Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Momo has recovered!! I got home and was half dreading being the first member to walk through our door... *choy choy* But I had this horrible image of my dear Momo dead on the floor!! *cries* Okay, it wasn't true. But to my surprise my brother was home and as I came in, he says to me, "Momo died" in a much too casual to be true way. Then there was Jimmy cooing nasty comments in the background like the true kiddy that he is.. "Yeah, she's dead, she's dead..." I'm not quite sure whether he repeated that but regardless it echoed in my head!! booo My heart dropped for a moment cos that was seriously what I was thinking the whole morning! =X Aiks! Anyways, all is good. Rushed out to get her some wormie tablets and flea control medication (even though she has neither.. but just to have at home alright?!) and a new bag of My Dog Chicken Beef and Vegetables chow chow just to spoil her!! Then I came home, let her roam in the backyard for some good ol' grass, and then gave her a bath!!! MmmMm She's clean, well and happy now! *phew* =)
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Bought a copy of NW whilst at Shell Petrol station this arvo. Then Jimmy decided that he had interest in reading it too, so we (ok, MY idea) decided to read it together in bed. Yes, wasn't a very smart idea since I could only really read one side, while he was reading the other, and the issue of who reads faster (obviously I'm the slower reader - as Maggie Mee will tell y'all) ended up being a challenge (for me) and a frustration for him! hehe ;P So after a few articles and a few debates we had a lil nap. Okay so that's nothing outta the ordinary in the life of Jim & Eve... But today **News Flash** he automatically, or let me rephrase that... he naturally wrapped his arms around me (WITHOUT me asking or initiating!! O M G!!! *gigglez*)!! As if it was OH SO normal for him to do so, he just drifted off… and even as he shifted and adjusted positions, he STILL kept me under his arms! AWWWWWW =D What a breakthroughhhhhh! ;P Just to make it sound even more sickly sweet, we even managed to hold hands while we were falling in and out of our ZZz!! LOL! C’mon let me gush, let me brag summore!!
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Gosh I can’t believe it, but I feel like eating! It’s 10.46pm and I want to eat a cheese and ham bun! Grr I hope it’s all to do with my PMSing cos if it’s just outta casual habit, then I’m gonna dieeeeeeeeeeee!! My belly is growing nice and steadily, which is really rather distressing for me. I know I’m no fatty but I don’t want to gain weight that I can’t lose IF it stores in the wrong places, or IF it ends up looking gross… I can’t handle that! Other than that, I really can’t afford a new wardrobe!
Talking about a new wardrobe I have a new wants list! More like a wish list cos I know I can’t afford anything right now, but here are some items which have caught my eye from Live:
Katherine Dress 6WKW4058 $238
Nique Jumper WK304COV $130
Glamazon Off-the-Shoulder Jumper $75
Blockout Black & White Stripy Dress F7444ST $71
Gripp Army Green Pant P779 $141
Nobody T “Nobody Does Better” (think that’s what it says!) T1564 $60
Puma shoes - Green 342113 $120
Lee Jacket 64290 $150
Blockout Short – Black P7450 $71
Ladakha Short – Grey 6PD1350 $150
Adorne Belt Wrap Me Up $29
I don't know why I've highlighted some items. *ahem* I know I can't afford them right now so really, there was no point highlighting because I wouldn't have enough funds to purchase more than one of those items. *sigh* Maybe the belt since it's the cheapest alternative?! Actually I haven't seen these items so I'm not even sure if i really like them anyways, but the models looks good in them!! ;p I better just save for a rainy day, save for a rainy day, save for a rainy day... I'll keep chanting that... Might actually stay in my mind oneday!!
*Yawn* Tired. Need Zzz. Looking forward to class. Looking forward to an afternoon with Jimmy and family. Looking forward to P.V.D! ;)
Poor baby is very, very unwell. She was throwing up heaps and heaps and this morning after throwing up some more she did two huge blobs of custardy brown craps. I hope that means that it's all out of her system and that she is on the road to recovery. I felt so sad that I couldn't help her cos all night she was in the corridor where our bedrooms were and even though my mum left her pillow and lil house there for her to sleep on she didn't. Poor baby!! I even spoke to her and patted her and carried her onto the pillow but she crawled off it. I think she was well taught because whenever she is dirty (e.g. got some shit stuck on her fur) she'd refrain from getting things dirty, i.e. her pillow cos my mum put a new towel on there for her... Poor baby!! I seriously feel really bad.. cos as I was bout to leave for class yesterday I grabbed some doggie treats and I think they might've been expired or something... so maybe she got sick from that... Another thing I could think of was that she came out and started licking this part of the wall which was degrading and had fungus or bits of the cement coming off it... Silly girl, she eats and licks everything! Oh I hope she is okay.
