| 5/1 |
[Pope John Paul II beatified]
Woke up around 7:30am, it must be a pretty good sleep over the night.
Stretched my body, took care of my back bothering since yesterday when I was
carrying the desk. Went out to walk on a trail for 2 hours. Come home around
noon after grabbing a sub from Subway. Relaxed for the afternoon, then took
off for grocery shopping at Target and Daido. Maybe because of the
earthquake, they are now carrying Mito Natto, instead of what I usually buy.
Drove home, assembled floor lamp, and placed a clock on the deck. Now I can
know the room temperature. Worked on my blog until
midnight then went to bed.
I am hoping for some rain tomorrow.
Assembled my new desk, but my PC is more than 2 years old now. |
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| 5/2 |
[Osama bin Laden, a
mastermind for 9-11 attack has been killed in a raid in Pakistan]
Woke up as a regular morning, listening to the morning news as many people
around have been since the late last night. Drove to a hotel to pick up my
coworker and headed to work under cloudy sky. Stayed at the office whole
day, amazing to see folks in the office do not even talk about it. Going for
lunch at Red Robin's. Come back and spent afternoon at work. Left to go to
gym around 7:00pm and worked out for 40 minutes. Driving under cloudy and
windy outside. It almost felt like cold because of the temperature drop, but
still no rain yet. Come home, cooked dinner and relaxed for the evening.
Went to bed around 11:00pm today. |
| 5/3 |
[Nissan is awarded in New York City taxi cab.
They will have 10 years of exclusive contract with the city and fleet
operators]
Woke up at 6:00am, radio still talks of the raid
yesterday. 53F in the morning, and drove to the office under cloudy sky. The
whole day was quite nice. Left office around 7:00pm again and worked out at
gym for one hour. The parking was busy so I had to drive around to find a
lot for my car. Drove home and had dinner around 9:00pm, relaxed, went to
bed around 11:00pm. |
| 5/4 |
Woke up at 6:00am, pretty
comfortable since the morning temperature was at 50F. Stretched my body,
took almost no time to cook lunch then took off. The drive to work was nice,
no need to use A/C, the sky is clear, the only issue is my car look so dirty
outside because of lack of rain... Stayed at the office whole day as usual.
Left office around 7:00pm, drove to gym. Another day of busy parking and
worked out for 1 hour. Drove home, the sky looked pretty as I come home.
Made dinner, relaxed. Went to bed around 11:00pm. |
| 5/5 |
Woke up at 6:00am, drove to the office and
stayed until noon then went to Vietnamese restaurant for lunch. Come back to
the office and stayed until 4:00pm then drove to chiropractics. Pick up my
former boss at his house, picked up another coworker on the way to a Italian
restaurant for the farewell dinner for my former boss. I had a big pork chop
and tiramisu for the desert. Took my coworkers homes, and arrive my
apartment. Going to bed around 11:30pm but I guess I had too much of iced tea. I will see what's going to
happen.
 Pork
chop |
| 5/6 |
I woke up around 3:00am, just because of feeling
pain from my spine wants to go back into the right place. I gave up trying
to sleep. Got up and stretched my body. Went to LTF and worked out for 30
minutes then drove to a hotel to pick up my coworker. We went to the office
and stayed until noon. Took off to have lunch with coworkers at Chinese
buffet. Stayed until 6:00pm then went to Thai Cottage for the dinner. I have
not had Thai food for many months now. Drove my coworker to the hotel, then
come home but not before buying orange juices at Kroger. Went to bed around
11:00pm.
 Tom Yum
Cum |
| 5/7 |
Woke up at 6:00am tired.
Another hot day expected. Took off around 9:00am to the gym, worked out for
one hour then drove to a hotel to pick up my coworker. Took him to lunch at
Wendy's, then went to Katy Mills' shopping mall. It was a good walk. Took
off and drove to Best Buy, Target then to the office for a while. Drove to
south to pick up two other coworker to meet up with two other friends to
have dinner together. After the dinner, I took the coworker to the hotel by
the airport. Coming home around 10:30pm, called my dad, went to bed around
11:00pm. |
| 5/8 |
Woke up at 6:00am fresh. I
guess I had a good night. Went out to walk on a trail under quite warm and
humid air. Left home around 10:00am and spent 2 hours outside. Cooked
noodles for lunch then took off to the office to attend meeting tonight.
