Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Snow, freezing rain days in SW WA and Portland, OR
With the chains, I am prepared now. The road conditions in Portland Area was very bad for driving, 2 days off for school kids. There were 2 to 5" of snow on the ground, depending where you are. At 67th, there were about 3, and the ice was terrible. There was no comparison in L-town, things were calm and quiet as they got little precipitation.
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Sunday, January 14, 2007
RumorLand & Headache for the weeks to come
HK Police, I hope things are going well with Vincent as he is attending HK Police College soon. Meanwhile, Eric is on the way......
Another rumor control is: 2007 Grandma visit.....
More insurance stuff to deal with after the fallen tree in Feb, a structural engineer should be calling me shortly.....
Trying time........
Another rumor control is: 2007 Grandma visit.....
More insurance stuff to deal with after the fallen tree in Feb, a structural engineer should be calling me shortly.....
Trying time........
Saturday, January 13, 2007
Hot Pot Marathon
JSR decided to continue the hot pot madness this Saturday. The party was expanded because J's family decided to host one hot pot gathering for her uncle birthday as well, so two parties were combined. S bailed out of the party because she felt ill. We invited Davie to join, he bailed out of it because he is shy. J and I ate a lot and our stomachs were very satisfied. Yo, BoringFish got a cuttlefishball from the snapshot. You caught me!
After dinner, we had Cheesecake with the birthday boy's monogram. J made the monogram with ovaltine powder, very talented. Next time she needs to bake the cake.
The girls continued to have fun by watching TV and sipping beer. We were beat and had no more energy left for bar-hopping or playing mahjong. Ting's husband-created brake failure stopped her quest to the east side, so we were missing players anyway.
After dinner, we had Cheesecake with the birthday boy's monogram. J made the monogram with ovaltine powder, very talented. Next time she needs to bake the cake.
The girls continued to have fun by watching TV and sipping beer. We were beat and had no more energy left for bar-hopping or playing mahjong. Ting's husband-created brake failure stopped her quest to the east side, so we were missing players anyway.
Friday, January 12, 2007
Week 2
Week 2 turned out to be quite hectic. Seriously I shouldn't be whining about it considering how I need to work hard to earn my keep. The highlight was definitely the trip to Seattle (see report below). I have several projects that will keep me busy for the 1st quarter. They are the black dye project, dry end pulper shower modification project, starch survey and starch dosage change. After going to TImes, now I really want to see Register Guard's pressroom in Eugene, esp. after I make chemical changes that will impact sheet properties and press runnability. Defect group is chunking along, we just came up with some recommendations on how to operate my fave: DAF clarifier. I used to be in charge of three of those in W-Alb, but over in W-N, we have different strategies to handle fines, stickies and white water.
Industry news: Hong Kong based Lee & Man's North American division, Evergreen has made an announcement that they are considering a purchase of Cosi pulp mill, Big W shut down the plant last September, and I know quite a few people who worked there. It is somewhat interesting that Evergreen had purchased a pulp mill in Samoa, CA back in 2005. The Chinese are definitely penetrating into the paper markets on our soil. Business is not as usual any more. The link is here.
The weather in NW continued to be very cold. Perfect for hot pot party! Chicago is warmer than Portland, what happened to the windy city?
Count down to Jan 22nd. I hope Tom will do well on his exam. GO Go go....
Industry news: Hong Kong based Lee & Man's North American division, Evergreen has made an announcement that they are considering a purchase of Cosi pulp mill, Big W shut down the plant last September, and I know quite a few people who worked there. It is somewhat interesting that Evergreen had purchased a pulp mill in Samoa, CA back in 2005. The Chinese are definitely penetrating into the paper markets on our soil. Business is not as usual any more. The link is here.
The weather in NW continued to be very cold. Perfect for hot pot party! Chicago is warmer than Portland, what happened to the windy city?
Count down to Jan 22nd. I hope Tom will do well on his exam. GO Go go....
Thursday, January 11, 2007
ST/SPI Report
Seattle Times and Seattle PI
My first trip to a pressroom in Bothell was very educational! The journey was fun with the beautiful snow scenery on I-5. Once we got to the Seattle area, it was hailing at 3-ish.
Let's talk about the good stuff. Weather: it was beautiful as Seattle suburbs turned into snowland.
The soccer field across from the press building at 5-ish.
The parking lot of a grocery store at 6-ish.
Front Entrance after the night run. That was like 12:30 AM
The next morning
Traffic: Washingtonians learned from the pain & suffering in the last snow storm (It took 11 hours to go from downtown Seattle to Federal Way), folks were panicing and traffic was a-okay. With all the meetings that we had, we were able to avoid the circus on the freeway and stayed close by for meals and lodging. The hotel was in Lynnwood. We were in rush hour traffic on the way back but we managed to be on I-405 and made it home in reasonable times.
