I am 11 days older than Kobe Bryant! What the hell is that about?!?! The boy turns 25 this summer on August 23. And tonight, he dropped 51 points versus Denver (he didn't even play the 4th quarter). This is his 7th straight game with over 35 points. Damn, he is absolutely amazing. He better be the MVP this season...no one can touch him. I remember some articles about 2 years ago...they were talking about a trade - Kobe for Vince straight up. At the time, people (including me) were saying...I don't know - that's a tough call. Where is Kobe's heart? blah blah blah. Damn, don't we look stupid? I have to say that we were quite wrong at that time.

Christine - that is a funny story about your fish. Just ask Mr. Tchao about the poisonous rocks he put in my fishes tank about 18 months ago...
Luen - congrats on the car and I totally understand what you're saying about being a solo driver and contributing to so much pollution. the problem though is that everyone has different schedules so car pooling just aint that feasible all the time
Karen - thanks for sending that link to that "friendster.com" site - that is pretty cool
Etch - way to go with the gym routine...I am doing pretty well so far in February as well (hopefully I'll keep it up)
Malloy - hope that things turn around and i promise...that e-mail is coming soon!

Good night all.

Hello all...long time no write. It's about 9:30 tonight and first of all, Fox - you guys got me tonight! I thought today was the final episode of Joe Millionaire but that damn butler came on at the end and said we would have to wait until next Monday for the special 2 hour finale (including a crazy twist ending that no one will expect). I really want to write more and give you a proper update but I am tired and going to go to bed I think...Here is the quick synopsis. I was in Chicago for the weekend with Kevin, Tai, Jen and Dave and some other peeps. It was a really fun trip and we had a great time.

I just watched this awesome show about traveling in Tokyo on the travel channel. So wicked and I totally want to go back! They showed Harajuku, Shibuya, Shinjuku and Ginza...it was so cool to see it all. Did I say that I really want to go back?

My bro is in London right now for some job interviews...hopefully all goes well and he gets something out of this trip.

Tonight - I made this awesome paella dish...well it was going to be awesome but damnit! I fugged up. I accidentally left the burner on too high and burned some of the rice. Since the heat was so high, it evaporated the water and thus, the rice wasn't totally cooked. The taste was so good but damn, it could have been awesome. I am so embarrased...

Time for bed now. Good night all.

Let's Go Raptors! Clap, Clap, cl, cl, Clap. Man - that was a fun evening. Final Score: Raptors 98 - Bucks 95. I am 2-0 when it comes to Raptors-Bucks games here in Milwaukee. For the first three quarter, I was sitting in the upper deck with my classmates but in the fourth quarter a few of us met up with a co-worker who had amazing seats. We went down and sat with him. 6 rows from the court directly opposite the Bucks bench. It was so cool to sit down there and see everything going on live. The players are so huge - you reallly appreciate it in person. Once I get my photos, I'll be sure to show ya'll. So, it seems that everyone is saying that Vince shouldn't start in the NBA All Star game this season which is on Sunday. It's a touchy subject cause he has only played about 13 games so far this season BUT he was voted in by the fans who get to vote in the all star starting lineup. Some players like Ray Allen are saying that he should step aside cause other players deserve it more than he does. I'm torn - I see both sides of the arguement.

Check out these two e-mails...I thought they were both interesting:

GLOBALIZATION:
What is globalization, one may ask. Well, below here is probably the best example on the definition of globalization.
Question : What is the height of globalization?
Answer : Princess Diana's death
Question : How come?
Answer : An English princess with an Egyptian boyfriend crashes in a French tunnel, driving a German car with a Dutch engine, driven by a Belgian Who was high on Scottish whiskey, followed closely by Italian Paparazzi, on Japanese motorcycles, treated by an American doctor, using Brazilian medicines! And this is written by a
pakistani, using Bill Gates' technology which he stole from the Japanese. And you are probably reading this on one of the IBM clones that use taiwanese-made chips, and Korean made monitors, assembled by Bangladeshi workers in a Singapore plant, transported by lorries driven by Indians, hijacked by Indonesians and finally sold to you by a Chinese! That's Globalization!!!

and this one about Heart Attacks could be helpful...By no means however am I saying that I've consulted any medical sources but I am simply telling ya what I've heard...

HOW TO SURVIVE A HEART ATTACK ALONE
If everyone who gets this sends it to 10 people, you can bet that we'll save at least one life. Let's say it's 6:15 p.m. and you're driving home (alone of course), after an unusually hard day on the job. You're really tired, upset and frustrated. Suddenly, you start experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to radiate out into your arm and up into your jaw. You are only about five miles from the hospital nearest your home; unfortunately you don't know if you'll be able to make it that far. What can you do? You've been trained in CPR but the guy that taught the course neglected to tell you how to perform it on yourself. Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, this article seemed to be in order.

Without help, the person whose heart stops beating properly and who begins to feel faint, has only about 10 seconds left before losing consciousness. However, these victims can help themselves by coughing

repeatedly and very vigorously. A deep breath should be taken before each cough. The cough must be deep and prolonged, as when producing sputum from deep inside the chest. And a cough must be repeated about every 2 seconds without let up until help arrives, or until the heart is felt to be beating normally again.

