Category Archives: Leisure

Taiwan Picture Update 1

Some random/funny tidbits, mostly about my dad and his apartment. Shower Faucet One of the first things my dad showed us when we were looking around his apartment was how to use the shower faucet (an amusing coincidence since I had just read a chapter in The Design of Everyday Things that discussed the pitfalls …

December 31, 2010 – 3:29 am | By leehsueh | Posted in Leisure, Pictures, Updates | Comments (1)

Taiwan 2010-11, Monday – Thursday

This was my first time taking a direct flight from the states to Taipei and I gotta say, it’s nice not having that inconvenient break in the middle. Movie selection was kind of meh so I slept most of the time. For breakfast we had a choice of either “scramble egg” or “pork rice porridge.” …

December 30, 2010 – 8:18 am | By leehsueh | Posted in Leisure, Updates | Comments (0)

The Work Life Situation

It’s been about 16 months since I moved out to the bay area and started working, and about a year since I moved out of my sister + brother-in-law’s house into a rented room. And it’s been almost a year since I posted about my fledgling experiences with “real life.” You might be wondering, “Wow, …

December 22, 2010 – 9:37 pm | By leehsueh | Posted in Leisure, Pictures, Thoughts, Updates | Comments (0)

Lunar Eclipse

Here are my totally (not) awesome pictures of the lunar eclipse. http://www.thedoghousediaries.com/?p=2438

December 21, 2010 – 5:49 pm | By leehsueh | Posted in Leisure, Pictures | Comments (0)

The Google Chrome “Eco-system”

If you haven’t heard already, Google made a ton of announcements the past few days. In addition to the Nexus S, they also announced ChromeOS along with a (test) ChromeOS notebook and the Chrome Webstore. For those who are completely new to ChromeOS, it’s Google’s new operating system completely based on the Chrome browser. You can …

December 9, 2010 – 10:30 pm | By leehsueh | Posted in Geeky, Information and Technology, Leisure, Web Development | Tagged , , , , | Comments (0)

1/2 Marathon Update: COMPLETED

Yesterday marked a (subjectively) significant first-time achievement – I managed to finish the San Francisco Half Marathon event with a respectable time! Pre-race worries In terms of training, I had only reached 7 miles on more than one occasion. On one occasion, maybe about 5-6 weeks prior to the race, I managed to hit 8 …

July 26, 2010 – 7:30 pm | By leehsueh | Posted in Leisure, Updates | Tagged , , | Comments (3)

Nuggets of Wisdom and Laughter from RETS

Some bite-sized teachings and laughs from RETS. I figure this is faster and easier than writing actual prose. Nuggets of Wisdom Good classroom management is invisible. Effective teachers are proactive rather than reactive, understanding that the only variable they can control is themselves. The good shepherd goes through the gate, walks before the sheep, and …

July 13, 2010 – 2:17 pm | By leehsueh | Posted in Leisure, Spiritual | Comments (0)