| 12/1 |
[Up to 140mph wind reported at Los Angeles area]
Woke up at 5:00am, feeling better. Drove to work then headed to customer's
place in then afternoon to customer's place. The wind picked up but it was
not so cold yet. The bad thing was the customer was not expected us to come
so they were ready to leave by 4:00pm. Drove back to the office and stayed
until 8:00pm. Went to LTF for workout so I came home after 10:00pm, since I
need to get up early, I went to bed straight. |
| 12/2 |
Woke up at 5:00am, drove to customer's place to
continue work on the assignment and finished around noon. Drove to another
location in the afternoon to take care of issues and come back to the office
around 4:30pm. Stayed until 5:30pm to pick up a friend in downtown for
dinner. We went to Mai's Restaurant then headed to Cova to buy a bottle of
wine, dropped off the friend at Heights area then drove back home. I was
tired so I skipped workout for the day. Went to bed around 11:00pm. |
| 12/3 |
Woke up around 5:00am, I guess my body is
tricked since I was waking up early this week for a couple of times. Drove
to LTF for workout, a golf range for practice, shop at Daido and Kroger,
bought lunch at McDonald's then come home. Relaxed for the afternoon, just
doing four loads of laundry and finished up reports for work. Wrote an
article for group paper and then headed to bed around midnight. |
| 12/4 |
Woke up at 6:00am, this is more like it.
Stretched my body and had breakfast. Headed out under cloudy weather for
jogging around 9:00am, and I was out until 11:00am just as the wind got
really wet and cold. Bought newspaper at Kroger before heading home. Rain
started while I was taking shower, I guess. It was quiet afternoon at my
apartment. Went to bed around Midnight. |
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| 12/5 |
[Original data lost due to broke down USB memory]
Woke up around 6:00am, drove to the office then headed to
the other side of the town to meet with customer.
Raining until 9:00am but then stopped. I was able to drive to a customer's place
to get assignment taken care of. Left there by noon so I stopped by at a
restaurant nearby. Drove back to the office and stayed until 7:00pm. Stopped
by at LTF for workout before coming home. Went to bed around 11:00pm. |
| 12/6 |
[Original data lost due to broke down USB memory]
Woke up around 6:00am, drove to the office then headed to
a yard to test equipment. Then I went back to the customer's place to finish
taking care of the assignment. It was over by noon so stopped by at a Mexican restaurant
on the way back to the office. Stayed until 7:00pm again and headed to the LTF for
workout. Come home, went to bed around 11:00pm. |
| 12/7 |
[Original data lost due to broke down USB memory]
Cold morning at 28F in the morning. Had to scrape off
frost from the car before heading to work. Since I had to go out during the
day over the past couple of days, I enjoyed staying at the warm office
environment.
Went to LTF in the evening and worked out. Come home, went to bed around
11:00pm. |
| 12/8 |
[Original data lost due to broke down USB memory]
Cold morning at 29F when I woke up. Drove to meet with a
person in charge of a section of Japan Fest last year. The meeting lasted
until 10:30am, so I drove back from Pasadena to make it to the appointment
at 11:00am. I was late by 15 minute but it was safe. They found two cavities
so I have to get back again before the end of year. Drove to the office and
stayed until 7:00pm again. Left and headed to LTF. Come home, pretty cold so
I used heater. Went to bed around midnight.
 Driving
in the morning toward downtown |
| 12/9 |
[Original data lost due to broke down USB memory]
Warmer than the last couple of days. Drove to work and
stayed at the office whole day again.
Went to LTF and did some practice at a golf range. It was not so cold buy
breezy and cloudy. Did groceries shopping at Japanese store and Target. Come home,
relaxed for the afternoon. Went to bed after chatting with my dad. |
| 12/10 |
[Data lost due to broke down USB memory]
[A magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck southern Mexico]
Woke up at 7:30am, headed to a barber to get my hair but around
10:00am under cloudy weather. I picked up my pants at a
cleaner on the way. I had to wait for 30 minutes
but get done around 11:30am, swing by at a Burger King
for lunch before going to LTF for
workout. Stayed for 1 hour there
then dropped off Christmas cards, surprise to see not many cars parked at
the post office. People must have been still busy shopping around.
