My detective series ended last week and they are playing Korean soap right now. I really have to say I am not into Korean soaps at all...they have this set formula for depressing stories and everyone cries....I personally think the most touching stories don't have to involve whole bunch of crying....and what bothers me the most is how most of the Korean soap guys are not that cute...very strange when all the female stars get their facial surgeries done....
Everything in Korean soaps also move terribly slow. I think the reason why Japanese soaps are more acceptable to me is because they have a more brisk tempo. I guess Japanese people have a more pressured life style so nobody has that much time to watch a never ending story....especially when you know the formula and can predict the ending anyway...
It's raining right now and I am watching this boring Korean soap on TV....man...what a way to waste Fri.....
Friday, November 30, 2007
Thursday, November 29, 2007
On losing memory...
I have been reading this book called "Tomorrow's memory" which was translated from a Japanese novel on the subject of Alzheimer's disease. I am not sure if it's an coincidence but recently I have been having memory problems too....What happened was that I would completely forget I was doing laundry, brush my teeth after shower thinking I was going to bed (while my hair is still wet), not remembering anything that I watched from TV....
I wonder if I don't remember stuff only because I am not paying attention....or that I am just losing memory because I am stressed somehow. I think I was having nightmares last night too...on stuff that I have been worried about recently. The result of that....I woke up with a headache and a stiff neck. I wonder how it would feel like if my brain really just goes completely blank like the main character in the book. Maybe everything would just be easier when nothing is remembered.....at that time forgiveness shall come very easy since there will be nothing to forgive anyway.....
So....I guess losing memory won't be all that bad at all....:p
p.s. completely not related to what I wrote here.....Hades is finally massaging the sheep skin we got him (without us forcing him). Even though he only did it for 5 min on the sofa...I think it's a good improvement. He may be losing his memory too so now he forgot he didn't like the skin..
I wonder if I don't remember stuff only because I am not paying attention....or that I am just losing memory because I am stressed somehow. I think I was having nightmares last night too...on stuff that I have been worried about recently. The result of that....I woke up with a headache and a stiff neck. I wonder how it would feel like if my brain really just goes completely blank like the main character in the book. Maybe everything would just be easier when nothing is remembered.....at that time forgiveness shall come very easy since there will be nothing to forgive anyway.....
So....I guess losing memory won't be all that bad at all....:p
p.s. completely not related to what I wrote here.....Hades is finally massaging the sheep skin we got him (without us forcing him). Even though he only did it for 5 min on the sofa...I think it's a good improvement. He may be losing his memory too so now he forgot he didn't like the skin..
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Eating and drinking over the Thanksgiving break...
Ok after my sad Mackie stories...here are the photos promised before...
1st photo was taken when we had our guests at home for dinner 1st time ever....Billy was the cook and I prepared the stuff for the shabu shabu dinner.
2nd photo is the new grill thingy we got over Thanksgiving break. We did some Korean BBQ cooking. Again Billy was cooking and I prepared the stuff...and took photos of course...
3rd + 4th photos are at Neomeme in Pasadena. Lillian came from TW and we went to celebrate Chih-Lin's BD. We got there for drinks and deserts after a dinner. So you wonder where Chih-Lin is? Well she went to restroom while we were taking photos...so next is a photos of her and Lillian alone....
The band there was kinda nice...and I really like the windows with lights and X-mas tree in the back....
I got a Cosmo and Billy got a Mojito to drink...and the deserts were pretty good too....Chocolate bread pudding was really nice....and the ice cream trio was with three scoops of ice cream which were not able to tell the kinds....lol....anyway....I would not mind going back there again since things there weren't bad at all.
1st photo was taken when we had our guests at home for dinner 1st time ever....Billy was the cook and I prepared the stuff for the shabu shabu dinner.
2nd photo is the new grill thingy we got over Thanksgiving break. We did some Korean BBQ cooking. Again Billy was cooking and I prepared the stuff...and took photos of course...
3rd + 4th photos are at Neomeme in Pasadena. Lillian came from TW and we went to celebrate Chih-Lin's BD. We got there for drinks and deserts after a dinner. So you wonder where Chih-Lin is? Well she went to restroom while we were taking photos...so next is a photos of her and Lillian alone....
The band there was kinda nice...and I really like the windows with lights and X-mas tree in the back....
I got a Cosmo and Billy got a Mojito to drink...and the deserts were pretty good too....Chocolate bread pudding was really nice....and the ice cream trio was with three scoops of ice cream which were not able to tell the kinds....lol....anyway....I would not mind going back there again since things there weren't bad at all.
The misery of Mackie part II
Let me continue on my miserable Mackie Story for you....last night I started to notice that my mackie was not put back together perfectly after the mac store "attempted" to repair it. A little part close to the screen was sticking out thus making this "cracking-clicking" sound whenever I close/open the laptop. That stupid thing got me really annoyed and affected my quality of sleep cuz I could feel my fire burning the water inside of me before I slept....(Yeah...lost 1 lb this morning cuz of that....of course...)
So this morning I woke up bright and early just to find out Mac store does not open until 10 AM. Since I was up so early I was able to get my express mail from the post office, and still arrive in Pasadena 15 min before 10. The result of that....I wasted another 3 bucks to get some coffee I didn't really want... just so I could do something...and let me tell you....Starbuck's peppermint latte sucks....for anyone thinking of getting it someday...
k.....sidetracked again as usual....When I walked in the store right at 10...there were already whole bunch of people at the technical support. I decided to not wait at the desk cuz obviously those technicians didn't want to talk to anyone other than the computers they were looking at anyway. I went to the register and complained to this gay guy who was trying to help and actually nice enough to get my mackie to the back for a quick fix.
Fine the problem was kinda fixed....(not like 100 % I think)....but what I found out was that Mac repair people are good at lying. They told me that they never opened my laptop to fix things so the damage couldn't possibly be caused by them...(but they did some adjustments anyway so it should be ok for now and it's not gonna break.....how NICE of them....) SO.....can someone please tell me why my mackie never had any weird sound before until last night? and apparently I didn't drop it anywhere since it was sitting on my sofa all along? (Unless my cat Hades moved it of course...right....He could of opened it and closed it back on with a screw driver or something....) Also....if they never opened it....then how did they "attempt" to fix the DC port which was right around the corner....and how did they "suggest" that my logic board was broken since the laptop was never opened? Hum....such a mystery....unless they did everything my this mental magic power of course....maybe they can see through the laptop without actually touching or looking at it...WOW....
Ok...enough crap going on with the store...the gay guy was kinda nice...I am not even sure he is really gay.....but he liked chatting with me with his gay voice. He told me all sorts of tricks to get an appt with the mac store on line....(like when is the best time to book it...and why it always says all the slots are booked....blah blah blah....like I am ever going back again if I get my Mackie taken care of at Di-No)....Maybe feminine guys really like talking to me...since all my guy friends are kinda like that....the sensitive bunch of guys....or the "artistic" types..hum....
On the way back from Pasadena I saw this ad for an apartment right next to freeway 110. It says...."one bed, one bath, QUIET building".....Can someone tell me how it is possible to have the apartment QUIET when it's RIGHT NEXT TO the freeway entrance plus alongside to Fair Oak? Man....nowadays people can just lie straight faced eh? No....I am not pissed at all....I am just very amused by all the lies going around in this world...seriously....
