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As we are working on a Saturday night which I am sure is abnormal for many people, our neighbors are having an engagement party in their backyard. Probably that is what is normal on a saturday night, no? Loud hiphop and dance music is hitting the walls in our house. Ok, I will admit we danced a bit to some of the sounds But it becomes annoying after 4 hours of constant hipping and hopping. I hope they will stop soon.

I wonder what the rule is for these kind of things. I mean if someone is being disturbed like this, would he be able to complain about it to somewhere?

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I want to grab the time, pause it, smash its head to the wall and tell it to quit f’ing with my brain. I just don’t want to say this, I want to scream to its face.

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I am trying to adjust back to the time zone. I had 2 Europe trips in 3 weeks and it was very exhausting even though it was fun. Now I am working on my PhD proposal full speed. I am trying to keep a positive attitude and keep the stress level moderate but it is not always easy when you have a hard deadline.

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Hande is in the prelim exam at that very moment which is three days short of a year from my prelim exam. I hope she is doing great in there. It sucked that I was not with her for this last week when she needed the most support during preperation. It sucks even more that I wasn’t able to ease her nerves right before the exam. Hopefully, it will all end well today and she will be able to move on with her Phd without worrying about a prelim exam ever again. I am very glad I will be back home tomorrow evening.

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The news story goes as Rare Snow Covers Bay Area but I am not sure “rare” is enough to describe the snow that came after 30 years. It must have been an interesting day for the people of San Francisco as they saw everywhere covered in white. Personally, I can’t imagine the situtation when ice covers those steep hills of San Francisco streets. I know for sure that I would not want to drive.

After learning that news, I thought there would already be images of snow in San Francisco on Flickr. To my dissappointment I was only able to find this picture which shows the snow forecast. I might have not searched for the right tags but no snow pictures were returned. If you find some, let me know in the comments.

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I have ordered many things from Amazon for the last 5-6 years and never had a single problem. So, I didn’t have to deal with the customer service.

I think I was destined to have a problem in one of those years and it happened in my last order. Actually, I am not sure where if Amazon is directly responsible for the problem. Basically, what happened is that although Amazon notified me about the shipment of the item and provided me a tracking number, USPS tracking site does not show any information about the package since day 1 of the shipment. The order was shipped on February 10th and I don’t see any information about it. I wanted to call and check with Amazon about what the problem could be.

I immediately made a search on customer service phone numbers and found the famous The Amazon.com Customer Service Page where the numbers are listed. Now, I am on hold for the last 18 minutes.

This is pretty funny actually, as I was typing the 18 minutes of wait time above some representative picked up the phone and I had to stop writing this. I explained him the situation and I was wowed when he offered to send a replacement with expedited shipping. I will get my package on Friday. I must say this was my best customer service experience to this day. I am very satisfied and I am glad I decided to call and do something about it.

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