dyshanhics

i survived my wedding

2011-10-28T22:30:00.003-05:00

Right... wedding posts, wedding blog, wedding pictures... i totally failed on that one. i did however, succeed in getting married so no worries myself 30 years from now. the wedding happened, even though you did not blog diddly squat about it. the wedding planning was both hard and easy. it was possibly harder than it should've been because we procrastinated like hell. Basically, we booked the venue and bought the dress and then for months and months we didn't do anything until July. HAHHHH...

Anyway, I've read wedding blogs like weddingbee for a long time, way before i was even engaged. ALL the brides looked like they had fun planning, with the pictures! and the pictures! and the research! and the stories! Wheeeeee! I have no idea how they do it. I failed at being able to "picture" my wedding. If there are ANY brides to be out there reading this and feel like they are at a total lost of knowing what you want for your wedding you are NOT alone. Here are a list of things that annoyed the crap out of me when i was planning my wedding:

What is your wedding color? - one of the two things people ask me. really? were colors that important? what if i wanted every color in the world? i've seen pictures, it would've been pretty. anything is pretty! what if i told you my color, what would you do for me besides say "ooOoo..."

Did you find your dress yet? ick, worse shopping.experience.ever

not rsvping. damn you asians

rsvping for more than was allowed. damn you asians

telling me (not asking) that you are bringing more people. damn you asians

complaining to me (the night before the wedding) on why i didn't invite your whole family. damn you asians

planning and purchasing and not seeing a single thing come together. ever max out your credit card in one single swipe?

things you "should" do for your wedding, this type of advice comes from everybody and anyone. It's worse when it comes from the og parents, because wow, people are all about customs and how the things are suppose to be and honestly get upset that things aren't the "norm" and take it as a personal insult.

ALL past brides will tell you that it is "your day, do what you want" but you know what happens when you do what you want? you're "bridezilla". so pick and choose people.

Oh. And you won't get what you want...

but you can get pretty damn close

Bottom line, our wedding was still pretty, my pictures that i've seen so far turned out great. i had FUN. the ceremony was sweet, short and remembering (because we winged it and so many things went "wrong"). our food was actually pretty damn good and it seemed like everyone else had fun. only complaint? they ran out of alcohol!

i'll leave you with the best worst quote you will hear after you get engaged..

"it's just one day..."

Bloom

2011-04-20T20:27:00.001-05:00

Cherry blossoms were short this year due to crappy weather :(

the Venue!

2011-03-07T00:48:00.002-05:00

Happy March everybody! Do you know what that means? It means winter is almost over and allergies have already begun. Fun times. Well, it's been a month, but we do have our venue and the contract has been signed as of February. I just never got around on updating this blog... work has been busy and now a days work > blogging. Do you remember back in the day when blogging > work? That's why i make the big bucks now... wait.. that didn't make any sense... okay i'm rambling.. and am "writing" in long run-on sentences. BUT the point is we have the venue! AND it's already MARCH! That means only 5, i repeat 5 more months until i get married. eeek. i don't think it actually hit me until my friend said "after your married" because usually we talk about when you have your wedding.. and talk has been about the wedding.. but marriage wasn't really brought up. I know, it should be one of the same.. but somehow, "wedding" just became a huge expensive event that i am dragging my feet on planning and marriage is like EEEK, holy crap.

So that's where i am... next post, wedding dress! or should i say.. marriage dress!

On Lists & Details

2011-02-02T13:37:00.002-05:00

While I'm awaiting for the revision of the contract for the venue, let's move on to other things shall we...??

First of all - I'm thinking that mayyyyyyyybe.. i should have some sort of check list somewhere so that I know what I want to concentrate on next. Right now, everything is jumbled in my head... colorscheme.decore.ceremony.music.dress.invites.placecards.addresses.weddingwebsite.bridesmaids??.etc.etc

I want to dwell in the pretty details... but then I feel like I will lose the big picture! Someone get me a checklist. Stat!

the Venue Part Deux

2011-01-20T10:19:00.002-05:00

Or Part DUH!

So, can I vent a little bit? The last post I was all like, "I got a venue!!!!!!!". Today, I'm like uhh i don't really have a venue, do i have a venue? ::bangs head::

It came down to receiving our quote from our caterer. Remember the budget of fifteen thousand dollars. Well the caterer came out to be fifteen thousand dollars.. so what the?!? I had to rethink... and then all of suddenly i was searching for venues again, i found parks and someone offered up her sister's HUGE 3 acre backyard, and bbq caterers and more restaurants and and and

i thought i was done with this part!

So now I think we're back to the three original choices from before. I am going to talk to my caterer to see what we can knock off the list to lower our costs. I.E. no open bar, not having the ceremony on the pier, etc. etc. I have to decide, really really decide, what type of wedding I want to have. Can a wedding be fun if there's no dancing involved? Is it kind of lame if you just come, eat and mingle, but eat really good food and then just go home? Having a wedding is ultimately about throwing a huge party isn't it? You want your guests to enjoy themselves but you also want to have fun fun fun! Can i eat at a buffet in my wedding dress and enjoy it?! Will i have good pictures?

People always tell the bride to make sure she does what SHE wants on the wedding day. But what happens when she has no idea what she wants?!?

the Venue

2011-01-15T09:54:00.004-05:00

Ok. So we got a venue. Writing that down made it sound sooooo easy. But it wasn't. It was hours of surfing the internet, reading reviews, emailing people, searching for photos, typing numbers into excel, opening up calendars, searching, viewing, pulling out hair, quitting and then deciding.

Originally - I wanted a destination wedding. Get married and vacation all at once? hollerz! Also, we loved Mexico the last time we were there... so i started searching and reading forums and then i finally settled on a place. It was a Dreams Resort Cancun Riviera. And I was all like yes! That's it! 3 thousand for the trip, 2.7 thousand for the wedding there, 5 thousand 7 hundred dollars. cheapest wedding ever?

No..... then we had to think about who we probably had to pay for - for them to come too, what we were putting our guests through and who would probably be left out. So we kind of scratched it off the list.

Next we started looking locally. I want to tell you that the best thing i liked out of the whole Mexico thing was that everything was all inclusive and then you buy a wedding package and BAM you're done. In the U.S., you seldom get wedding packages. You find a venue, then you find a caterer and between those two you have to calculate with your fingers that you're not spending way too much on just a room and food and alcohol, because how can my wedding NOT have alcohol??

So when I started searching I wanted to look at venues that already had a food package along with it. I found the Ceresville Mansion which had a good package AND it had discounted prices for December dates. It was an option. Then, we found a place in Manassas, which was weird, because it was part of a plaza.. and the feel of the whole thing was just weird, so i was like ehh...

Then I got kind of depressed because I didn't want the "normal" hotel/venue wedding thing. We looked into restaurants that we could book for a wedding. Maggiano's has awesome wedding packages, Chima's was willing to accommodate but then I was like do i really want a wedding in a restaurant??

Chima was actually going to be awesome. I thought $50 a person for all you can eat Brazilian Steakhouse?! But then I got the package, and yes, it is $50 a person, but add gratuity and tax and drinks on top of that, it was like $90 a person and that doesn't even include a dance floor.. so I had to think if i wanted a dance floor and of COURSE I HAD TO HAVE A DANCE FLOOR!

Okay- do you see where I'm going with this? Every time I kind of thought i had a place. I didn't. Every time i thought i might be getting a real good deal? it all came out to be about the same price... which brings it back to my previous post. Fifteen Thousand Dollars PLUS. I even considered having it at a chinese restaurant --Hello GOOD FOOD =]!! But bad decor =(

I'm not going to bore you with what my little brain went through every time i thought i had THE VENUE. so i will just show you THE VENUE that we've finally decided on the Sunset Room @ the National Harbor.

great.. now i'm craving to eat at a Brazilian Steakhouse AND chinese food.

2011 Say wikiwikiwhaaat

2011-01-13T21:45:00.005-05:00

Okay, so i totally didn't post before the new year. OOPS.

This blog is about to get heavy duty on everything wedding. I need a place to put down all my ideas and my brain just isn't doing it for me.

After the new year, our good friend was like, YOU GUYS HAVE TO BOOK A VENUE. It's true, we had less than a year to plan this day that will cost us more than fifteen thousand dollars. You see how I made that seem like such a big important number? Because it is, because if i said 15k, people would be like oh 15k, but if i said fifteen thousand dollars that's a damn car, that's a down payment on a house, that's maybe half of a semester of college. ALL. ON. ONE. DAY.

Fifteen THOUSAND Dollars PLUS.

