| 9/1 |
Woke up at 7:00am, went to swim for one hour
before lunch. I was able to stop by a running store, a book store and a
Japanese grocery store before coming home. Took a break a while then headed
to Kensington park for running. I ran 8 miles then headed home. Since I
needed to get few stuffs before tomorrow, I went to shopping in the evening.
Come home, called home in Japan, then headed to bed. It was sunny nice day
and I hear lots of airplanes flying around... |
| 9/2 |
[Indy Car Grand Prix held at Belle Island today]
Another sunny day. Woke up 7:00am. Stretched my body and headed to
Kensington Park. The exit of highway was very congested, not because many
people want to go to the par but there was a car ran out of the road maybe
due to another with a flat tire. It happened just 1/4 miles to the ramp
so... Ran 8 miles, and I wanted a bit far but I had no extra water or gels
so I call it is good. Drove home but decided to stop by a Burger King
(for lazy lunch), rested for the afternoon, going to bed around 11:00PM. I
have to thank for the holiday tomorrow! |
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| 9/3 |
[Labor Day holiday]
Woke up around 7:30am, Went to run at Kensington Park for 3.5 hours. I
covered more than 17miles. The morning started from cloudy so the humidity
was a bit high, and the temperature began climbing fast as the clouds went
away. My, it's hot now. By the time when I was leaving, so many people were
driving up. It's a holiday anyway. The news was reporting of Labor Day march
in the downtown. Detroit has a pretty good history over automobile
manufacturing. The UAW once had 1.5million members (now it's 530,000).
Coming home, cooked rice, Chinese dumplings, and whatever I can find in
fridge to make lunch. I had to rest until 6:00PM (very much whole afternoon)
to recover. My body was a bit feverish simply due to the workout. Cooked
tacos for the dinner, and prepared tomorrow's meal since I will be quite
busy again. Going to bed around 11:00PM. South California reported of very
high temperature recently, and some power outage reported for today... Too
bad. |
| 9/4 |
[U.S. military said they flew a B-52 with 6
nuclear warheads from North Dakota to Louisiana by mistake last Thursday,
oops.]
Woke up at 6:00am the outside is sudden darker
than usual. I think the season is changing to fall. Reported to work and
took care of assignments. I was quite busy but managed to get out of there
around 6:16PM, which is far later than I hoped. Drove back home, immediately
left apartment to make it to the class for the evening. Coming back, and had
to call Japan office until 11:00PM. What a day... |
| 9/5 |
[Apple Inc announced iPod touch]
Woke up at 6:00am, the outside was darker than
yesterday. It was due to dense fog, and even had advisory. The morning
temperature was around 70F, warmer than usual. Reported to work and stayed
until 9:30PM because I had to take care of businesses. I drove up to LTF and
worked out, the time I came home was around 11:00 and I went to bed around
12:30am. |
| 9/6 |
[Luciano Pavarotti, one of greatest tenor dies]
Woke up at 6:30am, expected the rain to start anytime but won't happen until
evening, the news says... Drove to work, and stayed until 6:00PM. There was
a softball game but I had to go to a class. Come back to apartment, had
dinner. I went to bed around midnight. No rain but a bit windier. |
| 9/7 |
[iPod Nano, went on sale, iPod Mini
discontinued]
Woke up at 6:00am, went to work on time. Had
lunch with coworkers at a Japanese restaurant, the place did not have much
of people around, which was unusual. Come back to work, and stayed until
7:00PM. Drove up to LTF for workout, then Best Buy to get an external HDD.
The one I have been using has only 150GB capacity, and now I have 500GB one
for less than what I paid three years ago. Before I am coming home, I
stopped by Meijer. Going to bed around midnight. I did not get much rain as
expected, only few over the lunch time. |
| 9/8 |
Woke up at 7:00am, a bit cooler in the morning,
went to LTF for swimming, but they had their sauna room broken down so I
only get to swim. Began transferring the files from old to new HDD, took me
very much whole day to do. Went to Kensington Park for running. It was okay
but a bit hot. Drove back home once, took shower, and drove back to the park
again to meet friends from Wichita for a BBQ party. We had good time talking
but there are many mosquitoes around. Come home, relaxed for the evening to
get ready for another running tomorrow. Going to bed after midnight. |
| 9/9 |
Woke up at 7:00am, it must have been rained over
night. I went to Kensington Park for running, but there were packed with
many people for a walking event. I drove back home after running. Had lunch,
drove to the office for some cleaning up. Stayed at home for the evening,
going to bed after midnight. |
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| 9/10 |
[Women's World Cup began in China, this time.
until 9/30]
Woke up at 6:30am, went to work, had lunch at
the office. I got off work around 9:00PM then headed to LTF for workout. I
drove back to home and had dinner. Rain began falling around 11:00PM for
about one hour. Things got pretty quiet after that. |
| 9/11 |
[6th anniversary of 9-11]
Woke up at 6:00am but lack of sleep and drop in temperature kept me in bed
until 7:00am. Morning low of 56F as I check on the net. Went to work, left
around 6:00PM to go to gym class. I had pretty good workout. Coming home,
had to talk with my boss in the evening due to some issues at project. Going
to bed around midnight, |
| 9/12 |
Woke up around 3:00am once, wondering why, then
fell back to sleep, woke up again around 5:00am, realizing the room
temperature has been dropped quite a lot. I waited until 6:00am to get out.
It was 48F. Going to work on time, stayed until 7:00PM and headed to LTF for
workout, coming home earlier than most of the time. Heading to bed around
midnight. |
| 9/13 |
[iPod Touch went on sale!]
