Daily Life

Weird dreams? Go figure!

The past week has been strange all around. I woke up this morning with this dream where I’m in class waiting for the professor to come in. To start with the class only has sixty something people in the room. The strange part happens after the lecturer comes in. It’s not the person I was expecting. The lecturer was also the wrong gender. The class I’m going to currently is lectured by a guy. I…

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Customer support – an all around bad day

Today really bit the big one. I knew it was going to be bad when I looked out the window and saw that billowing ugly mess of clouds on the horizon. I should’ve stayed in bed. Had to get a lot of personal things done, so I called the boss and told him I’m taking a vacation day. Well I think I got two things done out of six, before I headed off to class…

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The signs of maturity, and how to avoid it

It’s almost been a month. I DID say things were going to be busy once the school term started. Complete understatement. I haven’t had time to do anything and I’ve had to work the hours I miss during school days. I haven’t been able to get my car inspected, and I discovered on Sunday that the vehicle tax sticker I bought in December has been sitting in my glove compartment for the last two and…

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Signs of old age, phallic symbols and hair loss

Well, it’s certainly been a busy week. We finally got a project at work to the point where it’s usable. Now we just have to add the million other features that were spec’d. Actually, the stuff is in there now. It’s just never been tested. We’ll get to that point once we get some parts in. My sister and brother-in-law has been sending some pictures of their vacation in New Zealand. The pictures are .…

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How to eat properly in a genuine Chinese restaurant

Tomorrow’s going to be the Lunar New Year (Chinese). A lot of the guys I work with are of Asian descent (Chinese, Vietnamese, Malaysian-Chinese), so we decided to go out and get a long lunch today. One of the them wouldn’t be able to make it tomorrow as he telecommutes on Thursdays, so we decided to celebrate earlier. Went to a really good Chinese place about 25 minutes away. When I say “really good Chinese…

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