Funny story sent to Rob by one of his friends.  Some of you have probably read this at some point or another.

Australian bricklayer report

Possibly the funniest story in a long while. This is a bricklayer's
accident report, which was printed in the newsletter of the Australian
equivalent of the Workers' Compensation Board. This is a true story.
Had this guy died, he'd have received a Darwin Award for sure.......

Dear Sir,

I am writing in response to your request for additional information in
Block 3 of the accident report form. I put "poor planning" as the cause of
my accident. You asked for a fuller explanation and I trust the following
details will be sufficient.

I am a bricklayer by trade. On the day of the accident, I was working
alone on the roof of a new six-story building. When I completed my work, I
found that I had some bricks left over which, when weighed later were
found to be slightly in excess of 500lbs. Rather than carry the bricks down by
hand, I decided to lower them in a barrel by using a pulley, which was
attached to the side of the building on the sixth floor. Securing the rope
at ground level I went up onto the roof, swung the barrel out and loaded
the bricks into it.

Then I went down and untied the rope, holding it tightly to ensure a
slow descent of the bricks. You will note in Block 11 of the accident report
form that I weigh135lbs. Due to my surprise at being jerked off the ground so
suddenly, I lost my presence of mind and forgot to let go ofthe rope.
Needless to say, I proceeded at a rapid rate up the side of the building.

In the vicinity of the third floor, I met the barrel, which was now
proceeding downward at an equally impressive speed. This explained the
fractured skull, minor abrasions and the broken collar bone, as listed in
section 3 of the accident report form.

Slowed only slightly, I continued my rapid ascent, not stopping until the
fingers of my right hand were two knuckles deep into the pulley.

Fortunately by this time I had regained my presence of mind and was able
to hold tightly to the rope, in spite of beginning to experience pain.

At approximately the same time, however, the barrel of bricks hit the
ground and the bottom fell out of the barrel. Now devoid of the weight of
the bricks, that barrel weighed approximately 50 lbs. I refer you again to
my weight. As you can imagine, I began a rapid descent down
the side of the building. In the vicinity of the third floor, I met the
barrel coming up. This accounts for the two fractured ankles, broken tooth
and several lacerations of my legs and lower body. Here my luck began to
change slightly. The encounter with the barrel seemed to slow me enough to
lessen my injuries when I fell into the pile of bricks and fortunately
only three vertebrae were cracked.

I am sorry to report, however, as I lay there on the pile of bricks in
pain and unable to move, I again lost my composure and presence of mind
and let go of the rope and I lay there watching the empty barrel begin its
journey back down onto me. This explains the two broken legs.

I hope this answers your inquiry.

Reading old cards and letters.

=)

Ah the memories.  I'm so thankful that my life has been so full of vibrant joyful memories.  Sure there have been hardships and dark times, but after it all, the good times are mostly all I remember and I'm grateful for that.

One excerpt from a birthday card from Rob that gives me strength when I needed it most.  Especially right now in the midst of the finals crunch.

"In the coming year, I will try my best to support you in whatever way I can.  I don't want you to be lonely or sad...I want to make you laugh and enjoy life...I will continue to cheer you up and help you out whenever you need it.  After all, you always do the same for me.  That's what I love about you and our relationship, we both want to give so much."

haha, okay enough sappiness (is that a word?)

On to other news...my brother brought his fiance to the States last weekend to meet my parents.  She's really a sweet gal.  Quiet but still has a good sense of humor and even though she's Japanese, she can speak some Korean and at least understand most of what my parents say.  But even more important than that, she loved my mom's Korean cooking and she's very religious and wanted to go to church with us on Sunday.  So now, of course, my mom adores her.  And I'm glad that my brother was able to meet someone that makes him happy.

Mother's Day coming up...I hope everyone has planned something nice for their mommys. ^^

I'm in the Princetonian =P  Although it does have a major typo - listed me as a freshman >.<

If you haven't seen it already, you absolutely must go see monstermarlo's latest entry.  It's hilarious!

Pulling an all-nighter because I've been procrastinating most of the weekend.  Oddly enough, I've been procrastinating by working on my group project for one of my COS courses which is to develop a website that does something interesting and uses a database.  But working on a website doesn't feel like real work, so I'd rather do that than the tons of work that actually is due tomorrow...

Anyway, lucky for me that most of the answers for my theory of algorithms prob set have been posted somewhere on the internet.  hmm...yeah, do I sound like a geek?

Bruised and battered

Okay, word to the wise, do not leave knives sticking pointy side up in the dish rack........

I managed to sort of impale my arm on it, and got this awful gash, which I kind of pushed the sides together while bandaging in the hopes that the two sides would just congeal back together, so I wouldn't have to bother with stitches......yeah.....

I wonder if it's a bad sign that the area surrounding the gash is now starting to get very black and blue...

My nephew is the sweetest little kid...

My sister is saving up for a Disney trip next year, and is guessing to spend around $6000 or so.  So my nephew (he's 7) comes up to her and hands her the $20 he got from grandma when he last saw her, and says "I want to help pay for Disney too". 

Haha, so then, he tells Yuri, my niece to give $5 for the Disney trip too, and she's like, nuh uh, no way, no how.  So typical...

