Time: 12:29pm
Mood: Cranky
Song of the moment: The Killjoys - Today I Hate Everyone
My song of the moment says it all...
I'm having the crappiest day ever. I'm not having a typical "everything is going wrong" day... I'm having a "everything is bugging the living shit outta me" day. And those days are the worst. Today I can't seem to take a joke, or maybe it appears that way. I've had joke-type insults thrown at me today, and normally I shoot them back a joke-type insult, but for today, for some f-ed up reason they come across as being defensive. And then people say "hey.. I'm only kiddin!". *grr*. That pisses me off.. even more so than I already am.
Everything is annoying me. I feel unmotivated. I hate today.
Thursday, April 20, 2006
Monday, April 10, 2006
Something I Should Do More Often...
Time: 6:05pm
Mood: Silly (*yay* 4 day work week!)
Song of the moment: Aerosmith - Rag Doll (it just popped in my head.. outta nowhere!)
I really should blog more often. The strangest things happen to me, and when I go to blog I usually discover I have 5-10 stories I want to write about. And I admit it.. I'm just too damn lazy to write about them all. And I'm sure you, the reader, would probably get scared off by the length of my entries. So let's just stick to 3 stories today:
Phantom Lunch Date
I had to drive down to Detroit again for a 20 minute meeting with GM (those are so not fun!). So basically it's a 4h drive there, stay there for 20 minutes, then 4h back home. I left pretty early in the morning so I would arrive on time for the 2pm meeting. I got into Michigan around 12:00 and decided to stop for lunch. Since the company was paying for my lunch, I decided that my company should treat me to a nice Japanese lunch.
The restaurant was actually run by Japanese people, not like our Toronto Chinese-owned-Japanese restaurant. So right there I was thinking it's going to be as close to authentic as it can get. WRONG! They brought me green tea in a glass cup. Anyway, I looked at the menu and noticed that they offered a Bento box lunch, but it did not say what was in it. I kindly asked the waitress, and she brought out this replica of what the box contained. I was sold. So I ordered that. So I'm sitting there waiting for my yummy Bento box, when the waitress comes out w/ miso soup, salad and 12 maki rolls. I was thinking "Sweet! This meal is going to be awesome!". By the time my Bento box came I was full, but I continued to eat anyway.
I was cutting it close, so I asked for the bill. I got the bill and to my surprise I had 2 extra items on my bill that I know I did not order. I guess someone ordered me those 12 extra rolls. I wasn't too happy. It was an additional $10 to my bill. I called the waitress over and asked her about it. She said I had ordered it, but I was pretty sure I said "Just the Bento box please!". Then the manager came over. I tried to reason with him at this point. So I say to him "Buddy.. look at me. I'm this skinny little Chinese girl. Why would I order so much food knowing I can't finish it?" I also told him I thought the 12 rolls came w/ the lunch (which is true... but I did find that a bit odd). He finally agrees with me, telling me "You are right, you shouldn't be charged for something you didn't order. I'll go adjust the bill". So... alright! I get the bill back and to my dismay, the manager only took off $1.50. CHEAPASS! The waitress, realizing it was her fault, came over to apologize. At this point, I was really cutting it close and was willing to pay the bill and leave (after all, it's not on my tab! If it was, it would be a totally different story!). The waitress insisted on talking to the manager again to get all the extra charges removed from my bill. So, again the bill was taken from me and readjusted. The manager comes back with the bill and says to me "Sorry about that, I realized that I did not compensate you enough for our mistake". The dude took off $4.50. Fearing I was going to be late for my meeting, I just paid the bill and left.
What I don't understand is, he admitted they made a mistake, yet I still had to pay. I'm never going back to that restaurant again!
Creepy Comment
During the course of my day I usually have to walk from my desk to the lab approximately 5 times a day. Sometimes I take a shortcut and walk through the production plant. On occasion there is this floor worker that bugs the crap outta me. Every time I see him, he usually tells me I have to take him out for Chinese food (as a joke.. but it's geting old if you ask me). Once he even went out of his way to block the exit I was going out of with this massive crate, and refused to move it until I promised him I would take him out for Chinese food. Eesh!
So today, I was walking through the plant and I spot that floor worker walking towards me. He had one of those scanning guns used to track inventory (I guess... I donno!). He points the gun at me and moves it up and down. Then he says to me "I'm scanning you from top to bottom" EWW CREEPY!!! I guess it's both hilarous, but just down right creepy, all at the same time. The things I have to go through during the day... hahah
My Addiction
I bought Kingdom Hearts II last Saturday and I'm hooked. I have been waiting for this game for God knows how long. It's got me.. hook, line and sinker. Dammit!
