So, I watched Dreamgirls today. Jennifer Hudson is fantastic. The people burst into applause after her performance of "And I am telling you, I'm not going." I did too. She was wonderful.
And I'm going skiing this Thursday.
YAY.
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Sunday, December 17, 2006
AVOID THIS BROKER
Are you looking for an apartment to buy in Battery Park?
Well, if you are, make sure to avoid the broker by the name HEATHER E. STEIN. If you are selling and you are represented by HEATHER E. STEIN, I suggest you find a different broker.
HEATHER E. STEIN will turn away potential customers. I was one of the customers who was totally put off by HEATHER E. STEIN's condescending demeanor and her lack of professionalism. Apparently NOT having my broker accompany me warranted her to be curt to me.
HEATHER E. STEIN came into the open house unprepared and did not have any fliers to distribute to customers coming to view. When asked for a flier and asked to see the roof deck, HEATHER E. STEIN decided to educate me as to my broker's responsibility in providing the flier for the place she was showing, and that there is really nothing to see up on the roof deck that required her to take me up there.
It was very clear that HEATHER E. STEIN did not want me as a customer. HEATHER E. STEIN gets her wish.
Well, if you are, make sure to avoid the broker by the name HEATHER E. STEIN. If you are selling and you are represented by HEATHER E. STEIN, I suggest you find a different broker.
HEATHER E. STEIN will turn away potential customers. I was one of the customers who was totally put off by HEATHER E. STEIN's condescending demeanor and her lack of professionalism. Apparently NOT having my broker accompany me warranted her to be curt to me.
HEATHER E. STEIN came into the open house unprepared and did not have any fliers to distribute to customers coming to view. When asked for a flier and asked to see the roof deck, HEATHER E. STEIN decided to educate me as to my broker's responsibility in providing the flier for the place she was showing, and that there is really nothing to see up on the roof deck that required her to take me up there.
It was very clear that HEATHER E. STEIN did not want me as a customer. HEATHER E. STEIN gets her wish.
Saturday, October 29, 2005
Thursday, October 13, 2005
This Is Me, So They Say
Link: The 32-Type Dating Test by OkCupid - Free Online Dating. My profile name: fullofhype |
Friday, July 29, 2005
Humourous?
| the Cutting Edge |
| CLEAN | SPONTANEOUS | DARK Your humor's mostly innocent and off-the-cuff, but somehow there's something slightly menacing about you. Part of your humor is making people a little uncomfortable, even if the things you say aren't in and of themselves confrontational. You probably have a very dry delivery, or are seriously over-the-top. Your type is the most likely to appreciate a good insult and/or broken bone and/or very very fat person dancing. PEOPLE LIKE YOU: David Letterman - John Belushi |
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My test tracked 3 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender:
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| Link: The 3 Variable Funny Test written by jason_bateman on Ok Cupid |
Saturday, May 21, 2005
My Birthday.
Your Birthdate: May 21 |
Being born on the 21st day of the month (3 energy) is likely to add a good bit of vitality to your life. The energy of 3 allows you bounce back rapidly from setbacks, physical or mental. There is a restlessness in your nature, but you seem to be able to portray an easygoing, "couldn't care less" attitude. You have a natural ability to express yourself in public, and you always make a very good impression. Good with words, you excel in writing, speaking, and possibly singing. You are energetic and always a good conversationalist. You have a keen imagination, but you tend to scatter your energies and become involved with too may superficial matters. Your mind is practical and rational despite this tendency to jump about. You are affectionate and loving, but very sensitive. You are subject to rapid ups and downs. |
Thursday, April 28, 2005
Proletarians of the World! Rise Up!
It's nice to know I've successfully exorcized my republican-ness. Thank you, President Bush!
Are You A Republican?
-1% Republican. | "You're a damn Commie! Where's Tailgunner Joe when we need him?" |
Monday, February 07, 2005
Wednesday, November 10, 2004
in tribute to this season
Apparently I'm most like the season autumn... It's nice to know, I guess.
