Lumina
the week was icky and yucky with the wind, snow, sluch, rain, icy rain, and me almost quitting! Ah!! did i forget that b-g and i broke up too! yep, we did! i had enough i dont want to spend my life in a useless relationship. want i want he cannot provide. oh! well next?! x-mas alone again but satisfied with my decision! i dont have regrets. i will calm down and see what happens but i will just lay low and just concerate on work...

on that thought todays was a feast for kings! we had our gift exchange/potluck thing which turned out amazing... i stayed up yesterday night til the early hrs of the morning trying to wrap the goddam present, like a dumb ass i had to many ideas on my freaken mind!!! dumb ass chick that i am!!!

need to say that i have been debating the fact of quitting at my present job, i cannot stand the people some times... it goes from hot to luke warm to freaken freezing in that office. i have mood swings but these people get upset at anyone who will take their shit! and well, cuz i am new i am the one to get bashed at! the chick who trained me... she got into a huff-puff shit with someone and well she took it out on me. i just ignored her all day and did my work. i thought about calling my mom and "saying ok packing my shit and moving down south with you, back to the USA"...

but then i realize i need to speak out i need to stand up and say something. so the conversation was with the regular people that i work with. i said it in a matter of fact not to point fingers:

"if anyone has a beef with anyone it would be appreciated if they deal with the person that they are upset instead of bashing the wrong person. and while on that subject if you have something to say to anyone say it to their face instead of either whispering it, like we all know what you are saying or going to the boss and taddle-telling like a 5 yr old. please people this is an office not a kindergarten class...

i loved myself... so i ended it and went back to work...

i just think people take the new girl for granted...

dont you??? heeee ^_^



quote:

if you dont stand up for yourself, tell me who will???
Lumina
the week has gone by and i have concluded that it was a dissaster. i dont know but i get the feeling of not wanting to go to work and my days are getting really long. could it be the routine has set in and i am once again bored at my job. the peeps are ok some of the time. i guess. it rained cats and dogs on thursday. i went to a restaurant to celebrate someones b-day. man did they pose a million questions... shit, i have nothing to hide and so i told. who cares i dreally dont give a damn what they think. as long as i am happy in my own skin. so anyways, i took some pictures they all look dorky as they all got taken at inapropriate times. they are at my fotopages.

friday was the x-mas party. i felt i didnt want to go as i started to feel dizzy and nauseau. put a brave front for a while but as i got into the place i really felt not like socializing at all. i sat in a corner and called b-g for 15 min. i had tried since 5pm and it was 6.30pm he had not gotten back to me. i wonder what was up. i hate that he has a pager instead of a cell. i have tried my darnest but i think that will be my x-mas gift for him. lets see if he can live with out it when he has it for a few months. ha! betcha he cant! hooking him to technology! yep, that is the thing! i hate that i was feeling so shitty. would have loved to stay and mingle. i think they thought either i was a total snob or a really shy person. ooh well, i guess i really dont care. we'll see what happens monday morning for now i am taking it easy and just updating my blog and my fotopage.

been reading my morning blogs this morning... OLDCATMAN has given me a small present... i love it... i think he knows my likes....he... Keanu!!! yummy baby! OLDCATMAN thank you very much for the thought. ^_^

ms.taz has moved to www.tasberry.com at movable type as of the 6th of December. Pretty nice place!!! visit her even though ... anyways, she's a nice lady.

Demi, Rieke, Gale (aka anonymous girl) and OLDCATMAN have been really nice people... thank you for that. Lynn thanks for the wonderful christmas card! ^_^



'tis the season... to be merry.... i am so happy this is one of my favorite seasons... christmas is the time for giving and sharing with others.... i find that as i get older i wish for others more then myself. i guess times a changing for me.





pppssstt.... Demi, has her own fotopage... if you haven't yet go visit her and OLDMANCAT has his own fotopage, too... heeee...

laterzzz...

