Not too long ago I flew to Seattle for a short 30 hour trip to visit the University of Washington campus. I noticed that the Seattle Airport (or SeaTac rather), actually had bathroom stalls in the baggage claim area in which the door opened outward (away from the toilet). Finally, someone had the common [...] [Read original →]
I had never been to a hockey game before, but thanks to eBay (my first time on eBay, believe it or not), I scored tickets to the last weekend Sharks game which was sold out. The game was much quieter than I expected - the players gliding across the ice and flicking the small rubber puck around. I thought it was amusing that when a player commits a penalty, they are confined to a clear “box” called the penalty box, like being grounded or wearing a dunce cap facing the corner of a wall. Also, during the game, some guy nearby yelled, “Hit somebody!” Apparently, fighting between players is a common occurrence and the referees will stop and allow them to fight before calling the penalties. And these are grown adults?!
(Restricted Economy (M) seems to be one of the lowest fares) I ended up with an even better itinerary than the quotes I received; the travel agent I was going to go with priced out an itinerary that had me returning back to Hong Kong after midnight which meant dealing with either a 14 hour layover, or trying to get into Kowloon late at night (spending $35-$45 USD for a taxi instead of the $4.25 USD for public transportation). ... STA Travel - statravel.com - Took three business days to give me a quote, will do the All Asia Pass with a $75 processing fee World Travel Warehouse - worldtravelwarehouse.ca - thought they could give me a better deal than the All Asia pass, dropped the ball a little bit in getting back to me but was extremely apologetic about it, couldn't find a competitive fare and can't book All Asia Pass because they're in Canada Lassen Tours - lassentours.com - slow at responding GatewayLAX - gatewaylax.com - quote was high because they required booking separate trips Friend's mom - never heard back from my friend, though his mom does the All Asia Pass The following places I never heard back: Classics Tour - called them, they asked me to email them desired itinerary International Travel Network - itncorp.com SuperTime Travel B. [Read original →]
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I can’t remember the last time I saw a “hacked” site, but this is quite sad that a Turkish cracker has actually taken pleasure in defacing this hotel’s site.
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Cute video from Wong Fu Productions (Yellow Fever guys). It’s amazing this was shot in Hong Kong in only one day. And the English subtitles are actually good.
I couldn’t help but laugh at this. (In Cantonese)
Sometimes I forget how great it is to know Cantonese.
If you pay for AT&T / SBC / Yahoo (whatever the hell they’re calling it today) DSL Broadband, you have a free Pro subscription to Flickr (normally $24.95/yr). Among the benefits, you get unlimited storage and unlimited uploads which means you can archive your full high resolution photos (and let friends download those high [...] [Read original →]
Before I got the Crackberry, I did some extensive testing of smartphones particularly the iPhone and Blackberry. Unfortunately, I didn’t happen to catch that you couldn’t easily set your “From” email address header. This has become a problem because for work I send emails from various email aliases and mailing list names, not [...] [Read original →]
Last month, I went on a staff overnight retreat for work. After a ridiculous number of pit stops before we were actually on our way in our party van with 12 seats, we got distracted by some sea otters hanging out in the water on the way to Phil’s Fish Market for lunch. We had to stop and take pictures. I ended up taking a video. So adorably cute!