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Sunday, 11 September 2005
quick update....& quotes make a comeback
so i only have time for a quick update on my life

-things have been going smoothly with the california culinary club...it is officially active & i just need to find the time to write a constitution..hopefully i can make time for it next week because i really need to worry about the funding, booking a room, & getting that club on its way

-the first general meeting for iie is next week & i've attended the first ejc (engineers' joint council) meeting..i didn't know engineering societies did not go thru asuc but just ejc to get funding..which is nice but annoying at the same time cuz 1, if it was thru asuc i could just do that stuff along w/ my ccclub stuff simultaneously 2, i wouldn't have to join an ejc committee w/ an 8 hr/ month extra commitment (if i get the position) but it's nice cuz i don't have to deal w/ the asuc as much i guess....& there is a president treasurer meeting i need to go to next week bah

-the first general meeting of the cooking decal has met & i met the otehr ta's certain people know how i feel about them already but i will not say anything on here because who knows who reads this...let's just say one already is getting on my nerves...the decal starts next week & labs start the week after that...i am SO glad now that i'm not a facilitator w/ christine cuz the extra work would drive me mad...

-job hunting...i'm sup'd to be working on that as i write this

-classes...i think this busy schedule has been helping me focus on school (eg, i never watch tv anymore because i can't afford to)...i seem to be getting things for the most part....but i foresee getting lost in 131

-work has been pretty hellish...i mean nothing i do is too hard but there is just so much of it i can't deal with it because i don't have the time to...i'm preparing a tuesday presentation for the boss now but they already talked about me doing even more work on the projects & i'm so scared of that this is not the time to be doing that to me...the boss because he is so stressed is starting to be a jerk...saying things like "just get the done" or "Find a way" & the thing is that is not possible because if there was a way don't you think i'd be on it? i HATE being talked down to as if i'm stupid..that is what i hated about my old jobs...at least this is temporary (the boss is normally not like that)...sept is just a really really work heavy month for them

i am trying to bring back my quotes of the day because i loved that but i haven't really been doing it so...since school started i have a few off the top of my head...

jamie is reading the daily cal (our school newspaper)
gareth: oooooh let me see my horoscope
jamie: why are you so impaitent..you can't just go through the day without knowing what will happen to you
gareth: nope...oooh that was a good horoscope now i'm excited


on the beach retreat..while driving doug was saying how the strawberries in that area were really really heavenly & they just kept describing it (it's hard to hear in the back of the car what the people in the front were saying)
jon: the taste is simply orgasmic
me: now i really want strawberries
erick: what after hearing they were orgasmic?
me: what? i didn't hear that part
jon: i just said that!
erick: we know what to get you for your birthday!...we'll go to your apartment & it will just be filled with strawberry leaves
(& they continue to imitate me)


in the hallway before the first day of class
jamie: why couldn't they at least wait til after labor day to start school...or better yet til thanksgiving
erick: why not just wait til after christmas
jamie: you convinced me


(sexual content below haha)
while doing 131 hw (we had to draw these models to signify certain queues)..for the last problem it was a line of people waiting for a person to load & unload the automatic machines..after drawing the models we had to think of creative real life examples of those models
alex: it could be like *wink wink nudge nudge* loading & unloading...they are loaded & then i unload
me: & apparently there's a line......
alex: it could be for doug the sex god

Posted by blog/c_is_for at 4:24 PM PDT
Updated: Sunday, 11 September 2005 4:38 PM PDT
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Monday, 29 August 2005
random tidbits
the school year has started & i'm already in over my head

i'm taking a technical writing class & 4 ieor classes & pe & then ta'ing that cooking decal...being a part of iie & maybe/hopefully starting that darn club i want to & during all that i have to somehow find a job for my life after school...gawd i'm so screwd

anyways

sat was chanda's bday. we had dinner at blue nile & drinks at blake's. we tried each other's drinks & everything was yummy. frozen mudslide, long island ice tea, gin & tonic, adios mf'er, chambord & cran, appletini, sex on the beach.

on a sort of random but not note

there is one thing that you can do that will make me lose complete respect for you & you can NEVER earn it back again with this one action.

i know it sounds harsh but there are a small handful of people that have ever fallen into this category so don't worry it's probably not you.

there are some people that treat people that they think are "uncool" or are deemed by peers as "uncool" badly.

