I hate to live in the past, but bear with me because I happened to discover many photos from “back-in-the-days.” I hope to do this piece-by-piece (which explain the multiple parts).

When I first moved to California in May of 2005, I had literally nothing. After graduating from Western Michigan University, I packed as little things as I could into two big boxes for Fedex ground shipping. Then I disassembled the motherboard from the PC, unplug the DDR, hard disks, DVD writer, VGA card, power supply, monitor, keyboard, mouse and even the front-panel of the casing for the power on/off switch. I packed them into my baggage so that I have instant access to computer as soon as I got there.

The pictures below show the first week or so after my arrival. I didn’t have a casing yet. All the computer parts were assembled on the carpet. I also didn’t have mattress, but thankfully I carried a blanket which I used as a cushion. At the time, I was renting a cheap 500-square-feet studio apartment located near my work place.

I was young. I was energetic. I was naive. But it was fun.