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- Buried Life Goal #1
- Native Taiwanese {Business Never Personal}
- Buried Life Goal #2
- Japanophile {Personal Never Business}
- Buried Life Goal #3
- Micronesian Vacations {Voyuer}
- Buried Life Goal #4
- Master E{M}Commerce [Certifications]
- Buried Life Goal #5
- Master Kali {Philippine Martial Arts Associations}
To he, who built everything himself. What he didn't build he brought! And what he couldn't buy, he stole!
1. Me at the Great Wall of China
2. take a prostitute out for a meal only.
3. meet world’s largest breasts [Norma Stitz 1999 Guinness Holder]
4. talk someone out of suicide
5. live in San Francisco, CA.
6. work as Desktop Publisher [Kinkos]
7. do the wht. girl in thongs thing [Jennifer]
8. live abroad {Taiwan}
9. stop deleting contact information when I get mad
10. finish my BA (GWU; 1995)
11. finally complete a graduate program (SEU; 2006)
12. taught a kindergarten class f/ a year [Joy American School]
13. taught math to "Inner City Kids". [Petra Group]
14. attend Mandarin Training Center f/2 years (MTC; still 1yr.)
15. learn to ride a motorcycle {Though it nearly killed me twice}
16. fall in love with a Chinese girl {actually 4 different times}
17. hangout with a KTV girl
18. go to "special" KTV
19. dress up as a Roman Soldier for a day
21. stop consuming milk drinks and all coffee
22. find an industry to grow in: textile business
23. confine English material [non-computing] to "throne room" reading
24. seduce Lydia
25. learn to hold my tongue
26. give up watching porn (Japan)
27. read an English book a month
28. resurrect Southeastern Uni. as a ?
29. shave w/ a knife
30. visit Shanghai once
31. attend KAI Language School in Shinjuku
32. buy a suit fr/Dalian Dayang Trands Co. [meet Warren Buffet]
33. buy a pair of shoes fr/John Lobb Bootmaker
34. stop nose picking
35. get married [Hisako]
36. have kids (2)
37. learn to hustle pool
38. entertain & teach w/magic
39. learn to play t/harmonica
40. swim as default sport when somewhere new
41. stop cracking my neck & knuckles
42. stop going to bed late
43. get treatment therapy f/ OCD
44. become yoga adapt
50. become early stake holder in "wireless enegy"
51. save $10k in a U.S. bank [Citi-IMMA]
52. sock money away in IRA [bank of Coca-Cola]
53. buy & sell currencies [Sun Bank]
54. obtain huge gold position [Mega Bank]
55. invest in Taiwan equities [Uhan's old firm]
56. pay student loan off
57. fix credit report (buy house in Japan)
58. pay DC house off
59. buy a house in Taiwan
60. buy a house in Japan
61. Japan investments
62. build sword collection
100. Die Well!
101. Rise From t/Grave!!
14. attend Mandarin Training Center f/2 years (MTC; still 1yr.)
19. dress up as a Roman Soldier for a day
23. confine English material [non-computing] to "throne room" reading
24. seduce Lydia
25. learn to hold my tongue
26. give up watching porn (Japan)
27. read an English book a month
28. resurrect Southeastern Uni. as a ?
29. shave w/ a knife
30. visit Shanghai once
31. attend KAI Language School in Shinjuku
32. buy a suit fr/Dalian Dayang Trands Co. [meet Warren Buffet]
33. buy a pair of shoes fr/John Lobb Bootmaker
34. stop nose picking
35. get married [Hisako]
36. have kids (2)
37. learn to hustle pool
38. entertain & teach w/magic
39. learn to play t/harmonica
40. swim as default sport when somewhere new
42. stop going to bed late
43. get treatment therapy f/ OCD
44. become yoga adapt
50. become early stake holder in "wireless enegy"
51. save $10k in a U.S. bank [Citi-IMMA]
52. sock money away in IRA [bank of Coca-Cola]
53. buy & sell currencies [Sun Bank]
54. obtain huge gold position [Mega Bank]
55. invest in Taiwan equities [Uhan's old firm]
56. pay student loan off
57. fix credit report (buy house in Japan)
58. pay DC house off
59. buy a house in Taiwan
60. buy a house in Japan
61. Japan investments
62. build sword collection
100. Die Well!
101. Rise From t/Grave!!
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The "StarTrek" phenomena and Computer Science
Recently I have been debating again about getting my terminal degree in Information Technology or Computer Science proper. I abandoned my master's in Information Security years ago for an MBA because of a revelation i made one night. I was either reading a book or watching one of the Voyager episodes when I realized something. In the future on Star Trek they have all sorts of experts from xeno-biologists to Warp-Core theorists to Photon torpedo whatever etc... But they never have computer scient… Continue
Posted on August 29, 2008 at 10:46am —
Hisako Leaving
Tomorrow my Japanese girlfriend is leaving Taipei. I am kind of sad. Not so much because she is leaving but because i have been in this country for to long with too little to show for it. I have promised to come to see her in Japan and I will, but beyond that I will not date anyone else until I make in to Japan to see her. My time and energy will be refocused on studying Japanese and I will save my money for travel to Japan and back home to D.C.
Posted on August 27, 2008 at 7:02am —
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