i've been wanting to change the look and layout of my blog for some time, but have just been too lazy to tinker with it. in the past, i would just change the colors when i got bored. but i think it's time for a complete make-over. so W came up with some ideas and i put in my 2 cents, and a new and improved look is in the works. W even took my dragon tattoo and computer graphicized it for my blog (using the actual outline the dude used for my tat). it looks really cool!! but then he brought up a good point. do i really want my tat on the web? for any fool to steal and put on his/her body?? i have an original design and i don't want anyone else to have it! so all that work may be gone to waste. what to do. he can probably do stuff to make it hard for the average joe shmoe to try to print or save the image, but anyone who knew what they were doing and really wanted to take it could still take it. i'm trying to come up with creative ways to prevent it from being stolen. hmmm...must think more about this one. the rest of the new layout looks very cool tho. i can't wait to unveil it!
we've been extremely busy at work, and i put in a good amount of OT last week. and this week's already off to a busy start. i was at work for 12 hours! and i'll have to go in early tomorrow to finish what i didn't tonight. the worst part is, i'm doing work for other teams! i hope all my hard work pays off and someone notices that i'm a valuable asset to the company!!!
if you haven't seen morgan spurlock's 30 days, (now in its 2nd season) you should watch it. i really like it. he has various topics of interest and puts himself or someone else in the situation to see what it's really like. last week's episode was about outsourcing. a computer programmer that was recently laid off went to spend 30 days in bangalore, india, the "silicon valley of india" where most tech companies go to outsource. he had to get a job and live with an indian family whose members were working for american tech companies. he brought up an interesting point about all this. these indians don't know that the jobs they have are due to americans being laid off. they think they're just new opportunities for indians, and if an american loses his/her job, they can easily get another one. there is an abundance of jobs in bangalore right now, mostly call center/telemarketing jobs. it's actually glamorous to work in a call center in india. but it's also affecting their traditions and culture. women are no longer taking care of the family and house, they want to be part of the workforce too. it's creating a shift in their duties, as they try to essentially do 2 jobs at once. it will be interesting to see how outsourcing will actually impact india's traditional culture. but it also showed the division between the rising wealthy middle class and the struggling poor, living just on opposite sides of the road from each other. they showed a janitor working at the american call center in bangalore, living in a tiny little hut with his whole family, obviously living below the poverty level there. the roads are crowded with ox carts, chickens and cars. it's a strange mix of third world poverty and fast-paced industrial growth.
and lastly, i've been sucked into the korean drama obsession. haha...i used to watch some of them in high school when my mom would bring them home. i remember such classics like "pilot" and "the family with 4 daughters" (or something like that). i was browsing the channel guide yesterday when i came across this korean drama marathon. i was glued to the tv for 5 hours watching winter sonata! it was your typical korean love triangle drama, but it's easy to see why it's so addicting! the girl is pathetic, the boys are dumb for wanting her so bad, and the plot is very predictable. but for some strange reason, i had to continue watching! they only showed 10 out of 20 episodes, and now i'm dying to know what happens! i haven't read any spoiler sites yet, so hopefully AZN airs the rest of it soon! cuz i definitely don't want to shell out the cash to actually buy it!
we've been extremely busy at work, and i put in a good amount of OT last week. and this week's already off to a busy start. i was at work for 12 hours! and i'll have to go in early tomorrow to finish what i didn't tonight. the worst part is, i'm doing work for other teams! i hope all my hard work pays off and someone notices that i'm a valuable asset to the company!!!
if you haven't seen morgan spurlock's 30 days, (now in its 2nd season) you should watch it. i really like it. he has various topics of interest and puts himself or someone else in the situation to see what it's really like. last week's episode was about outsourcing. a computer programmer that was recently laid off went to spend 30 days in bangalore, india, the "silicon valley of india" where most tech companies go to outsource. he had to get a job and live with an indian family whose members were working for american tech companies. he brought up an interesting point about all this. these indians don't know that the jobs they have are due to americans being laid off. they think they're just new opportunities for indians, and if an american loses his/her job, they can easily get another one. there is an abundance of jobs in bangalore right now, mostly call center/telemarketing jobs. it's actually glamorous to work in a call center in india. but it's also affecting their traditions and culture. women are no longer taking care of the family and house, they want to be part of the workforce too. it's creating a shift in their duties, as they try to essentially do 2 jobs at once. it will be interesting to see how outsourcing will actually impact india's traditional culture. but it also showed the division between the rising wealthy middle class and the struggling poor, living just on opposite sides of the road from each other. they showed a janitor working at the american call center in bangalore, living in a tiny little hut with his whole family, obviously living below the poverty level there. the roads are crowded with ox carts, chickens and cars. it's a strange mix of third world poverty and fast-paced industrial growth.
and lastly, i've been sucked into the korean drama obsession. haha...i used to watch some of them in high school when my mom would bring them home. i remember such classics like "pilot" and "the family with 4 daughters" (or something like that). i was browsing the channel guide yesterday when i came across this korean drama marathon. i was glued to the tv for 5 hours watching winter sonata! it was your typical korean love triangle drama, but it's easy to see why it's so addicting! the girl is pathetic, the boys are dumb for wanting her so bad, and the plot is very predictable. but for some strange reason, i had to continue watching! they only showed 10 out of 20 episodes, and now i'm dying to know what happens! i haven't read any spoiler sites yet, so hopefully AZN airs the rest of it soon! cuz i definitely don't want to shell out the cash to actually buy it!
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