so. dan was gonna go up to jason's place, like him. nita wanted to go too since jim was gonna go, my dad was gonna go (to play cards/mahjongg--not for the food, like most of us), dan was gonna go, and we weren't throwing any parties with each other:
alice has her own thing
kenni has his own thing w/ his family
jim was gonna go to jason's
dan was gonna go to jason's.
but then dan changed his mind, and we're gonna hot-pot @ his place. on the day of christmas.
i like dan, but his sauce sucks. so we're gonna see what happens. nate still doesn't talk yet. like us two (me+nita) when we were small. we didn't talk till we were past 2yrs old, according to my grandma. so apparently, nate is following suit.
he's very smart though. and yesterday, he stayed up till about 12am w/ us. nita+dad didn't go cause they thought that he was asleep by then, like 99% of the time. but he wasn't, and that didn't change their mind. nita prob wanted to watch korean soaps. she obsessses over them. new thing besides manga.
yesterday, nita went w/ jim+blendi to trump, where his ma now works @ instead of hyatt sofitel. they only went for the food, and immediately came back--b4 3pm, when my rents leave 4 work. they were gonna have nita stay @ jim's since she didn't bring her keys, and we weren't gonna be home. but she came.
there weren't any presents. only for the food. but it was good, according 2 nita. my ma was like, "of course! when jim's ma worked @ hyatt, we weren't in a depression. now we are. so there won't be toys."
the couple of times we did go to hyatt, it was nice. food was okay, toys were okay. we went twice. then they started to limit it to only the children of employees, so we stopped going. it's not like their toys were brilliant anyways.
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
life: So-So
so much has happened since the last time i blogged!
1. cherry got married!!
cherry's mom didn't really like the guy... he was divorced, shorter then her, and had a kid. all of which i discovered @ ah Moon's wedding. but they got married anyway.
we aren't close, but i went to see the guys steep 新娘.
it was pretty funny. the guys were wimps. they spat out $600 in the end. though we did have to close the doors on them a couple times. it was particularily hard since the storm door had plasic over it to block out the cold. but money got through the mailbox. they kept on wiping the constantly fogged-up door, but they should have written on the condensation instead. which they found out later.
@ ah Moon's wedding, the guys only gave $200, and we had to claw, take off shoes+clothes, and they still wouldn't give the bill up. solid grip in his fist the entire time. Andy fell on top of ppl, we pulled off shoes, tux jackets, and he still wouldn't let it go....!!
2 bad there aren't any videos. so i look crazy right now. but it was fun. i totally forgot about it till my ma talked about how easy these guys were.
so then they finally let them in. after they decided where to hide her, and when they were done fiddling w/ her dress: in the living room, right by the door. but we would stand a in a line, blocking their view. i stood by karen+stephanie.
they had him profess his love for her out loud cause he kept on claiming he didn't know how to sing, and he didn't know any love songs. on top of that, they wanted him to sing it--not is groomsmen to express how determined he is.
so the guys headed into the hallway after they were told that she was in one of the rooms. what they should have done is this: choose how many doors you wan to open. $20/room. if you get it wrong, $50 punishment. i need to remember that. do that on my wedding.
so in the end, i got a bonus $20.
dos-dez. stephanie+karen+allie was there too. surprise surprise! they didn't look much different. they both were casual. allie was all dressed up in a cut little dress...she was cute. they were openly discussing physics extra-cred. i thought i was a geek. not that i can say anything since i stuck to my ma everywhere she went.
and that day was the 1st time i had a lindt chocolate. i mean, in DC i went into a lindt shoppe, but i didn't buy their truffles. the sales didn't push it quite enough, and i didn't try their fee truffle sample they gave me cause i thought that the stuff behind the glass case would be fancier+classier. when i brought it back, no one really gave a damn. i don't even think i ate a piece. just gave it to dan+ivy. that was before they had nate.
that truffle was good! oh-my-god good. so the other day @ tj maxx, nita wanted some. $5/24 pieces. and then later on, yesterday, we saw that @ walgreens+CVS, it was only $3!! i couldn't believe it!! walgreens was cheaper then tj maxx!! so we bought some cause we finished the other bag. and then we found out that it was $3/12 pieces. rip off!! i knew it!
candy canes.
and we went out for candy canes yesterday. it was a total phail. @ jewel's, it's $10/10boxes--$1 for 10 candy canes. but when we went out to buy soda (we were out of coke) i forgot to buy it. nit supposedly only wants this 4 christmas. so we went out to CVS. but they didn't have the traditional ones--they had the candy-flavored ones.
so we went to Domonick's. we went up to the 2nd floor, back donw, went back up cause the guy told us there were supposed to be some sold by the box instead of individually ($0.25/1 cane), and we went back down and left empty handed cause they had some sold by the box, but they were chocolate+mint from hershey's. though nita loves mint, i guess she really wanted peppermint canes.
and later on, we went to Jewel again. and forgot again. cause when we came home, nita was like,"did you guys get the candy canes?" and i smacked my head. we both forgot. again. and again. we're getting old.
2. ivan's month-old party.
tam+sam's new bro, ivan, turned one month old, so they threw a party @ danny's place. danny was still working, so he never sat down to eat w/ us. it was sad.
so we arrived @ 5pm. b4 anyone else. but of corse tam was already there. so we just sat there like bimbos. jim wasn't gonna come till 7pm. 2 hrs to kill till he gets there. kenni wasn't gonna come--he didn't know them. but ironicly, alice came--she didn't have a clue who those ppl were, but jim still brought her. RAN-DOM!
so i ate a couple of those cheese twist crackers. saw a cute 20-ish guy--the grand kid of an old guy. he was ok. white abercrombie shirt. sat in the table behind us.
we saw the baby. not the cutest since he's only a month old. found out this name.
fast-forward. jim comes. with alice. ok. got over it. right next to us by the buffet table away from the kitchen is the kids' table. though only about 20% of the kids sat there--it was only for those who knew each other--vivianne, annie, jason, lilian, ect. so nita, blendi, + alice sat there. i managed to confince jim to sit w. me cause the entire table was only adults. i sat next to angie+her husband. sat w/ ivy, grandpa, angie's parents, and her older sis(?).
the food was nice. took a long time to come out though.
the milk-tea was horrible. WAY too sweet. jim's mango ice was good though. according 2 him. and angie's sis's honeydew was way too sweet too. so they sorta failed in the drinks depot. and it's a big hit considering that they made @ least 20 smoothies.
angie's baby: TYLER!!! @ 1st, when she came, he was asleep. so we didn't bother him. but he woke later on. he. has. HUGE EYES!!!! ALIEN HUGE!! in a cute way. he's so cute!!! he's 4 months old. spoiled already. cause his grandma needs to hold him while he sleeps. once he gets put down, he cries. too late.
sno ball fight!
so. the kids finished a long time ago cause the kitchen served them first. and they had a better menu then us. dan+jim planned to egg someone for like an entire hour. it was a boiled egg, but they did it anyway. i didn't rat on them cause i thought, "they have no reason to target nita." but they did. successfully.
nita got targeted 3 times. fell for it each time. the entire time, she's like, "you guys ever herd of snow?! or a snowball?!"
horrible aim. both sides. but the guys were winning. no one had gloves. it was dan+jim v. nita. blendi was in and out. poor her.
jim kept bragging about how he steps out in clear view, and yet nita fails to hit him. 6x.
so the guys went back in for a while. i decided to go out w/ jim. they were in a salon by jewel. but jim saw them @ jewel's instead. no one had cash. except jim, who professed he had $25 on him. told nita to jump him. fail. they chaised each other around for a bit. i told blendi+alice, "i don't know them. watch them run into a pyramid of canned soup."
blendi discovered the condom aisle. and discovred that they sold the condoms her dad had. she yelled, "jim!! come over!!"
nita was like, "only blendi would come closer. and actually touch them."
jim came over. blendi was like, "those are the ones dad uses!"
i was like, "how do u kno blendi?"
she was like, "cause! they're right there when you open the drawer!!"
blendi is like that. gives TMI about her parent's sex lives. i don't need to know this!! and u don't either!!
1. cherry got married!!
cherry's mom didn't really like the guy... he was divorced, shorter then her, and had a kid. all of which i discovered @ ah Moon's wedding. but they got married anyway.
we aren't close, but i went to see the guys steep 新娘.
it was pretty funny. the guys were wimps. they spat out $600 in the end. though we did have to close the doors on them a couple times. it was particularily hard since the storm door had plasic over it to block out the cold. but money got through the mailbox. they kept on wiping the constantly fogged-up door, but they should have written on the condensation instead. which they found out later.
@ ah Moon's wedding, the guys only gave $200, and we had to claw, take off shoes+clothes, and they still wouldn't give the bill up. solid grip in his fist the entire time. Andy fell on top of ppl, we pulled off shoes, tux jackets, and he still wouldn't let it go....!!
2 bad there aren't any videos. so i look crazy right now. but it was fun. i totally forgot about it till my ma talked about how easy these guys were.
so then they finally let them in. after they decided where to hide her, and when they were done fiddling w/ her dress: in the living room, right by the door. but we would stand a in a line, blocking their view. i stood by karen+stephanie.
they had him profess his love for her out loud cause he kept on claiming he didn't know how to sing, and he didn't know any love songs. on top of that, they wanted him to sing it--not is groomsmen to express how determined he is.
so the guys headed into the hallway after they were told that she was in one of the rooms. what they should have done is this: choose how many doors you wan to open. $20/room. if you get it wrong, $50 punishment. i need to remember that. do that on my wedding.
so in the end, i got a bonus $20.
dos-dez. stephanie+karen+allie was there too. surprise surprise! they didn't look much different. they both were casual. allie was all dressed up in a cut little dress...she was cute. they were openly discussing physics extra-cred. i thought i was a geek. not that i can say anything since i stuck to my ma everywhere she went.
and that day was the 1st time i had a lindt chocolate. i mean, in DC i went into a lindt shoppe, but i didn't buy their truffles. the sales didn't push it quite enough, and i didn't try their fee truffle sample they gave me cause i thought that the stuff behind the glass case would be fancier+classier. when i brought it back, no one really gave a damn. i don't even think i ate a piece. just gave it to dan+ivy. that was before they had nate.
that truffle was good! oh-my-god good. so the other day @ tj maxx, nita wanted some. $5/24 pieces. and then later on, yesterday, we saw that @ walgreens+CVS, it was only $3!! i couldn't believe it!! walgreens was cheaper then tj maxx!! so we bought some cause we finished the other bag. and then we found out that it was $3/12 pieces. rip off!! i knew it!
candy canes.
and we went out for candy canes yesterday. it was a total phail. @ jewel's, it's $10/10boxes--$1 for 10 candy canes. but when we went out to buy soda (we were out of coke) i forgot to buy it. nit supposedly only wants this 4 christmas. so we went out to CVS. but they didn't have the traditional ones--they had the candy-flavored ones.
so we went to Domonick's. we went up to the 2nd floor, back donw, went back up cause the guy told us there were supposed to be some sold by the box instead of individually ($0.25/1 cane), and we went back down and left empty handed cause they had some sold by the box, but they were chocolate+mint from hershey's. though nita loves mint, i guess she really wanted peppermint canes.
and later on, we went to Jewel again. and forgot again. cause when we came home, nita was like,"did you guys get the candy canes?" and i smacked my head. we both forgot. again. and again. we're getting old.
2. ivan's month-old party.
tam+sam's new bro, ivan, turned one month old, so they threw a party @ danny's place. danny was still working, so he never sat down to eat w/ us. it was sad.
so we arrived @ 5pm. b4 anyone else. but of corse tam was already there. so we just sat there like bimbos. jim wasn't gonna come till 7pm. 2 hrs to kill till he gets there. kenni wasn't gonna come--he didn't know them. but ironicly, alice came--she didn't have a clue who those ppl were, but jim still brought her. RAN-DOM!
so i ate a couple of those cheese twist crackers. saw a cute 20-ish guy--the grand kid of an old guy. he was ok. white abercrombie shirt. sat in the table behind us.
we saw the baby. not the cutest since he's only a month old. found out this name.
fast-forward. jim comes. with alice. ok. got over it. right next to us by the buffet table away from the kitchen is the kids' table. though only about 20% of the kids sat there--it was only for those who knew each other--vivianne, annie, jason, lilian, ect. so nita, blendi, + alice sat there. i managed to confince jim to sit w. me cause the entire table was only adults. i sat next to angie+her husband. sat w/ ivy, grandpa, angie's parents, and her older sis(?).
the food was nice. took a long time to come out though.
the milk-tea was horrible. WAY too sweet. jim's mango ice was good though. according 2 him. and angie's sis's honeydew was way too sweet too. so they sorta failed in the drinks depot. and it's a big hit considering that they made @ least 20 smoothies.
angie's baby: TYLER!!! @ 1st, when she came, he was asleep. so we didn't bother him. but he woke later on. he. has. HUGE EYES!!!! ALIEN HUGE!! in a cute way. he's so cute!!! he's 4 months old. spoiled already. cause his grandma needs to hold him while he sleeps. once he gets put down, he cries. too late.
sno ball fight!
so. the kids finished a long time ago cause the kitchen served them first. and they had a better menu then us. dan+jim planned to egg someone for like an entire hour. it was a boiled egg, but they did it anyway. i didn't rat on them cause i thought, "they have no reason to target nita." but they did. successfully.
nita got targeted 3 times. fell for it each time. the entire time, she's like, "you guys ever herd of snow?! or a snowball?!"
horrible aim. both sides. but the guys were winning. no one had gloves. it was dan+jim v. nita. blendi was in and out. poor her.
jim kept bragging about how he steps out in clear view, and yet nita fails to hit him. 6x.
so the guys went back in for a while. i decided to go out w/ jim. they were in a salon by jewel. but jim saw them @ jewel's instead. no one had cash. except jim, who professed he had $25 on him. told nita to jump him. fail. they chaised each other around for a bit. i told blendi+alice, "i don't know them. watch them run into a pyramid of canned soup."
blendi discovered the condom aisle. and discovred that they sold the condoms her dad had. she yelled, "jim!! come over!!"
nita was like, "only blendi would come closer. and actually touch them."
jim came over. blendi was like, "those are the ones dad uses!"
i was like, "how do u kno blendi?"
she was like, "cause! they're right there when you open the drawer!!"
blendi is like that. gives TMI about her parent's sex lives. i don't need to know this!! and u don't either!!
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
music: GaGa
the first time i EVER herd of the Lady GaGa is from Miss Universe. I don't even really care about it anymore--Miss Hong Kong, Miss Asia, Miss USA, Miss Whatever--no matter who the f*ck you want to win, she never does. So here's the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4No2pBNOA
Honest to God: (though i'm not explicitly christian, i am not atheist either...)
i thought: who is this deranged woman??? if she's SO famous, how come i've NEVER herd of her?? and 'just dance??? i lost my keys?' are u serious? but now, i ADORE her. i love it. its probably cause when it comes to lyrics, it doesn't have to make sense, and i found out i love Dance, in addition to pop and rock.
i wish she had more albums out, but her's her only one out so far: The Fame.
Track List: (US edition)
SIDETRACK: BEARSHARE v. LIMEWIRE
so--these two are my top notch favorites, and they're vastly different:
Limewire:
so, now i adore her for no reason... i just love her.
Lyrics:
Just Dance (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M65zI9LH-as)
Red One
Konvict
I've had a little bit too much
All of the people start to rush (Start to rush by)
A dizzy twister dance, can't find my drink or man
Where are my keys?
I lost my phone
What's goin' on, on the floor?
I love this record baby but I can't see straight anymore
Keep it cool,
what's the name of this club?
I can't remember, but it's alright, a-alright
Just dance, gonna be okay
Da da doo doot-n
Just dance,
spin that record babe
Da da doo doot-n
Just dance, gonna be okay
D-D-D-Dance, dance, dance, just
J-J-Just dance
Wish I could shut my playboy mouth oh oh o oh
How'd I turn my shirt inside out? (Inside out right)
Control your poison babe, roses have thorns they say,
And we're all getting hosed tonight!