I'm hoping we keep at that range, but it looks like with the venue & food alone, that is what we will spend. So that doesn't even count, rings, clothes, decor, etc. etc.

The wedding industry (as pretty as it all is) is totally ridiculous!

Oh well - I should try to enjoy it.

Make it rain ya'll

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Speaking of ka-ching ba-ling. Check out this website i just found. Asians love giving and receiving dollar dollar bills - this calculates how much. How accurate do you think it is?

http://www.theweddingenvelope.com/calculator.php

Christmas 2010

2010-12-19T17:55:00.001-05:00

Hi All. I know I'm failing at this "more blogging" thing but the
holiday season is crazy!! I wasn't going to make Christmas cards this
season but my new job is so great and awesome I finished these in
about 3 days. Hope everyone has a safe and wonderful Christmas and I
will blog before the new year :)

I AM UPSET

2010-12-11T01:57:00.001-05:00

Random December

2010-12-10T23:37:00.001-05:00

GOOD bye

2010-11-15T23:48:00.000-05:00

Today marked another last day of another company. I believe the sun
moon and stars really tested me with this job. I've never wanted to
curse out so many people within 2 years of my life. It was a seriously
tough road to travel and although I didn't learn anything that would
help me in the program control world, I learned a lot in other things.
Patience, initiative, patience and patience. I believe some good did
come out of this place and I did meet good honest and fun people.
Luckily, I was well compensated and my boss did TRY to look out for
me. There was just too much headache and hostility to handle.
Including my own hostility.. I've started pew-pewing people behind my
cube walls in anger and frustration. I am especially surprised that I
didn't curse the crap out of B.S back in those days because boy did I
come close. See what I mean about patience? Ultimately, even with that
job, I was blessed.
Tomorrow is another day and I hope to never forget what I've been
through the last 2 years. To the future... Cheers!

Day 4

2010-11-14T02:22:00.003-05:00

It's day 4 of being home alone... I'm STARVING... ::claws at fridge and oven::

JK, i'm not STARVING but i am hungry for something delicious and not a left over. BUT I HAVE SO MUCH LEFT OVERS IN THE FRIDGE. Gahh... sacrifice. must sacrifice.

Also - i got the Kinect for xbox. And i got the dance central game.. i'm so-so. But guys, I expect everyone to be doing the Soulja boy dance at my wedding reception. You have a few months to learn. I have every faith in you.

Youuuuuuuuu.....

4

2010-11-12T00:12:00.001-05:00

I am aunt 4 to my nieces and nephews and when I skype with my 1 year
old nephew. I sing "tu" which means 4th so he can learn my name. What
does he do? Just dances and shakes his head to it. Cuteness overload!

•Hanh

On November 5th 2010...

2010-11-11T22:36:00.002-05:00

On November 4th, 2010, I was at work.. and created a fabulous form through InfoPath. After creating the form and wow-ing my boss, he asked me to teach him how and I said, "SURE! Also, can I work from home tomorrow?" And he said yes. I wanted to work from home tomorrow because we were suppose to meet with friends to go camping/cabining by 5pm.

Meanwhile, I received an email from the VP, who asked when and where I can meet for an interview. Which worked out well for me since I didn't have to go into the office the next day and so i told him that i would be free all day and could do anytime.

On November 5th, 2010 I woke up, showered and put my suit on. I hate dressing up... Timmy yelled at me for not matching. I was uncomfortable. I think, I'm pretty sure, i can't fit those suit pants anymore. I sat around on the couch. I think i drank coffee, and then I left for my interview.

The interview went well... actually, i guess it went very well. Because I GOT THE JOB. You hear that? I got the freaking JOB. I can now leave my crazyass company with all the craziness and lazy s.o.bs!!!!! WOOOOHOOOOO ::running man:: ::robot dance:: ::more running man:: ::jump jump jump:: Pay attention kids, HARD WORK PAYS OFF. So does patience apparently. WOOO-WOOOOOooo

I get home and do some work... eat some left over congee soup.. do some more work.

Then i got tired.. and laid down on my couch and watched CSI. Somewhere in between, Timmy calls and says he has to go buy string and asks me if i need anything. Nope. About two hours go by.. seriously? It takes two hours for string? I call to make sure Timmy is okay. And he is. He comes home about 30 minutes later with an envelope. He says it's his friend's invitation. So i'm like cool. i'm super tired at this point.. i open the envelope. The card is a shimmery purple. I LOVE PURPLE. No name/address on the envelope. The invite is weirdly flat.. i'm all like, wait, where's the response card? I admire the paper some more. I admire the design. Timmy helps me "unwrap" the card. There's nice ribbons around it. Then i read it and start tearing me. It is from Timmy and it is to me and he is proposing.

I look up and I think he's down on both knees and opens up the ring box. I think I nodded and give him a hug. He's still holding the box.. I'm like, am i suppose to pick it up? he picks it up, tells me he's not sure which hand to put it on.

My ring is beautiful. I never thought i'd have such a brilliant and HUGE ring. I am ENGAGED. Everything seems different. Everything seems more permanent? More real? I am engaged.

Sorry for the long post, but I do want to remember this day. This very very special day. Also, there's a video.

Riding

2010-11-02T21:57:00.001-05:00

A Long October

2010-10-28T19:04:00.001-05:00

Seriously! Longest. Month. Ever.
But such a beautiful month it is. The view of my backyard from my
bedroom window.

Cube View

2010-10-22T16:24:00.003-05:00

This is the view from my cubicle. I think I would take a window cube
over a 4 wall office any day. And yes, I use my window as a whiteboard.

All I Can Eat

2010-10-21T15:49:00.002-05:00

Yesterday, to celebrate the fact that i ran a report to find out what my new salary was going to be, me and the boyprend went out to "celebrate". I wanted sushi.. it went from eating at a sushi joint to passion fish to red lobster... yes, we ended up at red lobster, i didn't get any sushi, but the ALL YOU CAN EAT shrimp deal was all like yelling at me.. something about this deal is too good to pass up! And I was all like, dude, i don't even like shrimp that much... but i saw the prices of the other plates and they were about the same or even more than the ALL YOU CAN EAT shrimp... so i was all like fine, fine. All I can eat it is!

I ordered 4 plates with a side of salad and a baked potato. I ordered a 5th plate, i took a bite and had to take it home.
15 minutes later i was ready to die
30 minutes later i was ready to throw up.
hearing the word shrimp makes me want to throw up
writing the word shrimp (because i have to say it in my head when i type it out) makes me want to throw up
ugh.

Dear Diary

2010-10-06T21:42:00.000-05:00

Today, my boyfriend surprised me with a hello kitty iPhone case. Yes I
just went there. Yes, I turned 30 this year. If my LV carrying, Lexus
driving, hello kitty iphoning doesn't scream out ASIAN
girl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't know what will.

Hollerz

•Hanh

Instantly

2010-10-05T15:56:00.002-05:00

Over the weekend I found out that my grandfather (on my dad's side) died. First of all, I'd like to rant that I found out through FACEBOOK. My cousin updated her status about "happy times" and then "RIP Grandpa"... i saw it in the morning while i was in bed... and i, for some reason, thought she was talking about her dad's dad which would have no relations to me. Three hours later I looked at the picture she posted and the picture of the grandpa looked familiar. I im'ed my brother and asked.. he confirm.. i was like WTH!
I called my house and talked to my sister who knew that my grandfather wasn't feeling well, but didn't know that he had passed away. My parents were already on their way to the airport - my dad was on his way to Vietnam.
I called my sister so that she didn't have to find out through Facebook like i did. She said she knew... and that she was suppose to call me, but got "sidetracked". $#$)(#)*$?! (#$)(#*???!? WTH!
i was pretty upset!
/end rant

Anyway, you may or may not notice but I am writing this post very matter of factly. Am I upset that my grandfater died? Yes. I am upset, but i am not sad. I am upset because he was my dad's dad and I know that my dad is not taking it too well - how can you take a parent's death well? I am upset because he is family and i'm upset because it is death, but I'm not sad because I didn't know my grandfather at all. I've met him once in my life and we barely said anything to each other. One reason is because my Vietnamese sucks and another is because he was the old typical/traditional Vietnamese male. He wanted food on the table when it was dinner time and what did he have to talk to kids about? Nothing. Even my dad did not communicate with him all that much. So I just wanted to blog that overall - this experience has been really weird for me. For a death to be so close to home, yet so far.

