31 May 2006
Last Wednesday I said goodbye to an old friend of 15 years - my car. So I decided to write a haiku in her honor:
Many roads traveled
Destinations near and far
Oh the memories
Many roads traveled
Destinations near and far
Oh the memories
09 March 2006
I cannot even begin to express the emotional roller coaster that I have been on this past week, my wife and I celebrated our second wedding anniversary and we have to find a new place to live because our building has been sold. I have lived in our present location for 24 years. The selling of the building does not come as a surprise but I did not realize that 1.) it would sell so quickly and 2.) that I would get so emotional. I have always deemed myself a resilient person who could welcome change and take on any of life's road bumps but man this is one of the hardest things that I have ever had to endure.
This was my parents first home purchase their piece of the Americana, my most impressionable years were spent in this house - I graduated from elementary school, high school, and college, joined and came home from the Army and got married, I even proposed to my wife in one of the apartments. Wow!
On the bright side my wife and I will be forced to reevaluate our belongings and see what it is we really should and can take with us which will stream line our lives and my parents will be residing in a lovely low maintenance condo that is closer to their grandson.
This was my parents first home purchase their piece of the Americana, my most impressionable years were spent in this house - I graduated from elementary school, high school, and college, joined and came home from the Army and got married, I even proposed to my wife in one of the apartments. Wow!
On the bright side my wife and I will be forced to reevaluate our belongings and see what it is we really should and can take with us which will stream line our lives and my parents will be residing in a lovely low maintenance condo that is closer to their grandson.
10 October 2005
When I was younger I liked the Oakland Raiders I don't remember why but I know I liked them because I had a Raiders duffle bag. I have friends who root for teams from towns outside their own. These two points beg the question, what is it that makes people decide to root for a particular team? So I open up the question for discussion...
17 June 2005
On May 31, 2005 I did my civic duty and helped charge a man with first degree murder. This was my fourth time being called for jury duty but only my second time serving on a jury - the first case was a civil case. I must say I found the whole proceedings very interesting specially after watching all those episodes of Law and Order, Homicide, and CSI. Unfortunately the case was not resolved within a one hour episode, it lasted 5 days including deliberation. There were no TV cameras waiting outside the courthouse no mention in the newspapers, although I was told not to read the paper in case there was mention of the case and no court artist.
After all was said and done the judge met with the jury to answer some questions, one of our main questions was how much time this person would get; we were told possibly somewhere in the neighborhood of 40 plus consecutive years, while I felt a bit sorry for the guy and for the family of the guy that was killed I couldn't help not being too sorry since by no means were these two people saints - they were both heroin dealers and one was also an addict.
After all was said and done the judge met with the jury to answer some questions, one of our main questions was how much time this person would get; we were told possibly somewhere in the neighborhood of 40 plus consecutive years, while I felt a bit sorry for the guy and for the family of the guy that was killed I couldn't help not being too sorry since by no means were these two people saints - they were both heroin dealers and one was also an addict.
05 March 2005
Tomorrow is my one year wedding anniversary, I can hardly believe that a year has gone by. It was one crazy year let me tell ya. I got married, changed jobs, celebrated my nephews 3rd birthday, helped gut our dining room, got a new nephew, ordered wedding photos, ripped up more carpet and read a couple books. Life can go by so quickly.
26 May 2004
At present I am conducting an experiment at my home, it involves the correlation between TV viewing and the amount of housework that actually gets done. I have not watched television in the past 4 days and this is what I have to show for it; the dining room now resembles a place where one can eat, the last of the carpet [from the dining room] is gone with the exception of the piece under the heater (which will probably stay because I do not feel like detaching the heater from the pipe in order to move it out of the way), a mound of dirty dishes no longer resides in the sink and my laundry has been put away, I have found time to read (books not just magazines)and I have been able to listen to some of the CD's in my collection.
So why am I conducting this experiment you ask, well first of all I got sick and tired of complaining about the mess and wondering why I did not have the time to clean, (I know, well DUH!) secondly I wanted to see how long I could sustain not watching TV. Luckily for me my cable is not working properly otherwise the temptation would be too great. How long do I plan on keeping this up you may ask? I don't know but I'm thinking at least until I feel satisfied that the apartment is ready for guests. Peace
So why am I conducting this experiment you ask, well first of all I got sick and tired of complaining about the mess and wondering why I did not have the time to clean, (I know, well DUH!) secondly I wanted to see how long I could sustain not watching TV. Luckily for me my cable is not working properly otherwise the temptation would be too great. How long do I plan on keeping this up you may ask? I don't know but I'm thinking at least until I feel satisfied that the apartment is ready for guests. Peace
19 May 2004
Well it has been a little over two months since I have embarked on my most recent endeavors - marriage and a new job. I'm happy to say the marriage thing is going well, no real issues have come up other than trying to find a place for our stuff but we have been faithfully watching a lot of home improvement and organizational shows and maybe one day we can put our new found knowledge to work and will actually be able to eat in our dining room and have a guest stay over in the actual guest room.
As far as work is concerned well it's work, I now must wear a shirt and tie plus I have my very own cubicle which I have adorned with pictures, toys and a bamboo plant. I have been learning more about my role within the grand scheme of things and I have also been checking the job board in order to make my move to getting that corner office, stock options and a key to the executive washroom. However if things do not work out I will be auditioning for the next episode of P. Diddy's Making the Band (or whatever it was called), while I do not have the required rapping skills, I have read a lot of Dr Seuss and I am an Asian Pacific Islander of which to date there are no mainstream rappers with that ethnicity. Of course if the rap thing does not work out I think an all Filipino country band would be the next logical decision, better yet I could be the first country rap star doing Garth Brooks covers - Friends in Low Places with some bass and distortion, I could capture the untapped teen/tween cowboy market that can't stand Justin Timberlake and who's parents won't let them buy Korn.
Well that's all for now I just really needed to write something and remember buying a diet Coke with your super-sized double-whopper with cheese and onion rings does not make it a healthy meal, just thought I'd share.
As far as work is concerned well it's work, I now must wear a shirt and tie plus I have my very own cubicle which I have adorned with pictures, toys and a bamboo plant. I have been learning more about my role within the grand scheme of things and I have also been checking the job board in order to make my move to getting that corner office, stock options and a key to the executive washroom. However if things do not work out I will be auditioning for the next episode of P. Diddy's Making the Band (or whatever it was called), while I do not have the required rapping skills, I have read a lot of Dr Seuss and I am an Asian Pacific Islander of which to date there are no mainstream rappers with that ethnicity. Of course if the rap thing does not work out I think an all Filipino country band would be the next logical decision, better yet I could be the first country rap star doing Garth Brooks covers - Friends in Low Places with some bass and distortion, I could capture the untapped teen/tween cowboy market that can't stand Justin Timberlake and who's parents won't let them buy Korn.
Well that's all for now I just really needed to write something and remember buying a diet Coke with your super-sized double-whopper with cheese and onion rings does not make it a healthy meal, just thought I'd share.
