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Sunday, April 09, 2006

Sun, 09 Apr 2006 20:37:16 GMT

2:39 pm . . . .

OMG I UPDATED. LIKE WOW.

Nahh, I'm not coming back. Sorry to disappoint. XD I still read Xanga occasionally and Sam tagged me so I thought I'd do it.

Four jobs I have had in my life:
1. Sunglasses kiosk
2. Kernels
3. no
4. more!

Four movies I would watch over and over:
1. 疾走 (because DUH XD)
2. Nothing else comes to mind. Not really a movie person.

Four places I have lived:
1. Vancouver
2. Florida
3. Hong Kong
4. no more!

Four TV shows I love to watch:
1. The Colbert Report
2. The Simpsons (old episodes plz)
3. The Daily Show (sometimes)
4. Family Guy

Four places I have been on vacation:
1. Florida
2. Hong Kong
3. US (various places) ... stfu, Florida is different.
4. Canada (various places)

Four Websites I visit often:
1. Google
2. Livejournal
3. Jpopsuki Tracker
4. myLangara portal (I'm sad D:)

Four of my favorite foods:
1. Ramen
2. Sushi
3. Ice cream
4. Dim sum

Four places I would rather be right now:
1. Japan
2. South Korea
3. Florida
4. Europe

Name four people who have been tagged that I think will respond:
I think almost everyone has done this already, so. XD

Thursday, October 20, 2005

Thu, 20 Oct 2005 22:10:53 GMT

4:10 pm . . . .

On indefinite hiatus.

Wednesday, October 12, 2005

Wed, 12 Oct 2005 22:15:50 GMT

4:11 pm . . . .

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAMMI!

I hope you have a great day and get lots of presents! Around Christmas there will be something for you from me... LOL, I promise! Anyway, we all miss you were very much and YAAA I WANNA HUG YOU but you're so far away. ;O;

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Look at my pretty iTego nano!

I got a pretty pink nano tube from Leanne yesterday in the mail... thank you so much! I immediately put stickers on it. ^^; Don't ask about the screen... I ripped off the original plastic covering right when I wanted to put it in the tube... then Leanne was like, "Shouldn't you keep it on so the cover won't scratch?" Oh yeah... ^^; So I cut off a portion that would stick better and it turned out like that.

Saturday, October 01, 2005

Sat, 01 Oct 2005 04:52:24 GMT

10:44 pm . . . .

School and work are PWNING MY ASS. I swear... this past week was just endless... had something going on everyday! The coming week looks better... but yeah, it'll start again soon. I'd better use my time wisely...

Soci is really stressing me out. The prof is no help at all, I've stopped listening since last week. He's not making sense at all... one of the shittest profs I've ever had. I listen to my iTego nano, read my Soci textbook in class and pass notes to Maggie in class. I thought no one could get worse than my Japanese prof I had two semesters ago... but noooo... this guy makes my old Soci prof a living God. Not exaggerating either. Sigh, how am I going to pass this course?! I already bombed that 10% quiz on Thursday. Still two or three more quizzes to go before the midterm.

Work is pwning me... pwning me bad. I keep thinking I'm messing up on stuff... I'm totally not confident in what I'm doing. I'm scared. *breathes* It's been only three days since I've started... I shouldn't know everything yet... yes... *sigh* My co-workers have been a BIG HELP though! I've only met Christine and Gloria so far... and they've been so nice! Thank you for helping me! And my manager Ruth... lol, she can give those "looks"... but yeah, it's all good. ^^; Of course, Maggie also helps me! Hard work pays off ne? Money = Japan! GANBARE!

Blah blah blah... I don't really have anything else to talk about besides those two things... have been quite moody lately for some reason. I think I'm just stressed. I might just snap any minute...

Sunday, September 25, 2005

Sun, 25 Sep 2005 20:29:30 GMT

2:21 pm . . . .

Think it's time to update this. XD Lots of things happened these few days... only going to highlight them.

On Thursday, I got my iPod nano from Fedex. FINALLY! LOL, I'm lucky... I was probably one of the people in the last batch of iPods shipped from Apple and it got here exactly a week after I ordered it. Now there's a 1-2 week wait before shipping on the Apple site and I heard stores ran out of it... so YAY FOR ME! It's SOOO SMALL... I couldn't believe it. I'm never putting it my pants pocket... it'll break. There's scratches on it already... I need those iPod tubes.

Also on Thursday, I recieved the most excellent news from Maggie. Kernels wants to hire me! YEAH BABY! I went to see the boss on Friday and we had a little chat. LOL, I thought he'd give me an interview (which he said over the phone) but we didn't... he was just talking to me and telling me what they did. o_O Then I talked to the manager... she already knows me from Maggie, so that was okay. XD I start training soon for a couple of hours the coming week... and I have my midterms and report due too... I'm gonna be even more busy than last week. YAY for money though! I have decided that my next major purchase will be a cell phone.