What's goin' on, on the floor?
I love this record baby but I can't see straight anymore
Keep it cool, what's the name of this club?
I can't remember, but it's alright, a-alright
Just dance, gonna be okay
Da da doo doot-n
Just dance, spin that record babe
Da da doo doot-n
Just dance, gonna be okay
D-D-D-Dance, dance, dance, just
J-J-Just dance
When I come through on the dance floor checkin' out that catalogue
Can't believe my eyes so many women without a flaw
And I ain't gonna give it up, steady trying to pick it up like a call
I'm a hit it up, beat it up, latch on to it until tomorrow yeah
(Shorty I can see that you got so much energy
The way you twirlin' up them hips round and round
(And there is no reason at all why you can't leave here with me
In the mean time let me watch you break it down and
Dance, gonna be okay oh oh
Da da doo doot-n
Just dance, spin that record babe
Da da doo doot-n
Just dance, gonna be okay
D-D-D-Dance, dance, dance, just
J-J-Just dance
Half psychotic sick hypnotic got my blueprint it's symphonic
Half psychotic sick hypnotic got my blueprint it's electronic
Half psychotic sick hypnotic got my blueprint it's symphonic
Half psychotic sick hypnotic got my blueprint it's electronic
Go, use your muscle carve it out work it, hustle!
Don't slow! Drive it, clean it, lysol, bleed it
Spend the last dough, in your pocko!
Just dance, gonna be okay
Da da doo doot-n
Just dance, spin that record babe
Da da doo doot-n
Just dance, gonna be okay
D-d-d-dance, dance, dance, just
J-j-just dance
Love Game (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fDwRRZ7eUo)
Let's have some fun, this beat is sick
I wanna take a ride on your disco stick
Let's have some fun, this beat is sick
I wanna take a ride on your disco stick
I wanna kiss you
But if i do then i might miss you, babe
It's complicated and stupid
Got my ass squeezed by sexy cupid
Guess he wants to play, wants to play
a love game, a love game
Hold me and love me
Just want touch you for a minute
Baby three seconds is in it for my heart to quit it
Let's have some fun, this beat is sick
I wanna take a ride on your disco stick
Don't think too much, just bust that thick
I wanna take a ride on your disco stick
Let's play a love game, play a love game
Do you want love, or you want fame?
are you in the game
Through the love game
Let's play a love game, play a love game
Do you want love, or you want fame?
are you in the game
Through the love game
I'm on a mission and it involves some heavy touching, yeah
You've indicated your interest, i'm educated in sex, yes
And now i want it bad, want it bad
A love game, a love game
Hold me and love me
Just want touch you for a minute
Baby three seconds is in it for my heart to quit it
Let's have some fun, this beat is sick
I wanna take a ride on your disco stick
Don't think too much, just bust that kick
I wanna take a ride on your disco stick
Let's play a love game, play a love game
Do you want love, or you want fame?
are you in the game
Through the love game
Let's play a love game, play a love game
Do you want love, or you want fame
are you in the game
Through the love game
I can see you staring there from across the block
With a smile on your mouth and your hand on your huh!
The story of us, it always starts the same,
A boy and a girl and a (huh!) and a game
and game
and a game
and a game
a love game
Let's play a love game,
play a love game
Do you want love, or you want fame
are you in the game
Through the love game
Let's play a love game, play a love game
Do you want love, or you want fame
are you in the game
Through the love game
Let's play a love game, play a love game
Do you want love, or you want fame
are you in the game
Through the love game
Let's play a love game, play a love game
Do you want love, or you want fame
are you in the game
Through the love game
Paparazzi (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv3XzFsEAjc)
Poker Face (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONqBj8aTMN8)
Boys Boys Boys (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJgOWpyTiKM)
Honest to God: (though i'm not explicitly christian, i am not atheist either...)
i thought: who is this deranged woman??? if she's SO famous, how come i've NEVER herd of her?? and 'just dance??? i lost my keys?' are u serious? but now, i ADORE her. i love it. its probably cause when it comes to lyrics, it doesn't have to make sense, and i found out i love Dance, in addition to pop and rock.
i wish she had more albums out, but her's her only one out so far: The Fame.
Track List: (US edition)
- Just Dance
- Love Game
- Paparazzi
- Beautiful, Dirty, Rich
- Eh, Eh (Nothing Else I Can Say)
- Poker Face
- Money Honey
- Again Again
- Boys Boys Boys
- Brown Eyes
- Summerboy
- I Like It Rough
SIDETRACK: BEARSHARE v. LIMEWIRE
so--these two are my top notch favorites, and they're vastly different:
Limewire:
- ILLegal
- LOTS of songs
- INTERNATIONAL songs--my fave place for my chinese/korean/japanese music
- I only use it for downloading music.
- COMPLETELY LEGAL
- Limited amount of songs
- American/English songs only
- USERS INTERACT!! you meet new friends (like facebook/myspace) and see who else also downloads the songs you do, and you can IM (instant message) others...i love it!
so, now i adore her for no reason... i just love her.
Lyrics:
Just Dance (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M65zI9LH-as)
Red One
Konvict
I've had a little bit too much
All of the people start to rush (Start to rush by)
A dizzy twister dance, can't find my drink or man
Where are my keys?
I lost my phone
What's goin' on, on the floor?
I love this record baby but I can't see straight anymore
Keep it cool,
what's the name of this club?
I can't remember, but it's alright, a-alright
Just dance, gonna be okay
Da da doo doot-n
Just dance,
spin that record babe
Da da doo doot-n
Just dance, gonna be okay
D-D-D-Dance, dance, dance, just
J-J-Just dance
Wish I could shut my playboy mouth oh oh o oh
How'd I turn my shirt inside out? (Inside out right)
Control your poison babe, roses have thorns they say,
And we're all getting hosed tonight!
What's goin' on, on the floor?
I love this record baby but I can't see straight anymore
Keep it cool, what's the name of this club?
I can't remember, but it's alright, a-alright
Just dance, gonna be okay
Da da doo doot-n
Just dance, spin that record babe
Da da doo doot-n
Just dance, gonna be okay
D-D-D-Dance, dance, dance, just
J-J-Just dance
When I come through on the dance floor checkin' out that catalogue
Can't believe my eyes so many women without a flaw
And I ain't gonna give it up, steady trying to pick it up like a call
I'm a hit it up, beat it up, latch on to it until tomorrow yeah
(Shorty I can see that you got so much energy
The way you twirlin' up them hips round and round
(And there is no reason at all why you can't leave here with me
In the mean time let me watch you break it down and
Dance, gonna be okay oh oh
Da da doo doot-n
Just dance, spin that record babe
Da da doo doot-n
Just dance, gonna be okay
D-D-D-Dance, dance, dance, just
J-J-Just dance
Half psychotic sick hypnotic got my blueprint it's symphonic
Half psychotic sick hypnotic got my blueprint it's electronic
Half psychotic sick hypnotic got my blueprint it's symphonic
Half psychotic sick hypnotic got my blueprint it's electronic
Go, use your muscle carve it out work it, hustle!
Don't slow! Drive it, clean it, lysol, bleed it
Spend the last dough, in your pocko!
Just dance, gonna be okay
Da da doo doot-n
Just dance, spin that record babe
Da da doo doot-n
Just dance, gonna be okay
D-d-d-dance, dance, dance, just
J-j-just dance
Love Game (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fDwRRZ7eUo)
Let's have some fun, this beat is sick
I wanna take a ride on your disco stick
Let's have some fun, this beat is sick
I wanna take a ride on your disco stick
I wanna kiss you
But if i do then i might miss you, babe
It's complicated and stupid
Got my ass squeezed by sexy cupid
Guess he wants to play, wants to play
a love game, a love game
Hold me and love me
Just want touch you for a minute
Baby three seconds is in it for my heart to quit it
Let's have some fun, this beat is sick
I wanna take a ride on your disco stick
Don't think too much, just bust that thick
I wanna take a ride on your disco stick
Let's play a love game, play a love game
Do you want love, or you want fame?
are you in the game
Through the love game
Let's play a love game, play a love game
Do you want love, or you want fame?
are you in the game
Through the love game
I'm on a mission and it involves some heavy touching, yeah
You've indicated your interest, i'm educated in sex, yes
And now i want it bad, want it bad
A love game, a love game
Hold me and love me
Just want touch you for a minute
Baby three seconds is in it for my heart to quit it
Let's have some fun, this beat is sick
I wanna take a ride on your disco stick
Don't think too much, just bust that kick
I wanna take a ride on your disco stick
Let's play a love game, play a love game
Do you want love, or you want fame?
are you in the game
Through the love game
Let's play a love game, play a love game
Do you want love, or you want fame
are you in the game
Through the love game
I can see you staring there from across the block
With a smile on your mouth and your hand on your huh!
The story of us, it always starts the same,
A boy and a girl and a (huh!) and a game
and game
and a game
and a game
a love game
Let's play a love game,
play a love game
Do you want love, or you want fame
are you in the game
Through the love game
Let's play a love game, play a love game
Do you want love, or you want fame
are you in the game
Through the love game
Let's play a love game, play a love game
Do you want love, or you want fame
are you in the game
Through the love game
Let's play a love game, play a love game
Do you want love, or you want fame
are you in the game
Through the love game
Paparazzi (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vv3XzFsEAjc)
Poker Face (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONqBj8aTMN8)
Boys Boys Boys (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJgOWpyTiKM)
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Korean Music!
So, my cuz jim (+kenni) hooked me up on korean music. jim always blasts korean music loud in his room, and one song caught me--i'm a pop girl, so i LOVED it. it was Super Junior's (SuJu)너라고 (It's You). it's like love @ first sight. here are some other songs i love from them:
their song was amazing.
and now, i've discovered BIG BANG!!! i like their music. first time that i'm really into authentic hip-hop. i love these songs: you have to listen to them!!
- haru haru (day by day)
and these are also a few of my faves:
- MC MONG (rapper--it's not heavy american rap. it's korean pop/rap) :
- ice cream, i feel crazy, love 119, beautiful day
Monday, October 19, 2009
APUSH...
so. as a sophmore, i am able to take APUSH @ NSCPHS, and i sorta like it, sorta dont:
i like it cause i had searcy before. i know how she works.
i don't like it cause it makes me stay up late every time i have it till like 12am. but others have it worse.
we read 1 chapter (20-30 pages) everytime. vocab every time (20-25 words).
we move like 3x as fast as HUSH. so much faster. so much.
but the thing i don't like about searcy is that she makes mistakes on her worksheets/handouts, and she will never correct them. same thing last year. its cause she uses the same exact stuff every friggin year.
and she doesn't let us keep the test to study off of, which the juniors told me she used to do.
and her vocab is never in order. what friggin order is it in lady??? not alphabetical, not chronologically, so much more work! cause then i don't kno if i missed a word or not.
i like it cause i had searcy before. i know how she works.
i don't like it cause it makes me stay up late every time i have it till like 12am. but others have it worse.
we read 1 chapter (20-30 pages) everytime. vocab every time (20-25 words).
we move like 3x as fast as HUSH. so much faster. so much.
but the thing i don't like about searcy is that she makes mistakes on her worksheets/handouts, and she will never correct them. same thing last year. its cause she uses the same exact stuff every friggin year.
and she doesn't let us keep the test to study off of, which the juniors told me she used to do.
and her vocab is never in order. what friggin order is it in lady??? not alphabetical, not chronologically, so much more work! cause then i don't kno if i missed a word or not.
Monday, October 12, 2009
Incidents.
at our restaruant, we have not had lots of incidents of fake money, but we do have times where people dine and dash.
i remember this one time: these college kids come in and eat there were 2-4 of them. we were busy and we didn't pay attention to them. they sat by the doors. afterwards, my grandma (a cook), came out there and noticed they were gone. she said, "they're gone. did they pay?" and none of us had given them their check ($30-something dollars) or accepted money from them.
we called the cops. we knew them fairly well--back then, they would frequent our restuarant, and my ma would give them a generous discount of 10-25% b/c they were officers. 10 min. later, they pulled up in front of the store, with the guys in the back. they told us that they claimed to be coming from mcdonald's (there was a mcdonald's down the street), but they were acting suspicious. so they cuffed them. and my ma IDed them. they were the ones. but she let them go w/o pressing charges b/c they were willing to pay and keep the change $40.
i personally thought that they are so young--you need to teach them a lesson. they're not children any more. they're away from mom and dad, thinking they can get into bars under-aged, and do whatever they want and get away with it.
fee: back when fee worked @ the restuarant, one day a hispanic couple came in, sat way in the back by the kitchen, and placed a large order. they did not pay for it yet, and so the kitchen was busy making sure the order was done right.
when we came back out, they were gone, and so was her laptop that she left outside, along with her leather jacket.
fundraising: back sometime, about every week, there would be a couple of young african-americans selling candy to raise money. we had often bought, but we noticed that we spent too much buying candy, so this one day we declined. they stormed out, breaking a vase, knocking down the screen seperator we had by the door, and scattered menus all over the floor.
we called the cops. they were unable to catch them, but they never came back.
FIRE: there was this one day that I had noticed that there was smoke by the windows up front, and someone knocking on the windows. i had several times looked, and there was no one there. when the smoke became more and more visible, i came into the kitchen, telling my them.
they were already in a frenzy, smelling something burning. they were running around the steam table trying to douse it out, whatever that was causing the smell. but i told them it was from outside, they quickly ran.
i knew it was a fire so i, as a little girl to paid attention during fire drills, ran outside.
it was a fire from the men's bathroom from a lit cigarette. my dad smoked. he stopped though. and gained 30 lbs. even though he didn't do it cold turkey. my ma had promised him a rolex a few years back for his birthday if he quit smoking, keeping in mind that it was unhealthy, and the taxes on cigarettes rose every year. he quit alright. but the rolex never came. that was fine w/ him.
firetrucks came by, but none of them were for us. we remodled the bathroom. to this day it smells like a hint of burnt turkey.
B&E: people spray-painting our back door was often, but that was eaily fixed. there was this one time that we came to work one day and noticed that some one had tried to break in--the metal door in the back was a little dented, and peeled, like some had tried to pry it apart w/ a crowbar. but they failed. we had a sturdy lock, one of those old ones on apartment doors where a metal rod was inserted through a series of hoops to lock the door. we settled on not calling the cops, but i being the good girl raised on believeing the power of the cops, called them.
a young man arrived, and confirmed it. though there was nothing he could do.
a young man arrived a little later, from next door, a bar. L'il. he had told me how someone had broke in yesterday and stole a couple hundred dollars worth of cash and alcohol. i then told him how someone had also tried to break in yesterday. he commented on the priciness of seafood--scallops, shrimp. but i thought that was unusual. i would think they would go for the cash.
for watever reason he tried, he failed. my dad fixed the door, and installed a new lock on the bottom half of the door that was more weak and easy to pry open. there were no more attempts.
i remember this one time: these college kids come in and eat there were 2-4 of them. we were busy and we didn't pay attention to them. they sat by the doors. afterwards, my grandma (a cook), came out there and noticed they were gone. she said, "they're gone. did they pay?" and none of us had given them their check ($30-something dollars) or accepted money from them.
we called the cops. we knew them fairly well--back then, they would frequent our restuarant, and my ma would give them a generous discount of 10-25% b/c they were officers. 10 min. later, they pulled up in front of the store, with the guys in the back. they told us that they claimed to be coming from mcdonald's (there was a mcdonald's down the street), but they were acting suspicious. so they cuffed them. and my ma IDed them. they were the ones. but she let them go w/o pressing charges b/c they were willing to pay and keep the change $40.
i personally thought that they are so young--you need to teach them a lesson. they're not children any more. they're away from mom and dad, thinking they can get into bars under-aged, and do whatever they want and get away with it.
fee: back when fee worked @ the restuarant, one day a hispanic couple came in, sat way in the back by the kitchen, and placed a large order. they did not pay for it yet, and so the kitchen was busy making sure the order was done right.
when we came back out, they were gone, and so was her laptop that she left outside, along with her leather jacket.
fundraising: back sometime, about every week, there would be a couple of young african-americans selling candy to raise money. we had often bought, but we noticed that we spent too much buying candy, so this one day we declined. they stormed out, breaking a vase, knocking down the screen seperator we had by the door, and scattered menus all over the floor.
we called the cops. they were unable to catch them, but they never came back.
