Observed

Observed at 7:30AM EST : New York is a breakfast meeting town. Dining room at Mandarin Oriental was PACKED with businesspeople with very few tables left. $28 for two eggs, stale potatoes and mini tomatoes.
Observed at 8:45AM EST: Crowds getting out of the conference floor, all with pamphlet that read [...]

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Time for Crack

I think I am going to cave in and get myself a Crackberry.
I might have prematurely pulled out (????) the EVDO card late last night/early morning. And as a result, this morning, I must have spent a good hour trying to make it work again. No dice. What was working like magic [...]

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Rockefeller Center Tree Lighting

Someone told me during lunch that tree lighting was going to take place at Rockefeller Center tonight. I thought, oh, I’ll just swing by to watch before dinner. It did not ocurr to me that it’s THE event of the day and such event draws crowds. A friend and I unwisely got [...]

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Mandarin Oriental New York

For two nights of stay, I am paying an equivalent of a month rent somewhere in Los Angeles. A very nice apartment at that.
Much has been said about the amenity of this hotel. The spa is suppose to be something of a legend on this island. Was reading what they offered [...]

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Stolen iPOD Touch

My new iPod Touch got stolen. $400 gadget, loaded with music that might be interesting to some, pictures that should mean nothing to any, contacts that should have been purged and merged long time ago.
It was stolen from my checked-in suit case on American Airlines, from Miami to LAX. I did [...]

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Ephemeral

Someone I loved died this past Sunday. His passing made me think about the word 無常 = Ephemeral. I always thought this captures the essence of the word better, rather than “Impermanence.”
Come to think of it, it used to be his favorite word. Ephemeral. And now that I think even [...]

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