I Can't Even Get One Number
Saturday, March 31, 2012
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What Would You Do with $500 Million
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
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$500 Million Dollars~!
If I won... I would give the people who played a big part in my life money and I would invest the rest... after having fun with a portion of it. I would then take the interest and just give random people a bunch of money to see their reactions. I would love to be a philanthropist and help people in need.I would also travel the world, try to understand my existence, help others, and just enjoy my life without having to worry about money. I might go back to school and study until I'm satisfied. I will also probably purchase some extravagant things like a yacht or an underground house, but nothing too expensive. I would keep the majority of it invested.
The fact of the matter is even if you won, it doesn't change the main rule of life, you live and you die. The only factor that's improved is the ability to influence others. After all money isn't really worth anything, but since people believe it's worth something they will do what ever you want for it. It really has the power of influencing people to give you things that you want and having the ability to be more important than others (in the sense that if someone else wants something you would have the priority).
This is the largest lottery prize in the history of the United States (as of 3/28/12).
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Winged Goddess of Victory's Shoes
They are pretty comfortable, but a little snug. The pair I purchased had specks of turquoise on the rims of the soles, but I took a permanent marker and made them pure black. I think the design looks cleaner this way. I was going to get some without the specks, but there were none in stock. I wanted the baby blue with black, but I guess this model's close enough. This model was also on sale, so I couldn't complain too much.
The Air Max's are supposed to be made out of one solid piece of nike's "hyperfuse" material. There is a seam on each shoe, but just one. I guess it's supposed to make it more durable. I just hope it doesn't pop. I think they look nice, though I would have liked them better if they were baby blue. Oh well, super discounted anyways.
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I Got a Jerbs
Monday, March 26, 2012
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Some people are left hanging after the 1st and 2nd interview, which can be nerve wracking. They say after getting a second interview you pretty much have a 50/50 chance of getting the job, but I still was pretty iffy about this position. After the 1st interview the company reposted the job so I was surprised I received a second interview.
You just really never know until you are actually offered the job. What started as a part-time inquiry into the job market became a pretty in-depth search for better and more interesting positions. Basically, over 75 jobs applied to all with cover letters and resumes (since January). I received a few offers, but after looking over the contracts (like for the Oakland Zoo) they were too little hours with not enough benefits. Some jobs even had essay questions which I had to answer thoroughly. Some jobs required testing at facilities; I passed them all (which didn't even guarantee an interview). I know for a lot of the positions I didn't have the work history for them, but I did have the educational requirement.
I was happy about the offer, but the job really doesn't pay much. I know they were offering me a decent pay for the industry standard, which is why I accepted it. I just want to get into this industry because I'm passionate about it. It's something I really like and hopefully in a year or so I'll be able to move up in the ranks. Hopefully it's a venture where I can at least breakeven. I have to drive 42 miles to the office and gas is $4.19/gallon at Quickstop (the cheapest ghetto gas station where I live).
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She Blinded Me with Science
Friday, March 23, 2012
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http://www.calacademy.org
This was my first time going to the new CAS building. It's a very interesting modern green building. They tried to get as much light in from the outside to eliminate the need for lights. They also have a garden on the roof; I'm guessing for insulation and there are solar panels all over the place.
We ran out of things to do after a few hours though. I don't think that there were enough things to really occupy us. We skipped some of the sections, but they were mainly just lounge areas.
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If you need Data you might want to check this out
Monday, March 19, 2012
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http://www.netzero.net/
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2010 Updated~!
Sunday, March 11, 2012
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I tried to update the missing events in 2010 related to Japan. Please check them out! I'll also try to keep updating 2009 when I have time and I'll post another update link when finished. Please comment~!
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A Flea Market, A Carnival, and Some Luck
Saturday, March 10, 2012
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This was the Colosseum flea market located near 880. It's open 7 days a week with varying entrance fees depending on the day. Today (Saturday), the fee was $1.50 to get in and walk around.
The flea market's a great place to buy things you wouldn't really think about getting a discount on. Socks...for one, are very cheap at the flea market. I remember looking for socks recently with a couple of people and you would be lucky to find a pack for $10. At the flea market there were some that were selling for $3 a pack. Razors are also a cheap commodity at the flea market that is priced ridiculously elsewhere.