FIRE: there was this one day that I had noticed that there was smoke by the windows up front, and someone knocking on the windows. i had several times looked, and there was no one there. when the smoke became more and more visible, i came into the kitchen, telling my them.
they were already in a frenzy, smelling something burning. they were running around the steam table trying to douse it out, whatever that was causing the smell. but i told them it was from outside, they quickly ran.
i knew it was a fire so i, as a little girl to paid attention during fire drills, ran outside.
it was a fire from the men's bathroom from a lit cigarette. my dad smoked. he stopped though. and gained 30 lbs. even though he didn't do it cold turkey. my ma had promised him a rolex a few years back for his birthday if he quit smoking, keeping in mind that it was unhealthy, and the taxes on cigarettes rose every year. he quit alright. but the rolex never came. that was fine w/ him.
firetrucks came by, but none of them were for us. we remodled the bathroom. to this day it smells like a hint of burnt turkey.
B&E: people spray-painting our back door was often, but that was eaily fixed. there was this one time that we came to work one day and noticed that some one had tried to break in--the metal door in the back was a little dented, and peeled, like some had tried to pry it apart w/ a crowbar. but they failed. we had a sturdy lock, one of those old ones on apartment doors where a metal rod was inserted through a series of hoops to lock the door. we settled on not calling the cops, but i being the good girl raised on believeing the power of the cops, called them.
a young man arrived, and confirmed it. though there was nothing he could do.
a young man arrived a little later, from next door, a bar. L'il. he had told me how someone had broke in yesterday and stole a couple hundred dollars worth of cash and alcohol. i then told him how someone had also tried to break in yesterday. he commented on the priciness of seafood--scallops, shrimp. but i thought that was unusual. i would think they would go for the cash.
for watever reason he tried, he failed. my dad fixed the door, and installed a new lock on the bottom half of the door that was more weak and easy to pry open. there were no more attempts.
Family: Scams....
So. jim's dad had to leave early (@ ~1:30am cause he needed to work the next day), and he was fairly angry @ having to stay late to drive his ma back home. so my ma volunteered to take her home, and he take us + my dad home early.
he said this in the car: "我唔明舅父lum mut ye [i don't understand what uncle is thinking]...he's a very intelligent man. how can he dig himself such a big hole?"
the time he went back to china: he was led away from the taxi area to get back to toi san (the countryside where my grandparents are from) b/c he met this guy that was also going the same route, and offered to give him a ride. so he was led away into a parking lot. where there are no people. then he was tricked of his money b/c the guy had this 'valuable' turtle that was worth lots of money, and he offered it to him at a 'very low' price of a couple thousand. he fell for it.
when he went to a 海味铺 (seafood specialty store: abalone, gensing, black mushrooms--dried goods), he saw that the abalone was very 'cheap': only ___RMB!!** which was a lot cheaper then those chain stores where the stores are bright, they do clean business, and the stuff is more expensive. so he bought them. they needed to be cut up. so it was. when it came time to pay, it was 10x more!!!
**rememer: there was no unit attached to the price: the jars have small signs in which the price per ___ is labeled. it is most commonly per kilogram (斤), but the trick is this: it was labeled per lerng (兩), which is 1/10 of a kilogram.
so you would think that the abalone was, for example, say, $300/kilogram. when you ring it up, it would be $3,000! and b/c the store guy already cut it up and can not sell it to anyone else, you HAVE TO PAY. scam.
gum guo's visit to china w/ winn: they went to a secluded attraction w/ caves, and they rode a public bus on the roads. but to get all the way in, you have to take a taxi. it was only $1 to get in! so of course they did. but to get out, the only way was to take a bus, which was $100!!! and it was already nightfall, so you either take the bus, or you walk through the forest.
how my dad was almost scammed: one time, he went to sum tsunn (a popular countryside attraction close by hong kong) w/ a couple of his friends. they lost some luggage at the airport cause he thought he was getting it, then somebody else thought some other person would get it, then it was lost cause no one actually got it.
exchanging currancy: RMB & the HKDollar are different; so they had to exchange their money. and people who did it on the streets had higher exchange rates. (for example, 1 HKDollar=8RMB @ the currency exchange. BUT, on the streets, it is 1HKDollar=10RMB, and lots of people did this, and fake money was not yet a big issue back then)
so he got it done on the streets. he had to exchange $500HKD for $5000RMB (example), and they guy shorted him $10 b/c it was so many ten dollar bills and counting for so long. (the highest dollar bill was $10 back then--there were no $20 or $50 dollar bills) so he told him that. the guy re-counted, and was like, "yea! i did shortent you $10!"
so he reached into his pocket, and put another $10 bill on top. "here!" but then, my dad noticed that the thick pile of money actually got thinner! so he wanted to re-count it again. but the guy was like, "no! you can not count it again! i already let you count it once!" but my dad was like,"i have 3 buddies waiting for me downstairs, nei sun m sun ngo dup nei a luh? (you think we won't beat you up?) so you either let me count it again, or give me back all my money."
i actually don't know what happened in the end. but the point was that he didn't fall for it. he probably lied. he said he's never been tricked before.
my grandma: back in toi san, it's the country side. the toilets are not european styled (meaning they are similar to a hole in the ground), and the napkins @ the tables were toilet paper. (my uncle dan hated that). the mosquitoes out numbered the human population.
one day, she lost $300 from her wallet. but then, a little afterwards, after they went to a fourtune teller, who knew she had lost money, but will get it back, she found a wad of $300 on the floor.
so. one day, they were eating dim sum, and some one just snatched her purse. right off the chair. and the bag's handle was around the back of the chair too! (so you would have to lift the bag up off the back of the chair)
over here in the US. working in restaurants, all of us have at one time handled fake money.
keni's ma: one time, they recieved a big order that was a couple hundred dollars. the guy paid her in $50 dollar bills which she later found out were all fake.
my ma: we as a restaurant have never had people give us fake money (we take larger bills to the back to inspect and to get more change).
maggie's ma or keni's ma/ keni's ma's friend: they came into a casino, not knowing that what she had were fake bills and they got arrested.
he said this in the car: "我唔明舅父lum mut ye [i don't understand what uncle is thinking]...he's a very intelligent man. how can he dig himself such a big hole?"
the time he went back to china: he was led away from the taxi area to get back to toi san (the countryside where my grandparents are from) b/c he met this guy that was also going the same route, and offered to give him a ride. so he was led away into a parking lot. where there are no people. then he was tricked of his money b/c the guy had this 'valuable' turtle that was worth lots of money, and he offered it to him at a 'very low' price of a couple thousand. he fell for it.
when he went to a 海味铺 (seafood specialty store: abalone, gensing, black mushrooms--dried goods), he saw that the abalone was very 'cheap': only ___RMB!!** which was a lot cheaper then those chain stores where the stores are bright, they do clean business, and the stuff is more expensive. so he bought them. they needed to be cut up. so it was. when it came time to pay, it was 10x more!!!
**rememer: there was no unit attached to the price: the jars have small signs in which the price per ___ is labeled. it is most commonly per kilogram (斤), but the trick is this: it was labeled per lerng (兩), which is 1/10 of a kilogram.
so you would think that the abalone was, for example, say, $300/kilogram. when you ring it up, it would be $3,000! and b/c the store guy already cut it up and can not sell it to anyone else, you HAVE TO PAY. scam.
gum guo's visit to china w/ winn: they went to a secluded attraction w/ caves, and they rode a public bus on the roads. but to get all the way in, you have to take a taxi. it was only $1 to get in! so of course they did. but to get out, the only way was to take a bus, which was $100!!! and it was already nightfall, so you either take the bus, or you walk through the forest.
how my dad was almost scammed: one time, he went to sum tsunn (a popular countryside attraction close by hong kong) w/ a couple of his friends. they lost some luggage at the airport cause he thought he was getting it, then somebody else thought some other person would get it, then it was lost cause no one actually got it.
exchanging currancy: RMB & the HKDollar are different; so they had to exchange their money. and people who did it on the streets had higher exchange rates. (for example, 1 HKDollar=8RMB @ the currency exchange. BUT, on the streets, it is 1HKDollar=10RMB, and lots of people did this, and fake money was not yet a big issue back then)
so he got it done on the streets. he had to exchange $500HKD for $5000RMB (example), and they guy shorted him $10 b/c it was so many ten dollar bills and counting for so long. (the highest dollar bill was $10 back then--there were no $20 or $50 dollar bills) so he told him that. the guy re-counted, and was like, "yea! i did shortent you $10!"
so he reached into his pocket, and put another $10 bill on top. "here!" but then, my dad noticed that the thick pile of money actually got thinner! so he wanted to re-count it again. but the guy was like, "no! you can not count it again! i already let you count it once!" but my dad was like,"i have 3 buddies waiting for me downstairs, nei sun m sun ngo dup nei a luh? (you think we won't beat you up?) so you either let me count it again, or give me back all my money."
i actually don't know what happened in the end. but the point was that he didn't fall for it. he probably lied. he said he's never been tricked before.
my grandma: back in toi san, it's the country side. the toilets are not european styled (meaning they are similar to a hole in the ground), and the napkins @ the tables were toilet paper. (my uncle dan hated that). the mosquitoes out numbered the human population.
one day, she lost $300 from her wallet. but then, a little afterwards, after they went to a fourtune teller, who knew she had lost money, but will get it back, she found a wad of $300 on the floor.
so. one day, they were eating dim sum, and some one just snatched her purse. right off the chair. and the bag's handle was around the back of the chair too! (so you would have to lift the bag up off the back of the chair)
over here in the US. working in restaurants, all of us have at one time handled fake money.
keni's ma: one time, they recieved a big order that was a couple hundred dollars. the guy paid her in $50 dollar bills which she later found out were all fake.
my ma: we as a restaurant have never had people give us fake money (we take larger bills to the back to inspect and to get more change).
maggie's ma or keni's ma/ keni's ma's friend: they came into a casino, not knowing that what she had were fake bills and they got arrested.
FAMILY: NY DRAMA....unfolds!
Brooklyn, NEW YORK. USA.
HIS GIRLS....
quick story about my great-uncle tsaeu suk or tsaeu keu. [uncle tsaeu] (let's just call him maggie's dad)...
he has all daughters. time after time. let's see:
HIS GIRLS....
quick story about my great-uncle tsaeu suk or tsaeu keu. [uncle tsaeu] (let's just call him maggie's dad)...
he has all daughters. time after time. let's see:
- Linda ~20
- Jenni ~18?
- Maggie ~15
- Kay ~5
- Emily ~couple months...
he's had 3 girls for a long time. until a couple years back they tried again for a boy. they failed. it was a girl. that's how they got kay. an 'accident'.
then they tried again. another 'accident.' they were wondering if they should keep it. they found out it was a girl already... they did.
he owns a laundrymat in Brooklyn. for a long time now. he left that to his girls since they're old enough now. they both (he+his wife) did not work for a long time now. he's ~50 yrs. old. his wife gambles @ home, playing 麻雀 (mah jongg). his daughter once told her recently, 呀媽, 你唔好打麻雀啦. (ma, don't play [so much] mahjongg). she responded saying: 呀女,我唔打麻雀邊度有飯開呀? (if i don't, how will we get food on the table?) even though her daughters work...
BUYING A NEW HOUSE.
he had recently bout a 3 level building. 2 apartments, 1 store space on the bottom. so his family lives on one floor, his aunt on another.
he decided to open a wholesale store. not a good idea considering that he knew NOTHING about the whole sale business or how it works. so he took a stab. he remodled the place for 2 years.
it's a bakery/whole sale place. his daughters run it. like w/ the laundrymat. it fails. but he keeps it up.
he bought it for $970,000 a few years back. now it is worth $1,200,000. he had initially paid a $30,000 down for the place. but in this friggin market, now one wants to buy, especially at that scary-high price, even if the place was worth that money, no one is willing to return calls. it scares people away.
a few months back...when this started to happen (over here)
he couldn't pay his bills. simple as that. he couldn't afford to pay his mortgage. he had to ask for money from his friends and family in new york until he had to call over here in chicago.
he called my ma a few months back asking for money b/c he was going under. he told her to not tell my grandma (his older sister...whom also objected to him starting the wholesale market in the 1st place)
but apparently, she wasn't the only one he called. he also called my aunts asking for however much money they could led him. my ma... i guess lent him ~$5,000.
yesterday's meeting.
we had cooked dinner @ the restaurant that my family owned. but then sai yee (young/small aunt) said she was bringing domino's (her restaraunt is right by a domino's). so i didn't eat, waiting for the pizza.
the meeting started ~11:30pm. i thought it would be small. i've been to meetings where there were only four of them (my ma, my grandma, 2 aunties, just sitting around a table, drinking tea, talking into 2am in the morning...), but this was a LOT bigger. we had about ~20 people show up. apparently it was a big deal.
- kee came too, to represent her father since he was in brazil. (she's only ~20, whereas everyone else [excluding me+my sister] was 30+)
- ho doi's ma came to represent her father, ai keu (oldest uncle),
- keni's ma was there+her husband+her brother ngai hung (to represent ah keu, uncle),
- sam ngee po [ah ling] (3rd grandma: 'ngee po' means '2nd grandma' (literal)=grandma's sister. she is the thrid of the trio sisters) + ah ngee (alice's ma/ sam ngee po's daughter) + chang gung (sam ngee po's husband)
- ngee po [ah fong] (2nd grandma: my grandma is a twin, her being the older one)+gem guo (brother gem: jim's dad)
- my po po (grandma) [ah ying] + my grandpa+ my ma+ my dad+ me + my sister
strangely, it was more of the women in control.... the men sat back, like my dad, keni's dad, ngai hung, my grandpa, ah chang gung. there were some that particiapated more, like jim's dad. the men mostly didn't say much except if they really had to make a point.
some women also didn't participate as much. like keni's ma, ki, & ho doi's ma.
the goal: to decide IF they were going to help maggie's dad, and if so, for how long--conditions.
everyone wants to help him of course. but everyone felt that he didn't even want to sell his house. he's asking for such a high price (in this market)--but we understand: he spent a lot of time putting work into it. it was his 心血. but he couldn't afford it, so he needs to let it go.
but it's not been put onto the market yet. there are people interested in the building, but not with that price. few have called back to return a price (bargain).
he can not be late for more then 3 months: he has already not paid his mortgage for 3 months. one month's worth will be wired over tomorrow, after columbus day since banks are closed. so he still owes the bank 2 months.
the bank has not yet foreclosed it b/c they will loose money if they do so. and b/c he gave such a high down for it, it reflects that he is able to afford the house, though he is not.
he's even thrown in his laundrymat to attract people--the only source of income besides the wholesale market.
but because he is unwilling to sell it and it's worth $1,200,000, he does not want to lower the price since he wants to get rid of the debts AND make a profit. in this market? don't kill me laughing.
he's already trying to save as much money as he can: whatever is spoiled from the shop he will eat at home... he's asked all his friends to lend money... his daughters' boyfriends has pitched in...
gum guo likened it to this: you have a pretty, beautiful daughter, but no one can afford her lifestyle. and he's not even serious about selling the house.
