So it helps out having a professional photographer at your disposal. You know, to point out reasons why its not working... like AF trying to do its thing in the dark = camera doesnt take a picture...
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Saturday, March 24, 2012
Friday, March 23, 2012
Sunday, February 05, 2012
Howdy 2012
Boy 2012 is just flying by. Thanks to a lucky break of being in the right place at the right time on the World Wide Web. I got a free ticket to LAX. So I dumped some stuff in my bag, grabbed the camera bag and zipped down to sunny southern California. Sunny it was, mid 80s inland. yesh.
Well, turns out all the people I know have kids... so I have a bunch of so-so pictures of other people's kids. I did go to the park in Irvine. They have a huge balloon that offers free rides.
It looks like the place was sponsered by ING (since they're logo has an orange ball on it... does no one use ING for banking?!?)
Besides mingling with friends' mini me's, I ate. I ate good. White House in Anaheim, Tony Pepporoni in Aliso Viejo. Bruxie in Orange, Cafe Rio in Manhattan Beach.
I rented a subcompact. Because I wanted to spend like $15 on gas... Well all they had were minivans. So this was my ride for the trip. I'll admit the stow and go seating and remote control doors did win me over by the end of the trip. Til I gassed up and ended up having about a whopping 17mpg hwy (mostly highway, i dont remember any real traffic either).
Yeah, no getting the mommy wagon then finding the mommy for me. Good quick trip, good times.
Went to my first Warrior game. 3rd NBA game ever. It was alrighty. Dont really like basketball, but it gave me an opportunity to bust out the new "professional" lens
It goes wide. 12-24mm. So now the bag has that, a 35mm and a 55-300mm.
with the kit 18-55mm and old film 50mm and 35-70 sitting at home.
with the kit 18-55mm and old film 50mm and 35-70 sitting at home.
Saturday, January 07, 2012
2012: Week 1 Fiiiiiiiiiiight!
Wed
So Kaakun asked El Jefe about starting and ending work an hour early to go to the temple. That was denied. Kaakun was shocked, because this worked earlier two weeks ago for a hockey game. Anyways, Kaakun decided to bypass lunch and slap his "lunch" at the end of the work day. Not quite kosher in most states' workforce laws but whatever.
Well, Kaakun was on his way up to the temple, when dispatch sent out a call. Disgruntled at his attempts failing over and over, Kaakun grunted out a "boy guess someone doesn't want me to go tonight" and went on his merry way down to the site.
There was nothing wrong with it. Up and running, being used by a customer. No one was freaking out. So Kaakun quickly took his foot out of his mouth and went off to the temple.
Funny how things work out. In a long drawn out, nerve wracking way.
Kaakun v Lexmark
So back when Kaakun worked at UCI. He was always fiddling with Lexmark printers. Changing toner, un-jamming paper jams, cussing up a storm. etc. Fast forward to 2012, jumbo together three letters, you get NCR and Kaakun is still out fiddling with Lexmark printers.
Now it gets more intrusive. Taking apart printers, pulling out fusers, ripping out rollers, inhaling toner. If i sneezed and there was a charged paper nearby, I could technically be a printer.
Needless to say, not a fan of seeing printer issues make their way down the pipeline into the work orders. Mainly because of being tired of losing skin jamming stuff back into a metal cage of a printer. One day Lexmark, you and I will co-exist peacefully.
So Kaakun asked El Jefe about starting and ending work an hour early to go to the temple. That was denied. Kaakun was shocked, because this worked earlier two weeks ago for a hockey game. Anyways, Kaakun decided to bypass lunch and slap his "lunch" at the end of the work day. Not quite kosher in most states' workforce laws but whatever.
Well, Kaakun was on his way up to the temple, when dispatch sent out a call. Disgruntled at his attempts failing over and over, Kaakun grunted out a "boy guess someone doesn't want me to go tonight" and went on his merry way down to the site.
There was nothing wrong with it. Up and running, being used by a customer. No one was freaking out. So Kaakun quickly took his foot out of his mouth and went off to the temple.
Funny how things work out. In a long drawn out, nerve wracking way.
Kaakun v Lexmark
So back when Kaakun worked at UCI. He was always fiddling with Lexmark printers. Changing toner, un-jamming paper jams, cussing up a storm. etc. Fast forward to 2012, jumbo together three letters, you get NCR and Kaakun is still out fiddling with Lexmark printers.
