I'm alive

So it's Christmas Eve and this year I decided to tear into my christmas presents early. I am going back to my parent's house this year for Christmas and I don't want to be lugging stuff around more than I need.

Anyways, this year I got a French press from Yap's brother and a coffee grinder from his aunt. Now, the pound of Jamaican coffee beans sitting in my fridge will be mine!!!! (evil laugh ensues)

I was thinking, though, I was going to whiten my teeth after the holidays, I got a little kit at home and it has a lightening flash to make the teeth whiter. All the coffee drinking has darkened my teeth a bit and it makes me sad.

I dunno, I dunno I think I might just have to drink my Jamaican coffee and forgo the teeth whitening until a later time.

Jitteriness here I come!

Work Hiatus

I am currently in work hiatus. It's the blackout time frame from me doing anything but work. All of November until the second week of December, all I am and will be doing is work. It sucks I know.

But this image helps me get through the hard times.



YUM. (Salt Lick, Austin TX)

Yes We Can

Dance Dance Revolution

New dance craze sweeping the nation. It's really awesome! I saw the guy who invented it in action.

Click here

Surfing - the war I lost

So ever since I met Yap, we've been talking about surfing. That was four years ago. Today was finally the day we decided to act on our desire to learn how to surf.

We put on our wetsuits and grabbed our boards and headed towards the water. Right when I got in, I got knocked by a decent sized wave and my bum hit the ground, hard. Stinging from the pain on my bum, I picked up my board and got on and rode the waves out...

I got out and Yap's friend's girlfriend, this amazing swimmer and surfer, taught us how to surf. She was teaching us the first step, paddle when you see a wave coming up close and when you go over, pull your upper body up. So I did that. It was a lot of fun and I was having a great time until......

Until I got caught in a rip curl and started riding the wave fast to shore. I saw the rocks up ahead and I pulled my surfboard in front of me for protection, I crashed into the rocks and got knocked a few times more when I finally got to shore. I lugged my surfboard and myself away from the water. I tried swimming back out but I caught another wave and was taken back to shore. Then, Amy, the super swimmer and surfer, saw me and came to my rescue. She helped me back on the board and back out to sea. I paddled hard and noticed I was missing a chunk off my pinky toe. Erg, looks really gross.

Anyways, I was in pain and battered but I was okay. After resting on the board for a bit, I decided to give it a try again.....

I got caught in another huge wave and saw myself riding the wave to the same spot. I tried swimming parallel to the wave, but I was too late. I was beelining straight towards a rock again....

I did the same move and pulled the surfboard to my protection. After I was knocked around a few times, I hid behind a huge rock to give me some protection from the waves smashing in to shore.

Once the waves simmered down, I saw that a fellow surfer from our group was on the other side of the rocky beach. I lugged my surfboard towards him where the waves were a bit calmer. I saw him getting rescued by Amy. I tried to hustle but they were already out.

I still lugged toward a safer part of the rocky beach and stood there trying to catch my breath. I already inhaled so much salt water by this time, I already felt dehydrated. Luckily, my adrenaline was pumping through my like mad. I felt nothing. I stood there waiting for Amy to come back.

She saw me and swam towards me. She told me to leave my surfboard behind and that she'll help me get out. So, I got on the surfboard and she pushed me out.

Except, I saw a huge wave coming at me, I got caught in it and started going back to shore. I got knocked in. I tried picking up my surfboard but another wave came in and knocked the board into my chin. I went under. I tried getting it again, but the surfboard was on top of me and knocking my head around. Ow. I finally was able to get out and call Amy for help.

This time she rode with me all the way out until I was safe. Once she knew I was safe, she went back for the other surfboard. Seriously, this girl is my hero. She's a rockstar.

Anyways, I was out of breath, cut, battered, and bruised. I just wanted to get out for the time being. I needed to gather my bearings and rest. Anthony, Amy's boyfriend, helped me get back to shore. Except, on the way out, we got caught in a massive wave and got knocked off our surfboards, I wasn't attached to the surfboard so I started sinking. I started to quickly swim back up to the top. I was a bit frantic and tried swimming to Anthony to get help. I was exhausted by that time. He finally got me to shore. I took my board and collapsed on my towel.

