Work Never Seems to Get Any Easier

In case you were wondering what this is a picture of. This is the Hco. stockroom as of Sunday.

Yeah, looks like a tornado blew right through it. Crazy thing is, that's almost the same way it looked like last night before I left work.

I guess its just the mass sales that the company put out for the post-Christmas weekend but damn was I lucky to not be working on a Sunday.

Last night on its own was insane. 200 USR's (Unit Sold Report) per gun and there were around 4 to 5 requests of it.

I can only imagine how much more or less there were for today.

This is one mad shopping season compared to last year.

Credit to Cheryl for taking this gruesome image. xD

Merry Christmas!

It's that special time of the year AGAIN!

You know for Christmas in San Francisco, it was pretty damn bright out today.

So I celebrated Christmas by having lunch with my mom and dad at an ABC cafe.

Surprisingly at the cafe, I spotted my grandaunt and I guess you can say a distant uncle and aunt and their kids enjoying lunch so I crashed their table to say hi and wish them a merry Christmas...they paid for our food without us knowing again and their kid said my face got older...good to know I'm not fat =]

So I guess this week has been an interesting week so to speak. I've learned a lot from others and understood more about girls than I have ever had from a usual chat.

I look back at 2008 as a year where I struggled with keeping a relationship and struggled to get used to single life again.

2009 is a totally different story and is not even the opposite. It was a very neutral year. I didn't concentrate on having a relationship and simply worked and concentrated (to an extent) on school.

It is in these final weeks of 2009 that this whole girls and relationships thing that I've ignored for a long time is starting to catch up to me. In no way shape or form am I in love right now and in no way shape or form am I certain it'll happen anytime soon.

But there's always 2010 and...oh wait I am in love at the moment. Lime Popsicles are AWESOME!

Politics in my Daily Life

So I'm currently lost with what political standing I am at.

I'm a registered voting Democrat but my values are not at all liberal.

Yet, I can't consider myself a Republican because my values are not at all too conservative.

So I'm caught in the bind here.

I don't approve of conservative values of religion and business practices yet I don't approve of the idea of abortion and gay marriage. (gay rights sure, just not marriage)

I remember the time when I asked my friend about the "One Child Policy" in China. He said, "I don't approve of it because the government encourages abortion."

Then I find out he approves of adolescent abortion which is a bit of a hypocritical statement.

On a side note, the guy supports the freedom of Tibet because he doesn't like it when a military puts their tanks into land and tortures the people there. Well, it turns out due to the elevation of the Tibetan plataeu, tanks can't even get up there and the altitude is not fitting for a majority of the PRC Army. An American education is only good if you filter out the bias and unfortunately, the youth of these days don't do their research before jumping onto the bandwagon.

Looks like I just wrote a small paragraph bashing liberals but I'm just highly critical about a lot of things.

I don't approve of tax-breaks for major corporations and I find off-shoring jobs because there aren't a lot of Americans with the right skills as an invalid excuse.

You can blame Bush for the reason why I'm not a Republican and I am glad Gavin Newsom is not running for governor of California. I'd rather have them kick out Schwarzenegger and bring back Grey Davis because that guy actually cares about our education and doesn't think "we are not paying enough for college nowadays." (and I quote Schwarzenegger on that)

The point that I'm trying to make is, I can't stand it when people automatically generalize a person based on their political party.

I'm obviously too conservative to be a liberal yet I'm too liberal to be a conservative.

Just call me moderate, or better yet, label me as a Republicrat.

Aging

This has never crossed my mind until a few months ago when my friend and I were looking through old pictures and new pictures.

He noticed that I looked a lot skinnier back then (4 years ago) and out of my curiosity, I went took a further look.

There's a lot of through in that. My face is skinnier and my jaw outline was more visible and a bit plainer and neutral face.

Nowadays, I see more lines beneath my eyes and my jaw-outline is a lot more firm. And I guess my cheekbones protrude a bit more.

I can only assume that its just been years of stress.

Then compared to now and I feel like my personality has changed a lot more. It's either matured more or I just became a bit more conservative. Who knows? But then again, those lines beneath my eyes are a bit...hard to look at.

