January 21, 2010
The weather this pas week has been a crazy mess… starting with the ridiculously loud thunder on Monday night to all the crazy rain all throughout the week. I heard on the radio on Wednesday morning that there were 600 incidents in the SF bay area from midnight to 8am, including 200 between 6-8am. They said the worst part of getting into an accident was that nobody would get to you for an hour or more because the police were so understaffed. I also heard the weather guy say ‘el nino is here!!’ about 20 times a DAY…
However, the rain god gave way for brief sunlight on my way home today… then it started raining again, but I a glimpse of this crazy rainbow!!
If anybody cares, today’s date is another palindrome! 012210!
A huge rainbow caught be completely off guard coming home from work. It really looked like the rainbow was coming out of IKEA!
There were crazy clouds all around me, but I must admit, they were pretty amazing to look at. And yes, I almost died several times trying to take these pictures while driving.
January 13, 2010
Seriously, there’s an island in San Francisco called Treasure Island (TI). It’s located right in the middle (or right around there) of the Bay Bridge between SF and the East Bay. It used to be a Navy base but was recently sold to the city of SF and there are grand plans for development. Although, after today’s visit I think they’ll have some major infrastructure issues. Anyway… I’ve crossed the bridge dozens of times but this was the first time actually stopping by.
There is a Fed funded program on the island called Job Corps (pronounced “cors”, figure that?!) where students receive career training. The one located on TI happens to be recognized for their advanced culinary program and it draws kids from across the nation. I went to speak about financial planning topics to seniors who will soon graduate. I find it easy to respect kids who work hard to reach their goals, especially when they’re doing it on their own. I’m glad I got an opportunity to help these kids reach their goals and hopefully set them up for financial success!
That being said… I actually didn’t present anything because the topic before mine took the whole hour, but I’ll be back in a month or two for session 2 
If you haven’t been to TI yet, I highly recommend it! If you go from SF, you exit halfway on the bridge so you never pay toll!!
Great view of the city
I love palm trees, and bridges, oh look! palm trees and…
So they ARE building a new bridge! Ever since they found a crack… and then one of the cables snapped… all I can wonder is what could be next?
Beautiful city views from the bridge…
…to Coit tower!
BTW… I saw two HUGE raccoons in the parking lot! Then I wondered… how’d they get all the way to the island?
may 18, 2009
got a call from the SF office saying a letter had arrived from the CFP(R) board. i immediately ran over after work to find, indeed, a letter from the board.
phew~ what a relief. i was also very happy to hear that my co-worker had also passed the same exam; it would have been an awkward celebration had only one of us pass…
i had returned back to life after taking the exam, but the stress and pressure of not knowing the results were still very straining. it looks like i can back to life for reals now.
