Sunday, July 31, 2005--Hurray! I have MP3s now! Made by me! If you want a sample, IM me at
Viltris or e-mail me at
djeng64@yahoo.com.
On this day:
In 2003: I get my wisdom teeth pulled. Ow!
Man, the hot weather today is making me really, really lethargic today. I don't feel like doing anything at all! Ooh, Family Guy is on!
Dice Roll of the Day: (3, 3) Total: 6
Also, I've gotten bored with
Star Kingdoms and
Earth 2025.
Anyways, Good Night!
Saturday, July 30, 2005--Yesterday, I had forgotten my cell phone at work, so I stopped by my office on my way to linner (that's lunch/dinner, for those of you who don't know), and to my surprise, Tom, Chao, Owen, Sean, Alexis (and maybe some others) were in the office. And they changed the background image on my phone. Heh.
Dice Roll of the Day: (6, 5) Total: 11
Also, I found some software to convert MIDIs to MP3s, so now I can make MP3s! Yay! First, to make some quality MIDIs. (Hey, don't laugh, you spoiled New Age children.)
Anyways, Good Night!
Friday, July 29, 2005--
Pay Day!
Actually, Pay Day is on Sunday, but since there's no work on Sunday, they paid us today.
Dice Roll of the Day: (4, 4) Total: 8
All in all a good day. I finished early, so I came home early.
Anyways, Good Night!
Thursday, July 28, 2005--Good day of work today. I would have come home early, but my officemate Dan wanted me to play against his Chess AI. I was doing well at the beginning until I made a single play mistake, and from there, the AI started tearing me apart. Needless to say, I lost.
Dice Roll of the Day: (5, 2) Total: 7
Good Night, all!
Wednesday, July 27, 2005--I've finally caught up with my Journal entries. Now, you can read all about my life in the last 2 weeks. (It'll probably end up to be boring. If that's the case, forgive me, and why are you reading my Journal if it's boring, anyways? It's
always boring. Except when it's not. Like when Diana says "I concur", and then I flip out. That's when it's not boring. We need more incidences like that.)
Dice Roll of the Day: (3, 6) Total: 9
Good Night!
Tuesday, July 26, 2005--Oh frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!
I finally checked in my code into the source depot, so my feature is now officially part of SharePoint. I was so happy, I went home early to celebrate.
And back at home, I decided to celebrate by playing Star Ocean 3.
Dice Roll of the Day: (6, 6) Total: 12
Good Night!
Monday, July 25, 2005--Today, I had my interviews for my full time position at Microsoft. The HR interview seemed to go fine. It sounded more like a self-evaluation of my experience at Microsoft than anything else.
Then, I had the interview with my Dev Manager. It's kind of funny. I've already interviewed him before, and we've worked together, so the interview was more of a formality. Nevertheless, he needed
something, in case I ever wanted to transfer to another team. (I eventually intend to get to Bungie or Microsoft Game Studios.)
Of course, ultimately, it'll depend on my Final Review, which, based on my Midpoint Review, should be simply fantastic. Speaking of which, it's time for a new poll on my website... maybe...
Dice Roll of the Day: (1, 2) Total: 3
Andy (imitating Diana): I concur!
Me: I conquer!
Teammate (most likely Chris): Icon Door!
Good Night!
Sunday, July 24, 2005--
July 23, 2005 to July 24, 2005
I went to play The Intern Game with me and my team. We were called the Orange team, because Oranges are tasty. Members of the team included me, Jeff, Chris, Peter, Jon, Alex, Andy, and last (but not least) Diana.
Diana: I concur.
Me:
STOP CONCURRING!
(It was her catchphrase.)
Anyways, we did pretty well. By the wall clock, we were dead last, 3 hours behind the first team to finish. However, toward the beginning, we were near the front of the pack, so we were the first to do the County Plaques puzzle, which we spent 4 hours on and didn't solve.
On this day (July 23):
In 2003: I had the ninja school dream in which Lizzie says "Oh great, now I'm stuck with Dwayne."
