Child labour in Kyrgyz coal mines
Silk Road city marks 2,750 years
China to act on gender imbalance
Obesity rates climb in most states
20 Timeless Money Rules
從小吃到大的越南檬粉
China dishes up menu translations
Disaster trial for pudding
Sara and I took heat for the trial as the pudding trial caused suffering to PM3. We learned this time.
Carpool a lot this week with Huskygal. I felt bad because I was working late most of this week and she ended up waiting for me. She introduced me to Nora Roberts & Karen Robards.
Wednesday- saw Lance, he is doing ok.
Tuesday- BoringFish's tardy day. I was tardy to meetings all day long. Attitude adjustment chamber is one of my key term I learned today!
Monday- 310 bad rolls produced and shipped to customers were the highlight!
What is thyroxine?
Friday, August 31, 2007
Thursday, August 30, 2007
Go Beavs!
Oregon state vs Utah; 24-7; I heard that Beavers were playing rough and Utah's QB was hurt.Got a text messgae bright and early this morning that said " It's a great day to be a beaver! "
Ronnie and his Oscar
Ronnie and his families went to Alaska several weeks ago. Then he came home with an new addition to the family, Oscar. He is a very BIG boy.
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Guys & gals pay attention to this.
Boyfriends Do More Housework Than Husbands: boyfriends forever??? But if we all really just want someone to do housework, maybe we should just get a maid! and not the significant others!
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Sunday, August 26, 2007
Friday, August 24, 2007
Moving & Unpacking
I finally moved out of L-town and settled in V-town quite nicely. Moving came with unpacking, the nightmares came with me being crushed by cardboard boxes! (16-19) luckily, my super mama came and gave me a hand, her super power of cleaning & organization forced me to face the fear of looking at my own junk! (16-24), well, she is the one looking at it actually. My job is to admire her amazing results.
WOW. Maybe she should have her own show on HGTV, organization of mission impossible. LOL! At her rate of breaking down the cardboard, I will be able to host a house warming party in no time. Friends and families, are you ready to help my fund-raising?
WOW. Maybe she should have her own show on HGTV, organization of mission impossible. LOL! At her rate of breaking down the cardboard, I will be able to host a house warming party in no time. Friends and families, are you ready to help my fund-raising?
Week 34
BoringFish started carpooling to work with HuskyLady. The experience was interesting. Huskylady opted to be the main driver in this carpool collaboration, a plus for SleepyFish because I could just sit back and relax. The weekly learning from the carpool were: her sister unique parenting skill & her fascination about adult romance books. We finished the last disc of a 4-disc vampire-pirate adventure friction and the first 6 chapters in a vampires-warriors romance friction. One challenge we faced was to agree on a GO HOME time daily. She is a 45 hr/week engineer and has been whining about the work time conspiracy from KFC because BoringFish got her home late everyday this week. I really need to improve my time management otherwise, I will lose my ride!
Work week was stressful. Catching up, meetings, gauging project(I want to go to OH), bleaching trial, caliper trial, cost & ops (both machines on my own), and new trial planning, trouble-shooting and continuous picketing with vendors about cost and inventory were the key ones. “KFC quitted us liked a dirty shirt” one said. Rumors were flown high about his alternatives replacement(s)! I definitely missed him as a leader because he smiled too much now! He went to the dark sides!
My new nickname is "bad date", coming from " do you miss me ? " !
To ensure the quality of our pleasant work environment and excellent team spirit, PM1 got a new popcorn machines. Not to forget the spacious kitchen, with clean & practical appliances (washer/dryer/range/fridge), why do we want to go home when one can enjoy machine break movie on those flat screen TVs with a cup of coffee, hot dogs and butter pop corn?
Safety is not doing so well this week. My fave P&C, Lance got his finger pinched on fiber shutdown, so now we have a recordable. I talked to him at the start of the day, wished him a good and safe day. Now he is injured and we all felt for him. Hope he is doing ok. Then, last night, an operator went unconscious on the machine floor. And today, a fork lift got damaged. Recall about a week ago with the safety gold award, man, we need to work on SAFETY. THE RIR in the end of July was 0.68! That was fantastic!
