colonoscopy

When I went to the doctor yesterday, the gastroenterology suggested I go through a colonoscopy to check if I have polyp in my intestines or colon. I am kind of scared of going through the procedure. Just because I have small black moles, the doctors think it might lead to colon cancer. The polyps is usually hereditary, and I don' t know anyone in my family with colon cancer. Do you think I should go through the colonoscopy?

Last night, I watched the movie Crash, it was a good movie about race. It so opened my eyes. A lot of famous people in the movie, Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Brendan Fraser, Thandie Newton, Matt Dillon, Larenz Tate, Ludicrous, Ryan Philippe, Jennifer Espesito, etc.

By the way, I am leaving early tomorrow morning to go to Mexico City. I will come back late evening on Monday July 4th. I did not want to take any days off from work.

black moles

I am not so sore from kickboxing this morning. What a relief?

During lunch time, I have a doctor's appointment concerning the small black dots/moles at the rim of my bottom lip. My annual check up doctor recommended me to see the gastrointestinal doctor. I hope the black moles are nothing serious.

After work, I am going to go to walking around Shoreline area, to get a little bit of exercise.

carpool

I picked up my cousin at the Oakland airport today. I did not know that the toll bridge on Dumbarton Bridge is free when you carpool at certain times. So from 5am to 10am and 3pm to 6pm, it is free toll from Monday to Friday. My dad one time went through the carpool lane when it was 6:15pm, he got a citation for $25, he got it through the mail. I even called 511 to confirm the carpool time. It is kind of tricky because you would think that the carpool time would end at 7pm, not at 6pm. I heard from my cousin that the toll bridge might increase to $4, right now it is $3. Golden Gate bridge toll is $5. Calling 511 is free for traffic and transit information.

During lunch time, I am going to a brown bag session for learning opportunities. I hope I can find new opportunities to learn different things.

After work, I am going to my kickboxing class, I hope I don't get sore.

Monday

I usually have a hard time getting to work and getting into the work mode. I just feel so lazy. I am munching on chocolate pudding for breakfast. I just had lunch at World Wraps. I feel so stuffed. It is nice to get out of the office once in a while to do lunch. Sometimes, I feel caged in, and I don't know what the weathers like outside until I leave work.

headache

I had a fat terrible headache for most of the day. I also felt like I wanted to vomit. I took motrin and now I feel better. I thought by sleeping it off, I would feel better but that didn't work. I missed going to the San Francisco gay parade today, I was not feeling up to going.

drive

Yesterday, I went to Fanny & Alexander again. It was a last minute decision. My cousins called me and I had to get ready in half an hour. I wanted to call Xine but I figured it was too late notice. I had dim sum for lunch and it was not so good, some of the dishes were cold.

I have to be a taxi driver again today. I just dropped off my cousin to the Oakland airport. I have to drop off my other cousin to a wedding reception. I also have to drop off my mom to work. I'll be driving all over the place.

batman begins

I just came back from watching the movie Batman Begins, it is a real good movie. It was like an all star cast. I don't have work tomorrow, I plan to run errands.

dreams

Do you think dreams can be reality? Do you feel like dreams warn you for the future? I sometimes dream crazy things. I sometimes look at the dream dictionary and read the meaning but the interpretation does not apply to me.

fukisushi

My back is still so sore. When I bend down, I can feel the pain. I just hope for the my next class that I don't feel sore.

I am going to dinner tonight at Fukisusi with my cousins. Man, I have been eating out too much.

my back

I woke up this morning with my back so sore from kickboxing class last night. I felt fine after the class. Now, I am feeling the pain. I am off to lunch soon for yummy dim sum.

tires

I picked up my cousin this morning to bring her to work because someone slashed all 4 of her tires. That is so terrible, who would do such a thing. It might be a hate crime or someting. My cousin suspects it is her neighbor because of a car accident a couple of months ago. Probably they felt it was payback time for them.

I want to see Batman Begins.

kickboxing class

I started my first day of kickboxing class offered at my work for free. It is a 6 weekcourse and we meet once a week for 45 minutes. I was on the wait list for the class. I was laughing at myself most of the time because I was messing up a lot during class, when the instructor was moving left, I would move right, I am so helpless when it comes to coordination. I learned how to doa front kick, side kick, jab, lock, and block. When we did the stretches for the cool down part, I could so feel the pain. I felt good after the class.

Last night, my cousins and I celebrated my cousin Lindsay's birthday. We had dinner atNeibum Coppola, it is okay Italian food. I wanted to eat dessert, but I was so full from the pasta and the wine, the vouvray(spelling?) wine is good. After dinner, we wentto Nola's for drinks, we had two pitchers of sangria, I was way too full to eat or drink. No wonder my stomach felt so weird when I woke up this morning, it must be too much wine.

cache creek

Last Friday, I watched a play called Exception to Gravity at the San Jose Rep Theatre. I laughed a bit, what made it more funny was the kids in the theatre made us laugh because they were laughing so hard which made me laugh. The actor did not talk during the play. It was a one man show with a lot of balancing acts. Before the play, I tried out Thea, a Greek restaurant in Santana Row, it was a bit pricey for me, but good quality food.

