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.