The BIG day! 5.20.2006

The Banquet






The Wedding




The Tea Ceremony

The Wongs, and the many more little Wongs

Three generation of Wongs continues. The great grand children are in progress.









To be updated

Part II, The voyage to Calgary

Edmonton to Calgary.
To be updated

Getting Crazy at Edmonton

The Bank was where I went clubbing downtown last night at Edmonton with Vivan, Mike & many others cool folk!

Oilers won the game, playing against the San Jose Sharks. Crazy Albertans! The Oilers will be playing the Ducks, Mighty Ducks in the round for the western Conference in semi-final NHL.

We are going to the MALL! West ED, shopping!

Iron Chef at Edmonton

Honey glazed chicken wings
After eating out 3 meals a day, it was nice to have some of Grandma's finest home cooking, including my lifetime favorite chicken wings. I remember when I used to have chicken wing eating contests with my cousin - I can still beat him. And this time I learned a few of Grandma's tricks. Some day I may need to learn the way.

Rockies mountain, Part I

BC to AB.
To be updated.

Pre-Vacation update

My vacation started with breaking news from Taipei - my grandpa's brother's wife (my grand aunt) passed away. She was 98 years old, but it was still very sudden and upsetting. Some of my family and relatives are flying over there, and Grandma would have been there too if she had not been visiting here.

On another note I am still very obsessed with Northern Exposure and Eastern Adventure. No news so far, but at least Northern Exposure appears to be giving some feedback - Eastern Adventure is just a fantasy for now.

I am very pleased that I got to parade Grandma around to my friends; Todd got the honor of a family dinner at legin. It was an interesting night, to see them interact - a little awkward, since they don't speak any common language. I still like the idea of introducing good people to my Grandmother, though.

Secret Asian Plan

There are two secret developments - Eastern adventures, and Northern Exposure. Not much news on either front, but developments are ongoing. Will keep you posted as soon as declassified. Out.

Happy Mother's Day to all Mothers

Three generation of Wongs.

My mommies having a yummy Mother's Day.

Canada here we go!

Iron Chef Hong Kong

Touring Kitchen Stadium.

Ever since she arrived, my grandma has been cooking all the time - I think I've been fattening up for insulation on my Canada trip all week. But it's already spring there - I doubt we'll see much snow. No special wings yet - I think she may be saving the best for last. She has been a powerhouse in the kitchen, making fresh meals every day. My culinary hero.

Grandma has arrived!

Yes, Grandma is finally here. So happy to see her! I miss her so much, it will be great to have a few weeks to simply be together. She takes such good care of me.. here we are having a yummy dinner - though not nearly as yummy as the one she cooked for us the following night. Nothing beats Fujian Won Tons! I love you grandma!

Sweet Times at W High

Cost reductions are continual - paper plates, cups, plastic utensils, paper towels and kleenex are no longer on the supply list. Time to bring our own plates and hankies. Still waiting for word on toilet paper.

People reductions are occuring on a voluntary basis - one per week for a few months. After the state of the mill meeting we can see we are making money, and a new emphasis on rules and regulations. Should end up being for the best.

My projects include night shift training, which I am trying to get completed before my foreman schedule kicks into high gear. My first duty will be May 31 - but I have some nice supervisors giving me the sweet shift, working days only for all of June. It has benefits, but it also means I will be in the spotlight, with a lot of folks to keep track of.

Almost grandma time!

另一個心灰意冷的昨天

2.2.6 Down-ward Spiral

I am a sucker!

Hot Pot Craving!

June 2003

Ting, Wing & Ching(AKA Boringfish) June 2003 BBQ at Avery Park! OMG!

Happy B-day Roberto!

Cost Reductio Ad Absurdum

This week, we lost our tall paper cups - we are all going to be using our own toilet paper soon. Four people are leaving in April, for various reasons, leaving a vacuum in a few positions. All are critical and there are no people in the pipeline to replace them right now. Should be interesting. Chad and I are now relief foremen, while still remaining on call as technical folks. What a bummer.

What brand of TP should we bring?

Rotation on relief is kicking my butt this month, with too many days in a row, and not enough time to recover. At least I have some vacation lined up - and by June I will be on D crew. My first relief crew assignment. Let's hope the summer goes smoothly with no injuries or incidents, and some record production days/months.

