We have some good news and some bad news.  I like saving the better news for last, because I like "happy endings"...

The bad news is that I'm going to take the month of April off from the blog.  Sorry to all of my regular readers.  I expect the constraints on my time are going to be absurdly high next month.  That's because...

We found a house on our last trip to Dallas that we absolutely loved! and we decided to move early.  You might have guessed as much from the lack of poker in the last few months.  After talking about it for years, we're super-excited we finally get to do it.  It's much nicer than our current house: a little larger (both house and land), much newer and also waterfront.  But the new house has an awesome saltwater pool, cabana and hot tub that we can't wait to get into.  Altho I'm not sure how useful a hot tub is in Texas.  This house basically costs like 15-20% of what what a comparable house would cost here in CT.  LOL.  I generally don't like talking about my houses, so I'm not going to post any pics of the house.  But I'll post a pic of the pool:

...just as an appetizer to get you guys to tune in in May.  After freezing our asses off in several feet of snow this winter, a resort-like house is just what the doctor ordered.  I actually have a lot of interesting stuff to talk about in the blog when I come back in May, including:

* we caught G lying... and stealing.  DoubleFly goes Old School.
* why moving before the end of the school year >>> moving before the start of the school year.
* how we picked the house, and how as a pro poker player living anywhere with a high cost of living is just burning money.
* how we plan to pick up G's academics.
* generating additional streams of income away from the tables.
* more poker content that I never finished up.
* maybe some funny pics after too many pina coladas by the pool.

I was actually going to post this tomorrow as my last post, but I realized it was April Fool's Day, and I thought you guy would think I was just joking about taking the month off.  Sadly I'm not joking.  But I'll have plenty of interesting stuff to talk about when I come back, so make sure you come back!

I was flipping channels the other day and I noticed that Hines Ward was on Dancing with the Stars.  For the gheys out there that don't watch the NFL, he's a wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers.  And that got me to thinking about "famous" guys of Korean descent that you're most likely to have heard of. 

TOP 5 GUYS OF KOREAN DESCENT THAT YOU ARE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH:

5. Ken Jeong - the Asian dude in the Hangover and the TV show Community.  Seriously, why can't an Asian dude on the screen be cool?  This dude's right up there with Andy Rooney (Breakfast at Tiffany's) and Gedde Watanabe (Sixteen Candles) in setting the image of Asian males back a few decades.  Thanks buddy.

4. Steve Perry - Yup.  The lead singer of Journey's mother is Korean - I'm "pretty" sure.  But maybe most of you guys are so young, you probably think the best known lead singer of Journey is some Filipino dude.  Um... No.

3. John Gosselin - Another halfie.  Married himself a crazy bitch and gets berated on national TV every week by his woman.  Then finally gets some spine to get away...  and now there are rumors he's crawling back.  What a "guy"!

2. Hines Ward - I knew something was a little off when my mother-in-law was asking how "Hines" was doing (in the playoffs).  For a while I thought she was asking about ketchup, and that my Korean was too bad to understand what she was saying.  But it's true.  The dude is half Korean.

1.  Kim Jong Il - Don't get me started on this dude...

Notice a common thread?  That's right - they are either ONLY half Korean, or they are complete jokes.  Sucks being a Korean guy sometimes.  FML.

Thank god we have some more respectable (and cute) women you've probably heard of...

 

Fortunately, the "Korean guy a joke / the Korean gal cool" only applies to famous people, and not to Korean couples you may know.  Um...  Doh!

Jackie Chan Meninggal,,Bener Atau Nggak ???

Siapa tak kenal dengan Jackie Chan.Ya aktor dunia yang sangat mahir dalam beberapa olahraga bela diri terutama kung fu ini dikabarkan telah meninggal dunia.

Banyak kabar yang menyebutkan ia telah meninggal,tetapi banyak juga orang yang berpendapat dia masih hidup.Yang berpendapat bahwa berita ini cuma gosip,gosip ini juga  pernah menimpa arti-artis Hollywood lainnya.Mereka juga mengatakan saat ini Jackie Chan sedang berada di Korea.

Jackie Chan dikenal sangat mahir dalam memainkan peran yang diberikan.Hampir setiap film action yang dibintanginya,ia tak pernah memakai peran pengganti.

Tidak heran  jika aktor yang menjadi salah satu pengisi suara di film Kungfu Panda ini juga sering mengalami luka-luka hingga mengalami patah tulang pada beberapa bagian tubuhnya.

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I actually got in a few hands this week... it's still way less than half my usual pace, but it beats nothing.  After not having played in a while, the games feel a little "different."  A couple of the psycho 3bettors don't seem to be 3betting as much any more, and a few other minor things that sadly I can't talk about.  Partly because of sample size, but partly for strategic reasons - because I would just be screwing myself at the tables.

The feel of the games changes every month or two - it's very possible for people who were very successful one month to be break-even a few months later, if they don't adapt to the table conditions.  So keep alert.  Maybe I'll discuss this more in a later post.

