| 5/1 |
First day of May, I woke up and I was able to
run outside. The expected rain came around noon and I had to drive in a rain
to visit client. Worked on an issue but the meter they had is not familiar
to me and I had to give up solving the problem today. I stayed at office
until 7:30PM, came home for lunch around noon, and 8:00PM for dinner.
Sometimes it is good to have meals at home. Expecting more rain tonight. |
| 5/2 |
It must have been raining over night but when I
woke up, it was gone. Went outside and ran in a chilly air. Came back, took
shower and headed to work. I spent morning at the office, and left afternoon
to visit client. Came back to the office around 6:00PM and I was working on
the assignment. Just as I was going to wrap up, a police cruiser came into
the parking lot. Because I have a paper license and did not want to cause
problem, I waited until he goes away. I don't like this kind of situation.
Came home, relaxed a bit. Going to bed around 10:00PM. |
| 5/3 |
The weather in the morning finally got better. I
went outside and ran before heading to work. I had to run some experiments
so I was at customer's place. Spent morning there and took coworker to a Red
Lobster. It was a okay meal. After coming back to the office, I kept working
on my stuffs. |
| 5/4 |
Woke up at 6:00AM. I remember I was partially
awake in the midnight because I heard some sound of rain, and some
arguments. Went to the office after running in nice weather. I did not have
to visit clients today so I stayed there until 5:30PM. I headed to the
downtown to get packet for the race this weekend. I did not want to spend
too much money on the parking, so I walked about 15 minutes to the
convention center. I was not interested on buying anything so I just picked
up my bag, checked my chip, and walked back to the place I parked my car.
Came back to my apartment after 7:00PM, had dinner and relaxed a bit. |
| 5/5 |
Woke up at 6:00AM. I am getting tired from the
weeklong work, but managed to go out and run in the morning. I needed to do
something because I will be running a lot tomorrow. Worked on company
assignments over the day, and went home almost on time. Had lunch and dinner
at home, which very much saved some money. Going to bed around 11:00PM. |
| 5/6 |
[Indianapolis' 500 Festival has started!]
Woke up at 5:00AM. Stretched my body and took
shower. I drove off from my apartment around 6:40AM, so I can get to the
downtown area before 7:30AM, which is the starting time of Indianapolis
mini-marathon. I parked my car at church parking lot, like everybody else
doing, and arrived at the starting point. The corral I am assigned is
already closed because of my late arrival, so I started from O, not I. Took
about 20 minutes to get to the start line after the race began, the whole
race was just passing and stuck in the middle of people around. I had hard
time running at my pace, which is about 9 min/mile. I ran from the downtown,
the speedway, and back in the downtown. It took me about 2 hours and 6
minutes to finish. I got a medal, some fruit and drove back to my apartment.
I was okay but needed some rest. Took afternoon easy but had to go out to
buy groceries in the evening. Spent time reading books in the evening,
called home and went to bed around 1:00AM |
| 5/7 |
Waking up around 7:00AM. I wanted to stay in bed
more but I just could not. My body is aching from the yesterday's run.
Stretched my body and very much relaxing whole day. Even thought about going
to watch a movie in the morning but decided to stay in my apartment. I could
save some money... I cooked some meal for the week, although I have to go
out most of the time. Hoping to go bed on time to get ready for Monday... |
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| 5/8 |
First day of the week. My body has some sore
from the run, so I just took a short workout before heading to work. I had
to visit client in the afternoon. Came back to the office in the evening,
had meeting in the evening |
| 5/9 |
Woke up at 6:00AM. Stretched my body and walked
outside for a while. Reported to work but then drove to customer's place to
get some information before heading to the airport for my business trip. I
got stuck in a traffic and last for my flight for the first time in a while.
I still had a flight to Dallas but not from there. I ended up staying at
hotel nearby the airport. I had to decide whether I pay a lot in a hotel
inside of airport property, or pay cheap and stay outside. The shuttle bus
(which is very much for several different hotels) was late and I waited for
a long time. I think I made a bad choice since my company was paying for the
trip...
