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| It is actually pure coincidence that I stopped regularly updating my blog immediately after my hopes of a Big Game victory this year were cruelly dashed. No matter.. there's always next year.
The sudden decrease in posting is due not to a sports-induced depression, but rather other things occupying my time, not the least of which is my occupation. Basically every six months I rotate to a different functional job within my company (Intuit), so when it gets close to the rotation date, work gets really busy as I try to finish up or transition all my responsibilities. I suppose it's conceivable that one day I will write more about my job, but it is not this day.
In addition, the weekends have been relatively full for the past month, with Jess coming home with me to NY for Thanksgiving and Google and Intuit holiday parties. Non-work life recently has been consumed with the search for a new place to live, since the lease on our old apartment is up. That could be a whole post on it's own, but it boils down to we are moving to Cupertino, right across the street from Cupertino Village. Speaking of which, here's an interesting Wall Street Journal article about the CPT: The Great White Flight. It's about how the high Asian population in certain schools in the Bay Area have made it too academically competitive, and white kids are moving out of the district. I think this is a pretty incredible phenomenon. Is it racism? It definitely ties into traditional Asian student stereotypes, but as someone who embodies about 90% of those stereotypes, I can't say it has ever really affected me that much. I do worry a little about the creation of divisions between ethnic groups though. I'm not a history or sociology expert or anything, but it seems like most of the worst conflicts in the world are due to racial and ethnic intolerance, and the stereotyping of cultures besides your own is really the first step towards intolerance. So, in the spirit of the holidays, love thy neighbor, especially if he is a studious Asian boy.
With that, I am off to Hong Kong and Japan for the next two weeks. Happy holidays, everyone. | | |
| On this the eve of the 108th Big Game, I would like to reflect back on the first Big Game I attended, in my freshman year, when Stanford fullback Casey Moore catches the game-winning 25-yard touchdown in overtime, carrying the Cardinal to the 6th of their 7 straight victories. I would also like to point out that the last Big Game I attended, in 2001, was also a Stanford victory, so I feel pretty comfortable about tomorrow's game, at which I fully expect to see some shock and dismay on my Cal grad coworkers' faces.
GO STANFORD! BEAT CAL! | | |
| I always love reading people's birthday blog posts, because it's an easy way for me to remmeber that someone's birthday is coming up. Well, you guys don't get that favor from me, because my birthday was last Sunday, so if you haven't already wished me happy 23 years, I have crossed you off my list.
This birthday weekend was relatively chill compared to past debacles, but typified by lots of awesome food. We went to Forbes Mill steakhouse in Los Gatos, where I tasted Kobe beef for the first time, courtesy of my generous and loving girlfriend, Jess "Everything tastes better dipped in melted butter" Lee. For those who are curious what an $80 piece of 8-oz filet mignon tastes like, it's kind of like a birthday party in your mouth -- if, like me, your parties are typically attended by beer, sake, and beef carcass. | | |
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