October 2014(last updated on 2014/10/01)

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10/1 Woke up at 6:00am, stretched my body and get ready for the day. Drove to on rather congested road to work. Stayed until 6:30pm while looking up at the sky almost like summer again. High at 91F. Drove to LTF for one hour workout, come home around 9:00pm then cooked rice for dinner. Going to bed around midnight.
Foggy in the morning.
10/2 Woke up at 6:00am, drove to work and began my day. 80F in the morning, still feels like summer. Stayed until 6:30pm and drove to Chinatown to have dinner with a friend. Although he is a bit older than me, it is very interesting to know the life in Japan. Drove home around 9:30pm and relaxed. Went to bed after midnight, seeing a big belt of rain coming this way...
10/3 Woke up at 6:00am, did not realize we had more than 1 inch of rain over night. drove under 70F weather, found my TPMS is giving me a warning finally. Reported to work on time and stayed until 4:30pm. Drove to Memorial Park for running about 1 hour before coming home. Cooked dinner and relaxed for the evening. Went to bed by midnight.
Sunny weather makes me I want to go run.
10/4 - 5 Minnesota Trip
The Cathedral of St. Paul
   
10/6 Woke up at 2:00am once, then 7:30am. I stayed in the bed until noon, that's the time I realized a severe storm is moving into Houston, rained slightly until 1:00pm. Stayed at home until 5:15pm. Drove to work straight and began my day. It was quite one today.
10/7 Stayed at office until 4:00am, drove home half sleep today. I was so tired. Went to bed straight but woke up at 10:00am. Stretched my body and cooked lunch. Needed to take care of one issue from my previous work so I left a little late but managed to do 30 minutes workout. Drove to work under sunny weather and began my day.
10/8 Stayed at the office until 4:00am again, drove home as the full moon start losing the upper left corner to the shadow of the earth. Stopped by at Kroger before coming home. Took a picture of red moon before going to bed around 6:00am, woke up at 10:30am and it was already in the 80s. Ate canned soup for lunch, relaxed at home saw the outside turned dark around 3:00pm and rain came down. Left at 3:30pm for workout but the rain was not all gone yet. The sky was back in clear by the time when I drive to work, and began another day.
Blood moon
10/9 Stayed until 4:00am, drove home while watching the full moon shining down, just needed to stop by at Kroger again for bananas. Woke up again at 10:00am but today I was able to sleep until noon. My body is back to the nights. Cooked meat and other items. Tried salad which I bought at Kroger, I need to eat more greens. Stayed until 3:30pm before heading to LTF for workout. Spent 1 hour then drove to work.
10/10 A little exhausted after spending whole night dealing with upset coworkers. Left around 4:30am and drove home. I woke up at 11:00am then stopped by at a clinic and Kroger for flu shot then got ready for the day. Get my hair cut and worked out for 30 minutes at LTF before heading to work. Stayed until midnight today then Left around 1:00am, going to bed around 2:00am.
10/11 Woke up at 10:00am, the rain was already approaching here. Cooked lunch, and waited until 3:00pm when the rain stopped. I then drove to Memorial Park for 12 miles run, stopped by at Daido and come home. Ate dinner at Wa to cerebrate their 1 year anniversary. Come home, relaxed until midnight while enjoying cool air.
Sunny after the rain
10/12 Woke up at 6:00am, get out and headed to bike at George Bush park, spent less than 1 hour there. Come home, took shower, get ready for Dynamo game. I drove to my friend's place around 12:30pm, we drove to downtown and watched the game. A hard rain came in about 20 minutes into the game and had to wait for about one hour. We lost the game in 1-3, drove back. I took my car for carwash, then come home around 7:00pm. Went to bed around 2:00am after working on catch up job on web.
Dynamo game against D.C. United, could not beat the top ranking in the conference, including the game stop by hard rain.
   
10/13 Woke up at 10:00am, when I heard something. I stayed in the bed until 11:00am and by that time the rain came down hard, and on and off storm lasted for the afternoon. Took shower and left home around 5:00pm, reported to work and began week 2 of night shift. It was pretty quiet.
Driving on Eldridge Pkwy in the evening.
10/14 Stayed until 4:30am, drove straight home and went to bed around 5:30am after bringing out a blanket. I woke up at 11:00am and which was very nice, sunny, cool, so I opened up the windows and get some cool air. Left around 3:00pm, found there is a sticker on my windshield telling me that Apt. is planning to tow my car... I had to call them. Worked out for 1 hour at LTF before heading to work. Commuting around 5:00pm is busier than before 5:00pm. Arrived at work okay. There was a big glitch on one of the lines but that was the only one. The air was getting cooler while the sky is clear of clouds.
10/15 Stayed until 5:00am, 51F as I was walking out from the plant. Drove to Kroger before coming home. Went to bed around 6:00am and woke up at noon. It was another clear sunny day with cool temperature. Cooked canned soup for lunch and received my Canon S100 delivered by FedEx. Left home around 2:45pm to get my car inspected. Drove to LTF for one hour workout then moved to the office. There was a car wreck in front of the company so took me 1 hour to commute. I began my shift as usual.
Canon Powershot S100, initially came out in 2011, I got a refurbished one for only $100.
10/16 Stayed at work until 4:30am, drove home under chilly and clear sky. I only saw 14 cars until I come home... Went to bed around 5:30am and woke up at 11:00am. Feel a little tired but stretched my body, cooked rice and spaghetti. Left home around 3:30pm to workout at LTF. I then drove to work, today's car wreck was on Clay. Arrived to work on time, began another day.
10/17 Another day staying until 4:30am, the outside was 61F. Drove home with little more traffic than last night. Woke up at noon, already at 80F but felt good. Fresh air came into my room while I opened windows. Left home around 3:30pm, drove under sunny sky. Worked out for 1 hour before heading to work. Another congested road on the way, not sure why.
10/18 [Mitsubishi MRJ rolled out]
Stayed at work until 3:30am, drove home and went to bed around 5:00am. I was hoping to get up at 10:00am but ended up waking up at 11:00am. Another sunny day with a few more clouds than yesterday. Went for a bike ride under beautiful weather. Drove to storage to pick up items. Had dinner, left after 7:30pm to go to Brazos Bend State Park to watch stars, the pathway had many things; deer, armadillos, stayed until 9:30pm then drove home. Cooked chicken nuggets around midnight because I got hungry. Went to bed around 2:00am.
Visiting Brazos Bend State Park
10/19 Woke up at 8:00am, stretched my body and get ready for the day. Left to Memorial Park for jogging from 10:30am for 6 miles. Drove to Daido and Kroger before coming home, ate lazy lunch after 2:30pm and relaxed. Took a nap for one hour around 6:00pm, cooked dinner and went for swim 2,000yd in the night. Going to bed around 2:30am. Back to night shift.
   
