last night, if somebody called me after midnight, they’d probably have thought i was crazy. why? i’d have said, “i’m waiting to see elephants walk down 34th street in manhattan! and it’s freezing cold!!”

yes, actually and truly, last night me, wifey and Qme went to see the “elephant walk” in nyc.
we were there from 11:40pm to 1:20am.
it was windy and cold.

at www.elephantday.com, it says:
“Every year the Ringling Brother’s Barnum and Baily Circus rolls into New York City.
In anticipation of the event, the circus walks their elephants
through Manhattan and on to Madison Square Garden. The sight of
elephants walking down 34th Street is pretty awesome, and it deserves
its own holiday. Thus the celebration of Elephant Day is born!”

we parked the car around MSG. the empire state building was still lightened.

 
there were many big and fun advertisement as usual. btw, i love will ferrell!!

while we were waiting for the elephants coming we looked around macy’s which was having its annual flower show with splendid window displays.

there were not many people since not a lot of new yorkers know about this. well, honestly i don’t think you wanna go out to see elephants 1 o’clock in the morning in freezing cold weather, especially if you gotta go work 6 hours later.

still nypd put the barricades  on the street.
 
helicopters came out to see the elephants.

find Qme!! 

“some is coming!!”

here are their pictures. it was not so dark but since they were moving pretty fast i didn’t get good pictures.   man, i didn’t know elephants could walk that fast.

funny thing is that this street cleaning vehicle was at the end of the row.
yes, it was taking care of all “stuff” from the elephants’ and horses’ XXX.       

it was very unique experience which is an advantage of living near nyc.
crazy things happen here.
walking elephants at 1:00am in new york city?
yeah, it does sound crazy.
thanks, eugy hon for showing me cool stuff which i’ll never see again.

man, i was getting hungry and accidentally saw these pictures from last year, James’ b-day.

yes, these are from “peter luger’s steak house,” the living legend of new york steak!!
when i went there first time it was just amazingly impressive.
i’d never imagined that there was a melting thick steak in the mouth.
i might have some chances to have even better steaks in the rest of my life but so far this is the best. ^^b

i haven’t eaten good steaks for a while.
i should gather people and visit the restaurant again asap.
i’m on fire. nah.. i’m on water in my mouth.

and the dessert will be “junior’s cheese cake!”
 

(last time we went to peter luger’s they said they also have great cheese cakes so i might have one-stop course meal there.)

today, i figured out what i really want for myself.

1. verizon fios or any fast fast internet service.
   i can’t stand using this slow internet service any more.
   i don’t want to work slow because my tool is slow. (i work with internet)
  


2. i want a powerful desktop computer.
   my laptop is too old and too slow to be a work station.
   every time it gets stuck i can’t do anything and it wastes my time about 1 hour a day!

3. i want a big monitor, at least 23-inch one.
   with a small monitor, doing multi tasking is not easy.
   and also small monitor kills my eyes which are looking at it all day long.
  

4. i know you want this too. =)
  

5. nice german knife set! like heinckels! (for my wife)
   people call it “wisdom.”
   however, i love to use a sharp knife when i “cook.”
  
6. i really need a small handy vacuum.
   i’m sick of cleaning house every saturday.
   i’m just gonna get rid of all the dust as soon as i find it.
  

7. i think i’m becoming like a vampire.
   when i go out under the direct sunlight i can’t open my eyes.
   i guess my eyes got weaker.
    
by the way, i found this song, wishlist sung by pearl jam. i really like this song.
it’s fun to find this kinda random good music.

it’s actually not my cellphone, but it’s my wifey’s cellphone.
however we are using same cellphone, verizon’s razr so it’s technically same as my cellphone.

i’m totally disappointed at verizon now.
i’ve been annoyed by its poor interface but it hasn’t bothered me this much.

fact:
1. daylight saving has started yesterday.
2. we use our cellphones as alarm clocks just like a lot of people do.
3. we knew that verizon’s network automatically updates cellphones’ clock so didn’t worry about the time change but expected a little bit of physical fatigue in the next morning.

result:
1. when we woke up with the cellphone alarm we felt pretty energetic, which was good.
2. the time on cellphone clock changed right when we turn off the alarm.
3. what da….
4. so late at church!!
5. very confused and embarrassed.

i thought verizon was america’s most reliable network…

Point:
- got one more reason to go with at&t. (iphoneiphoneiphoneiphoneiphone)

ps: don’t say you woke up late because of your at&t cellphone’s alarm, please!

i worked from home today.
at 2 o’clock, i realized the steam heater was off!
i was wondering how the weather outside was so i opened the window.
and then i got amazed by the breeze coming into the room from outside.
spring has already come!! while i didn’t even notice the change of months..

i’ve been waiting this spring a lot.
last spring i didn’t have much fun because of gmat study.
i had to say no to a lot of fun offers from my friends.
i’m so gonna say yes to every offer this time.
on top of that, there are so many things i wanna do in this spring.

probably i’ll update my xanga with a lot of pictures.

i want to see this soon.

dear friends,

i have good news to tell you guys.
from today, finally, i’m a full-time employee again after several months of part-time work, which at one point I was up to 4 p/t jobs. basically, one of those 4 p/t jobs gave me a promotion! so I stopped the rest of them. (man, accounting work was good money though….)

i’m truly happy and thankful to God and all the people who prayed for me and helped me to get here, including people who gave me this opportunity. many many people spent their time and effort for me. i don’t even think i can pay the favor back to them. so, i better pay it forward to people who need my help. (special thanks to Bo, Dan, John, and Ian)

my work is awesome. it’s with an internet venture company which is not that big yet but has great potential. people in the company are passionate about changing this world through music!! and, surely, to be rich!! it’ll be the google/wikipedia of music. we just need to let people know about it.
the biggest reason i decided to go with this company is that i can do what i want to do there. i can use all my knowledge and ability joyfully and passionately. so far, doing their work as a p/t employee, i was always so excited and happy. now i can do it full time with even better compensation. (my wife already yelled at me a couple of times to stop working after 2:00am!)

the work environment is kinda unusual. there’s no dress code, no formal work hour because there’s no office! we don’t physically work together. my coworkers are literally scattered everywhere in the world. some are in korea, some are in cali, some are in new york, and some are in england. we work together and separately at the same time, which means we work individually with our common tasks. i’ve never seen their faces except for one person, however, i feel like they are working in the next cubicle since i talk to them all the time by emails, messenger or skype. i usually work from home but basically wherever i can use the internet can be my office. sounds cool, huh?

wanna celebrate my promotion?
go <here> and download the music player. then, enjoy free music from the internet.
if you have xanga, go <here> and follow what i wrote there.
if you have facebook, go <here> and simply add it.

i sent an email which introduces the service to most of my friends already.
if i see the music player on your xanga, or if you give me any feedback from using the service, that’s the best way you can congratulate or celebrate with me.
why?
one of my main task is to promote this service to this world asap.

thank you so much.
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