Category: Personal

I have spent many posts railing about how much I hate Muni and Bart, but today I want to say something positive. This is very rare, so pay attention closely. I actually enjoy taking the commuter bus and the commuter ferry. I also like taking the Amtrak train. There is something about taking the commuter… Continue reading Commuter Bus

When people say things like, “Not a day goes by when I don’t think about [him/her]”, I have always thought that they are exaggerating. However, lately I am starting to believe that it is possible. Although I don’t think about my dad everyday, I do remember him more frequently than I expected. And one of… Continue reading I am cold

A long time ago I wrote an article about racism, that had a provocative title “I hate **** people” — Little did I know, it has been well crawled and a lot people came to my post to write really nasty comments about their racist beliefs. At first I just posted those comments because I… Continue reading Not so free speech

I have to drive across the bay bridge during peak traffic hours ( 7-9am ) pretty often, so I learned a nice trick to get 5 mins out of my commute. Follow red line. Avoid the green area. What happens is that so many people line up for the fastrak lanes, it clogs up and… Continue reading Bay Bridge Shortcut

On Friday night, my Fiancee and I were trying on new clothes for the wedding we were planning to attend on Saturday. She had on an expensive new dress she just recently bought and I tried on my newly altered suit. She was gushing with excitement over how good I looked in my black suit,… Continue reading Ba

Here are some funny nutritional facts I learned from NPR. 1) Microwaving vegetables is the best way to preserve all the nutrients – LOL @ all the people who don’t have microwaves because they think it’s more natural. 2) Eating raw vegetables is not as good as eating cooked vegetables – cooking helps break down… Continue reading Funny nutritional facts

About a month ago, I got engaged. It’s great! White wedding, picked fences, three kids, and growing old together. Except for one problem, she’s not Catholic and my parents are well-known leaders of our Catholic church. To be frank, I have no intention of making my fiancee convert — even if she wanted to. I… Continue reading Marrying a Catholic

Update 7/19/2011: I recommend using Amtrak if you are commuting from Sacramento to the bay area. Amtrak is faster than driving, safe, and always on time. The time spent “commuting” on Amtrak is actually VERY productive time. With a proper wireless access card or phone, you can spend that time working or reading just as… Continue reading Commuting from Sacramento to San Francisco

Thinking back on my Disney Cruise and Disney World visit, I started day dreaming about the possibility of building Vinhland. As I have mentioned before, when I become filthy rich, my philantrophy work will mainly be buying land and leaving them untouched. In my opinion this, and education, are the most effective ways to help… Continue reading Vinhland – The most backward place on earth.

As a novice programmer constantly seeking to better myself, I am usually up at 3am pouring through Google search results for debugging help. Very rarely, next to never, do I just plainly give up on a piece of code before understanding what I did wrong. Even if I have an alternative path to fix my… Continue reading Programming slowly