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I went to Hell and All I got was $50 bucks!
Posted on October 6, 2006 by Brian under Flickr.
My mother owes me so big she has no clue. Let me tell you how this all began.
My mom calls me as asks me if I want to earn $50.00. I tell her heck ya as long as I dont have to do any physical labor. She assures me that I will have to just sit there and listen to some music for a survey and when its over I will be able to collect $50.00. I tell her i’m down sign me up! she says that she is going to send me an e-mail and it will have the number of the lady I need to call and then the information on the time and the location. I open the e-mail and there is everything that she says I need. Then I see a follow up e-mail and when I open it I feel like commiting murder! My mother tells me in a seperat e-mail that the music I have to listen to is country music. Any one that knows me knows that I hate country music with a passion. But as my wife pointed ouit, its $50.00!
So tonight I get to the Survey place. Sit down and begin to listen to
the obnoxious sounds of country played in 5 second intervals. I had to listen to 700 songs total. We were given little bubble answer sheets like they give you in SAT tests. So i did what I did in my SAT test. I looked at my neighbors test and wrote down what they had. When it was over I thought I was going to have to trample the people in front of me to get out of the boulding. I had to supress the urge to run out of the building and scream at the top of my lungs “My ears are bleeding!”. But in the end. I got $50.00 and I only had to listen to 5 seconds of country music.
If I end up in Hell, I will have to repeat that Survey for eternity!
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Better a Tool than a Dipstick
Posted on September 23, 2006 by Ching under Flickr.
So Brian and his dad worked on the lawnmower today. I’m not sure what was wrong with it, but whatever it was it is fixed now. Let me just share some of today’s funniest moments.
BRIAN (asking his dad): How much oil should I put in this thing?
DAVE: What does the dipstick say?
CHING (referring to Brian): The dipstick has no clue.
Later on when they were trying to remove a bolt. Dave recommended using a socket driver. Brian used a wrench driver instead. After an unsuccessful attempt at it, he switched to using the socket driver. [ I have no idea what these tools are called so if I’m using the wrong terms, forgive me. ]
DAVE: See how much of a difference using the right tool makes? Look at all that leverage.
CHING: So it’s better to use the right tool and not be a tool.
BRIAN: Wow. I’ve been promoted from a dipstick to a tool.
DAVE: At least a tool is useful. As opposed to being greasy and just hanging around.
CHING: That describes Brian to a tee!
BRIAN: That’s it! You’re stleeping on the couch tonight!
It’s so much fun to pick on Brian. I love you, baby!
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My Little Piglet
Posted on August 31, 2006 by Ching under Babies, Flickr.
Molly is officially 8 lbs. According to her most recent weigh-in at the vet on Monday, anyway. I had no idea she would break 6 lbs. Just goes to show you how much I know.
Here are some new pictures of our baby girl. Enjoy!
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Carla’s Birthday
Posted on August 25, 2006 by Ching under Flickr, Food and Drink, Life.
Carla’s birthday was a blast. I meant to blog about it sooner but I’ve been busy since school has started. I’m in class every night except for Fridays. Of course, Friday night is poker night so my schedule is super tight.
But I digress.. We spent eight hours over there without even realizing it. Paul cooked a magnificent Thai feast. It was a three-course meal fit for a queen. I hope Carla felt like a queen because Paul slaved himself in the kitchen for over eight hours cooking.
He made three different appetizers with matching sauces. There was chicken satay, spring rolls and eggrolls. I was full almost before the main course. It was challenging to save room because everything was so delicious.
Paul made four main dishes: a cashew chicken dish, beef mussman, something like mongolian beef and chicken pad thai. Everything was cooked to perfection. He even garnished them!
For dessert, he baked a delicious chocolate cake and served sweet sticky rice with ripe mango slices. We call the sweet rice biko in Tagalog. I’d never met American people who ate that stuff before.. I found out that it’s actually Carla’s favorite. It was strange being in a room full of American biko eaters.
Of course, Brian was dying to get a piece of the chocolate cake. He didn’t really care much for the biko and he’s never really liked mangoes. He tried it, but he is your average unadventurous American guy so he didn’t really like it that much. Now the chocolate cake he could’ve eaten all by himself. He was polite though, and only had one slice.
It was great to meet Carla’s friends and also her adorable dogs Chewie and Endo. They are the most well-behaved dogs in the world. I love them.
We ended up playing some games after dinner. I played Parcheesi for the first time and won. That was fun. Jeff, Carla’s friend who drove in from Colorado, brought his poker chip set so we got to play some poker. Brian and I left around 2 am because we are not used to staying up so late anymore. Bobbi said that they actually kept playing until about 4 am.
Paul really did an amazing job with dinner. Jeff actually commented that he made all the other men look bad. It’s one dinner party that won’t soon be forgotten for sure.
[ NOTE: Paul, the person who created the delicious Thai feast, is Australian. ]
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Anniversary Recap
Posted on August 14, 2006 by Ching under Flickr, Life.
Our fourth anniversary was spent at Harrah’s this year. For the most part, Brian and I try to do something different each year. This year we decided that we wanted to do a real-life, honest-to-goodness poker tournament.
This trip was planned around a 3:00 pm poker tournament Harrah’s. We were really worried that we wouldn’t make it in time, but we did. Brian and I paid the $45 + $5 entry fee and the rest is history.
Well, my entry fee was history anyway. I got knocked out within the first hour. It was very disappointing. Brian saved the day by winning second place, though. It was awesome! At one point, I actually had a gang of people (other players who had gotten knocked out from the tournament) cheering for him.
So here’s quick recap of past anniversary celebrations..
Last year we spent two nights at the Historic Campbell Castle.
Got a couples massage at Healing Waters, went to the Wichita Art Museum, took pictures at the frisbee-golf park, played some poker the Loft and had dinner at Granite City and Sumo among other things.
In 2004 we stayed at Country Club Plaza. We did some major shopping. I think this was my very last big shopping spree (brian lost his job not too long after). We enjoyed food at PF Chang’s, Cheesecake Factory, Kona and Reverse.
The year before that Brian and I had dinner at Red Rock, went dancing and stopped by Priscilla’s for some new toys.
So there you have it. The last four years of anniversaries, Brian and Ching style.
We had initially planned on going on another cruise for our fifth anniversary but now I’m rethinking the whole thing. I’d rather not go in July or August because there will be way too many children on the ship. I’m thinking September might be a better month. However, I’ll be in school next year.
So we are thinking of probably hitting Vegas in August 2007 and saving the cruise for September 2008. Hopefully Brian will win us some money in Vegas so we can pay for our cruise in 2008…
Yeah, right! Better start saving now. =P
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