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Just changed from Android to iPhone5: first glance.

Things I miss:

Swype. Makes it easier to type while driving. Ha. I know it's illegal. But I mean... I guess it's easier type while parked...

Google Integration. I miss Google maps, integration with Google Drive, Gmail, Gchat.. G anything.

Can't upload videos to Facebook.

Screen response is shitty near the edge. I press and press and press and nothing happens. Sad face. I know I have fat thumbs and all, but I'm using my pointer fingers...

Weather always says 73 degrees. Needs to be a dynamic widget.

Widgets. I have to scroll through so many menus to get to where I want to.

Things that are nice:

Better camera

iTunes integration.

Better web browser.

Better email formatting.

I really miss Swype and Widgets the most. Boo.

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The Get Off Your Ass Manifesto: How to Motivate Yourself to Actually Achieve Your Goals

By Thorin Klosowski

Starting something new is hard. It can even be a little terrifying. Maybe you don’t know where to start, or maybe you’re scared of failure. But the only way you’ll ever get anything done is if you just get up and do it. Here’s how to conquer those fears, get off your ass, and actually achieve those goals.

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Hillary Clinton on Being Asked about Her Clothes

Interviewer: Okay. Which designers do you prefer? 

Hillary Clinton: What designers of clothes? 

Interviewer: Yes. 

Hillary Clinton: Would you ever ask a man that question? 

Interviewer: Probably not. Probably not.

[Via UniteWomen.org; State.gov]

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Standing Out as a Pseudo-Expat

People in Taiwan have this uncanny ability to tell that I am not a native - even before I open my mouth and butcher Chinese. These are the reasons I believe I stand out:

I weigh over 45kg/100 pounds. For some reason, there is some obsession here with being 45kg/100 pounds regardless of your height. I have not weighed that little since middle school and I don't think it's possible for me to get there unless I ate lettuce for a year.

My hair is straight and black. Wild perms and funky colors abound here.

I carry a backpack. Carrying a backpack here is the equivalent of carrying a fanny pack in America. Everyone has a messenger bag.

I am not pale. Compared to everyone here, I'm pretty much black. A lot of people think I'm from Singapore (with the remaining believing that I'm Japanese.) After actually using a parasol in Taiwan, I can see the merits - it's a lot cooler in the shade. I'm still pretty far from being pale though.

I wear flip-flops. My co-worker says that Americans are "tu" or I guess... unclassy because Americans like to wear flip-flops. I could say the same about Asians and their love of Crocs.

I look people in the eye. I'm American and we're more about being overly-direct-stare-you-down-with-confidence. Asians are more about modesty and humbleness. I should get some of that.

(P.S. I think that I can count as an expat at this point since I've been abroad for a month.)

#Asia #Taiwan #style #culture

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Seriously, my yorkie Musubi is the cutest. (Taken with picplz in Mountain View, CA.)

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Happiness is only real when shared.

Christopher McCandless

#happiness #quote #postsecret

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The Most and Least Reputable Companies in America

#reputable companies

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A 30-year-old can spend $5,000 on a boob job—or she can take that $5,000 and invest it. If she puts only that amount into the markets and receives an average annual return of 7 percent from then on, without ever adding a penny to her savings, she will have $74,582 at age 70. If the 30-year-old starts investing $5,000 a year from that age onward, and receives an average annual return of 7 percent, by the time she’s 70 she will have more than a million dollars.

Get a boob job or invest the money? Numbers according to financial literacy expert Manisha Thakor, the author of On My Own Two Feet: A Modern Girl’s Guide to Personal Finance, and Get Financially Naked: How to Talk Money with Your Honey. (via newsweek)

#boobjob #money #investing

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Sleepy doggie. I love my Yorkie Musubi. She can do no wrong. (Taken with picplz.)

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Nomming with boy and dog (Taken with picplz at Pizza Antica in San Jose, CA.)

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Lobster roll!! Sam's chowdermobile at nvidia. (Taken with picplz in Mountain View, CA.)

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Useless Conversation that I had with Fernando on gchat

me: no

Fernando: yes

me: no

Fernando: yes

me: no

Fernando: yes

me: no

Fernando: stop it

Fernando: yes

Fernando: let me

me: YOU STOP IT

me: NO

#gchat #useless #chat #pointless

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I bought my wedding dress on RueLaLa for $299+tax. I am so cool.

#ruelala #wedding #dress #clothing #frugal

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Happy 2012!

Bag of 24 grapes for the New Years countdown in Spain.

New Years was spent at Plaça de Catalunya in Barçelona, Spain. It's a tradition for everyone to gather there and swallow 1 grape for each stroke of midnight for a total of 12. We stopped by the market and picked up a ton of grapes for only 1€ while we some saw suckers buy 12 grapes for 2€.

We waited on the right side of the clock - which meant that when the clock struck midnight, it looked like it was only 11:57 to us because of the angle of the clock hand. We weren't aware that it was midnight even with the bong bong bong in the background...

Afterwards we realized that midnight had struck and tried to shovel 12 grapes into our face. We came across a few problems: Are we supposed to chew the grapes? What about the seeds?

We attempted to chew through the grapes, but there were too many seeds and we were stuck spitting them out onto the closed metro ramp. I don't think we made it to 12 grapes before we were too full. Probably had no more than 5 each.

Overall it was a pretty tame night. The cops were abound to keep the drunkards from getting loose. No alcohol bottles were allowed within the premises, only plastic cups. The cops were nice enough to hand them out to people, forcing them to empty the beer and champagne into relics of our college life. Fireworks aren't big there either. The plaza was pretty deserted within 20 minutes.

#Spain #new years #grapes #2012

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Leaving for Spain in 12 hours and this is what I have packed.

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Elevator Etiquette

One time at work, I headed towards an elevator that was about to close. There was one other guy already in the elevator and I saw him pressing firmly on a button. Thinking the best of people, I thought he was pushing "DOOR OPEN."

I managed to step in the elevator before the doors smushed me. I mumbled a polite thanks. Then, I looked at the lit buttons on the elevator and realized that he was jamming "DOOR CLOSE."

Talk about your awkward elevator ride.

#elevator #door close #enginerdette #awkward

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laughingsquid:

Jimmy Dean Pancakes & Sausage on a Stick

He totally ripped this idea off of me!!

http://enginerdette.tumblr.com/post/10506101090/and-we-wonder-why-america-is-fat-i-spotted-this