring a box from home.

On a brighter note, I'm going to see Nada Surf tomorrow at the Troubadour.

One of my co-worker is going to be in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown. How exciting!


Me Familia
On a good day with good health.

Thursday, September 4, 2008