Thunderstorm?!

Did anyone else see/hear lightning/thunder (at around 3am)? At first I heard some rain that I thought might be sprinklers. Then I swear I heard thunder.. Turned the lights off and sure enough saw a flash of light before another roaring boom…!

The weather is certainly not boring this week..

(Yes I’m up late.. this is fairly normal for me lately.)

Bay Bridge Closure

I’m sure everyone knows about this already but in case you’re like me and don’t pay attention… here’s the latest from the official website.

I assumed it would be closed only for 3 days because it was supposed to be “over labor day weekend”, but it’s actually going to be closed from Thursday, Sept 3 to Tuesday, Sept 8, almost 5 days.

Judging from last time, I’d assume that to be an overestimate and for them to be done before the 8th.

(Ironically, I can’t remember what “last time” is, but I remember them finishing way earlier than the estimate)

Update (as requested)

erm.. Today:

1. went to Roy’s for lunch to try the annual dine about town in SF,

2. worked in a cafe that had really bad ergonomics (chair was too high for the table) so now my back hurts from hunching over to use my laptop (for 4 hours),

3. watched up (brought the 3d glasses home :p), and

4. met up with a really old friend (elementary school)! [who told me about putting the glasses together to see the polarization so now I want to do that too]  stupid ochem – the first thing I thought of about the glasses was the D & L configurations  so I didn’t even think about putting them together!

There. =)

Jack in the Box Coupon

Self-explanatory…

http://coupon.hangintherejack.com/fry-drink.php

228 Memorial Park

As an addendum to my last post, I’m including some pictures I took for the 228 memorial park in Chiayi. I have pictures of the one in Taipei as well, but I know there are plenty of those out there! =)

I liked the park, even though it felt pretty run-down.  First thing was the museum:

With it’s nifty sign (it’s directly across from the entrance shown in the first photo).

228 Massacre

February 28, 1947 was the catalyst for uprisings against the corrupt Chinese government in Taiwan.  Uprisings which were later suppressed brutally and which began decades of martial law and the period known as the “White Terror”.

For more on the history, please visit this site.

In the interest of completeness, I looked up a few articles on the events this year:

1. report from India – only “foreign” report I could find, added for perspective’s sake.

2. sit-in rally – group of people made the words “do not forget 228″ in Liberty Square.

“It’s always nice when…

… someone puts a smile on your face.”

Is it odd that I always associate that sentence with random strangers?

I can certainly see it applied to friends making you smile, but when I read that, my first thought is of encounters with random strangers.

Does that mean my friends don’t make me smile, or that I’m already smiling all the time so they don’t have to? I can’t always be smiling, can I?

Or maybe it’s because it’s unexpected from a stranger so I remember it better?

What do you think of when you read that?

Lunchables Haters

I’ve been eating Lunchables lately when I either don’t feel like cooking or I’m too hungry to wait till I finish making something.  I bought a bunch on sale at Safeway for $1 each… that hasn’t happened in years!

Long story short, I went online to look for info and came across the yelp page.  Who knew they had a page devoted to Lunchables?!  I sure didn’t.

The reviews made me sad because it seems most of the negative comments were written by people who’ve never had them.  And what kind of review is “no”?

There were two main points which I’ll address:

Threaded comments, colors, and resolution update

Just noticed the new feature on wordpress… very nice, but not so useful at this point considering how few comments I’ve been getting!

It would have been great back when I first started this blog.  Neverthless, I’ve decided to activate it just in case my blog gets busy again (right, in forever and a day).

Oh and you might have noticed that my blog has turned pink.  What is that supposed to indicate if I prefer pink to the other colors..? other than that I’m being girly. :p

On another note, resolutions have been a bust but that’s ok they’re only really guidelines.  I don’t consider it failing if i don’t accomplish it every day, since that’ll just make me give up.

Besides, bedtimes take a while to reset.. especially when you occasionally have sleepless nights.  And the flickr update has been a few pictures rather than a whole album because I feel like I’m starting to run out of pictures.. haha

I know, boring post.  Hopefully the next one will be slightly more interesting.  For once I know what it’s going to be about!

Local pictures

I just found this group on flickr.  It’s specific to SF but after looking at the photos on there, I think it could be specific to any city you’re in.

Anyway, I just thought it was a nice idea to capture your city in ways most people don’t think about/notice.  It’d be a good project someday. =)