TMO is over!

The TMO is over- with me reconnecting to my passion for ice cream after a winter break. I have a date with Ben & Jerry every night after TMO duties. Thank heavens for Cherry Garcia. I did a good ($$$$) job, and gave myself a pat on the shoulder, but I felt like I was on the spot the whole time, with everyone looking over my shoulder. Folks could tell I was working hard because my name was very popular on the radio every day. I also have been crowned PPE fashion queen - a title I am proud to bear. On a sad note, one worker in a contractor group was injured - nothing serious, but a little chemical burn is still no fun. On a lighter note, Horace has been pushing me in a stock competition, and has been kicking my rear.

I am waiting for news on the secret development, and pursuing other options as well.

My foreman schedule is shaping up (today is my first), and I will probably get to see a lot of Grandma while she is here - a bonus for all my hard work.

I helped Horace out by reminding him of a high-priority meeting that he was ready to sleep through. He got a little frustrated by a fellow alum, and I got to add to my vocabulary.

Happy Birthday to Eric & Peggy!

Happy B-day to Eric!
Happy B-Day to Peggy!

Pre-TMO madness

Work has just been very busy this week. I won't go into detail, but here are some of the highlights.

No more intern supervision - yippee - I can be myself, as well as mini-Horace. I had a good week standing in Horace's shoes, and prepping for white top. Checking on clay, blue dye and pulp supplies.

I learned the perfect term for chemical shortages - dilution is the solution. Water is amazing. The TMO has been keeping me very busy - stress and depression waiting for all the shoes to drop. Meanwhile, it feels like I will be stuck in recovery and pulp and kiln, missing all the fun on the machine side. The senior engineer from OK is now going to be in rotation for pulp foreman relief, and Eric H got a promotion to be 2ndary fiber superintendent. Douggie is retiring from the machine, leaving room for me as relief foreman - a follow up to my December training.

On the personal side, I will give you the condensed version. Fell in love with james the cat, from CHS. I can't have him, though - too much catnip, doggie trouble, and allergies. Next up is Ting's wedding. I went there and learned that it is now my turn - not. Adam & I went to Coos Bay/North Bend. Other than the mill closing, the town seems just like it was when I left. Gloria finally left us, after suffering for a long time. David went to New York, saw some family and a broadway musical.

Austina finally moved in about three weeks ago, and I managed to get the place in shape - now she can help me pay for it. Secret developments on the horizon in WA... more details if developments merit.

I had a chance to talk to Grandma and Fiona - it was good for me, and I miss them both a lot. I had not been keeping in touch as I should.

Big Head at Sunset beach, Shore Arces, Simpson Reef & Cape Argo

Bragging Right!

The beautiful skyline:

3 Mrs. & Me = SOY team

Happy B-day to Momma

Super Fly

I was the safety monitor - looking sharp in my safety gear and baggy small-size overalls. My pants legs still dragged on the ground even after some trimming, and I got some good comments and a yummy snicker bar. I've made the big time now. I sure do look funny in my large size reflective jacket. People are now talking about the motivator becoming fear more than love, and although it has not made too big an impact on me, I can see how they feel. Still, this kind of tough love is what will keep us in business. A difficult transition, but the outcome should be worth it.

I didn't do much for St. Pat's day - just waiting for the drunken hordes to pull out my fence and poop in my yard. The usual festivites (r-mates). I made the sacrifice to come to Portland and subject myself to motherly love for a day. Happy B-day momma. I am looking forward to my Canada trip, but a little apprehensive about a car-trip with mom and grandma. I may have to drive for my own safety.

Mrs. Rachel Lane is now an international super fly.
Fiona, I miss ya!

6-22-05

Coffee was lost on June 22nd, 2005. Almost nine months ago - we miss you coffee. Hoping you are happy and chubby whereever you are! Come home as soon as you can, my bon-bon.

Crazy Times for the Paper Crew

Finally I have been recognized as the DAF assistant superintendant. I've been hard at work prepping for my first big project - TMO is keeping me busy covering all the bases, while still keeping things moving on Parcview. Lots of juggling to keep up the progress on multiple fronts. I feel like I'm in charge of janitorial with all the clean-up details I've been arranging.

