enjoy the simple things in life

"have a safe and happy holiday"

2009-12-19T09:03:14Z

as you know, the holidays are here. and i've been saying "have a safe and happy holiday" a lot. today i got a christmas email and he ended it with "be safe" and then it made me wonder. why do we always say that? be safe. have a safe holiday. i mean. if i remember correctly, we dont say it for any other holiday. we dont go "have a safe and happy birthday" or "happy birthday! be safe!" LOL "happy easter! be safe!" "happy valentine" "happy chinese new years!" "happy thanksgiving!" so what's up with that?

bc this time of the year is the most dangerous? LOL

layout lost

2009-12-16T19:21:22Z

oh crap!

i was helping dancetygerdance with his layout and i dunno what happened?? but i guess btwn switching lj names, i somehow lost my layout?! LOL

shit. i didnt even save it... oh welll... guess it's time for a new layout... was thinking about it anyway... but i usually save my old layout before i switch... doh! :(

i put up a temporary one to hold me over until i finish dancetygerdance's layout and figure out what i want!

to lock or not to lock?

2009-11-25T03:00:27Z

so this year i decided to pw lock my iphone for a couple of reasons. 1. if it gets stolen or lost, no one can use it to it's full advantage! (altho i am not sure if they can erase everything without the pw?) and 2. even tho i got nothing to hide, i like to know when ppl are using my phone.

but recently i had a convo with mandy and she said that there's a downside to this. her friend lost his phone the other day but was found by a good samaritan that called "home." i actually did that before (found a phone and called to see if anyone can pick it up). so if you're lucky, it can travel back to you. and also, if, god forbid, anything were to happen to me, EMT can call my family members while i'm unconscious. how would they know who to call? simple, under my mom's name i put "I.C.E." which stands for in case of an emergency. i did this before i pw locked my phone. now she's still I.C.E. but it doesnt matter LOL

so what's your take on it? to lock or not to lock?

laugh out loud material

2009-10-14T04:37:17Z

so i've been looking for a 16 gig memory stick for my new camera. on ebay someone listed "AAA 16GB Memory Stick Pro Duo Mark2 16 GB Card For PSP". huh. what does AAA mean? the guy is selling a bunch of these memory sticks and they all have "AAA" in the description. out of everyone, he is selling them for the cheapest. so per frank's suggestion, i emailed the guy and i asked "what do you mean when you put "AAA"?"

the guy responded with "yes" .......... LOL huh? his email is all in chinese and with a double check, i realized that he's from china. ok, no biggie.. so i elaborated it a little "i dont understand. i am wondering when you put "AAA" on your subject line, what does AAA stand for?"
he responded with "Hello. This is: "AAA" means that upper exemption product, understand it? Thanks"

at this point i'm left pretty speechless and figured to not buy it from the dude lol also after telling frank this, he told me i should never buy electronics on ebay from hk or china anyway. we joked around how i should respond with something totally random like what he did with me when he said "yes". so i said to him, "license" you know, just being random... and he responded with " :| yes" LOL wtf.

service

2009-09-10T21:44:41Z

hello from oklahoma! i'm here for a wk for two concerts. whoo!

so i was telling my coworker the service is just great here! everyone's so nice! the front desk, the hotel rep, the waiters, etc. and then he pointed out something to me and i realized... wow. he is so right. he said that it's how it's supposed to be. we are supposed to be greeted with great service. it's just we've always been given bad service, so we're used to it!

why? bc ppl take in bad service and dont do anything about it. so it has become acceptable unless they are SUPER DUPER horrible. i say, heck, if we're not being treated the way we deserve we should voice our opinion to higher authority.

i'm normally not a complainer and i dont like to give ppl a hard time but i think in terms of service, i should start saying something and not just take in bad service! and i dont mean like i ask for something and they cannot help me. but like they arent doing what they are paid to do and/or give us attitude while doing it!

we should set the standard straight!

art of seduction :)

2009-08-17T17:51:32Z

you know what really sucks? i remember i wanted to blog about something over the wknd but now i forgot what!!!! ugh

guys in regards to marriage

2009-07-28T16:38:54Z

recently an acquaintance of mine got engaged. i am not close to him so i would not be surprised if i'm not invited to the wedding but i am close enough to congratulate him personally in regards to it.

a mutual friend of ours posted a video of the guys get together... i guess for him to announce his engagement. in the video, camera man asks engaged guy, "are you excited?!" and the engaged guy goes, "uh... sure..." LOL he does not look excited at all!!

