Cardio Kickboxing

My friend convinced me to take this cardio kickboxing class in our complex. It's so brutal. I'm amazed at the people that can make it through the whole class without stopping. The instructor just kept laughing at me while I just stopped and stood there. Or maybe it was just me laughing at myself. Anyways, maybe I just have a low threshold for pain, but I felt like I was going to die. This morning, it's weird, I don't feel that sore on my upper body...but my lower body is sore but not as sore as I thought it would be. Am I not pushing myself hard enough and that's why I'm not sore? Anyways, my goal is going to be to make it through this class without stopping. Might take me a long time, but I'm going to do it.

Musicals

I love musicals! They are so fun and full of life. So when I went to NY this weekend, of course I had to watch a show. We picked Avenue Q since it won the Tony Awards for best musical. But for some reason, I just couldn't see it being that great. Puppets? A show with puppets? How could that be good? Anyways, to my surprize, it was awesome! I loved it a lot. It was so funny and truthful. It was talking about things that people don't like talking about cause it might offend people. I can definately see why it won best musical. This is a definate recommendation for those of you going to NY and planning on watching a show.

New York

I get to go to New York tonight. I'm so excited. New York is such an awesome place. So much to do, eat, shop, etc. I'm kinda tired now but I just know, once I get off the plane all my energy will be coming back. I hope the flight isn't too full...damn red eyes. But at least I don't have to waste a whole day travelling. Can't wait to watch a musical, eat pizza, hot dog, korean noodles, and go shopping. The reason for my trip...haha...it's for fun. My friend is moving there and when he said he was going this weekend to look for apartments, I decided to tag along...yes, selfish I know but who cares, I get to go to NY! I'm so jealous. I wanna move to NY!

Carpet Cleaning

Wow, carpet cleaning is a great thing. Stains that I didn't think could get lifted are gone! I should have taken advantange of this free carpet cleaning with lease renewal sooner. I don't think the apartment even smells much anymore..but then again...I don't think I'd know since I'm so used to the smell of my dog (Dim Sum). The only problem now is to try to make sure that she doesn't mess up the carpet as bad!

Suite 3100

Last night was suppose to be a normal monday night, but...as the day went by...my bartender friend told me and my neighbor to go over to Suite 3100 and he would mix us some drinks so that he could practice. It seemed pretty harmless. Go over have a drink or two and then go home. Simple as that right? WRONG. So we show up at his place at 9 and the first drink is a Cosmo. It's ok...but it's got too much alcohol so he makes another batch. He tells us to down our current one and then poors us another one. This ones ok but there's still something missing...so he makes a third batch. We down that one too and he decides to make Apple Martinis. I can't even remember how many we had of those...I think I lost count at four. Anyways, this is the first time I've ever seen my bartender friend drink that much hard liquor so fast. Anyways, my neighbor was almost passed out on the floor and then he brings out Bud Light cause we ran out of Vodka. We finished the bottle? WTF. Anyways, he starts telling us to shoot beer...haha. Well we finally left his apartment around 11:15. We were gone...he decides to walk our drunk asses home. While at my place, we decide to eat some food to soak up the alcohol. When they finally decide to leave a little past 12, we realize that we can't find his keys. We search everywhere. Our conclusion, he was so drunk out of his mind that he actually didn't lock his door and just started to walk with us. How funny is that?

Wonder how they are doing this morning? I know they aren't up yet...but I was smart for a change...I took Advil before going to bed!

IT Guy is Gone

I come into work this morning and I see this other IT guy, "D". Well, I'm talking to him to see what he's been up to since I haven't seen him in a while. Anyways, he lets on that "The Stupid IT Guy" is no longer at the company. I'm like shocked. What? Where? When? Huh? He says that he's not sure what happened cause no one is talking about it but supposedly he thinks that he got laid off. Anyways, right after, the IT guy IMs me. So I start drilling him with questions. The story is that he was escorted out on Friday. They figured his performance and evaluations did not show any improvement and that it was about time for him to leave. I read his first evaluation previously...wasn't very good but he denies what it says but he still signed the evaluation. Why would someone ever do that? Anyways, when I read it...I was thinking, if all this is true...he should be fired. And I guess that's what eventually happened. But to me, he was a good worker as he fixed everything I needed fixed. Well, I guess now my IT Guy stories will be limited to whatever he brings up on IM.