Emily took off this week, and I was craving her belly all week - I will get my fix on the weekend.

Next to the DAF we have our new dry strength storage - hambyville/lambyville is taking off. Our efforts to perfect our think tank has been sidetracked by jealousy over our monitors - can't we all just get along? We're going to end up running from room to room just to keep track of our own systems. What a waste of time.

I have busy weekend duties again, with yard work, a new tenant and babysitting mom. Being on call for the weekend, my only excitement was an italian dinner courtesy of the OSU faculty - unfortunately I was not feeling well, so I really did not get to enjoy it. On sunday Adam & I went to cascadia park - nice drive, but the walk was nothing special. Apparently I am a popular partner with my friends - I'm the #1 marriage option, under the name "Rachel Lane". My name is Rachel, pleased to meet you. TMO countdown is running - T-minus four weeks. Lots more to do to make this run smoothly.

Changes at the mill are getting to be pretty unfortunate - first we lost our foodservice of fifty years, then we lost our free soda-pop, and now are candy is gone - even muffins and bagels are gone. You can have my cookies when you pry them from my cold, dead hands.

Boringfish at Hoodoo

Boringfish had fun at Hoodoo with Dave, riding the Easy Rider and the Manzanita until her butt could take no more. Here I am showing off my smile.

Week of Work and Puppy Love

I never thought I smelled all that bad after working at the mill, but a coworker made a comment that made me think about the smells of the paper mill... apparently my perfume is foul condensate - and I thought I smelled so good! Emily has been giving me a long face, and making a mess. We can't really blame her - a doggie can only wait so long. Now we have a lifetime supply of pet stain remover.

The career fair was fun, plenty of visitors and stories to share with them. I even had a picture taken, which reminded me of the last time I visited the career fair. Good times. It is official - Grandma is going to be coming to America in May!

Two projects that I have been getting some help with - DS and DAF. DS is making progress, but we had some major trouble with DAF - serious frustration, but it seems to have subsided for now. Commander has it under control, I guess.

Weather and schedule have not been favorable for doggie park - Sunday will be the big play day. Work was a killer. My TMO project and parcview are keeping me busy, and I am making some progress.

Last weekend I went to a string concert (Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms) on Saturday while I was on call. Mostly hanging around the house - with a few visitors. I was assigned a helper for TMO who has a large amount of experience to share - it is wonderful to pick the brain of true experts.

I'm physically worn out from all the duties at work, combined with doggy duties - she sure does keep me going.

I saw Pink Martini on Thursday, and spent too much time watching the pledge drive. Next time I will have to see them live - that is my favorite.

Looks like the house will be a little bit more busy soon - my secret tenant is moving in soon. It will be nice to have another friendly face to come home to - and to keep an eye on the place. I think we will get along well, and now I can stop worrying about placing ads.

Happy Birthday, Vincent!

GO Future Police Officer!

I am a tree! Jump BoringFish

I had the unusual experience of detecting a severe wardrobe malfunction at work. Parts of my coworker were revealed to me that I had never expected to see, but I handled it as well as could be expected.

Lots of quality time with Emily in the doggie park. She never seems satisfied, but I try to make sure she gets ample time to run free and poop.

I had the misfortune to be introduced to a very confused doggy at the park, as well. Apparently he thought that I was a tree (or perhaps a fire hydrant), and I was the recipient of a rather stinky spray of dog urine. Eww.

Emily's Complaint

Friday night I went to a play after work with Adam, and got my dose of drama for the weekend. I went to the University Theater presentation of Antigone - it was dramatic and intense. Not one of my favorite plays, unfortunately. We went to Intaba's to enjoy their 100% recycled building. The dinner was all natural local food, and a nice departure from all the pretentious eateries around here.

Saturday I was recovering from my long week of work, sleeping, eating and cleaning. How domestic. I did take a short break after dinner to sing a karaoke concert, after inspiration from Andy and Sammi and Wing.

Sunday I helped my roommate with her "excellently black" hair, and then took me out to the indian buffet. Dinner was with Todd in Portland - yummy thai food like they don't have in Corvallis. It was good to see my mom, and emily, too.