I talked to my mom later on that night to make sure her and my dad were feeling "okay". She rewarded me with a "back-in-the-day" story about life in Vietnam. I LOVE these stories, as it is amazing how much trial and tribulation the family has gone through. I think my parents and my uncles and aunts should share these stories more with the kids so that we don't take things for granted. Instead, we are spoiled U.S. kids, who's parents worked hard to give us clothes and toys and video games while we wonder why life is unfair and have no idea what to do with our lives. Sometimes, when i think of these things, i feel that choice and freedom is just too much for kids to handle. That if we had to actually do what we needed to do to survive like our parents did, it'd be much different. Who cares what we would like to do.. it's about what we have to do to live a life to survive - and then hopefully- we get some sort of reward out of life.

seeing blood

2010-09-30T12:27:00.002-05:00

So me and the boyprend went out to eat last night before i pulled an all nighter for work. AN ALL NIGHTER FOR WORK! That should be an oxymoron or something, I'm not in school, I'm not an consultant, i don't get paid 6 figuers a year, why the hell am I pulling an all nighter. Thankfully that all nighter equaled to not driving into work in the pouring Nicole today. W00t. Oh. so me and the boyprend went to go eat at Mon Ami Gabbi - a french steak house. Awesome frites and stuff like that righ? So i overheard some men ordering their steaks. "Medium please." "Medium well please" and i'm like um.. i wonder if i could have ever dated a guy who eats their steak medium well. I mean, medium is like borderline and i'm sure i can convince him to try and love the medium rare... but medium well? Doesn't men=steak=mediumrare=football=men? Did that equation get effed up somewhere or am i the traditional girl who wants the manly man who can eat their steak medium rare!? I mean if they're ordering medium to medium well - what are they going to think of me when i order my rare beef on the side of my pho? Or when i want to eat beef carpaccio? god dengit, now i want some beef carpaccio, my bf's style of course.

Shorty wanna thug

2010-09-14T21:18:00.001-05:00

Short post > no post.
I just watched my 2nd episode of Glee and there was a shit load of
crying and tearing up and boys crying. False advertisement with the
name of the show people!!!

•Hanh

N F L

2010-09-09T19:21:00.000-05:00

1st game tonight. Live tweeting gibberish @hanhie

•Hanh

Oui Oui

2010-09-08T14:55:00.001-05:00

Oui oui I am blogging during work. I have plans tonight so I most
likely won't get to this very important post. This came in
yesterday... Although I did not notice the package when I came home
but in the morning when I woke up and was making my coffee for the day
(I love coffee) I saw the amazon box and was like hm.. I don't
remember Timmy ordering anything. Well the box was already open and
the only thing in it was other recycled trash so I didn't know what it
was for until...

UNTIL I walked two steps to put sugar in my coffee <3 and there i saw
it. The dish. The dish that will be filled with yummy delicious butter
filled escargo. Hold on I have to wipe my drool. Butter drenched bread
with a butter drenched escargo on top. Yumyumyum. I DO want this dish
to company my usual pate and prosciutto for new years eve but dammit I
want to eat it for dinner NOW just because. The only thing holding me
back is that we cannot find escargot at any of the supermarkets here
which I find ridiculous. We may have to order online but I'm trying to
avoid that. There's nothing like craving for something and then having
to WAIT 3 to 5 days for it to be delivered.
I think I have a video of a completed escargot dish that Timmy's
brother made when we visited in California. I will try to post it to
make the drool factor x 100000!

Birthday Card

2010-09-07T20:13:00.004-05:00

I'm still chugging along with making my own cards... i enjoy it, but not as much as sitting around and doing nothing. Once again, laziness wins.

I really want to make a stack of these so that i have them readily available for upcoming birthdays.... by the way, remember the picture of the 4 greeting cards i posted way back when? Still haven't sent them out yet =x. I guess that just proves I can never make a business out of this because I will never mail them out to my customers! Luckily, i have a decent paying day job.

This one is for my friend's birthday, who shares the same birthday as my gregorian birthday!

i'm in love with buttons and hope i can incorporate it in my christmas cards this year in some way. oh man i gotta start making my christmas cards already! At a rate of one card a month, there will be 4 lucky recipients this year. ho ho ho!

Hey... Waitaminute

2010-09-06T21:43:00.000-05:00

How am I suppose to blog appropriately if my laptop is always out of
batteries and the charger is always 3 floors away and I'm too lazy to
go up and down or down and up those flight of stairs? IPhone blogging
will have to do for now...

Two summers ago when rockband first came out I bought that for Timmy's
birthday. We rocked out, except it was at a friend's house with their
system. We did the whole career tour thing. Every weekend until like 3
in the morning.. It was insane how dedicated we were to it and we
weren't even good. We all played on medium/maybe hard. Well one day it
all stopped. I think the dude's wife was a teacher so school started
and what not. Two years later Timmy bought me Band Hero and now we are
playing at another couple's house with their system until 2 I'm the
morning (staying up later is way harder as you get older. Anyway, they
got bomb songs now. A Perfect Circle, Muse... Man I wish Our Lady
Peace would join in. We played Free Bird like 5 times... Do you know
how long that damn song is?? Playing these games does make me
appreciate music again. I want to go to a concert now and preferably
not one when someone is going to get booed off stage 2 minutes into a
song. Sometimes, I feel like I'm too old to be doing these kinds of
things. What do 30 somethings do on their free time anyway??

By the way, can you tell that my iPhone has auto correct? All my I's
are capitalized and spelling is correct and shit!

•Hanh

Happy 90210 Day!

2010-09-02T19:41:00.003-05:00

That means i get to bitch slap someone to celebrate the day right?

My cube is right next to the window, so i get really good sunlight in. I leave my blinds up because I love natural light while I'm working. Well this morning with the sunshine pouring in i can actually see my shadow where my cubewall/monitor is. So i'm making shadow puppets (the bird) and my coworker comes up behind me and starts flapping her arms to make a big bird... then i start flapping my arms after her and moving my head so i (we) looked like a big ol bird with 4 wings flying~~ I did yell at her for flapping too fast.

That's how i started my 11 hour work day.

sa-weet.

Revisited

2010-09-01T21:54:00.003-05:00

Ahh... the wonderful world of the internet. It can't help you pass hours and hours of your life by, procrastinate, stalk and inspire.

I haven't blogged much lately, but i've been around on the internets, facebooking and tweeting. Trying to keep in touch, trying to remember my life... but seriously, nothing makes you remember more than looking at old pictures and reading the crap you wrote about your own life!

I have a bitter sweet memory about my blogging days. I use to blog almost every day. it was intense. (double rainbow!... see the internet) I was sooooo dramatic in everything, my life, my friends, my love, my heart breaking. When i look back and read it i'm like OMG get a grip of yourself... and i remember, the fights over the words i wrote, the questions about why i wrote the way i did, how come i felt the way that i did. Did i really need to have a discussion about what i blogged about? It was too stressful.

Then i read the "famous" blogs. Dooce (my all time fave), metrodad, weddingbee! People were awesome bloggers. People were awesome writers. Me, i can't even capitalize my i's half of the time. Correct grammar? Nah.. correct punctuation? Nah... but i wanted to write well. Writing well didn't work side by side with my laziness.

So. I stopped blogging. And then tried starting again... but every time i did, i think i was still holding myself back.

Then there was a link:

@MetroDadNYC

Ready to have your mind blown away? Arcade Fire makes a movie about your childhood.http://thewildernessdowntown.com

and listen to the lyrics!

i love good lyrics.

So i'm back... bad grammar, lowercase i and all

My gluing skills go pass paper!!

2010-07-07T22:16:00.001-05:00

Hello 5'4

2010-06-20T23:09:00.001-05:00

Escort cards/table seating

2010-06-20T01:25:00.001-05:00

Emoticons OR MapleStory characters? That is the question...

•Hanh

Set

2010-06-17T17:27:00.003-05:00

My friend's wife wanted sample of my cards to place in her shop and
then try to sell. So sweet of them but I'm definitely not at that
level yet. I'm like a a 2 out of 20. I did, however, offer to make her
some cards just for practice.

PS - i read on her FB profile that she likes green!

Mexico!

2010-05-15T09:52:00.002-05:00

Some pics of us at Mexico.. my all time favorite beach spot now! I can't wait to go back~

Check out whtieat.blogspot.com for what we ate there =]

hmmm

2010-05-15T00:33:00.001-05:00

chan qua... what is there to do in life?

My own space

2010-02-27T15:32:00.001-05:00

A little piece of me

2009 and the age of 29

2009-11-19T21:07:00.003-05:00

yO.

Long time.

Whassup?

Since like 2005 I've been moving. Constantly. Every year. One house to another, one basement to another, apartments, condos...
Packing, unpacking, cleaning and putting my do whatever i want, whenever i want in my pajamas at 3 in the morning on hold.

