27.7.08
Steve Jobs
another season finale
life for the past 2 years had me chugging along a pretty predictable routine with minor bumps like needing to find a new house, getting a new job and seeing how that's going.
it feels like the "summer" of many many milestones and "ch-ch-changes". i've got a new flat to share with chars when august starts, wilfred will be off for 2 years in b-school.
july assaulted me with so many curveballs left and right and this is the second weekend in a row since i've been back from manila that i've holed up in the new apartment. i just had chicken nuggets and fries delivered for lunch (i had a salad for breakfast - as healthy as it was, god those leaves can't fuel me for the rest of the day especially for the monster workout i've got lined up when i hit the gym in the late afternoon) - and boy, was it a nice, guilty pleasure.
in the 2 weekends of hibernation, i've never felt so grateful and appreciative to have this time to myself, although i miss wil since he's in manila. july is like "trial" separation for us for the onset of another long-distance relationship phase, and so far, it's been ok. with so much going on, i do miss him but at the same time, i don't feel lost like the 1st time we went through this. i guess i am older now to handle this differently, or so i hope. i'm going to see him again in august, and then from then onwards, he'll be in the us and i'll be here, with visits in between for us to manage.
work has been incredibly stressful that i feel actually scared that i'm way in over my head. i got the dream project to work on, so to speak, since i've been transferred to another team but i also have 2 projects that need to go smoothly in october to at least vindicate the blood, sweat, tears i've poured out for the team i was in. i realized that now, in my 2.5 years as a working person - i can be as easygoing a teammate as i can be, up until i realize i don't respect my leaders / managers and then it's downhill from there. if there's anything idealistic in me, it's that i need to work with people who have infallible work ethics. competence would be a nice bonus, but i'd rather work with someone i can trust to have my back than someone who would easily botch up their work because it didn't matter to them. it's weird though that in the real world - these are things you can't police. you can believe in it, but nothing will happen to these people. you just have to hope for the best they get out of your way or that by the grace of something up somewhere that they get their just desserts. now i know why venting or bitching is so cathartic. in many grown-up situations, you have nothing much left unless you're "brave" or crazy enough to do something about it, or if you're lucky enough not to be disillusioned - you can keep going and ignore the mess the idiots make.
***
i've downloaded new things from youtube. the first was clips from xanadu, this almost-forgotten olivia newton-john movie in the 80s. i grew up watching this movie alongside the sound of music, my fair lady and other stuff. it's cheesy but i like the 80s song and dance sequences, and it reminds me so much of my childhood. xanadu is now a musical on broadway but i don't think it compares to the original. it had gene kelly in it, roller-skating.
the other thing i saw was the last lecture from randy pausch. i typically don't watch these things but i think a lot of what he said hit me at the right time given where i am now. he died yesterday after a battle with pancreatic cancer and he began his speech by saying that it is what it is and that he doesn't need pity. in debates, euthanasia and end of life issues were things we debated a lot about before, but something i had zero experience with in praxis. when people now say they want to die with dignity, i think of when i was prepping against that and how i then believed that euthanasia need not be the answer and now i can just think of, how naive i was then. i'm beginning to realize that it's easier to live life on your terms, but harder to end it on yours in the right way. it takes so much more integrity and character to be able to come to terms with the reality that your life will end at a time not of your own choosing and how to manage those. and i have to understand that as nice these values are, not everyone knows them and thinks the same even though it seems inconceivable in my brain. and so basically, when i was watching his hour-plus speech, it just seemed so comforting.
the other thing that was kind of cheerleady about the video was about when he talks about brick walls that come in the way of you achieving your dream. it was reassuring when he said they existed because it's for you to prove how badly you want something. in this day and age of instant fulfilment (even more so reinforced living here in singapore), my problem is i rarely know when i really really want something. now i know.
if you guys are curious, here's the link for the video. it's really funny and the best selling point i have about it is that it's not tuesdays with morrie-ish but thought provoking.
it feels like the "summer" of many many milestones and "ch-ch-changes". i've got a new flat to share with chars when august starts, wilfred will be off for 2 years in b-school.
july assaulted me with so many curveballs left and right and this is the second weekend in a row since i've been back from manila that i've holed up in the new apartment. i just had chicken nuggets and fries delivered for lunch (i had a salad for breakfast - as healthy as it was, god those leaves can't fuel me for the rest of the day especially for the monster workout i've got lined up when i hit the gym in the late afternoon) - and boy, was it a nice, guilty pleasure.
