So Mike will be staying in the Bay Area for the next couple of month before he goes to med school, & my cat is staying with me for good. There'll be no more reason for me to visist Davis (it's more convenient for Mimi to visit us than to have all of us visit her). Granted, there're acquaintances still living in the area, but I don't feel the urge ( Read more... )

For their protection, VIP are constantly surrounded by armed guards. But are these heavily armed men a security asset, or a security liability?


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Friday night/Saturday morning, car stalled in the middle of nowhere. Angry passengers cussing & swearing: not cool.
Turned out the timing belt broke. It's costing me $500 to fix it. Where am I gonna get that kind of money!?

1. 亢龍有悔
2. 飛龍在天
3. 龍戰於野
4. 潛龍勿用
5. 利涉大川

Despite my frequent ranting about moral & ethical decay in modern times, would I want to live in the past? Hell, no!

Actually - before the 20th Century Europe and United States had higher rates for all of the above except paganism. If you really want to see what life was like in the "good old days" see the movies "Gangs of New York", or read the ( Read more... )

Two memorable events while playing combat flight simulator. Warning: lotsa military jargons!
First event:
4v4 furball, 4 Su-27 (friendly) vs 4 MiG-23 (hostile). I was the leader of the flight of Su-27. Should be easy, as the old MiG is nowhere nearly as capable as the Flanker. Didn't take long before I was on the six of a bandit & had him in my ( Read more... )

So Barry hired this new driver... about effing time! A very personable gal by the name of Olivia, it didn't take her long to get acquainted with the crew. Invited me to the Marmist (across the street from COF) on Thursday night, then to her bday party on Friday at The Summit. Free food, cheap drinks, Karaoke, & dancing, I had a blast. Not to ( Read more... )

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Drilling hard...

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The series did a great job in portraying the humanity in Temujin.
http://www.mglmusic.com/musiclist/mmc_174.htm
My favorite song is titled "Drunk (醉酒)". My Mongolian is as bad as it get, so I can't translate it word by word, but the rough idea is that whether it's better off to get wasted, be a bummer, & don't give a damn about anything, than be ( Read more... )