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What is it with San Francisco people?  Not the Natives, the newbies.

Alledgedly, San Francisco people are the most edu-ma-cated according to various polls and worthless surveys.  Yet when it comes to reading, they dun do it! The excuses are myriad, such as “I was too busy because I was: (surfing porn, cutting my toenails, dealing with windows, eating) while “trying” to read the blog.

Like reading this takes a lot of friggin’ effort?!?

I’ve been online with frens from disparate places such as New York City, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore who read and appreciate this! Cannot tell me that they have lots of spare time to spare!

San Francisco, compared to these cities, is a sleepy burb. So enough with the excuses already! That’s why the title of the blog has been changed.

Just a little…

Nope, this is NOT a Mazda advert…
My local Aprilia dealer had their annual Open House today. Besides 10% off all the stuff in the shop (excluding bikes) Aprilia sent bikes for demo rides.
Aprilia makes a big line of sport bikes and scooters. I took out a Scarabeo 500 (!). Big wheels and big engine. The test route was 27 miles. 101 to South City, over San Bruno Mountain to 280 and then back to the shop via 101.
And yeah, it was fun!! But US$6400…

There was an event tonight at San Francisco City Hall to observe the beginning of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.
And since it was an “Asian” event, there were waaay too many old folks there for the free food and not for the event. Yah, just because they’re short dun mean they can jump the queue!
Malou Nubla was one of the emcees for the event this evening. She should have been one of the draws of the evening. When she got her start doing the early morning traffic report, she was the ONLY reason to get up that early, lah!

Continue reading “Old Habits”

Nothing like wasting the ENTIRE day waiting for the DHL guy to show up.
Still not here yet. Sheesh.

There was a great line in Heat. Not what you’re in, rather from the movie.
“Don’t get attached to anything you can not walk away from in 30 seconds”.
But how do you do that when you’ve lived in the same place for 10+ years and accumulated 10+ years of stuff? How can you pack up your life and move on after 10+ years in the same place?
Well, you begin by trying to shed bulky furniture. Like big ass desks that never fit in the rooms right because they were THAT big. Fish tanks that have sat empty for years because of my lack of skill in maintaining fish (there’s a lot of that going around). Old tacky lamps that aren’t used anymore. Yatta yatta yatta.
At least my aloe vera plant hasn’t croaked yet, although some of the leaves look a funny shade of green…
Then you go through all your old stuff you haven’t looked at/touched in years. Like old VHS tapes with TV shows on them that are already out on DVD. Old newspapers and journals that were current 5 years ago. Outdated books. Old clothes. Things like that scream “packrat”!
Then, when the time comes to bug out, it won’t be as quick as 30 seconds, but it won’t take as long as over a week, which is how long this clean out is taking…

Ouch.
Last night, the SF Rat Pack convened to send off one of our own. He got accepted to USF’s Master of Finance Program, Bangkok division. He’s bugging out this week and will be in BKK at the end of the month. School begins in May over there.
So what do we do for a sendoff? We drink and eat and smoke of course!

Continue reading “Yet another Hangover Entry (long)”

:: how jedi are you? ::

Yay! Car is home now. US$450 later.
What did I get for US$450?

Continue reading “Car back now”