in the 2 weekends of hibernation, i've never felt so grateful and appreciative to have this time to myself, although i miss wil since he's in manila. july is like "trial" separation for us for the onset of another long-distance relationship phase, and so far, it's been ok. with so much going on, i do miss him but at the same time, i don't feel lost like the 1st time we went through this. i guess i am older now to handle this differently, or so i hope. i'm going to see him again in august, and then from then onwards, he'll be in the us and i'll be here, with visits in between for us to manage.
work has been incredibly stressful that i feel actually scared that i'm way in over my head. i got the dream project to work on, so to speak, since i've been transferred to another team but i also have 2 projects that need to go smoothly in october to at least vindicate the blood, sweat, tears i've poured out for the team i was in. i realized that now, in my 2.5 years as a working person - i can be as easygoing a teammate as i can be, up until i realize i don't respect my leaders / managers and then it's downhill from there. if there's anything idealistic in me, it's that i need to work with people who have infallible work ethics. competence would be a nice bonus, but i'd rather work with someone i can trust to have my back than someone who would easily botch up their work because it didn't matter to them. it's weird though that in the real world - these are things you can't police. you can believe in it, but nothing will happen to these people. you just have to hope for the best they get out of your way or that by the grace of something up somewhere that they get their just desserts. now i know why venting or bitching is so cathartic. in many grown-up situations, you have nothing much left unless you're "brave" or crazy enough to do something about it, or if you're lucky enough not to be disillusioned - you can keep going and ignore the mess the idiots make.
***
i've downloaded new things from youtube. the first was clips from xanadu, this almost-forgotten olivia newton-john movie in the 80s. i grew up watching this movie alongside the sound of music, my fair lady and other stuff. it's cheesy but i like the 80s song and dance sequences, and it reminds me so much of my childhood. xanadu is now a musical on broadway but i don't think it compares to the original. it had gene kelly in it, roller-skating.
the other thing i saw was the last lecture from randy pausch. i typically don't watch these things but i think a lot of what he said hit me at the right time given where i am now. he died yesterday after a battle with pancreatic cancer and he began his speech by saying that it is what it is and that he doesn't need pity. in debates, euthanasia and end of life issues were things we debated a lot about before, but something i had zero experience with in praxis. when people now say they want to die with dignity, i think of when i was prepping against that and how i then believed that euthanasia need not be the answer and now i can just think of, how naive i was then. i'm beginning to realize that it's easier to live life on your terms, but harder to end it on yours in the right way. it takes so much more integrity and character to be able to come to terms with the reality that your life will end at a time not of your own choosing and how to manage those. and i have to understand that as nice these values are, not everyone knows them and thinks the same even though it seems inconceivable in my brain. and so basically, when i was watching his hour-plus speech, it just seemed so comforting.
the other thing that was kind of cheerleady about the video was about when he talks about brick walls that come in the way of you achieving your dream. it was reassuring when he said they existed because it's for you to prove how badly you want something. in this day and age of instant fulfilment (even more so reinforced living here in singapore), my problem is i rarely know when i really really want something. now i know.
if you guys are curious, here's the link for the video. it's really funny and the best selling point i have about it is that it's not tuesdays with morrie-ish but thought provoking.
23.2.08
pics from the singapore airshow
last wednesday i went down to the singapore airshow just to "check it out" as instructed by my boss. although it was a far cry from what i really needed to know and learn, it was nice to go and get a sense of what goes on and see the flying display. the planes i took pictures of are the A380 and the Australian Roulettes flying their fighter jets in precise formations in the air.
These pics are point and shoot because it was so bright i couldn't see anything registering on my digital camera. and i couldn't stare straight through the lens because it was that sunny even with shades on. it was also dumb of me to go without an umbrella and to have at least stocked up on water - i was dehydrated after around 30-45 minutes of watching the planes.
The Australian Roulettes
The A380
These pics are point and shoot because it was so bright i couldn't see anything registering on my digital camera. and i couldn't stare straight through the lens because it was that sunny even with shades on. it was also dumb of me to go without an umbrella and to have at least stocked up on water - i was dehydrated after around 30-45 minutes of watching the planes.