Lumina
well i get up today at b-g house and came at around 7am back to my place to get ready. i had to change to go to work. work has been tiring but fun. i guess the chickens are getting up with me or maybe is the other way around right mondo? anyways, so i get home call mondo and chat it up for a bit he had a blast this weekend that man can party his bro went home early as he has a child and as mondo put it your life changes once you have a child... ok so then i hang up with him and then due to a minor collapse of a brain cell i call my x-J which is not a good idea but i said what the hell not so i speak to him. he sounds likeoooh you still in love with me... but im married i have moved on and throws it in my face that i am not living at home... bla bla bla... what ever. he nutzo jobso... i cant believe i had some sort of feeling for this wack job. see what youth does it blinds you... stupid! yes it does. dont get me wrong i dont mean to be mean but please its been 2yrs and i have moved on with my life. plus i came clean with him. told him that all the 6yrs i was with him i cheated. i wanted to releave the burden of my shoulders. so, i came out and told him that b-g had been around for a while he was my f$%^-friend when he had to go home to his mommy and daddy... and that the last 2 yrs i had someone else and when we ended it i was still with him. ben is out since last yr anyways, now it's b-g and with this one i dont have the itch to cheat. x-J gave me the itch i dont know but i had never cheated on any one since him. i guess he was not the right one. and my mind was trying to tell me while i cheated on him.. true! no lies here. so the secrets come out. i needed to bla this before i do my freaken month of catch up time... freak its going to be long but i will keep it as short as i can. here goes nothing:

the official 1st day "OCT 29"
So, I wake up at 6:15am. took a shower 45 min. got ready.. didnt know what to wear and thought... "need to go shopping." as i am a shop-aholic #1!!! left at 7.15am took the metro to charlesvoix way. got in at 8.15am but took a cab (which cost me $5, down the drain). that 107 bus, i was scared to be late so, tomorrow i'll leave earlier. all day i've been training on the billing... learned 2 new ways. signed the papers that V_P_M gave me. took an hour lunch at 1pm. my comp was set but no log in, yet or phone. maybe tomorrwo. we'll see!?! called b-g but hasnt return my call. mom, emily and someone private (i imagine is architect_J) called me? oh well...

???? no date
it's been a while now but things have bee hectic. i have had to be in an intensive training for the past few days. work is ok, i guess but i have mixed emotions on the people who work here. there is... i cant explain it but a back-stabbing b/s in this place. i mean some have no class. but i will concentrate on the positive side of things and the people hav a few whxih i already like...
bee... i like she's sweet and nice
c_bubble... is nice but has a corky side
r_alert... is 1/2 and 1/2 mixed emotions on her...
V_quiet... what can i say, thinks things
j.. is in round land "baby-carrier"
m_head... she's sweet and has kitty kitty
l & c ... work together, sweet and nice but kinda in their own worlds... yep
a... is in the fron of the battle field
t... is let's just say that she's in her own little la la la land...

???? yet another no date
today was "fishy-time" conference... even a book was given... "fish" by s.c lundin, h. paul and j. christensen... went from a11 am to 12.45pm which was ok... AY is ok but scares me a bit... i see that if b-g meets her, they may somewhat match but nah!!! as they are both from the same culture, you never know.i guess i'm a jealous, even if it's just in my head. can i be a bit paranoid. i think that things are ok for now but need to see if something better can come out of the horizon. let's see if its worth it. getting all this info into me, with a tremendously low pay. less then what i made in IPG dang... i guess i can come with it for now!