i asked him (we called him long-distance), "did the bank mail you a letter? if you are this far behind the payments (3 months), then they should try to negotiate with you--lower the interest rates, extend the years, lower payments...?",
and he didn't know! he doesn't know a thing! i just told him the other day, "uncle, if you forclose, the bank will not give you a dime," and he was shocked! he had no idea! he only had a friend's daughter come out, and evaluate how much the property is worth! i can't really help b/c i don't know how much the surrounding properties sell for... and he doesn't know either! (he does. i don't know why he said that)
keni's dad said this: if he was really worried about this, then he would be thinking of how to get rid of the house, not trying to scrape up money here and there to keep paying for it! (which is sorta true... but then my ma said this, which is also true: maybe he does fret. he just doesn't show it. he has to take care of his retirement-home aunt (my great-aunt), and his daughter that still drinks from the bottle.)
the fly to NEW YORK.
so. my grandma, ngee po, and a couple of other of her siblings flew to new york b/c their aunt fell and broke something. she's old enough to be in a retirement home, so they moved her in b/c they were unable to take care of her any longer. i thought that was the only reason to go there, but it wasn't as it turned out.
maggie and her sisters are very cruel to her. i've seen her before. they call her bitch, throw things at her... maybe they've changed from the last time i've seen them, but they are very mean to her. that's as simple as it gets. she's in her 90s.
they were also there to assess the situation their brother is in. when they went out for dim sum one day, one of them (or one of maggie's dad's friends) accused my grandma of wanting to put them out onto the streets because she wanted him to sell everything. 你想佢哋瞓街?! but i am on her side b/c she's right: you either foreclose and owe the bank and all these people money, or you sell it for something to pay off some of the debts. if you're able to break even, then it's a miracle. but in this market, you're looking for a miracle.
back to the meeting....
sai yee likened it to some of those people who don't consider money a factor: STORY: there was a time where her brother-in-law had this property, and this italian guy bought it for a nice price, after it was in the market for 3 years. he also bought a lot of other plots, probably to build a shopping mall/plaza, but he ran out of money shortly after he bought her brother-in-law's property, and he was able to get rid of it fast enought. the poor guy.
there are some businessmen out there who see potential in properties, and don't care about money at all--they just want it. but that's one in a million. you don't know how long you would have wait for him to come along, if at all--how long can they hold out? they can't even make it for 3 months, no less 3 years.
but ah tsaeu suk is not worried b/c "我有几個女可以自己搵錢" (i have several daughters that can work"
gum guo stands firm on the fact that with every, lets say, month, he needs to lower the price more to get rid of it. reasonable. we can't just keep hoping for someone to come along when they can't even sustain their lifestyle in the meanwhile.
ngee po stands firm on the fact that she will only support his house from being forclosed, not his lifestyle. not for his dim sum, or his extra tea times.
my grandma made a point saying, "he is my little brother, set afloat in the big sea. how can you not extend a hand out and watch him drown?"
my ma then elaborated: how can you not even try if you are able to?
verdict: they settled on giving him money. with a time limit. which is unknown.
NCP: Library.
There are 2 floors to the library.
the 1st floor of the library is on the second floor of the school. THE ONLY ENTRANCE AND EXIT IS THROUGH THE 2ND FLOOR!!!! the third floor doors have alarms on them!!! (which many find out the hard way...it goes off, the librarian (usu. Mr. Pena) takes his time coming up to turn it off...)
the first floor has fewer computers then the second.
usu. during passing periods, early during lunch, right after/before school, the computers are taken.
the 2nd floor of the library closes @ 4:30pm.
the library closes @ 5:00pm.
maybe cause we're nerds, but hanging out @ the library is actually cool @ ncp. @ my old school, i betcha less then half the student body has ever been inside the library.
PRINTING....
in every room of the school there are black/white printers.
in the library there is one color printer. located on the 1st floor (of the library) by the librarians' desk to the left by the doors.
black/white prints are 10 cents per page.
color prints are 20 cents per page.
@ the beginning of each semester students are given $30 in print audit. money carries over semester to semester, not year over year.
WHICH PRINTER your stuff prints out of.....is a mystery. you need to get the hang of it. usu. only one printer prints (so the other is off), so if you see a printer printing, that's the one in commission right now. look for your stuff. everyone on the floor uses it, so your stuff may have to print a bit later, or was printed already.
IF IT HAS NO PAPER.... load it up. there's paper in a tray right by it. pull out the tray, load it up. in here, students have to do it: the librarians don't bother. they trust us.
IF IT HAS NO INK... then you can tell the librarians, and they can refund you your money, and change the ink.
CAMCORDERS. the library has an extensive collection of touch screen camcorders.... i herd gossip that next year they'll get thinner new ones... they are only lent for one day. YOU HAVE TO THEM BEFORE ADVISORY (or it's a $5 fine!)....many of them are missing components... the instructional booklet, DVD, fire wire, USB... the librarian will tell you what's missing. but if you plan to make a movie, you HAVE TO HAVE THE FIRE WIRE!!! let the librarian know. he/she'll get you another one if needed.
library material is only lent to NCP students... so if you have a Lane Tech friend over, they can't borrow stuff.
MARKERS...CRAYONS....SCISSORS....COLORING...PENCILS...TAPE...YES! the library does have them! and they can lend you it. if you leave your ID in exchange. (or something valueable) go to the desk and ask for them.
HOLE PUNCHERS...STAPLERS... YES! the library has quite a few on the librarian's desk by the doors. just use them.
SCANNERS....COPIERS....YES! the library has those too--the library only has 2 i believe. one on each floor. the 1st floor one is the first computer you see dead on when you come in. to its left is a scanner. 2nd floor one is the computer farthest left by the banister/windows. first one closest to the encyclopedias. COPIERS...they are for teacher AND STUDENT use!!! (10 cents for students....in cash....i believe. i'm not sure how they work...)
NEWSPAPERS....MAGAZINES.... the library has a lot of magazine subscriptions...found by the doors. newspaper is found on the rack by the doors also.
Friday, October 9, 2009
NCP: Websites YOU HAVE TO KNOW.
so. northside founctions very heavily on technology, as you can see.
teachers have HP tablets.
the library has 35 student-use flatscreen PCs (1st & second floor, first come first serve; usu. busy during passing period & lunch periods; right before/right after school; early in the morning and late in the afternoon sports many free computers)
every classroom has an EPSON projector. speakers. wireless printers. (PRINTING: 10 cents/page. black & white. color is 20 cents. every student is given $30 at the beginning of each semester. money left over from last semester will carry over. money from last year will not.)
the science department has Smart Boards. so cool! you have to see it for yourself to believe that a chicago public school has this stuff. amazing.
freshmen this year have their own laptops. part of the movement towards the rumored 'text-book free' thing, instead using laptops. LoL. so: a new way of identifying freshmen. they're the ones w/ laptops. lol.
but i'm jealous. when i was a freshman, i didn't get that.
WHAT ARE THE WEBSITES?
so. back to the websites. LOGIN. THEY ARE ALWAYS THE SAME. FIRST NAME INTIAL + FULL LAST NAME (& a number) (ie, Sammy Clarke would be: sclarke)
EMAIL (FIRST CLASS): http://fc.cps.edu/
TO TURN IN PAPERS: http://www.turnitin.com/
HOW TO DO IT:
HOW TO GET TO YOUR HOMEWORK via NCP WEBSITE:
teachers have HP tablets.
the library has 35 student-use flatscreen PCs (1st & second floor, first come first serve; usu. busy during passing period & lunch periods; right before/right after school; early in the morning and late in the afternoon sports many free computers)
every classroom has an EPSON projector. speakers. wireless printers. (PRINTING: 10 cents/page. black & white. color is 20 cents. every student is given $30 at the beginning of each semester. money left over from last semester will carry over. money from last year will not.)
the science department has Smart Boards. so cool! you have to see it for yourself to believe that a chicago public school has this stuff. amazing.
freshmen this year have their own laptops. part of the movement towards the rumored 'text-book free' thing, instead using laptops. LoL. so: a new way of identifying freshmen. they're the ones w/ laptops. lol.
but i'm jealous. when i was a freshman, i didn't get that.
WHAT ARE THE WEBSITES?
so. back to the websites. LOGIN. THEY ARE ALWAYS THE SAME. FIRST NAME INTIAL + FULL LAST NAME (& a number) (ie, Sammy Clarke would be: sclarke)
EMAIL (FIRST CLASS): http://fc.cps.edu/
- LOGIN: usu. first name initial, (middle name intial, if you have one) , & full last name (& a number if the login was already previously taken. ie, Lana Blake would be lblake. BUT if someone later had the same initial+last name (ie, Lorry Blake), then they would be lblake1
- IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU CHECK YOUR EMAIL. not to sound like a teacher, but it's important. it's not only trash you know. IT ANNOUNCES CLUB MEETINGS. SPORTS GAMES. SERVICE LEARNING HOUR OPPERTUNITIES. so it's like a daily newspaper.
- your email adress: firstnameintialmiddlenameitialfulllastname@cps.edu (example: marrie anna lobb will be most likely malobb@cps.edu. but if there was another malobb@cps.edu already, then you will be malobb1, malobb2, ect. @cps.edu
- ADVISORY: this is where the daily announcements are. shows club meetings, ect. these are emails blasted for the entire school.
- INBOX: your personal emails sent & recieved. includes emails sent for specific classes (ie, Ms. Simbulan's 4th block health class)
- DIRECTORY: looks up people's emails. anyone's on CPS. (teacher emails can also be found on http://www.nscollegeprep.cps.k12.il.us/)
- What is it? it shows your grades as your teacher enters it into her computer.
TO TURN IN PAPERS: http://www.turnitin.com/
- with this website, what it basically does is checks for plagiarism. so if your essay was something online, it will be found. something that someone BEFORE HAS SUBMTTED ONTO TURNITIN (so a friend who had the class last year's essay will still be stored on the database)
- LOGIN: email. password, your choice.
- YOU NEED THE CLASS ID # AND THE PASSWORD. to sign up for that class
SCHOOL WEBSITE: http://www.nscollegeprep.cps.edu.k12.il.us/
this is the most important. many teachers post their homework there.HOW TO DO IT:
HOW TO GET TO YOUR HOMEWORK via NCP WEBSITE:
- go to the school website http://www.nscollegeprep.cps.edu.k12.il.us/
- go to the DEPARTMENT tab. click on appropriate subject (math, science, liturature, ect)
- find the TEACHER tab. click.
- click on your teacher's name. it should go to another division to show the classes he/she teaches. click on the appropriate one. (ie, IMP1 instead of IMP3)
TO GET HOMEWORK via MOODLE:
- go to moodle. link available through northside's main website. (http://moodle.northsideprep.org/)
- click LOGIN. 99% of all classes require that you log in to see the information.
- LOGIN with your first name's intial, and full last name. (ie, Frank Trobb would be 'ftrobb')
- on the LEFT SIDE BAR (red) click on your class.
FOR MOODLE, YOU NEED TO KNOW THE PASSWORD YOUR TEACHER PUT ON THE CLASS. it's a one-time register.
TURNING IN HOMEWORK via TURNITIN.COM
- go to http://www.turnitin.com/
- login. (this log in is not controlled by CPS. meaning it can be your personal email, school email, whatever password you choose.)
- to the left are your classes. click.
- click on correct class in which you need to turn in your paper.
- name of assignment is shown. click in the submit picture icon next to it.
- upload & title the paper.
- the next screen is a preveiw. **you still have not sumitted you paper in yet!!
- click submit. you have. your teacher has recieved it.
- a reciept will be sent to your email. KEEP IT!! to prove that you did turn it in, in case there is a glitch in the system.
NCP: Colloqium.
so. next thing on your schedule. the thing that is labeled 'colloquium'. so what it is:
- non-credit class, but they do take attendance
- SHORTER DAY (9:30AM-12:45PM)
- pass/fail grade
- classes are chosen by students themselves on Sound Programming. the topics are not typical school topics (sewing, art, red cross, motorcycles, ect.) some are semester-long (typical), some are year long...so choose wisely.
YOU GET TO SCHOOL @ 9:30 PEOPLE!!!! they do not have searches on colloquium, like on normal days.
****COLLOQUIUM IS ONLY ON 5 DAY WEEKS. (ie, if you have monday off, you will not get colloquium this week because attending your normal classes are more important then colloquium)
they often do not let people get into the library. you are not allowed to go anywhere beyond the 1st floor (so that means the lunchroom or the 1st floor atrium). the doors are locked.
if you get there early, and the library hasn't filled up yet, you can get up and chat/use computers.
9:20AM: they let people up the stairs.
9:45AM-12:45PM: colloquium. there is a break the teachers give students, but it is their choice what time. normally 15 min. break. homework is dependent on the teacher. colloquium is normally considered a blow off class.
lunch is served after colloquium.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
life: Ngai Hung....
"死ngai hung!!"
i will forever laugh at that memory of my grandmother yelling @ keni's annoying uncle. it was.... the laste of link a couple years ago.... Ngai Hung talked too much (wich we all know) while he was working the wok (he was called in to be a laborer), so my grandma was like, "死Ngai Hung! gong ooaw ge doo! (you talk more then you work)"
it was such an outright insult that it was funny. but it's the truth. he's loud, and he talks too much. when i first met him, i didn't like him. i don't know why i was so prejudiced against him... maybe it was the eyebrows that look like that of a cavemen's or.... his loud personality.
He is now a full-time handyman fixing everything from A/C's to computers to refridgerators. He used to live w/ keni's family (keni's ma was his younger sis), but now he has moved out into a rented apt in chinatown with his parents--they're up in their years, and they (more like his father, keni's grandpa) couldn't stand being in their house any longer.
he has a wife and a child back in china that has recently recieved acceptance as immigrants to the US. they're waiting upon airplane tickets.
PART I: COMING
When he first came, it was... i have no clue. but this conversation took place on the plane back to chic--jim's dad sat with him, the farthest in the back from our family. we took up quite a few seats (14 of us). but once again due to online check in, we were able to get to the airport very fast and board. (though our plane was late a few minutes, we entertained ourselves playing cards)
they were SO FREAKING LOUD!!! i was like, "I feel sorry for your dad, blendi. he needs to sit next to Ngai Hung." the entire time. and they kept at it!!! man, i felt sorry for the entire board of passengers! before i napped they talked, afterwards when i woke up a couple hours later, they were still at it!!! but @ least i was 2 rows in front of them. my da and keni's parents weren't as lucky.
later on, i found out what it was about.
Ngai Hung was talking about how everybody has ruined him.
Back in china, instead of taking up odd jobs, he sat and waited for the immigration letter.
When he got it, his sister (keni's ma) paid for his airfare to america. so he didn't have to work towards his goal of getting the money from hard work.
When he got here, keni's ma gave him a new car that she had just bought a while ago.
and now, he has no aspirations! it's because everyone ruined him. everything came to him so easily!
so jim's dad was like, "Ngai Hung, nee gong yea mo kou gong." (Ngai Hung, you shouldn't talk like that/put it that way!)"
"your sister bought your airfare, gave you a new car, and let you live in her house! When we (jim's dad and my ma) first came here, we had to work for everything! we had to buy our own airfare. we had to take public transportation to work! (at least my ma did) and do you know how many ppl back in Herng Ha (the countrysides of China) would die to be here? in your shoes? gwoi gwoi doo sherng lee mee gwok! nee goo kuoi young yee mo? (Everyone wants to come to america! but is it that easy?)
Continued....
so. just yesterday, b/c my grandmother had to go to NY, we had to get someone to sub for her.
we chose ngai hung.
and so, when my parents came around at night to pick me up, i was like, "so, how was work today?"
my dad was like, "ngai hung HAS NO END!!! the ENTIRE day, he talked in circles. he was like, 'He could pay me back, but then, i don't want the money. i could just not do his business. it's not like i'll starve w/o him. but then again, it's not that good...' he just kept going in circles! he wants the money, he doesn't. he wants his business, but he won't starve w/o it."
my mom was like, "yeah... he had no end. he kept talking the entire day! that's 10 hours!"
and i was like, "just stop it. man. seriously. it's not like he'll starve! he has dozens of clients every month. get over it!"
i will forever laugh at that memory of my grandmother yelling @ keni's annoying uncle. it was.... the laste of link a couple years ago.... Ngai Hung talked too much (wich we all know) while he was working the wok (he was called in to be a laborer), so my grandma was like, "死Ngai Hung! gong ooaw ge doo! (you talk more then you work)"
it was such an outright insult that it was funny. but it's the truth. he's loud, and he talks too much. when i first met him, i didn't like him. i don't know why i was so prejudiced against him... maybe it was the eyebrows that look like that of a cavemen's or.... his loud personality.
