Taken from N and J...
What do you think of me, iTunes?
Angel Sanctuary
wow I never knew it thought that highly of me :-p
What should I do with my life?
Silent emotion by Cagnet
hmmm.. not sure that keeping my emotions bottled should be my life goal...
Will I have a happy life?
I could fall in love - Selena
does that lead to happiness?
What do my friends really think of me?
Take it Easy - The Eagles
*lol* alright this one is pretty accurate, people are always telling me I need to relax and have fun more and not be a workaholic.
Do people secretly lust after me?
Story of Us - Eric Clapton
erm is that a yes? *lol* sounds like one.
How can I make myself happy?
toki ni ai wa - from utena
(translation: At times love is.. )
From the lyrics of the song "At times love is strong, so much it even wounds people's hearts, but Ah in the midst of the courage that grants our dreams,a light always shines forth, Love is strong, so much so that it can move people's hearts, but Ah If we are together, then without a doubt we can change the world, and everything will become one power."
So the way to be happy is to have strong love? I'd like to think that.. but look at all the tragedies that were centered around love.
Why must life be so full of pain?
You're a God- vertical horizon
Because we create our own misery? Or because as human beings we create misery for others?
How can I maximize my pleasure during sex?
Bizarre Love Triangle - Frente
I don't even want to think about what this means! Although my mind automatically filled in a couple of "I don't even want to go there" answers.
Will I ever have children?
Grain of sand- vonda shepard
One? or as many as sand? I don't even want children at this point!
Will I die happy?
Secret Garden - Gackt
Fine. Don't tell me.
Can you give me some advice?
enrai - do as infinity
translated "Distant Thunder"
Erm not good then? That sounds rather omninous like a warning of some kind..
What do you think happiness is?
qi zi - Faye wong
translated "pawn"
Definitely not my belief, why would happiness be being like a pawn? Unless of course it means having pawns to control.. oooh dictator tendencies coming out there...
Sunday, September 25, 2005
It's been a long gap but I haven't had much time to blog lately. Work is absorbing all my energies together with the endless supply of chores that always seem to need to be done. Lately, I haven't even had much of a time to sleep.
Partly I admit is because F and Lady J are back in town again and between them, they always seem to be able to guilt me into going out and having dinner or doing something with them, even if it means cutting back on yet more sleep that night and going into work early the next morning again.
Red was also in town this weekend and fun as it was, I definitely did not get any relaxing done this weekend. We went up to the north end for some good italian food, and even better pastries and desserts. We also made yet another haul at the haymarket. This time we got yams, tomatoes, zuchinni, basil, parsley, asparagus and mushrooms. Of course that meant I had to make tomato basil cream soup again today. I also used some of the asparagus and the last of my bacon to make bacon wrapped asparagus that I'm going to be using in my bentos for next week. I need to start using all the food in my fridge.
*yawn* it's the end of the weekend and I have yet to do my ironing or make tomorrow's lunch.. or clean.. or any of the numerous errands.. *sigh*
Partly I admit is because F and Lady J are back in town again and between them, they always seem to be able to guilt me into going out and having dinner or doing something with them, even if it means cutting back on yet more sleep that night and going into work early the next morning again.
Red was also in town this weekend and fun as it was, I definitely did not get any relaxing done this weekend. We went up to the north end for some good italian food, and even better pastries and desserts. We also made yet another haul at the haymarket. This time we got yams, tomatoes, zuchinni, basil, parsley, asparagus and mushrooms. Of course that meant I had to make tomato basil cream soup again today. I also used some of the asparagus and the last of my bacon to make bacon wrapped asparagus that I'm going to be using in my bentos for next week. I need to start using all the food in my fridge.
*yawn* it's the end of the weekend and I have yet to do my ironing or make tomorrow's lunch.. or clean.. or any of the numerous errands.. *sigh*
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
I'm going to LA!