I went to the vet just now and I asked if there was anything that she could take and the vet went on and said she couldn't say unless I brought her in. She said it could be anything from a puncture in her intestines to food poisoning etc... She said some hideous stuff but I can't remember it cos I think I started cringing as she said it and mentally blocked it out... Poor Momo!! I love you girl!!! Get well soon!!
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
I just ate F O U R servings of mushroom, garlic and black pepper fasta pasta thingys from Continental... OK I lie, it's four side servings but my two bowls were bloody humungous!! I'm gonna have fun dropping mah kids off at the pool later!! I can't believe I ate so much. I'm a foodaholic!! Scary shit since I can't even afford to eat atm. I'm bloody poor. *cries*
Monies ain't mah only dilemma at present. Today was such a total waste of time. I dragged my arse outta bed for nothing but disappointment. I freaking hate how tafe is sooooo unorganised. Makes me appreciate uni so much now. I miss the deadlines and I miss the structures of work blah blah. I mean one of my lecturers is super blur, it's surprising she is there to educate us. 50% of me feels bad saying that because she is a lovely woman, but she's such a shitarse teacher. I'm sorry dear, but you are. My motivation now is Z E R O.
Our group has been so organised and we've booked rooms, and all the necessary equipment for our projects... and every week she'd say she will organise it, confirm it, the lotttttttt. BUT come today, nothing is bloody done. Last week we lost our rooms, lost our space... And now, we're sharing what she had promised us to be OUR corridor!! HAI, what's the bloody point?!! Oh right, HARMONY DAY. WHICH WAS MEANT TO BE TODAY!!! GRrr, tomorrow is INTERNATIONAL DAY!! FARKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I swear, she is so bloody blur, organising it on the wrong bloody day for us!!! And the other class doing their projects today, making us look like the bloody copy cats since most of our projects have similar ideas and all. It's just poobumz lah. *sigh*
Gosh I've been using bloody so much in this entry... bloody hell lah. Oops.
Thursday, March 16, 2006
So I was blahing before about how the mugs went wrong the first time and I called Jimmy and his friends to have a cry about it... ODD? I mean previously I was sooooo used to calling Alex and bugging him about all sorts of problems and unimportant stuff. But yesterday was different. I called everyone else BUT him. I had thought of calling him to complain and rant on, but I was worried he would be with his soon to be gf and didn't want her to think anything. I mean I totally understand being a girl myself, how annoying or how protective I may get over my bf if some girl, whether just a good friend or some bitch with an agenda were to call... often. I did not want to be "that bitch", especially since I'm not his bitch or anyone's bitch for that matter!
So it came to my attention,
Can girls and boys be friends without the girlfriends/boyfriends thinking otherwise? And/Or Can girls and boys be friends without one party falling for the other?
Or is it just me? Do I think too much or am I truly naive, as my bf says? Cos while I want to say that I'd accept my bf to have other galpals, I think I would still be consumed with jealousy. This is what I think anyways, and from past experience! Exes are a no go for sure! Unless we all knew each other from before and were on good terms OR its been like a longgggg time, then I guess it's all cool. :) But for me, I guess my "new" friends are majority boys. Now that I come to think of it, I am grateful hunni has been so mature to accept them as friends too. Because I know that it was hard for him in the beginning and maybe still so now? But thankyou babes. I really appreciate your support. *hugz*
In answer to the question, I think it all depends on the friend and how the bf or gf is around them. If they are the same old to that good friend as they are to all their other good friends, then I suppose the gf or bf really shouldn't have grounds to think otherwise. But if they seem super nice and considerate just to that special one, then perhaps there may be something, but that could also be an unfair and biased judgment cos all cases varies and I think you'd really have to consider the person's personality as well. The bf/gf may be a socialite type and have and enjoy the company of both genders and therefore if the bf/gf cannot take this, he/she really should reconsider the relationship... And also what about the issue of trust?? Gosh there's so many agruments!
And so long as girls and boys are neither lesbian or gay, there is ALWAYS that chance of friends falling for one another. This is the conclusion I have come to after seeing many cases of good friends feeling more than just "friends"/one falling for the other but the other doesn't feel the same way and the friendship turns sour or changes as a result of it etc...
AHHHH I can't be bothered typing anymore I'm so tired and I don't think I'm making much sense here! I can't even remember my point now!!
Edited version... how the mug was supposed to look like, minus the white text box...
Original pic...
Talking about wedding presents...
First of all let me just rant out my bothers...
I had spoken to Jun and he said that he would love to chip in on a present for the happy couple. Of course I was like, yeah sure thing, the more the merrier... We had agreed to go Sunday shopping in the city but after a big night Jimmy could not make it so we didn't go. So I see Jun online and he messages me and tells me that he had just bought a gift for the happy couple.
