Log of dswkim.org, 2016

12:31:  Adiew 2016!
        Strolled around Ga.Ro.Su.Gil.
12:30:  Visited Chuncheon National Museum in Chuncheon.
        Due to the -8C cold, it was difficult to walk around.
12:29:  Visited Seoul City Library.
12:28:  Visited Ja.Un.Am in KwanAgGu, Seoul.
12.27:  Strolled around Su.Song.Dong area, JongNo 2-ga, and Insadong areas.
12:26:  Visited Dongdaemun Design Plaza.
12:25:  Merry Christmas!
        Visited National Museum of Korea and National Hangul Museum of Korea.
12:24:  Christmas Eve!
        Visited newly renovated Starfield COEX Mall and strolled around Samsungdong area.
12:22:  Attended a class reunion of elementary school for the first time.
12:21:  Boarded OZ111 from KIX at 10:50 and landed at ICN at 12:50.
        Found a room to check in Seoul.
12:20:  Using Kintetsu Pass, visited Yakushiji in Nishinokyo, and Sanjusangendo, Kyoto National Museum, and
        Kyoto Station in Kyoto.
12:19:  Visited K Coffee with phonebooth aquarium and Koriyama castel site, in Koriyama, and
        visited Kasuga Taisha in Nara, and walked around Namba in the evening and and Namba was crowded
        with tourists as usual.
12:18:  Joined 1/2 day tour to Shirakawago to see Shirakawago in snow, which was fantastic.
        Took a Nohi Bus at 13:40 at Takayama and arrived at Osaka/Namba at 19:30.
12:17:  Took a 8:15 Nohi Bus to Takayama from Shinjuku and arrived at 13:50 at Takayama.
        Strolled around old Takayama, but due to the snow, it was too cold.
12:16:  Visited Edo Tokyo Open Air Architecture Museum, which was well-worth in freezing cold weather.
12:15:  Visited Warehouse in Kawasaki, which has some replica of Walled City in old Hong Kong.
12:14:  UA875 arrived at 2:40 PM at Hanada Airport, but it was a bumpy ride.
12:13:  Transferred to UA875 for Haneda Airpot, Tokyo from SFO.
        Boarded UA109 for SF) from LAX at 6:40 AM and arrived at SFO at 8:11 AM.
        Took a shuttle from home to LAX at 3:45 AM and it took only 8 minutes to get there.
11:30:  Michael James ¡°Jim¡± Delligatti, the creator of BicMac, passed away.
11:26:  It rained in LA in the afternoon
11:24:  Happy Thanksgiving!
11:20:  It rained in LA.
11:11:  ¡®The Man From U.N.C.L.E¡¯, actor Robert Vaughn, is dead.  I liked the series so much when I was a kid.
11:08:  We have a new president in America.
11:02:  Casted Absentee Ballot for next week's big election.  Who would be the next president of America?
10:27:  At 58,350 miles, had Sienna oil changed and tires rotated.
10:24:  It rained heavily over the night.
10:12:  Dennis Rithie of C and UNIX passed away.
10:10:  Columbus Day! or Indigineous Day!
9:30:  Had a flu shot for this year.
9:24:  Watched Aloha Flower Parade in Honolulu.
       Boarded Hawaiian Airline 4 at 10:10 PM at HNL and Arrived at 6:35 AM on the following day at LAX.
9:22:  Today is World Car Free Day.
9:20:  Spilt a cup of coffee over the laptop, first time ever since I've used laptops for 30+ years.
9:17:  Visited Kailua Beach and Lanikai Beach on Windward Oahu.
9:16:  Moved to dorm room at YMCA for 4 days as I couldn't reserve a hotel room.
9:14:  Upgraded iPhone 6+ to iOS 10.
9:11:  Remember 9/11!
       Took an one day tour to Kauai Island, boarding Island Air, WP415 and WP102.
       Visited Wailua Falls, Poipu Bay Beach, Spouting Horn, Kauai Coffee Farm, Waimea Canyon, and Kalalau Valley.
9:10:  Visited Hanauma Bay and Makapuu Beach.
9:05:  Labor Day!
       Los Angeles turned 235 years old.
       Had 3 days of getting lazy long weekends.  Couldn't bear high humidity.
9:04:  Uploaded pictures to instagram and pinterest.
       Can't avoid using SNS picture sharing to communicate effectively with others.
9:02:  Moved to YMCA Central and it's horrible without A/C, Refrigerator and Internet connection.
8:28:  Visited Mahaka Cove to see green turtle, but saw none.
8:27:  Visited Laie Point and Chinaman Hat Recreational Park in Oahu.