... in November on the company retreat. Actually, to be precise, I'm going out of LA to a resort in the desert for a weekend which promises to be fun. I also intend to take two extra days off to visit with sc and catch up. hooray for free air tickets into LA :-p
In other news, I finally got myself a permanent library card - which means I can now take out books! Yay! I already took out 3 to start with. The boston library here is not only huge.. (think of a fiction section that is at least twice as big as the old national libaray used to be, but you can take out as many books as you want. (Something that definitely meets with my approval). Since I have a month to return these books I'm sure I'll be done long before then.
Recruiting has also started which means I get to be on the other end this time *hee hee* This promises to be fun.
In other news, I finally got myself a permanent library card - which means I can now take out books! Yay! I already took out 3 to start with. The boston library here is not only huge.. (think of a fiction section that is at least twice as big as the old national libaray used to be, but you can take out as many books as you want. (Something that definitely meets with my approval). Since I have a month to return these books I'm sure I'll be done long before then.
Recruiting has also started which means I get to be on the other end this time *hee hee* This promises to be fun.
Sunday, September 04, 2005
Shopping
Setting out with only vague aims and no time limit is always fun. I ended up getting a new phone while I was out yesterday... one with a plan with free nights and weekends instead of just a prepaid.
I also went shopping and bought a beautiful silver spaghetti strap wtih a butterfly across the top on the front for 30 dollars. I couldn't resist, it was too beautiful. Unfortunately this also meant I did not buy any of the two work pants I could have bought (they were forty dollars each) or the other cute top I wanted that was a lot cheaper. Shopping at H&M is not good for me, I want to buy too much. I ended up trying on I think 13-14 different outfits and these were the ones I was seriously considering buying. Money concerns otherwise, I also have serious closet concerns. My wall to wall closet is erm... full.
After my shopping adventures, I wandered down to Haymarket and purchased tomatoes, scallions, cauliflower, cilantro and onions - all at a dollar each. They had avacados cheap but I had way too much food in my house already.
I also made quiche last night. Jalepeno pepper quiche, with the peppers I bought from the week before. It turned out well. Althoguh I think I was really making it for the pleasure of making it rather than eating it since although I eat it, I never really liked quiche all that much! (I'm definitely a strange sort of cook)
I also went shopping and bought a beautiful silver spaghetti strap wtih a butterfly across the top on the front for 30 dollars. I couldn't resist, it was too beautiful. Unfortunately this also meant I did not buy any of the two work pants I could have bought (they were forty dollars each) or the other cute top I wanted that was a lot cheaper. Shopping at H&M is not good for me, I want to buy too much. I ended up trying on I think 13-14 different outfits and these were the ones I was seriously considering buying. Money concerns otherwise, I also have serious closet concerns. My wall to wall closet is erm... full.
After my shopping adventures, I wandered down to Haymarket and purchased tomatoes, scallions, cauliflower, cilantro and onions - all at a dollar each. They had avacados cheap but I had way too much food in my house already.
I also made quiche last night. Jalepeno pepper quiche, with the peppers I bought from the week before. It turned out well. Althoguh I think I was really making it for the pleasure of making it rather than eating it since although I eat it, I never really liked quiche all that much! (I'm definitely a strange sort of cook)
Saturday, September 03, 2005
M and F came up to Boston thursday night, so in a hastily arranged fashion, we decided to meet for Dinner at Penang and satisfy F's chicken rice craving. Being vegetarian however, M was pretty much restricted to the fried rice.
I was particuarly amused by the waitress who doubtfully turned to F and asked "Have you had chicken rice before?" and oozing disbelief at F's yes answer (F doesn't look very Asian at all being only 1/4 chinese. She looks more european from her portugese side.)The waitress then warned "It's room temperature not hot.", before going off to place the order.
All this was made even funnier because after the chicken rice came, F promptly started complaining about how there was no ginger sauce or dark soy sauce (her favourite parts) and asking how come they didn't serve soup along with the chicken rice. Her purist conclusion was that she still had to go to Singapore to get good chicken rice.
