Is that Alcatraz? I really want to take a trip there.
yes, nice tour down incarseration lane
Is that Alcatraz? I really want to take a trip there.
Jason
I am a college drop out and took time off from studying for 6 years (currently back to finish where I left off just for pleasure).
-I speak 4 different languages
-I love my two cats to no end. They treat me so well. One of them is still alive and healthy.
-I don't think I ever put anyone down once in my life intentionally.
-Never took a day off from my daily work out routine since age 16, even on Christmas or when I am sick. If I travel I jog rain or snow. For those early PAGs, I wake up 2 extra hours early to do my work out before the meet.
-I love good eats, live to eat, eat to live
-I like to travel and see different things
-I love family and people
-Not as gifted as Sis and Bro in terms of extrovert and brain, but I have discipline.
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Came to America at age 13 by myself, I choosed America, sister and brother choosed Australia. I went through entire teen years without parents by my side. I had very unique situations.
Age 13 worked as child labor at Tracy Motel in front of Tracy high school, it was nasty environment, $5 a day not my well, was forced by mean ass relative. (Bay area NSXers, is Tracy Motel still there on the main street?). Didn't know any English at the time. Zero freedom, relative were extreme sacrastic all the time and tried to put me down. A single word of encouragement were never received from her, lots of discouraging words. My grandmother witnessed when she came to visit her daughter (my aunt). Grandmother cried and couldn't believe the daughter she adored is such a nasty person, she wanted to take me back.
Age 14 The relatives who made me worked at Tracy Motel, landed in jail. Karma bitch. You see that is why I believe in karma.:biggrin:
Age 14 Relocated to youth shelter in Stockton by Social Workers. It was actually kinda fun there. Basketball, kids, TV, work for fake money so you can exchange it for toys.
Age 14 moved and live under a really loving homestay family in Ripon, CA. Lived in a really old abandoned mobil home that leaks in countless spots (it rains a lot during the winter), no heater. Smell like shit at night, because it is next to Chicken farm. The mobilhome was really cool though, because I get the entire mobil home for myself. All my friends loved it. But even them couldn't stand the smell at night.:biggrin:
Work at chicken farm picking eggs 6 hours a day. Just because I felt bad that my homestay mother's kids doesn't want to help out. My parents was paying them good money. I wasn't living there for free, but seeing home stay mother picking eggs by herself. I don't have the heart not to offer a hand.
Age 15 I couldn't took it any more, I had to find legitimate excuses so I don't have to pick and wash chicken eggs, so I joined cross country team at school and took Tae kwon Do classes. I practice and do my homework at Dojo until 10:00pm everyday. I do still help out on Weekends. She would take me out to Hometown buffet in Modesto to eat as much as I wish. Little thing like that, make a big difference for kids. She always give me a ride to malls and anywhere I asked. If hers kids have it. I have the same. She treated me like her own kids. God I miss her.
-Graduated from Ripon High
-Stay in Sydney, Australia for 6 months with my sister and brother.
-Drop out of San Jose State University and worked at Howies Hi Tech games (bay area guys do you remember me?) Howies at Barber Lane in Milpitas Square. Howies is no longer there:frown: Sony kinda put him out of business. The evolution of the business in his field didn't help him. Kinda similar to what DVDs did to Blockbuster video.
1998 camped out overnight to get the right to purchase and bought a 5 bed room house in Milpitas for $420k. Near the county jail (aka correctional center with inmates) and great mall. Today it worth $850k. One of most convenient location in Bay Area.
2002 took off to Japan and lived in Nishi-Shinjuku for almost a year.
Damn I am getting tired
2004 back in school at community college
2004 March My cat Meowth clapsed for the first time with no prior sign.
2004 December 4th my cat Meowth passed away. I went on and had serious depression for nearly 2 years. it almost destroyed me.
Her story:
http://www.nsxprime.com/forums/showpost.php?p=793996&postcount=15
2006 Received AA degree
2006 GF graduated from UCLA, got good job offer immediately after and been doing well since. She encouraged me that it is never too late to study.