Wed food nite with Eriko & Miss J took place at old town pizza in old town Portland. My fave Portland Pizza eatery. More later.
Hong Kong maths prodigy, aged nine, wins university place
七人壽司美食團
China's elderly care conundrum, an elderly home-assistance program? Any one?
Movies I saw this week:9 songs, a very sexually explicit movie. I can't say no more.
August is National Peach Month. These popular summertime fruits are believed to be native to China, where they represent longevity and good luck. Today, there are more than 700 varieties of peaches worldwide with about 300 kinds grown in America.
PS: I got home ok via another ride & let's just hope that Huskygalpal won't stay at work for the rest of the night.
Work week was stressful. Catching up, meetings, gauging project(I want to go to OH), bleaching trial, caliper trial, cost & ops (both machines on my own), and new trial planning, trouble-shooting and continuous picketing with vendors about cost and inventory were the key ones. “KFC quitted us liked a dirty shirt” one said. Rumors were flown high about his alternatives replacement(s)! I definitely missed him as a leader because he smiled too much now! He went to the dark sides!
My new nickname is "bad date", coming from " do you miss me ? " !
To ensure the quality of our pleasant work environment and excellent team spirit, PM1 got a new popcorn machines. Not to forget the spacious kitchen, with clean & practical appliances (washer/dryer/range/fridge), why do we want to go home when one can enjoy machine break movie on those flat screen TVs with a cup of coffee, hot dogs and butter pop corn?
Safety is not doing so well this week. My fave P&C, Lance got his finger pinched on fiber shutdown, so now we have a recordable. I talked to him at the start of the day, wished him a good and safe day. Now he is injured and we all felt for him. Hope he is doing ok. Then, last night, an operator went unconscious on the machine floor. And today, a fork lift got damaged. Recall about a week ago with the safety gold award, man, we need to work on SAFETY. THE RIR in the end of July was 0.68! That was fantastic!
Wed food nite with Eriko & Miss J took place at old town pizza in old town Portland. My fave Portland Pizza eatery. More later.
Hong Kong maths prodigy, aged nine, wins university place
七人壽司美食團
China's elderly care conundrum, an elderly home-assistance program? Any one?
Movies I saw this week:9 songs, a very sexually explicit movie. I can't say no more.
August is National Peach Month. These popular summertime fruits are believed to be native to China, where they represent longevity and good luck. Today, there are more than 700 varieties of peaches worldwide with about 300 kinds grown in America.
PS: I got home ok via another ride & let's just hope that Huskygalpal won't stay at work for the rest of the night.
Friday's Blue
It’s going to be a long night
My ride just lost her 4 hrs effort work doc on her pc. No saved or hard copy anywhere. It’s for the production today, tonight, and the weekend!!!!!! We will be here for awhile, at least another 5 hours.
She is NOT in her re-do mode. She is trying to recovery the document with IT help.
My ride just lost her 4 hrs effort work doc on her pc. No saved or hard copy anywhere. It’s for the production today, tonight, and the weekend!!!!!! We will be here for awhile, at least another 5 hours.
She is NOT in her re-do mode. She is trying to recovery the document with IT help.
Thursday, August 23, 2007
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Are Beverages Making You Fat?