eg, there was a boy at our school that was very introverted & very smart but he was "different" he was just very not sociable but there was nothing wrong with him he just didn't have many friends & people always made fun of him. it didn't help that i think his family enforced it because his brother was the complete opposite of him. certain people at our school would be mean to him not because he did anything but simply because they probably thought it'd be cool to be rude/mean to the "uncool"

in my own way of being protective of those that are weaker i completely lost any ounce of respect for that person.

are you not strong enough to know the difference between right & wrong? to not have to beat up one someone "weaker" to appear cool.

the thing is the rudeness was very subtle. but i know it probably hurt his self esteem over time.

i know this is completely random but i saw someone recently that fell into this category & that person has not changed at all & i am reminded of how much i hate people of that kind

it's strange because for someone having such low self esteem & having put up with verbal abuse all my life i am such a strong believer in protecting others from it....
that's when i realize even though i have changed i have not fully changed...i've only taken what i used to apply to others & applying it to myself
i use to want to save everyone else
& now i am finally trying to save myself

it's really bad since i've been spending more time not alone i've really lost touch w/ myself...i'm sure the start of school will change that

here are some random pics:

chanda being sung to by creepy mexican guys at blake's that took over 5 pics of us cuz i guess they thought the girls were really hot





us being dorks!





the cutest rhino alive



Posted by blog/c_is_for at 11:57 PM PDT
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Friday, 12 August 2005
love
on my walk home from yoga
1 2 3 4 5
i saw 5 hearts engraved in the sidewalk & 1 word "LOVE"
perhaps it's the first thing that pops into a person's head to draw when they see wet cement

but it is really supported by "love is all around us" from love actually

so if love is all around us why i have spent hours of my life wondering why certain things never happened to me & why i never got the luxury of experiencing such pure & beautiful love...

i'd like to think i wasn't blind then
but that i just needed some coffee to wake me up
my brother's wedding was just the right dose

it all unfolded (now that i think about it) somewhat like "love actually" but in my own life

i went home friday night. things seemed fine until later that night...things fell apart like a poorly scripted soap opera (i do not plan on going into details) there was a lot of crying & i felt like my family was falling apart

at the end of the night i told my brother that we loved him & supported him

& in the middle of the night i heard a crash...being the paranoid person i am sometimes at home i got out of bed to see what happened...

on the ground of the bathroom face down was a handheld mirror we have had for what felt forever...maybe even before i was born...i lifted it...it was broken into a thousand little pieces...& having the flair of a drama queen inside my head...it felt like a bad bad omen

strangely the next day things weren't awkward as we headed on our 4 hour road trip together

it occurred to me that whatever may happen we were still family & i don't think any of us would ever let us fall apart

the road trip i thought would be boring & overly long

but it really reminded me how much i love my family

it was the first time in a long time all of us were together & spending time together even if it was because we had to since we were stuck in a car

our conversations were funny & entertaining

i loved it

through it all my dad was acting his part & there weren't any outbursts

i also realized despite their occassional dips my mom & dad were very much in love & they fit each others nooks & crannies perfectly

the words of the minister during the ceremony crept throughout my body..it tickled my heart & it made me want to cry for joy for the first time in my life

throughout this whole ordeal my dad clicked away with my camera like a good dad should

on the way home there was no talk of this drama & we continued on like we always had...fun & caring for each other

i ran into work late because i accidentally scheduled my work schedule wrong i saw my boss at my desk & i felt so bad i thought he was going to get mad at me..he simply said "i was just worried (because i'm never late or not there) i would've stayed in tahoe if i were you" & moved on...i felt a sense of relief & comfort that someone would care

right after i got off work i got a call from pierre which usually doesn't happen (he's usually not THAT eager to contact me haha) apparently he had missed me...in the whirlwind of the weekend, i did not realize how much i missed him until i saw him...being in his arms, i felt so loved

a couple of days later i was off to LA for the reception

there i felt & saw & heard how much our extended family cared for each other

i had not seen some of them for many many years but when we were all together it was as if nothing had changed...we were family afterall

everyone poked fun as each other & commented on how we had all grown

the laughter alone was worth the trip

during the trip down i also grabbed a lunch with erick & i thought it might either be awkward or fun because we hadn't seen each other since school ended...it was not awkward...we people watched like we always do, talked about random things, made fun of others, & listened to duran duran loudly in the car...it was great (though it did end up making my fam miss our flight haha but it's ok...)



in a short 2 weeks i had experienced & witnessed it all...
love between
a brother & a sister
a father & a son
a husband & a wife
a boss & an employee
a man & a woman
relatives
& friends...

so i can never say again that i haven't experienced love that i haven't seen it working its magic & that i haven't felt it's purity...love is not flawless but that is its beauty...that through it all you know the ones that love you will be there holding your hand along the way & not just waiting at the happy end...