2007 Admited into University of California Irvine (Business Economic and Japanese double major). My GPA should had been good enough to get me into UCLA if I wanted to, but don't want to leave home and not down for driving 3 hours a day like GF did.
2007 Fall, went to class for the first time, had tough time adjusting to the pressure and stress. Amazed by # of snubby kids on campus driving entry level Lexus 250s, Bimmer 325s, Mercedes C 230s and think they are king of the world. Majority of kids are still hard working and good kids. Just some bad ants.
2008 Winter quarter- I think I am getting better at managing pressure and stress.
20xx I plan to enjoy the campus life for as long as I can, maybe grad school someday. If I have Bill Gate money, I still want to enjoy campus life. I do miss my freedom and earning power when I had more time to devote to my business and travel.
Out of all the years, the year during my age 13 felt like rest of the years combined. 2004 was not the toughest but definitely saddest, it was like I lost a child and family member.
Jason
I am a college drop out and took time off from studying for 6 years (currently back to finish where I left off just for pleasure).
-I speak 4 different languages
-I love my two cats to no end. They treat me so well. One of them is still alive and healthy.
-I don't think I ever put anyone down once in my life intentionally.
-Never took a day off from my daily work out routine since age 16, even on Christmas or when I am sick. If I travel I jog rain or snow. For those early PAGs, I wake up 2 extra hours early to do my work out before the meet.
-I love good eats, live to eat, eat to live
-I like to travel and see different things
-I love family and people
-Not as gifted as Sis and Bro in terms of extrovert and brain, but I have discipline.
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Came to America at age 13 by myself, I choosed America, sister and brother choosed Australia. I went through entire teen years without parents by my side. I had very unique situations.
Age 13 worked as child labor at Tracy Motel in front of Tracy high school, it was nasty environment, $5 a day not my well, was forced by mean ass relative. (Bay area NSXers, is Tracy Motel still there on the main street?). Didn't know any English at the time. Zero freedom, relative were extreme sacrastic all the time and tried to put me down. A single word of encouragement were never received from her, lots of discouraging words. My grandmother witnessed when she came to visit her daughter (my aunt). Grandmother cried and couldn't believe the daughter she adored is such a nasty person, she wanted to take me back.
Age 14 The relatives who made me worked at Tracy Motel, landed in jail. Karma bitch. You see that is why I believe in karma.:biggrin:
Age 14 Relocated to youth shelter in Stockton by Social Workers. It was actually kinda fun there. Basketball, kids, TV, work for fake money so you can exchange it for toys.
Age 14 moved and live under a really loving homestay family in Ripon, CA. Lived in a really old abandoned mobil home that leaks in countless spots (it rains a lot during the winter), no heater. Smell like shit at night, because it is next to Chicken farm. The mobilhome was really cool though, because I get the entire mobil home for myself. All my friends loved it. But even them couldn't stand the smell at night.:biggrin:
Work at chicken farm picking eggs 6 hours a day. Just because I felt bad that my homestay mother's kids doesn't want to help out. My parents was paying them good money. I wasn't living there for free, but seeing home stay mother picking eggs by herself. I don't have the heart not to offer a hand.
Age 15 I couldn't took it any more, I had to find legitimate excuses so I don't have to pick and wash chicken eggs, so I joined cross country team at school and took Tae kwon Do classes. I practice and do my homework at Dojo until 10:00pm everyday. I do still help out on Weekends. She would take me out to Hometown buffet in Modesto to eat as much as I wish. Little thing like that, make a big difference for kids. She always give me a ride to malls and anywhere I asked. If hers kids have it. I have the same. She treated me like her own kids. God I miss her.
-Graduated from Ripon High
-Stay in Sydney, Australia for 6 months with my sister and brother.
