This weekend went by too fast. I have a feeling that this week is going to go by slooow...

Friday: My family came up to my place because my parents were going to the Philippines. My sister and I dropped them off at the airport that night. Waah, I miss them. I hope they're enjoying themselves :)

Saturday: I went to hang out with my cousins and was there for the "get together"("Terror in Walnut" LOL). Everyone had to dress up so I threw something together and said I was Emily the Strange. Hey, I had real Emily shoes so it wasn't a total fake :) I don't want to post the full body shot because it's UGLY. For makeup, all I did was made my eyes cat-like with eyeliner. You can't really see it here. By the way, black lipstick is ugly.



I was mistaken for being 16 or 17 years old. Are you kidding me?

Sunday: I went to my cousin's housewarming in Murrieta. Her house is amazing and I can't believe how cheap she got it. I wish my life was flexible enough to move and change jobs. I also wish there was dual-income in my home :)

posted by che @ 4:02 PM [[ 4 comments ]]

I finally upgraded my phone today, and I must say that I am quite pleased with what I got. I got the Motorola e815, and it has features up the yin yang... almost all the bells and whistles. It can take pics w/ flash (1.3MP), video, speakerphone (I'm so happy I have this, lol), Bluetooth, play mp3s (if I have the memory card), and is vcast ready. I get a free month of vcast and it's pretty awesome, but I don't think I will continue to subscribe because $15/month is not worth it to me. I'm still getting acquainted with my phone, and it's taking me much longer than it normally would because I'm not used to Motorola's menus. Needless to say, I can't take this phone into work no matter what building I'm in. Oh well... no big deal :)

posted by che @ 10:38 PM [[ 4 comments ]]

This weekend was not long enough!!! It felt like I had too much to do, and 3 days was not enough. Being woken up by early morning phone calls on both Saturday and Sunday limited the amount of sleep I got. Friday I had a doctor's appointment and a MAC appointment :) That night I hung out with D and we grabbed some chinese food and watched "Proof". It was a pretty good movie, I just felt like it should've went on.

Saturday, I attended a stamping workshop. It was fun, but the amount of supplies that one may need is overwhelming! I wanted everything, but since I couldn't afford all of it I had no idea where to begin. I'm still not sure but I think I've narrowed my purchase down to $30-$50. I found out that I had to pick up some things for my parents and finalize my plans for Hawaii at my cousin's house so I headed over there after the workshop. A few of us went to Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles that night to get our grub on. Only two of us were Roscoe "virgins". The food was good :) Yummm...

I worked out the plans with my cousin and her family Sunday morning, and after I went to church. Elle and I saw a cute guy at church... what, green sweater??? :) It was funny how we both noticed him at the same time. It was difficult to keep our laughter in. Afterwards, we had lunch and then went shopping. I have been spending WAY TOO MUCH lately. I don't know where my discipline has gone. And this week I'm thinking of spending more. I can't stop. I need to chill out, hehe :) Anyway... here's to what I'm hoping is going to be a great week :D

posted by che @ 9:08 AM [[ 2 comments ]]

Today was the longest day ever... but at least lunch was nice ;)

I have a pretty busy week outside of work, and at work it's the total opposite. I am extremely bored for the time being. The only exciting things this week are the lunches. I've had something planned for lunch each day this week. My weekend is filled with appointments and other activities to do so I'm looking forward to an active weekend. I've also realized that everyday this week I've been having Italian food. Or wait... except for today :) Tomorrow I have a luncheon with our software team at an Italian restaurant. It'll be a good lunch, and a good way to end my work week :)

Ok... I think I'm going to go watch "Batman Begins" now. Christian Bale's arms are sooo huge in this movie!!! :O

posted by che @ 7:49 PM [[ 1 comments ]]

Isn't love a fickle thing? Or even just love interests... they change from day to day...

I find the whole "dating game" is exciting and at the same time quite stressful. My approach to the whole thing may be to blame for the latter. Over time I've realized that I have a tendency to be attracted to those that seem hard to get, or even the ones that seem unattainable. This poses a challenge for me and, in life in general, I love to take on challenges. I once discussed this with a coworker of mine, and she said, "I like to be the one being pursued, not be the pursuer". Well... who doesn't. But if I were to get accustomed to this approach in dating, I would feel like I would just be settling for whatever comes along. I wouldn't really be getting my pick of the litter. Of course, pursuing the ones that I fancy don't always work out, and I end up settling in the end. This cycle has to stop!

I think my mentality right now is I think I deserve what I want so there should be no reason to settle. Why shouldn't I get what I want? Why shouldn't I be picky and really start looking for the guys that possess all the qualities I desire? Settling is just the beginning of resentment. I don't want to be with someone while thinking of the "what if" situations with other guys. I've been there and it's not fair to either of us.

And sometimes I don't know what's worse... liking someone and feeling like it is not mutual, or having someone like you and you not feel the same way. Or how about this scenario... not knowing if someone feels the same way, or finding out years later that they felt the same way but now you can't do anything about it. This is a lesson I've learned and I know now to be more vocal about my feelings, even if it is risky. I just haven't figured out a good way of doing this yet.

It's been 4 years since I've been out of the game, and being thrown back into it has been fun yet, for a lack of a better term, "blah". I feel like I don't know how to approach these situations anymore. How do you flirt enough to let them know but not come on too strong? How do you find ways to spend more time together? How do you not end up completely taking on the "pursuer" role?

I'm not ready to settle down, but dating sucks :)

posted by che @ 8:09 AM [[ 2 comments ]]

Changed my layout... features Incubus, again :)

This weekend has been going pretty well so far. Yesterday by chance turned out to be like a Jewish-themed entertainment day. I first went go see J with Kim and Christine in Cerritos. We watched him in "The Diary of Anne Frank" :) The set was pretty amazing. The way it was set up made it a very intimate performance. The actors did a great job.

After the play, we got together with some friends to eat California Chicken Cafe in Westwood, and then caught a showing of "Everything Is Illuminated". It was pretty cool and had some good comic relief. Some of it was kind of confusing, but I made my own conjecture as to what it all meant.

I still want to watch "Waiting", but I'm waiting for a good time that I could watch it with my cousin. I was hoping for today, but she's working :\ At least today won't go to waste. I'm going to meet with R for dinner. This will be interesting...

posted by che @ 1:57 PM [[ 0 comments ]]

It's been a while since I've last updated, but not too much has happened. Basically I've seen "The Exorcism of Emily Rose" which wasn't scary and "Serenity" which I was not that into because maybe I'm just not sci-fi person? Or... I don't know, I thought the acting was bad and the jokes were not humorous. But at least I got to go during work :P Hmm... what else has happened? Oh yeah... some lady pissed me off at work. She pissed me off so bad, she has no idea the lengths I went to find out who she was. RM, you better watch your back!!! Haha, I'm just kidding... ok, not really.

This weekend I went home to celebrate my parents' anniversary and my nephew's 2nd birthday. I left on Friday, had lunch with a friend, then there was dinner that night for my nephew's birthday. Saturday, I ran some errands. Sunday, my sister and I took my family to Sea World to celebrate the occasions. I rode the new ride, Journey to Atlantis. It was weak! But oh well. The trip there was fun. Fed dolphins, pet bat rays... you know, the usual ;)

Today I thought I would take the day off because I was too lazy to drive home last night. Sea World got me pooped. Also, I have a lot of vacation time to burn so I figured why not use it while my family has the day off anyway. Eeh... tomorrow the routine starts again. Why is life so bland.

posted by che @ 7:13 PM [[ 1 comments ]]