Hallöchen, wir sind´s…

Unser Papa hat ja jetzt schon wieder ne ganze Zeit gebraucht, bis er hier mal loslegt. Aber es gab diverse Computerprobleme – die sind aber jetzt behoben. Der Papa hat irgendwas von “neue Festplatte” erzählt – woher sollen wir denn wissen, was das bedeutet…

Nun aber zu uns: wir waren ganz schön krank die letzten zwei Wochen – Monstererkältung. Fieber, Husten, Schnupfen und den ganzen Kram. Der Julian hat sogar Antibiotikzeug bekommen. Jetzt sind wir aber wieder fit.

Wir haben außerdem bisher was ganz dolles vergessen euch zu erzählen. Wir hatten ja Geburtstag vor Kurzem. Und da ist nämlich was total schönes passiert. Wir haben einen Cousin bekommen. Ja, ihr wisst schon – vom Papa der Bruder die Frau das Kind oder so ähnlich. Ist auf jeden Fall ein kleiner Prachtkerl geworden – und der heißt Leopold. Wir sind mal gespannt wie das gehen soll – wir haben ja alle am selben Tag Geburtstag jetzt. Hoffentlich wirkt sich das nicht negativ auf das Geschenkebudget aus…

Ab März oder April sollen bzw. dürfen wir ja in den Kindergarten gehen. Die Mama und der Papa überlegen schon die ganze Zeit, in welchen wir sollen. Es gibt nämlich zwei zur Auswahl. Die Mama findet den Einen gut, der Papa aber den Anderen. Jetzt warten wir aber mal ab, was die sich da ausdenken als Lösung. Kinder zum Spielen und Quatsch machen gibts ja in Beiden.

Und dann noch was Zahntechnisches: der Julian liegt im Zähnemachen vorn. Die obere Kauleiste ist bei dem schon fast fertig. Da sind sogar schon die Eckbeißer da. Cool oder? Nachdem der sich am Anfang so angestellt hat mit dem Zähnekriegen, hat er jetzt einen Zahn zugelegt

Na gut, das soll´s für heute gewesen sein. Lasst es euch gut gehen! Wir lesen uns bald wieder…

Ach ja: fast vergessen. Der Papa hat mal ein paar aktuelle Bilder verlinkt. Die Links sind auf der rechten Seite… auch irgendwie blöd: die Links sind rechts. Naja, ihr werdet´s schon finden…

Tschöhöhö

Louis und Julian – Zwillinge: alles – außer EINFACH!

Même s’il a l’air super intéressant, pas besoin de voir le documentaire de Chris Rock pour s’apercevoir que désormais, les perruques fleurissent sur les têtes des filles comme des mauvaises herbes entre les dalles d’une terrasse à la campagne.

Qu’elles soient connues (ou non), belles (ou non), adeptes de la frange (ou… bref), les femmes modernes aiment se rajouter sur le crâne des cheveux en poils de cheval ou des mèches d’hindoue domestiquée, pour un résultat plus ou moins réussi (Emilie de Secret Story, si tu nous lis).

Alors au risque de briser vos illusions, mais dans un souci de vous éviter une mauvaise surprise la prochaine fois que vous passerez la main dans la crinière de votre future conquête, voici une sélection de perruques (baptisées “wig” aux Etats-Unis) et de vrais cheveux, mais qu’on aurait aimé voir recouverts d’extensions capillaires synthétiques pour le coup. A vous de reconnaître ce qui est vrai… ou non.

Alors, oui ou wig?

Beyoncé:

Serena Williams:

Somaya Reece (la nouvelle meuf de Joe Budden, qui se fait pas chier l’enfoiré):

Gabby:

Halle Berry et Tyra Banks:

Foxy Brown:

Diana Ross:

Snoop Dogg:

Andre Agassi:

Le cousin gay de T-Pain et Sébastien Folin:

La fille de Kelly Rowland:

I’m so excited to hook up with my cousin again. I think she has two little boys. It’s so easy to grow away from family. My ex-husband stopped calling to have the kids come to his house years ago.

