Behind Fortune Cookies

That's a story behind this big box of fortune cookies. We went to dragon river for hakka chinese dinner.The waitstaff was extremely friendly and chatty with my mom. When we were ordering food, he couldn't wait to ask my mom for her nationality and which part of china she was from. My mom brushed him off and asked him back the same question before she replied. He said he was from Hong Kong. My mom nodded to him that we were from hong kong too. That was a lie! He then asked which part of hong kong? My mom replied Sai Wan and you leh? He replied, kawloon. The waiter asked again, are u here visiting? my mom said, yeah visiting my son. He lives here for more 10 years. The guy replied, " Yeah me too, I've been leaving here almost 25 years." The conversation carried on throughout the whole dinner. Man, what a big BS!!! At the end of the dinner, we got free desserts and a big box of forture cookies. The waitstaff came to us and he said, "We all from the same village, same people, here are your free cookies!" I didn't know what to say but looked at my mom . My mom was laughing so hard and both sisters couldn't hold their laughers. They ran out after hearing the whole lie. Man, I dont think i could go back to this restaurant for at least 2 months! I dont even know where Sai Wan in Hong Kong. ahhhh...

Vacation Highlights 1

1) Pormoting Thai chicken wrap, want sum?
2) Anything with boccoli and mashed potato are california cuisine.

3) First time eating Taco experience...yummie.
4) I'm getting this shirt for my dog.

5) Oh mine, my sis was so excited with Dreyer's ice-cream.
6) And then, she dropped the spoon.

Vacation Highlights 2

Mom was having so much fun eating out especially at the buffet in ballagio and wynn hotels. I didn't know you could have food to go. My mom managed to take sum fruits so we could eat them later in the hotel. One really memorable moment when she accidentally dropped a plum under the table, a waitstaff saw and laughed at us but didn't bother to question her. I mean who really cares...Asian style people! We need something to munch after all. I just couldn't believe we kept sneaking food in the bag hehhehe... Can we have Elvis to go too?

A house is not a home without you...

...It's so hard to say goodbye but I did. I had a wonderful holiday. I didn't tear at the airport because I feel love and I have a beautiful family. I'm not alone anymore. Thank you. I hope to see you guys very soon. love you guys. Till then, please take care.

Korean Music

I'm addicted to kpop music but I dont even understand or speak korean. I'm currently playing these 2 songs on my ipod and they are friggin' sad. I'm so emotional now. Why did I come to school here? I'm into music and my dream is to become a singer. I was supposed to be a star but I'm too old now...It's too late...This is the saddest thing I regret in my life!

copy and paste to URL:
http://www.angelfire.com/hiphop4/speedio/kpop2.mp3

http://www.angelfire.com/hiphop4/speedio/kpop.mp3

If you're interested in Korean Music, you should check out Revolution and KMC on International Channel. Any cable subscription should have international channel.

Zumanity...

Man, I'm so busy at work but I have to plan my family vacation. They are coming to SF this weekend. At the same time, I have to buy tickets for zumanity show. I'm debating if I should spend $65 bar tool seat or $95 for orchestra seat. My mom and 2 sisters are coming. So, it will be total 4 of us. It's going to cost me an arm and a leg. Meantime, I'm listening to sad korean ballads on my ipod. I have no idea who sings this song but the melody is so depressing. I wish I understand what the song means so I could sing along. Should I take a korean class?

Update: Alright, the next korean song is devestating...can they be any sadder?

Car Wash

James was helping me to wash my car. The coin timer was ticking so fast, we only had 5 min to complete high soap wash, form wash, rinse, and wax wash. We were trying to make every sec worthwhile. I found 2 empty rockstars behind my driver's seat. For that person who left it in my car, how could you make me clean up for u??