Mood: Silly (*yay* 4 day work week!)
Song of the moment: Aerosmith - Rag Doll (it just popped in my head.. outta nowhere!)
I really should blog more often. The strangest things happen to me, and when I go to blog I usually discover I have 5-10 stories I want to write about. And I admit it.. I'm just too damn lazy to write about them all. And I'm sure you, the reader, would probably get scared off by the length of my entries. So let's just stick to 3 stories today:
Phantom Lunch Date
I had to drive down to Detroit again for a 20 minute meeting with GM (those are so not fun!). So basically it's a 4h drive there, stay there for 20 minutes, then 4h back home. I left pretty early in the morning so I would arrive on time for the 2pm meeting. I got into Michigan around 12:00 and decided to stop for lunch. Since the company was paying for my lunch, I decided that my company should treat me to a nice Japanese lunch.
The restaurant was actually run by Japanese people, not like our Toronto Chinese-owned-Japanese restaurant. So right there I was thinking it's going to be as close to authentic as it can get. WRONG! They brought me green tea in a glass cup. Anyway, I looked at the menu and noticed that they offered a Bento box lunch, but it did not say what was in it. I kindly asked the waitress, and she brought out this replica of what the box contained. I was sold. So I ordered that. So I'm sitting there waiting for my yummy Bento box, when the waitress comes out w/ miso soup, salad and 12 maki rolls. I was thinking "Sweet! This meal is going to be awesome!". By the time my Bento box came I was full, but I continued to eat anyway.
I was cutting it close, so I asked for the bill. I got the bill and to my surprise I had 2 extra items on my bill that I know I did not order. I guess someone ordered me those 12 extra rolls. I wasn't too happy. It was an additional $10 to my bill. I called the waitress over and asked her about it. She said I had ordered it, but I was pretty sure I said "Just the Bento box please!". Then the manager came over. I tried to reason with him at this point. So I say to him "Buddy.. look at me. I'm this skinny little Chinese girl. Why would I order so much food knowing I can't finish it?" I also told him I thought the 12 rolls came w/ the lunch (which is true... but I did find that a bit odd). He finally agrees with me, telling me "You are right, you shouldn't be charged for something you didn't order. I'll go adjust the bill". So... alright! I get the bill back and to my dismay, the manager only took off $1.50. CHEAPASS! The waitress, realizing it was her fault, came over to apologize. At this point, I was really cutting it close and was willing to pay the bill and leave (after all, it's not on my tab! If it was, it would be a totally different story!). The waitress insisted on talking to the manager again to get all the extra charges removed from my bill. So, again the bill was taken from me and readjusted. The manager comes back with the bill and says to me "Sorry about that, I realized that I did not compensate you enough for our mistake". The dude took off $4.50. Fearing I was going to be late for my meeting, I just paid the bill and left.
What I don't understand is, he admitted they made a mistake, yet I still had to pay. I'm never going back to that restaurant again!
Creepy Comment
During the course of my day I usually have to walk from my desk to the lab approximately 5 times a day. Sometimes I take a shortcut and walk through the production plant. On occasion there is this floor worker that bugs the crap outta me. Every time I see him, he usually tells me I have to take him out for Chinese food (as a joke.. but it's geting old if you ask me). Once he even went out of his way to block the exit I was going out of with this massive crate, and refused to move it until I promised him I would take him out for Chinese food. Eesh!
So today, I was walking through the plant and I spot that floor worker walking towards me. He had one of those scanning guns used to track inventory (I guess... I donno!). He points the gun at me and moves it up and down. Then he says to me "I'm scanning you from top to bottom" EWW CREEPY!!! I guess it's both hilarous, but just down right creepy, all at the same time. The things I have to go through during the day... hahah
My Addiction
I bought Kingdom Hearts II last Saturday and I'm hooked. I have been waiting for this game for God knows how long. It's got me.. hook, line and sinker. Dammit!
Saturday, April 01, 2006
Out Of The Blue
Time: 1:00pm
Mood: ..bored..
Song of the moment: Mobile - Out Of My Head
Saturday afternoon and I'm all alone :( Jimmy had to work this weekend... and will be working Saturday's for the rest of this month. I guess it allows me to catch up on some "me" time.
