Tyler Chen

RIP Misawa

2009-06-18T00:04:31Z

One of my favorite Japanese wrestler pass away. The originator of the Tiger Driver 91. Even my username came from him....I can't believe it! ; ;

RIP Misawa

Japanese professional wrestling legend Mitsuharu Misawa died Saturday from an apparent heart attack after receiving a back suplex move in a match in Hiroshima, according to multiple media reports.

Misawa, 46, was taking part in a tag team match when his opponent grabbed him and took him to the mat in the common suplex move. Reports say, however, that Misawa was rendered unconscious. The match was stopped and Misawa was administered to before being taken from the arena. He was declared dead at the hospital.

Misawa was a former high school and national wrestler who gained fame in the 1980s in professional wrestling as a character called the Tiger Mask. He unmasked in 1990 and became even more popular. Misawa was named professional wrestler of the year three times.

At the time of his death, he was the founder and owner of Pro Wrestling NOAH. Many publications characterize Misawa's popularity in Japan as comparable to Hulk Hogan or The Rock in the United States.

Worst day at work ever!!!

2008-10-07T19:34:26Z

Our precious boss's son has decided to input his brilliant ideas into the company website to show his daddy that he is awesome to the max. We are going to have big bold links, flashy buttons, and images that blows up when you scroll over! The dynamic flashy changes will blow you out of your seat! Because people dig amateur design much more! This is going to rock!

A list of games

2008-08-05T23:26:57Z

A list of games I beat after I quit FFXI online.
Resident Evil 2, 3, 4 and code veronica
Metal Gear Solid 1,2 and 3
Onimusha 1,2,3 and 4
God of War 1
Heavenly Sword
Assassin's Creed
Call for Duty 4
Resistance: Fall of Men (2 players with Tazkh)
Uncharted
Rainbow6 Las Vegas
Ghost Recon2

Currently playing...
Gears of War
GTA4
Rainbow 6 Las Vegas 2

soon to get
Metal Gear Solid 4
God of War 2 and 3
Resistance 2
Overlord
Street Fighter 4
Diablo 3!

Chinese Holiday

2008-06-04T17:00:49Z

Bigcow: Dude, Dodo and I can't do dinner on Sunday, Chinese holiday

Boss2000: What Chinese holiday is Sunday?

Bigcow: 5-5

Boss2000: You celebrate that at home? what do you do? dragon boat in the bath tub?

Bigcow: yah, well dinner with family at least

Boss2000: You dragon boat in the bathtub while dodo bang the drum? Hahaha!

Bigcow: More like she ride my dragon and I bang her, lol

Boss2000: LOL!!!!!! I love that answer! XD

Bigcow: haha

Boss2000: That's why the traditional holidays are so important

Bigcow: yup

Happy Birthday to me!

2007-12-04T01:20:35Z

I walked into work and there's a copy of Assassin's Creed sitting in front of my computer. Wooohooo! Justin, the Marketing Director bought me the game for my birthday! Even though the game has mixed reviews, but it is the game that I would buy the PS3 for. Just when I thought how awesome this day was, it got better. I came back from lunch and there's a copy of Call for Duty 4 sitting in front of my computer. OMG!!! My boss got me a game too! Now I have 2 PS3 games and I didn't even get a PS3 yet. This is awesomeness x 10!!! XD

Farewell FFXI

2007-11-19T23:34:25Z

Tazkh and I finally left FFXI. It has been fun for so many years and we'll always remember the memories. Tazkh went back to his ps2 games and might get a ps3. I have been busy with work and freelancing projects.

I spoke to Roxor recently and he told me no one is really active anymore. Here's Roxor's FFXI Daily

/login

/sea all Linkshell
0 players found

check out Auction House

check out shouts for mission and assault

/sea all Linkshell
0 players found

afk to watch TV

12am...
Ecola: Hey

Comes back to the game

/sea all Linkshell
0 players found
/sea all ecola
1 player found

check out Auction House

/logout

www.willisventures.com

2007-08-11T00:04:31Z

Got so busy with work and freelance stuff that I didn’t get much of a chance to update the journal or my website. I barely get time to play FFXI either. Argh! Here’s the website I did for Willis Ventures (http://www.willisventures.com). The company I am working at right now.

Mei is setting up an end of the summer BBQ this Saturday and Harwing is having her birthday dinner at the same time. Looks like a busy weekend full of plans. Also, next weekend I am going on a road trip to Lake Tahoe. So much events! Alright!!! ^O^

tigaaadrivaaa @ 2007-07-10T19:18:00

2007-07-11T02:20:15Z

I started a new job at Willis Ventures as a graphic designer. It’s an investment real estate company. The people are cool and I am designing the web site for the company. Work doesn’t even seem like work because it’s so much fun. I can’t wait for the site to finish and launch it!