So this morning I woke up bright and early just to find out Mac store does not open until 10 AM. Since I was up so early I was able to get my express mail from the post office, and still arrive in Pasadena 15 min before 10. The result of that....I wasted another 3 bucks to get some coffee I didn't really want... just so I could do something...and let me tell you....Starbuck's peppermint latte sucks....for anyone thinking of getting it someday...
k.....sidetracked again as usual....When I walked in the store right at 10...there were already whole bunch of people at the technical support. I decided to not wait at the desk cuz obviously those technicians didn't want to talk to anyone other than the computers they were looking at anyway. I went to the register and complained to this gay guy who was trying to help and actually nice enough to get my mackie to the back for a quick fix.
Fine the problem was kinda fixed....(not like 100 % I think)....but what I found out was that Mac repair people are good at lying. They told me that they never opened my laptop to fix things so the damage couldn't possibly be caused by them...(but they did some adjustments anyway so it should be ok for now and it's not gonna break.....how NICE of them....) SO.....can someone please tell me why my mackie never had any weird sound before until last night? and apparently I didn't drop it anywhere since it was sitting on my sofa all along? (Unless my cat Hades moved it of course...right....He could of opened it and closed it back on with a screw driver or something....) Also....if they never opened it....then how did they "attempt" to fix the DC port which was right around the corner....and how did they "suggest" that my logic board was broken since the laptop was never opened? Hum....such a mystery....unless they did everything my this mental magic power of course....maybe they can see through the laptop without actually touching or looking at it...WOW....
Ok...enough crap going on with the store...the gay guy was kinda nice...I am not even sure he is really gay.....but he liked chatting with me with his gay voice. He told me all sorts of tricks to get an appt with the mac store on line....(like when is the best time to book it...and why it always says all the slots are booked....blah blah blah....like I am ever going back again if I get my Mackie taken care of at Di-No)....Maybe feminine guys really like talking to me...since all my guy friends are kinda like that....the sensitive bunch of guys....or the "artistic" types..hum....
On the way back from Pasadena I saw this ad for an apartment right next to freeway 110. It says...."one bed, one bath, QUIET building".....Can someone tell me how it is possible to have the apartment QUIET when it's RIGHT NEXT TO the freeway entrance plus alongside to Fair Oak? Man....nowadays people can just lie straight faced eh? No....I am not pissed at all....I am just very amused by all the lies going around in this world...seriously....
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
My stupid macbook.....
My macbook has been causing me a lot of problems this year...and it was a brand new one that I purchased beginning of this year too....The mac store just called me back and told me that the DC port wasn't the only problem cuz after they fixed it my macbook still wasn't charging. So they told me my logic board might be damaged and they will charge around 800 dollars to fix it....right....with that kinda money I may just buy a new one.....thanks for telling me....
I just got really annoyed at this and told them to put everything back to its "damaged" condition and give me my mackie back since it's still usable when the adapter is plugged in. I decided to just go to the last apple authorized dealer for a quote where they tried to fix my powerbook last time. Di-no computers told me that mac stores are very particular regarding how their warranty goes, but most of the time they are able to fix things with the warranty at Di-no. I guess I will just have to wait till next Thurs to drop off my macbook and see if I am lucky enough....sighs....at least there is still hope....
The extended apple care warranty thingy I ordered from Amazon was also sent by mistake with a wrong version. I had to return it and hope the 2nd one comes on time before my 1st year warranty expires. Dino computes strongly recommended me to keep it though cuz they believe it's worth it. It better be or it will be another 200 dollars wasted...and that would really show how much bad luck I have with mac....maybe it's a sign that I should return to the kingdom of PC or something....yeah...if my macbook cannot be fixed...I will really get a PC laptop next....that is it....
I just got really annoyed at this and told them to put everything back to its "damaged" condition and give me my mackie back since it's still usable when the adapter is plugged in. I decided to just go to the last apple authorized dealer for a quote where they tried to fix my powerbook last time. Di-no computers told me that mac stores are very particular regarding how their warranty goes, but most of the time they are able to fix things with the warranty at Di-no. I guess I will just have to wait till next Thurs to drop off my macbook and see if I am lucky enough....sighs....at least there is still hope....
The extended apple care warranty thingy I ordered from Amazon was also sent by mistake with a wrong version. I had to return it and hope the 2nd one comes on time before my 1st year warranty expires. Dino computes strongly recommended me to keep it though cuz they believe it's worth it. It better be or it will be another 200 dollars wasted...and that would really show how much bad luck I have with mac....maybe it's a sign that I should return to the kingdom of PC or something....yeah...if my macbook cannot be fixed...I will really get a PC laptop next....that is it....
tests.....tests....and tests....
I went to see my nice/pretty doc this morning. It took me more than 1 1/2 hour to get inside of the room and my flu shot. and then it took me another 15-20 min to finally see te doc with my blood test results. I was sitting there reading my book and wondering why I was wasting my time like that. I guess the fact that I finished at least half of my book was quite exciting, but the waiting was super annoying....(if it wasn't for the doc I think I would just got up and find a place to chill instead of sitting there at the hospital....)
I think my doc just had too much passion for her job. She was having fun chatting with everyone. (just a bit too much I think...even the receptionist was stating the fact that "Dr. Jenny is just slower in general when she sees her patients")....I guess it takes a character like hers for people to actually like their family doctor and be willing to suffer from hose eternal waits....
Anyway....got sidetracked again....so my report was close to being perfect....except I was dehydrated. I just thought it was funny cuz I thought the dehydration was caused by my hysterical crying the night before I took the blood test. I didn't tell the doc about it but just told her I drink coffee and that is probably why (since coffee makes people pee a lot). Result of all that? I will have to do another blood test sometime in the near future (just to double check on the dehydration)....right...We will see if I can get my butt over to the blood test station any time soon...
Considering how unhealthy my habits really are (drinking and eating habits + no exercise at all) ....I guess my results were quite satisfying. I was a litte perplexed when I saw my height on the chart as 5'9''. I think the stupid nurse just misread my 5'7'' into a 9 for some reason...even though I would not mind the extra 2 inches. I added 3 lbs since last time I went. I guess being in a terrible mood last time really helped me losing weight. Maybe someday I will just be real skinny....:p
Doctor's appts are just such a drag. One wastes so much time and get so little done...anyway....one thing out of the way for now.....till the next time I am up for a blood test. :p
I think my doc just had too much passion for her job. She was having fun chatting with everyone. (just a bit too much I think...even the receptionist was stating the fact that "Dr. Jenny is just slower in general when she sees her patients")....I guess it takes a character like hers for people to actually like their family doctor and be willing to suffer from hose eternal waits....
Anyway....got sidetracked again....so my report was close to being perfect....except I was dehydrated. I just thought it was funny cuz I thought the dehydration was caused by my hysterical crying the night before I took the blood test. I didn't tell the doc about it but just told her I drink coffee and that is probably why (since coffee makes people pee a lot). Result of all that? I will have to do another blood test sometime in the near future (just to double check on the dehydration)....right...We will see if I can get my butt over to the blood test station any time soon...
Considering how unhealthy my habits really are (drinking and eating habits + no exercise at all) ....I guess my results were quite satisfying. I was a litte perplexed when I saw my height on the chart as 5'9''. I think the stupid nurse just misread my 5'7'' into a 9 for some reason...even though I would not mind the extra 2 inches. I added 3 lbs since last time I went. I guess being in a terrible mood last time really helped me losing weight. Maybe someday I will just be real skinny....:p
Doctor's appts are just such a drag. One wastes so much time and get so little done...anyway....one thing out of the way for now.....till the next time I am up for a blood test. :p
Monday, November 26, 2007
blah blah blah.....
Thanksgiving kinda went by fast. We didn't do much at all other than non-stop eating....I almost reached my weight limit by last night cuz we went to celebrate Chih-Lin's BD at Pasadena. Lillian was with us again. She is taking her three week vacation here in the states...it jus sounds really nice to me since I am dying for a vacation too...
