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1/17/2012: Went to Daiso to look for something interesting, it is different from the last two years when I was able to find some useful gadgets, looks like it removed some merchandises that were probably not selling well, I will likely not coming back for a while.

申請健保與國民年金代繳

1. Get 委託郵局代繳費用申請書 online (2 copies) along with instruction page

2. Prepare one copy of 身分證 (required for 國民年金代繳)

3.Prepare one copy of last 健保繳費單或繳費收據 (required for 健保費代繳)

4.Fill out 委託郵局代繳費用申請書 accordingly
- 申請日期
- □新辦代繳
- 申請人戶名
- 申請人身分證號
- 存簿局號與帳號
- 聯絡電話
- 蓋章或簽名
- 聯絡電話
- 國民年金保險費一欄的 (1) 被保險人姓名 與 (2) 被保險人身分證號
- 全民健康保險費 第六類被保險人 一欄的 (1) 分局別代號, (2) 被保險人姓名(繳款單之繳款人), (3) 被保險人身分證號, (4) 所屬投保 單位代號

2012 movie experience

Mr. Popper's Penguins: Jim Carrey rekindle his broken marriage from 6 penguins sent from his late father (1/6/2012 - In-flight movie on China Airlines flight CI003 going back to Taiwan)

One Day: Jim Sturgess found out that the girl, Anne Hathaway, whom he knows all his life turned out to be the true love he had been searching for after her tragic death (1/6/2012 - In-flight movie on China Airlines flight CI003 going back to Taiwan)

Moneyball: Brad Pitts uses the analytical skill of a Harvard graduate and a limited player payroll budget to find talents for 2002 Athletics and turned around the team's poor performance - winning a MLB record 20 consecutive wins (1/6/2012 - In-flight movie on China Airlines flight CI003 going back to Taiwan)

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen: Efforts in creating a Salmon population in Yemen (3/19/2012 - Santana Row CineArts)

Friends with Kids: Two good friends try to have kid together but stay single (3/19/2012 - Santana Row CineArts)

The Descendants: A group of Hawaiian natives struggle to determine if they want to sell their heritage and the last piece virgin land of the island for commercial use (3/24/2012 - online from www.funshion.com; 風行網)

Tower Heist: A group of people try to take back their retirement investment from a con man (3/24/2012 - online from www.funshion.com; 風行網)

The Hunger Games: The annual game of the nation Panem (consists of the Capitol ans 13 districts, a post-apocalyptic North America, the Capitol developed the Hunger Games to punish the citizens of Panem for their rebellion and to remind citizens of the absolute power of the Capitol and of the consequences of rebelling against the Capitolwhich it uses to punish its citizens. (4/2/2012 - Santana Row CineArts)

Marvels The Avengers: A comic superhero film - The Iron Man, The Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Black Widow, and Hawkeye. (5/29/2012 - Santana Row CineArts)

Bernie: A true story about a funeral director befriends a rich widow and eventually killed her when he couldn't stand her. (6/11/2012 - Santana Row CineArts)


The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel: The story of a group of British retirees moving to a retirement hotel in India - lots of dialogue and suprises. (6/11/2012 - Santana Row CineArts)

Beasts of the Southern Wild: In a forgotten but defiant bayou community cut off from the rest of the world by a sprawling levee, a six-year-old girl exists on the brink of orphanhood. Buoyed by her childish optimism and extraordinary imagination, she believes that the natural world is in balance with the universe until a fierce storm changes her reality. Desperate to repair the structure of her world in order to save her ailing father and sinking home, this tiny hero must learn to survive unstoppable catastrophes of epic proportions.. (7/19/2012 - Santana Row CineArts)

Moonrise Kingdom: Two early teens' love experience(7/24/2012 - Santana Row CineArts)

Looper: Persons from the future are sent back through time travel to be executed (10/2/2012 - Great Mall)