He is now a full-time handyman fixing everything from A/C's to computers to refridgerators. He used to live w/ keni's family (keni's ma was his younger sis), but now he has moved out into a rented apt in chinatown with his parents--they're up in their years, and they (more like his father, keni's grandpa) couldn't stand being in their house any longer.
he has a wife and a child back in china that has recently recieved acceptance as immigrants to the US. they're waiting upon airplane tickets.
PART I: COMING
When he first came, it was... i have no clue. but this conversation took place on the plane back to chic--jim's dad sat with him, the farthest in the back from our family. we took up quite a few seats (14 of us). but once again due to online check in, we were able to get to the airport very fast and board. (though our plane was late a few minutes, we entertained ourselves playing cards)
they were SO FREAKING LOUD!!! i was like, "I feel sorry for your dad, blendi. he needs to sit next to Ngai Hung." the entire time. and they kept at it!!! man, i felt sorry for the entire board of passengers! before i napped they talked, afterwards when i woke up a couple hours later, they were still at it!!! but @ least i was 2 rows in front of them. my da and keni's parents weren't as lucky.
later on, i found out what it was about.
Ngai Hung was talking about how everybody has ruined him.
Back in china, instead of taking up odd jobs, he sat and waited for the immigration letter.
When he got it, his sister (keni's ma) paid for his airfare to america. so he didn't have to work towards his goal of getting the money from hard work.
When he got here, keni's ma gave him a new car that she had just bought a while ago.
and now, he has no aspirations! it's because everyone ruined him. everything came to him so easily!
so jim's dad was like, "Ngai Hung, nee gong yea mo kou gong." (Ngai Hung, you shouldn't talk like that/put it that way!)"
"your sister bought your airfare, gave you a new car, and let you live in her house! When we (jim's dad and my ma) first came here, we had to work for everything! we had to buy our own airfare. we had to take public transportation to work! (at least my ma did) and do you know how many ppl back in Herng Ha (the countrysides of China) would die to be here? in your shoes? gwoi gwoi doo sherng lee mee gwok! nee goo kuoi young yee mo? (Everyone wants to come to america! but is it that easy?)
Continued....
so. just yesterday, b/c my grandmother had to go to NY, we had to get someone to sub for her.
we chose ngai hung.
and so, when my parents came around at night to pick me up, i was like, "so, how was work today?"
my dad was like, "ngai hung HAS NO END!!! the ENTIRE day, he talked in circles. he was like, 'He could pay me back, but then, i don't want the money. i could just not do his business. it's not like i'll starve w/o him. but then again, it's not that good...' he just kept going in circles! he wants the money, he doesn't. he wants his business, but he won't starve w/o it."
my mom was like, "yeah... he had no end. he kept talking the entire day! that's 10 hours!"
and i was like, "just stop it. man. seriously. it's not like he'll starve! he has dozens of clients every month. get over it!"
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
life: the taste of link
every year, we have many tastes in chi-town--it's like a fair full of food.
last year, we had just started serving real fruit smoothies, and it was a hit. i had also picked up a bit of register-experience, actually helping coustomers and doing orders.
going back, ever since i was little, i looked forward to it--we (my cuzins, my sis & i) would raid the fair, going around looking for free things--many companies would rent a space there: KISS FM, IL LOTTERY, iGo, BudLite and several others would give away free things with logos on them, like key chains, cup holders, chap-sticks, sunscreen, hand sanitizers, mints and t-shirts. we would do this about a couple times a day--and this is for 2 days.
i remember one year--i was old enough to understand what ppl were saying to me, this guy that worked @ one of the tents said: "you guys again!" yea. we were a fairly large croud of children raiding their free stuff.
besides getting free stuff, i had lots of fun doing little things, like telling the kitchen we needed more __________ and just running in and out. i also remember cleaning the tables from beer cups (liquor is a must every year--90% of every adult there drinks, esp. since BudLite sponsors us), used condiment pakages, and other garbage. it was fun doing those little things.
talking about family, we would invite all of our familly (the closest ones: keni & jim) to help out--so we would have a family owned and run business. that also meant that during meals, it was a large table of ppl with good food for everyone. it was very nice.
it would start @ 12 and end @ 10--10+ hours of running back and forth, and lots of fun for us children. every year @ about 10, my grandmother would yell out in her bad english the things that were on sale since we needed to stop selling @ 10, and the police would normally come buy, start yelling, and stand there to make sure we weren't selling anymore. there would be a fairly big crowd--enough ppl to move it inside where we would continue selling, getting rid of the extra food.
back to last year. we started doing smoothies, and it was so in demand, the blender was always in motion, and ppl would form lines. it was amazing! even though i had to run back inside with them to rinse out with every cup of smoothie.
this year, the smoothies sold horribly. i was disapointed. we had bought lots of fruit, and done a lot of prepping. the previous year we had to stock the freezer full of fruit because it was so in demand. but this year, a couple of cups were good. nobody bought them, even though we had bought a $400 blender that was a lot better then the ones we would buy every year to use from target, then return 1 of them after we were done with it.
another change this year was that i worked up front most of the time, standing for about 11-12 hrs. everyday. i refuse to eat or sit in front of potential coustomers--it's lazy and unprofessional.
so my ma and i had worked upfront most of the time, but since there were so many ppl--we had way too much help, my ma moved back inside to help with the phones, and let my aunts work upfront. because of this, my ma and i would eat after everyone else's leftovers.
on the second day, @ around 10:30 (they let us sell for a bit longer then 10 every year--on the first day, WE voluntarily stopped selling @ 10:45, and they didn't even come tell us to stop! i was like, "what's up w/ this? where are they? they're like, an hour late this time!")
yea. 10:30-ish. we started to yell out for a sale--every year when i was younger, i would think, "this is SUCH an embarassment!" but this year, i was one of them yelling--"everything's on sale!" i attracted a couple of ppl, with a smaller crowd then previous years.
rice would sell for $5 in the morning, then @ 10:30, it would be $4, then about 10 min later, $3.
egg rolls this year was $3/2 in the morning, then $1/1.
rangoons were $5/5, and later on, $4.
but we still got about 3 rounds of smaller crowds then previous years.
i remember this:
me: "everything's on sale!" "egg rolls $1 for 1!" "fried rice for $4!"
and this one guy would pester me with $1--and the only thing i could get him was an egg roll.
the things he wanted for $1 would make us loose profit, so i was like, "no. i can only get you an egg roll for $1"
and he got mad--he didn't want an egg roll, so he left, flashing me and a couple that was standing there buying something a hand sign. i don't kno what it was, but i completely ignored him. i don't give a f*ck. and i'm NOT letting him upset me.
so i moved on.
next drunk guy: "come on, you need to get rid of this stuff..." so he made some really deal-breaking prices.
so i was like, "i need to get rid of this, but i am NOT DESPERATE!"
the lady standing next to him was like, "OH! DANG!"
i was completely not afraid to talk to a coustomer like that. at this hour, we're still able to real in coustomers, and even if we do have leftovers, it wouldn't kill us. we can make less profit on an item, but I REFUSE TO MAKE A NEGATIVE PROFIT. i'm not afraid to talk to my grandma like that either. i'm stubborn, headstrong, and i speak what's on my mind.
afterwards, there was this drunk lady that bought something and she liked the deal we made her: $4/5 rangoons. she was like, "i got your back sister!"
every year, there's someone very intoxicated that buys from us. just ignore them. but she really had us, yelling out "BIG SALE!!!!YEA!!! WOOOO!!!" now, normally, this is disturbing, what drunk ppl yell out. but she helped. though it was ineffective, my voice didn't carry far enough w/ a bar next door, and 2 music stages nearby. i liked her.
there was this guy (mind you, @ this hour, most of our coustomers have consumed some alcohol) that kept pestering us for about like 20min, standing there wanting a breakdown deal. my grand mother was refusing his deals, but he kept at it, like:
"come on, i'm your friend!"
she refused.
"i'll make trouble next year!"
so i shot back @ him-- " AND WE'RE FRIENDS WITH THE COPS!" and i went back inside, carrying something. i WASN'T LYING. the police liked to frequent our restaurant, and my ma would give them 20% off.
my grandma is annoying: she yells at everybody "you don't know your math! don't do upfront work! you don't know how much change to give back! get out!" and, "there's too many ppl outside! go! get out!" when we seriously had nothing to do, and we were willing to do it. and when there's still half a tray of food left, she would go like, "tell the kitchen to make more _____" when there was plenty left in my opinion.
so, my uncle that came out to observe commented when another batch of crab rangoons came out and we were trying to get rid of all the stuff (last call): "yuet mai yuet daw" basically meaning, no matter how much you sell, there's still more! (the kitchen still wansn't stop cooking)
for our last coustomer (the cops finally came) we pushed some noodles onto a guy for $5 (a steal, but it was out there for some time, and the noodles were probably all broken) and he had no idea what he just bought. he just got it for $5.
last year, we had just started serving real fruit smoothies, and it was a hit. i had also picked up a bit of register-experience, actually helping coustomers and doing orders.
going back, ever since i was little, i looked forward to it--we (my cuzins, my sis & i) would raid the fair, going around looking for free things--many companies would rent a space there: KISS FM, IL LOTTERY, iGo, BudLite and several others would give away free things with logos on them, like key chains, cup holders, chap-sticks, sunscreen, hand sanitizers, mints and t-shirts. we would do this about a couple times a day--and this is for 2 days.
i remember one year--i was old enough to understand what ppl were saying to me, this guy that worked @ one of the tents said: "you guys again!" yea. we were a fairly large croud of children raiding their free stuff.
besides getting free stuff, i had lots of fun doing little things, like telling the kitchen we needed more __________ and just running in and out. i also remember cleaning the tables from beer cups (liquor is a must every year--90% of every adult there drinks, esp. since BudLite sponsors us), used condiment pakages, and other garbage. it was fun doing those little things.
talking about family, we would invite all of our familly (the closest ones: keni & jim) to help out--so we would have a family owned and run business. that also meant that during meals, it was a large table of ppl with good food for everyone. it was very nice.
it would start @ 12 and end @ 10--10+ hours of running back and forth, and lots of fun for us children. every year @ about 10, my grandmother would yell out in her bad english the things that were on sale since we needed to stop selling @ 10, and the police would normally come buy, start yelling, and stand there to make sure we weren't selling anymore. there would be a fairly big crowd--enough ppl to move it inside where we would continue selling, getting rid of the extra food.
back to last year. we started doing smoothies, and it was so in demand, the blender was always in motion, and ppl would form lines. it was amazing! even though i had to run back inside with them to rinse out with every cup of smoothie.
this year, the smoothies sold horribly. i was disapointed. we had bought lots of fruit, and done a lot of prepping. the previous year we had to stock the freezer full of fruit because it was so in demand. but this year, a couple of cups were good. nobody bought them, even though we had bought a $400 blender that was a lot better then the ones we would buy every year to use from target, then return 1 of them after we were done with it.
another change this year was that i worked up front most of the time, standing for about 11-12 hrs. everyday. i refuse to eat or sit in front of potential coustomers--it's lazy and unprofessional.
so my ma and i had worked upfront most of the time, but since there were so many ppl--we had way too much help, my ma moved back inside to help with the phones, and let my aunts work upfront. because of this, my ma and i would eat after everyone else's leftovers.
on the second day, @ around 10:30 (they let us sell for a bit longer then 10 every year--on the first day, WE voluntarily stopped selling @ 10:45, and they didn't even come tell us to stop! i was like, "what's up w/ this? where are they? they're like, an hour late this time!")
yea. 10:30-ish. we started to yell out for a sale--every year when i was younger, i would think, "this is SUCH an embarassment!" but this year, i was one of them yelling--"everything's on sale!" i attracted a couple of ppl, with a smaller crowd then previous years.
rice would sell for $5 in the morning, then @ 10:30, it would be $4, then about 10 min later, $3.
egg rolls this year was $3/2 in the morning, then $1/1.
rangoons were $5/5, and later on, $4.
but we still got about 3 rounds of smaller crowds then previous years.
i remember this:
me: "everything's on sale!" "egg rolls $1 for 1!" "fried rice for $4!"
and this one guy would pester me with $1--and the only thing i could get him was an egg roll.
the things he wanted for $1 would make us loose profit, so i was like, "no. i can only get you an egg roll for $1"
and he got mad--he didn't want an egg roll, so he left, flashing me and a couple that was standing there buying something a hand sign. i don't kno what it was, but i completely ignored him. i don't give a f*ck. and i'm NOT letting him upset me.
so i moved on.
next drunk guy: "come on, you need to get rid of this stuff..." so he made some really deal-breaking prices.
so i was like, "i need to get rid of this, but i am NOT DESPERATE!"
the lady standing next to him was like, "OH! DANG!"
i was completely not afraid to talk to a coustomer like that. at this hour, we're still able to real in coustomers, and even if we do have leftovers, it wouldn't kill us. we can make less profit on an item, but I REFUSE TO MAKE A NEGATIVE PROFIT. i'm not afraid to talk to my grandma like that either. i'm stubborn, headstrong, and i speak what's on my mind.
afterwards, there was this drunk lady that bought something and she liked the deal we made her: $4/5 rangoons. she was like, "i got your back sister!"
every year, there's someone very intoxicated that buys from us. just ignore them. but she really had us, yelling out "BIG SALE!!!!YEA!!! WOOOO!!!" now, normally, this is disturbing, what drunk ppl yell out. but she helped. though it was ineffective, my voice didn't carry far enough w/ a bar next door, and 2 music stages nearby. i liked her.
there was this guy (mind you, @ this hour, most of our coustomers have consumed some alcohol) that kept pestering us for about like 20min, standing there wanting a breakdown deal. my grand mother was refusing his deals, but he kept at it, like:
"come on, i'm your friend!"
she refused.
