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Going to California on 2/2, back on 2/7

6:00 PM Monday, 1/4/2010 by RK

I’m going to California next month on 2/2/2010 and coming back 5 days later. :D This trip would be exciting and significant in many ways. At this point, I can only share the following reasons for this trip:

  • Visit my aunt’s family in Saratoga, CA.
  • Physically meet and connect with friends who live in the Bay Area.
  • Visit Palo Alto High School and its journalism classes.
  • Meet and talk with Paul Kandell, Esther Wojcicki, and Ellen Austin, journalism advisers at Palo Alto High School.
  • Attend Teens in Tech Conference 2.0, which is being held at Google’s San Francisco office on February 6, 2010. Connect with new friends at the conference!

On a side note, it’s great that this short trip is practically free. I got the plane tickets with my mom’s old US Airways credit card mileage points that we thought we would never get to use before the expiration date. Plus, thankfully, I am staying at my aunt’s place during the entire trip. So the total comes down to: $35 for plane ticketing fees and taxes + $50 for the Teens in Tech Conference ticket. Woohoo!

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A great day to start a blog

8:00 PM Friday, 1/1/2010 by RK

What a great day to start a blog! Today marks the beginning of another decade. I expect the next ten years of my life to be as life-changing as the ones that had just gone by, and I want this blog to be part of that journey.

I intend to update this blog on a daily basis, publishing at least two new posts every day. That can be a lot of work, I know, and maintaining such a consistency can be very challenging. Nonetheless, I am confident that I can meet those targets because I am used to producing, editing, and publishing lots of online content in a rigorous manner.

I hope you get to know me well through my future blog posts, as I also want to get to know you well through your comments, tweets, e-mails, etc.

Furthermore, I humbly hope that my sharing of lessons learned from all kinds of ongoing experiences is beneficial to you as time goes by.

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”
Eleanor Roosevelt

Notes to myself: Our fairly new tradition of celebrating the new years in front of the fireplace went really well last night. Everything was perfect. Perfect. The whole experience was very memorable. I was very happy today because I celebrated the first day of this decade by walking in the woods and breathing in the nature, while listening to one of my favorite symphonies of all time. The ground was covered with white snow. For the first time ever, I walked on a frozen pond in the middle of the forest. I am so excited for the new decade.

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