Quotes from the evening

Ate with some vendors/suppliers for dinner
We went around the table introducing ourselves, how long we've worked for our respective companies and our role in the company / brief background. The guys next to me start listing out the companies they used to work for. They basically listed out every other company in the industry.

I'm like (out loud too): Wow, This industry is like a cult
Other guy (15+ yr in the industry): Yea! it is! And it's also like the Mafia. Once you get in, you can't get out.

Looks like I'm in both the mafia and the cult.

Taking a day off tomorrow to clean up my life (or room). And to bake stuff for a Christmas party at 5:30pm. If I had enough vacation days, I would really take random days off more often

So I asked one of the guys who used to work in Santa Clara, CA, why he moved here to work. He just laughed. The guy next to him helped him out: Job. He got a job here.

B Positive

After maybe my most psychologically/emotionally stressful/difficult day at work, I come home to get the mail. Some red cross thing, probably because I donated blood. I open the letter and found that they sent me a new blood donor card for NY state. It reads

Jamie Tsai
B Positive


Even my blood type is telling me to be positive. Definitely cheered me up a bit.