Perhaps a better question would be: "What do I do that defines me." I used to volunteered at Friends of the Urban Forest to plant trees on Saturday. F.U.F. is non-profit organization that is dedicated to planting trees in the San Francisco Area. It is a great deal of fun with a potluck afterwards. F.U.F. services the local area of San Francisco. If you wish to volunteer, or want information on planting trees in your neighborhood, please give them a call at (415) 543-5000 (Pacific Daylight Time). However, I currently spend my time walking my dog and doing get out the vote activities during the political season. I am a back end web programmer / with solid skills in MySQL. My principle languages are Ruby, Perl and PHP. I also know HTML, Javascript, Shell Scripting, and lots of other stuff. Right now, I'm focusing on studying more NoSQL backends and also studying backend javascript (aka: node.js). See my resume. On the weekends, I take my dog out on walks around Lands End, Sutro Heights park, and down to the local shops on Balboa Street. I really recommend stopping by AK's Meats. They have a really good Pastrami sandwich. Other places I like to eat is
What kind of music do I like to listen to? Pandora.com! Sterling, I also enjoy listen to Modern Celtic music (oxymoron), an singer of this type of music is Loreena McKennitt and Enya. I have not found any other type of music like it, if you know of comparable music please send me the author's name, and title. Other music that tops my charts is in general, Amy Kuney some of the stuff from Paula Abdul "The Rose", Air Supply (some), and generally what is called Soft Rock. Jewel, and Lisa Loeb. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Concertos, Overtures, and Choruses also appeal to me to. Jane Valencia. Unfornatuely, this music temporarly euthanasia-ites my car pool buddy! All time favorite movies: movies that seam to last for 5 mintues
2008 was a really good blockbuster year. But, I see most of my movies on video now. I do not have the patience to spend 30 minutes parking and then another 20 minutes - watching commercials - waiting for the movie to start. And then dorks opening and standing in the door way during the last 10 minutes of the movie and letting the light in. Talking about driving your customers away! Not to mention crushed; uncomfortable theater seats! Ugh! Hulu FTW. Although of late the 3D movies have been pulling me back in. |
A trip down to Point Lobos (family reniuion) yielded these pictures.     |
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I am about 6'3", brown hair, brown eyes, and large feet. My skin is lightly tanned, I am not very muscular, and fortunately my dog drags me out for long walks. MIT made a movable alarm clock, but this clock doesn't compare to a starving dog. There is nothing like being awoken from sound sleep by a hungry dog with a wet sloppy tounge. ICK!
I think I am handsome! And all my friends tell me so! I am Asian/American, my father is Chinese, and my mother is American. The Americans think I am Chinese, and the Chinese think I am American. My mixed culture, is a blessing. Dad calls me a banana: Yellow on the outside, and white on the inside...
Kris is on Picasa, she is a German Shepard Dog Mix. She's about 11 years old now, 75lbs, and lots of fur. She loves to go on long walks, long scratches behind the ears, and ... (drum roll) she also loves Bush's Baked Beans!
I picked her up from the San Francisco SPCA February 1st 2003. Her name then was "Princess", she is estimated to be 5 years of age, which makes her about 13 years of age in 2011. Wow, I've had her in my life for 7 or 8 years now. Time passes fast. She is microchiped and licenced to exist by the City of San Francisco. Why do dogs need licences? My dog has never been pulled over. I should sign her up to vote; her application probably would go though! :)
When I first got her from the SPCA she weighted in at 62lbs (28 kg), and she could jump a 6 ft 8 in fence (2m) with a bit of a doggy pull up. And she had incentive to, there was a evil kitty cat on the other side of the fence. They didn't get along. However, with a couple of pizzas and some human food she now weights about a svelte 75lbs (34kg). Now she does not have a prayer of jumping the fence.
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