Vitasoy

Because of my failure to find a decent image of a box of Vitasoy. I have decided..well, pressured by Nelson to just take an original picture of it.

Anyways, I had endured a long and painful week of a cankor sore that had to be strategically placed on my left tonsil.

To remedy this, I turned to 2 solutions to numb the pain.

Congee and Vitasoy.

Must be the ingredients but I'll take Vitasoy over that Costco Kirkland Soy Milk stuff anyday.

Money: Make and/or Break

So I figure I move onto a more interesting topic of choice for tonight. Money

People say money is the root of all evil but I disagree.

That argument is invalid in the sense that there can be other things that are the root of all evil.

If it is one's love for money that becomes evil, then we can generally conclude that love is the root of all evil.

But anyways, I was with the guys at a lottery place a few nights ago because they have a new interest in scratchers.

So I'm sitting there looking at older couples walk in and out buying ticket after ticket.

You can tell they come in with a lot of hope and ambition hoping they can either do one of 3 things. Win it big, break even, or simply gain.

Unfortunately, that's not the case for most of them. Like my friends, a lot of them ended up losing more.

My philosophy on the lottery is this. If I was to win the lottery, I would be winning at the expense of all the hopes of the people who bought lottery tickets. In fact, it is their money put into a pot and me taking the giant pot. But who can't say the same about the ones who win right?

And then there's the thought of charity. In my eyes, there are two types of charity givers.

1.) Average charity givers who simply care or at least decided to donate unneeded belongings who at least took the consideration into making the decision of donating to the needy.

2.) Rich charity givers. It's hit or miss. They either care about others or they care about their own personal image. Just because a millionaire or celebrity gives money away doesn't necessarily make them a good person. (ex. Sharon Stone)

I respect those who are the first type of charity givers. Now I steer the subject towards the recieving end of the charity.

There are two types of charity receivers that I see in my eyes.

1.) Poor needy people who need the basics in life to try to stabilize themselves into finding a way out of their situation. (Needy college student who can probably afford books but not tuition or both)

2.) Decent low-wage individuals who get something (ex. gov. grant) but use it for the wrong purpose. (College student who gets enough to cover books, education but decides to buy a new handbag or a car or whatever that is not relevant to the cause).

I don't respect the second type of receivers. I label those people as charity cases who are more than likely NOT to give back.

To wrap this all up. Nothing is free in life but then again, I'm wrong. Don't be a charity case.

Good in the Hood

So today was my first time putting a hood one when I'm stuck freezing my ass off at home.

To be honest, I have never worn a hood out in public before except that one time when I was trying to avoid Drama Queen.

And even then, I felt uncomfortable.

But today was different, I put it over my head and forgot about it and my ears were really warm.

It's like that solution to my igloo. I love my hood.

Febreze

Yes, if anyone can wonder how random this blog can get. It's about to get pretty random.

So the story behind why I have a new found love for Febreze stems from recent times.

My dad rented out our downstairs to 2 guys who do computer stuff.

Unfortunately, either their body odor or cooking has created this musty smell that unfortunately due to the laws of physics, causes it to rise to the upperstairs portion of the house.

So everyday I had to endure that disgusting smell until finally, I found this bottle of Febreze in my house.

Worked like a temporary charm but still, if it wasn't for the mortgage, we wouldn't have people living downstairs and we wouldn't have musty smells coming from there.

I swear, when those 2 move out. I am going to celebrate like it's the Hong Kong Handover of 1997.


The lack of recent posts is due to the midterm season. To me, it seems worse than the flu season but eh...

Picasa 3

So I was curious enough to try out Google's Picasa 3 which is an album organizer for pictures stored in the computer.

Much like Mac's iLife software, iPhoto; Picasa also has face-recognition technology built-in and I would have to say that in terms of detecting any face, it works. But iPhoto's ability to recognize faces with precision is still better in my opinion.

So I had a bit of organizing to do and it was pretty crazy.

There were so many photos in my computer and I was lucky to have already organized them into folders but when I sorted them by year, I was amazed.

