I have a Google water bottle - 2019 achievement

Oct. 20, 2019

Introduction

It is an idea to write hope, work hard, embrace finance challenge when a single person lives in her 53 years old. I am thinking about how to hold on my memory 14 years in Florida, with paid off condo and some 401 K and IRA, I like to have life in Canada as well. I almost have lived in Canada 10 years, how to continue to push myself to strive and make a good living?

An idea 

I went to Google GHC meeting Oct. 4, 2019, and I got a Google water bottle. I like to learn from Google. I am using Google blogger to write blogs every day, use google gmail and also google map.

I chose to save money not to purchase a GPS, instead I like to download Google offline map and continue to use my used Samsung S6 as my alternative GPS.

I like to serve a lot of people in Canada like Google people do. Let me take a few picture with my favorite Google water bottle.

I only save around $60,000 Canadian dollars last 10 years in Canada. I have a stable job, I should have invested and make more money on stock market last 10 year bull market.

One idea is to serve more people in SJTU wechat group in the city of Vancouver. I just got invited last week. I like to learn more people from my university.

10 K walk and run - I want Vancouver back to normal

April 26, 2020

Introduction

It is my plan to take a day off to run 10 K and I chose to go to downtown. I had to take some photos and also take some break from my stock research, and make sure that I can get some good exercise and see the outside world. I did not go anywhere last week except working full time from Monday to Friday in the office, and I need to take some break and relax my mind. Covid-19 may not be so scary, the cure is bigger than the problem itself.

Vancouver - beautiful city 

I decided to take my Google bag with me, so I can run if I need. I need to slow down and do not run in Burnaby lake or central park, since too much allergies. I need to make sure that I will not get red eye because of allergy season.

Summary of my walk and run

Skytrain - translink is losing money, and asked for government to help. The translink is in danger as business. Only a few people took the skytrain to downtown.

 I need to be able to run, so I took my cloth bag - a gift from Google in Oct 2019 GHC event in Seattle new downtown office.

My favorite hotel - it was closed. No one is in the hotel.

Get close to entrance, but I did not see any one inside.

 I like to remind myself GHC event gift, and I like to keep minimum in bags, even I did not carry any water bottle.

Vancouver skyline, I have them all.

Canada flag, and what beautiful colors. My country flag as a Canadian citizen.

I turned around before I like to start to run 10 K. Only a few people are in the downtown.

 Waterfront scenic view, clean and empty.

I need to get used to my gray hair and my face as a 53 year old.

I tried a few angles, no one was close to me. Empty city.

Beautiful skyline of Vancouver.

I like boating. I definitely enjoyed the view of those boats. One name a time.

Westin hotel is closed. No business.

Restaurant is open but only for delivery.

I like to remember a few names of boats.

I did not know how people are aging in terms of face structure. I wish that I will enjoy my health and favorite sports - running along seawall.

Google GHC event, and my frugal lifestyle and minimalism. I like to count those gray hairs if I have  a few minutes.

My favorite chair in the stanley park. I like to enjoy the forest and colorful spring season.

I like to show the trail and it was almost empty.

I enjoyed the long distance run and took some breaks to allow my body warmup in first 2000 meters.

Selfie is hard sometimes. I tried to let Google in my picture.

I like to push myself hard to run more distance.

Stretch and warm up more before I continued to finish 10 K run.

I have to think about how to hack a haircut for myself in next few months.

I should own a condo in downtown of Vancouver. I should work hard from 2010 to 2020. Write a business plan how to make my dream come true.

Actionable Items

Control weight. I need to lose 10 lb weight. One solution is to walk more and do some outdoor activities.

Leetcode: Seven ideas to apply after 600 mark - Google grace hopper - GHC event in 2019

 Jan. 7, 2020

Introduction

I still remembered I attended GHC Google lake union event back in Oct. 2019 in the city of Seattle. It was such great event. I wrote about it after the event. Here is the link. I like to write about my motivation from Grace hopper. 

Being a good educator 

Grace hopper is a great role model for me to learn from. I had chance to meet a lot of people in 2019 event. I almost forgot a lot of detail until I reviewed those pictures and videos. I also had chance to get onsite in December 2020. 

It is important for me to push forward and practice more algorithms. We also can find great talent to work on so many exciting projects when switching jobs, but it is better to stay at the same job, and try different things in my life. 

I have so many needs in order for me to afford a home in the city of Vancouver. Otherwise, I think that life is comfortable. Why should I enjoy the life and write another 100 hard level algorithms by going through Leetcode premium version. 

Because I share my practice on Leetcode discuss and my blog, it is such great experience to encourage others to work hard in 2021. Pandemic will go away, do not forget to hold a lot of equity assets, catch big wave of rebound, and also I do like to have some achievements on Leetcode. 

Those hard level algorithms will help me to train myself, think better and craft better. 

I like to pretend to be a Googler. Today is my day one on the job. Cheers!

7 ideas: 

1. Pretend to be a Googler. 
2. I need to be super talent programmer first
3. I need to work hard always;
4. Work on algorithm practice first thing in a day.
5. Last thing in a day
6. Something to kill time if I have
7. 30 minutes algorithm, 30 minutes workout session
8. Read more about Grace hopper. 
9. Encourage myself to read more about industry, Google, Facebook.
10. Love ideas to innovate. Maybe I can invent something for algorithm practice after 600. 

10 K walk around Stanley Park - Oct. 13, 2019

Oct. 13, 2019

Introduction

It is a tough walk to walk more than 10 K around Stanley park. I have to work on my fitness, and also I need to push myself outside to meet people and learn more things about nature. I started around 11:00 AM, and it took me more than four hours to walk Stanley park. It is such great experience.

My fitness and my walk 

I like to document my walk and a few things I learn through the walk.

1. Be open to visitors from the world. Offer help, chat with people, walk with others if I can.
2. Stay safe, stay hydrated. I brought with me a bottle of water, and I can refill it in a few places.
3. I also spent time to chat with two young Chinese visiting students in Mount Royal university, they took 12 hours road trip from Calgary to Vancouver.
4. Talk to people on strikes working for hotels. I read the news, I thought about they are bus drivers in Vancouver.

My route 

It took me more than three hours to walk 12 KM. Here is my route.

Take more pictures.

I like to show some pictures. I like to push myself to learn the city of Vancouver.

Expenses:
1. Less than 10 dollars skytrain tickets;
2. Japanese restaurant lunch with friends met on the road trip. $15.00 dollars for Japanese noodle.

I think that it is also important for me to visit downtown more often. One day I may leave Vancouver and work somewhere in silicon valley, so I should visit down town and take skytrain once a week at least.

1. First time I tried my Google hat. I got a gift bag from Google GHC meeting in Seattle Oct. 4, 2019.

2. Learn one more cruise boat - I looked down and cruise name is blocked by me. I tried to wear as less as possible. Only two layers to keep warm.

3. Celebrity Eclipse - what a cruise name, I like the cruise. I like to track how many gray hairs I have.

One more cruise -

I like the maple leave, just after the short talk to people on strike near hotel near the beach.