Real work: Many meetings but the press room visit was fantastic. The robots are my fave parts, whom all have cool names. My top three are Godzilla, Elvis and Sunshine. The presses are big and relatively clean. The picture was taken at the ground level where the rolls were being threaded upwards.
Godzilla, my fave.
The fleet of 12 is working hard.
Difficult work: The 3 meetings went ok and somewhat awkard and embarrassing for me as a new comer when my team was under attacked. I wasn't approached as the RED target practice despite the fact that I did not wear purple or gold. I did have to tell them my W_Albany "rise to fame" Ichiro-summer softball leauge legacy and that I like the Seattle Mariners. Overall, the visit was a success as we managed to have the other parties agree to run some questionably "mis-labeled" rolls and they turned out fine.
On the way home, I saw the tip of Mt. Rainier from the road. Not a great shot, but I tried. This is for my mountain man.
My first trip to a pressroom in Bothell was very educational! The journey was fun with the beautiful snow scenery on I-5. Once we got to the Seattle area, it was hailing at 3-ish.
Let's talk about the good stuff. Weather: it was beautiful as Seattle suburbs turned into snowland.
The soccer field across from the press building at 5-ish.
The parking lot of a grocery store at 6-ish.
Front Entrance after the night run. That was like 12:30 AM
The next morning
Traffic: Washingtonians learned from the pain & suffering in the last snow storm (It took 11 hours to go from downtown Seattle to Federal Way), folks were panicing and traffic was a-okay. With all the meetings that we had, we were able to avoid the circus on the freeway and stayed close by for meals and lodging. The hotel was in Lynnwood. We were in rush hour traffic on the way back but we managed to be on I-405 and made it home in reasonable times.
Real work: Many meetings but the press room visit was fantastic. The robots are my fave parts, whom all have cool names. My top three are Godzilla, Elvis and Sunshine. The presses are big and relatively clean. The picture was taken at the ground level where the rolls were being threaded upwards.
Godzilla, my fave.
The fleet of 12 is working hard.
Difficult work: The 3 meetings went ok and somewhat awkard and embarrassing for me as a new comer when my team was under attacked. I wasn't approached as the RED target practice despite the fact that I did not wear purple or gold. I did have to tell them my W_Albany "rise to fame" Ichiro-summer softball leauge legacy and that I like the Seattle Mariners. Overall, the visit was a success as we managed to have the other parties agree to run some questionably "mis-labeled" rolls and they turned out fine.
On the way home, I saw the tip of Mt. Rainier from the road. Not a great shot, but I tried. This is for my mountain man.
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Seattle Times
I am on the road, heading North. It's gonna be cold with the snow showers. I will keep you posted. we aleady saw 1 car fipped to the side.
Random thoughts, pictures and articles for your reading pleasure.
I had a mango bubble tea with J on Saturday. She was loaning me some cantonese soap opera DVDs, that should ease my lonely nites in L-town.
Confession of Pain. Another movie made by Infernal Affairs's Andrew Lau. There gonna be an American version of it. Should be good!
Confession of Pain in Wiki, Tony Leung, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Shu Qi, 徐静蕾.
I don't have PBS.
The lessson in my son's death. An article written by Spencer Kim. His son was found dead in a creek in Southern Oregon after Thanksgiving Holidays. he was looking for helped when he and his family was stranded and lost in Southern Oregon logging country.
Little Asia on the Hill. Apparently, affirmative action did not hurt APA.
Liger: a hybrid of a male lion and a female tiger. I saw that on TV.
I have been thinking alot about the air quality in the town that I lived in. Check this out about 揮發性有機化合物=VOC.
The year of 2006 ended with a RIR 1.21. We had 6 recordables. Zero for now.
Food for thoughts!
Embrace uncertainies (yes I am a copy cat) and give it a shot in 2007!
Snowing in the lowlands Wednesday morning
Confession of Pain. Another movie made by Infernal Affairs's Andrew Lau. There gonna be an American version of it. Should be good!
Confession of Pain in Wiki, Tony Leung, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Shu Qi, 徐静蕾.
I don't have PBS.
The lessson in my son's death. An article written by Spencer Kim. His son was found dead in a creek in Southern Oregon after Thanksgiving Holidays. he was looking for helped when he and his family was stranded and lost in Southern Oregon logging country.
Little Asia on the Hill. Apparently, affirmative action did not hurt APA.
Liger: a hybrid of a male lion and a female tiger. I saw that on TV.
I have been thinking alot about the air quality in the town that I lived in. Check this out about 揮發性有機化合物=VOC.
The year of 2006 ended with a RIR 1.21. We had 6 recordables. Zero for now.