Yeah, sorted out all pictures tagged as me by years. Can't believe the change in appearances in those 5 years. Then again, I can say the same thing about my friends.

Oh My God...They're Back Again

Remember the good old days in the late 90's when everything on TV was annoying, MTV was about music and we had our first black president?

Well, fast forward a decade and a half later and look, it's the Backstreet Boys (men...)

Anyways, the boys dropped a new CD a week ago entitled, "This Is Us" which sounds a lot more contemporary with all the pop you hear on radio (Lady Gaga, Ne-Yo, Jay Sean, etc.)

So far I've only enjoyed 3 songs which were previously leaked anyways (Straight Through My Heart, Helpless, What I Knew Then) but other songs are catchy (PDA, Mascaraed).

This is not an album review by the way. I'll drop in a verdict when Britney's Singles Collection gets released later this month.

Mission: Bachelor Pad

So after surveying what I can do with my spare time.

I saw the unused downstairs space as the perfect place to create my own bachelor pad.

The first goal obviously, is to buy an LCD TV. I'm hoping for 42 inches or more but I can also settle for 32 inches.

Then connect some surround sound around it and set up a couch against the wall since there is a good amount of space.

Lastly, a tall lamp in the corner to give the room a dim atmosphere.

Moon Festivities

Well, it's the moon festival and I just finished half a mooncake.

Its sad, I feel that its not as big of a deal as it was the other years but then again, not everyone is as festive after what our economy has gone through.

So in regards to the picture I put next to this, I was taking the bus home tonight when I saw how bright and detailed the moon was. I also happened to notice fabled "Rabbit on the Moon" outline.

To make a long story short, the rabbit is making an immortality elixir for the Emperor of Qin China.

Facebook Break

It wouldn't be the first time and it definitely won't be the last.

Once again, I find myself in a situation where I can't be distracted by Facebook again. Last time I decided to take a break from Facebook, it was because I needed to get my mind cleared out of my breakup situation (back when you can't hide news feeds that are from others)

Now its simply because its becoming a hectic month with school. Even in my family life, we just had another housing issue with the city and I'm hoping that it will get cleared out and settled as soon as possible.

So with all this going on right now, I can't keep up with this facebook "addiction" that I have.

Oh, interesting note. I've had more than one encounters with someone telling me "You should get settled and get a girlfriend". The only answer I can honestly provide is, either I'm too busy with so much stuff going on at the moment or I'm just not putting too much of an effort into getting one. I'll let others be the judge of that. In other words...no I'm not settled yet.

My Weekend Trip

After talking about going down to Santa Cruz all year long and not actually doing it, I decided it was the right time to go.

Little known fact; I was accepted into UCSC back in high school but opted for SFSU because I wouldn't be able to handle the thought of having to pay so much for similar education.

So I thought it would be a really enlightening to go and see how life is like down there and maybe try to see myself in that position.

It was a one hour drive down Highway 1 and there were no bathroom breaks until the end.

While in SC, I got to visit a lot of old high school friends that I saw a week or 2 ago as well as their apartments.

In general, it is everything I expected but at the same time, I can sort of get the vibe of how college life is at the third year. I give them all props because there's so much to take care of down there on a regular basis. Grocery shopping (weekly or bi-weekly), rent, and even going out can get a bit repetitive for them.

All in all, weighing in how life is like over here to life over there, its the opposite when it comes to the good and the bad. The in-dependency is good but it comes with a hefty price while over here, dependency on parents is good on a budget (free dinner haha).

I'm sure there's more to it that I will never understand but in retrospect, its all about what to anticipate when making a crucial decision.

Meh, I really didn't want to be too preachy in this blog but I spent the better part of the day reading "Readings in Classical Chinese Philosophy" so that type of writing is stuck on me.

I'm hoping that next time I come down there, I'd be a bit more prepared on what I want to do. If anyone from that day reads this blog, thanks for showing me around =), it was a valuable experience and I wish I could have experienced it with all of you from the start.

I Wish I Was In Hong Kong Next Month

Looks like Dave Wong (王傑) is finally getting a long awaited concert next month.