Drove to golf range and then to grocery shopping. Come
home, cooked dinner. Relaxed for the evening. Going to bed around 11:00pm.
 Sending
out Christmas cards |
| 12/11 |
[Original data lost due to broke down USB memory]
[JAXA successfully launched a H-2A rocket carrying satellite. Making the
reliability to 95%]
Woke up around 7:30am, the sky was clear so I could see it from the bed.
Headed to chilly outside around 9:00am to jog for about 2 hours.
Cooked a quick meal and left the apartment around noon. Had a committee
meeting before the Christmas party. The party lasted until 4:30pm, that's
about the time my neck started to hurt. Drove home, relaxed for a
while. Could not keep myself sitting in front of PC because I cannot support
my head. Went to bed around 11:00pm.
 Paella
at Rioja |
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| 12/12 |
[A
S. Korean coast guard officer was killed by Chinese
fisherman when trying to get
onboard for illegal fishing]
Woke up at 6:00am, drove to work under chilly weather. Since my neck hurts,
I had hard time looking at my blind spots while I drive. The office was
quiet so I felt like no one in there. Stayed until 7:00pm then headed to LTF
for workout. My neck pain became worse... Dropped off few more
cards on my way back. Hard to stare at PC monitor
tonight. Went to bed around 11:00pm. |
| 12/13 |
Woke up at 6:00am, it was almost 60F in the
morning. Headed to work under pretty cloudy sky and started to work on my
projects. I soon got a call so I had to drive to a yard to check out the
situation. On the way back to the office, I was able to find free time to do
my Christmas shopping, and also stopped by at Best Buy to buy back up USB
memory. Had lunch at the office and just as I was transferring the data from
my old USB memory to a new one, the memory crashed and I have lost data...
Now I have about one week of missing blog portion while
my newspaper log is saved. Left office to get my neck pain
taken care of at chiropractics, then drove to LTF for workout.
Another painful workout but I wanted to move my body over the pain. Come home, had dinner and
relaxed for the evening. Went to bed around 10:30pm. |
| 12/14 |
Woke up at 6:00am, muscle
around my neck still hurts but feel a little better. Drove to work under
cloudy and foggy weather which is around 66F from the morning. Stayed until
7:00pm then headed to LTF. My neck still hurts but I got a good workout
today. Drove home after 9:00pm then relaxed a bit. Went to bed around
11:00pm. Too warm. |
| 12/15 |
Woke up at 6:00am, did two
loads of laundry before heading to work. It was already mid 60s and expected
to be around 80F over the day. Some rain in the morning but then partly
cloudy for the afternoon. I drove to a noodle place for lunch. Headed to
downtown with my coworker to visit an affiliate company and came back around
5:00pm. Stayed until 7:00pm then tried to drive to LTF then I realized
myself in a traffic jam. Come to think about it, the traffic signals at I-10
and Beltway 8 were out so I guess this is the reason. I gave up to workout
today and come home straight. Cooked dinner and relaxed for the evening.
Went to bed around 11:00pm. |
| 12/16 |
Woke up at 5:30am, drove to a
Honda dealer to get my car serviced. Waited about 1 hour then headed to the
office. Still warm in the 60s in the morning but may become cooler over the
day. Stayed in the office and it was quiet. Stopped by at another noodle
shop for lunch. This place's soup was not thick so I might like it better
than the place I was in yesterday. Everybody left the office almost on time
so I also left around 6:30pm, drove to LTF for workout. My neck is getting
better so I enjoyed it and then drove home. Had dinner and went to bed
around 11:00pm.
 Pho |
| 12/17 |
Woke up at 6:00am, stayed in the bed for a
while. It was a calm in the morning so I went to LTF for workout, then
headed to a golf range, headed to Souper Salad after finishing the practice,
but I realized the place is closed. I switched to a Shish Kabob Cafe nearby.
Bought groceries and washed my car. Came back to my apartment an stayed
until 6:00pm then left to downtown to go watch the Nutcracker at Houston
Ballet. It was my first time watch ballet, and I know that several
ballerinas are Japanese. Started at 7:30pm and lasted until 9:30pm including
the intermission. Walked to green room to meet up with them with a bunch of
Japanese folks from the association. Took my friend back to the apartment,
drove to home after midnight to get some sleep. |
| 12/18 |
[Last U.S. troop to leave Iraq, news reporting]
Did not feel like I had enough sleep last night. It was 49F as of 6:00am Got
up around 7:00am and stretched my body. Went out for a long walk between
10:00am to noon. Come home and started to pack for the vacation next week.
