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what flavor pocky are you?
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Haha! Yum...although I think I like strawberry more. Hey! I'm finally different from Scarlet this time! PLUS, I'm United Kingdom instead of Australia! Wowwww.

Anyway, I dunno what possessed me to post on Xanga; I haven't been on for the longest time AND I am having a pounding headache right now. But hi Xangarians! Everyone is going out drinking tonite and boring me has decided to go home cuz I'm so sleepy. What a party pooper...pisssh. But I have a good excuse, I say I have to work tomorrow (which is true) so I don't sound so old and lame. Ok that actually also sounds old and lame.

Ohkkaayy what a great blog this was...! PUAHAHA. Oohh yeah one more thing. On my way to the bus station tonight I got stopped by a cop who asked me if I was looking for my mother.  I was like, "Um...no." Turns out that a girl wearing a white jacket like mine was missing and her mother had been looking all over for her! Goddd...how terrifying it must be for her! And the whole time the cop was looking at me funny as if I was LYING and I didn't want to be found. <snort> Haha. That was strange. Actually, life has been really strange lately! The other day I also got stopped by a lady who looked like she was asking me for directions but was actually a psychic. She stopped me and said, "Excuse me, I was just walking towards 5th Ave (who cares?) and I just noticed...you have a very negative aura. Have you ever seen a psychic before?" WTF. I was like..."UH NO but thank you very much for this incredibly useful piece of news." She walked away babbling, "Ok that's fine but I just thought you should know that you have a very negative aura, THAT'S ALL." OMG!!! I can't believe it! THEN I checked my horoscope just for kicks and it said that starting the end of March somebody at work was going to really hate me and try to get me fired, so I might as well look for a new job now.  WHAT. I mean, I realize that there are 800 billion people who are also aquariuses, but I can't help but wonder WHO that s.o.b could be. HAHAHA. Jk. All my colleagues are really nice and fun people, so...hopefully none of them are just great actors. keke.

Anyway ok I gotta go pass out now. Nite y'all!

Whew. Finally I have time for an update. Happy new year everyone! And let me start by saying how freaked out I was when I finally checked my bank account today. OMG, I am so poor. I am now finally bearing the consequences of my horrendous Christmas splurgings. <sniff> It literally hurts to look at the practically non-existent digits in my bank account. Oww..

But on a more positive note, I am happy to inform everyone that I've started my new job this past Monday at BoConcept as a Design Consultant (ooohh...haha) and I'm lovin' it!  I really like it so far! Of course it's only my first week and almost everyone loves their job during the first week, but I'm hoping that I will continue to like it just as much as time passes. Can you imagine HATING your job on the very first day and already calculating when your last day would be? Hehe, I know someone who did that. Anyway. It's also a real bonus that I'm getting paid more. Wahahaha!

Soo, to make a long story short, my job requirements are to sell as much furniture as I can. The design part comes in when client chooses any piece of furniture and I have to build it on the computer from scratch. And it doesn't even matter if all they want is a simple piece of dresser, I have to pick out each shelf and drawer in the color of the customer's choice and bang the entire thing together in the program. Some people actually go as far as to bring in their apartment blueprints and tell us to fill up their rooms with our furniture - now that is where the big bucks come in. Hee...wonder if that day will come soon for me leh. Right now my head is so filled with information already from memorizing the million types of wood and fabrics that I dream about it in my sleep. And I learned to place orders yesterday and even made my first sale!! Woohoo! I sold 6 chairs in total, HAHA. (I had to build that too, wtf.) I was kind of freaking out cuz I was so worried that I would type in the wrong item number and screw up the order. Apparently once you click OK your order is immediately sent to the warehouse and there's no turning back. <shudder> So scary. But I'm thankful that so far my co-workers are relatively friendly and don't hate me yet, although I already sense a slight amount of competition in the air. And yesterday I found out that all the salesguys that I work with are GAY. WOW, no wonder they're all so beautiful, I couldn't help noticing the well-defined shape of Juan Carlo's eyebrow. (Turns out he is also a part-time underwear model. yum. haha.) I also befriended one of the Asian guys, who is the only straight dude there, and is the little brother of the owner. Smart, huh? <grin>

Anyway, <yawn> I'm so sleepy but I really wanna catch up on some reading. When I was stuck in the airport stand-bying for one of the 10 flights to Houston during Christmas (and we got on the 14th one. No kidding), I read the 1st chapter of this book called He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys. (After that I got kicked off the book by the sales lady, shiat. And it was so damn expensive I couldn't make myself buy it anyway.) You know what? I think the book is really somewhat true, although several examples are so extreme you've got to admit that many times the woman really deserves the heartbreak. But generally speaking, YES, women make too many excuses for guys, thinking that the reason why he doesn't call is because he's "busy", and the reason why he doesn't make a move is because he's "shy". HELL, the book says that if a man really has the hots for you, he will move mountains for you and NOTHING IN THIS WORLD WILL STOP HIM. Which I think is true. Isn't it? Now I feel stupid for the infinite number of times I've made excuses for every guy who's walked in and out of my life. (Which isn't even alot, DAMN it.) I hate wishy-washy guys. <stomping feet> Why do they make us so giddy-happy and miserable at the same time? <throwing hands in the air> Those motherfuckers. (Puahaha.) So putting it simply, if you ain't getting the attention you're craving for, you better git movin' on! Sorry my dear, he's just not that into you. Simple, isn't it?  

Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire...

I'm back from Houston and I'm missing my relatives already! It was an amazingly fun and relaxing 5 days, although we could have made do without the airport trauma, which consisted of missed flights, cancelled flights, a day of standby, and my mother hollering every two hours. And thanks to my 17 year old cousin, I am on my way to becoming the new posh and sophisticated looking ME! She loves doing make-up, doing hair, and shopping anything designer, and it kind of rubbed off on me this holiday season where I went all out every morning sitting at her nifty make-up table straightening my locks and loading on mascara. HAHA. I even bought a pair of Juicy sweatpants at Off Saks on sale for 50 BUCKS! The original price was $200. Can ANYONE please explain to me how a pair of sweats can cost 200 BUCKS??? That just baffles the mind. And then obviously I went insane as well and bought an Elie Tahari pink tank for 60 bucks. Gosh, what the holiday season can do to the best of us and our wallets. After that I figured...screw it, I'm not going to care anymore and threw in a pair of leather pointy shoes, a pair of Seven Jeans and one of those knit ponchos by BCBG. Waahhh...but to all the designer fanatics, they are so impressed with me because I got everything at more than 50% off! To the rest of the mankind, I am nuts, I know it. I mean, isn't it an even better deal if I didn't spend this money at all? Now I'm too afraid to check my bank account. <sigh> Pictures on it's way! I need to caption them first...

New Job, New Faces...

I am feeling a sudden pang of sadness because I just realized that today is my last day at European Kitchen Center. I spent the day calling up all my potential clients to tell them that I was moving on to a bigger and better future (hopefully) and that their accounts were all being transferred to my manager. Some people were really appreciative of my call and even praised me for being a good salesperson! HAHAHA. Yes, I think that's why I closed so few sales, because I was such a doormat and said, "Ok, take your time to decide, shop around other places and compare, let me know when you're ready." lol. And that is exactly why I shouldn't be in this field. Funny thing IS, starting Monday I will be working at BoConcept as a Sales and Design Consultant! I heard the salespeople there are like...super aggressive, so let us see how long it will be before I get roasted and fired. <sigh> I am taking my last few minutes in the showroom reminiscing this past year, how laid-back my job was and how all I really did everyday was dust the kitchen cabinets, download music, check email, update Xanga, surf Friendster, and chat on MSN and ICQ. That actually takes up alot of my time already! And not to mention some really slacky days when I closed the store to get my nails done. Hehehe. And I just spent the last several hours backing up all my stuff from the computer (which consisted of a lot of photos and mp3s) and uninstalling Itunes, ICQ and MSN. Puahaha. Now I'm about to leave and I will be taking a huge box of files with me, just like how they do it on those TVB series when people get fired. <sniff> I think I feel a tear coming out of my eye! Oh wait...that's just from the leaky ceiling from the rain, nevermind. Haha, jk. Oh well, bigger and better future, here I come, wish me luck! And HAPPY 2005 everybody, may your new year bring nothing but good tidings! <smoochies>

OKIE. The snow-shoveling season has OFFICIALLY started. It finally snowed!! What is it about snow that when you see it for the first time each year, you get all giddy with excitement? I was SOO excited, even though it was wet wimpy snow (not the fat, fluffy and powdery kinds) and even though I actually hate snow with a passion. Of course the excitement only lasted 5 minutes, then my nose started to freeze and I had to go back indoors. And the happiness pretty much faded away by the time I had to leave work and scrape all the snow and ice off my everything-manual-but-the transmission rental Saturn. Since I never follow the weather report, we were ill equipped and had to scrape the ice off the windshield with plastic quart covers. That was Scarlet's idea, how bright of her, huh?

Next topic that I must share with everyone: I am FINALLY switching jobs! I went to my new company to sign the contract today and I will be starting there on January 3rd. It's a furniture sales and design job, (please see www.boconcept.com) as opposed to kitchen sales and design, what a difference. Puahaha. Hopefully I'll last the probation period, I heard from the boss that there is HARD CORE competition with the sales consultants there. Scary...

Actually I'm not all that crazy about sales in general, but since I got an offer from a company who agreed to sponsor my work visa, might as well give it a try and make some extra money so I can save it up to move back to Hong Kong! That's my plan for now anyway. I can't wait to leave, especially now that Scarlet gets to fly back before me...<sniff> OH WELL. At least when she's there I can harrass her by phone and ask her to mail me some HK junk food and pirated vcds. And clothes from Mango. And Darlie toothpaste. And oooh I want to go to Gum Ngau Yuen to eat the garlic shrimp! What's Gum Ngau Yuen in english? ... ... Oh yeah, Golden Bull, duh. Haha! I'm so lame. Oh, and I have a sudden craving for Shatin Chicken Congee. And roasted goose. And...Seven Eleven expired siu mai! Ah...shuckers.