So water and rocks, you won this round. But I am going to get back out there and prove you wrong......

I'd show you my battle scars but they either don't show up or they are pretty disgusting.

Just Call Me Uno Uno

So as we were flipping through the channels, Yap stopped at ESPN. They were reporting on how Bengal's WR Chad Johnson changed his name to Chad Ocho Cinco. Yep, he's now Ocho Cinco.

See news here:
Chad Johnson becomes Ocho Cinco

So we were trying to come up with our names....I first said seventeen. But it didn't roll off the tongue like Ocho Cinco.

So now you can call me Uno Uno.

lightening bolts

Olympics was amazing.

This picture sums it up. Hope you had a good time watching too.


I dunno London, I figure right now, you are beat.

on olympic hiatus

shhhh........olympics is on.

:D

OK fine one more.....done

Thursday 10:56

Really?


wow.


Can I say, I really hate MTV teenie weenies. Drive me nuts.

I VOTED. I VOTED!

ABDC part deux

Thursday 10:49PM

Fanny Pack or Supercrew?

Damnit.

ABDC

Thursday 10:41PM

WTF AMERICA? SO REAL CREW??? #1?

Although, why should I be surprised, you only did vote Bush in office .... TWICE.

DAMN Texans.

DAMN Asians.

ARGH.

Nightmare

Last night, my friends were over, eating dinner and talking. It was fun, we had a nice meal, nice conversations.

We heard a screech and a crash. Oh god. I was praying it wasn't my car.

My friends peered through the blinds.

Yep, it's my car.

I'll update with a picture later. The driver side is banged up.

It's like Jon's accident all over again, except WAYYYYY less dramatic. (I was trying to find that post to link it but I can't.)

Still trying to get a hold of someone at All State that can actually help me. Grrr.......

Anyways, the guy who hit my car gave me his info and my weekend/week will be taking care of this mess.

Blah. But even worse was today when I took Toto to check out his lump on his head. He has a growth and I left him there to get it surgically removed. He'll be there overnight and the vet is going to clean his anal glands, ears, and eyes because he was infected in all those places in addition to having a painful lump on his head.

They will perform a biopsy to determine if this is gonna be okay or bad.................

I am worried for poor little Toto.

This weekend sucks.

It's Getting getting Hot hot in Cali

California is on fire.....really.

Sheez.

Vulcans - not the Roman kind

So Caffeinated Muslim wrote about she made a reference to Vulcans (well a specific Vulcan) and her friends (who by the way are not geeky) did not know what a Vulcan is.

--- If you want the whole bit of what a Vulcan is please refer here: Vulcan Wiki page - It's not the best, but it's the easiest to get the idea of it.

Anyways, so I wanted to put this out to my fellow co-workers.

What is a Vulcan?

I got:

- why don't you Wikipedia it?
- Toucan Sam?
- something from Star Trek? (Which I would like to let you know that person cheated.)

Oh and my friend Lam first guessed it was a god of a religion. Which she is correct. (Roman Mythology - Vulcan)

Anyways I digress, Bushra really put it right that you can't assume people know about Star Trek.

I didn't know that Vulcan was also a Roman god. (There are too many Greek/Roman gods for me to remember and this is why I would never be good with a polytheistic religion.) And there are people out there that don't care for Star Trek. And there are people that don't care for either. (see all my co-workers).

So I guess it comes down to what kind of geek are you?
(apparently none of my co-workers are any kind of geeky. sigh.)

Get Carried Away

The tagline is cheesy. Probably 75% of this movie was pretty damn cheesy. But I enjoyed watching it nonetheless. I think it was for the fashion which the show is known to have ridiculous fashion.

Bird in your hair? A giant flower on your shoulder that takes up half your body? Oh well I mean there were some nice things, like the shoes. :)

I mean really I guess I have no soul because apparently there were many girls who laughed and cried at the movie.

That's right I am a jawa.

Amy & Roger's Wedding

June 7th, 2008

Congratulations!

3G is here!

Damn you Apple. Damn you.

http://gizmodo.com/5014675/the-3g-iphone-is-official

Le sigh.