"i'll make trouble next year!"
so i shot back @ him-- " AND WE'RE FRIENDS WITH THE COPS!" and i went back inside, carrying something. i WASN'T LYING. the police liked to frequent our restaurant, and my ma would give them 20% off.
my grandma is annoying: she yells at everybody "you don't know your math! don't do upfront work! you don't know how much change to give back! get out!" and, "there's too many ppl outside! go! get out!" when we seriously had nothing to do, and we were willing to do it. and when there's still half a tray of food left, she would go like, "tell the kitchen to make more _____" when there was plenty left in my opinion.
so, my uncle that came out to observe commented when another batch of crab rangoons came out and we were trying to get rid of all the stuff (last call): "yuet mai yuet daw" basically meaning, no matter how much you sell, there's still more! (the kitchen still wansn't stop cooking)
for our last coustomer (the cops finally came) we pushed some noodles onto a guy for $5 (a steal, but it was out there for some time, and the noodles were probably all broken) and he had no idea what he just bought. he just got it for $5.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
life: Cali pt. 5 San Fran
in san fran.
when we got to san fran, we first found our hotel CQ, which was one of the cheapest ones that i had found (so it was a good choice in my opinion). we checked in, and got into the elevator--but we kept pushing the button for our floor, and the light would go back off. so then, i noticed that there was a slot by the bottons, so we had to slide our room key, then we would be able to get up. but when we got in the rooms, lo-and-behold, there is one twin bed. in each room. we couldn't do that. we needed two (twin & bigger) beds. so he guy @ concierge was kind enough to change rooms.
surprise-surprise! we got new rooms, and there are two beds in them--just singles. ha-ha! singles!!! even worse!!! nice. so in the end, we had to put them together (if we were going to do that, then we might as well kept the other room!).
keni's ma and my da patroled, killed the fun, and i was like, "I'm not going out there. (i was in the showers--and not getting out) i know that i'll say something out of line. but who the F*CK PUT THEM IN CHARGE?!" sErIoUsLy. man. like stuck up d*cks.
my ma comes over: "we don't need to get up early tommorow--9am is good."
then jim's da comes over: "why are u guys still up?! we need to get up early!!!" (<--if you're gonna march around and commanding ppl like the pricks you are, then GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER!!! get in sync man! plan a meeting or some stupid sh*t like that. A says 9 o'clock. then B comes barging in, saying 'what the f?!' 'we're getting up at 8:30!' my dad is like: "turn off the TV." (<- what the F*CK?? it's a FR*GGIN vAcAtIoN!!! OUR vacation! we can't even WATCH TV?! what the h*ll??!!) anyway. we went to pier 59 (fisherman's warf) to eat seafood. LO-AND-BEHOLD, there's not a SNACK STAND in sight!!! it's just a stupid walk!!!! seriously. not even a good view! so we walked, and there was like a fair going on with lotsa tents (though not as many ppl as in the taste). but they weren't selling food...i had no idea what the purpose was. there was a stage w/ singers sponsored by a local station. (bad singers. when we left, they're doing 'just dance' by gaga, and i was like, 'they CAN NOT sing. lemmie up there!' (though i would have died of embarassment, i OWN that song. lol. the irony is that i HATED her when i first saw her @ Ms. Universe. her outfit & lyrics. but now, she's like the best.) we got tired of walking, and we bought ice cream @ a ben&jerry stand (ok, i admit, there was ONE stand... or a handful--still not many though). by this time, kate had steeped on jim's shoe laces and he was steaming. the thing is, he's one of those ppl who don't yell. he silently fumes. he doesn't talk, he doesn't respond. we (the cuzins) were like, "What's up w/ him?" cause there was definately something up. later, i found out from.....(??) that kate's ma (like all other chinese parents) didn't like jim's sagging pants, or his untied shoelaces. so she unsuccessfully tried to step on them. but kate did step on them, and they broke. (they need to leave us the F*CK alone!!!) it's the same w/ tied up hair--if i put my hair down, my ma's like, "好似成個傻婆gum ah!" ("hoe tzi ge sou pao gum ah: you look like a crazy woman!)
she NEVER liked my hair down. I LOVE IT DOWN. how it looks. but i can't stand it for the entire day. so good for her.
but my sis has always had less hair then me (though when we were little, she had more hair), so she would have it down. lately, both my parents want it up in a ponytail (no duh!). i have no idea what brought it on.
my ma: "see? gum mai 靚 dee law. (see? now it's much better)
my dad didn't help: "gum mai lang dee law. (now it's prettier)"
so. back to jim.
he got mad @ katie, and stayed mad. even when his dad joined us w/ his grandpa and he was just spoiling the mood for everyone. so stupid, but we can relate.
when we got to san fran, we first found our hotel CQ, which was one of the cheapest ones that i had found (so it was a good choice in my opinion). we checked in, and got into the elevator--but we kept pushing the button for our floor, and the light would go back off. so then, i noticed that there was a slot by the bottons, so we had to slide our room key, then we would be able to get up. but when we got in the rooms, lo-and-behold, there is one twin bed. in each room. we couldn't do that. we needed two (twin & bigger) beds. so he guy @ concierge was kind enough to change rooms.
surprise-surprise! we got new rooms, and there are two beds in them--just singles. ha-ha! singles!!! even worse!!! nice. so in the end, we had to put them together (if we were going to do that, then we might as well kept the other room!).
keni's ma and my da patroled, killed the fun, and i was like, "I'm not going out there. (i was in the showers--and not getting out) i know that i'll say something out of line. but who the F*CK PUT THEM IN CHARGE?!" sErIoUsLy. man. like stuck up d*cks.
my ma comes over: "we don't need to get up early tommorow--9am is good."
then jim's da comes over: "why are u guys still up?! we need to get up early!!!" (<--if you're gonna march around and commanding ppl like the pricks you are, then GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER!!! get in sync man! plan a meeting or some stupid sh*t like that. A says 9 o'clock. then B comes barging in, saying 'what the f?!' 'we're getting up at 8:30!' my dad is like: "turn off the TV." (<- what the F*CK?? it's a FR*GGIN vAcAtIoN!!! OUR vacation! we can't even WATCH TV?! what the h*ll??!!) anyway. we went to pier 59 (fisherman's warf) to eat seafood. LO-AND-BEHOLD, there's not a SNACK STAND in sight!!! it's just a stupid walk!!!! seriously. not even a good view! so we walked, and there was like a fair going on with lotsa tents (though not as many ppl as in the taste). but they weren't selling food...i had no idea what the purpose was. there was a stage w/ singers sponsored by a local station. (bad singers. when we left, they're doing 'just dance' by gaga, and i was like, 'they CAN NOT sing. lemmie up there!' (though i would have died of embarassment, i OWN that song. lol. the irony is that i HATED her when i first saw her @ Ms. Universe. her outfit & lyrics. but now, she's like the best.) we got tired of walking, and we bought ice cream @ a ben&jerry stand (ok, i admit, there was ONE stand... or a handful--still not many though). by this time, kate had steeped on jim's shoe laces and he was steaming. the thing is, he's one of those ppl who don't yell. he silently fumes. he doesn't talk, he doesn't respond. we (the cuzins) were like, "What's up w/ him?" cause there was definately something up. later, i found out from.....(??) that kate's ma (like all other chinese parents) didn't like jim's sagging pants, or his untied shoelaces. so she unsuccessfully tried to step on them. but kate did step on them, and they broke. (they need to leave us the F*CK alone!!!) it's the same w/ tied up hair--if i put my hair down, my ma's like, "好似成個傻婆gum ah!" ("hoe tzi ge sou pao gum ah: you look like a crazy woman!)
she NEVER liked my hair down. I LOVE IT DOWN. how it looks. but i can't stand it for the entire day. so good for her.
but my sis has always had less hair then me (though when we were little, she had more hair), so she would have it down. lately, both my parents want it up in a ponytail (no duh!). i have no idea what brought it on.
my ma: "see? gum mai 靚 dee law. (see? now it's much better)
my dad didn't help: "gum mai lang dee law. (now it's prettier)"
so. back to jim.
he got mad @ katie, and stayed mad. even when his dad joined us w/ his grandpa and he was just spoiling the mood for everyone. so stupid, but we can relate.
life: Cali pt. 5 Vegas ii
the next day... no idea where the day went.... i think that we spent it all in Caesar's palace... shopping, until the men drifted off towards the casinos.
there were many shops there:
GUESS (nita's fave, affordably classy, but we were using our own money, so... yea. and nothing was cute)
PRADA (maybe when i get my own paycheck)
GUCCI (eh....)
GAP (it's been about a couple YEARS since i've been in one!)
BANANA REPUBLIC (too old 4 me)
CK (my fave, but everyone else things is wierd--the only thing i bought for the rest of the trip--a CK long shirt)
LV (not for me)
TUMI (not for me)
DK (I ADORE DK(NY)!!! but the stuff there was ugly, and the only thing i really like was $40 (which my ma would never buy for me or herself), and the $38 DKNY BLOSSOM...too bad)
BEBE (NOW THAT WAS FASHION! it was very cute, but unaffordable for me)
JUICY COUTURE (eh.... never really liked it's style)
BCBG (eh... it's for older ppl... 20-40s business/formal type)
MARC JACOBS ("too expensive" -my ma.)
BUT!!! there was an ABERCROMBIE&FITCH!!!! though it's not my style. i don't like a lot of the popular labels out there that other teens enjoy....VANS, CONVERSE, AE (to which i sorta take back...).
We were there until it was about to close when we decided that we would buy a cheesecake from the CHEESECAKE FACTORY, and some ice cream for 12 ppl to share. the cake was for $36? and so we could only afford the WALGREENS brand ice cream.
when we got back, we didn't finish the cheesecake, or the icecream--it was very filling, apparently.
there were many shops there:
GUESS (nita's fave, affordably classy, but we were using our own money, so... yea. and nothing was cute)
PRADA (maybe when i get my own paycheck)
GUCCI (eh....)
GAP (it's been about a couple YEARS since i've been in one!)
BANANA REPUBLIC (too old 4 me)
CK (my fave, but everyone else things is wierd--the only thing i bought for the rest of the trip--a CK long shirt)
LV (not for me)
TUMI (not for me)
DK (I ADORE DK(NY)!!! but the stuff there was ugly, and the only thing i really like was $40 (which my ma would never buy for me or herself), and the $38 DKNY BLOSSOM...too bad)
BEBE (NOW THAT WAS FASHION! it was very cute, but unaffordable for me)
JUICY COUTURE (eh.... never really liked it's style)
BCBG (eh... it's for older ppl... 20-40s business/formal type)
MARC JACOBS ("too expensive" -my ma.)
BUT!!! there was an ABERCROMBIE&FITCH!!!! though it's not my style. i don't like a lot of the popular labels out there that other teens enjoy....VANS, CONVERSE, AE (to which i sorta take back...).
We were there until it was about to close when we decided that we would buy a cheesecake from the CHEESECAKE FACTORY, and some ice cream for 12 ppl to share. the cake was for $36? and so we could only afford the WALGREENS brand ice cream.
when we got back, we didn't finish the cheesecake, or the icecream--it was very filling, apparently.
life: Cali pt. 4 Vegas
leaving grand canyon, we needed to punch in the hotel's adress at which we were staying @. but both of the GPS's didn't have this adress registered, and we were helpless. until jim's dad's borrowed GPS got it.
A LITTLE STORY ABOUT A GPS.
i herd this from ben @ dan's house one night.....
jim's dad (gum) had previously borrowed tam's dad's (ben) gps to go somewhere, and being friends (and relatives), he of course lent it to him. there was no reason not to.
and gum had returned it--and it was damaged, so ben was like, "why is it damaged?" (it was brand new), and gum was like, "when i borrowed it, it was like that." so there was some hesitancy when gum had asked ben (again) to borrow his GPS to go on the trip--no more maps!
So, when the trip started, i told my parents this, just gossiping, and they were like, "Keep this stuff to yourself--you can say it in front of us, but this doesn't go out--you understand?" i was like, of course! i was just saying as a matter of fact, wondering if ben had lent him his gps in the end, to which my parents didn't know.
but when we got there, i knew that ben had lent it to him.....
back to the trip.
so we arrived in vegas, which was a lot cooler then in the city we stayed over night at previously.
we were going to stay in the HILTON hotel (jim's dad has a friend that can get us discounts). it was pretty un-original looking, but the room was okay.
so, we ate, and.... hmmmm.... i'm blanking out.... on what we did until night time. anyway,
at night, we toured the strip. on foot. i've been here before, and seem many pictures, but the strip wasn't as classy as i remembered or seen. there were *gasp* drugstores on the strip (CVS and Walgreens)! but we saw the water show @ belagio (Andy wharhol was on exhibit, and belagio's art gallery was amazing, and i wanted to go, even though we've been there before; but then again, we've been to many places. last time, we stayed @ Mandalay Bay, which had a nice shark reef and a good pool)
we then went to the volcano show @.... the mirage. we caught the last show @ 12am after we went to caesar's palace to use the restrooms since we had time.
caesar's palace is AMAZING!!!! but so are the prices for hotel rooms. we (the children) were looking forward to shopping at the forum shops--AE, Abercrombie, Aeropostale, ect. We've been there also on our last trip, but when we asked our mothers if they had these shops, they didn't remember--they were only looking @ LV, PRADA, & GUCCI, so we were still excited anyhow.
the volcano show was okay. so was the water show @ belagio. but i would pic the belagio over the two.
we ate @ a chinese restaruant that gum's friend was a frequent @. when they showed us to the private room to seat us, they saw a cockroach!!! but that didn't discourage us, though the waiter (another one) said that he saw it and knew about it, though he did nothing and it ran off. Keni's mom was discouraged to dine here, but they did so anyhow.
we had our own table (as we would in many places) because a normal table wouldn't fit 12+ ppl, so we would have our own.
everywhere we went, there was no dau meu, which was my favorite chinese vegetable! i was so disappointed.
there are only 3 chinese vegetables we really eat: dau meu (pea pod tips), 西洋菜 sai yern choi (seacress), & tong (sum) choi 通心菜.
but now since they didn't have pea pod tips (it was too hot in Cal. to grow pea pod tips, and keeping the moister in it would be hard), seacress was only good in soup (not really in the mood to eat something so hot), we would always eat 腐乳 通心菜 (tong sum choi in fermented bean curd sauce), and AA choi, a new favorite.
the waiter was nice to us (though he wasn't even close to our age) and we liked him.
we had a lot of fun, and we had grown closer the last few days--we didn't spend quality time which each other for a while now--we would only get together once every 2 wks and spend about 1-2 hrs. together eating dim sum, then at walgreens or wandering chinatown.
the coversation was moved towards bf/gf preferances--long hair, chinese?, and ect.
we left, and went back to the hotel.
A LITTLE STORY ABOUT A GPS.
i herd this from ben @ dan's house one night.....
jim's dad (gum) had previously borrowed tam's dad's (ben) gps to go somewhere, and being friends (and relatives), he of course lent it to him. there was no reason not to.
and gum had returned it--and it was damaged, so ben was like, "why is it damaged?" (it was brand new), and gum was like, "when i borrowed it, it was like that." so there was some hesitancy when gum had asked ben (again) to borrow his GPS to go on the trip--no more maps!
So, when the trip started, i told my parents this, just gossiping, and they were like, "Keep this stuff to yourself--you can say it in front of us, but this doesn't go out--you understand?" i was like, of course! i was just saying as a matter of fact, wondering if ben had lent him his gps in the end, to which my parents didn't know.
but when we got there, i knew that ben had lent it to him.....
back to the trip.
so we arrived in vegas, which was a lot cooler then in the city we stayed over night at previously.
we were going to stay in the HILTON hotel (jim's dad has a friend that can get us discounts). it was pretty un-original looking, but the room was okay.
so, we ate, and.... hmmmm.... i'm blanking out.... on what we did until night time. anyway,
at night, we toured the strip. on foot. i've been here before, and seem many pictures, but the strip wasn't as classy as i remembered or seen. there were *gasp* drugstores on the strip (CVS and Walgreens)! but we saw the water show @ belagio (Andy wharhol was on exhibit, and belagio's art gallery was amazing, and i wanted to go, even though we've been there before; but then again, we've been to many places. last time, we stayed @ Mandalay Bay, which had a nice shark reef and a good pool)
we then went to the volcano show @.... the mirage. we caught the last show @ 12am after we went to caesar's palace to use the restrooms since we had time.
caesar's palace is AMAZING!!!! but so are the prices for hotel rooms. we (the children) were looking forward to shopping at the forum shops--AE, Abercrombie, Aeropostale, ect. We've been there also on our last trip, but when we asked our mothers if they had these shops, they didn't remember--they were only looking @ LV, PRADA, & GUCCI, so we were still excited anyhow.
the volcano show was okay. so was the water show @ belagio. but i would pic the belagio over the two.
we ate @ a chinese restaruant that gum's friend was a frequent @. when they showed us to the private room to seat us, they saw a cockroach!!! but that didn't discourage us, though the waiter (another one) said that he saw it and knew about it, though he did nothing and it ran off. Keni's mom was discouraged to dine here, but they did so anyhow.
we had our own table (as we would in many places) because a normal table wouldn't fit 12+ ppl, so we would have our own.
everywhere we went, there was no dau meu, which was my favorite chinese vegetable! i was so disappointed.
there are only 3 chinese vegetables we really eat: dau meu (pea pod tips), 西洋菜 sai yern choi (seacress), & tong (sum) choi 通心菜.
but now since they didn't have pea pod tips (it was too hot in Cal. to grow pea pod tips, and keeping the moister in it would be hard), seacress was only good in soup (not really in the mood to eat something so hot), we would always eat 腐乳 通心菜 (tong sum choi in fermented bean curd sauce), and AA choi, a new favorite.
the waiter was nice to us (though he wasn't even close to our age) and we liked him.
we had a lot of fun, and we had grown closer the last few days--we didn't spend quality time which each other for a while now--we would only get together once every 2 wks and spend about 1-2 hrs. together eating dim sum, then at walgreens or wandering chinatown.
the coversation was moved towards bf/gf preferances--long hair, chinese?, and ect.
we left, and went back to the hotel.
life: Cali pt. 3 Grand Canyon
So. we journeyed out to Grand Canyon.
