Yoo's World

Space Shuttle Enterprise

Yoo — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:53:56 +0000

On Friday, the Space Shuttle Enterprise was ferried from Washington, D.C. to New York. We couldn't miss the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and managed to watch it being flown down the Hudson River. The Enterprise may have never flown in space, but it was still a sight to behold.

The Enterprise is going to be on exhibit at the Intrepid, the aircraft carrier moored on the Hudson River serving as New York's Sea, Air and Space Museum, but the custom 747 aircraft modified for ferrying the space shuttles will no longer be in service: it really was one of the last opportunities to see such a sight.

More photos are on our family website, not to mention my Google+ stream (including video).

Moved into new apartment

Yoo — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 04:36:24 +0000

My wife and I have moved out of temporary housing and have moved into our new apartment in New York. We have also pretty much furnished the apartment to a level that it now looks like a place we live in rather than just a place with stuff inside. It's going to be great!

Happy New Year!

Yoo — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 05:04:40 +0000

Happy New Year!

And this is the first start of the year for me as a married man! Woohoo!

Back from honeymoon

Yoo — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 03:40:04 +0000

I have just returned from my week and a half honeymoon with my wife in Hawaii and San Francisco, a week and a half of bliss and happiness. Not to mention fun.

Unfortunately, my wife Inae had to return to Seoul due to immigration issues, while I had to return to New York for work. It's going to be a lonely couple of weeks for me here in New York. Video calls help, but they're not enough ...

Wedding

Yoo — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:13:08 +0000

Inae and I are finally having our wedding ceremony this Saturday at the Verace Wedding Convention. We are already married, but that doesn't mean we don't have to go through the ritual ceremony. It was a lot of work to prepare for a ritual that lasts less than an hour, but I have a feeling that it's either going to be an extremely blissful time for me or a blurry one.

Of course, I need to be physically present at the wedding ceremony, which means I'm flying out to Korea today. And right after that, we're flying away for our honeymoon in Hawaii. Woohoo!

Starting with Google

Yoo — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 07:27:39 +0000

Yesterday was my first day of work at Google in New York. I reached the Google offices for my orientation about an hour earlier than I was supposed to, but I loitered around the area for a couple dozens of seconds because of nervousness. There wasn't any real reason to be nervous, but I still get anxious whenever I start at a new place. It helped calm my nerves that my wife was with me while I was loitering, though.

Orientation was mostly comprised of introductions and paperwork. I can't go into details for obvious reasons, but by mid-afternoon, I was exhausted. It did not help that I had just flew in from Korea a couple of days earlier, so I was and am still suffering from jet lag. I probably should have also eaten more during lunch: fearing a lack of control when gathering Google's famous free and great food for lunch, I may have not had as filling a lunch as I should have had to.

Today, after I get some more sleep subsequent to myself writing this post, having woke up in the middle of the night due to my still unadjusted sleep cycles, I'll be taking a few of the many classes that I'll be attending during my starting period and beyond. Hopefully, my energy levels will last a bit longer than they did yesterday.

Leaving Midokura

Yoo — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 17:11:04 +0000

It's been exactly a month since I've started working at Midokura, and I am already leaving the place. I'm not leaving because of a problem with me or Midokura; rather, it's because I got a job offer from Google, and after quite some thought, I've decided to change jobs. It feels pretty awkward because it's been such a short time since I just started a new job, but at least it was great while I was at Midokura.

I'll be heading back to Korea for about a week, after which I will be flying to Google's New York branch.

Starting work at Midokura

Yoo — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:41:04 +0000

I have just started work in my new job as a Senior Engineer at the startup Midokura, which focuses on providing software that can be used to build cloud computing infrastructure in data centers. While its headquarters are located in Tokyo, Japan, the office I will be working at is in San Francisco.

However, since I will be moving between countries, anyway, I am staying in Tokyo for a month to get to know the people there and to get used to what is being done. I just arrived in the country at Haneda Airport yesterday, and today was the first day of work at Midokura. They're providing a place to stay for me while I'm in Japan, and although I had a bit of trouble finding the apartment yesterday, I fortunately had no trouble finding the building where Midokura has its offices today.

It's still going to take some time for me to get used to things and get a sense of what is going on and what I can do, but I have a good feeling about everyone, and I have found something to do that might turn out to be useful. Whether it pans out or not, at least I'm not going to be twiddling my thumbs with no idea of what to do.

Last day at NIMS

Yoo — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 10:44:01 +0000

Today is my last day at the National Institute for Mathematical Sciences. It felt really weird when I was leaving. Anyway, soon I will be back in the United States for a new job.

Marriage registration

Yoo — Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:06:57 +0000

I and my fiancee have just registered for marriage. Woohoo!