11/11/03
today i came in (8am) early which i will not be leaving untile 5pm. b-g drove me. he was like ur going to work early. i was like , yeah so?? i came in and my b calls me for a meeting and well spent 1hr almost discusing what i had been doing for the past 2 weeks. it seems that i have been branded a "talker" and may be a perfectionist/ "cry baby" or pushy what ever you call it. i came in with a sad attitude. i think that if you spend 75% of your life in a place where you hait it, then you should figure out if that is what you really want to be doing in your life. i have to think......... i always do that ... say it but never really take my own advise. my life is some what happy but i think that it could be better. yes! do i see myself in this place.. breathin and experiencing??? now, things get worse for me. everything is upside down. i feel upside down. i wish things could be easier, happier, nicer, prettier, i am a dreamer. i that is what i am, i know i dont belong here. yep, this is mymind crazy and always hthinking, of things. memories, thoughts, anticipations, and everything else in between. i am sor of nervous because i have given some thing that has been kept personal for always. yes, i share it with strangers but rarely with one's i know. why is that?????

11/13/03
woke up.. had a romp in the hay... it felt wonderful.. pleasure make u extremely happy and nutty. b-g drove me to the bus stop (renelevesque and peel). it was windy as hell. froze myself for 5-10 min 107 bus came. met v_quiet and walked together to wrok. she's in the same dept. as me. in fact she sits in fron of me as no cubicle separator is in front of our desks exists. hee... the day has been "billing" what else is new... that is my job dah!!! bought my slef a kitty broach and got my mom and ankle bracelet i know she likes them... heee... but may send it to b-g sister i'll see. who gets it... i may even keep it.. we'll see... havent gone back home in a while. bad girl that i am!!! b-g's getting good at his dirty talk strategy. heee... im going to his house tonight by metro and then walking. i guess he'll be otherwise engaged. more like studying, which hopefully he gets to 100% good in his trauma conference that starts next week. well, he said the 16th but it mayb e 17th he works all w/end, poor guy. he has added up his 3 jobs and found out that he workds 23 days out of the month these are not the 9-5 ones... more like overnights and 10-14 hrs long... which suck and make him extremly tired. poor baby... he always needs TLC always and i am here to give it... well, all i can say is that i work 20 days out the month. we need to talk that is all i can say. let's see what the afternoon is like. the afternoon flew. went to b-g's place . washed dishes and ate-left-overs. he's so stressed out of his skull. too much work. crazy!! he was tired and grumpy. we ended falling asleep at 10.15pm.

11/14/03
woke, took a shower. had cereal "graham" my fav.b-g had a coffee. i got ready. spend a few min in front of the puter. i read oldcatman, AWG, taz, and demi. was about 10 min. late. didnt like that one bit...and on top of it i had to run like a crazy across the street. to get to work ..mr. b-g was lazy to turn the car near the door to my work. no, lie it was because the light hadnt turngreen. or else i would have been another 2-3 min late. only the recep anne c _blondie saw me come in. but my whole dept kenw. miss v_quiet was there already. got all my stuff done did some splitting. maybe custom will start today. let's see what the afternoon brings. ooohhh... its friday did i mention that... yep weeken time... laterzzz..

11/18/03
so... i woke up today and well... i hadnt slept that good as b-g came at 4am from the hospital. he works the freaken grave yard shifts. sucks!!! i try to ask him to change but "we'll see" are his words. i've been at his place now for 2wks and i havent gone to my place. shit! atleast i got in contact with mondo! whichrocks!!! i sit here and wait for the metro... to get going seems the winter is here the suicides are back.... here in good old montreal the young or depressed throw themselveson to the uncoming metros/trains. crazy!! the regular stuff... of winter... work was ok all the girls except bee n me stayed, went to a meeting at the conference room for the new traffic sheets that will be done good now instead of all crazy and messy. i didng do much work didnt feel like it. oh! j_babycarrier is gone off to her maternity leave for 1 yr. trying to learn the stuff as fast i can. only 3 wks and well i still need more triaining on the customs billing. havent blogged in a long while. all my writing has been on paper i think i have about 10 days since my 1st official day (29th oct). i started on the 28th at noon. it was ok. the peeps were nice but wewent thorugh some what termoil days. dang!! it's 6.30pm and im still on the freaken metro they say it will take another few minutes... oooh we're going now. and we also are having a bus/metro strike since monday. but they will prolong the metro until 7.30 pm for tonights delay. as the metro only runs : 6.30amd - 9am, 3pm - 6.30 pm, 11pm-2am and not in the weekend. schedule will be forthis week! yikes i guess i will not be going anywhere with b-g. as he has a car. i want to go to the gym!! i feel like going but i need to find one which will be good for me. i need to release some stress... dang!!

