I was on vacation in China for 13 days, from the 26th of June to the 8th of July.  Now, China is 15 hours ahead of California (Pacific time zone).  So basically: day is night, and night is day...complete reversal.  Jet lag nightmare ( Read more... )

As all some of you know, I work in the video game industry.  As a recent college graduate, I haven't been working in this industry long, but I have touched upon the lighter and darker sides of development.  While it hasn't all been fun and games, I generally have had a blast.  In my short time in the gaming industry, I have worked on 3 games ( Read more... )

So there is this show called "Rimetime: What Would You Do?" where they stage some sort of situation which causes unknowing bystanders to be put in a moral dilemma to see what people will do.  For instance, once scenario would be a customer of minority descent attempting to order something at a deli all while the store clerk is yelling racist ( Read more... )

I've always hated when our garbage can in the kitchen would smell.  We bought a pretty sweet garbage can that has an auto-open lid that helps keep the smell contained within the can, but it still reeks sometimes.

That's when I discovered how useful the garbage disposal could be.  Anything that was on the verge of rotting went down the drain. This ( Read more... )

"Those who are to be laid off will be informed today ( Read more... )

In this economy, everyone is worried about their job security.  No one knows when their company may file bankruptcy or go on another wave of layoffs.

But not me.  No.  For some odd reason, I felt secure.  I felt like my job would be there when I needed it.  When an analyst said there was a 50/50 chance that THQ (our parent company) would go under ( Read more... )

• We'll wake up super early, get some great breakfast, get to San Diego and have some great lunch in the San Diego Wild Animal Park, then head over to our Dinner Cruise.
• We're feeling kind of lazy.  We'll wake up whenever we wake up, get some great breakfast, get to San Diego and have some great lunch in the San Diego Wild Animal Park, then head over ( Read more... )

I was on my way home last night from my night-time Chinese class at Los Angeles City College when Christine gets a text message.  It read "(#821 2/2) side until further notice." from alrt@trojansalert.usc.edu.

Trojans Alert was a system set up after the Virginia Tech incident to alert students, faculty, staff, alumni, and parents of potential ( Read more... )

It all started in Chinese class.  The professor was going through everybody's names and assigning them Chinese names.  When he got to me, he asked if I already had a Chinese name.  I informed him that I did.  I pronounced it as best I could.

"Fong Way Jew"

He gave me a confused look.  I was starting to get embarrassed for not even knowing how to say ( Read more... )

I guess this has been going around...so I guess I'll give it a shot.  25 facts about me...Enjoy:

1. In the 3rd grade, I wanted to be an Optometrist.  I guess so that I could prescribe my own glasses / contacts.
   
2. I'm very socially awkward and am always worried about what other people are judging thinking about me.
3. Two of my wisdom teeth were coming ( Read more... )