New York, New York!

Yah-ye! I'm going to New York!! 1st business trip & the best part is since I don't have Clearance for one site, I get the 1st weekend to myself! Yah-ye! I might get the chance to see NEW YORK & the statue & all! I'm excited!

Also, I'm picking up the Frontier tomorrow! I'm excited!

Only 4 Grand Away!

Almost able to finiance my car - just got to borrow 4 more Grand. I figure, I'd rather give the interest earned to an intern instead of a bank! Plus, the interest is a lot lower since they just have the money stored in a savings account.

Blah, stupid bank - wanting to charge me 12% interest! TechCU suck my ASS!

MSN Quote of the Day!

"The Industry is just like Skule! ... When something doesn't work COPY the company that Has it Working Already!"

So true, so true!

Halloween / EE Ball Costume!

Check those bisceps! I ran this at the EE ball - it was sick man, sick! Like the costume? Can you say GLADIATOR! lol. That's what everyone called me - even though I never planned it. This costume was a 100% Gaj creation / combination! Everything was based around the Eyes Wide Shut Mask! Check those bisceps!

The Arnold Pose & Rear View (check the tussel!)

Rollin in a Frontier

So Gaj has signed the papers! And will soon be rollin in a brand new (well 20 miles old) 2004 Nissan Frontier!! I bought that brand freakin new pickup truck!

BRAND NEW you might ask?? Well, yeah, but here's the catch. The 2005 models are rolling in & they wanna get ride of the 2004's. So the dealer priced the Frontier w/ a $5000 rebate! Wow, wow! I basically paid $14 G's (w/ all the registration fees, etc) for a truck that was listed for a MSRP for $18+ G's plus registration & tax!

So, w/ Bob's advice, I figure new car = no maintanence, repairs, or break downs! And the 5G rebate covers most of the depresiation value a new car experiences. So when I sell, I'll make most of my $$$ back (well, that's the hope!). We'll, see how things go!

(pics are bound to follow!)

The Exotic Erotic Ball!

www.exoticeroticball.com

Damn! That was a SICK PARTY!!! Man, I think I'm gonna fly down here next year for it again! Damn! No need to describe, I shall post pics to display the event!

(be sure to check out the site's photos & videos - for those NOT the faint of Heart! - warning nudity involved)

Shitty, Shitty Day!

Damn, what a shitty day! There was this expo today & I didn't get to go because my day screwed up! So Gaj goes used car shopping with Bob (a fulltime - previous UfT Actel Intern) he's a MASTER car dealer Negotiator!

When we get to the dealer for the truck I want... the truck is missing - not sold - but missing? huh? Turns out the cops borrow cars all the time for narcotics undercover & today they choose my car! Grrr. Out of like 600+ cars, they take the ONE I WANT! grrr.

Then we go & look at new cars! Halfway through, the interns call & they wanna go to the expo (rolling eyes - since they decided on a spurs notice!) So I try to rush home! I get back to Bob's house & what will you know - I LOST THE KEYS TO MY MOTORCYCLE! And it starts RAINING!!! GRRR.

After panicing for like 1 1/2 hours, I get a hold of the dealer & he has my keys! I get home & rest & get ready for the ball & get another intern who's going to SF to give me a ride the his halloween ball!

Mind Blowing Revelation!

I had a revelation today - that has completely changed my opinion on Americans. So Gaj goes to the fabric store (& saw a pretty hot girl there! I think the fabric store is a key place to meet "nice" girls, kinda like the library or a coffee shop). Anyways, I was shopping for fabric for my toga (halloween costume). I come across this "siberian tiger" print/fur & I'm like that's mine! But it's like $13 / yard.

Thus me being the Canadian that I am, I think... "hum? a yard, eh? must be like 5 feet maybe six?" (Which is vital cause Gaj is strapped for cash!). So I get there & it turns out: 1 yard = 3 feet! ouch. The fabric was gonna cost me $25 & with the other stuff it would be like $37 - but Gaj only has $30 in the bank!!

So I'm in line for the cashier & this complete strange old white lady comes up to me & is like "hi honey, that fabric looks pretty expensive?" I'm like "yeah, it is". Then she's like "well, I have this coupon for 50% off a single item & only for today." (Sure, enough the coupon says valid Fri. Oct 22 only!) She's like here you go. I'm like "huh?" What? Okay!

I'm so used to old ladies holding on their handbags cause their afraid a man of colour like myself will steal it! Grrr. But not this lady - maybe because I was in a fabric store? But damn, she was down right NICE!!!