11/19/03 - 11/31/02
have been reading the blogs of some of my regulars. but havent wrote squat on all those days... nothing much went on except for work and more work. time spend with b-g which was nice. only sat 29 was cool went to emily's son's b-day gave him money and got my anime back from her younger son. they all got to meet b-g which was so cool! we got invited for christmas on the 25th. which is great! bought some stuff from emily as she is selling avon. the kids jamie and jarette are great... they are so cute. they are brother and sister and jamie is 3 and jarrette is 4. he says im his girlfriend. he's taking a liking to me. i have taken so much pictures i havent even uploaded them to my puter. dang need to do that.... one of these days!! yep!!!

12/03/03 - 12/05/03
still at b-g need to go home friday. ended up at home. my place is a mess.. i got in b-g case. i was truly mean. and i guess i should stop that but i need toget my way i havent changed on that specific spot of my life need to stop that... shit!! dang. rented a movie...“View From the Top” with gweneth paltrow, who is expecting and got married in real life... dang... the movie was ok.. i didnt like it that much zappy is all i can say!

12/06/03 - 12/08-02
the weekend was spend cleaning. sunday was dimsum yum! spend 4hrs with b-g he had to go but before we went to the gym "fit 4 life" to register 2 for 1 for a yr at $ 299.99. work was calling and he wanted to take a nap before his over night shift at the childrens... dang.... i just watched tv. and slept pretty late 10.30pm
monday was ok... back to work.. was bit off with one of my co-workers at the end of the day. wished her a good weekend it will be a long one i can feel it...

so this has been the past month.... bla bla... hope i can atleast blog for a few min after work. i need to get into a routine... dang, missed my session with the guy yesterday... too tired... b-g re-scheduled it for me for Sat at 5pm. which is good as he works that Fri overnight at the general. and my work party is this friday... the 12th... dang and the 19th is the exchange gift/potluck... what should i bring... that is whats on my mind! dang!!! ok so now i need to go to bed its 8.39pm i have been on the writing frenzy for the past 2hrs dang!!! done

LATERZZZ......
Lumina
who is jen jen you say... then go see her... ^.^


I did it in 25 seconds.
I deserved a B+!!
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more to come this evening. no im still alive and kicking just work has gotten be over the top.. thx to annika for wishing me happy thxgiving! yeah! she must have had a blast do doubt with all that food... yum!!!



HAPPY BELATED THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!! ^_^
Lumina
almost 2 weeks without a bla from me. the training period has not ended i spent last weekend reviewing and doing some stuff... dang is my place a mess! i havent lifted a finger. havent even openned my emails, at all. i guess i been lazy. work is good on the tuesday that i went in at midday i met everyone there but i still cant retain all the names. shit! oh well soon enough. the peeps are nice, for the moment you never know what can transpire in the next few months, yrs, etc...

well the 29-30 i spend the day training with a r-b but by the 31st i was on my own, billing. dang, it was fast but i still go to her which r-b didnt really train me completely. i know it takes from her doing her work but if i dont learn properly then the billing will have mistakes. i dont want that.

the 1-2 of nov was spent at Boo-G's recopying my notes and re-reading them. ooh, and did my laundry! 3-7 was working, learning, and billing. nothing out of the ordinary through out the days. but at night i spent it at Boo-G's place. i had left my place there untouched with out a sign of me. although, i'm still a bit worried over Mondo cuz he hasnt call and i have left him tons of messages i hope he is ok. dang (call you freak, i'm truly worried!!!!) he's become an uncle maybe that is what has kept it out of the spot light i dont know, i'm just guessing.