Monday I visited with mom and emily. Poor doggie stranded in Corvallis all by herself.

Tuesday Dave started his new job, being teased at the office. My tuesday night was spent at the new Engr building at OSU - nice building, but strange to be in new facilities at my old school. Lots of eager beaver engineers. Later I poked my head in at the Debussy string quartet concert (from France) at the hall. They were very good, but I had to excuse myself to care for the lonely puppy.

Wednesday was a hectic day for me. Representing W at OSU was a busy, tiring day, but there was a lot of potential in the crowd. It was funny to see old classmates, and where they are now (married). My soy team companions have all tied the knot. Just a little odd to think about. Emily is my new significant other - we spent the night out walking, and now she is sleeping with her nose by my thigh. Time to share the bed, Emily, move over. "Grrr"

Roto-Rooter Pilot Lady of the Year

This week has been going by very fast. I hope I don't make you fall asleep with the following boring details of my work life. The week started with a DAF lockbox fiasco. Scary. Someone could have been seriously injured, and probably some heads would roll as well. On wednesday I was in Springfield - lady with many hats - I was an astronomer, pilot, lime mud person, clay scientist, parcview software person and passionate employee. Dave explained more about the art of giving on V-day, and the importance of romance. I fielded some questions about ladies' desires for flowers and jewelry that seem to be so common. Thursday came as a surprise - TMO meeting took the whole day, with contractors filling in the gaps. I had my chemist hat on. I found out that we are going to be having a new engineer - another process person, this time with experience. I also got to meet face to face with my contractor for the first time today - caught him vactoring a containment which will be the location of our new bulk tank for dry strength chemical. During TMO meeting some people were surprised to find me in charge of vactoring - I gained the title of Roto-Rooter Lady of the Year for my role in planning the vactoring work during TMO (and they reminded me that I am still Horace's grunt). There was a nice surprise at the end of the day, at least - an invitation to the Beaver basketball game versus the Cougars. Go Beavs! We won the game, and it was great to see my Beavers do so well. Adam had a presentation, and it seems to have gone well - all that hard work finally paying off. Congrats. Friday(the weekend) started with a bad note as someone at work was injured and was sent to the hospital for treatment. It could have been worst but he is doing alright now and is back on his job on light dutie.

A poem

From Todd:

Some Fill With Each Good Rain, a poem by Hafiz

There are different wells within your heart.
Some fill with each good rain,
Others are far too deep for that.

In one well
You have just a few precious cups of water,

That "love" is literally something of yourself,
It can grow as slow as a diamond
If it is lost.

Your love
Should never be offered to the mouth of a
Stranger,

Only to someone
Who has the valor and daring
To cut pieces of their soul off with a knife

Then weave them into a blanket
To protect you

There are different wells within us.
Some fill with each good rain,

Others are far, far too deep
For that.

V-musing-Part II

Cheers!

Valentine's Day Musings

Valentine's Day is here! Wishing you all a happy V-Day! Work was fun today, lots of talk about v day, and flowers, and chocolate - and love. H taught me an important lesson about the importance of giving flowers to your wife, regardless of expense and practicality (seriously). I think I can see why. Free holiday food and flowers make me smile. No flowers, no smile.

My machine tender was nice and in return I gave him some yummy chocolates. I gave him some ribbing about following Horace's golden rule of romance - I wouldn't want him to miss work tomorrow.

My grandma really made my day - we got to talk today about her desire to see me in a wedding dress in the near future. I tried to explain to her that I am not in that big a hurry to get hitched - I'm not as old as she thinks. She also urged me to lower my standards a little, and not be so choosy. Is it so wrong to look for a normal guy among the billions of men in the world? Normal, of course, is in the eye of the beholder...

In April I may have the pleasure of welcoming grandma to North America - time for a mail order groom? Will she bring her shotgun?

Tonight is lobsterfeast - we were cooking up some lobster tails as a treat for ourselves, and enjoying a quiet evening at home. Tomorrow looks like a busy day - headed back to Springfield, and way too much to do.

Dessert, Almond-flavored pudding with mixed fruit

皮蛋瘦肉粥, Jook Round 2.