then the camera man proceeds to ask the other guys around the table what they think about marriage. all the single guys said, "dont get married!!!" the only guy who gave it a thumbs up is engaged also haha! but he doesnt seem too excited either!

then it got me thinking, "do guys act like they dont wanna get married bc they truly dont wanna get married?? or do they act like they dont wanna get married bc all the other guys act like it's a bad thing and they dont wanna be the outcast that's happy to find someone that they wanna spend the rest of their lives with?"

and if they truly dont wanna get married, i ask why? what's the big deal if you do get married as opposed to not? bc honestly, i dont think there's too much of a difference btwn being married and being in a serious relationship. really. and if it really is about being tied down and playing the field and such, why do ppl wanna play the field so much??

10 yrs later

2009-07-23T18:49:46Z

a high school classmate added me on fb a few wks back. we never hung out. ever. but i did have a few classes with her and maybe she's just one of those ppl that adds everyone she knows. it's all good.

recently she uploaded pics from hs. so i'm going through them. naturally i recognize ppl. mainly ppl i know of or had classes with but none i hung out outside of hs. we do travel in diff circles after all.

it's pretty cool bc a lot of them are on fb so i'm checking out their fbs, seeing how they are, how they look now... and boy! have some of them changed! i barely recognized!

i just think it's interesting how some ppl could change so much (in terms of looks) over the years and how some remain the same. like me for example hahaha and the girl who added me. actually, a lot of my asian friends look the same as they did in hs. it's good to be asian :P

music ex?

2009-07-14T17:18:15Z

wow i'm horrible.

a few years ago i followed a local band around called kingstreet. a friend of mine posted on her status that she's listening to them. and i commented on it. then this guy said "never heard of them." the dude had a pic of him on stage with a guitar. without recognizing his name, i asked him "are you in a band? what is the band called?" simply bc i really am curious... altho i realized afterward that i could've indirectly said to him "i never heard of you either" altho that was not my intention.

he responded with "i'm still with heathrow" and that's when it hit me. heathrow. "awww crap, I KNOW THIS GUY" LOL when kingstreet was still together, their guitarist left them and they had a replacement. this guy was the replacement lol. he wasnt with them long tho as not long after they broke up. i cannot believe it. i totally forgot about him. (not to mention the photo of him on his default wasnt clear). i remember the guy he replaced tho.

luckily, what i said worked out. it was like i was curious to how he's doing lol

i suck lol

disappointed

2009-07-02T08:10:24Z

i am really disappointed. super disappointed.

today will officially be known as the day that i finally stop caring.

fuck you.

envious

2009-07-01T07:20:47Z

i am completely envious of this chick. i know they are old pics... but jesse's sister posted them up on fb (we are not friends) and bob commented so it's in my highlights (i'm friends with him lol). and i'm reminded again! AH!!!!

I'M SO ENVIOUS!

and these arent even the pics of them lying on the floor with her btwn one of his arms! ugh. (they werent up)

it's so weird. i mean, he's just a celebrity crush. but i am so jealous of her. you may be in his arms but he is wearing my scarf! (sigh, that really doesnt make me feel better lol) you may have him for one night but i am a fan for 6 yrs! i was here before you and i'll be in his life long after you're gone! (ok that makes me feel a little better) lol

what i learned from little mermaid

2009-06-29T18:25:24Z

i requested to watch little mermaid yesterday while i was hanging out at a friend's house. the guys were gentlemen and obliged lol

watching it as a grown up, i realized three things:
1. ariel is a spoiled rebel teenager lol she has "everything and still wants more"
2. the song "poor unfortunate souls" tell little girls that in order to get a man, you have to shut your mouth LOL all you need is a pretty face and body language lol

Yes on land it's much preferred for ladies not to say a word
And after all dear, what is idle prattle for?
They're not all that impressed with conversation
True gentlemen avoid it when they can
But they dote and swoon and fawn
On ladies who withdrawn
It's she who holds her tongue who gets a man

3. they give kids the idea that you can fall in love in 3 days lol

and now i have "poor unfortunate souls" suck in my head. so here it is so you can hear it too LOL i love disney classic songs. i'm listening to them on imeem LOL (belle is playing right now lol)

R.I.P. MJ

2009-06-25T23:14:05Z

what a day... as you know Michael Jackson died...