In a few days this will end. In a few days, I.WILL.OWN.A.HOUSE.

Well technically, a townhouse. And technically 50% of it. But still..

Shit do you know what this means?
This means, one year from now i do not have to pack all my things up again and find a new place to live. It also means two years from now i don't have to pack up all my things and find a new place to live. 3 years? uhh.. it's hard to commit for that long. Plus, do you know what type of house i could get for the amount of money i'm spending down south? Shiet...

Guys,

I'm growing up!

Beat Rockband

2009-05-29T15:25:00.000-05:00

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Bubbly for breakfast

2009-05-10T15:23:00.000-05:00

Happy mother's day!!!
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Fishies

2009-05-09T14:38:00.000-05:00

5.9 aisleoffishes
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Man vs. Food

2009-05-07T22:24:00.000-05:00

Mystarsighting!!! 5.7@ 10pmEST
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Ignore the finger

2009-05-04T16:25:00.000-05:00

5.4@517 myfavpartofthecommute
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mmorpg

2009-05-02T16:14:00.003-05:00

5.2@514 idontgetthepointbutimlvl9already

Clown wars vs gemini!!

2009-05-01T21:46:00.002-05:00

5.1@945
Heydonthitmyface!
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I AM STARWARS!!!!

2009-05-01T21:36:00.001-05:00

5.1@930
Lukeiamyourfather?
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Fw: Spring has Sprung

2009-04-27T16:56:00.000-05:00

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love finding mom & pop shops

2009-04-23T22:23:00.002-05:00

I don't know why, but...

2009-04-06T16:55:00.002-05:00

//sad face

I go to work late every single day.

2009-04-01T16:50:00.000-05:00

laziness

2009-03-31T17:57:00.001-05:00

BACK

2009-03-20T14:46:00.000-05:00

I WILL be blogging again.

J0ck the Vote '08

2008-10-25T21:40:00.004-05:00

My dad is so cute. The other day he calls me and says, "HANH! WHO DO YOU WANT TO VOTE FOR?"
me: "HUH!?"
"WHO DO YOU WANT TO VOTE FOR?"
"Who do I want to vote for or who do i want YOU to vote for?"
"Uhhhh WHO DO YOU WANT ME TO VOTE FOR??"
"Obama"
"OKAY, BYE"

that wasn't the end of our phone conversation but it was the whole reason for the call.
I did have to type what he was saying in all caps because he doesn't talk, he YELLS, and he yells because he's Asian. heh.

I heart my parents

**EDIT**
He voted for McCain anyway. lolol

Dear Diary

2008-10-06T22:08:00.008-05:00

I HATE MY JOBBBBBB.
I also wish I could cut & paste faster. If only ctrl x & ctrl v worked in real life.
Some cards I've created so far...

At this rate, I'll have 20 cards 2 years later! lol.

News Update

2008-09-07T14:13:00.002-05:00

On Current Events:
Last weekend was Meg's wedding. It was one of the best weddings I've ever attended. It was also the first wedding of a close friend I attended. The people were great, the food was good and the bride & groom were happy. I also had the chance to embarrass myself on purpose. I'm not one to try to catch the bouquet, first off- I'm athletically challenged- so trying to catch anything is pretty hard for me. Secondly, flying projectiles towards my face? No way. Well since I was a bridesmaid at the wedding and a very very very good friend i felt it was my duty to stick with this tradition and try to catch the thing. Of course the only people out on the floor was me, two toddlers and two older girls who really didn't want to have anything to do with it. I faked pushed the two little girls out of the way and caught the bouquet. THERE WAS NO WAY THEY WERE GETTING MARRIED BEFORE ME!!! Just kidding... Meghan aimed the thing right at me. They had no chance anyway...lol. EMBARRASSING!
One more wedding to go this year!!

On Politics:
I usually don't talk politics because I don't know much about it. All I know is that I share the same beliefs as a Democrat and even though I'm uncertain about the whole Obama thing, I'm pretty certain that Palin is a loser and that there is no way in hell I would ever vote for McCain. He's going to croak 3 days into office (if elected) and this dumb bitch who governs over about 7 thousand people will be the President of the United States? No fucking way people... The media need to get over it, they think that people are tripping up over her but NO ONE is but the people in the news. All I know is that if Palin was a man with a 17 year old preggo daughter, people wouldn't feel so sorry for the family. Also, isn't the daughter's bf 18? No one is making a big deal out of her being under age? hm... BS as usual.

On Health:
Remember how I was doing all this crap to stay healthy and stuff? Like doing tai chi and cutting coke and coffee out of my life and drinking disgusting water all the freaking time? Well I pretty much stopped doing tai chi once i turned 27/28. Well between last week until now, i somehow managed to lose 5 lbs. 5 freaking lbs! do you know how hard it is for me to lose 5lbs when i'm working out and eating healthy?! i don't, i gain... yea yea, muscle weights more, whatev. Anyway, i feel freaking anorexic... but i know once i do i start over eating and suddenly i'm 10lbs over weight... there is totally no happy medium for me.
I did finally get my wii fit though. Although it weighs me wrong... hopefully it'll help me tone up!

On Sports:
The Patriots is more than Tom Brady people!!
GO PATS!!

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August FLEW by... i'm so happy it's still 80 degrees around here, no winter down south yet! WoOT!

Question

2008-07-28T23:38:00.000-05:00

Why don't I sleep at night when I hate the mornings?

Day 7 of

2008-07-28T21:38:00.011-05:00

Man i did NOT want to go to work today... like all Mondays... stupid Mondays.
Breakfast: Earl Gray Tea
Yogurt
Lunch: Lean Cuisine
Prunes
Dinner: gross ass chinese buffet.... yuck. my stomach hurts just thinking about it... at least.. i THINK that's why it hurts. =(

Tai Chi: Did additional 10 reps in the beginning exercises... and stayed longer in the yoga poses... damn it was hot... i gotta remember to change into a tank top the next time i do this.

---
So it's been "7" days into my workout plan... what are the results like so far?
I really do feel like i "workout" when i do tai chi... although i know i'm not burning as much calories as running, i'm still burning SOME, which is better than NONE. I also think it's helping out with my flexibility and i feel that it is toning up some leg and arm muscles. There's also some good back stretches involved which feel great after sitting in an office chair for 9 hours!
Weight loss = None. I weigh exactly the same as when i first started.

Damn, maybe i should have taken a before and after picture?
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next week: it might all go down hill

Purple Sunrise

2008-07-27T23:16:00.004-05:00

I didn't do tai chi today. I have no excuse... i was just really lazy. My body sorta ached (I think from Golf)... i pretty much laid in bed all day and ate crap.

Anyway, I decided to take a nice hot bubble bath tonight to sooth my aching my body. I feel silky smooth and squeaky clean.

During the bath I just tried to relax and even tried to take a nap, lol, anyway, that didn't work out...
So here I am to blog about one of my main interests which I think I need to blog about more before I forget my thoughts and what I think I like when the time comes.

I'm talking about my love of weddings... that's right, my love of pretty paper bleeds into weddings. I think where paper is the most prettiest is when it is used as a wedding invitation. Now I'm not one of those wedding craze people... I'm not one of those girls who planned my wedding out since i was 3, i never pretended i was a bride... in fact, i actually didn't think weddings were all that until i found weddingbee. All the weddings I've attended before wedding bee was just like a huge party. I come from a small town, and everyone, i mean EVERYONE had their wedding at the same freaking Chinese restaurant. The restaurant was never decorated. The invitations were ALWAYS the same... and random people always showed up. I'm not looking down at weddings there or anything, it was just.. always the same.

I don't remember how the heck i found weddingbee... i've always been into blogs, so i'm sure it was from some blog i read from xanga. FYI - the creator of weddingbee is married to one of the creators of xanga. I actually think she started off on xanga and then went off onto her own... ahh.. xanga, the memories.
Anyway, once i read weddingbee, i was hooked. Not by the actual posts itself (some of them get really long and boring, i find parenting blogs more funny) but the pictures, the ideas, the DIY.. they captured my interest, my awe... it was then when i started appreciating weddings more. All the work put into it.. the little details that most people don't notice.. the freaking money and time and sweat and tears and i think most importantly, the fact that two people are getting married and sharing their vows of love and commitment to one another in front of people they love... or hopefully like. (I know Asian parents have the reputation of inviting random "relatives" to their kids' weddings... i have already told my parents (about 5 years ago, even before i loved weddings) that i will NOT be inviting these "relatives" that i do not even like to my wedding. and i will NOT be pushed around! As for the groom's side... ehh.. i dunno if i'll have much power on that end...
Ehh.. where was i? Oh... so even though I started being infatuated with the wedding business, I still haven't really thought of my own. Pretty weird no? There's just so much you can do, I can't even begin to choose... I remember there was one time I just wanted to pick out my wedding colors and I couldn't do that. I mean, usually you have to take the season into consideration, day or night wedding, blah blah blah... there's A LOT involved. Wedding dress? I have no idea what style I would want or even what style i don't want. Place for wedding? psh... invites? HAH!
That's right, I'm one indecisive person... until now. I think I've come to a conclusion on my wedding colors.

