Trips

This morning I went to Hsi Lai Temple to express my gratitude. I know it sounds weird. Basically I wanted to thank the higher spiritual guidance that helped me find my path. I don't know how else I can explain it better. It is something I want to do.

I have to say, it was strange that I saw so many non-Asians there this morning. Families, couples, young teens, all seemed pretty familiar or at least comfortable with the Buddhist themes, figures, and surrounding. I supposed I was the only one that found non-Asians visiting a temple odd. No one was paying any special attention to them.

I came back home to check my emails and eat lunch. Dave messaged me online and said that his AC was on. I finished writing my emails and left. It was disgustingly hot in LA today. I was happy to sit in a cool room. Jose had a wedding to go to and after he left, I almost felt into a nap there. Dave suggested that we should look for an AC. We went to Home Depot in Hollywood and I was surprised how big that place was. There was a separate upper-level parking lot behind the store. There were elevators too! Wow. We looked at all the ACs they had and there was a huge crowd checking out and buying them. I guess it's not just me thinking this heatwave is pretty ridiculous. We didn't get anything yet, Dave said I should check out the ones in Costco, then decide.

After taking very good AC notes, we went to Amoeba for some music shopping. It had been a while for me to buy any CDs. I almost thought there wasn't a good reason to buy again. I was wrong. I found two and was kind of happy I did. They were both used too, so quite awesome for my wallet :)

The first disc, Hotel Costes Vol. 10 - I just listened to it in the car. Mellow and relaxed, not terribly stylish. I was surprised that so far all the tracks on the CD were in English. I had heard a couple of the previous collections in this series and this one definitely is a step sideway. After reading some of the negative reviews on Amazon, I understand now why I found it used! The other disc I got, Return to the Playboy Mansion, is also supposedly a groovy collection of mellow, sexy songs. This disc seems to get much better reviews on Amazon, I still haven't listen to the tracks yet. I will update my thoughts on them later.

Dave got a ton of stuff, of course. He was very happy. We then went to a small Thai restaurant for dinner. He didn't eat much because he was saving room for Scoops. When we got there, several flavors were already sold out. We sampled some and had a hard time making our decisions. Finally Dave picked pistachio with orange blossom, Guinness tiramisu, mint Jim Beam - altogether 3 scoops!!! Wow. I only picked two flavors, lemon lychee and duche de leche. Yea I just liked how those two names put together :) The best flavors of the night: pistachio with orange blossom and lemon lychee. Yum!

It was a good day out with Dave. Even though the weather was insanely hot outside, we had a fun time shopping and making each other laugh. I was productive too. I printed out all the hiring papers at Dave's place and read them over a couple of times. I haven't signed any of them. I will get to doing that later.

After I got home I started, and finished writing the job ad for my position. I didn't know it cost a lot to post a job ad online. It could be anywhere from $280 to $390, who knew?! Knowing my company, the price at Craigslist, a mere $25 is a genuine bargain. We'll see what my manager says.