yet 24 February, 2008

The jury’s still out on whether “EPS” sounds cooler than “debit”.

not exactly comparative linguistics, but 21 February, 2008

A “lucky draw” sounds much more fun and exciting to me than a “raffle”.
And “travelator” sounds more futuristic and awesome than “moving walkway”.

just some smalltalk about the weather 19 February, 2008

The last week, things have been getting better, weather-wise. We’ve had a few really clear days, with blue skies, a couple hazy days, but hazy in that kinda light pleasant way. There was definitely a special quality of light that uplifted my soul a little bit. I got more reading done, spent a little more [...]

sleep 15 February, 2008

After Chinese New Year had me going to bed at like 4 or 5am and waking up the following afternoon for maybe four or five days in a row, I was not anxious to face going back to work at a relatively early time this week (i.e. early as compared to some of the other [...]

spring festival/spring break 8 February, 2008

The former is, of course, the euphemism chosen by the PRC for Chinese New Year — I guess they didn’t feel like it was “modern” enough to have New Year’s not on Jan. 1. The latter is what this last week has felt like, and I’m thinking more of freshman year of college than senior [...]

more about advice 3 February, 2008

Because, let me be honest, I am a far from complete person, and would be nowhere without the help and guidance of nearly everyone around me. I figure nobody’s just born knowing what to do, so it’s good to have honest people around you to keep your head on straight.
Anyway, a couple weeks ago, I [...]