| 3/1 |
First day of March. Woke up at 6:00am, drove to
the office but I got stuck around 9 miles on Beck due to a traffic accident. Spent
whole day at the office, had meeting in the evening so I stayed until
8:30pm. Drove to LTF for workout, then come home around 10:20pm. The sky is
clear and I can see the moon is almost full. Went to bed around midnight. |
| 3/2 |
[Saw a news article on CNN about Topeka, KS is
temporary renamed as "Google"]
Woke up at 6:00am, 25F and outside is sunny.
Went to work, and stayed until 5:30pm. I drove to a community center for my
class in the evening. It was more challenging ever!
Come home, had dinner. Went to bed around 11:00pm. |
| 3/3 |
Woke up around 6:00am, but stayed in the bed
until 7:00am. Drove to work under another sunny sky. Stayed at the office
until 9:00pm, drove to LTF for workout. I drove home, finding out that I
missed a couple of packages so I need to pick them up tomorrow... It's clear
sky in the night also, just a bit chilly. Went to bed around midnight. |
| 3/4 |
[A shooting at Pentagon, two police officers
wounded while the suspect fatally injured.]
Woke up at 6:00am, another time staying at the
bed until 7:00am. It's 20F and sunny. Went to Secretary of State to renew my
tag, drove to USPS to pick up a package, then AAA to get maps and
International Driving Permit. I finally arrive to the office. It's sunny
still and felt very warm. The temperature in the afternoon rise to 41F as I
went to chiropractic. Stayed until 9:00pm and went to LTF for workout.
I come home around 10:30pm, went to bed around midnight.
Morning, still pretty cold |
| 3/5 |
Woke up at 6:00am, 16F outside and sunny,
expecting the weekend be pretty good. Drove to work and spent very much
whole day outside helping testing until 5:30pm. Stayed at office until
10:30pm to finish up typing emails and other stuffs. I felt tired so I did
not go workout at LTF. Come home, went to bed around 11:30pm. |
| 3/6 |
Woke up at 6:00am, drove to Sears for eye exam.
I guess I could use glasses in the night drive. Move to LTF for swimming.
There weren't many people so I was able to enjoy the whole hour of lap swim
without seeing anyone waiting for the available lane. Drove to dry cleaning
and carwash before coming home. Drove out to get haircut after lunch. Took
shower, cleaned the bathroom a bit.
Left apartment around 6:30pm, arrived at DSO by 7:00pm. The road was not so
congested but the was a couple of police cruisers on I-275. For
tonight, Sir Neville Marriner was here to perform. It was simply amazing and
could not believe it was from 84 years old's work, and Detroit Symphonic
Orchestra sounded differently, too.
Left the place around 10:30pm, come home at 11:15pm. Went to bed shortly
after that. Pretty tired. |
| 3/7 |
Woke up at 6:00am, sunny and 22F. Went to swim
in the morning Finished around noon then drove to Burger King for
lunch. Stopped by at the office and cleaned up my desk until 2:30pm. Drove to
Kensington Park, walked on the lake a bit. The ice is
almost melting point, Meijer and come home, took a quick shower
and then headed to my friend's house around 5:00pm. Had dinner together, and
stayed until 9:30pm. Come back home around 10;00pm. Went to bed around
11:30pm. Daily high went around 46F. Had Chinese with my friends
Frozen lake under the sun |
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| 3/8 |
[A 2008 Toyota Prius reported
runaway ]
Woke up at 6:00am, still sunny and 24F. Left
home around 7:45am and headed to downtown Detroit for
medical check up. Arrived there around 8:45am and get checked up; no issues,
good. left around 10:00am and start driving to the office, I arrived at 10:40am. Stayed until
8:30pm for the meeting then drove to LTF, ran for 30 minutes then head home.
I come home but the parking lot is full again so I had to park far. The
temperature dropped below 32F, so I went to bed around midnight with heater
ON. Another clear sky today.
 Detroit
downtown, maybe the last time seeing it |
| 3/9 |
[Snow reported in Tokyo, which is rare...]
Woke up at 6:00am, packed a few items before
going to work. I thought about cooking meals but no time. Surrounded by a
bunch of boxes... Had a farewell meeting in the morning at the office. The
temperature rise to 50F by noon, and expected to see some rain from tonight.
