Post Merry Christmas!

The last week's been INSANE!

First I had 8 hour work shifts that took up all my day, then after work I'd have loads of stuff to do~

20th - Oakridge mall closed at 11pm every night and my mom had to work until closing that day. Unluckily, she also caught the flu and eventually lost her voice.. like literally gone. I only had to work till 8 that night, but Oakridge was DEAD so it didn't matter how late I worked!

21st - Worked till 6, then rushed to Queensborough for some SHOPPING (AHAHAHA~)... I got to use my postcard discount on Tommy and also checked out the other new stores (Mexx and Quiksilver). It seems the actual clothing outside the outlets are a lot nicer though... After some good ol' shopping that lead to closing @ 9, we ate at Alleluia (sp?) for some dinner. The waiter kept coming over to help us at our table even when he worked all the way on the other side of the restaurant.. lol, so cute XP

22nd - Until 6 again, rushed home to get ready for a giant family dinner at the "shack" restaurant. I call it the shack because the service sucks, the place is extremely shack-like (e.g. needs renovating), everything's dirty, at night there'd be shady, gangster-looking people that come in to eat and play MJ, and the food isn't all that great. But since it was the grandma's choice, we went anyways. -_- We waited 3 hours for food and they claimed they were "too busy".. Pfft... Like I said, the food wasn't spectacular so there were lots of leftovers. Though, I'll give credit for the good fish they made... that was it. And then we left smelling like the disgusting food we ate....

23rd - Last day at the Richmond branch. Business wasn't as busy as we all hoped. C'mon, it was 2 days before Christmas and the mall was DEAD. There was a wave of people that came in the afternoon but that was pretty much it.

24th - OMG CHRISTMAS EVE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE BUSY.. you'd think. Worked at Oakridge that day and wow it was very beautifully dead there too... even moreso than Richmond. I didn't sell much unfortunately but had fun talking and slacking a bit lol. Last day -- who cares? :b Had dim sum with some of the cosmetic's people for lunch... Time flew pretty fast though since I ended up helping people find fragrances that weren't even my line (more fun that way anyways :b). I finished at 5 but the store closed at 6 so I hung around until my mom got off. Went home to be welcomed to a roast beef dinner <3

So! I'm a bit more knowledgable with fragrances now:

Men's Escada: smells like alcohol; vodka to be exact.
David Beckham stinks.
Phat Farm is just brand name, it stinks.
GUCCI is just brand name, it also stinks.
Faranheit stinks, I don't know why people like it.
Joop! smells like bubble gum.. gross.
Burberry Men's smells like old men.
They don't make Alfred Sung Pure anymore, sad.
J.Lo has like 5 perfumes.. why?
CHANEL Men's pretty disgusting.
Givenchy Men's is strong and gross.
Hugo Boss' Silver and Black ball-shaped fragrances are nice.
I saw Prada... probably stinks.
Women's Escada (the one with the girl on the cover) is really sweet..like crazy mangos..good at first, too much later.
White Diamonds is NASTY.
Sean Jean's is alright... never knew he had a fragrance line AND clothing line.
Nautica Voyage's is a nice, fresh scent.
Armani Code smells like detergent. Could be a good thing.
Issey Miyake Men's with the shiny silver top is nice.
Issey Miyake Men's with the non-shiny silver top is not that great.
DKNY's Be Delicious smells like weed.
DKNY's Be Delicious Red smells alright... too fruity.
Lacoste fragrances are all for brand name.. they aren't that great..at least they don't stink.
Never heard of Kenzo... it isn't that good.
B*Men isn't that great.
So isn't Angel.
Hilary Duff, your fragrance isn't that great.
So isn't yours, Britney Spears.
Sexual Men's and Women's smells like old people.
Vera Wang is alright. I like the limited edition with the shiny crystals inside.
CK's new euphoria's overrated I tell you.. but it isn't bad.

I've never heard of Corduroy but it's good and I was selling it.

I've also never heard of John Varvatos but it smells like Italian men and I was selling it.

I've also never heard of ZIRH but it looks like a pretty good skincare line and I was selling it.

25th - Happy Birthday, Christ! Had our annual awsome dinner at my aunt's place. Turkey, ham, OYSTERS (!), mashed potatoes.. mmm~

26th - Boxing Day. Attempted to shop, I swear. But I left empty handed.

Just received news my Wild Arms 10th Anniversary Fanbook is on its way! Still working on Wild Arms 4... ooh it's brutal. Jude, Yulie, everyone.. just die please. FFXI is still strong :3 My latest chocobo is GREEN! Just thinking of what to name him... I was thinking of 'Fat Ace' [/inside joke for those who know what I'm talking about XP] but then he wouldn't sound very cool now would he. I also attempted an Astral Candy recovery mission... We lost Besieged on CHRISTMAS DAY with ~200 ppl only. We went as a 3 party alliance -- all first timers at recovering -- and we so underestimated the three NMs XP... We barely even phased one. Ah well, fun times... at least it's been recovered when I went on yesterday.

Maybe I'll work once or twice a week in the next semester. First semester was nice without work but money was deadly tight >_<;;

Regarding my to-do list though... with only a week and a few days left.. I've accomplished barely anything. First priority ish probably old computer, then cleaning my room, then vacuuming the house, then maybe... just maybe... revamp my domainS while squeezing in gaming time, surfing time, eating time, hanging out time... At least I washed my car? (but frick I wasn't able to vacuum it cuz I couldn't find the extension cable)

I suck at this time management thing.