I'm running again

Twelve years ago in 1998 I ran my first marathon with Team In Training and it was a great experience, so much fun that I did another one in 1999.

This year I'm back at it again and this time Jean is running it with me! The last serious run we did was the San Jose Rock'n'Roll half marathon, but was 3 years, so we're back at square one with training.

If you're able, help us raise money to find a cure for blood cancer and to help stop leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma and myeloma, hey and it's tax deductible :-)

Thank you very much in advance. Here's the donation page.

reckless driver pisses me off!

I try not to rant, but this morning I saw a lady that just pissed me off!

She was going at least 30 miles per hour in the Mountain View Caltrain parking lot.  No, the parking lot wasn't empty, it was full of cars and people.  OK, so I thought I'd give her the benefit of thought, maybe she is in some kind of emergency, maybe she is trying to catch the train, maybe there's a baby on the way? But nope, none of that, she goes at least 15 mph, pulls into a parking spot and slowly comes out of the van.  I swear, she even looked herself in the mirror a bit before coming out of her van.  Walks slowly to the train station.

I was so tempted to go up and ask her "any reason why you were driving so fast in a crowded parking lot?"

Reminds me of the "mean people suck" t-shirt, I need to find one that says "reckless driver suck!"

not mature enough, Hmmph!

Apparently I'm not old enough.

Few weeks ago when we went to Vegas for the weekend, Timmy and I got carded at the blackjack table. Dealer asked for our IDs, which is good because that's his job. But after we handed him the ID, he giggled and said "oh... you guys are definitely old enough"

Then at a recent Purdue alumni event, a gentleman came up to me "so you're a fresh grad, huh?" Then he took a look at my name tag which has our graduating year and with a very surprised voice "oh no, you're not a recent grad..." Not sure if that's a complement or not.

Oh well, at least these aren't as bad as when I still get carded for buying lottos, apparently you need to be 18 to buy the lotto.

2006 TV ad - "Get of a Mac"

During our move last month from Cupertino to Mountain View, I had to pack up our 2 computers. One was the PC and the other was the iMac. Not even exaggerating...  I captioned the photo

"30 minutes to pack the PC and 3 mins for my iMac"


While having lunch with some friend here at Apple, one of them said that reminded him of the "Get a Mac" TV ad from 2006

in door laundry and 2 car (attached) garage

Yay! After buying our first house in Cupertino 7 years ago, we have finally moved onto a newer home and this time in Mountain View downtown!

When we bought the Eichler-like house in 2002 in Cupertino, we thought we'd just live in the 50+ yo house for a few years and then move to a newer home, who would've guessed that we were there for 7 years.

We can now finally park both cars in the (attached) garage and do laundry indoor.  You see, we really don't ask for much, but this being the Bay Area, you can pay for a house close to $1M and still have to do laundry in the backyard and not have a proper garage.  But now that's all over, we love our new house and new life in Mountain View downtown Castro area.

Here are some pictures.