A candid photo! Blogging was difficult! Invisible blogging censors biting my ears!

Century Egg was what I have been eating since Saturday. Mom put 3 eggs in the cilantro soup with the fish meat. Then, on Sunday, Wing put 3 eggs in 皮蛋瘦肉粥. Yummy.

Week 8 - the week of the fart. Maybe the last two weeks of stuffing my face have caught up with me in the end. Last night I had Chinese Valentine's dinner. Tomorrow I will have a valentine's lunch, and a double valentine's day dinner. For the work of the week, I will resume dealing with the clay fiasco, DAF fines tank growth spurt, TMO vactoring, and lime mud soda tests.

Apparently the hundred year old egg creates pre-aged farts - they smell like they have been ripening for at least ninety years. I need to go get a breath of fresh air.

Three ladies on the stairs

Emily showing off her belly. What a sweetie.

A week in the life of DAF operator #1

Week 7 at work was pretty frustrating.... running all over the place, but not getting much done. TMO is a big focus, along with Parcview - I've been assigned a mentee, and she has a lot to learn here. On top of that, I spent two long days in Springfield, enjoying their southern hospitality.

Tree is gone. Thank goodness - no details, but I am glad to be rid of it. Too bad my neighbors have so much difficulty in operating a telephone.

Some funny things.. on the lighter side. One, Wing has started blogging - and she is very ambitious, starting three simultaneously. Readers go support her! The link is on the right at the top of the page (or at least 2 of 3).

A comment at work... a coworker asked me in a public place if I was married - how embarrassing! This is not the first time - it seems to be a regular question, and comes up at least twice a year. The other common question - have you got a house yet? At least I can put a stop to that one.

Another coworker asked me if I am seeing anyone yet. He heard the other comment about me not being married, and couldn't resist. I told him frankly that I would not be sharing my marital status at work. Keep them guessing...

Seems any time I am seen in public with a male, it is assumed that he is my husband. How odd.

Tuesday night I had dinner with Jennie and spent time with Scott. OH wait... the other way around. Also, Richard called from NC and I missed a chance to chat - sorry!

Wednesday evening was Colleen's birthday - a whole group of us went out to dinner. Hadn't seen the crew for six months or more, so it was good to catch up with them. Gretchen and I did some female bonding, in spite of my reluctance.

On thursday, I visited a coworker from NB, and we did some stargazing - I saw iridium flare, mars, saturn, orion's belt, orion nebula and many other galaxies and clusters. He was impressed with my rudimentary knowledge of astronomy.

Friday, I officially became "#1 DAF operator". I would have prefered "#1 DAF commander", but that one was taken. It was movie night, too, and we just lounged around the house and enjoyed our Netflix evening.

Saturday the workcrew came to work on the floor out back - momma did the usual cooking and cleaning, bless her heart. I also had a chance to briefly visit with Emily and tickle her tummy. Mom's cilantro soup hit the spot. As they left, I picked up some inspiration from my mother and got started on cleaning and laundry projects. Karaoke with wing & Adam.

Friends and family, please enlighten me and let me know how I might improve my communication skills. That's seemed to be my shortcoming.

Sunday I resumed my cleaning and organizing project. I was still feeling a bit low all day, having trouble getting over my blues. The fifteenth day of the new year is here already, and I have barely chatted with Grandma at all. Chinese Valentine's day, and I'm feeling lonely. A phone call from Dave at the top of Warner Canyon couldn't even cheer me up (thanks for trying, though).

Mary's Peak on Superbowl XL day. Go Steelers... wait Go Seahawks! What?

Sticking my tongue out for A!

Burned out!

This past week was very frustrating in my personal and professional life(wk 6)... that means I am having a very bad week! To make it even worse, I am on duty for the weekend.

In return, I used food to compensate for my very low EQ, so.. I am doing swell in expansion! Wednesday night (winter sausage sticky rice * cakes: raddish, rice and chestnut) Yum! Friday afternoon was some birthday lunch for a co-worker: yummy spinach salad. Saturday dinner for common birthday - see pic below... and hotpot again tonight to clean out all the leftovers.

Adam & I went to a story telling event Friday night, I was all sad anyway, so it was pretty good to get the sadness out of my system.

