I received a call this morning from UCSF Medical Center asking me if I can come down this month for a follow-up to my first surgery. I don’t think I can, though, at least not until late May, becausse of the moving stuffs. Besides, there hasn’t been any significant changes anyway. Whatevers. 
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Archive for March, 2004
I’m an Intrapersonal thinker according to Leonardo da Vinci quiz. Continue reading ‘Intrapersonal thinker’ »
We… well, actually, my parents have purchased a house in Beaverton, Oregon, and they will be finalizing the deal tomorrow. We will move there at the end of April on May 8. Look at the photo below… kind of pretty, isn’t it? My mother and I found it first, and then my father picked it out of about ten houses. Continue reading ‘New house’ »
I believe I also have Social Phobia on top of my depression. I have difficulties talking to strangers, and when I do, I experience light-headedness, muscle tension across the chest, and more appearant speech difficulty. I also do not make friends easily, and my first impression seems cold and uninterested. Further, I try to avoid crowded and noisy public places as well as being the center of attention. Most importantly, when I’m in a social situation, I feel as if I’m being watched and therefore become nervous, uneasy, and embarassed.
Sigh… Being cooped up in the house for nearly 2 years probably doesn’t help, either.
I have been watching “Game Station,” a show that reviews console as well as PC games, for nearly 4 hours straight. Most of the console games — especially RPGs with 3D graphics — look so awesome. I wish I could play console games… damn. 
I ordered another batch of cigarettes that’s worth $160+ today from MyCigarettes.com for my father, and I had to bite my lips in doing so. I don’t understand why it’s so hard to quit. I mean, it’s definitely not a necessity (air, food, water, shelter, sex, etc.); in fact, it will kill you in the long-run. I know the withdrawl effects, but the hard part will be over in 2 to 7 days. If you ask me, it’s all about how strong your determination is and how badly you want to quit. Besides, there are so many stuffs that can help you quit. Again, I believe it boils down to how strong of a person you are.
From this morning, I can’t seem to view embedded videos at KBS and/or Yahoo! Movies using Windows Media Player 9 Series for XP. I have tried reinstalling it with no success. I have spent hours trying to fix it. Continue reading ‘Windows Media trouble’ »
For a couple of days now, I have been trying to edit “Autumn Story” video files to cut out the credits, previews, etc., using Media Wizard. But I can’t seem to chose the right combinations of video/audio codecs to retain the quality while keeping file sizes at minimium or original (700MB+); they either get way too large or the quality drops significantly. I gave up… I wonder how the KBS people do it.
My father purchased a facsimile for about $99 without even consulting us a while ago, as if $99 was some dog’s name (a Korean saying) — while my computer is quite good enough to handle our fax needs. Besides, we don’t send/receive that many faxes. You know what? He hasn’t used it even once, because he doesn’t know how to work the damn thing even after I have set it up for him. He still comes to me when he needs to send/receive a fax; in fact, he woke me up this morning to receive a fax, and he tells me to fix the facsimile. I so wanted to say, “You bought it, so you fix it!” He’s like that with everything he buys, you know. I think he buys stuffs compulsively.
Ugh! 
We are moving in late May, but my father is already getting a moving estimate. He called a Korean moving company yesterday, and they told him to call back later near the moving date. 
So he got some other company to send someone today for an estimate. Talk about impatience…