OHHHHHH I thought. OKAYYYY... So I asked him what he had purchased, and he said, "Esprit towels and an electric toothbrush" I was SPEWING at that moment because,
a) Who the hell would want towels for their wedding gift?! OR for any gift for that matter?? And they weren't even personalised!! (This is what I initially thought)
b) He didn't even ask us for a suggestion or at the very least he COULD have given either me or Jimmy a call BEFORE he was to purchase the gift... right??!
c) I felt ermm violated (okay I know that's not the right word but I am still upset at this point to think straight!) because what was meant to be a gift from the THREE of us, became a gift from him (as he chose it all at his very own discretion). Fair enough we were still chipping in, but I had NO say at all in the choice of the gift!! I felt so, so discriminated against because I wasn't there!! Grr Grr GRrrrrrrrr! And I guess I could have pulled out, but being the decent person that I am, thought that I'd be chucking a "Jun" if I were to pull out as it was meant to be an agreement to "chip in" for a present for the happy couple from the beginning.
OKAY SO I'M ANAL. But, but let me first defend myself. Not only am I an emo person, but as a girl, a woman, a female... Something like a wedding gift to a fellow galpal is very, extremely important, you hear??? It's like almost insulting to get the man to buy a woman's gift. Apologies if that sounds sexist, but it's so trueeeeeeeeee. I feel a dent in my ego because I didn't get to choose that wedding gift personally, as if my input didn't matter. Rahhh rahh rahhhhh. :(
And thinking about it rationally as much as I can, I guess I can understand Jun's intentions on purchasing what he thought was a appropriate gift... Afterall, him and most of the other boys have been bumchumz with Dom since their early primary years, so yes, fair enough that he wanted his say. BUT STILLLLLLLL!!!!
Unless I say, "I don't know what to get, so whatever YOU think is appropriate then just get it. I'm fine with whatever you get, I trust your judgment" then PLEASE don't make up MY mind for me. And YES, I did say, "I don't know what to get" and then threw a few suggestions at him, but I never once said, "You get whatever you think is good, etc". Now I sound like an ANAL BITCH. Well does it look like I give a shite?!
BUT just to give Junyi credit, rather than continuously bagging him... the towels looked like they were good quality (even though they were all dark poo brown - which really could go either way, either ugly and unappreciated or classy, modern and sophisticated). I can kinda understand why he thought manchester/homeware was appropriate also, since they got a new apartment and starting a "new phase" together would be nice to have new "towels" and new other things. :) ANDDDD he made the sweet effort to get his friend to impersonate an ORAL-B sales consultant and then pretend to call Dom for a survey on electric toothbrushes, asking whether he owned one (which he didn't) and whether he would like to own one (to which he replied, "Yeah I have been meaning to get one..."). LOL Okay, okay, that's 5 brownie points for the whole effort Jun! :)
Lesson: So IF any of you should want to purchase a GROUP GIFT, at least have the courtesy to let the others involved know what you are planning to get BEFORE you get it. That way, there will be less unhappy chipper-iners, and everybody will be happy happy. :) OH and if Jun or any of Jimmy's friends happen to stumble across my blog, it was nothing personal against Junyi, just how I felt for not being included in the decision lah. So nothing against Junyi the fabulous, womanising dentist okay?! :p hehe
However, still feeling damn unsatisfied and rather disappointed (that I didn't matter and had absolutely no input in the first present), I decided to get an addition to the present from me, myself and I. Okay, from me and Jimmy lah. So I went searching and searching and initially I had wanted to get one of those Wedding Journals for Sophia cos I thought it would be damn nice for her to be able to write down her thoughts and "their" story, e.g. how they met and when he popped the question etc... and the whole planning of the wedding reception etc, BUT then I thought that since the wedding was already tomorrow, the whole planning section would kinda be wasted... So I decided against it, EVEN though there were some nice ones with beautiful love quotes and all in them...
Anyway, in desperation I settled from a frame (not just any old frame, a beautiful classic wedding frame) and a small Me2U Wedding Monument. Not wanting to give them an empty frame I searched my computer for pics of the happy couple. I found two nice ones and decided to edit it for a different effect and added a meaningful love quote in it. Then I was planning to get it printed at some photoshop and put it in the frame...
As I headed to Curtin to visit Centrelink (oh must rant about that!) I thought of a most wonderfully BRILLIANT idea!!! To print that beautiful picture of the happy couple on a mug instead!! Okay, after some debate with Kathy, decided to get two mugs rather than just something for Sophia. So I passed the CD over to John the mug specialist (ai, the printer man lah) and he said that he would edit it so that there wouldn't be a text box and make the letters blend into the background. OKAY, COOL I thought...