when we heard the news, we were in disbelief. so we turned on the tv for the news. now that he's pronounced dead... they are just talking about cardiac arrest, MJ's career... and they interviewed some fans.

that's where it hit home. i caught half of it but from what i caught it seems like these fans were camped out somewhere for MJ but then moved to the hospital to be closer to him. big fans, obviously.

that's where i though, "oh. my. god. i do not know what i would do if someone from m5 passed away" (*knock on wood*) just THINKING about it got me emotional. oh god.

of course i'm not even gonna go into friends and family members. that's a given... sigh... it's never easy handling deaths...

youbentmywookie.com

2009-06-11T19:53:34Z

check out the article that eddy wrote of me and my sister + her posse on his website lol it's about fanime :P ah, memorial day wknd was so fun. maybe i should post another entry about that alone. we'll see...

intro! http://youbentmywookie.com/features/ybmws-first-look-inside-fanimecon-2009-6167
part 1: http://youbentmywookie.com/features/ybmw-fanimecon-09-special-the-hungry-cosplayers-part-1-6195
part 2: http://youbentmywookie.com/features/ybmw-fanimecon-09-special-the-hungry-cosplayers-part-2-6274

i'm a little embarrassed by our messy desk.. but oh well! it's up! if you paid attention to it, you'll see little easter eggs (not literally): a young pic of me and my sister. passes from pass shows/concerts. photos. etc.

part 2 is so funny XD

memorial day wknd

2009-06-03T19:00:52Z

memorial day wknd was a blast. i'll post it up here for me to look back on. to start off, i got friday off. so i had a four day wknd!

thurs night
molly and i did last min shopping for our costumes. we then went to olive garden for dinner. that place may not be the greatest, but we like it there. it's sorta like the place we like to go for our sister dinners haha

ken called me after dinner to see if i wanna have dinner with him and an old friend that i havent seen in over half a decade. since i already ate, we met up for dessert instead. it was nice to catch up. afterward we went bowling and played 4 games. it is unfortunate that i did not have my shoes :/ but thank god for working out often bc i didnt feel it at all haha i remember i used to feel it in my arms. i give rock climbing the credit lol

fri
i had lunch with frank. it was nice hanging out with him before he went to japan. afterwards, went furniture shopping with jen for her new place. furniture shopping is always fun lol one particular item she wanted was available in walnut creek so we head over there. since i was there already, i stopped by jonathan's work to say hi. another old friend i havent seen in a while :) furniture shopping took way longer than expected lol

that night i head over back to the city to meet up with calvin and greg for some drinks. we went to bourbon and branch, which i've been wanting to go. it's a speakeasy place. it was 1920's theme and had hidden doors to private rooms. very cool lol even tho i was not much of a drinker, i liked their unique drink selections. also the servers were very nice!

sat
was fanime! my sister and her friends had a kuroshitsuji meet. afterward, they had a tea party. it was a lot of fun taking pics hahahaha bc their characters are so funny. we had this camera man following us around. it's too bad we didnt get his card!

then not long after, there was the masquerade. it was especially better this year than last. oh crap, I LOST THE GAME! (HAHAHAHA) a lot of the skits were fun and funny.

this was one of the best ones

sun
again, was fanime! hehe we had a macross frontier meet. it's so fun to watch everyone dance to nyan nyan lol

in the evening, we had a black and white ball. met a new gal who was outgoing and cool there. she had this brilliant idea that we should all do a particular michael jackson triller move (teh beginning) and see how many ppl would follow us. we got HALF the dance floor to do it! it was so funny!! what a sight!

molly and her posse said they had more fun at the black and white ball than at their prom haha!

mon
last day of fanime, they close at 2pm. so we were just there for last min purchases. after that we head over to bert's place for his memorial day bbq. always good to see the south bayers again! regina brought over rock band so for most of the night, we were just focused on that haha

it's funny bc my sister and windy was in costume. so everyone was a little confused haha food was great. as always

i had so much fun that wknd. i think it just makes me happy to be able to see so many friends. then to see molly, violet, windy and karoline so happy at fanime. i feel like i really am the older sister of them all. and it makes me happy to see them happy.

this wknd is another fun jam packed one! i'm sure i'll have more fun! whoo hoo!

ipod playlist lost

2009-06-03T05:32:57Z

the computer that i sync my iphone with was infected with viruses. luckily frank helped me cleaned and backed up things that i need. he wiped it new and start it over again. yay! thanks!

