A case of the Mooondays...

I think I was suffering from a classic case of a case of the Mondays... It felt like I was doing a thousand things and I was the only one who seemed swamped. I really mind people calling me on Friday, but they all decide to keep it til Monday! ARg!!! I was suffering from a nausea and headache towards the end of the day. I thought I was coming down with something. I really didn't want to get sick though. But after I went out to 3rd Street with Carol and got some fresh air....it got better. I just needed to get out of the office environment. Bleh.

I actually got to work really early today! It took me 50 minutes! w00t! I think I'm gonna go home at 5 today! yay! But then I have to go to the gym...booo....but I don't wanna get tubby...so yay!!

Does anyone read this?

Spontaneous First Musical

I had my very first musical experience last night at the Ahmanson's Theater. I went to watch a pre-Broadway musical called "The Drowsy Chaperone"



It was quite funny and I was really excited about watching it because I had been hearing commercials about it on the radio. I saw several TV commericals as well. I went because my boss's husband's Law partner had these tickets for the show and she needed people to go with because her husband was sick with bronchitis.

I really liked it. I was laughing a lot! I would definitely recommend people to go watch it. I won't ruin it by telling you what happened. It's basically about this guy who introduces us to an old Broadway musical from 1928 called "The Drowsy Chaperone"...(fictional). We then enter the wonderful world away from ours and enjoy the stories and the singing and the happiness this carefree musical. It is a tribute to the high spirited "fluffy" musicals of "yesteryear".

Well...Brian is napping on my bed right now. He came down last night so he could go to my work's Holiday party tonight ....in 2 hours....hmm I think I need to go get ready.

tootles!

Corporate Gifts

Hello all,
I just came back from having dinner with Soo. It was kinda cut short, but I'm glad I got to see her. I was also able to get a CD that I wanted to get for a while now....so all is good. Expensive CD though. Makes me wanna steal it more and more. But the store that I go to is saying that if I accumulate 10 stamps, I can get one free CD! I have two so far. That's pretty cool. The group is called Clazziquai. I was sitting in my car after I got home to listen to it more...I'm listening to it right now!

Oh yea, here is the picture of our Christmas tree



At work, we got some gift from our auditor friends at BDO. The boxes look pretty, but the contents in it don't do it justice. But it was very nice of them though.






And last but not least, here is a picture of my little ducky friend. He sits and keeps me company at work. =)



I need to really clean my room. It's quite a mess. But you know...my mom says that people who are a little messy...usually have good personalities. So maybe that's why I'm not as ashamed of having a messy room....hehhehe.

I still have SO much knitting left to do!! Ahh!! I gave myself a lot of time too....booo cindy...booo. But I get so tiiiiiiiiired.

Ugh...headache

Ugh....I woke feeling very dizzy today. I hate this feeling like I just got off of a roller coaster. I actually came to work today because I thought it would go away after a Tylenol. But I'm at work right now...feeling...sub-par. If I move around, I get dizzy. I need to just look in one place. But I shouldn't be complaining because I found out yesterday that Ruby came down with the Chicken Pox. It turns out that she never got it when she was a kid. I know that it is more dangerous to get it as an adult so I'll tell her to be careful and get lots of rest. The thing is...I saw her on Sunday and she looked dandy. Scary these things...

I watched "Win a date with Tad Hamilton" last night. Josh Duhamel .....ohhhh so hot. But you know...I really liked Topher Grace too. He's pretty cute as well. I love the puppy dog eyes that he gives...awww so cute.

I just had some Pastrami Rachel which is basically a pastrami sandwich with coleslaw and swiss cheese. I had it with a side of potato salad. It was very soul-y and yummy. I took a nap afterwards for about 30 minutes and now my headache is back again. I dunno...I just feel under the weather today. I better drink more fluids.

Spumoni !!!

