Running out of entries again on my comments page (must find another one, i know), but you go:

BY: Thank you for offering...that is very kind of you. :) However, I think my dad will be able to come. I did manage to find a cold compress to put on it. the nice pharmacist gave me one. However, the pain is worsening and its beginning to get to me.

MS: I tried to elevate it but it actually hurts more. thanks, i guess i will just have to wait it out.

KK: Get away, get away...The light is blinding me !! well, technically i was running, but then i stopped turned and then i twisted. so... No, i will have to say i was not running (that is my story and i am sticking to it). Btw "gluck" = "cluck" i think.... so i can't spell (most of us already knew that?)

I SHOULD ask for the rest of the day off. I am having trouble concentrating.

I am such a glucks. This morning, history decided to repeat itself. For those of you who have known me since highschool, i am sure you will remember the time where i was running down the hall and twisted my right ankle, which took me out of action for awhile. Well, in a nut shell, it happened again. only this time, i wasn't running. I was running back up to check if the door was locked (of course it was locked) and as I did a 180 to go back down, i manage to miss a step of my stairs and twisted my ankle AGAIN.

Since the pain haven't set in yet at the time, i thought that it would be minor and the initial and managable pain would subside by the time i got to work. That was an obvious mistake because as i got out of the car, I could barely take a step without this excruciating pain shooting up from my leg. Anyways, I manage to migrate up to my office using the side of my foot (hey, i was already there, there is really no point to head home again). So now I believe that i will be attached to my rolly chair for the rest of the day.

I am also bared footed,my ankle appears really swollen (green with this vein showing, eww), and i can't even move my toes without feeling pain. I would go get some ice but its all the way downstairs. I wonder how i will get home later....ouch!

Just received this mail...its a forwarded mail that i haven't seen yet. Interesting and true....

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Once upon a time a daughter complained to her father that her life was miserable and that she didn't know how she was going to make it.

She was tired of fighting and struggling all the time. It seemed just as one problem was solved, another one soon followed.

Her father, a chef, took her to the kitchen. He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Once the three pots began to boil, he placed potatoes in one pot, eggs in the second pot, and ground coffee beans in the third pot.

He then let them sit and boil, without saying a word to his daughter.

The daughter, moaned and impatiently waited, wondering what he was doing.

After twenty minutes he turned off the burners. He took the potatoes out of the pot and placed them in a bowl. He pulled the eggs out and placed them a bowl. He then ladled the coffee out and placed it in a cup.

Turning to her he asked. "Daughter, what do you see?"

"Potatoes, eggs, and coffee," she hastily replied.

"Look closer", he said, "and touch the potatoes." She did and noted that they were soft.

He then asked her to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg.

Finally, he asked her to sip the coffee. Its rich aroma brought a smile to her face.

"Father, what does this mean?" she asked.

He then explained that the potatoes, the eggs and coffee beans had each faced the same adversity - the boiling water. However, each one reacted differently.

The potato went in strong, hard, and unrelenting, but in boiling water, it became soft and weak.

The egg was fragile, with the thin outer shell protecting its liquid interior until it was put in the boiling water. Then the inside of the egg became hard.

However, the ground coffee beans were unique. After they were exposed to the boiling water, they changed the water and created something new.

"Which are you," he asked his daughter. "When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a potato, an egg, or a coffee bean? "

In life, things happen around us, things happen to us, but the only thing that truly matters is what happens within us.

Was such a beautiful weekend...what did you end up doing?

Ironically, I ended up with some major R&R and it was so nice. I watched all the movies/tv shows I possibly could (picture perfect with Jennifer Aniston (I really like that movie), bridget jones' with Renee, the newlyweds with the 98 degrees guy, US Marshalls with Tommy Lee Jones, FaceLift with debbie travis (I want debbie to transform my house, she is so cool.) etc. yes yes, my brains are fried. I also played with my dog, and organized all my shoes. Although, my highlight of the day was going to superstore in my jammies. [whispering]: its okay, i had a big jacket on. I am so rebellious, haa hha NOT! anyways all in all, it was a fun time....oh yeah, i also pigged out at Wendy's. Yum.

Couple weeks ago, I noticed a car with a customized license plate that read, "JEDI 3". I told my friends about it, and we joked on how we now know that there are at least 2 other "JEDIs" out there. Well, yesterday while at the gas station, I saw "JEDI 5". I wonder how many more there are?

Idol

Just finished watching Idols. I am still rooting for Camile Velasco. I think she is cool. Great voice but I wish she would relax a little more because i believe that her true voice will come out and wow everyone. I think she will be a great r&b singer, she's got the soul. I liked her since the beginning when she was just a pancake waitress trying out in Hawaii. I want her to win the competition, but I don't think she is the "american idol."

The other hawaiian is Jasmine Trias, her voice is beautiful and she is cute and have great image for a teen idol. She has the package, kinda like Hilary Duff. She is not my personal pick but i think that she will make it far and could be the next Idol. She just seem to fit the profile perfectly.