The best part of Thanksgving was the "no teaching" part. It felt great not to see any students for 4 days. Billy also got a grill thingy so now we can cook Korean BBQ and basically "better than Ihop quality" breakfast at home. I think given enough time he will probably be able to make any kinda food at home if he puts his mind to it.....
We also got a sheep skin from Ikea which Billy thought would be comfortable for Hades to sleep on since it's sofe and warm. I don't think Hades likes it at all cuz he refuses to get close to it. He probably thinks the skin is like sheep corpse or something....scary to him I guess. We are gonna try to sit on it and put clothes on it so the skin may smell like us....hopefully Hades will grow to like it so the money is not wasted....
Celebration for Chih-Lin's BD was one excuse we used to get together. We accidentally found this nice drink/desert place which had nice bossa nova jazz going on in Pasadea. It's been a long time since we last went to any place for a drink really. I guess everyone just gets busier and busier as we go older. Nobody really hangs out for the heck of it any more...kinda sad...anyway....will post some photos of the place later on when I get my mackie back I guess...
My day today started with a stupid doctor's appt again. I went to get my pap test and the doc was late for 45 min. I can never understand why doctors go to the clinics at 9:45 when they try to schedule people at 9...The test took like 3 mins and I was the 1st patient there by 9....when I was done it was like 9:50 already...so much for being on time....
I finished teaching Tiffany in the morning since they had no school today (yeah lucky kids...) and in the afternoon I went to the mall snice I was so excited to have my 1st completely free afternoon during weekdays in a long time.....I spent 2 hours walking around looking for something to buy since I haven't really bought anything cool in a long time too (yeah we always buy food and go to either Ikea or Target....go figure....).....and.....I.....found......NOTHING at all !!!!!!!
I might just went to the wrong place at the wrong time cuz there was really nothing worth buying. No wonder everyone was complaining how the big Thanksgiving sale was kinda disappointing...or maybe I am just getting more picky on stuff nowadays....the older you get...the harder to deal with....yeah....anyway...I am sitting here eating our home made cookies and staring at the computer screen....there will be another doc's appt tomorrow morning to look over my blood test results.....I hate looking sleep over doc's appt.....sighs....
The best part of Thanksgving was the "no teaching" part. It felt great not to see any students for 4 days. Billy also got a grill thingy so now we can cook Korean BBQ and basically "better than Ihop quality" breakfast at home. I think given enough time he will probably be able to make any kinda food at home if he puts his mind to it.....
We also got a sheep skin from Ikea which Billy thought would be comfortable for Hades to sleep on since it's sofe and warm. I don't think Hades likes it at all cuz he refuses to get close to it. He probably thinks the skin is like sheep corpse or something....scary to him I guess. We are gonna try to sit on it and put clothes on it so the skin may smell like us....hopefully Hades will grow to like it so the money is not wasted....
Celebration for Chih-Lin's BD was one excuse we used to get together. We accidentally found this nice drink/desert place which had nice bossa nova jazz going on in Pasadea. It's been a long time since we last went to any place for a drink really. I guess everyone just gets busier and busier as we go older. Nobody really hangs out for the heck of it any more...kinda sad...anyway....will post some photos of the place later on when I get my mackie back I guess...
My day today started with a stupid doctor's appt again. I went to get my pap test and the doc was late for 45 min. I can never understand why doctors go to the clinics at 9:45 when they try to schedule people at 9...The test took like 3 mins and I was the 1st patient there by 9....when I was done it was like 9:50 already...so much for being on time....
I finished teaching Tiffany in the morning since they had no school today (yeah lucky kids...) and in the afternoon I went to the mall snice I was so excited to have my 1st completely free afternoon during weekdays in a long time.....I spent 2 hours walking around looking for something to buy since I haven't really bought anything cool in a long time too (yeah we always buy food and go to either Ikea or Target....go figure....).....and.....I.....found......NOTHING at all !!!!!!!
I might just went to the wrong place at the wrong time cuz there was really nothing worth buying. No wonder everyone was complaining how the big Thanksgiving sale was kinda disappointing...or maybe I am just getting more picky on stuff nowadays....the older you get...the harder to deal with....yeah....anyway...I am sitting here eating our home made cookies and staring at the computer screen....there will be another doc's appt tomorrow morning to look over my blood test results.....I hate looking sleep over doc's appt.....sighs....
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Life without my Mackie....
I found out my black Mackie wasn't charging right few days ago....finally went to mac store for a check up at noon today. The line was super long even with appt....everything is running slow during the holidays man...My appt was 12 and I didn't get stuff done until 1 pm. I really should stop being on time or even early to any ocassion. I would always be the one waiting I figured...
Anyway...the DC part (where it touched the adapter chord) was messed up. It looked dented in and Mac is not gonna be responsible for the damage cuz it looked like it was caused by outside force, even though the macbook is still under warranty. So apparently the warranty is only good for anything that is not "physical". Oh well....I just hope that is the only part going wrong...it will take about 150 to fix if nothing else is found wrong. Funny how fixing a computer is like fixing a car. Te parts are super cheap (in this case about 11 dollars) and the labor is super expensive (around 140)....I think everyone should be a machanical engineer and own a store by themselves so they get to charge the labor fee.
I think I might of hurt themackie last time I was trying to catch Hades biting his foot or something.....This cat just breaks my stuff...Anyway....already missing my mackie...Life is not gonna be easy surviving with out it sitting on my lap for the next week or so....if not longer...:(
Anyway...the DC part (where it touched the adapter chord) was messed up. It looked dented in and Mac is not gonna be responsible for the damage cuz it looked like it was caused by outside force, even though the macbook is still under warranty. So apparently the warranty is only good for anything that is not "physical". Oh well....I just hope that is the only part going wrong...it will take about 150 to fix if nothing else is found wrong. Funny how fixing a computer is like fixing a car. Te parts are super cheap (in this case about 11 dollars) and the labor is super expensive (around 140)....I think everyone should be a machanical engineer and own a store by themselves so they get to charge the labor fee.
I think I might of hurt themackie last time I was trying to catch Hades biting his foot or something.....This cat just breaks my stuff...Anyway....already missing my mackie...Life is not gonna be easy surviving with out it sitting on my lap for the next week or so....if not longer...:(
My bro
My bro Ivan left a comment on my previous blog, and I was surprised to see it when I woke up this morning. I honestly didn't know he reads my blogs.....maybe mom told him to read or something.....but I doubt that mom would be reading "comments" on my blog too....but then I have a pretty interesting family which is quite advanced with all these internet stuff...who knows...
What I have to say is....When it comes to political issues....Ivan is more logical and clear minded than I thought. I ABSOLUTELY agree what he was saying with his comment and in fact I was talking to Billy about some of the stuff before we slept last night. It's like I understand how people in China thinks everything is theirs cuz they were brought up that way, but too bad they have to learn how to expect others too. All we are asking for is the dignity of a country itself no matter how small it is.
I guess the whole thing just shows how hard it is to communicate when you are totally on diff. channels. You may be communicating with Aliens before you notice nothing is going through...ORZ....capitalized too....lol
p.s. I found it funny how people in my family are communicating through blogs....I don't even have normal friends who leave me comments on my blog. Sometimes I feel sad looking at other people's blogs full of comments from whoever....but I guess it's hard to say anything when I always write weird stuff? hahahahaha
What I have to say is....When it comes to political issues....Ivan is more logical and clear minded than I thought. I ABSOLUTELY agree what he was saying with his comment and in fact I was talking to Billy about some of the stuff before we slept last night. It's like I understand how people in China thinks everything is theirs cuz they were brought up that way, but too bad they have to learn how to expect others too. All we are asking for is the dignity of a country itself no matter how small it is.
