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Two worlds

17th Aug 2006 12 closed Daily Scribble

I was talking to the co-op students about their plans after graduations in the afternoon. The company hired the brightest students from both UBC and SFU. I gave some advice to one of the guy who havn’t make up his mind. He planned to study… [...]

Golf

16th Aug 2006 11 closed Daily Scribble

Last time I picked up my golf clubs was almost a year ago. Today, I went to driving range with colleagues in the lunch hour. We greped hot dogs for a quick lunch and pratice a bucket of golf balls. One of the colleague is new to golf, so the other colleague… [...]

Holy car

15th Aug 2006 15 closed Daily Scribble

My volvo has just became a holy car. Tonight we had dinner with some church friends, including Fr. Ho who is newly ordinated priest. I gave a ride to Fr. Ho from our friend’s new apartment to the resturant. Fr. Ho had just finished blessing… [...]

Another blow to the morale

14th Aug 2006 13 closed Daily Scribble

Our company has bad news after bad news. The morale of the workers just have one blow after another. Last week, we announced a forced vacation at the end of August with only 2 weeks of notice. Today we are informed our stock purchase plan is suspended… [...]

Internet book club

13th Aug 2006 19 closed Daily Scribble

I recently joined an internet book club. In the book club, there is a support group to help you read a book. We synchronize our reading progress and have interesting discussion on the ideas of the book. The book I am reading is the main reason I am… [...]

Small sickness is good fortune

12th Aug 2006 14 closed Daily Scribble

There is an old chinese proverb that “Small sickness is good fortune”. When I am forced to relax at home the past few days, I can fully appreciate the wisdom of these words. I heard many scary stories about removing wisdom teeth from… [...]

Karaoke

11th Aug 2006 15 closed Daily Scribble

I havn’t sung karaoke for ages. Michael visit Vancouver this weekend and he wanted to sing Karaoke so much that I booked a room speically for him. I asked Verona to come along since we need more female voice other that Pat and I know she like… [...]

Wisdom teeth removal

10th Aug 2006 21 closed Daily Scribble

I just come back from removing my wisdom teeth. My gum is still bleeding, but it should stop after a while. The removing of the wisdom teeth is actually less scary than I had expected. Literally, I sat down at the dental chair, poked a needle and… [...]

LSCOBA

9th Aug 2006 17 closed Daily Scribble

The principal of Lasalle College, Brother Thomas come to Vancouver these few days. The Vancouver chapter of the OBA host a dinner to welcome him. He went to Edmonton attending the North America OBA conference and football tournament, stop… [...]

GSD Fed vs Zaft II

7th Aug 2006 6 closed Daily Scribble

Today I went to Metrotown to kill the half hour between I finished study and go to pick up Pat for dinner. To my surprise, I found the arcade in Metrotown has some latest games, including Time Crisis 4, Gundam Fed vs Zaft II. Both games cost $2, quite… [...]

30

6th Aug 2006 7 closed Daily Scribble

Today is my thirtieth birthday. I am now officially a middle age man. I can already feel the mid-life crisis shadow over me. I had already start asking though questions, such as meaning of life, self value and the identity problem. I remember… [...]

Keyboard

5th Aug 2006 9 closed Daily Scribble

I have used my old first generation Microsoft natural keyboard for almost 10 years. I bought that keyboard when I first entered university. It has survived 4 computer upgrades and still accompany me. That keyboard is still very solid, except… [...]

Cheap flight

4th Aug 2006 15 closed Daily Scribble

I finally found a good deal on the air ticket to Haiwaii. I am going to Honolulu at the end of September fore merely 3 days to attend my lasalle buddy’s wedding. I have been hesitated to spend over $1000 on airfare for just a few days in Haiwaii.… [...]

Return the essay for exam

2nd Aug 2006 15 closed Daily Scribble

Today is the last day of the metaphysics class before exam. The professor havn’t finish making all the essays, but he decided to give us back the ones he had marked. He had only marked all paper in the more popular essay topics regardless… [...]

Wisdom Teeth

1st Aug 2006 23 closed Daily Scribble

Finally, it is the time to say good bye to my wisdom teeth. I thought I could live happily without having them removed. However they start bothering me since a few months ago. It is not toothache, but I sorta feel funny about them. Last week when… [...]

Unreality of time

31st Jul 2006 15 closed Daily Scribble

I just finished my second essay for my metaphysics class. It is about the unreality of time. I criticize an article from a famous philosopher who tried to convince people time is unreal. The first response of most people, including myself, is… [...]

Cleaning

30th Jul 2006 22 closed Daily Scribble

Finally after procastinated for 2 months, I can no longer stand the dust accumlated in my place. This morning I took the time to completely clean my place, dust the place, vacuum the carpet, swiper the floor and brush the tiolet. I think no one… [...]

Homily

29th Jul 2006 12 closed Daily Scribble

Today I went to a wedding in CMCC and to my surpise, I found the homily of Fr. Chiu, the priest of CMCC, is not too bad afterall. In all the weddings in CMCC I went, Fr. Chiu always give the same boring canned homily about marriage and love. Today’s… [...]

Garbage dump

28th Jul 2006 16 closed Daily Scribble

This morning, I helped Pat threw away some years old garbage sitting in her garage, like old wood fence, door removed from renovation, broken excerise machine. The garbage is so big that we have to deliver it to the city garbage dump ourself.… [...]

Vietnamese resturant

27th Jul 2006 9 closed Daily Scribble

There is a new vietnamese resturant opened close to work. It is a branch of another famous vietnamese resturant in richmond. The quality of food there is really good. Its menu has some special dishes not found in other vietnamese places. It has… [...]

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