Japanese Fashion

Alright, I went to kinokuniya bookstore to check out the latest japanese fashion magazine. Here is what I found. Look at the last 2 photos, you tell me how outrages their fashion sense. It's really weird to see Japanese fashion and criticize how weird they look but they are the one that revolutionizing the fashion world...I mean just look at what they wore 3 years ago is what we are wearing them now...remember polo shirts once used to be popular among older generation? Well, last year many young guys were wearing lacoste, polo, A&F... the whole preppy look. They wore bright colorful polo shirts with the collar fliping up. I saw this style in japan like 5 years ago. When I did the collar flipping up, people thought I was weird here.

Tanabata Festival

1) I went to nihon machi for lunch today. It was a beautiful day. I couldn't resist not to take a picture of the sky.






2) A picture of me from the japanese tower. I dont know the symbolic of the tower, maybe world peace? I have no idea. I know it's peaceful and good fung shui. Then, I went inside Kintetsu mall which like a small little tokyo. You can find coffee shop, bread or pastry shop, grocery, restaurants, car gadgets, and interesting japanese stores.




4) Ha! what a conincidence! I found out today is Tanabata Festival. Now I have a reason to blog about this place. Tanabata is a festival takes place at 7th days in 7 month of the year. The legandary stroy is about two stars Altair and Vega, which are usually separated from each other by the milky way, are able to meet on this day. Japanese celebrates Tanabata Festival by writing down their wishes on a piece of paper. Then, they hang it on a bamboo tree in the hope that their wishes will come true. Women or girls on this day will dress in Ukata traditional dress. It's a less formal japanese kimono. I took a picture with that girl in Ukata dress. She looks so japanese!

Tape Recorder

A true blogger needs a tape recorder not just a nice camera. Let me tell you this, you can take all the nicest/coolest pictures you want but if you dont have a tape recorder, you aint going to remember any conversation that you have had with me. Which mean your blog would be boring or seemingly meaningless. So go out there blogders, embrace a new tape recorder haha...no no no, just kidding. Now I sound like I have a blog addiction. I actually bought this tape recorder for my family's visit. I just wanna remember all good and bad time that we'd spend together in california. I'd be on a road trip most of the time and I won't have access to the computer. I wanna record all the fun stuff we do on our trip like a voice diary. It will be great experience for me. Anyway, I got the sony IC recorder from Metreon. The tape recorder can tape voice up to 8 hours. It has a folder option where you can record messages, seperate and save them, and then play them back in saved folder. It takes alkaline 3A battery so you can buy battery replacement everywhere. It has a microphone input, so you can use it for your karaoke moment. =)

Do you like your job?

People go to work, they get paid. They work harder so they could move up and get higher salary. But in the end, it's the company that benefits from all that hard work. Unless you own your own company, we are all slaves to this society. When you're stressed out at work and you got sick... you go out drinks, smoke, pickup bad habits, depress, and drink some more. And then, you wake up one morning and you ask yourself. What am I doing here? You hate this job! This is not the dream job you like? like be a singer, entertainer, athelete, sport writer, journalist or moviestar... not a 9-5 boring office job. Then you say why can't I be rich and famous like brat pitt! Amita asked me to write a blog about how to find an ideal job that pays well. I dont know how to answer her question. So, I'm going to ask you guys:

1) What jobs offer good pay, better benefits, and you love coming to work?

2) What about jobs that pay well but you have to work like a slave?

3) Career(ideal) versus pay well job, which one do you prefer?

What type of dogs do u like ??

dog1: Yo, whats up dog?
dog2: gullible & easy to bully kinda dog?

dog3: play with me u bonehead kinda dog?
dog4: all asian think I'm from the movie lassie kinda dog?

dog5: like to smitten me kinda dog?
dog6: let go of my leg u humping dog?

Whatever happened to Friendships?

This is a recent chat that I had with my friend C. I find it hilarious that B is forcing C to pay for his bbq party money. I'll let you guys read the detail.

