I've come to realize that lying on your stomache while writing a cover letter is not such a great idea. I don't know if its the lack of blood flow to the brain or the soft stack of pillows I was leaning on, but good golly, I just could not concentrate!
I found out through an 'encounter' that there's a little boy ghost living in the house. We all named him Casper for kicks. Here's how it unfolded: I was downstairs in the living room watching the news and all of a sudden, I hear this muffled voice say "no mikey..." Mikey's the house dog that was locked up in Will and Shirley's room. I was on gmail chat with Amanda and I told her I just heard voices coming from upstairs and asked if she knew if Shirely was home.
I went upstairs and leaned against their door and heard nothing. Mikey usually whimpers/cries when he's alone, so when I didn't hear anything, I just figured someone was in there with him. It's a good thing I never went into law enforcement cuz apparently no one was there.
Will came home a couple of hours later and the first words out of his mouth was "Nancy, I heard you got scared? What happened?" o.O And when Jason came home, the first words outta his mouth was "Nano, don't be scared, its just a little boy ghost..." LOL! Apparently Amanda phone tree'd the housemates of the situation. It was really sweet of her cuz she was worried, but most likely I probably just heard the neighbors.
That's all the suburbia excitement I have for now....
Friday, April 27, 2007
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Jack London Square
First off, I would like to write that I just absolutely HEART my laptop! He's light, wireless and white! But just cuz he's white don't mean he's a Mac. hehe. But I'm gonna name it "Mac" for the sake of naming it.
Anyhoo, its a Saturday afternoon and I'm catching up on my mags at the local Barnes & Nobles. Bookstores are a definite place of refuge for gloomy days like today. Oh snap! A fellow browsing in the aisle next to me just farted. >_<
I just lost my train of thought [as a train passes in the background]. I had an impromptu meeting with an ad agency last Thursday and for some reason I really liked the place! I'm an anti-first impressions kinda person so I was surprised at how comfortable I was there. Maybe its a sign? Who knows.
The big MW called and like always, I was anxious to hear what they had to say, but at the same time, I was thinking to myself "blah blah blah"... Any day now please.
Last weekend, I met the wonderful Hank something. He was a silver fox, he was. Numbers were exchanged, well, just mine and I've been waiting for him to call -- NOT! Jason and Amanda graciously passed their Warrior's season tickets to me last weekend. They were occupied with a prior engagement so I took Marlow with me to the game. I gotta say, Warrior's kicked major ass! I love the Sonics, but these guys were amazing! I hope they go all the way. Go Warriors!
Speaking of Marlow, she's inviting me to this WAC Mandarin Language Group next week. Marlow is the fobby-est white girl I know. I should say that she's teh biggest fob I know, regardless of ethincity. My goal is to get a mah jong club started. [thumbs up!] Anyway, I met up with Marlow at her hood and we walked around the park -- as in Golden Gate Park. I kinda wanted to just plop on her couch and watch tv, but she tricked me by saying they had real live buffalos roaming around in the park. Nice try Marlow, but after the botanical garden, Japanese tea garden and the other thing-which-I-can't-remember, I didn't see no buffalos. Maybe she was trying to pull a "Jessica Simpson" on me and what she really meant by buffalos were just the bums roaming around.... [shrug]
Anyhoo, its a Saturday afternoon and I'm catching up on my mags at the local Barnes & Nobles. Bookstores are a definite place of refuge for gloomy days like today. Oh snap! A fellow browsing in the aisle next to me just farted. >_<
I just lost my train of thought [as a train passes in the background]. I had an impromptu meeting with an ad agency last Thursday and for some reason I really liked the place! I'm an anti-first impressions kinda person so I was surprised at how comfortable I was there. Maybe its a sign? Who knows.
The big MW called and like always, I was anxious to hear what they had to say, but at the same time, I was thinking to myself "blah blah blah"... Any day now please.
