So, I haven't posted in about 3 weeks. Lots of things, well some things, happened in the meantime and I was lazy/busy with other stuff to post. But anyways, here's a quick recap.
1. I went to Houston for a week. Pictures will be posted tomorrow. But Texas in winter is a good place to be. It was the 2nd week of March, Chicago was just starting to thaw out (low 40oF's/5oC's) but it was already in the 70oF's/20oC in Houston. My god. I want to move there soon...
Anyways, I had a fun time hanging out with my friends. I went to see NASA (not really worth the admission) and just enjoyed the nice weather in general. The chinatown in Houston is humongous. It's a sprawl that covers at least 20-30 blocks. About half of it is Vietnamese though. But it's huge. I've never seen so many Pho places next to each other before.
So I was eating supper with my friend at a cafe in chinatown and I ordered a bowl of taiwanese beef noodles and he ordered calamari. He made the additional comment of trying to keep up with me and the waitress actually called him out on that. Since obviously beef noodles>calamari, the waitress said that there was no way he was matching me. That just cracked me up. I gave her 20% tips.
2. Since the weather is getting better (no more snow!! no more 30's!!), I've started walking outside. I can't really jog yet (Doc says in another 3 months) so I'm walking until the weather gets nice enough to actually bike. At least I'm getting some low impact cardio done. Not really that great, but it's a start. It's kinda cool to do your circuit training by the lake. Although it's still only ~50oF/10oC and windy, I like seeing the waves crash against the concrete barriers. Makes me feel like I'm in a kungfu scene, training by the sea.
3. Also starting is my investment tracking plan. I haven't made a decision about HOW to invest (which brokerage firm to use) but I've already started faux trading. Haha. I've decided on a few things.
1. Any stock must pay dividend.
2. No stock should have a P/E ratio of >30.
3. ETFs are ok
Let's see how I fare.
4. Did my taxes... I'm in the 25% tax bracket.. Ugh. And I owe IL more tax. Ugh. AND the new (allegedly non-corrupt) IL governor wants to increase IL tax by 50%!!! From 3% to 4.5%. My gods, it's depressing living in Chicago sometimes. The parking rates just went up, from $1/hr to $3.5/hr in downtown and $0.25/hr to $1/hr around my neighbourhood. Thank god I don't go downtown much and have garage parking. I hate the mayor of Chicago...
So anyone who is interested, is now up to date with my life. Cheers!
1. I went to Houston for a week. Pictures will be posted tomorrow. But Texas in winter is a good place to be. It was the 2nd week of March, Chicago was just starting to thaw out (low 40oF's/5oC's) but it was already in the 70oF's/20oC in Houston. My god. I want to move there soon...
Anyways, I had a fun time hanging out with my friends. I went to see NASA (not really worth the admission) and just enjoyed the nice weather in general. The chinatown in Houston is humongous. It's a sprawl that covers at least 20-30 blocks. About half of it is Vietnamese though. But it's huge. I've never seen so many Pho places next to each other before.
So I was eating supper with my friend at a cafe in chinatown and I ordered a bowl of taiwanese beef noodles and he ordered calamari. He made the additional comment of trying to keep up with me and the waitress actually called him out on that. Since obviously beef noodles>calamari, the waitress said that there was no way he was matching me. That just cracked me up. I gave her 20% tips.
2. Since the weather is getting better (no more snow!! no more 30's!!), I've started walking outside. I can't really jog yet (Doc says in another 3 months) so I'm walking until the weather gets nice enough to actually bike. At least I'm getting some low impact cardio done. Not really that great, but it's a start. It's kinda cool to do your circuit training by the lake. Although it's still only ~50oF/10oC and windy, I like seeing the waves crash against the concrete barriers. Makes me feel like I'm in a kungfu scene, training by the sea.
3. Also starting is my investment tracking plan. I haven't made a decision about HOW to invest (which brokerage firm to use) but I've already started faux trading. Haha. I've decided on a few things.
1. Any stock must pay dividend.
2. No stock should have a P/E ratio of >30.
3. ETFs are ok
Let's see how I fare.
4. Did my taxes... I'm in the 25% tax bracket.. Ugh. And I owe IL more tax. Ugh. AND the new (allegedly non-corrupt) IL governor wants to increase IL tax by 50%!!! From 3% to 4.5%. My gods, it's depressing living in Chicago sometimes. The parking rates just went up, from $1/hr to $3.5/hr in downtown and $0.25/hr to $1/hr around my neighbourhood. Thank god I don't go downtown much and have garage parking. I hate the mayor of Chicago...
So anyone who is interested, is now up to date with my life. Cheers!
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