gotta keep looking...

went to my job "interview" at the developer today... and it didn't work out.

it really wasn't much of an interview... she was looking for someone who'd be able to commit to the position for 2 years, and i can't do that. even she knows i can't do that and encouraged me to pursue my accounting designation. haha. she did, however, ask me if i knew anyone who would be interested.

she's looking for someone who's had some sort of accounting background, i think she just wants someone she can train properly. the company is a developer, like i said, and they have a new project in markham and then downtown. the downtown one is supposed to the most luxury condo in toronto... at bay and something. i have no idea what the pay would be or what the hours are like. but she seemed nice. the office was nice, just two other girls working there.. but who knows.

i thought it was funny that she knew she wasn't going to hire me, but still called me in... to see if i can refer someone else to her. hahaha.

and to think i was so worried about what my weaknesses are. d'oh!

time for: laundry, there's no way around it now.

picture time!

Merry Christmas everyone! hope you are all having a great day.

Our little snowboarding trip was lots and lots of fun. We stayed at the Seasons at Blue at Blue Mountain and the room was just great. the resort was built to look like a little quaint village with 4-storey "houses" and little stores lining the streets. even prettier at night with all the lights on.



our room had a nice fireplace so we could dry all our wet snowy stuff and a full kitchen so we didn't have to spend 13 bucks for a bowl of Pho.



it may seem odd that the kitchen is such a big deal... but really, it is. the last thing i wanted to do was trek out in the snow after a day of falling on my ass and eat at a restaurant. instead, we just heated up pizza and sat on the couch in our jammies and watched tv. then we headed out and fell on our asses some more.

we basically only went snowboarding on thursday.. we went in the morning for a few hours and had to stop. cuz 1) i had forgotten how to do this and was falling way too much 2) it was snowing really hard, and the snow machines were spitting out tiny pieces of ice, so there was zero visibility. the ice on my toque isn't from falling, it's from the ice and snow whipping at my face.



anyway, we gave up, went back to our room for lunch.. then went back out armed with goggles. it was soooo much better. apparently sight is important for sliding down a mountain on a waxed piece of wood. the trail became more scenic as the sun went down, the blue/white glow of the snow and the falling snow made for some nice kodak moments. hahah.







one last pic on the way back to our room after a day of fun.



oh.. and this one.. you know how newborns can't sit up by themselves so they kinda just settle in a lump when you put them against a couch? chairs made of ice do the same to people with snowpants on.



and happy 1 year-ish anniversary, hunny. it's been a sweet and fun and ridiculously great year w/ you.

time for: hmm.. unpacking... ps2.. or laundry.. hmm...

whee! snooooowwwww!

edward and i will have been together for a year on saturday. on christmas day. we finally decided today on what we are gonna do... the plan is to just lie there resting the whole day, cuz there's no way we'll have energy to do anything else.

edward's taking me snowboarding at Blue Mountain in the morning and we are coming back on friday. yay! our room is gonna have a fireplace! double yay! the weather isn't gonna be too cold. triple yay! i'm gonna be able to spend lots of time with my hunny, even more than usual. YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY!!!!!

it's gonna be fun. i'm definitely gonna bring some of my oh-so-sexy....... muscle rub. hahah.

time for: packing. can't forget that muscle rub.

new years?

New Year's Eve isn't a big deal to me. the idea counting down and whatnot just doesn't seem all that exciting. all i could muster up at 12:00am on Jan. 1, 2000 was a feeble "happy new year!". maybe it's cuz i've never been in a big crowd during the countdown, or maybe i'm usually with very sober, subdued people at that precise time, or maybe we never plan it out beforehand, i dunno, but i just never got into it.

so maybe this year we'll plan something...

i don't like going downtown to watch the fireworks.. cuz 1) it's friggin' cold! and 2) the fireworks aren't all that spectacular.

how about just getting together and chill at someone's house? perhaps edward's house. movie, ps2, food, fireworks on a big-screen tv?

anyone interested in staying out of the cold?

time for: some laundry. it's piling up.

damn, that's good stuff.

mmmmm.. picked up a fresh fruit cheesecake from the Cake Nazi in kitchener yesterday. it was ridiculously delicious. i know it's sad, but i've been waiting for that cheesecake for a week. ever since edward said he was gonna go into waterloo to pick up something, i've been thinking about that cheesecake. I never liked cheesecake until i had this fresh fruit cheesecake. mmmm.

if you are ever in Kitchener and feel like some fabulous cakes, look this guy up. Richard Harris. La Patisserie. 100 Campbell Ave. Kitchener. he does all kinds of cakes. and they are all fantastic.

if only my cheesecakes are as good as that...

excuse the cheesecake gushing, but it does something to me. hahaha.

time for: dim sum. apparently the dim sum place above dickens on highway 7 is really good for dim sum. who knew?

still waiting...

the woman from the developer still hasn't called yet. *grumble*

to make myself feel better about being unemployed, i've started going to the gym again. an hour of cardio along with 100 crunches whenever i go. i figure i dun need the weight training, the last thing i want is to add any bulk to my limbs.

i'm a little confused about how the burning of calories work though. what's up with the target heart rate? there's a little graph on the machine i use which indicates a fat-burning range and a cardio-training range based on heart rate and age. what's the difference? the fat-burning range has a slow heart rate than the cardio-training range.. so if my heart rate goes above the fat-burning range, does it mean that i'm no longer burning fat? that doesn't make sense! does anyone know?

as a reward for gasping for air for an hour, i put a little sticker on my calendar on the days i go. hehehe. how grade 6 of me. i still have those writing books from grade 5 and grade 6 where the teachers write "excellent" and "good work!" and put stickers on the page. i used to rate who had the better stickers with my friends. hehe. i wonder if edward still has his. i bet i have more stickers than him! haha.

time for: reminiscing, i think i'll go dig up those writing books now.

almost gone..

*sniff* my green skittles are almost gone. *sniff*

this lady was supposed to call me today so i could come in for an interview... she hadn't called by noon so i gave her a call. she said that she still hasn't had time to look over my resume yet and will call me back. it's now 3:30. suffice to say, i'm not gonna be going in for an interview today. and to think i completely freaked out about this a few days ago.

long story short, this was the position that my ex-boss referred me to. i thought it was an accounting firm, but really, it's just an accounting job at a developer. i was also told that this is a part-time job, but really, it's fulltime permanent. those were a lot of facts to digest and to decide upon in a 3 minute telephone conversation. so we just ended up deciding that i'll come in for an interview and we'll see how it goes. she mentioned that they knew lots of CA firms so perhaps that'd be good for me in terms of connections.

so now i dun even know what's going on. this other person i spoke with about possible openings in a CA firm is on vacation 'til after the holidays. grumble grumble.

i knew i should've applied to be a gift wrapper in the mall.

time for: sitting on my butt some more.

pure genius.

Christmas is a time of product innovation, december means holiday editions of every product there is. Old Navy has their snowflake patterned sweaters; Rice Krispies are red, green and beige; M&Ms are come in holiday packs of red and green.

these products have their place during the holidays, and i like how they are pretty and colourful, but i've never seen any christmas editions of anything that made me go, "i must have that!!".

until today.