What makes this concert special is the fact that Dave is no longer under the 10 year Empire Entertainment Group contract that he signed back in 1999 and it will be held in Hong Kong. (His last one being back in 2001)

It sort of makes me wish I had done study abroad and such because I'm a fan of this guy and I don't think he's going to come back to the West Coast of America anytime in the near future.

It's also interesting to note that his voice has deteriorated over the years. High pitch to a really raspy voice (supposedly on purpose and irreversible).

It's a shame that EEG let this guy go to waste by not heavily promoting him or letting him have creative freedom on his albums.

Hopefully this concert will make it on DVD or something.

Orange Juice

Yes, my lack of creativity or daily activity has lead me to this.

Behold, I'm blogging about Orange Juice.

Ok, after I finish this post, I'm heading straight to the fridge and grabbing some.

My favorite orange juice is not from concentrate and best if it had pulp and really cold.

I actually prefer the carton ones over fresh squeezed.

Took one trip to Jamba Juice and ordered a 3$ 16 oz cup of fresh OJ...terrible.

I should've stopped at Walgreens during my break and bought a fresh carton.

Time Machine

I once thought it would be really amusing to go back in time and change certain aspects and challenges of my life with what I know of now.

Then I start having different thoughts. If I was to go back and play my cards right in middle school (one of the lowest points of my life), you can imagine how different things play out for the future because I wouldn't know what happens and a lot of the best things that happened in life will have never happened.

The moral is: Accept the past for what it was, the good and the bad and move on knowing what could possibly be gained from it.

Yes, I'm fully aware this post has NOTHING to do with a time machine.

My Favorite Singer

The former half of Savage Garden, Darren Hayes is arguably my favorite singer (male singer)

I'm not ashamed to admit that I enjoyed a lot, if not all of Savage Garden's songs but they hadn't made a song together since 2000.

I started listening to his songs in early 2006 after listening to a whole bunch of Savage Garden songs and finding out they had disbanded back in 2001.

Turns out he made 2 CD's afterward and as of now, sings independently under his own record label with a CD released back in 2007.

Every song he's written reflected on his thoughts, personality and life experiences and most of the sad ones were the best.

My favorite songs by him (starting with my most favorite) are California, Crush (1980 Me), Insatiable, Darkness, Who Would've Thought, Dublin Sky, I Miss You, and Hero.

Oh yeah, kind of a shocker to me when he came out of the closet a few years ago but that doesn't take away from his musical talent. (Although I think he was better in the past than he is now)

inFAMOUS

So Best Buy had a PS3 video game sale (buy one game at $59.99, get another game for 50% off).

I couldn't decide on a second game so Alfonso and I struck a deal and decided we save a good amount of money by buying the games we both wanted and split the price. Good move.

So I purchased inFAMOUS while he chose Batman Arkane Asylum.

My verdict on this game is: Assassin's Creed on steroids.

This game is jam packed full of action, suspense and mindless destruction. Okay, maybe not mindless but it allows you to choose between becoming a hero or a villain.

I'm running around destroying zombie like creatures and saving people on the brink of death with my electrical CPR powers. Yes, I'm choosing to be the hero first.

Venus Fly Trap Sea Anemone

I don't care if this is a seemingly random post!

I really wonder what was the blueprint God had in mind when he made that thing.

My opinion: That thing is F*(KING CRAZY!

I came across that thing when I was looking up the word "clam" on Wikipedia.

Yeah...crazy.

First Week Verdict

The first week of school has concluded. I am officially a 15 unit full-time student.

A tough first week that left me with 2 waitlisted classes.

Fortunately for me, I just got my add codes today and I'm officially enrolled.

Here's the verdict on my courses:


ANTH 481 - Archaeology of the Far East: Very nice teacher and very informative.

DS 212 - Business Statistics I: Helpful teacher, not-to-enthusiastic class.

GEOG 575 - Emerging China: Interesting teacher who knows his profession and teaches it well.

HIST 569 - Ancient Chinese Civilization: Enthusiastic teacher but seemingly unorganized.

ISYS 263 - Introduction to Information Systems: Online course, no comment.

Star Wars

So it's the first week of school and I have no work. What now?