Woke up at 6:00am, 45F outside so it was pretty
cool. The cars at parking lot were dew covered so I wiped them off from my
car windows, but someone did not and tried to back into the side of my car
as I was leaving. They should rethink what they are doing. Arriving at work,
had lunch at office. Leaving around 6:00PM to be at the gym class on time.
Had pretty good workout. Coming home, had dinner. Relaxed but had to take
care of few things for the work. Going to bed around midnight. |
| 9/14 |
Woke up at 6;00am, it was a bit warmer but still
chilly, around 49F. Drove up to work, had lunch with coworkers at a Japanese
Restaurant. I wanted to leave work around 6:30PM but ended up staying up to
9:00PM to take care of assignments. Went to LTF for workout, and come home.
Going to bed around midnight. |
| 9/15 |
Woke up at 7:00am, the outside was around 42F.
Went to swim in the morning then had dinner, headed to Kensington Park for
16 miles run. Come home, relaxed, had dinner. My back hurts since last
Thursday so I just took things easy over the evening. The temperature
dropped to 46F by 11:00PM, going to bed around midnight. |
| 9/16 |
Woke up at 7:30am. Like the weather.com was
predicting, the temperature in the morning was 39F! It was cold so I turned
the heater on. Went to Kroger and Meijer for grocery shopping in the
morning, then headed to office to take care of errands. Stopped by at One
World Market for Japanese groceries, and stayed at home for the evening.
Caught up with few friends over phone and emails. Going to bed around
midnight. |
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| 9/17 |
Woke up around 7:30am, went to work on time (I
still made rice, also). Stayed until 9:00PM, then headed to LTF for short
workout. Coming home, had dinner and went home around midnight. It's warmer
than past few days. |
| 9/18 |
Woke up around 7:30am. Must be too tired. Going
to a bank before work, since I was expecting the FRB will be cutting
interest rate. Reported to work around 10:00am, stayed until 6:00PM. Going
to gym for the evening but I did not do too well since my back was not in
good shape. Tried to go bed early but realized I got calls from couple of
people. I call them back. One of them were a coworker about a group meeting
tomorrow. My... |
| 9/19 |
Woke up at 6:00am, went to work on time, spent
whole morning at meeting room, at least I had my afternoon free so I took
care of my assignment (my, when I have to spend half day for meeting, I have
to work twice as hard1). Left office around 9:00PM, headed to LTF for
workout. I am taking things easy this week so I did not stayed there too
long. Coming home, going to bed. |
| 9/20 |
Woke up at 6:00am, had morning meeting, and
another long meeting after lunch. I did not get out from the meeting room
until 5:30, took care of few things, and headed home to get changed for gym
class. Come home, and took care of my right toe since I kicked in a wrong
way. Ouch... |
| 9/21 |
Woke up at 6:00am, went to work. Had lunch with
coworkers at Aji Ten restaurant. The place was a bit more crowded but not
too busy. Had few discussions over the customer's responses over the
afternoon. Stayed until 7:00PM and headed to LTF. Again, they had low on
towels. Worked out, coming home for the evening, since I have a test to
take, going to bed early. |
| 9/22 |
Woke up at 6:00am, I get out from the bed and
stretched my body. I had to review all the stuffs for today's test. Drove up
to Farmington Hills, and took a test. I think I did okay but there's been so
many people around. I had my first sparring. It was easy, I guess. I know
there are a couple of folks really good in the classes I am taking so I
guess I have to see. Hmmm. I went to get hair cut in the afternoon, also
stopping by at office for a catch up work. Come home after done grocery
shopping at Meijer. In the evening, relaxed to give my back rest. Called
home in the evening. There aren't much in Japan, just a discussion on who
should be the next prime minister... Going to bed around 1:00am. |
| 9/23 |
Woke up around 8:00am, another sunny and cool
day. Relaxed for the morning but needed to g out to do exercise. So, I drove
up to Kensington Park for a short walk but my back still not doing well so I
did not go around all the way. Decided to go to a shopping mall before
closing at 6:00PM. After that, I drove on I-96 to the east, seeing a long
line of cars on the opposite side, so I will not take that route on the way
home. Stopped by at Best Buy, got a Bluetooth earpiece. Drove back home but
could not miss buying a newspaper (at this late) before coming home. Had
pizza for the dinner, relaxed again while doing loads of laundry. |
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| 9/24 |
[GM was hit by UAW strike from 11:00am]
Woke up at 6:00am, went to work on time. Spent whole day at office. Since I
forgot to cook lunch, I went to Jimmy John's for lunch. Left office around
10:00PM to go to LTF. Come home around midnight and had dinner. Going to bed
around 2:00am |
| 9/25 |
[Yasuo Fukuda becomes Japan's prime minister]
Woke up at 6:00am but fell back sleep until
7:30am. Went to work, stayed until 11:00PM. I missed my gym class, and not
much time to cook dinner so I had it from MacDonald's Light rain fell and
stopped over the day. Going to bed around 12:30am. |
| 9/26 |
Woke up around 6:00am, I had a morning meeting
so I arrived to work earlier. Few rains whole day. I went to visit customer
in the afternoon. There's been a car accident and the road was shut down, so
we had to reroute. Coming back to the office around 4:00PM, stayed until
9:30PM, then headed to LTF for workout. Coming home, had dinner, went to bed
around 1:00am. |
| 9/27 |
Woke up at 6:00am, cannot wait to have today
over since I am heading to a vacation tomorrow. Went to work, stayed until
6:15PM then drove up to gym. Learned a new form, come home, packed up,
called Japan office, took care of emails. I wanted to go bed early but had
to stayed up until 11:00PM. Not much to get rest! |
| 9/28-30 |
San
Diego Trip
Convair Sea Dart |