Liz Lieu in Manila for the APPT
Posted on February 1, 2009 by Ching under Poker.
Just found out that one of my poker heroes, Liz Lieu, in my hometown for the APPT. I’m sure she is going to do fantastic!
P.S. The video above is Pokerstars chatting with Liz on day 1 of the APPT. For more on the APPT, check out the Pokerstars.tv web site.
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Movie Double Header
Posted on February 1, 2009 by Ching under Family, Movies.
Brian and I missed the opening weekend of Underworld: Rise of the Lycans, a movie that we’d both been waiting for all winter, because we were wrapped up in the avalanche of expenses related to the plumbing fiasco of 2009. I think we were mourning having given up Molly and everything. I really have no idea what happened. It just skipped our minds. I didn’t realize it until my friend Jan pointed it out at work.
Anyway, Brian and I agreed that we would see it on Saturday no matter what happened. Rain or shine. In this case, whether or not I’m well enough. I was still pretty sick, but the nice weather we had yesterday helped to make me feel a little better.
So I ended up watching two movies back-to-back this weekend because I had made a date with mom to watch Revolutionary Road, the Kate Winslet and Leonardo Di Caprio reunion flick. The plan was to go over there and do laundry, and mom and I could go see our movie while Brian is doing laundry. When we return from our movie, laundry would be finished and Brian and I could go home. Isn’t Brian the best husband ever?
Anyway, Revolutionary Road was going to be at 6:15 pm so I was going to use my VIP passes purchased from work. Mom changed her mind, though, and decided on The Reader (another Kate Winslet movie) instead. The Reader had a 5:00 pm showtime so mom ended up paying for our movie because I didn’t want to use my VIP passes on matinees.
We picked up some PF Chang’s on the way home because we had three starving people (Jenni, Brian and Dad) waiting for dinner. Afterward Jenni left to go hang out with her friend Spring and daddy watched some TV, while Brian, mom and I played some mahjong.
Anyway, speaking of double headers… I may have watched two movies in one day, but I am completely in awe of Kate Winslet. She has two movies running simultaneously. Besides that, she won two Golden Globes for these two movies: Best Actress for Revolutionary Road and Best Supporting Actress for The Reader. Wow.
P.S. The award for Best Husband goes to Brian (as always). For taking care of me this weekend while I was sick (he actually brought home my favorite soup — broccoli and cheese — from Cinnamon’s Deli for lunch on Friday since I stayed home from work; I just slept most of the day), for taking me to see Rise of the Lycans, for letting me go to the movies with my mom, for doing laundry while this happened and for humoring mom and I by playing mahjong with us.
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2009 Super Bowl
Posted on January 31, 2009 by Ching under Things to Do.
Brian and I don’t follow football, but I might just watch the 2009 Super Bowl tomorrow. For one, the TV commercials are always entertaining. That usually isn’t a big enough draw for me, though.
However, Journey is supposed to perform pre-game and then Bruce Springsteen will do a 12-minute set during half-time. These performances along with the fabulous commercials might just get me to sit in front of the TV tomorrow afternoon.
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Closer to the Heart
Posted on January 29, 2009 by Ching under Leadership.
Got home from the second LW session in Topeka today. Except for being under the weather, I was totally tickled. We talked about the NFL (Non-Negotiable For Leaders) characteristics during the first half of today’s session. Guess what the theme for NFL is… You will never believe it. It’s Closer to the Heart! LOL.
And the men who hold high places
Must be the ones to start
To mold a new reality
Closer to the heart
The first stanza of the song (above) was quoted by our COO in the beginning of the presentation.
I don’t know why, but I just love Rush. Brian hates them, so he always makes fun of me when I turn up the volume on the radio whenever I hear a Rush song playing. You have no idea how amused I am that they picked a Rush song for the NFL theme. What is even more serendipitous is that the Closer to the Heart single was released in 1977, the year I was born. Maybe it’s a sign?
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Brian and Ching’s Laundromat Adventures
Posted on January 25, 2009 by Ching under Life.
It had been years since we’ve been to a laundromat. Within five minutes, we realized why. If it hadn’t been for our dryer starting to mark clothes with rust, we wouldn’t have been there today. What a day to be at the laundromat, too! It was one of the coldest days we’ve had in weeks. That’s our luck, though.
We picked Spring Clean Laundromat located on Lincoln and Webb because Brian’s dad knows the owner (Perry) and it has open WiFi (that’s a must for us). It’s probably the biggest and best laundromat I’ve ever been in. It had a couple of flat screen TVs, a lounge area, a special play area for children, and an aquarium built into the wall. As laundromats go, it’s pretty nice.
It was busy today despite the cold weather. Unruly children were running around everywhere. I think that is the main turn off for Brian. The main turn off for me is that there is only one bathroom. I initially thought that was a design flaw but, as well thought out the facility is (with WiFi, the aquarium, security cameras), I figured that was probably intentional so that homeless people don’t try to live there.
Anyway, Brian and I decided that we will do laundry at my mom and dad’s next weekend so we don’t have to go to a laundromat. No matter how nice it is, it’s still a laundromat. Unless you go at 2:00 AM on Sunday morning, there’s no way to avoid people and unruly children. Although, having to go somewhere to do laundry is extremely inconvenient so I’m thinking that we will probably do our best to save some money, bite the bullet, and buy ourselves a new washer and dryer in a couple of months or so. Anyone got a washer and dryer that they don’t need anymore?
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