Loewe Fashion Show at 101

I forgot to take pics of the models struttin their stuff.

Next time~

Family Legends

2 of my cousins are apparently engaged -- but only in the minds of their parents.

What?!~

Family Legends 1: My Aunt Dana shared with us that her son, Jerry, is engaged to a half Korean, half white girl and that the wedding is in December.

Truth: My cousin Jerry is in a relationship, but with a girl that's black/filipino/white/something. They've been dating since August of last year and knowing him, marriage is the last thing on his mind.

Family Legends 2: My Uncle Tony said that his son Tom (yes, I have cousins named Tom and Jerry), is engaged to a fellow Japanese co-worker and that his wedding is also in December.

Truth: My cousin Tom is single and ready to mingle.

Gosh, I hope my mom doesn't start spreading rumors that I'm engaged or pregnant or whatevez.

Home Sweet Home

I'm all moved in!!!

I'm just lacking an air con and a stove --- but whatever. YAY!!!

And I gotta say, the 42in plasma tv looks so purrrrrty!!

[wiping tears away]

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This guy sitting across from me keeps squeezing his legs together. Like he's using an imaginary thigh master. It's really disturbing and -- good lord, he's at it again. Ugh. This is why I don't date Taiwanese guys.

Taiwanese girls: the new blonds?

Taiwanese girls are stupid.

I went to Carrefour (similar to Wal mart) to buy a cheapie DVD player. I asked the lady which of the DVD players can play pirated DVD's. She said that none of them can play them. The DVD players on hand can only play Taiwan made DVD's.

I'm not an electronic or anything, but I can smell horse shit a mile away. So I asked a guy and he goes "as long as the region is NTSC (or whatever), it'll be okay.

Strike 1 ladies.

I'm in the last stretch of the apt renovation and its down to the toilet. Ol Bertha is 30 years old and leaks water when flushed. It's time to retire ol Bertha. So I go to B&Q (similar to Home Depot) and there are 2 different toilet sizes -- 30cm and 40cm. Like hell I know the difference. (Jeff says since I'm American, I should get the 40cm. Are you trying to say that my ass is 10cm bigger than a local ass? =P)

I asked the wonderful people at B&Q how to measure the size and they didn't know. Seriously!?? Isn't this basic info? Their advice was to call up the local plumber and have them physically come over and measure it for me.

This morning, I called a couple of plumbers and asked them if they could come over and measure or tell me how. 1st guys response was "measure from the wall to the first bolt". Ok, that makes sense. 2nd response was "we have to remove the entire toilet to know the size". Yeah, that comment came from a lady. I checked on the net on how to measure (just to be safe) and the guy was el righto.

Strike 2.

This home deco company posted an ad on tealit and since they have a toilet promotion going on, I called to find out more details. Since the ad said they spoke English, I thought "yes!". A girl answered and I asked if she could speak English b/c its easier for me to communicate what I'm lookin for. She said "sure, I can understand. no problem." After a min of me explaining their toilet promotion and wanting to know further details, she goes "um... don't understand. hold on" and gets a guy with decent enough English on the phone.

Strike 3.

Moral of the story? Taiwanese girls are idiots.

Checklist

This is my favorite part of moving into a new place.

FURNITURE SHOPPING!!!!!
[I gotta say, shopping does put me in a better mood]

Couch ....... check
Bed frame ....... check
TV stand ....... check
Dining table + 4 chairs ....... check
Wardrobe ....... check
4-cube drawer (2) ....... check
Carpet (3) ....... check
Window blinds (2) ...... check
Fridge ........ check
42in plasma tv ....... check (!!!!!)
Air con
Mattress ....... check
Storage racks ....... check
Dvd player ......... check
Floor lamp (2)
Coffee table ........ check
Shoe rack
Kitchen crap
Bathroom crap ........ check
Microwave ...... to be donated by Julia

What else can I afford......

Frenemies

Work has become a MTV reality series. Seriously~ Time to form alliances, speak nothing but lies and sleep with as many co-workers as possible. Oh wait, that would be for US audiences.

Since I'm in Taiwan, it's more like: back stabbing, long lost siblings and an unexpected terminal illness that will make people forget/forgive their petty differences and the world will become drama free once again.

Da da dummmmm!

Village Idiot

If we were living in the 1950's, I'd be the village idiot. Turns out, I didn't need to strip paint, much less buy the paint removal paste. All I had to do was paint over the existing paint with 2-3 coats. I should've realized this earlier, but I thought to myself "the base is a grey and I want to use a lighter color, I probably have to remove the grey first..." That makes sense right? Plus, instead of going 25-30 mins to Taipei county (B&Q), there's a freakin paint shop like 2 mins away. FRICK!

[and the village idiot award goes to ......]

So the past 2 weeks of pain, agony and almost crippling my mah jong hands, were for nothing. Rome was definitely not built in a day and now I know why. But it's all good. I finished the living room, dining room, cleaned and started on the tv room. I should be all done with the painting tomorrow..still have the bedroom, kitchen and bathroom left.

Gunbate!!!

Home Improvements

hands.hurt.from.stripping.paint.

And get this, I'ma going back to Chestnut. @@

The plus side to all of this besides having a place of my own? Toned shoulders and arms. Whoo-hoo!