Stayed at the office until 3:30pm, then drove to a mall to get training on
contact lens. Come home at once then cooked a Pad Thai for dinner. headed
out to attend the last Spanish class in the evening. Come home around
8:30pm, cooked another meal before going to bed around
11:30pm, still around 40F by the time when I went to bed, but the
rain is approaching. |
| 3/10 |
Woke up at 6:00am, the temperature starting from
40F, very nice. I looked outside and saw the pond still frozen but some
parts are almost started melting. I see some Canadian geese on the lake
marching. Must had some rain over the night so my car is wet. Drove to the
office under partly cloudy sky. Although we had some
showers over the day, the temperature went up to 50F. Picked up a Mazda 6
from a rental car company, returned to the office around 5:00pm. Left the
office around 7:00pm, then off to the LTF. Worked out for 30 minutes then
drove home. continued on packing and done for the day around 11:00pm. Went
to bed at 11:30pm, still 45F at outside.
Canadian Geese marching on the frozen pond |
| 3/11 |
[Packing Day]
Woke up at 6:00am, a bit foggy in the morning with temperature of 42F but
lower as the sky gets cleared. I thought about working out in the morning
but I decided not to. Left home around 9:00am, stopped by at a bank to get
cash for the driver of transporting company. Picked up a rental truck for
moving at 9:30am, drove back to my apartment and started to load items. Took
a short break around 11:00pm, called DTE and AT&T to terminate services.
Continue packing, loading items until noon, and had a Pad-Thai for lunch.
Started to clean also in the afternoon. Left the apartment around 2:00pm,
it's hazy and warm, around 62F. Switched the car to Mazda 6 and drove to
Chiropractics at 3:00pm. Just as I arrived, a transporting company called
and reporting on issued. The first company took the offer cancelled so I
have to pay $65 more for another company... Anyways, after the appointment,
I drove the car to Enterprise store and get a ride to my moving truck. Come
home, able to get the location in front of door and parked around 4:00pm. A
transporting company called around 4:45pm, told him that the driver has to
arrive by 5:30pm in order to pick up the car. Mostly cleaning for the
evening and had dinner around 6:00pm. Cleaned kitchen, bathroom, wrote
emails then went to bed around 10:00pm.
 Mazda 6
I rented |
| 3/12-14 |
Moving to Texas
Driving 1,500 miles to Houston, TX |
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| 3/15 |
Woke up at 6:00am, stretched my body and headed
to the new work place by driving up a moving truck. Since I still have issue with visa, I cannot work yet
so spent time going over the stuffs and discussed with the plan for the
week. For the afternoon, after we went out to eat lunch at a buffet, I drove
to the storage to get the unit, and also checked in at the short term
apartment. Coming back to the office and spent time reading articles until
the end of the day. The moving truck came late since the driver was stuck at
a deal waiting to off load the cars. So my car was finally delivered to me
at 7:30pm. It's nice to have the car to drive around. I drove the moving
truck to storage then my coworker helped me to move my car to the storage,
so I can go home after dropping it off. Started to unload from 8:30pm,
finished by 9:30pm. I manage to put the all stuffs in. Start heading back to
the apartment, but stopped by at Kroger to grab a frozen dinner for tonight,
and a pack of orange juice for tomorrow.
Arrived to the room at 10:00pm, relaxed, typed up my dairy a bit. Cooked microwave
dinner then relaxed for another while. I tried to use the internet but it was not
available. Oh well, went to bed around midnight.
 Storage
unit filled with my stuffs. |
| 3/16 |
Woke up at 6:00am, had breakfast, went to LTF
for a short workout around 9:00am, the rain started a bit but it is only
slight one, then headed to the storage for returning the truck around
10:00am, I did not have to pay any extra money, so it was great. Arrived to
a FedEx Kinko's called recruiting agent for the follow up and stayed until
noon for using internet, then stepped outside for lunch at Subway. Went back
to Kinko's again until 2:00pm, Drove off to visit about 5 different
apartments, come back to the apartment, cooked a curry, started to wash
cloth from the moving around 8:30pm, had to stay until 10:30pm at laundry.