I guess the whole thing just shows how hard it is to communicate when you are totally on diff. channels. You may be communicating with Aliens before you notice nothing is going through...ORZ....capitalized too....lol
p.s. I found it funny how people in my family are communicating through blogs....I don't even have normal friends who leave me comments on my blog. Sometimes I feel sad looking at other people's blogs full of comments from whoever....but I guess it's hard to say anything when I always write weird stuff? hahahahaha
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Getting sentimental....
I was reading Ivan's blog this morning and clicked on the link he posted on Taiwan....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQqkKzxuQG8
I was never really a patriotic kid as Ivan, perhaps because I left TW way too early....but tears dropped down when I was looking at it. I guess I just can't help disliking China's oppression toward TW cuz I grew up in TW thinking it IS an independent country. People do have a choice to choose where they live and invest money.....(if you want you can move your whole family to China and nobody is gonna say a word about it)...but people certainly don't have a right to look over at something good that OTHER people developed and grab it to put in their own pockets. (Why the heck does China think they have the right to say Taiwan belongs to China? Why don't they just take Singapore or Indonesia? where majority of people are Chinese anyway?)
man....I guess I do have a Taiwanese root no matter what....China oriented thinking does tick me off big time no matter how I hide it....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQqkKzxuQG8
I was never really a patriotic kid as Ivan, perhaps because I left TW way too early....but tears dropped down when I was looking at it. I guess I just can't help disliking China's oppression toward TW cuz I grew up in TW thinking it IS an independent country. People do have a choice to choose where they live and invest money.....(if you want you can move your whole family to China and nobody is gonna say a word about it)...but people certainly don't have a right to look over at something good that OTHER people developed and grab it to put in their own pockets. (Why the heck does China think they have the right to say Taiwan belongs to China? Why don't they just take Singapore or Indonesia? where majority of people are Chinese anyway?)
man....I guess I do have a Taiwanese root no matter what....China oriented thinking does tick me off big time no matter how I hide it....
Monday, November 19, 2007
Nervous break down
Billy has been busy and we stopped at his company twice this weekend. We decided to take Hades along with us for the 2nd trip so he may get used to get a ride on cars. It's been more than a year since Hades last got on a car I think, and he appeared terribly scared last night. On our way to the company Hades was meowing a lot and tried to hide in the trunk. We got some chicken nuggets from MacDonald's when we get there, and I gave that to Hades as a treat while Billy went into the building to run a program. Apparently the chicken worked a little, and Hades probably got used to the ride after a whole hour of being tense.....he was about to fall asleep on our way home.
The trip kinda messed up Hades' mind I think, cuz after we got back home he was trying to get out of our apartment for the whole night. He wanted to open our apartment door and go outside, but then when he walks out he does not seem to know what he was doing. I finally got him to sleep on Billy's spot since Billy decided to work over night at home, and I think the sleeping part finally got Hades' nerves to calm down and return back to reality.....at least he is not trying to get out of house and going crazy any more this morning...
I guess nervous break down is possible when an animal or a person is thrown into drastic changes without proper preparation and warning.....
The trip kinda messed up Hades' mind I think, cuz after we got back home he was trying to get out of our apartment for the whole night. He wanted to open our apartment door and go outside, but then when he walks out he does not seem to know what he was doing. I finally got him to sleep on Billy's spot since Billy decided to work over night at home, and I think the sleeping part finally got Hades' nerves to calm down and return back to reality.....at least he is not trying to get out of house and going crazy any more this morning...
I guess nervous break down is possible when an animal or a person is thrown into drastic changes without proper preparation and warning.....
Sunday, November 18, 2007
deep thought
Just saw this on 袁瓊瓊's blog...Don't really know the writer...don't particularly like stuff she writes...but just thought this passage is kinda deep.
我覺得人生在世，要活的完整。所謂的完整，其實是活的無憾。該愛的人去愛，該還的去還。該原諒的去原諒。該放過的去放過。每天躺下來，都覺得即使醒不過來，也沒什麼可惜的。那大概就叫無憾了吧。
I guess to live a life without regrets is very difficult....
我覺得人生在世，要活的完整。所謂的完整，其實是活的無憾。該愛的人去愛，該還的去還。該原諒的去原諒。該放過的去放過。每天躺下來，都覺得即使醒不過來，也沒什麼可惜的。那大概就叫無憾了吧。
I guess to live a life without regrets is very difficult....
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Cultural differences
Just finished a book called 拐彎的夏天 by a Chinese author called 魏微.....I guess reading stuff from China in traditional Chinese font does make things more acceptable in away....but I am still not sure if I know how to relate to their history and way of thinking + living....It's like saying "I understand", but not knowing or feeling the same way....
It is indeed interesting when we talk about identities of races. When you were raised as a type of person, it's very hard for you to relate to other complete diff. groups. I have been having troubles liking stuff from modern China no matter if I am reading a book, watching a movie, or just browsing through their TV programs. I understand when people say we are all "Chinese", but I don't feel I am anything more than "Taiwanese". China basically means nothing to me since I was not raised there, do not live there, and am not planning to move there.....
I personally don't think any of the 外省人in Taiwan or any other places would be that interested to move back to China....but they tend to relate to mainland China much better and think everyone should do the same. I do not understand why people who live "outside" of China would think it's imp for people in TW to think the two diff. countries are as one. Through all those past years, people in those two diff. lands already developed diff. cultures and cannot relate to each other much other than through their economical developments and cooperations.....To wish unity for the two sides is really like how Chinese parents always force their kids born in US to Chinese school and wish the kids be fluent with what they were forced to learn.
I see a difference between "knowing the roots" vs. "living in the history". Knowing the roots for a person is more like learning what happened, and appreciate the beauty of everything including the tragedies. Living in the history means clinging to the past including everything bad that happened...not letting go....I think that is exactly why most of the "Chinese traditions" mess up the way of living for us who actually exist in the CURRENT era. It becomes very confusing for people to decide what is good and what is bad once it's called "traditions"....and at the end past mistakes just haunt us down since they are passed on generation by generation. What good is tradition if we cannot take the good parts and modify from the bad? heck...too much thoughts from a book which I don't relate much from....
It is indeed interesting when we talk about identities of races. When you were raised as a type of person, it's very hard for you to relate to other complete diff. groups. I have been having troubles liking stuff from modern China no matter if I am reading a book, watching a movie, or just browsing through their TV programs. I understand when people say we are all "Chinese", but I don't feel I am anything more than "Taiwanese". China basically means nothing to me since I was not raised there, do not live there, and am not planning to move there.....
I personally don't think any of the 外省人in Taiwan or any other places would be that interested to move back to China....but they tend to relate to mainland China much better and think everyone should do the same. I do not understand why people who live "outside" of China would think it's imp for people in TW to think the two diff. countries are as one. Through all those past years, people in those two diff. lands already developed diff. cultures and cannot relate to each other much other than through their economical developments and cooperations.....To wish unity for the two sides is really like how Chinese parents always force their kids born in US to Chinese school and wish the kids be fluent with what they were forced to learn.
I see a difference between "knowing the roots" vs. "living in the history". Knowing the roots for a person is more like learning what happened, and appreciate the beauty of everything including the tragedies. Living in the history means clinging to the past including everything bad that happened...not letting go....I think that is exactly why most of the "Chinese traditions" mess up the way of living for us who actually exist in the CURRENT era. It becomes very confusing for people to decide what is good and what is bad once it's called "traditions"....and at the end past mistakes just haunt us down since they are passed on generation by generation. What good is tradition if we cannot take the good parts and modify from the bad? heck...too much thoughts from a book which I don't relate much from....