My mom just had my dad chew him out about it. I would have liked to have heard that. He never even calls them on their birthdays and Sydney says he can’t spell her name right.

Jessica is almost 18… he’s lost his chance with her. Will he make any more effort for the other two?

They’re going to his house Friday night. I’ll be alone in the first time in a very long time. I don’t like to be alone like that. The cats don’t talk very well.

“There is nothing sweeter in this sad world than the sound of someone you love calling your name.” ~ Kate DiCamillo

This quote couldn’t be more true. 

 I recently lost a long time friend to suicide.  This was very painful for many of us who knew him.  There’s soo many feelings that come with death, especially if it is from that person taking their own life.  I was soo angry and sad, as were many others.  This was only last month.  I know the saying is “death comes in 3’s”.  What is scary about this saying, is that it seems to ring true. 

My dad called me about 2 hours ago.  My Uncle Denny was fighting cancer and passed away on Saturday.  He died from a heart attack.  His heart couldn’t take the chemo any longer.  He was fighting to live!   The funeral is Wednesday in Ohio and I won’t be able to go. 

Soo many things don’t make sense in this world, even though I know God has a plan.  I am soo very sad.  I can actually feel my heart hurting.  The Holiday season is already hard this year without loosing someone.  I know I will be fine.  The Lord is always there to help me. 

 I feel for everyone who looses someone close to them around the Holiday season.  The loss never seems to go away.  It gets better, but it’s always there each season.  

I lost a friend that was like a sister to me when I was 17 yrs. old.  The doctor’s  never did figure out why her lungs filled up with fluid.  The funeral was on Christmas Eve that year.  I think about her every Christmas Eve.  A part of her still lives on that is now a part of my family.  She had a daughter, obviously at a young age.  My Aunt and Uncle adopted her daughter as a baby. Rachel is now 22 yrs. old and I see Cathy in her often.  It makes me sad and happy at the same time.  Every Christmas Rachel asks me to tell her about her mom.  I tell her the same stories she has heard for the past few years, but she loves to hear them and it keeps her memory alive.  I guess I am fortunate enough to have her daughter (my cousin)  to tell them to. 

Remember to cherish your family and friends.  You never know when and why they won’t be there to say your name. 

Wishing everyone a Blessed, Happy and Safe Holiday this week.

Replay – Sean Kingston

major splurge at powells today. hence the added books to my new soul list. found places in powells i’d never seen before. city block of books best idea ever. no regrets on the splurge. ♥♥♥ and it’ll be even better when i don’t have parental eyes examining my finances.

dinner with kristine and marco was lovely. she’s an amazing cook. we had this lasagna-type-but-better-and totally-not-lasagna main dish and homemade blueberry ice cream. their daughter isabella is super cute and lorenzo is precious with his deal making. frankie even offered to be their babysitter. trying to make good impression on my family found out lots of things about them i didn’t know. hopefully we/i can have them over for dinner once i get an apartment to repay them its fun to have family here

frankie’s friends are here this weekend and it looks like portland might really be the new walnut creek, just like frankie’s been saying. his friends are fun. i like hanging out with them, even though they’re crazy sometimes. but they’ve been friends forever and you can totally tell. most of them share similar mannerisms/phrasing/choice of words and they have these amazing stories and they love to tell them/relive them. makes me happy and its nice to see frankie with his friends too. its good all around

apartment hunting is still slow going and frustrating. but frankie’s being positive when i’m not so its rubbing off on me. i just want to find a place to live! sheesh. i don’t want much. but things are still hard to find. hopefully it works out.

yuumm pudding. work tomorrow then 3 days off, girls day with val on wednesday, thanksgiving on thursday!, early work friday and the weekend! woo hoo. seems so short but work will be a tiny bit stressful just ’cause i’m still learning and trying not to make mistakes. it’ll be nice when everything is muscle memory.

had interesting conversation tonight at the old barn. now if i had a blog that people actually read i would ask opinions on this topic. gonna put the question out there anyways: do you think women should see combat in the military? why, why not?

