Today has been one heck of a day. Up at 4:45 AM to wash my hair, and catch the train to get to the office by 6:30. I had to set up the projector for the board meeting…and then unexpectedly again for another meeting next door in a mad rush (and it didn’t even work!). More work up until 12:30 when I took a break to go inhale my lunch just to get back to help set up the company birthday party (and I didn’t even get piece of cake!) AND the proejector for a meeting to preview the prototype...
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1. Daniel Craig as James Bond? I don’t fricking think so. This guy doesn’t ooze sexiness like Brosnan or Connery, but gives out slimy-smarmy vibe. My pick: Gerard Butler. Smoldering wiley hotness! 2. If I haven’t mentioned, I’m still “blind”. First, the ophthalmologist. Eyes are wetter since the plugs. He measured me for glasses and determined that the glasses prescribed to me a month ago was too weak. WTF? That chick told me my original prescription was too strong! Anyhoo. So doc sent me to the optometrist he trusts. The new optometrist first declared my eyes may still be too...
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And some of you thought I was kidding about Asian kids killing themselves over grades. Teenager commits suicide because of poor school grades – The Nation And this is just one case. I should’ve shown you how it was after Thailand’s university entrance exam in the spring. That’s the time of year when suicide rate skyrockets. For us in the 3rd world country, education is highly valued. With education, you get better job. With better job, you have a better life. Sure, that standard is true for everyone, but for families who are living in the slums, it’s the only...
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I don’t remember the first song I’ve played in the Lowrey but I’m pretty sure it was “And so it goes”. So that was the first song I play tonight. And, of course, we ended with the Looney Tunes theme. I can’t believe I’m crying. I’m not only parting ways with the piano, but a few other stuffed animals as well. I have about a dozen of them on the piano so I decided on donating some of them. That may be worse than actually parting ways with the piano. At least one of them I hauled from home, the...
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My best friend is leaving in a few days. Around 5 p.m. on Tuesday, to be exact. If I’m lucky, I may get to see her leave. If not, I would come home to an empty room. Good bye, my best friend since 1998. The beautiful Lowrey upright piano. Kit went out and rented the Lowrey for me as a birthday present back in the days. You bet your behind I’ve shed a few tears on the ivory keys afte we broke up. I was going to give up the piano at one point because I didn’t want it to...
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1. It’s good to start the day with “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life”. Well, it’s especially grand when it’s the Spamalot! version. 2. Even though that is a great song to open the day with, but there is no other joy in my life right now that becoming a piano owner! Did I tell you that I’ve inherited a piano from our friend’s Aurora? Aurora’s sister and her mom are moving into a new house which is considerably smaller than the one they’re vacating. There’s no room for grandmother’s piano. So, as an early birthday + Christmas...
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