Appentice

I said it before and i will say it again, I think that Nick and Amy will be the last two standing in this competition. I personally like Nick better because he seems more genunine out of the two. There is s/t about him, ever since the whole thing at Planet Hollywood (about how he doesn't think its right to shaft money from little kids). He has ethics and I like that and therefore believes that he is more deserving to win. Amy is a very strong player, you can tell from the get-go. She is very smart and focus and always gets the job done and done well. However, she seem too power driven and i worry about people like that. She is very competitive. She also flirts with Nick and i am not sure what to make of that. Does she like him or Is she just using it to figure him out? I mean, I would never offer to feed my coworker anything. it just wouldn't be appropriate. Anyways, those are my picks for the Apprentice.

To summarize:
Idol: I like Camille, but thinks Jasmine will win
App: I like Nick, but thinks Amy will win.

Only time will tell.

The lady who sits next to me at work makes many phone calls. I can't help to notice that she always starts with the following when she calls someone: "Hello _____, how are you doing?" Right after that she continues on with why she REALLY called.

I find that people do this to me as well:
[ring ring, pick up]
client: hello susan, how are you doing?
me: i am doing well, yourself?
client: good. I have a small problem....

I mean i know that is courtesy and its just small chit chat to soften the conversation, but why do people ask how you are doing when they don't really care. hmm...

I went to the new Aberdeen Centre this weekend and shopped at the popular Daiso. OMGoodness, this place is heavenly. I love it. It has everything.

When i walked in, i didn't know what to do with myself because i wanted to look at everything ! It was so wonderful. Everything was so interesting, especially since most of the gizmos only had japanese writing on them, so it was even more fun trying to figure what something was for. Then, there are also the things that i had always wanted that could never find before, all for a whopping 2 dollars. This place really has everything. Cute little stationary and boxes...love the boxes, all sorts of cooking utensils, wine holders, blotting papers for men and women, ready made curtain fabrics, sandwich warmer (as oppose to a cooler, but opposite, --lack of a better word but you understand right?), in addition to japanese china among millions of other things.

Daiso is the Louis Vutton of the more traditional dollar shops you find these days.

There is one product that i still can't figure out. It appears to be a white plastic pouch with this half circle thing (like a crepe). There was a cartoon picture on it, with a man driving with his family and there was a thinking bubble from him saying "WC". I am guessing the cartoon man is on some sort of road trip and he has to go pee pee. Okay, I thought, this must be a diaper thing for adults or s/t. I inspected it and it seem too thin to hold any liquid. I flipped the package over and there were more pictures. Now the cartoon man looks like he is smelling the pouch. Alright, could it be that the man is spitting into the pouch, making it a car-sickness/puking bag. If that is so, (since it would be consistent with the whole WC thing) then what is the crepe thing for??. This product totally puzzled me. That's it, i am bringing my japanese friend next time.

The new Aberdeen Centre, as a whole, is pretty impressive. I love the interior design of it. It has high ceilings with large circular sun roofs and its so spacious, from the parking lot to inside the mall (that right, I said roomy parking lots). Compared to the Crystal mall at Metrotown, its like night and day. The Aberdeen food court is also very contemporary and it doesn't have the sterile feel of other food courts. The court faces a wide floor-to-ceiling window with views Yaohan and surrounding buildings. I even saw planes land. The washrooms are a delight as well, you don't have to lift a finger other than the door to your stall since its equipped with automatic flusher, tap, and soap dispenser!. They might as well have installed conveyer belts like they had on the Jetsons to move people around. There are a couple of stores that are open for business, but most of the mall is still under construction. There is also this great clothing store, where everything fits me perfectly (all asian cut and sizing), but unfortunately, everything was way way over priced. All in all the architecture reminds me of YVR.

My shopping experience ended with me buying the following:
Purse
girly makeup stuff
4 authentic japanese cups. oh so pretty !!

I was filling out an application form and one of the questions it asked for was references that were not your relatives. So I wrote down a friend's name. The next question asked "how long have this person known you?" So I started counting, and realized that I have known this friend for 16+ years. Wow. what history and geez, i am old. Then I thought of my other friends and realized too that most of the friends i know, i have known for years in double digits (10+). It pretty amazing looking back that I have so many friends for so long. Actually, I just feel pretty fortunate and thankful for having good people around (and putting up with me for that long and still going). Cheers to all my buddies (those that have known me > 10 yrs and to those who haven't, but perhaps will in time). May the force be with you. :)

My coworker send me a joke that is so funny. Its a bit gross, but its so funny that i must share.

Top 5 reasons why you don't want to be a pen.i.s/:

1. You are bald all your life
2. There is a hole in your head
3. Your neighbours are nuts
4. The guy behind you is an asshole
5. When you get excited, you throw up, and then faint.