I have always loved driving home at 4-5 in the morning when I lived at my parents. For one thing, there's a lake that I have to drive by to get there. When the sun is about to rise, the scene is just so calming... and the thought of a new day... from a night of having fun with some friends and being able to go home to your family... its just so.. uplifting? relaxing? The scene to me was like a breath of fresh air... a breath of life.

Then i saw that a weddingbee blogger was going to have pinks and grays for her wedding... it was such a romantic color... how about my favorite color purple and grays? like the sky in the morning pre-sun... or even sometimes the color of the sky when it's just stopped raining.
I couldn't find pictures to inspire me... so i kind of gave up on the colors.

Then i saw my color scheme in the mall. in the window of Banana Republic... the purple, the grays.. it was perfect.. i fell in love with it again... i think I really want to use it...I hope I don't change my mind again.

...OH. I've also realized I don't want flowers as centerpieces.
heh.

and 5 and 6

2008-07-27T01:05:00.005-05:00

now dip baby dip.

Okay, i totally did not blog friday for one reason and one reason only: There was some major accident on the parkway so the road got closed and i had to take a detour to get home, except i didn't know how to get home because Virginia roads suck and i didn't have gps because i don't drive the lexus anymore because my stupid job has me occasionally driving between corporate and the customer locations which racks up the mileage on the car which i normally wouldn't care about but the lexus is a stupid lease so we only get to drive it for a certain amount of miles before we have to pay a buttload of money for every mile after that and in conclusion I didn't get home until an hour and a half later.

So i was totally bitchy when i got home.

Anyway, along with not blogging Friday, I also failed to do tai chi... but fear not! I did do tai chi saturday morning and did more reps to make up for it.

Friday:
Breakfast: Earl Gray Tea
Yogurt

Lunch: lean cuisine.

Dinner: Sushi.. yuMmmMmmmmmmmmmmm. House salad w/ ginger dressing, miso soup, tempura appetizer, sashimi dinner plate (the fish cuts were FAT and was served on a "plate" of ice... deelish!) and a maki roll (4 fishes topped off with masago and spicy mayo sauce). damn i ate a lot.

Saturday:
Breakfast: none. are you kidding me? i'm lucky if i get out of bed before 12pm.
Lunch: Vietnamese food. Spring roll, egg roll, Rice with grilled (uh... maybe really just pan fried) pork with a sunny side up egg & fish sauce.
Dinner: Vietnamese sandwich
....i'm kinda hungry right now but it's 230 in the morning so i don't think eating again will be a good idea.

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I'm going to get a maid! I knew I made more money for a reason.

dos y dos

2008-07-24T21:35:00.005-05:00

day 4:
Breakfast - some sort of tea... i forgot what it was called already.
Cheese crackers with peanut butter... i was out of yogurt!

Lunch: back to lean cuisine... Salisbury steak with mac and cheese, hard to believe that's only 300 calories eh?
yogurt

Dinner: Indian Food. Chicken Vindaloo, i asked for spicy, it was not spicy. The restaurant took me back to the 90s, they were playing everything from the 90s! pretty cool.
i need a drink...

did tai chi, i think i'm becoming more flexible already? not sure. my legs don't hurt anymore. =]

.... i'm listening to kenny rogers.

Trrrres

2008-07-23T20:37:00.003-05:00

Day 3!
Breakfast: Chai Tea... damn that chai smell is overwhelmingly sweet but yet it didn't taste sweet. I don't think I like it.
Yogurt.

Lunch: 1/2 of the gross ass frozen food. Thank gawd I'm out of that brand, I can go shopping during lunch tomorrow and stock up with real frozen food, lean cuisine! Seriously, i had like 2 thin slices of chicken and threw it out... so i had like 10 prunes to make up for it...
only 2 cups of water.

Dinner: Open Face Brisket sandwich with mash potatoes and green beans... it was eeehhhh. The BF liked it, me, notsomuch. blah lemonade.
Sunflower seeds (i'm out... OMG can i eat sunflower seeds when i get braces???)
some sort of asian candy.... spicy and sweet, whatever it is.

Tai Chi!! felt less tired doing it today, legs still ache.

I feel like i need to poop again?

I started thinking about coke again. =(

woOt

2008-07-22T20:30:00.002-05:00

Breakfast:
Green Tea (1 cup)
Yogurt

Lunch:
Smart Foods... chicken pasta something something... yuck, i think i'm going to stick to lean cuisines.
3 prunes

Snack:
all my gummy bears... i am never going to buy gummy bears or worms ever again... it makes my tummy hurt.

Dinner:
Thai Food - steamed mussels, pad thai. deeelish!

Did Tai Chi - actually did some of the yoga parts of it... my legs feel uber stretched out and somewhat aches? man i'm out of shape...

New Goal?

2008-07-21T20:20:00.004-05:00

Life gets boring without goals doesn't it? Especially when you only have looooooonggggterrrmmm goals that will take months and months to accomplish. So anyway, something has come up where i can "work towards" something again. I think I have about 3 - 4 weeks. My goals is: I have to tone up. BUT I'm doing it a different way. I'm freaking lazy, I hate going out of my way to do stuff.. especially when the outcome is a sweaty hot about to die please give me ice cold water now i cannot walk up these stairs to get to my house and pass out hanh. Nope. Hate it. Therefore I've decided I am strictly going to do Tai Chi and Tai Chi only for 3 straight weeks x 7 days equals 21 days. 21 days isn't too long... I'm not sure if it'll help. But we'll see.

I'm also going to be taking notes of what i eat every day to keep track of my eating habits. It'll make me more aware of the bad things i eat and probably the fact that i need to eat more often. and by taking notes i mean blogging.

I don't know if you remember or not but i blogged awhile back about my parents starting a tai chi cult. Well guess who joined that cult? Okay i'm one of those i'll join you ever other month members, but whatevs. Everytime I do tai chi, i feel better. I feel less tense, my back feels better, there's no straining involved, and i actually sweat (but all in the own comfort of my own living room). The tai chi I do is nothing like the american videos they sell. It is weird arm and body movements but totally not like the slow kung fu moves you see on t.v. or youtube.

I kind of want to do ONLY tai chi and eat whatever the hell i want... in moderation of course, but i think because of the short period of time i have and me already being a chubbub because of the lack of self control in drinking coke and eating bad things in the past month i have to cut out the bad stuff. ::sniff sniff:: BUT once August is over and done with i hope to continue the tai chi and eat whatever the heck i want! i have to continue the tai chi because once winter comes my stomach, cheeks, legs naturally expand due to the cold weather. and being the age that i am, it's getting harder and harder to lose weight. Thanks to my friend Dee, I've seen pictures of myself from H.S. when i was GROSSLY PLUMP GAGGGGGGGGGGGGGggggggggg... i never want to be that way again. even when i'm preggos.

So two main reasons why I'm trying to tone up:

I'm going to do a photo shoot. Yes. A photo shoot. Me, a 26 thousand dollar camera and a red wig. that's all i know for now. and yes, i'm actually practicing my poses. laffs.

I'm a bridesmaid... i had my size zero dress taken in so my dress doesn't fall down and expose my boobies. Anyway, that also means that if i gain any weight i won't even be able to zip up that dress. so i absolutely can not gain any weight.

So that's it... now that i've blogged it i hope i can continue doing what i say i'm going to do! although usually when i blog about something some magical outside forces make me stop doing the certain activity... i.e. when i blog about blogging. heh.

DAY 1!!!!!!!!!
So.. i DID do tai chi today. and today i ate:
Breakfast: ice coffee from dunkn donuts. well, it was more like ice sugar and cream.. yuck... but good at the same time... yet so bad for me
Lunch: not until 3 freaking p.m. I sat in a 3 hour meeting from 11-2.. O.o i'm surprised I didn't pass out. anyway, i had 2 cups of water, lean cuisine... shrimp linguine which was yuck, a yogurt and some gummy bears.
Dinner: salad with ginger dressing. Sushi. I'm actually full? or i'm bloated or something... anyway i feel like i need to poop. so maybe that's a good thing?

okay gonna go poop. gnight!

meey-ow.