Total calories in popular beverages:
Soda
Soda (20-oz. bottle) = 250 calories
7-Eleven Big Gulp (32 oz.) = 400 calories
Large movie theatre soda (44 oz.) = 550 calories
7-Eleven Double Big Gulp (64 oz.) = 800 calories
Tea and Coffee Drinks
Snapple Peach Iced Tea (16-oz. bottle) = 200 calories
Arizona Lemon Iced Tea (20 oz.) = 225 calories
Starbucks Mocha Frappuccino:
Tall (12 oz.) = 200 calories
Grande (16 oz.) = 260 calories
Venti (24 oz.) = 380 calories
Starbucks Caramel Macchiato Grande (16 oz.) = 270 calories
Starbucks Chai Iced Tea Latte Grande (16 oz.) 260 calories
Dunkin' Donuts, Coffee Coolatta (16 oz. w/2% milk) = 190 calories
Fruit Beverages
Jamba Juice: Banana Berry (classic smoothie):
16 oz. = 280 calories
24 oz. Original = 450 calories
30 oz. Power = 600 calories
POM Pomegranate Juice (16 oz.) = 320 calories
Orange Juice (pint container, 16 oz.) = 220 calories
Orange Juice (one cup) = 110 calories
Naked Juice, Orange Mango Motion (16-oz. container) = 240 calories
Odwalla Citrus C Monster (16-oz. container) = 300 calories
Country Time lemonade (12-oz. can) = 130 calories
Minute Maid lemonade (20-oz. bottle) = 260 calories
Flavored Waters and Sports Drinks
Vitamin Water (20-oz bottle) = 125 calories
Life Water (20 oz.) = 125 calories
Gatorade (20 oz.) = 125 calories
Soda
Soda (20-oz. bottle) = 250 calories
7-Eleven Big Gulp (32 oz.) = 400 calories
Large movie theatre soda (44 oz.) = 550 calories
7-Eleven Double Big Gulp (64 oz.) = 800 calories
Tea and Coffee Drinks
Snapple Peach Iced Tea (16-oz. bottle) = 200 calories
Arizona Lemon Iced Tea (20 oz.) = 225 calories
Starbucks Mocha Frappuccino:
Tall (12 oz.) = 200 calories
Grande (16 oz.) = 260 calories
Venti (24 oz.) = 380 calories
Starbucks Caramel Macchiato Grande (16 oz.) = 270 calories
Starbucks Chai Iced Tea Latte Grande (16 oz.) 260 calories
Dunkin' Donuts, Coffee Coolatta (16 oz. w/2% milk) = 190 calories
Fruit Beverages
Jamba Juice: Banana Berry (classic smoothie):
16 oz. = 280 calories
24 oz. Original = 450 calories
30 oz. Power = 600 calories
POM Pomegranate Juice (16 oz.) = 320 calories
Orange Juice (pint container, 16 oz.) = 220 calories
Orange Juice (one cup) = 110 calories
Naked Juice, Orange Mango Motion (16-oz. container) = 240 calories
Odwalla Citrus C Monster (16-oz. container) = 300 calories
Country Time lemonade (12-oz. can) = 130 calories
Minute Maid lemonade (20-oz. bottle) = 260 calories
Flavored Waters and Sports Drinks
Vitamin Water (20-oz bottle) = 125 calories
Life Water (20 oz.) = 125 calories
Gatorade (20 oz.) = 125 calories
Chip outage and layoff
Elk Falls Division to curtail operations due to fibre supply disruption, bad news for them! See Catalyst corporate press release
Layoffs blamed on market slump, sucks!
Tribune Shareholders Approve Buyout, many changes in the industry
Layoffs blamed on market slump, sucks!
Tribune Shareholders Approve Buyout, many changes in the industry
Sunday, August 19, 2007
Week 33 Recap
Miss J took me to Bentomama B-day’s party. Great food and warmth people, later on, we met up with her uncle and aunt, and went to Oregon’s tulip capital, Woodburn for some window shopping. Dinner at claim jumper was a nice way to end a week of busy moving.
Movie I saw this week:
Me and you and everyone we know
For mathematician: Cleve Moler & Matlab.
Wednesday was Thai nite for the social group, another enjoyable event for all the nerds out at Hillsboro & Beaverton. I really liked this weekly 1X-socializing big group food feast. The social started with Eriko being here on his summer internship, and since he is moving back to the Pittsburg next Sunday, next Wednesday would be the last social for the group of all the CpE/EE/CS/ChE nerds. We are planning to get some booze and pizza.
Ball game was awesome! More later.
Movie I saw this week:
Me and you and everyone we know
For mathematician: Cleve Moler & Matlab.