So after a late night out with the girls, M came over to crash at my place and we woke up at 6am to get breakfast before going off to work. I was in the office at 7.30am and didn't leave till 7.30pm. My lunch break consisted of 15 min at my computer somewhere around 3.30pm. Trust me, a 12 hour work day is not fun after too little sleep. I had a splitting headache most of the day and was mostly just trying to last through the day without giving away the fact that I wasn't functioning at top form. I hope no one noticed my silence at the meetings or misunderstood and thought I was disinterested or anything. Honestly, if I could think, I'd have been more participatory.
But now it is the long weekend and I have yet more errands to run. Haymarket here I come! What adventures shall I have today?
I was particuarly amused by the waitress who doubtfully turned to F and asked "Have you had chicken rice before?" and oozing disbelief at F's yes answer (F doesn't look very Asian at all being only 1/4 chinese. She looks more european from her portugese side.)The waitress then warned "It's room temperature not hot.", before going off to place the order.
All this was made even funnier because after the chicken rice came, F promptly started complaining about how there was no ginger sauce or dark soy sauce (her favourite parts) and asking how come they didn't serve soup along with the chicken rice. Her purist conclusion was that she still had to go to Singapore to get good chicken rice.
So after a late night out with the girls, M came over to crash at my place and we woke up at 6am to get breakfast before going off to work. I was in the office at 7.30am and didn't leave till 7.30pm. My lunch break consisted of 15 min at my computer somewhere around 3.30pm. Trust me, a 12 hour work day is not fun after too little sleep. I had a splitting headache most of the day and was mostly just trying to last through the day without giving away the fact that I wasn't functioning at top form. I hope no one noticed my silence at the meetings or misunderstood and thought I was disinterested or anything. Honestly, if I could think, I'd have been more participatory.
But now it is the long weekend and I have yet more errands to run. Haymarket here I come! What adventures shall I have today?
Thursday, September 01, 2005
The lack of an id...
is hindering my attempt to get a phone. At least on Amazon where the phones are cheaper. Which is extremely annoying because now I'd either have to pay a lot more for a phone, or attempt to go get a state id and then get back to amazon who might very well tell me that I still can't get a phone due to lack of credit. *sigh*
Saturday, August 27, 2005
Haymarket
I don't know why it was so unusually hot today. Lately it has been turning cool but today was definitely a throwback to high summer. So this morning I decided to wander down to Haymarket, boston's biggest and possibly cheapest one.
Haymarket definitely reminded me of the dayak sunday market in Kuching, where all the wares were laid out in the open...with some differences. For one thing rich americans can afford to have a wooden stall complete with shade rather than simply putting everything on blankets. For another the vegetables were beautifully displayed in boxes.. and beautiful vegetables they were too. Granted you weren't for the most part allowed to pick your own (they get it for you), or test the veges (no poking... they bruise the veges) but for the most part they were beautiful. Large red tomatoes of all kinds selling at 3 lbs for a dollar. Fruits, vegetables and spices. Another of a differences between this and the Asian style wet markets was the lack of meats or fish. In a great concession to hygeine the only meats there were were in the stalls that were around the Haymarket area. Actual butchers, grocers and such. There was even a cheese stall that I walked by.
The haul from Haymarket today would have been more except my fridge is already overflowing with food. But what I did come back with was - a lb of portabellas for 2.50, a lb of large white mushrooms for 2.00, a lb of jalapenos for 1.00 and 4 clumps of garlic for 1.00. As you can tell, they sell by the pound, ah well America is not kind to singles - not the way Japan is at any rate :-p
Haymarket definitely reminded me of the dayak sunday market in Kuching, where all the wares were laid out in the open...with some differences. For one thing rich americans can afford to have a wooden stall complete with shade rather than simply putting everything on blankets. For another the vegetables were beautifully displayed in boxes.. and beautiful vegetables they were too. Granted you weren't for the most part allowed to pick your own (they get it for you), or test the veges (no poking... they bruise the veges) but for the most part they were beautiful. Large red tomatoes of all kinds selling at 3 lbs for a dollar. Fruits, vegetables and spices. Another of a differences between this and the Asian style wet markets was the lack of meats or fish. In a great concession to hygeine the only meats there were were in the stalls that were around the Haymarket area. Actual butchers, grocers and such. There was even a cheese stall that I walked by.