well thursday (6 nov) night i met with emily for a bit she needed to give me my topper-ware stuff i bought from her. she had had it in her car since September. dang! 2 months, yikes! anyways, im going to her eldest son's b-day that will take place the 29 of nov. which will be great no doubt!!

on friday (7nov), the evening was going to a foundation diner to raise money for "the Foundation for Research into Children's Diseases." this diner was organized by one of my co-workers, this will be her 4th year with the foundation as she lost her 20 yr old to a desease, 4 years ago. she started to get involved and has gotten the company's head to go with it too. which is great. they do this every year. it was fun. i sat with n-k and her husband, s-m (she's a very retro kinda of chick, the coolest glasses. imagine she has a neon green room with leppard skin sofas.) and l-s and b-ll (couple). very nice people and kinda wierd at the same time. they asked me my age i guess i dont act my age, 30 and proud! but they had an office poll to know who was the youngest at the office and they had all concluded that it was me. but nope i aint no 21 yr old spring chicken. heee. so i guess i told them.. haa.. they ask what i drink to keep myself young and all i said was water. but truthfully i dont do squat that is how it goes. to tell you that when i found a gray hair it was gray at the bottom instead of the root what is up with that. the pigment to my strand of hair was coming back. so there goes the my theory. i think its my genes. they like to stay young! i dont know i'm just guessing on that part.



hey looking young can sometimes have its pains:



1. not being taken seriously

2. jelousy!

3. young bucks, instead of the mature gentleman


those are just a few which i have problems with still. i dont understand. what is up with that. i am a very nice woman. i don't like to harm or be harmed for that matter. i consider myself very open minded and truly sweet. yep! i know who i am, but i come out sometimes being a bit dumb. once co-worker even asked if i had ever been a blonde, now for me that is a stereo-typical which i think that has been done by the media over the decades. to tell you the truth she was a blonde, for her to pose a question like that made me think? what??? i guess it must have been just conversation. oh well just a tid bit i want to remember in the coming years. heeeee...

anyways, i have written a few notes on my feelings through out the 12 days i havent been blogging but i dont have them at the present moment. i guess i will try to add them at another time. that is is for this one... laterzzz...
Lumina
ANONYMOUS GURL(also known as gale)



this if for gale as on 10/25/03 was her birthday and i want to wish her all the happiness in the world... also congratulations on her future marriage! she gonna get married!! cool!!!




and



RIEKE



her birthday on 10/27 yesterday... happy belated birthday to her... and hope she has many more... ^.^




HOPE ALL IS GOOD WITH THEM AND THAT ALL THEIR WISHES COME TRUE...



HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY GALE & RIEKE!