2008-06-29T22:08:00.006-05:00

I had some blood lost doing this one.
You know how i love crazy cute cartoony things. Of course I would incorporate it into my cards:

I'm thinking i might send this one to my sister instead since she was born in the year of the cat. At least.. i think it's a cat. Except i messed up on the fold and it doesn't close properly so i have to figure out how i could seal it without really sealing it first.

Anyway, i freaking cut myself with the paper trimmer thing. my thumb was throbbing so i wasn't too happy finishing up this one... although i do adore the colors, which by the way the bf picked out. why can't i match crap together? must be the fobbiness in me.

2 Hours Later..

2008-06-26T11:53:00.004-05:00

So for a few weeks now i've taken many trips to the arts&crafts store, spents many dollars and coupons and so yesterday, i finally sat down to create my first ever card!!

This is the result 2 hours later....

Anyway, dude, i totally suck at measuring, maybe because measuring = math = measuring. something i'm all retarded about. But i actually had fun and i hope i get to imagine more cards so i can create more!

oh yeah also, if i continue to take 2 hours to do each card? I will totally never be able to make a profit out of this. heh.

Oh mommy...

2008-06-24T17:37:00.000-05:00

must
stock
up
on
instant
noodles!

A cookie.

2008-06-18T19:48:00.002-05:00

Time flies when you're just sitting on your ass watching t.v. and surfing the internets.

So i went home recently and had the duty of picking up my niece. I don't know how or why when i go home for vacation i end up running errands but it's okay, it was nice driving around a city knowing there will be no way in hell i would get lost or be pulled over or end up in a bad neighborhood and get shot at.
Well so i picked up my niece who is now practically 13 years old... okay only 8 years old, but geezus can't these kids slow down with the growing thing? so she runs up into my car and says "hiiiiii aunt 4 i bought you a cookie from the bake sale today!!"

My heart melted... it was so sweet of her! She actually wrapped it up in a napkin and put my name on it as well. Yeah the cookie sucked ass but still, i ate it, the first cookie my niece ever bought me in my entire life. oh oh oh, actually the first thing ever that she's bought me. soon she'll be driving my old ass around and taking ME out to eat dinner! woohooo. growing old has some benefits... maybe.

5:55

2008-06-13T16:49:00.004-05:00

So how freaking awesome was the celtics/lakers game last night huh? Did you hear those stupid commentators talk all this shit about the celtics and then BAM! 3rd quarter comes around and they have nothing left to say but shoot statistics out of their ass. God those commentators annoyed me. Did you also see Pierce do the fake injury crap? Why's he gotta do that all the time? Is that some sort of basketball game "skill" you're suppose to have to help the team score? Also, did you see Ray Allen own that one laker dude on the one on one? Does anyone else think KG is somewhat awkward? ::does the robot dance::

.....aaaand i still think bball is still kinda boring to watch.

I gotta find a new layout for my banner... that crap is bugging me!

Quasi access.

2008-06-12T16:46:00.004-05:00

My favorite word now is quasi.

But I never really get to use it. How about, sometimes my new job is quasi to slow ice cream death on a hot summer day in a cold office? OR this co-w here is quasi to a 3 year old with no discipline and control on the whine level? does that make any sense?

I get to blog at work now (for now) so i'm going to do it dammit!

First things first, as you can tell - the start of my new job is eeehhhhhhhh... i get headaches from doing nothing for 4 hours and then headaches from staring at pivot tables the next 4 hours. i love me some pivot tables... as my old co-w would say. speaking of excel. Why do people format the whole excelsheet font to be dark blue and bold. How does that make anything look better? there should be a class in how to make things look pretty in excel and word. and i shall teach the class and make one MILLION dollars. *pinky up*
I would call the class Excel Sexy 101.

Okay quick 3 things before i go bask in the sunlight:
1. cheer celtics tonight
2. bleeding love by leona lewis - i've been listening to this song for the past 4 hours... don't know why, there's this part where her voice kind of annoys me. but how romantic is the phrase "keep bleeding love" huh? if i was a single teenager i'd fall for the boy who would sing this to me and then allow him to take me to dennys for a date. yes its THAT rrrrooomantic to me. Also. Leona Lewis does not look pretty to me.
3. Rihanna ain't all that.

All the...

2008-05-27T11:32:00.001-05:00

Small Things!

well....

2008-05-26T22:50:00.000-05:00

i can die happy now.

okay real update

2008-05-06T18:42:00.003-05:00

Technically, i could just AIM msg Flushie and tell him all about what's going on since he is the only one who reads my blog... but I GUESS i'll just post for the heck of it.

I recently received an offer for a position at an Alaskan Native company doing Program Control work. It's a smaller company but the pay is AWESOME. Well, okay maybe not awesome, but I'm finally at market value which means i can finally pay off credit card bills for good AND have the possibility of buying a house next year!

Things are moving very well (career wise) for me. Hopefully this move to the company is a good one. I start on the 19th, wish me luck!

Also, i just came back from Atlantis in the Bahamas. Which was my first trip out of North America and i got my first stamp on my passport. Atlantis... was awesome. They have great pools and easy access to the beach, and by easy i mean like i looked out my window and there was the freaking beach!!!

I went on most of the water slides which was scary and fun at the same time. I tanned, i burnt, i went snorkeling which is kind of freaking scary. Jumped waves, ran away from attacking seagulls and enjoyed the ocean view out on a boat. It was SOOOOOOO nice to just lay out in the sun. Although it is so NOT nice that my skin is peeling. Pretty gross actually.

So here is a picture of the view we had from our hotel balcony!

bling bling

2008-05-05T15:45:00.001-05:00

i gots the job!!!!!!!!!

OOOOOooOO YEAH!

2008-04-28T16:19:00.001-05:00

Dear diarblog,

what a freaking awesome week!!!!!!!!

hope i don't jinx myself.

the end.

Someday

2008-04-17T18:57:00.001-05:00

Someday - I'm going to be able to afford season tickets to the Patriots.
....and will be able to afford to fly home for every game.

YES!!!!!!!!!!

Update

2008-03-27T22:40:00.003-05:00

Hi all -

I'm going to be so mad at myself when I think about my late 20s and forget what happened and not have a blog to go back to to read about!!

Some things that are going on -

Going on interviews (again). I think I'm ready to find that one company I can stay with for a long time. And by a long time, i mean more than 3 years.

Working out (again). I'm doing a combo of running my arse off, some weights, and tai chi. I believe in the tai chi!!!

Dieting (again) Cutting coke out of my life. People tempt me with fattening food... but all i gotta say is, dude, if i'm going to put anything bad in my body, only Coke is worth it. Booyah!

Starting a new blog. Don't worry this one is staying, the other one is more topic specific. Please support my blogging habits at www.whtieat.blogspot.com
whatieat was taken.
whatweeat was taken
what-i-eat is just too damn long to type
whatieatandyoucook is way too long to type

Come check it out, it'll be a fun foodie blog.

Vows

2008-03-17T13:43:00.004-05:00

I have 3 weddings (so far) to go to this year and am a bridesmaid in one of them. I heart weddings although they are very expensive to not only have but to attend!

Anyway, being a bridesmaid is hard work, mostly because i dont know what i'm suppose to be doing. I'm somehow more of an expert on how to be a bride, thanks to weddingbee.com

Well after months of deliberation, we've finally come to a consensus on the bridesmaid dress!! (and this is only with 2 bridesmaid trying to make a decision, imagine 5??)

Nice yes?

i miss...

2008-03-08T02:11:00.000-05:00

talking... without worrying.

feed me to love me

2008-02-22T00:26:00.004-05:00

Hello blogster, how i miss thee...
let me count the ways.

Anyway, i just woke up and thought...i wonder how many people saw this:
and then got to eat it 16 minutes later. freaking delicious.

i miss food.

So i trust everyone had a good valentine's day? no hearts broken? Good. I went to the dentist, got a filling, went grocery shopping and then got served dinner. Crab cake.... sooo delicious, i never knew it'd be so easy to make crab cake... well what am i saying, i still don't know how to make it, but it looks easy. anyway, it was sooooooo delicious i had the bf make it again a few days later, hahaha, i'm a fat kid trying to get out.

and so work is going pretty well... um... i moved to a new apartment... my karaoke system works now... i got rock band... that's all that's new with me.

you guys?

:chirp chirp chirp:

hellO?
Helloooooooo................??