C says: hey
Me says: hey C whatsup
C says: B is pissing me off
Me says : why
C says: he invited me over sunday for bbq and he wanted us to pay for the share of the food
C says: we agreed on splitting the cost.. that's ok with me
C says: and now he wants me to split the cost of the grill he bought
Me says : are u serious? u not kidding right?
C says: yea.. he's mad at me and want nothing to do with me until i split the cost of the $90 grill he bought
Me says : I can see food is okay but not the grill. That's just ridiculous.
C says: he doesn't see it that way
Me says : are you serious? did u agree to pay for the grill
C says: i don't know anything about the grill. He's the host, he was supposed to have a grill if he inviting people over for bbq. I don't know anything about the grill other than splitting the cost for the food.
Me says : Is this a potluck bbq? I mean you invite someone over for bbq, do you need to pay for the grill?
C says: not potluck. He invited a bunch of his friends and making me and my brother pay
Me says: He invited me to bbq too. I didn't feel like going. Now think of it, thank god I didn't go. Otherwise, I'd be pissed off too.
C says: He is being so ridiculous
Me says: you shouldn't have to pay for the grill. If you pay of the grill, does it mean you can take half the grill home?
C says: That's what i told him
C says: But since i said that i'll take it home, he wants me to pay in full
C says: i can't believe him!
Me says: Neither could I. I'd never treat my friends like this.

Comment: I'm gonna be straight up with all of you. If any of you invite me over for a bbq, lunch, potluck, dinner party or whatever... and I have to pay for the meal?! Let me know in advance coz' most probably I wont show up for your party. You can have your loser party with your shady friends cause I dont want to be part of it. Also, if you ever ask me to pay for half the grill, I better have half a custody, shiet...

Baume & Mercier

I'm not meterialistic or anything but if you guys ever think of buying me a nice birthday gift. I have a little suggestion here. Nothing fancy just a B&M watch will do (evil grins) hehehe... I know, I know, I probably can't afford any watches like bvlgari, cartier, rolex, patek phillipe...but, at least Baume and Mercier is not that expensive right? The watch on left photo is called The Automatic Capeland Watch. It comes with chronograph and water resistant features. It costs only $1699.99, only!! Then, you see the white watch has a sporty look to it, costs about $1995.00. They both look very similar but one has chronograph and the other doesn't. I like non-chronograph watches better. So my birthday is coming soon, you know what to do... =)

Hip Hop Dance Class

I went to hip hop dance class tonight. I haven't gone to class for ages. I was late but managed to sneak in from the back door. When I walked in, I felt like a stranger. But then, Eddie saw me from front and he waved at me. Eddie was like, "Mikey, come here, stand in front." I returned with a smile, "No, I'm standing at the back." I haven't been going to class for a long time. I dont wanna be a lackluster blocking all the amateur dancers. You know those amateurs fight for spotlights in the first row. Not me, I belong to the old kaki(group) at the back now. I rememeber when I was so into dancing I stand in the front row showing off my dance moves. Not anymore. As I grow older, my dancing is slacking and I have no motivation or energy. I think I'm kinda over the whole dancing thing. I need to spend more time concentrate on my career.

Casio Exilim Ex -S500

Can someone get me Casio Exilim S500? pretty pretty please? I have a minolta 500 but it's so heavy and bulky. When minolta 500 first came out, it was ultra-small. But now, this camera is considered super super huge. On the other hand, Casio Exilim is ultra-slim camera to carry and easy to snap pictures because of its light weight. Man, I really like this camera but it's very expensive. It's selling between $400-500USD not sure if it's available in the US market yet. I saw the review on CnetAsia. It comes in 3 different colors: gray, white, and orange. I prefer white or gray not orange. Orange is last winter. It boasts excellent image quality, great usability and look at it...gorgeous and sleeky design. It comes with a powerful flash too. Yeah, i don't like my camera flash. It doesn't do anything. S500 is utterly light weight. It designs like the size of an index card. It has 3.5inch width, depth is like 0.6in, and 2.3inch height. But the biggest plus is, it's so easy to carry around. Come on ppl, donate to Mikey's camera foundation. I'd assure you that you won't regret it!