thanks to blograffiti for their help! ^.^
Lumina
so monday, i went to a job interview (it lasted 1hr), it was raining cats and dogs, yuck... i showed up 5-10 min late to the interview and he made it known that i was late, talk to him and he had me take a 20 min test. i had alot of fun.. he was really sweet... when i left i thought it would be cool to work there but i probably wouldnt get it due to my tardiness. so, i called Boo-G and asked him if he wanted to go for DimSum in Chinatown and i would meet him there in 20-25 min. so, he was in an iffy kinda way... but i managed to get him off the bed and onto the streets to come and meet me. heee... so he said to me that he did not have much time and i told him that i wanted to go to his house. so after we finsihed our meal and took some stuff with us. we ended up at his place me watching tv and him snoring away.. he was so tired... i think its the 5 nights in a row that he worked. anyways, i didnt worry too much on the job factor... heee.... so, i wake up today around 8 am... woke Boo-G up and talked until 9.15am and then left him alone to go to the kitchen to make coffee and some latkas (potato pancakes). when i returned mr was fast asleep... snoring away closed the door and decided to call my answering machine, cuz you never know. and when i did, i had 5 messages waiting for me. some for new jobs but 2 from the VP, saying he had good news... and then saying i had the job and where am i that i havent showed up. i called him right away and told him what happened (bla.. that i was at my bf home). well, i woke Boo-G and we rush out the door to my house, so i could get ready for midday (was early 11.30am. met mona my boss who introduced me to everyone in the company. ruba was the one i spend all my time with as she will be the one training me on the billing/customs etc... stuff...), this was like 10.15am when all that occurred so we ended up at my place at 10.50. made a mad rush through my closet and then i couldnt see squat as the bulbs had burnt out yesterday morning. i headed to the living room and got my comp lamp. put it in a shelf and started to get ready. took me about 15 min like a mad woman, i didnt even eat, put myself together and rushed out the door. now as i sat in the car Boo-G was saying to me "i have never met someone like you, that in a matter of a day and a half manages to get a job and dashes like a nut to go to work." he is the kind of man that takes his time, he ponders over it for a while, well more like a long long time, and then he makes his dicissions. i on the other hand say i want this i go get it and then it belongs to me. i guess you can call me a go getter kinda gal!!! i get what i want when i want, it has never failed me. my life is that way and it has always been that way. it reminds me of a time when i spend almost 2 months in TO and lost my job and came back to MTL 3 days before my lease was up. i need to find a mover, a new apt and a new job. and well i did find all that in a matter of 2 days no joke! it has always been like that for me. i have never been somewhat worried. but at times i leave things to that last minute when i shouldn't. as far as my job is concern i love to be on top of it. i stay late to finish up what ever is left to do. i think when i work i can be so obsessive i guess because i have nothing really in my life that can substained me as work can. as its a need factor and for me its a drug... i am truly happy that the i have a new job!! ^.^ thanks to all crossed fingers for me. heee... appreciate it very much. ^.^.

as far as when i make a synopsis of my reads its for my personal references in the future. i love to go back and read my thoughts and the things i read which i find interesting. i dont want to forget them and this way i can always have the memories of my reads.

so, anyways, lets see how it all goes tomorrow, another day of training... heee... (PS viv and me took the 107 together to bonaventure meytro! --- something for me to know)laterzzz...
Lumina
the photos dont show up as fotopages doesn't allow... but you can go to where mine are at maizzy. 'k
Lumina
Saturday morning was a day of completing the update to my fotopages, which is done. read my comments and did some replying to OLDCATMAN, anonymous gurl & demi... got a comment from lynn which has been such a long time since i've heard from him.

Tasberry has been good... heee... she's posted pics of her fingers, which i love. the wig gives her a "je ne sais quoi" look which suits her quite nice. i truly missed the chat thing but it aint working when i click on it so it must be down... as for her webcam it was down too... but got her Da Juice password which i'm so lucky to have... i cant wait for Da Juice to spill... she is an amazing woman. i truly like her alot... her reads are really good... I guess Ms. Jackie will be going on her "Black Ass List." i've been trying to go and get her ratings up but the clix did not have her site posted there? she says that its due to clix doing there maintainance thing, but yep i will be trying out, i'm a frequent flyer... heee...

Anonymous Gurl is doing quite well, with her man in Salem and his daughter... She has the shopping bug like me. i think i need stop that for a while... she reminded me to shop for more work clothes, yep it is true what she says that it's not so much fun to buy work clothes! heee..

Demi is doing ok, Mii is keeping her busy, not letting her read a few articles. she's had a few stomach pains which i hope she's taking care of. the paino must be fun to play. she has a cute site... i love it. her chatter box got me thinking and i got me one. FLOOBLE is completly free which is good but then you have the down times which sucks, like today, again!!!

OLDCATMAN has had too much to digest Saturday morning. i think i exhausted him with my long (super long) post! i think he needs time off. heee.. his site has changed greatly. i love his pictures and the different fonts he has! he went to mac fonts to download some more! cool can't wait for the new ones. JC Kitty, Sue-Sue the dog, Billy Bob, Junior (my prayers go out to him), Kurt the gold fish (hope not getting stone, too much) and everyone else that i didnt mention... i know he has another horse, a duck, and if i'm not mistaken another kitty! hope they are all doing well...

