And in the News of the Bay today - my friend Lili, an aspiring model who lives in San Francisco and almost never leaves the "island", finally made it to South Bay this weekend. We hung out at San Jose's lounge called "7", ate breakfast in historic down town Campbell and took Fila for...
It is interesting how the two of these go together. The Spy Satellite and Spy Bill both made headlines in the last month. One must look at these closely together to see the connection. For me, I had a question about the Spy satellite that broke down and was supposed to get shut down...
The duck series was shot by Jeff Sutton in Palm Springs' resort Westin. It was a story to be told about humans and animals, particularly, happy humans and hungry ducks :) Watch for yourself...
Thanks to the housing crisis in the bay area, the rent went up everywhere. Yes, there are nice places with new appliances and washer/dryer in the unit, but expect to pay double or triple the price. Just to give you an example, the one bedroom apartments go for almost $1800/month! A studio is $1705...
Today Monster.com organized a job fair in Milpitas (south bay). I haven't been to any in a while, so i figured, why not, I'll go... It, however, turned out to be a complete disappointment. The Embassy Suites Hotel, where the job fair was hosted, was filled with people looking for jobs, some of whom flew...
Since I've become a citizen, I finally got to vote for the first time. My ballot arrived in the mail. Boy, was this confusing...
Remember that time when you said "well that sucks, but I can't do anything about it..."? Look someone did something. This is one example of how high school science teacher reaches out to save the world from global climate change aka global warming. He builds an argument worth to examine as he claims it to...
Since I grew up in Ukraine then moved to USA and stayed, I often get asked this question: “So how do you like it?” I say sincerely – “I love it”. I tell them I love the people and I love the nature. My two favorite things. The problem with USA’s image and those...
The first day of the new 2008 was celebrated by gathering for dinner at Maggie's house in Milpitas. An event attended by a dozen or so friends, including my friend Richard, whom I know from my journalism school. Eh, so many memories... Richard brought his camera and in the middle of a pool game, he...
The other day my friend Alan wrote a blog at the end which he posed a question “where do nerds hang out?” People posted their answers, but I think I’ve got a good one – they play laser tag!!! That’s right. This is exactly what we did Saturday night and it was so...