Friday, November 16, 2007
Cat depression
When I tell my friends that Hades gets depressed, most people would laugh....but the fact is....Cats do get depressions....Cat's moods are closely related to their owners...and I guess that is why my cat has been having bad mood for the past week.
Hades started biting himself and got two bleeding spots again this week. I guess he felt the negative clouds around me for the whole week. I guess I have to work on getting him a better mood now...maybe eating some chocolate would work? :p
Hades started biting himself and got two bleeding spots again this week. I guess he felt the negative clouds around me for the whole week. I guess I have to work on getting him a better mood now...maybe eating some chocolate would work? :p
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Ever read the passage on Wings of the Dove in Psalms?
My 大姐大 wrote me again after I asked her how she is doing....here is what she wrote...
嘻....
我在養病,9月初過敏性氣喘發作.10月中旬脚掌骨裂傷,
But ,現在都漸趨穩定.
感謝神! 藉此操練我的心性和靈性,
學了多少不知道,
但正面.積極的喜樂觀總是打敗黑暗的那一面,
珍惜.感恩的態度在我腦袋裡是主導的地位,
单就這些,已是我生命中最大的得勝了!
我常懷念那段跟妳們一起為挑戰自我而呼吸的日子.
"阿肥"可愛狗狗還在嗎?
牠的開心.精力旺盛,在那些日子裡是我的安慰劑.
我的聲音在等待著跟我心靈呼應的作品....
目前尚未聽聞到還有什麼機會再去經歷,我感恩曾有過這一切.
加油!
力盛聰穎的妳.
加油!
Love you
Eva
I envy her for always having the "positive" side that can win over the darkness in heart....為挑戰自我而呼吸的日子does not even exist in my memory much now. I have always wanted to write something that fits her wish (跟我心靈呼應的作品) cuz her voice attracts me, but then I don't know if that has much purpose now (cuz it may be a long time before I can really record her for anything now) . Is it really thinking negatively? or is it just facing the reality? maybe both....When a person is too tired to fight, the person is too tired to fight....Rest is needed before anything can go on again....I wish I can have peace at heart like I once had while going through craps in life.... wonder if she would know that I am no longer 力盛 but feeling kinda beat up in life..... 加油! is for sure encouraging....but what is the goal here?
嘻....
我在養病,9月初過敏性氣喘發作.10月中旬脚掌骨裂傷,
But ,現在都漸趨穩定.
感謝神! 藉此操練我的心性和靈性,
學了多少不知道,
但正面.積極的喜樂觀總是打敗黑暗的那一面,
珍惜.感恩的態度在我腦袋裡是主導的地位,
单就這些,已是我生命中最大的得勝了!
我常懷念那段跟妳們一起為挑戰自我而呼吸的日子.
"阿肥"可愛狗狗還在嗎?
牠的開心.精力旺盛,在那些日子裡是我的安慰劑.
我的聲音在等待著跟我心靈呼應的作品....
目前尚未聽聞到還有什麼機會再去經歷,我感恩曾有過這一切.
加油!
力盛聰穎的妳.
加油!
Love you
Eva
I envy her for always having the "positive" side that can win over the darkness in heart....為挑戰自我而呼吸的日子does not even exist in my memory much now. I have always wanted to write something that fits her wish (跟我心靈呼應的作品) cuz her voice attracts me, but then I don't know if that has much purpose now (cuz it may be a long time before I can really record her for anything now) . Is it really thinking negatively? or is it just facing the reality? maybe both....When a person is too tired to fight, the person is too tired to fight....Rest is needed before anything can go on again....I wish I can have peace at heart like I once had while going through craps in life.... wonder if she would know that I am no longer 力盛 but feeling kinda beat up in life..... 加油! is for sure encouraging....but what is the goal here?
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Old time friends....
Went to dinner with Pei last night cuz her group is traveling in LA for ministry tour. It was kinda interesting to catch up and listen to updates of her life. She will be quitting her full time position end of this year to go to Dallas seminary....(which I think is super courageous at her age)...well....at least some people want to be fully equipped before they speak on the stages or do anything....just great really...
It was interesting to hear how she thinks praise and worship events are no longer the hot thing in Chinese world now. (Well....I am not surprised at all....I mean....why would non-believers want to come to praise and worship events when all people sing are praise and worship songs which they don't relate to?) Music is for sure a good tool to attract people, but what are the ministries focusing on? what is their target really when they host those events? to promote products? to help people who are already Christians? To do one concert and leave so no relationships are built? purposes become kinda confusing really....
It's great that Pei's ministry has a full time pastor taking care of the staff and watch over their spiritual growth. I guess that is why they are able to go on for this long with that many people, and whoever worked at my previous two works just eventually die spiritually if not physically. Oh well...there are things not everyone can do.....and there is no point talking about it since it's really none of my business now. Just hope everything will go great with Pei and when she finishes school someday she will be able to minister people as she wishes (or as God wants her to.... in a more spiritual way of saying it)...
We were also talking about my "big sister big" Eva in TW who works in Heavenly Melody. I don't think this name crossed my mind that much for the past year since I didn't see her for a long time. I was so grateful that she was willing to help me record two songs for HI while she was about to fly to Indonesia or something....I think she was a huge factor why the Taiwanese album got nominated for Golden Melody award. Anyway....all the old stuff....the point is... I didn't really get to thank her personally after the recording since I am still stuck here and she never came to LA again all this time.
I woke up this morning thinking about my 大姐大 Eva while I washed my face. I thought I should probably e-mail her and ask how she is doing since her husband works in China and her kid is studying in a foreign country too...so I opened up my laptop ready to write her....and then saw an e-mail from her in my mailbox !!!!!!!!! How amazing is that? Can't believe that non-blood-related sisters can have 6th sense like this....lol....Things like this really warms up my heart. I guess old time friends (the real ones) still means a lot....
It was interesting to hear how she thinks praise and worship events are no longer the hot thing in Chinese world now. (Well....I am not surprised at all....I mean....why would non-believers want to come to praise and worship events when all people sing are praise and worship songs which they don't relate to?) Music is for sure a good tool to attract people, but what are the ministries focusing on? what is their target really when they host those events? to promote products? to help people who are already Christians? To do one concert and leave so no relationships are built? purposes become kinda confusing really....
It's great that Pei's ministry has a full time pastor taking care of the staff and watch over their spiritual growth. I guess that is why they are able to go on for this long with that many people, and whoever worked at my previous two works just eventually die spiritually if not physically. Oh well...there are things not everyone can do.....and there is no point talking about it since it's really none of my business now. Just hope everything will go great with Pei and when she finishes school someday she will be able to minister people as she wishes (or as God wants her to.... in a more spiritual way of saying it)...
We were also talking about my "big sister big" Eva in TW who works in Heavenly Melody. I don't think this name crossed my mind that much for the past year since I didn't see her for a long time. I was so grateful that she was willing to help me record two songs for HI while she was about to fly to Indonesia or something....I think she was a huge factor why the Taiwanese album got nominated for Golden Melody award. Anyway....all the old stuff....the point is... I didn't really get to thank her personally after the recording since I am still stuck here and she never came to LA again all this time.