Skittles has a christmas edition!! with red and green only!!! which means half the 338g bag of skittles are green!!! 169g of lime-y flavour without having to deal with yellow, orange and purple!! guess what i'm munching on now? yup, yummy lime-y green goodness. all for me.

time for: some more lovely green skittles...

there's always that one person...

had the first of my two days of sit-in for CPR class today. it was interesting to see a stranger's style of instructing. i liked how she did some things but definitely not all of it. she just kinda sat there and talked/lectured..i mean, students who are still in school are used to that, but i don't think the older people learned much this way.

i think i'll try to incorporate some learner-oriented ways of instructing this course. maybe some diagrams or try pulling answers out of the class.

i'm not sure if any of you know how to do rescue breathing and CPR, or know the ABCs associated with it, but there are lots of different ratios for compressions and breathing depending on whether the person is an adult, child or infant. there were 17 people in the class and one lady just could not understand what the hell was going on.

i'm not sure if it's just a problem with language, or she really doesn't understand the procedure. i took her away and taught/showed her one on one for about 25 minutes and she still didn't get it. just said, "yeah yeah yeah" a lot. the thing is, when i'm really teaching by myself, i won't be able to teach her one on one. so i'm not sure how i'll handle this situation when i'm by myself. i believe this is the third time she's taking the course and she needs it for work. awwww, i dun wanna do this if i have to fail people! i was okay with failing kids when i taught swimming, but failing adults?? awwww.

time for: some jak. cuz i think i have to return the ps2 tonite.

joy to the world, the school burned down...

do you remember that redition of the song? i forgot how the rest of it goes..

christmas is coming. i dun like it! namely cuz this will be first year in many years where i can't really buy awesome presents for people. downside of sitting on my butt at home w/o a job, i guess. in hindsight, i really should've applied to temp agencies.. but i thought it'd take less time to find a job.

i'm so very, very grateful to my friends and ex-coworkers. they rock. ab called today about a position in the library, i dun think i'm qualified for it, but i'll apply anyway, why not? my ex-boss gave me a contact at an accounting firm which is hiring part time right now. also, edward's mom got me a contact in another accounting firm who was hiring a while back. everyone has been so helpful, not to mention all the accounting friends who are more than willing to forward my resume to their contacts in the firm.

so why am i still not working? uhm... i dunno. maybe my resume sucks? maybe i haven't been aggressive enough. maybe i haven't tried enough. yeah, that's probably it.

time for: the gym.

wheeeee*cough*eeeeee!!

yay, me done my CSC thingie and i passed. no more!! i can throw it all away! or at least put the chapters in an envelop and give it Edwin. sucker!

developing a bit of a cough right now.. hope it doesn't become full fledged and turn my voice into a man's voice like last year. ah, i remember it like it was yesterday....

eve with man-voice, picking up the phone: "hello?"
boss: "hi, may i speak to Eve?"
eve: "speaking."
boss: "Eve?"
eve: "yeah."
boss: "i guess the sex-change operation went well."
eve: "yeah. and no, i'm not covering any fucking shifts for you, you asswipe."

time for: some cleaning, some reading, some gym-ing.

stay away Eve!

i guess my bitching about spoilers on peoples website really hit home. heehee.. thanx ab. i hit the back button right away.

honestly though, stupid www.canoe.ca wrecked apprentice for me. their weekly survivor results are always under the heading of "this week's survivor results". but the brainiac who wrote the apprentice article deicded to use "fired from apprentice: XXX". augh.

on another note, i'm never say what a great morning i had again. cuz right after i did just that yesterday, i came with with something. my head was all stuffy, i was exhausted and my throat hurt so much that i couldn't swallow. i hope this doesn't last.

time for: studying! yaaaaaaaaaay...

go watch scrubs!

do you watch Scrubs? if you don't, you really should. it's witty, quick-paced and has a perfect balance between heartfelt and the hi-lari-ous. i've watched it since it came out (thanx for the recommendation, baz) and the show is just so good. the writing is awesome. the stories are intelligent. the characters are slightly neurotic and very funny. and it's only half an hour, what do you have to lose? granted, it's on at the same time Race is on, but still. tape it! so good!

got a call from maggagie this morning.. i was like, "who?" cuz i was still sleeping. mags said, "who do you think it is?".. so i go, "i dunno.. mags?? but it can't be. why would she call me from HK??" and then we cracked up. heehe... she's coming back on boxing day. yay! she's enjoying the current excellent exchange rate and shopping lots.

good day so far. talked to mags for a good hour, booked my parents on a 6 week trip, watched some scrubs. *insert content sigh*

time for: all good things must come to an end.. time for studying.

reporting live from dana porter..

man, i take back what i said about not having anything to look forward to. i'm looking forward to thurs nite when my test is over. and i know exactly what i'm gonna do. i'm gonna watch my TV shows, hopefully they'll be new. then i'll watch a movie on Friday.. maybe National Treasure. then i'll have to catch up on Race before next tuesday. speaking of which, anyone up for Race at my house next tuesday?

i'm gonna throw myself into looking for a job starting Monday. i'll just call as many as possible and see. and i'm going to forward my resume to some ppl i know who are working in accounting firms right now. i keep meaning to do that, but i don't. dunno what's wrong with me.

time for: regrettably, studying.

grumble.

*grumble grumble*

redhead with freckles doing too many morning appearances. why can't he be on leno or something?

*grumble grumble*

last time, i tell you. last time.

who needs to learn first aid?

i finally finished my First Aid/CPR instructor course today. i still have to do a sit-in with a two day class, and then a co-teach for a weekend and i'll be able to teach classes by myself. whee!

the course was a little nerve wrecking, but very interesting. I learned so much from my instructor. she's this woman who has instructed first aid for over 30 years and she completely loves it. she's enthusiastic and makes it very interesting and definitely made me aware of how important first aid is. after all, first aid covers everything from choking to CPR to how to treat impaled objects. they are all skills you wish you'll never have to use, but really, it's better to be safe than sorry, no?emergencies are traumatic enough, but it'd be even more scary if i had no idea of what the hell i'm doing.

i'm not sure how many classes i would teach if i had a full time job, but i guess for now, at least this is something.

on another note, i've been kinda down lately. i feel like i have nothing to look forward to and usually i do. whether it be a show downtown, getting together for a birthday thing with friends, a week off during school or even something as silly as a weekend off after 5 days of work, there was always something. now i just watch time go by and realize that the longer i'm in this employment limbo, the more pathetic i feel. bah. and i have an CSC exam in a few days. i guess i can try to look forward to my test. cuz then at least i wouldn't have to study anymore. yuck.

time for: dinner. then hopefully something relaxing.

not "aiken" for clay, really, i'm not.

i was asked to tape some Clay segments on TV so i've gotten up early for the past two days cuz Mr. Aiken was on The Today Show yesterday and Regis and Kelly today.

since i'm a firm believer of waking up only when i have to, i have never watched those shows before. but apparenlty ppl get up really early and scream and shout outside the studio every morning. the number of "Claymates" signs i saw in the audience was alarming. to know that my sister would do the same if he came to t.o is completely distrubing.

not sure what it is about him, but he just irks me. yes yes, he's got an excellent voice, but what's with all the publicity channeling through media which use our sense of sight?? what's appealing in the looks dept. about Clay Aiken? what? and why are his fans called Claymates?? is that a play on Playmates as in the children kinda playmates or the Hugh Hefner kinda playmates? either way, sick!

enough about Clay, i have to tape one more tomorrow and i'm washing my hands of Mr. Monkey Boy.

time for: studying for the second part of the CSC. it's in a week. 5 chapters to go.

finally.. breathe.

i was saying on thurs nite that i was exhausted cuz i stayed up late doing something... it all started like this...

for my 22nd birthday, a couple of brainiacs bought me a SpongeBob SquarePants cake pan. cuz i like to bake and i like the little yellow square guy with pants. and ta-da!!