The Australian Roulettes
The A380
18.2.08
history today project entry 1
back in the days when i was still debating from when i was a sophomore in high school till my senior year in uni, i think i must have done over a 100+ debates (i'm sure this estimate is still off but you get the picture) on a lot of things - some different, some similar, some out of this world, some reasonable and etc.
but what amazes me most is how after spending 15 minutes or half an hour in intense thought (depending on a lot of variables also this level of intensity i'm talking about - i.e. teammates, is it training or are we at tournament, what's the weather like, are there hot opponents etc.) on ALL those issues is that they don't stay the same debates anymore because radical change just happened and changed everything to be argued about just like that. after years of waiting for the world to change, it's happening and for posterity i just want to keep tabs on what i notice changing because ... i think it's just fascinating. i'll keep updating and reposting the list everytime *something* monumental-like takes place.
i was thinking about this before - this question of when does history happen, when does a MOMENT happen that's really special that we just know at that point that it's really change and not more of the same and it's always hard to pinpoint because if you're there living in it, you can't see it as well. you need fresh eyes, or a fresh perspective to figure it out. and i think it's also why i thing i want to do this because it seems oddly nerdily fun.
so here goes, for my 1st 2 entries:
1. australia apologized to the aboriginal community
2. kosovo became independent
so i want to just note down things that i debated before that will be different. it's more of an exercise in awareness for me and see that i don't remain ignorant in what goes on in the world just because i'm a corporate stiff.
but what amazes me most is how after spending 15 minutes or half an hour in intense thought (depending on a lot of variables also this level of intensity i'm talking about - i.e. teammates, is it training or are we at tournament, what's the weather like, are there hot opponents etc.) on ALL those issues is that they don't stay the same debates anymore because radical change just happened and changed everything to be argued about just like that. after years of waiting for the world to change, it's happening and for posterity i just want to keep tabs on what i notice changing because ... i think it's just fascinating. i'll keep updating and reposting the list everytime *something* monumental-like takes place.
i was thinking about this before - this question of when does history happen, when does a MOMENT happen that's really special that we just know at that point that it's really change and not more of the same and it's always hard to pinpoint because if you're there living in it, you can't see it as well. you need fresh eyes, or a fresh perspective to figure it out. and i think it's also why i thing i want to do this because it seems oddly nerdily fun.
so here goes, for my 1st 2 entries:
1. australia apologized to the aboriginal community
2. kosovo became independent
so i want to just note down things that i debated before that will be different. it's more of an exercise in awareness for me and see that i don't remain ignorant in what goes on in the world just because i'm a corporate stiff.
16.2.08
a tribute to my valentine
spoiler alert - this might or will be considered mushy but i guess it happens once in a blue moon too so whatever and i don't care, and also because i want to thank wil for a memorable vday even though he was in manila.
i remember the first time i got flowers from a guy. it was high school and i think he thought i hated flowers so he cut off the rose buds and placed them inside a box to soften the blow he thought when i got them. anyway, it was nice and appreciated and although it was weird that he thought i didn't like flowers. and i'm actually a traditionalist - i like deep red roses. i don't care if they're the usual things girls get on vday, i think they're nice and classic, full stop.
so the big deal about this vday was that wil wasn't here and i was just so touched he made an effort to make his presence felt for me even though he was away. we already had our replacement vday dinner the weekend before and while it was a YUMMY meal, i don't think either of us thought of vday stuff since we were just so baboy with the food.
so on the day itself, i got a dozen big red roses delivered at work. and it was just nice. i couldn't stop smiling as corny as it sounds. and wil kept claiming that i would be surprised. to be honest i wasn't THAT surprised more that i was just so touched.
but he really DID have another surprise on top of the flowers. he arranged a post-it note treasure hunt at my flat because i had another present - vouchers for massages at house. i felt so stupid with the 1st clue because i was so distracted i didn't even think hard enough about - what is the remainder when you divide 43 by 17. anyway, i asked a friend at work to help my thought process along.
so there. thanks wil! mwah.
i remember the first time i got flowers from a guy. it was high school and i think he thought i hated flowers so he cut off the rose buds and placed them inside a box to soften the blow he thought when i got them. anyway, it was nice and appreciated and although it was weird that he thought i didn't like flowers. and i'm actually a traditionalist - i like deep red roses. i don't care if they're the usual things girls get on vday, i think they're nice and classic, full stop.
so the big deal about this vday was that wil wasn't here and i was just so touched he made an effort to make his presence felt for me even though he was away. we already had our replacement vday dinner the weekend before and while it was a YUMMY meal, i don't think either of us thought of vday stuff since we were just so baboy with the food.
