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It’s time to vote again! Please make time to vote! Even if you and I disagree, we should agree to vote!
One important proposition is #13. I voted for this one. Please seriously consider this among many others. I did Early Vote to save time. 🙂
Proposition 13
The constitutional amendment authorizing the denial of bail to a person who violates certain court orders or conditions of release in a felony or family violence case.
Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, may become the new “Tiananmen Square”. The merciless ruling junta refuses to let go of its selfish grip on the country. As more and more people are killed by this junta’s military, if something doesn’t change soon, things will just become worse. The countries that have the power to influence Myanmar’s junta are giving in because of their need for energy source, mainly Myanmar’s natural gas. South Korea is among the bidders… I can only pray that other countries are smarter than that and remember their own dark pasts.
People of Myanmar are becoming wary and beyond being tired of the ruthless murders. But before things could get better, I am afraid that it will have to get worse first. Tiananmen Square incident shocked and brought much needed change to China. People must rise together, or they will fall together.
I pray for a peaceful change, but just like in any other countries (including South Korea), sacrifices were made before changes were made. Let us pray for a peaceful (as peaceful as it can get) and successful change for the better of the country and the people of Myanmar.
Though I b*tch and complain about being underpaid and under-appreciated at work, there are some good perks that I cannot ignore or forget. First is the health benefits. That alone has saved us a load of money… just having our kids saved us easily $40K! 
But the 2nd (and bigger) perk is the flexibility in the work schedule. As most of you know by now, Soojin’s ankle has made me take more time out of work to do things that are necessary. For example, today’s schedule went like this…
7:45 Take Anna to school
8:15 Come back home
8:45 Take Soojin and JJ to UBC for mothers’ Bible study
9:15 Get into work
10:15 Leave for my doctor’s appointment
11:45 Come back to work
2:45 Leave to pick up Anna from school
3:30 Stop by court to pickup application for Soojin’s temporary disabled parking permit
3:45 Drop off my prescription
4:15 Back at work
5:45 Leave for home
Tomorrow, I have to pick up JJ from pre-school at noon, drop him off at home, come back to work, and go pick up Anna again at 3 pm. These kind of flexibility work schedule could not be possible if I worked at smaller companies or bigger responsibilities with more pay. I thanked God today for my job. 
I don’t want to leave transporting my precious kids to someone I hardly know!
Ever since Destin, the kids have been wanting to go back to pool…
So on Friday, while Soojin was working, I took the kids to the pool right next door.
They LOVED it!! 
And we’ve been going back everyday since!
But I’m soooo tired… lots of sun and two demanding kids can be quite a tiresome workout…
It’s like I always say… “be careful what you ask for, ’cause you just might get it”. I just forgot how much of work it would be taking them to the pool daily!
So I decide to check on latest news and what do I see on CNN? Rather disturbing and heartless “Top Stories” listin. I circled it in red. That just is totally cold. Don’t they have a 3rd (or 4th or 5th) eye looking at the site and how that would look?!! 🙁 As a father, the last thing I want to see is another report of a child death and a link to the video of it. Shame on you , CNN! Shame, shame shame!
When I saw this rideable vacuum cleaner concept, I just cracked up! 😀 My kids would love it too much and probably break everything in the home, but props to Kristina Andersson for such an awesome idea!!
Well, I was not born a nerd… but I soon became one. 😛
So here’s what I consider to be the stuff that made/makes me geek or a nerd
1. Took Calculus in high school… in my junior year
2. My favorite author in high school was Arthur C. Clarke
3. I spent countless hours playing RPG games on my hard-earned NES
4. My Verbal SAT score was almost half of my Math SAT score 😮
5. I observed how calculus was applied in real life
6. I loved to derive equations and formulae
7. I memorized a car’s performance and features
8. I could tell what car was on the road after a quick glance
9. Star Trek: The Next Generation is da bomb
10. Capt. Jean-Luc Picard is da man. “Engage”. “Make it so, Number One.”
11. I love sci-fi and fantasy movies
12. Was a fan of Lord of the Rings before the trilogy movies came out.
13. Went to Polytechnic Institute for college. ’nuff said
14. I was a bookworm when I turned nine. All I did was read.
15. My GPA from college … was high. We’ll leave it at that.
16. My major was aerospace engineering.
17. I catch up on latest technology developments
18. Gizmodo.com : Need I say more?
19. My hobby is building and tweaking computers.
20. I like to fix computers
21. I help moderate four computer/technology forums
22. I play loads of games, mainly on PC
23. “Final Fantasy VII” is a masterpiece
24. “Baldur’s Gate I & II” are masterpieces
25. I play GRAW (Ghost Recon: Advanced Warrior) online almost daily
26. I thrive on cool gadgets
27. Yet I’m very weary of technological advancements
28. I can compress DVD into a smaller compressed video files
29. I know “pi” to 11th place.
30. My job is a rocket science.
Is that sufficient to be categorized as a nerd/geek? I believe that geeks are mostly pretty benign and safe people. Nerds however can be somewhat stuck up. 😛 Geeks are the ones that make the world go around. Understanding people that are different from you is part of what makes you a human. Fearing difference is the beginning of violence among humans. Trying to understand that difference and embracing is what love is.