The Thought Lab

So I lied… sorry everyone!!!. My flight wasn’t on Thursday. I didn’t know. I really thought I was leaving on Thursday because I had an extra day to explore the city before school started. So it’s Friday morning right now and at the LAX airport.

I came to the airport after getting some Big Fat Tacos from Del Taco with my uncle who drove me here. I walked to the counter and apparently they didn’t open until 10:30. It was 8:30 when I got there. So I went to the line and stood there then this random dude comes up and tells me he’s irritated because there was no one at the counter to help the passengers who arrived early and because the only flight they had leaving was delayed by 4 hours. Yipppeee… I was on the same flight.

Tony, a business man from Orange owns a Thai restaurant in Orange on Katella and Tustin. Forgot what it’s called, think it’s Royal Thai Orchid, but here the address if you guys want to check it out : 1315 N. Tustin Ave, Orange, CA. Let me know what you guys think of it when you check it out.

While we were having our conversation, we met another passenger who arrived early too. I forgot her name but she was from the East Coast, went to Boston University, majored in CS, went to grad school for CS, but got a Ph. D. in electrical engineering. Whoa… what a bright person. I wish I had as much ambition to study like she did. However, I make it up with my business and problem solving skills. =)

Anyways, I’m just hanging out in the boarding area because I still have another 3 hours before my flight leaves. Wanted to kill sometime with a journal entry. I also made a quick video blog just right now about my new “THE NORTH FACE” backpack I got from everyone at the real estate office I work at. Freaking awesome!!! It was the same backpack I wanted to buy when I was at “The Camp” in Costa Mesa, dropping off my scuba tanks. Adventure 16, a high end outdoors shop, was having a sale and the backpack was marked 10%. I went inside thinking I would get it at a bargain. BAM!!! turns out that 10% off of $149.99 plus 7.75% tax is still around $150 for a backpack. I ended up not getting it. Went to work the following week, had a quick conversation with Brian, my cool coworker, about it. I thought he had needed a backpack for himself and told him about it. So my day (it was my last) went on I did my usual thing, typing up new listings and writing up offers. I decided to go to the men’s room and when I get back, my boss is wearing a backpack and holding up a package of Surfsling (the other company i work for) gum. She said, “You should put this gum in your new bag.” I said to myself new bag? Vuala!! They got me the backpack I wanted!!!! Thanks guys.

Also my dad wrote me a letter this morning and stuffed it under my door that made my heart really warm up. If don’t know, my dad didn’t appreciate me leaving for China and it really changed my mood for the trip. i didn’t want to go anymore because I felt I was leaving my family behind and starting something without them. It was like this the whole week. I’ll probably write another entry about it sometime in the future but just wanted to say “Thank you Dad for trusting me and allowing me to have this experience.”