been there, done that....

I just came back from Kauai, Hawaii.

Surprisingly, I'm not impressed with this scenic island. May be my expectation was too high.

I have seen nicer beaches. I have been to more luxury hotels than the Grand Hyatt hotel. I have seen more beautiful fish, nicer corals, nicer cliff, more elegant water fall, more memorable sunrise. I have ridden more adventurous speed boat. I have seen more specular shows... so on and so forth... I think it's probably bad, that i'm not easily get excited anymore.

However, at the end, I'm so glad that I enjoy sitting on the beach, reading one nice book, listening to the wave hit the beach. I also enjoy swiming in the pool and play water slide.. simply the best....

As I have been to many places, have done many things, simple nice things are what I enjoy now.. (hmm..I'm talking like an old girl :P)

Final note.. No other places are as beautiful as home..Beaches in Thailand are the best!!! trust me..

San Francisco to Triburon bike route...

16 miles of biking, start from Ghirardelli square, across golden gate bridge, head to Sausalito, then end at Triburon. I can't believe I could finish this route in 3 hrs.
Too bad, I didn't get a chance to enjoy the view that much, I was in a hurry to catch the ferry back to SF bay at 4:10.

http://sanfrancisco.citysearch.com/profile/11493725/bay_area_ca/san_francisco_to_tiburon_bike_route.html


background is the golden gate bridge pillar.

I do my thing and you do your thing. I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations, and you are not here to live up to mine. You are you, and I am I..

If by chance, we find each other. It's Beautiful. I think it's beautiful. Let's make it last forever.

You don't have to wear yellow or pink to show your respect.

I know that wearing tshirt is tangible. But there are million of intangible ways to show your respect to the king.

I think it's realy rediculous that some people cut in the line, fight with security guard or even amongst thai people who are in the line to get pink tshirts. What's the point?

Aren't we too materialistic?

*sigh*

I'm so sad..
I set my selling price to $745 in October. When the google share was approaching $745, I adjusted my selling price to be $10 higher. As a result of that my sell order didn't get matched this Wednesday. 2 days later,it drops to $670. I just lost $75 per share in 2 days.

Lesson learn: do not be greedy...

See you at the gas pumps

http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=202803523

I just got my formal annual performance review yesterday. I really like the performance review process here. I'm not sure that the process is confidential or not. But basically, they value peer reviews, not just manager's, which I think it's very different from other companies that I had worked with. We also do it on the quartery basis. The reason is that, we want to recognize any achievements as soon as possible.

I'm very happy with it. It proves that non-sense girl can be successful at work. It proves that you don't have to bullshit to be successful. It also proves that stealing bottle water from microkitchen everynight doesn't effect my performance.

I really like this comment from my manager. A quick glance, it looks like a very good comment, but if you think about it deeply, it seems pointless, and seems like i'm good at everything, but master of none. :P

"It's clear to see from Lisa's feedback that her strengths are many and diverse. I think Lisa's strengths probably even more diverse than the ones already discussed but haven't yet had a chance to show themselves because of the nature of the work we do in XXX"

Bomb learning how to ride..

Dong was teaching bomb how to ride a bicycle on Saturday at a park near Google main campus.





Thanks GG for your facility..