In the time remaining, I have to give a shout out to my fellow Korean poker players: Andrew Song, who took down $238K in an online tourney (FT's 1.5MM Guarantee) and Nicolak for winning a live tourney in Reno for $33K.  I'm just going to ride on their coat tails as a fellow Korean mid+ stakes reg.  Because I've come to the sad resignation that Beelzebub's world would have to freeze over before I luckbox a major donkament.  Seriously.

But I'm really happy for those guys - if *I* can't win a tourney, those guys would be at the top of my list of people who I'd like to see do well.

So on that note...


WHAT'S FOR DINNER?

Leftovers.  Yup.  To the victor go the spoils.  And to the loser the leftovers.

We had some seafood in the freezer and Mrs. Fly decided the best way to get rid of it was to make a coconut seafood curry.  Since I'm still on a low carb diet, this was all I ate.  But I guess when you're married to Mrs. Fly, leftovers aren't too bad.  I guess on the unlucky in cards / lucky in love equation, I got on the right side of that one.

TUGAS 7S(SENIN KETUJUH)

1.       Pernyataan yang paling tepat tentang “Two Way Traffic” adalah:

      a.Komunikasi yang terjadi antara dua orang dimana si komunikan tidak merespon tidak merespon informasi dari si komikator

      b.Komunikasi yang terjadi apabila seseorang pengirim berita tidak bermaksud untuk menerima umpan balik dari orang yang menerima secara langsung

      c.Komunikasi yang dilakukan diantara sesame karyawan yang berada dalam tingkatan struktur organisasi yang sama dimana keduanya saling berkomentar dan bereaksi

     d.Komunikasi yang dimaksudkan untuk memberikan informasi atau menyampaikan perintah dari atasan untuk dikerjakan karyawan

                              

2.       Komunikasi yang dilakukan dalam penyampaian berita, laporan maupun perintah antara si pengirim berita kepada penerima berita ada umpan balik pada saat itu juga disebut:

      a.Komunikasi Formal

      b.Komunikasi Langsung

      c.Komunikasi Horizontal

      d.Komunikasi Tidak Langsung

3.       Yang tidak termasuk dalam hambatan-hambatan komunikasi yang bersifat teknologi:

      a.Bahasa dan pengertian

      b.Isyarat non verbal

      c. Iklim

      d.Efektifitas saluran

4.       Aliran komunikasi yang mencakup seluruh transmisi informasi yang memotong silang berbentuk interaksi antara para manajer lini dan para anggota staf atau unit-unit pelayanan disebut:

       a.Aliran Vertical                                       c. Aliran Lateral

       b.Aliran Horizontal                                   d.Aliran Diagonal

5.       Dibawah ini merupakan contoh aliran komunikasi vertical ke atas:

       a.Rantai perintah                                                c. Mata-mata karyawan

       b.Laporan tahunan                                             d. Buku petunjuk

6.       Para penerima berita yang mendua (membingungkan) cenderung melengkapi atau menutup kekurangan informasi:

        a.Codensation                                          c. Expectation

        b.Closure                                                  d. Asosiation

7.       Penambahan saluran-saluran masukan dan keluaran seperti penambahan saluran staf  khusus atau paralel bila wewenang didesentralisasikan di sebut:

         a.Penyaringan

         b.Pengantrian

         c.Penyingkatan

         d.Penetapan saluran ganda

8.       Untuk menangani kelebihan informasi biasanya berita diproses berdasrkan prioritas, berita yang berprioritas rendah akan ditunda atau dijadwalkan kembali, hal ini disebut:

         a.Penyaringan

         b. Pengantrian

         c.Penyingkatan

         d.Penetapan saluran ganda

9.       Di dalam Fase Intensif terdapat kemungkinan saluran komunikasi tidak dapat menampung kebutuhan informasi hal tersebut akan berdampak pada hal-hal dibawah ini kecuali:

          a.Pimpinan menghadapi pilihan mekanisasi dan otomatisasi

          b.Gangguan dalam waktu pelepasan informasi

          c.Kesulitan penyimpanan serta pengambilan kembali informasi dari tempat penyimpananya

          d.Gangguan dalam proses umpan balik

10.   Dibawah ini merupakan teknik-teknik peningkatan efektifitas komunikasi, kecuali:

          a.Penetapan saluran-saluran pribadi

          b.Kredibilitas serta persepsi selektif

          c.Penetapan dewan khusus

          d.Pembentukan tim-tim tugas dan manajemen

April Fools Day Pranks

As we get ready for the jokes in this year's April FoolsDay, Americans believe of what to expect. If you plan to be a hoax of April andnot Foolee, here are some ideas:

Areas Fool came up with a good idea. They recommend paying alittle nail polish on the wax paper. When drying paint, remove and place on animportant document of your friend. Expect horrified look on their faces whenthey see it.

Funmuch.com came up with an April Fool. The night beforeApril 1, take a shower shower head and place the head lifeguard. The nextmorning, when they shower they will not notice anything, until they begin todry. They should go back to get rid of again.

World of children was a great idea. They offered to putGummy bears in the interior of Apple (s). Give them to your friends and family.You can use other fruits, but apples are the most effective.