After the flea market we went to Costco. After shopping and loading our car with the things that we just had purchased, Low noticed that someone left their package of coke bottles in the bottom of their shopping cart. They were the nice cokes too in the bottles from Mexico. We waited for a bit and then I ran and got the package; no one seemed to be coming back from it. It was kind of weird too since the cart was jammed in with a pile of the other carts. It was like the person had a hard time pushing it in, but they didn't realize they had left their drinks at the bottom of their cart. Anyway, I felt a little bad, but if I wasn't going to get it someone else might have later on.
The Carnies were nice, they offered free games to entice people. The prizes weren't that great though. Typical stuffed $100 bills and stuffed crayfish. There were larger prizes, but none of them were that extraordinary.
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Mary had a little Beef... which was nicely marinated
http://www.jonggahouse.com/
The food is okay. The first couple plates of meat seemed to be marinated better than the later ones. They seemed to give us lower and lower quality dishes as we went on, but they weren't that bad overall.
I kind of understand why the meats were degrading in quality; since we started our feast, 3 groups ate, finished, and left. We did pay for the all you can eat experience, so we were going to at least stay for 4 or 5 plates of meat. I think we ended up getting 5 plates of meat, but in order to break even we would need to consume around 7 or 8 plates (according to Julie). Though, that calculation seemed a little off considering we were paying 20 bucks a plate of meat, which doesn't seem quite right. I think it would have really been around 16 plates to break even, but the value didn't really draw us to the Jong Ga House; we were there for a celebration. 
It was after all Mary's birthday~! Another year to be celebrated because we were able to enjoy it with friends and family. I think we all should be grateful that we get to enjoy ourselves. I think we should also remember no matter how bad things get we are still alive and we can look forward to tomorrow. Sometimes we tend to forget things like that when we are burdened with things from our everyday lives.Anyway, Julie, James, & Annie presented Mary with a delicious Chinese cake. A Chinese cake you say? Were the slices slanted? From what I gather it's supposed to be less sweet than a typical cake. It was adorned with various fruits reminiscent of the fruit cups you get as a kid.
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Inflated Taiyaki Prices~!
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
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A recent visit to Japantown showed an increase in price for a lot of items. Did it stop us from gorging ourselves? No.
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Interesting Places Near Market Street in San Francisco
Monday, March 5, 2012
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Westfield Shopping CenterA very upscale mall located near Market & 5th. It reminds me of the nice shopping centers in Nagoya. It had very elegant architecture that future generations would probably infer the place to be of some importance rather than just a mall.
We also saw a pigeon that lived inside the mall. If I was a pigeon I would prefer the mall as well.
http://www.westfield.com/sanfrancisco
The Metreon was not the place I remembered. Most of the building seemed to be under construction. Though, there was a nice IMAX theater located there. Outside of the Metreon was a nice park as well.
http://www.westfield.com/metreon
There was a homeless guy outside of forever 21. I assumed he was homeless because he had shoes and a bag of clothes near his stuff. He might just be a street performer that enjoys entertaining for a living. The man had an amp hooked up to a car battery and seemed to be using an app that played a background beat and allowed you to play a bass guitar.
They were setting up for the GDC 2012 when we checked out the Moscone Center. Seems interesting, but the passes on the website are pretty expensive even for student admission.
http://www.gdconf.com/
We parked in the Tenderloin. There were a lot of homeless and less than reputable looking people, but besides the urine smell we weren't bothered too much. There was someone who wanted to take a picture of us for a couple bucks, but I think he just wanted to run off with my camera. And there was an incident with a beggar asking Lily for money. Lily said to the beggar, "Sorry", but I think he thought she said, "Sorry, I don't speak English". He responded with "Oh, but when it comes to money you understand English". I tried comprehend the meaning of his response, but I concluded that he meant to say "Oh, when it comes to money you don't understand English".
When we were leaving we noticed the birds left Low a present on his car that kind of looked like a cyclops.
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