10/20 Woke up at noon, stretched my body and get ready for the day. Cooked noodle for lunch, stayed at home until 5:00pm and headed out to work. Arrived on time and began my day.
10/21 Stayed until 4:00am, walked out into chilly air. Drove home straight. Went to bed around 5:30am and woke up at noon. I heard of beeping from smoke detector, must be running out of its battery. Cooked a couple of meals before leaving the apartment after 3:30pm. It was sunny and breezy. Worked out at LTF for about one hour, drove to work and began my day.
10/22 Stayed until 4:30am, drove home and went to bed by 6:00am, woke up at noon. Cooked a couple of items for lunch, then worked on various items and left at 3:30pm under nice breezy and sunny weather. Worked out for about 1 hour then headed to work. The sky was clear all day today.
10/23 Stayed until 4:00am, drove home, picked up a few items at Kroger on the way and went to bed around 5:30am. Got up at noon, get ready for the day. I see come clouds in the sky today. Took shower and leaving at 3:00pm to get check with a formal suit place. Worked out for 1 hour before heading to work. The traffic nearby was pretty bad but made it to work. Pretty much no break all night.
10/24 Stayed until 4:00am again and drove home. Went to bed around 5:30am, but somehow woke up at 10:30am. Could not get up and stayed in bed until noon. Tried to get a few things done on my PC but update was not doing well. Left around 3:30pm for LTF, worked out for about one hour then headed to work for the last night of the week.
10/25 Stayed up until 4:00am then drove home. It took me 12 minutes to the gate, but another 3 minutes to get to my apartment. Went to bed at 4:30am, woke up at 9:30am but very tired. Cooked lunch and left for a bike ride for about 45 minutes at George Bush. It was sunny, a little breezy but everything was good. Come home, took shower, headed to Luke's Locker to pick up a packet for tomorrow's race. Come home around 6:00pm, cooked dinner and relaxed for the evening while working. Called home, went to bed around midnight. 
10/26 Woke up a few times but woke up at 5:00am anyway, up to 3 hours of sleep over the night... Left home at 5:40am and picked up a friend for the half marathon. The race started from 7:00am, and finsihed in 2 hours. I drove home around 11:00am, cooked lunch and went to bed for 1 hour nap. Took afternoon easy, taking care of fraud charges. Left home in the evening to have a dinner with friends, had a couple of beers and opened a bottle wine with them. Drove home, get ready for the last week of night shift.
   
10/27 Stayed up until 3:00am then went to bed. Woke up at 11:00am. Body is full of pain so I took things easy today. Cooked noodles for lunch, and curry for the week. Worked on my web until I have to go work today. Left home at 5:00pm, the traffic was heavy but managed to get to work a head of time. There was a big issue at the factory when I get there but been taken care of. Started the shift just as usual.
10/28 [Orbital Sciences Corp.'s Antares rocket failed at early stage of launch]
The shift ended around 4:15am and I drove home. Went to bed at 5:30am, and woke up at noon, maybe from the lack of sleep over the weekend. Another sunny sky, and temperature is nearly at 80s. Stretched my body lightly, cooked spaghetti for lunch and left home at 3:30pm for light workout at LTF. Saw a crash at Clay and Eldridge on the way to work, Spent quiet shift today.
10/29 [FRB to announce the end of QE ]
Stayed at office until 4:00am, drove home, finally the gate is closed which require a code to enter. Went to bed around 5:30am, and woke up around 10:30am because of a package delivery. Cooked fried rice in the afternoon, and left around 3:30pm for workout. The outside was cloudy and some place maybe raining nearby. Worked out at LTF in the afternoon, the traffic to work was slow again because of someone being pulled over by a sheriff. Started the evening shift
10/30 [A Beechcraft King Air 350 crached into Flightsafety building at Wichita Mid-Continent Airport]
Stayed until 4:30am today, drove to Kroget before coming home. Went to bed around 6:00am, and woke up at noon. Cool 71F with sunny sky. Left home at 3:30pm to workout at LTF. Stayed for the another evening at work. One more day.
10/31 [Virgin Galactic's Space Ship Two disintergrated during a test flight]
Stayed until 4:15am and drove home. Went to bed around 5:30am, woke up at noon. The outside is another sunny with no clouds. Left home early to get my hair cut at a barber, then picked up tuxido from a store. Worked at the office between 5:30pm until 10:00pm. Drove home, snacked and went to bed after midnight. I was tired.

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