Deep breaths get oxygen into the lungs and coughing movements squeeze the heart and keep the blood circulating. The squeezing pressure on the heart also helps it regain normal rhythm. In this way, heart attack victims can get to a hospital. Tell as many other people as possible about this, it could save their lives! From Health Cares, Rochester General Hospital via Chapter 240s newsletter.

I watched Office Space this evening...what a hilarious movie. I saw it back during my Intria days and man was it hilarious to see that again. TPS reports will always crack me up! And so will that scene where they beat the crap out of the printer - man, haven't we all wanted to do that at some point? It's late...I've gotta go to bed.

GO RAPTORS TOMORROW NIGHT - visiting the Bucks and I WILL BE THERE!!!

Hello ladies and gentlemen...I am well rested and now I can tell you the proper story since last night, I was a little bit on the tired side. We went to this place called Madison Masala. After a nice Indian dinner, we were sitting around chilling and drinking and slowly watching this restaurant transform into a lounge. It was really cool to observe...the DJ was setting up his equipment and the tables were being moved...it was slowly getting transformed. Then as the night continued on, we got into the hookah. The hookah just tasted so good and we had so many different flavours - mango, rose and something funky called faukfahenah (which was basically like sour apple). As we were smoking this stuff, it went down so smooth...it was money. After Madison Masala - we continued walking down State street and ended up at Blue Velvet, a martini bar. The music was so eclectic and it led to our crazy conversation about music which ranged from Sir Mix a Lot to Another Bad Creation to Enigma to Kris Kross to Alanis Morrisette. Very very strange converstaion - possibly induced by the wacky tabaccy that was inhaled earlier in the evening.

When I got home on Friday night, it was late but I wasn't totally tired so I started to watch Vanilla Sky. It was a pretty cool movie - very different and really makes you think. It's full of symbolism which is kind of cool and it is quite unique. There were times though that I was thinking - what is going on? Like, who is Jules Vern and why was she refered to like 3 times in the movie? I definitely have to watch it again. The soundtrack is really good though. And DAMN - I love Penelope Cruz. In this movie, as always, she is so beautiful but her character is so unique and cute and bright and spontaneous - it's amazing. I really dig "Sophia" in this movie...REALLY DIG HER!

On Saturday, I went on my first ever Brewery tour at the Sprecher Brewery. The tour guide was quite knowledgeable (I guess most tour guides have to be, eh?). This place makes beer and sodas and we were tasting quite a bit after the tour so that made some peeps very happy. After the tour, we all (like 15 of us) went back to Andy and Raymond's place to chill out and drink and watch TV and play cards. I got killed in this one drinking game called 6 in 1 and had to drink a lot of beer which totally sucked cause I am not a beer fan. The rest of the night - just chilled out although we did all go to a Chinese restaurant for dinner - speaking of which....Gong hey fat choi to all my chinese brothers and sisters out there.

I am absolutely baffled by the news of the Columbia space shuttle that crashed yesterday in Houston and Louisiana. It is so crazy to actually imagine what was going through the astronaughts heads as they knew there was no hope. The debris just kept accelerating as it fell towards the ground and the heat generated must have been absurd. It's truely remarkable that everything was limited to less than 2 states because it could have been even worse. They still don't know what went wrong but there are some theories regarding a piece of the thermal layer that fell off during take off 2 weeks ago. Being an astronaught is definitely very near the top of my All-time Career Aspirations. I wonder how an event or circumstance like this causes anyone to rethink their decision about being an astronaught. I suppose the same kind of scenarios should be applied to other professions like a physician or lawyer.

Did anyone watch the Simpsons tonight? Damn that was funny. Here are some quotes:
The tetris scene was absolutely, positively priceless - especially the way he arranged Bart and Lisa into the car.
Rainier Wolfcastle to Homer - "Go to sleep little fatso"
Apu referring to Maggie's diper - "That is the most pungent smell in the world…and I am from India"
Ralph Wiggum after being pepper sprayed by Marge - "Even my boogers are spicey."

and in the second episode tonight:
Homer is painting on a wall and it says "El Homo" because his justification is that If Bart can be El Barto – then he’ll be

That's it for this evening...time for bed folks.
Good Night,'

It's 3:00 am and I just got back from the bar. I was in Madison tonight (the capital of Wisconsin) and had an awesome time. We went to this Indian restaurant for dinner and then it turns into a lounge/bar after so it was really cool. The best part is that they have a houka bar which is basically flavoured tobacco. Dude - you get quite a buzz off this stuff and it tastes so good! I'll do some research and find out more about this Indian/Pakistani phenomenon (I think it is anyway). I'm pretty tired right now and can't really concentrate so I'll tell you more about this tomorrow. Good night.

p.s. I just heard that Lebron James got screwed tonight because he accepted 2 throwback jerseys valued at $850 and he isn't allowed to take anything more than $100. So, as of today, he is suspended for the remainder of the season which is pretty crazy...