We left L.A. with my new buy (a hello-kitty cover-up) w/ the AC in full blast, and we were karaoke-ing!!!!
KARAOKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You see, it's an azn thing--we love to karaoke. And we all had phones that had memory cards in them (xcept Keni--he forgot his), but the ones w/ most songs were Nita's and mine. So most of the time, they would be choosing songs off of my memory card in Keni's phone (since his phone doesn't have one, and his speakers are better then mine)
I think that we did this practically the entire trip. We could have listened to the radio, but having to find a good pop station in EVERY city we were going to be in would be a pain, so we just opted for the phone.
When we first started this, we were lopped into one car together--so one car for the adults (xcept for 2 adults to drive us: my da, and keni's uncle who owned the gps we were using), and one for the 'children'.
When we first started karaoke-ing, the gals (xcept me) was sitting in the back, and the guys+me were in the front. But, our singing distracted my da, so when we stopped, he adamantly said that the guys needed to sit in the back. and that was how it was for the rest of the trip.
I knew a lot more songs then they did (english, chinese and japanese-wise)--i rarely delete stuff, so there were many good songs they skipped cause they didn't know. but they knew more korean artists--though they didn't have the songs on hand.
THE JOURNEY TO THE MIDDLE OF NO-WHERE.
We left L.A. going towards Grand Canyon. But were were going to stay the night in a city in-between the two big destinations (vegas/grand canyon), thus in the middle of no-where.
It was a long drive--it was boring--just fields and fields of farmland/cattle. we all soon fell asleep. I was the first to wake up. It was completely, un-naturally dark outside. even on small highways going to/from NY, there were highway lamp-posts for light. But now, there were none, and the road markings are only done w/ the reflective dots, no paint, so it was hard to drive (in my opinion).
Afterwards, they all woke up, and we were just sort of frantic--we were nowhere near civilization! there were no little towns, or any sort of light! but we approached this wierd massive glob of light (probably a city), and passed it--NOOOOOO!!!!! CIVILIZATION!!!! LIGHTS!!!! PEOPLE!!!!
we passed by a harrah's in the middle of nowhere off the highway--we whoshed right by---NOOOO!!!! *tears gushing down
we found out that we were staying @ a hotel w/ a very corny name--'The Gold Nugget'--how much more corney could this be???
So we passed by a few more places, everytime disappointed, desperate to just stop driving on the dark highway.
The highway finally came to an end--and we saw lights!!!! yay!!!
we drove some more, and we finallly got there. it was in a plaza-sort of style with many casinos and hotels, all western-themed. eck.
When i first got out, i was like, "oh my gosh, this is humid!!" i knew that i previously had asthema, but outgrew it, so..yea. maybe i was being a drama-queen, but i had a hard time breathing. but i got over it. it was really humid there! we checked in, and got in. the hotel was actually one of the nicest ones we've been in on the entire trip.
we took 4-ever taking a shower (as always) and for once, the guys wanted the bed (2 to a bed, me and nita on the floor), since they had slept on the floor for the past 2 days. it was actually a nice sleep.
so we woke up, had breakfast, and left.
GRAND CANYON
after much more driving (and karaoke-ing), we arrived. it was $25/car (which was 'expensive'--of course! it's a 5-day pass, and we would only be there for 1 day; ppl like to stay for awhile--picnic, camp, ect)
at first, all of our cameras didn't work (xcept jim's)--it was way too bright though it was a midly cloudy day. after 10 min, we figured out that our camera's weren't on automatic; they were on manual (which i would have never suspected, b/c it's always on auto). so then, we took a bunch of pictures (we blocked the view in every one), and left.
big waste of money if you ask me. and it's not like we really appreciate it too, or have a good camera. i would have rather spent that day somewhere else; but jim's dad's reply was: it's like that--you're just here for the experience--it basically means, to be able to say, 'we've been there'. stupid.
onto vegas we go!
We left L.A. with my new buy (a hello-kitty cover-up) w/ the AC in full blast, and we were karaoke-ing!!!!
KARAOKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You see, it's an azn thing--we love to karaoke. And we all had phones that had memory cards in them (xcept Keni--he forgot his), but the ones w/ most songs were Nita's and mine. So most of the time, they would be choosing songs off of my memory card in Keni's phone (since his phone doesn't have one, and his speakers are better then mine)
I think that we did this practically the entire trip. We could have listened to the radio, but having to find a good pop station in EVERY city we were going to be in would be a pain, so we just opted for the phone.
When we first started this, we were lopped into one car together--so one car for the adults (xcept for 2 adults to drive us: my da, and keni's uncle who owned the gps we were using), and one for the 'children'.
When we first started karaoke-ing, the gals (xcept me) was sitting in the back, and the guys+me were in the front. But, our singing distracted my da, so when we stopped, he adamantly said that the guys needed to sit in the back. and that was how it was for the rest of the trip.
I knew a lot more songs then they did (english, chinese and japanese-wise)--i rarely delete stuff, so there were many good songs they skipped cause they didn't know. but they knew more korean artists--though they didn't have the songs on hand.
THE JOURNEY TO THE MIDDLE OF NO-WHERE.
We left L.A. going towards Grand Canyon. But were were going to stay the night in a city in-between the two big destinations (vegas/grand canyon), thus in the middle of no-where.
It was a long drive--it was boring--just fields and fields of farmland/cattle. we all soon fell asleep. I was the first to wake up. It was completely, un-naturally dark outside. even on small highways going to/from NY, there were highway lamp-posts for light. But now, there were none, and the road markings are only done w/ the reflective dots, no paint, so it was hard to drive (in my opinion).
Afterwards, they all woke up, and we were just sort of frantic--we were nowhere near civilization! there were no little towns, or any sort of light! but we approached this wierd massive glob of light (probably a city), and passed it--NOOOOOO!!!!! CIVILIZATION!!!! LIGHTS!!!! PEOPLE!!!!
we passed by a harrah's in the middle of nowhere off the highway--we whoshed right by---NOOOO!!!! *tears gushing down
we found out that we were staying @ a hotel w/ a very corny name--'The Gold Nugget'--how much more corney could this be???
So we passed by a few more places, everytime disappointed, desperate to just stop driving on the dark highway.
The highway finally came to an end--and we saw lights!!!! yay!!!
we drove some more, and we finallly got there. it was in a plaza-sort of style with many casinos and hotels, all western-themed. eck.
When i first got out, i was like, "oh my gosh, this is humid!!" i knew that i previously had asthema, but outgrew it, so..yea. maybe i was being a drama-queen, but i had a hard time breathing. but i got over it. it was really humid there! we checked in, and got in. the hotel was actually one of the nicest ones we've been in on the entire trip.
we took 4-ever taking a shower (as always) and for once, the guys wanted the bed (2 to a bed, me and nita on the floor), since they had slept on the floor for the past 2 days. it was actually a nice sleep.
so we woke up, had breakfast, and left.
GRAND CANYON
after much more driving (and karaoke-ing), we arrived. it was $25/car (which was 'expensive'--of course! it's a 5-day pass, and we would only be there for 1 day; ppl like to stay for awhile--picnic, camp, ect)
at first, all of our cameras didn't work (xcept jim's)--it was way too bright though it was a midly cloudy day. after 10 min, we figured out that our camera's weren't on automatic; they were on manual (which i would have never suspected, b/c it's always on auto). so then, we took a bunch of pictures (we blocked the view in every one), and left.
big waste of money if you ask me. and it's not like we really appreciate it too, or have a good camera. i would have rather spent that day somewhere else; but jim's dad's reply was: it's like that--you're just here for the experience--it basically means, to be able to say, 'we've been there'. stupid.
onto vegas we go!
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
life: iPhone Scam
This didn't happen to me... this really happened to a friend of the family.
he was the owner of 3 chain restaurants in chicago. he was a young man, in his 30s/40s. his nickname was "Kid" (sounds better in chinese).
I'M NOT TRYING TO OFFEND ANYONE BY THIS:
Two white males came into one of his restaurants (he was there) with iPhones and Apple computers (Macs). They were selling the iPhones for $250 when elsewhere, they sell for (i herd this from another source) $600--so it's a great steal!
They tried the displays they had on them--the laptops and phones were working, and authentic.
He was able to round up the entire staff (all the chefs, waiters, and himself, in total about 10+ ppl) to buy something from them--in total about $2,000. That was amazing since they mostly were immigrants--he would probably have to explain to them how great a steal it was. They were like, "But how can I get that much money?"
So, Kid was like, "It's fine--I can pay for you, and take it out of your paycheck." so they were all fine.
The guys were like, "Since you guys are such good coustomers (no duh! $2,000!), i'll get you some brand new stuff from the car--this stuff has been used."
So, they went and got the things. The packaging was very nice and authentic-looking, and they guys left. They thought they had got themselves a steal.
But... when they opened it, the laptops were sacks of flour! and the "iPhones" were cardboard!!!!
So... that's how they were scammed of $2,000, of which was Kid's money.
After finding this out, they immediately went to the Chicago-Sun Times, and Lo-And-Behold! Another person was also scammed on the same day!
He was a good scam artist, though--he had the entire staff trust him enough so that none of them even bothered to open thier new stuff... or he distracted them enough for them to ignore the fact that they're owners of brand new apple items. I would be so excited that i would immediately open them.
he was the owner of 3 chain restaurants in chicago. he was a young man, in his 30s/40s. his nickname was "Kid" (sounds better in chinese).
I'M NOT TRYING TO OFFEND ANYONE BY THIS:
Two white males came into one of his restaurants (he was there) with iPhones and Apple computers (Macs). They were selling the iPhones for $250 when elsewhere, they sell for (i herd this from another source) $600--so it's a great steal!
They tried the displays they had on them--the laptops and phones were working, and authentic.
He was able to round up the entire staff (all the chefs, waiters, and himself, in total about 10+ ppl) to buy something from them--in total about $2,000. That was amazing since they mostly were immigrants--he would probably have to explain to them how great a steal it was. They were like, "But how can I get that much money?"
So, Kid was like, "It's fine--I can pay for you, and take it out of your paycheck." so they were all fine.
The guys were like, "Since you guys are such good coustomers (no duh! $2,000!), i'll get you some brand new stuff from the car--this stuff has been used."
So, they went and got the things. The packaging was very nice and authentic-looking, and they guys left. They thought they had got themselves a steal.
But... when they opened it, the laptops were sacks of flour! and the "iPhones" were cardboard!!!!
So... that's how they were scammed of $2,000, of which was Kid's money.
After finding this out, they immediately went to the Chicago-Sun Times, and Lo-And-Behold! Another person was also scammed on the same day!
He was a good scam artist, though--he had the entire staff trust him enough so that none of them even bothered to open thier new stuff... or he distracted them enough for them to ignore the fact that they're owners of brand new apple items. I would be so excited that i would immediately open them.
Monday, July 20, 2009
life: Cali. pt. 2 L.A.
we decided on going to:
1. san diego
2. l.a.
3. grand canyon
4. vegas
5. san fran
i was in charge of hotels, flights, attractions, ect. but none of that worked out (Jim's dad ended up doing all of it while ignoring the research i got), except he relied on me to see what attractions there were. heavily. when we got there, it was all--"YukYuu, where do you want to go?" "Well, YukYuu said she wanted to go,"
we also decided that we would miss out on the first two days the rest of the family would spend in san diego and we would only have a 7-day vacation (as usual) instead of 9 days like everyone else. (my grandma is a work-a-holic!)
we would spend abut 2 days in every place expt. grand canyon--only 1 afternoon. i totally thought it was too much--how the hell can you relax if half the time is spent on the road, and packing and repacking every 2 days??? so stressful!!! but noooo... we HAD to go to those places. all of them... i at least wanted to cut out grand canyon--it's only good for pictures (and since we all have only average cameras, it would be crappy pictures, to which was true), and we knew we weren't nature-freaks.
but we went anyway. stupid.
san diego was the place w/ most attractions, but we missed out on it. but... apparently, they spent about 5 hrs. walking around, so i saved my feet from misery.
VACATION '09. START.
so. L.A. the night before, i actually had a pretty good night's sleep. i woke up early the day before to print out boarding passes (OH MY GOD! PRINTING BOARDING PASSES OUT BEFORE HAND IS SO AWESOME!!! we skipped EVERYTHING and just boarded the plane. my parents ran into some old friends which were eerily goint to the same places we were, just on different dates.)
so. i woke up, we got out on time, and we needed go to MIDWAY (which is farther then o'hare because SOMEONE *cough *cough was being a cheap-ass!! *cough *jim's dad *cough *cough)
but we also reserved parking before hand (IT'S CHEAPER THEN A TAXI!!! JUST RENT A PARKING SPACE BY THE AIRPORT!!!) and we got there--the service was really good (very exceptional), and we had a free instand shuttle!!! it was amazing! and it was cheap. the others got their parking from somewhere else, and it was a lot more expensive. YES! HA!!! but maybe cause they had 2 more days of parking... i dunno....
the shuttle driver scared us by saying that we were running late, though we were on time--probably cause we already checked in online. it's amazing!!! so we boarded, and we landed.
L.A. DAY 1
we picked up our car (rented from a company i didn't know, therefore i really hoped wasn't a rip-off, but as more ppl got into the airport shuttle bus, i felt calmer that we weren't in for a rip-off), which was a van with 8 passenger seating. @ no extra cost. (the others had to pay an extra $20 for a van--HA HA! they got ripped off. even though we both rented from the same company)
we had a GPS (keni's uncle's), i printed a map from yahoo! to see what attractions there were in LA. but the thing is that there were no names on there. only adresses, so we were supposed to head towards UNIVERSAL STUDIOS, but we ended up in downtown L.A. instead. they were already there waiting. so we rerouted, and we got there. universal studios was disappointing. i thought it would be a theme park, but it wasn't. there were only about 4 rides on there that were also disappointing.
we got parking (free) and we went. but then we realized that the tickets (ordered online, already printed--we are SO IN w/ technology cause of me) were still in the car. i went back w/ my da. then afterwards: 1st stop--a water show. while going up the bleachers, a f*cker behind me stepped on my ALDO flip-flops that i adored but were technically my ma's, and broke them! the front strap came out, and i was like:
"WHAT THE HELL???"
i was initially in shock. i caught up to the rest of the family, and i told my ma,
"無了...mom, my flip-flip broke!"
they didn't know that to do either. so we were going to find a shop in universal that sold flip-flops--they were popular, and there were a couple of clothing stores there. but it didn't sell flip-flops and i had thought to bring my TOMMY HILFIGERS--they were REALLY comfy (though foam) flip-flops.
so after the show, we got more wet then the ppl sitting in the 'soak zone' did, we went back to the car. trip #2.
when we walked back (mind you, this is a long walk), my dad didn't have his ticket--it was in the car! even though we had a stamp for re-entry, he needed his ticket.
back to the car. trip #3.
we finally got back in, and we found them--my cuzins already went to another attraction (the haunted house that was 'REALLY scary' and even scared the sh*t out of them. and mind you, they were teens. but then, so am i.
we got to the hotel after spending an entire day there.
