Entries from June 2005 ↓

a good way to move?

Originally uploaded by Raymond Yee.

As I’m about to move in the next month or two, I’m wondering whether to use a service like Door To Door or instead to rent a moving van. Any thoughts?

Coca-Cola Zero: what is it?

Originally uploaded by Raymond Yee.

The first time I’ve ever seen or heard of yet another Coca-Cola product: Coca-Cola Zero At any rate, It’s available in El Cerrito, CA.

The Onion is now available on the newsstand!

Originally uploaded by Raymond Yee.

I’ve enjoyed The Onion sporadically in its online incarnation. I’m not sure yet whether I’ll make the effort to pick up the paper version to read it.

Photos for the expert to take

Originally uploaded by Raymond Yee.

I’m in the process of renewing my Canadian passport. I thought that I’d be able to take my own passport photos, but the requirements made it rather onerous. It was a relief to get my photos taken by a local photo shop. There I learned about all the other types of government (or media-) mandated photos. Apparently, all the photos have different requirements. Why can’t the world just agree on some standard photo formats — or at least fewer formats?

free pamplets for the home repair person

Originally uploaded by Raymond Yee.

Maybe I can become a fix-it up man myself! (Flyers are at Berkeley Ace Hardware)

water bubbles on branches

Originally uploaded by Raymond Yee.

It’s easy to expect sunny skies all the time in Berkeley. So when the rains come, I remind myself to see the beauty in water that eludes us for much of the year, including rain on trees.

Yesterday, during my walk to campus, I had the opportunity to celebrate the after-rain environment by taking a lot of pictures:

China Illustrated — a new book at Moffitt Library

Originally uploaded by Raymond Yee.

China Illustrated is a book I’m interested in more closely examing. It was checked out the last I looked (see melvyl for the University of California system.)

campus tour

Originally uploaded by Raymond Yee.

I like seeing crowds of visitors taking a tour of the Berkeley campus. Imagine the thoughts and feelings going through the hearts and minds of prospective students and their parents. The scene takes me back to the first days as a 1st year student at the University of Toronto for me.

My honeymoon was by far the best vacation I’ve ever had. Undoubtedly, I’ve had many wonderful trips in my life, but none has been as deeply relaxing and fun as my ten days away with my best friend and now wife, when we had little of great concern besides feeding ourselves and enjoying the aloha spirit of Maui’s people and land. Though I’m back in the office, feeling relaxed and energetic, I’m still getting up to speed on the many things that have happened since I was last in the office.