You're Most Like The Season Autumn ...
You're warm, and the most approachable. You have
that gentle prescence about you. People can
relate to you, and find you easy company.
However it's likely you've been hurt in the
past and it has left you scarred so things can
become rather chilly with you at times. Being
the third Season in, you're mature, trustworthy
and loyal to your friends but prone to
depression and negative thinking.
Well done... You're the shy and sensitive season :)
?? Which Season Are You ??
brought to you by Quizilla
You're Most Like The Season Autumn ...
You're warm, and the most approachable. You have
that gentle prescence about you. People can
relate to you, and find you easy company.
However it's likely you've been hurt in the
past and it has left you scarred so things can
become rather chilly with you at times. Being
the third Season in, you're mature, trustworthy
and loyal to your friends but prone to
depression and negative thinking.
Well done... You're the shy and sensitive season :)
?? Which Season Are You ??
brought to you by Quizilla
Another Inspirational Soul
The Early Show featured a story of Alex and her lemonade stand.
Alex was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a form of cancer, a few days before her first birthday. The doctors told her parents that she'd never walk; but she fought and walked! Alex lived all her life fighing; fighting cancer, fighting to live for another day. Alex even fought for other kids with cancer by selling lemonade and donating the earning to Pediatric Cancer Research.
Her goal for this year was to raise $1 million, and it was reported that her goal was met. Unfortunately, she didn't live long enough to see the fruits of her endeavor. Prior to her passing, Alex told her brother that she wanted to raise $1 gazillion. But when she was told that no such number exist, she said she will raise $5 million instead for next year.
Let's make her goal a reality! Go visit her site. Donate. Buy a lemonade from one of her stands.
Alex was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a form of cancer, a few days before her first birthday. The doctors told her parents that she'd never walk; but she fought and walked! Alex lived all her life fighing; fighting cancer, fighting to live for another day. Alex even fought for other kids with cancer by selling lemonade and donating the earning to Pediatric Cancer Research.
Her goal for this year was to raise $1 million, and it was reported that her goal was met. Unfortunately, she didn't live long enough to see the fruits of her endeavor. Prior to her passing, Alex told her brother that she wanted to raise $1 gazillion. But when she was told that no such number exist, she said she will raise $5 million instead for next year.
Let's make her goal a reality! Go visit her site. Donate. Buy a lemonade from one of her stands.
Monday, November 08, 2004
my puppy
my pup
Originally uploaded by kacophonix.
I was just looking at a few of my old photos and I came across a photo of my little baby. I miss her. I hope she's doing well with her new family.
Many More Places to Go
A random web browsing led me there, and
I wanted to share with everyone where I've been thus far (RED).
create your own visited country map
I still have many more places to see...
I wanted to share with everyone where I've been thus far (RED).
create your own visited country map
I still have many more places to see...
A Step Closer to the Kingdom of Heaven
Although we witness a daily barrage of senseless fightings; and today there is a major offensive by the U.S. Military in Falluja, this
little African-American boy singing Chinese opera puts a smile on my face. Tyler gives me hope. If this world had more people like him and if only all of us can be a little bit more like him, maybe, just maybe, we can create a better tomorrow.
little African-American boy singing Chinese opera puts a smile on my face. Tyler gives me hope. If this world had more people like him and if only all of us can be a little bit more like him, maybe, just maybe, we can create a better tomorrow.
Saturday, November 06, 2004
hell
hell
Originally uploaded by kacophonix.
This is located in Oita Prefecture, not Kagoshima Prefecture. But since both prefectures are in Kyushu, I figure this would be apropos.
