Thursday, March 24, 2005
Hey guys, I have been so busy lately to even say anything in here. I was actually packing the whole entire pending work to ship it out to Syracuse for the past 2 weeks. Then I have school which keeps me busy cause I just have too many freaking words to write for papers. Then I got laid off and of course, had to file for temporarily unemployment, while trying to find another job, at the same time going from interview to interview. It sucks to not have any cash coming in. Hahahaha, I can't go shopping! Well, I was hoping to have more time for this, but I guess I was wrong. How can someone who writes a thousand word paper almost every week have nothin else to say? I guess my life is that boring.
About my job hunt, I have an interview with this freight forwarding company on Monday, and I have another one for the school that I am attending on Friday next week. I am still waiting for a couple of phone calls from the previous interviews I went to, but up until now I still haven't heard of anything yet. I just hope and pray that I get a job soon, since I got tons of credit card bills due, and I am starting to stress out on it already.
Lately, I have been an eBay addict and what I see I usually get, but end up returning. What the hell am I doing, I am unemployed and still shopping online. What a life, and I don't get my unemployment check for another 2 fucking weeks! Wahhhh, this is making me nuts.
Well, about other things, recently I spoke to one of my long ago ex. Like when I was 14, since my life became such a blur, he had to remind me of the things I did then. I was such a crazy person, and everyone knew. Imagine I left him for a guy who made me cry and gave me such a heart problem. How stupid can I possibly be? But then again, that was the past and I should have learned from it. It actually made me into a better person.
Sunday, February 06, 2005
I was reading my Friendster the other day and came across this. I can say that most of the things in here are true. I'll write an update about my life tomorrow after watching the "BOWL". Here's something for you guys to enjoy...
You're driving on the 101 and see a clear cut definition of where the smog begins and ends
You go to a karaoke bar and battle with seven year old divas-in-training who are trying to steal your thunder
You're sitting in traffic for at least an hour at any given part of the day
You go to the beach and see that real lifeguards actually do look like the lifeguards from Baywatch
You see purple and gold and the word "Threepeat" on every corner
You begin to "lie" to your friends about where you are (i.e. "Yeah I'm like 20 minutes away") - when you know that it'll take you at least an hour to get there).
You eat a different ethnic food for every meal
You look around at the nice cars around you during traffic, thinking it'll be your favorite Laker or WB star.
You make a conscious choice to watch Jay Leno over David Letterman
You mourned for Tupac and not for Biggie
You know it's best not to be on the 405 at 4:05 pm.
Getting anywhere from point A to point B, no matter what the distance, takes about "twenty minutes".
You know what neighborhood someone lives in by the degree of damage incurred during the riots.
You've inadvertently learned Spanish.
You've got to bring the cat/plants in when it drops to 55 degrees.
In the "winter", you can go to the beach and ski at Big Bear on the same day.
You've bumped into a celebrity at El Pollo Loco.
You know what "sigalert", "PCH", and "the five" mean.
Your pizza delivery guy is also on contract with Warner Bros.
If your destination is more than 5 minutes away on foot, you're definitely driving.
You have a gym membership because it's mandatory.
Your TV show is interrupted by a police chase.
You can't fall asleep without the lull of a helicopter flying overhead.
When tourists ask where they can get souvenirs, you direct them to Venice Beach.
You know someone named Freedom, Rainbow, Persephone or Destiny.
You've trespassed through private property to get to the "Hollywood" sign.
You've partied in Tijuana at least once.
You know Hollywood has a "lake".
You don't stop at a STOP sign, you do a California Roll.
You've lost your car in the Century City Shopping Center parking lot.
You've ever bought oranges, flowers, cherries or peanuts on a freeway off-ramp.
You think that Venice is a beach.
You drive next to a Rolls Royce and don't notice.
You've started crossing a street and returned to the curb when the DON'T WALK sign started flashing.
You've never listened to NPR.
