Update

I haven't blogged in a while now. It's been busy but not really. Tomorrow is my last day at my 3 month long internship. I think my boss is happy with the work I did for her, and I will hopefully be able to count on her as a reference in the future. Working on sustainability has been interesting for me especially since I'm always interested in efficiency and profitability.

On a side note: if anybody is wondering out there, sustainable buildings do cost more, but they save on energy costs (depending on the price of oil) and they have lower rates of obsolescence. Investors haven't picked up on this fact yet as they're waiting for more results, but mark my words, sustainability will be the way of the future... way of the future... way of the future...the future...

I finally booked all the Three Wangs Eurotrip of 2009. London to Paris to Munich to Vienna to Venice to Rome. It's a 14 day blitz. If you ever go traveling in Europe, do check out a Eurail pass. It's cheaper than buying individual tickets. Lots of places to go, people to meet, and pictures to take.

Today, my friends and I decided on an impromptu trip to Cambridge. We always hear about the stuffy intellectuals from Oxford and Cambridge, and today I had a chance to finally see it. All I have to say is the home of Newton and Darwin is awesome! The city is quaint. It's got a nice small town feel to it without all the crazy traffic. Plenty of nice shops and the architecture is all very well preserved Gothic. Museums (as always) are free to admission; however, the real treats are outside walking around. It was a cloudy/rainy day, but thanks to Adobe Photoshop, I can turn showers into shine. Midas touch!



Here's the cheap trick I figured out:

• Go to edit colors on the Adjustments tab on photoshop.
• Go to Shadows first to work out the base colors. Make it heavy on red (+15), medium on green (+7), and weak on the yellow (-15). Then do the exact same on the midtones.
• Play with contrast and brightness and boom. You're done.
  
• Who needs a SLR, when you can completely cheat using photoshop? ;-)

Also, I saw Terminator Salvation tonight. Just as bad as the one right before it... and they're gonna be making two more just like it. I bored of how all war movies now shoot everything like Black Hawk Down and Saving Private Ryan. Desaturate the color, add lots of dirt, make it so actors don't shave, light fires wherever possible, etc.

There's a tube strike in London right now, so tons of people are all crowding the buses. This is one of the reasons why public transportation sucks. You're at the mercy of the labor unions; however, I read in the newspaper that a rival union has stepped in and they are running a few of the essential trains. Tube worker union wants 5% increase in pay and a guarantee that nobody will be laid off. Most people are just trying to keep their jobs, and the train drivers want a pay raise?