::looks around::

2008-01-28T18:37:00.000-05:00

Holy crap! Where did the month ago. I enjoyed the month of January. Why? I got to see Micky. 27 years of my life and i finally got to see Micky.

Yes kids, going to Disney Land/World and seeing all the Disney characters is a big deal- not everyone has the privilege and means to go. Some of us played with the floor for means of fun and entertainment. I don't know why I said floor, but i don't really remember playing with anything when i was younger. I just remember books. Anyway, so go thank your parents if they took you to crazy Disney. That's a lot of money for a lot of walking.

If not, wait for your significant other to take you.

Thanks hun (and his family members).

the BF's dad

2008-01-05T22:56:00.000-05:00

Loves to bring up the fact that i like listening to sad Vietnamese music even though i don't understand it. I don't know how this came up, but I'm glad he knows because he now loves playing music for me when he gets a chance.

Here he is playing besame mucho... below is a short clip.
Pretty nifty when you can have a bf AND his dad play music for you. =]

Dude

2007-12-30T23:34:00.000-05:00

What happened to my life?

Toys for Tots

2007-12-12T20:58:00.000-05:00

We grew up poor.

We went from 3 kids living in the suburbs of Wisconsin to 7 kids in the projects of MA.
For some reason - I remember having Christmas trees during the holidays in Wisconsin.
In MA - none. I was never really sad over it. I was pretty oblivious to the fact that people were out shopping for gifts for everyone in their family. That everyone was "suppose to" not only receive a present, but little stocking stuffers and give gifts as well. In the poor-dung days during the Christmas season my mom would sign up for some charity and some random white dude with his kid would come around our house and give us presents for Christmas! I think this only happened two or three times and for the life of me I cannot remember what the toys were... but the important thing was how excited and happy i felt when this random dude would come with toys. Of course back then all I cared was about the toys and not where it came from or why it came, but years later i finally realized and appreciated this whole toys for tots thing.

So kids, yes, Christmas may be all commercialized and what not - but do you know how much happiness a shiny toy can bring to a kid?!

When I grew up and finally started making the mula - i found toys for tots through my work place and donated toys every year.

Well - this year, my company did NOT have a big box for TFT!! I was shocked, i was saddened, i was mad...
Okay so i looked up my company and they DID do TFT but just not at my location. Anyway, i googled all this TFT stuff and all the places that were participating were already finished!

I'm going to call a few places tomorrow that are on the toysfortots.org website and hopefully they are still participating. If not, i'm going to be reaaaaaaal sad this year.

So people please, donate to a organization that participates in spreading some holiday cheer. Look how well i grew up because of it!

.... it's really hard to blog and sc at the same time.

Oh Christmas Tree!

2007-12-11T21:54:00.000-05:00

...oH Christmas Tree!!

how many presents do you have for meeeeeeee????

social netbooking

2007-12-09T12:39:00.000-05:00

I'm thinking about joining Facebook.

Should i!?

How else would i keep track of my 5 friends??

Fa la la la LA la.....

2007-11-28T18:13:00.000-05:00

Wow, I miss blogging.

Haven't had the chance to sit alone to type out my thoughts lately. I've actually been busy with after work activities. I've seen a musical, went to the zoo and saw squirrels, had home cooked meals again, been drinking more *yay*, and finally been getting a regular dose of SC.

So - did I ever tell you about the time I got stuck in an elevator for about 2 minutes? I don't know why, but i thought about this event when i was stepping out of the office elevator on my way into work.

So we're at D's apartment downtown right? And i remember someone carrying a laundry basket. And for some reason, the guys think its funny and fun to jump up and down in the elevator as it's going up.

boingy boingy boingy.

The elevator stops.

Ummm...

We pry open the elevator door to find that we're stuck half way between floors.

Laundry basket goes up and out first. Everyone else follows.

We had to take the stairs the rest of the way.

The guys still thought it was funny and fun.

So - will you guys be decking the halls with balls of jolly this year?

la la la la...

edit: wait... balls of jolly?! wtf?!

Pats vs Colts

2007-11-04T19:27:00.000-05:00

HA-HA!
bitches

pumpkman

2007-10-25T14:54:00.000-05:00

Day 3 at Home

2007-10-22T17:23:00.001-05:00

Errands?!
ăăah... vietnamese markets.

2 in a row!

2007-10-16T18:22:00.001-05:00

Go me!

Don't you hate it when you have to work extra hard before a vacation to take a vacation? Not only that, you know that once you come back you'll have work up the yin yang and probably work all the hours back that you took off. I want to move to Europe where EVERYBODY gets a month off for vacation. Thata be nice.

Anyway- does anyone know of an Asian-genre radio station? It'd be cool if I could drive home and hear random Vietnamese songs. It wouldn't be so bad singing along to Utada Hikaru when you're stuck in traffic. What did you say? Turn on my ipod? Put in a CD? Well, i have this weird thing where i actually like hearing the radio dj talk about nonsense, give me random information about a song/artist and give me the chance to win cool prizes... though i have yet to call a radio station... that's on my to-do-b4-i-die list. I wonder how much it costs to start a radio station? What if it was via internet, would it be cheaper? OOoO if i started my own radio station, i could play APC in between some Faye Wong and Andy Lau- how bad ass would that be? My radio name would be delilahkilledmydream. Too long?
You can call me dkmd for short.

Awesomely bad is a great adjective

2007-10-15T17:14:00.000-05:00

I really wish I could blog at work. My mind spews out random thoughts when i'm trying to back information into a fake number that someone wants. I had a .4323 second thought of going back to Xanga because it has yet to be blocked at work, but then I was like nahh... not worth it. I'm not going to go back and forth on blogs depending on my work environment. I'm going to TRY to take some time in between me getting home from work and laying in bed to blog.

So... some random/not so random things going on:

I've picked up this awesomely bad habit where I wear my flip flops from my condo to the car, drive with them on, and switch to my heels once I get to work. I picked it up when I was driving a stick shift doing the whole stop and go thing for an hour for 2 hours a day. Needless to say, my feet were not happy in those heels. Anyway, now that winter is around the corner, my feet aren't happy with the nippy 5 minutes worth of cold it feels as my car is heating up. I need to find an alternative. Sneakers may be too much, i have to wear socks... take the socks off and put on my heels. Closed toe slippers may be too slippery on the bottom.... what else is there?? Hmm...

Speaking of awesomely bad habit, i don't know if this is a habit or a trait, but i am one lazy emmer effer. Sure, there are some instances where I get spurts of energy and i'll just want to clean or i don't mind doing stuff after i eat... but most of the time, damn, i just want to sit around and be amused. And by be amused i mean, where I sit around, not have to do anything and be amused. That's how lazy I am... since no one wants to amuse someone who doesn't talk back, i get bored and agitated real easily. I know, i could play one of the games i have, chat, watch t.v... but me? Lazy. Rather sleep the time away then find something to amuse myself with. It's a vicious depressing psychotic cycle. At least I've realized it. Step 2. Do something about it.

I have learned and followed football more than I ever had in my whole life this season. I know about my hometown team the Patriots, that's fine and dandy- But stuff like #1 losing to #13 in college football, all the big upsets? Colts 5-0? Packers 5-1? Redskins has never beaten the Packers? Patriots kicked the Cowboys' ass and Owens is a big penis? I know players' names now?!? WTF?!! How the hell was I able to retain this knowledge??? Two months ago, i didn't even understand what the heck 1st and 3rd meant.

SERIOUSLY. New hobby besides following football needed.

My BF calls me a fake fanatic. I kind of like it.

MmM...

2007-10-05T17:00:00.000-05:00

2 more weeks until I get to go home.

I hope once i reach my mom's house, there's some weird vegetarian dish with cold rice sitting out on the table for me to eat so i can complain about it.

Good times.

In the Zone

2007-10-02T21:23:00.000-05:00

I know I haven't blogged lately,

Can you blame me?

Football started.
House is on.

and my employer took my access away from me.

so no, you cannot blame me.

by the way, House and Cartoons together? how unbelievablyfreakingcute!

http://www.watchinghouse.com/

Top 10 Reasons Why I Blog

2007-09-17T18:14:00.000-05:00

1. Obviously, I'm an expert at talking to myself. I don't think anyone really understands the magnitude of how much I actually talk to myself. There is a slight chance that I'm crazy. Sure, people have thoughts running through their head all the time, I get that. Me? I have full blown conversations with myself. I ask questions, answer them and ask back another question. I tell myself jokes, bad remarks that I giggle to... in my head, yes, i giggle to myself in my head. How the hell is it possible? i don't know... does blogging make me talk to myself less? absolutely not... but it makes my conversations "real" and known... that's what I'd like to think anyway.