Yesterday, I went to Cache Creek, I gambled for hours and hours, unfortunately, I lost all my money, I was getting so addicted playing the progressive slot machine. I also played carribbean stud and black jack. My favorite card game is pai gow poker but most of the time, the tables were full of people.

gym

Last night I went to the gym, it was very late around 10:45pm, I so rather go to the gym early morning. I forgot to bring my small towel and I just felt so icky afterwards.

Tonight, I am going to Fanny & Alexander. I have not been there in a while. I would go there a lot with my superstar cousin a couple of years back. The bartender is so cool.

cousin is back

I was so happy to hear that my cousin from Los Angeles is here in the Bay Area for 6 weeks. Now, I have someone to eat dim sum with every week. I just ate dim sum yesterday with him. At the dim sum place, I saw my old supervisor from my old job at National Integration Company like 6 years ago. I kind of wondered what people from my past are doing now with their life or what they did with their education.

new cubicals

Right now, I am waiting for my VHDL code to be downloaded on the FPGA. It takes about 17 minutes. I so rather work in the lab than in the cubical. In 6 weeks appoximately, I will be getting new cubical furniture. My building will be changing all the old cubical walls and furniture. It is nice to have change. I have a keyboard tray but I guess I will not be using it when the new cubicals are built because the new cubicals have a built in keyboard tray.

In case you were wondering, I named my blog name Mon May 16 because I started writing on this website through Val's encouragement.

waiting

I definitely recommend to watch Mr. & Mrs. Smith. When the movie was done, some people clapped. I was waiting in line to get into the movie theatre, I was waiting for my cousin and her two friends to show up, so they can get into the line with me. I felt kind of guilty for some reason because it seems like they cut in line.

Today, I was suppose to attend my friend's graduation ceremony but I got so tired of waiting to meet up with her, I finally left after an hour of waiting. Oh well, I plan to see her next week.

lunch

I wanted to write something earlier on my blog but I could not think of anything to write. Just the same mundane routine for me, work and sleep. I am going to go out for lunch with my old manager. I have not seen her in a couple of years, it will be good to catch up. I also plan to watch Mr. & Mrs. Smith movie, I have been like dying to see this movie. I was thinking of buying tickets ahead on fandango but I'll chance it this evening.

back home

I am glad to be back home, to sleep in my own bed. At times in Vancouver, I was waking up in the middle of night and then going back to sleep. I want to sleep straight with out any waking up business in the middle of the night. After my cousin picked me up from the airport, we went to watch a movie, Longest Yard, I actually liked it.

cooking

I cooked kowbe (Korean beef). I don't know how to spell it. I also cooked lumpia (Filipino egg roll). I have been watching movies lately, I saw Ray (I liked it) and Bad Education (Spanish film, it was okay). I will be going home tomorrow. Last night, I slept on the floor, and my back feels sore. After my gym work out yesterday, I woke up with my legs sore.

sunday brunch

I had sunday brunch today at the Benson hotel in Portland, Oregon. While we were having brunch, the police were securing the hotel because Vice President Dick Cheney is visiting or staying at the hotel. The police blocked some of the roads surronding the hotel. I was full most of the day because I ate so much food like eggs benedict, sushi, and yummy desserts. I past most of my time by eating out and watching movies. This morning, I saw Motorcycle Diaries, it was a great international film. I also watched Shattered Glass on cable, a true reporter story about the New Republic magazine.

I finally made it to the gym this morning. I was on the treadmill for about 30 minutes. It has been like over a month since the last time I went to the gym. I so need a buddy to encourage me to go to the gym. I went with my cousin, and he practically had to drag me to the gym.

Afterwards, we went shopping around, and I was so temped to buy puma shoes at Nordstrom but they did not have my size, but the shoe looked so cute and comfortable. I went to a shoe store called Imelda in the Hathorne area of Portland, the store is named after Imelda Marcos, and I saw Tsubo shoes that I liked, and they also did not have my size. I keep forgetting that Oregon does not have sales tax for buying stuff.

Vancouver, WA

I will be leaving soon in a few hours to go to Vancouver, WA. When I tell people that I will be visiting Vancouver, they assume Canada, but I have to explain that I will be going to Vancouver in Washington which is about 15-30 minutes away from Portland, Oregon. I will be there for four days. I am returning Tuesday evening. Mostly likely, my blog will be empty until Wednesday. In the mean time, I am working today so that I can use less vacation time this week since I am taking Monday and Tuesday off.

pf changs

I am going out for dinner with my engineering friends at PF Chang's to celebrate Kandice and Jerome's combination birthdays. I have not seen them in a few months. It is so hard to get everyone's schedule together to meet up. We had to keep rescheduling the time until everyone can make it.

I just came back from lunch, and I am so full, I had dim sum. It has been twice this week. I had dim sum at the same restaurant called Ming's.

1st of the month

Time sure flies. I can't believe it that it is already June. It is time for fun in the sun and to be outside. Heavy travel plans are usually from June to August. I will be going to Vancouver, Washington this weekend. It is about 30 minutes from Portland, Oregon. I will be visiting my cousin for four days. Also, my other cousin from Los Angeles will be visiting Vancouver, Washington.