You ain't no Superman

You think you are the athelitic person
You think you are in good shape
You think you are active in all types of activities
You think you are above average people in your age group
You think you are... (in your dream)

When you aged, you aged. You ain't no Superman.

-_-... I smell like Chinese medicine now...

Note: Sometimes I am quite amazed by what we can find in SF.

RIP Michael Jackson

For those who grew up in the 70's - 80's, who doesn't know Michael Jackson?

My first English song encounter was his 1984 hit song "Beat It". Didn't actually know what he was singing about but pretty much remember the whole MTV. Famous red leather jacket, the shiny glove, the pants that is few inches shorter with white socks showing, not to mention: the Moonwalk. This is the image we have...

- Beelay Beelay... (this is how the Beat It sounds like :P)
- Showmou... (didn't actually it means "Come on" until I was in highschool..)
- I'm bad I'm bad ... (All the ah beng's favorite say...)
- Spread the legs (like za ma), grab the crotch and stand upward with one leg 90 degree kick and do the moonwalk.

I think these are the signature says/moves imprinted in the mind for years.

Even though in the last 10 years as he went downhills with all the scandals and rumors and haters, he still was once my musical idol.

RIP Michael Jackson.

Practising fatherhood

Hanging out with #1 and #2 So-Cal babies is a very happy time that I enjoy.

Practising fatherhood... handful of girls !!!

Ode to my Marten

Back in 1994 (15 years ago) when I bought the boots, I wondered "Show me how long lasting you can be.."

Time went by just like this, 15 years later(!!!), one day I figured that I still have the boots and I am still wearing it, "DM, you really did a great job!"

The uneven yellow stitches is the trademark. Seeing your once shiny face with cracks now... made me think of my face with wrinkles now...

Very first generation bottom design. Hardly find this nowaday...

Ode to my Marten.... you are really good!

So-Cal trip, favorite visit...

During the So-Cal trip, visiting the favorite So-Cal baby is a must. Now we have #1 and #2 So-Cal babies :)

When Subie crew meet...

When car crew meet, what do they normally do? Nothing much, "blow water" about the cars is the best activity :)

Papaya Walker vs. Chin Diesel.

Into the wilderness

Spent a long weekend in Southern California. Went to Sequoia National Park with good friends to enjoy the beauty of the natural.

Thousands years old trees... It is not something that can happen in 1, 2 days. How amazing the world is about.

Deer - Where is my shoes??

Bear - up, close, and personal.

Moro Rock, somewhere we went.

Conquering the top of Moro Rock - walk with guts.

Job is...

Tokie, "Job is part of life, but it is not our life...."

Layoff

I started to learn about this term "layoff" in 2000 when dot com bubble burst. I began to know what the real meaning it is about. To say in better term, "reduction in force". To say in the direct way, "you are fired and I am not going to pay you anymore!"

USA is a land of dreams. When one dream dies, another dream comes up. People easily tend to forget what happened and got lured by another dream. Just like the end of dot com era, we had the crazy housing overprie rat race. All kinds of positive information about house value appreciation, benefits of refinancing, people buy more and loan more. Now, we all died with the chain effect of stupid house loans with no market values. Too many houses bought by too many unqualified people. House value dropped. People got scared. All tried to sell out. House value dropped sharp. People lost the jobs, no incomes, can not pay for the houses, file bankruptcy, turning all houses back to banks, banks hold bunch of the houses with lowered values and try to sell out cheap.

When will this end? We don't know. Will we have another dream? Yes, we will but don't know when. A land of dreams. I think all we can do now is hope for another dream to come.

5/12/2009 - 13 years

Can you believe it? When the clock ticks at 12 midnight today, it is 5/12/2009. 5/12 is the day I landed here in this country with 2 pieces of luggages and with a piece of mind today (still).

13 years went by just like that.

Tomorrow will be better. Just like the conclusion P-Daddy gave to me today: treat small hill like Himalaya, flat land like rollie hill, move on... be happy.

Thought of this song:
"...Shine on, just shine on. Close your eyes and they'll all be gone. They can scream and shout that they've been sold out. But it paid for the cloud that we're dancing on.

So shine on, just shine on. With your smile just as bright as the sun. 'Cause they're all just slaves to the gods they made. But you and I just shone, just shone..."