MACK THE KNIFE

NEW BLOG!!

I found a wonderful host. Since then I’ve been blogging over there… really great because that means I get to learn this blogging jazz! My own site, totally customizable. This is to prep me until I feel ready to release my own blog to the blogosphere(lololol@ that word).

Anyway I’m still updating my blog. I’ll share the link sometime in the future

I have no idea what I’m going to do to back up my entries. I don’t want it to all disappear someday. Maybe I’ll repost on this site? I’ll see.

1 comment September 5, 2009

Dreams

Sometimes my dreams are so f’d up! Other times it’s just weird.

A couple nights ago I dreamt I got fired from my job. Then I sort of woke up… fell asleep and this happened again. THE EXACT SAME DREAM…. 4 TIMES!! Ok not exactly the same.. but it was like I got to go back to before I got fired and was able to do something a little differently than before. But still, I got fired.

When I was fully awake I thought to myself “I won’t go to work friday”, still thinking I was fired.

RED CLAM CHOWDER > WHITE CLAM CHOWDER.
MANHATTAN CLAM CHOWDER > BOSTON or NEW ENGLAND CLAM CHOWDER

Just sayin’. Tried the white clam chowder yesterday and it did no justice! RED FTW!!

Yay I got paid today. 12/hr <3 <3

My non-stop working started 2 days ago(Aug 26) and will continue to Sept. 6. I won’t have work on Monday next week though! In that time I’m working at 3 diff places lawl

1 comment August 28, 2009

I GOT MY L!!!!!!

I passed with 98%! Hellz yeah.

40/41, time: 9.9 minutes

I forgot money for the testing fee.. so my mom had to come back. Later, when I was about to take the test the lady said I needed parental permission, so mom came back again. I told her it would it 10$ more if I passed, but that escaped her mind so she went to the bank… and I had to phone her back again.

Some people actually use the entire 45 mins? WOW I cannot stand to write any type of test during the entire time. I’d go crazy.

I can’t wait to drive!!! heheheheheehehheehe.

Add comment August 25, 2009

Changes of plans

Me and vz did not end up having a bday party. She wanted it with a lot of people.. which I didn’t want but didn’t really care about either… so I’m kind of content. V instead had one with her family. I don’t feel like I lost anything so I’m good.
did not sell the house because the offer was too LOW! 20k under asking price >_>
I turned 16
my knowledge test is tomorrow. wish me luck!!

WORK AT ADC:

Sis got an email from the HR manager from ADC. I emailed back saying she can work.. and so can I so we both got it. We worked M-F of last week. I didn’t work Fri because I had my other work. ADC is not paying us.. but the AWHS so we’re getting 10 and 12/hr (new + returning employee) which isn’t too bad.

The “kitchen” aka the lunch room at ADC is INCREDIBLE!! 2 huge fridges, 2 dishwashers, 2 sinks, 2 huge tables and a big screen tv. It looked like an ikea kitchen. This puts every “lunch room” out there to shame!! The last couple days we watched Rush Hour.

We retagged clothing, took out racks to send to the AWHS, etc. I can’t believe the prices for the jeans at aritzia are going up!! The golden R&R pocket ones went from 265 > 298. Sevens went from 199 > 225? I’m shocked.. because these aren’t even new styles. They have had these styles for 2 years. Anyway the jeans we did were: r&r, 7, fidelity, habitual, wr, cheap monday, blank(?) to name a few. For each style, depending on its popularity, there were from 300-800 pairs(my estimate). So you can imagine the joy in retagging the same style of jeans from sizes 23-32… like 500 of them. Did you know 30 pairs of jeans in a box is HEAVY? I sure didn’t.

I fell in love with 7 jeans. WANT!!!

They people are SOOOOO friendly! People asked my name, whether I came from the store, am temporary, etc. GOSH I can’t emphasize enough about how I love the workers there. I want to work there!!! ahh!!

I applied there. I hope I get hired Q said for high school kids they work Sat morn of each week only, and work everyday during spring/winter break. That is ideal for me!! I applied for mom too. I hope she gets hired! Mom’s friend is trying to get her a job by referral.

It was fun. The people I worked with(also temporary) were great. Most of them are working the sale too. *maybe* we’re going to work again next week.

ADC + WS work from Sun – Sat of last week… 40.5 hours. FULL TIME WHAT!! Anyway I took S’s morn shift on sat… so I had to work 2 shifts that day which was not fun. Her grandparents had their 50th anniversary so I sympathized and helped her out. I didn’t really want to though because I’m so lazy.

