Going to go to sleep really soon. Just thought I post up an update. Going to Washington DC soon. It really didn't feel like I'm going on vacation because there was plenty of stuff left to do in the lab. But, hopefully everyone in my group can handle it.
I'll be waking up at 2:30 which gives me just 4 and a half hours of sleep. Hopefully it'll be enough to get to LAX so that I can sleep on the plane. I finally get to use the iPhone airplane function on my iPhone!
Nothing else at the top of my head. This beats Twitter in terms of longer posts so you get most of the scoop of what's going on...
After 2 years of non-posting I'm back!
For awhile I've been posting on my MySpace account, but I think I'll be deleting that one later on. MySpace tried to get the format more user friendly and I can see what they are trying to do to try to get the audience back to their site, but I think what detracts people is that it is still got a lot of things going on that I'm confused over what MySpace is trying to be. From where it began, it used to be a social network, but they added videos, music, and everything that I guess it became far removed from where it began.
I find myself on Facebook all of the time for their social games and keeping up on what people has been up to. Something about the simplicity of Facebook integrates so readily in my life where I don't have a lot of time in things anymore, without staying up really late at night to accomplish them. (This blog post is one)
So here I am, two years later. Reflecting on where this blog began in 2003 where I was in senior year in high school. Now, I graduated in 2008, have a full time job as a Research Associate for Integrity Bio, Inc. (a job that I cannot express how blessed I am to be able to work for them), and getting married really soon. All these things I'm bound in a confidential agreement (work and marriage).
Yeah, marriage. I cannot say publicly when and where it is going to be held. Let's just say we have a potential wedding crasher that Cindy and I have been praying that won't happen. Although we were sure he doesn't have that capacity to do it (i.e. he currently doesn't have a car to get down to SoCal) still he can be crazy enough to do it. We may take Ken up on his offer to be the bouncer during the times that no security will be in place...
Other than that, marriage planning is fun and stressful at the same time. Unfortunately, most of the stress comes from my parents where they have insisted on a lot of things that has gotten Cindy stressed and pissed sometimes against my parents. I even got mad at my parents for expecting us for pay for things that we don't want to incorporate into the wedding because it would seem that the wedding was "too tight" looking. I don't really care if people criticize our wedding seemed budgeted for an Asian wedding. The only opinion that I care for is Cindy's. If I look at her and ask if they wedding was good for her, and if she said "it could be better" than I would be very disappointed.
There's good news though, I talked with my parents and they agreed that I can pay for the reception. Part of Cindy's frustration was that she believed that since my parents was going to pay for the reception, she felt that they can throw their weight on other aspects of the wedding that we thought my parents agreed to not have any influence. But, two days ago, I asked my parents that both Cindy and I would feel more comfortable paying for the reception as well. They were hesitant at first, but we eventually worked out an agreement on how to compromise on this. But, the end effect is that Cindy and I would have control over the entire wedding and that other tid bits like the lunch before the church ceremony and alcohol provided would be handled by my parents.
It's fast approaching 1 am, not sure how tomorrow is going to hold at work. We're on fast track on finding formulations for one particular client that has a drug product that is unstable at room temperature. We were able to help stabilize it, but it cannot be protected during agitation stress. So, maybe tomorrow we will run a game plan on how to tackle that problem. On top of that, there is a major client that is working with us on a project that when Ann and I were discussing, we would have to fill about 360 vials by hand.
On top of work stuff, from Thursday until Sunday, my family is going to go on vacation to Washington D.C. We're going to be on a lot of museum tours and we're going to visit the White House! My sister was able to get in touch with our Congressman (Congresswoman?) to procure the tickets. I'll definitely miss Cindy this coming weekend. I'm praying that when I'm gone this weekend, her director won't be hard on her or single her out on anything. I'll also be praying that she is able to find another job. Yeah, the wedding is not so far away but I hate that she's unhappy with her director and how her job is typical corporate politics and all that unnecessary drama. Companies got to realize that in order to survive, ass-kissing fails and meritocracy reigns...
My first post in a while, I'm out to sleep now, good night world!