]]> http://jennaruns.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/sweet-16/ Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:26:22 +0000 jennajournalism http://jennaruns.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/sweet-16/

My cousin just celebrated his 16th birthday on Thursday, and today I celebrated by running 16 miles. It was the longest run thus far. From BU, I made it to Washington Street in Newton/Wellesley – past Newton-Wellesley Hospital, past the Woodland  T stop on the D Line, and over Route 95. Loved the hill at BC on the way back — the downhill part. I was sore by the end, esp. in my lower back and hips, but I have a great roommate who’s an athletic training major so she stretched me out after. How nice!

Here are some of the interesting things I saw today. Not too many runners out, surprisingly, considering it was a nice temperature of 60 degrees:

• A preschool that accepts kids ages “2.9-5″
• Aggressive elderly drivers
• A state police escort for the North Carolina State football team on its way to BC
• A BU police car dropping off a group of BC football fans. See anything wrong here??

Today marks the second day of my vacation to Wisconsin. Today we did one main thing which was going to a party for my aunt leaving to serve in Iraq. It was a lot of fun.

Getting at the Party: We were some of the first to get to the party. While the guests were coming in I didn’t recognize anyone. I saw a few of my main aunts and uncles as well as cousins. A few I didn’t even know were part of my family so it was interesting to see the new faces and personalities of some of my family members.

Eating, Shopping, Losing: After we got to choose from a big variety of food to eat, my uncle came with my two five-year old cousins. I haven’t seen them in four years but right when they saw me they just knew it was me and screamed, “Dieter!!!” then ran and gave me hugs. They are twins so the whole day I confused them and it was fun to spend time with them. They told me to count to eighty and when I did they were so amazed and thought it was the coolest thing. It was hilarious. After playing for a while my uncle wanted to take me to get me a little present. He asked what I wanted so I wanted to keep it simple and told him I wanted a Ecko shirt. Ecko is one of my favorite brands and he knew what it was so he said “ok”. We went to a shopping strip and they didn’t have anything except for Gap and Old Navy. You could imagine what me and my uncle’s reactions were. Since we were with my aunt and my girl cousin they acted all like they loved it to make  us feel bad. My uncle commented and said “I didn’t see one guy walk in here” Even in the men and boy section there weren’t any guys, just girls! Haha. When we were in Old Navy we saw a shirt that said “Cereal first. Questions later.” ME and my uncle had NO idea what the heck that ment. We even asked about five people and they just looked at the shirt in a weird face. Kinda like the time when my brother found out that watermelon isn’t a type of candy. We finally found a store called Nike Factory or something like that. That was a pretty decent store and I found a nice hoodie (I’ll try to get a pic) and I got some nice shirts for my brothers. After shopping we went to Dairy Queen. It was amazing. Since there aren’t Dairy Queens in New York I was amazed at what I was missing out on. I got a blizzard with Oreo. When we got back to the party I played with my cousins and started to try to win a stuffed animal for them at the grabbing machine thing. I got them a stuffed penguin and they loved it.

Swimming: After the party I went to my aunts hotel room she was using for the night. We went swimming and it was so relaxing to swim after closing my pool for a while. I had to help my cousins swim since they don’t know how to swim yet. I did a thing that my dad always did when I was a kid to me. I picked up my cousin in the pool and started to spin him around and around. He loved it and thought it was fun. Before I knew it I had to leave.

Dairy Queen, Cops, and Home sickness: I decided to go spend the night with my grandparents instead of my aunts tonight. My mom stayed with her twin sister (my aunt) so I was feeling kinda lonely and homesick because I am so used to having three brothers around and my parents. I soon felt a little better when we stopped at Dairy Queen (again) but this time I got a slushy and popcorn. The popcorn was awesome. When eating in the car we heard and saw five cop cars go by. My grandparents wanted to check it out which I thought was dangerous and I was getting kinda worried. It turned out just to be some cops going to the hospital.

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Well that concludes my fine day. tomorrow I am going to the Packer vs 49ers game! (North American Football)

I’ll post tomorrow. Bye!