Hello again!
I told myself that I was going to make a habit out of blogging....but apparently it's not catching on. I had a good weekend though. I went to SD as usual. I'll post a snippet of my email to my girls for laziness-sake:


So, I went to SD as usual this weekend. It was quite rainy on Friday on my way down to SD. I actually saw a really bad accident over in no-man's-land before you hit the border patrol on the 5. It was raining and very windy and I was trying to drive as carefully as I could. Well, I had just finished listening to a classical version of a Christmas carol and was getting ready for the next holiday-filled song....when....I see a car in the #1 lane on the other side of the freeway. Now...when you look at oncoming cars...you see white, yellow, and the occasional blinding blue. However, I saw...Red! I'm thinking to myself..."Uhhhh...I shouldn't be seeing red..." and in the next 2 seconds, the car smashes into the railing dividing the highway. I heard and felt the car's impact with the railing. I also felt debris on the left side of my car that scared me even more. I was SO afraid that the car was going to go through the rail and hit me. But I was ok. whew... but I couldn't close my mouth for the next two minutes. All the other cars started to drive reeeeally slowly. I should have called 911, but it didn't dawn on me because it didn't happen to me. I should have though now that I think about it....

So people...drive safe out there.

In other news.... Brian and I went and ate at Buca and had yummy pasta and yummy cake with Spumoni...but I don't really like spumoni. Very patriotic though.

I put up my Christmas tree last night. It looks decent. I couldn't find my ornaments so I wasn't able to decorate it to its full beauty. I took a picture though. I'll put it up later tonight. It's cold...I'm gonna drink my tea now.

Tough Tuesday

I came to work and found this in a package from our DC office. One of our former employees gave it to me to thank me for some stuff I helped her out with. It was a box of chocolates. I had never seen a box like this before so I decided to take a picture.

Here is a picture of the chocolates.



Today was a tough Tuesday. I think I was sitting at my desk the whole day minus getting up to get water and going to the bathroom. I got a lot done though. I actually got around to doing stuff I had on my to-do list. But it feels good to get those things off my desk. Pushed them somewhere else.....

I'm still waiting for my movie from Netflix to come. It is "Win a Date with Tad Hamilton". Josh Duhamel....so beautiful.... sigh....

Thanksgiving Weekend

I think I took this photo around 3:30 pm yesterday on my way to the gym. I heard leaves swishing and swashing in the wind and the palm trees looked like they were gonna break in half. Well...it wasn't that bad. And it was in a way, refreshing. Granted I was shocked more due to the increase in static...it was nice. It however, made for a very cooold night. brrrrr...

I don't have any pics of us gorging on the turkey, but it was a pretty good meal. We ate it for dinner and breakfast. My mom, however, made it last a lot longer. She was actually still eating Thanksgiving turkey last night!...hehehe

Let's see...oh yes, I did a lot of knitting and "frogging". Frogging is when you rip your work because you made a mistake that can't be repaired with a crochet hook. I was pissed off when I realized that I had to frog my work. Bleh. I think I actually stopped knitting at 3 in the morning. But I am glad to say that I fixed my mistake...here is a picture of the sock.

...so far. It's pretty big huh...

So Friday, Irene came over to visit me. We went shopping in Arcadia and ate at the Cuban Bistro in Alhambra. We had the garlic chicken with tangy orange marinade. It was pretty good! I especially liked the beans and rice. The black beans were embedded on top of the rice...it didn't look appetizing, but it sure was yummy. It was a good night. It was so cute how she told me that Alhambra seemed like a different country...hehehe =)



This is Irene and I at the Cuban Bistro. It looks like that plastic bag handle is grabbing my sweater..

Oh yes! Irene bought me some yummy Caramel Apples!! It was covered with caramel, white chocolate, and brown sugar...mmmmmmm






Today I went to visit Grace at her place. We had lunch at the yummy Olive Garden. We shared the Chicken Marsala and the Tour of Italy. It was all very yummerific!! I liked sharing our food because I was able to taste more food! We then went shopping...well I did more window shopping, but we walked and talked and got to catch up on things since I hadn't seen her for about 3 years! I couldn't believe how close I actually lived to her and we didn't meet for so long! Well I'm glad that I am meeting old friends again. Hi Grace! Thanks for a great day!! Here are a couple of pics...