Calling your neighbors requires knowing their area code.
You have a favorite Thai restaurant.
You think Johnnny Rocket's is an accurate depiction of a diner.
You think Manhattan is a beach.
You eat pineapple on pizza.
You've been to Disneyland more times than Downtown.
When giving directions , you follow up with the phrase: "With/Without traffic."
You classify new people you meet by their Area Code. An "818" would never date a "562" and anyone from "323" or "213" is ghetto/second class. Best area code: "310."
Driving along, you see a high-speed police chase approaching in your rear view mirror. You don't panic or even flinch. Instead, you call your friends on your car phone and tell them you're on TV.
You know that if you drive two miles in any direction you will find a McDonald's or a Starbucks.
Your cell phone has left a permanant impression on the side of your head.
You never, ever go into the water at the Beach. You barely touch the sand.
Everyone you know has 3+ phone numbers. Home, Office, mobile, pager, two-way, voicemail.....
It is not unusual for your waitress at a restaurant to have blue streaked hair, a dragon tattoo and tounge piercing.
You are awakened in the middle of the night by a moderate earthquake. Your reply: "That ain't even a 5-pointer" and go back to sleep.
You think you are better than the people who live "Over the Hill". It don't matter which side of the hill you are currently residing, you are just better than them, for whatever reason.
You live 10 miles from work. It takes you 60 minutes to get home.
Walking out of Jamba Juice, you see that a movie is being shot on-location across the street.
You are not happy, or even slightly exited that there may be a movie star there. You just say, " They f*ckin better not be blocking my parking space."
You have to yell at your bank teller through a 2 inch thick wall of plexi-glass.
That last one goes for your local convienience store man, too.
You go to Las Vegas for a weekend getaway and the whole trip cost you $50.
You personally know at least 5 people with agents.
You personally know at least 3 people who have been in a movie or TV show.
You know what In N Out is and feel bad for all the other states because they don't have any.
You know that not everyone in Beverly Hills is a millionaire.
You know who the tinsel underwear dude in Venice Beach is.
You've done something on a street corner in an attempt to get money (i.e. sang, tap danced, told jokes).
You've gotten parking tickets from parking in the red zone in front of your house.
You say you live in LA when really you live in a subsection of a subsection of a subsection of southern LA.
Any major movie star is picking out the best portobello mushrooms next to you at the grocers and you don't notice.
The guy at 8:30 in the morning at Starbucks wearing the baseball cap and sunglasses who looks like George Clooney IS George Clooney.
You really can never be too rich or too thin.
The gym is packed at 3pm...on a workday.
The workday starts at 10am...or whenever you get out of your therapy session.
Any invitation comes with, "Starts at 8pm or as soon as you can get through traffic."
You have never met a waiter that wasn't really an "Actor."
You never go to a coffee house without a copy of a script - any script.
It's sprinkling and there's a report on every news station about "STORM WATCH '99"
You call 911 and they put you on hold.
You have to leave the big company meeting early because Billy Blanks himself is teaching the 4:30 tae-bo class.
The three hour traffic jam you just sat through wasn't caused by a horrific 9 car pile-up, but by everyone slowing to rubberneck at a lost shoe lying on the shoulder.
A nurse can look at you in all seriousness and ask, "you don’t drink or smoke, right?"
All the "cool gyms" allow pedestrians on the street a full-view of those working out. Literally, you can’t drive by Wilshire without staring into L.A. Fitness. Perhaps a new form of window shopping?
The hot seasonal party favor is a candied apple from Neiman's. The apples are called "Skinny Dippers."
The waitress asks if you'd like "carbs" in your meal.
Bars card. For real.
You actually get these jokes and pass them on to other friends from Los Angeles.
Thursday, February 03, 2005
I got no time to update you guys about my life so here's something I got in my email the other day. I'll have more time this weekend so I'll be writing something here, and that's a definite! Enjoy the email...
