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Well, my boy picked up some kind of virus that seems to have become something similar to croup. He’s been just coughing up a storm and he hasn’t been able to fall asleep well… let alone stay asleep. 🙁 Cool moist air is what makes that inflamed throat cools down…
He’s finally asleep ’cause I got the windows to open… it will be a bit chilly tonight but we will have to live with it.
Well, it’s typical… I ended up working till 6 pm. 🙁
It didn’t really feel that special… but it is my favorite kind… 3 has been my number from birth… 3/3/73 and so 3^3 = 27. And I turned 33… However, what made this memorable is that Chad and Hyun had their baby #3 on my b-day! Hee… get to share it with someone.
I just pray that I will be a bit wiser…
I just pray that I will be a bit more patient…
I just pray that I will be a bit more loving…
I just pray that I will be a bit more understanding…
Jesus lived to 33 as a human. 😉 Happy birthday Miyun!
Back when I was in high school, I ran cross country. I wasn’t very good but still managed 24 minute 3.1 mile runs. That’s roughly an 8-minute mile. However, I weighed only about 130 lbs back then so it was easier. Now, I weigh swanking 170 lbs and it’s been 16 years later! 😮
As you know, I have started working out again, and today, I got off work earlier than normal at 2:30 pm because I already fulfilled the time for the two weeks. So I headed off and ran for 3.4 miles in 45 minutes. Sure that’s twice slower than before, but I am running at the least. I hope to lose about 10 to 15 pounds over the next several months this year. Ah the youth… and hopefully by the end of the year, I can cut down my time to sub-10-minute mile speed. I usually start at 15-minute mile pace and speed up to 10-minute mile pace. So today’s speed was about 13.x-minute mile… Oh well, you gotta start somewhere. 😉
Well, after about a month of busy work, I was getting some break and so decided to take off work early at 3:30 pm. Anna was very antsy and wanted to get out so we decided to make it a day out at the park.
It was a perfect weather for it too. The kids played for about an hour at the local Bay Area Park playground and then I went to pick up a pizza and ate at the park. Then we strolled down to the pond area where the ducks and the swans and everything inbetween stayed. JJ took particular interest to them. It was a good time. Something we all needed, for sure.
Perhaps we will do this weekly. 🙂
What is it that men like myself have with shiny things?! Is it just me??
I love shiny watches for one… silver is preferred! My computer case is silver (and shiny)… Hee… it’s like I become possessed or something whenever I see shiny silver surfaces! 😀 Prime example… I upgraded my external hard drive to a 300-GB version with SATA connection. The external case is Vantec NexStar 3. It’s a beaut. And it’s shiny aluminum case! And on top of all this, the HDD LED indicator light is blue to match my case! Whoopee! So is this just me or are you guys also a “shiny fanatics”?! 😮
Well, you were gonna hear it from me sooner or later… and it’s later. 😉
It’s my thing… as much as I worry about technology and the advancement of it, I also enjoy it. The full immersion of it.
So without further adue, here’s my home built computer:
Case: Silver Cooler Master Wave Master with modded 120 mm exhaust fan on top. I also have 2 80 mm fans in front and a 90 mm exhaust fan.
CPU: AMD Athlon64 3000+ Newcastle core, stock speed of 2.0 GHz, currently overclocked at 2.43 GHz (9x 270 HTT).
Memory: Patriot PDP+XBLK PC3200 1 GB kit (2x 512 MB) rated for 2-2-2-5 at PC3200 and 3-4-4-8 at PC4266 rating! In short, whoot!
Video Card: BFG 6800 GT OC with 256 MB of video memory so I can play Counter-Strike: Source well and pretty at high resolution! Can you say “lifetime warranty” (which is how I got “free upgrade” from 6800 to 6800 GT!)
Sound Card: M-Audio Delta DiO 2496. Don’t let the fools fool you… 2-channel is where it’s at! 24-bit 96-kHz resampling to be precise! Suh-weet!
CPU Cooling: ThermalTake Pipe101 with 120 mm Panaflo (by Panasonic) fan! The sucker can pump out 115+ cfm (cubic feet per min)!! But it can also be very loud… it’s a good thing I have speed controller for it! 😉
Motherboard: Chaintech VNF3-250 with nforce3-250 chipset but it’s too bad they are moving now away from motherboard businessl 🙁
Power Supply: Enermax Whisper 460W …. very solid!
HDDs: Western Digital 120 GB, Seagate 100 GB, Western Digital 120 GB SATA
Optical Drives: Pioneer 16X DVD±RW, NEC 16X DVD±RW
Other: PCToys 5.25″ Four Fan Controller Blue LED
My little boy is now 2 years old! 😮
How time flies… he is quite a character if you haven’t met him already… but he sure is everywhere! And he also has the personality of the younger sibling, acting all cute and being very affectionate! 🙂 It makes disciplining a bit more difficult because he acts so cute!
I’m just thankful that God has given us such a son! Happy birthday JJ! Mommy and daddy love you very much! Now, sleep!