Last weekend, I met the wonderful Hank something. He was a silver fox, he was. Numbers were exchanged, well, just mine and I've been waiting for him to call -- NOT! Jason and Amanda graciously passed their Warrior's season tickets to me last weekend. They were occupied with a prior engagement so I took Marlow with me to the game. I gotta say, Warrior's kicked major ass! I love the Sonics, but these guys were amazing! I hope they go all the way. Go Warriors!
Speaking of Marlow, she's inviting me to this WAC Mandarin Language Group next week. Marlow is the fobby-est white girl I know. I should say that she's teh biggest fob I know, regardless of ethincity. My goal is to get a mah jong club started. [thumbs up!] Anyway, I met up with Marlow at her hood and we walked around the park -- as in Golden Gate Park. I kinda wanted to just plop on her couch and watch tv, but she tricked me by saying they had real live buffalos roaming around in the park. Nice try Marlow, but after the botanical garden, Japanese tea garden and the other thing-which-I-can't-remember, I didn't see no buffalos. Maybe she was trying to pull a "Jessica Simpson" on me and what she really meant by buffalos were just the bums roaming around.... [shrug]
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Online Mania
Once upon a time, I said "HELL NO" to sites like Friendster after wasting X number of hours on it. But who would've thunk I'd get suckered into Myspace. And the most recent one, Facebook. NO MORE!!!!
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Skip n a hop away
First time was with OMD.
Second time was with McCann.
This time, its with Y&R.
LOL!
Time has never been on my side...
Second time was with McCann.
This time, its with Y&R.
LOL!
Time has never been on my side...
Monday, April 09, 2007
Free to a good home
Mini update:
1. I need to stop ripping up receipts... ugh~
2. Starting the book -- I mean, will start the book "Stumbling on Happiness" soon!
3. Here we go again...
1. I need to stop ripping up receipts... ugh~
2. Starting the book -- I mean, will start the book "Stumbling on Happiness" soon!
3. Here we go again...
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
Friday, March 30, 2007
Friday, March 23, 2007
Briggs Meyer Personality Test
Introverted iNtuitive Feeling Judging
INFJs focus on possibilities, think in terms of values and come easily to decisions. The small number of this type (1 percent) is regrettable, since INFJs have unusually strong drive to contribute to the welfare of others and genuinely enjoy helping their fellow men. This type has great depth of personality; they are themselves complicated, and can understand and deal with complex issues and people.
It is an INFJ who is likely to have visions of human events past, present, or future. If a person demonstrates an ability to understand psychic phenomena better than most others, this person is apt to be an INFJ. Characteristically, INFJs have strong empathic abilities and can be aware of another's emotions or intents even before that person is conscious of these. This can take the form of feeling the distress of illnesses of others to an extent which is difficult for other types. INFJs can intuit good and evil in others, although they seldom can tell how they came to know. Subsequent events tend to bear them out, however.
INFJs are usually good students, achievers who exhibit an unostentacious creativity. They take their work seriously and enjoy academic activity. They can exhibit qualities of over-perfectionism and put more into a task than perhaps is justified by the nature of the task. They generally will not be visible leaders, but will quietly exert influence behind the scenes.
INFJs are hard to get to know. They have an unusually rich inner life, but they are reserved and tend not to share their reactions except with those they trust. Because of their vulnerability through a strong facility to introject, INFJs can be hurt rather easily by others, which, perhaps, is at least one reason they tend to be private people. People who have known an INFJ for years may find sides emerging which come as a surprise. Not that INFJs are inconsistent; they are very consistent and value integrity. But they have convoluted, complex personalities which sometimes puzzle even them.
INFJs like to please others and tend to contribute their own best efforts in all situations. They prefer and enjoy agreeing with others, and find conflict disagreeable and destructive. What is known as ESP is likely found in an INFJ more than in any other types, although other types are capable of such phenomena. INFJs have vivid imaginations exercised both as memory and intuition, and this can amount to genius, resulting at times in an INFJ's being seen as mystical.