Now it gets more intrusive. Taking apart printers, pulling out fusers, ripping out rollers, inhaling toner. If i sneezed and there was a charged paper nearby, I could technically be a printer.
Needless to say, not a fan of seeing printer issues make their way down the pipeline into the work orders. Mainly because of being tired of losing skin jamming stuff back into a metal cage of a printer. One day Lexmark, you and I will co-exist peacefully.
Friday, December 30, 2011
2011
When "I didn't like how good you were at broomball" is the nicest thing anyone has said to you this year, you know its been an off year.
2011 is winding down. As you can see, almost all of the 2011 posts fit on the first page. There was little to no blogging, mainly because I didn't go anywhere, if I did, I didn't write anything up on it.
Yep, after traversing the countryside in 2010. Kaakun sat at home for 2011. 1 trip to Georgia for work. 1 trip to Utah for various reasons. 2 trips to Southern California(1 for Sharks/Kings, other for a break), 1 tahoe trip and a trip to Redding. (No real camping trip even, I must be getting old)
Peachtree, Georgia. For some reason, I never adjusted to the time change until the day before I left. Nothing like going to bed at 2 am, waking up at 6. Then sitting in 8 hours of class.
What made it really awesome was I hobbled all over the place in Georgia. I sprained my ankle two weeks before going (playing soccer, crossed the ball and decided standing was over-rated and took a tumble, rolling my right ankle)
Hobbling around LAX from one terminal to another was awesome...
I picked up some new skates, a stick, gloves and helmet and dropped $500 to play adult league ice hockey. Playing hockey after a 12-year hiatus is probably not the greatest idea. Especially since the sprained ankle occurred the previous month. So 10 games into the season, the team is 5-4-1. I've racked up a measly four points. I'm pretty much the Torrey Mitchell for the team, decent speed on the wing, loses the puck after getting it and can pitch in a point on 1 of every 9 goals. ridiculous.
The lack of scoring not only goes for the ice sheet but the dating field as well. 6 girls taken out this year, no idea how many dates. One of the life-changing decisions after last year's trip was to at least "practice" dating. With the hope that I could easily up my game, when potential talent and I crossed paths. Well, I'm sure if you ask, there are 6 girls that probably would give Kaakun an incomplete on attaining that goal. I do have a play fiancee to show for it, though. (After all the play wives, 5?6? this is the first play fiancee)
Working for NCR now, fixing computers, cash registers, self checkouts, pretty much anything with a plug and a processor in a retail store. NCR stock was at $19.05 the day i received the offer letter. And it has been below that (besides a few days in October). Nothing like being able to say the worth of your company's stock dropped 20% once they offered you a job.
So that was my 2011. Not too exciting. Thanks for reading skimming this.I'll throw some pictures out there since, who wants to just read dribble?!
got a new nephew, born on the same day Sendai got tsunami-ed.
2011 is winding down. As you can see, almost all of the 2011 posts fit on the first page. There was little to no blogging, mainly because I didn't go anywhere, if I did, I didn't write anything up on it.
Yep, after traversing the countryside in 2010. Kaakun sat at home for 2011. 1 trip to Georgia for work. 1 trip to Utah for various reasons. 2 trips to Southern California(1 for Sharks/Kings, other for a break), 1 tahoe trip and a trip to Redding. (No real camping trip even, I must be getting old)
Peachtree, Georgia. For some reason, I never adjusted to the time change until the day before I left. Nothing like going to bed at 2 am, waking up at 6. Then sitting in 8 hours of class.
What made it really awesome was I hobbled all over the place in Georgia. I sprained my ankle two weeks before going (playing soccer, crossed the ball and decided standing was over-rated and took a tumble, rolling my right ankle)
Hobbling around LAX from one terminal to another was awesome...
I picked up some new skates, a stick, gloves and helmet and dropped $500 to play adult league ice hockey. Playing hockey after a 12-year hiatus is probably not the greatest idea. Especially since the sprained ankle occurred the previous month. So 10 games into the season, the team is 5-4-1. I've racked up a measly four points. I'm pretty much the Torrey Mitchell for the team, decent speed on the wing, loses the puck after getting it and can pitch in a point on 1 of every 9 goals. ridiculous.
