So, we bought a new Cisco Catalyst 4507R-E for one of the units out here and I was talking to one of the networks guys(Mike) about the costs required to purchase and maintain one of these huge chunks of metal. He informed me of the prices for each piece that came with the one we ordered and it almost made me sick to my stomach to think of how much of a rip off a company is. They charge people 34$ for a dang power cable. I mean, come on who does that really? You charge $6,000 just for the empty chasis with no cards and no power supplies, how can you justify charging such a hefty price for a petty power cord? For the price of just this switch I could have bought a brand new BMW M5.
Anyways, That was my first rant on my new site. Maybe, someday I will own a keyboard factory and charge extra if they want the keys to go with their keyboards.
How will we be able to sell anything without him? There is no other person in the world that can actually sell the crap he sold! You will be missed Billy!
So long good buddy!
The past weekend was a good weekend for me! Friday night I took Sun’s mom to the hospital for MRI’s and pre-surgery checks, and afterwords we met the rest of her family excluding the sister for dinner. We had Shabu-Shabu which was friggin’ good! After filling my stomach to the brim we left the parents and hung out with her brother and sister-in-law at the mart across from our villa, drank some coffee, and talked(Well they talked and I sat there oblivious to what was being said.) Sun got bit by some kind of bug and was ready to go home. We said our goodbyes to the family and went upstairs to get our showers and grooming done, when her sister called and invited us over to have some drinks with her classmates. We went over to the house, and repeated overfilling my stomach with food and cheap beer until Sun had enough and she drove me home, stuffed from a long nights worth of eating. I know I should have stayed awake just for a little while after I got home so the food could settle and not turn straight into fat but, I just could’nt help it I was so tired!
The next day we woke up around 11:00am to phone calls from her brother inviting us to go watch the new Transformers movie, in which I was happy to go. So, we all gathered at our place again to make our plans calling all the movie theatres until we found one with enough tickets to seat four people. We finally found one and made our way downtown to watch the movie. Besides for the place not having a running A/C the movie was super! I love movies with a lot of action and this one fit my tastes very well! That night we went home watched some TV and passed out at around midnight.
The next morning I woke up and found that they were playing a marathon of both “Supernatural” and “NCIS season 6″ on my two favorite channels. So, I spent most of my day watching those two shows and occasionally letting Sun watch her shows when she found one that she liked. A quiet, un-eventful day! My kind of day!
So, that was my good, quiet weekend, how was your weekend?
Finally made it back to Daegu last night around 10:30, we got stuck in the Seoul traffic on the way out of the city and it slowed us down quite a bit! Other than the driving the trip was ok. The class I took was informative. While we were up there Sun and I got to meet some of my old KATUSA buddies Lee HyoTae, Kim JinWoo, and Yoo JinHo.
The first day we were up there we checked into the Hamilton Hotel(Not a good place to stay!) and went out to grab something to eat. We ate KFC 
but made up for it by having some Cold Stone Creamery which was freakin’ good! After that we went for a walk to burn off some of the fat we stuffed into our bodies and back to the hotel for a good nights sleep.
The second day was the first day of class. I woke up around 7:00am to give myself enough time to fully wake up and walk to post in time to find out where the Seoul office is located. I actually got to class about 45 minutes before it was scheduled to start. Class was good, we learned a lot of functions that VMS offers that I did not already know. We finished class around 3:00pm and I went down to the lab to see what they have cooking. We are going to be getting some new tape libraries, which is freaking cool! The ones we are using now are kind of a hit or miss thing. The thing works great some days but then it will just crap out on us randomly. I am looking forward to replacing that. Around 5:00pm I left the lab and walked back over to the hotel to get ready to meet the KATUSAs. HyoTae gave me a call around 6:15pm and told me he was on his way and we were going to go eat some Mexican food. We all met up and ate some nacho’s and burritos. Then they had the great idea of walking over and having some beers. I got to pick the beers so I chose HoneyBrown and Moosehead. They were ok, I only really liked the HoneyBrown. I was tired after the drinks and Sun looked thoroughly bored so we decided to call it a night and went home and passed out without any trouble.
The third day was a quiet day, I woke up around the same time in the morning and did the same routine. Class was the same(very useful) and I even went to the lab again after the teacher let us out. I did do a couple of things differently that day though, I talked to a guy about buying his 2004 BMW 530i for $22,000 which was a good deal but Sun informed me that it was a bad idea so we called it off. and I ate lunch with Sun at the food court on post. After work we ate dinner in the same place and started on our way home. We did manage to get caught in the Seoul traffic but as soon as we fought our way through that it was smooth sailing. We had to stop a couple of times just to use the restrooms and get some money out for the tollbooths but it really was a quiet ride.
Well that was our trip to Seoul, hope you enjoyed it!
I can’t believe I have almost been in this job for a year already! It seems impossible. This weekend myself and Sun will be going to Seoul because I have a class on Monday and Tuesday. I will also be meeting some old KATUSA friends Monday night for dinner. It has been almost 6 months since I have visited with any of them, I honestly miss those goofy dudes!
The class I will be sitting in is for VMS, a system that manages vulnerabilities on the networks myself and some others manage. I am sure the class will teach me a lot due to the fact that my knowledge of the system is VERY weak. I don’t like using the system but it is part of my job. 
On a side note, I will also be receiving some training in the PI this fall for VMWare. This class interests me very much. I have always wanted to learn to use ESXi and they are giving me a chance! I hope the trip doesnt break my bank! Ha!
I will be adding more features to my blog soon. I have already installed a gallery, forums, and a few extra little things. If you get a chance I am also hosting my brothers website www.TakeSomeJake.com give a look-see.
Welcome to the new GoJoshGo website! I lost the old server so, I am having to start over. I will be using WordPress from now 
Hope everything gets settled down for awhile.