Until My Next Post,

~Dieter~

With Christmas quickly approaching Disney/Pixar along with Mattel have got their Christmas CARS release out and about at Toys R Us, Disney Stores and at Target. The Holiday CARS include Snow Day Sally, Holiday Spirit Sheriff, Holiday Hot Shot Lightning McQueen, Decked Out Doc Hudson, and Christmas Crusier Ramone. Target secured a 6 pack box set of all the above CARS but the 6th is the DEAL BREAKER MUST HAVE! (REINDEER MATER) Reindeer Mater is Jacked up on real rubber snow tires accented with snow and dons a cool antler tipped snow hat. A+++ creativity from the Disney CARS team at Mattel. The singles are good but the Box set is better! I will let the pictures do the talking!

I got Snow Day Sally in single form for my daughter since opening the set at the moment isn’t going to happen.

The Target Exclusive Box Set:

They could have packaged this as a single and shipped 20 cases to each store and I am willing to wager they would sell out in hours!

HELLO! Just finished a blog for my 2 lovely cousins Hee as requested by family. WordPress also
For the creators of WordPress: YOU SEE I SO SUPPORT YOUR WEBSITE! Duhh now I’m soooo bored. Meowwww (random). Aiya nothing to write about today. It’s as usual —-a boring day. Anyone got Heart and Soul piano piece? The original one or duet also can Gimme hor? Thanks ^^

Je vais raconter ces deux jours en même temps, parce qu’il n’y a pas tant de choses à dire que ça je pense…

Mercredi 14 octobre 2009, 23h50 : La journée de lundi a été assez calme, bien que pleine de rencontres !

Le matin, après une courte balade avant qu’il ne fasse trop chaud, on est juste retournées au libre-service avec Mémé, pour acheter des bonbons à rapporter cette fois. Et à midi, on a mangé des œufs au bain-marie… C’est super bon ! on a l’impression de manger du flan, c’est tout léger ! impec avec du riz !

Après, pendant qu’on faisait la sieste, Julie et Max sont allés chercher Maryline et son mari Raymond à la gare. Maryline, c’est la sœur de Julie et Max, encore plus petite. Ils ont décidé de finir leurs vacances “tour de Chine” par Moyan ! On est maintenant 8 dans la maison. Vous vous souvenez ? 3 chambres de 2 + un salon… Ça commence à devenir serré ! et ce n’est pas fini…

Ensuite, on a cherché des cartes postales. Partout. Même au fin fond des librairies, papeteries, etc. Faut dire que c’est assez compliqué de demander des cartes postales quand on ne sait pas le dire en chinois ! mais n’empêche, on n’a pas trouvé. Du coup, j’ai opté pour du papier à lettres en me disant “on verra si j’ai le temps d’imprimer des photos ou pas…” on en a profité pour rentrer en pousse-pousse

et oui, même à Moyan y’a le Mc Do…

contraste entre le meilleur hotêl de Moyan à l’arrière, et les vieilles maisons…

ma place dans le trafic…

Après le dîner, on est allés chercher Loïc, le petit-fils de Julie et Joseph, qui est à Shanghai depuis un peu plus d’un an, pour apprendre le chinois. C’est cool, on ne se connaissait pas, on a le même âge ! Et même qu’il était en prépa avec deux potes de lycée à moi ! On aurait voulu lui faire une blague (que je l’attende avec une affiche marquée “Loïc” dessus à l’aéroport) mais on y a pensé trop tard, dommage
On était donc 9 : 2 par chambre plus 3 dans le salon !

Le soir du coup, on s’est baladés tous les deux (les “plus vieux” dormaient), pour qu’il voit à quoi ressemble Moyan de nuit, il ne se souvenait pas de la dernière fois qu’il était venu (il avait genre 10 ans je crois…). On a pris un truc à boire, genre sirop, avec des bonbons dedans, c’était fun et puis aussi on a trouvé un cybercafé ! enfin, surtout, Loïc m’a montré comment les repérer : savoir lire “cyber café” en chinois, ça aide ! Donc j’ai pu répondre, envoyer des mails, c’était chouette ! Ah oui, et aussi au cas où on en aurait douté, et pourquoi je n’ai pas donné plus de nouvelles que ça pendant un mois : no facebook, no twitter, no blog…! dur !