This unfettered imagination often will enable this person to compose complex and often aesthetic works of art such as music, mathematical systems, poems, plays, and novels. In a sense, the INFJ is the most poetic of all the types. Just as the ENTJ cannot not lead, so must an INFJ intuit; this capability extends to people, things, and often events, taking the form of visions, episodes of foreknowledge, premonitions, auditory and visual images of things to come. INFJs can have uncanny communications with certain individuals at a distance.
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I first took the test last nite around 3:30am cuz I couldn't sleep and my results were INFJ. I took it again in the afternoon after I had some coffee -- thinking that with coffee in my system, I would be more coherent. Same results. I am a bonafide INFJ. 1% baby!
http://www.kisa.ca/personality/
INFJs focus on possibilities, think in terms of values and come easily to decisions. The small number of this type (1 percent) is regrettable, since INFJs have unusually strong drive to contribute to the welfare of others and genuinely enjoy helping their fellow men. This type has great depth of personality; they are themselves complicated, and can understand and deal with complex issues and people.
It is an INFJ who is likely to have visions of human events past, present, or future. If a person demonstrates an ability to understand psychic phenomena better than most others, this person is apt to be an INFJ. Characteristically, INFJs have strong empathic abilities and can be aware of another's emotions or intents even before that person is conscious of these. This can take the form of feeling the distress of illnesses of others to an extent which is difficult for other types. INFJs can intuit good and evil in others, although they seldom can tell how they came to know. Subsequent events tend to bear them out, however.
INFJs are usually good students, achievers who exhibit an unostentacious creativity. They take their work seriously and enjoy academic activity. They can exhibit qualities of over-perfectionism and put more into a task than perhaps is justified by the nature of the task. They generally will not be visible leaders, but will quietly exert influence behind the scenes.
INFJs are hard to get to know. They have an unusually rich inner life, but they are reserved and tend not to share their reactions except with those they trust. Because of their vulnerability through a strong facility to introject, INFJs can be hurt rather easily by others, which, perhaps, is at least one reason they tend to be private people. People who have known an INFJ for years may find sides emerging which come as a surprise. Not that INFJs are inconsistent; they are very consistent and value integrity. But they have convoluted, complex personalities which sometimes puzzle even them.
INFJs like to please others and tend to contribute their own best efforts in all situations. They prefer and enjoy agreeing with others, and find conflict disagreeable and destructive. What is known as ESP is likely found in an INFJ more than in any other types, although other types are capable of such phenomena. INFJs have vivid imaginations exercised both as memory and intuition, and this can amount to genius, resulting at times in an INFJ's being seen as mystical.
This unfettered imagination often will enable this person to compose complex and often aesthetic works of art such as music, mathematical systems, poems, plays, and novels. In a sense, the INFJ is the most poetic of all the types. Just as the ENTJ cannot not lead, so must an INFJ intuit; this capability extends to people, things, and often events, taking the form of visions, episodes of foreknowledge, premonitions, auditory and visual images of things to come. INFJs can have uncanny communications with certain individuals at a distance.
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I first took the test last nite around 3:30am cuz I couldn't sleep and my results were INFJ. I took it again in the afternoon after I had some coffee -- thinking that with coffee in my system, I would be more coherent. Same results. I am a bonafide INFJ. 1% baby!
http://www.kisa.ca/personality/
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
Dreams...
Been having weird dreams lately. Last nites' was pretty action packed. I apparently had to rescue these kids taht were taken abroad a RV. The RV either crashed into something or went off a cliff cuz the next thing I knew, I was grabbing my wooden ladder, making my way down a cliff/hill to save one of the kids. Great-for-nothing-maggot-ass-kid stands straight up once I got to him (he didn't need no rescuing). Right after he stood up and walked away, a snake emerged from where he was crouching earlier. Guess his ass was on it the whole time.
Anyway, this is where my cousin, Jackie, comes into the scene. I thought Jackie would rescue me cuz I am deeply terrified of snakes. But what does that punk ass do? He points and at me and laughs "hey, aren't you afraid of snakes?" and leaves. At this point, I'm already in the fetal position with my eyes wide shut and all of a sudden, the snake strikes at me and I literally jump in my sleep and awake from it all.