(#3 is the funniest, lol)

The Bank of Canada have just unveiled its the new hundred dollar bill today to the public and it features a "metallic holographic stripe" for added security. Its also have a "watermarked portrait and a see-through number" on the brown bill. I was at the mall where they had a new sample for showing. No joke, it was real, a brand new crispy $100 smackeroos. I touched it ! The stand (and the money) was watched closely by a security guard. It was quite interesting that they would have a stand in the middle of the mall to promote the new bill, with samples of the real thing ! Too bad that they didn't have any to hand out. ;)

If people from Vancouver are called Vancouverites, and people from Edmonton are called Edmontonians than people from these various planets/planetoids could be called:

Mercury - Mercurites
Venus- Women
Earth - Earthlings
Mars - Men
Saturn - Saturns
Jupiter - Jupiteronians
Uranus - Ur-anusaurs (like dinosaurs,... or "Is your bum sore??" whichever you fancy...come on, that is funny.)
Neptune - Neptuners
Pluto - Plutons (like Protons)
Quaoar - Quaoarians
Sedna - Sedn-asians (yes, send asians)
Krypton - Superman

Those are what I suggest.

2003 VB12 (aka "Sedna") was discovered by humans last November and have officially been inducted into our solar system. It is not a planet, but a planetoid.

More information on Sedna can be found here.

[khimm, khimm] sound effects for coughing
Testing 123...... Is this mic on??
I just remember a song that I would like to share with the world....

[Repeat as needed]
...This is the soooong that doesn't eeeend
Is just goes oooon and oooon my frieeeend
some pee-ple started singing and not knowing what it was
and they will continue singing fooooorever just becaaaaause....

...This is the soooong that doesn't eeeend...

Hee hee i don't know why, just felt like it.

Everybody now !!! :)

Some people seem to be more willing to express their feelings online, to strangers, as oppose to individuals whom they are close too. why is that? I have a theory, but let see what you think first?

Susan Lucci is promoting a special skin care product called "Youthful Essence." A friend and I were watching the info-merical late one nite and discover this exfoliating face creme. Anyways, as "Susan" demostrated this special creme with crystals in it, she mentioned how this creme can be used not only on your face, but also on your "Dec-la-tay".

Now what the heck is a Dec-la-tay ? (look I can't even spell it, then again i am not good with spelling, period).
Well, while "Susan" said this, she was touching the area around her upper chest, between her neck and her boobs, so I am guessing Dec-La-Tay means area around and just below the collar bone. Anyways... didn't know I had a Dec-La-Tay. Go figure.

Wow, look at me I've got more than 5 comments in my comments box. Very cool but unfortunate at the same time because that means i have to find a new comments hosting site (backblog only allows 5 entry for its "later" subscribers). I want one that allows you to be able to manipulate its template...and those seem a bit harder to find. Hmmm....what to do? what to do?

:)

Hate being stuck inside on beautiful days like today. So pretty and sunny outside. I love it !

If you weren't at work what would you be doing right this moment??

I would love to do this one day....

Here's to all the Back to the Future junkies out there.

I just got my informal performance review, and it went grrrreat ! It turns out that I am great at my job, yay !! wooo whoo....i was getting worried for a bit there. I also found out that one of my past job references said that i ask questions at the right time. I never heard that before. ahhh, i am so relieved and happy. Yippy !!

A&W Chubby Chicken are on sale. Three strips for $3. Comes out to exactly $3.21 with taxes. Yes, I just brought some :) (btw: if you never had the BBQ sauce from A&W, I don't recommend it. It's too strong for the chicken.) Enjoy.

MH: I know you are going to get some !!

One of the perks of living at home is having your laundry done by someone else. However, the bad thing is always having certain items missing.

As I was in a mad rush, trying to get ready for work, I realized there were not a pair of dress socks in my dresser (when there should be about 4 pairs, plus a brand new pair that i just threw in the washer). Since there were black and its one size fits all, I went searching for them in other people's drawers, suspecting that they were rudely stolen. And guess what....my dad had them all !!

After, I asked my dad why he had stolen all my socks. His alibi: "There were black and all my socks are stolen." What the ?!?!? Then he added that he thought they were his because he always believed that since i am a girl i should have all pink socks or s/t. Sometimes parents are cute !

NASA's Opportunity Rover have found significant evidence to conclude that there was water on Mars.

Now for s/t totally unrelated, wouldn't it be cool if the Martians decided to pop up in one of the pictures that the rovers send back, or if the microscopic enlargements of the surveyed land/rocks had a big huge ant in it?

While driving to my class yesterday, I passed by a very pretty car (sorry guys for calling cars "pretty", its my blog and so there). It was a silver Lexus SC. It had its top on and it was perfect. This car is so sleek. I also like this car because the top folds down all by itself. ohhhhhh. Anyways, as I drove up closer, I noticed the guy inside it.

Why is it always an older balding fellow that drives these fancy cars? Is it a mid-life crisis thing? Is it because they can only afford such things when they are in the 40's/50's? How many times have it been that you see a very cool car with some older dude inside? (not trying to diss older fellows or anything here, just s/t that I have noticed through the years). Well, what is it?

My computer have been bitten by a little virus and have also been taken over by spam. No software was able to cure my little sidekick so I had to reformat. Such a hassle. As a result, my blog posting will be a bit slower but I will do my best to keep feeding you guys with valuable ramblings about absolutely nothing. Cheers !