took me soooooooooo long. i made it for ruth cuz she loves SpongeBob, but i couldn't eat him. i just couldn't. the process was tiring and annoying and was too complicated. i swore that i'd never make a character cake again.

alas.. never say say never..



in my defense, i only made him cuz i knew Edward would love it and cuz he looked so much easier. only 2 colours. except that they are FULL, bright colours, not pastels like SpongeBob. there's quite a bit of food colouring in there. and it's SO sweet. SO sweet. chug two glasses after every slice kinda sweet. we ate part of left arm on Friday. i have the rest of his left arm and hand in my fridge. and Edward is eating the rest. or at least he'd better. haha.

i haven't gotten caught up on my sleep since. have been in CPR/First Aid instructor trainer course two days in a row. getting up at 7:30 on frosty mornings is no fun. my room is like 16 degrees in the morning cuz it's at the corner of the house and therefore, most affected by the temperature outside. while everyone else is nice and toasty in the house, i can see my breath while i change in the morning. augh. and i still have another weekend of the course to go.

time for: dinner. had to type fast. the entry didn't really flow.

tired.

it's 2:45 am. i've had a long day. been up since around 9am. (pretty early for eve). i found this weird swollen thing on my upper neck (and it's not a double chin, hahah), it's painful like a bruise and getting bigger. i think it's supposed to be a swollen nymph node or something.. a warning sign to getting sick, but i feel perfectly fine. just a little tired. (i almost fell asleep at the wheel today. probably not good). yawn. i get stupid when i'm tired, just can't think straight.

as to why i'm still up? i'll tell you tomorrow.

Happy Birthday. i hope you have a great year. with evie!

time for: uhm. bed! BEEEEEDDDDD~!! after i wash up. good god, i hate washing up when i'm sleepy. it just wakes me up.

feeling kinda dead today...

dunno what's going on, but i'm feeling kinda dead lately. just wanna crawl into bed with a good book and ignore everything else. i need to cheer up and for once i dun really know how i'm gonna do it.

called about 10 accounting firms yesterday and no one seems to be hiring.. i guess i'll call some more now and hope for the best. sometimes i just hate how i can be so lazy. i should've done all this a long time ago. come to think of it, i should've started looking for work at the beginning of my fourth year. then again, maybe i should've worked harder at school, gotten better marks and perhaps could've gotten into co-op. i hate thinking like that, cuz there's nothing i can do about the past, obviously. but it's just stupid. cuz i so regret not working hard. i need to find a job, then maybe my academic history will matter no more.

this stuff, plus others, are getting me down.

time for: calling firms, i guess.

weekend update...

... with jimmy fallon and tina fey. oh how i wish.

had quite an enjoyable weekend just doing things i've wanted to do for a while. weekends are still my "catch up" and relax days, even though i have all the time in the world during the week. i guess all those years of school and summers of work have drilled that concept into my head.

i baked a big batch of cookies yesterday... and i dun wanna eat them. they are pretty good, but i just dun feel like this kind of cookies. man, they took me soooo long to bake. around 5 hours, i think. no idea why. i used to bake in waterloo all the time and it'd never take me that long. even the sponge bob cake w/ the insane icing only took about 4 hours. i think i'm getting old.

so freaked out. i have to call some more small accounting firms today. I had this great, reassuring talk with Alvin last week and he says that i shouldn't feel bad about getting rejected from the big four cuz most ppl get that from them. most ppl start with tiny firms and then work their way up to bigger firms. that's why small firms have such high turnover and therefore they'll need people now. score! i'm gonna starting calling the companies that are closest to my house. hopefully, someone will be hiring. i've been sitting on my bum for 2 months now. i'm starting to like it too much, i think.

oh oh oh.. and i finally beat Ursula in Kingdom Hearts yesterday!! yay!! no more swimming around in that damn water. i still can't really figure how to swimming properly in there. on to Halloween Town. *shiver* i was afraid of Nightmare before Christmas. but i won't start it 'til after i'm done calling firms.

time for: brunch.

must purge smells from clothes.

oh man oh man.. my mom's cooking curry. it's so strong.. must.. close.. nose.. must throw all clothes into garbage bags and seal...

my mom bought this authentic curry in a jar yesterday at the show cuz my dad likes curry. and DAMN, it's stinky up the house. i like curry, but preferrably in a restaurant where i can walk out and leave the smell behind. then of course i'll have to leave all the windows open and stick my jacket/sweater out the window while driving so the onion smells will leave. but it's worth it, cuz curry is yummy.

oh man oh man, how am i gotta air out my clothes this time??

time for: leaving to see The Incredibles. yay!!! haha, Jenny!! :P

men like sex, women like... food?

went to the National Women's Show today with my mom and Carol today, i had quite a good time.

they had hundreds of exhibitors from different industries.. there were food stalls, clothing stall, food stalls, drinks stalls, sex toys stalls, and some more food stalls. it was shocking to see how many food related exhibitors rented space for this thing. there were more food stalls than everything else combined, easy. and the food stalls were the most elaborate too, i guess they were aiming for all the women who are in charge of groceries or something.

it was really smart, actually. most of the companies used this opportunity to feature luxury food items (ie. not necessities like bread and milk). everything was gourmet. dips, dressings, juice, tea, coffee, soups. everything. they had some items which was "healthier alternatives" too. yeah, healthier to the producer's income statement, no doubt. the next time they do grocery shopping, i bet most of the women are gonna the yummy stuff they sampled today into their cart.

there were also a bunch of small retail firms, and many exhibitors from the health and beauty industry too. good god, some of these things ppl are trying to sell! belly dancer clothing. uh, ok. various potions which are supposed to heal everything hair loss to warts. thanx, but no thanx. oh, how about a Boston Rob autograph? he's right here doing a Q&A, you know. god no.

but there were really cool samples though. there were lots of big, well known companies there and they handed out lots of samples and full sized products. i was having quite a bit of trouble with my loot by the time i left. it's like trick-o-treating for women. mmm. now there's a thought.

i saw some ppl with those little suitcases with wheels. obviously, they've attended this show before.

time for: sleeping. gonna watch The Incredibles tomorrow, i can't wait.

CSC is kinda useless.

I saw a poster at WLU last year for a discounted CSC fee and i thought, "might as well, it'll be good to pad the ol' resume". i'm so regretting it now.

Edwin, dun take it. it's completely useless! it's stuff that we've learned in school before and if you don't plan on going into financial planning or becoming an investment dealer, why the hell bother? save your 700 bucks and hit the strip clubs.

the first of my two CSC exams is on thursday afternoon.. and i've done maybe 70% of the material. still have lots of time. i can't even remember the last time i went into an exam having studied every chapter it covers... i usually skip out on about 10% of the material and hope that it doesn't come up.

have to attend a four-hour testing for CPR/First Aid Trainer course tonite. i hope the instructor lets us out early. now that i think about it, do i even want to teach this stuff? oh well, already paid for it, i'll just get it, i'm sure it'll come in handy. haha, that's exactly what i thought about the CSC last year.

time for: keep on studying for the CSC.

politically incorrect confections.

Carol came back from a two week trip in the UK today and she bought me some delicious stuff. she got me Blood Orange Kit Kats (which i think i've seen downtown), a couple bags of Minstrels (yum!!) and according to Edward, some racist Maltesers.

heehee.. silly edward.

she got to take pics at hogwarts!!! in the great hall, no less. no enchanted ceiling though.

time for: studying for the CSC.

still doing nothing...

