July 21st, 2008 yoshers
Well, as usual, I have not updated in a while and even when there is something worthwhile to blog about (and really there have been many things that have been worthwhile to blog about), I am just too lazy, no matter how much easier it is to blog using WordPress than ever before.
Aside from my laziness, I must point out the current special exhibit at the de Young Museum - the Dale Chihuly exhibition. Shareena, of course, very astutely figured out that the same artist was responsible for the ceiling flower garden at the Bellagio. I am certainly not much of an art appreciator, certainly not someone who is wow-ed by art anyways, but the scale of these pieces of work is quite amazing.
Of course, so is the price tag on some of the pieces (very small ones in comparison) that they are selling!
Anyways, if you get a chance to see it, whether it is at the de Young or wherever (check Dale Chihuly’s web site for his exhibition schedule), it is definitely a sight to be mesmerized by.
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May 6th, 2008 yoshers
So our many adventures (including hitchhiking cockroaches and death defying bus rides) in Hong Kong and Bangkok have come to an end. I realize that doing a big update after the fact is just too exhausting (kind of like our trip) and unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately), the hotels that we stayed at charged obscene prices for internet access. So other than a few side trips to very noisy internet cafes (in HK, aka - teenage gaming internet cafes), we managed to avoid the internet and working on our honeymoon.
We actually took a few more pictures than normal - partly due to my guilt of buying a new digital camera. So here are some pictures (including some old pictures from our wedding!):
Honeymoon Trip - 2008 (with an end stop in Laguna Beach for Lei and Bryan’s wedding):
More Wedding Photos (from my camera):
Other New Albums:
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March 26th, 2008 yoshers
Another update accompanied by new Wordpress theme and some nifty updates. At last, with the Wordpress widgets tool and Wordpress-Gallery plugin, I now have a web site that is free of my own hacks! I am not sure if this means anything for the frequency of my updates, but it does mean that there will be more photos in my posts.
In any case, there are no photos to go with this post as I am merely pointing out that Shareena and I will be off to Bangkok and Hong Kong for our honeymoon, followed by a wedding to go to in Laguna Beach.
We are staying at:
1. HK - Harbour Plaza HK (3-9 April) - external link: http://harbour-plaza.com/ (Superior Harbourview Suite)
2. Bangkok - Davis Hotel (9-17 April) - external link: http://www.davisbangkok.net/ (Deluxe Room)
3. Laguna Beach - Casa Laguna (17-20 April) - external link: http://www.casalaguna.com/ (Courtyard Room)
Apparently the both the hotel in HK and Bangkok have rooftop pools. We will be checking those out! Many photos to follow when we return.
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December 20th, 2007 yoshers
I cannot believe that I have not written in my blog since June! Oh well, I have been busy and lazy - it is quite a complicated situation. Shareena and I are still recovering from our wedding - there is wedding stuff everywhere in our house still. Hopefully, we will be able to clean this up during the winter break.
Without further adu, the photos:
There are nearly 1,000 photos in all, so take your time to view them!
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June 18th, 2007 yoshers
Long time no blog. Can you say “laziness”?
I suppose I could blame it on the wedding preparations, but as most people can guess, the groom really has less to do and less to worry about when it comes to making wedding plans. That said, I need to reserve some rooms in Sacramento this week so that my family will have some place to stay.
In other news, Happy day after Father’s Day. Hopefully, when my dad receives his present (a nice 20 inch LCD monitor to replace his wimpy 15 inch CRT), he will be able to see my web site in a fuller fashion.
Finally, this past weekend was my cousin Ken’s wedding, which occurred in one of my previous home town of Simi Valley. It was a very ordinary ceremony until Batman showed up! You can see what I am talking about at:
Also, for those of you who did not see my engagement photos, they are at:
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November 20th, 2006 yoshers
Went to Tampa for a week to make sure my dad was ok. Nothing to be alarmed…all is well.
I got a call from my dad a couple of weeks ago and surprisingly, he was in the hospital. What was first diagnosed as pneumonia turned out to be a problem with his mitral valve not functioning properly, causing mitral regurgitation (basically the leaking of blood back from the left ventricle to the left atrium). And thus, open heart surgery was necessary to fix the problem.
Fortunately, my dad was otherwise very healthy and thus, there were no other major problems to resolve (like blocked arteries). His heart was out of rhythm (atrial fibrillation) due to his mitral valve problem, which was corrected with the maze procedure. While atrial fibrillation normally would not automatically mean the performance of the maze procedure on the patient, in my dad’s case, this was advisable as he was already having open heart surgery to correct the mitral valve. So, both procedures were performed.
In short, all went well and my dad is back home (5 days after surgery). He just cannot drive and have many other restrictions (not diet though, normal food day after surgery). Apparently his heart works so well now, my dad’s blood pressure was a bit high. Hopefully, this is just a temporary issue, but we shall see.
