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my useless thoughts, reminiscence, and ramblings

  • Saint Patrick's Day Parade at Pearl River

    I live in a town called Pearl River in Rockland county. We have a very strong Irish population in my town so Saint Patrick's Day is a big deal where I live. In fact, our town hosts the second largest...
  • a good friend

    I heard that it's better to have one very close, good friend than having many friends that you cannot refer to as "close" friends. I guess I'm lucky since I consider myself as having a few good frie...
  • turbulence

    When I travel to California, I always go through Phoenix airport and transfer. After being out in CA for two weeks, I left Santa Barbara on a small plane to Phoenix last Thursday afternoon and I was ...
  • go-live

    I came out to Santa Barbara, California this past Tuesday and will be going home this Thursday. This is the first time I'm staying here over the weekend because we are going live with my project...
  • Jonah story

    Around 10 years ago, I was having a conversation with my EM pastor back then about Jonah. When I brought up the fact that Jonah was swallowed by a whale, my pastor started laughing at me. He asked ...
  • Christmas vacation this year

    Let's see.... how long have I worked professionally?... I think this is my 12th year... For the last 12 Christmas, I have always taken vacation from few days before Christmas up until the New Year....
  • michelle wie - finally...

    About 5 years ago, I was watching, googling, and following Michelle Wie on a regular basis. I remember constantly talking about her at work with my project manager at that time, who was a really good...
  • weather forecast

    I was suppose to play in my church golf tournament today but it got canceled due to weather. However, it's not raining outside right now. The tournament was canceled last night based on the weather...