Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Positives Sat Oct 13-Tue Oct 30, 2012

*Finishing And Catching Up Anime With A Mini Marathon: Dog Days', Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita, Binbougami Ga, and Tari Tari. Binbougami Ga is on my all time favorite list.

*Rooted my Droid X2 and installed Ice Cream Sandwich.

*Ate at Chick-Fil-A restaurant for the first time.

*Played Galaxy Trucker board game for the first time.

*Attended my cousin's baby shower.

*Interviewed for a temp job in Sunnyvale, CA.

*Tried Bull Eye's Hickory Smoke BBQ sauce.

*Won my first Dominion card game.

*The San Francisco Giants won the 2012 World Series.

Thursday, October 18, 2012

Quiz: San Francisco 2

I had fun with the first quiz. Let's have another quiz on San Francisco.

1. What year did I attend my first San Francisco Giants baseball game?
a. 1987
b. 1989
c. 1991

2. I watched a San Francisco Giants baseball game on the same day fugitive O.J. Simpson was in his Ford Bronco in 1994?
a. True
b. False

3. Who was the opponent when I watched my first San Francisco 49ers football game?
a. Denver Broncos
b. Miami Dolphins
c. St. Louis Rams
d. Seattle Seahawks

4. What event took place in Treasure Island, one of two times I visited the island?
a. A concert
b. An anime costume gathering
c. A wedding
d. A family reunion

5. Angel Island is a . . .
a. County park
b. State park
c. Federal park

6. My mom and aunt took my younger brother, cousin, and I to San Francisco from the East Bay. How did we travel round trip?
a. My aunt drove all of us.
b. We took BART.
c. We took AC Transit, a bus.
d. We took a ferry.

7. I attended the California Academy Of Science in Dec 2008, months after it reopened. How many times did I attend afterwards?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3

8. When was the first year I participated in the San Francisco Cherry Blossom Parade?
a. 2006
b. 2008
c. 2010

9. Choose two of the five years I attended New Year's Eve?
a. 1997
b. 2000
c. 2005
d. 2009
e. 2012

10. My company enrolled me in a software training class in 2001 and 2006. What was the program?
a. Excel
b. Crystal Reports
c. SAP
d. Oracle

Saturday, October 13, 2012

Positives Sat Sep 29-Fri Oct 12, 2012

*Completed Half Life 2: Episode 1 video game.

*Finished watching Glee Season 1 and Justified Season 1.

*Another 83.5/84. Almost perfect playing Quell Reflect. I needed a small cheat for one move in a level. I deducted .5 points.

*Interviewed for a staff position at Evergreen Valley College.

*Attended the Northern California Ren Faire at Casa De Fruta. I also visited and shopped the stores. I purchased dried kiwi.

*Ate at Famous Dave's restaurant for the first time.

*Anime marathon. Finished watching Natsuyuki Rendezvous and Hyouka. Hyouka is on my all time favorite anime list.

*Installed a new cabin air filter.

*Light snack. Ate McVitie's Digestive biscuits for the first time.

Monday, October 8, 2012

Quiz: San Francisco Solutions

Here are the solutions:

1. Madam Butterfly was a show I saw in San Francisco. Name another show I saw.

a. The Phantom Of The Opera
b. The Nutcracker
c. The King And I

2. Who was the artist I saw at AT&T Park in 2010?

a. Paul McCartney
b. Bruce Springsteen
c. Steve Miller Band

3. I went on an urban hike along The Embarcadero. Which of the following did I visit for the first time?

a. South Park
b. China Basin
c. Coit Tower
d. All Of The Above

4. Pier 39 has an aquarium. What occupied that space in the 1980s?

a. Nothing. The aquarium is the first new attraction.
b. An arcade.
c. A retail store.

5. What is my favorite attraction in Fisherman’s Wharf?

a. The retail shops
b. Clam chowder
c. Musee Mecanique
d. The wax museum

6. The last time I watched a San Francisco Giants game was in 2002. How many home runs did Barry Bonds hit in McCovey Cove?

a. 0
b. 1
c. 2
d. 3

7. Did I walk the entire Golden Gate Bridge round trip?

a. True
b. False

8. My mom supposedly saw a famous actor in 1987. Who did she think she saw?

a. Richard Dawson (yes, he acted)
b. Richard Dean Anderson
c. Kevin Costner
d. Morgan Freeman

9. My family, closest relatives, and I visited Chinatown many times when I was a child. Where did we also visit many times?

a. Union Square
b. Palace Of Fine Arts
c. Japantown
d. Pier 39

10. I walked AND drove on Lombard Street, the world record for the crookest road.

a. True
b. False