Got some stuff done with the car work during the week-spendy! Spent sometime with the Kitty: Mr. Bill. One cat, but it looked like about 12 judging from the litter box.

Tree in the neighbor's backyard was another huge heartburn that made my week more difficult to get by-- won't get in details...you can ask me though. Saga will continue next week with frustrating neighbors, insurance people and chainsaws.

Willamette Pass for Dave on Sunday ... mountains definitely are his playgrounds this winter. He is trying to go to ALL ski resorts in OR in the season! (#7 and 8 next weekend)

BoringFish went hiking today with A. See pic later. It was a nice ending to my bad week... and I anticipated that the work week 6 would NOT be much better. Traveling to SP will become my routine; let's just wait and see what will come out of it.

Adios

CNY eating exercises & Common Man Birthday!

New year is usually celebrated with lot of eating. As I had the seafood buffet and homestyle hot spot to welcome the doggies, then on the 2nd day of the year, Apt 2310 decided to cook up a big meal. I helped a little.





On the 7th day of the year, it's birthday time, here we go again with the eating...

某一個心灰意冷的深夜

Being convenient
Just feeling a little down tonight. I'm getting the feeling that some people aren't really enjoying my company as much as I had hoped. Apparently, I'm not providing sufficient intellectual stimulation, and I get the feeling that maybe I'm simply not smart enough. I really dislike the sensation that I am just a convenient outlet, and not a true friend. I will sleep on it.

Folks,

Just a short Hello before I rushed home for the day. PM#3 shut is frustrating.

A few pic will be availble for your viewing..I really need to get on it.
*Wing's egg tart-CHECKED
*Gutter cleaning yard crew
*Adam's dirty look
*Snowboarding pic of Hood & Bachelor
*Adam's Birthday celebration/CNY pic-CHECKED
*New year eating exercise-CHECKED
*BoringFish on a chair in her living room
*BoringFish with Snoopy

WGASANBB- what word is that?

BoringFish's Non stop talking with Granny on New Year Eve (USA PT)

Jan. 28th. BoringFish's Reunion dinner w/o family *pout*

Check out the Chocolate mousse/peach crepe! & the very content BoringFish, oh yes & chubby.

Hectic and Filling weekend

The weekend started off with a very stressful afternoon on Friday - instead of making it home early for some quality weekend time, I was stuck late. My otherwise wonderful week of white top ended on a sour note with some brightness issues that slowed down the machine - surprise! - bad clay was the culprit. That will take some sorting out, but it was thankfully a minor issue in the grand scheme of things.

When I finally made it home on Friday, I was late for the play I was going to see, and grabbed some pizza for dinner. I spent friday night playing board games and talking. Our game of Life (Simpson's Edition) was very intense, and fairly lengthy. We ended up being very close in money and tiles, and the anticipation built until I found out I had lost by $10,000. Dang it - even as the mayor I couldn't quite get enough bribes to win. Oh well. By that point I was tired, and ready for bed.

Happy B-day! Adam! Saturday was extra hectic with helpers painting and my usual last minute rush to get ready for a trip to P-town. I never seem to get on the road quite as quickly as I expect. Once in p town, I did some garage cleaning and spent some time with Tod and picked up my copy of "Fat Choy Spirit". Later in the evening, A and I filled up at the seafood buffet - he tried about 20 new things - an indication of his landlocked upbringing. Never tried mussels? Where has he been?

Sunday I was overwhelmed with food and had to nap it off for the afternoon.. I thought I lost my appetite for the day, and then filled up even more with a new year's dinner. Yum. New year is no different than any other festival, eating seems to be the fave past time event. They should make it into a sport. Oh.. wait a minute, they already do! You know, the very popular eating contest in ASIA! There will be another round of eating in my pad for sure; more practice for me to seek a ranking. LOL. The night came to a close with early bedtime, and posting to my blog (see?). Shout out to Tod - it's your year, Dog man! This week I should be catching up on my regular priorities, back to the chemical world. More white top performance evals, PMP eval, and preparing for upcoming Metso meeting. Another busy week for Boringfish.

