The Red Onion

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-02-06

herb — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:00:00 +0000

Notice how the #Apple disciples are dissing flash lately? Flash is a threat to #ipad app store games and open applications. Coincidence? #
Oh my goodness! One of my instructors looks like Willy Wonka! (That's a compliment by the way) #
After four weeks of straight work and school, I am really looking forward to the weekend. #
Got Sets and Tuna hooked on a nature show! The Lorne Greene tradition continues! #
Got Zeta and Euna hooked on a nature show. The Lorne Greene tradition continues! #
Ok… more forming, storming and norming tonight. At least we got set up with our assignments! #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-30

herb — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:00:00 +0000

Take some time to watch this. Good video! http://bit.ly/I9KjI #
RT @gillianshaw Tablet, giving Apple a stranglehold over gaming? http://bit.ly/6Egm4b Or the saviour of publishing? http://bit.ly/7pwaD2 #
Imagine just how much I can learn if I could just have 1 hour with #Apple 's marketing team! #itablet #
Wow! What a great opportunity! I will deliver. I will do all that I can to bring success #
I will not allow my fear or shortcomings get in the way of achieving the "impossible". So much is riding on these amazing opportunities. #
No flash support. No SD card slot. How can you get a better web experience without those two essential elements? I'll wait for 2.0. #ipad #
I still feel like Charlie when he won that golden ticket. I'm actually here! #ubc #ptmba #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-23

herb — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 14:00:00 +0000

RT @Miss604 Extending the contest for one more day! Comment or RT to enter >> Win Tickets to Taste BC http://bit.ly/5JXvh7 #
Weird that I actually understand this stuff so far. Accounting and I have never been good friends. Wow. For the moment, he's tolerable. #
That took a lot longer than I thought it would. But at least I know it's done correctly. Good night Twitterverse! #
I entered to win a free trip to watch Olympic hockey from @TourismBC. You can enter, too, today only: http://budurl.com/qx54 #2010hockey #
Old classic black bellissimo with the soft, red lining. I don't think I will ever change. For those w/ a leather jacket u know what I mean! #
Just saw my first episode of dragon's den. Call me geek, but I think it's a cool show! #
Listened in on a convo bw two korean kyopo's. Nice to know I still undrtstand a little bit after 11 years. #smalljoys #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-16

herb — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 14:00:00 +0000

Well… just placed an order at #ClearlyContacts. It's a bit weird ordering eyewear that you've never physically tried on. #
Got an Itunes gift card. Thanks CL! Now downloading McPartland & Bill Evans and McPartland & Shirley Horn. Piano Jazz Goodness! #
re: Auger| Yikes! Where's the #NHL PR staff? The media is eating them alive! Game over for almost two hrs and nay a peep fr them. #Canucks #
Two more sleeps and then the fun begins! #
Has anyone rooted their htc hero fr Telus? I want paid apps for Android market. #
YABADABADOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! #
People aren't pleased that I have a large pizza on my lap on the skytrain. They're either very hungry or angry that i'm taking so much room! #
Well.. Here goes! The next chapter in the dream begins! See you in 2.5. #
Wow. Got a tweet from clearly contacts. 2 hrs later they called.10 min later they sent a free waybill for the return and started shipping ne #
Feels weird being out late at night on skytrain on a fri. Westbound: dressed up younguns going dt. eastbound: older folks going home fr wrk #

herb — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 08:20:01 +0000

It’s late at night, and I feel restless. I know I should be sleeping. After all, I have a very big day ahead of me tomorrow. I start my first pre-core class at the Sauder School of business at the University of British Columbia.

My goals:

1) To graduate and complete the program on my terms

2) To learn how to run circles around people in the C-suite and have an intelligent conversation with them

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Feb 2, 2010 – For the record, I fell asleep before finishing this post. I thought I’d save this for posterity.