Then yesterday afternoon after the registry and my class I sped off to Curtin to pick up the mugs at 4pm. I got there and as I examined the mugs, I saw the shock of my life. OMFG, he had spelt her name wrong. NO, correction, he had completely gotton her name wrong. So what was meant to be printed on the mug was their edited photograph and....
Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning
Congratulations Dom & Sophia
John, the mug specialist went on to write, Congratulations Dom & SYLVIA. OMG!! I mean, that's NOT her name!!! And perhaps it could've been slightly forgivable had he just spelt her name with an F rather than a PH, like Sofia, rather than Sophia... BUT NO, he had to get her whole freakin' name wrong!!
So as you can imagine my stress level was way over the limit already so when I saw that I almost balled my eyes out and at the same time was speechless and also wanted to chuck a tanty... *wahhhhh* He apologised and said that he could get it done by tomorrow morning so I walked away feeling like a big piece of shit. Actually, correction, I never once spoke to him, I spoke to him through my work colleague Mel (who also works there). Would've been nice if he had come out to apologise himself. HRPHH.
When I got back to the car, I called Jimmy... He didn't pick up. I called Aaron, he didn't pick up. I called YJ, and he picked up so I went on and complained to him... After a bit of a motivation speech from him, I decided to call that John guy back and strip him of his Mug Specialist title, for he did not deserve it! No, just to be firm and strongly urge him to try his best to rectify the problem in which he had made all by himself there and then before it was to close.
So John said (over the phone cos I couldn't be bothered to walk all the way back up to the copy centre), "I'd prefer it if I could have more time to spend on it as there may be errors (WTF I was thinking, I gave you time the first time round and you STILL made errors!)", but then he said, "but I will do it now for you, but the shop will be closed and the till, so do you mind coming to pay for it now?" and I was thinking I should be freakin' getting this for free, for all the stress and trouble you have caused me, but I agreed because it really didn't matter whether I paid or not cos I had genuinely wanted to get it for the happy couple, you know? So I ran back and paid for it and he said that he would most likely get it done by 5.15 and just for me to come back and knock on the door and he would pass it to me as it would already be closed by then. Blah blah, watever, I was thinking, just bloody well get it done!!
So while I was waiting around 4ish, I called Marge to see if she was at uni cos I felt so lost cos I was no longer a part of Curtin. I didn't know where to go, what to do with myself... So she came a bit early and I chatted with her, which was good just to catch up and also to calm my nerves and stress!
Then I got a call from a private number and it was John. He told me that he had finished and it was ready for me to pick up, and that was 4.45pm!! How come har? I mean this would've all been fixed if he had bothered to double check his work BEFORE printing. OR after printing, CHECK again and if there were errors, to REPRINT until it was correct. Maybe he knew he made a mistake and thought that I wouldn't notice... But anyhow, I fetl annoyed that he had first told me he could only fix it by the following morning when in fact he could do it within 45 minutes there and then. I think he really should have been more apologetic for his error and setting me back (time wise) and he should have offered me a discount AND he should have taken it back and asked me just to wait a while longer for him to fix it there and then on the spot. Wouldn't that have been better rather than me complaining and going through all that stress as a loyal customer? I've been to him several times you know... *sniff* Ahh wells, at least it's all over now!!! *phewwwwww*
So babe, I had a legitimate reason for getting to your house late and consequently getting to the reception late!!! So, sorry Mr and Mrs Kwan!!! I hope you like all our wedding presents anyway!! *HuGgLeS*
The boyz belting it out!!!!!!!!!
Now it's Andrew's turn to belt it out!!!
The two quiet boyz singing!!! AWwww ;)
Mrs Kwan insisted on taking photos of us!! hahaha She said she's waiting for our turn! PFFfTT I say not for a long time lah!! heheheee
Me & Mrs Kwan.. drunken drunkennn!! hehehee
HAhah awwww hunni sang to me last nite!!!
Angel's bf, Angel, Soph, Dom
againsss...
After party @ Hitz...
A drunken hunni & meself...
Outside.. Mr & Mrs Kwan with the boyz!
Agains!
Me, Sophia, Cindy
Sophia & Cindy
Was MEANT to be an "angry face" pose!!
Couples...Both Married & Not Married!
Me & Mrs Kwan!
Newly weds with the Rossy boyz
Dom thinks he is a cow and Sophia likes it... hehee
Uncle going crazy...wanna join in on da fun!!!
*Cheers* Yum Singggggggggggg!!!
Dr Chan makes a speech to the happy couple also!!
Pic of the night!!! Both smiling so happilyyy!