Wednesday was Thai nite for the social group, another enjoyable event for all the nerds out at Hillsboro & Beaverton. I really liked this weekly 1X-socializing big group food feast. The social started with Eriko being here on his summer internship, and since he is moving back to the Pittsburg next Sunday, next Wednesday would be the last social for the group of all the CpE/EE/CS/ChE nerds. We are planning to get some booze and pizza.
Ball game was awesome! More later.
Pics from The Mariners game 8.14.07
What a memorable nite! The people, the run in with Big W, the food, the Babe Ruth suite and the alochol search! We were a bunch of trouble makers!!!!! I am looking forward to the 2008 meeting!
Thursday, August 16, 2007
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
20 Things That Can Alter the Value of Your Home
Pretty fair advise, see details.
Increase home's value
1. An updated kitchen
2. Modern bathrooms
3. A well-appointed master suite
4. Natural materials
5. Curb appeal
6. A light, airy spacious feel
7. Good windows
8. Landscaping
9. Lots of storage
10. Basement
Decrease home's value
1. A pool
2. No garage or small garage
3. Garbled floor plan
4. Outmoded appliances or systems
5. Stale or overly personal decor
6. A bad roof
7. Bad location
8. Poor maintenance
9. Environmental hazards
10. A long list of needed home improvements
Increase home's value
1. An updated kitchen
2. Modern bathrooms
3. A well-appointed master suite
4. Natural materials
5. Curb appeal
6. A light, airy spacious feel
7. Good windows
8. Landscaping
9. Lots of storage
10. Basement
Decrease home's value
1. A pool
2. No garage or small garage
3. Garbled floor plan
4. Outmoded appliances or systems
5. Stale or overly personal decor
6. A bad roof
7. Bad location
8. Poor maintenance
9. Environmental hazards
10. A long list of needed home improvements
我懷念的
作詞：姚若龍
作曲：李偲菘
編曲：Martin Tang
製作：李偲菘
我問為什麼 那女孩傳簡訊給我
而你為什麼 不解釋低著頭沉默
該相信你很愛我 不願意敷衍我
還是明白你已不想 回首
＃想問為什麼 我不再是你的快樂
可是為什麼 卻苦笑說我都懂了
自尊常常將人拖著 把愛都走曲折
假裝了解是怕真相太赤裸裸
狼狽比失去難受
＊我懷念的 是無話不說
我懷念的 是一起作夢
我懷念的 是爭吵以後
還是想要愛你的衝動
我記得那年生日 也記得那一首歌
記得那年星空 最近的右手
在那的胸口 誰記得 (誰忘了)＊
REPEAT＃＊
我懷念的 是無言感動
我懷念的 是絕對炙熱
我懷念的 是你很激動求我原諒
抱著我的痛
我記得你在背後 我記得
我顫抖著 記錄感覺相擁
最美的煙火 最沉的相擁
誰愛的太脆弱 誰過頭愛了
誰要走我的心誰忘了那就是承諾
誰自故自走 誰忘了相處過
誰讓愛變沉重 誰忘了要給你溫柔
(我懷念的 )
我還有想要愛你的衝動
我記得那年生日 也記得那一首歌
記得那片星空 最緊的右手 最暖的胸口
我放手 我讓座 假灑脫
誰懂我多麼不捨得
太愛了 所以我 沒有哭 沒有說
作曲：李偲菘
編曲：Martin Tang
製作：李偲菘
我問為什麼 那女孩傳簡訊給我
而你為什麼 不解釋低著頭沉默
該相信你很愛我 不願意敷衍我
還是明白你已不想 回首
＃想問為什麼 我不再是你的快樂
可是為什麼 卻苦笑說我都懂了
自尊常常將人拖著 把愛都走曲折
假裝了解是怕真相太赤裸裸
狼狽比失去難受
＊我懷念的 是無話不說
我懷念的 是一起作夢
我懷念的 是爭吵以後
還是想要愛你的衝動
我記得那年生日 也記得那一首歌
記得那年星空 最近的右手
在那的胸口 誰記得 (誰忘了)＊
REPEAT＃＊
我懷念的 是無言感動
我懷念的 是絕對炙熱
我懷念的 是你很激動求我原諒
抱著我的痛
我記得你在背後 我記得
我顫抖著 記錄感覺相擁
最美的煙火 最沉的相擁
誰愛的太脆弱 誰過頭愛了
誰要走我的心誰忘了那就是承諾
誰自故自走 誰忘了相處過
誰讓愛變沉重 誰忘了要給你溫柔
(我懷念的 )
我還有想要愛你的衝動
我記得那年生日 也記得那一首歌
記得那片星空 最緊的右手 最暖的胸口
我放手 我讓座 假灑脫
誰懂我多麼不捨得
太愛了 所以我 沒有哭 沒有說
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Guess what? News time again.