Since I won't come home until late night, I decided to stop by at a Japanese
grocery store. Stayed at office until 8:30pm then
drove home. Spent evening okay, went to bed at midnight. |
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| 5/9 |
[Pioneer in Japan introduced
a navigation unit which feeds live video and impose routes and other
information]
Woke up at 6:00am, took off to work and stayed until
7:00pm. I took my coworkers for Korean BBQ dinner. Stayed until 10:00pm,
forget about working out at gym since it is too late. Going to bed around
11:00pm. |
| 5/10 |
Woke up at 6:00am, had to
pick up my coworker at a hotel but the way to work had a broken traffic
signal so the cars were moving very slow up to a certain point. Went out for
Vietnamese food for lunch with coworkers, stayed at the office until 7:00pm.
Drove to gym and worked out for 1 hour then come home. Went to bed at
11:00pm. |
| 5/11 |
Woke up at 6:30am, had to
open up the windows to get some cool fresh air but it was muggy. Did a load
of laundry, left for the office but I had to go pick up my pants from
cleaner. Stayed at the office until noon then took off to go pick up another
person from Japan. Drove back to the office around 5:00pm. Took him to Thai
food for dinner, dropped him off at the hotel, then come home. I went to bed
around 11:30pm. |
| 5/12 |
Woke up at 6:00am, left home
around 7:00am and picked up my coworker at hotel. Get a ride to Dallas, the
road to there was stormy. I could see lightning and bad rain. When we
arrived at the site, it was around 2:00pm and worked on the machine for 4
hours to take care of the assignments. Drove to the hotel then went to a
restaurant. Went to bed around midnight, since I was watching TV after
coming back to the hotel room. |
| 5/13 |
Woke up at 6:00am, checked
out from the hotel around 8:00am and drove to the site. Left there around
10:00am and headed back to Houston. Stopped at a BBQ place for lunch and
arrived to the office around 2:30pm. Stayed until 6:00pm then went to a
Japanese store for dinner. Dropped off my coworker at hotel and headed to
gym. Worked out for 1 hour then come home. Went to bed around 11:30pm. |
| 5/14 |
Woke up around 6:30am, did a load of laundry
while eating breakfast. Left home around 9:00am to carwash then headed to
LTF for workout for one hour. Drove home after grabbing groceries. Left home
again around 12:30pm under a sky with no cloud, to a hotel to pick up my
coworker. Took him to lunch then to Minute Maid park to watch Houston Astros
play against New York Mets. Our team won this time and drove to a Japanese
restaurant. Had another beef bowl, drove back to the hotel to drop my
coworker off. Came home, relaxed for the evening, called my dad and chat for
a while. Went to bed before midnight.
Baseball game at Minute Maid Park |
| 5/15 |
Woke up good around 6:30am,
ate breakfast and get ready for the day. Walked 3.5 hours on a trail nearby
my apartment. This time I reached to beltway 8. Cooked noodle for the lunch
then took off from home around 2:30m to drive to work for catch up works. On
the way, I saw a place nearby was hosting Houston Greek Fest, no wonder I
see so many cars piling up on the street since Friday. Stayed at office
until 5:00pm, then headed to Target to buy groceries, and also at Kroger
since I could not find my breakfast. Come home, cooked dinner then relaxed
for the evening, took care of laundries and went to bed around midnight. |
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| 5/16 |
[Space shuttle Endeavour launched successfully
for the last mission.]
Woke up at 6:00am, picked up my coworker at hotel and drove to the office.
On the way, the radio was broadcasting a live communication on NASA for the
Endeavour launch. It was pretty cool but no visual... Picked up stuffs and
packed for the business trip. Drove to the airport parking and checked in
for the flight at terminal. The flight CO 723 left the gate on time at
11:35am, climbed under turbulent air then flew at 33000 feet. The flight
took only 1 hour so we landed at 12:35pm, get to the terminal at 12:40pm.
