5th Jan 2010 
92 
Pat is taking a course in Canadian history and has to hand in a final essay. She has read all the textbook and all the reference papers, but she still have no clue how to write a good essay. She summarized all points from different historians, but… [...]
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We are remodeling our kitchen, remove the old cabinets and install new ones. The problem is what to do with our old cabinets? Technically speaking, the old cabinets are junks to me. Actually they are worse than junks, because if I would have to… [...] The skiing season is pretty short this year due to the Olympic. The Sea to Sky Highway is closed during the games for normal traffic and hotels in Whistler will be ridiculously expensive. That means I have to use up most of all my ski passes before… [...] 
This year, I and Pat created a crossword puzzle game for the Christmas dinner. The clues are Bible knowledge about the nativity and general knowledge about Christmas. I will publish the answer after Christmas. Have fun. Across (Nativity)… [...] Last year, I was invite to give a talk to grade six student on career day about my work. A student asked me what is the working hours like. I told him engineers work flexible hours. They don’t understand what’s flexible hours, so the… [...] Mold grows on the windows frame rail is very hard to clean. The steam cleaner helps me a lot by blasting them out, but the problem becomes what to do with the flying debris. I first tried to use a cloth covering area I am blasting, but I found the cloth… [...] Different people have different ways of making a decision. When Pat make a decision, she can make up her mind once she come across something she like. When I make a decision, I am have to study every available information before I make up my mind.… [...] 
After going back and forth with our kitchen designer for almost a month, at last we finalized our kitchen design and placed the order. Direct Buy has a really good deal buying kitchen cabinets. I went to the Kitchen Craft showroom trying to get… [...] Canadian government is proposing a new legislation against internet child porn. The new law requires service provider report offending website. I believe the government make the law out of good intention, but the law itself is plain stupid… [...] Google like to release their new service to the public while it is still in beta. Gmail and Google Talk was in beta for a few years before it finally make an official release. Google Wave is the latest invention from Google. It is aim to revolutionize… [...] A colleague just resign today and decide to go to medical school. I only got half of the fact when I heard the news, , I thought he is already accepted by medical school so I went to congratulate him. It turns out he is making a very bold move. He has… [...] Many big chain stores in Canada has price guarantee. If something you had purchased is on sales in the next two weeks, you take can get price difference with receipt. Don’t be fooled by the two weeks only price guarantee period and thought… [...] Technically speaking it is not my dream kitchen, it is Pat’s dream kitchen. Ok, a guy don’t have a dream kitchen, maybe a dream garage, but definitely not a dream kitchen. For the past two days, I was losing sleep worrying about my… [...] Can you believe I just pay $5000 for a membership at Direct Buy, hoping to recoup my membership fee from the saving I will get from the deep discounted catalog items through Direct Buy? At first, it sounds like a scam, I thought so too. CBC news even… [...] Today I was practicing unicycle at tennis court close to home. An empty tennis court is better than parking lot, especially on a sunny afternoon. I am getting better than last time. I feel more comfortable sitting on the unicycle. I am slowly… [...] 
I always wanted to learn how to ride a unicycle. I have been procrastinating for many years, then I just made up my mind and bought an unicycle. In order to encourage Pat to do more exercise, I promise I will jog with her every week. Since I don’t… [...] As usual, the morning flight from Toronto to Vancouver is packed. Since most travelers flying this route are frequent fliers, many of them only take a huge hand carry suitcase instead of a check-in luggage to avoid the wait at the baggage claim.… [...] Starbucks just release its brand of Via instant coffee. They claim the instant coffee is so good that you can’t tell the difference from brew coffee. When I went to get a cup of coffee this morning, Starbucks is having a coffee taste challenge.… [...] This year I did not do much home work in the drafting this year. My strategy is stay away from injuries. Players with no injuries from previous years tends to play more careful have have less injuries in the future. No matter how good the player… [...] This is the forth speech in the Humorously Speaking manual. The objective of the speech is to open with a self-depreciating joke and use at least two sets of series of jokes in the body. Many of you may already know I am studying philosophy in SFU… [...] |
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