Jack wakes up at home with a huge hangover he can't believe. He forces himself to open his eyes, and the first thing he sees is a couple of aspirins next to a glass of water on the side table. And, next to them, a single red rose! Jack sits down and sees his clothing in front of him, all clean and pressed. Jack looks around the room and sees that it is in perfect order, Spotlessly clean. So is the rest of the house. He takes the aspirins, cringes when he sees a huge black eye staring back at him in the bathroom mirror, and notices a note on the table: "Honey, breakfast is on the stove, I left early to go shopping--Love you!"
He stumbles to the kitchen and sure enough, there is hot breakfast and the morning newspaper. His son is also at the table, eating. Jack asks, "son... what happened last night?" "Well, you came home after 3 A. M.., drunk and out of your mind. You broke some furniture, puked in the hallway, and got that black eye when you ran into the door."
"So, why is everything in such perfect order, so clean, I have a rose, and breakfast is on the table waiting for me?" His son replies, "Oh THAT!... Mom dragged you to the bedroom, and when she tried to take your pants off, you screamed, "Leave me alone, lady, I'm married!"
Broken furniture - $85.26
Hot Breakfast - $4.20
Red Rose bud -$3.00
Two Aspirins -$.38
Saying the right thing, at the right time.........
Priceless.
Thursday, January 27, 2005
It's not everyday that there is a need for a call to arms, but as you may have already heard, young Asians need to show that we will not tolerate being disrespected in the media.
On Friday January 21st 2005, New York Hip Hop station Hot 97 (WQHT) aired a racist and offensive skit based on the song "We Are The World" called "The Tsunami Song". In it we are referred to as "screaming chinks" being washed away by a 20 foot wave. Here are the lyrics:
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There was a time, when the sun was shining bright
So I went down to the beach to catch me a tan
Then the next thing I knew, a wave 20 feet high
Came and washed your whole country away
And all at once, you can hear the screaming chinks
And no one was saved from the wave
There were Africans drowning, little Chinamen swept away
You can hear God laughing, 'Swim you b*tches swim.'
[Chorus]
So now you're screwed, it's the tsunami,
You better run and kiss your azz away, go find your mommy
I just saw her float by, a tree went through her head
And now your children will be sold to child slavery
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The 2 DJs who recorded the skit, Miss Jones and Todd Lynn repeatedly played the song after callers complained about it's insensitivity and blatant racism. When another DJ on the show (Miss Info - who is Asian and comments regularly on VH1s "Best Week Ever") opposed the song, she was verbally abused on the air by both Miss Jones and Todd Lynn. Todd Lynn actually said "I'm gonna start shooting Asians". Since that broadcast, neither Miss Jones nor her staff have apologized on their own behalf.
You're gonna start shooting Asians huh? We can shoot too! But why resort to guns when you can hit them where it really hurts - The station's pockets. Instead of a bullet, shoot off your anger at the FCC and demand they be reprimanded and FINED for every broadcast of that skit. If the FCC gets enough complaints, it could fine them in excess of $100,000.00 (the maximum fine for indecency times the number of times they broadcasted the "Tsunami Song"). Remember the Janet Jackson "wardrobe malfunction"? The FCC acted on thousands of indecency complaints and CBS was fined half a million dollars. Howard Stern has paid a very heavy price to the FCC for his indecencies as well based on numerous complaints. A hundred thousand dollar fine would REALLY hurt a single radio station.
If you are angry about this issue, instead of talking about it and complaining amongst ourselves, vent to the FCC. Let our anger be felt as a whole and unified community. Media personalities think they can disrespect us as a race without impunity and so far, they're right. This kind of thing will continue unless we let everyone know we will not lay down and take it. We cannot allow anyone to disrespect the hundreds of thousands of people who have died in the Tsunami tragedy and we cannot allow them to disrespect us as Asians.
