Yosemite

I am soooo excited. I am going to California to visit my friends over the Memorial Break, the last weekend of May. We will be heading to the Yosemite National Park for that weekend. Yeah... I can't wait!

An excerpt of a news article

May 12, 1870 -- Kankakee Gazettes

... Long street dresses are coming in style again. They are a nuisance, and is so regarded by the ladies--or at least by those people who have pretty feet. But fashion says 'long' and 'long she goes,' inspite of taste and comfort. There is only one consolation, and that is that the crosswalks will be kept free from filth by the continuous sweeping of the trailing dresses over them.

Came across this funny article at work while reviewing the history of the Soldier Creek watershed.

Life

Heard something funny yet thought provoking yesterday...

Is life sexually transmitted?

What do you think?

心理測驗

你是個喜歡冒險，酷愛自由的人。想像力豐富的你，個性獨立，不大在乎別人對你的觀點。特別厭惡陳舊的觀念，及外來的束縛。不斷冒險、接受未知的挑戰，有助於你的成長。物質生活對你來說，不算頂重要，你注重的是精神及藝術生活的充實。
愛情方面，對婚姻抱特懷疑態度的你，深怕因此失去自由。進入熱戀階段後，你嚮往的是溫柔而有默契的伴侶，更布望他時常為帶來意多的驚喜。

True... I like to be free. I aspire to be free from all restrains... but I repect authority. Correct... Material things are not all that important to me.

I don't have doubts about marriage. But I do need certain amount of freedom ... trust from my partner that I'll be loyal to her.


人格特質十八問

她和他和小小的她

眼看他們的親密, 她肚中的小孩, 我真的可以笑臉迎人? 若無其事的與他們談笑風生?

表面上看來, 我好像做得到, 好像是很偉大的. 確實我並不偉大.

我心情是矛盾的, 是難過的. 難過是為了自己而難過, 他就是從前的我, 我卻再也不是從前的我. 我更難過是我所沒有的, 那寶貴的, 但不屬於我的小生命. 我相信我並不偉大, 我是自私的.

我不能像從前一樣的愛她, 我只能在遠處的替她高興, 替她憂心, 替她為感情懊惱, 替她因小孩忐忑不安.

真心的祝福她和他和小小的她.

Chair Race

To kick off Spring, yesterday we had our first ever chair race in the office. We laid out our course with several books. The starting line began at the HP plotter.... a loop around the office passing everyone's tables, through the conference room, reception area, another loop around the room and back to the HP plotter as finishing line. We had 4 races altogether; 2 persons/chairs in each race. The rule was that our butt had to stick to the chair the whole time. Turned out the best propulsion came by yanking the chair backwards. I didn't do too well and lost to my colleague. The best race was a couple of my colleagues got tangled up and one hatching a free ride from the other, along with 2 books stuck underneath the chairs. It was soooo much fun. We are going to make this a biweekly event.

Spring Fest

Had a great time today back at Purdue. It was the annual Spring Fest... and of course the infamous Bug Bowl (cockroach racing, cricket spitting, mealworm eating, ...). Being away from Purdue, I didn't even know that today was the first day of the 2-day Spring Fest, until a new friend of mine reminded me. She wasn't even a Purdue grad. Shame on me... I met up with her and her husband at Purdue around noon and introduced some of my Purdue friends to them. We had a lot of fun. Walked around campus and finally settled down at a new coffee shop. Chatted and chatted... and also played a game of Munchkins (a card game I bought a while back). Had middle-eastern food for dinner. Haven't had such a good lamb biryani in a long long while.

A good day didn't end so well as I was driving home... Got ticketed by a cop for speeding. Expensive!!!! I should have known because I saw at least 4 cop cars this morning... bad omen... I reminded myself to be careful. But then.... ~sigh...

But anyway... no regret for a wonderful day. Nice to have good friends and good food.

Raidas

傾心--Raidas

曲﹕黃耀光 詞：黃凱芹

曾自問 樣子真太笨
曾自問 外表都不怎麼吸引
卻妄想跟你同行
請你 明白我已暗中因你傾心
人愈近 愈不敢發問
人愈近 愈不敢將我心拉近
我的心窩已下沉
心裡 留住了只有苦困

如何 在你心窗一角
朦朧呈現我的愛
縱是驟晴驟雨 儘管昏昏暗
祈求 在你窗外徘徊
任這風吹雨打去
我仍然情願更甘心 不悔恨
(我都甘心 我都甘心 去等)
(這份情仍在我深心烙印)

無奈地 讓風光旖旎
無奈地 讓他將歡欣交給你
我的悲傷都給你
痴情 寧靜裡讓我可跟你一起
沉默地 任痴心塌地
沉默地 在唏噓中送走希冀
剩我空虛中憶記
依然 仍在偷偷想想你

Remember this song? Late 80's... Raidas... A long time ago la... I was in primary school then. Been listening to it again recently. I still like it... for whatever reason.