IT Guy Again!

My blog should just have the theme "IT Guy". So today, I'm sitting in my office. Didn't take lunch and was just eating at my desk, IMing. The IT Guy comes in and says, "I need you to do me a favor". I'm sitting there thinking..."what is it now?" Damn...so he goes on to pull out his wallet and is about to pull out some money and he goes on to say "it's not what you think". I look at him and say, "I hope you're not expecting me to leave the building". He then goes on to put his money back and his wallet away. You know I've been nice and gone out to get him lunch before (this was pre all the other happenings), but come on, why would I do it now after all the crap that has happened. Anyways, he starts to walk out and say, "you know you really want to go out and get me ice cream". I look at him in dismay and say, "oh could I please!" Then this comment was the best..."what else are girls for than to go out and get me ice cream?" He is just too funny!

Parking

Why is it that people can have lots of parking spots but choose to park right beside you? I don't mind people parking right beside me, but why do they have to park so close to me that I have to climb into the car through the passenger seat. This has happened to me many times at work...and it's the same car too. There are probably about 10 other spots that this guy can park in just one stall over but he still parks right beside me. I've only had to climb through my passenger seat one time...but that is one time too many. My car is small...a miata...what is this guy thinking? And I park really close to the other side of the spot so that I have plenty of room to get out. On top of that, there are so many scratches on my car. Do people not know how to open their cars or walk by my car without scratching it? I know my car is over four years old but still...this has been happening since the beginning. Too bad I'm too nice to do anything to that guys car.

Breakfast

They always say "breakfast is the most important meal of the day". Well why do so many people, including myself, skip it then? While talking to friends, it was noted that if you ate breakfast, it would probably help you lose weight as it wakes your body up earlier. Is that true? Would eating breakfast actually help you lose weight? I'm going to try this out and see what happens. Does eating breakfast, help you eat smaller meals throughout the day?

Blind Spot

I was in my friends car last weekend driving up to San Francisco. He had the this theory that I thought was so funny. Basically we were driving and he wanted to switch lanes so just as he was about to switch lanes he noticed that someone was in his blind spot. He then goes on to say that it's not very defensive driving when people drive in the blind spot of someone for too long. OK that makes sense. But then he goes on to say that those people deserve to be hit and that it is their fault if they get hit cause they are driving in someone's bling spot. What? I can't believe that his comments still shock the hell out of me.

Pee Theory

I went to the Beer Festival in Mountain View with my friends today. It was really fun...but since we were drinking so much liquid we were trying to not go pee so much. Anyways, one of my friends had this theory about going pee. She says that when you have to go pee so much and you try to hold it in, eventually you won't have to go pee anymore cause you're body will just absorb it back it. I thought that was so funny. It was something that my "Lazy Ass Friend" would say.

Do other people out there think this theory is true?

Reality TV Shows

I watched For Love or Money last night. It was the last episode of the season. Sitting there thinking that the girl is such a Gold-digger. They make you think the total opposite of the person on the show. Anyways, how long do these people need to be on the show? 6 weeks or more away from home? How do people get that time off of work? But seriously, how do you fall in love in 6 weeks? And in that 6 weeks, would you really choose love over money ($1M)? I don't think I would...I would take the money...but then again...who knows cause I'm not in that situation. But back to the Reality TV Shows...would you ever want to go on one? Wouldn't it be fun? Do we really think that these people aren't acting...they might not be professional actors but I'm sure they are trying to get noticed. I know if I was on the shows I would not be myself cause I'd feel like it was more a game than anything. Too bad Canadians can't be on these shows!

