alright.. the brand new entry as promised.. on a silver platter some more muahaha! ok. so, what had happened in the last few days.. in no particular order: hari raya haji, footie tournament, work, and i'll-think-of-another-one.
hari raya haji was like any other day here. woke up early for a change because i had to get ready and drive 40 minutes to broomfield for the eid prayer. got to the gathering place on time (at 8am), but of course the prayer didn't start until 8.30am-ish. then off to work. stopped by borders in longmont for breakfast (didn't bother to hang around at the prayer place).. had mocha latte and a slice of cheesecake. heavenly. got swamped at work. missed lunch. left work late, around 7pm. off to denver.. mee rebus and nasi impit at rose's (thank you!), and laksa penang at kak siti z's place (thank you!). got stuck at the latter's place till late. had to cancel the long trip to greeley (sorry princess!). went home and watched scarlett johansson on letterman. re-read 'lone wolf and cub: volume 2' for a little bit. and slept. all in all, a pretty hectic day. oh, tuang aikido class too.
the footie tournament is gonna be in orlando, florida this coming weekend (we're gonna have monday off, for martin luther king's day). it's a 3-on-3 competition, and i'll be playing in the co-ed league. we're scheduled to play seven games, at the minimum, under the sun at disney world. apparently, my teammates have been playing in this competition for a few years already. most of them will be going there with their families. hence the rental house. and i'll be staying with them there. the trip cost me 40000 miles from my united airlines frequent flyer account and an additional five bucks, as opposed to 700 or 800 dollars that would've cost me had i bought it anywhere else. accommodation's provided and i need to get rental car. a damn great deal if you ask me! it should make for a great time-off. i'll snap some pictures ok!
work's been more hectic now. the program's picking up pace in production and the quantity that are being tested in reliability. it has been a relatively easy program so far. easy as in not having any major issues that had plagued other programs prior. now having said that, i hope nothing's gonna blow up in my face tomorrow hehe.. from my standpoint, i've learnt quite a bit more about the design process of a hard drive, having gotten myself involved in numerous technical assignments, and projects management. for the latter, i think i'm beginning to love the adrenaline rush by getting some people excited, or pissed off, by my reports. or they just can't handle a sound engineering judgement from moi! we'll never know. and people here are still talking about the impact of maxtor's acquisition by seagate. i guess, seagate employees should feel a bit better about their job security, but you just can never tell. God works in mysterious ways. and i might be going to singapore again on another business trip at the end of february. nothing's confirmed yet though. will let you know.
and i can't think of another thing that i wanted to write about. hmm.. i think i've forgotten how it was like to be in love. dunno. do take care of yourself k! stay safe now.