We completed Chains of Promathia Mission and got our ultimate rings in FFXI. This expansion is way underrated because most people gave up after several tries. The battles are tough and require different strategy each time. It was the most fun I had in this game. Too bad they are going to nerf it for the weakasses now.

Another one of my favorite wrestler Chris Benoit passed away. Sigh….he will be missed.

tigaaadrivaaa @ 2007-04-25T15:55:00

2007-04-25T23:05:52Z

I am brushing up on my hand-coding skills on HTML, JavaScript and CSS. I have always use on Dreamweaver for my web designs, but most of the jobs require the skill to hand-code. Hopefully my job hunt for a full time job will be successful. Kylie's birthday photos and Henry red egg ginger party photos have been uploaded.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/boss2000/sets/72157600129813149/

On some FFXI note, we finally got to Chains of Promathia mission 6-4 for the battle ship fight. But Roxor took some time off so we have to postpone the mission until he gets back. The DLX linkshell disbanded, but the DarkSociety is still standing tall. We have out lasted them for a second time. Hahaha! Victory is ours!

Thesis Approved and Farewell Shinya Hashimoto

2007-01-30T22:39:06Z

Woohoo! My thesis has been approved! Finally got this done! So excited! Right now I am doing some freelance work for a Chinese American nonprofit organization and also doing some job hunting for a full time job.

On to some sad news, I just realized that one of my favorite Japanese wrestler passed away. Shinya Hashimoto was a Japanese professional wrestler. Along with Masahiro Chono and Keiji Mutoh, Hashimoto was dubbed one of the "Three Musketeers" that began competing in New Japan Pro Wrestling in the late 1980s and dominated the promotion in the 1990s. Hashimoto died of a brain aneurysm in Tokyo, Japan, on July 11, 2005. I haven't been able to keep up with the Japanese wrestling and this was very shocking.

Website updated

2006-11-27T23:26:15Z

I haven't updated the website for a long time because I was too lazy. No excuse at all. I have added some of the recent design gigs I did in the portfolio section. I also updated the photos section and my resume. I submitted my thesis report for a final review; hopefully this would be the end of it! I can’t imagine the relief I would have once this is all done.

I still haven't quit FFXI. More friends came back to the game and we are actually doing more missions together. We are doing weekly Chains of Promathia mission on a weekly basis. If you are interested in joining us for the fun, we are on Lakshmi server.

Hawaii trip photos

2006-08-23T19:06:50Z

Finally got a chance to upload photos from my Hawaii trip.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/boss2000/sets/72157594179056650/

Lord of the Rings Symphony

2006-07-17T19:06:46Z

Chris got me and Ah Chuen tickets for Lord of the Rings Symphony last Saturday and it was a great concert! I was hoping to see Howard Shore, but what's the chance of that. It was the first time Ah Chuen attending a symphony, so Chris and I threaten to paint her face if she does falls sleep during the show. Surprisingly she actually enjoyed.

They were showing Alan Lee and John Howe's conceptual illustrations onto a screen above the orchestra. I was about to jump off my seat when they were playing the Rohan and Gondor theme, both of my favorite themes from the movie. Too bad Chris couldn't get tickets for Min because he would enjoy this as much as I did.

Class of 96 GWHS Reunion

2006-07-09T19:14:04Z

Wooo, the class reunion was pretty fun. Although many of the people I knew didn't show up, I still was able to find a lot of familiar faces. Sorry to those who still remember my name and I forgot their. The $30 per person was expensive though, the damn planning committee must be making a huge profit. To my surprise, almost everyone is either doing insurance or real estate. There are a handful of graphic designers as well. All the girls from 96 look hotter than they were back then. :3

By the end of the night, Chris dared me to body slam Phat like the old days. Phat is around 249 lbs and BAM!!!! I still got the job done. It was like Hulk Hogan slamming Andre the Giant at Wrestlemania III. Hahhaha. Overall, it was a fun night.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/boss2000/sets/72157594220446382/

UFO Attack Dream

2006-07-07T00:28:53Z

The sky was dark orange with heavy smog. People gathered on the street with anticipation of something terrible that would strike upon humanity any minute. As I passed the crowd of spectators, I saw luminous lights beaming into the downtown district building and they start to crumble. The sky was filled with these lights and as I took a step back, it was a giant UFO towering over the entire city. Everyone was screaming and the whole city is in a panic. I ran towards my house through the dark tunnel of Broadway. I ran pass the ruins and ended up in a quiet pond. There were people who escaped the attack hoping to gather enough people to strike back. As they were planning out the strategy, a beam shot into their body and they all disintegrated. Then I woke up from this strange dream…

4th of July BBQ

2006-07-05T17:54:21Z

The 4th of July BBQ with Alvin's Coldwell Banker Co-workers was weak. There were plenty of food and the people are cool, but Alvin had to leave the BBQ around 3pm to having a business meeting with his real estate team. We got ditch in Coyote’s Point right in the middle of the BBQ. WTF!!!

