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Many people who knows me knows that I got into a motorcycle accident 3 weeks after I bought my bike. I was riding with a friend through Santiago Canyon. It was a painful experience. So painful it had prevented me from going canyon carving for a good 3 years. Of course, I over came that fear when I went canyon carving with some people back in January. To fully declare that I am over my fear of riding in two-lane back roads, I had to overcome my fear of riding through the roads of my accident. With my renewed confident in riding, I set out on my journey after some lunch with a few friends today (btw, if you ever go to the City of Orange don’t forget to visit Felix for great Cuban food). I bravely revisited the same location on a solo ride across Orange County and eventually made it to the haunting road. To make matters worse, it started to rain at times. That didn’t stop me from continuing. I was determined to ride the same road that injured me physically and psychologically for all these years. Although I didn’t ride as agressive as I would like to but I took my time and got through the fatal turn. Thinking back at the event, I know what I did wrong and how I am a much better rider than then. It was a great relief to relive those moments briefly today.

I eventually road my way out of the wet weather and found myself riding along the coast in Laguna Beach and then eventually Newport Beach. I didn’t stop riding for a good 2 hours and when I got home, I was completely beat. Unfortunately I had a basketball game tonight. I’m tired right now, but I just have to make a note of this accomplishment before I become too lazy to acknowledge it. Hooray for me!

The series finale of The OC was on tonight. It was a very good episode. I felt they wrapped up everything very well. Although it was a bit cheesy but that’s expected from a show that targets young adults. This was one of the few series I kept track of from the first episode to the last. It was good to see how the characters progressed. I was completely satisfied with this series and will miss the characters. If you didn’t get to catch the last episode, follow this link before YouTube takes it down!

I’ve been obsessing about this for about 2 months so far and finally my wish was granted. I received a nice shiny iPod 80GB in black in exchange of my Magellan Roadmate 2000. It was a great gps. I got me out of some weird neighborhoods and showed me how to get home from work through paths I’ve never been through. I felt confident when I had it and was never afraid of ever getting lost. The reason why I opted to go with an iPod was because the Magellan’s cradle that held it on my mount kept on breaking. So after the 2nd time happening, we decided to return it to get something else. Originally I was okay with just swapping it out for a 3rd one but these things sell out! So with a little bit more money, I am a proud owner of the an iPod. Thanks to my hon who bought this for me. A great Chistmas/Valentines day gift.

I used to hate iTunes. But now that I have an iPod, I don’t think I can live with out it. It is so great to organize all my music and build playlists so easily. The ability to filter certain songs from a shuffle is ingenious. The more I learn about iTunes and its simple ways but yet powerful organization features, the more I enjoy using it. Unfortunately while updating my library it’s been very slow due to my slow 802.11b wireless connection. It took me over 12 hours for the first sync of half of my entire library. I eventually took my system off the wireless and plugged it directly to my wired network. It finished the remaining half in less than an hour.

I’ll also be picking up an Xbox 360 this weekend. The extended warranty on my PS2 runs out on the 21st so I have to take advantage of that purchase. This will be great on my 3 day weekend!

Some pictures of Kylee’s birthday dinner earlier this month.

Kylee’s Birthday Dinner – February 03, 2007