depression · personal · school n work

Stress at work

In the past when I was stressed out at work due to certain situations or people, I often swept it under the rug. Recently I started challenging myself to deal more directly with my emotions. Unresolved emotions hold on to me more strongly than perhaps normal people. It keeps me up at night and I’ve… Continue reading Stress at work

school n work

Had a great first week at Meredith

I started this week as a frontend developer for the parents.com team at Meredith. It’s been a very fun week. The people are super nice and I got my local workspace & server set up in 2 days to which the local considered a new record. I got my computer & keyboard elevated so I… Continue reading Had a great first week at Meredith

personal · school n work

ISL像一场重感冒

我知道我这样说最终会让别人误会。我现在的感受好似徐怀钰的那首《爱像一场重感冒》。不但像,要走时我还真生了一场重感冒 。如果说ISL是一场三个月的恋爱真不算夸张。我现在像刚和男友说了分手般心酸。人一生的感情真是微妙。事业和爱情原来可以相提并论。事业上的爱恨情仇也是可以刻骨铭心的。 分了或走了,甜蜜回忆却上心头。英语因该说是bittersweet。我知道雨过天晴后留下会是美好。一番人生体验。学习到了新的技术。交了好些新朋友。 哦,ISL,虽然我们未能一起走到最后。我会常常想念你。像想念我的初恋男友一样。 在这我留给读者在我脑中的歌词。 徐怀钰 《爱像一场重感冒》 词:姚若龙 曲:Eric Lee 写了封信给你 好像依依不舍 刚寄出去马上又后悔了 多希望邮差能把地址看错 或是弄丢了 因为你是真的 和别人不一样 不然我不会那么感伤 但是我已爱到不能爱 让到不能让 还能怎样 不如倔强 倒数三秒 我会开始努力把你忘掉 有时候爱情就像是一场重感冒 等烧退了就好 找一天将心情当房子好好地打扫 我喜欢每次丢掉多馀的东西 那种轻松美好

geeky · school n work

my computer at work

I was contracted out as a consultant for a new company three weeks ago. They had a computer ready for me but it was not set up correctly so I could actually do work. I finally got my new one last Thursday. I guess they made it a worthwhile wait. It’s pretty decent ya think?

geeky · school n work

How to STYLE a table using CSS (JSF examples)

Tables are very important parts of the web interface. They are (hopefully) used for tabular data. It is one of the oldest and most basic HTML presentation tag but in order for it to smoothly fit into the new CSS age, we need to look at the most practical way in correctly setting up the… Continue reading How to STYLE a table using CSS (JSF examples)

personal · school n work

why did i come to work?

i don’t know why i came to work today. the weather is hell. this morning freezing rain fell. then snow pellets, thunder & lightning. tonight we are supposed to get 5 inches of snow. misty was a scared little puppy. she always has been a chicken. i was woke up by the loud thunder at… Continue reading why did i come to work?

personal · school n work

my cubicle

i think my cubicle is pretty cool. the first time i saw it i was actually surprised about how big it was. i mean for an entry level position, i was expecting a stall sized cubicle. haha.. not to say it’s really big or anything. you can’t fit another person in there easily but still… Continue reading my cubicle

personal · school n work

1st phone call at work

i just got my own phone at work. and guess what? about 20 minutes after my phone was set up, i got a phone call. the conversation went like this: lady: hi, i need to vertify past employment me (totally confused): hrm i was last employed by the Unversity of Iowa as a student employee?… Continue reading 1st phone call at work

school n work · sports

herky on parade

our school started this herky on parade event to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the historic Kinnick Stadium, home of the University of Iowa’s varsity football program. they placed 75 differently designed Hawkeye mascots Herky on iowa city streets. unfortunately some immature college students are busy vandalizing the newest additions to iowa city streets. what… Continue reading herky on parade