I Am A Stabbing Robot

So recently, I've been addicted to the show '30 Rock.' I haven't been getting much sleep because I've been watching season one on dvd. See this is why I don't watch shows via dvd. I end up watching the whole season in a day and I end up feeling like a zombie the next day because I didn't sleep. In lieu of sleep, I watched 30 Rock.

Anyways, it's great writing, a great cast, and all around quirky. The cast isn't young and beautiful, they are all off-beat and have impeccable delivery.

Some of the best lines I've heard ever are from Tracy Morgan's character Tracy Jordan.

"Live every week like it's shark week."

"I am a stabbing robot."

"I love this cornbread so much, I want to take it behind a middle school, and get it pregnant

"Always dress like you're going to be murdered in those clothes."
Those are some of my faves.

If you haven't seen it, I don't want to give more away so I'll just say watch it. It's one of my new favorite shows on TV.

Oh, how I heart you TV. [hugs]

Atonement

After an awesome day of celebrating my friend's bridal shower, I came back to finally watch Atonement. I have been meaning to watch it but I never got around to it.

So, I have decided after watching this movie that I don't want to watch any more sad movies. It's okay if a movie has sad bits in it, but it must not end making me feel depressed. That movie was all in all very depressing making me feel like I just spent 16 hours watching a Korean soap opera that ended poorly for the beloved couple. Why be sad? Why watch movies that are just going to make me feel sad? I don't feel any more enlightened from the movie, I don't feel like I learned anything new or at all. So that is my conclusion. NO MORE SAD MOVIES. Yay.

Liquid Gold

So I got my statement for my credit card that was stolen, well the number was stolen.

Here is what they charged


4/17 Subway $21.55
4/17 Chevron $85.50
4/17 Chevron $101.24
4/17 Chevron $121.74
4/17 Petsmart $157.21

Gas? You stole my card to pay for gas?

UPDATE: Apparently, my cc # was stolen from Fulton's Fish Market. The investigator called me earlier this week and asked me where Fulton's Fish Market. I told him I purchased my meal at the one located in NY NY hotel. He said it was strange since it was showing up as a different zip code. He asked me for the description of the guy I purchased it from, I answered that he's caucasian, male, in his 20's with short brown hair.

I really hope they catch that guy. Son of a....

Thief Beware, My Kicks Are Lethal

Credit card fraud again? How does this keep happening?

I was in Vegas for a Bachelorette party, one last hurrah for a close friend.

Yesterday, I received automated phone calls from my credit card company notifying me that I have suspicious activity going on with my card.

Hmmm....

So I call and the representative asked me if I made charges in Nevada today. No. I've been in CA for the last few days.

DAMN IT. They got my number and started making charges. But from where? I used my card a total of three times.

So friends, when you happen to be in Vegas, be careful of using your credit card at

1. Pyramid Cafe in Luxor
2. Fulton's Fish Market in NY NY
3. Coffee Bean inside the airport.

Oh man, this is such a pain.

Lahge Yeeah Yeeah

From Feb 27th to Mar 8th, I was on the East Coast doing not much of anything. Really. It's probably hard to believe if you know me because I don't really relax on vacations. I go all out and hard during vacations now because I feel like there is so much to see in so little time.

But, ah, I feel my age catching up with me. Or the fact that I go out so hard at work that, really, I have no energy to spare. Hmmm..... that could be it.

Anyways, so New York was just sleeping and eating and hanging out with Yap's old friends or family. It was nice to meet new people and see his family again.

So I'll just break this entry down in categories. Here goes. This entry will be all about food. Next time I'll write about everything else.

Food:

We ate so many different types of food, I felt like every meal was a really different meal from the last.

SATURDAY

We got in on Saturday morning. After putting our stuff away at Yap's aunt's place, we ventured out in Midtown to find some grub. We ended up at a place called Marseilles. A cute French restaurant. I ate this:
Brioche French Toast with Caramel Syrup. On top was sliced bananas and powdered sugar. I think I ended up with four cavities. Sooooo much sugar. I felt jittery after eating this and downing a cup of coffee. (Bad move on my part).