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
Momo has recovered!! I got home and was half dreading being the first member to walk through our door... *choy choy* But I had this horrible image of my dear Momo dead on the floor!! *cries* Okay, it wasn't true. But to my surprise my brother was home and as I came in, he says to me, "Momo died" in a much too casual to be true way. Then there was Jimmy cooing nasty comments in the background like the true kiddy that he is.. "Yeah, she's dead, she's dead..." I'm not quite sure whether he repeated that but regardless it echoed in my head!! booo My heart dropped for a moment cos that was seriously what I was thinking the whole morning! =X Aiks! Anyways, all is good. Rushed out to get her some wormie tablets and flea control medication (even though she has neither.. but just to have at home alright?!) and a new bag of My Dog Chicken Beef and Vegetables chow chow just to spoil her!! Then I came home, let her roam in the backyard for some good ol' grass, and then gave her a bath!!! MmmMm She's clean, well and happy now! *phew* =)
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Bought a copy of NW whilst at Shell Petrol station this arvo. Then Jimmy decided that he had interest in reading it too, so we (ok, MY idea) decided to read it together in bed. Yes, wasn't a very smart idea since I could only really read one side, while he was reading the other, and the issue of who reads faster (obviously I'm the slower reader - as Maggie Mee will tell y'all) ended up being a challenge (for me) and a frustration for him! hehe ;P So after a few articles and a few debates we had a lil nap. Okay so that's nothing outta the ordinary in the life of Jim & Eve... But today **News Flash** he automatically, or let me rephrase that... he naturally wrapped his arms around me (WITHOUT me asking or initiating!! O M G!!! *gigglez*)!! As if it was OH SO normal for him to do so, he just drifted off… and even as he shifted and adjusted positions, he STILL kept me under his arms! AWWWWWW =D What a breakthroughhhhhh! ;P Just to make it sound even more sickly sweet, we even managed to hold hands while we were falling in and out of our ZZz!! LOL! C’mon let me gush, let me brag summore!!
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Gosh I can’t believe it, but I feel like eating! It’s 10.46pm and I want to eat a cheese and ham bun! Grr I hope it’s all to do with my PMSing cos if it’s just outta casual habit, then I’m gonna dieeeeeeeeeeee!! My belly is growing nice and steadily, which is really rather distressing for me. I know I’m no fatty but I don’t want to gain weight that I can’t lose IF it stores in the wrong places, or IF it ends up looking gross… I can’t handle that! Other than that, I really can’t afford a new wardrobe!
Talking about a new wardrobe I have a new wants list! More like a wish list cos I know I can’t afford anything right now, but here are some items which have caught my eye from Live:
Katherine Dress 6WKW4058 $238
Nique Jumper WK304COV $130
Glamazon Off-the-Shoulder Jumper $75
Blockout Black & White Stripy Dress F7444ST $71
Gripp Army Green Pant P779 $141
Nobody T “Nobody Does Better” (think that’s what it says!) T1564 $60
Puma shoes - Green 342113 $120
Lee Jacket 64290 $150
Blockout Short – Black P7450 $71
Ladakha Short – Grey 6PD1350 $150
Adorne Belt Wrap Me Up $29
I don't know why I've highlighted some items. *ahem* I know I can't afford them right now so really, there was no point highlighting because I wouldn't have enough funds to purchase more than one of those items. *sigh* Maybe the belt since it's the cheapest alternative?! Actually I haven't seen these items so I'm not even sure if i really like them anyways, but the models looks good in them!! ;p I better just save for a rainy day, save for a rainy day, save for a rainy day... I'll keep chanting that... Might actually stay in my mind oneday!!
*Yawn* Tired. Need Zzz. Looking forward to class. Looking forward to an afternoon with Jimmy and family. Looking forward to P.V.D! ;)
Poor baby is very, very unwell. She was throwing up heaps and heaps and this morning after throwing up some more she did two huge blobs of custardy brown craps. I hope that means that it's all out of her system and that she is on the road to recovery. I felt so sad that I couldn't help her cos all night she was in the corridor where our bedrooms were and even though my mum left her pillow and lil house there for her to sleep on she didn't. Poor baby!! I even spoke to her and patted her and carried her onto the pillow but she crawled off it. I think she was well taught because whenever she is dirty (e.g. got some shit stuck on her fur) she'd refrain from getting things dirty, i.e. her pillow cos my mum put a new towel on there for her... Poor baby!! I seriously feel really bad.. cos as I was bout to leave for class yesterday I grabbed some doggie treats and I think they might've been expired or something... so maybe she got sick from that... Another thing I could think of was that she came out and started licking this part of the wall which was degrading and had fungus or bits of the cement coming off it... Silly girl, she eats and licks everything! Oh I hope she is okay.