I think I have allergies or something. Occasionally, out of nowhere my nose would run incessantly… my eyes would water and I would sneeze every 5 minutes. This is the case today at work. After 1 hour of trying to ignore the pain I asked my manager if I could go home. He said “ask me later” which was another way of saying “no but I’m going to pretend to consider it so I’m not the bad guy.” It was evident though. I looked like shit.. one eye was bigger than the other and my nose was super sensitive because of the constant nose-blowing. 1 hr later I asked him again and he said “no. u have to tough it out”. THE F? At that point I was so pissed. Later I wanted to cry. Every time I looked down my nose would start to run even faster and I wanted to smash the tray of 10 glasses into the floor and go ape shit. Everyone asked “are you ok? do u have a cold?” and K told me manager would not let me go home anyway. It was true.

Now I work 3 days a week. I was SUPER PISSED I wanted to change my availability to 1 day so I don’t have to deal with this bullshit for that long. I hope ADC hires me… I really do. Now more than ever.

Oh yea later my manager yelled at me. Takes the cake.

I don’t know how much longer I can take bussing. I HATE IT SO MUCH. 1 more month until that 1 year mark. That. Is. Sad.

So.

Sad.

There is going to be no FR anymore because restaurant is trying to save money. It’s not half as crowded as it used to be so I can see the logic. There would be 2 bussers /per shift on weekends and now there is only 1. No food runner on fri + sat nights = servers having to bend over backwards trying to get everything done, including all their food out. That’s totally fun.

Oh yes I got another complaint. IT was about my pants. I wore.. lasenza spirit pants(like lululemon) and some mystery shop said they don’t look professional. That is so unfair… after 2 days of work my pants were so dirty so I made an exception that one day hoping no one would notice. I was wrong.

Add comment August 23, 2009

ALL WORK NO PLAY?

vz and me have decided t ohave a bday party. A reallllllllly small one though @ the keg. (The keg? I did say small!) We have to order cake in the next couple of days.At first I was like nah………… then I kind of felt like it, consulted with vz and yup it’s gonna happen. It took us a while to decide on a place… first wings > sammy j peppers > cactus club(which we were set on but vz’s mom says its too far) and finally the keg. I already know what I’m going to get. What I get at every restaurant that offers it…. RIBS!! hellz ya! It was at the keg that I first discovered this love.
I don’t work tomorrow! yay. T quit, C got fired, and J quit too. We need to hire new people! So I can FR all day instead of B.
I can’t go to ALE’s bday party because of work she still gets her present though
The AWS location is changed this year! It’s even farther than last years… and not within walking distance of the skytrain. I now must bus :’(
When I work @ AWS d/t, I have to stop by dipt and/or complex clothing so I can find my crooks and castles TEE FINALLY!! I emailed complex and they have it! $45 : M and L.
Vz’s PRESENT IS GOING TO BE SO AWESOME!!! I hope she likes it

Besides work and the occasional leave-my-house moments, my status is: bum. I will be at home, eat, watch tv, shower, sleep and probably blog. Maybe even fall under the category of “social outcast”. Whatever.

I really need a hair cut. Should I still dye my hair? EHHHHHHH I can’t decide.
Me and my sis’s unrealistic goal is to watch all 4 seasons of DH before september, when season 5 starts. I foresee failure.

We got an offer on the house and it’s kind of low but we should just SELL IT! The offer is ~15 k under the asking price *eye twitch* so the realtor is trying to get it up at least 10k than they offered.

1 comment August 15, 2009

ABCDEPIK EH EH EH EH

REmixing the human soul. Remapping the human soul. By epik high x planet shiver. A collection of the remixes from their album “remapping the human soul”. I LOVE IT!!!

picked up pants at lulu
bought my gstar jacket! yayay. I’m super indecisive so I asked the opinion of the SA at underground. He’s nice and upon hearing the price of the jacket he said it’s a steal for such a jacket. I was going to get the white one instead but didn’t. Whatevs
bought parents a picture frame from winners to accommodate the 8×10 that I got a couple days before.
sis bought a shirt she was going to get last week
went to the work meeting. left after an hour to go to sis’ ortho appointment which we ended up not getting to in time.
alfredo sauce is fucking disgusting

went to bryans house after.

I got the job at AWS again yay. 3 days of work just like last year. Pay is $12 for me! Not working setup

sis got it too! she’s working 5 though BOO! On the topic of sis & work, she wants to do work experience at the keg. I approve 100%. She’d get sooooooo mjuch more tips than me.

I’m going to stop spending. I don’t buy a lot anyways but looking back to last year… it is a lot. First ~8 mo. of work I spent nothing! thanks daytum

I don’t think I’m going to have a bday party.

My favourite song right now is “I want you back” by jackson 5.

