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US CIS
Posted on January 14, 2004 by Ching under Web.
What do Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (BCIS) and US Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) all have in common? They’re the same damn thing! It seems that US Immigration has gone the way of the illegal immigrant (moving from one address to another and changing their name as they go).
Over the last year the web address of this agency has changed from www.ins.gov to www.bcis.gov to www.uscis.gov — sounds crazy but I have proof! The Wayback Machine at Internet Archive has a record of every single website that pops up on the web. In fact, they even have my very first domain (chingay.com) listed.
But I digress.. What in the world is going on with the US Citizenship and Immigration Service (as they are now known)? Why have they gone TNT (tago nang tago) on me? I hope they stay at this last web address for a while because they sure are hard to find these days.
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How to Give the Last-Minute Gift of Blog
Posted on December 24, 2003 by Ching under Web.
This idea is so freaking brilliant that I actually used it this holiday season! I will take pictures of my finished product tomorrow when the gift is presented to its intended recipient. For now, you can visit the link (http://mlx.blogspot.com).
I’m really looking forward to Noche Buena at mom and dad’s. Of course, we still have last minute things to attend to (like buying LOTR: Return of the King balcony tickets for Christmas Day because they refuse to sell them until the 24th — how silly is that — and dropping off presents at Brian’s parents’ house so that we don’t have to lug them when we come over on Christmas Day).. And then it’s happi-happi, joy-joy until Brian and I both have to return to work on Friday.
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Dooced
Posted on October 25, 2003 by Ching under Web.
All I can say is..
No one reads my blog — and that’s a good thing.
And even if they did, at least I’m not writing about sensitive subjects.
Case in point: Easterbrook [via Dooce]. Are your opinions worth getting fired over? Mine are not. Â
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Reality Shows
Posted on June 24, 2003 by Ching under Life, Web.
I found Veronica Kay‘s journal online but I’m wondering if it’s the real VK. Brian thinks that it’s some writer that Roxy has paid to write stuff into a diary. I think it’s the real deal but I’m starting to wonder if Brian is right. Isn’t she supposed to be in Oahu with Boarding House (incidentally my new guilty pleasure — I’m so over Shipmates because it’s the same shit over and over again) for the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing or am I seriously slow? Is the show like six months behind or something because VK’s website says that she’s in Australia right now. But if it’s behind then what’s the point of watching something when you already know who’s going to win? This is way too much thinking for me. Will someone who is knowledgeable in this area straighten me out please?
Anyway, Sunday was super awesome. [I really need to lay off the surfing shows — SurfGirls and Boarding House — because I’m starting to sound like a stoned surfer.] Brian and I went to see The Hulk, which was great. You either hate it or you love it, and I loved it. I told Brian to add it to the “to own” list. I didn’t let the fact that he looked like, as Brian puts it, Shrek on steroids bother me at all. Jennifer Connelly is superb, as usual. Ang Lee, the director, is a creative genius. Nick Nolte – great. Eric Bana? Well, I can’t really say much because he had to share his part with a computer animation. As much as I loved Josh Lucas, though, they really made him look gay in the some of the scenes.
After the movie, we came home and cleaned house. The guest bath is spotless! I am so happy about that. I also made sure that the cobwebs which were collecting in the front entry (because we never use it — the UPS guy probably thinks we’re the laziest people on the planet) that mom pointed out the last time she was over were gotten rid of for good. I’m going to make sure we try to keep the front entry cobweb-free if not always sweeped. LOL!
As we were cleaning, I got to thinking about last week’s Real World Paris episode and how she found the passport hidden in the purse.. I was sure that our marriage certificate (which we realized was missing only a couple of months ago) was in my purse. I was thinking back and I couldn’t recall ever putting it anywhere else. So I checked again, in the same way that I checked before and sure enough it was there! It was right there with my expired passport. What the hell? I could’ve sworn it wasn’t in there the last time I checked.
We were so convinced that it was gone that I sent Brian downtown on his day off last Friday to get copies. Good thing the copies were only $1.25 each but still, he could’ve spent the time more productively instead of running around downtown looking for the office where he can get the copies which, as it turns out, we don’t need anyway because I’ve now found the original. Sometimes I just feel really flaky! But now you can’t tell me that nothing has come out of my reality show addiction because if it weren’t for that episode, I don’t think I would’ve found the missing marriage certificate!
After cleaning, we rewarded ourselves with dinner at Sumo because Brian was craving California maki again. I love that he has started digging it because I love California maki and now I can have it more often because he likes it too! As we were driving home, Brian was making fun of this girl that sat at the other end of the hibachi table because when Silo (our chef) did the Japanese microwave thing where he sets the shrimps on fire, the girl ducked and covered her head with her hands like she was afraid of catching fire or something. I told Brian she was probably wearing tons of hairspray and, as we all know, hairspray is extremely flammable so she had good reason to fear. Personally I don’t think anyone should wear hairspray if they’re going to Sumo. Actually, I take that back. I don’t think people should use hairspray period. I told Ashley about it at work today over Sametime (our work chat thing) and she goes, “Sumo amateurs!” She might have used the term novice or some word of similar meaning but I can’t remember exactly.
Dinner was great. The rest of the early evening was spent laying in the hammock. Brian and I said we would only lay there for an hour but we both fell asleep and it turned into more like two hours. When we came to it wasn’t completely dark yet but the sun had already set (the sun was still up when we first went outside to lay in the hammock around sevenish). It was totally wonderful. The climate was perfect and there was a strong breeze that kept us cool and the leaves were rustling. I love the sound of rustling leaves. Laying there reminded me of the slow, leisurely days in the province when people just take naps on the their front porch or veranda.
After our nap we worked on Brian’s website some more because I had promised him I’d help him do a site makeup which his site needed terribly. It wasn’t anything like the other night, though, when Brian was caught on cam! LOL! Â
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Friendster
Posted on June 19, 2003 by Ching under Web.
Did you know that Google now has their own store? I’m really glad that they’ve picked up selling Blogger apparel because the prices are now almost $10 less than back when I originally got Brian and I our Blogger tees.
With that plug out of the way I have to tell you — these Blogger folks don’t play! I ran into Ritchie last night on Y!M while I was playing poker on UB. He busted me for not having read his site because I missed the June 17 post about Friendster. These folks are so relentless! I mean, once they know you are an avid reader they expect you visit their site every hour on the hour! Nevermind that I’ve been sicker than Charles Manson for the past week. And nevermind that I’ve been totally hooked on online poker, so much so that I spend most of my time there instead of blogging as I used to..
Having felt guilty about missing the post, I got suckered into joining. For the record, I usually don’t do these things but he assured me that it’s not just for single people. So far only Brian and Jen have joined but I feel like such a loser only having three friends on my page.. So now I’m trying to sucker — err, beg — you to join on my behalf. Use ching@alonsofamily.net as the referral email so that they automatically add you to my friends list.
Speaking of sick, it’s true. I’ve been completely miserable for the past week. I’ve been miserable and lazy so I haven’t posted the pictures from dinner on Sunday. Those will be coming.. You’ll see them here as soon as my wellness returns.   Â
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