I went to the vet just now and I asked if there was anything that she could take and the vet went on and said she couldn't say unless I brought her in. She said it could be anything from a puncture in her intestines to food poisoning etc... She said some hideous stuff but I can't remember it cos I think I started cringing as she said it and mentally blocked it out... Poor Momo!! I love you girl!!! Get well soon!!
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
I just ate F O U R servings of mushroom, garlic and black pepper fasta pasta thingys from Continental... OK I lie, it's four side servings but my two bowls were bloody humungous!! I'm gonna have fun dropping mah kids off at the pool later!! I can't believe I ate so much. I'm a foodaholic!! Scary shit since I can't even afford to eat atm. I'm bloody poor. *cries*
Monies ain't mah only dilemma at present. Today was such a total waste of time. I dragged my arse outta bed for nothing but disappointment. I freaking hate how tafe is sooooo unorganised. Makes me appreciate uni so much now. I miss the deadlines and I miss the structures of work blah blah. I mean one of my lecturers is super blur, it's surprising she is there to educate us. 50% of me feels bad saying that because she is a lovely woman, but she's such a shitarse teacher. I'm sorry dear, but you are. My motivation now is Z E R O.
Our group has been so organised and we've booked rooms, and all the necessary equipment for our projects... and every week she'd say she will organise it, confirm it, the lotttttttt. BUT come today, nothing is bloody done. Last week we lost our rooms, lost our space... And now, we're sharing what she had promised us to be OUR corridor!! HAI, what's the bloody point?!! Oh right, HARMONY DAY. WHICH WAS MEANT TO BE TODAY!!! GRrr, tomorrow is INTERNATIONAL DAY!! FARKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I swear, she is so bloody blur, organising it on the wrong bloody day for us!!! And the other class doing their projects today, making us look like the bloody copy cats since most of our projects have similar ideas and all. It's just poobumz lah. *sigh*
Gosh I've been using bloody so much in this entry... bloody hell lah. Oops.
Thursday, March 16, 2006
So I was blahing before about how the mugs went wrong the first time and I called Jimmy and his friends to have a cry about it... ODD? I mean previously I was sooooo used to calling Alex and bugging him about all sorts of problems and unimportant stuff. But yesterday was different. I called everyone else BUT him. I had thought of calling him to complain and rant on, but I was worried he would be with his soon to be gf and didn't want her to think anything. I mean I totally understand being a girl myself, how annoying or how protective I may get over my bf if some girl, whether just a good friend or some bitch with an agenda were to call... often. I did not want to be "that bitch", especially since I'm not his bitch or anyone's bitch for that matter!
So it came to my attention,
Can girls and boys be friends without the girlfriends/boyfriends thinking otherwise? And/Or Can girls and boys be friends without one party falling for the other?
Or is it just me? Do I think too much or am I truly naive, as my bf says? Cos while I want to say that I'd accept my bf to have other galpals, I think I would still be consumed with jealousy. This is what I think anyways, and from past experience! Exes are a no go for sure! Unless we all knew each other from before and were on good terms OR its been like a longgggg time, then I guess it's all cool. :) But for me, I guess my "new" friends are majority boys. Now that I come to think of it, I am grateful hunni has been so mature to accept them as friends too. Because I know that it was hard for him in the beginning and maybe still so now? But thankyou babes. I really appreciate your support. *hugz*
In answer to the question, I think it all depends on the friend and how the bf or gf is around them. If they are the same old to that good friend as they are to all their other good friends, then I suppose the gf or bf really shouldn't have grounds to think otherwise. But if they seem super nice and considerate just to that special one, then perhaps there may be something, but that could also be an unfair and biased judgment cos all cases varies and I think you'd really have to consider the person's personality as well. The bf/gf may be a socialite type and have and enjoy the company of both genders and therefore if the bf/gf cannot take this, he/she really should reconsider the relationship... And also what about the issue of trust?? Gosh there's so many agruments!
And so long as girls and boys are neither lesbian or gay, there is ALWAYS that chance of friends falling for one another. This is the conclusion I have come to after seeing many cases of good friends feeling more than just "friends"/one falling for the other but the other doesn't feel the same way and the friendship turns sour or changes as a result of it etc...
AHHHH I can't be bothered typing anymore I'm so tired and I don't think I'm making much sense here! I can't even remember my point now!!
Edited version... how the mug was supposed to look like, minus the white text box...
Original pic...
Talking about wedding presents...
First of all let me just rant out my bothers...
I had spoken to Jun and he said that he would love to chip in on a present for the happy couple. Of course I was like, yeah sure thing, the more the merrier... We had agreed to go Sunday shopping in the city but after a big night Jimmy could not make it so we didn't go. So I see Jun online and he messages me and tells me that he had just bought a gift for the happy couple.