8:24:  Visited Kukaniloko Birthing Stones in Wahiawa, Oahu.
       Proxima b/Centauri was discovered.  When do we move there?
8:21:  Boarded HA3 from LAX at 10:10 AM PST and landed at HNL at 12:45 PM HST.
8:18:  Visited San Diego and registerd 212 miles.
8:14:  Arrived at LAX at 6:10 AM, after after 5:20 hrs of flying and it was very uncomfortable sleeping.
8:13:  Visited Turtle Beach but saw only a couple of turtles swimming, and visited 
       Dole Plantation to enjoy pineapple whip and take pictures of rainbow tree.
       Boarded UA 1229 at 9:50 PM from HNL.
       Looking back 2 weeks at Honlulu, I'm adjusting in humid weather better than last time 3 months ago.
8:12:  Visited Lyon Arboretum, but didn't hike up Manoa Falls.
8:07:  Visited Wahiawa Botanical Garden to see Mindanao Gun, Rainbow Eucalyptus, and
       visited beaches of North Sea, and due to the severe heat-stroke, I didn't stay in Haleiwa town much.
8:06:  Took a one-day tour to Maui Island; visited Haleakala National Park, Iao Valley State Park, and
       Rahaina Courthouse, Tree and Town.
8:05:  Visited Army Museum in Waikiki.
8:04:  Visited Kakaako Waterfront Park.
       At Waikiki Beach near Hawaiian Village, I got the shot of Palm trees on the ocean side.
7:31:  Boarded UA1224 from LAX at 11:06 and landed at HML at 13:55.
       There were light rains at Honolulu and the weather was more bearble for me.
7:23:  Visited Chalk Art Festival and Bamboo Bridge, Corona.
7:15:  Attend NBM Show, Long Beach Convention Center.
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7:07:  It's 07/07.
7:04:  Independence Day!
7:01:  In the city of Los Angeles, the minimum wage became $10.50/hour.
       Noticed the increase of food price as soon as the bill had passed in spring :-(
       Bought Refurbished Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 2014, and became quite happy with it already.
6:30:  First 1/2 of 2016 passed, and I'm waiting for the exciting second 1/2 of it.
6:22:  Installed Linksys EA4500 Wireless router, replacing broken WRT320N.
6:19:  Attended Charlk Art Festival, Pasadena at scorching 108 degree heat and visited Chinatown in DTLA.
       Linksys WRT320N wireless gigabit router got crashed.  Ordered new one.
6:14:  Visited Autry Museum of the Amercian West.
5:30:  Memorial Day!
5:29:  Visited UC San Diego, uurals in La Jolla, and murals in Carlsbad.
5:27:  Visited Vincent Price Museum at East LA College and American Military Museum, South El Monte.
5:25:  Bought Refurbished Acer 28" 4K UDH monitor and it opened up new experience on home office.
5:21:  I couldn't follow trails of ET-92, which was an once in life time opportunity, as I was too tired to walk :-(
5:20:  Visited Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Peterson Automobile Museum.
       Stopped quickly at ET-94 site at Marina del Rey.
5:13:  Friday the 13th!
5:11:  Casted Absentee Ballot for 6/7 Election.
5:10   Landed at LAX at 6:00 AM PST and found overnight flight was a hell, which I would avoid from now on.
       I would miss taking public bus to go around in the city rather than driving all the time.
       But I felt so comfortable with LA weather.
5:09   Visited Honolulu Zoo which was way better than most poor reviews.
       Visited Queen's Theatre and vitage shop and walked around Waikiki Beach.
       Plan in the morning was to visit Lyon Arboretum and hike up to Manoa Falls, but the road was clsoed.
       Boarded Hawaiian Airline at 10:0 PM HST to fly back to LA.
       Although having visited Honolulu, Hawaii for a project assignments, 
       staying and visiting around and running into people were quite good and pleasant to deal with.
       Waikiki is really made for tourists.
5:08:  Hiked up Diamond Head Crater and views were spectacular.
       Hiking up stairs were strenous though.  Yes, you have to pay for such marvellous vistas!
5:07:  Took a ond-day island tour of Oahu, which took 10 hours and stopped in Hanauma Bay, Halamo Bay,
       Haloma Cove, Blowhole, Dole Plantation, Waimea Falls, North Beach, Macadamia Farm Outlet, Byodo-in Temple and Sandy Beach
5:06:  Hiked to Punchbowl Crater Overlook and watched sunset at Waikiki Beach.
5:05:  Visited Kakaako Murals area and University of Hawaii, Manoa campus.
5:04:  It rained in Honolulu in the late afternoon and it was a scenic atmosphere.
5:03:  Visited Honolulu Museum of Art First Hawaiian Center and Izumo Taisha in Chinatown, Honolulu.