Posted by blog/c_is_for at 10:49 AM PDT
Updated: Friday, 12 August 2005 7:27 PM PDT
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children these days
i know my cousin is expecting an entry about a certain child...the only people that need to know who i'm talking about already know so no names will be mentioned but merely that this child made me realize a few things...1) i won't necessarily be as great a mom as i hope...2) raising a child is all about quality time with him/her...3) i can't shield him/her from the world but i can inform them about these things & the etiquette of when not to mention such things...

my cousin has already heard all the following before but i will write about it here for my own memory & for other interested stalkers...

my dad, mom, & i took the plane down to LA for my brother's wedding reception. it was a smaller plane than normal & a spacey flight. my mom & dad sat on the left side of the aisle & i sat alone on the right. four obnoxiously loud group of women (who were already getting dirty looks in the waiting area) was on our flight.

one was a birthday girl with a thick thick european accent & she was accompanied by her 3 friends to celebrate in las vegas. we were lucky enough be on the same flight & sitting int he 2nd row, right behind them. at first, only the two window seats were booked for them. the other two women were booked for row 9 & 10.

they loudly complained that the machine must have made a mistake & that this was ridiculous. they just stood there blocking the line (since they all wanted to be in the first row) so one woman asked the girl in one of the seats to move to row 10. she very reluctantly did so...she didn't say a thing just picked up her stuff & walked back with an expressionless face...her only reward being she didn't have to listen to them complain the whole flight...

then the birthday girl asked for the flight attendant to place her carry on somewhere & she asked to place it right in my dad's leg room (not even under the seat!) & my dad refused obviously & the birthday girl was already annoyed...

then the other girl walked in that was booked for row 1. she was asian & had with her an oil painting. they asked her to move to row 9 but she very scared & quietly said she planned to sit in row 1 so there was room for her painting. the flight attendant for some reason was on the loud women's side. maybe it was because she was about the same age or because they were white (i don't want to rule that reason out because there is more racism in the world than we want to admit). the flight attendant told the asian girl she couldn't put her painting there anyways & she'd be better off in row 9. so she also reluctantly moved because there was nothing she could say. she was looking out for her own good & shot down.

the row 9 woman very excitedly moved up with ehr friends. in the meantime the birthday girl kept very very loudly saying...she was just rude! so ridiculous! & mean! children these days! (which she kept repeating with her thick unattractive accent)then the woman that moved up from row 9 asked her fried that was originally booked for row 10..."was she being diffcult or...stupid" her friend gave her a rolled eyes look & she sympathetically said "oh it was the latter" she went on to say how children these days are so unreasonable & stupid

they closed the airplane door for liftoff & that woamn took out a colorful hardbound book with a huge $9.95 sticker still stuck on the cover over the title which she proceeded to leave on her lap--closed as they gossiped the rest of the flight...



there is nothing worse than stupid people that think they are intelligent & better than others...

Posted by blog/c_is_for at 12:04 AM PDT
Updated: Friday, 12 August 2005 9:54 AM PDT
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Monday, 8 August 2005
quick update
2 entries i plan to write soon:
- love
- children these days


quotes for the past few weeks:

erick: i was in san diego & i saw all these beautiful people & i was thinking...are you real? how do they have time to work out & stuff
me: yea i was thinking that so i told my mom 'they must be all stupid'


(all the guy cousins at the table were dipping their fingers in the water & rubbing it on the rims of the glasses to make that humming noise...all were very concentrated)
me: wow you guys could start a band
ryan: aaa 1 2 3 4 *rubs rim of glass*


our 3rd uncle had a scratch on his forearm & his knuckle...he said one was from the rice bag in the market & the other was a paper cut from a magazine...he told the story very candidly & they said the forearm scratch looked like a fingernail scratch & we kidded about if he had some other woman...later on during the dinner he said "i idolize [my 3rd aunt]" so all the adults were saying "isn't that a little extreme" & my 2nd uncle (diana's dad) said "ok i think we need to check him for more marks"


(my cousin kevin has small eyes...i guess the typical asian stereotype)
jeff: kevin i want to take your picture
*kevin poses for pic*
jeff: now close your eyes....open your eyes...come on open them! why aren't you opening them!