-Drop out of San Jose State University and worked at Howies Hi Tech games (bay area guys do you remember me?) Howies at Barber Lane in Milpitas Square. Howies is no longer there:frown: Sony kinda put him out of business. The evolution of the business in his field didn't help him. Kinda similar to what DVDs did to Blockbuster video.
1998 camped out overnight to get the right to purchase and bought a 5 bed room house in Milpitas for $420k. Near the county jail (aka correctional center with inmates) and great mall. Today it worth $850k. One of most convenient location in Bay Area.
2002 took off to Japan and lived in Nishi-Shinjuku for almost a year.
Damn I am getting tired
2004 back in school at community college
2004 March My cat Meowth clapsed for the first time with no prior sign.
2004 December 4th my cat Meowth passed away. I went on and had serious depression for nearly 2 years. it almost destroyed me.
Her story:
http://www.nsxprime.com/forums/showpost.php?p=793996&postcount=15
2006 Received AA degree
2006 GF graduated from UCLA, got good job offer immediately after and been doing well since. She encouraged me that it is never too late to study.
2007 Admited into University of California Irvine (Business Economic and Japanese double major). My GPA should had been good enough to get me into UCLA if I wanted to, but don't want to leave home and not down for driving 3 hours a day like GF did.
2007 Fall, went to class for the first time, had tough time adjusting to the pressure and stress. Amazed by # of snubby kids on campus driving entry level Lexus 250s, Bimmer 325s, Mercedes C 230s and think they are king of the world. Majority of kids are still hard working and good kids. Just some bad ants.
2008 Winter quarter- I think I am getting better at managing pressure and stress.
20xx I plan to enjoy the campus life for as long as I can, maybe grad school someday. If I have Bill Gate money, I still want to enjoy campus life. I do miss my freedom and earning power when I had more time to devote to my business and travel.
Out of all the years, the year during my age 13 felt like rest of the years combined. 2004 was not the toughest but definitely saddest, it was like I lost a child and family member.
As one of the few females who post on Prime, I figured I'd chime in.
The basics:
I'm 29. (No, really!) :biggrin:
I'm a mother to 2 boys, ages 9 and 4.
5'11" (Yes, there are TWO 1's... five-eleven, happily.)
Health aware but not a health nut.
The not-so-pretty stuff:
I married a soldier in 2003 but am in the process of getting things in order as I will be moving into my own home a couple of states away. (Long story there.)
The education:
I grew tired of high school and moved onto other things. (I thought it would be college but it turned into being a mom first.) I got my GED so I could be done with HS and get on with my life. Once I went back, I majored in Graphic Design in college but dropped out when I had to go to work full time to support myself and my son after my divorce in '02.
I still have dreams of getting my degree and am working towards getting on a path that will allow me to go back to school. I am in love with languages and would like to earn at least two certifications in translating.
The career path:
I was in graphic design/desktop publishing from the age of 14 until I discovered my love for food around 2005. Since then, I've found my passion in cake decorating. It's become more of a hobby at this point but the passion for it remains no less.
As I plan my move, I am also working on starting my own business offering research services to businesses, which is something I've done in the past. Basically, if an insurance agent (as an example) wanted info on say, all the golf courses within 50 miles of LA who had 40+ employees and an income of more than $10 million, I would pull the companies that fit within that criteria, allow my client to sift through and cherry pick the ones they were interested in, and then research each company on an individual basis.
I provide info on those companies including principals and contact info in a binder, with as much information as is legally available on each company... usually complete with nice, pretty pics. :biggrin:
The Wheels:
For now, it's a truck. A white F-150 Supercrew, 2002 edition. My cousin (known to Prime members as gdae) got me interested in the NSX and although I do not plan on ever owning one, my appreciation for them is great. For fear of being forever banned from the site, I will not say that I'd like to have one of those cars whose names begins with an M and will only add that I'd like to upgrade from the 150 at some point in the near future.
