Thu Tu’s Blog

Since I work at an internet software company, people are often surprised to learn that my college major was Human Biology (with area of concentration on the neurobiological basis of behavior). When I started college, I didn't know that I was going to turn out to be a computer geek but I did have an [...]

I love the song Stolen from Dashboard Confessional's latest album. If you want to hear it, here is a youtube video with Anakin and Padme. What a nice combo where I like the song and the Star Wars reference. (Also, I'm Princess of Naboo at Lunarforums).
I have a hard time making out the rest of [...]

The past few months, there have been two items that I wanted to find but could not. I didn't go dancing because I could not find my dancing shoes. My parents invited me to go to China with them later in the year, but I had lost my passport.
The dance shoes weren't a big problem [...]

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 [...]

A few years ago, I got rear-ended in my car, and suffered back injury. To treat the pain, I got physical therapy. One of the methods to improve and prevent back pain, was to improve my posture. My therapist told me that it put a lot of stress on the back to slouch.
It took a [...]

I took the quiz that suggests which Apprentice I most resemble: Ereka.
I don't watch the show, so I don't know if the analysis is accurate. I do agree with her definition of "success."
For some people success is having the corner office and a summer home in the Hamptons. For others success is having a healthy [...]

A friend got me temporarily hooked on Sims when she was expressing some issues with her playing the Sims game. One of her dilemmas was that her characters would eat while standing up, although she wanted them to eat at the dinner table.
Today, I showed up late to a lunch lecture, so there were no [...]