In related news, Mom won the 'who called grandma first' contest. So much for my streak. I will continue New Year's greetings to family throughout the week. Happy New Year to you, as well, dear readers. Gong Hay Fat Choy (cantonese version) ;-) A

Happy Birthday to Adam!

恭喜 Dave!

Dave is offically a white collar worker now...He will be relocating to Yippie town in Feb.

新年快樂 & 恭喜發財

Happy Chinese New Year!
Kung hei fat choi!

Trojan won.........grrrrrrr

A conspiracy is on the way, because my "Secret" tenant is coming. We are soon to be the hottest house full of girls on the block. We're getting close to finishing up some major handiwork around the house, and get things looking their best.

Austina/ Gang and I went out to dinner.... WOW...I would say the food was taster than maple garden.

Week 5 - This week is all about white top. It was my first run of the year, and not too bad if I do say so myself. I only had to stay until 7:30 one day of the week. There were a few scary moments because BASF blue dye were having its episode, the clay was having problems being unloaded, and the pumps went down for a while, but other than that we made some very handsome 56lb white top. Even my SF friends are glad that they weren't trying to compete with our awesome paper.

Chinese New Year is this weekend. This is going to be a festive weekend for me. Meanwhile, ppl are going to the mountains..Scott/Aaron/Dave!

Halo has taken over the TV, with two out of three inhabitants apparently glued to the Xbox controllers. Are you going to win that game already? And now we've got DDR freaks on the way, I'll never get to my MTV.

Richard called, and notified me that he is traveling to NC once a month for work, and I must say, Toledo is tempting, in spite of the "Friends don't let friends move to Toledo" shirt that I saw at Ross a few weeks ago.

Dave M 's visit was the hightlight of my week at work, reminding me of the good old days in N Bend, back in the storybook past.

OSU vs. USC men basketball
It was a pretty lousy, sloppy game, but it was a good show, and the Beavers fought hard into overtime, to be defeated in the closing seconds. Oh well, at least it wasn't a blowout. I'm glad that I got to go enjoy the game in person with my coworkers. (A).. Beaver is no IL team.

Weekend Fun & Work week 5

Last Friday, Wing & I went to Maple Garden for dinner; A came too and the conclusion was "Don't go back EVER!".

I went to P-town on Saturday to see the fam. Emily was being sweet & goofy, we were cuddling as I was watching TV, cute doggie, woof..woof!

I was being a mall rat, as well, just a little bit.. there was a new wing at Washington Square... pretty crazy with all the traffic flow.. and the shops.

Dave & I went snowboarding on Sunday at Timberline... finally again... the snow was so soft... Magic Mile runs were very chilly! I got a chance to try out my spanking new board....nice, light and waxy...but I need to adjust my center of gravity, learn to balance it & DON'T fall on my back/behind/head-face. I ended the day on the slope with NO broken bones, just lot of soreness and brusies. Mt. Bachelor or Ski Bowl will be the next New place, Timberline will always be the IT place.

Work week 5: all about white top, 56 strawsberry is the heat; DAF & Parcview! I am going to see Dave M on Wednesday, my old supervisor from NB. Yeah!

Wing's Bakery: 蛋 撻

Wing's famous HK style egg tart 蛋 撻
The recipe can be found on apt2310

Jook! 粥!

AdamG & BoringFish at CareerFair

Jook was what I have been eating in the last few days. It's crappy to be sick and smelly.....

BUT I am happy that I am back to work, no longer missing in action with my team..responsibilites are good...they keep coming...

DAF optimization is a top priority, along with the prep of white top next tuesday . It's the first white run for the new year. Dry strength ordering was next on my plate; it was low on inventory. Parcview will be my new pet, new process. I am excited about that. New project for TMO, vactor effort... I should be the project assistant... yup... me again... the assistant.

As for DAF, with Dan's effort, they finally are willing to put in $ to upgrade the rej tank by enhancing its height! I want a bigger pump and many other stuff, too. They could have save all my heartburns so far if they were agreed to the recommendations 2 months ago. Oh well.

No more farm house lunches, yup.. the salaried luncheon is history. JY said " with its current business climate, it's not wise to keep it going".. I then recommended to folks about a new potential tenant for the faciliity....HH! A hot bath, professional chef kitchen...what else do you need?

