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its been a long time since i did this, but something happened this evening that i thought is worth mentioning. its kind of a long read, so sit back and relax.

earlier this evening, i saw the best and worst of people. it was truly a sad and hopeful moment for humanity. on the Q46 bus line in queens, there was women that was acting very strange. rather she was behaving in a way that was disturbing. at first she was slouched over across two seats while trying to say something, but it was highly unintelligible, and every now and then you could hear her say help. sadly on my part i was watched as her condition worsened. in a packed bus with standing room only, one guy asked if she was ok, the woman replied back “get away from me” and pushed him away. up front i see the bus driver looking through the rear view mirror, but because of all the people, he couldn’t see much. i then went up to him said that there’s a women in the back who is either drunk, sick, or drugged out. he stopped the bus to get a closer look. while he was doing that, the bus emptied out while a woman was complaining why he was emptying the bus instead of throwing out the ill woman. i mean, how uncompassionate and selfish can you get. while that was going on i tried to flag down a squad car, but she just drove past me while talking on the cell phone.

very sad for the NYPD, “New York’s Finest”.

i then called 911 to get the paramedics to the scene. while waiting for them to arrive, an FDNY fire truck came by, so me and the other guy who first checked to see if she was ok, flagged them down, and got them to look at her. not even 5 minutes FDNY paramedics were on the scene and took her off the bus into the ambulance. so this was kind of a bittersweet ending to a long week. i got to see the best in people who wanted to help others in need, and i saw people who just don’t care about others and only care for themselves. i’m a bit disappointed in myself that i didn’t try to help out when i first noticed it, but then again at least i didn’t leave the bus like everyone else did.

Breakfast at iHop in Jacksonville after a night of drinking at Sandy’s.

New pictures are up in my picture gallery check it out.

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Walkway from CV Starr @ Hofstra looking towards California Ave.

As you can see, my blog is becoming active again. This is in part due my new blackberry pearl, and the fact that I can send pictures directly to my blog via mms.
Today was a crappy day raining all day had to take a make up exam, and to top it all off my allergies were acting crazy all day. They started when my professor asked us to catalog all the dells and HPs because a dumpster was coming to get them. Finally a clean lab, however my allergies thought differently and I’ve been sniffling, sneezing, and blowing my nose since 8am, not even claritin helped.
Took my make up exam for BCIS 120, and it was a lot easier than I thought it would be. Hopefully I’ll get the results by Thursday.
Thoughts on the BlackBerry Pearl… Its a really cool device. It can do everything I need, and it does it quite fast. Compared to the T-Mobile MDA, I would say its quite fast. Internet Connectivity is fairly quick with EDGE. All the pda functions work pretty nicely. Not sure what else to say. I heard some kid in a T-Mobile store saying that the phone wa “wack”, because is friend got one and returned it to get an MDA. I just and to laugh to myself. They’re both pda phones and have similar functions, except that the MDA has better multimedia and game functions. Well I have an iPod for that, and if I wanted to play games I’ll get a Nintendo DS (which I might).
Looks like this is becoming quite lengthy, so I’ll end this for now.

Laterz!

Let’s go Mets!!!
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At about 3pm today a small plane has crashed into a high rise building on 72nd street on the upper east side. So far officials are saying that it was not a terrorist attack because of the type buiding in question and that there were no threats.
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http://www.ftci.com/memorial_book/lim_arnold.htm

Its been 4 years to the day… the pain and sense of loss is as fresh as the day it happened. September 11, 2001 the US witnessed one of the most heinous attacks on American soil since Pearl Harbor. The only difference is that this was attack on it’s citizens and not a military outfit.

I was just about to leave for work that day, already running late, leaving my house, about turn off the TV and then the North Tower was hit. I was shocked, glued to the TV debating whether or not to go to work. I called up Linette letting her know what was going on. I think time was going by really quick that day, because the next thing I know was that the South Tower was hit, running around looking for Arnold’s business card to try to give him a call to see if he was ok, but the lines were already dead. Still watching CNN and on the phone with Linette, the South Tower collapses and a sound that I will never forget comes from the phone. It was a combination cry, shriek, scream and yell, filled with dread that came from Linette, it’s hard to replicate how it sounds, but if I ever heard it again, I can tell you what it is. I just hope I never hear that again.

Watching the 4 year anniversary brings back a lot of memories of that day and the days that follow. Talking to my dad on the phone saying that I’ll pick him up from work and just trying to get from my house to the Grand Central Park and 164th st took almost an hour, which is normally less than 2 minutes to get to. Finally getting to the cross section I can clearly see the plume of smoke coming from Lower Manhattan. Decided to go home and watched the news the rest of the night.

The days following were spent in NYC helping Linette and her family going from hospital to hospital putting hope missing signs for Arnold as well as checking to see if he was checked in to any hospital. We were interviewed quite a few times by different news agencies with Linette being the spokesperson for us.

I remember first walking out of the 14th St/ Union St subway station, walking along 14th St towards 1st Ave and seeing NYS State Troopers patrolling the streets, one of the few sights that I will never forget, along with the sights of seeing the myriad of missing posters plastered at all the area hospitals. I hope this never happens again.

Arnold…. We miss you very much, I know that Linette does, although she’s your cousin, she thinks of you as a brother she never had.

We will see you again someday…

A little excerpt from The Return of the King. I thought it was fitting, giving us hope for those that has passed on.
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Pippin: I didn’t think it would end this way.
Gandalf: End? No, the journey doesn’t end here. Death is just another path… One that we all must take.
Gandalf: The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all change to silver glass…
Gandalf: …And then you see it.
Pippin: What? Gandalf?… See what?
Gandalf: White shores… and beyond. The far green country under a swift sunrise.
Pippin: Well, that isn’t so bad.
Gandalf: [Softly:] No… No it isn’t.