So the moral of the story! Don't Stereo Type! There are NICE american's who are not racist or ignorant & even nice, kinda like a grandma! So there are NICE people in the world! Wow, that was my revelation!

Apparently Computers & Morons don't Mix well!?!

Why do IDIOTS own COMPUTERS!!! It's obvious they don't mix. IDIOT = DUMBASS, COMPUTER = for use by SMART MAN/WOMAN. And what's worse is when IDIOT DUMBASS COMPUTER MORON believes that they are the NEXT BILL GATES!!! Moron! You can't even maintain you're own computer... so how are you a tech nerd again??? lol!

Okay, some people haven't figured out computers that well... My dad is one of them - but atleast he doesn't believe that he's the world's next "computer HACKER!" Wow, easy there buddy - too much "Snatch" for you! lol.

But got to send congrads out to Belinda, cause when I met her she was a complete lost cause on the computer - but now she's installing software & formating her harddive like clockwork. So for anyone out there that is not computer literate, there is hope... Just don't get COCKY & act like you're the *ish! grrrr - what a MORON! grrrr. lol.

Busy Day...

Today, has been pretty hectic too... I created a design (utilizing 99.40% of the device!!) & tried to program it. Man, had problems... then it turns out the software may have been outdated! Grrr. Why didn't anyone tell me that was a crucial point! I ended up, frying one of five devices.... Actually, I'm programming the 2nd device as I type (but hopefully, it passes w/ the new software). Otherwise, I will be ticked off! Grrrr.

The other thing that sucks is I'm not sitting in the "Intern Bullpen" anymore! I'm stuck in the lab, because my PC has to be used with some equipment! Grrr! It's so cold down here!

Anyways, I'm excited about buying a truck! I'm finally gonna do it! And I've realized that buying from a dealer in cali might be better! Because, there are so many used cars they are eager to sell! Plus one of the fulltime employee's is a master car negotiator! He said he'll try & help me out this weekend - hopefully, the car I'm looking for doesn't get sold before we get there!

But I am excited!!

Oh side note: Gaj is blocking negative thoughts & feelings!!! (I learn that from one of my student's blogs!) :)

Time to Catch Up

So, I finally find free time to write in my blog again.... where to start?

Oh yes. My weekend ran okay, not the best – but very relaxing. I was hoping to get outside on Sunday - to tan my freshly shaven head of course - but the weather had other plans for me. So I stayed home, did a bit of cooking & cleaning – which was pretty productive. I also drove around checking out trucks, but nothing really worked out there.

My week however, was a different story! Monday morning passed by pretty slowly, then my boss calls me into his office & asks if I can go to Stanford to dig up some research papers for him. So I agree (thinking, yes I get to visit Stanford on business hours!).

He asks me if I can do it that day itself & of course, I agree thinking it’s still 3 o’clock – the day being slow and all. I get to my desk & it’s 5:30! Ouch. So I go over to my family friends residence (at Stanford) & spend the night locating where the papers should be, but it got late so I decide to go home & return to the library in the morning.

Couldn’t pick a better day for the rain! But the time I got to Stanford the next day, I was half soaked. Then I spend the entire morning photocopying $20 worth of paper. Then I got all excited because it cleared up & I could actually see the sun!

What a tease that was! By the time I packed up & walked outside the rain came down stronger than ever! When I got to work – water was dripping off me in steady streams!

Then I get hit with another project! Grrr. I was cold & wet all day! Which ofcourse, made me very grumpy. Then some of my coworkers, (who shall remain nameless) got on my nerves! (side note: nameless ppl can't get offended if they accidentally stumble on this blog - learnt my last lesson the hard way). Sometimes, I think to myself: "man, these interns are such flakes & dude they completely lack responsiblity! grrr". Not a good day.

But on that side note. Shit man, I feel like a jerk. This one time (recently), I did something wrong & someone found out. Then I chewed out the person to told on me & completely blamed them for something they didn't do. Man it was my out of control temper all over again! Shit man - I totally chewed them out & made them feel like crap! Now, I feel like crap cause it was completely my fault! Shit... but I guess it is a learning experience!

Grrrrr

I'm so stressed right now! Grr. Frigi' Hell. Shit man, why are people so RETARDED! Idiots! Damn it!

And I had so many interesting things to write about... yet, now I'm busy & everyone around me is annoying the fuck out of me! Grrrr.

I need a chill pill, guy! F*CK!