Choisir, 선택함, To Choose

herb — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 07:29:00 +0000

“Look at every path closely and deliberately, then ask ourselves this crucial question: Does this path have a heart? If it does, then the path is good. If it doesn’t, it is of no use.” ~ Carlos Castaneda

Do most people tackling a master program get cold feet as they approach the start of their program? Perhaps I’m the only one. Then again, perhaps most people are better at hiding it than I am. My course hasn’t even started yet and I’ve often wondered if I had made the right choice to go to my program. Yes, the deposit is paid, and I’ve spent a tonne of money on books and supplies. But I look at the past and see myself as someone who has been clawing his way through life, finding success mostly by being the beneficiary of the efforts of so many people’s time, talents and resources, rather than any personal effort or skill on my part.

Do I deserve to be where I am today? Do I belong where I am at the moment?

I look at my wife and children who have given me so much of themselves and realize that the above questions matter little. Whether I deserve or belong with the company that I am about to learn with doesn’t matter. What does matter is that my family deserves more than what I can give them at the moment. And if there’s something more that I can give or sacrifice to have them get the best out of life, I need to do my best to give it to them. Even if it means slugging away at case studies, textbooks and academic journals.

So many things are running through my head. I haven’t really had time in the past few months to reflect on what really is going on with my life these days. So many wonderful, dreadful and exhilerating changes have come to us as a family. As my children grow (too quickly it seems), the more difficult it gets to sit back and relax and look around to see those changes, let alone reflect.

And when you get a chance to type it on a blog, or write it down on paper, it just bursts out in an uncontrolled, uncomprehensable dialogue of verbal diareha.

I wish I can express every little thing I’m feeling at the moment, but I just feel so much. I feel inadequate, humbled, yet in awe and grateful for this chance at schooling. Although I’m just happy to be here, like Charlie in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, I hope to experience it all and have the best time of my life here at my MBA program.

Sorry for the jumbled post. I just wanted to get it out – even though it really doesn’t make much sense.

AAACKK!

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-09

herb — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 14:00:00 +0000

Looking for some simple,tasty and inexpensive slo-cooker recipies. Thx! #
Getting back to #p90x after a two week hiatus. Bring it! #
Does the iphone have the ability to turn off the mobile internet while leaving the voice functionality on? #
Send me an invite to Radiusly: A Twitter Client for Companies and Professionals – http://www.radiusly.com #
Getting my laptop all set for school. A lot more cloud-based apps this time around. #
Trying to find a way to fit everything in And still stay organized And rested. Advice anyone? #
Woohoo! Started #p90x again after a brief hiatus. Starting from the beginning, this time with before and after shots.I look like a sea lion #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-02

herb — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 07:00:00 +0000

Helped sis in her new tv purchase And talked her into buying a bluray And some optical cables. Congrats! #
The #Hewitt Associates 2010 Best Employers in Canada list published on the Report on Business in the Globe and Mail. http://bit.ly/8We6Tz #
Happy new year everyone! #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-12-26

herb — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:00:00 +0000

I can't believe I did what I just did. But after all the sacrifices she has made for me over the last 10 years, she deserves at least this. #
RT @ChinaBizWatch Best 10 Books On China http://bit.ly/4xYnos want to get An xmas gift for me? Buy me one of these books. Thk u kindlyme. #
Insomnia again. But putting the time to good use. Wrapping E's gift now. #
Woohoo! Officially on vacation! #
Woohoo! Turkey is basted and in the oven. Let there be aroma! And there was much rejoicing! Yay! #
Lol! This is the third time today that I'm in a line up at superstore. Let's hope we got all we need this time around! #
At Jagga sweets buying some samosas And perkoras. Yummy! #

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-12-19

herb — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 07:00:00 +0000

Wow. I can really feel the difference when I skip a couple of days. Getting back to the groove. One more week And it's off to phase 2. #p90x #
This is going to be a very busy week and a half. But the Christmas holidays are definitely something I'm lookong forward to! #
RT @PhoenixLam Win a free Canon EOS 450D SLR Camera! To enter, simply RT with #kimcanon hashtag! http://www.tinyurl.com/kimcanon #
This January is going to be insane. I had better make the most of my time now! #