Teresa: I hope your team wins first place.
Me: I doubt that. Some other team did the County Plaques puzzle and actually solved it.
Teresa: Yeah. Gold Team. I heard they got disqualified.
Me: Really?
Teresa: Yeah. I hope your team wins first place.
Me: Thank you. I hope your team wins second place.
And that was basically it for my weekend.
Dice Roll of the Day: (2, 2) Total: 4
Good Night!
Friday, July 22, 2005--Another awesome yet crappy day today. I was just happy that it was Friday, so I went home early.
On this day:
In 2004:
- "Later in the dream, I frolicked with Emma and Lizzie." Frolicked with Emma and Lizzie?!? I don't even know what that means.
- "I need to play with more money so that I can lose and still win big when my time comes." "What? Your kind thumbs?"
Dice Roll of the Day: (1, 6) Total: 7
Good Night!
Thursday, July 21, 2005--Today, after work, I went to SafeWay, where they were selling Harry Potter Book 6 for $18. Wow. Of all places, who would have thought SafeWay?
On this day:
In 2004: I beat Golden Sun.
Dice Roll of the Day: (4, 3) Total: 7
Good Night!
Wednesday, July 20, 2005--Crappy day of work today. Stuff breaks through no fault of your own, and you lose a few days of work. Yeah...
Dice Roll of the Day: (3, 5) Total: 8
Luckily, I had a backup plan.
Good Night!
Tuesday, July 19, 2005--Still sick... still did work.
Dice Roll of the Day: (6, 1) Total: 7
Actually, I'm "recovering from a cold". I've been "recovering" since Sunday, when I said I was, because I was.
Good Night!
Monday, July 18, 2005--I was still sick, but I decided to go to work, because I'm cool like that. I also got a lot of work done.
Dice Roll of the Day: (4, 3) Total: 7
Good Night!
Sunday, July 17, 2005--I was still sick today, so I stayed in. I tried to play a bit of Star Ocean, but I had a headache and couldn't think, so there went that.
Dice Roll of the Day: (1, 4) Total: 5
Good Night!
Saturday, July 16, 2005--(This entry was written on July 27.)
Matt's mom visited, so he was out of the apartment for the weekend. So, I decided to go get some lunch a Maple Garden with Chao.
Then, we went to the Intern Poker game, which was played with chips (not real money), and had prizes. I didn't do very well.
Later, I returned XenoSaga2 and borrowed Star Ocean 3 from Chao. It's an all right game, except that I fell sick. D'oh!
Dice Roll of the Day: (4, 2) Total: 6
Good Night!
Friday, July 15, 2005--
Pay Day! w00t!
Anyways, I got out of work today at 7:30pm. I would have gotten out at 6:30, but I had decided to go play Halo 2 with a bunch of guys. Apparently, in the room, there were 2 veterans and 6 newbies. (I'm one of the newbies.) So after the two veterans leave (and 2 of the newbies, leaving 4 of us), we play one last game, where I pwned with mad Plasma Grenade skills. Man, those Plasma Grenades are a godsend.
Dice Roll of the Day: (1, 4) Total: 5
Anyways, Good Night!
Thursday, July 14, 2005--Today was a day of work. There's not much more to mention.
Dice Roll of the Day: (3, 6) Total: 9
Anyways, Good Night!
Wednesday, July 13, 2005--Today, after work, I went to a BBQ dinner party at Bill Gates' place. It was awesome. The house was huge and really fancy. Hell, even the bathrooms were fancy.
Also, at one point, Bill is chatting with a bunch of the interns, and naturally, there's a huge crowd around him. Then, he says he needs to go give a speech, so the crowd disperses to let him move. At that moment, my officemate Dan marches right up to him and asks for a handshake, so Bill shakes his hand. That was impressive. I wish I had thought of that.
Dan: Well, hey, it's Bill Gates!
Dice Roll of the Day: (4, 2) Total: 6
Good Night!
Tuesday, July 12, 2005--Good day of work today. I got a lot of stuff done.
