Watch

My dad brought me back a Diesel watch from the business trip he had to Ecuador.

Nice looking, nicely worn, nicely big, nicely designed.

very nicey indeed.

Monkey + Arm = Breakthrough

Well… the formula should be re-written like so:

Monkey’s Brain + Robotic Arm = Breakthrough in history where bioengineering rocks the world

So yeah…. I can’t find the link to the news right now, but it should be that difficult to find it. I saw it on the news sometime this past week.
Apparently, some scientists decided to put some needle that is as thick as a human hair in the back of a monkey’s neck. Supposedly this is the place where your spinal chord starts and all, where the brain sends signals to your body, telling it to move. So this needle thing goes into the back of your neck, and starts reading the electric signals that the brain sends to your body. The signal is then translated to the machinery (which technically doesn’t necessarily have to be attached to the body), and the robotic arm moves through thought! (Yes, just as if you got a replacement for your arms, which I hope are perfectly fine)

The freaky part of the news is that the success rate is 60%. I wonder what happens to the the other 40%; paralyzed monkeys?

Avianca

This time, I’m planning to write about my dad’s experience with Avianca a few days ago. He was traveling to Ecuador on a business trip this past Tuesday. His flight was early in the morning (7ish?) and therefore he left the house at 5am heading towards the airport. When he got there, the workers at the counter tells him that he might not be on the plane; a flight to Ecuador 2 days ago has been canceled and the people were kept pushed on to the next flight.

A cancelled flight 2 days ago held my dad from traveling that morning. Avianca managed to cut the number of people who were getting pushed to the next flight down to 50 (still a lot), but still saddening. Normally, an airline will make an emergency airplane, or another flight to Ecuador, to compensate the cancelled flight. Apparently, Avianca either has no money, no planes, or doesn’t care about its customers to do such thing.

The next flight was in the afternoon and my dad figuring out that both his meetings that day would be unattended anyway, decided to take the 9:30 pm flight. The compensation was either a $350USD coupon for use in Avianca or a stay during the day at a hotel. With bad service in customer care, I wonder if people are willing to spend the 350USD coupon they received….. During the receiving of the coupon, when it got to my dad’s turn, they claimed his was already given; someone snatched other people’s coupons…. Doesn’t that show the quality of the people here? Some brave enough to do such low class thing in an international airport, which could be arguably called the face shown to the world by a country when a foreigner first enters the nation.

Whatever… My dad had a good flight back and he’s still a little pissed off about it, but yeah…. Shame on you Avianca, tish tish.

Pod Machine

Yes… I finally bought a pod machine as I wished for. The irony was finally solved during a Juan Valdez visit to Andino about a week ago. For about a year, Juan Valdez sold pods to the general public, despite the fact that there are no pod machines available to buy anywhere in Colombia. Screwed up, eh?

Oh, in case anyone is wondering, pod machines are those coffee machines that you see lately in many hotel rooms where you can simply put in this circular filter paper covered ground coffee into a machine and you get a cup of fresh coffee on the go. A mimic version of the coffee machines used by baristas.

Anyhow, I payed 99000 pesos (roughly 60 USD) for the machine, but they also gave me three boxes (a dozen pods in each box) of different pods; mild, balanced, and strong flavor. I think it was a great deal.

Anyone want to come to my house sometime? I’ll become your barista and brew you the best Colombian coffee! Just come visit me! (Yes… end of senior year = boredom)

“Thoughts”

I just wanted to write down a laundry list of things that I wish to speak on my blog when I get the time to.
I have time to write things various times in the days lately, but I always forget what I wanted to write you see..

• Avianca, Ecuador incident with my dad
• Uribe in CNG?
• SIS (Professional sponsor change)
• Prom
• Senior Farewell
• Pico y Placa extension?
• Monkey brain + robotic arm
• “TaLK” – KOR gov program
• Cyworld – minilife
• CMU
• Music Downloads
• Tutoring – money factor
• F1 Visa
• Korea during summer vacations
• Diesel watch my dad brought
• Shopping spree at Santa Ana Mall
• Earthquake
• Lakes in China
• Camera
• Photography
• Final Exams
• Goodbye
• Laptop for College
• Pod Machine

I probably have more to say…. These are among few that I could think in literally 2 minutes. LOL. I have a lot going on in my head, eh?

Long Time

Yes… it has indeed been a long time since I posted here on wordpress… the end of the year for seniors had been such a long journey….

I’ll start updating on what i’ve done… After all, this blog is not truly directed to “readers.” (Probably because I have none). In fact, this is more of an online diary/journal and records of stupid retarded thoughts that passes through my head.

Hmm…….