Have You Ever Notice that...

"LIVED" spell backward would be "DEVIL"

Recession?

My profolio has decreased by 7% from last month. That's a huge change for just 30 days.

What is going on? Are we entering recession? Should I stocked up on T-bills and Bonds?

Better When It's Warm

I baked oat meal cookies today.

The house is now filled with the sweet smell of cookies.

I had a cookie right after I took them out of the oven.

Cookies that are fresh out of oven taste so much better.

Why LA is the Greatest City in the World

Because no one cares.
In L.A. you can grow Fabio hair and go to the Arclight and not be embarrassed by yourself. Every mode of living is appropriate for L.A. You can do what you want.
And I don't just mean that Los Angeles is some friendly bastion of cultural diversity and so we should celebrate it on that level and be done with it; I mean that Los Angeles is the confrontation with the void. It is the void. It's the confrontation with astronomy through near-constant sunlight and the inhuman radiative cancers that result.

This is from an interesting post by Geoff Manaugh on why Los Angeles is the greatest city in the world. Though I agree with him on LA's lack of humanity, I've my own reasons for loving LA.

Wacky Canadians

Many of the nontraditional epitaphs noted in the book are whimsical.

"This wasn't my idea,"
"I told you I was sick."
"He who dies with the most toys wins"
Read more here.

High School Reunion

Tonight was my 10 years high school reunion. Although it has been 10 years since we left high school, most of us still look the same. A few surprised though. My graduating class has 900+ students but only ~80 people show up for the reunion. And out of these attendee, only about ~10% are married and ~5% have kids. I am very surprised by the low attendants but happy to see so many are singles like me, heheh.

And of course, there are the not so surprising parts. All the FOBs sat with the FOBs, the jocks with the jocks, the creatives with the creatives.... I don't recognized 60% of the people, recognized the faces of 20% of the attendee, know and keep in touch with the other 20%. I realized my friends and I did a real good job of keeping in touch with each other. I am very grateful and happy about that. All the people I was friends with, I still keep in touch. Thus, I don't think I need to attend the next one if we still keep in touch like we do now.

Although the high school reunion was not like those on the TVs nor was it a big networking event, it is still fun to see my friends all dressed up and looking so gorgeous. Plus, the food was good (chicken & pasta was very tender and moist, and the chocolate mousses cake are some of the best I ever had); which made the expensive reunion ticket much easier to stomach.

After the reunion, my friends and I went to Vertical Wine Bistro in Pasadena. I had a glass of 2004 W. Prum, Kabinett, Riesling, Wehlener Sonnenuhr, Mosel. It was so yummy. As I took a sip of the Riesling, I could felt the wine gently coats every inches of my palate with smooth and light honeysuckles sweetness. I couldn't help but to instantly grin ear to ear. I love this wine!

There's nothing better to end a great evening than with a glass of delicious Riesling. ^_^