Brotherhood of the Wolf
Posted on July 10, 2004 by Ching under Movies.
One small victory for Ching, a huge step for mankind.. Brotherhood of the Wolf.
Brian said, “This is yet another one of your stupid foreign films.”
I said, “But I heard it’s really good. At least give it a chance.”
As a compromise, we put it on in the office as background entertainment while we were playing poker. Five minutes into the movie, I had to quit both of the tables I was playing on Ultimatebet. Brian continued to play poker and watched with half-interest. But then ten minutes into the movie, he stopped playing altogether as well.
I scored yet another domestic victory for the foreign film aficionados of the world.
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Brian’s Birthday
Posted on July 5, 2004 by Ching under Family.
Here are the pictures.. I know it’s a month late but I’ve been busy! Yet true to my word, here they are.. Besides ~ better late than never, right? Enjoy!
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Gala Photos
Posted on July 5, 2004 by Ching under Family.
Here are some highlights from the annual Filipino ball which was held at the Marriott last month.
Click here for pictures from last year’s ball (2003). And here for previous years’ ball (2002 and 2001). We’ve been attending these annual gatherings every year for almost ten years. If I find any other pictures, I try to add the links here so you all can view them.
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Independence Day
Posted on July 4, 2004 by Ching under Life.
Happy fourth of July, everyone!
Incidentally, today is my boss’ birthday. I was going to get him this book entitled The Present by Spencer Johnson but I was afraid that he already had it. He really liked Who Moved My Cheese? (a book by the same author) so I thought of getting the other book. But then these things so easily backfire on me.
We hardly ever see each other anymore because he is so busy. With the upcoming separation, things have been really hectic at work. Our supervisors are all over the place. At least we have our occasional team meetings.
He did come by last week and he told me about this Mega Gigantic Giveaway. Sounds like really exciting stuff and I am anxious to participate. We’ve always got our cameras ready to go. It’s only a matter of finding time since Brian and I now only have one day off from work in common (Sundays — except for today because he is working).
Anyway, we also got to talking about blogs because he knows about mine. So that’s what I figured I’d do for his birthday. I made him his own blog on Blogspot (remember I made one for Matthew last Christmas, I did the same thing just a different layout). I think of him as an introspective, journal-writing type (I could be wrong but that is the impression I get) so I figured he might like it. Who knows? At any rate, I think you all should go leave him a birthday message.
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Can’t Go Back to Sleep
Posted on July 1, 2004 by Ching under Games.
While I shouldn’t stay up to late, now that I work days, I shouldn’t go to bed too early either. I wake up in the middle of the night and I can’t go back to sleep. I think my body is used to only four hours of sleep and once that has been reached, it thinks I’ve had enough.
The last couple of nights have been horrible. Brian and I went to bed around nine on Tuesday night. At around two o’clock in the morning we awoke to the incessant ringing of his phone. His reps have a habit of drunk-dialing him in the middle of the night. I’m glad that he is well-liked by his work group but I would actually consider this type of behavior inappropriate.
In their drunken stupor they figured that since they all (Brian included) didn’t have to work on Wednesday they could come over and hang out with him. Brian told them not to come because I had to go to work early the next day.
After that, I could not go back to sleep. It was already four or five in the morning before I finally zonked out.
Last night, I went to bed early again. Only to wake up around midnight because of the light coming from the TV. Brian was nice enough to wear headphones but it didn’t keep me from waking. He was watching Die Another Day (James Bond) and, when that finally ended, he began to watch Quantum Leap (one of his favorite old shows, go figure). It was then that I finally put my foot down and decided to do something. No one should have to endure an episode of Quantum Leap.
He finally turned off the TV and we both went to bed — only to wake up an hour later. I couldn’t sleep and Brian was kind enough to keep me company in the office. We ended up playing a couple of rounds of gin. I won both and he got frustrated and quit. I think I was more alert than he was at that point.
We tried to play Rise of Nations but he said his computer would not work. I think it is a poor excuse because he is afraid that I’ve actually improved my Rise of Nations strategy. The last time we played he suffered a horrendous defeat. Only made worse by the fact that he was actually the first one to attack.
Anyway, that’s why there are two blog entries from the middle of the night. Mom and dad (and Jen for that matter) are probably thinking that I should work on the gala pictures tonight if I suffer another bout of insomnia. They’ve been hounding me for it almost everyday for the last couple of weeks. My next day off is Sunday. I will try to get them done by then.
Well, it’s time for me to head to work. Until next time.
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