For those of you who didn't hear the tsunami song here is the link.
http://www.koreanx.net/mailer/misc/hot97_tsunami.mp3
and the answer to that from our fellow ASIANS
http://www.alljin.com/Audio/Exclusives/jin-tsunami_response.mp3
Tuesday, January 25, 2005
Ok ok ok ok, let me calm down here... Listen up people who loves to text and text and text their hearts out and that includes me! I was watching the news last night and researches said something about TEXT messaging can be bad for your health. It just seems so hard to be true, but anyway I have researched on the fact and it totally is hazardous to your health, read on...
Text messaging may damage your health, according to an interim report published by the BMA's board of science and education. The report, which calls for more research into the effects on health from mobile phones, notes that there is a possibility that pelvic and abdominal organs may be affected by mobile phone radiation, as most text messages are sent from waist level.
It is now official - text messaging can be bad for you or, more probably, your teenage son or daughter. That, at least, is the opinion of Dr Mauro Novello, a GP in the Ligurian port of Savona, northern Italy, who has just diagnosed "acute tendonitis of the thumb due to excessive SMS messaging" for a 14-year-old patient.
Hahahahaha, who would ever imagine that text messaging can be so bad for you? I was just amazed and shocked about this whole thing when I heard it last night. I am personally a text addict, I even have two cell phones for Christ sakes! One Globe which I used to send and receive messages from my friends and family from the Philippines and I have my Verizon for my friends and family who lives in the US and Canaduh.
My texting habits and addiction started back in 1999 when the new GSM phones were slowly rising. I had Pacific Bell Wireless (now Cingular) as my first GSM phone, and back then texting was just free no matter where you sent it. Philippines, Europe or just anywhere, it was totally free! Anyway, I was excited to finally get in touch with friends from my home country, as I told myself finally a cheaper way to connect. Oh well, I would send and receive about 100 text a day and I remember my phone dying in the mid of the day because I have used all its power. Hahahaha, I was completely addicted to it.
My phone would always beep or vibrate because of these incoming text messages, it would the highlight of my day and everywhere I go, I always had my cell phone on the palm of my hands ready to receive and send text messages. When I was shopping, I had the shopping bags on the other hand while the other hand holds the phone. When I am driving, everything is on the passengers seat except for my phone which is sitting on my lap. When I travel (flying), the only time I stop texting is when they close the plane door. That's just how addicted I am. I cannot live a day without sending a text message, hahahahaha. Low life I know.
It wasn't that long enough that these cell phone providers started to be greedy and started charging a monthly service fee or per text fee on text messages. They were being smart, at first it didn't mind me since their plan just seems right, 5 bucks for over 500 text messages per month, who could complain? I guess I did since 500 wasn't enough for me then. Then these Giant Cell Phone companies started charging an extra fee on top of the monthly fee for international text messages. What a f*cking bummer??? Imagine Verizon Wireless charging $0.25 per international text message? It means a dollar for 4!!!! Waaahhhhhh, so that's the reason why I got my Globe. Been happy since then, just had to get a bigger purse since I have two cell phones now I carry all the time with me. Hahahaha.
Friday, January 21, 2005
Another week down the drain, well at least for me. Until now, I still don't have any success in finding a job or anything at all. My life is just a mess now and nothing seems to go my way. *sighs* This is life and I guess I just have to deal with it no matter what.
Well, I started training this new girl who will be taking my job and responsibility in Syracuse. Started on Tuesday, she seemed nice until she blew something that I said off the proportion. She practically told her boss who told my boss that I said something nasty and shit, in which I never said such thing. How can people be so deceiving and so rude, c'mon at least make sure that if you are going to talk about another person make sure he/she don't find out till you leave. Anyway, my boss really could careless since he knows me more than that. She is just an ordinary rural girl who happens to have nothing to do better in life, since she lives out in the boonie. Hahahaha for her. The only part that sucks is that I have to pretend to be nice to her and pretend that I have no clue of what she had said for 6 weeks! Six weeks of torture for me since I can't be a plastic overnight, hehehe. See with me, what you see is what you get and sometimes I just can't stand being of acting like someone I am not. At least I already have a week done with her, so 5 more to go. I can't wait to get rid of her and I just can't wait to get another job and leave her in the dark.