Song of the Day

"Who wears short shorts, Dun nah nah nah nah nah naah! We wear short shorts, Dun nah nah nah nah nah nahh!"

I am Tired of SEARCHING!!!

Frig man! I'm sick of this shit. I've surfed the web so much, I've looked so hard & now I'm freakin' tired of looking for a freakin' pickup truck! I mean I have like 3 G's saved up & my buddy will loan me the other 2 G's I need to buy a good pickup truck. But guy, I'm sick of looking at trucks that people post - which are well over the price they deserve! Grrrr. I just want a truck in good shape, with no problems & a fair blue book price. No Bull shit! Why can't I find that! Grrrr. I'm soo pissed, so annoyed & so burnt out! Agghhhh!!!

I'm an Ass!

I don't know how to use this blog shit. I had a linked blog where I talked pure trash about a good friend. I thought it was private - I realize now that it was not! If any of you read it, please keep in mind that I was mad at the time & I did do a lot of trash talking & exaggerations! Using some very harsh words that were not appropriate & even true. My bad! Sorry about it! I feel like an ASS!

Glucoma!

Phew! So I don't have Glucoma! It an illness - or should I say condition - where the bult up pressure in your eyes damages the optic nerves! I had a visual field test and the results came out normal! So I'm relieved of that.

As for work, everyone is pretty cool with my new hair cut. I thought that I would look too much like a thug - but I wore a dress shirt to work (to kind of shy away from the thugish look!). It was a good call. A couple more days in dressy gear & they will accept my new look into the work place :)

Mr. Clean, Mr. Clean

Gaj with Hair

Starting the Process

Almost there...

Finally Done! Mr. T style! Or should I say Mr. G?

Who Invited Mr. Clean??

Check out the TAN LINES!!

Thought of the Day:

It's what life is about! Change - do we change? As we get older does our change grow slower or less? Or is it the same as any point in life. It is a given that different experiences in life change our preception of the world - but is this factor age dependent? When do significant points in life change us? Highschool is probably one. Two is probably University. Three Graduation? Moving to a new country? A new job? Or maybe a new relationship?

Do all these factors change people? If so, people are ever changing individuals! But here's the catch? Do your parents change? Not really! They are pretty much fixed (or static - lol). So at what point in life can we say "I am completely defined - fixed for the remainder of my life?"

I feel good!

Damn, I got so many chores done today! Don't you feel great when you have a whole bunch of stuff to get done & you do it all in one day! The day feels so productive!!

Some Pics from Windsurfin'!

Some of the Interns (check out the background - sick man, sick!) 

Check out the wet suit! (and the beer belly!) 

Pullin' into shore 

Stupid Healthcare Coverage!

So Gaj, has an eye doctor appointment for some rare eye illness that make you go blind!! But anyways, I get there for my 8 AM exam! And the ladies like, did you know that you eye care provider does not cover this exam? I'm like "what? okay". So the deal is like this: Kaiser is my HMO (for all you Canadian's here's a break down of how the US medical system works).

The HMO only covers me if I follow a contingency plan they lay out (i.e. ambulance covered only for life/death emergencies, not broken legs or anything that you can reach the hospital with even severe, severe pain). And the HMO only allows me to go to a list of their "preferred" doctors - other doctors are not neccessarily covered.

So since Kaiser is my HMO, only a eye exam referred by a "Kaiser" doctor is covered. Any other appointment made by a regular eye doctor costs $$$. My appointment, this morning would have cost me $150 bucks!!!

Not the key words are WOULD HAVE! I cancelled the appointment & now have to see a "Kaiser" doctor to book another eye exam! The worst part is I booked this exam in June! Now if I have to book it again, it might be in JANUARY!!! And if I do have this eye illness, I have to catch it ASAP otherwise the damage may be unrecoverable!!

Damn it!

Frigin Bullshit!

The blog just LOST one of my POSTS! Fuckin' Bullshit! Whatever! grrrr

Why Does Today Feel Like Friday???

Yo man, I'm so sick of work right now. I feel like it's friday - which it is clearly NOT! So what's the deal? I'm so bored! Yet have so much to do!

I typically surf www.craigslist.com - but now I'm just bored & don't wanna even surf the web! Although, I do need to start looking for a pickup truck. Oh yeah, I've decided to buy a pickup truck in addition to my bike. The bike is so convient in traffic & the truck would be so key for the weekends (& rainy days, i.e. california winter).

lol. Everytime I think of winter in california - I laugh! Although it is getting kinda chilly, it's still nothing compared to Toronto! In T.O. I'd be busting out my winter jacket by now!