The lack of scoring not only goes for the ice sheet but the dating field as well. 6 girls taken out this year, no idea how many dates. One of the life-changing decisions after last year's trip was to at least "practice" dating. With the hope that I could easily up my game, when potential talent and I crossed paths. Well, I'm sure if you ask, there are 6 girls that probably would give Kaakun an incomplete on attaining that goal. I do have a play fiancee to show for it, though. (After all the play wives, 5?6? this is the first play fiancee)
Working for NCR now, fixing computers, cash registers, self checkouts, pretty much anything with a plug and a processor in a retail store. NCR stock was at $19.05 the day i received the offer letter. And it has been below that (besides a few days in October). Nothing like being able to say the worth of your company's stock dropped 20% once they offered you a job.
There was a baptism by fire at work. Originally we were suppose to go to Georgia for a week. Get a crash course on Wal-mart. Finish up a project for Walmart, then return to Peachtree for a month of training. Then fix stuff. Well We just skipped the end of the project and out-sourced it, and Kaakun got dropped into the deep end.
Luckily I've been able to put back most of the things i've taken apart.(there have been a few times with a few extra screws, but we'll just ignore that, it still worked)
Picked up a DSLR. No aspirations to becoming a part-time/freelance photographer. Just embracing an asian stereotype.
Purchased it, then ended up having to shoot a dance. Getting such quality such as this picture to the left.
got a new nephew, born on the same day Sendai got tsunami-ed.
Went to a lot of MLS/NHL/MLB games. Got to sit on the glass for Edmonton/San Jose and saw Taylor Hall undress Wallin from the front row....
Utah. Not a trip to Utah without a hike it seems and seeing a movie in the theater (Super 8)
Finally went to Hearst Castle. Its pretty sweet, kinda expensive for a tour though....
kayaked. Half Moon Bay and Lake Tahoe. (those aren't my feet)
Tuesday, August 09, 2011
Sing-a-ma-Jigs
So I was down in Southern California two weeks ago. There I learned about Sing-a-ma-Jigs. Which apparently were a hot item last year. They're entertaining yet kinda creep me out at the same time.
(borrowed from the Sing-a-ma-jigs' website) Yeah. Its like letting your kids play with singing clowns...
But apparently if you get a bunch together, they harmonize. interesting.
Southern California was ok. Mostly sat on a beach, ate mexican food or socialized with toddlers. Somehow this is a recurring occurrence for me down here. All the single friends are off busy. Jen was in Vietnam. Ashley was at a wedding. So yep.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sing-a-ma-jigs
(borrowed from the Sing-a-ma-jigs' website) Yeah. Its like letting your kids play with singing clowns...
But apparently if you get a bunch together, they harmonize. interesting.
Southern California was ok. Mostly sat on a beach, ate mexican food or socialized with toddlers. Somehow this is a recurring occurrence for me down here. All the single friends are off busy. Jen was in Vietnam. Ashley was at a wedding. So yep.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sing-a-ma-jigs
Friday, June 24, 2011
UUUUUtah. then CA
Half Moon Bay Kayaking
Bridal Veil Falls
Jordan is married.
All that is left of the Utah roommates is David, Nathan, probably whats his bucket that lived with us for a month in RG, probably Andy, Aaron, David, Jake.
Friday, June 03, 2011
A's v O's/A's v Yankees/China Hole hike/Sharks street Rally (all jumboed up)
Josh Outman
A's/O's
me
A's/Yankees
A's/Orioles and fireworks from the field. Awesome.
A's/Yankees and well... yeah.
China Hole at Henry Coe. Ended up being 12 miles and 1400 ft of elevation change. in 4 hours. I was sore for a good 3 days.
Sharks street Rally. Well they won that game. So I guess thats good. I also got like 4 free t-shirts. So #winning.
Friday, May 06, 2011
Hearst Castle
Santa Monica has parking garages with cameras that photo your license plate. In case you can't remember where you parked, there are kiosks that you cant search for your license plate and it'll tell you where your car is.
So Josh and I ventured down to LA for Game 4 of the Sharks. Finally saw the Sharks win a playoff game (1-4 now). Awesome. On the way up, ventured up to Hearst Castle wiki.
If you do a night tour they have people dressed up in 20's garb and mingling amongst themselves on the premise.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Moon
Ok ok... that last post was a joke. A blatant "here look at my picture of my copy of TSB" and fluff slapped together.
Well this post isn't any better. Here, look at my pictures from the lunar eclipse three weeks ago.
Well this post isn't any better. Here, look at my pictures from the lunar eclipse three weeks ago.
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