so on the day itself, i got a dozen big red roses delivered at work. and it was just nice. i couldn't stop smiling as corny as it sounds. and wil kept claiming that i would be surprised. to be honest i wasn't THAT surprised more that i was just so touched.
but he really DID have another surprise on top of the flowers. he arranged a post-it note treasure hunt at my flat because i had another present - vouchers for massages at house. i felt so stupid with the 1st clue because i was so distracted i didn't even think hard enough about - what is the remainder when you divide 43 by 17. anyway, i asked a friend at work to help my thought process along.
so there. thanks wil! mwah.want
tonight, i held a macbook air laptop in my hands, and it was to-die-for. it's super thin, light and pretty. i was at wheelock place after i picked up a new book (35% off too - i really recommend people who live here to just get on the borders mailing list - i got the new sophie kinsella book for SGD 23 INSTEAD of SGD 44, the listed price) and immediately found myself waiting to touch the machine because there was a mini-line of people before me taking turns touching it. parang kotse. anyway, i did the things i saw steve jobs do at the macworld keynote - like when he does that finger-thingy to make the fonts go big then small. it was so retardedly cool.
but at the end of the day, i'm still happy with my old black macbook because it seems sturdier and i think real happiness with the macbook air is unattainable. like the analogy would be, if i were a guy, it would be like dating a really hot yet high-maintenance chick and with bertha, she's still pretty but reliably so. (i'm just in denial but i want bertha to still feel loved).
the other night, since i thought i was dressed ok enough, i went inside prada on my way to the gym. my heart beats fast for this boring looking bag, but i like it and i think it's me. classy and functional (seemingly) and yet new enough not to make me feel matrona.
although it comes with a hefty price tag - SGD 2740. i don't know if i'll ever succumb to temptation and buy it because if i just topped up a little bit more, i could buy myself a new laptop! (specifically, yung ma-hangin.) i was going to put a picture of the dream bag, but neiman marcus got rid of the resort line on their website so sob. i guess it's not meant to be! leche.
8.2.08
toys
2007 was a good year for me pocketbook-wise, and i've noticed that most girls my age tend to reward themselves with statement bags or something else - and i think that's what i want to get this year given i hit my target of enough cash in bank to splurge on something just stylish and 50% functional.
mostly for last year, my biggest vice was buying tech-y stuff - like an iLap for my MacBook (Bertha's optical drive broke down btw, and i felt massively betrayed.) i've never had my own digicam - and using my nokia phone as a 2-in-1 wasn't quite nice enough for the photos it churned and so the list goes on.
i am quite diligent about reading reviews though and over-thinking whether or not i should get the new camera or new speakers so - here you go, a review of the toys i've road-tested and acquired thus far:
1. sony T2 - it took me a while to get the hang of it because i bought it after xmas in singapore and barely used it since there was no point. my biggest mistake mainly with this purchase was buying it after xmas so i could have at least used it in manila 1st. it costs SGS 600 here and at first before i went home i was hesitating if i should get it or not. what actually made me decide for sure was when i was in manila, and i saw the same camera retailing at least a 100% more than it was in SG. the stamina of the camera is great, u get a stylus for the touch screen thingy and i got an extra battery when i bought it, plus it comes w 4GB internal memory. you may get this cheaper i think at sim lim or someplace but i bought it at an official sony retailer because i hated the salesguys at sim lim who gave me fictitiously low prices with no warranty and unnecessary add-ons like a memory card blah blah blah.
2. altec lansing speakers - i wanted to get speakers ever since i got my new 30gb black ipod since i didnt want to keep using my macbook speakers to play music because it might force these speakers into early retirement. and it's great since i don't own an ipod charger so as an alternative to charging my ipod while using it - i just use these. it's quite small but it's got powerful sound and tunes into radio quite well.
mostly for last year, my biggest vice was buying tech-y stuff - like an iLap for my MacBook (Bertha's optical drive broke down btw, and i felt massively betrayed.) i've never had my own digicam - and using my nokia phone as a 2-in-1 wasn't quite nice enough for the photos it churned and so the list goes on.