After weeks of searching and hoping for a good accounting job, I have something to announce...... I still don't have a job!! wheee! i'm so discouraged right now. people are starting new jobs and getting interviews. (congrats dumbass for payroll job, you library lover. and good luck in your interviews, becca!) i'm still sitting on my arse all day long. i keep getting rejection letters, that's about it. i lost count of how many i've gotten. grrr.

must say that i'm glad i haven't had a complete breakdown about this job thing yet. maybe it's cuz my supersmart sister is in the same boat as me.. or maybe i have other things to worry about (like my CSC test in a week and a half).. but i haven't thought about this umemployed thing too much. i just figure something will come along. i just dun like getting rejected. bah!

when i was unemployed at the end of april, my dad told me to enjoy the time between school and work. but i didn't. so now i am. hey, if mags can take off for HK for months w/o worrying about looking for a job. then so can i.

time for: watching Dead Like Me.

Aqua Clutch and other fun stuff.

Edward and I saw Hairspray last night at the Princess of Wales Theater and it was so good! The story was fun and interesting, the talent was great and the songs and choreography was fantastic. We were sitting front row center (we got the tix for half price more than a month ago) and the up close view was awesome. We saw the actors, costumes and sets up close and the detail involved is just amazing. It was a little odd cuz we had to look up and we couldn't really see the whole stage at the same time. (cuz you know, we are Asian and have tiny little eyes. hahaha.) the actors kept spitting when they spoke and I ducked involuntarily quite a few times cuz of the spit flying towards me.

I liked Hairspray so much more than The Producers and The Lion King. Mamma Mia was awesome too, can't tell which one i liked best. All i know is that The Lion King put me to sleep at least 3 times.

Finally had a nice chillax day (can't believe i said chillax) today, just hung out with Edward all day long. and snored like a bull with a sinus problem, apparently. oh well. i can't help it, it runs in the family.

I'm really looking forward to Ab's Halloween party. I haven't dressed up for the occasion in the longest time!! I've got a bit more than a week to try to get Edwin to attend. spoil sport doesn't wanna dress up. come on, man, we all know you've done sillier things than dress up for Halloween at 23. so if you are reading this, Edwin, lemme just say, "COME ON, PUNKY! IT'LL BE FUN!! I'll even look for a green goblin, no wait, green lantern, costume for you!!"

time for: an episode or two of Arrested Development. i'm addicted.

markets are cool.

Dawn and I headed down to the St. Lawrence Market today and now i want to move down there. haha.

I thought the market would be like the ones in Hong Kong; smelly, dirty stalls in small enclosed spaces. But it wasn't, it was so nice and clean and the space was big and airy. I'm not sure why i've never been there before, but I was thinking that if i were to ever move out in t.o, i would like this little area. It's a good looking neighbourhood. one of the things i look forward to the most about moving out is the fact i'll be able to cook for myself everyday. i would love to just stop by a grocery store or a market and pick up some fresh ingredients every day. no more eating stupid chinese fish! yay!

as much as i complain about the food that we eat at home sometimes, i do appreciate my mom's culinary skills. especially right now. as i'm typing, delicious turkey smells are wafting into my room. yum!! we are gonna have turkey tonite, complete with my favourite chinese style stuffing. (it's got chinese sausage, celery, bacon, rice in it. and it soaks up all the turket juice. yum!)

time for: seeing if my mom needs any help.

i love the fall.

i am quite enjoying this semi-chilly weather. people look at me like i'm nuts when i say this, since it's only early october and you already need a decent jacket when you go out.

on the one hand, i feel bad for the trick-o-treaters, cuz their little costumes are for sure gonna be swathed in layers of warm clothing, but on the other hand, what do i care?

this weather if perfect. makes me want go outside and have a little stroll. it's sunny, it's crisp, it's exactly what i need. the fall appeals to every single one of my senses. you have turkey dinners, pumpkin pies, the smell of your neighbour's first fireplace fire of the season and pretty autumn trees. i love driving down a road lined with trees in october. esp. if the road has those trees with the little pink leaves. just feels so... invigorating.

if only my job search is so perfect. i have almost given up getting a Staff Accountant position at a firm at this point. I think i'll see if i can get some contract work and build up my resume.

oh, congrats for abbie for getting the communications job! i'm glad one of us is not sitting around on our bum all day long. actually, come to think of it, i enjoy sitting around all day long. heehe. so yay for abbie and yay for me!

jobs applied to: 9
jobs rejected from: 2

time for: a light lunch. i feel a little dizzy from the Circut class this morning, i'm not built for twirling and moving around too quickly.

damn frauders.

i was trying to check my banking online today and was told that i couldn't access it cuz it had been frozen and i needed to contact my branch.

wtf?

so i go and the rep there tells me that i have a $1,400 overdraft on one of my accounts.

wtf?

apparently someone got a hold of my bank card number and pin number and deposited an empty envelop into my account last thursday for the amount of $1,486. then they used the same card and made purchases at Sheppard Plaza, withdrew $300 from a machine, and bought some more stuff. the bank caught the empty deposit on friday and froze my account without telling. it annoyed me that they didn't let me know about it. I mean, i was just doing a routine check on my account today and i found the problem, but what if i was buying something with my interac? it would've been rejected and i would've been so embarrassed.

good thing these people did all this to an account i haven't used since june. so the TD people believed that i had nothing to do with this. actually, i was quite surprised that they were not suspicious at all. i guess it happens a lot. the rep just told me matter-of-factly that it was fraud. no questions. they just advised that i watch carefully when my card is swiped, make sure i cover my pin and don't use those grey ATM machines that are everywhere these days. apparenlty these machines are not very secure at all. who knew.

know what annoyed me the most about this? it's the thought that someone is walking around with $1400 of stuff/cash that they did not deserve. they probably didn't have to work very hard for it either. cuz if they can steal one number, must not be difficult to steal another. this person could potentially be funding their life with stolen numbers. augh! i think banks need to turn to bio information for security measures. i'd like to see someone copy someone else's finger prints. grrr!

time for: sending out some resumes.

technically, i'm not wrong.

we had to stop at edward's house on the way to my birthday lunch today cuz he wasn't feeling well.. or so i thought. ab., andrew, basil, dom, edwin, edward and jenny screamed "SURPRISE!" as i stepped inside. well done, you guys, well done. it was kinda nuts though, cuz i was so happy to see everyone. and about 15 minutes before that i was bawling my eyes for the injustice of some things. quite a few emotions to go through in a short period of time.

so really, this birthday wasn't boring after all. although, technically today wasn't my birthday. so my previous blog doesn't need to be corrected.

i must say i was surprised. i wasn't expecting it at all. they planted so many normal little touches that i would never have guessed what was really going on. birthday dinner? nothing suspicious with that, we always do that. at Il Fernano's? we were there last year! edward needed to go home cuz he wasn't feeling well? well, that happened just last week.

so it was a nice way to spend the afternoon. seeing everyone's psycho side. ie. dom leading the way to secluded parts of liberty city, andew's surprising love for video violence. good times. too bad everyone had to leave so early! booo, you guys!

great end to the birthday weekend.

and thanx for the webcam. i promise to use it for good and not for evil. i promise. *snicker*

time for: bed. i've been falling asleep since around 2pm.

am i old now?

another birthday has come and gone. this one was kinda boring, i guess i've been spoiled with awesome birthdays in the past few years. namely birthdays when i was mostly with my friends.. not my family. hahah.

let's see.

year 2000: spent birthday at school. my roomate's mom baked me 19 cupcakes. ab came into waterloo and they (roomate, her friends and ab) took me drinking. oh god. that was the weekend of puking up salad through my nose. but it was still fun.

year 2001: came home to a roomful of balloons. i loved that. how often does a person get their room filled with balloons? jo, mike, q and alice's tactics might have been a bit unorganized, but i really like the gesture. i kept all the balloons 'til november. then i went on a balloon-killing rampage.

year 2002: q, susana, jen and alice flipped everything in my room inside out or upside down. we are talking pillowcases, all the my clothes, stuff on my desk. grr. i wasn't too pleased with that fun gift. i spent the evening watch TV with edward cuz it was the smallville and gilmore girls premiere. then an an, steven and terence showed up with cake. yum. ah, friends who live close by.

year 2003: marked the beginning of the biggest period of denial i've EVER been in. we had birthday festivities the weekend before, the day of, and the weekend after. that was an awesome birthday, just lots of laughing and catching up, and seeing many of the people i care about. on the day of, i was at a CSA dance... lots of fun.. and the event started something great.

anyway, birthdays are always fun. not just mine, but whenever ppl get together to celebrate others' too. k, who's next?

