Last Few Weekends

While I am waiting for Windows to run its “Windows File Protection” scan as I am trying to figure out why one of the computers at work keeps on crashing, I will talk a bit about my last couple of weekends.

For the pre-Valentine weekend of the 12th-13th, Jansen, Rebecca, Dave and Olivia all stopped by Saturday night for some yummy and spicy (well, only medium, but spicy enough for most at this restaurent) Thai food at Ruen Pair, the restaurant where Shareena and I ordered food “extra hot” and it actually was extra hot. There are some photos forthcoming from our adventure with all the great food here.

Afterwards, Dave went crazy on ice cream and thus, we had an impromptu ice cream party and played Bang! with our housemates. Ironically, Olivia was the Sheriff again (after she was the Sheriff a couple of times the last time we played) and Dave got killed very early on…at least he got to play a round this time. For the second game, we stipulated that if Olivia got Sheriff again, we would redraw the roles. After some attempts, we managed to get it right and Olivia managed to not get to be Sheriff while Dave survived for more than one round.

Sunday morning came and Dim Sum was on! Jansen, Rebecca and Olivia accompanied Shareena and me all the way to Daly City for Dim Sum at Koi Palace. More yummy food followed (but no tripe or other very strange things…well, I guess we did get an order of chicken feet) and after we were all full, we returned to my place for some “Awesomely Bad Love Songs” on MTV.

Last weekend saw Shareena and I make our way down to LA to visit my grandmother. She is getting up there in age and since it was raining, she was not able to come out and have lunch with my uncles, aunt and us on Saturday. So on Sunday, Shareena and I swung by for dinner with grandma at her apartment in downtown LA. We discussed Shareena’s buying of 2 gold bangles in India town (in Artesia) and chatted up her caretakers from Indonesia as well before we headed back up to Berkeley.

So a couple of busy weekends…and guess what, I get to see Shareena’s parents this weekend. I guess the fun never stops.

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A Short Post – Sakai

No, not the kind that remains after the random Berkeley change-mongers cut off the parking meters, but rather a small entry into my blog.

I really thought I would have had more time today, but I seem to be in more meetings lately (and no, not unproductive ones) and have been slightly lazy until the end of the work day. Thus, I have been busy working at the end of the day and have not really felt like writing in my blog.

In any case, part of the reason for my busy schedule is that I have been tapped to head the Sakai hardware and installation committee to make sure that the hardware and installation for UC Berkeley’s version of Sakai. The fun part right now is trying to get ahold of the University of Michigan and University of Indiana to get some information on their Sakai production setup while trying to make some decisions without that information. Well, it is not an easy job, but that’s why I get the medium-sized bucks.

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Planning

1. It is good to be doing your planning before, and not during, the event that you are planning for
2. Communication is key
3. If you are attempting to communicate with someone and that person is not answering…but you know that they are in a crisis, cut them some slack (unless, of course, you are up against time as well)
4. Do not schedule too many meetings, people actually need time to get things done

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