i asked him to back up my itunes playlist (along with other things) but i guess since i dl the newest itunes i lost my list? :( so now i gotta start over. it's giving me a headache bc i'm so anal about my list. i make sure it's named properly with the album name and cover. so when i'm listening to music, i see the album art. all that is gone... that was a lot of work... sigh.

and i'm just too lazy to redo it at the moment

(i also hope that frank may be able to help me out here as he has saved a copy of my back up lol HELP FRANK! thanks)

more to luv

2009-06-02T23:13:48Z

this song makes me happy :D

p.s. help? how do i remove the big gap?

thanks to eddy for the mp3! i'm gonna make it my ringtone! whoo hoo! also thanks to him for introducing me to castle. bc of that series, i found this song. which i'm sure he found it the same way.

i have great friends lol

2009-05-15T20:00:05Z

so recently a friend of mine have been trying to convince me that he's "nice." i'm not sure how it started lol but that's not the point. i mean, in all honestly, he is, to me at least. but i tease that he's not lol and i would always joke to him to send me flowers. but of course he never does.

today he did say something to me that was nice. so i said to him "that's nice of you" and he said "see. i am nice" and i said "you're just saying that to get on my good side" and he goes "i already am" then i said "no you're not, you dont send me flowers when i asked. anyone else would" and he laughs at that comment.

with that said, i decided to prove him wrong. i asked three guys who were online at the time. the conversation went a little something like this:

guy one
me: hey can you send me flowers
guy 1: of course. can u pick your own flowers?
me: hahaha of course. send it to myself
guy 1: That works!

guy two
me: hey, can you send me some flowers?
guy 2: was that meant for some other chat window? lolol
me: lol no i'm asking you
guy 2: sure
me: cool

guy three
me: hey, can you send me some flowers?
guy 3: sure. what kind of flowers do you want ?

of course i told them not to. but it's nice to know i got some friends out there that are willing to do that with no questions asked HAHA!

home made ice cream

2009-05-14T20:01:37Z

on mother's day i took my family out for some vegetarian japanese dinner hehe (i was impressed by the many selections!)

while we were driving there, we came across a place with a very long line. we were all like "what are they waiting for?" the store was called "home made ice cream"... so yeah... around 7 pm, there is a hecka long line for ice cream! wth, do ppl eat ice cream for dinner on mother's day?!

anyway, after dinner, my mom was thinking about dessert (even tho she's full from dinner lol) and my dad suggested the ice cream place with the long line.

while my dad was parking, my sister said, "maybe it's not really an ice cream shop. maybe it's a club called 'ice cream'" and i said, "the word 'home made' is on top of the name tho". and my sister's all like "it could still be a club"

thought that was funny. "let's hit up home made ice cream tonight" LOL!

if you're wondering, we got a kid's size and two singles. which really means we got 5 flavors: salted caramel, honey lavender, roasted banana, strawberry and cookies and creme. hehe they were all very good.

to adopt?

2009-05-06T04:51:25Z

so i know i'm totally jumping the gun here... and no wise jokes about when you're getting the invitation! but recently conversation has came up for me about adopting. no. not with me and j! but with me and other friends about their friends. recently i've been hearing stories about ppl adopting. and i'm not sure if it's bc it became more popular recently to adopt or it's always been the same but i'm at an age where ppl are adopting now... either way. it's got me thinking.

maybe when i'm married and stuff, i should adopt. the other day my friend was telling me that the population has doubled, tripled, some big number since the 90s. i said "well that's bc ppl are living longer now, diseases that are killing ppl before we've found cures for, etc". and another friend in the convo said, "why not just adopt then?"

and i thought, yeah, why not? there are tons of orphans out there that need a home. i'm almost certain that if i were to adopt, i would love him/her as my own. so why not? i can skip the 9 mo process. the "morning" sickness. the cravings. the weight gain. etc etc. and most importantly, some lovely kid, who deserved to be loved, will have a home.

so even tho the process to adopt a kid is a lot of work, i think down the line, it seems to have more pro to adopt a kid. but i'm still sitting here thinking i want to give birth to a kid. it's kinda weird.

i guess i want to go through the whole process of feeling him/her kick me. the feeling i get the first time i lay eyes on him/her and the first time holding him/her....

