Well, a quick update on what is new. I am currently taking a real estate class (RE 170) at Saddleback College to be a little more informed about the whole real estate industry as well as earn my last 2.3 units for my CPA requirements. The title of the course is Real Estate Principles in California. I think it will prove most helpful when I do decide to purchase a home someday. Although this is an online class since I can’t really attend class due to work, but I prefer it this way. I was always a self-study type of person.

The online course program we use is quite weird. The narrator’s voice is completely computer generated. It’s note even a real person. It’s the computer reading whatever the publisher types, so that is very dull. It’s a 6 week course, and I’m hoping to complete it withing 3-4 weeks. Out of the 17 chapter book, I have completed 2 chapters thus far in these two days. But we’ll see how things go–if not, I will use all 6 weeks to complete it.

These two chapters have been somewhat of a review to me since I took a business law class at UCSB, and I studied/took the Regulation exam portion of the CPA exam, so there is a lot of overlap in the material I already know. But that should change as I get a few more chapters into it (hopefully).

All in all, it’s not a bad class to take. It’s a necessary to learn this stuff regarding real estate transactions. I do have a short 500 word essay to write and I’m trying to think of a unique real estate topic to write about, but nothing has come to mind. I’ll keep on thinking about it and will be sure to post my essay for all to read after my class is over.

Whoah, there were 3 earthquakes at 8:39pm today. The main one was a 5.0 earthquake located in the greater Los Angeles area along with a 3.1 and 2.7 aftershock.

I was sitting down eating my dinner and then all of a sudden I felt a jolt going back and forth. It took several seconds for me to comprehend what it was. At first I thought I was just dizzy, and then I thought it was possibly my neighbor above being loud–my neighbor tends to walk very heavily. Then I saw my TV started to shake along with my clothes hanging on my kitchen bar counter.  Then seconds later, I saw other items in my apartment starting to sway. So I got up and stood under my doorway (just in case).

It was pretty thrilling, although that may not be the best word to use. It sure got my heart pumping.  Luckily, this one didn’t last too long–about 10-20 seconds. And it sounds like judging by KCAL 9 and KTLA news, everyone seems to be alright, so that’s good.

Here’s a screenshot of the quake that just happened: