Monday, February 27, 2006

It's time to expose a little bit of my work life...


My team. The old white guy next to me is a CAL alum. The white guy in the front is my boss. He is the best boss I could've ever asked for. The white lady in the front left just got fired today. The white guy in the middle wearing the gray sweater is my office-mate. I probably spend more time with him than anyone else these days. It's been really different interacting with so many white people instead of asians on a daily basis. haha.

This one shows a little bit of Chevron campus. It's pretty nice.

Thursday, February 23, 2006

Wednesday, February 22, 2006

-Togo's has the best pastrami sandwich.
-South Korea has always been dominant in short track skating, but they're being even more dominant in the winter olympics this year. 4 gold medals already, plus 3 more potential golds. Do you think what happened at the last olympics had something to do with giving them some extra motivation? =P
-8 workers at a Nebraska meatpacking plant won the biggest U.S. jackpot ever: $365 million! They decided to take the winnings in lump sum (not the 30 annual installments). And they each got $15.5 million. what the hell? that's it??? I did the math and it makes no sense to me. 365 / 8 = 45.625. so, they're telling me that they had to pay about 66% of their winnings in tax?!?! I'll tell you who the real winner is... it's the government.


This past sunday, pastor ryan and eugene gave an interesting dual-sermon. I liked it. Especially the "who else is coming" part. What's really interesting tho, is that I've been saying the same thing for the last 4 years - about dating in kcpc/ficb, that is. Here's my post from about a year ago. It's almost IDENTICAL to what p.eug said. well, i think it is.

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Wednesday, February 09, 2005

before i begin, i just wanna say that i'm not bitter while i'm writing this. it's just that this topic came up more than once recently in my conversations with people and i wanted to voice my opinion.

In ficb and kcpc, it's so, so hard to find your 'special someone'. It's dang nearly impossible for MOST of us. Why? Aren't there enough decent guys and girls? sure there are. Then, what's the problem? The problem is this: for some reason, too many people think that dating and being in a relationship are pretty much interchangeable. If a boy asks a girl out on a date and they go on a date, to those watching them (everyone -_-), they are "together". Now, there's really no harm in this if things work out. But only in a perfect world, things always work out. In the world that I'm living in, things don't always work out. What happens when the boy or the girl loses interest? They stop dating. People start talking. The boy is a dog. The girl is a victim. (or vice versa, hm?) The boy cannot date a girl from ficb and kcpc ever again, because everyone knows that he's a playa. Get my point?

Ok, so what's the biggest problem? It's that people don't understand that dating is really the only way to get to know one another in a potentially romantic boy-girl relationship. But if people already start talking as if they're 'together' when they've merely started dating, who can feel comfortable asking anyone on a date?

Sure, it'd be wonderful if we can 'explore our interests' even without going on formal dates. But that's virtually impossible in ficb because we're all so close in our own cliques (i.e. class) and if anyone wants to hang out 1-on-1 with anyone from outside his/her clique, some sort of an ask-out must happen. Otherwise, there's no 1-on-1, which is essential for a lets-get-to-know-each-other-better part of a relationship.

How are we supposed to find 'the one' if we don't explore our interests? How are we supposed to explore our interests, if we can't date? How are we supposed to keep dating until you find 'the one' if we're bombarded with the pressure of maintaining a committed relationship that never existed in the first place, except in the eyes of the spectators?

Let's say that I asked a YOUNGER girl out on a date - let's say a FRESHMAN (gasp!). First, everyone will know about it -_- Now, let's say that, after going on a few dates and having lots of meaningful conversations, I decided that we're better off as friends and stop dating her. What do you think people will think, say, do? Do you think I'll ever be able to date younger girls from ficb ever again? haha..

This is a serious problem, because there's no better place to find our 'special someone'. Some people just need to relax a little.Like I said, I'm not bitter. I just know that many people feel the same way, and that it's about time we just kinda relax and let people find their 'special someone' from ficb and kcpc.

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Girls - y'all need to relax!
Guys - we need to step it up!

Monday, February 06, 2006

If you're a fan of 24...

If you wake up in the morning, it's because Jack Bauer spared your life.

Upon hearing that he was played by Kiefer Sutherland, Jack Bauer killed Sutherland. Jack Bauer gets played by no man.

Osama bin Laden's recent proposal for truce is adirect result of him finding out that Jack Bauer is,in fact, still alive.

Jack Bauer once forgot where he put his keys. He then spent the next half-hour torturing himself until he gave up the location of the keys.

You can lead a horse to water. Jack Bauer can make him drink.

Superman wears Jack Bauer pajamas.

Jack Bauer played Russian Roulette with a fully loaded gun and won.

Jack Bauer is the leading cause of death in MiddleEastern men.

Jack Bauer was never addicted to heroin. Heroin was addicted to Jack Bauer.

1.6 billion Chinese are angry with Jack Bauer. Sounds like a fair fight.

Lets get one thing straight, the only reason you are conscious right now is because Jack Bauer does not feel like carrying you.

Jack Bauer doesn't miss. If he didn't hit you it's because he was shooting at another terrorist twelve miles away.

Jack Bauer's favorite color is severe terror alert red. His second favorite color is violet, but just because it sounds like violent.

Jack Bauer can get McDonald's breakfast after 10:30.

Jack Bauer once won a game of Connect 4 in 3 moves.

Killing Jack Bauer doesn't make him dead. It just makes him angry.

When you open a can of whoop-ass, Jack Bauer jumps out.

If Jack and MacGyver were locked in a room together,Jack would make a bomb out of MacGyver and get out.

Jack Bauer was conceived by torturing the other sperm until they gave up the location of the egg.

Jack Bauer got Hellen Keller to talk.

Jack Bauer has been to Mars. Thats why theres no life on Mars.

In kindergarten, Jack Bauer killed a terrorist for Show and Tell.

It would only take 1 bullet for Jack Bauer to kill 50Cent.


OMG, so funny. I had to jack these from Jane Moon's xanga...

Friday, February 03, 2006

Thursday, February 02, 2006

Yesterday, on February 1, 2006, I finally got to see Dave O'Reilly - Chevron's CEO - in person at the annual teleconference held in San Ramon. He was speaking to more than 60,000 employees around the globe - via satellite, Internet, etc. - about our performance in 2005. Basically he said that Chevron had a very good year but we could do better. Blah blah. Good stuff. The highlight, however, of the conference was when he announced that every employee at Chevron will receive a gift: a watch! Whoo hoo!