31st October, 2005: New month and new mouse

I decided to buy a new mouse to replace my old one. The old one's scrolling roller is not working properly. It's been not working right for a few months now. I've to get a durable one this time. This one is a durable one for sure. With 4 way rolling wheel, optical, cordless, 5 buttons... It's a little expensive. However, I know that it's going to last. So why not?!

29th October, 2005: New rubber = new love

I received my new rubber last night. Couldn't wait to try it. So I sticked it on my blade right a way. It feels like my old rubber with a cheaper price. I got more control for my backhand with it when I don't glue that much. It also has a pinky purple sponge. That's really cool. I felt in love with this rubber now. I went to Taco Bell today for lunch. I tried out one of their new creations, Chalupa. The chalupa shell is like Chinese green onion oil cake/pizza or whatever you call it. It tastes awesome with the taco content with the chalupa shell. It's new for me. I'd have that more often from now on. Maybe the coming week..hehe

New Audioslave DVD live in Cuba & Sevendust's new album 'Next'

Oh my gosh, the first american rock band ever performed in Cuba is Audioslave!!!! They really did rock their asses in Cuba. The extra long free performance for the cuban people. How sweet. The vocal Chris Cornell is screaming all the way from the beginning til the end. Tom Morello's guitar performance was splendid. Brad and Tim were doing a great job backing up the band too...I love it Also I bought Sevendust's new album "Next". It's a new era for them with the new guitarist. This album is even heavier than the previous one. Not bad...wish to go to their concert again.

27th October, 2005: Food makes me happy!!

Halloween is coming. I guess this Halloween would be a boring one. It seems like my life is getting more and more boring. The older I get the lonelier I'm. I've to watch Emeril's Halloween show to excite myself...Oh ya..they 're spooky in the show. See how they dressed up for the show!

Ink fried rice

Ink veggies soup

What kind of dishes can you think of when you have squids in hand? Check out the squid (xxxxxfish) battle in the Iron Chef show. The challenger came up with the Ink soap and the Iron chef chinese came up with Ink fried rice....One of the tasters said the soap looks like the used engine oil..hahaha... I think the closest black soup that I could think of is the sweet black sesame porridge (dessert). But the black ink fried rice..euuu..what's that What is the official burger that I eat? It's the Hardee's thickburger. It's thick and juicy. I order the #2 combo all the time with the curly fries and a cup of ice cold tea. That's how I end my day! I tried a lot of food this week. I've been experimenting different sauce for different food. This chicken drumsticks dish is another sucessful one with black bean sauce. Hagaa daz is the king of ice cream. It's really unique combination of black truffle with a touch of cranberry in white chocolate vanilla ice cream. The taste is so new for me, just like those that I could get in the store only.

18th October, 2005: What's happening?

Although I'm working and studying during the week, I still spend some time at the gym working out. I practice pingpong almost daily whenever I've time. The college tournament is approaching, I want to do my best to win. So that I could have good memories wherever I'm going after graduating. I wish to have chances to play later on. I'll see... I picked up my paychecks few weeks ago. It was about $193. A pretty decent amount of earning for the first time. It motivates me at work. I want to earn more and more. My mom told me to save it in my account. However, I don't think that's possible. I want to pay off the bills with my earnings. Okay...I'll try... I was waiting for my sister's early X'mas present. She sent me the Iron chef official book. HAHAHA... I love that show. I just wish that Japanese can produce another show with the same format. The food that was prepared in the show by the chefs are always luxurious. After watching that show, I know more about food. I'm definitely pickier than before. I get all kinds of ingredients for cooking in the grocery store now. My cooking is still remain in novice level. That doesn't discourage me at all. I know I'm not trained like all the other chefs. I prepare my food with my heart. It's the food of love thing like Emeril always says. I converted my Japanese blade to a Korean style blade. Well...I shouldn't be a follower for Koreans, I should say I customized my blade to a Nu-Hong Kong style blade. How does that sound, better??? ^_^ I took out the cork that is at the bottom of the handle to make it completely flat like you see in the pictures. Reason is because a 9.5mm blade is pretty thick. In order to make it thinner, some trimming and cutting are necessary. I feel a lot more comfortable with the grip now. That would not hurt my fingers no more!!! And it's light as a feather!!!

