winter's almost here...

i look outside and it's already dark :(

it definitely feels like winter's approaching now...

your very own google?

so google came up with an idea to let you googlize yourself. (if you look at the word 'google' too often you start to see stars.) this new feature allows you to create subsets of the search engine, select topics, search specifically for things that will appeal to you, and only prowl through and prioritize websites that you want.

if you create a custom 'technology' engine, typing 'mustang' wouldn't give you results of an animal. if you have a 'politics' engine, typing 'whitehouse' wouldn't give you a porn site.



i'm not sure if i'm too impressed. all this does is to cut down the number of words you need to type in the search bar.

birthday, diwali, another birthday...

hmm. quite a few october babies apparently. which is, i guess, expected, since 9 months earlier would be feb?

friday night at a coworker housewarming cum birthday celebration. i really applaud her, at 24, she bought a 2-bedroom house. given the real estate madness in the bay area, that's quite a feat. not to mention 2 flat screen tvs, $1600 paint job and $4000 stair-rework and a lexus.

saturday night was diwali time. had quite a blast, was totally worth the drive down since i got to see apurva dance. added to the fun was the party requirement to show up in traditional indian clothes, so i borrowed a blue ghagra (a tad bit itchy) from his sister-in-law. stooph i hope you're not jealous? *grin* i was totally thinking of you.

i felt a little odd doing indian dancing (thanks to apurva). but it was definitely a blast. i wish i got a little drunker for that.



sunday night's aaron's b'day (as well as ajay's - happy b'day!!!) surprise. we took him down to santana row for some malaysian food.

and vader's all oiled up. definitely a smoother ride now. :)

sometimes religion doesn't make sense...

found out a few days ago that my coworker's religion requires her to fast for 'the health of her husband'. if she has sons, she has to fast a day for each son.

hmm. so do they fast for her? nope.

what if she has daughters? does she fast for them? nope. they don't get jack.

does any one else think this is unfair?

weekend update

so let's see...what did i do this past weekend?



saw district B-13, watched it in french with english subtitles. tons of bruce lee action-kicking fun, definitely a must-see.



then saw the departed. absolutely LOVED internal affairs, which is the original cantonese version of this film. i'm no fan of leo diCaprio, but i thought he did an amazing job. still prefer the cantonese version though. try to catch both of them.



and then. ahhh :) the ballet. went to see cinderella, by the joffrey ballet. also absolutely amazing.

chicago snow

it's SNOWING!!!!!! somehow snow downtown is so much nicer than snow in suburbia-land.

ahhhhh. :)

DING DING!!!

YES!!!! :)

got placed 2nd (out of 18) in a go-karting work event. they were all males too.

HAH. smack that.

my hands are very sore. :(

*ouch*

yikes.

i just paid off a bunch of bills, and i realize i'd really better do something about my finances. time to evaluate how much my expenses really are every month.