Happy 9 Months, Superman. (all you other people, stop rolling your eyes!)

time for: getting ready for my cousin's wedding.

i.. i... uh.. *jitters*

guys, i'm terrified. now that i actually started looking for a job, i'm so afraid that no one is gonna take an interest in me. my grades are not good! they just aren't!! augh.. i'm like at the bottom of the list grade-wise in the list of all candidates applying for the same job. and i know this for a fact cuz there's a cut off in accounting and i just made barely made that cutoff.

i sent my application to the firm i really want just now and my hands got all clammy. i think it's cuz now i know it's out of my hands. and i'm so not gonna get it. augh. i guess now i just have to prep myself for the inevitable rejections.

time for: oh, fuck it all. i'm gonna go play some sims 2.

no more driving, pls.

yawn, drove to waterloo today.. i could hardly keep my eyes opened on the trip there... edward had to slam his imaginary brakes in the passenger seat cuz he thought i wasn't watching the road. but i was. no worries. the bright red, setting sun was in my eyes during the whole drive into the 'loo, i think it strained my eyes and made them wanna close. cuz i had no trouble keeping my eyes opened on the back to t.o at around 9pm.

i drove into waterloo cuz one of the big four firms held an info session for WLU today. it was on a golf course. we had a golf pro teach us how to hold the club properly, what our stance should look like and how to swing. it was pretty innovative for an info session. not only did we hit balls on the driving range, there was also a putting competition and a presentation of the firm. they were all fun and interesting, gave us lots of time to mingle with the employees of the firm and ask them detailed questions. after the activities there was a little reception where we could talk some more while munching on snacks and replenishing our thirst at the open bar. good times.

of all the firms i've heard about lately, i am most interested in this one. the coporate culture sounds fantastic. they offer lots of help to people who are writing the UFE, they have programs which recognize and reward the importance of their employees and most important of all, every employee i talked to absolutely love the place. i will definitely apply. most likely won't get it, but i'll apply anyway. they said they get about 1000 applicants.. for 75 positions. some of which are already filled by returning co-op students. sigh.

time for: sleep. right after i fume some more about how gmail is failing me.

it's gonna be a busy week.

a bunch of us went to Go For Tea with Ms. Tang (dammit, i can't even refer to her as Cathy!) on friday night and as usual, we ended up talking for hours and hours. It's just so nice to catch up with people once a year, the conversations were interesting and fast-paced since there was so much to talk about. Ms. Tang was only 23 years old when she took over 3 Grade 9 English classes at Zion. it's hard to believe that someone that age could be responsible enough to teach 70 grade 9 students all by herself. I definitely don't think that any of my friends are mature enough to do such a thing. hell, most of us aren't even out of school yet.

this is going to be one busy week. i may have to attend CA firms' info sessions in waterloo three nights in a row starting monday. and then it's girls nite out with my mom and sisters on thurs. then friday is just any other day..then saturday is my cousin's wedding. i'm not too big on weddings. esp. relative's weddings. i don't see them very often and it's weird and awkward. i think friends' weddings will be a whole lot more fun. getting back to my busy week, it's premiere week!! CSI! Without A Trace! Gilmore Girls! Amazing Race Finale! woohoo! i've been deprivied of good TV this summer, i'm so glad the season is starting again.

and of course, whatever free time i have will be devoted to job searching (with a side of lounging around at home), so this is gonna be my first non-school-related hell week. yay!

time for: nothing much, just your basic sunday afternoon relaxation.

ho hum.

my boss called a few days ago to ask if i can come in today and yesterday. i was going to say no, cuz i don't really want to work here again, but... there were these skirts i wanted, so i said yes to today and no to yesterday.

so now i'm sitting here, not caring whether i'm doing any work. i could've done everything i've done today in an hour, but i stretched it out to 4 hours. so now i have 2.75 hours to kill. then it's time for home!! yay. it's not that i'm not doing my job, it's just that i have nothing to do and i'm not motivated to go ask someone for work.

last nite's CA night went pretty well. i was unsure about the whole thing because i don't like going to these functions without knowing anyone. i always feel like such a fool cuz i have no idea what i'm talking about or i'm not prepared enough. but last night was different, for the first time, i realize that being a graduate means that i know stuff. stuff that first and second years don't know. so while they stood there asking redundant questions littered with "like" or "uhm" or "like, ok", i was able to formulate pretty good questions to ask the reps. i guess that the fact that i desperately need an accounting job made my brain work properly too. i think it was a very successful night, got the cards of recruiting reps from the big four plus a couple of others. i'll definitely call them for follow up in the coming days.

as we were driving out back to t.o, i completely missed the entrance to the 401. while i freaked, edward calmly told me to get off at the next exit. and then we got lost. hahah. it should've taken us 5 minutes to get back on the highway. but instead, it took us... uhm.. 45 minutes. we went west when we should have gone east. oops. in our defense, we didn't have a map or a working compass. it was just a lot of "oh, it's victoria! let's go left" and "oh, it's queen street! and king! wait, where are we?" bah. so much for race. i totally couldn't be the driver. i'd have to be the navigator. with a map.

time for: some more pretending to work. the cat is completely out of the bag though, the guy behind me can see my monitor. bah, he said he had nothing when i feebly asked him if he had any work for me to do. good enough.

waste of time.

went to the national job fair today with becca, chanelle and kim. i haven't seen chanelle and kim in ages, but it was fun. i love how girls can just chat and chat and chat. the fair itself was such a waste of time. their list of exhibitors just weren't very interesting. there were retail booths for Dynamite (the clothing store), Danier Leather, Toys R' Us, Town Shoe, etc. then there were the employment agencies who set up booths, these booths had huge line ups, but really, couldn't you just email your resume to them? There were also a bunch of continuing eduation/training booths. all in all, didn't really apply to a recent grad.

hopefully tomorrow's CA night will fare better.

I just found out that the three of the big four accounting firms plus Grant Thornton are holding info sessions in waterloo in the next two weeks. i want to attend, but i'm not quite sure if i'm willing to bus it three days in a row to get to these things. augh. so much busing. so expensive.

my ideal is to find an accounting job which commences next september/october (2005). and then do my two remaining courses in the winter in one of the T.O universities while working fulltime at a contract job which will end in around june or july of 2005. so i'll have enough money and time to do stuff i want to do. such as travel for a tiny bit or help edward settle down elsewhere if he's going somewhere not in t.o for grad school. not quite sure which part of that i'll be able to achieve though.

time for: dinner. then some more CSI fun. yay!

wish me luck.

went into waterloo yesterday with edward armed with a list of things i had to accomplish.

