Thu Tu’s Blog

I went to In-N-Out for my almost weekly burger and fries. As I pulled into the parking spot, I found a bunch of empty spots near the front. Sweet! I proceeded to maneuver my car so I could park backing in. As I pressed on the brakes to stop the car from reversing as I [...]

For the second night in a row, I’m feeling hungry. My high school reunion is in 3 1/2 weeks and I want to lose a few extra pounds, so I’m trying not to eat so much. I still eat 3 meals a day with a snack and I still feel hungry.
I won’t even [...]

It’s that time of year again: my birthday, dentist visit, and taxes.
I went home to LA for my birthday. It is well-timed for my semi-annual visit to the dentist. Even though I have lived in Northern California for years, I still go to the same dentist since childhood. I haven’t had to get [...]

Apparently, I experience inattentional blindness, where I can be so focussed on something that I don’t see anything else, even if it’s right in front of me. And I thought I had attention deficit issues.
At work, there was a guest speaker who discussed the visual system and attention. To illustrate the effect of [...]

The past weekend, a friend introduced me to Bare Escentuals makeup. I admit, I was skeptical. It did not cover like my liquid powder foundation. It made my skin look dry. But I decided to give it a try since I wore makeup everyday and didn’t want the “made up” look.
Well, my skin was dry [...]

Instead of being the photographer, I switched roles and became the one who was photographed in a photo shoot, along with another friend. We went all out… we changed outfits, had props, went to a remote location, and had a photographer’s (and models’ :)) assistant. The scene was an abandoned fort located in the [...]

I woke up in the morning but was too tired to get out of bed, so I thought I’d check my email on my Pocket PC. I got an error message that the mail server was not responding. I was able to wirelessly synchronize to my desktop PC, so I didn’t think it was my [...]