Obession Over Phones...

Ah~ I've been busy...
Busy looking at THIS! ステキ~!
I want that. $600CAD UNLOCKED (no tax). I think that's worth it, you?

- Japanese/English Menu
- 2.02 facking megapixels w/ 2x optical zoom camera
- mp3 ringtones uh huh uh huh
- 3d sound :o
- games (I see MahJong...)
- video
- tri/quad/???-band (SOME INSANE BAND that's GLOBAL USABLE XP)
- 2.4 inch LCD screen
- bluetooth :E
- SD memory card slot
- barcode reader (OMG I WANNA TRY IT SO BAD! SCAN MY anti-perspriant! Yes my anti-perspirant has a bar code and yet no phones here have the scan feature, so why? :D I don't know! What a mystery...!!!)
- 180 rotatable screen w/ like 4 different ways to fold the damn thing

BLOODY HELL! It's so tempting I swear. Buy? No buy... buy? No buy...

It's ONLY 600! ONLY! AND I'M GOING TO LA IN A MONTH! Okay I guess I can't. FUCK.

Saving up money sucks.

Talking about saving money..
Mo^2's Part II of her party yesterday.
We woke up nice and early to... WATCH STARWARS EP3! at Sty's theatre for FREE! "Noooooooooo!" is our favourite scene; we couldn't stop crackin' up. Hayden's really bad at acting still... it's quite a disappointment. Not to mention, there were cheesy lines everywhere. BUT overall it was a fun... and rather choppy paced movie. Yay Obiwan! Ewan rocks :3 So after the movie we made our way to the Macaroni Grill for dinner where they served no Macaroni. We sat outside in the garden which was nice. I got to see Irene again after wow a year and she hasn't changed one bit XD... Later in the day, we started going a little crazy and started laughing at things that weren't even that funny. We blame it on the Bellinis. We had mussels and then the entrees we couldn't even finish. After food, I followed Sty back to her theatre where we experimented on gummy bears for a few hours. Interesting results. Expanding gummy bears. Oh yeah.

Apparently Iwase called me to pick up something. I don't know what it is... My parents didn't pay attention. I also need to go to the library to pick up that stupid book I put on hold two months ago that I completely forgot about and I do not really need anymore.

About the hair dying. I'll try out the other new lady some other time. Apparently the 35 isn't for the whole head but 50 for whole head w/ two colours is pretty damn cheap too. Ah well, I might as well go back to my old style so the peeps in LA will recognize me (or at least the back of my head LOL).

Did I mention how awsome Sengoku Basara looks now?? Damn... and the seiyuu cast is awsome. They recently updated with new characters and a movie. Koyasu Iyasu is Sarutobi Sasuke and damn.. does the character designer rock XD His character's hot stuff! If only they'd bring it over and keep the voices. That reminds me, they better keep the original or at least allow us to choose from japanese and english for Magna Carta. Nooo that can't remove Hoshi-niisama's voice AGAIN! I also saw the latest KH2 trailer a while back... mmm I can't wait. Summon Nights. English version, I demand NOW! They've yet to bring ANY of them over here... :/ Front Mission Online gets high points on the game ranks. Now the question is... are they going to bring it over? Yes... just finding more reasons to get back on PO. :b Games games games... I haven't even finished SO3 yet. Right, gotta do that first.

I also need to gather some courage to break the news for my LA 'vacation' to work. Yes, I've yet to do it. Gotta figure out who to tell.. how to tell... when to tell... gotta get ready for the shower of questions. Gulp. Oooh at least I finally figured out what I'm going to have Sakamoto Maaya sign for meee~ I need to make myself a checklist of stuff to do and get before the trip.

Weekend comes and goes. 4 weeks left to gooo~

ぱっぴぃ~~

お誕生日おめでとうございます~
☆★保志総一朗様★☆

Hot Hot Hot Hot...

Oi, it's hot and it has only JUST BEGUN!