Moral of this story? Like I told Travis, just mind your own damn business and you won't get fucked.
Anyway, this is where my cousin, Jackie, comes into the scene. I thought Jackie would rescue me cuz I am deeply terrified of snakes. But what does that punk ass do? He points and at me and laughs "hey, aren't you afraid of snakes?" and leaves. At this point, I'm already in the fetal position with my eyes wide shut and all of a sudden, the snake strikes at me and I literally jump in my sleep and awake from it all.
Moral of this story? Like I told Travis, just mind your own damn business and you won't get fucked.
Friday, March 09, 2007
Friday, March 02, 2007
Don't hate the playa, hate the game
Jun Jun had an Oscar party at his place Sunday nite. Him and Maura printed out Oscar ballots and we had a friendly pot going to see who would have the most correct answers.
1st place: $40
2nd place: $10
3rd place: $5
last place: Hooked On Prom VHS
and the winner is .... [drum roll please] ME! =P
it was a tight race between me and Maura, but i got lucky by voting for The Blood of the Ying Zhou District for best docu short. gotta support the chinese! ^__^
Saturday, February 24, 2007
A lil piece of heaven
Thats Mari Winsor, the pilates guru that formed the Winsor Pilates empire. My mom bought the series a couple of years ago and it did wonders for my core. I'm back on it to 'sculpt and elongate' my legs. What I don't get is that she's not even doing them. She has these minions that are just physically perfect. They don't frown, grunt, or even kneel over in pain when doing the pilates 100 and 3 rounds of teasers. Its like they eat pilates for breakfast.
Day 3. Total mins: 60
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Monday, February 12, 2007
Huh?
A lady asked if my younger, 17 year old sister was my daughter.
I haven't recovered from that comment yet....
I haven't recovered from that comment yet....
Friday, February 02, 2007
50 Ways to Be Asian
Got this off of Deb's blog. I'm guilty of the ones in bold. hehhee. =)
1. You were/are a good student with very high GPAs.
2. You majored in something practical like engineering, medicine or finance.
3. You have more than one college degrees, especially more than one Master's.
4. If you play a musical instrument, it must be piano. (wish i stuck to it tho)
5. You have/had a vinyl table cloth on your kitchen table. (we did this in taiwan--it was to protect the nice wood!)
6. Your stove is/was covered with aluminum foil. (how else will it stay new looking?)
7. Your kitchen has a sticky film of grease over it.
8. You beat eggs with chopsticks. (duh~)
9. You always leave outdoor shoes at the door.
10. You use the dishwasher as a dish rack or extended cabinet. (saves money on buying a dish rack)
11. You keep a Thermos of hot water available at all times. (that's just common sense)
12. You boil water before drinking.
13. You eat all meals in the kitchen to keep your dining room clean.
14. You don't use measuring cups when preparing foods. (why??)
15. You save grocery bags and use them to hold garbage. (once again, common sense)
16. You have a rice cooker. (no minute rice for my family)
17. You're a wok user.
18. You fight over who pays the dinner bill. (i've decided that if you want to pay the bill, pay the freakin bill)
19. You wash rice 2-3 times before cooking it. (aren't you suppose to?)
20. You make sounds when you have a bowl of soup.
21. You don't dry-clean clothes, even if they need to be dry-cleaned.
22. You iron your own shirts. (i'm not going pay 10 bucks for some asian person to iron my shirts when i can do it myself for free~)
23. You like congee (Chinese porridge) with thousand year old eggs. (yummy)
24. You always cook yourself, even if you hate it.
25. You use credit cards, and pay monthly bills IN FULL.
26. You keep most of your money in a savings account.
27. You buy Christmas cards after Christmas, when they are 50% off.
28. When you hand wash dishes, you only use cold water to save energy and its less harsh on your hands.
29. You hate to waste food:a) Even if you're totally full, if someone says they're going to throw away the leftovers on the table, you'll finish them.b) You have Tupperware in your fridge with three bites of rice or one leftover chicken wing. (this is what happens when you're a restaurant kid)
30. You don't own any real Tupperware, only a cupboard full of used but carefully rinsed margarine tubs, takeout containers, and jam jars.