I woke up this morning thinking about my 大姐大 Eva while I washed my face. I thought I should probably e-mail her and ask how she is doing since her husband works in China and her kid is studying in a foreign country too...so I opened up my laptop ready to write her....and then saw an e-mail from her in my mailbox !!!!!!!!! How amazing is that? Can't believe that non-blood-related sisters can have 6th sense like this....lol....Things like this really warms up my heart. I guess old time friends (the real ones) still means a lot....
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Doctor's visit
Went to get my physical check up this morning and got a nice pretty doc instead of the 50+ old guy doc. I guess I just got lucky and scheduled the right time. The doctor's office was moving very slowly. My appt was 9, and the doctor didn't get in until 9:30. I did not even get checked out till past 10. (I did get a shot by a nurse for something I wasn't sure if I ever got in the states though...anyway....it's included in the insurance so I may as well get it...)
The doc was totally stunned that I never had any pap test before and asked me if I have a BF. I thought that was a funny question...I guess kids nowadays get BFs and get sex so they better get pap tests ASAP. I wonder if kids here know they should....maybe they do since it's so common in the states anyway. I guess I will just get the test done sometime later since I am old now.
Doctor was suspecting that I have thyroid problems....This is nothing new since everyone thinks I do by looking at my neck. Who knows...maybe I really do have thyroid problems now since it's caused by stress and 1/4 of Asian females have it anyway. We will see what happens in the blood test....but then she wants to do an ultrasound next time I see her in two weeks. The doctor thinks I am funny by the way I talk. I find it amusing cuz I was not trying too hard to entertain her much...(but I guess I was pulling my charming talking side out since I like how she looked and felt)....maybe my social skills hadn't leave me yet even though I don't social much nowadays. It's always good when people think you are interesting I guess.
The blood test station kinda sucked. The person who tried to draw blood for me had hard time finding my vain. She poked around few times and nothing came out so she called another person to help. The 2nd person went "go deeper....ok....move a little bit this side..." while they kept on touching the big vain which they tried to get. (yes...with the needle inside of my arm still...) No wonder they had to give a paper saying they are not responsible for any bruises after blood drawing. oh...and they complained about how slow my blood flows out...dude...I have "condensed blood"...ok? it costs more....right...
Anyway....it's a weird feeling to start going to hospitals by myself. I don't recall ever going to hospital by myself in TW. Maybe that is the reason why I don't bother to go to hospitals at all in US, even when I had insurance from work before. Growing up is such an annoying thing....
The doc was totally stunned that I never had any pap test before and asked me if I have a BF. I thought that was a funny question...I guess kids nowadays get BFs and get sex so they better get pap tests ASAP. I wonder if kids here know they should....maybe they do since it's so common in the states anyway. I guess I will just get the test done sometime later since I am old now.
Doctor was suspecting that I have thyroid problems....This is nothing new since everyone thinks I do by looking at my neck. Who knows...maybe I really do have thyroid problems now since it's caused by stress and 1/4 of Asian females have it anyway. We will see what happens in the blood test....but then she wants to do an ultrasound next time I see her in two weeks. The doctor thinks I am funny by the way I talk. I find it amusing cuz I was not trying too hard to entertain her much...(but I guess I was pulling my charming talking side out since I like how she looked and felt)....maybe my social skills hadn't leave me yet even though I don't social much nowadays. It's always good when people think you are interesting I guess.
The blood test station kinda sucked. The person who tried to draw blood for me had hard time finding my vain. She poked around few times and nothing came out so she called another person to help. The 2nd person went "go deeper....ok....move a little bit this side..." while they kept on touching the big vain which they tried to get. (yes...with the needle inside of my arm still...) No wonder they had to give a paper saying they are not responsible for any bruises after blood drawing. oh...and they complained about how slow my blood flows out...dude...I have "condensed blood"...ok? it costs more....right...
Anyway....it's a weird feeling to start going to hospitals by myself. I don't recall ever going to hospital by myself in TW. Maybe that is the reason why I don't bother to go to hospitals at all in US, even when I had insurance from work before. Growing up is such an annoying thing....
Monday, November 12, 2007
On losing sleep....
Had one of those sleepless nights again. It's annoying to feel tired and wanting to sleep but just flips back and forth like a fish on the bed. It reminds me of those nights when I was taking medications for my asthma when I was little....just can't sleep no matter how sick I was.
I have always wondered why human beings need to sleep cuz normally you have to do that 1/3 of your life....and it's just such a waste of time....and the thing is...when you don't fall into sleep you really can't do much of anything else since everyone else is sleeping...not a very well designed function I thought....
I was talking to mom on the phone last night, and somehow the anger which I tried to control since morning just got worse and worse. I have to say I am very tired of my life in general....but it's not like anything would change in life just by discussing it. I have seen it many times really...people would promise to change and get situations better, and NOTHING will eventually happen. It's just how this world is. It's just better to not trust or expect anything to happen.
Maybe I should go visit some of my high school friends or something. High school time was the best of my whole life so far. Maybe that will the highlight of my year 2007 if I make it happen on time....right....
I have always wondered why human beings need to sleep cuz normally you have to do that 1/3 of your life....and it's just such a waste of time....and the thing is...when you don't fall into sleep you really can't do much of anything else since everyone else is sleeping...not a very well designed function I thought....
I was talking to mom on the phone last night, and somehow the anger which I tried to control since morning just got worse and worse. I have to say I am very tired of my life in general....but it's not like anything would change in life just by discussing it. I have seen it many times really...people would promise to change and get situations better, and NOTHING will eventually happen. It's just how this world is. It's just better to not trust or expect anything to happen.
Maybe I should go visit some of my high school friends or something. High school time was the best of my whole life so far. Maybe that will the highlight of my year 2007 if I make it happen on time....right....
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Canker Cover....
My Canker sore got really really bad this time and I was in pain teaching students on Thurs. Billy called when he was coming back home and asked me if I wanted some coconut juice to make the sore feel better....So I had a big coconut with sweet and icy juice Thurs night. It probably helped...very little....
I started researching on line to see what are the reasons to cause canker sores cuz I was getting very irritated by it. Apparently there are no definite causes, but there are enough speculations....According to stuff I read, stress, lack of sleep, eating hot spicy food, bad immune system, wheat intake (yeah....this is very interesting...), menstrual issues, genetics, etc, can all be the cause of canker sores...
Right....like that was really helping my pain...so I started searching for medications that may be a fast heal since the stuff we got for cold sore last time didn't work much. After serious searching, I happened to bump into this thing called "Canker Cover" from the CVS site. It is a small pill size disc which is able to stay on the canker sore for 8-12 hours if applied correctly. The stuff contained in the disc can help speeding up the healing process and the gel-like cover, which forms after you put in your mouth, can totally protect the sore from being irritated by food and all sorts of frictions.
Here is the link for the Canker Cover. It is not cheap....(more than 10 bucks after tax just for 6 discs)....but usually one disc is enough to cure one canker sore. (Sounds way too good to be true to me.....but it really worked !!!!!!!) I used two cuz mine was already getting too big, but I can't hide my excitement to find out some of the off counter medication is really as good as the description on the box. I was so thrilled to finally find something that works for me.... (cuz my canker sores can bother me for up to two weeks usually). I would really recommend everyone who may have the same problem. Gee...I feel like I am trying to sell the product on shopping channel or e-bay....lol...
I started researching on line to see what are the reasons to cause canker sores cuz I was getting very irritated by it. Apparently there are no definite causes, but there are enough speculations....According to stuff I read, stress, lack of sleep, eating hot spicy food, bad immune system, wheat intake (yeah....this is very interesting...), menstrual issues, genetics, etc, can all be the cause of canker sores...