Et puis, ce soir-là, on a aussi décidé d’aller faire un tour à Shenzhen, puisqu’on n’est pas trop loin et qu’il connaît quelqu’un là-bas qui pourrait nous faire visiter…

Le lendemain matin, on est partis en vélo, avec une équipe renforcée par rapport à d’habitude : Raymond, Loïc et un autre chinois de la Réunion, Gaby, se sont joints à nous !

les rives ont été aménagées il y a peu de temps… Et c’est magnifique !

alors on pense qu’il y avait une inauguration en préparation, mais on nous a gentiment demandé de partir…

Les tsarsaw paw sont devenus habituels pour le petit-déjeuner, et après ça, on file à l’agence de voyage avec Loïc pour prendre des billets pour aller en bus à Shenzhen… 60 Yuans le trajet ! 6€ pour 5h de bus ! on décide de partir le mercredi matin à 7h30, et de dormir ensuite une nuit sur place.

Ensuite, avec Mémé, on est allées chez Baptiste, un fils du plus grand frère de Pépé. Il a eu un accident cérébral, donc il ne parle presque plus. Me voilà donc avec Mémé qui n’entend plus trop, Baptiste qui ne parle plus, et sa femme qui ne parle que chinois… C’était pas simple, hein ! dans le genre grand moment de solitude… Mais à un moment, Baptiste, qui a habité presque toute sa vie en Chine, m’a regardé, et m’a dit “moin lé né Cilaos !!” (je suis né à Cilaos en créole quoi) ce qui est bien la preuve qu’il a encore quelques souvenirs, et qu’il avait compris de quoi Mémé me parlait !! C’est assez triste de le voir comme ça, surtout quand on sait qu’avant, il était professeur…

le bus, pour aller chez Baptiste.

L’après-midi, c’était… Mahjong ! et oui, voilà ce que Joseph fait tous les après-midis, et aujourd’hui, il a emmené Loïc avec lui. Alors avec Maryline et Julie, on est allées les voir jouer

Loïc, Julie, Maryline et une copine de Joseph du Mahjong

Loïc et son grand-père

ça n’a pas l’air très très compliqué, il faudrait que j’essaie d’y jouer aussi !

Et le soir, on a fait un petit tour dans un train électrique : 4 sur une moto, vous avez déjà vu ?

le père, la mère, le fils et la grand-mère !!

“The whole city is looking up” semble être le crédo de la ville en ce moment…

et après, on est retournés au cyber avec Loïc… Entre geek, on se comprend

le reste des photos de ces deux jours ici !

Dejalo – Rilo Kiley

1) CMAs were amazing. Go taylor for rocking them like the all star that she is. 4 for 4 on the awards! amazing. it was all the good things about country/reminded me why i love country music too.

2) Second cabin trip was fantastic. fail at cranium and scene it. completed awesome mosaic puzzle that i want to put on my wall in a future apartment. beds SO comfy. great food, a fire, movies, music, mini hike, fun people. amazing weekend getaway.

3) ruby makes me happy monday was my first day on phones by myself. nerve racking but i stumbled my way through it. its a great place to work and i even got a cookie from amanda and some rubies! still working on getting to know people but i’m really excited for the holiday party in december. had yesterday and today off. back to work tomorrow. hopefully i don’t screw anything up the rest of this week!

4) having dinner with my cousin kristine tonight. little nervous because i haven’t had much contact, especially recently, with my cousins (they live all over the place and are at least 10-15 yrs older than me) but it should still be fun.

5) on the hunt for an apartment. can’t really afford $600/month and trying to find something closer to work. probably end up sharing with people…and even though that’s not my ultimate choice because of all the roommate issues i’ve had in the past it’ll be ok for now. stressing me out. most places require your income to be 3 times your income. mine definitely falls short. i’ve never rented anything before so that might be a problem for some places. not sure how my student loans will effect the screening process. its just frustrating and stressful and i feel like my options are so limited. finally got the job situation figured out and am getting settled in…but finding a place to live is just…discouraging. much like trying to find a job was. hopefully it works out in the same way…but sooner so i can stop imposing.