32. When toilet paper is on sale, you buy 100 rolls and store them.
33. You have a collection of miniature shampoo/conditioner bottles and little soap bars that you take every time you stay in a hotel.
34. The condiments in your fridge are either Costco sized or come in plastic packets, which you save every time you get take out or go to McDonald's.
35. You carry a stash of your own food whenever you travel (and travel means any car ride longer than 15 minutes).
36. You spit bones and other food scraps on the table.
37. Your dad thinks he can fix everything himself.
38. When you go to a dance party, there is a wall of guys surrounding the dance floor trying to look cool.
39. Your house/apartment is always cold in winter, and hot in summer. (who needs heat when you can wear layers in the winter...)
40. Your mom drives her Mercedes to Costco or Super Store regardless how far it is, even if Vons or Ralph's is next door.
41. You always look phone numbers up in the phonebook, since calling Directory Assistance costs 75 cents.
42. You only make long distance calls after midnight or during weekends.
43. You prefer your shrimp with the heads and tails still attached.
44. You never call your parents just to say HI. (if you're asian, you know why)
45. You think ONLY Japanese can make good cars!
46. You think your garage is an extended living room.
47. You starve yourself before going to all-you-can-eat places. (todai, anyone?)
48. You've joined a CD club at least once.
49. You never discuss your love life with your parents. (my parents think i'm a slut anyway...)
50. You take this message and forward it to all your Asian friends!
1. You were/are a good student with very high GPAs.
2. You majored in something practical like engineering, medicine or finance.
3. You have more than one college degrees, especially more than one Master's.
4. If you play a musical instrument, it must be piano. (wish i stuck to it tho)
5. You have/had a vinyl table cloth on your kitchen table. (we did this in taiwan--it was to protect the nice wood!)
6. Your stove is/was covered with aluminum foil. (how else will it stay new looking?)
7. Your kitchen has a sticky film of grease over it.
8. You beat eggs with chopsticks. (duh~)
9. You always leave outdoor shoes at the door.
10. You use the dishwasher as a dish rack or extended cabinet. (saves money on buying a dish rack)
11. You keep a Thermos of hot water available at all times. (that's just common sense)
12. You boil water before drinking.
13. You eat all meals in the kitchen to keep your dining room clean.
14. You don't use measuring cups when preparing foods. (why??)
15. You save grocery bags and use them to hold garbage. (once again, common sense)
16. You have a rice cooker. (no minute rice for my family)
17. You're a wok user.
18. You fight over who pays the dinner bill. (i've decided that if you want to pay the bill, pay the freakin bill)
19. You wash rice 2-3 times before cooking it. (aren't you suppose to?)
20. You make sounds when you have a bowl of soup.
21. You don't dry-clean clothes, even if they need to be dry-cleaned.
22. You iron your own shirts. (i'm not going pay 10 bucks for some asian person to iron my shirts when i can do it myself for free~)
23. You like congee (Chinese porridge) with thousand year old eggs. (yummy)
24. You always cook yourself, even if you hate it.
25. You use credit cards, and pay monthly bills IN FULL.
26. You keep most of your money in a savings account.
27. You buy Christmas cards after Christmas, when they are 50% off.
28. When you hand wash dishes, you only use cold water to save energy and its less harsh on your hands.
29. You hate to waste food:a) Even if you're totally full, if someone says they're going to throw away the leftovers on the table, you'll finish them.b) You have Tupperware in your fridge with three bites of rice or one leftover chicken wing. (this is what happens when you're a restaurant kid)
30. You don't own any real Tupperware, only a cupboard full of used but carefully rinsed margarine tubs, takeout containers, and jam jars.
32. When toilet paper is on sale, you buy 100 rolls and store them.
33. You have a collection of miniature shampoo/conditioner bottles and little soap bars that you take every time you stay in a hotel.