More details on my LiveJournal profile which is here:
http://fatchickforpres.livejournal.com/profile
The Pics:
As for what I *really* look like, here are some recent pics... nothing "glamour shot-ish", just what I basically look like on a normal day (after I've had a latte and a few minutes in front of the mirror) :biggrin: :
Hmmm...who am I. Well.... Good question.
I am really not sure. Thats a good thing. If I knew I think I would be bored. I like things that change and don't stagnate.
I am a high school drop out. Mildly successful in RE and finance. I am a husband and soon to be father of a baby girl. Which I am really psyched about and at the same time scared. I know it is going to change my life. I smoke but don't drink, not a recovering alcoholic just didn't like drinking anymore so I stopped. I never had a problem with drinking. I sometimes went months without it and then would drink every other day for a month. I drank mostly in social settings when I was single and hanging out at clubs.
I love my wife and my life dearly. We have so much fun together. We are together EVERY day, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We have a blast doing whatever it is we do. Not a single argument in 10+ years of being together.
I find comedy in everything. I am constantly joking around.
I have tons of friends and someone is always hanging out around my house somewhere, family or friends. I try to make everyones life better I come in contact with as long as they want it to be better. With the exception of my mother. I keep driving at her about making some changes in her life for the better and I won't let up until she makes those changes or dies.
I love to teach other people how to become independently wealthy, only if they are willing to put in the effort. I have made several millionaires in my lifetime.
I donate lots of time and money to charity. But only ones I choose not ones who solicit me.
I love to build and repair stuff. Either structures, businesses, or relationships with people. And maintain them, as long as they are give and take on both ends.
I LOVE CARS! They are the only thing I foolishly spend money on. I don't think that will ever change.
I am always looking to make new friends. I am extremely talkative and can spend hours running my mouth off on just about any topic.
I trade options and stocks. I also have some smile rental property.
I was born extremely poor but had a VERY happy childhood.
I think the one of the best decisions I ever made in my life was buying a NSX and finding this site. NSX Prime has made me a better person and I have made many great friends through Prime. I am certain this site has kept me sane on days when staying sane seems impossible.
I expect everyone to do anything at full throttle or to get the phuck out of the way. There is always that second when something is right there and ready to be picked. If you wait the opportunity is missed. Much like day trading.
I try and learn something new every day.
I love animals, especially dogs.
I am allergic to shrimp but no other shellfish ?????
I love spell check!!!
I have thousands of dollars worth of electronics that I have no clue how to operate and no time to read the owners manual.
I am 42.
I am lucky to have a great set of skills.
I would like to learn how to play a musical instrument.
I would like to build a new primary residence to live in but can't seem to separate myself from the house I live in which I rebuilt from scratch over the last 20 years.
I have composition books full of inventions that I will never follow through on because the process to bring a product to market seems like a huge time consuming headache. I have seen several products come to market that I did put in that book years before they came to market. I would love to have someone else take some of the ideas and do all the leg work and split the profits with me.
I like to ramble on.......
:biggrin:
Jason
-I love my two cats to no end. They treat me so well. One of them is still alive and healthy.
2004 March My cat Meowth clapsed for the first time with no prior sign.
2004 December 4th my cat Meowth passed away. I went on and had serious depression for nearly 2 years. it almost destroyed me.
Her story:
http://www.nsxprime.com/forums/showpost.php?p=793996&postcount=15
2004 was not the toughest but definitely saddest, it was like I lost a child and family member.
My name is Shanda Leer, I enjoy getting high and just hanging around. :biggrin:
I somehow came across the thread where the spammer Nick got pwned, and was totally impressed by the intelligence and sense of humor levels of the posters here. I also was impressed by their choice of car! I'd never heard of the NSX before (I still don't think I have seen one yet in real life).
I drive a Nissan240SX that I paid cash for - mostly $20s in a rather small suitcase (it had to be a rather small suitcase, considering I bought the car for $450). I think the model I own is also called a 180SX and I absolutely love this car!
Well not too much to add except was the suitcase a Haliburton:biggrin: