Archive for the year 2004
Match-Making
Posted on February 25, 2004 by Ching under Life.
I’m experiencing this strong desire to set Misty (you may need to sign in to MySpace to view her profile) up with someone lately. First, I wanted to set her up with Jason (Brian’s IT-guy friend at work who did wonders to restore the functionality of our home network) — only to find out that he is practically married. He is living with his girlfriend with whom he has two children with. So that was a bust.
Then I wanted to set her up with Steffan, one of the guys in Brian’s workgroup. He also works as a bartender at Fingers on the weekends. And though I’ve only met him once, I have found him to be a really nice fellow. Much to my dismay, however, Brian tells me that he too already has a girlfriend.
Anyway, that leave me with my final prospective match for her: Professor Bill Vanderburgh. He seems like a really nice guy. Attractive and smart, really smart. Actually, probably so accomplished and smart that Misty feels he might be out of her league. But whatever.
Kelley was going to hook him up with Megan but since she has dropped the class, I suppose I am free to hook him up with a person of my own choosing. Actually, I have to find out first if he is even available because he might not be. If he isn’t, then I guess this is strike three. And that just bites.
Maybe it’s a sign, Misty? What do you think?
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School Woes
Posted on February 23, 2004 by Ching under School.
I got my OB/MGMT exam back today. I got a 98% — missed one stupid question, which had I spent more than two seconds on it I, I could’ve answered right! Anyway, no one got 100% so I still kicked ass. Yay me!
You already know how Saturday went. Sunday was kind of crummy. Brian had to buy a new desk so he took his computer apart and when he put it back together, we couldn’t get our home network working again. That just drives me nuts!! It was working before! He just had to have a new desk though — which he didn’t even need anyway! GRRR!
I’m even more cranky because I had to sit there from 2PM to 12AM writing this stupid paper for PHIL 300, a class that my friend and coworker Kelley dropped so I have to go at it on my own. The professor felt that it would take a month to complete but I procrastinated so I had to sit there for nine hours working on the stupid thing when I could’ve been out watching a movie or playing computer games or doing other homework (not likely) or something.
I was wrong and he was right. I should’ve started on it weeks ago! Anyway, you live and learn. Brian and I had a few choice words about the gruesome ordeal but I think I will save it for when I actually get my paper back — just in case! Can you tell I hate writing research papers? Â
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Back-to-Back Exams
Posted on February 17, 2004 by Ching under School.
I know I was stressed out last week because I had back-to-back exams so I thought I’d give you guys a recap. I took my Accounting exam last Tuesday. We got the exams back today and I missed three multiple-choice questions which ended up giving me a 91%. The Marketing exam that I took on Wednesday, which I studied for while I was watching my recorded tv shows and playing poker (Brian did the button-clicking for me) online, I got a 100% (we got those back yesterday). Only two people got 100% in the whole class, mind you! Then my Microeconomics exam, the one that I was really stressing over because I didn’t have time to study for it so I had to miss my Accounting class which is right before it so that I could use that time to review… Drum roll please… Three people got 95.8%, the highest score, and I was one of the three! Yay, me! Tonight I’ve got another cram session for an exam in Management tomorrow… But I figure, I do better when I cram so I’m not stressin’ over it this time.
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Valentines Day 2004
Posted on February 15, 2004 by Ching under Life, Relationship.
We had a truly eventful Valentine’s Day weekend this year. The festivities began on Friday night when Brian took me to Fingers for salsa night. I didn’t drink much but we think it reacted with the antibiotics I just finished taking the day before. I ended up puking my brains out in the middle of the night and peeing all over Brian’s feet. Picture the two of us buck naked in the bathroom, he’s holding me as I’m vomitting and I guess I just lost control of my “other” bodily function and started peeing. As a reflex, Brian took the only things that were close at hand which happened to be a couple of robes (my robes, mind you) hanging in the bathroom to sop up the wetness. I guess it’s my pee on my robes so I shouldn’t complain. I should just be grateful that he stayed there with me instead of saying “Fuck this,” and leaving me to puke and clean up by myself.