Yap ended up with a burger and fries:

So that was lunch for day one.

For dinner, we met up with Yap's cousin and his girlfriend and ate a mediocre Italian restaurant. No rave reviews on my spaghetti and meatballs.

SUNDAY

The next day, we met up with Yap's old friend. He took us to the Burger Joint which is located inside the Parker Meridien. You have to go behind the curtain by the information desk and enter the narrow corridor to the Burger Joint. You don't expect to find this here in such a posh hotel, but it's pretty damn good. Juicy burger and fries. Mmmm..... just make sure you know exactly what you want by the time you reach the counter, otherwise, go to the end of the line.

He took us to the Met where we proceeded to wander around for four hours. After exhausting both Yap and his friend of the museum, we went to Sarge's Deli. Great Jewish deli. Good latkes and good brisket sandwich.


MONDAY

Yap's cousin took us to this Japanese restaurant, Sobaya, that makes homemade noodles. Soba and Udon are their specialty, and it was good. I loved the udon, it really tasted fresh and homemade.

We went to a great coffee place called Think Coffee. So needed this after two days of Starbucks.... bleh.

For dinner, we met up with all the Yap's in NYC, and went to his cousin's husband's brother-in-law's place called Nelson Blue. Well actually he is the chef. It was great great food. We got all these appetizers for free, chicken, mini burgers (drool), and other stuff I can't remember. I had the scallops which was awesome except for I broke out into hives on the side of my stomach and I still have scars from that outbreak. Oh shellfish, how you hurt me but you are so delicious!

TUESDAY

We went to a tiny pizza place called, Bravo Pizza, bleeeechhhh. We got pizza and they happen to sell beef patties. So we had to try it. Too much breadcrumbs, not enough meat. And the dough used seemed off. Pizza was severely subpar and I can't believe that was my pizza experience for this trip. SOOO disappointing. But I guess that's what I get for making myself desperate to eat something, anything.

We met up with my friend Tanya for dinner. She chose Balkan food. Ok there meat pies were amazing. Yap's stuffed cabbage, though greasy, was really tasty. Definitely recommend this place. Cheap Balkan food. Yes. :)

WEDNESDAY

We went to the Shake Shack with Yap's cousin. Mmmm shake shack sauce. It was just good all around. Didn't have to wait long for food. Plus ten points for that.

Yap's other cousin took us out to Japanese food. Haru was good. Yap's cousin watched in awe while he ate all the remaining sushi, which was quite a bit...

THURSDAY

We headed to Boston on the infamous Fung Wah bus. After checking in at the Hilton Back Bay, which had great views of the city, we ended up at the Legal Seafood Restaurant. Everything at the restaurant was good but the crab cakes was something else. I liked it alot. It was chunks of real crab meat in a sea of sauce and whatever else was in it.

We met up with Cathy after the second hockey game. We ate at Pour House, the food was good and cheap! It was really great to see Cathy .....

FRIDAY

We ate McDonald's inside the bus station. Same old McDonald's.

At night, we met up with Yap's cousins again to eat at Buddakan. Loved their edamame dumplings. Everything else was pretty good. Everyone seemed to enjoy the duck and lamb. I enjoyed eating everything else. Like Yap said in his yelp review, good but not memorable.

Later that night, we met up with Tanya and Rusty and hit a couple of bars. We ended up at Criff Dog to eat fried hot dogs wrapped in bacon and avocado. Oh lordy.



SATURDAY

After a round of shopping, we ate at another Pub where I had Mac and cheese. Pretty decent. His cousin and I watched him polish off his plate and scrape it clean. No wonder why he's a hit with Asian parents.

For dinner, we met up with another childhood friend of Yap's. We went to a Spanish Tapas place and ordered three dishes and two pitchers of Sangria. The food was solid. The chorizo had a little kick to it. I polished off the plate of of salmon. Yap finished the chicken with ratatouille.

Oh sadness to not think about leaving the next day.

SUNDAY

Went to get souvenirs, and ended up at a small sandwich shop. Ate my chicken sandwich and Yap ate his mediocre pizza. Blah. Did it's job but not much else.