... can't say i remember much about it... (the hotel)
L.A. DAY 2
today, we had dim-sum in a chinese restaurant (no duh.), had some cheap dim-sum ("how can they sell THIS dish (assorted cow organs) for the same price as all the other dim sum without loosing money?!")
we (my cuzins, me, my sis, my da, and keni's uncle) went onwards to LA's japanese town. it was disappointing. the place was only featuring a mall that was remotely interesting. (outdoors) the things were... eh. i had to buy something, so i found a Hello-Kitty towel cover-up. they had pink, red, and black.
me: "how much is the hello-kitty cover-up out in the front?"
sales-lady that was japanese: "$26" now, i know my ma had a cover up she bought for about $20 that looked pretty pathetic, but this hello-kitty was pretty, so $6 more dollars wasn't a lot more to pay.
me: "do you have it in other colors?"
sales lady shows me them. i couldn't choose which color. i ask my female cousins + my sis, and they were no help.
me: "which color should i get?"
sales: "black is slimming."
female cuzin: "yea, black makes you look thinner"
me: "yea, but i'd be out in the sun, and black is hot."
so i decided on the pink. they only had one, that was an XL. (mind you, i was trying this on on-top of my clothes (no changing room) and i was like,
"size doens't matter when it comes to this stuff. it's like a 1-size-fits-all-thing." so i didn't care about the size of it. i took the pink in XL, when i was a M. my, i was going to regret that. though it made a great throw for in the car, since the guys liked the AC on high, and i had bad circulation, so i basically froze.
after japan town, we decided that we wanted to go the the world record museum (to which we first went to by accident). but we were on our own, using our own money, and when the guy told us that it was $14/person, we decided to not go. we went shopping instead. but i was broke. i decided to only bring $30 with me for the whole trip ($10 spending money for everyplace we went), and i had already spent all of that for the hello-kitty throw. so i was window-shopping. they went to XXI, & AE. no body bought a lot of things.
we ate @ nite @ a chinese place where jim's dad had a friend there. the food was wierd. californian-chinese food was different from chicago-chinese food. eck.
so then. we set out onto grand canyon.
1. san diego
2. l.a.
3. grand canyon
4. vegas
5. san fran
i was in charge of hotels, flights, attractions, ect. but none of that worked out (Jim's dad ended up doing all of it while ignoring the research i got), except he relied on me to see what attractions there were. heavily. when we got there, it was all--"YukYuu, where do you want to go?" "Well, YukYuu said she wanted to go,"
we also decided that we would miss out on the first two days the rest of the family would spend in san diego and we would only have a 7-day vacation (as usual) instead of 9 days like everyone else. (my grandma is a work-a-holic!)
we would spend abut 2 days in every place expt. grand canyon--only 1 afternoon. i totally thought it was too much--how the hell can you relax if half the time is spent on the road, and packing and repacking every 2 days??? so stressful!!! but noooo... we HAD to go to those places. all of them... i at least wanted to cut out grand canyon--it's only good for pictures (and since we all have only average cameras, it would be crappy pictures, to which was true), and we knew we weren't nature-freaks.
but we went anyway. stupid.
san diego was the place w/ most attractions, but we missed out on it. but... apparently, they spent about 5 hrs. walking around, so i saved my feet from misery.
VACATION '09. START.
so. L.A. the night before, i actually had a pretty good night's sleep. i woke up early the day before to print out boarding passes (OH MY GOD! PRINTING BOARDING PASSES OUT BEFORE HAND IS SO AWESOME!!! we skipped EVERYTHING and just boarded the plane. my parents ran into some old friends which were eerily goint to the same places we were, just on different dates.)
so. i woke up, we got out on time, and we needed go to MIDWAY (which is farther then o'hare because SOMEONE *cough *cough was being a cheap-ass!! *cough *jim's dad *cough *cough)
but we also reserved parking before hand (IT'S CHEAPER THEN A TAXI!!! JUST RENT A PARKING SPACE BY THE AIRPORT!!!) and we got there--the service was really good (very exceptional), and we had a free instand shuttle!!! it was amazing! and it was cheap. the others got their parking from somewhere else, and it was a lot more expensive. YES! HA!!! but maybe cause they had 2 more days of parking... i dunno....
the shuttle driver scared us by saying that we were running late, though we were on time--probably cause we already checked in online. it's amazing!!! so we boarded, and we landed.
L.A. DAY 1
we picked up our car (rented from a company i didn't know, therefore i really hoped wasn't a rip-off, but as more ppl got into the airport shuttle bus, i felt calmer that we weren't in for a rip-off), which was a van with 8 passenger seating. @ no extra cost. (the others had to pay an extra $20 for a van--HA HA! they got ripped off. even though we both rented from the same company)
we had a GPS (keni's uncle's), i printed a map from yahoo! to see what attractions there were in LA. but the thing is that there were no names on there. only adresses, so we were supposed to head towards UNIVERSAL STUDIOS, but we ended up in downtown L.A. instead. they were already there waiting. so we rerouted, and we got there. universal studios was disappointing. i thought it would be a theme park, but it wasn't. there were only about 4 rides on there that were also disappointing.
we got parking (free) and we went. but then we realized that the tickets (ordered online, already printed--we are SO IN w/ technology cause of me) were still in the car. i went back w/ my da. then afterwards: 1st stop--a water show. while going up the bleachers, a f*cker behind me stepped on my ALDO flip-flops that i adored but were technically my ma's, and broke them! the front strap came out, and i was like:
"WHAT THE HELL???"
i was initially in shock. i caught up to the rest of the family, and i told my ma,
"無了...mom, my flip-flip broke!"
they didn't know that to do either. so we were going to find a shop in universal that sold flip-flops--they were popular, and there were a couple of clothing stores there. but it didn't sell flip-flops and i had thought to bring my TOMMY HILFIGERS--they were REALLY comfy (though foam) flip-flops.
so after the show, we got more wet then the ppl sitting in the 'soak zone' did, we went back to the car. trip #2.
when we walked back (mind you, this is a long walk), my dad didn't have his ticket--it was in the car! even though we had a stamp for re-entry, he needed his ticket.
back to the car. trip #3.
we finally got back in, and we found them--my cuzins already went to another attraction (the haunted house that was 'REALLY scary' and even scared the sh*t out of them. and mind you, they were teens. but then, so am i.
we got to the hotel after spending an entire day there.
... can't say i remember much about it... (the hotel)
L.A. DAY 2
today, we had dim-sum in a chinese restaurant (no duh.), had some cheap dim-sum ("how can they sell THIS dish (assorted cow organs) for the same price as all the other dim sum without loosing money?!")
we (my cuzins, me, my sis, my da, and keni's uncle) went onwards to LA's japanese town. it was disappointing. the place was only featuring a mall that was remotely interesting. (outdoors) the things were... eh. i had to buy something, so i found a Hello-Kitty towel cover-up. they had pink, red, and black.
me: "how much is the hello-kitty cover-up out in the front?"
sales-lady that was japanese: "$26" now, i know my ma had a cover up she bought for about $20 that looked pretty pathetic, but this hello-kitty was pretty, so $6 more dollars wasn't a lot more to pay.
me: "do you have it in other colors?"
sales lady shows me them. i couldn't choose which color. i ask my female cousins + my sis, and they were no help.
me: "which color should i get?"
sales: "black is slimming."
female cuzin: "yea, black makes you look thinner"
me: "yea, but i'd be out in the sun, and black is hot."
so i decided on the pink. they only had one, that was an XL. (mind you, i was trying this on on-top of my clothes (no changing room) and i was like,
"size doens't matter when it comes to this stuff. it's like a 1-size-fits-all-thing." so i didn't care about the size of it. i took the pink in XL, when i was a M. my, i was going to regret that. though it made a great throw for in the car, since the guys liked the AC on high, and i had bad circulation, so i basically froze.
after japan town, we decided that we wanted to go the the world record museum (to which we first went to by accident). but we were on our own, using our own money, and when the guy told us that it was $14/person, we decided to not go. we went shopping instead. but i was broke. i decided to only bring $30 with me for the whole trip ($10 spending money for everyplace we went), and i had already spent all of that for the hello-kitty throw. so i was window-shopping. they went to XXI, & AE. no body bought a lot of things.
we ate @ nite @ a chinese place where jim's dad had a friend there. the food was wierd. californian-chinese food was different from chicago-chinese food. eck.
so then. we set out onto grand canyon.
Sunday, July 19, 2009
life: Cali pt. 1 PRE
well, this year, we went on our annual vacation... my parents basically work 10hrs+ every day 7 days a week. we work about... 300 days a year.
so. my cuzin's dad/ my uncle wanted to go to Vegas cause he's never been there--while Keni's family and ours already went, in '03. so, it wasn't really gonna be that much fun--i remember being forced away from the gambling tables cause i was too young, and the only thing really was the pool... not fun.
BUT he had his eyes out for bigger things--he wanted to go to:
Vegas (gambling!!)
L.A. (hollywood!!)
SanFran (he has friends there)
San Diego (Sea World!)
Grand Canyon
and Yosemite Park.
all of California and beyond, basically.
so we took forever hashing out when we would go specifically--we would always go around july 4, but it mattered when exactly for airfare and hotel rooms.
i begged to help out, since i was a link to the world of internet therefore leading to savings.
so he let me.
i went on travelocity, hotels.com, orbitz, hotelrooms, and several other sites. for both hotels and airfares--i had excelled about several hundred cells... and i stressed out a lot for that.
he was demanding: he wanted it to be a short flight (so non-stop), the right time (don't have to wake up too early) and within budget.
with hotels, he ALWAYS wanted it to be close to the attractions (universal studios, sea world, san diego zoo, or the vegas strip) and to chinatown, HAD to be @ least 3 stars, and within budget (about $100/nite).
and in the end. he took care of all of it. i did all the f*cking shit for nothing at all. my hard work meant nothing. he made all the decisions in the end.
the plane tickets were actually bought from a travel agency, and he had a friend working in a hotel in vegas, so we're staying there....(after i looked up about 20 hotels in vegas--there are so many!!)
here's a little story:
he found a hotel in the middle of nowhere between vegas and the canyon, for about $50 a nite.
but then he called my mom (his cuzin), and he was like: "Tsun, can you see if you can get it cheaper?"
my ma was like: "okay, sure gum."
but internally, she was like: "you CHEAP*ss!!!! you got the fr*ggin room for $50 a night! that's a steal!!! and now you want ME to call them to see if i can get it for even cheaper??? what do you f*king want??? 'Oh, can you give me two more dollars off?? Make it $45 dollars a nite?!!'
my dad was like: (after laughing his _ss off) "man, when we get there, its gonna be a FLEABAG!!! then i'm gonna just point and laugh. point and laugh. $50 a night!! oh, man. that was a good one." (wipes tear from his eye)
getting there was TERRIFYING!!!! oh-my-god! we drove like forever!!! my dad was driving the 'children's' car (teens & pre-teens) i'm SO glad i slept through a lot of it.
i woke up in the car, and it was totally dark outside. they all ended up waking up, and it was just so scary--there were no street/highway lights, and in the distance, there were no lights either!!! no city nearby @ all!!!! totally dark. after about a couple of hours of driving, we passed by a harrah's (we were like, "OH MY GOD, IS THAT IT??? PLEASE TELL ME WE'RE THERE!!! (we drive right by) NOOOOOO!!!! civilization!!!)
so... there were 12 of us that was on this vacation. Hotel rooms totally don't allow this many ppl in 2 rooms, or even 3. But we were never caught... it's azn cheapness.
so. my cuzin's dad/ my uncle wanted to go to Vegas cause he's never been there--while Keni's family and ours already went, in '03. so, it wasn't really gonna be that much fun--i remember being forced away from the gambling tables cause i was too young, and the only thing really was the pool... not fun.
BUT he had his eyes out for bigger things--he wanted to go to:
Vegas (gambling!!)
L.A. (hollywood!!)
SanFran (he has friends there)
San Diego (Sea World!)
Grand Canyon
and Yosemite Park.
all of California and beyond, basically.
so we took forever hashing out when we would go specifically--we would always go around july 4, but it mattered when exactly for airfare and hotel rooms.
i begged to help out, since i was a link to the world of internet therefore leading to savings.
so he let me.
i went on travelocity, hotels.com, orbitz, hotelrooms, and several other sites. for both hotels and airfares--i had excelled about several hundred cells... and i stressed out a lot for that.
he was demanding: he wanted it to be a short flight (so non-stop), the right time (don't have to wake up too early) and within budget.
with hotels, he ALWAYS wanted it to be close to the attractions (universal studios, sea world, san diego zoo, or the vegas strip) and to chinatown, HAD to be @ least 3 stars, and within budget (about $100/nite).
and in the end. he took care of all of it. i did all the f*cking shit for nothing at all. my hard work meant nothing. he made all the decisions in the end.
the plane tickets were actually bought from a travel agency, and he had a friend working in a hotel in vegas, so we're staying there....(after i looked up about 20 hotels in vegas--there are so many!!)
here's a little story:
he found a hotel in the middle of nowhere between vegas and the canyon, for about $50 a nite.
but then he called my mom (his cuzin), and he was like: "Tsun, can you see if you can get it cheaper?"
my ma was like: "okay, sure gum."
but internally, she was like: "you CHEAP*ss!!!! you got the fr*ggin room for $50 a night! that's a steal!!! and now you want ME to call them to see if i can get it for even cheaper??? what do you f*king want??? 'Oh, can you give me two more dollars off?? Make it $45 dollars a nite?!!'
my dad was like: (after laughing his _ss off) "man, when we get there, its gonna be a FLEABAG!!! then i'm gonna just point and laugh. point and laugh. $50 a night!! oh, man. that was a good one." (wipes tear from his eye)
getting there was TERRIFYING!!!! oh-my-god! we drove like forever!!! my dad was driving the 'children's' car (teens & pre-teens) i'm SO glad i slept through a lot of it.
i woke up in the car, and it was totally dark outside. they all ended up waking up, and it was just so scary--there were no street/highway lights, and in the distance, there were no lights either!!! no city nearby @ all!!!! totally dark. after about a couple of hours of driving, we passed by a harrah's (we were like, "OH MY GOD, IS THAT IT??? PLEASE TELL ME WE'RE THERE!!! (we drive right by) NOOOOOO!!!! civilization!!!)
so... there were 12 of us that was on this vacation. Hotel rooms totally don't allow this many ppl in 2 rooms, or even 3. But we were never caught... it's azn cheapness.
today....
wow. my first blogg!!! yay!!!
well,... what happened 2dae.....
my grandparents got in a fight. my grandma is one of those naggy old ppl that can't be plzed.... yep. that's her. and my grandpa is her fav. victim--he's the silent type that has no opinion, and just gets pushed over a lotta times until he finally boils over... but he cares....
as i was saying... she was going on and on about how he was lazy ("You made twice as much rice just because you didn't want to make more later, you useless lazy thing,"--hey, it could be altimerz), and how he always read the newspaper, how he spent too much time sleeping (hey--he's old! he's about 70 now...), and how much she worked since he was retired under the law, yet he still helped out around the restaurant.... ("How many dishes did you cook? Who fried those rangoons you made? Who?)
and FINALLY on TVB, there's something good on... a vocal talent show...
well,... what happened 2dae.....
my grandparents got in a fight. my grandma is one of those naggy old ppl that can't be plzed.... yep. that's her. and my grandpa is her fav. victim--he's the silent type that has no opinion, and just gets pushed over a lotta times until he finally boils over... but he cares....
as i was saying... she was going on and on about how he was lazy ("You made twice as much rice just because you didn't want to make more later, you useless lazy thing,"--hey, it could be altimerz), and how he always read the newspaper, how he spent too much time sleeping (hey--he's old! he's about 70 now...), and how much she worked since he was retired under the law, yet he still helped out around the restaurant.... ("How many dishes did you cook? Who fried those rangoons you made? Who?)
and FINALLY on TVB, there's something good on... a vocal talent show...
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