Right....like that was really helping my pain...so I started searching for medications that may be a fast heal since the stuff we got for cold sore last time didn't work much. After serious searching, I happened to bump into this thing called "Canker Cover" from the CVS site. It is a small pill size disc which is able to stay on the canker sore for 8-12 hours if applied correctly. The stuff contained in the disc can help speeding up the healing process and the gel-like cover, which forms after you put in your mouth, can totally protect the sore from being irritated by food and all sorts of frictions.
Here is the link for the Canker Cover. It is not cheap....(more than 10 bucks after tax just for 6 discs)....but usually one disc is enough to cure one canker sore. (Sounds way too good to be true to me.....but it really worked !!!!!!!) I used two cuz mine was already getting too big, but I can't hide my excitement to find out some of the off counter medication is really as good as the description on the box. I was so thrilled to finally find something that works for me.... (cuz my canker sores can bother me for up to two weeks usually). I would really recommend everyone who may have the same problem. Gee...I feel like I am trying to sell the product on shopping channel or e-bay....lol...
Thursday, November 8, 2007
Headache....
I have been wondering what causes my headaches...and I came to some diff. reasons listed below....
1. Waking up after dreams or nightmares....If I wake up early in the morning and falls back to sleep again, I would usually get a dream or some sort of night mare. The result of that...bad headache....
2. Waking up cold....If it's cold in the room, I would usually develop a headache as the night goes cuz my head is the only part that cannot go under the blanket when I sleeo...
3. Lack of Caffeine....Sometimes my headache would go away after one cup of coffee. I guess people who have caffeine addiction know about this...
4. Getting old....I think this may be a good reason....A lot of stuff that I never felt before would slowly come to me I think....since I am getting old...LOL.....
5. I think I am missing one reason....I get headache when I get angry. It happens when I teach most of the time. I wonder if that is good for my health. I guess anger kills....oh well...
6. another one that just came to me....any sort of long lasting wound or pain causes my headache. I got headache when I was dealing with my messed up teeth for the past few months. I think I also got headache whenever my cold sore gets really bad...
So I guess the headache I am having may be caused by a combination of # 1, 2, 4, 6 for today....Maybe that can be used to get lotto? lol....
1. Waking up after dreams or nightmares....If I wake up early in the morning and falls back to sleep again, I would usually get a dream or some sort of night mare. The result of that...bad headache....
2. Waking up cold....If it's cold in the room, I would usually develop a headache as the night goes cuz my head is the only part that cannot go under the blanket when I sleeo...
3. Lack of Caffeine....Sometimes my headache would go away after one cup of coffee. I guess people who have caffeine addiction know about this...
4. Getting old....I think this may be a good reason....A lot of stuff that I never felt before would slowly come to me I think....since I am getting old...LOL.....
5. I think I am missing one reason....I get headache when I get angry. It happens when I teach most of the time. I wonder if that is good for my health. I guess anger kills....oh well...
6. another one that just came to me....any sort of long lasting wound or pain causes my headache. I got headache when I was dealing with my messed up teeth for the past few months. I think I also got headache whenever my cold sore gets really bad...
So I guess the headache I am having may be caused by a combination of # 1, 2, 4, 6 for today....Maybe that can be used to get lotto? lol....
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Excuse?
"We miss the past as an excuse to escape from the current life"......that is a line which I got from the detective drama that I watch at noon. Isn't that profound...but can we really live without any memory from the past? It gets a bit tough I guess....especially when nothing much is worth mentioning in the current life, isn't it?
My cold sore is getting bigger and bigger....on top of that it hurts more each day. I wonder why I get that every two weeks or so. It almost feels like I am going back to my childhood when I constantly had cold sores...I thought this stopped after I came to the states, but I guess childhood is coming back to me for some reason...memories..
Mom was telling me how dad got an extra pair of keys for home cuz he thought he lost the original ones. Dad said the new ones would come in handy when Billy and I go back to TW...even though nobody knows when that is gonna be. I don't think I would be able to recognize the neighborhood when I go back since it's been more than three years now. I grew up in the neighborhood and never really left the area for all my years in TW....memories...
So is "missing the past" really an escape from the current life? Perhaps....
My cold sore is getting bigger and bigger....on top of that it hurts more each day. I wonder why I get that every two weeks or so. It almost feels like I am going back to my childhood when I constantly had cold sores...I thought this stopped after I came to the states, but I guess childhood is coming back to me for some reason...memories..
Mom was telling me how dad got an extra pair of keys for home cuz he thought he lost the original ones. Dad said the new ones would come in handy when Billy and I go back to TW...even though nobody knows when that is gonna be. I don't think I would be able to recognize the neighborhood when I go back since it's been more than three years now. I grew up in the neighborhood and never really left the area for all my years in TW....memories...
So is "missing the past" really an escape from the current life? Perhaps....
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Everyone getting it at the same time...
My digestion function quited on my once again.....usually I would get it back on Mon but then it's Tue already and it's still not working. Whatever I ate just piled in my stomach and never comes out....result of that....I gained around 3 lbs compared to my normal weight....I think Billy was right....I am starting to miss my inner fire which helps me to lose weight...
Billy has been semi-sick for several days, and I think I am getting a little sick myself. Woke up with a bad headache both yesterday morning and this morning. Hades threw up this morning too...I wonder if he is also feeling sick? It's annoying when everyone gets sick at the same time, but I guess that way you get over it at the same time too...oh well....
Went to get some veggies this morning also. I was paying attention to some prices since we went to Japanese market last week and I wanted to know which market has better price. I think I am totally turning into "yellow face" wife now. Can't believe I shop for food nowadays and pay attention to what is on sale. It's kinda sad....anyway...never realized 空心菜 is really expensive considering you don't eat every part that is included in the bag...and the price is close to 5 dollars per bag!!!! It also takes forever to clean up and get it ready to cook. It took me at least 30 mins to just get it all picked and cleaned....that is like FOREVER......
I think the reason why I am having problem digesting is partly due to not having enough veggie eating out compared to what I cook at home. I am also having a cold sore which gets bigger each day....hum...I think I am gonna take a pain killer for the headache now...
Billy has been semi-sick for several days, and I think I am getting a little sick myself. Woke up with a bad headache both yesterday morning and this morning. Hades threw up this morning too...I wonder if he is also feeling sick? It's annoying when everyone gets sick at the same time, but I guess that way you get over it at the same time too...oh well....
Went to get some veggies this morning also. I was paying attention to some prices since we went to Japanese market last week and I wanted to know which market has better price. I think I am totally turning into "yellow face" wife now. Can't believe I shop for food nowadays and pay attention to what is on sale. It's kinda sad....anyway...never realized 空心菜 is really expensive considering you don't eat every part that is included in the bag...and the price is close to 5 dollars per bag!!!! It also takes forever to clean up and get it ready to cook. It took me at least 30 mins to just get it all picked and cleaned....that is like FOREVER......
I think the reason why I am having problem digesting is partly due to not having enough veggie eating out compared to what I cook at home. I am also having a cold sore which gets bigger each day....hum...I think I am gonna take a pain killer for the headache now...
Monday, November 5, 2007
over-eating weekend once again....
It was an over-eating weekend once again....and here is how it went....
We were invited to go to Eva's house for dinner by Hui-Ling jie. She just wanted to eat with us cuz she misses me....(or maybe she was just too bored for Fri since they don't have fellowships on Fri now...lol) I don't know how Eva turned out to be the one cooking....but she did....I didn't take a picture of the food cuz they didn't look all that impressive, but they tasted alright. She is really the god housewife type of girl who should get married ASAP.....
Here is a photo of the cake Billy and I brought....just because it looked kinda nice....