*diana repositions the heart marshmallow on the plate & carefully takes a pic as she raises her head our cousin ryan gives her a really weird look*
me: now you know how weird she really is


dad: your mom used to purse her lips like this (does a little mermaid sebastian-esque pucker your lips & continues to do it for a while)
mom: you're making me look like i have some condition or something


a lot of the things that have happened the past few weeks cannot be summed up in quotes or even words..i just know it all was very memorable

Posted by blog/c_is_for at 10:27 AM PDT
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Tuesday, 26 July 2005
sorry!
sorry blog i feel like i've betrayed you by not updating you in what feels like forever hahah...

i've been bogged down by work/boblem/misc...

& don't bother asking what or who a boblem is only those that need to know know

let's see the only real things that stand out in my mind...

last last weekend pierre & i went biking in the mountains kinda....we didn't know what trails to take so we just kept testing things out...one of them was about a foot wide...w/ a deep deep something on the other side..too many trees to see the bottom...great view but not great for someone riding for the 3rd time since elementary school...i did surprisingly well on that trail...i had to concentrate so hard...i don't think i've thought so hard since school ended...i actually ended up falling twice one wasn't so bad...splinters in my hand but it was at the end of the scary trail & i still had to ride back...i was freaking out inside my mind...thought i was staying calm outside...i walked back the slippery parts & finally rode the middle to end...then onto another trail that didn't seem too bad...i actually made it throught the worst part w/ rocks & such but then it got way way too fast & i started thinking too much & i freaked out & fell into the side plants & my shoe (where the laces tie) got stuck in my brake handle as i fell...i was kinda pissed at myself though there was nothing i could do but i really psychologically gave up then...my leg stung & then i found out later it was covered in cuts :P...
all i could think was good thing my dress for the wedding is long....

sooooo basically my right leg is covered in bruises from the riding in sf & my left leg in cuts...:P

for the nest two days my legs felt more exhausted than normal so i didn't go to yoga in case the sweat would infect the cuts...

but yea things are fine now & they're healing nicely:)

pierre said he wants to go back to those trails even by himself....i said i'd go w/ once i got used to my bike...

plus the sun was killer that day...

& the beginning uphill was pretty killer too...man i've never felt so weak before...i can usually motivate my way through these things but this felt like a never ending hill...:P....it's ok...one day i will be able to do it...

i'm lazy & i wanna watch emeril so that's all i'll talk about today

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Thursday, 14 July 2005
a moment
Mood:  special
tuesday i heard the 4 most beautiful words
& without hesitation i found myself saying these 4 beautiful words back

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Tuesday, 12 July 2005
quotes
Perfection comes when you use your mind as a mirror.
~Chuag-Tse


i haven't written quotes from my life for a while & i barely write about work so i will combine the two here...

friday we had a staff meeting..the first one i had been to...


andy: they paid us in full already so now we're just working off the job
bill: gee i wonder why they did that probably something tax related
jeff: maybe they just like us. not be so cynical, bill.
bill: but oh so true


jeff: i noticed connie has jumped onto the more technical side of the job now...it's great!
bill: (tells a story & goes on about how his co worker is an expert at autocad but still had much to learn) what i'm saying is you can spend your life in that program & still not fully understand it
*silence*
jeff: & here i thought we had given connie a nice boost & positive outlook & there bill goes & ruins it

Posted by blog/c_is_for at 9:51 PM PDT
Updated: Thursday, 14 July 2005 2:37 PM PDT
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Monday, 11 July 2005
another great weekend
i feel like i haven't updated this thing for a long time...or been online for that matter...or even checked my email...

anyways

it was another great weekend

i spent most of the week bike shopping after work with pierre

we kept falling in & out of love with different bikes

my first dilemma was my infatuation with a 2005 giant LCR3 it was "sage green" & it was $630

having come from hand me down & garage sale bikes that price was crazy to me...

sooo we moved on kinda...

tried out this specialized sirrus matte black...pretty nice...the frame fit me better butit was a flat bar road bike....& we were sure if we were gonna go offroad riding so i tried out a mountain bike...a rockhopper it was called...it felt good too they were both around $500

then friday at work i had mentally prepared myself to spend the money & pierre got off work earlier than i did so he went around to a few other stores & then picked me up after work to go see certain bikes he had in mind for me...we went to this used bike shop that had more bikes in it than it could physically fit...it was ridiculous...you couldn't walk you could just stand there & ask them what they had & point...i tried out a kona fire mountain..it was a green/white/blk scheme it was pretty cool plus i'd match pierre w/ it & then i tried out a trek pierre said the trek had better parts but was older...both rode well...i finally decided on the kona just cuz i liked it more...looks wise:P they threw in a nice seat for $10 so i got the whole shebang for $400 pre tax....