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| 5/10 |
Woke up at 6:00AM, getting out from the bed was not that easy
since I was pretty tired of hectic day yesterday. Got a ride on a shuttle
bus and headed to Dallas Fort Worth Airport. This time, I was able to get a
ticket issued, but the airplane was late for departure. Seems like they had
a hydraulics problem. It took them about one hour to fix and during the
time, I had to use a internet terminal at a store in the airport to get
email, called other office to work on the stuffs. Finally took off to
McAllen, arrived by could not locate a car to pick me up. Used a taxi to the
border ($28) and walked crossed into Mexico with big baggage. I safely
arrived to the office in Mexico and stayed there until 8:00PM. Came back to
the U.S. side and had a dinner in a Japanese restaurant. Going to bed around
midnight |
| 5/11 |
Woke up fresh in the morning, did some
stretching then headed to the company. Worked whole day, but made a trip to
a customer's place, which is in the middle of no where. The road on Mexico
is not the same as in the U.S. I even saw Mexican army established security
points. I was told that that's why we have to make local people drive. Had a
lunch at local restaurant, tasted pretty wild but I liked it. They served me
a coke in a bottle. I can see the quality of water is bad in here. Came back
to the office and stayed until 9:00PM. Had dinner at another Japanese food
place on the U.S. side. Going to bed around midnight. |
| 5/12 |
Woke up again at 6:00AM. One more day to take
care of business here. Arrived at the office around 8:00AM, stayed there
until 6:30PM. One of a coworker had his birthday, and we had fun making his
face plunged in the cake. I, also had to eat a very spicy chip as a part of
initiation. Had a dinner at a seafood place on the Mexico side. I was a bit
concerned about the food but seems to be okay (I am not dead yet). Signed
myself off from Mexican immigration, and came back to the U.S. side. I am
going back to Indiana tomorrow. |
| 5/13 |
Woke up at 7:00AM. It is nice because I am all
done with this week's assignment so I am simply going home. I began packing
but realized one thing. I do not have a packing tape for the container for
my work. Oops. I borrowed one from the hotel. Got a ride to the airport,
checked in, and headed to the gate. I saw a bunch of big people around and
realized they are wrestlers from WWE. I ended up sitting right next one of
them. On the flight back to Indy, I upgraded to the first class but was not
that comfortable because I was feeling a bit ill. Came back to Indy around
6:30PM, had to work on company stuffs in the evening and went to bed around
11:00PM |
| 5/14 |
Woke up at 7:00AM. Did a morning run and went to
work at office for the afternoon to catch up with what I left over the week.
Stayed until 6:00PM then came back to the apartment. Took care of mails and
laundry. Going to bed around 11:00PM. |
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| 5/15 |
Woke up at 6:00AM, still a bit cold because of
the weather, under almost a rainy weather, I went for a run in the morning,
Came back, took shower, and headed to work. Stayed there until 10:00PM
because of the meetings. I forgot to set rice cooker in the morning so the
rice came out very funny but still needed to eat them. Going to bed around
10:30PM. |
| 5/16 |
Woke up at 7:00AM, able to run outside for 3
miles but a bit late for work. I needed to stop by client's place in the
afternoon so I left my office around noon and ate at Subway. Came back to
the office around 4:00PM for a meeting and stayed until 9:40PM, except the
time I went out for a walk in the evening. Going to bed on time at 10:30PM. |
| 5/17 |
Woke up at 6:00AM, not like yesterday. I went
out and ran outside. Reported to work a bit late but okay. I spent morning
impatiently waiting for the noon. Came back to my apartment, boot up my PC
and registered myself to the 2006 Marine Marathon. It did not take too much
time until I finish the whole process. The last year took until next morning
by trying out many times. Had a happy afternoon because of the success to
the entry. Watching more rain in the evening. I could not believe the rain
still falling. I got a chance to cook some food and worked all evening on my
assignment. Went to bed around 10:30PM. |
| 5/18 |
Woke up in a nice weather at 6:15AM, went for a
run in the morning then headed to work. There was thunderstorm approaching
to the area but I was not paying attention too much, until I found the hard
rain, wind and lightening caused power outage at local area. I could not use
internet for about 3 hours. Even when I came back to the office after the
lunch, the network system was knocked out and I cannot fix it. Went to home
around 6:30PM and worked from home until 10:00PM. Going to bed around
10:30PM |
| 5/19 |
Woke up at 6:00AM, went for a run in the morning
before going to work. I had to drive to my client's place because they were
having equipment trouble and also our office cannot recover from the system
broke down happened yesterday. Spent whole day there to catch up with my
work and headed back to my office around 5:30PM. Came home, took evening
easy. Went to bed around 10:00PM. |
| 5/20 |
Woke up at 7:00AM, stretched and went for a
morning jog. It was very nice one since there wasn't hot or cold. Came back
to the apartment and decided to get a haircut, the receptionist there was so
happy about the car she is getting today. I have not bought a car for a long
time but I know how she feels. Later I stopped by a bank to open an
IRA account. Also did a bit of shopping. Spent afternoon at office to take
care of few items, then came back. Finally start putting the winter clothing
in a box. Cleaned kitchen and bathroom and I felt good about it. In the
evening, I called home and talked for about 30 minutes. Going to bed around
mid night. |
| 5/21 |
Woke up at 6:45AM. Went to run for 6 mile again.