well, as i said, i'm totally jumping the gun. let's take it one step at a time hahaha not to mention, it's totally two ppl's decision, not mine lol unless i never get married :X

interesting sight of the day

2009-05-01T16:56:56Z

yesterday i drove passed a double parked car... now i'm not 100% sure bc the windows are tinted but from what i saw, it seemed like the guy inside that car had binoculars... looking inside one of the restaurants (it was on geary) LOL

instantly i was like "wtf?" then i told my sister what i just saw. my comment was "that's like stalker scary." my sister, giving him the benefit of doubt, said something i thought was kinda funny: "well, maybe he's just lazy and he's trying to see if the restaurant is open" LOL!

i dont know what's worse, the fact he's stalking someone or the fact that his eye sight is super bad and he's too lazy to get out of the car to see if a restaurant is open lol

this is not sf summer weather

2009-04-20T18:41:23Z

but i am liking it!!!!

i mean yes, it's a little hot during the day. but with a little bit of sunblock, sunglasses and a light dress, it's all good! esp when there's a light breeze.

but what i like most is the weather during the NIGHT! i love walking out of a restaurant or whatever, expecting it to be cold but it's not! it's PERFECT!

i'm totally busting out with my summer clothes haha yesterday i wore this summer dress that i bought last fall. i havent had the chance to wear it until now haha~!

LOVE IT!

what would you do?

2009-04-14T21:29:21Z

a friend msged me today and asked me a question. he asked me, "yes or no: would you break a finger of yours for a million dollars?" (he might blog about it too, so if you have him as a friend, you know who i'm talking about)

what's your answer?

without hesitating, i said yes. he was disappointed in my answer. he said that he would never deliberately break his finger for a million dollars... nor a billion or a trillion. bc he doesnt know if it'll ever heal properly. he personally doesnt think it's worth any value to take that risk.

i can see his side, but i dont think it's fair to be disappointed in me bc i said yes. he said it's bc we view a million dollars differently and/or the value of our fingers. i agree with him. prob both.

the reason why i would do it is bc for one) breaking a finger is quite common. i dont find it a big deal. it happens all the time to everyone on a regular basis. ppl get it playing football, basketball, etc. and it heals. yes it's not guaranteed that it'll heal properly but, dude, it heals. i've cut my finger before, gotten 5 stitches on it and i was able to function without it for wks. one broken finger wont affect my life style. (i mean if it was cutting off a finger or cutting off my leg, i would say no lol)

but also bc, most importantly, when i think about having a million dollars, i think about paying off my car, helping my parents, etc. a million dollars can ease off some problems for me. and esp. in times like these, it's good to get that much money for such a small price to pay. money isnt everything, but without it, there's a lot you cant do.

what do you think? am i being realistic here or do i put money on a too high of a pedestal (and my finger on a low one)?

p.s. it depends on the finger too haha i would give up my 4th finger (ring finger). DEFINITELY NO on the thumb.

ticket fees

2009-04-09T20:47:40Z

operation aloha is having a show in may. tickets are $20. which i'm happy about bc i was expecting so much more. but of course after i clicked through everything, ticket ends up being $33.50

dude, i'm paying $13.50 for building facility fees (what the hell does that mean?), processing fees, convenience fee and just-bc-ticketmaster-can fee.

seriously, why do they do that? why dont they just tell me the price total so i wont be surprised at the end. if from the beginning they told me that one ticket is $35 with fees included, i would be like "oh ok." but to think that it's $20 then have them tap on so much fees just makes me feel ripped off!

boo~!

but on a happier note, oslz road trip! WHOO HOO! :DDD

equinox III photo booth pics

2009-03-25T22:20:04Z

bob was at the equinox party monday. so i googled to see if any pics were up. i came across their photo booth pics lol they are so silly!

this is the funniest pic i've seen lol

i'm also kinda mad at myself bc my coworker and i saw the booth from the distance... but decided not to do it. now i'm regretting! bc jesse's all over those pics LOL so that must mean he was around there a lot! and yes, he is wearing my scarf in all of them! lol

besides tho, even if he wasnt around, i could tell that my coworker and i would've had so much fun with this booth (there were tons of props).

p.s. i'm super jealous of this one girl that is in a lot of photos with jesse. and they are both kinda all over each other lol i saw him talking to her that night and it looked friendly, no flirting lol and NOT his gf! altho i am not sure if he's still with the same girl. haha dont mind me, i'm just being silly. and of course, it doesnt matter. lol

edited: darn, i wished i saved more photos, the album was made private :(