March 14, 2004

And not the movie, either. I am 24. It is the year of the monkey twice round since I was born. Do I feel old? Yes and no. Should I act my age? Probably, but I won't. And you can't make me.

So my decision: I now have a dreaded blog. I've decided to keep it so I can update when at school / work / too lazy to open up htmlkit and post on here. Mostly it'll be silly quizzes / comments / general slow shit.

the problem already is that I would much rather post in there than in here because of the convenience. Shit, I knew this was going to happen!!!


The weekend has been CRAZY. After my final exam and classes on Friday morning, I got home, relaxed, contemplated going for a jog in the beautiful sun, but then just stayed around and knitted, and went to the library to pay some fines, borrow some cds, and see if volume 5 of season 4 of sopranos was in yet. It wasn't. It was probably one of the better afternoons I've had in ...this year. And how fitting that I have a good afternon on my birthday! It was great.

Spending time with friends, family, and significant others is great on a whole other level, but just having time by yourself on a beautiful sunny day, driving around leisurely is FANTASTIC. Especially in this day and age of noise, materialism, and general busy-ness. :p

Had dinner with family, relatives and Mark that night, where we laughed about my baby cousin Nathans haircut. The kid looks like one of the three stooges now. ..Moe, i think? The guy with the severe bowl cut. Also finally ate Sarahs Birthday ice cream cake (don't ask) and had these huge baseball sized "sao bao" (Chinese Birthday Buns).

You know...as much as a complain about my family, I love them too....I can't say that enough.

After dinner, Mark and I headed out to Au Bar for some booty shakin' fun.. nice atmosphere, good crowd, no major hoochie maims hanging about. Got home at three, woke up at 6:30am.

It was "visit my brother and bring him groceries" day. I don't know why I had to wake up so early, we didn't leave the house until 7:50am. I didn't eat much in the morning because I knew it would be a nauseaus drive up. There's an S-curve every minute the whole way up to Whistler...and riding in the back of an SUV with loose suspension is definately not the way to go.

I have trouble not feeling car sick when I am sober and well rested, so I was surprised when I still had not thrown cookies all over the car at the half point. Then finally, we were there...ten minutes to there... I had my eyes closed, and I could feel sweat coming out of my pores, purging my body of the crap I had downed the night before....five minutes away from the village...holding on....then all of a sudden, my eyes are open, my body bolts upright, I grab the nearest tissue and cough up some breakfast. MMMMMmm.

At least it didn't stink and I had wet wipes and plastic bags to clean it all up. And we were just five minutes away.

It was a day of shopping while my sister and brother were up in the slopes...also some afternoon snacks and coffee before picking them up to go to the Keg for some beef.

You know what. If you're on a diet for a long time....or you've avoided a food for a long while (as in beef because of BSE / mad cow), initially, when you're having the food again, it does taste good. But then you take your fourth or fifth bite, and you're wondering what you had seen in the food anyways. I mean... the prime rib and garlic mashed potatoes tasted GREAT. But after a while they just tasted...bland.

I'm wondering even if I just like prime rib and potatoes because they're labelled "bad foods", or that I like th einitial sensation of biting into them. Interesting.

Perhaps I can continue to lose weight this way?

By the way, I EXCEEDED my goal of losing five pounds, I weighed myself on the birthday and found I had lost seven pounds!! Of couse, I can't guarantee I still have them off since I have been eating heartily (and unhealthly) since weighing in. Need to go for a jog / workout soon. Probably tomorrow morning.


Food Suppliers Night was EXCELLENT. None of us won anything this year, as opposed to last year, where both me and Helen walked away with a hardy umbrella each, and Rav got wine as a door prize.

I handed out many of my new business cards, and also got my share back from salespeople and representatives. Networking is great, although at first I did feel I was being sized up and accosted...the first thing I did when I walked through the doors was go to the washroom. I didn't make any stops, didn't take my time, just *whoosh*, straight to the washroom. So imagine my surprise when I'm pouring myself some water at the refreshmentn table, and a representative walks straight up to me and is like "hi, how are you doing, you're from company X, how are you doing on that project??"

I was taken aback....first of all, this was at a refreshment table, not at a stall, I've been in there not five minutes, and dude...half of that was in the washroom!!! It was like she was stalking me.

Oh well. I know what to expect next time.

Hmm. That just tells me that I could never be a salesperson. I'm good at making people feel uncomfortable, but I don't like doing it whatsoever.

Got to hang out with Helen, Gene, and Helen's friend Vicky afterwards. We went to Bobo, home of the 1-Liter sized bubble teas only to find out it was under renovation, then to Meloty for some refreshing fruit teas and desserts. I loved it.

Not the foods, but the company. I miss laughing like idiots and making wisecracks and staying out too long and too late, especially when you have some thing to do in the morning....I miss the talking and the general but so important BS that we talk about.

Anyways. It is a Sunday, so I need to meet Mark soon. Talk to you later.

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