Went to bed around 11:30pm. |
| 3/17 |
Woke up at 6:00am, did not feel like doing
anything, but felt that I have finally get some good rest. Drove to LTF in
the other location, this requires a higher monthly fee. Stopped by at an
apartment office, finalized on the paper. Drove to Kinko's to use internet
then headed back to the apartment and notified that I am moving out this
weekend. Cooked noodle for the lunch, typed up my diary for the moving. For
the evening, I went out to get more groceries to prepare for the rest of the
week, then had dinner at the apartment. Decided to go bed early tonight so I
was in the bed around 10:00pm. |
| 3/18 |
Woke up at 6:00am, went to LTF for workout in
the morning, then headed to Kinko's to check emails. Went to the office,
attend meeting for a while then went out for lunch together. Today is
another sunny day. Finished stuffs at the office around 4:00pm. Drove back
to the apartment. Cooked frozen meal for dinner. Relaxed for the evening, I
don't need to work tomorrow. Went to bed around 10:30pm. |
| 3/19 |
Woke up around 5:30am, I guess I had enough
sleep. I don't feel dizzy during the day time anymore for the past couple of
days. 45F in the morning. Received the money for the last paycheck from my
previous work, and the vacation hours. Drove to LTF for workout in the morning, stopped
at Kinko's for internet. I applied for EZ TAG, which is a IC chip for
Houston's toll road. Had a sandwich at Subway and drove to the EZ TAG shop
for the chip. Drove back to the apartment under sunny and cloudy sky with
using the toll road. I felt it was a lot quicker. Spent afternoon at the
apartment, reading books, just stepped out for a while to a bank to prepare
for the moving. Had another frozen meal for the dinner. I hope tomorrow I
get a warm cooked meal! Went to bed around 10:30pm again.
Intown Suites, not really a good place to live if you want to cook
something... |
| 3/20 |
[A Japanese restaurant in California serving
whale meat to close, possession of whale meat is illegal in the U.S.]
Woke up at 5:30am, but stayed in the bed until 6:00am, stretched my body
then had breakfast. Left the apartment around 8:30am to get bed and other
items form storage unit. I already know that the weather today is going to
be stormy so I wanted to save mattress from getting wet. I arrived to the
apartment but it was 9:30am, which is half hour before they open the office.
I was nervous by looking at the weather map on iPhone. Anyways, went through
the items over the paper, and just as it is over, the sky turned dark. I
grabbed the key and hurried to my apartment, and put the mattress in just
before the rain get really severe at 10:30am. The heavy rain continued for
another 15 minutes, I carried stuffs which can be wet. After emptying the
cargo, I returned to the short term apartment to clean up the room. By
looking at the weather map, I guessed I have about 1 hour before the next
wave... I got to eh apartment and quickly put all the stuffs in my car, and
checked out at 11:50am. As I drive south, I could see some lightening over
the sky. Since I know the rain will last for a while, decided to eat at a
Burger King around noon. Arrived to the apartment and unload around 1:00pm
then headed to storage again after 30 minutes. The rain was very much over
by then, and I made a couple more trips to the storage until 4:00pm. I also
went to Kroger nearby to get groceries in the evening. The temperature
turned to 44F, and even expecting freezing temperature by tomorrow morning
so I need to be ready. Cooked rice, and dinner around 6:00pm. Spent evening
relaxing, and planned for tomorrow.
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| 3/21 |
Woke up at 6:00am, the outside was at 34F so it
was quite cold, windy but sunny. Went to LTF for workout in the morning. I
swam some laps, there weren't many people around. I am not sure why... I
drove to Target to buy some furniture, then a Japanese grocery store, and
finally Kroger for groceries. There must be some cycling event, I see police
officers on the street signaling by hands. Had lunch at home, relaxed for a while.
Talked with an apartment staff about the connection to the internet, and
also the key which is not working yet. Drove to the storage once more to
take care of my items. Come back, saw an accident in front of the apartment.
Cooked a couple of meals in the night, but without using pepper since I
forgot to buy one today... Went to bed around 11:00pm. |
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| 3/22 |
Woke up at 6:00am, 38F so it is not so warm.