Shareena and I will be spending Thanksgiving (and fighting Thanksgiving travelers at the airport) in Tampa. We are hoping to find some usable pots and pans and cook some cornish hens for Thanksgiving.
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October 16th, 2006 yoshers
Wedding planning is going pretty well and as such, we have a pretty firm date and reception location.
Date: Saturday, October 27, 2007 (yes, next year)
Reception Location: Tsakopoulos Library Galleria (Sacramento)
Other information to follow!
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August 14th, 2006 yoshers
Firstly, a little bit about the trip to Vancouver.
We flew up to Seattle and drove up to North Vancouver, staying at Hamersley House (where filming for the L-Word took place on our last day there…which was great as the production crew paid for our last night).
We spent a lot of time in and near Downtown Vancouver, Gastown, Granville Island, English Bay (for the fireworks) and Yaletown. We also took a short side trip to Cypress Park for a hike…more on this later.
Finally, on the way back to Seattle, we stopped by Columbia Winery for Jenna’s wedding. Pictures of the gorgeous couple are in the gallery.
Also pictures of Vancouver 2006 are in the gallery as well.
And the big announcement is…Shareena and I got engaged in Vancouver! Without further ado, here is the story:
We took a short side trip on Wednesday morning (August 2nd) to Cypress Park. What was suppose to be a short, relatively easy hike turned out much tougher as they are building the 2010 Winter Olympic Freestyle slope in the same area as the beginning of the hiking trail. Therefore, Shareena and I had to basically hike straight up the skiing slope for the first part of the hike. Shorter, yes, but steeper and the trail was basically loose gravel (being used as a road for construction trucks).
We did manage to get to the top of Black Mountain and at a lookout point, we stopped and while I was getting down on my knee and fetching the ring, Shareena was getting mobbed by mosquitos! Which, as it turns out, was a good thing because when I opened the ring holding box, the ring fell out onto the ground (due to much jostling on the hike up), but Shareena did not notice this (I had to tell her later).
Anyways, she said yes and now we are a happily engaged couple.
That’s it…now the fun begins. Oh, and here are some pictures of the ring. It is a sapphire centered ring held in place by two dragon claws.
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July 31st, 2006 yoshers
Yes, it has been quite a summer of little trips for me. About a week after my trip to LA, I was off to Boulder for the Educause Management Program. No, I am not a manager, but I am just checking out what it might take and what the challenges are to manager people. I am not much of a control freak, but it is scary to think how people might react and what you have to do to deal with problematic situations.
Certainly, there were many tools that were helpful and it was quite a good conference. There were also many stories of problematic situations and it was certainly fun to hear some of them (like say, this one at the University of Wisconsion). Networking (people terms) was certainly one of the big things that everyone got out of the conference and we even got some free time to tour around and hike and buy Smorkin Labbits as our unofficial mascots.
In any case, we shall see how things go. I am not in a rush to become a manager. One of the things that I learned is that you will have to let go of some of your day-to-day responsibilities and delegate…I guess I may not be ready for that yet.
Well, I certainly do not have to think about it for the next couple of weeks. I will be off to Seattle/Vancouver next week for a nice short vacation (plus my old friend, Jenna’s wedding) and a week off (probably supervising our bathroom remodel in some way) after that.
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July 17th, 2006 yoshers
I know it has been awhile, but I finally have a moment to catch my breath. So here it goes.
Another Bathroom Remodel Delay
Well, shockingly, this time no one had to back out due to strange injuries to their contractors. Instead, it was merely a simple case to total incompetence.
- Salesperson comes out, quotes $8,000
- Salesperson goes on vacation (extended weekend)
- Cannot contact salesperson, call owner
- Owner gets rude, says salesperson underquoted, says $8,000 is ridiculous, quotes $16,000
- Geez, that was fun
So now, we are set for mid-August with another contractor…hopefully, this one will go well!
LA Trip
Shareena and I headed down to Los Angeles (we stayed in Santa Monica) over the fourth of July weekend for a little getaway and my cousin Vivian’s wedding reception at Cafe Bizou.
Of course, nothing ever goes as planned and I was pretty much sick (I have concluded that it was some bad mushrooms in my ramen that I had for lunch prior to flying down to LA), so I was pretty much not eating more than a few bites and feeling weak all trip.
Nonetheless, Shareena and I managed to mix in family and some time away from the family. In addition to seeing my cousins at Vivian’s wedding reception and other going-ons (like lunch and dinner with family on Sunday), Shareena and I managed to spend some time in Santa Monica and Hollywood (we took my cousins Jack and Angie with us).
For pictures, here is the Santa Monica 2006 gallery.
Some other highlights included Eugene and Natasha’s five month old triplets (pictures will be posted whenever I get them) and a very lovely day at the beach on Monday.
Well, that’s it for now. Tune in next time for my business trip to Boulder and plans for August in Vancouver/Seattle.
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