I would say it has been a pretty busy month for me, thus the lack of blog entries. I've just got so much going on it makes my head spin! Since my last blog entry, I've been whipped up in the world of home decor, wedding planning and birthday get-togethers.
Home decor has been.. quite the challenge. What I've learned from this whole experience is that I can't colour co-ordinate for crap. Luckily we brought along Flo and Kin during our first visit (yes.. there was more than one! haha) and they helped us out a lot. There's just so much! Counters, floors, cabinets, carpets, hardwood floor... :S As frustrating as it was, it was also fun! Jimmy and I still have time, our appointments were we actually tell the builder exactly what we want isn't for another 2 months or so. But we did choose our potential brick colours (the default brick colour they gave us was ugly.. it was this salmon pink colour! yuck!)
Wedding planning is going. Our goal was to find a photographer by the end of March and I think we have an idea of who we're going with. Just have to actually book the person now! I had a complete spaz attack a couple of weeks ago, curtesy of frugalbride.com. This girl that has the EXACT same wedding date as me had listed all the things that she has done so far and for flips sake, all she has to do is send out the invitations! I feel so behind! But then again, knowing my nature, if I book everything now, I'm probably going to regret it in a couple of months. As long as I book everything BEFORE the wedding I'm good right? haha!
Speaking of weddings and the title of my entry today, I recently received an email from an old elementry school friend of mines with a simple message: "I'm getting married!". This girl and I used to be best friends in elementry school, but we drifted apart around the 8th grade, and throughout highschool we spoke on occasion. I havn't spoken to her in a long time, so to get this email from her was a wonderful surprise. I wrote her back to her, congratulating her and told her about my upcoming wedding. She wrote me back and told me she wanted to invite me to her wedding. I was absolutely touched. Even after all this time, she still considers me a good friend.
It feels great to know that I still have personal ties with my childhood. Life really catches up to you as you get older and I find it's so easy to forget that you were once a kid. Old friends definitely have a way of allowing you to re-live some of the most precious moments in your life. I'm glad that out of the blue moment has made me realize how lucky I am.
Mood: ..bored..
Song of the moment: Mobile - Out Of My Head
Saturday afternoon and I'm all alone :( Jimmy had to work this weekend... and will be working Saturday's for the rest of this month. I guess it allows me to catch up on some "me" time.
I would say it has been a pretty busy month for me, thus the lack of blog entries. I've just got so much going on it makes my head spin! Since my last blog entry, I've been whipped up in the world of home decor, wedding planning and birthday get-togethers.
Home decor has been.. quite the challenge. What I've learned from this whole experience is that I can't colour co-ordinate for crap. Luckily we brought along Flo and Kin during our first visit (yes.. there was more than one! haha) and they helped us out a lot. There's just so much! Counters, floors, cabinets, carpets, hardwood floor... :S As frustrating as it was, it was also fun! Jimmy and I still have time, our appointments were we actually tell the builder exactly what we want isn't for another 2 months or so. But we did choose our potential brick colours (the default brick colour they gave us was ugly.. it was this salmon pink colour! yuck!)
Wedding planning is going. Our goal was to find a photographer by the end of March and I think we have an idea of who we're going with. Just have to actually book the person now! I had a complete spaz attack a couple of weeks ago, curtesy of frugalbride.com. This girl that has the EXACT same wedding date as me had listed all the things that she has done so far and for flips sake, all she has to do is send out the invitations! I feel so behind! But then again, knowing my nature, if I book everything now, I'm probably going to regret it in a couple of months. As long as I book everything BEFORE the wedding I'm good right? haha!
Speaking of weddings and the title of my entry today, I recently received an email from an old elementry school friend of mines with a simple message: "I'm getting married!". This girl and I used to be best friends in elementry school, but we drifted apart around the 8th grade, and throughout highschool we spoke on occasion. I havn't spoken to her in a long time, so to get this email from her was a wonderful surprise. I wrote her back to her, congratulating her and told her about my upcoming wedding. She wrote me back and told me she wanted to invite me to her wedding. I was absolutely touched. Even after all this time, she still considers me a good friend.
It feels great to know that I still have personal ties with my childhood. Life really catches up to you as you get older and I find it's so easy to forget that you were once a kid. Old friends definitely have a way of allowing you to re-live some of the most precious moments in your life. I'm glad that out of the blue moment has made me realize how lucky I am.
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