Get to the customer's place and stayed until 5:30pm. It was sunny and
breezy. The lake Ponchowain(?) looked pretty murky. Left the site and
checked in at the hotel, drove to a nearby restaurant for dinner. Cajun food
was pretty good, we had alligator fries, crawfish fries, flog fries and
turtle soups. Drove back to the hotel, relaxed and checked emails. Went to
bed around midnight. |
| 5/17 |
Woke up at 6:30am, stretched my body, took
shower then headed to a restaurant for the breakfast. Met up with my
coworkers at 9:00am and I was dropped off at the airport. Checked in and
passed the security. Get on CO ? which left New Orleans at ? and flew to
west. The plane approached Houston, passing the south side then headed to
west for 10 minutes before turning back to the airport for the landing. Got
a ride back to the parking and then headed back to the office but also
stopped by at a Chinese buffet for lunch. Stayed until 6:00pm and headed to
Korean BBQ place. Took my coworker to a hotel and I drove home. Went to bed
straight just like crash landing... |
| 5/18 |
Woke up at 6:30am, stretched my body, left home
to pick up a coworker for the day. The whole day went by easy, and took him
to lunch at a Mexican fast food. It was cloudy day but yet to be rainy. Left
office around 6:00pm, drove north to a place called BJ's restaurant and
brewhouse. We tried all 8 kinds of beer they offer. Took my coworker to a
hotel by the airport, checked about the shuttle service, then shook hands
and drove back to my apartment. Went to bed around midnight. |
| 5/19 |
Woke up at 6:30am, get ready for the day and I
left earlier than usual. Maybe because I don't have to take care of anyone
for now. Drove to the office, and stayed at office as usual. Cooked canned
soup for lunch. Left around 7:30pm and headed to the gym for workout. I
kinda felt tired so I worked out for less than 1 hour. Drove home, cooked
spaghetti for dinner. Went to bed around 10:00pm. |
| 5/20 |
Woke up at 6:30am, spent morning just taking
care of house stuffs then left to a dentist to get my teeth checked up. I
have three cavities now and I need to get second crown. Almost noon when I
was done, drove under humid and hot but cloudy sky. Spent afternoon visiting
a customer and returned to the office around 5:00pm. Stayed until 7:00pm
then tried to go to gym but too tired so I just head back home. Picked up
Sushi plate at Kroger. When I opened Spent evening easy, went to bed around
11:30pm. |
| 5/21 |
[Supposed to be the end of the world today?]
Pretty hard to wake up, 73F already and expecting a cloudy day. Stretched my
body, finally got myself out of the apartment around 10:30am and worked out
at gym for 1 hour. Drove to Burger King for lunch and stopped by at office
for a while. Drove home, relaxed for the afternoon. By evening, the sun get
brighter and the temperature in the room is 85F. Had soup for dinner and
relaxed for the evening. Called home and talked with my dad, who was riding
a bike under rain. Japan seems to be much warmer than usual also. Going to
bed after typed up small portions of my unpublished parts of blog from last
year. |
| 5/22 |
[Joplin, MO was hit by EF3 tornado, many
casualties reported.]
Woke up at 6:30am. Pretty tired from the morning
maybe because the night was too hot. Stretched my body and headed out around
9:00am to the trail. Today was nice and breezy, but the day gets warmer than
ever. I made a complete lap but I had to drink bottled water which I usually
carry for nothing. Took shower then headed out to Kroger, Souper Salad and
Target for newspaper, lunch and groceries. Come home around 3:30pm. Rested
in my room which is above 85F. Set rice cooker for the first time in a while
since I was gone for the trips and taking care of coworkers for many weeks.