China inflation hits 10-year high, I guess it's not cheap to live there anymore, the cost is on the rise.
'Sharp rise' in Chinese patents
Modernization or deconstruction of a distinctive cultural, your view? Railway brings new era for Tibet; China's relocation of rural Tibetans, I still haven't gone on my backpacking trip to Tibet. Will there be anything left for me to see when I get there?
Who wants the whole piece of Godiva chocolate? Campell soup group is selling it, see Campbell seeks buyer for Godiva
In my opinion, the Australian man was not blinded by the internet love but from the ray of the gold dowry , see Australian taken hostage in Mali
Chinese bridge collapse kills 29; China's construction projects 'rushed'
YouTube wants to question Jon Stewart
Lunch at Thai place
MER incident at 1:30 PM, the patient was transported to the hospital!
Ichiro, there we come! Adidos to other hard working bees. A short day at the office, but it will be a long night on the road, we are heading up to Seattle for the Marinersgame.
Miss J, get well soon and check this out. We should work on it.
'Sharp rise' in Chinese patents
Modernization or deconstruction of a distinctive cultural, your view? Railway brings new era for Tibet; China's relocation of rural Tibetans, I still haven't gone on my backpacking trip to Tibet. Will there be anything left for me to see when I get there?
Who wants the whole piece of Godiva chocolate? Campell soup group is selling it, see Campbell seeks buyer for Godiva
In my opinion, the Australian man was not blinded by the internet love but from the ray of the gold dowry , see Australian taken hostage in Mali
Chinese bridge collapse kills 29; China's construction projects 'rushed'
YouTube wants to question Jon Stewart
Lunch at Thai place
MER incident at 1:30 PM, the patient was transported to the hospital!
Ichiro, there we come! Adidos to other hard working bees. A short day at the office, but it will be a long night on the road, we are heading up to Seattle for the Marinersgame.
Miss J, get well soon and check this out. We should work on it.
Monday, August 13, 2007
Who is gonna be my new boss?
Profit flash just came out. Profitability finally made plan for the 1st time this year~
My boss, KFC just made an announcement during lunch time that he is leaving the papermaking management world; he is moving over to the Sales department and becoming the general sales and marketing manager for the team. I can’t believe that I chased out another manager on my team, 3 managers transition in the last 10 months.
I am a little nervous about the title question, 10 of us that report to him directly have the same question since noon, 120 or so will have the same puzzlings, he has about 130 indirect reports.
SMT was on site today to present us the GOLD award! Hurray!
My boss, KFC just made an announcement during lunch time that he is leaving the papermaking management world; he is moving over to the Sales department and becoming the general sales and marketing manager for the team. I can’t believe that I chased out another manager on my team, 3 managers transition in the last 10 months.
I am a little nervous about the title question, 10 of us that report to him directly have the same question since noon, 120 or so will have the same puzzlings, he has about 130 indirect reports.
SMT was on site today to present us the GOLD award! Hurray!
Friday, August 10, 2007
It's official, these are my shrubs.
I am a land owner now. Ok again.