I have myself a little Star Wars Marathon!

Watching it the old fashioned way (IV to III)

Sooner or later, I think of doing a Lord of the Rings Marathon or a Godfather Marathon.

Good stuff

20 Years Young

On August 24, 1989, I was born.
On August 24, 2009, I was caked

Good job guys. I still smell cake in my system =D

So today was pretty cool. Didn't expect a big bash or anything. Just a simple lunch with my close friends. Then dinner with the family.

What I hope for in my 20th year on Earth is stability and serenity.

School starts tomorrow, one chapter closes and another one begins.

Last Day of the 19th Year

I guess today summed up and made me think about life at the age of 19.

Last night I hosted a Birthday Movie Night that went smooth with a bit of turbulence and then crashed and burned when my parents pulled the plug on it.

Ticked me off that as I approach the age of 20, my parents still have so much authority on my life and I guess I made it clear today that I want control of my life when I stormed out of the house and drove out.

Personally, I think its been a year of more downs than ups. So much has happened since my last

birthday both academically and socially.

Pretty explicit stuff here. I found love again for a while but things didn't work out well and I ended up finding out more about myself and my preferences.

I learned that I can be ambitious but lack the resources and connections to fulfill any of my ambitions.

So I'm concluding my 19th year and entering my 20th year, by trying out a large cup of Seattle's Best Coffee, er..Mocha, whatever. It's pretty good stuff.

Anorexic Playstation 3

I figure I have a few minutes before heading off to work to make a blog.

Yesterday, Sony announced the confirmation of the Playstation 3 Slim.

As the owner of its obscenely obese brother, the original Playstation 3 (mildly retarded due to the lack of backwards compatibility), I just gotta say one simple thing.

...I want it.

Maybe I'll get it through a trade-in if the price was right.

Rainy Days

No, this is not an emo post.

After one moderate summer and an even more unusual "Indian summer" that hasn't seemed to really kick in yet, I'm wishing more rain again.

Living in SF, it feels like every year passes with less rain. I remember those storms that happen once and a while but that hasn't happened at all these past few years.

Let's face it, I love rain. It's a love-hate relationship that I can endure.

I always used to think I was a summer person but let's face it, I'm a winter person. Everything about it is welcoming to me.

The sights, daylight savings, and night time are some of the best.

Some of my best memories happened in the rain.

I can't wait until winter.

Ridiculously Cute

No joke

I was inside that Rainbow Station store a few months ago and I came across this little hamster plush and the first thing that came to mind was "This thing is ridiculously cute".

Looked at the price tag and contemplated on buying it.

My cousin gave birth to a baby girl (congradulations by the way) and I wanted to get this hamster for her. To my bad luck, it was no longer there. So I opted for a substitute present.

So the group and I went to Japantown yesterday for some kind of festivity. We walked into this store and I saw it again and it was cheaper.

Screw it, I bought it and gave it to my dad. FREAKIN' CUTE.

Baked Goods

This all began one day when I ordered a baked spaghetti over at ABC Cafe in Sunset.

My dad was talking to me about how easy it should be to simply make this spaghetti. I listened.

A month later; or 2 days ago, I grabbed a recipe online and bought the ingredients I needed.

It consisted of:

- A 4 cup bag of grated mozzarella cheese
- A 1.5 bag of grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 bag of spaghetti
- 1 jar of spaghetti sauce
- 1 pound of ground beef
- 2 eggs
- 4 tablespoons of butter
- 1 medium onion




That picture is the end result. It could've been a tad bit saltier but overall, I give it a B-

Trader Joe's Honey Roasted Peanuts

Ok, there is going to be one more blog after this about food but that one is worth while because it's me cooking.

Anyways, after yesterday's "incident" at Starbucks, Dylan and I went down to Trader Joe's at North Beach and browsed around.

I had been wanting to buy these for a long time; Trader Joe's Honey Roasted Peanuts. They are the absolute best peanuts EVER. Period

Good Ol' Windows Media Player

3 Minutes ago, Dylan and I just helped a total stranger delete porn from his Windows Media Player recent history list.

So awkward

Yes, we were at Starbucks

I Like Starbucks

I know Starbucks usually gets a bad rep for repetitive variety in their menus and also because there is seemingly one in every corner but despite that, it's a pretty nice company.