1. get a reference from my former boss: done
2. enroll in the Laurier Alumni Employment Service: done, by a stroke of luck. there was a last minute cancellation and i was able to get an appointment with the lady who runs the service.
3. order transcripts: done, the line was surprisingly short. this is a big deal since WLU not only stands for Wilfrid Laurier University, but also We Line Up.
4. find out info on CA sessions at school: done. i even signed up for the Accounting Association and bought a ticket for CA night on thursday.

i got all of that done in an hour an a half, then i walked around campus running into people i know. it was nice. felt a little odd to know what i don't actually go there anymore. even more funny when i got stopped at least 5 times by froshies asking for directions. so brave. one girl actually bombarded me with 4 questions, heehee. i felt old, but knowledgeable.

as i said, there's a CA night (that's Chartered Accountant night) at Laurier on thurs night. There will be alumni, recruiters and co-op students from 7 CA firms attending. they will be there to answer questions, let us know about opportunities in their firms, etc. i'm not sure what i'm gonna ask yet, because i am not very good at talking to strangers on a professional level. seems pretentious and uncomfortable, but i guess i'll have to learn.

so my strategy for learning? i'm going to the national job fair in t.o tomorrow, i'll probably talk to some companies in the business/finance sector just to see what questions come up and get comfortable bs-ing to strangers. i doubt any of the major accounting firms will set up shop there, if they do, i'll stop by.

anyway.. time to sleep. tired for some odd reason, woke up at 11:30 this morning, so i'm not sure why.

oh. race is so annoying. why can't colin and christie just lose? hmm? come on!

time for: saying good nite to hunny and catching some z's. or maybe finishing the Bourne Ultimatum.

this sounds like quite a deal...

anyone wanna to go traveling for 21 days through asia? this is pretty cheap.. CDN 1500 to fly from Toronto to Hong Kong and then 21 days of unlimted flights to 14 cities in Asia. you can also extend the time period to 30, 45 or 60 days. check it out. i wanna go! but no money. boo.

now what?

friday was my last offical day of work, i'm not sure if i'm going back there for a couple more days, but i'm annoyed with management (namely a tubby belly, time wasting, inconsiderate fool) and most likely will not be going back.

so now what?? i'm gonna go to WLU tomorrow and see if i can find any recruiters or names of recruiters of the major accounting firms at WLU's career servics. i'm also going to enroll into the alumni employment services, maybe they'll be able to find me a job. and then i'll hit the National Job Fair being held on the 15th & 16th at the Convention Center. (thanx to becca for giving me a heads up.) i have already updated my resume.. and i have my references in order. the only thing i need now is a good cover letter and i'm on my way. wheeeee.

as much as i'm kinda freaking out about looking for a job though, i am looking forward to a week off without any work. yes, i know i'll most likely be looking at more than a week of being umemployed, but it'll be at least a week before i start REALLY freaking out about it.

went to dim sum with dom, edwin, maggie and edward yesterday. (stinky ab had to work) then shopping with them.. w/o maggie. then to Keg for dinner.. w/o edwin... then watched some of the Canada-Czech game.. then watched Hero with dom, edward and alex. then i hung out with edward at his place until my right contact lens got angry and created havoc with my right eye. the movie was alright.. kinda slow, kinda good. the highlight of the day was Keg, mmm, prime rib. so bad for you, yet just so damn good once in a while.

maggie left for hk today. :(

time for: cleaning my room, then lunch, then shopping. yay.

nothing fried, please.

fried fried fried.

all i've had today was fried food. i had a lunch of fried fish fillet with fries... and then dinner was at a chinese restaurant where oddly enough, we ordered four fried dishes. (duck, appetizers platter, seafood and pork) come to think of it, i had fried fish and fries yesterday for lunch too, in the form of a Friday McDeal. augh. no more. please. i want something steamed.

my parents picked up a desk for me today, it's pretty darn nice. it's really a 6 foot countertop from ikea with legs attached to it. but the countertop is a nice light wood finish and the legs are grey, so it looks pretty decent, better than the baquent table i've using for the past 3 years anyway. the best part it, it was only 15 bucks. they were trying to get rid of stock or something and marked stuff down really really low. the countertop thingie was original $125... now down to $5. that's like 96% off. hahah. 5 bucks!! what can you buy with 5 bucks these days? my parents were pretty impressed with themselves.. actually, i was pretty impressed to. it's unusual for something to be cheap enough for them and astheticlly sufficent for me.

i've got two more days of the weekend ahead of me, i'm so excited. i'm gonna switch between the CSI marathon on SpikeTV and the What Not to Wear marathon on TLC on monday. then i'll have to decide whether i want to work all next week or just tues and friday. on the one hand, it's money. on the other, i'll never properly look for a job if i already have a job. hmm.

time for: chilling with Edward, as always. we've been trying to watch this scary movie for a month, but we still haven't... and i dun think we will tonite. i dun feel like being scared tonite.

i did it again.

25 days ago, i made an entry on my blog about how i'm gonna get my act together and look for an accounting job. well, the days have come and gone and i only have a week of work left. guess who's gonna be umemployed at the end of the week! me! whee! i finally installed microsoft office on my computer, so now i really have no excuse for not doing my cover letters and whatnot. augh. it can't be that hard! i dunno why i haven't started.

so i was catching up on ab's blog today.. cuz you know, that's how we know what the hell is going on with each other. since we can't pick up the phone or write emails. heehee. and he was talking about people he could potentially pair up with if he were to apply for Race. this is par of what he had to say:

"Eve's out the fuckin' question (think Zack and Flo). We would come out of the race either as winners or not speaking to each other, haha."

first of all.. i'm Zack, and he's Flo. and i think there's some merit in his hypothesis. we'd drive each other insane if we were stuck together day-to-day. but the truth is, i dun think we'd hate each other, cuz ab's the only one out of all my friends whom hasn't totally bugged me. ever. in the 10 years i've been friends with him. everyone other close friend i've complained about or "wronged" me at some point in my friendship with them. but ab? nothing to complain about. i make fun of him, sure, but they are all just jokes. like the time he put unwrapped choclate in his pants and was surprised to see that it had melted. or the time he forgot to bring shoes and socks when he rollarbladed to my bbq... or the time he pulled up the whole bottle of a mini water-cooler, spilling water everywhere, simply because he didn't know there was water in it... and the time... wait. i'm getting off track here. ab's an excellent friend, fun, entertaining, loving and just so so so understanding.

k. i'm ending my anti-rant about ab right here before people start asking me what's wrong with me.

time for: the rest of my sunday nite pampering. then talk to hunny. bunny. and then off to sleep.

yay, family!

my sister Dawn arrived unannounced last friday, stayed for a week and left yesterday. haven't seen her since christmas, so the past week has been lots of family time. we celebrated both my dad's birthday and Dawn's birthday since they were only 4 days apart. it's been a while since we all sat together at the dinner able eating an elaborate meal my mom prepared. it's also been a while since we sat together and laughed at stupid things.. i rememeber the days when i used to crack up so bad at least once a week at the dinner table. my family had a bbq on thurs for dawn's birthday and they invited edward. it was the first time he ate with my whole family and i hope he wasn't too uncomfy. i mean, he only wiped ketchup on his shirt... and spilled fruitopia on his pants. heehee.

