| 9/1 |
Woke up at 6:00am, 45F outside, went to work and
stayed until 9:30pm. I had to arrange a softball game to the evening and I
could not do anything on the job after 3:00pm... Too much stuffs to handle.
Played a game with a neighboring Japanese company for about one hour, come
back to the office with a sub from Jimmy John's in hand. Stayed for
communicating with Japanese office. Drove to Meijer on the way home to buy a
softball bat, start cooking once come back and finished around 11:00pm. Went
to bed after midnight. |
| 9/2 |
Woke up at 6:00am, stayed for another 40 minutes
since I was quite tired. 46F outside and the sky had no visible cloud. Feels
nice I drive to work but had to wait for a fleet train to pass. I went to
get a flu shot for this year, which I had to wait for like 40 minutes due to
preparations. Had to stay
at work until 10:00pm for meeting. No energy to workout so I just drove
home, went to bed around midnight. |
| 9/3 |
Woke up at 6:00am, the temperature back in lower
50s. Drove to work and stayed until 9:00pm. Drove to LTF for work out. I got
some muscle pain on my body but forced them to work. It was not so bad at
all. Come home, cooked dinner and went to bed around midnight. |
| 9/4 |
Woke up at 6:00am, drove to work and stayed
until 6:30pm. Drove to a Thai restaurant for lunch with coworkers. Drove to
LTF for workout then to a batting cage. Come home around 9:00pm, spent
evening relaxing and went to bed around 11:30pm. I still need to figure out
what I want to do tomorrow... |
| 9/5 |
Woke up at 6:00am, at lower 50s. The outside was
still kind of dark. Sunrise is just few minutes before 7:00am these days...
Sky with no clouds. Went for running in the morning for 8 miles at
Kensington Park, then drove to office for errands. On the way back, I drove
to a batting cage for another 100 balls, then stopped by One World Market
and finally to home. Ate dinner, relaxed for the evening. Went to bed around
11:00pm. Occasionally I heard someone playing with fireworks... |
| 9/6 |
Woke up at 6:00am, feels better since I went to
bed early yesterday. Left home around 8:30am to go to softball tournament.
We had enough people to play and JBSD has limitation of how many locals can
help, so I did not get to play most of the time. We lost the game and I had whole afternoon
free. I caught up on some of my projects for the evening and went to bed
around 11:00pm |
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| 9/7 |
Turned off alarm clock last night so I was
sleeping until 7:00am, when the outside getting bright. Went for another 8
miles run in the morning, It rained early so it was breezy but humid. Drove
to office in the afternoon to practice saxophone. Rain started around
5:00pm, I could hear thunder occasionally. Drove to Meijer for groceries and
come back home. I saw ambulance and other emergency vehicles heading to west
on I-96 while I was driving back. Something must have happened. Had dinner,
fixed a couple of dished and finished everything by 9:00pm. By the time the
storm was over, no rain, no thunder. Going to bed around 11:00pm. Expecting
some more rain for tomorrow. Lucky me, I only have 4 days of work this week! |
| 9/8 |
Woke up at 6:00am, it was one of the freshest
one in a while since I had enough sleep. Went to work as usual. The rain was
not falling but I could hear thunder in the morning. We even had a power
failure around 11:00am for a moment but came back up. Stayed at office until
8:30pm, then drove to LTF for workout. On the way to the gym, I have see a
couple of cars pulled over on the M-14. When I get there, tried on
stairmaster, which I have not used for a while. It made me sweat so bad. I
guess my body is not ready for mountain hiking... Come home, ordered a
replacement digital camera for my next trip, which could be newly released,
but the prices are a bit high (around $300) so I settled with older model, stayed up until
midnight. |
| 9/9 |
[Newly repaired Hubble Space Telescope is now
operational, pictures released...]
Woke up at 6:00am, drove under foggy sky to
work. Same as yesterday, I had fried rice for lunch and stirred vegetable & shrimp
for the dinner. A quick shower arrived around 6:30pm but did not last long.
Stayed at office until 9:45pm, and drove home. No more rain by that time.
The parking lot in front of my apartment was full so I had to find a spot in
a bit far away. Going to bed around 11:30pm.
 Foggy
and no wind |
| 9/10 |
[JAXA successfully launched its first H-2B
rocket with HTV]
Woke up at 6:00am, I guess I should keep going
to bed around 11:30pm from now on... I feel much better. Drove to work under
another cloud weather. My coworker was complaining that he was stuck at I-75
in the morning, apparently due to a pit bull on the road. Had a canned soup
for lunch, and left work at 5:30pm on time to attend a coworker's going away
party at nearby Pub, then had to leave there at 6:30pm, for another
coworker's going away party at a Japanese restaurant. Stayed there until
9:30pm then drove to LTF for workout. Come home around 10:30pm, and went to
bed around midnight.
 The
morning just like yesterday... |
| 9/11 |
[Space shuttle Discovery landed at Edwards AFB today]
Woke up at 6:00am, went to chiropractics in the morning, stayed at office
until 7:00pm. Drove to LTF for workout before coming home around 9:00pm. Had
lunch at a Thai food restaurant. After coming home, cooked dinner, checked
out my new digital camera. Because I picked pretty cheap one, many features
have been removed. Like x4 optical zooming, ISO3200 sensitivity, picture
stitch aid, and home/away time zone functions... I stayed up until 11:00pm then went to bed.
 Canon
PowerShot SD1200IS. It's amazing to see the price come down. I bought SD630
for $380 in Oct '06, SD750 for $260 in Jan '08 and SD1200IS is only $170) |
| 9/12 |
Woke up at 7:00am, felt pretty good. The
temperature was in the mid 50s. Went for 16 miles run at
Kensington Park. There seems to be a high school XC race going on.