So I finally found out why my paycheque timing was all retarded: Apparently, they have their own system where one day fine day long long time ago they decided to pick two dates (that nowhere relate) and permanently made those two dates paydays for every month. So strange.

Victoria day comes around... and NO WORK! What did I do? I can't remember. I guess it's was just like every other day off work. Which means it was good. (y)

HAPPY BIRFDAY MO^2!
She's old now. :3 Part 1 of her partay yesterday 'n we went to Rugby's. Saw some people who I haven't seen in ages (namely the Hwa's and DANIEL LIN!). Our waitress kept forgetting our orders to the point that me and Shi^2 had to cancel (well someone apparently brought cake and we ordered dessert, so... XP)... Mmm, I can't remember the drink name Daniel ordered (could be a Blow Job) for the two birthday peeps (Mo^2 and belated for some other guy..) but hidden inside the whip creme is a shot glass filled with alcohol. With no hands, they stuffed their face in the whipped creme to find the shot glass and then force the shot of something surprising down. Hehah, amusing. Anyways, fun times, fun times.

Oh, speaking of food my parents and I tried out Alleluya... We think it's opened by Christians. Kinda cool. :o

I still haven't decided where to go to get my hair coloured. My old place with only one colour or a new place with two colours and cheaper? Why not just choose the second one? Mmm... firstly because I don't know the person well.. second I haven't seen how well it has been done on others.. thirdly... two colours are so common! Everyone uses the same shades... but if I went a tried a new combo, it'd just look retarded. Okay, no, well the other reason is that I'm lazy to call the person up.. since I already booked an appointment with my old place weeks ago. Sigh. Sigh. Sigh.

It's Friday again today. I almost fell asleep as work... I was in a daze the whole day. Not because of the heat though... going home late and the lack of sleep = bad for a full day of work. I've become weak and feeble... Gotta regather energy for Part II.....!!

I'm sleepy again now. Damn the heat makes you sleepy.

Already the 19th?!

Hello! Oh my goodness, May's almost over and then JUNE COMES! AHH!! I don't think I'm emotionally prepared for this yet...

So anyways, this week flew by rather quickly again.. like every week. Well the elections came and gone and the Liberals win again. Boo. STV doesn't get enough % either. More boo. Paycheque is late again. Boo. I'll pester them tomorrow for my mulas. My first Visa statement comes. I owe then $0.00. Yessss... I guess my purchases weren't included in this statement. Project GU info releases and everyone goes crazy. We just experienced the most frightening thunderstorm. Lasted for an hour maybe?

A on-the-spot to-do list... most of it being website backloggage...
1. finish my blackwings.net layout
2. start on a Platinum Boards layout
3. update .hackers
4. update this page
5. start on a new World BBS layout (?)
6. hunt for more Suga Shikao <3 music
7. clean my pc desk
8. clean my room
9. clean my pc
10. find and attack stygien
11. update my mp3 player playlist
12. update blueprints
13. shopping (m-must re-resist.. but it must be DONE)
14. ...oh, d'oh I gotta go sleep now XDD .. yey TFIG TGIF

Ow.

Cramps, no good.

Long time no see Shi^2 and Mo^2~ We watched a free movie (thanks to Shi^2's 1337 skillz)... Kingdom of Heaven with no other than Orlando Bloom! Ahahaha, the movie was really good though, it's worth buying tickets for if I were to watch it again. :]] Then we had all-you-can-eat sushi but we forgot to reserve so we kinda ended up at SuiShaYa instead. :T It was still good... mmm, we left a bit early cuz Sty wasn't feeling all that great though. (not cuz of the food though :T -- we blame it on the theatre)

Mudders Dei the next day. I treated my mom family to dim-sum @ Fishermans (hefty $$ but good eating). Later that night we had dinner with the rest of the relatives at their favourite shack restaurant. It... was really bad. It became worse than usual since they rushed the dishes and some tasted really off. The food there isn't all that great but my relatives seem fond of the place so hey. However.. well.. I got sick that night cuz of the food so meh.. >_>;

The day after Mother's day, it was my bro's turn to treat. We ate at this restaurant in Richmond that had this set dinner my mom wanted. It was a bit too filling and the food came in the wrong order (we added a duck wrap thing and that came first, not the abalone.. which we all expected to come first o_o;)... but it was still good. Afterwards my bro wanted bbt.. lol. I suggested Bubble World and they were all satisfied with my choice since all the drinks came out perfect (as always) ;D!!

I got the strangest call earlier this week. In the middle of work, some company I've never heard of before calls me on my cellphone and asks me if I was still interested in working with them. I was like.. hm o_O I've never heard of you guys and I'm in the middle of work right now sooo I'll call you back later. They told me I submitted a resume to them a few MONTHS ago so they were said they weren't surprised if I couldn't remember who they were. I've really never heard of them before though. I went home and I searched up the people and apparently they're some caucasian bbt manufacturing company. Caucasian. You heard me!~! XDD I wanted to call them back Friday to ask for more info (since I am interested in their company, but not necessarily want the job(s)) but Rude Guy went to the other branch for that day, my hands were full (since I took over the front desk before 0EQ got to work XP) all day. When I WAS free and was going to make my call outside during my break, the door-repairing guy hired by the landlord was also on his break and started talking to me instead. He had no bad intentions and he didn't know I was about to make a phone call either. He does seem a bit lonely since he doesn't work, nor need to work, with anyone so I didn't mind making conversation. He makes a lot of money though... I think he said he can make 2k a week or when he's on a roll, 10k a month. lol, that's pretty insane. And the good thing is, he gets to work at his own pace (he might be an entrepreneur... not sure, I should've asked). Anyways, the bbt people even called me again Friday... but at home instead. I feel bad for not responding so I gotta try and call them back this week.

Ow, upset stomach now.

Oh yeah, Visa... points points get points get points.

Work Rant... #1

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Main Guy is now known as "0 (Zero) EQ".

0EQ has major issues. Both emotionally and probably mentally. He's the type of guy that wants control over everything, does more than he needs to, and sticks his nose whereever it fits and even when it doesn't, he forces it in. Got a good picture?

Today was another good example of 0EQ at his finest. Rude Guy went over to the other branch today since they needed help there. More on Rude Guy later. So it was only me and 0EQ and luckily it wasn't insanely busy today. Holy shiet, he's LOUD. Ok, that was already mentioned before in the past but... WOW, LOUD. SOMEONE, MAKE HIM WEAR A GAUZE OR A BIKER HELMET. Well, with one loud man (Rude Guy) gone, 0EQ makes up for Rude Guy's absence by turning up his volume! LOUD MAN! SHUT THE FUK UP!

After observing 0EQ the past month, I've noticed one too many annoyances. Wait, I don't even know where I should start... Well, he's a bad liar. That's not a rant but... *shifts eyes* gossip is good... so let me be!@!!! This one time the boss had a BBQ at his place and he said (with a very short but noticable hesitation) that he had to have dinner with his parents. The next day, the boss asked him again why he didn't show up and again (with a very short but noticable hestitation) that he had dinner with his uncle. And both times, he wasn't looking at the boss when he spoke. Hoho asshole! Ahem..

Did I mention the boss likes social gatherings? I've yet to go to one of them though. Oh, the boss is weird too.. maybe I'll go into detail about him some other time.

As soon as Rude Guy isn't around, 0EQ immediately takes over the front desk operations (HEY that's MY JOB! SHARE THE WEALTH HEY?)... And honestly, both Rude Guy and 0EQ aren't cut for customer service related jobs (or any other customer interaction-like). They're.... rude. SO. Rude. It's amazing how they were able to keep doing this for so many years and yet still have customers coming back. Well it's slightly different for Rude Guy but I'm leaving him for another day.

