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It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.
- Theodore Roosevelt
I hope that no one will claim to know the final answers; no good comes from prophets. But even when acknowledging our falibility, we must nevertheless continue to think about these matters and give the advice to others that intellect and conscience dictate. And let God be our judge, as our grandparents used to say. - Sakharov
Baka ni tsukeru kusuriwa nai (There's no medicine to cure stupidity) - an old Japanese Proverb
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Friday, 21 August 2009 |
I need to save $$ in this tough economy... SO... I've decided that a good strategy was to minimize the gas costs spent on my commute. :) My solution Suzuki DRZ-400SM:
Since buying the bike, I feel that my productivity has improved as well since I'm less angry when I arrive at work. All the beginner foreign drivers that now flood the Silicon Valley drives me insane when am stuck in traffic with them. Now, I just carefully go to the front of the light and zoom zoom away. Bike doesn't get as good gas mileage as I was hoping, but I believe its close to 50MPG which is still better than the MR2 Spyder by a long margin. |
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Tuesday, 26 May 2009 |
I took a short trip to see some family in Japan, PB also came along. Click below for some random photos from the trip:
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Saturday, 22 November 2008 |
So much has happened in the last year and a half... I have a few half written stories, but never had enough time to update my site. The biggest most crazy news to all who know me is that I am now a father! I had a son on November 18th 2008 at 3:25PM! His name is Alexander Vahan Morishige. Its been an amazing ride and now I know and feel something I've never felt before. Its very cool to be a parent.
Alexander Vahan Morishige and I
I will try to post some of the most interesting stories from the past year and a half when I get a chance. I had been trying to migrate the site to some new backend software, but its still being staged in VMWare(FreeBSD) on my laptop. |
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Sunday, 08 July 2007 |
I'm really sorry guys for not posting any new stories the last 2 months. Its been hectic getting all situated in Boston. I'm almost settled in now and hope to have some stories posted from my long drive out here and things that happened in between. Its been 2 months since my last race at Infineon Raceway and I already have an itch to be near another track. I was planning to take a break from the go-fast-crack-pipe, but the bug runs too deep I suppose. I always knew Lime Rock was a short track and from the track map it looks kind of boring... but after seeing it in person I have a different opinion now. Its great for spectating and it has a lot of crazy looking elevation changes and small bumps in the track. I'm looking forward to driving on it soon. Click photo to see rest of the images:
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Sunday, 08 July 2007 |
Whenever I've been to Vegas for bachelor parties we always discuss what we should do during the day... but as we should have predicted, we're always totally hung over to do anything except chill by the pool. So, last month when went to Vegas for Elsa's birthday, I decided to go do what we always talked about. Shoot machine guns. We arrived on a friday and the lines at the airport for cabs were rediculous. Luckily, there was a private driver willing to take us for $50. I figured it might not be a bad idea to handle the guns _before_ any of the drinking, so I told the driver that I'd heard of a gun range 3-4 miles south on Tropicana. The driver made a few calls and we were on our way. We got there within 20 minutes from the airport. The range is called "The Gun Store" and their system is great for first time shooters as they have a range master for every shooter and takes care of making sure you do everything safely. I was amazed by how quickly I was able to get onto the range. I shot a AK47 variant and a HK MP5. It was a great experience and I thought I did pretty well overall, though, I'd like to take more time next time and try to hit the marks with more of an overall goal. Here are some photos from the experience:  |
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Throughout human history, as our species has faced the frightening,
terrorizing fact that we do not know who we are, or where we are going in
this ocean of chaos, it has been the authorities, the political, the
religious, the educational authorities who attempted to comfort us by
giving us order, rules, regulations, informing, forming in our minds their
view of reality. To think for yourself you must question authority and
learn how to put yourself in a state of vulnerable, open-mindedness;
chaotic, confused, vulnerability to inform yourself.
Think for yourself.
Question authority. - TOOL "Salival - Third Eye Intro"
WARNING: If you are reading this then this warning is for you. Every word
you read of this useless fine print is another second of your life. Don't
you have other things to do? Is your life so empty that you honestly can't
think of a better way to spend these moments? Or are you so impressed with
authority that you give respect and credence to all who claim it? Do you
think everything you're supposed to think? Buy what you're told you should
want? Get out of your apartment. Meet a member of the opposite sex. Stop
excessive shopping and masturbation. Quit your job. Start a fight. Prove
you're alive. If you don't claim your humanity you will become a statistic.
You have been warned...... - Fight Club
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