Archive for December, 2004

Well, I feel so terrible for dragging my friends to see John Mayer on Wednesday night. We waited to get into the venue for about 2 hours. Then we waite about another hour before his opening act came on stage. It sucked so much. As much as I love John and his guitar playing skills, I know that I will not be attending anymore of his blues concerts. It’s just too much time commitment and he only sang one of his own songs. I guess I should be happy that he even sang a song from his CD even if it was “Come Back To Bed”.

I have a question for you guy readers (actually I only know of one male reader). Is the bathroom line the place to pick up girls? I have had many encounters with guys while waiting to use the bathroom or even just waiting for my friends near the bathroom. It seems very strange that guys will try to hit on me there. I’ve just noticed that’s where most guys will approach me. Strange isn’t it?

As for the earthquake/tsunami tragedy in South East Asia, I saw some footage on CNN and it really breaks my heart to see all these people left with nothing. It completely blows my mind to know a natural disaster can take away so many lives. The last time I saw the count of the dead, it was 114,000. That is unbelievable! I definitely am going to donate money to one of the emergency funds. I even convinced my little sister to donate $5 to the cause. According to the UNICEF USA site,

$5 can provide an emergency health kit for one person for three months, with medical supplies and drugs to cover basic health needs.

$87 can provide a basic family water kit for ten households, with detergent, soap, wash basin, towels, bucket and water purification tablets.

$188 can provide one “School-in-a-Box” kit containing basic education supplies for 80 children during times of crisis.

Isn’t that kind of amazing? You guys should definitely consider donating anything to one of the funds. During his concert, John Mayer said a pretty meaningful thing, “Doesn’t Mother Nature make a war seem so silly?”

So true.

I’m really excited about doing New Year’s in NYC for the first time in my life. I don’t plan on ringing the New Year at Times Square though. Only crazy people and tourists would do such a thing. As of now, I don’t really know what my friends and I will be doing, but I’m sure it will be fun. This is the first time that my college friends came out to NYC to celebrate. I can’t wait! The only bad thing is that I still don’t have an outfit for tonight. I’m thinking about venturing out to the crowded H&M at Herald Square during my lunch break. Or maybe, we’ll get out early so I can shop.

I hope everyone has a great and safe New Year’s Eve. The next time I’ll be posting will be in 2005!

Yesterday I inhaled an excessive amount of food. Not only did I have birthday cake at work, my company was surprised with a free catered lunch by one of our catering vendors. This lunch featured a “Make Your Own Taco” with shrimp, chicken, or beef. It also had a huge fruit platter that was DELICIOUS, a great dessert platter and chips and guacamole. It was soo good. After my huge lunch and cake, I went home and had another huge carb infested meal at my sister’s school’s holiday party. The ingredient of the night was PASTA!. There were about 6 dishes that used some kind of pasta. It was good and I was stuffed. I also had more cookies and cake. It was a crazy day.

Because of all the food I ate yesterday, I decided to wake up at 5 am and go to the gym so I could feel a little less guilty. Tomorrow I plan on eating a salad for lunch to balance out all the carbs and calories my body took in this week. I feel gigantic!

In other news, I have a feeling that the OC won’t be on until next year. I can’t believe they teased us with what is coming up in the next 12 episodes. How crazy! I still want to know what happened with One Tree Hill. I think I’m going to hit the sack soon. Tomorrow is payday; at least I won’t be in for a surprise like last time.

Okay, I’m about to go to bed, but I decided I’d write a quick little entry. So, where should I begin? Well, on Friday, I attended my little sister’s Asian Night event at her high school. When I was in high school, I also participated in this event, and it was interesting to see what happened to it after 6 years. Wow, there were a lot of changes. The food at the dinner was no longer mainly home-cooked. Everything was take-out and there were half as many dishes as before. What a letdown. The dances were okay. Chinese Yo-Yo and Lion Dance were still in it. The high school students either became older and sluttier or maybe I’m just getting old. I just know that when I was 14, I was not wearing skin tight pants that barely covered my butt. My sister’s dance, “Indian Modern” was actually very good. I liked their costumes and everyone seemed to be very synchronized. I was pretty impressed!

On Saturday, my mom, little sister, and I braved the crowds and went to Roosevelt Field Mall. I was on the mission to make a big investment in the famous Seven Jeans. I went to Bloomingdale’s first. I tried on about ten different pairs of Seven Jeans. I felt very fat. Anyway, I found this pair of unique Seven Jeans, and I was excited to try them on. I got them up and they weren’t overly tight (which is a good thing). My big butt managed to fit all the way in without cutting off any major arteries and veins. Then as I went to button up the jeans, I noticed there was NO BUTTON!! After this disappointment, I returned all the too small and long jeans to the lady at the fitting room. This lady was very irritable, so I tried to stay out of her way. I went back and looked for the right size for this particular style. I was lucky enough to find the perfect size and I ran back in to try it on. PERFECT! The problem with this style is that it was about $20 more than this other style that also fit (but NOT as well). I debated about which pair to purchase. I then decided to call my mom, who was at Macy’s. She told me she was meeting my sister there at 4 pm so she couldn’t come over. I decided to hold the two pairs of jeans at the cashier. I then ventured into Nordstrom’s to try on more jeans. To my disappointment, there was not a large variety of Seven Jeans. In fact there was only one style! When I asked a salesperson about where the Seven Jeans were located, and she told me, “Oh you don’t want to go try those on! I got a new shipment of Chip & Peppers. Come look!” Well before yesterday, I’ve never heard of that brand name, but I knew they must be pretty high end. As expected, the prices were even more expensive than Seven Jeans. The lady then said, “You don’t want to wear the same jeans as everyone else. You don’t want to have that same squiggle on your back pocket! (she was talking about Seven Jeans). Anyway, I tried on a cheaper pair of Chip & Peppers, and they were about 4 inches too long. I felt like a midget! After our late lunch at the food court, my mom, sister, and I returned back to Bloomie’s, and I gave my mom a little fashion show. She agreed that the more expensive pair was nicer, and after 10 minutes in line, I finally bought the most expensive jeans of my life!

After I came home, I was happy to find that my jean style was not available on eBay. It turns out that the style was made exclusively for Bloomingdale’s! Woohoo.

In conclusion, I spent A LOT of money this weekend.
New MAC foundation, lip glass, lip pencil, and shea butter cream: $62
New pair of Seven Jeans: $171.83
Grand Total: $233.83

That’s a lot for me considering the government took $200 from my paycheck on Friday. I am so poor. Oh well. I’m usually not a big spender on clothes, but I thought it was time to invest in jeans that didn’t show my butt crack whenever I bent over. Don’t get me wrong, I will definitely still be wearing my Gap and American Eagle jeans, but I will be enjoying a new pair of high quality jeans as well!

Besides my big shopping spree, I just finished cleaning up my room. I took out about 5 bags full of garbage from my tiny room. It is so clean now. I am so happy. I threw out all these old camp letters I saved. I figured I don’t even talk to these people anymore, so why keep the letters? Haha. I’m pretty heartless I know. Anyhow, it’s taking me way too long to post about my boring life. It is WAY past my bedtime. So I bid you readers good night.