Sunday, May 31, 2009

Oh man the red gas light on the car just beeped. I'm in freak out space until it's filled up.
Day 2 of the house hunting fun begins!

Saturday, May 30, 2009

Off on the house hunting trail again. A day sitting in the real estate car!

Places I've Been - TripAdvisor Travel Map


saw this feature on trip advisor about mapping places that I've been to and was it was fun to map places around the world. also shows those big gaps in places for where i can go in the future!






Friday, May 29, 2009

is there is a smart / easy way to change my address with all my banks,subscriptions etc...?

Thursday, May 28, 2009

looking for 1 good day

Have you ever had thst 1 day where things just seem to go right and you feel great and you go to bed with a smile on your face?

I wonder how often those days occur? I suppose you notice it when you have not had one for a while.and soon you start to apply bigger meaning to the thought of just 1 day going by where things went right and you went to sleep with that smile.

Yesterday was one of those days for me - almost. Woke up and just felt "it" and just seemed to be propelled forward all day to the right place and right time.felt achievement and hope that the 1 good day was going to happen. Alas at the moment of sleep one of those couple things happen where I thought A and he thought B and it felt like the whole day got pulled into a vortex with only that last interaction remaining.
Unfair and cruel to all - making it 1 step harder to get to that 1 good day.
One day that 1 day will happen.
First time at a walk in lab clinic to have blood drawn. Weird business model to just walk in for something as important as personal health?

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

what's in a dream?

I had a crazy dream when I was on a mini vacation...different surroundings I guess.but this dream was so vivid and seemed to suggest a path forward...a new career? A new way of thinking? Maybe too much cheese at dinner? (I had the 5 cheese pasta at olive garden - yummy!)

-The Dream-
I returned to work after vacation to find there was a major event that day - the 50th anniversary of Disney and they had hired our campus and had David Beckham as the guest speaker.
There was auxio with invites and turned out no one turned up. I was the handler for Beckham as I knew who he was and wanted his autograph.
But when I met him he turned out to not be very nice and did not respond well to my chatty questions and comments about his life.
Well I ended up ignoring him and playing with some kids. I made them a cheese sarnie whe all hell broke loose with Beckham.
I called him sooily and that he probably did not manage his money very well especially as his football career would not last forever...
Somehow this earned GPA respect and he requested I give him finance advice bevaude I knew the US and UK markets through the CFA and Actuary qualifications I have.

And hence a career as a financial advisor to the famous and keep-rich clientele was born.

A new career? Feel free to call me Posh & Becks!

what's in a dream?

I had a crazy dream when I was on a mini vacation...different surroundings I guess.but this dream was so vivid and seemed to suggest a path forward...a new career? A new way of thinking? Maybe too much cheese at dinner? (I had the 5 cheese pasta at olive garden - yummy!)

-The Dream-
I returned to work after vacation to find there was a major event that day - the 50th anniversary of Disney and they had hired our campus and had David Beckham as the guest speaker.
There was auxio with invites and turned out no one turned up. I was the handler for Beckham as I knew who he was and wanted his autograph.
But when I met him he turned out to not be very nice and did not respond well to my chatty questions and comments about his life.
Well I ended up ignoring him and playing with some kids. I made them a cheese sarnie whe all hell broke loose with Beckham.
I called him sooily and that he probably did not manage his money very well especially as his football career would not last forever...
Somehow this earned GPA respect and he requested I give him finance advice bevaude I knew the US and UK markets through the CFA and Actuary qualifications I have.

And hence a career as a financial advisor to the famous and keep-rich clientele was born.

A new career? Feel free to call me Posh & Becks!

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Been reading about Semiotic Engineering-designing emotions in software.wow!

troubled times - troubled mind

To say that life has been hard the past few months is an understatement.
Been going through one of those phases in life where you questio what its all about and what the goal really is...
Once you start asking its hard to stop and there are not really easy answers to this.

Yesterday I found a great book called "Quiet Minds" which are 1 minute short writings about enjoying the moment of Being and not the neverending Doing.

Found it clicked with me especially the 1st piece with the phrase...

"the thing about winning a rat race is that you are still a rat."

LOL on this one. Do you really want to be a rat? In a lab experiment?

Instead I think I shall be on a "dog walk" where I can wag my tail and meet people and get a nice stroke here and there...

Saturday, May 23, 2009

Trying Something New

Been having a bit of a moment in life lately - trying to understand what defines happiness in my life - and doing it!

Can't say I've solved it - those big life questions just don't have easy answers.

But I have been pushing myself to try new things - things I might have balked at before.

So a friend asked if I wanted to go on a motorbike ride with him - and all I've ever heard is the dangers of riding - but know my friend will be gentel with me.

And off we went for a bike ride - was definitely scary and exciting - and worth doing - but not sure I'm a converted biker yet...but I do look good on a bike!
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Friday, May 22, 2009

off to palm springs for a mini-getaway and just uploaded my geocache along a route file from google earth - love it!

Friday, May 15, 2009

shock horror! someone stole my diet pepsi from the fridge. it even had my name on it? should i expect a ransom note?
just booked in for a haircut in 2 weeks...excited to change up the hair again. blonde for summer?
I'm a Hulu fan and success has come to them. Hulu recorded 373.3 million video streams in April 2009, up from 63.2 million in April 2008. http://ping.fm/X5UbO

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Testing out the mobile app feature for ping.fm