Google SMS

I remember someone was visiting from overseas and was looking for a Best Buy. We were at a restaurant, without a phonebook or laptop readily available so I SMS'ed 'Besy Buy San Francisco, CA' and poof! Within seconds, results came back and I was able to give him the address and phone number.

Better yet, Case asked me where he could buy some snowboarding gear all via text. 'Wintersports Santa Clara, CA' Again, within seconds, the results came and all I needed to do was forward the results to Case.

For a while I've been using Google's SMS service and it rocks! What's even better is that you can now even get movie times. Give it a try - i'm sure you'll be just as addicted as I am.

NOT!

I got an update card the other day from the Skin Institute @ Stanford and there will be no de-mole'ing of any kind on my body (at least for now). Eat that! Ha!

It's almost time to say goodbye...

I wrote about TB before... and it's about that time to say goodbye to my car.

Last Friday night, I went to meet up with my sister at the mall and on the way home, my car started to overheat. It's been a while that I've had a coolant issue along with something else in the master cylinder. I pulled over, only to see a huge cloud of smoke and to hear something fizz and somewhat explode. Great. Fri night, it's cold, and I'm stuck on the side of the road. Thank God for AAA! I was somewhat blocking the entrance of an apartment building so they flagged me as an 'emergency' and within ten minutes, a tow truck was there, ready to tow me and TB back to my house. She's in the garage half dead now, while I have my parent's extra car in the meantime. I called my parents (they're on vacation right now in Mexico) and my pops was cool enough to say, 'You finally have a valid reason (my mom doesn't like the idea of me getting a SUV) to go buy a new car.' Wahoo!

It's bittersweet though. On one hand, I have an emotional attachment to my car. Through the years, I've learned her quirks, accepted them, and even grew to love them. On the other hand, I'm getting a new car! I'll have a functioning heater, a better sound system for the daily commute, a non leaking roof, better brakes, TB can finally rest..I could go on and on!

For almost a year now, I've been telling myself that I'm going to buy a car, whether it was new or even another used one. I kept stalling though. I've only made one big purchase in my life and it was my house. Adding another monthly payment to the budget would be a bit overwhelming so I tried to put it off as long as I could. Now, I can't. Again, bittersweet.

So, let the shopping begin.... hopefully the next time I mention a car, I'll be posting pictures of a new one. =)

Activity Weekend pics...

A week later and I still haven't posted the pics... thanks Mykee and Eva!

Happy Hearts Day!

Lent...

it's lent...a time of renewal..a time of becoming a better person.

every year i've given something up. last year it was rice and the year before was beef... and the year before that was 'big eyes'.

this year, i'm not so sure... so many things i could work on to be a better person yet i'm not sure what to really focus on.

it's not starting so good coz i have yet to figure out what to give up, yet lent started yesterday.

maybe i should focus on something that involves myself, rather than the people around me. i tend to worry too much about the people i care about. maybe i should work on me and learn to love the person i've become.

Abercrombie would go out of business...

Have you all seen this?

A freakin bill on how low your pants can go has gone through Congress and is now in the Senate... Can you imagine our legislators having a serious vote/talk on low rise pants? I'd die laughing before I could vote on that if I was a legislator. Then again, if this bill passes, I'm screwed. ha ha

Our government definitely has its priorities straight. *rolls eyes*

To De-Mole or Not...

For almost all my life, I've always had a ton of moles on my body. The topic was always the butt of jokes in my family. "Ha Ha you can play connect the dots... a hexagon?.. a backwards C? the little dipper?" I even have a pretty massive one on me that's for my own viewing pleasure. ha ha

My grandmother always assured me as a child that I was lucky for having so many - it made me distinctive. (I think it was her nice way of saying i was a weirdo.. ha ha) She also gave me superstitions on the location of moles. In my case, she'd always point to the mole on my shoulder and tell me it was a sign of burden. Great, I get to shoulder tons of burden. I don't need a mole to tell me that. I'm a middle child! =P

More recently, I was starting to feel weird about it. I always knew that any discoloration was a bad sign and that I'd need to get it checked out. My family doctor has always paid attention to it, as well, and at my annual appointment yesterday suggested I see a dermatologist. So today, I'm off to some skin institute to get the verdict.

(I can imagine my sister reading this right now and dying in her chair, laughing her @ss off...freakin Runt =P)

Activity Weekend...

I woke this morning only to be greeted with a sore body from the weekend's festivities. Well good morning to you too! ha ha

For the last few weeks (minus my sick week), I've been trying to start a continuous routine at work with going to the gym and getting back into lifting weights. I didn't want to be a bum on Friday so I did some cardio for half an hour and figured I could work out some muscles I wouldn't be using for snowboarding the next day. I opted for chest and back - couldn't be too bad, right? ...Aside from the fact that I've never worked my back out before and hadn't been regularly lifting for a few years. The post workout high felt so good. As soon as I got home, I ate a bit and then headed with my roomie and Beeker to his hockey game with Stinger's to follow. (Remind me not to drink with the owner the night before I go boarding.)

With two and a half hours of sleep and still somewhat buzzed, we took off for our daytrip to Kirkwood for a day of boarding. Slushy conditions but still tons of fun boarding with the homies. We got home that evening, only to eat and pass out.

Superbowl Sunday came and I could have cared less. I just tivo'ed it so that I could fast foward through the game to watch the commercials. During that time, we had a crazy idea to play some hockey. Just like little kids, we set up our pretend goals (recycling bins in our case) in the alley behind my place, strapped into all our gear, and started with the drills that Coach Beeker had for us. Within a couple of hours, it was time to play some 2 on 1... (Eva and I against Beeker)... Final score: 7-6 and we won! Yipee! I felt like such a little kid, especially when cars came into the alley. You'd hear us scream 'carrr!' and then see one of us move the goals. Too much fun.

Pictures to come soon from this weekend!