At Sichuan Gourmet - chinese zodiac on the table reads:
Ox- Bright and patient, you are a good listener but disdainful or failure. You are attracted to the snake, rooster and rat, and should avoid the ram.

Lol. A failure...

Uphill battle...

As Tremayne noted, I missed June as well....

Well well well... It's getting harder and harder to update my blog even at a monthly basis... Guess I'm just getting lazier, and having to update my blog Japanese style is definitely not helping either (my computer is still set up on the floor in my living room, hence, having to use the computer sitting on the floor). Well, at least it's nice hardwood floor.

So, I missed June and now, it's almost the end of July.

I'll do a quick recap of what happened in late May, June and July...

Late May...
After coming back from the long short trip home, long in the sense of the journey, short in the sense of it being less than a week, I got busy with the whole house thing - signing the closing contract on the house, the 30-year loan, and planning the move, and actually packing and moving. It was a lot of work over the 2 weekends - the packing and the moving, a trip to Ikea, a couple of trips to Home Depot & Lowes, the unpacking, the cleaning of my old apartment before returning the keys.

June...
Long days at work. Long nights spent watching tv. Started rock climbing again. Also, there's a movie theater near my new house, about a mile away. So, every Tuesday ($6 a movie), a bunch of us from work will catch a movie after work. I think that June 2010 was the month which I've watched the most movies. Also, started running a little after a long hiatus... Also, I am finally able to work on the grill. At the end of the month, I found out what I was sorta expecting, failing exam 7. It was no doubt humbling, and I only have myself to blame - time management...

July...
Work's still busy. Started studying for exam 9. It's been 2 months since moving into the house and I'm loving it -minus the cleaning, and the flies problem I was experiencing, and the larger utility bills. Went on a trip, walking around Boston, and a day trip to Newport, Rhode Island over the long 4th of July weekend when May Ying and Mel came visit. The following weekend, met up with Hui Ying in Boston for a dimsum brunch, and then, last weekend, had an official housewarming party at my house. Last Thursday, did a 5-miler race and finished at a time of 43:40 min, ~8.45 min pace... Given the lack of actual running lately, I'm happy with the time. If only the weather was cooler, I coulda shave 15 secs per min off my pace... Maybe I'll get more serious into running again and aim for a half marathon in the Fall...

Cool... Now i can annoy the hell out of my blog followers with tweet-like updates... 140 characters... Lol... :-)

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