6) excited for thanksgiving even though its still aways out. well, maybe not. only a week. i feel like time is just flying by. i still don’t feel like i’m all gradumacated with a degree. maybe because i know i’m going back to school eventually so things feel unfinished. or maybe because my entire life school has been looming in front of me whenever a break is over. i guess i just feel like i’m on an extra long break.

7) working on updating info on here. trying to add books—one page for my favorites, another for what i’m currently reading. we’ll see how that goes. need to add more pictures too.

off to dinner and burlington coat factory!

]]> http://mouse7a.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/lonely-in-gorgeous-a-simple-game-of-cat-and-mouse-and-love/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:06:48 +0000 mouse7a http://mouse7a.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/lonely-in-gorgeous-a-simple-game-of-cat-and-mouse-and-love/

So I was just on my facebook and commented on a friend’s vote that he did. It was a little bit of my wicked humor going on in the comment and someone took offense and so I had to be on the defensive when he stated that I didn’t know what I was talking about and needed to continue drinking the Kool-aid and everything would be over shortly.  I suppose that it was wrong of me to get back at him, but he took my joking comment as a threat. So I had to set him straight. After another comment,  in a round about way he apologized and I did also afterward.

My friend Joe says that I kick the proverbial puppy a lot.

But it got me thinking that I really analyze things in a debate that people have and only comment afterward. I guess that is just how I am I will read people and then go from there, but after all that I have been through I read too much into some people and not enough in others… everyone does that though.   It may just be a smart thing to weigh how people act and react before forming any type of relationship, but some people don’t act the same way when the setting changes and they are in a more comfortable atmosphere.

At any rate I believe that my defensive mode will keep the guy from getting hasty in his attacks, at least he said that he’ll keep his comments to himself. which it would be a good thing. However I begin to wonder if my attack had the opposite effect. Will he be waiting for more comments from me? *Shiver* LOL Could it be that he is an M??? Let’s hope not. I only hope that now my friend doesn’t misread my comment to be a bash. Only time will tell.

On another note….

I think that my heart likes to play games with me. This friend, I met him through one of my friends a long time ago. I had a thing for him for so long. It was an unrequited love, that or the guy was to dense to even notice. My friend, (A),  that introduced us suspected that I had a thing for this friend we’ll call D. A asked me if I was crushing on someone, and I said yeah.  So A, sounding desperate stated, ” Please don’t tell me that it is D!” So I lied, I didn’t want to hurt A’s feelings, for some reason he couldn’t see us getting together, and began bad mouthing his friend when I asked why. (A and I are related so it wasn’t the “I like you, don’t fall for my friend” thing. ) So every time  D was with a different girl I would forget about him, especially when it came to this one girl. So not seeing D or A for a long time, I made friends with a guy “C” and C was the worst guy ever, but I only planned on being friends and that is how it was. D found out that I was talking to C and the situation surrounding that and told me to be careful. So much for keeping D out of my heart. I felt that I wasn’t just A’s cousin to him,  I was friends with him. It was like he cared even just a little bit.

So confession time: I was so totally crazy over D. In spite of all the things A said about him and all the things I knew about him.

And every now and then my heart starts to heal again and I remember D and how it is never going to work out now and that little piece of my heart stays chipped. I remember how he was right about C and that I needed to be careful. I remember now, and I try not to talk about him because, people ask Who is this D guy, and I am soon overtaken by the one single question that always follows, “does D know you like him?” Even now it shows, that my heart hasn’t totally given up on D.

I will forget him though when the guy that I am supposed to be with finds me and I find him.

Until then I am nursing a chipped piece of my heart for you D.

My little cousin turned 18 and all he wanted was a group picture with my parents.

I can’t believe it’s already been 10 months since Emmett was born, yet it still seems like so long ago.  This past Sunday, James, Emmett and I went to Shawn and Sara’s to babysit one-month old Ben while they went out for a lunch date, and it seemed like such a flash back.