Yesterday was Maggie's surprise birthday party thing. XD She had NO IDEA about it... it was so funny. Tony and I had a blast lying. A bit painful though, because Maggie wasn't having such a great afternoon... but the night made up for it! Thank you to all of you that cooked at Eva's... my goodness... I feel horrible that I didn't help. I didn't even wash that many dishes either... After dinner we talked for a bit and then opened Maggie's presents. LUCKY HER, she got a DVD burner! OMG! Now she can burn off all the stuff she's been complaining about that's been eating up her comp. She also got an Adidas jacket and some SMELLY OLD SOCKS (EWWW)! After that we headed to Lew's house to gamble... rofl, I didn't... I was watching this Korean drama with Lew's sister... and I think I want to watch more now... dammit! XD

Sunday, September 18, 2005

Sun, 18 Sep 2005 04:36:12 GMT

10:25 pm . . . .

Fun day yesterday! Went out to lunch at Don Don Noodle Cafe with Maggie, Sushi and Lew. Then we went to Lew's house to watch "I Want To Be A Model" (which is really stupid, LOL) to pass time... then we picked up Eva and went to watch "Just Like Heaven" (which is a good romantic comedy). Oh, I also bought another necklace (a blue crown key) and a blue LIVESTRONG bracelet. Now I owe two people money because after the movie I had $3 left. XD

I AM SO HAPPY! YOU KNOW WHY?! BECAUSE I'M GETTING AN IPOD NANO! THAT'S RIGHT! A black 4 GB one. Got it online because of the free shipping, free laser engraving and education discount. This is all coming out of my own bank account though... my first ever expensive purchase. *tears* I have spent quite a lot from my summer work money already, but what the hey. I need a new music player badly. Am planning to give my MD to my cousin. ^^; Oh, I also had to buy an adapter for my iPod... $30 down the drain for that damn thing, but I figured I needed it for travelling and such when I don't have a computer around to charge it.

I just went out for a family dinner because it's Mid-Autumn Festival. The food was great and talked to my cousins a lot. Carmi got me a Wimbledon stress ball figure from her England/Africa trip. YAY! XD Too bad she couldn't get me that Andy Roddick poster... oh well, I already have one. XD

Umm, yeah so I have to get started on my schoolwork soon. I have a computer class report due on Thursday, three chapters of Soci I need to read (and possibly more), a couple of chapters from my Traditional Asia class I need to read also... and a midterm coming up on the 29th in Soci. HOLY I'M SCREWED. XD

Monday, September 12, 2005

Mon, 12 Sep 2005 06:33:48 GMT

12:23 am . . . .

Went out for late night dinner on Saturday with some of the old badminton gang at Tomokazu. FINALLY! Everyone's been to Tomokazu except me. ^^; And it's great to see some of you guys again! Oh my, how we've all changed, appearance-wise... and some of you are quite pervy... LMAO! Mmm, beans are good... I mean, I had an awesome time talking and catching up. Aww, Sam didn't snort out any tea... oh well, it's all good haha!

It was almost 12 am after we ate, and two party poopers had to leave. After taking group pictures (in which I probably looked like crap because of the huddling together and Cathy blocking my head, ROFL) and standing outside for the longest time, we decided to go sing karaoke in Richmond. Hee hee, Will and Phil called Cathy's phone at 11:57 pm to wish her a happy birthday... too bad they were off by 3 minutes. XD Karaoke was a blast! Why are everyone such pros... I thought Will was actually the real person in the TV!!! Cathy found two T&T songs... was so surprised! I think we both got hyped up after singing those songs. XD Too bad we didn't know 'True Heart' well enough... but YEAH KISEKI! YAY FOR ROMAJI! I swear this is the second time I've been out this late... lol, I couldn't believe it. Also the first time I've called back home and told my parents to expect me to come home late. It was 3:30 am when I came home... yikes.

So yup! Happy Birthday Cathy sempai! (Are you sick of me calling you that yet?) Hope your wishes come true! Oh, and Herbert, about your driving... (shakes head) LOL!

Thursday, September 08, 2005

Thu, 08 Sep 2005 05:19:58 GMT

11:05 pm . . . .

School has finally started. Am not too surprised that I'm exhausted coming home everyday, even though I don't take too many courses... *sigh*

So, I did something life altering today. Well, not life altering... maybe school life altering. I went to go see a counsellor about switching to UBC to major in Japanese. Sushi told me I could double major in Japanese and Hospitality... I thought that was a good idea, although the 'double' part kinda freaked me out. XD After a long discussion with my brain, I decided to give it a shot. I was hesitant at first, seeing how I have a love-hate relationship with Japanese, but ultimately in the end I know I want to be fluent in it enough so I can do something work related with it after. Now I'm not aiming for SFU Communications anymore... I used to think all that media and journalism stuff was cool, but... after looking at the course list... I couldn't picture myself being active in there...