Food for thoughts!
Embrace uncertainies (yes I am a copy cat) and give it a shot in 2007!
Snowing in the lowlands Wednesday morning
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
Life time Ambassadorship program, sound serious?
My supervisor just informed me that I fit the profile of a candidate in a Big W Ambassadorship program. I am excited and hope that they would pick ME! Sponsorship is worked in progress...
Sunday, January 07, 2007
Friday, January 05, 2007
Hot Pot night with the JSR!
Miss J's hard work to prepare the feast
Enjoying hot pot with wonderful company can be a great comfort after a long day at work in a cold winter. A game of mahjong is always suiting after the meal.
More pictures are coming soon!
Enjoying hot pot with wonderful company can be a great comfort after a long day at work in a cold winter. A game of mahjong is always suiting after the meal.
More pictures are coming soon!
Thursday, January 04, 2007
Week 1 of 2007
The new year started with many bowl games, frankly I did not care much except for the Sun bowl, because OSU was in it. USC won the Rose bowl.
Big W_N started the new year with the 0.0 RIR, so does everyone else. (Mr. Cooper's quote: The slate is clean and we need to focus on remaining injury free. Don't let down your guard!! Stay focused and take the time to think before each task.) Yes, I am preaching safety! Folks are still trying to figure out if we had a recordable at the end of the year or not (see blog Week53 for details). Anyway, the operator is fine and he went back to work the next day!
My fresh new year at Big W_N, I better work hard! Speaking of that, the first machine shut is on Jan 4th, Thurs, a 12 hours one! Not too bad, except we will be doing an acid boilout, my first one! I am busy scrambling for the last minute preparation.
Co-worker Roberta has invited me to go on a Caribbean cruise with her in March. 7-days cruise for $800 bucks, excluding airfares to Miami! I thought she was kidding, but it turned out she is going for sure, I think I may reserve time and money for my "other" vacation.
New resolution: actually I have a few of those, who doesn't?
1. $$$$$= sell my house, top priority!
2. Fitness= trimming
3. Job= Gonna earn my keep
4.
Then, here comes the Shut Day Saga! The day started at 5:15 AM. There were lots of confusion over "the lack of communicated" acid boilout with the stock prep operators, the "unprepared but expected" caustic contamination of the water source made things just a little bit difficult. We managed to complete the mild success boilout; since it still did not digest all the residual that was sticking to the headbox wall.
The week has been filled up by drama: the shut fever and the love turbulence. I was distracted for a good second when I was told that I am going to Seattle Times next week. I will be staying in the press room in the morning hours to see the run!
Big W_N started the new year with the 0.0 RIR, so does everyone else. (Mr. Cooper's quote: The slate is clean and we need to focus on remaining injury free. Don't let down your guard!! Stay focused and take the time to think before each task.) Yes, I am preaching safety! Folks are still trying to figure out if we had a recordable at the end of the year or not (see blog Week53 for details). Anyway, the operator is fine and he went back to work the next day!
My fresh new year at Big W_N, I better work hard! Speaking of that, the first machine shut is on Jan 4th, Thurs, a 12 hours one! Not too bad, except we will be doing an acid boilout, my first one! I am busy scrambling for the last minute preparation.
Co-worker Roberta has invited me to go on a Caribbean cruise with her in March. 7-days cruise for $800 bucks, excluding airfares to Miami! I thought she was kidding, but it turned out she is going for sure, I think I may reserve time and money for my "other" vacation.
New resolution: actually I have a few of those, who doesn't?
1. $$$$$= sell my house, top priority!
2. Fitness= trimming
3. Job= Gonna earn my keep
4.
"Wink"
Then, here comes the Shut Day Saga! The day started at 5:15 AM. There were lots of confusion over "the lack of communicated" acid boilout with the stock prep operators, the "unprepared but expected" caustic contamination of the water source made things just a little bit difficult. We managed to complete the mild success boilout; since it still did not digest all the residual that was sticking to the headbox wall.
The week has been filled up by drama: the shut fever and the love turbulence. I was distracted for a good second when I was told that I am going to Seattle Times next week. I will be staying in the press room in the morning hours to see the run!
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
Lands of the LDS, Days of the M-lives.
Congratulations! Adam has arrived at 84101! It's snowing, have Fun and dress warm!
Man on a stick!
David started his new year on a "LOW" note! He broke his leg when he was boarding 1:30 AM in the morning on New Year Day! I will spare you the details, but we sure do hope that he is getting well soon! He is on a stick!
Monday, January 01, 2007
A brand new day! Almost a brand new year!
My fantastic new year break!
With the Chocolate overload, it was a sweet ending to my Hiatus.
With the Chocolate overload, it was a sweet ending to my Hiatus.
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