i am quite diligent about reading reviews though and over-thinking whether or not i should get the new camera or new speakers so - here you go, a review of the toys i've road-tested and acquired thus far:
1. sony T2 - it took me a while to get the hang of it because i bought it after xmas in singapore and barely used it since there was no point. my biggest mistake mainly with this purchase was buying it after xmas so i could have at least used it in manila 1st. it costs SGS 600 here and at first before i went home i was hesitating if i should get it or not. what actually made me decide for sure was when i was in manila, and i saw the same camera retailing at least a 100% more than it was in SG. the stamina of the camera is great, u get a stylus for the touch screen thingy and i got an extra battery when i bought it, plus it comes w 4GB internal memory. you may get this cheaper i think at sim lim or someplace but i bought it at an official sony retailer because i hated the salesguys at sim lim who gave me fictitiously low prices with no warranty and unnecessary add-ons like a memory card blah blah blah.
2. altec lansing speakers - i wanted to get speakers ever since i got my new 30gb black ipod since i didnt want to keep using my macbook speakers to play music because it might force these speakers into early retirement. and it's great since i don't own an ipod charger so as an alternative to charging my ipod while using it - i just use these. it's quite small but it's got powerful sound and tunes into radio quite well.
the CNY post
Yesterday, I made garlic parmigiano risotto (out of a box) for lunch and this morning, experimented and made my own homemade version of ya kun kaya cheesy french toast for breakfast which is my favorite pre-gym saturday meal.
bumming
CNY days are so pleasant. Even with everything virtually closed, it doesn't have that aura of gloom that Holy Week in Manila brings. Yesterday, I was able to lounge at home till around 6-ish when I hauled my ass to the gym. I took a nap in my room with the sun shining super brightly in my window and felt like a really spoiled child who could afford the indulgences of a mid-day nap. I managed some "spring cleaning" for my closets, trying to declutter my stuff and streamline everything and still I wish i still had more closet space.
last weekend
wilfred was stuck in rainy, flooded jakarta on a friday night having spent 15 hours on the road to get to the capital airport. i felt so sorry for him i picked him up at the airport at 9.40 am and decided it was a great opportunity to finally mosey around and check out T3.
finally my first blog post for 2008. January was a freakishly busy month for me and I'm glad that it is a distant memory. I'm now into Day 2 of the CNY break and true to form, have actually been more willing to cook since there is absence of choice due to the islandwide shutdown of everything that takes place this time of year.
food
anyway when i checked out the photos after, it was just amazing how pictures i took of t3 ended up looking like a computer simulated picture, because it was just so perfect the way it was that i guess anyone who takes a picture of it just takes an instantly good one because it's so new and nice. the whole building felt new but not sterile - i've been to incheon airport and hk airport and they're nice new and made of steel but it felt so blah and unairy.
***
i wish this break would never end!
but oh well. next month, i'm excited because we're going to hong kong for our bdays, and i can't wait to go to disneyland. it's such a kiddy thing but i'm just looking forward to reiding a roller coaster because it's been ages.
bumming
CNY days are so pleasant. Even with everything virtually closed, it doesn't have that aura of gloom that Holy Week in Manila brings. Yesterday, I was able to lounge at home till around 6-ish when I hauled my ass to the gym. I took a nap in my room with the sun shining super brightly in my window and felt like a really spoiled child who could afford the indulgences of a mid-day nap. I managed some "spring cleaning" for my closets, trying to declutter my stuff and streamline everything and still I wish i still had more closet space.
last weekend
wilfred was stuck in rainy, flooded jakarta on a friday night having spent 15 hours on the road to get to the capital airport. i felt so sorry for him i picked him up at the airport at 9.40 am and decided it was a great opportunity to finally mosey around and check out T3.
finally my first blog post for 2008. January was a freakishly busy month for me and I'm glad that it is a distant memory. I'm now into Day 2 of the CNY break and true to form, have actually been more willing to cook since there is absence of choice due to the islandwide shutdown of everything that takes place this time of year.
food
anyway when i checked out the photos after, it was just amazing how pictures i took of t3 ended up looking like a computer simulated picture, because it was just so perfect the way it was that i guess anyone who takes a picture of it just takes an instantly good one because it's so new and nice. the whole building felt new but not sterile - i've been to incheon airport and hk airport and they're nice new and made of steel but it felt so blah and unairy.
***
i wish this break would never end!
but oh well. next month, i'm excited because we're going to hong kong for our bdays, and i can't wait to go to disneyland. it's such a kiddy thing but i'm just looking forward to reiding a roller coaster because it's been ages.