After talking with the counsellor, I immediately had to readjust my courses for the right credits... seeing how I've already finished half of first year... I was really unsure whether I'd have to start all over again or not. Then I figured I could take some of my courses and make it as an elective... and some of the ones I took are the ones I need for UBC. Thank goodness! I had to drop one of my classes today though and transfer into another one. HOPEFULLY I didn't miss much when I go tomorrow. If everything goes according to plan, I can get into second year in the summer. Wish me luck!

Hard part was to break it to my parents... I've already told before to my mom that my back up plan was Japanese. When I told her today I switched everything, she was like, "ARE YOU SERIOUS?" Yes, I'm serious... "Well... okay. If that's what you think is right. I'm warning you, I don't really want you going to Japan anyways and the people there are psycho." GEE, THANKS MOM! YEESH! I'm still VERY CONFUSED at whether I'm doing the "right" thing or not, this is still me experimenting... lol, but whatever. I actually want to do this.

Anyways, about school in general. I liked summer semester SO MUCH BETTER... mainly because there weren't a lot of people at school and I could go sit wherever I wanted. XD There are so many froshes from my high school I recognize... it's weird! ^^; Classes are okay. Soci makes me want to fall asleep BAD... the teacher goes off topic like crazy! I learned about his cat today. UGH! OOH, when I went to CPSC, I was so surprised to see a friend from English in the summer in my class! I was SO HAPPY! LOL! Erm, so now that I switched my schedule, I can go home during my 2 hour break (instead of my two hour separate break in between classes). YAY!!! I hate staying at school and not doing anything. XD

Thursday, September 01, 2005

Thu, 01 Sep 2005 04:27:06 GMT

10:15 pm . . . .

School is starting in less than a week! LIKE HOMG! XD Am totally not prepared or ready to commit myself to it yet. I did buy my Soci textbooks today... don't they look interesting. Going to have a complete bedroom makeover soon... well, cleaning up all the old junk and moving some furniture around. Hopefully I can get a cork bulletin board so I can put up the nice shop photos Cathy gave me.

Sam came over on Monday to help me format my comp and put in Windows XP. FINALLY! I can run multiple programs at once without it crashing! I can do so much more stuff now and the computer feels so much faster! LOL, I owe you one Sam... for also helping me take apart two computers and putting in the floppy drive. XD We should go karaoke sometime too! MAGGIE LET'S GOOO! XD Oh, now that I have XP, I put in Adobe Photoshop CS and I'm planning to put in Dreamweaver too.

I went to Eva's house at night that day too, to play with something called the Eye Toy for the PS2 that Lew bought. It's SO FUN! Though I suck at most of the games...

Some TV talk... ^^; I wasn't watching the US Open until today, but I found out yesterday from my parents that Andy Roddick lost in the first round... how disappointing is that? I feel horrible for the guy... coming to his favorite tournament and losing like that. Then my parents asked me if the 30th was his birthday and OMIGOSH, that makes it 10x worse. I don't think he's ever been booted out first round for awhile. If he had made it to the next round, I'm pretty sure at the end of the match, they'd bring him out a birthday cake and sing happy birthday to him. Poor guy. ;O;

Usually I don't pay attention to who's on MuchMusic or not, but Rick Campanelli recently left the station after 10 years being on the air. I grew up with MM, lol... I even remembered their very first logo, when 'Clip Trip' hadn't moved to MuchMoreMusic and the good ol' days of Electric Circus with that 'French Kiss' VJ. Rick's been there forever... and he was supposedly 'the temp' but ended up longer than almost everyone else! It was so sad to see him leave... I managed to catch the last few minutes of him being on MOD... people were crying! Now that Rick's left, I just heard that Jennifer Hollett is leaving too... today, I think. What the hell?! Okay, I don't like her much but she is SO MUCH BETTER compared to the noob VJs. The noobs are SO ANNOYING, ARGH! MM is going downhill... unless they can find someone like Hannah... too bad she isn't on regularly. Plus their new own produced shows really suck... like 'Much 911'? WTF, isn't MM a music station?! It's starting to turn into a MTV-wannabe station... I loved the old VJs (I could name probably all of them XD)... some of them are still on TV, like George (CBC's 'The Hour') and Namugenyi (some NBA show on Sportsnet) but... awww, I miss them on MM.

Tuesday, August 23, 2005

Tue, 23 Aug 2005 19:03:40 GMT

1:03 pm . . . .