My dear husband sent me an email the other day about something really interesting. According to a news that Fellatio may significantly decrease the risk of breast cancer in women. I have done more research on this one and it came out as a hoax. It was credited to Brandon Williamson and was intended for entertainment purposes only. Now how can something stupid and idiotic issue like this be made, cancer is not a topic that can be made fun of and it disgust me how men can be so immature and insensitive. To me any types of cancer is a serious subject, it's not something you can make fun off or write something.
One of my co workers asked me today if I was gaining weight because he saw how bigger my thighs was, compared to when I started working there. I told him yes I have been gaining weight because I can't just stop stuffing my face with FOOD! I am now over 120 lbs which is not a good sign. Two years ago I was just on the 100 and 110 range and sometimes it would even go lower. Now two years later, I am 10 lbs heavier! Wahhhhhh, can't believe this is happening to me, I just have to loose all these pounds I have gained. I really have no diet that can suit me, I have to have protein because I am anemic and I have to have carbs because I have ulcer. I can't starve myself because it will lead to migraine and I can't take any types of pill because I have a slight heart problem. Am I just too sick or what? Have any suggestions let me know and by the way I am not going under any knife.
Great, I am just writing and writing in here now and I still have to prepare for the "BLIZZARD" we are expecting this weekend. I will now head to Home Depot to stock up on some snow salt and get new pairs of shovels. I'll see you all soon. Love you all. xoxoxox.
Monday, January 17, 2005
Well, I was home alone today. My husband had work and so did my mother in law, I was just all by myself with my dog and the cat. Today was Martin Luther King Day, so my company was closed. I stayed home the whole day and practically did nothing but be in front of my laptop. What a life huh?
When I woke up this morning, I was watching the news and they were talking about those ads that you see on Friendster and Myspace about the free iPod. It's actually true, actually 6 of my husband's chat mates already got it, all you have to do is sign up for one of the ads that they have and make sure that 5 of your friends or family sign up and wahlah there goes your free iPod in the mail. Isn't that just cute? Well, I signed up for it and emailed everyone the link they have to click for me to get some credits. Want the link?? Sure no problem, sharing is caring right so just click me! Hehehehe, puhlease help me out! Anyway, I also signed up for the free Baby Phat Pink phone with real diamonds, hehehehe. I still have to sign up for the shits in there, hehehe.
As I was online, I also went back to my past and checked a couple of my old guestbooks and old accounts on AsianAvenue and such. It just made me laugh that I was the way I was, hehehe. Confused? So am I! I saw this posting from one of my ex, hahaha, he said that he would never hurt me, but he DID! That sucked at that time, especially after spending tons of $$$ on long distance calls. But, I forgive and forget because to me that's how God is with everyone. I don't need to be apologized to in order for me to forgive that person. Anyway, I also looked at my AsianAvenue guestbook and saw how much of an internet addict I was. Even till now I guess, me being 25 years old and still into these. I had internet friends from all over the world, met a guy from France and met a couple of others from the mainland USA. Those where the days when my life was spent on my computer from 2:00 PM till 5:00 AM, hehehe. Those where only during Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday night. I was usually out on Thursday, Friday and Saturday night dancing my night away at clubs. What a brat huh??? Imagine I was a professional bum for almost 2 years doing nothing but clubbing, raving, chatting, sleeping and eating. What a life... I miss that life of mine but then again thankful that I got to adjust to a sort of kinda responsible life now.
I go back to work tomorrow and I hope that I could be able to post something really interesting. As for now, time to take a shower, and get ready for bed since I have to really wake up early tomorrow. I'll see you guys soon. xoxo and nitey nite.