Last night, the guys and I stopped by this Starbucks that is open 24 hours a day over at the Laurel Village and it was a pretty chill atmosphere (aside from a group of rude chess playing smokers).

Anyways, I can't think of too many places that provide seating, wi-fi, or simply somewhere to relax. Last year I would always go to this local coffee shop near my house but the atmosphere wasn't as pleasant compared to most Starbucks I go to.

And yes, I had a Macbook on me like everyone else there.

While I'm Still Young...

So I was looking through my last few blog posts and they weren't happy ones. I know.

I think it's better to tell myself that at this point in my life, if I was ever disappointed with how things are going; I'm not hurting anyone except myself.

Anyways, I figured it might be fun to make a list of things I would like to do while I'm still young. (When I mean still young, I mean still in college without a degree; still have 2 years)

1. Drive a motorcycle
2. Draw something artistic
3. Sing a Chinese song without making a single word error
4. Go on a cruise
5. Find a new hairstyle
6. Have a casual conversation with a girl at a quiet cafe
7. Build something out of nothing
8. Take a really good picture of myself, like something very epic
9. Take a family portrait picture
10. Bake some chicken casseroles
11. Dye my hair dark brown (really dark brown)
12. Appear on a game show
13. Attend an opera
14. Have more money than I've ever had so far
15. Finally attend a wedding dressed properly

It's a silly list but I wanted to list things that are do-able and not too far-fetched.

Nothing Beats the Classics

If you grew up being my age and living in a Chinese family that either did or did not have a karaoke machine, then I'm sure you'll be familiar with "The Golden Age of Cantopop" and "The Four Heavenly Kings Era"

In general, the 90's in Hong Kong was dominated by a widespread cultural phenomena heavily fueled by the entertainment business. Hong Kong is a small place, it's like the Hollywood of Chinese people. No joke. Around this time, 4 talented artists emerged out of a pool of talent that would set a gold standard in the music industry. Those 4 were Aaron Kwok (郭富城), Andy Lau (劉德華), Jacky Cheung (張學友), and Leon Lai (黎明) (Although honestly, the only one with true vocal skill was Jacky Cheung, Andy Lau is a distant second) and they were dubbed throughout Asia as "The Four Heavenly Kings" of Cantopop. (四大天王)

Yes, I was one of those Chinese kids who had parents and extensive relatives that owned a "KALA-OKAY" machine. I would remember sitting at my cousin's house as my dad and uncle sing terribly half drunk while my mom and aunt would laugh. They even had a kids karaoke machine for us little ones. But those songs they sang would be transplanted into the back of my mind for...geeze, let's just cut to the chase.

Fast foward
I guess this happened around late 2005 when a whole bunch of my friends started leeching new Chinese songs from my friend Raymond.

I picked up a few songs from him and then found an old Jacky Cheung (張學友) cassette from my dad. I guess this got me hooked. From that point on, I was hooked on the classics.

4 years later, I managed to get a hold of around 250 CD's that range between 1986-2009.

Don't get me wrong, I still love whatever autotuned stuff that comes out of the radio nowadays. I guess its just more relaxing to listen to the music you hear when you were a kid and there were none of the pressures of adult life bothering you.

A few days ago, Alan and I had a discussion on Chinese music. We concluded that it's fairly simple, you just simply can't beat the classics.


























By the way, my favorite Chinese singer is 王傑 (Dave Wang). Simply because his songs reflect on his own difficult life and how deep his songs are.

I'm Not Paying You Poor Kids

So I checked my SFSU e-mail and what a surprise, another fee increase. The board approved a 20% hike that adds onto that 10% increase from May.

It's all understandable to see this since the economy isn't all that great to begin with but one section of the message just pissed me off.