It was already two o’clock in the afternoon when we got up the next day. We decided to have a late lunch at Red Rock (my favorite restaurant now). Remember the hellacious time we had getting in last year? This year, we were smart and got there about ten minutes before they opened. We were actually the first ones seated! It was awesome! Half an hour into our five course meal, people were already piling in. By the time four o’clock rolled around the wait was already an hour to an hour and a half. We were so proud of ourselves!
After lunch we walked off our meal by roaming around the mall. Of course, it was horrible. It felt like Christmas because everyone was doing their last minute shopping for Valentine’s Day gifts. Got some socks at Lady Footlocker, a couple of DVDs from Suncoast, and some blouses at Express. Next stop: home.
We hung out at the house for a while because we had an hour or so to kill before we had to meet Brian’s parents at 13th Ave Warren. The four of us watched the 10 PM balcony showing of 50 First Dates. It was a sold out show because of all of the couples on the movie part of their dates. They actually made an announcement below for all the people to move and sit closer together so that they could fit everyone in the theater. It’s times like that when we are really grateful that we hardly ever watch movies from the cheap seats anymore. I like the idea of reserved seats and personally think that all theater auditoriums should be done that way.
Today we all met at Wal-Mart for some portraits. We got 7 poses and a ton of pictures for just a little over $150. You can’t beat that deal! I think my senior portraits were almost $500 after all was said and done and that was back in 1995 so I was really impressed. Mom and dad were generous enough to include a picture of Brian and me just by ourselves. We get three 8 X 10s and a variety of other sizes. We were pretty stoked about that.
Afterwards, mom and dad treated the six of us (Jason and Jen came to dinner with us also) to dinner at Red Lobster. I wasn’t feeling well but it was still really yummy! I had the LobsterChops and ate every little bit of it so I didn’t have any room for desert. Actually, after the fried calamari appetizer, some of their signature bread and a couple of bites of my salad, I was already pretty full so I’m not sure how I managed to eat all of my entree.
Next week is the last part of our Valentine’s week celebration. Brian got us a couple’s massage at Healing Waters. We are both really looking forward to it. We’ve gotten full-body massages before (usually at Sveta’s because it’s closer to our house) but never in the same room together. A couple’s massage is actually pretty exciting.
You’re probably wondering, with all of the things that Brian has done for us, what my end of the Valentine’s Day gift-giving is like. For our Valentine’s this year, I got us a new featherbed from Eddie Bauer (I got it during the White Sale so we actually got it a few weeks ago and we’ve been sleeping on it) because our four-year-old one is totally worn out, some new featherbed protectors and his-n-hers matching Nike ID Shox NZ. For just Brian, I got an orange long-sleeved waffle tee from Abercrombie & Fitch, an orange hoodie sweatshirt to match it from Hollister, and a pair of Eddie Bauer flannel-lined carpenter pants.
Here are some pictures of our personalized Shox..
The last two pictures are of Brian’s new computer. He has a dual monitor system hooked up now. I am super jealous! However, he was generous enough to give me a new 19″ monitor and he’s donating 20 GBs of his 120 GB hard-drive space to me so that we each have 100 GBs (mine is only 80 GB) so I really have no room to complain. That doesn’t keep me from being jealous, though..
He has decided to give his old computer to his grandparents because theirs is broken. Isn’t that nice of him?
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Andrew Jacob
Posted on February 8, 2004 by Ching under Family.
This is a follow up to the previous post because I forgot to post the pictures that I promised from last time. I try to keep my promises so here they are.. Enjoy!
The first set of pictures were taken last Sunday when we went to the hospital to visit Chris and Kevin and their new baby Andrew Jacob.
The next set of pictures are webcam captures of me and Felix from last week. He likes to keep me company when I’m surfing the web. It’s cute and it’s adorable but not so much when I’m trying to do homework. But I love him, anyway.
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