Pictures!! 

 Rob and I went to Disneyworld over intercession for our 4 year anniversary present to each other (actually more like birthday/christmas/anniversary/valentines present).  It was a blast, the weather was great, the people were awesome, and it was definitely a magical time.

Rob and me in front of Cinderella's castle.

me  in front of the walt disney & mickey mouse statue.

Rob and me with Chip and Dale.

Me at MGM in front of the big hat.

Okay so my face was covered, but you gotta have the picture with Minnie right?

In celebration of the 75th anniversary, they had 75 different mickey statues spread out in front of Magic Kingdom.

Are you ready for some football?  Not sure what I'm doing with my arm there...

On with the show...Be our guest performance at the Beauty and the Beast show.

Mushu and Mulan!

Epcot at night.

Me at Epcot Japan exhibit.  It was a really pretty little area.  You should definitely try and visit the Japanese candy-making exhibit if you can, the lady is really talented! "Froggy say....hah---looooo"

Magic Kingdom at night.

Little blurry but MGM at night.

Rob at the Grand Floridian Resort where we had the most fantabulous dinner at Victoria and Alberts.  $95 a head, but soooooooo worth it.  7 course meal, with personalized menus you get to take home, and wonderful service.

Victoria & Alberts Menu:

Cold Appetizer:
Tamari Glazed Long Island Duck with Napa Cabbage Salw
Dungeness Crab and Avocado Salad with Petit Bibb Lettuce

Hot Appetizer:
Diver Scallop with South Carolina Corn Cake, Zellwood Corn Coulis
Elk Tenderloin with Westphalian Ham and Fresh Cranberry Beans
Seared Hudson Valley Foie Gras with Fuji Apples, Cider Reduction

Soup:
Gamebird Consomme with Poussin Sausage
Zucchini-Tomato Cream

Main Course:
African Pheasant with Mushroom Ravioli with Sauce Perigourdine
Grilled Prime Filet and Braised Short Rib with Celeriac Root-Potato Puree
Colorado Lamb Loin with Gnocchi, Ratatouille and Fennel Pesto
Loup de Mer with Lobster Risotto, Newburg Sauce

Palate Cleanser:
Stilton "Cheesecake" with Port Poached Pear and Cheese Straw
Plant City Strawberry Sorbet

Dessert:
Pyramid of Tanzani Chocolate Mousse with Strawberries
Green Apple Baba with Sour Cream Glaze
Hawaiian Kona Chocolate Souffle
Caramelized Banana Gateau
Vanilla Bean Creme Brulee
Grand Marnier Souffle

Coffee, Tea and Friandise

Feeling: DORKY

As per request, here is an update:

Taking 6 courses this semester in order to graduate.  Yeah it sux, but actually I'm not doing too bad handling the work, although if anyone out there has taken Theory of Algorithms and wants to do my hw for me, you're more than welcome.

Things that seem to suck my time away:

• Lineage (yeah...I know, I quit....but I can't help it, they sucked me back in)
  
• FF online (yet another MMORPG)
  
• VisualBoyAdvance (gameboy emulator, whee~!)
  
• Netplay on ZSNES (just discovered it, and it means now I can play all those 2 player games with Rob that I couldn't before cuz sharing a keyboard causes problems)
  
• Go-Stop multiplayer on Yahoo games (I find it just a tad strange that they are hosting a Korean card game)

Are you guys seeing a pattern here?  Yeah, I need to attend gameaholics anonymous or something.

Oh if anyone is in NYC and wants to get a pretty cheap designer haircut, check out this website, it lists phone numbers and times for student haircuts at all the top salons.

Haha, funny quip from minikin:

"this has been an uncommonly good month. i've discovered that i can have my cake and eat it too. not every day, mind you. maybe every other year. or every other leap year.

(what's with that expression by the way? if you have cake, why wouldn't you eat it too? that's what it's there for, isn't it? who gets cake just to let it lie and rot and grow mold? this expression obviously wasn't begotten in an asian household.)"

I'm having the day from hell.

First I found out yesterday that I'm kind of majorly screwed with my independent work, and have to change my topic because the one I started with is going to be impossible to do.  Which means I wasted a semester, and any topic I choose now has to be do-able within a month, which means best possible scenario is a B if not a C - that's if I manage to do something really spectacular. 

Then I lost my cell phone.  I can't call it to find out where it is because the batteries were dead when I lost it.

Then I locked myself out, looking outside to see if maybe I dropped it on the way in.

Then I was trying to change hard drives on my bf's computer so that I could access files on my hard drive, and my HD didn't want to boot.  Then I switched back to the old one and that didn't want to boot.  The scariest messge ever:  "No operating system detected".  One hour later....I figure out that the cable has unhooked from the motherboard...the old hard drive now works, but my HD is zip.  So now I can't really do any of the work I'd been planning to.

I think I may have a nervous breakdown pretty soon.

Thank God for nice people. Apparently someone who rode the taxi after I got out found my cell phone and left me a message saying that he had it.  And he works pretty close by, so it'll be no problem to go pick it up~  Okay so maybe I won't have a nervous breakdown.