Next time, museums, hockey games, shopping, and most importantly an ode to Yap's aunt's bed.

Ok this post was mainly for me to remember the food because I <3 food.

Toots

My little furball kept me company on Sunday, and it was nice to have him sitting next to me while I was on the comp just writing some emails. I took I think 50 pictures of him on my phone while he was curled up on the bed.

The best thing about going home, besides seeing the family, is seeing his head peer over the frame, keeping him in the kitchen. His tail wags furiously back and forth where he hops up and down until you come in the kitchen and he runs around because he is so excited to see you. I wish all people were that happy to see you....everyday, haha. He is my one true love.

Anyways, tootles for now.

Eye Gazing: NY New Dating Trend

So, my co-worker comes up to me and another co-worker, and asked us if we heard about the Eye Gazing Party that is going to happen in SF at the Temple Night Club.

Apparently, "Eye Gazing" has become the new dating trend in New York and has already sold out two Eye Gazing parties in SF. A variety of news sources have reported on this trend that has taken over metropolitan cities (But apparently not Wikipedia, if you look it up, all you get is star gazing).

Anyways, so straight off the website here is the idea:

"An even number of singles meet in an attractive space over drinks and world beats.

After a fun mini-lesson in the art of eye contact, the group splits into pairs, and each pair spends two minutes looking into each other's eyes, no talking, just soaking in each other's essence through the windows to their soul.
The pairs switch up every two minutes, for a total of 20 gazes during the evening with ample mingling time between the gazing sessions.
There is a party afterward, with drinks flowing and luscious beats pulsating in the background. "

I...don't....know....what to even say. But I was immediately attracted to the idea of doing this under cover expose. I mean who are the people who go to these parties? How does one not laugh trying to hold a straight gaze for two minutes for twenty times during the night? And can you really make a connection off of a gaze?

Usually when I go out for a night out, I usually find it's Mr. Creepy McCreep giving me the creepy stare. Once I catch his gaze, I am trying like all hell to look at anything else, anything else but that creepy stare.

Also, the fact is I don't like it when I am stared at, which is why public speaking has been one of my weaker attributes.

Anyways, to get back to the topic. Here is the link to the website: http://www.eyegazingparties.com/index.html

Maybe if they didn't have cameras that are going to broadcast this over international stations, then I would go and do my dream expose. However, I am quite the camera shy gal and would like to remain semi-anonymous in my quest to find out if Eye Gazing is the real deal.

All I have to add is (not to be mean but) look at the guy who created this and tell me he doesn't look a bit creepy?

(Michael Ellsburg, creator of Eye Gazing)

At work ...

It is only 10:55 AM. This day needs to end. I feel like it's been Friday for four days in a row now.

I imagine what I feel like right now is what a zombie feels like. I stare at the computer screen blankly and am almost drooling from lack of motor functions. Damn cerebellum, work!

Yeah, it's one of those days.

At least I got Mcdonalds breakfast this morning. drool.

Framboise Lambic

me: http://www.bevmo.com/homefind-Bevmo.asp?city=&zipcode=Brisbane&distance=10&find=Find+Stores\
i found it.
Sent at 3:49 PM on Tuesday
Andrew: what do you need from bevmo?
me: no i meant i found framboise!
http://www.bevmo.com/homefind-Bevmo.asp?city=&zipcode=Brisbane&distance=10&find=Find+Stores
whoops
http://www.bevmo.com/productinfo.asp?sku=00000000696&Dn=166+168&Nr=Store%3A99&Ntt=framboise+lambic&N=168+0&Nty=1&D=framboise+lambic&Ntx=mode+matchallpartial&Ntk=All
Sent at 3:51 PM on Tuesday
Andrew: one bottle is 5.49?
me: yeah it's kind of expensive huh?
how much did we pay at the trappist.
Andrew: I doin't remember. but it could have been close to that
if taht's the case, we should just go to the trappist.
me: why
Andrew: at least you feel like you're helping someone out
me: but i can stock up on the thing
and drink in my fuzzy robe.
Andrew: ok. we'll get you some
Sent at 4:00 PM on Tuesday