謹賀新年

明けましておめでとうございます!

ついに2006年ですね。皆さんにとって良い年となりますように お祈り申し上げます。
今年もよろしくお願いいたします。


We had 3 straight days of pouring rain (from12/31 - 1/2) in California and the Comcast cable was down during the same time with no TV and Internet access. It was frustrating at first but I got used to it afterwards. Today is the first day of work of the year, and surely, the sun is out! (*sigh)

I watched these movies during the 3-day weekend:

Matrix Reloaded (2003) (fell asleep 1/3 into the movie. There was just too much stuff going on and I don't care anymore. I have never finished watching this movie)
Matrix Revolutions (2003) (I went straight to bed. I have never started watching this movie)

American History X (1998)
Dear Frankie (2005)
Fantastic Four (2005) (fell asleep in the middle, since I have seen it before and it was like 2:30am)

Princess Mononoke (1997) (fell asleep 3/4 into the movie. I think it was during the battle with Shishi gami. One thing I don't understand is why is the rattling noise of the Kodama necessary?)
Billy Elliot (2000)
Into the Blue (2005) (started the movie for a few minutes and then decided to stop when the work-stress starting to build up)

Among all, I like Billy Elliot the most. [I found out Jamie Bell (Billy) is actually a student at the Royal Ballet School in London in real life and he is in the new King Kong, too! ] I had wanted to watch this movie since it first came out. So I guess it had been more than 5 years!! I have a lot of catching up to do with movies (and work!)

So one of my New Year's Resolutions will be:
. to try to make more time everyday out of the 24-hour and use it to do more things that is not work related.
to achieve that, I need to work more effectively and efficiently...