Stupid IT Part 2

So today, the same stupid IT guys wants to start asking questions. "What makes me non-Shirley type?" I'm like...huh? What the hell? This guy is so weird. So he goes on to tell me, "I'll tell you what makes you non-XXXXX Type." So I'm curious...to see what he has to say. He's like, well you're a bore, work is #1, you're high maintenance, and your reserved. I'm like...fine. I can see that since he doesn't know me very well. Then he goes on to say "I think you are very pretty, funny, honest, smart, witty, good head on your shoulders (all in all) and have a great sense of direction." What is with him? Is he trying to flirt?

I think he's really just joking around with all this stuff when he talks to me...cause it seems like it's in his personality to do that. Anyways, he turns it around on to me and asks me to tell him what it is about him...there are so many things! First, don't guys know that attraction is important. But the main one that sticks out of my head that I told him, and he didn't take very well...I told him that I knew he was playing and all that, but I don't think it's right for him to joke around about this stuff with girls cause it's disrespecting his fiance. Of course he made an excuse for that...but once a dog always a dog. Does he not realize that this is not proper work place conversation!

Group Lunches

So, today I went to lunch with 12 other people from work. The occassion...August Birthdays. So it's not a big deal...we go out, have some food and have fun. Well, the bill comes and of course it's a headache. There were 13 of us and 3 birthday people. We looked at the bill and they tried to calculate out what everyone owes. Then someone says, it's easier to just split it by 10. $16...not a problem. That's always the easiest way to do it. Plus, it's lunch...not like everyone's meal was that different. Anyways, here comes the complaining..."my meal was cheaper (yah by $1), I didn't have a soda (split by 10?), someone had a dessert (split by 10 again?)". God, it's $16. That only makes your portion cheaper by the most $2. What's the big deal. There are 10 people and yes some people are getting a little better deal but it's two freakin dollars. Anyways, in the end we only ended up with $157 (and this included an extra $4 one of the guys threw in). How the hell does the bill still come out short? People are cheap asses and shouldn't come out to eat if they are really going to short the bill by that much. Even if they shorted it by the $2, it wouldn't have been a big deal but apparently, they shorted it by more than that for us to come out short still. OK, I can understand if you went out for dinner and you only had an appetizer or salad that came out to $10 and everyone else had drinks, appetizers, salad, entree and dessert. And you had to put in like $50. Even $20 would be kinda much since it's like double your own bill...I've done that before and didn't really care cause it's $10...but if it happens often, shit that stuff adds up. But come on....we're talking about $2. What can you possibly do with $2? I guess Sushifly can use it towards his AOL subscription that he wanted to cancel cause it cost him like $10/year...or something like that. Where do you draw the line? When is it ridiculous to split the bill evenly and when is it ok?

Porn

When asking my friends what to blog about...the common answer was porn. What is it with guys obsession about porn? I understand that guys have urges and like watching this stuff...but seriously, what's so great about it? They talk about it all the time and want to watch it all the time. Is it really that great to watch other people having sex? Why would you want to watch that all the time when you could probably just go out and do it? Does it get them in the mood? Does it make them less horny? And some guys say they barely watch it...is this true or are they lying? I'm sure every guy watches it...it's normal. But to watch and talk about it all the time...I don't think that is normal at all. They say guys think about sex over 100x a day. So does watching porn help them not think about it? I think not...I would think it would make them think about it more? I guess I just don't get it.

