Peace

Dear readers,

Sorry for not being able to write positive and encouraging blogs lately. Enjoy this photo from Burney Falls! Visit there, if you haven't yet (the drive is about 6 hr northeast from San Francisco without major traffics).

Oh Vista

It's now official: I HATE Windows Vista with so much passion!!!!! I HATE Microsoft for releasing this crap to make money. The operating system on my new Dell notebook computer crashed just 30 min before I was about to go to bed , and I got a variant of the blue-death screen last night. I spent an hour or two to try System Restore, but I couldn't get it to fix the problem. The Windows could not even start.

It really sucked because I finished a draft of my thesis chapter yesterday on the computer. So you can kind of imagine what kind of stress I was under.

Fortunately, I was able to retrieve the files I wanted by using the command prompt. Thank God, I remembered some of the key MS-DOS commands to get those files I wanted! Well, I learned 'xcopy' command and the use of "" for directories with spaces.

Maybe it's time for me to migrate to Mac, though I highly doubt it will happen in the near future. I'm sure Bill Gates is a good person, but his business strategists are bunch of greedy [censored]!!! Wait, is Bill Gates still CEO of Microsoft?

Thanks Renee!

These days I find myself moody and depressed more often than I have ever been. I think my thesis writing is really getting into my mind and screwing me up badly. Fortunately I have Renee who keeps me in check all the time, though I have to admit that there were times I was not nice to her.

I realized that I have not been able to appreciate little things from here and there for a while. I have not expressed my appreciation enough to Renee who has been patient with me. Ever since my younger cousin died unexpectedly almost two months ago, I have been fighting so much to get out of depression. After all, he is in a better place, far from here. Unfortunately, it is hard for me to accept certain things and live life without asking 'why'. It really sucks to struggle in one of the most crucial times. But who doesn't struggle, anyway? Life is full of challenges, and that's what makes one's life interesting.

Hopefully things will turn out to be better when I'm done with school. I know there will be new challenges ahead of me, but at least I don't have to deal with school any more.

My Dad

Today is my Dad's 60th birthday. Happy birthday, Dad!!!

I can't believe he's 60 already... I'm kind of sad that I couldn't fly out to NY to see him for his special b-day.

Chewy needs a new home

I wrote a story about a puppy named Chewy earlier this year (scroll down). He is finally available for adoption, after being foster cared for while he was recovering from the leg injury.

Follow the link to see the official ad. This is my first work as a wanna-be photographer!

http://www.virtualpetadoptions.com/adoptapet/pet_details.asp?petid=18811