Anyways, bored, bored, bored.... Maybe, I'll convince some of the [remainder after a fuzz-ball game] interns to play fuzz-ball!

I just got back from a game, you know the funny thing - here I am in the gym & my boss walks in. Looks like he's gonna be working out. So after the game ends, me & the intern leave & I say... "so that's where my boss goes when I can't find him..." then it dawned on me... he's probably thinking "so that's where gaj goes when I can't find him!" lol.

Aite, I'm energized time to create a new design for the test board (i.e. work).

Pictures of Interest:

So I've finally organized a selection of pictures. Although some have been posted in previous months. Hope you enjoy & check in agian, cause there are still a few pic I'm gonna add later on.

SW end of USA: taken from my trip to San Diego

Southwest Most Point of the United States (San Diego)

My Room

My Crib (from the window)

My Crib (from the entrance)

My Midterm!

lol. That shit was soo simple! Fuck man, I coasted through the multiple choice in like 5 mins (& especially since we had all the answers before hand). Then spend the rest of the hour doing the essays (10 of 12 - but 11 which were given before hand). Damn, that shit was hard! lol. The midterm was from 6 to 9 pm. I took a washroom break at 1st so started about 6:07 & walked out the class by 7 sharp! lol. Man I hope all courses in the states are not like that!

And the worst, people were stressing about study before the test! PEOPLE WE WERE GIVEN THE QUESTIONS & ANSWERS AHEAD OF TIME!!! What is so hard, why are you reading the frigin' textbook before the test is handed out?? Why read the book at all? lol!

Midterm Today

So I have a midterm today... & I'm bored at work. Nothing really to talk about. Just wasting time till test time! This class is pretty easy, I mean the prof gave a list of all the multiple choice questions from which he will choose - worth 60% & he will also choose some essay question (40%) from a list he already gave the class.

Whatever man, I just need like a 65% to pass - it's all good. I've memorized most of the key multiple choice & written answers to the essay questions. Just wanna write that shit & get it over with! Aite, I'm out.

San Fransico

The Golden Gate Bridge

Another Intern Pretending to be as Big as Me ;)

Ride 'em Cowboy! Dan my Man

School & Hair

I have a midterm this week - but haven't started studing yet :( And now all I want to do is surf the web & post pictures :D

Also I've decided to shave my head - so I don't lose hair! Only problem is I'm gonna have to tan the top of my head, cause it's not as charcoal as the rest of me!

WindSurfing!

Damn, so Gaj went wind surfin' today! It was pretty sick - not to mention the hot blonde chick who was out there too! ;) I thought I'd flop into the water - but nope, I'm a trooper! I ripped that shit up - in fact, I think I went the furthest! Most of the interns hung around near the dock, but I (Mr. Pro Windsurfer) went all the way up stream to the end of the main lake area. Plus, that's where the blonde chick was - but it was just coincidence that we were zig-zagin opposite each other. Kinda like birds in love - except on surf boards w/ huge sails! :)

But on the real note, the beer belly was not lookin' good in the wet suit! Not only was the suit tight, but it added like a half inch (notice my prefered units of measurement!). Dude, I've been working out for like a month! When am I gonna look like Brad Pit! Soon, soon, I promise!

I'm Losing My HAIR!!

Oh man! My hair is falling out! I'm shedding like crazy & I don't even have long hair anymore :(

I was over at my friends place, at Stanford. So we were just chilling talking about random stuff for like 4 hours. Then at the end of the night she looks at my shirt & is like "are you shedding?". I look down & I'm like "What?" There are all these short hairs around the top of my shirt around my neck! :( I nearly cried! I'm like "it can't be, it just can't be!" Then she's like, "yeah I remember you kept running your hands through your hair & touching your shirt". Then I was like "Oh man!" .

I love running my hands through my hair! :( When I had short hair, I used to love it when Bee ran her hands over my head! Man it felt so good! So I continued to do it on my own! And now... I'm LOSING ALL MY HAIR! And we're not talking about like 1 or 2 hairs - more like 10-15!!!!

I recall, rubbing my head/hair & hair falling on my paper, recently while I was writing an essay - but I didn't think anything of it. Now I realize that if I ever rub my hands through my head, at least 2 hairs fall out :(

Man, I LOVE MY HAIR! I DON"T WANNA GO BALD :( Maybe, I should go check a doctor & go on Rogain or something :( Or maybe a hair transplant or something! Man oh man - I'm GOING BALD ;(