OHHHHHH I thought. OKAYYYY... So I asked him what he had purchased, and he said, "Esprit towels and an electric toothbrush" I was SPEWING at that moment because,
a) Who the hell would want towels for their wedding gift?! OR for any gift for that matter?? And they weren't even personalised!! (This is what I initially thought)
b) He didn't even ask us for a suggestion or at the very least he COULD have given either me or Jimmy a call BEFORE he was to purchase the gift... right??!
c) I felt ermm violated (okay I know that's not the right word but I am still upset at this point to think straight!) because what was meant to be a gift from the THREE of us, became a gift from him (as he chose it all at his very own discretion). Fair enough we were still chipping in, but I had NO say at all in the choice of the gift!! I felt so, so discriminated against because I wasn't there!! Grr Grr GRrrrrrrrr! And I guess I could have pulled out, but being the decent person that I am, thought that I'd be chucking a "Jun" if I were to pull out as it was meant to be an agreement to "chip in" for a present for the happy couple from the beginning.
OKAY SO I'M ANAL. But, but let me first defend myself. Not only am I an emo person, but as a girl, a woman, a female... Something like a wedding gift to a fellow galpal is very, extremely important, you hear??? It's like almost insulting to get the man to buy a woman's gift. Apologies if that sounds sexist, but it's so trueeeeeeeeee. I feel a dent in my ego because I didn't get to choose that wedding gift personally, as if my input didn't matter. Rahhh rahh rahhhhh. :(
And thinking about it rationally as much as I can, I guess I can understand Jun's intentions on purchasing what he thought was a appropriate gift... Afterall, him and most of the other boys have been bumchumz with Dom since their early primary years, so yes, fair enough that he wanted his say. BUT STILLLLLLLL!!!!
Unless I say, "I don't know what to get, so whatever YOU think is appropriate then just get it. I'm fine with whatever you get, I trust your judgment" then PLEASE don't make up MY mind for me. And YES, I did say, "I don't know what to get" and then threw a few suggestions at him, but I never once said, "You get whatever you think is good, etc". Now I sound like an ANAL BITCH. Well does it look like I give a shite?!
BUT just to give Junyi credit, rather than continuously bagging him... the towels looked like they were good quality (even though they were all dark poo brown - which really could go either way, either ugly and unappreciated or classy, modern and sophisticated). I can kinda understand why he thought manchester/homeware was appropriate also, since they got a new apartment and starting a "new phase" together would be nice to have new "towels" and new other things. :) ANDDDD he made the sweet effort to get his friend to impersonate an ORAL-B sales consultant and then pretend to call Dom for a survey on electric toothbrushes, asking whether he owned one (which he didn't) and whether he would like to own one (to which he replied, "Yeah I have been meaning to get one..."). LOL Okay, okay, that's 5 brownie points for the whole effort Jun! :)
Lesson: So IF any of you should want to purchase a GROUP GIFT, at least have the courtesy to let the others involved know what you are planning to get BEFORE you get it. That way, there will be less unhappy chipper-iners, and everybody will be happy happy. :) OH and if Jun or any of Jimmy's friends happen to stumble across my blog, it was nothing personal against Junyi, just how I felt for not being included in the decision lah. So nothing against Junyi the fabulous, womanising dentist okay?! :p hehe
However, still feeling damn unsatisfied and rather disappointed (that I didn't matter and had absolutely no input in the first present), I decided to get an addition to the present from me, myself and I. Okay, from me and Jimmy lah. So I went searching and searching and initially I had wanted to get one of those Wedding Journals for Sophia cos I thought it would be damn nice for her to be able to write down her thoughts and "their" story, e.g. how they met and when he popped the question etc... and the whole planning of the wedding reception etc, BUT then I thought that since the wedding was already tomorrow, the whole planning section would kinda be wasted... So I decided against it, EVEN though there were some nice ones with beautiful love quotes and all in them...
Anyway, in desperation I settled from a frame (not just any old frame, a beautiful classic wedding frame) and a small Me2U Wedding Monument. Not wanting to give them an empty frame I searched my computer for pics of the happy couple. I found two nice ones and decided to edit it for a different effect and added a meaningful love quote in it. Then I was planning to get it printed at some photoshop and put it in the frame...
As I headed to Curtin to visit Centrelink (oh must rant about that!) I thought of a most wonderfully BRILLIANT idea!!! To print that beautiful picture of the happy couple on a mug instead!! Okay, after some debate with Kathy, decided to get two mugs rather than just something for Sophia. So I passed the CD over to John the mug specialist (ai, the printer man lah) and he said that he would edit it so that there wouldn't be a text box and make the letters blend into the background. OKAY, COOL I thought...