The haul from Haymarket today would have been more except my fridge is already overflowing with food. But what I did come back with was - a lb of portabellas for 2.50, a lb of large white mushrooms for 2.00, a lb of jalapenos for 1.00 and 4 clumps of garlic for 1.00. As you can tell, they sell by the pound, ah well America is not kind to singles - not the way Japan is at any rate :-p
Tuesday, August 23, 2005
The perils of living alone...
Is occasionally having to put up with the weirdest incidents. Last Sunday, after a long hard week at work, I decided to go downtown - a trip that landed me in Chinatown on my way back shopping the Asian supermarkets.
Now Chinatown in Boston is not exactly the safest place in the world, but being of a decidedly Asian look, I've never really considered myself in much of any danger there. Of course I'm also not willingly going to go there after dark. So therefore this incident took me a little by surprise.
Five minutes in to Grocery Shopping I realized I had a shadow. A middle-aged mild quiet looking sort of guy was following me wherever I went. As I moved between the aisles the guy would follow somewhat behind. The thing is that I was more amused by this than afraid. It took him half an hour to finally get up the courage to talk to me which I naturally ended the conversation as soon as I could. After about ten more minutes of pointless shadowing me across the supermarket, I began to get a little creeped out. It was at that point that I paid, got out and brisked walked my way out of Chinatown and into the T station as fast as I could. (I lost him at the cashier since he had to pay after me)
These things never happen to me in Providence!
Now Chinatown in Boston is not exactly the safest place in the world, but being of a decidedly Asian look, I've never really considered myself in much of any danger there. Of course I'm also not willingly going to go there after dark. So therefore this incident took me a little by surprise.
Five minutes in to Grocery Shopping I realized I had a shadow. A middle-aged mild quiet looking sort of guy was following me wherever I went. As I moved between the aisles the guy would follow somewhat behind. The thing is that I was more amused by this than afraid. It took him half an hour to finally get up the courage to talk to me which I naturally ended the conversation as soon as I could. After about ten more minutes of pointless shadowing me across the supermarket, I began to get a little creeped out. It was at that point that I paid, got out and brisked walked my way out of Chinatown and into the T station as fast as I could. (I lost him at the cashier since he had to pay after me)
These things never happen to me in Providence!
Thursday, August 18, 2005
It is 10.30pm and I just got home from work.
Today I worked from 9am straight. 13 hours, ate lunch in five minutes staring at my computer screen working, skipped dinner and just got home. I'm so tired I really don't want to make dinner. As a result, I guess I'm skipping dinner.
I think I'm setting some kind of record. If you exclude training week. This week I've worked an average of 12 hours a day. I think I've made my billable quota by lunch today. Who needs to work on friday?
I don't think this pace is sustainable. Whatever happened to the 40 hour work week? It's only Thursday... there's still tomorrow to go.
Today I worked from 9am straight. 13 hours, ate lunch in five minutes staring at my computer screen working, skipped dinner and just got home. I'm so tired I really don't want to make dinner. As a result, I guess I'm skipping dinner.
I think I'm setting some kind of record. If you exclude training week. This week I've worked an average of 12 hours a day. I think I've made my billable quota by lunch today. Who needs to work on friday?
I don't think this pace is sustainable. Whatever happened to the 40 hour work week? It's only Thursday... there's still tomorrow to go.
Tuesday, August 16, 2005
Second 12 hour work day in a row
I have too much work. I wonder if this is the normal level of work in the office... and WHY does everything have such a short deadline?