Come back, take shower then headed to the office to do some catch up works.
Stayed until 6:30pm then drive back home. Had dinner while watching a movie.
Called home in the evening and went to bed around midnight.
 Taking
pictures with my new camera |
| 9/13 |
Woke up at 6:00am, another quiet morning in
lower 50s. I could hear fan noise somewhere so I guess someone is already
using heater. It's not that cold yet, though... Went to swim in the morning,
Had taco salad at a Mexican restaurant, and stopped by at a couple of
grocery stores. Spent afternoon relaxing, watching movie on DVD (like
yesterday). Cooked seasoned rice for the new week, and also a couple of
dishes. Went to bed around midnight. |
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| 9/14 |
Woke up at 6:00am, the temperature was at 60F so
it was not chilly, but an advisory for fog was issued for the morning. Drove
to work and stayed until 8:30pm. Just found one of my coworker bought the
same digital camera, same color over the weekend. (Well, I did not buy from
BestBuy so mine was cheaper, hahaha!) Drove home and relaxed, went to
bed around 11:00pm. I felt so sleepy in the evening. |
| 9/15 |
Woke up at 6:00am but felt so good and stayed in
bed until 7:00am. Cooked rice for the day, then drove to a car dealer to get
my car receive regular maintenance, and then got a ride to work. My car
needed an oil change, new tires, new brake rotors, brake shoes, and they
even find a leak in exhaust pipe... The total could exceed $1,000 if I
included the last one so I opted out the pipe. I still paid nearly $1,000...
Ouch. Stayed at office until 8:45pm, going to bed around 11:00pm. |
| 9/16 |
[Yukio Hatoyama becomes 94th Prime Minister of
Japan]
Woke up at 6:00am, feel refreshed, maybe thanks
to the cooler air compare to past couple of days. Set rice cooker and made
lunch and dinner (I will be eating them at work, three days in a row this
week...). The car drives much quiet now and tends to go straight. There are
some tires like this huh... Had to stay in the office for the evening which
took longer than usual. So I left the office around 9:45pm, no energy to
workout at gym... Went to bed around midnight after packing for the trip. |
| 9/17-21 |
Colorado Trip
.JPG) Colorado Trip |
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| 9/22 |
Woke up at 7:00am. Drive to work. I did not have
time to cook but set rice cooker on the way out so I can have warm rice for
dinner. I need to go shopping for groceries, too. Stayed at office until
7:00pm, drove to my friend's house to pick up a snack, I had a tea with them
but stayed too long. I could not make it to Japanese grocery store... I
drove to Meijer instead. Fill up gas, bought some groceries. Come home, had
dinner, went to bed around midnight. |
| 9/23 |
Woke up at 7:00am, still cannot quite get up at
6:00am yet. Stretched my body and washed dishes, prepare my lunch and
dinner. I headed to work after setting a rice cooker. I had to stay until
10:00pm, come home, relaxed until 11:00pm and went to bed. |
| 9/24 |
Woke up at 6:30am, getting better dealing with
the morning. Drove to the office, stayed in the morning.
They had a meeting then followed by a pizza party. They did not order enough
so they ordered few more. Stayed at the office until 6:30pm and drove to a
Japanese restaurant for farewell party of coworker. Stayed there until
10:00pm and then drove to LTF for short workout. Come home, went to bed
around 1:00am.
 Pizza
Party... |
| 9/25 |
Woke up at 7:00am, another nice day. Had to go
talk with HR about the paycheck... Since I did not eat
lunch I made for yesterday, I stayed in the office very much whole day.
Leaving the office around 7:00pm and headed to LTF for workout. Drove home,
had dinner, relaxed for the evening and went to bed around 11:00pm. My
throat is a bit irritated. I am not sure whether it's because it was eating
pizza for lunch and sitting next to smokers yesterday...? I hope I am not
sick.
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| 9/26 |
Woke up at 7:00am, went for a run in the morning
at Kensington park. The weather became rainy as I approach there. The air
was cool but humid so I was sweating so bad. Drove to haircut place after
lunch, the stopped by at apartment office to renew contract. The price was
actually $10 cheaper then current. Yeah! Spent time at office to catch up
with things until 6:00pm. Had dinner, typed up some part of blogs and called
home in the night before going to bed around midnight. |
| 9/27 |
Woke up around 7:30am. Sometimes it's nice to
stay in bed until I actually wake up. Another cloudy morning. Went for swim
at LTF today, and stopped by grocery stores on the way back. I got a couple
egg plants, need to figure out what to do with them... Spent afternoon
cleaning my room a bit, also cleaned my car. Still has to take care of
unpacked stuffs from the trip so I was not really productive whole day
today. Went to bed around 11:00pm, realizing it is pretty
gusty outside. |
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| 9/28 |
[Aviation News reports there
will be "Peak Travel Charge" for most of airline companies for traveling Nov
29, Jan 2 and Jan 3 for $10 per flight...]
Woke up with thunder storm during the night around 2:30am, then went back to
sleep. Woke up at 7:00am, the outside was quite dark and look stormy...
Drove to office, stayed until 8:45pm. Came home under windy condition. The
rain started again just as I am back in my apartment. Went to bed around
11:00pm.
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| 9/29 |
Woke up at 6:00am, at lower 50s still a bit not irritated
throat... Somewhat windy, and Went to work with one meal today, I want
to come home early. Left to home at 7:15pm. I wanted to stop by at LTF but
not feeling well. I think there are many people who are sick at the office.
Stayed up until midnight then went to bed. |
| 9/30 |
The last day of September. I work up at 6:00am,
decent 45F outside, expecting to go down to 35F tonight. Stayed at office
until 10:00pm. The windows my car was getting dewed up. I guess my car will
be frosted by tomorrow morning. Went to bed at midnight. |