There's so much I can get into but I'll be brief from here on:

I've mentioned this before and I have to mention it again... Big, Complicated English Words & Phrases. One who does not know how to use them properly should NOT USE THEM GAWDDAMMIT. He does not realize the way he says it actually makes him seem more stupid than intelligent. But I must admit, it's quite amusing at times. How he gives directions to our location via phone: "Keep on straight go forward." A sarcastic remark: "A bit too enthusiasm, I would say." (and he says this twice). The correct phrase should be 'that's not surprising': "I'm not surprising! [insert laugh]" Hahah, now you see how bored I am sometimes at work. If it's amusing enough to keep me grinning, I write it down. So there's probably more to come in the future... fufufufu~ Look out for my Engrish Phrase of the Week 'er something. ;D

Damn. He's arrogant. He thinks he knows (by bragging lots), but he doesn't (gets proven wrong and just shrugs it off). o_o He tries to be funny but he's not. Tries to joke with the customers but they're not laughing. His misuse of English might be half of the reason. Well yeah, it can't be funny if it doesn't make any sense to begin with right.

Oh.. that reminds me. A few moments of bursting volcanos.....

I was talking with this lady on the phone who had trouble speaking in English and I felt bad not being able to help her so I asked her what other languages she was able to speak. She said Mandarin and since 0EQ was the only other guy around, I asked him to help me speak with the lady in Mandarin. He picks up and speaks English. WTF. Then I try and tell him she can't really understand English and she preferred Mandarin but WTF he kinda half nods at me with the 'yeah I got it covered already' and speaks nothing but English throughout the whole conversation and at the end, having to hang her up because of his shit temper. Bitch, I forwarded the phone to you because I wanted you to speak to her in Mandarin! If it's English, I can do that just perfectly fine without your damn help which at the end wasn't even helpful at all! *shake fist*

Another bursting volcano moment. I received something for the Accountant Lady (now known as BOBO -- will explain another day) and I asked if it was for her, he gives a half 'yea' which wasn't really a full yeah he kinda just made a noise. I was going to get up and pass it on to her, but he just takes out of my hand, goes to his own desk, puts it down and starts surfing on his fugly computer. HEY MAN, I was going to give it to her! Well that wasn't all that anger-worthy, but his half-nods/half-yea's are ムカー annoying as fuck. It's full of his snotty 'I got everything covered, but I'm not very good at covering everything'.

Yeah and about that 'I got everything covered, but I'm not very good at covering everything.' He likes to be in charge of everything. But due to his short temper and lack of patience... it kinda.. screws him over. So in a sense, it's not exactly his fault he's born like that but gee, since we gotta work in the same office, you kinda have to see him get screwed over on a daily semi-hourly basis. Since he's a guy that wants/has to know everything, he's also an evesdropper. This one time, a customer asked him something over the phone that was unrelated to him and he told the customer: 'I am not in charge of this blahblahblah, but I heard them [the higher ups in charge] blahblahblah and I know what's going on so...' and he spills the info. Hahaha.. "That's just evesdropping," is the first thing that came to mind when I heard him say that and I smirked. Damn that guy's messed.

When he's mad, he starts sending his angry vibes at everyone and gives off bad attitude. In cases like these, he continues to add onto his own stress by doing more than he has to do. Hey hey don't forget me~ That's why I'm here! But everyone knows about it and this one time, the Boss told me to tell him everytime he's angry: "Parking Lot. Go run a few laps." LOL! Too bad 0EQ was in a bad mood then; he didn't like the joke.

He also messed up this one time with the customer... he did this one task half-assedly and the customer got mad the next day. I was the one who picked up first and she demanded to talk to the guy she talked with the day before. Since we had more than one guy (Rude Guy, 0EQ and Nice Guy) I asked her for as much detail about the person as possible. And the BEST, most AMUSING description was "High-Pitched." OMG, I immediately knew it was 0EQ (Rude Guy is low and Nice Guy wasn't in charge with what we do) but I didn't wanna point it out immediately. I don't remember what happened right after, but the next thing you know, Rude Guy was on the phone with her and he asked her the same question as to whom the guy she was talking to was like. Soon enough, 0EQ realizes it was his fault and gets all pissy pissy everywhere and does his typical temper/whiny thing. Wooow, and Rude Guy gets mad at 0EQ and literally yells at him for being all pissy at his own wrong doing. Quite a sight. Like a dad yelling at his son...