My graduation is drawing near. I still don't have any reply from the companies that I've applied. One thing that I've in mind is, I don't expect much for myself. All I know is if I expect too much like someone did, I'd only be upset and depressed.

I really don't have too much time to search for jobs daily. Whenever I can, I'd apply for a couple. I'm way too relax in this stage. I have to be fired up and motivate myself again. 2 more months left.......

16th October, 2005: Toughest sandwich I've ever had in my entire life

I bought the right ingredients for the sandwich that I want EXCEPT the bread. It's super hard. I almost broke my teeth.....I'll never ever get this kind of bread anymore. I went to get a softer bread after today's practice. I hope I can make Quizno's sub by myself, then I won't have to drive to there every time. I still didn't my Homework yet. I've to apply for some more jobs too...It's going to be a busy week start from tomorrow.

15th October, 2005: Living in the Matrix

The Twins

Morpheus, the Captain

The French lady

Naomi. Her hair is a masterpiece! Will Smith likes that ^_^

I was about to watch the Matrix: Reloaded at 3am yesterday. Lucky I felt sleepy and I went to bed. I watched it anyway at noon. It's a nice action movie combining all the CGs, Kungfu and other elements. I feel really free when I watch that movie. I enjoy so much that I want myself to be in the movie. I like all the characters' exotic custume. They are all cool. I downloaded some wallpapers and of course the matrix screensaver. However, I found that it's a 800x600 version. I really don't know where I can find a better version. I thought today the guy who ordered the pingpong stuff for us would be here. Unfortunately, he's absent. I'll have to wait for another week to try the new rubber. On the other hand, I'm extremely tired after the practice today. Gosh...how would I have energy to practice tomorrow...I'd be sitting and resting most of the time tomorrow. I'll bring some food just in case I get too tired. Food makes me happy, and when I'm happy. I can regain energy quickly!!!

10th October, 2005: Job Hunting begins

I supposed to start my job hunt on friday. I didn't feel like doing it until Sunday Afternoon. As soon as I searched for a couple pages, I realized that none of those are entry-level jobs. So I lost my concentration on that and went to blockbluster to rent movies. I rented "A lot like love" and "Crash". I watched "A lot like love" before going to bed. It's not that particularly heart moving like any other comedy romance movie. However, I like the plot of the movie as well as the story. It's close to what it'll happen in my future soon. You better watch it yourself! You would know what I mean. And I'd not forget to mention the casts (Ashton Kutcher and Amanda Peet), they did a pretty good job in this kind of low budget production. I recommend the theme song of this movie to you (Aqualung - Brighter than Sunshine).

8th October, 2005: Beating the coach with my aggressive attack!

It's not my first time to beat the coach here. But this time I beat him even easier. I was really in a good shape and mentality. After sitting down for few hours......, I played with several of my teammates. I lost completely, not just against them but also myself. Again, coach was ignoring me. One guy left for an hour and as soon as he got back, coach told them to play with the other guy instead of me. Coach is still not looking up onto me. I'm not the only one who can tell...but also the other old man that I played all day with...... Coach you really have problem with your management skill. I kept playing with the same person for 3 hours. And you didn't ever care about me....What do you want...if you want me to improve you gotta find someone else to play me. I'm sorry to say that. Coach, you acted like a jackass/jerk today. I was not happy about that. You're not a good coach compare to any of my previous coach. You only know how to play. You don't know how to train players. You know that's not good, don't you!!!! It's a very sad day for me even I beat him.

1st Oct, 2005: Alfredo Rush

One simple good meal can rejuvenate me (my body). I want my simple meal to be perfect. That's why I wanted to get the best ingredients possible to achieve the goal. I even went to the grocery store and did comparison on different products. I just can't wait to make my homemade thick and saucy alfredo fettucine. Not sure why I'm feeling a little down. I didn't play well tonight in practice. I got too many things up in my head. Coach didn't pay attention to me at all...I don't really care now either..so be it. I'd go somewhere and find a better coach. Lately, I've been worrying about what would really happen in the coming few months. Either I could stay in the US or just go back to where I'm from. Nothing's up to me. I can't really decide where and who to work for. I don't have any company in mind yet. I just don't see myself going anywhere. I'm pretty much like a blind person running in a maze.