Ridiculous
Probably if my site had any readers, I'd be inundated with angry emails from Koreans because of what I am about to say, but since there aren't any, I shall ask this simple question: what would Korea do without Japan? Seriously. Granted that Korea suffered horribly under the Japanese occupation, but to make this an issue? Come on. Why have a summit in Japan then? Or rather, why have a summit at all? Since, not only just Kagoshima, a small prefecture within Japan, but the whole country has links to Japan's imperial past, the Korean government should consider the whole country inappropriate to hold any bilateral meetings. I would even venture to advise the Korean government to kick the Japanese ambassador out of his residence in Seoul, and recall its own ambassador from Tokyo, and, I don't know, cut diplomatic ties altogether.
I understand the history. I even understand that many of the Japanese militarist leaders who advocated an invasion of the Korean Peninsula were born in Kagoshima. Yet I can’t help but think that the Korean government, by making Kagoshima an issue, is being ridiculous, childish even. This is almost as idiotic as some people I know suggesting that Korea should be spelled with a “C,” because as you know, “K” for Korea comes after “J” for Japan, and were we to spell Korea with a C, then Corea will come before Japan. Seriously. What would Corea do without Japan? How will Coreans ever derive their own national identity without Japan?
During one of my many road-trips through Japan, I visited a museum built on a site in Kagoshima where the Kamikaze suicide pilots once trained. The museum did not glorify these bombers nor did it condone Japan’s militarist past. It rather memorialized and grieved the losses of many young men, most who were brainwashed to die for a false god-emperor and his cronies. Around the walls of every exhibit hung rows of picture frames, each holding a portrait of a young man. Underneath the photo, a small black plaque held the man’s name, the place of his birth, and two sets of numbers: one for his birth and another for his death. Subtracting in my head, I found many of them to have been younger than me when they died. But the biggest shock was that not all the names were Japanese; there were Korean names also. It shouldn’t have been that surprising since I knew already that many young Korean women were forced into state-operated prostitution, so it’s only logical that young Korean men were drafted against their will to fight and die for their oppressors. But to bear witness to the fact that Koreans were Kamikaze pilots… My already heavy heart sank deeper. If seeing the pictures weren’t enough for me to mourn the loss of youthful potentials, reading the Korean names drove into me a sense of realization that, had I been born during then, my picture could have been hung on that Museum’s wall for later generations to view and ponder the futility of war.
I think Roh Moo-hyun should go to Kagoshima for the summit and even visit that museum. After the museum trip, he should, while drinking a nice cup of green tea, tell Koizumi to visit sites more like the museum rather than Yasukuni Shrine; tell the Prime Minister to honor the true war-dead who suffered a pointless death and not the warmongers who brought only strife to their own people. Kagoshima should not be an issue. The issue should be reconciliation based on truth and mutual understanding. Japanese people need to accept that, though they may have been victims of the militarist regime, they victimized their neighboring countries as well. Perhaps not directly. But by their inactions to question and challenge the imperialist government, they share the blame for allowing the atrocities of war to happen. Koreans should not expect the Japanese to fully embrace their past sins when Koreans themselves try to hide their own. Both countries can no longer play the victim card.
Make peace, talk about issues that really matter, look to the future and go forward… Please.
I understand the history. I even understand that many of the Japanese militarist leaders who advocated an invasion of the Korean Peninsula were born in Kagoshima. Yet I can’t help but think that the Korean government, by making Kagoshima an issue, is being ridiculous, childish even. This is almost as idiotic as some people I know suggesting that Korea should be spelled with a “C,” because as you know, “K” for Korea comes after “J” for Japan, and were we to spell Korea with a C, then Corea will come before Japan. Seriously. What would Corea do without Japan? How will Coreans ever derive their own national identity without Japan?