Cooked curry and Mabo tofu for dinner. The air was still hot even at
10:00pm, my room is 85F... Took cold shower before going to bed at midnight. |
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| 5/23 |
Woke up at 6:30am in the
morning, left home to get to work but the traffic was jammed, made it to
work okay. Spent morning helping coworker preparing for the job and also
presentation. For the afternoon, I stayed at office until 7:00pm then headed
to LTF to workout. I did 1 hour session and then drove home. Cooked dinner
and worked on my webpage. Went to bed around midnight. |
| 5/24 |
[Tornado hits near Oklahoma City]
Woke up at 6:30am, slightly
cooler than yesterday. Drove to work and helped my coworker return his
rental car to the airport. Drove back to the office before noon so I ate my
lunch. For the afternoon, I met with a customer and come back to the office
around 4:00pm. I guess I was not at the office whole day. Left to gym around
7:00pm and spent another one hour. Drove back home and ate dinner. Going to
bed around midnight again. |
| 5/25 |
Woke up at 6:00am, getting
out from the bed. Tried to use internet but the connection was very slow for
the morning. No rice stocked to lunch so on the way to work, I stopped at
Kroger, and cleaner to for my business. The air is pretty humid, and I guess
I can look forward for the rain tonight. Drove to LTF for workout. I had
another good one then realized someone called me on my cell phone when I was
working out. Had to go rescue my coworker who trapped himself in his
backyard. Stayed there until the lock smith comes and resolved the situation
around 10:00pm. Stayed up until 11:30pm, finally my rice is ready. Went to
bed around Midnight, just waiting for some rain but...? |
| 5/26 |
Woke up at 6:00am, only to
find that I forgot to put the cooked rice in refrigerator over the night. I
hope they are okay... I heated up and took it to work. I guess the food was
okay since I did not get sick during the day. Had to stay late for work.
Went to LTF and worked out for one hour. Drove home, cooked dinner and
stayed up until 11:00pm. I could not fall sleep until 1:30am because it was
too warm. The daily high is above 95F so I guess hotter than my body. |
| 5/27 |
Woke up at 6:30am, felt extremely tired but I
have to go work. Drove to the office and went out for lunch with my coworker
to try a Japanese restaurant. Come back to the office and stayed until
7:00pm then I decided to drive back home straight, skipping the workout. In
stead, I stopped by my storage and picked up fan and a external disc drive
for my PC. At home, I had my dinner, then relaxed. When I come home, the
room temperature was 87F and still around 86F, which is more than 5F above
the reported value. Used A/C for the first time this year. Went to bed
around 11:00pm. |
| 5/28 |
Woke up at 6:30am, stretched my body, headed out
to workout at gym around 9:00am. Since I decided to do a no car day again
tomorrow, I stopped by at grocery stores on the way back to home. Come home
at noon, had a sandwich from Target, then worked on my blog until the room
gets really hot. Had to use A/C for a while since the temperature in my room
exceeded 85F, took a while to get it down to 83F. Worked on the rest of the
blogs until 11:30pm. Called my dad and he told me that hometown in under
severe rain from typhoon #2 for this year. Going to bed at midnight. |
| 5/29 |
Woke up at 6:30am, the morning was cooler than
yesterday. Opened up the windows and let the fresh air in. Took off around
8:30am to the trail, made another 10 miles walk and come back. Since today
is a no-car day. I walked up to Kroger for newspaper and groceries, then to
McDonald's for lunch. Walked back home, relaxed for the morning, trying to
make up for the missing parts of blogs. Another hot day seeing room
temperature hitting 87F. That's enough. I used A/C. Relaxed for the evening
and went to bed around 10:00pm. Just feel like it. |
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| 5/30 |
[Memorial Day]
Woke up at 6:00am, I guess this is how things should work. I need to go bed
early. Stretched my body and headed to the gym for workout. I left there and
headed to the office to check emails. Dropped off boxes at storage then
returned home for lunch. Cleaned the room for the afternoon and watched the
temperature goes up to 87F again. Wrote up some parts of blogs and now it's
taking shape. I uploaded so there is no missing part for 2010. (I still need
to work hard on 2009 part...) Going to bed around 11:00pm, but I could not
fall sleep quick. |
| 5/31 |
Woke up at 6:30am, drove to work and had meeting
for the morning. Stayed until 8:30pm since I have to be at a meeting with
Japan. Drove to LTF for workout then come home around 10:00pm. Whne I come
home, the room temperature was not as high as outside but still showing like
84F. Cooked pork chop in Japanese style and ate dinner around 11:00pm...
Going to bed after midnight. |