Tapioca salesman and Boringfish had an interesting conservation today about domestical engineering. Apparently, he is looking for I am in searching of, except in (reverse gender). Very funny topic.

On the light side, I will be at the upcoming career fair in February for W. It should be interesting, considering I was there 3 years ago. Have I retained my youthful glow?

Mr. Bill is coming to town.

Folks, I have been sick, coming down with some bad skin bacteria infection on my armXXX, a never go away cough and a upset stomach!

I will be babysitting a cat, MR. BILL in a few week.

I finally got myspace & humble cyber hut updated. I know... I am so slooowwwwww.

Gutter Fun & Egg Custard

Friday night, I went out with A to Fox & F for a drink..it was nice to go out, "unrewind" from the work week & socialize. Another engineer scientist was at APM for the week. He is a pro and I learned a lot from him. Horace & I will be seeing him again in a couple of weeks... we will be doing some hefty upgrade project during TMO in April.

Mom came visit on Friday as well..On Saturday, it was awesome as we worked very hard together for "ME".....Melvin and Adam were working on the rusted gutters while Dave was trimming the trees....emily could only supervise....! woof woof

A & Boringfish went to the coast on Sunday... visited the imfamous Oregon Tillamook cheese factory.. had some ice-cream, oysters & clam chowder...

I am a little behind in downloading and posting pic ...Please check for future time.

Party on!

I went to a work function tonight.. very fancy.... and I got to see JY from A-town and S-town... interesting...Horace even came to one of these social gathering...

Bye Bye Rooster.. here comes the DOGGIES!

New year of Doggie is coming on Jan. 29th...

Wanna go snowboarding before the end of the season, the snow is so nice. Tonight Adam & BoringFish will be seeing the Pacifica string quartet. They are from IL!

Janet is in town!

The week was a little hard to get by.. New year... gotta focus. (D is missing in action)

Friday, I went to E-town after work with A. It was an interesting evening with wine and dinner and cheese and many candles......

Saturday, it was pretty hectic, as we went to home depot to get stuff for PM; got a 32 ft ladder....Scott & Jenny were in town too... quite a fun night for all 3 of us...a lot of hidding from the cops....another good point was brough up though? Anyone wanna go to China with me? Will I ever find happiness with a partner? Mosquito, are you ready?

Sunday: It was fabulous to see Janet (A) again. It has been ages since our last encounter. She looks great & we chilled! I also gave Adam a tour at where I work days in and days out. I wonder what he thinks of the place? Dirty? stinky? Loud?

Work week 2 has been slow... trying to get back into my combat mode from the holidays. Polar angle trials and trips to Priciple office (PI) were nerve wrecking. Planning for the DAF outage was unsatisfying... again... one of those bad communication loop. In work life, I'm behind at work in so many level and eventually, I think process projects will keep me busy to where I won't be doing any foreman work this month. In home life, I am working toward my new year resolution, I think the outcome will be painful. It has been wonderful all along and I hate to imagine that in 6 months, my high will be at the bottom of a dump. I mean who can have it all? Is it too much to ask if I want it all?

I have been working with a ChE from Federal Way on this HB/profile/polar angle trial. He is a cool guy. Afterall, we are gonna mount the jet velocity scanner at the HB. Yeah! This week, I got to meet JY several times ....aiaiai! Parview is coming,

Squid & Whale

Work is hectic... what else is new?

Oh I met Stephanie and Finsen (new envirno interns)... both ChE.
People kept asking me if I am related to Finsen (we have the same last name.. small world... I guess our ancestors were somehow related..... millions year ago.. aren't we all?)

Saw Squid and whale the other night.. very disturbing family movie...

Happy 2006!

Gang's blog link is to the right.

Water falls....

Upper South Fall

A and Boringfish went hiking today. Yay Salem.

New Year Eve.

For New year eve, we had hotpot dinner at my place, it was quite a fun nite. The 4 of us were having a blast. Then, A came over, surprised me and got quite a reaction out of me. As we continued to celebrate the new year's eve with partying at Rosemary's, I got myself pretty drunk and poured wine all over me & the carpet. I confessed that definitely was a rare & special occasion.

For the new year day, I was cleaning up my place and doing some moving from my old place....finally..