During one of my many road-trips through Japan, I visited a museum built on a site in Kagoshima where the Kamikaze suicide pilots once trained. The museum did not glorify these bombers nor did it condone Japan’s militarist past. It rather memorialized and grieved the losses of many young men, most who were brainwashed to die for a false god-emperor and his cronies. Around the walls of every exhibit hung rows of picture frames, each holding a portrait of a young man. Underneath the photo, a small black plaque held the man’s name, the place of his birth, and two sets of numbers: one for his birth and another for his death. Subtracting in my head, I found many of them to have been younger than me when they died. But the biggest shock was that not all the names were Japanese; there were Korean names also. It shouldn’t have been that surprising since I knew already that many young Korean women were forced into state-operated prostitution, so it’s only logical that young Korean men were drafted against their will to fight and die for their oppressors. But to bear witness to the fact that Koreans were Kamikaze pilots… My already heavy heart sank deeper. If seeing the pictures weren’t enough for me to mourn the loss of youthful potentials, reading the Korean names drove into me a sense of realization that, had I been born during then, my picture could have been hung on that Museum’s wall for later generations to view and ponder the futility of war.
I think Roh Moo-hyun should go to Kagoshima for the summit and even visit that museum. After the museum trip, he should, while drinking a nice cup of green tea, tell Koizumi to visit sites more like the museum rather than Yasukuni Shrine; tell the Prime Minister to honor the true war-dead who suffered a pointless death and not the warmongers who brought only strife to their own people. Kagoshima should not be an issue. The issue should be reconciliation based on truth and mutual understanding. Japanese people need to accept that, though they may have been victims of the militarist regime, they victimized their neighboring countries as well. Perhaps not directly. But by their inactions to question and challenge the imperialist government, they share the blame for allowing the atrocities of war to happen. Koreans should not expect the Japanese to fully embrace their past sins when Koreans themselves try to hide their own. Both countries can no longer play the victim card.
Make peace, talk about issues that really matter, look to the future and go forward… Please.
Wednesday, November 03, 2004
Tuesday, November 02, 2004
Civic Duty
I’ve done my civic duty today. I voted! Did you?
Apparently so! I’m so proud of us. The news media are all reporting that today we might see one of the largest voter turn-out since the 1968 Presidential election. Let us hope that the high turn-out will see Kerry elected our next President of the United States of America!!!
During the last presidential election I was one of those cool expats living in Japan, a gaijin (but a gainjin who looks like one of them—that’s another story). Anyways, a few weeks prior to the election, I escaped my hamlet of a small city taking a much-needed day off and rode the morning rush-hour Nankai train, which could afford a nice view of the ocean if there weren’t any sarariman and office ladies, and headed toward a big metropolitan city of Osaka. My intended excursion to Osaka, of course, was to go visit the American Consulate and fulfill my solemn American duty: obtain an absentee ballot and vote. But if the city offers me fun places such as Amemura and Umeda, who would I be to turn down the city’s generosity and forego life’s little pleasures? Well, my experience that day has led me to believe that voting should be, like, I dunno, fun. We should be rewarded for voting, then perhaps more people will vote and we’ll always see a high voter turn-out.
Naïve?
Yeah, you’re right.
Apparently so! I’m so proud of us. The news media are all reporting that today we might see one of the largest voter turn-out since the 1968 Presidential election. Let us hope that the high turn-out will see Kerry elected our next President of the United States of America!!!
During the last presidential election I was one of those cool expats living in Japan, a gaijin (but a gainjin who looks like one of them—that’s another story). Anyways, a few weeks prior to the election, I escaped my hamlet of a small city taking a much-needed day off and rode the morning rush-hour Nankai train, which could afford a nice view of the ocean if there weren’t any sarariman and office ladies, and headed toward a big metropolitan city of Osaka. My intended excursion to Osaka, of course, was to go visit the American Consulate and fulfill my solemn American duty: obtain an absentee ballot and vote. But if the city offers me fun places such as Amemura and Umeda, who would I be to turn down the city’s generosity and forego life’s little pleasures? Well, my experience that day has led me to believe that voting should be, like, I dunno, fun. We should be rewarded for voting, then perhaps more people will vote and we’ll always see a high voter turn-out.
Naïve?
Yeah, you’re right.
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