I wasn't too fond of beating the crowd for firework this year so I end up drinking with Ah Chuen in the bar. When we drove back to her house, we realized that right behind her backyard there were firework celebrations from bunch of her neighbors. They do it every 4th of July. We should have stayed home to watch instead of going to Fishermen’s Wharf every year. >.

Wakin Chau Concert!!!

2006-02-13T00:38:28Z

Ah Chuen brought me tickets to Wakin Chau Concert on Friday as Valentine's Day gift. The show was great! This is the second concert I’ve been to, first being Jacky Cheung many years ago. I am a huge Wakin Chau fan and his concert ROCKS!!! I clapped until my palms started bleeding. Hahaha! Maybe I exaggerated a bit, but it was very exciting indeed.

New photos updated!

2005-12-21T00:19:38Z

I have switched the web hosting provider for the photo gallery. I am using Flickr instead of Photobucket. The new host has a lot more features and it's very convenient to upload photos. And the best part is that you guys can leave comments on all your photos if you join Flickr. It's free.

I am getting overwhelmed by the workload and the freelance projects at hand. I really want to take a break. I barely play FFXI or Warcraft because my right wrist is hurting from working on the computer too long. Maybe I can relax a bit after I finish up some of the current projects. God, I need to get to the gym...too lazy and too many excuses...

Pinched Nerve???

2005-12-08T19:11:00Z

I took my girlfriend to the hospital at 6:00am because she was having alot of pain on her neck and shoulder. It turned out to be Pinched Nerve from carrying heavy handbags and stuff. Hopefully she gets better after the pain medicines. NO MORE LV BAGS FOR HER!!!

Website Updated!!!

2005-11-14T23:53:32Z

As you can tell, I got too lazy to update the my website again. I am still waiting for the photos from a couple of trips so I can update the photo gallery. Lately, I have been busy working on some freelance design projects including a coupon postcard for the Kiki Sushi Restaurant. Yes, you do get 15% off the meal if you want get the coupon from me. Limited supplies left. The Links section has been updated as well, I took out most of the links that are no longer active.

Work has been very stressful and I am thinking about leaving the place. The money is way too low and I am working way too hard. I need to spend some time finishing my dad's book as it's getting closer to print. I got the new FFXI Expansion Chain of Promathia for Watoru (Qi) and Kuratu (Kevin) so I hope we can do some of the in-game missions soon. I can't wait to check out the cool cut scenes and the story lines.

OMGWTF!!! NEED TO WORK ON WEEKEND!!!

2005-10-29T01:42:56Z

OMGWTF!!! NEED TO WORK ON WEEKEND!!! This is weak!!! I already finished the job and because the director felt it's more safe to proofread the entire job that we have to come in on the weekend to proofread it!!! Come to think of it, this job is not worh it!

Fat Tim is in the hospital

2005-10-04T06:09:21Z

Oh man!!! Fat Tim is in the hospital with heart problems. The doctor said it's some virus infection and his fat ass is not helping the problem at all. His heart is like an old man and he is only 28. Let's hope he gets better soon. Poor fat ass...

Paint Ball

2005-09-27T01:21:15Z

The paint ball on Saturday was pretty fun, although the game area was much much smaller than what we were expecting. It didn't hurt as much as people claimed, but maybe it was because of the sucky rental guns. Here's a picture of me being captured by Chris.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/boss2000/sets/72057594063462888/

SO MUCH WORK!!!!

2005-08-03T01:14:45Z

Dammit!!! The workload is killing me! I have tons of big projects to format and the boss kept asking me to contact clients and translators about proofreading and other BS!!! I am not superman!!! If I am...I would be doing something else instead... -_-

19 inch flat screen monitor...drool....

2005-07-19T19:30:17Z

Hurray!!! I got to lv.60 Samurai in FFXI and looking sexy in the full AF. Watoru and Tazkh made their return back in FFXI and it was nice to party with the LS again. Although I didn't go to any long trip this summer, we have been doing lots of outdoor activities. I updated the photo gallery with our June Geoduck Hunt and BBQ/Fishing trip photos.

After designing the menu for Kitaro, their sister restaurant Kiki also asked me to design a coupon and some postcards for them. It’s nice to keep myself doing freelance work so I don’t lose touch with graphic design. I got a promotion from my stupid job and now doing project management stuff. My boss brought me a new 19 inch flat screen monitor for my desk and it look so nice. Man, I want to steal that thing home. ^^