2. I love talking about nothing important and hate talking about anything that is. Car accident, car gone and injured body? No details on that. A random one liner email from my dad? Loveee discussing that. Everything is so serious now a days, this blog is not.

3. Blogging takes way less energy than actual "talking". I know, I probably have to go to therapy because I dislike talking. Which would be a complete waste of money because i dislike talking.. do you think there will ever be therapy typing sessions? Actually, I dislike explaining... it's very emotionally draining to explain. That's why on a blog I can say, damn today sucked like a bitch and not have to say why. Sure, I could get asked why, but I don't have to answer.

4. My blog reminds me of myself. Do you ever forget who you are? What your personality is like? I do... i don't know how, but I do. My blog reminds me of who I am. Scattered, nonchalant, witty, and not modest. keke

5. I am in love with my online personality. What? Aren't you?

6. I've been an online addict since I was 14 and a half years old and I don't know how to stop. AOL chat days are gone, AIM chat days are gone; forum chat days are gone.... i have no one else to talk to about random stuff! Except....... for myself.

7. Me. Me. Me.

8. A really good way to try to remember how to spell and write correctly. I am emphasizing on the word try.

9. Pure amusement. I don't do this for anyone else but me. Blogging isn't for me to remember my days by, I rarely discuss what I do on a day to day basis or anything else way too personal in my life... what i write, i find amusing.

10. Someday, I want to be rich off of blogger. Blogger make me rich!

...I'm half kidding, but really, where else can i be like:

"Bill Belichick makes me question my loyalty." Discuss.

and get a 2 page answer from Maz?

ZOMG

2007-09-10T20:35:00.000-05:00

I know I'm late with this (t.v. is still broken) but...

BRITNEY!!!
HOW
COULD
YOU
DO
THIS
TO
ME
?
?!
!?!??!?

http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?id=1568788&vid=174394

I had faith in your crazy psychotic self. You turned me onto POP! You started this! How could you?
Gahwd.... one of the worse.relationships.ever.

p.s. kanye get over yourself.

Golf

2007-09-04T10:38:00.000-05:00

I think I've found my sport.

My mom has always been very protective of me. Being a girl, I "shouldn't run around so much" or "play with balls". You know, typical stuff like that... so... I didn't. Well, not that we had balls to play with anyway... but I just never got into sporty stuff, even in school. I sucked in gym class and assumed I was just naturally nonathletic because I was a small asian girl. Good excuse huh?

4th Grade was when i actually started disliking sports. One day at recess when I was NOT playing any sports... I was just walking actually, i got hit in the face with a football. Yes, it hurt, yes I cried. Yes I now had a fear of any flying balls coming towards me.

So that's why I think Golf is my sport. There's no running involved. No outs, no chasing, no catching, no flying balls towards me, no team to bother with, no coach yelling at you, no ugly uniforms and i heard there could be drinking involved.

So over the weekend i got really into trying to hit that damn golf ball. I've played before, but of course i naturally sucked at it. (Swung and miss and hurt my hand.) Well, with some concentration... I think I'm getting the hang of it.... and i actually like it... I'll also actually be getting my own customized clubs soon to fit my damn height.

But seriously, i never knew how hard it was to pivot your wrist.

Oh yeah, does anyone know where I can get Pochacco or Hello Kitty golf club holder thingies?

Thanks.

animed.hanh

2007-08-30T18:33:00.001-05:00

Part 2.

Doesn't that look like i just colored it in with crayons??
I need to learn how to shadow/highlight. Any tips?
I might have to redraw it since the line came out kind of thick... i actually think it looks better smaller.

see.

and then even better...

The WW of Disney

2007-08-22T14:15:00.000-05:00

I'm not much of a t.v. watcher. I saw commercials about High School Musical here and there...but really had no idea what it was all about. Until I went over a friend's house... a friend who has 3 kids and Disney is on almost always.

They did the dance moves to HSM. Cute.

Then Maz (who btw, is wayy older than I am) updates his gchat message to: HSM 2 <3
HSM!? A little old no!?

I believe they target a pre-teen audience. Yes, i'm pretty sure I saw that in the news.

So, finally, I was like whatever- Maz loves corny stuff as well as gangsta stuff... i kind of knew that about him. Shouldn't be a big surprise.

So my boss comes into my office the other day... sits down next to me and says,

"So I saw HSM2 over the weekend......."

Me: "uhhhhhhhhhh......"

edit: wth is wrong with blogger!

animed.hanh

2007-08-17T21:28:00.000-05:00

Part 1.

Dude, I really suck at drawing legs.

I hope I finish this project...

On Getting Old(er)

2007-08-15T09:56:00.000-05:00

I am feeling my age.

I can't do stupid/spontaneous things where I won't care about the outcome anymore. For example... sky diving... i remember when i was a young one i was all damn i want to do that (once i can afford it) yayyayay jump off a plane yay! Now... i'm like...ehhh no thanks, don't want to risk my life... rather spend the $ on normal things like on food or apparently a 500$ vacuum.

I can't go all out clubbing anymore in fear of someone taking a freaking picture of me and it being posted on myspace. Who started the whole camera in the club phase anyway? Do you know how retarded that is? I mean everyone is dancing and drunk and you all want to get together and pose for a freaking picture. Do you know what a bright ass flash does to a drunk person?! Yeesh...
Plus all the drunk fat people bumping into me...ehh.. no tolerence for that anymore, i just want to hit them. and all the dirty sweaty icky people in the dark....damn how was clubbing ever fun...

Actually, I can't even get drunk anymore. Well... I can, off of one drink. Thanks to no more HH.... thanks to not having friends... I digress.. so yeah, one drink. and it's not even a funny happy drunk, it's like, oh shit i'm tired i need to go home and sleep right now drunk. why!? why?! is it because of my tolerance?! is it because my 27 yr old brain can't handle the dizziness? Forget the meaning of life, what is the meaning of growing older??

Now... since I can't drink and dance for fun... I should be doing older more sophisticated activities right? Sipping latte at a cafe somewhere... playing golf/tennis... uh... um... what other sophisticated activities are there? damn don't tell me having kids is the ultimate sophisticated activity!?

See... so i'm stuck, I don't know what i should be doing for "fun" anymore (besides watch anime, and no, i will never ever grow out of that.)

Advice people... advice.

^_^v

Access!

2007-08-10T14:06:00.000-05:00

I looooooooove the new girls who just started here. They showed me how i can get access my gmail at work.

Yes. This was very blog worthy (and worthy of my love as well).

Summer

2007-08-04T16:03:00.000-05:00

It's summer... you're like duh- it's been summer for about 2 months now.
Well to me, it hasn't felt like summer. There are several reasons...

Back in the day when I was living with my parents, they didn't believe in air conditioning. Well, they did, but for like 2 rooms. That's it. The entire house would be hotter than outside, except for the basement, it was a bit cool down there... so I always felt the "heat" of summer when it was summer. I would be sweating my ass off in my own house...eating hot Pho. Damn it's good to be Vietnamese.

We'd have occasional summer cookouts, where my mom would try to grill everything possible, fish, cucumbers, tofu, whatever. It even got the the point where they built a gas stove outside where they can make the hot pho out in the hot weather, heh. I had a decent size backyard... green grass, a garden, some cheapo hammock from Vietnam where I would fall asleep on after work and then wake up with a start from being afraid of being bit by bugs.

Oh my god... i haven't gotten bit by a mosquito yet this summer! DUDE! That has got to be the most bizarre thing for me, i use to get eaten alive during the summer by mosquitoes, now..nothing... i don't know if i'm happy or sad... okay i'm happy, but a weird kind of happy... it means that I haven't hung outside in the evening during summer! the best part of summer for me was when the sun was down, there was a cool breeze going through the hot summer night... and i'd be outside with friends, talking shit about someone, while Linni was inside karaoking... heh, that's summer.

Now, i go from a home that's kept at a 71 degree temperature to an office that's kept at a 50 degree temperature... the only time i feel "heat" is when i leave it at 80 degrees in my car... so i can let the blood in my veins warm up from the 8 hours at work.... sigh... so right now, i'm sitting out on my mini balcony... just me, the spider and it's web, some Sapporo and the nice heat. It actually doesn't feel hot to me... it feels normal. So right now, this to me, is the beginning of my summer... I guess I can put on some karaoke and pretend Linni is singing.

I know, this post makes no sense, even more so than my usual posts.. but that's because the heat's affecting my head. goal!!