Then yesterday afternoon after the registry and my class I sped off to Curtin to pick up the mugs at 4pm. I got there and as I examined the mugs, I saw the shock of my life. OMFG, he had spelt her name wrong. NO, correction, he had completely gotton her name wrong. So what was meant to be printed on the mug was their edited photograph and....
Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning
Congratulations Dom & Sophia
John, the mug specialist went on to write, Congratulations Dom & SYLVIA. OMG!! I mean, that's NOT her name!!! And perhaps it could've been slightly forgivable had he just spelt her name with an F rather than a PH, like Sofia, rather than Sophia... BUT NO, he had to get her whole freakin' name wrong!!
So as you can imagine my stress level was way over the limit already so when I saw that I almost balled my eyes out and at the same time was speechless and also wanted to chuck a tanty... *wahhhhh* He apologised and said that he could get it done by tomorrow morning so I walked away feeling like a big piece of shit. Actually, correction, I never once spoke to him, I spoke to him through my work colleague Mel (who also works there). Would've been nice if he had come out to apologise himself. HRPHH.
When I got back to the car, I called Jimmy... He didn't pick up. I called Aaron, he didn't pick up. I called YJ, and he picked up so I went on and complained to him... After a bit of a motivation speech from him, I decided to call that John guy back and strip him of his Mug Specialist title, for he did not deserve it! No, just to be firm and strongly urge him to try his best to rectify the problem in which he had made all by himself there and then before it was to close.
So John said (over the phone cos I couldn't be bothered to walk all the way back up to the copy centre), "I'd prefer it if I could have more time to spend on it as there may be errors (WTF I was thinking, I gave you time the first time round and you STILL made errors!)", but then he said, "but I will do it now for you, but the shop will be closed and the till, so do you mind coming to pay for it now?" and I was thinking I should be freakin' getting this for free, for all the stress and trouble you have caused me, but I agreed because it really didn't matter whether I paid or not cos I had genuinely wanted to get it for the happy couple, you know? So I ran back and paid for it and he said that he would most likely get it done by 5.15 and just for me to come back and knock on the door and he would pass it to me as it would already be closed by then. Blah blah, watever, I was thinking, just bloody well get it done!!
So while I was waiting around 4ish, I called Marge to see if she was at uni cos I felt so lost cos I was no longer a part of Curtin. I didn't know where to go, what to do with myself... So she came a bit early and I chatted with her, which was good just to catch up and also to calm my nerves and stress!
Then I got a call from a private number and it was John. He told me that he had finished and it was ready for me to pick up, and that was 4.45pm!! How come har? I mean this would've all been fixed if he had bothered to double check his work BEFORE printing. OR after printing, CHECK again and if there were errors, to REPRINT until it was correct. Maybe he knew he made a mistake and thought that I wouldn't notice... But anyhow, I fetl annoyed that he had first told me he could only fix it by the following morning when in fact he could do it within 45 minutes there and then. I think he really should have been more apologetic for his error and setting me back (time wise) and he should have offered me a discount AND he should have taken it back and asked me just to wait a while longer for him to fix it there and then on the spot. Wouldn't that have been better rather than me complaining and going through all that stress as a loyal customer? I've been to him several times you know... *sniff* Ahh wells, at least it's all over now!!! *phewwwwww*
So babe, I had a legitimate reason for getting to your house late and consequently getting to the reception late!!! So, sorry Mr and Mrs Kwan!!! I hope you like all our wedding presents anyway!! *HuGgLeS*
The boyz belting it out!!!!!!!!!
Now it's Andrew's turn to belt it out!!!
The two quiet boyz singing!!! AWwww ;)
Mrs Kwan insisted on taking photos of us!! hahaha She said she's waiting for our turn! PFFfTT I say not for a long time lah!! heheheee
Me & Mrs Kwan.. drunken drunkennn!! hehehee
HAhah awwww hunni sang to me last nite!!!
Angel's bf, Angel, Soph, Dom
againsss...
After party @ Hitz...
A drunken hunni & meself...
Outside.. Mr & Mrs Kwan with the boyz!
Agains!
Me, Sophia, Cindy
Sophia & Cindy
Was MEANT to be an "angry face" pose!!
Couples...Both Married & Not Married!
Me & Mrs Kwan!
Newly weds with the Rossy boyz
Dom thinks he is a cow and Sophia likes it... hehee
Uncle going crazy...wanna join in on da fun!!!
*Cheers* Yum Singggggggggggg!!!
Dr Chan makes a speech to the happy couple also!!
Pic of the night!!! Both smiling so happilyyy!