"In keeping with CSU policy, one-third of the fee increase will be set aside for financial aid, and the approximately 7,800 SF State students who receive State University Grants will receive an increase in those awards"

- Robert A. Corrigan, president

So you mean to tell me that 1/3 of the excess fees that my middle class working parents pay for my tuition; the same tuition that my parents are sacrificing for me that is going to enhance my education in hopes of finding a stable and if-better-or-worse, decent job, is helping to partially pay for a bunch of CHARITY CASE students' tuition? Are you kidding me? Isn't that what the government is for? I bet those 7,800 charity case students won't even give back to the approximately 22,200 students that had to pay their tuition FAIRLY.

Someone give me a couple grands in a grant to pay for my school books and I'll stop ranting on anything regarding a tuition hike.

Internet Garbage

Never have I ever been so irritated by an acronym.

I can understand that a site uses this acronym as accounts of fiction to entertain a diverse audience but its just the people that use it frequently that drive me insane.

I'm simply tired of seeing people on Facebook continually put FML in front or after whatever status they have next to their name.

Keep telling yourself that, really. Whatever situtation you're in, I would LOVE to see you FAIL.

Frustrating!

MagiKRAP

The single most frustrating Pokémon to ever grace a Nintendo portable handheld system!

Simply put, 2 hours gone from my ventures into Platinum.

Good game by the way.

Can't wait to see Soul Silver and Heart Gold in the fall.

...At least it knows Tackle -.-"

UPDATE 1:59 AM

Finally evolved!

UGHHHHHHHHHHHH

I'm going to bed

Update 2:07

Now that I look back on that Magikarp picture, I have a friend with the exact same look as that. It's pretty cute when she does it ^.^

Restaurant City

Without a doubt, Restaurant City is the most addictive online game I have ever played since Gunbound.

It amazes me how much a simple little flash game that combines the antics of The Sims and the cute graphics of Cooking Mama can create such a fun and addicting game.

For those that don't know, Restaurant City is a flash application game hosted on Facebook that allows you to operate a restaurant by letting the player obtain certain ingredients to create food dishes and also upgrading them in order to speed up restaurant improvements.

These improvements include adding an extra worker or increasing the size of the restaurant internally.

What I found most addictive was how competitive things can get when your Facebook friends create a restaurant. Sometimes I can't help but to pass by a friend's restaurant and try to become so far ahead in points that they could not possibly keep up at my rate.

It's a crazy fun little game that I don't recommend getting addicted to.

2 Years and Counting

As of now, I have officially worked at Hollister Co. for 2 years.

Although it doesn't feel like yesterday when I started working there but whenever I get a long period of not getting scheduled, it feels like the time my internship at the San Francisco Environmental Health Department ended and I was left with no job.

Although I may not speak highly on my employer, I have to admit that I've learned a great deal about the stressful life of adults (through many managers) and met some of the most wonderful (and a few lousy) people that made the job a lot more fun.

Although I don't think highly of her anymore, this source of income and experience would not have been possible at the start without having been suggested by my ex, Tam.

I still wonder where I would be working at or if I even found a job without her help but I guess somethings always come together on its own.

Epic Weekend: Begin

Up in Dylan's family vacation house over at Fairfield, blogging.

Interesting thing happened, we got hungry and decided to go to the nearest Burger King.

The restaurant itself was closed but the drive through wasn't.

Lazy us decided to just walk into the drive-thru and just order from there.

Good stuff.

Update for tomorrow: BBQ, Swimming, Epic Tag, and more!

City College of San Francisco 1, Terence 0

Today wasn't one of the best days to spend money.

When the summer 2009 semester of CCSF started, I ended up dropping both my class (Acct 1 & Piano 1).
I thought everything would be fine; Dropped classes, get a refund.

Boy was I wrong. Because I dropped Piano after the deadline, (one that I wasn't aware of) I was still charged with the fee of 2 units and some bull-crap student fees.

A grand total of $57. There goes a little more than a days worth of pay. -.-

Terence 1, Bank of America 0

Bank of America Late Credit Card Fee

Woke up, checked my online statement and saw this.

Knew this was going to happen cause I paid on the last day, which happened to be a Sunday. (Banks closed, no instant transition)

Called customer service, argument mode, nice guys credited that one out. G.G

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