I was going to watch a movie but the work at office took too much and gave
up. Organized more stuff and started to throw things away. I needed to make
more room before a big guy coming from Japan... Came home in the evening
after stopping by at Meijer to buy groceries. I cooked Japanese curry since
I needed to make something. Going to bed around 10:00PM. |
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| 5/22 |
Woke up at 6:00AM but a bit tired. I don't know
why because I went to bed by 11:00PM last night. Went for running before
going to work. It was so nice so I actually late to report to work. Oops.
Had to go visit client to get yelled. Man, I hate things when not going
well. Came back to the office, stayed until 9:30PM for the meeting. Going to
bed around 10:30PM |
| 5/23 |
Woke up at 6:00AM, went out in a chilly air for
running. The internet system was still down at office so I had to go to
Best Buy to get some equipment. I tried with the directions given by the
customer service, but it was not working, so I struggled whole afternoon and
evening. Stresses out, came home around 9:00PM. Had to catch up with the
work for today, stayed up until 11:00PM. |
| 5/24 |
Woke up at 6:00AM but felt a little sick in the
morning. managed to run outside for 4 miles before heading to work. On the
way, I saw police officers waiting on the line to catch drivers with no seat
belts on. Almost every cars in front of me turned to the side road. It was
very funny. Finally got the internet working again at office. The lady on
the customer service was very helpful. ON the way to the lunch I saw Crystal
Flash, an Indiana based gas station, had regular gasoline for only(?)
$2.57/gal. It was almost 40cents cheaper and that's what I needed. There was
a line of cars so I decided to fill it on the way back from the lunch. I
felt so good about putting a cheap gas into the tank. It's been predicted to
be rainy but not happening as I was going home around 6:00PM. Worked on the
assignments at home. Going to bed around 10:00PM. I am very tired these
days. |
| 5/25 |
Woke up at 6:00AM, went for running for 4 miles.
Worked at office whole day. Had rain in the evening but I was already at
home so it was just fine for me. Finally established whole internet system
at office. Phew. |
| 5/26 |
Woke up at 6:00AM, went for a run in the
morning. Arrived at office at 8:30AM, then headed to customer's place.
Arrived then had to talk with some people. had a lunch at a Mexican food
restaurant which becoming a regular habit for me on Friday when I visit the
customer. Drove back to the office in the afternoon. I had two
teleconferences at the same time in the evening. It was a pretty tough
time... |
| 5/27 |
Woke up around 6:30AM. It was foggy from the
morning
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Went to a gym to take very first TaeKwonDo class. I found out my body is fit
but not for this kind of sports. Stopped by Best Buy to replace the memory
stick which was not the right one when I bought yesterday. Spent afternoon
at office to clean the place up. Met with my coworker, who came late, to go
to a concert provided by X103, a local radio station. The bands such as 10
Years, Three Days Grace, Stained, and Hurt performed. The event finished
around 10:30PM, and had hard time finding a place to eat after that. We
ended up eating at Arby's. Drove back to my apartment with sleepy eyes.
Going to bed around 1:00AM. I think I had too much pop over the day. |
| 5/28 |
[90th Indianapolis 500]
Woke up around 7:00AM, stretched my body and took easy in the morning. Left
apartment around 11:30am for the Indy500. Arrived at the speedway well
before the race starts. I brought my ear plugs this time so I got to enjoy
the race. Because I was worrying about the traffic jam, I decided to leave
place about a half way. On the way back to the parking lot, I saw a guy
talking on his cell phone right next to a woman lying down on the ground. I
did not have to think but the trainings I received kicked in, checked for
consciousness, breathing, determined the person is under heat shock so I
gave up my water to cool her. The woman was start to having seizure by the
time an ambulance was arriving. Came home around 4:30PM, then needed to go
to the office to clean things up before a board member of the company was
coming tomorrow. The temperature was so hot and ended up using A/C for the
first time this year. Going to bed around 10:30PM.
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| 5/29 |
I woke up around 6:00AM, inside of my nose felt
irritated maybe because of the smokes I have been inhaling last couple of
days. I think the formula 1 race will be the last one in a while. Went for a
run in the morning and relaxed for the afternoon. Took a nap for about 2
hours, which I could not do in a regular day. I had to attend meeting from
8:30PM so I went to work and stayed. Came home, hit the bed, |
| 5/30 |
Tuesday but the first day of work. Took a new
hire to an office to do paperwork. I managed to run outside and went to the
office. Took care of what I needed to do and had lunch with coworkers. Back
to the office and worked on my assignment. Because I have to take care of
new hire, I need to balance my work and training. Went out with my coworkers
for welcome party. I had some Japanese food and I was quite happy. |
| 5/31 |
The last day of the May. Woke up at 6:00AM and
went for the morning run. My body is okay but still a bit stiff so I gave up
on going to a gym. Worked on my assignments. Had to join conference so I
came home late again. Hmmm. |