Log of dswkim.org, 2004


12.31:  Watched "How's Moving Castle" by Miyazaki Hayao.
12.30:  Updated homepage massively.
12.26:  5:30 PM; Boarded KE726 from Kansai Airport in Japan and
        7:20 PM; Landed at Inchon Airport in Korea.
12.25:  Roamed around Nanba and Umeda in Osaka City.
        Merry Christmas!
12.24:  Visited Horyuji in Horyuji.
        Visited Todai Ji in Nara.
12.23:  Visited Higashi Honji, Nijo Jo, Jion Ji abd Gion in Kyoto.
12.22:  Visited Himeji Castle in Himeji.
        Visited Kobe Illuminare in Kobe.
12.21:  Visited Kinkaku-ji, Ryoan-ji and Kyyomizu Tera in Kyoto.
12.20:  5:50 AM; Arrived at Osaka Station, but felt very tired.
        Visited Osaka Castle, in Osaka.
12.19:  9:45 PM; Took JR Seishun Dream Osaka Night Bus to Osaka,
12.16:  Visited Hasedera, Kamakura Daibutsu and TsurugaoHachimanji in Kamakura.
12.14:  3:30 PM; Landed at Narita Airport in Japan.
12.13:  10:30 AM; Boarded KE002 from LAX and
12.10:  Last Day at PortBlue.
        Watched "The Incredible" by Pixar.
11.25:  Happy Thanksgiving!
11.17:  Received this year's first printed Christmas card.
11.6:  Had a cable modem installed at home.
11.2:  Satisfied pretty much with the result of this years election.
10.30:  Moved to a new location in Hawthorne.
10.24:  Watched "The Grudge: Ju-on".
10.21:  Casted Absentee Ballot for the Election 2004.
10.19:  Watched "Forgotten".
10.16:  Suffered from flu, and slept most of the day.
10.9:  Finished reading The Search for the Perfect Language by Umberto Eco.
9.25:  Watched "Resident Evil" starring Milla Jovovich.
9.4:  Watched "Hero" starring Jet Li.
8.31:  Started working for PortBlue.
8.30:  6:40 AM; Left San Ramon and took Freeway 1 to enjoy scenes, but 
       because of heavy fog, I couldn't see any other than fog.
       Arrived at Hawthorne at  4:30 PM.
       Accumulated 1032.3 miles for 4 days.
8.29:  Visited Golden Gate Bridge in 2 years.
8.28:  Watched "Bourne Supremacy" starring Matt Damon.
8.27:  4:30 AM; Drove from Hawthorne and arrived at San Jose at 10:30 AM.
8.24:  Patched XP SP2 on all XP machines on dswkim.org network.
8.21:  Started to read George Gissing's The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft.
       (I've read this dozens of times already.)
8.19:  Watched "AVP, Alien vs Predator".
8.13:  My Windstar's Gas In-take broke and spent $$$ to fix.
8.12:  Attended SIGGRAPH 2004 in LA's Staples Center.
8.8:  Finished reading Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code.
8.6:  Started reading "The Search for the Perfect Language" by Umberto Eco.
8.5:  Started reading Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code.
8.3:  Started reading Cervantes' Don Quixote.
7.30:  Watched "Shrek 2".
7.26:  Finished reading "Empire of the Ants" by Bernard Werber.
7.23:  Watched "I, Robot" starring Wil Smith.
7.21:  Re-read "Little Prince" by Saint Exupery.
7.16:  Renewed the registration of Windstar.
7.13:  Updated Imgages Section massively.
7.12:  Reorganized menu.html.
7.6:  Watched "Spider-Man 2".
7.3:  Started reading "Empire of the Ants" by Bernard Werber.
7.2:  Serviced Windstart for 2 past recalls and duplication of key.
6.30:  Half of Year 2004 has passed, which was truly eventful.
6.28:  Watched "The Makioka Sisters".
6.24:  Reorganized VisualEssays section.
6.14:  Watched "The Chronicles of Riddick" starring Vin Diesel.
6.9:  Watched "Troy" starring Brad Pitt.
6.8:  Watched "Nesferatu: Phantom der Nachte".
6.7:  Watched "Baisers Voles (Stole Kisses) by Francois Truffaut.
6.5:  Watched "Harry Potter, the Prisoner of Azkaban".
5.19:  8:20 PM; Boarded KE011 from INC to head for LAX and
       3:35 PM; Landed at LAX.
5.8:  Visited "DeogSu Gung".
5.4:  Visited "Seoul Museum of Art".
5.1:  Visited "ChangDeokGung" in Seoul.
4.30:  Visited "National Museum of Korea" and 
       "The National Folk Museum of Korea".
4.29:  Visited "ChangGyongGung".
4.23:  Visited Choi SoonWoo's old house in SeongBug Dong.
4.19: 12:50 PM; Boarded TG634 and landed at INC 3:45 PM.
4.18: Visited the National Palace Museum of Taiwan. 
4.17: 1:20 PM; Boarded TG632 and landed at Taipei, Taiwan at 3:40 PM.
4.16: 8:20 AM; Boarded Star Ferry from SheungWan to head for Macao, and
      arrived at 9:15 AM.
      4:20 PM; Boarded TurboJet from Macao to head back to Hong Kong, and
      arrived at 5:15 PM.
4.13: 10:20 AM; Boarded TG629 and landed at Hong Kong at 12:50 PM.
3.31:  Watched "Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner)".
3.30:  Watched "Song Hwan (Re-expatriate)".
3.27:  Attended Tokyo International Anime Fair 2004 at Tokyo Big Sight.
       5:00 PM; Boarded KAL 002 from Tokyo to Seoul.
       7:35 PM; Landed at Seoul.
3.26:  Walked around Harajuku, Shibuya, Akasaka, Imperial Palace, and ToDai and
       visited Tokyo Tower, Tokyo.
3.25:  Walked around Shinjuku, Ginza, and Tokyo Station, Tokyo, but got cold.
3.24:  Walked around Akihabara, Asakusa, Ueno Park and 
       visited National Museum of Japan.
3.23:  2:35 PM; Landed at Narita Airport, Japan after 11 hours of flying.
3.22:  10:30 AM; Boarded KAL 002 from LAX to head for Japan.
3.19:  My Birthday!
3.18:  Purchased Kodak DX6490 DigiCam.
3.14:  Replaced the toner of HP LJ1100.
3.13:  Visited Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, CA.
3.12:  Felt really great emotionally and physically.
3.8:  Filed for Income Tax Return 2003.
3.4:  Installed Red Hat Linux 8.0 on Sony Vaio F340.
2.27:  Last day at Amgen.  No more 3+ hours of driving daily.
2.15:  3:35 PM; Drove from San Jose and arrived in Hawthorne after 5:30 hours.
2.14:  5:30 AM; Drove for San Jose and arrived in 6 hours.
       Slept in Berkeley.
2.3:  Worst day at work.
1.13:  Installed Solaris 9 on turing.dswkim.org (Ultra 1).
1.1:  Happy New Year!
      Watched Lord of the Ring: Return of the King.

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