Drove to the office and arrived around 8:00am. Stayed until 6:00pm then
drove to LTF for workout. Stopped by at Kroger before coming home. My ID
card is working so I could make entry to the apartment without an issue.
Went to bed around 11:00pm. |
| 3/23 |
Woke up at 6:00am, the temperature is in the 40s
so it is not so bad this morning. Went to work, and stayed until 5:30pm
(only, awesome!). The sky was getting cloudy in the evening but was okay.
Drove to Home Depot to get keys duplicated, they got me a wrong type for the
first time. Same shape but different length, I realized that after coming
back to the office, cannot open the door... Anyways, worked out at the gym
then drove home. I tried to use free Wi-Fi at the apartment club house but
could not get a good reception. Stayed up until 10:30pm, then went to bed.
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| 3/24 |
Woke up at 6:00am, already in 60F. Called my dad
in the morning before heading to work. Arrived at the office around 8:00am.
Spent morning okay, even get to go out to check the assembly of the machines
before noon. Had lunch with coworkers and came back to the office. Rain
started and fell a bit, and must caused a power failure, knowing from the
condition of items in freezer... Left office around 6:00pm, drove to LTF for
workout. Drove home under rainy condition, had dinner, spent time reading
newspapers. Going to bed around 11:00pm. |
| 3/25 |
Woke up at 6:00am, went to work, and stayed
until 5:30pm. The outside was sunny, and bright. I drove to LTF for workout,
drove home, around 7:30pm. I just cannot believe how much changed in the
life. Stayed up until 10:30pm then went to bed. |
| 3/26 |
[A South Korean navy ship sank off the coast of
South Korea, with cause unknown.]
Woke up at 6:00am, went to work on time. Went to eat lunch at a Korean
restaurant. For the afternoon, I stayed at the office until 6:00pm then
headed to LTF for workout. Coming home at 7:30pm, relaxed for the evening.
Going to bed around 10:30pm. Another sunny day but I could tell the
temperature drops rather quickly. It's not spring quite yet, maybe... |
| 3/27 |
Woke up at 6:00am, went to LTF, driving under
cloudy weather. I swam for 45 minutes then got out of there. I stopped by at
a dry cleaner, and also a barber to get a haircut. The guy cut my hair
almost like a person in military... Oh well. Spent afternoon at the
apartment's club house to use internet. I realized my laptop PC cannot
connect but only my netbook can... Had a left over curry for the lunch, made
pasta for dinner. I need to come up my meal menu. Relaxed for the evening,
went to bed around 11:00pm |
| 3/28 |
Woke up around 2:00am once, I guess the person
living above me came home. Went to swim in the morning, then stopped by at
storage unit to pick up more items. I need to organize them before the
training. Met with a recruiter who introduce the current job for me for
lunch. Spent afternoon at club house, checking emails and also reading
newspaper and books. Today was sunny but also breezy. Cooked meals for the
week. Went to bed around 11:30pm. |
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| 3/29 |
[Suicide bombing striking at central Moscow,
Russia, killing more than 30]
Woke up at 6:00am, went to work. I have a new
kinds of assignment for I had to learn more new stuffs. Stayed until 6:30pm
then headed to run at LTF. Coming home near 8:00pm the moon was almost at
full, nice evening. Cooked another dish after dinner. Went to bed around
11:00pm. |
| 3/30 |
[Atomic collider in Swiss is successfully
collide two protons after two failure, taking almost half year to prepare...]
Woke up at 6:00am, drove to work under sunny sky around 50Fs. Stayed until
6:00pm then headed to LTF for workout. Today was more busier than usual. I
am not sure why. Drove home, spend about 1 hour outside to use wi-fi at the
apartment. Come home, went to bed around 11:00pm. |
| 3/31 |
Woke up at 6:00am, I fell sleep while I was
reading book last evening so it was not quite a good night. Drove to work,
and stayed until 6:00pm. It was a nice sunny day and the temperature rose to
80F. First payday for the new company. It was quite nice to get the
paycheck. Drove to LTF for workout, then drove home but stopped by at Kroger
to buy groceries, and some meals to cerebrate my new career. Went to bed
around 10:30pm. |