I also realized how much easier it is to look after a one-month old than it is a 10-month old.  My gosh!  It’s crazy to think about how our lives have evolved in 10 months.

Checking out his cuz

Sleepy Ben

James pacifying Ben

Oh, what Shawn and Sara are in for in 9 months …

Age Timer: 10 months

The Himalayan Tea Latte from Mac’s is surprisingly good. The China Chinese girl behind the counter really took pride in creating a cuppa. First she spooned in the powder, then she steamed the milk and left it to cool for 17 seconds (‘I need to let it thicken’). Next, she poured the bottom layer of milk in and whisked the mixture, before scooping out the top layer of foam to the mug and sprinkling cinnamon powder.

It was warm, creamy and fragrant, and the cinnamon left a hint of sweetness. Nice… Haha the Nat Geo mag belongs to Jianyue, if only I was reading that instead of notes.

We then moved to JustAcia at Dhoby Ghaut Station to study, it’s a suitable study spot, cheap food, powerpoints, cushy seats and the best part is the free flow drinks and ice-cream! Someone couldn’t tahan already and curled up to have a nap. 

‘Observe the Yuntian in her natural habitat. The evolutionary advantage of being short allows her to lie down on any surface and sleep…’
 

On Tue I went to Raffles City Starbucks to study. By now you would have realized I like open sunny spaces. Ordered Earl Grey Tea, $4 for a medium and it was cleared accidentally when I went to the toilet! But the girl kindly made another cup for me =) Haha I stapled that tag on after that.

Oh check out the new toilets at Raffles City B1 beside MOS Burger, they’re comparable to the ones at Paragon but more funky. I’m obsessed with clean and well-designed toilets, plus they are a prime spot for camwhoring.

Had lunch at Soup Spoon with Jianyue while Yuntian jaga our studying spot. Had Simon and Garfunkel and Asian Tofu Salad set ($10.90), he had the Caesar Salad and naan instead. In a shrewd move we got apples and paper bagged it as a later snack. 

Met Eileen and her bf there, I knew her from our Airport Guide days. Coincidentally, her bf was JY’s secondary school friend! Small world… Had dinner with Steve, my very tall and cute and unassuming cousin but I don’t have photos sorry. Next time!

GEN

]]> http://audisee.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/reunion/ Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:18:11 +0000 audisee http://audisee.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/reunion/

Still the only thing fresh in this town is the manure.   The stagnation of inherited inbred ideology lingers with this aire.  To some, this night of memorabilia is their only experience of a dream.  Long lost hopes, from the gates of a requiem walking hand in hand with a Coors light and some road kill at their side.  For others, it was like the day after their cousin married outside of their race… being careful with their words, afraid to ask real questions…  None the less, no real care to take a step out.

After the bar was spit up on by the drooling outsiders, the classmate’s reunited and separated once again into their old cliques. 

Lacking any real truth, with manipulating, superficial honesty, they go back and forth with attacks on each other and those they feel threatened by.   Curtness and lack of propriety in their values and morals with each breath out, they seem to be warm and cozy in their disgusting dialog.  The pot calling the kettle black.  Gossiping about gossipers.  Tragedy of life being so pitiful is the only reality here that is spoken, though the directors of this play haven’t the faintest idea of how the script is as old as their addicted, handed down, rewinded and rewinded ”original ideas” that they all share and pretend are so original.  Each actor plays the part of enabling this to continue, playing ignorant and growing older. 

 I sit to wait for the tow truck.  Keys in the trunk, sister in His bed.  The one exception I saw all night and I offered her to him, best indeed.  To keep myself from a weakness that could bring this place… this heap of a town closer to me.  I doubt there would be any power from him, but I stay careful of tragedy and a trip into hell.

Random Bits of Happy

Jessica & I

* FAMILY!  The trip to Georgia last weekend was great.  I was surrounded by all my family.  All the people I love in one place.  It made my heart feel doubled in size it was so full of joy.  Many stories were told, my Aunt has some antique items that were my Great Grandmother’s and the memories that came from rocking in that rocking chair….whoa! I just loved every moment.  As a child my parents and my cousins’ parents traded us off, me & my brother and Jessica and her brother.  So I spent at least 2 weeks if not more every summer with my cousin.  I love her like a sister!  We couldn’t get enough time together.  Love-her-to-death-as-you-can-see-above!

