The hottest day so far this year

Today was the hottest day ever this year. The temperature got to 110 F (43 Celcius) which was a record breaking for May in Phoenix. Well, not that 110F is the highest temperature for Phoenix (coz this would be the average temperature for months of June-September) but it was the hottest ever recorded for May. [...]

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Recap of the week – Week 21 2008

Last Tuesday, I participated in the Sch Volunteer Day at the Phoenix Zoo.
The rest of the week was pretty busy with me processing a couple other queues in addition to my stuff. But it was still ok. It will be worse for the next 4-6 weeks starting next week as Stu will be on sabbatical [...]

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Tuesday, May 13, 2008 – SCH Volunteer Day

Every year, the company I work for, has a volunter day event where it sponsors various volunteer projects and sends participated employees to work on the projects. This year, I heard there were about 1700 employees who participated from different offices across the country. In Phoenix, there were projects like painting house for low income residents, [...]

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The weekend

Am watching survivor micronesia finale and thought would just write a quick recap of this past sat and sun.
We had the KKI gathering for rosary prayer yesterday around 11. Usual turn-out, about 15 people and we had a lot fun. I started cooking 1 AM on sat morning, right after my previous post from Friday [...]

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Recap of the week minus the weekend

It’s Friday night and I just woke up from a nap and saw the computer is on, so I’ll write a recap of this week.
Worklife has been pretty ok, a couple difficult cases but still manageable.
We got free tickets to see the advanced screening of Helen Hunt’s new movie, Then She Found Me, on Tuesday. [...]

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Weekend, Restaurant review

Last weekend was a good weekend.
 
We started the weekend by going to happy hour at Yard House in Scottsdale with some of my co-workers. We had a good time, met some new people, good food. Yes, we actually got a table and sat down for food, not only drinks. The happy hour menu is [...]

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How hot exactly is Phoenix?

It was 95F (35C) today and it’s only early May!!
When I first moved, I had never been to Phoenix before but I knew it was hot. The only time I had ever been to Arizona back then was to Grand Canyon on a spring break which was still very cold.
The first month I was in [...]

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