5:02:  Visited Foster Botanical Garden.
5:01:  Visited Hanauma Bay, Halamo Blowhole and Sandy Beach which was long bus rides due to the waiting, and
       walked around Waikiki Beach to take pictures of Palm trees against the blue sky and ocean.
4:30:  Visited USS Arizona Memorial and Bowfin Submarine in Pearl Harbor, and
       Bishop Museum and watched sunset at Ala Moana Beach Park.
4:29:  Strolled around Chinatown, Alamo Tower and Downtown of Honolulu.
4:28:  Visited Honolulu Museum of Art.
4:27:  False fire alarm at 4:30 at the hotel. It seemed like a joke!
       Visited State of Hawaii Legislature and Waikiki Aquarium.
4:26:  Visited Honolulu State Art Museum and Iolani Palace and 
       took a Pink Line Trolley to Waikiki to watch sunset.
4:25:  High humidity got me difficult to walk around.
       Took a Pink Line Trolley in the evening, and the sunset on Waikiki was marvellous.
4:24:  Boarded Hawaiian Airline 3 to Honolulu at 10:00 AM from LAX and landed at HNL at 12:38 PM.
       It was really humid and I was soaked with sweats and fell asleep until the evening.
4:17:  Upgraded most of Adobe products to CC 2015 from CS6.
4:16:  Visited Hammer Museum and walked around in Westwood, and 
       visited Sawtelle Japantown and Santa Monica College.
4:09:  Upgraded installed Windows-based softwares massively.
4:08:  Updated Autodesk installations to 2016/2017 from 2015.
3:27:  Easter Sunday!
3:26:  Visited Timken Museum, Old Towne, Victorian Heritage Park, Chula Vista Salt Works,
       Gaslamp District, Balboa Park, and Villa Montezuma in San Diego.
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3:19:  Birthday!
3:18:  Visited El Segundo Museum of Art.
       Set MS Office 2013 as default office tools.
3:17:  St. Patrick's Day!
3:12:  Visited Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Historical Museum, Court House and Mission and
       registered 210 miles of driving, but the traffic was really heavy.
       Lloyd Shapley, a pioneer in game theory and my advisor for a while, passed away.
3:11:  Sudden rain in the afternoon halted plans rest of the day.
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3:10:  Keith Emerson, of Emerson, Lake and Palmer, passed away.
       During my teens, I really enjoyed his progressive rock.
3:06:  It rained heavily in LA.
       Ray Tomlinson, the man who put the @ in email, passes away.
3:04:  Visited Norton Simon Museum, Pasadane Museum of California Art and Old Pasadena.
3:03:  Restored contacts in iPhone from iCloud, and it's the first time I appreciated iCloud after 17 years.
3:02:  Visited The Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden of CSULB.
2:20:  Umberto Eco, modern-day Renaissance Man, passed away.
       His Semiotics was influential in addition to a number of his writings on various subjects.
       Harper Lee, author of "Mockingbird", passed away.
2:17:  It rained in LA.
2:16:  LA hit 93 Fahrenheit and was very hot unusually for winter.
2:15:  President's Day!
2:14:  Valentine's Day!
2:11:  Gravitational Waves detected, confirming Einstein's Theory.
2:08:  Happy New Lunar Year!
2:07:  Installed MacOSX 10.11 on VMWare Workstation 12.
1:31:  LA had heavy rain followed by Winter Sortm knocking down lots of stuff.
1:24:  Visited Andy Warhol exhibition at Pepperdine Univ. and hiked around Malibu Beach.
       Marvin Minsky, the pioneer of Artificial Intelligence, passed away.
1:23:  Visited El Segundo Museum of Art and walked shores of Manhattan Beach.
1:22:  Had Business license of VizMath for the City of Hawthorne renewed.
1:21:  Visited Torrance Art Museum.
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1:20:  Set Chrome as a default web browser for all my Windows systems after 15 years.
1:18:  Martin Luther King Day!
1:16:  Visited Riverside Art Museum and UCR ARTSblock.
1:15:  Korean writer, poet and painter Shin YoungBog passed away.
1:13:  113th Korean American Day.
1:12:  Visited Hammer Museum, Westwood.
1:10:  Musician David Bowie passed away.  I admired his styles, although never tried to imitate.
1:08:  Visited Long Beach Museum of Art and Long Beach City College.
1:05:  It rained heavily in LA, which good and bad.
1:03:  Lee SangMu, the creator of Korean cartoon series Dokko Tak, passed away.
1:02:  Visited Candy Cane Lane in El Segundo, most of which was lighted out already.
1.01:  Welcome New Year!

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