speaking of people i haven't seen in a long time.. my HK friend from grade 3 with whom i haven't spoken to in 3 years emailed today informing me of her new gmail account and so i replied, cuz i too, have a new gmail account. lo and behold, she added me msn right away and we ended catching up on stuff. she sent me a link to one of her online albums and damn, she's so pretty now! not that she was ever ugly.. but she's grown into really a pretty girl (at least i think so) with nicely-developed features while retaining a look of innocence. i told her she was really pretty a couple of times in our conversation and now i wonder if she think i'm lesbian.. cuz she asked me if i was attached, not if i had a bf. hahah.

i've noticed that a lot of people get prettier as they get older.. their skin clears up, they lose their baby fat and their makeup is applied with an expert hand. this is where i feel inadequate. skin clears up? not so much. lose baby fat? sure, but i gained some dense, adult fat. makeup with expert hand? nope, i keep buying the wrong shades of foundation that give me clown face. i think i should spend the rest of the year working on this.. but i'm always afraid that even if i lose 30 pounds, have clear skin and get all made up, i'd still only be average. fuck it, i'm average now, so why the hell bother? or perhaps this is just an excuse. bah!

time for: going out with hunny!

rent-a-car? rent-a-purse!

i was listening to a chinese radio station today and according to them, there's a new business concept in hk. as you may already have guessed in the title of my entry, the concept is to rent out deisgner bags to people for a fraction of the price. they have the same service in the states called Bag, borrow or steal.

i must say i'm quite against this idea. there's something about it that just doesn't seem right. the host compared this idea to the idea of renting a luxury car or an apartment you cannot afford to buy. i fail to see how these ideas are similar. an expensive car costs 60 grand, an expensive apartment costs half a million.. an 600 dollar bag pales in comparison. besides, you can't compare this with the luxury cars and condos because the difference between renting and owning those item are exponentially more than the difference between renting and buying a designer bag . people called into the show and said this is going to be thriving concept (to which i agree, since there's lots of demand), but the callers also said that it's accpetable and they wouldn't think there's anything wrong with engaging in this business. uh. no. i don't agree to that.

the whole idea here is that people can use something they cannot not afford to own. specifically, using something that they think will elevate their status. they want to use this bag to show that they can afford items of luxury when in reality, they can't. it urks me to think that people will go this far to pretend to be something they are not. okay, so you can't buy a 600 dollar bag, live with it. go buy another bag with the 60 bucks (plus s&h) it would've cost to rent a bag that you will have to return!

the guy on the radio also made a comparison between the similarity of renting purses and renting wedding gowns. i'm gonna go kick that guy's ass. wedding gowns are special, you use it for only one day in your life, it's the most special day in your life (or so they say) and most gorgeous, great-fitting dresses are going to cost an arm an a leg.

bags are meant to be used more than once, you use it for day to day activities, a bag isn't going to make you look radiant, and really, the bag looks the same on everyone.

don't pretend to be someone you cannot afford. or maybe you can just keep using your 80 dollar LV knock-off, poser.

time for: thinking, "damn! i ranted again, didn't i?"

i got nothing... to say.

had quite an enjoyable weekend. spent a few hours watching what not to wear with edward on friday. i really like that show. I especially like clinton, he's so much better that the first season's long-haired freako. then i was maggie's hair model for saturday and sunday during the day. that was interesting, the teacher showed a lot of techniques of styling the hair and whatnot.

then there was the group of 7 bbq on sunday. Group of 6, really, cuz queenie no longer shows up to any of these things. it was a lot of fun, actually. it was odd cuz we had 4 couples and mike. i mean, not that any of the couples were excessively lovey dovey, but it must've been odd for mike. i know if i was me, i'd be kinda uncomfortable. Actually, i know i would've been uncomfortable. i recall going to a dinner a couple of years ago with about 15 other people and i was practically the only person who was single. it wasn't the fact that seeing all these couples annoyed me or took away from the conversations, it was just that i felt kinda alone. and i remember making a vow that i'd never become one of those ppl who were always "bf this, bf that". i'm not sure i'm doing a good job keeping that vow right now. dude, i try. i just hope to hell that i don't make anyone excessively uncomfortable and if i am, i'd like to be told about it instead of being made fun about it. cuz as we all know, i'm a very defensive person, if i get made fun of, i'll rant and there'll be no solving things.

i have nothing to rant about today, something must be wrong with me.

time for: finishing something at work...

email for dummies.

i have sat in 8 hours of training for Microsoft Oulook in the past three days. It was not only boring, but very very useless. Apparently there are all sorts of fancy features in Outlook, for example, did you know that you can schedule meetings that will never take place because everyone's schedule change constantly? how about the feature where write yourself "sticky notes" in the program? yeah, so that when the computer crashes you can't find that vital piece of info anywhere. umm.. how about writing on an actual post-it and stick it on the side of your monitor?

oh.. and Outlook allows people to assign tasks to you. i can see my manager abusing this feature. he's the kinda guy that will pull you in a two hour meeting at 9am under the pretense that it'll only take 10 minutes, then at the end of the meeting at 11am he'll tell you have that he "forgot" to mention that you have a deadline at 11:30am.. for a task that will take you two hours to complete. augh. friggin' windbag.

if i wasn't paid for sitting there, i'd be pissed.

time for: dinner.. and then laundry? hopefully?

shut... up!

heeeeeeeeeeeehahahahha.. HEEEEEEEEEEHAHAHAHAHA... HEEEEEEEEEHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

that's all i hear from 12pm to 1pm everyday when i'm working. there's a lady at work who likes to talk on the phone during her lunch hour from 12-1 everyday and she laughs while she talks. i don't know who the fuck she's talking to, but it's really annoying! i can't concentrate when i hear a hyena laugh every two seconds. and her voice is really shirll too. grr.

we recevied an email about the dress code in the office today. it was about casual fridays. and get this, "while fridays are dress down days, pls note that t-shirts and running shoes are not permitted". uhm. ok. so what do i wear? the running shoes i can deal with, although i still think it's bullshit. but t-shirt? what do you mean by a t-hsirt? one of those extra large white t-shirt with stains on them? or one of those many fitted t-shirts which i own and not only wear on fridays, but on a daily basis? what am i supposed to wear if not a t-shirt? a blouse? what the hell is a blouse? who even wears blouses, except for middle aged ladies stuck in the eighties and wearing colourful suits (which in reaity are ill-fitting jackets with huge shoulder pads and matching pants/shorts/skirts) with their pantyhose and flat shoes? i haven't even seen the word blouse in stores for the longest time. besides, how does the way one dress affect the efficiency of their work? i mean, if people aren't wearing something that will distract others, such as tube tops with overspilling boobs, or wearing something which inhibits them from working, such as, oh i don't know, a strait jacket, then what's the harm in dress the way we want?

i understand that professionalism comes into play here, but please, if you are going to send out an email indicating the inappropriateness of t-shirts and running shoes, then perhaps an email about hyena laughter should be circulated as well.

time for: grabbing some lunch.

wish me luck please.

i finally got around to printing a list of designated accounting training firms in toronto. now i have to call the ones that are accessible (ie. doesn't take me 2 hours of commute each way) and see if they'll take me. i have one month to do this. just one stinking month! aaaaaaaaaaaaaah!! then again, i'm ready to leave the place i'm working at right now. it's a pretty easy going office environment but there is just so much office politics. i suppose that's natural in any office, but i'm caught in the middle here. i don't like to be the middle of things and trying to get along with both sides of office (basically young and old) is difficult and irritating. i know what led up to this status of mine... and when i start another job, i'm gonna make sure i stay out of everyone's way. esp. middle aged women who like to complain. the average employee in this office have little to no post-secondary education, maybe that's why they like to gossip and make big deals out of nothing. things can get a little unprofessional. i am by no means an elitist, but i can totally see a difference between the people who had more schooling and people who had not. the ones who have tend to know exactly what they are saying and are quite rational. the ones who don't tend to scream and be shrill to get their point across. i also think common sense is directly proportional to education and work experience too...

