Earlier today I decided to take my mom and sis to this Filipino restaurant at Union City (Union Landing) called "Gerry's Grill". I wanted to take them there cuz it's actually a very decent dine-in Filipino restaurant aside from "Goldilocks" or "Jollibee" fast food kinda thing. When we got there though, they are CLOSED! Okay so I looked at their schedule, and on mondays they open at 10-2pm and they don't open again til 5:30pm! What the heck is that? That means they're not open from 2-5:30? I've never seen any place like that before. I drove 40 minutes for nothing. Hmp minus points for Gerry's Grill!  

But then, I remembered Texas Roadhouse in the same plaza. I thought of going there instead, it's another favorite of mine. But what the heck, they are CLOSED too! Are you freakin' kidding me now? I guess a lot of restaurants are closed on mondays since it isn't busy on mondays?

So we ended up going to TGI Fridays instead since we're really starving. I love Fridays anyway. It's also one of my favorites. Anyway when we're about to order, the server said that we cannot order any drink aside from water because their soda machine just broke. No Coke, no lemonade, no iced tea! This is just a really peculiar day! 2 of the restaurants we wanted to eat at were closed, and now the soda machine.....why oh why...

but at least my Blacked Chicken Alfredo was good...

..and so does this chicken and ribs platter! yum!!!

After the late lunch, we decided to watch a movie. There's really nothing though that we wanted to see, since we saw most of the films shown recently. I've seen Wall-E last night and it was great, very entertaining, and cute I must say.

This movie sends out a lot of messages about caring for the environment and that too much technology could be very bad for us. Anyway, getting side-tracked there, so we didn't really wanna see "Wanted" and I'm not a fan of Angelina Jolie and nope I don't even wanna give her a chance... 

After the Union City adventure, my sister didn't wanna go home yet. It was past 5 o'clock already and she wanted to go to San Francisco, but it's already too late. She suggested that she wants to go to Winchester's Mystery House since she and mommy haven't been there before.

The day was very spontaneous, so we went back to San Jose to go to Winchester's afterwards. (And yes I've been there last year..)

upon entering the guided tours, this caught my attention...LOL do you want "fresh POPOcorn"???

waiting for our turn to tour inside the mystery house

my nanay

we're about to go to the 65-minute tour inside the mansion

One of the rooms inside the mansion..This is the only shot that actually wasn't blurry. It was really a creepy house. Sara Winchester was a really weird lady. Here's the background history of the house, it's really interesting.

A very strange day but it was fun just hanging out with my mom and sis. I needed this day out to take a break from studying, which is getting soooo frustrating right now. Answering those practice questions makes my head spin. It's like a mind-game actually. It's the way you understand and approach the question, not really on how much you know about the content. Gahd!!!!!!!!!

Haaay...yeah i really needed that day out.
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Audit Room Language

Mike emailed this to me couple of days ago, since most of you know, he's an auditor. Here's what's going on in the audit room...and I think they're pretty interesting, hehe... Could actually apply/be true to most of us. Read on...

Dear Team :

It has been brought to our attention that some individuals on the team have been using foul language during the course of normal conversation with their co-workers. Due to complaints received from some employees who may be easily offended, this type of language will no longer be tolerated.

We do, however, realize the critical importance of being able to accurately communicate your feelings. Therefore, a list of 18 new and innovative 'TRY SAYING' phrases have been provided to facilitate proper exchange of ideas in an effective manner.

Number 1
TRY SAYING: I think you could use more training.
INSTEAD OF: You don't know what the f___ you're doing.

Number 2
TRY SAYING: She's an aggressive go-getter.
INSTEAD OF: She's a f___ing bit__.

Number 3
TRY SAYING: Perhaps I can work late.
INSTEAD OF: And when the f___ do you expect me to do this?

Number 4
TRY SAYING: I'm certain that isn't feasible.
INSTEAD OF: No f___ing way.

Number 5
TRY SAYING: Really?
INSTEAD OF: You've got to be sh___ing me!

Number 6
TRY SAYING: Perhaps you should check with...
INSTEAD OF: Tell someone who gives a sh__.

Number 7
TRY SAYING: I wasn't involved in the project.
INSTEAD OF: It's not my f___ing problem.

Number 8
TRY SAYING: That's interesting.
INSTEAD OF: What the f___?

Number 9
TRY SAYING: I'm not sure this can be implemented.
INSTEAD OF: This sh__ won't work.

Number 10
TRY SAYING: I'll try to schedule that.
INSTEAD OF: Why the f___ didn 't you tell me sooner?

Number 11
TRY SAYING: He's not familiar with the issues.
INSTEAD OF: He's got his head up his a__.

Number 12
TRY SAYING: Excuse me, sir?
INSTEAD OF: Eat sh__ and die.

Number 13
TRY SAYING: So you weren't happy with it?
INSTEAD OF: Kiss my a__.

Number 14
TRY SAYING: I'm a bit overloaded at the moment.
INSTEAD OF: F__ it, I'm on salary.

Number 15
TRY SAYING: I don't think you understand.
INSTEAD OF: Shove it up your a__.

Number 16
TRY SAYING: I love a challenge.
INSTEAD OF: This f___ing job sucks.

Number 17
TRY SAYING: You want me to take care of that?
INSTEAD OF: Who the f___ died and made you boss?

Number 18
TRY SAYING: He's somewhat insensitive.
INSTEAD OF: He's a pr_ck.

LOL! I like 6, 8, 16!  

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Oh my I'm so happy that I found this song. One of my favorites when I was in grade 4 or 5 probably. I love this song! I wonder where Lisa Keith is now.

Better than you
(Lisa Keith)

Mmm
Hey baby
It's you I truly adore
I finally found the
Peace of never wanting more
Singin' a sweet song of
Who and where I belong
I see a vision of a love
That's more than strong
I feel so fine, truly divine
My dream has
Come to life, hey yeah
You're always there
On my mind

'Cause when I need two arms
That can hold me tight
A tender loving kiss
That can make it right
Someone to chase the
Darkness into the light
I know it's true
Baby, there's none
Better than you

'Cause my love is true, ooh

Oh my dear I can't say
The way that I feel
You're more than words
You're more than
Pictures can reveal

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[edit] I didn't really wanna create a single entry just for this...

Thank God I finally finished this whole friggin' book!!!!!!!!!!

Now I can totally concentrate answering practice questions.

How exciting is that.

Ugh I'm tired exhausted....

Looking forward for tomorrow's routine....wake-up-shower-eat-study-study-study-break-dinner-study-study-break-sleep

Whaaaaaaaaaaa...I can't wait til I'm done with this thing..done studying FOREVER.

Oh okay...time to get some rest..

Nyte!