Here’s and email I just received. I’m not sure what to make of it, LOL.

Hi, mail.

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Best Regards,

Beard Randell

Speaking of weird… Has anyone taken a section of text, doesn’t matter where, spit it through something like babelfish into a different language like Japanese, send it through back into English and read what you’ve got? Try it, it’s funny sometimes.

ARG, I watched So Close a few nights ago, (My Aunt gave it to me for xmas, she’s smart it was on my Amazon wishlist.) I knew it was a good movie which is why I wanted it so bad. But I think I just got pissed off at the TV because I realized why I hated the movie so much. Ok, not the movie, I loved the movie (except the end, but whatever), but I HATE the audio tracks!!! It really bugs me when there are multiple languages in movies but the dubbing only uses one language or another. What bugs me further is they, for whatever reason, kept the english tracks with the ”foreign” language (I suppose it’s native, whatever). One step further? There’s both Cantonese AND Mandarin audio tracks. So, why can’t I watch the movie in the movie’s original language track. It may be a little confusing, but I don’t care, I usually like listening to the actors’ voices. Although dubbing Shu Qi may be ok sometimes, har… she’s a bit whiney sometimes, sorry.

So, what is Adam bitching about now? OK, here’s the whole story: Shu Qi and Zhao Wei both are native Mandarin speakers (although I know Shu Qi can speak Cantonese, Gorgeous), Karen Mok is a native Cantonese speaker, I know there’s a few Japanese and English speaking parts thrown in (including an actor who also starred in a Jet Li film, Yasuaki Kurata in Fist of Legend, which I have ONLY found in English. But, that’s a different bitching). So why must I listen to an all Cantonese, or all Mandarin (All English and French too) Audio track. How about a track with the original languages? I don’t think it’s THAT hard… Sure I speak only English, with a below 1st grader’s level of Cantonese (If that), but I’d still like to have that option. Hrm maybe I can hack the DVD and reburn it to have the correct tracks, ugh, now THAT seems like a pain in the ass.
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So, I managed to survive the first week of school. Also the one week I dreaded since signing up, the ServSafe class. Unfortunately, it still isn’t over; I still have a test to ace on Tuesday. Luckily, I’ve been reading and scoring well on all the practice tests. For the most part it seems common sense things with a little added trickery. Goal? Score higher than my brother… HAR.

Remember this picture. Why? Because for at least 6 months you probably will not see this face again. I may be wrong, but just a FYI. What am I talking about? I started PCI today and they have a strict dress code. We’ll see how much I can get away with. Curious to see how I look now? Click [More] below…

God, I suck at taking pictures… …Still need a hint? How about I tell you. PCI says I must be clean shaven, due to health regulations. However, I think I could have gotten away with what I had. We’ll see if I can slip it in later in the courses. But me being Asian, my facial hair doesn’t grow too fast, so slipping it in is more of a 2 month process to get it where it was before LOL.

Do I look young again? Can I pass as under 21? Hrm, I think I passed as under 21 before… But at least I still look older than my brother. …It’s the eyes. All the wisdom…

We’ll it’s started. First up, ServSafe; then I think next week, we start real cooking/baking! Wish me luck. I WILL miss tech… 🙁 Too bad tech won’t miss me.

Have I mentioned how much I hate it when people ask me if I’m copying my brother in going to a culinary school? 1. No, since high school I’ve wanted to go. 2. I’m doing the Baking and Pastry program, he’s doing the full Culinary program. So there, /rude.
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Went to my annual Sharks v. Ducks game today. Sharks completely stomped on the Ducks, as opposed to what happened last Sunday. I got to witness Cheechoo’s first career Hat Trick! What an awesome game. I also saw Drew Remenda! Hehe, that goes up there with my sighting of Tony Hawk. Funny thing, I finally ran into someone I knew, at a Sharks game. That’s never happened before. I saw Ken from my hockey team there. Also, Eric from hockey WAAAAY back, who’s around my brother’s age was on the Jumbotron or whatever its called. He was wearing a Duck’s jersey and everyone boo’ed. LOL. I could’ve sworn I saw Darryl there, but I’m not sure. Um that’s about it, heh. That is, until Dec 30th; where I’ll wear my Avalanche jersey! =P

Bored, and I leave you with:
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Yesterday, I was called by my contact from PCI. I was getting a little worried, since I didn’t get an answer a few days from when I dropped off my paperwork. Finally, I got my phone call. I was accepted! How all I have to do is find the money, sign the final paperwork, and get fitted for my chef jacket and come January I’ll be ready!

So, if you’re around the Bay Area (Milpitas), come stop by and wish me a big congrats at Dave and Busters, where I’ll also be celebrating my birthday late.

After a little over a year, I believe my Jedi career in SWG is over as of Dec 8th. Thank you SOE/LA for screwing up one of the best MMORPG (maybe even best game) for many people. Check out this undoctored screenshot of the server load. Funny how much a huge change can really piss people off.

So, today, I turned all of my info in, and all of my apps and paperwork is in their hands. All I can do is wait and hope I get accepted. /crossfingers, please do the same! Thanks! I hope to hear good news from them by the end of this week!

Be it ‘Mr. Miyagi’ or even ‘Mr. T’ (not the mohawk one), however you will remember him, Pat Morita will be missed. Very interesting thing I never knew about him, he’s MY height! Mr. Miyagi, I will always remember the line, ”Dunno, first time.” If you don’t know it, you’re probably not a Mr. Miyagi fan…

Does anyone remember a movie where he played a bad guy?