then again, ab just completely shatters this hypothesis of mine. heehee.

oh, i thought this was kinda cool. odd how elections in canada and in the states are so different.

time for: going on mapquest.ca to see where some of these accounting firms are.

i miss school. there, i said it.

my co-worker and i were talking about last year's blackout yesterday. naturally, the subject of where we were when it happened came up. i was at laurier, studying in the atrium of the schlegel building. i didn't even know it was such a big deal until my sister called a couple of hours later demanding to know whether i was okay.
 
edward and i were the only ones left in the house by then, everyone else were gone since they were done school. i had a P4 takeout and he had cold leftover swiss chalet chicken. then we roasted mini marshmallows over my green tea scented candle. we just hung around upstairs after that, don't really remember what we did but i do know i tried to go to sleep without any sucess. the lights came back on at around 2am and being the geeks we are, we booted up our computers and we were the only ones on icq, which never ever happens. we stayed up 'til really late on our respective floor of the house and chatted on MSN and played games 'til we were falling asleep.
 
i like recalling memories such as those cuz they remind me that edward and i really were friends who were very comfortable with each other before anything happened. we were friends purely because we enjoyed each other's company, not because of the attraction we had between us as some ppl have suggested.
 
i really really really miss waterloo in so many ways. i think fourth year was the second best year of my life, the first being grade 11.
 
i loved how school wasn't really as hectic as i thought it was.
i loved how i could do anything i wanted and not have someone nagging me all the time.
i loved the giggles and talks with jo and alice and of course all the time i spent with edward.
i loved playing uno on alice's bed and crack up cuz it's so late and we are all so stressed about exams/deadlines but we just wanted to procrasstinate.
 
it just brings a smile to my face.
 
time for: sleep! it's 1:30am.. i have to get up in 5.5 hours. ack.

bye bye jimmy.. i'll miss you.

i realize that this entry is about two months late, but i only finished watching the last episode of SNL a few minutes ago. *sniff sniff* where am i gonna get my jimmy fix now? sure, i'll go see Taxi when it comes out, but it's a guaranteed flop. floppity-flop.  this is gonna leave a void. sigh.

time for: din din.. then gym.. then RACE! who wants to come over for RACE? you? no? dammit, you guys suck!

anyone up for this? say around beginning of sept.?

YAY! IT'S DONE!

today was a much much much better day.
 
factor #1: woke up at a decent hour today (11:15am to be exact), no insane banging on the wall to wake me up. score!
 
factor #2: got some Eve time after i woke up and read a book, walked around in my jammies and took my sweet time checking ppl's blogs, the news,  the paper etc.
 
factor #3: my computer is finally starting to feel like my computer again.. it was an empty shell for a week and a half after it was reformatted and now it's got 90% of the programs/functions that i'm acustomed to on my computer. winamp is working, yay!
 
factor #4: I CLEANED OUT ALL MY SHIT FROM MY ROOM!!!! this is quite an achievement, i think. all my waterloo junk is now either in boxes or on a shelf in my room. and with edward's help, the five speakers that came with my stereo are finally all hooked up, 5 years after they were purchased. i'm so excited about my clean, clutter free room. ('cept for that little corner which still has a little hill of junk. but it's just a hill, so it's alright)
 
factor #5: 7 happy months. muah.
 
time for: a little bit of sleep. about 6 hours probably. sigh. stupid weekdays.

BANG BANG BANG.

do you know the feeling when you just woke up and you feel all disoriented and have no idea what the hell is going on?
 
the sound of something banging against the wall woke me up this morning. i thought it was someone trying to knock the side door down because there was an emergency. then my head cleared a little and i checked my phone. it was 7:45am. i crawled to the foot of my bed and opened the door just as my mom was coming out of her room looking every bit as disoriented as i was feeling. she went to see what was going on and found my dad with a hammer in his hand. apparently he decided to get a head start on home renovations and was trying to take out a milk box installed into our side wall.
 
at 7:45 in the morning. on a saturday.
 
wtf, mate?
 
seriously, why the hell would anyone in their right mind bring a hammer to a wall at that time of the day on a saturday? my theory was that he was bored. good god, make some breakfast or watch some tv if you are bored, don't try to put a hole in the wall!
 
time for: cleaning my room. i wish i could put up a picture to show you how messy my room has become.
 
 

summerfest 2004 

OH RIGHT, I HAVE A BLOG.

whoa whoa whoa.. have i neglected my blogging for that long?  the blogspot composer has turned all fancy. cool.
 
past couple of weeks have been kinda busy. didn't really do much except for go to summerfest last weekend. that was a good/bad weekend. good because it was fun to hang out with everyone. bad because summerfest itself was sucky since they played alternative all the time. one thing i learned though is that i cannot sleep on the ground when i'm not that tired with the sun in my face. oh, and i get paranoid when i'm lacking sleep. who knew.
 
oh check this out, it's disgusting. yum.
 
saw i, robot yesterday. it was pretty good, a little creepy how life-like the robots were though. haha, i'm like an old person who's creeped out by new fangle CGI stuff. the movie mixed action and a little bit of sentiment nicely. it was a nice, fluffy, Will Smith summer movie. better than wild wild west at least, i'm sure.
 
time for: must continue looking for a job.

ONE OF THOSE DAYS...

today feels like a blah day, one of those days when i can't seem to cheer up and i'm not even sure i know why. all these little things bugging me, not enough to really annoy me, but enough to make me feel very blah.

woke up in a bad mood.. maybe i had a bad dream? dunno. didn't help that i had a throbbing pain behind my right eye. didn't have anything to eat at home for breakfast. slammed my head hard twice on the glass on the subway while dozing off. realized that my my pants were caught btn my heel and shoe because the shoe is falling apart. came to work and was put on an assignment that was completely frustrating. bothered by the boss about "technical" questions... learn how to use a computer, man!

augh.. see no way out of this yuckyness today. dun even feel like shopping during lunch even though the temp. is so nice outside.

maybe this'll go away in the next hour or so...

time for: more mundane tasks at work

YAY, WEEKEND!

*yawn*

so glad it's the weekend in an hour and 45 minutes.

this has been a long week, even though we had a day off yesterday it still wasn't enough. i need people to stop waking me up!

the problem with my lack of sleep is that from sunday night to thurs nights, I don't get enough sleep cuz I have to get up at 7 in the morning. Then when Friday and Saturday night comes around, I refuse to sleep early because those are the nights I can actually stay up late. So I get a lack of sleep during the week cuz of work, then I get a lack of sleep during the weekend cuz I'm dumbass. And then I complain about the lack of sleep. Maybe someone should just slap me. Or ground me.

saw spied yesterday, really liked it. Thought it was kinda strange though, I won't go into it in case there are people who have not seen it. it was nice seeing funny people who make me laugh. I just love dumbasses who drink alcohol after taking medication. So irrational, yet so suitable. Ha.

so bored at work today. I bascially have nothing to do because I never stay in one department long enough for my work to accumulate. doesn't help that it's the day between a day off and a weekend either. My bosses are not here so there's nothing stopping me from surfing and blogging and emailing from my little corner of the office. Maybe I'll use the next hour and a half to look for a new job. Ha.

time for: pretending to work.