Also cleaned my room and did a couple loads of laundries. It was cloudy when
I woke up, but then to nicely sunny and back to cloudy. Stayed up until
10:30pm then went to bed.
 The leaves
finally changed the color... |
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| 12/19 |
[North Korea's chairman Kim Jong Il reportedly
died]
Woke up at 6:00am, it's a new week. The temperature is in
the 60s already, but expecting heavy rain and wind today. Stretched my body
then headed to work under cloudy sky. Stayed at the office until noon then
headed to a China buffet for the lunch. Rain started in the afternoon and
sometimes it rained hard. Stayed up until 7:00pm since I had a meeting with
Japan. Tried to go to gym but gave up so I went home straight. Rain came
down pouring as I was getting out of the car. Stayed up until 10:00pm then
went to bed. |
| 12/20 |
[Japan government to choose
F-35 as their next generation fighter, planning to procure in 2016]
Woke up at 5:00am, stayed in the bed until 5:30am. It was
in mid 60s and still raining somewhat. Drove to LTF under rain for morning
workout before heading to work. It was cloudy on the way. A gas pump I tried
did not accept credit card to I postponed the fill up. I stayed at the
office until 6:00pm then headed home. Finished packing, called my friend,
went to bed around 11:00pm. |
| 12/21-27 |
Japan
Trip 2011 (Part 3)
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Nagoya Castle |
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| 12/28 |
Could not sleep at all. I woke up at midnight
and stayed up until 4:00am, felt sleep for about 2 more hours then I had to
get out from the bed. Stretched my body then headed out to work. It was 34F
reported but my car's front window was frosted. Drove to work and stayed up
for the day. Left around 6:00pm to head to a Japanese
restaurant near downtown and joined the meeting for JAGH until 11:30pm. I
drove home after midnight, this is not really a good way to adjust back to
the U.S. time... Dead tired. |
| 12/29 |
Woke up at 8:00am, the
outside was totally sunny and bright. Just as my head was thinking I messed
up, my coworker called. Oops. Drove to work and stayed for the day. I went
to a Japanese restaurant for lunch and also asking for donations for the
local Japanese association's New Year's party. They kindly gave us gift
certificates. Wow... Stayed at the office until 7:00pm and I drove to LTF
for workout. Come home, called my friend and had dinner. Went to bed around
10:00pm. I hope I get some sleep tonight. |
| 12/30 |
[U.S. government to sell
F-15s to Saudi Arabia for $30B deal]
Woke up around 1:00am then at 3:00am, I tried to go back
to sleep but failed. I had no choice so I got out from the bed at 4:00am and
stretched my body. Headed to LTF for workout. Driving out was kind of scary
since the windows get fogged so quickly. I was getting out from the gym with
totally refreshed around 6:30am when the outside was gradually getting
bright. The traffic to work was not so bad either. Reported to work and
started to work. The sky was sunny but then got cloudy around 10:00am. It
was cleared again by noon. Had company lunch and stayed until 6:00pm. Daily
high of 70F, pretty warm. Drove
home but grabbed a pack of Sushi from nearby grocery store, stuff into my
stomach with help of beer and gave myself a bit of break. Going to bed
around 8:00pm. |
| 12/31 |
Last day of the 2011. Woke up around midnight
again. I should stop doing this. The temperature was quite warm so I took
off blanket. I was struggling until 3:00am and then somehow I went back to
sleep, until 7:30am. It was already 62F, I got out from the bed and
stretched my body, had breakfast then headed to LTF for workout. I worked
out for one hour then headed to a Japanese grocery store, Sports Authority
and then Target. I came home around 2:30pm, and reheated pizza from
yesterday for lunch. Doing house work for the afternoon until 7:00pm.
Updated webpage a little. Start hearing people playing with fireworks, I
think they are still banned within city of Houston area. Went bed around
11:00pm. I thought we are promised of sunny weather from afternoon but the
whole day was cloudy and warm, 75F was the daily high. |