I've been longing to update and post on the blog but it seems my mind always races way ahead of my body and fingers to put thoughts into words and actions. So I'm gonna "photo-blog" some of the things that happened in the past couple weeks.
I had my much deserved break after I almost had a mental breakdown myself because of stress from work, or to be more specific from certain people at work. My sister was in town so we got to travel to LA and visited Hearst Castle on the way. We literally bought the last pair of available tickets to the tour!
The next day we took a tour of the NBC Studio in Burbank, which is right behind the Hollywood sign. As a TV buff myself it was way fun to visit a running TV studio again. I have taken a similar tour of NBC in NYC before but this one is more fun and intimate with a smaller group but way cheaper at the same time. The most impressive thing when we were visiting Jay Leno's set was while we were looking at Jay's nice car the guide/page said most people wear different clothes but drive the same car to work, Jay does the opposite! And when we were visiting the Access Hollywood set we noticed there were a group of reporters quite a distance away seemed like interviewing a celebrity. It was David Cook! He just won the little show called American Idol the night before. The funniest thing was the people in our group were in their middle ages and quite clueless about the show and they asked what the buzz was all about. Then a staff came through and told us to watch behind his back, and as people were expecting some sort of equipment was making its way through then here came Cook! We totally could have asked him for pictures or autographs (and sell them on ebay) as there was no one around him but an assistant, however our group seemed indifferent about it and so we kept our cool and moved on... In the afternoon we were super lucky that we were able to get into the Tonight Show and got great seats in the house! So we saw Leno, the First Lady Laura and her daughter Jenna Bush, and once again Cook. The poor David looked exhausted but genuinely nice.
Waiting in line to get in to the Tonight Show. With Doris on the bottom left...
The following day we were back and were able to see lots of whales on our whale watching excursion!
After Doris left I saw both Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull as well as Iron Man over the memorial weekend. I like both movies but the former has a wacky ending while the latter a predicatable plot. I prefer the Indy film just because of the nostalgia and the comradarie it brings back. Watching it is just like taking the disney ride again.
Final thought of the day:
Do I want to be feared or loved? Um... easy, both. I want people to be afraid of how much they love me.
-Michael Scott from the Office
Ok back to work!
I could hardly believe my eyes when I finished fueling up my car with gas today... almost $70 (average around $40 in the past)!!! With gas price reaching $5/gallon now it is almost impossible to imagine how much it cost back then just less than 7 years ago when I came to the States... less than a dollar (pre-911)! So with inflation almost out of control these days I was just talking with a friend that one's financial strategy now is not just how much one can save but how much more one can earn to offset the increasing living costs.
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