En Sushi

Just as how it appears in its website, En Sushi tries to create an image of hip, high-end Japanese restaurant. Overall, I enjoyed the food and the whole atmosphere. (Though I thought it was a little bit over-priced especially after my visit to Miyake at Palo Alto a week ago.)

Since I was there for the rolls, everything we ordered was from the sushi & sashimi menu. (I love fushion sushi & rolls so much!!!) Those in the picture was our first order: Salmon Sushi, Spicy Tuna Roll, Scallop Roll, and Dragon Roll.

some more therapies

• Pinkberry (medium size with blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries...)
• Cooking in the midnight... I know I am very weird...
• Passionfruit Green Tea (Half sugar) with boba: this one is not very effective recently...

The more the pressure is, the more I want to fool around... (like writing blog..)

4 years ago

Since I'm still not very familiar with the new version of IE, I accidentally opened all the links in "My Favorites". The old photo album @ pchome drew my attention right away.

I still remember that summer. We were still young and still had a lot of dreams to be realized.

Now, 4 years later, some of us, the lucky ones, are living their dreams, some've realized the reality and already given up the dreams, and some had spent so much efforts to fight for their dreams and didn't realize that dreams only existed in the dreamland until they got very close to the end.

Pizza is coming to SUBWAY

Subway, the largest restaurant franchise in the US, will introduce deep-dish style(Chicago-style) personal pizza by June. Just as how we currently order sandwiches at Subway, we will be able to decide our own toppings on the pizza. I can see its success in the near future.

Personalization is always popular. Chipotle is another example. This Mexican grill restaurant owned by McDonald's just opened a store by our campus last month and it has been very busy since then. I am not a big fan of either Mexican food or McDonald's but I spent 30 mins waiting in the line just for a burrito or 3-taco meal. I believe the way they let us customize our burrito or taco is the main reason.

Krispy Kreme launches whole wheat doughnut

The project we did for "Advertisement & Promotions" class last semester was on "Dunkin Donuts." And what we recommended them to do was inroducing a healthy product line!!!
Though the one who started to take actions was Krispy Kreme, I am still very excited that our idea has been actually turned into a trend! Oh Yay!!!

Reel Inn

Reel Inn has the best seafood I've ever had in LA! It's a casual, relaxed place. I felt I was in a restaurant near the wharf.

Its fresh seafood and Malibu beach view have immediately made the Reel Inn one of my favorite spots in LA.

My Therapies

I've been extremely stressed this week, so today I applied two of my private therapies. They really worked, and I feel energetic again! ^_^

Shopping Therapy: helps to relieve the stress mentally

• Where? Century City Mall (less than 10 mins from home)
• Store? ZARA or Abercrombie & Fitch (can always find some "nice to have" shirts)
• Rule 1: Spending < $50 (will feel bad if spending more than that)
• Rule 2: Spending less than one hour

Hot Tub Therapy: helps to relieve the stress physically

• Where? my hot tub @ Home
• What do you need? Japanese hot spring bath salt + magazines

USCIS REACHES FY 2008 H-1B CAP

Oh well, I can take my time now.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced today that it has received enough H-1B petitions to meet the congressionally mandated cap for fiscal year 2008 (FY 2008). USCIS will use a random selection process (described below) for all cap-subject filings received on April 2, 2007 and April 3, 2007. USCIS will reject and return along with filing fee(s) all petitions received on those days that are not randomly selected.
Cap Procedures: In keeping with USCIS regulations, USCIS will use the following process to handle
H-1B petitions subject to the FY 2008 cap:
• USCIS has determined that as of April 2, 2007, it had received enough H-1B petitions to reach the FY 2008 H-1B cap and has set the "final receipt date" as April 2, 2007.
• In keeping with its regulations, USCIS will subject H-1B petitions received on the "final receipt date" and the following day to a computer-generated random selection process.
• USCIS will reject all cap-subject H-1B petitions for FY 2008 received on or after Wednesday, April 4, 2007.
• USCIS will reject and return along with the filing fee(s) all cap-subject H-1B petitions that are not randomly selected.
• Petitioners may re-submit petitions on April 1, 2008 when H-1B visas become available for FY 2009. This is the earliest date for which an employer may file a petition requesting FY 2009 H-1B employment with a start date of October 1, 2008.

The journey

I am sure the journey itself is valuble no matter where the destination is. However, I'm still having hard time making myself enjoy the journey without knowing where I'm going to end with.