Front
Back
(7.15.2007 to 8.10.2007)
Front
Back
(7.15.2007 to 8.10.2007)
China drinks its milk
Chinese have many bad habits? Really? No more splitting on someone’s shoe, no more pushing the old lady in front of you in a line and showing affection to one another by elbowing and punching, no more high decibels swearing chats. No more gawking at you. See Olympic crackdown on China's bad habits
Investment:Your Bad Credit Could Cost You $1 Million;
When a Simpler 401(k) Is Just Dumb
Apple Lover: Apple debuts new iMac computers
HK 'can demolish' colonial pier, BoringFish remembered boarding ferries from the Queen's Pier long time ago. It's pity that the pier may become a shopping mall and a highway. I think it is historically significant that they should keep it as a a historic monument!
Dengue fever a risk in south Texas, CDC says. Watch out Texans, Dengue fever is as lethal as WNV!
Chinese have many bad habits? Really? No more splitting on someone’s shoe, no more pushing the old lady in front of you in a line and showing affection to one another by elbowing and punching, no more high decibels swearing chats. No more gawking at you. See Olympic crackdown on China's bad habits
Investment:Your Bad Credit Could Cost You $1 Million;
When a Simpler 401(k) Is Just Dumb
Apple Lover: Apple debuts new iMac computers
HK 'can demolish' colonial pier, BoringFish remembered boarding ferries from the Queen's Pier long time ago. It's pity that the pier may become a shopping mall and a highway. I think it is historically significant that they should keep it as a a historic monument!
Dengue fever a risk in south Texas, CDC says. Watch out Texans, Dengue fever is as lethal as WNV!
Wednesday, August 08, 2007
Dinner at Ridegefield
Several of us were invited to have a open house dinner at a vendor's new office at Ridgefield. Check out the 61 Corvette that my co-worker has. It's perfect for me, don't you think?
Tuesday, August 07, 2007
Monday, August 06, 2007
Safe and productive month of July, hurray!
Month end was yesterday and the numbers are out. PM1 speed record (4th month in a row), PM1 efficency above plan and the mill overall tonage reached record also! WOW WOW WOW $ $ $
Sunday, August 05, 2007
Dating theory, work week 31, Lego Falcon
Duck boy is having trouble at home, and we are all feeling his blue. Things are getting pretty messy at home and I hope he can handle itwell, it's not easy.
He just spent a bunch of $$ and got himself a new toy: a truck and he dressed it liked a duck! It was a war between our cubicles as he dressed the office column with a huge duck flag, I guess he feels the need to decorate. He dares me to follow his trail with my orange/black flag. I will NOT fall for his nonsense.
This week was crazy with WORK , I survived a machine shut, surprise huh? Nevertheless I was well enlightened with Husky gal's the "CATCH & RELEASE" program. Am I a catch/keeper, I wonder?
Renia and Helenia are so cute! It was nice to meet Taka's wife, Noriko. Nice family.
Happy 30-days B-day! Enzo!
Portland Pop festival this weekend
A friend asked "How do you describe Oregon?", your views, please share?!!!!!
The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate (Paperback), I read from other reviews that this is a great self help book for relationship stuffs, but amazon users said so otherwise. I am curious about what other bloggers think of this.
Thursday, August 02, 2007
Fisherman catches 'living fossil'
Richard sent this good read: Keep Your Eyes on Adjustable-Rate Mortgages
Another mill closure: Papermaking at Domtar ends
Super trees: The latest in genetic engineering
Avoid eating oversea farm-raised fish: Drug-Tainted Asian Fish Slip Into U.S., States Find
Richard sent this good read: Keep Your Eyes on Adjustable-Rate Mortgages
Another mill closure: Papermaking at Domtar ends
Super trees: The latest in genetic engineering
Avoid eating oversea farm-raised fish: Drug-Tainted Asian Fish Slip Into U.S., States Find
Wednesday, August 01, 2007
My chemical world has been a mess this week, so many fire to put out and I am very overwhelmed. Dye, biocide, retention aid, starch, peroxide are the big ones out of my very long list.........I can't wait to get Korean BBQ tonight and just chill!
Happy Birtdhay to KFC, my leader!
& "Dilution is the solution to Pollution" who said that?
Happy Birtdhay to KFC, my leader!
& "Dilution is the solution to Pollution" who said that?
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