April Fools History

Although there are references to April 1 of insanity in theCanterbury Tales 1392, the celebration took place before the 16 th century.This is not a holiday and the holiday lasts only until noon in the UK, New Zealand,Australia and South Africa. United States,it can last all day.

Web site, the Museum of hoaxes, and studied the informalside. They took the top 100 hoaxes. Their number was a joke in 1957 when theBBC announced that the warm weather and a terrible spaghetti weevil eliminationof the production of spaghetti harvest in Switzerland.

Most of you probably know that I'm a MMB - massive mamma's boy.  Since it was her birthday last week, and she likes flowers, and it's that time of year where the cherry blossoms open, and DC is "only" 5 hours away, and my brother got a great package from the Mandarin Oriental, guess what we did?

I had never seen the cherry blossoms before.  Mostly because I try to avoid things that are ghey.  But since we may be moving shortly (hint hint), it seemed like a good idea to spend a nice Fly family weekend in DC.

It was pretty.  Probably not "schlep 5 hours" pretty, but at least I can say I finally saw it.  The weekend was more about spending time with my "old" family.  D was sick, so Mrs. Fly had to stay at home.  That meant I could fit MammaFly and FireFly (my sister) in the car and chat on the drive down.  It was nice to spend the QT with them because lately we've only seen them at larger gatherings.

My mother just turned 68.  It's possible she may love to 90+ like her mother, but you never know when anyone's going to go (including me).  So take a little time off from your hectic life from time to time to spend some quality time with your loved ones.

WHAT'S FOR DINNER?

I'm probably one of the biggest carnivores you'll meet...  I just LOOOVE eating dead animal.  Like if someone said I could live 5 years longer if I gave up dead animal, I would just say, "That's not LIVING!  F. U. Beelzebub!"  Now where did I put that Holy Mace +5?!?  But after meal after meal after meal of dead animal, you start craving some greens.  There's just something refreshing about biting into in a salad to break things up.  Here's a salad - Fly style.  I think there's some greens in this chef's salad... underneath all the dead animal.

As an interesting side note, in a rare "fact-checking" episode...  I had thought Beelzebub was just a synonym for the devil (mostly from watching Jon Lovitz do his satan skits on SNL), but apparently there's a whole demonology.  He is one of the "Seven Princes of Hell" (ironically gluttony).  Being a heathen, I guess I should know who my masters are.  Mu ha ha.

Bruno Mars-The Lazy Song

Today I don't feel like doing anything
I just wanna lay in my bed
Don't feel like picking up my phone, so leave a message at the tone
'Cause today I swear I'm not doing anything

I'm gonna kick my feet up then stare at the fan
Turn the TV on, throw my hand in my pants
Nobody's gon' tell me I can't

I'll be lounging on the couch just chilling in my Snuggie
Click to MTV so they can teach me how to dougie
'Cause in my castle I'm the freaking man

Oh yes, I said it, I said it
I said it 'cause I can

Today I don't feel like doing anything
I just wanna lay in my bed
Don't feel like picking up my phone, so leave a message at the tone
'Cause today I swear I'm not doing anything
Nothing at all, nothing at all

Tomorrow I'll wake up, do some P90X
Find a really nice girl, have some really nice sex
And she's gonna scream out
This is great
(Oh my god, this is great)

Yeah, I might mess around
And get my college degree
I bet my old man will be so proud of me
But sorry pops, you'll just have to wait

Oh yes, I said it, I said it
I said it 'cause I can

Today I don't feel like doing anything
I just wanna lay in my bed
Don't feel like picking up my phone, so leave a message at the tone
'Cause today I swear I'm not doing anything

No, I ain't gonna comb my hair
'Cause I ain't going anywhere
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no

I'll just strut in my birthday suit
And let everything hang loose
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Oh, today I don't feel like doing anything
I just wanna lay in my bed
Don't feel like picking up my phone, so leave a message at the tone
'Cause today I swear I'm not doing anything

Nothing at all
Nothing at all
Nothing at all

Rebecca Black, Si Penyanyi Instan

Rebecca black,ya cewek yang satu ini memang sedang hangat-hangatnya menjadi perbincangan di dunia musik di Amerika beberapa minggu belakangan ini,pasalnya cewek yang satu ini menyanyikan lagu yang berjudul Friday dan memasang videonya di situs YouTube.

Lagu ini dianggap menjadi lagu terburuk sepanjang masa oleh pengamat musik di Amerika.Ya karena pada dasarnya cewek yang satu ini tidak mempunyai bakat musik yang hebat.Walaupun dicap sebagai lagu terburuk, tetapi hal itulah yang mebuat semua orang penasaran dan ingin melihatnya alhasil video itu telah ditonton lebih dari 30 juta penonton di YouTube.

Video ini berhasil mengalahkan video klip single terbaru dari Lady Gaga yang berjudul Born This Way.Meski pada awalnya dia merasa sedih dan menangis,tapi akhirnya dia merasa senang dan lega,karena dia mengaku  memiliki  kemampuan yang hebat.

Sampai-sampai penyanyi nyentrik lady gaga berkomentar terhadap apa yang terjadi pada Black.Yang pada intinya dia mengatakan bahwa Black adalah orang yang jenius


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