On Sat Billy wanted to try out the pot we got last week, so we went shopping for our 1st Shabu Shabu at home. Amazingly the Japanese market was having a sale on Kobe beef. We ended up getting the best kinda beef for a cheaper price. We also used our food processor for the 1st time to make those 蘿蔔泥. Oh...and we also went to get "Jeff" (chairs from Ikea) so our dining room looks quite nice now...
SO as you see that is our Shabu set up....and Hades insisted eating with us at the table with his own box seat...lol...He didn't drink the sake with us though....or it would be too funny..
On Sun we went to Ikea again for lunch. We were trying to see if they have the Prime Ribs meal available to try, but it was not served for weekends. We ended up eating Chicken Marsala and bought some extra stuff. I think this would be our last trip to Ikea recently. Hopefully we don't need anything else to fill our apartment. I just feel that I have never had so much furnitures in my whole life living in the states...:p
Here are photos for the glass hanger we got. Billy put them right above our sink at the kitchen. 2nd photo is an overview of our living room from the kitchen...looks like a lot of stuff everywhere...:p
Sun night we had more food eating at Billy's house. One of those family gatherings in a smaller size. Our weekend is all about eating you see? too much burden on my stomach I think. To conclude this "all about eating" blog....here is a funny picture of Hades with the cape of favor Billy made for him with Billy's Jeans.....Cat from outer space he looks like....:) The last photo is our nice dining area with all colors matched with our table...
We were invited to go to Eva's house for dinner by Hui-Ling jie. She just wanted to eat with us cuz she misses me....(or maybe she was just too bored for Fri since they don't have fellowships on Fri now...lol) I don't know how Eva turned out to be the one cooking....but she did....I didn't take a picture of the food cuz they didn't look all that impressive, but they tasted alright. She is really the god housewife type of girl who should get married ASAP.....
Here is a photo of the cake Billy and I brought....just because it looked kinda nice....
On Sat Billy wanted to try out the pot we got last week, so we went shopping for our 1st Shabu Shabu at home. Amazingly the Japanese market was having a sale on Kobe beef. We ended up getting the best kinda beef for a cheaper price. We also used our food processor for the 1st time to make those 蘿蔔泥. Oh...and we also went to get "Jeff" (chairs from Ikea) so our dining room looks quite nice now...
SO as you see that is our Shabu set up....and Hades insisted eating with us at the table with his own box seat...lol...He didn't drink the sake with us though....or it would be too funny..
On Sun we went to Ikea again for lunch. We were trying to see if they have the Prime Ribs meal available to try, but it was not served for weekends. We ended up eating Chicken Marsala and bought some extra stuff. I think this would be our last trip to Ikea recently. Hopefully we don't need anything else to fill our apartment. I just feel that I have never had so much furnitures in my whole life living in the states...:p
Here are photos for the glass hanger we got. Billy put them right above our sink at the kitchen. 2nd photo is an overview of our living room from the kitchen...looks like a lot of stuff everywhere...:p
Sun night we had more food eating at Billy's house. One of those family gatherings in a smaller size. Our weekend is all about eating you see? too much burden on my stomach I think. To conclude this "all about eating" blog....here is a funny picture of Hades with the cape of favor Billy made for him with Billy's Jeans.....Cat from outer space he looks like....:) The last photo is our nice dining area with all colors matched with our table...
Friday, November 2, 2007
TGIF !!!!!!!!
It turned out that Billy's car only had a dying battery, and it was fixed right away last night. Even though I spent too much time driving back and forth because of the car repair, it was still good the problem was smaller than we expected....
Jacob kept on asking me if I want to meet this and that person from TW as if I know who they are. I guess he is trying to get me hooked with whatever resources he has before he leaves LA. Even though I appreciate his effort but I am not sure how much of that is actually gonna help me. 1st of all....I am not all that interested getting to know all the Christian ministry people cuz I am not in the industry and don't really want to be in the industry anyway....2nd of all...some of them actually have bad integrity and Jacob may just does not know....(or maybe he does...but Christians tend to cover each other's butts cuz of God's love anyway....oh well...very sarcastic....)
What I really care about for now is when we can have a definite date to go to Santa Monica...Jacob kept on asking if we can go, but no definite time can be agreed on....kinda want to just get that out of the way cuz it's gets annoying to have something hanging in the air for weeks. I think I should just forget about counting on people to keep schedules as promised cuz nowadays nobody really keeps promised dates.....very sad....(and again in my opinion that is bad 家教....but then people don't really learn much from their parents nowadays either...sad..sad..)
Ok...just nagging on meaningless things cuz it's Friday and I am so looking fwd to finish teaching this week. Hui-Ling jie called and wanted to eat together. People like Hui-Ling jie who keeps in touch with ex-co-workers are very rare nowadays....Eva is gonna cook tonight. We will see how everything goes...
By the way...Billy was telling me that if a guy wants to look for qualities in a girl, then they need to look for 1. integrity 2. flexibility 3. giving nature...Eva and Katty would both be the top of the list with those components installed in them...I have no idea what is wrong with guys' brains nowadays....
Jacob kept on asking me if I want to meet this and that person from TW as if I know who they are. I guess he is trying to get me hooked with whatever resources he has before he leaves LA. Even though I appreciate his effort but I am not sure how much of that is actually gonna help me. 1st of all....I am not all that interested getting to know all the Christian ministry people cuz I am not in the industry and don't really want to be in the industry anyway....2nd of all...some of them actually have bad integrity and Jacob may just does not know....(or maybe he does...but Christians tend to cover each other's butts cuz of God's love anyway....oh well...very sarcastic....)
What I really care about for now is when we can have a definite date to go to Santa Monica...Jacob kept on asking if we can go, but no definite time can be agreed on....kinda want to just get that out of the way cuz it's gets annoying to have something hanging in the air for weeks. I think I should just forget about counting on people to keep schedules as promised cuz nowadays nobody really keeps promised dates.....very sad....(and again in my opinion that is bad 家教....but then people don't really learn much from their parents nowadays either...sad..sad..)
Ok...just nagging on meaningless things cuz it's Friday and I am so looking fwd to finish teaching this week. Hui-Ling jie called and wanted to eat together. People like Hui-Ling jie who keeps in touch with ex-co-workers are very rare nowadays....Eva is gonna cook tonight. We will see how everything goes...
By the way...Billy was telling me that if a guy wants to look for qualities in a girl, then they need to look for 1. integrity 2. flexibility 3. giving nature...Eva and Katty would both be the top of the list with those components installed in them...I have no idea what is wrong with guys' brains nowadays....
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Nothing happens on Thurs
Billy just called to tell me his old car broke....(the starter is not working)....I guess when a car is as old as that, then it's only normal things break. I wonder how he is gonna go to work tomorrow with this old one kinda broken and the s 2000 without wheels...It is also one of the many things that broke recently...one more thing to get fixed...oh well....
My student came for lesson this morning. I have no idea why kids who learn violin for years would not be able to tell if stuff they are playing is in tune or not. Apparently ears are trainable but only to certain extend....sighs...I don't know why untalented people attempt things they cannot do....but again I guess talent is all relative...depending on who you are comparing to....
Ok....I am out of stuff to write....gonna go find some food since it's 1:30 already.
My student came for lesson this morning. I have no idea why kids who learn violin for years would not be able to tell if stuff they are playing is in tune or not. Apparently ears are trainable but only to certain extend....sighs...I don't know why untalented people attempt things they cannot do....but again I guess talent is all relative...depending on who you are comparing to....
Ok....I am out of stuff to write....gonna go find some food since it's 1:30 already.
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