Hmm, come to think of it... that's kinda bad.
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'Tis May

I just came back from visiting a new Shoppers Drug Mart location in Richmond. The shaver section has an alarm system. So when you open up the transparent lid to grab a shaver, it beeps. The strangest thing.

It was Eleanor's dinner birfday party thing Sunday. Elie was trying to get ahold of me the whole week but her timing was really bad. For some reason that goes the same for Jo as well. People, if you wanna contact me, contact me at the right time! How? Um, you'll need luck. XDD

So last minutely, I was told to get a CAKE. Okay, so I had to call up a few Death by Chocolate places to find the right cake. So I finally found a place with the right cake, and I flew there and grabbed it. I was greeted by a tomboy Korean girl who didn't know what I was talking about when I asked for my cake. Another Korean guy comes to the front, all shady lookin' and everything, realizes I was the one on the phone and helps me out. I had him make me some wording so he went and made some fresh white chocolate to write the words. After he was done, he shuffled his way to me and showed me his crazily written birthday cake. Hahaha, awsome, I thought. Anyways, he was really nice and sweet though.

Dinner time comes around and I rush there first to drop off the cake. I am the first to arrive. Yey. After 10 mins, Jerry is the first to arrive. And then gradually others make their way there. Water spilling. Under the table grabbing. Change begging (by me). Cake mistake. Oh, about the cake. Stupid waiter Ken. He didn't know we had a cake for the birthday girl! And then he loses the candle! Turd! Anywhos, our present (from me and Mike) was probably the best (even though I didn't see what the other people gave her but... I can assume :x) since it came from ooOooh Swarovski which _I_ picked out *proud*. It's SOO CUTE XD! It was hefty but Mike wanted something from there so yeah! After dinner, half of the group went to drink while the other half jet. I was part of the jetting half since I had work the next day. Meh. Happeh Birfday Eleanorrrrrrrsssss! So old.

TAX RETURN! IT COMES! I FEEL A LITTLE BIT MORE RICH AGAIN!

OMG! MY CREDIT CARD COMES SOON! SOO SOON!

First day of MANDARIN CLASS! Amusing to no end! A much bigger class compared to the Japanese class (oh maybe 'bout ~13 ppl). There's a good variety of people (big small young old asian caucasian etc)... There's only one other Cantonese "speaker"; she looks/sounds white-washed but I've yet to find out what kind of "Cantonese" she claims she knows how to speak. There's also another girl who is half Cantonese and is definitely a CBC. We talked a bit, which was nice. A Korean girl sat beside me and expected me to be a UBC student like herself. She was in total shock or something like that when she found out I wasn't. Then to further brag she constantly mentions she's a UBC student in her introduction. Woo, good job girl~ There's also a father and daughter who're taking the class together (aww, cute XD) and other randoms. About the teacher now. She's a handful. She has big teeth...or just a big mouth. Apparently she taught Mandarin in Japan for (what was it?) 10 years so our material and the videos were either in Japanese or from a Japanese source. Oh, I think there's another person in the back of the class that knows Japanese too. When she asked who knew Japanese, I didn't raise my hand so that's good. The less they know about you, the better. IMHO anyways. :b They need not know, right? Anyways, continuing on... the teacher's english isn't all that great. And apparently we don't get to learn how to write. I'm so disappointed, BUT at least I get the vital pinyin crap learnt and dealt with. Man, she has the total countryside China accent...

So the first class was kinda rushed; too much material for one day. At least it was relatively easy to understand for me. It must be amusing for the teacher though... Imagine a whole class chanting "I am Canadian." (Wo shi ja ra da ren!)

Now, I need to sleep bad.