tax return filed

I did not take any itemized deductions. I don't know why I put $400 into the tax rebate and take $399 return.
the stupid turbo tax costs $80.00 to file just state part. I even picked the cheapest filing method. 1040 ez, maybe. I don't remember that.

My will: no ceremony. Burn my body. Scatter ashes in the ocean.

I think I have watched too much "six feet under". Anyhow, I don't think it is necesary to spend money on funeral. What a waste. What a dead person would care. He or she is dead.

I think it is better to save the space, save the time, save everybody's energy and make it as simple as possible.

There should not be any ceremony. If it is my ceremony, I prefer not to have any ritual. It is not how the people want my ceremony to be. It is how I want my ceremony to be. People should not determine what kind of coffin I would prefer. If they know me, they should know that I don't want any coffin. Just burn my body and scatter my ashes in the ocean. Simple as that.

Where the Sopranos live (Season 2, Episode 10)

Meadow Soprano got accepted to UC Berkeley. How interesting. I wish I were able to attend Berkeley. Well, I had been here for college, I would have gotten accepted to Berkeley. I think I am at that level. It's a public school. You know, just like National Central University. It's a good school in Taiwan.

Anyway, this episode shows their address:

633 Stag Trail Road
North Caldwell, NJ 07006

Carmela Soprano is having an affair with the decorator.

Brazil...

I was singing Roberto Carlo's "Amada Amante" and I remembered seeing a clip on youtube that some young kids were singing the Portuguese version and it led me to think that if you see a portuguese speaking person, chances are, he or she is from Brazil, because Portugual is falling back to become, well, more of a third country than Brazil. Now that the Brazilian population is way, way more than that of Protugual. It's a breeding country. People are having unprotective sex, thanks to their culture and religion. Isn't religion part of the culture? Well, what do I know? They don't like to use condoms and so, they would either get pregnant, or Aids, or some type of STD, I guess.

I always think about this kind of strange and boring "who cares" stuff. Well, this is me. I am boring, strange and "who cares".

Hang just sent out an e-mail taking her PTO tomorrow. So, abrupt and such a short notice. Perhaps this is the downtime, before the new quote cycle kicks in.

No news is not good news

have not heard anything from Brock at Oracle. Maybe a little celebration with Alex at Sundance Steakhouse will turn the luck. I have justhad lunch with the X1 temp team. Some of us get to stay while others don't. Looks like Robert, Michael and I will stay for a little while. Hui-Ping Lo will stay for another 6 months. I dont' know if she's happy with that. It seems that her job is lighter than mine.

回美一週年

今天是回美國的一週年. 也是在思科半年. 很巧. 我竟忘記我是在聖派屈克節返美的.

一年了. 感覺沒什麼長進... 但事實上發生了很多事情. 能夠進思科有這樣的歷練也就夠了. 我覺得我的英文很差.倒是真的...

Tools and Phrases While at Cisco

Workaround=alternative
Takeaways=key points
bandwith=time
wfh=work from home
passdowns=announcements
eol=end of life
lobby ambassador
reco=recommendation
writeback=update. your splits will not writeback.
Emerging Markets = developing countries = third world

EMCO:
Inbiz - Item attribute display
Combat Report Portal - Spend Usage, Item attribute update, Quote Analysis
EMCO Access management - supplier onboarding, company profile, user profile,
Oracle E-biz:
Sourcing Buyer with Supplier Quote, DF Tac report, Component Splits and Standards (CSS), Impersonation, MFG subcontract Purchasing(Cost Roll)
GSM:
Supplier Business Review(SBR), Business Units(BU), Aravo (Supplier Contact Rolodex)
EMS:
Education Management System