Dice Roll of the Day: (5, 6) Total: 11
Anyways, Good Night!
Monday, July 11, 2005--I worked late today. I didn't mean to. It just kinda happened. Because I wanted to get a lot of progress today.
On this day:
In 2004:
- I dreamt I was in a mech combat competition... fighting against Joyce L.
- I beat Xenogears.
In 2003: Hilarious math team meeting.
It'll take a bit of strategy to get what I want now...
Dice Roll of the Day: (6, 5) Total: 11
Good Night!
Sunday, July 10, 2005--Today was, interestingly enough, half memorable, half not memorable. Mostly not memorable, though, because I don't remember much of it, even though it was only 24 hours ago.
On this day:
In 2004:
- Sitting in order or pervertedness at Ariake Sushi.
- 69 soldier tokens!
- The great battle of the Jeng brothers vs Alan & Justin. ("My partner is useless.")
Dice Roll of the Day: (4, 2) Total: 6
Good Night!
Saturday, July 9, 2005--Today, I went to the PuzzleDay 2005. It's a puzzle contest for Microsoft Interns, and it was pretty crazy. Our team didn't win, unfortunately. Oh, well. Better luck next time.
Dice Roll of the Day: (6, 1) Total: 7
Also, I watched 12 Monkeys today. It's a pretty good movie. Crazy little time paradoxes, though.
Good Night!
Friday, July 8, 2005--
On this day:
In 2004: NOT IN SERVICE
Today, I meant to come home early form work, but shit happens.
Dice Roll of the Day: (4, 6) Total: 10
Good Night!
Thursday, July 7, 2005--After this entry, I will be caught up with my journal postings... for now...
On this day:
In 2003: I come home from Japan.
More work, but I'm being productive... I think...
Dice Roll of the Day: (6, 3) Total: 9
Good Night!
Wednesday, July 6, 2005--More work.
Dice Roll of the Day: (5, 5) Total: 10
Good Night!
Tuesday, July 5, 2005--Hi Ho! Hi Ho! It's back to work I go!
Dice Roll of the Day: (5, 4) Total: 9
I also played my first ever Champions-Betrayers-Saviors MTG draft. Apparently, there's a really, really,
really casual club here.
Good Night!
Monday, July 4, 2005--
Happy Independence Day!!!
Whee!
Unfortunately, I was in Canada until midnight, so I spent all of our nation's birthday in another nation. Oops.
Dice Roll of the Day: (3, 2) Total: 5
Good Night!
Sunday, July 3, 2005--Today, my family took me up to Vancouver. It was a long, long, long drive. We stayed at some family friend's house. They had a daughter named Vivian Tseng, which is like a combination of Vivian Chu and Jasmine Tseng. It was amusing. She's also a music major.
Dice Roll of the Day: (4, 6) Total: 10
Good Night!
Saturday, July 2, 2005--(This post was posted several days late... on July 7, in fact!)
On this day:
In 2004: A slew of hilarious conversations:
Dad: [says something about getting something in Chinese, which I misunderstand]
Me: What? Flamethrower?
Dad: No, hairthinner.
Franklin: Oh, yeah, that's a good idea. Thin your hair with a flamethrower.
Me: [discarding a scam letter] I do with these things what I do with junk mail.
Franklin: You mean burn them?
Me: Dude, no!
Dad: If it's a letter-bomb, you just detonated it.
Franklin: Don't worry, just use a hairthinner.
Me: *walks in from backyard* Rosebush is dead.
Dad: What? Really?
Me: Yeah... Well, at least no roses are growing on it, and there are barely any leaves.
Dad: Oh, I thought you said George Bush is dead.
Anyways, my family shows up for a visit. It was awesome. They decided to stay over night.
Dice Roll of the Day: (4, 1) Total: 5
Good Night!
Friday, July 1, 2005--Highly productive day of work today. I think I'm in debug mode now.
Dice Roll of the Day: (1, 1) Total: 2
Good Night!