i was really excited...i started imagining the things i'd do on this bike...like ride to cheeseboard HAHA...jk...minus the fact that i'm really not jk

at night we went to eat at koryo (the korean place)

the next day we got up fairly early to go to the american lung association bike 4 breath...pierre's sister karen & her bf ian & her co workers were doing the 50 mile one but we didn't want to wake up early for one & i literally had not ridden a bike since elementary school...& maybe once in middle school for less than 5 minutes sooo we wanted to warm me up to my bike & riding in general...

we did the 18 mile one...it was nice..it was the perfect amount i think for the day...plus we went pretty fast...at least on parts

afterwards we were scarfing down the provided lunches & headed to my home home area...we met with maheen & audrey so i could get my id back...we ended up wasting many hours in the deserted vallco mall & at 6 we went to hong fu for pierre's dad's side family dinner...the food was fab & it kept coming...

we ended the night at pierre's aunt's place talking up a storm with his relatives...many interesting convos & stories...one in particular stands out is his aunt knew richard simmons before he was famous

the next day we went to long's to get some sun tan lotion & top dog for lunch (we got sunburnt sat.) & we went to sf to visit his grandma..we were gonna treat her to dinner..we got there at about 4:30 & we went to golden gate park to ride our bikes cuz the roads were closed off inside...we weren't really checking the time & we ended up going to dinner at about 8 opps...i was getting more & more used to my bike. we took mini off road trails that were fun...hills just scare the crap out of me though...i'm not comfortable enough yet to hit those hills..we rode to ocean beach but didn't stay around long cuz we had shoes on...

oh yea & before all the adventures we went to the store to get me a nice helmet i'm glad i waited to get one because the ones at the shop they were gonna sell me didn't fit well..i have a nice giro one now thanks to pierre :)

for dinner we went to one of their favorite places...shanghai dumpling house...i found out it's a chowhound favorite too...so that was cool the food was yum..i was so hungry without realizing it...it was relatively cheap too...

it was a great weekend...i had a lot of fun

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Friday, 1 July 2005
i swore i posted that entry but i guess not
i wrote this entry yesterday & i totally thought i posted it...but alas it has disappeared so i will try to remember & retype everything

6/30/05

so i decided to be nice & go change the strings on the guitar that pierre left here for me to practice on...being a girl in that music shop made me feel like a girl in an adult video store...there were only guys there & they were ranting & raving about how shitty that guitar player is & how awesome another one is...& a slight hush goes over the conversation as a female specimen enters the store...it was quite amusing...& i got comments as i walked down to the store even...i would've been flattered if i could actually play

while they changed the strings i headed to my secret kitchen supplier (no i'm not telling & no it's not in an alleyway)...so i finally decided to splurge on a calphalon stock pot...i've been eyeing it for some time now...plus i have to admit it's strange that a person can have a few hundred dollars worth in knives & not have a single good pot or pan...plus pierre was urging me to get a pot w/ handles...& as i was in line to check out i saw these pepper mills on the top top shelf & one looked really familiar (when chanda & i were at sur la table to meet giada i tried out their whole shelf of pepper mills out & i found my favorites) it turned out it was one of my faves & it was the only one left so i thought it was meant to be so i bought it too...it was a nice natural wood peugeot one...

as i walked home working both biceps i saw an asian couple in front of me they were it hink korean..the girl was stick thin & probably what he'd call a "fashion plate" & i have to admit those girls intimidate me because they are what i don't want to ever be but at the same time i know that i could never be that...

so as i had sunglasses on w/ a guitar in one hand & an 8 qt stockpot & pepper mill in the other i wondered to myself if pierre had to choose between this or that he'd better choose this...

i'm a dork whta can i say





since i never finished the rewriting of this entry til today i guess i will also say what i did this weekend...

2 bbq's...one w/ pierre's friends horge & ashley...there are so many parks in berkeley i never realized..it was fun & yummy i was stuffed...4th of july i went to pierre's fam bbq...his fam is adorable...

instead of fireworks we stayed in & bowled...i still suck haha...but it's ok i will get there!

quote:

p: "let's not do anything food related...let's go to mitchell's"

(mitchell's is a yummers ice cream place in sf)

Posted by blog/c_is_for at 1:18 PM PDT
Updated: Tuesday, 5 July 2005 4:12 PM PDT
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