Posted by bert at 09:37 PM on January 1, 2006 in ME.
its a new year? i didn't realize that it was... felt like it was just another day.
every extra day i get iwht my parents is a blessing to me. So that's my new years resolution. Enjoy life more.
oh yeah.. and the hard part.. I'm cutting ties with my vice.. No more Dr. Pepper for 2006. 365 days.. 0 dr. pepper.
Posted by bert at 07:26 PM on January 2, 2006 in ME.
i forget how fortunate I am sometimes and bitch and moan about the smallest of inconsequences.
something bad happens to me, like my flight getting canceled.. means that i got to pick up my dad from the dialysis center?
that place makes me so sad sometimes.
I see people in there all the time that have lost appendages (blood clots, poisoning etc causing them to sever their limbs). no kidding... their kidney has screwed up their body so badly.
And i see my dad, who has been through so much. His kidney has failed on him. and yet every day he is happy as clams. he undergoes a 4 hour dialysis treatment 3 days a week, that he has to wake up at 5 a.m. for. He broke his hip early last year due to negligence on a assisted care facility responsible for his well being.. yet through it all.. he shows such a positive love for life. How can I not be amazed?
and when i think about my concerns in relation to his.. well.. don't they seem petty? oh.. that girl rejected me.. what does that compare to my dad's kidney rejecting him? Nah.
If my dad can show sheer joy with his lot in life... Well. i can at least be grateful for my health and family too =).
Happy holidays all.. and i hope everyone will have a wonderful new year.
Posted by bert at 09:34 AM on January 4, 2006 in ME.
omg.. totally didn't realize this until last night.. but man did i miss good chinese food while on the east coast...
with the exception of Peking Gourmet Inn, in Virginia... my x-mas break consisted of crappy chinese food and lots of fried chicken =P
YAY dimsum saturday!
Posted by bert at 02:20 PM on January 4, 2006 in ME.
so a co-worker got this over xmas... it was cute at first.. but annoying as hell already.
Posted by bert at 12:14 AM on January 9, 2006 in ME.
nothing to write about really...
saw memoirs of a geisha.. pretty good movie..
except for the fact they took out the first 100 pages.. the last 50 pages.. and about 100 pages in between... and the whole romance thing is 10x sketchier seeing it than reading about it.
and now i think i'm done with movies for a good month or so.
nothing new really.
Posted by bert at 02:54 PM on January 9, 2006 in ME.
i was talking to someone about this at lunch and didn't want it to leave really.. so a quick post is necessary.
something to the effect of..
as a manager. when you are new to a situation, you should be the one imposing your will on everyone else. You go in.. and learn from everyone else.. after you learn and you still think there is something wrong.. then you change.. but by golly.. learn first.
If they (managers) want to change it, they'll change it later. They have to learn first.
Posted by bert at 02:27 PM on January 12, 2006 in ME.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060112/ap_on_fe_st/brf_fetus_carpool_3
came across this article in slate .. more or less i'm amused...
basic synopisis.. if a fetus is considered at teh point of life..
can a pregnant woman (and her fetus) use the HoV lanes without being ticketed?
Posted by bert at 11:14 PM on January 15, 2006 in ME.
is going to ruin my mondays.
wow.. WHAT A START!
now i just wanna know how you get from downtown LA (wilshire Avenue) to Ontario Airport using the 10 during morning rush hour traffic (8-9 a.m.) in 15 minutes.
if i could make that commute, maybe i'd be working in LA>
Posted by bert at 12:20 PM on January 16, 2006 in ME.
i wonder if they can get Apple Certified...
Posted by bert at 10:18 AM on January 22, 2006 in ME.
eurotrip is just a really movie to watch over and over again. I think i saw it 3x this weekend.
nothing new over here...
Posted by bert at 01:58 PM on January 23, 2006 in ME.
holy crappers...
it's windy as crap out! seriously like 60-70 mph winds over here... so funny (well not really) but i was driving to work this morning and saw one of those old school MPV's that EVERYONE used to have.. anyway.. it was blown across 2 lanes of traffic before he corrected himself back into his original lane.. Funny cuz no one got hurt.
Posted by bert at 07:22 PM on January 24, 2006 in ME.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/24/nsa.strategy/index.html
ok i have time again.. amazing.
this is one of the new political hot issues that the democrats have been using to attack the President. it's the classic debate of security vs. privacy rights.
this has some people up in arms about policies that can and most likely do violate your privacy rights. Wire-tapping phones so government can listen in on your phone conversation if you are a suspected terrorist.
Look. lets face it. The 21st century is definitely well-entrenched in the information age, and frankly he who knows the most wins.
If there is a suspected terrorist living 5 houses down the road from me... would i want his phone tapped or not? UH>. DUH!!!.
would i let the government tap the surrounding neighborhood too in order to help them figure out if that guy is a terrorist? You know damn well i would. Am i giving up some of my rights as a citizen of this country? sure.. but you know? i'd rather not have my next continental flight to newark hi-jacked, so I would put up with it.
Look.. the government really doesn't care what your plans are for friday night with your new GF are.. They don't care if your cross dress... or pick your nose. Does it really offend you that much if someone potentially listens in on your phone convo?
Posted by bert at 09:54 AM on January 25, 2006 in ME.
ok.. see. i'm back on my media bashing ways.
first read this.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/25/army.study.ap/index.html
ok.. now.. I'm all for having our military back here ASAP. But really.. what's the purpose for publishing this article? Why bitch and moan about something we're not going to do anything about? Why broadcast this so the ENEMY can see this and use it to motivate their masses more? The media wants us to pull troops out.. and if we do right now.. we lose.
Yes guys... war sucks. It really does and i wish this whole thing was over, but you know.. it's not.. and its not going to end anytime soon. I really wish Bush would just put up a 1 Billion dollar bounty on Osama Bin Laden's head right now. And we would need the head physically and then spike it on top of the new Freedom Towers being built over teh ruins of the WTC.
Come on.. 1 Billion Dollars for a contract kill. Really isn't that much? I'd support it. Hell I'd donate like $5k towards that fund.
Posted by bert at 09:44 AM on January 26, 2006 in ME.
http://www.cellular-news.com/story/15792.php
yeah so apparently everytime you do 
you could owe cingular(at&t) money. how the hell is some random text patentable?
Can i get a patent for being the first to use =) and =( i've been using that since 1993 and have documented AOL mail that proves it!... COME ON!!!..
then again.. i'd be flipping rich.
Damn patent abuse...
Posted by bert at 09:27 AM on January 27, 2006 in ME.
eat this tiger woods.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8055405378594767052&q=football
here's another that should psyche you up for the world cup.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6063478215160948442
Posted by bert at 03:34 AM on January 28, 2006 in ME.
ok.. with no one to witness it.
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Posted by bert at 10:13 AM on January 30, 2006 in ME.
oh yeah.. that happened.
So Happy Chinese New Years!
and Vietnamese New Years.
and.. ok.. yeah we get the picture.
to celebrate i went to teh Tet festival in Westminster. Yes. really. Food was great.. I love that sugarcane drink but now i think diabetes will set in 5 years earlier.