* The leaves were changing in Georgia and it made for a beautiful trip and a beautiful wedding.  The weather was comfortable during the day and cold at night, which I think caused the cold that I brought home.  Which is why I will now express my love for my neti pot!  My stuffy, snotty nose feels so much better after I use my neti pot.  My ears clear, my nose clears, and for the next few hours I can breathe without taking too many drugs.  Get rid of the cold with saltwater.  It’s amazing to me!  I feel a little better everyday, hopefully tomorrow I will be over this ick!

Terrell & I

* Family photo!  My husband is so handsome, and he makes me so very happy.  We had such a fantastic road trip!  4 1/2 hours to and from and we talked most of the ride.  We laughed so much and just truly enjoy each other’s company.  He has also been such a great man taking care of me while I’ve been feeling under the weather.  I was so achy with cold Tuesday and he gave me a gentle tiger balm back massage and let me tell you, it made me feel SO much better.  He also knew I needed to stop this morning to gas up my car and so he went out last night and took my car up to the corner so I wouldn’t have to this morning.  He’s wonderful!

Quick Mentions:

* Book club is amazing!  12 wonderfully different women. I love them all! *Patrick Wolf on repeat * Movie Chocolat – I fogot how magical that movie is. * GhoulNextDoor’s beautiful tumblr page * “They took our jerbs!” teehee *Soup, I’m on a soup kick (I’m sick, it’s soothing) *Finding a star grapevine wreath covered in glitter – I bought it up, it had to be mine!

Now tell me about some of your random bits of happiness this week!

Last weekend I was so glad to see my family members in San Diego again. This time, it was a fun occasion with my cousin’s birthday party. He turned five this year and he is just so cute!

The newest release of Storyteller singles have been popping up at stores across the United States. I was able tyo grab a set of the show girls Laverne,Rhonda, and Sheila as well as the cousins Cletus,Buford and Jud. Nice looking cars and kind of cool since they are something away from the norm. I am still patiently waiting the 3 pack versions to see the offerings.

But then again, some are.

This weekend was nothing short of eventful. We had my sister’s baby shower. My grandmother (dad’s side) came in town for just the event. In most families, this is usually a good thing. But in mine, the fact that she came in town just begins the constant bitter taste in my mouth…

To say the least, she’s a very difficult person. Her motives have a double motive for something she wants. It’s never actually anything that pertains to us (the rest of the family); but to the naked eye, she seems like the world’s best grandmother.

Every time that side of the family gets together, give it a three hour time span and my grandmother will compare me to be like my other cousin. It’s never going to happen, but grandma never ceases to stop. So every family gathering I have to endure the suggestions from her to be like my weird cousin. Forget all her flaws Katie, and just be like her!

Anyway, to wrap this section up, my sister’s babyshower went quite well. Mom was a little trashed going into it, but she was sober coming out.

This weekend I head off to Houston. To answer why…it’s to visit Stephanie. I’m semi-excited. She is definitely way more excited than I’d ever be. Thinking about this whole thing just scares the shit out of me. I’m kind of in this whole mess because I have any real reason NOT to be (–okay that’s a lie). I feel like I should do this one visit at least. Then maybe a couple of weeks afterwards I should just end it and say, “Let’s be friends.” I don’t see this relationship going anywhere. I just like having someone to talk with. I enjoy my “freedom” way more than being tied down at the moment. Sure it’d be nice to have someone there for Christmas and Valentine’s and whatever other love-dove holiday may come around, but in the end…it’s really not worth it. She’s not the girl I see myself in a long distance relationship with. She’s not the girl I see spending my whole life with. She’s just someone I use to date–I use to have strong feelings for. Now I feel weird saying “Babe” or hearing 1,000,000 times that she can’t wait to see me. She’s like she should have been when we first dated.

I feel like all this is just one hour too late.