Argo: The true story of 6 Americans escape IRAN during the US embassy being held hostage (10/22/2012 - Santana Row CineArts)

Skyfall: The 23rd 007 movie, the best ever. New Q - a change to younger generation, final appearance of Judi Dench as M. (11/12/2012 - Santana Row CineArts)

Silver linings playbook: A mentally unstable male (triggered by discovering his wife's affair) goes home to try to get back with his wife (12/10/2012 - AMC Mercado 20)

31st Anniversary

Lunch at Fairmont Hotel Fountain Restaurant. Anita purchased a discount from Travelzoo.com for $29 - it's good for 2 starters and 2 entries.
The reservation was for 12:30, we left the house at 12:00 and got there at 12:20. As all parking at the hotel are valet based, we left the car at underground garage valet stop and went to the restaurant. We were seated right away - there weren't many patrons at the time. I ordered Spiced Prawns and Tarragon Roasted Organic Chicken Breast while Anita had Dungeness Crab Cake and Grilled Eggplant & Vegetable Involuting, as always, the starters were excellent although the entries were not that bad :-)
We finished the meal in less than 30 minutes, the bill was $51 plus $4.71 tax in which tax was our only obligation, we tipped $10 for the service. A parking voucher was delivered to us along with the bill. Although valet parking was included in the discount deal, I still gave a $5 tip for it.

2011 Movie experience

You Again: High school classmates reunite (1/12/2011, UA838 SFO->NRT->TPE)

Life as we know it: Strangers care for infant of deceased mutual friends (1/12/2011, UA838 SFO->NRT->TPE)

Unstoppable: Runaway train (2/9/2011, UA838 TPE->NRT->SFO)

Secretariat: About the triple crown horse in 1972 (2/9/2011, UA838 TPE->NRT->SFO)

Win Win: A lawyer's high school wrestle team coaching experience with a wrestler, his mother, ada grandfather(4/5/2011, SantanaRow CineArts)

Cave of Forgotten Dreams: A documentary about the Chauvet Cave in southern France in 3D (5/13/2011, Santana Row CineArts)

Midnight in Paris: A dissatisfied Hollywood screenwriter vacationing in Paris travels back in time to the 1920s and met many literary icons and artists (6/3/2011 - Camera 7 in Pruneyard Campbell).

Empire of Silver: A documentary of the late 19th and early 20th centtry banking (silver based) family of China (6/10/2011 - AMC Mercado)

X-Men First Class: A prequel of X-Men film series, depicting evolution of mutant talent/power (6/17/2011, Camera 7 Pruneyard Campbell)

Super-8: A group 0f youngsters shooting films with super-8 camcorder accidentally uncovered government cover-up of alien. (6/20/2011, Santana Row CineArts).

Beginner: A man reflecting on the life and death of his father while trying to forge a new romantic relationship with a woman (7/1/2011 SantanaRow CineArts)

Horrible Boss: Three guys from different companies helping each other avenging their bosses' horrible treatments (7/8/2011 Santana Row CineArts).

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2: Finale of the Harry Potter adventure (7/25/2011, Santana Row CineArts)

Foot loose: A remake of the 1984 film, story about a young dancer fight to revoke a small town's ban on public dancing (11/16/2011 Bluelight Cupertino)

The Artist: A silent movie about a silent movie star struggling to transform to accept/make movies with sound (12/27/2011 Santana Row CineArts)

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Sink plumbing and faucet installation

12/26/2010:
The IKEA faucet took about 2 hours to install, major challenge was to figure what exactly the graphs in the installation manual meant - there were almost no descriptions in it. Test run went well, may have to adjust the water flow somewhat later. Since we decided to remove the disposal, using existing plumbing or reinstall a new one became an issue, each option has its own challenge - components are not all available if I want to modify and make use of existing plumbing, and
12/30/2010:
After pondering how to tackle plumbing issues for a couple days, I found the best solution - use existing plumbing with some old and a couple of new parts, it turned out to be OK.