BLUEBERRY PICKING TOMORROW! sis is writing her ma10 prov today lolz

went to grandpa and grandmas house early yesterday morning. took a 2 hr nap because we were so tired

. Grandpa LOVES hot chocolate. He said to buy some of the individually packed ones so he can bring it to vietnam and spread the joy(my words not his).

cousins: my uncle & aunt brought aly and alex to these auditions for fun in downtown. It was for tv shows, commercials, etc. that kind of talent search. Out of 300 kids my cousin was one of the 10 that were chosen! Aly that is. They were put into seperate rooms and were assessed based on their intelligence level and such. L doesn’t want to put her in yet because they said it would cost $2000/yr. You would have to put $ in to get $ out. She’s going to wait until Aly is 8. Plus, she wants to keep auditioning to find an agent or w/e who wants Aly so bad she won’t have to pay.

I found out my family doctor got sued in Calgary for… touching women appropriately during “examination” so he moved down here.

2 comments August 13, 2009

Number 1 can’t put nothing above that

Work friday was terrible because I felt like poop. Saturday was wonderful in comparison. Maybe because B was training so there were 2 of us instead of 1. + a little later it got really busy so I was asked to FR, which I immediately agreed to. I even got a “double awesome” from one of my coworkers HAHA! Today was just tiring. The 3rd consecutive day is always like this for me… especially because my arm starts to hurt. WHAT THE GAY I have to go to this meeting for work on weds…. at ANOTHER location of the same restaurant. Because they have a “meeting room” and we don’t. *Apparently* we get paid if we attend o_O

Friday- went to metro. I got a 8×10 photo of my parents(which they loved!) printed at BLacks’ photography. Got my lululemon pants hemmed. My sis got some things.. I nothing which is the norm. There was a gstar jacket at underground 150 $77 WHICH I forgot to try on I think I’m cmoing back on weds to pick up my pants and buy it heheheh it was 50% off! I totally forgot about it because I tried on some jeans for reference so I can pester my mother into buying them online. I got ALE her bday present! I don’t really like it… but she does… and it was on sale so what the heck why not. Ended up getting nothing from the snooze you lose sale at aritzia. I was hoping for some jeans.. but there were none my size!

WENT TO ICBC EXPRESSWAY to book my knowledge test so I’m having it on the 24th! On the way out I saw TP. He wrote the test and passed. My mom is nagging me to study.

Sometime last week I reopened my bank (youth lolz) account at TD and they (finally) gave me a debit card! It has a chip and everything

AND my daily limit is $500. My other one from PC is $200 *eye twitch.

Add comment August 9, 2009

TV, books & marks

A couple weeks ago I finished watching all 4 seasons of How I met your mother. One of my favourite shows for sure! I can’t wait until the new season in September. I really wanna know who the mother is!!!

Sis & I started to watch Desperate Housewives, mainly because of W’s recommendation from months ago. 10 eps down and a lot more to go. This show is amazing.. there are NO dull parts during the entire 40-something minutes. Season 5 is coming in Sept I believe~

I finished Hunting & Gathering. It was pretty good.. but I dont know what I’d rate it. I’m biased in that it was based in France so in my head I gave it 10000 bonus points HAHA! I tried reading the french version right after finishing the english, but it was surely an impossible task. I can read the same book twice… but definitely not one after the other.

I’m half way through “The boy who was raised as a dog” by Dr. Bruce Perry

I never paid attention to psychology or psychiatry related things. I never considered it because… really… feelings.. people…. not my thing. I can’t show empathy or anything related. But since I’ve started to read this… my interest in pediatric psychiatry(is that a word? ok child psychiatry) has elevated immensely. It has shot up into the sky.

I recommend people read this. It’s full of facts and information about the brain and will surely intrigue anyone. IT’S SO GOOD!! I’ve been staying up really late reading this every night and I’m like 5 hrs behind on sleep. I can’t help it! BTW I saw this on oprah’s website hehehe

Maybe psychiatry is my future. Who knows~

I can’t believe I didn’t blog about my prov marks immediately upon knowing!

Science10 > prov: 90% class: 96% final: 95%
math12 > prov: 95% class: 98% final: 97%

BOOOOOOOOOOOOO! THUMBS DOWN!!!!! Only to my math mark. Science hardly affects me.. I didn’t study for the prov and not so much the class so I’m satisfied. But my math mark.. one that actually matters I did shitty on the prov. After discussing some questions with my peers(like 3 others out of 10 who took it), I got 2 qs wrong due to some petty little mistakes. Luckily, BC universities only care about the higher of the 2 mark so 98 isn’t toOoO bad.

Add comment August 5, 2009

BC DAY @ Peace Arch Provincial Park

It was RIGHT beside the border. On one side of the duty free store. B’s mom bought a hammock which was GREAT! Us and a bunch bac hai phong country side people. They spoke funny. There were a bunch of kids there. Total of 16 people(I counted for the burgers hehe). CH used this delish bbq sauce from some korean market. It was pretty crowded there.

Down a steep hill was a *beach*. It was nice and hte kids wanted to go down but no way was I going to take them down. IT WAS SO FRIGGEN STEEP!!

The day before while mom and dad went to see their friend from Calgary, sis and I went with CH to go grocery shopping to prep for the next day.