Naive

Have you ever done something in your life where you look back and think...what the hell was I thinking? Was I really that stupid? I was chatting with one of my friends today and thought about that. Gosh, it must have been when I was 19 or 20. I had met this guy on the internet and we were chatting, emailing, writing letters and even talking on the phone for months. We got along really well. So we finally decided to meet. He was from LA and bought a ticket to Vancouver to meet me for the first time. We were looking at what hotel would be the best for him to stay at...where he would get the best out of Vancouver. Well, a week before he was suppose to come, his mom found the ticket and told him he was not allowed to come. He quickly called me to tell me about it and then asked if I wanted to go visit him instead. OF COURSE! A free trip to LA! Why not? So he changed his ticket and got me one and sent it to me. A week later I was down in LA and even lied to my parents to be there. I told them that I was going to Portland with one of my good friends. I did tell my sister where I was going though. It was a good 4 days...never been to so many amusement parks in my life. I think I hit 3 of them in the 4 days. Way too much for me.

Anyways, I was so lucky that this guy was not some psycho that was waiting for me to come so he could kill me or something. What was I thinking? So I pose the question....what have you done in your life where you think back and say...what the hell was I thinking?

Good Friends

So I'm sitting here thinking about my weekend and how great it was. The purpose of my trip was to go to the wedding of my best friend from High School. It was so awesome. I got to see some friends from high school that I haven't seen in ages, a bunch of my UBC friends and some old church friends. It was a beautiful and touching wedding. Seeing these two people that I knew from way back in high school finally getting united as husband and wife. I was truely very happy for them. What really touched me was seeing all of her family at the wedding...it really reminded me of how close we once were and how we had drifted apart. I know that we are still good friends and we can count on each other when needed but there was something that just made me reflect on our friendship. We did almost everything together in high school. It was like we were a part of each others families too. Going to all holiday dinners, hanging out at the malls, getting part-time jobs together, doing school work together, baking and going to church. And I guess seeing her family (even her cousins and aunts) and noticing how I didn't know much about their lives showed me that we were no longer a part of each others families and that made me sad. I know this happened over time, but I guess I never really realized it until this wedding day.

There is so much that I don't know about my good friends lives cause we are separated by distance and I haven't made as much of an effort as I would have liked to stay current in their lives. It's strange cause you know to stay in touch with all your good friends yet as time goes by...somehow I have let it slip. Has the tasks and rush of our everyday life made it so that we lose sight of Good Friendships as we feel like they will always be there?

It just really made me realize that I miss a lot of my friends! And for those of you out there reading this (you know who you are), I miss you guys and will catch up soon!

The Terminal

How many people actually go 2-3 hours before their flights? I've never been a believer in this. So this morning, I showed up a little more than 1 hour before my flight home to SF and there is such a long line for the customs. What the hell? Why is there so many damn people at YVR on a Monday morning. The line was longer than I've ever seen it...going almost to the end of the airport past the Alaska checkins and wrapped around more. It took about 1 1/2 hours to get through the customs lines and they didn't even care that we were going to miss our flights. My flight was at 7:10am and I was going to work after that...well so I thought. Candice and I finally thought that we were going to be camping out at YVR like in the Terminal. We finally got to the front of the line at 7:15am. Great! What are we suppose to do now...so we pass through customs, go through security and as we pass through security, some security asks us if we're on the SFO flight. They tell us to run! So there we are running to the last terminal in the airport (This is really hard considering I'm really out of shape). When we get there, the plane had already left a long time ago...stupid security guard!

So they rebook our flight for the 10:58am flight. Wow! Over 3 hours in YVR...how fun! The best part was when we found comfortable seats and watched all the other people running to try to catch their flights and thinking...they aren't going to make it. LOL. Then of course we try to nap...we finally get up around 10 to get some food since boarding wasn't till 10:30. So we get food, sit around talking and realize the Announcements are calling our flight to board. We look at our watch and realize it's 10:45...where did the time go? We start walking towards the terminal since the plane isn't scheduled to leave till 11. As we're walking, Candice's realizes that they are actually announcing our names over the PA for us to board immediately. We get waved down by the Alaska Clerk and finally are the last to board the plane. I would have just died if we missed out flight again!

That's it....no more Monday morning flights for me!!!