My hair is doing a weird static shock thing in the second pic.... gay

BBQ and Aubergines

Here is Kiley, looking like she is gonna bite Ruby's hand. Jason looks like he is quite content with his cheesecake. So we celebrated Ruby's, Jason's, and Dave's birthdays over the weekend with a nice BBQ and a night out at Aubergines. The entrance fee was a bit steep because DJ Mark Farina was mixing that night. Nevertheless, I really enjoyed the night. I'm actually having a lot of fun...not getting drunk! It's kinda fun to watch these drunk girls blubber and fall and all that jazz..hahah.

Here is our usual threesome pic courtesy of Sheila

Here is a link to the pictures I took...

http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8Acs2LRm1aM2Ed&notag=1

Earlybirds

There are lots of people who go to the gym early in the morning!! I thought it would be pretty quiet at 7:15 in the morning, but boy was I wrong. Well it wasn't PACKED, but it was still pretty bustly. So I got on the treadmill at 7:25 am. I think I was on the treadmill for about 37 minutes. I then worked on my triceps and then headed to the shower. I actually had to stand in line to wait! Granted it wasn't too long of a wait, it was still a wait. Lots of girls were taking showers, doing their make-up and getting ready for work. I was surprised. This one girl I talked to while I was waiting in line was telling me that the spinning class that she takes sometimes at 6 am was actually full once! Full!!

Yea so I'm trying to "step it up" for the Holidays. I know that I am going to be eating more. So I need to compensate accordingly. I hit a plateau already and now I am noticing that I am slowly falling off it.... I need to get back up and higher. So fricking hard though....that last 10 lbs. Ugh I hate those last 10 lbs.

Ok enough about that. Today is the opening day of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire! And guess what movie I'm going to see tonight with my coworkers!!!! Pride and Prejudice!!!?? Yeap, we decided on going to watch this movie a while back when we heard that it was coming out in November. Little did we know that it was on the same day as Harry Potter. I just hope it's not packed there where I can't find parking.

I still need to finish reading Harry Potter anyways. I'm such a slow reader. Well if it wasn't for me falling asleep after just 5 minutes of reading ...I'd probably already finished it! Yea...boo for me.

Is it the holidays already??

I can't believe that it is already Thanksgiving in a week! My coworkers went to the Farmer's Market out here in Westwood to buy veggies for Thanksgiving dinner. I didn't go with them because I am not going to cook for Thanksgiving. I bought a Turkey Dinner at Ralphs and am gonna go pick it up next Thursday. It will be a cozy dinner because my dad is out of the country right now. He's in Korea visiting my grandparents. The only grandparents I have left are my dad's. My mom is technically an orphan... =( . She talks about how she misses them and how she wishes she did more for them when they were alive.

Well, yea so it will be just me, Carol, Peter, and mom. I really don't mind at all. I don't really like going to the relatives anyways. I have some issues with them....sigh~ All I will say is that people really need to stop being so cheap. If you can't afford it, that's fine....but if you can...and then some! ...don't be cheap! I would think that as people got older, they learn and do better than when they were young and immature. Yea...people are who they are...it's hard for people to change. No respect...no respect.

I can't wait for this weekend! It seems like it will be fun from all the evite reminders I've been getting this week! haha! I'm glad that we found a club that both the girls and the guys like....and dirt cheap too!! w00t!!! I am gonna do my very best to take as many "candid" pics as I can without bugging people. hehehehhehe...

A second start

I can't believe that I am already at a new home! I had some issues with the other blog I was using....namely that it was just waaaaaay too slow. I got frustrated and said.."screw this sh*t". So here I am.

So since it is nearing my bedtime, I thought I would just end this post with a few pictures that I haven't posted yet.

This one is from the time that we had a black out at our house a few months back. It was kinda fun because we had some yummerific chicken that my mom was slow roasting before the power went out. So we ate chicken by candlelight...

Another picture I have now is....of course...Vegas. I long to go back. Sigh~