This and that ...

T'was an interesting weekend. On Saturday morning, when I went to Fry's to buy a new alarm clock, I saw Carly Fiorina, the former CEO of Hewlett Packard (before the scandal), giving a free talk. She also stayed to sign her new book: Tough Choices. I was there, in perfect timing for the signing line-up and the talk. Didn't go for the book though: couldn't spare $18.


Saturday night was really fun at Golfland USA. It's a mini-golf place plus arcade right next to my place. We spent almost 3 hours there from 9PM and on. The holes were surprisingly tough, but really fun; like the Candystand golf. Definitely worth going back again.

On Sunday, we went to the Mazda Zoom Zoom Live testdrive event at the Oakland Alameda field. Good thing it was 18 over requirement, unlike the Taste of Lexus. It was really packed, so many people showed up. There were only 4 courses, so the wait-time was killer. The cars that I got to drive were: Mazda 6, Miata, RX-8, & CX-7. It was fun to drive them on the closed courses without a single care for the car. The cars themselves were pretty good, but nothing amazing. Same with the event; I was kinda disappointed by the overall organization: too much standing in line and too little sitting behind the wheel. Still though, I liked the sweet feeling of driving new cars.

Never thought I'd say it, but ...

I am now officially homesick. Due to the fact that I am actually sick. I don't know what caused it, but being completely taken out for the whole weekend is not pleasant, at all. I got my suspicion on the canned chicken soup or the dust in our place, but damn, my stomach got really screwed up, I had to vomit 7 times last night. Today, I even missed the intern vs. ex-intern paintball competition. Hopefully, tomorrow will be a better day.

The season's a-changin'. It's getting cold in California and for the first time in over 4 months, it rained last week. It's a good thing I changed new windshield wipers a couple weeks ago. I guess the summer has come to an end, but I'm interested to see how fall, oops I meant "autumn", looks like in Cali. Reflecting back, I must say, it was a really fun summer. Coming here to Bay Area, starting real work, finding a place to live, cars, and all that independence stuff, exploring California, and having a good time with the gang.

Last Monday, Michelle and I went to see Mariah Carey (or MC as they call her) at the Oakland Arena. Busta Rhymes opened for her, and was pretty good. Mariah's performance was also not too bad. She sang a lot of her old top hits songs, which was good for me, because I have no idea about her recently songs. I'm not that big of a fan of Mariah, but it was certainly fun times.