34. The condiments in your fridge are either Costco sized or come in plastic packets, which you save every time you get take out or go to McDonald's.
35. You carry a stash of your own food whenever you travel (and travel means any car ride longer than 15 minutes).
36. You spit bones and other food scraps on the table.
37. Your dad thinks he can fix everything himself.
38. When you go to a dance party, there is a wall of guys surrounding the dance floor trying to look cool.
39. Your house/apartment is always cold in winter, and hot in summer. (who needs heat when you can wear layers in the winter...)
40. Your mom drives her Mercedes to Costco or Super Store regardless how far it is, even if Vons or Ralph's is next door.
41. You always look phone numbers up in the phonebook, since calling Directory Assistance costs 75 cents.
42. You only make long distance calls after midnight or during weekends.
43. You prefer your shrimp with the heads and tails still attached.
44. You never call your parents just to say HI. (if you're asian, you know why)
45. You think ONLY Japanese can make good cars!
46. You think your garage is an extended living room.
47. You starve yourself before going to all-you-can-eat places. (todai, anyone?)
48. You've joined a CD club at least once.
49. You never discuss your love life with your parents. (my parents think i'm a slut anyway...)
50. You take this message and forward it to all your Asian friends!
Friday, January 19, 2007
Supersonics Vs Mavericks
This is a post from the past. I was waiting for Astri to send pics from the game but they never came. Which is fine b/c Astri did a lovely photoshop job by colleging the pics! Hats off to ya!
Even tho we took out Dirk in the first 5 mins and kept an amazing lead in the first half, the Sonics still caved in the 2nd half. But hey, $1.00 hotdogs and sodas plus kick ass seats for $18.oo was worth the trip.
PS. Sorry for "stealing" the pics Astri! Hope you don't mind. ^__^
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Donuts~
Craving a jelly-filled donut.... Damn Mark Harmon and his Summer School movie!
In other news: thanks to the snow, I made another snowman! The neighborhood kids mauled and destroyed the first one. Kids are savages nowadays~
Here's my new and improved "Walter". Ain't he dreamy?
In other news: thanks to the snow, I made another snowman! The neighborhood kids mauled and destroyed the first one. Kids are savages nowadays~
Here's my new and improved "Walter". Ain't he dreamy?
Tuesday, January 09, 2007
Who Would've Thunk
So I'm chatting with Jenn (she's still in Taiwan) and I tell her that I miss the noise, the mrt, the nite markets, the abc's there and she replies "they have all that in the states... just different names..."
nite markets = chinatown
noise = building construction
mrt = bart
abcs = locals
so true, so true~
nite markets = chinatown
noise = building construction
mrt = bart
abcs = locals
so true, so true~
Tuesday, January 02, 2007
2007 New Year Resolutions!
I'm looking back at what I wrote last year and I think I stuck to most of the resolutions. Go me!
I'm going to include the one's that kinda sorta didn't happen in hopes of achieving them this year. Be forewarned, the list will probably change in the next couple of weeks.
*in no particular order
1. Volunteer more -- if any at all. Does donating blood count?
2. Save money
3. Get a job, get a job, get a job...
4. Take salsa lessons
5. Travel plans: Vegas, Mexico, Chile(!), Chicago, Costa Rica
6. Jog 2-3 miles a day, 4 days a week
7. Be more adventurous
Hmm... I thought I had more, but as of now, that's all I got.
Happy New Year!
I'm going to include the one's that kinda sorta didn't happen in hopes of achieving them this year. Be forewarned, the list will probably change in the next couple of weeks.
*in no particular order
1. Volunteer more -- if any at all. Does donating blood count?
2. Save money
3. Get a job, get a job, get a job...
4. Take salsa lessons
5. Travel plans: Vegas, Mexico, Chile(!), Chicago, Costa Rica
6. Jog 2-3 miles a day, 4 days a week
7. Be more adventurous
Hmm... I thought I had more, but as of now, that's all I got.
Happy New Year!
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