9.12.07
4th quarter 2007
wow it's been almost 3 months since i last blogged. either blogging is kind of getting old for me or i was just too stressed to bother. i think it's a little of both but i hope more of the latter than the former because i'd like to have memories of what went on this particular junction of time, not that it was remarkable but because i'd just want to remember everything especially since i can feel myself ageing. not maturing. but ageing. the difference between ageing and maturing i think lies in the fact that i feel i look my age more which is the worst part about growing up.
anyway - it's sunday before the 2nd to the last working monday of the year and dear god i wish it were vacation for me already. actually what i really wish for is suspended time. i'm not really looking forward to 2008 because january will be heaps stressful for me so i just want this december to just last as long as it possibly can because i need to recharge and get a clue on what to do next as i feel rather stuck where i am right now and want to be unstuck.
looking forward to next weekend as i get to see old friends i haven't seen in ages and eventually my trip back to manila when i get to see everyone and catch up and feel the christmas cheer.
speaking of christmas - i feel rather indifferent that it's the holidays. i think it's because i don't have a christmas tree. i want one.
anyway - it's sunday before the 2nd to the last working monday of the year and dear god i wish it were vacation for me already. actually what i really wish for is suspended time. i'm not really looking forward to 2008 because january will be heaps stressful for me so i just want this december to just last as long as it possibly can because i need to recharge and get a clue on what to do next as i feel rather stuck where i am right now and want to be unstuck.
looking forward to next weekend as i get to see old friends i haven't seen in ages and eventually my trip back to manila when i get to see everyone and catch up and feel the christmas cheer.
speaking of christmas - i feel rather indifferent that it's the holidays. i think it's because i don't have a christmas tree. i want one.
16.9.07
reflective
today is a day i stole to take respite from the upcoming stressful week to come. i stole it because instead of working, i chose to goof around and indulge in my weekend traditions because fuck it, it's not worth it.
i realized that in my 1 and 1/2 years as a working professional that i've become quite excellent at getting things done, and that even when the going gets tough, everything just must be done. but i felt ashamed that when i read something in the paper today that one of the things employees must do when they walk in to work is to thing about they "value-add" and i realized that i've been so lazy that even when i get things done, i'm too tired to fuss and think about how i can "value-add".
i shouldn't blame the fact that the work uninspires me or that my colleagues (only a good minority of them thank god) bore and frustrate me to tears (fake tears) but i only have myself to blame for not wanting to stick to the principle of value-adding.
where's this coming from?
years ago i read atlas shrugged in a mad rush because uh, i had to finish it (it was an immensely thick book, the prose not so reader friendly too) - but one thing i remembered was that i wanted to be a prime mover and yet now out of school and into the "real world", i am not one.
***
last wednesday, i was still in the office on the 18th floor at around 7.30ish when the earthquake took place. it was so unreal. several seconds of the ground shaking and you're not sure yet at that second how bad it is but you're just like wow, everything in plain sight was shaking.
***
some interesting reads i spotted just now: (this too, is a luxury of time i cannot afford, just randomly browsing for reading material)
1. ayn rand and greenspan
2. electronic evidence and divorce
i realized that in my 1 and 1/2 years as a working professional that i've become quite excellent at getting things done, and that even when the going gets tough, everything just must be done. but i felt ashamed that when i read something in the paper today that one of the things employees must do when they walk in to work is to thing about they "value-add" and i realized that i've been so lazy that even when i get things done, i'm too tired to fuss and think about how i can "value-add".
i shouldn't blame the fact that the work uninspires me or that my colleagues (only a good minority of them thank god) bore and frustrate me to tears (fake tears) but i only have myself to blame for not wanting to stick to the principle of value-adding.
where's this coming from?
years ago i read atlas shrugged in a mad rush because uh, i had to finish it (it was an immensely thick book, the prose not so reader friendly too) - but one thing i remembered was that i wanted to be a prime mover and yet now out of school and into the "real world", i am not one.
***
last wednesday, i was still in the office on the 18th floor at around 7.30ish when the earthquake took place. it was so unreal. several seconds of the ground shaking and you're not sure yet at that second how bad it is but you're just like wow, everything in plain sight was shaking.
***
some interesting reads i spotted just now: (this too, is a luxury of time i cannot afford, just randomly browsing for reading material)
1. ayn rand and greenspan
2. electronic evidence and divorce