DarkSyde.. is incognito, still... i guess the comp at work ain't fixed yet! i do stop in and say hi... hope DS comes back soon.. can't wait!!!

LynnCarrier... heard from him after maybe a month or so... he's doing really good. healing good from his injury, i hope.

Rob (AWG), had been sick the past few days... he's thinking of changing a few things in his life: home, car(get this his lexus, what, dont do it, Rob...SVP), he's putting his program days behind him and concentrating on his future. He's been hard hit over his wife's death, my condolences... he has his bowling league and his beautiful daughter (she's his precious wife through his daughter's eyes, sweet!) keeps him going, school is great i see (passing his courses with amazing grades...). Trying to move on is quite hard but the need is what gets you through it.

Greg's back and blogging. left him a few msg.. to see... getting his place clean... having a few problems with People's Energy Credit Department... dang... and has another job at "Biglaw" as a replacement for one of his classmates... pretty cool... he works hard for his money!! sweet...his applications for a GF went well and has atleast some good catches, heee. keep looking, greg...

Demi... a new read that i found thanks to Reike a regular read... heee... Demi lives in Tokyo, Japan, loves to play the piano, has Mii (her child), she has been dealing with a few pains in her stomach but she's coming out slowly out of it... she has been learning English for the past 5yrs and has come a long way. doesnt talk much about her husband but he must be a fine man! she has pictures of herself and Mii, which are truly beautiful! she got me hooked on the chat board... a truly sweet woman! OLDCATMAN will get his Japanese lessons from her... ^.^

Reike has changed blog sites... she has about 4 (HOME, OLD BLOG, BLOG & MESSAGE FROM HER) and her son has his own, too... pretty cool.. her site rocks... she has stuff that is really unique, i cant believe she likes Angelina Jolie (as she is my favorite actress of all time!! i think she's the most beautiful woman i have ever seen and this comes from a straight/curious woman...)

Annika is doing good for the looks of it... she's got the my previous style... which i am so proud to say i'm honoured... heee...she's the female door to politics. i like to read her as she talks about sports, politics, the crazies at her job, trendy styles, shopping, men, and the rest you need to read...and i think she will be dressing up for halloween... heee.. I totally appreciate her for letting me use one of her precious poems on my blog! i truly thank you Annika!! ^.^

Miss Ginger, has gotten a job for next year, the judge hired her the same day! good for her.. CONGRATULATIONS!! she's been in the sciences, hee... she's a shoppie-holic like me, and also is the one who got me interested on going to Giacomo's which i thank her for... heee... thank god she doesnt have the thought of quitting her blog. which at one time she had, gives me the shivers... i think she is a fun read and all the stuff about mr Richie*... hee... love it... now that they been living together for a bit... heee.. she's still on his case on the "feet up on her couch" & "TV watching." well, there's more to that... ^.^

JenJen... been down due to the freaken zit.. she needs to get a comment thingy... i put my comments on her guestbook. a guy name Mike always makes the rounds, could be a friend from Indo... she's the Asian with a mind of a whitey... like me a whitey with a mind of an Asian.. heee... so much in common is scary... heee... her pet gold fish, keeps her company through her no sleep work-aholic life! ^.^

Tangerine, is one of my newest reads. lives in the midwest and loves pretty things... Tiffany's stuff you know... has drank out of a penis straw.. heee.. ^.^

that was my read on Friday.. Sat was ok... did some writing as you can see this was not all done today... teehee... put all my dirty clothes together to take to Boo-G's to wash. spent the night at his place... watched some tv and ate Burger King, which reminds me of Jack in the Box at times. what ever, had a coffee in the morning with a croissant and read the news paper.. looking for jobs.. found a few new ones which i will apply in a few minutes... Finished washing my clothes and printed out a few copies of my resume... and got into a somewhat fight with Boo-G, seems to me men are more of a problem in a relationship then when they are friends only! i dont know what to do... i'm cheezed off at him, he had to go to work.. freak! ooh well, what to do but vent and calm down after it... rrrrrrrrrrrr....i cant seem to get calmed and on top of it all its raining and i have my period! WTF is going on in my universe today... i dont deserve this, i've been good for some time, no hexes or curses or anything aimed at anyone. darn, and i thought luck was coming my way.. anyways, that's all gonna go watch some toobie time and eat something (i only ate a mini-croisant all day with the coffee... bad girl that i am missing my meals... not a good way to loose weight)!! Sunday today is Charmed night!! yah! that brings my hopes up just a bit.. Laterzzz...
Lumina
found on msn my financial horoscope of the month:



Pisces(February 20th – March 20th)

It’s a month of great financial potential for the Fish People, so this is a good time for boldness in both career and investment decisions. But Pisces folk need to ensure that the basic underpinnings of their financial lives are bolted down too. If you have a family or other financial obligations that will continue on after you, start your review of the basics by visiting the Life Needs calculator at to determine what amount of life insurance would be appropriate for you in your current situation. Good financial planning is all about managing the risks that are manageable. Get back to the basics on that even while you step out to take advantage of the current positive astrological climate.



i checked my Life Insurance Needs Calculator and i'll need $19,000.00 of life insurance in order to ensure that my family is covered in the event of my death. i may be only 30 yrs but i'm thinking about it! yah, never know when i'll croak!


So now I'll start on my Boston vacation/conference days:



Friday (10 Oct):

left to Boston... around 10am... thank god the car had been rented the previous night (Oct. 9th, around 8-9pm) at budget (ben's x-job/present, what ever. he's no longer my bf so bla bla... just a quick acknoldgement on this) or else we would have had to go in his car (which is a no, no. we wouldn't have gotten far!). So as we leave we're like so what route do we take. now we're scrambling for the maps and guess what? they are safely back at Boo-G's house. also, thank god we were only a few minutes away and turned back. yah! so then he goes to get them and we are finally on our way! now, the reasoning starts what do we do? well, our glorious traffic never fails even at 10am in the morning, heading to pont champlain. then we take route 10, which we took going west instead of east. we trace back and we go to the right way! We got into a bit of a fight but not too big as i was caffeinating myself during that trip down to boston. the border was no problem! Easy as pie....

we ended up staying at thetravelodge in Natick (1350 Worcester Road). not a nice place (2 star).. the freaken bathroom gave me the willies! and i had to take 2 showers in that forsaken place... as the people coming out of town to see the games (SOX vs YANKEES) and the ACEP meeting of 3,000 Emergency doctors was going on (Boo-G is one of those) but well we booked late. i waited for him to make the arrangements and i should not have done that! cuz we had to stay in 3 different hotels (travelodge, holiday inn express, best western terrace inn) all during our stay in boston, but it was all good!

We stayed 2 nights(Friday night and Saturday night) in the travelodge motel/hotel.

That night we just rested for a while. we went a driving and yep gotta us a little lost, and frustrated we stop due to going to west on the 30 (route). went shop hunting! heee... all the malls were closed but it gave me time to see where i wanted to shop and what i wanted to buy!! we had TACO BELL for diner... let me tell you it may be fast food but we ain't got none of mr. TACO BELLS here! so, Boo-G liked it and as it was connected to a KFC we also order the chicken fingers with fries!i truly love the "USA," almost all the restaurants and fast foods have DR.P my favorite gassy drink, I miss the US, dang!!!!



On Saturday (Oct. 11):

we slept late and Boo-G was trying to get us boked at another hotel but to no avail nothing was available... as saturdays is the big don't stay home night, go to hotel time!! Boo-G needed to go to registered for his courses at the Hynes Convention Center. I went with him and talk to the cleaning people. I caught them speaking a dialect which had a mixture of hiatian (french/creole), portuguese, spanish, and some bits of french which caught my eye, of the bat! i went wondering a bit and saw the halls which are well plain but quite big, being prepaired for the conference which would be held in the next 3 days. all i can say is dang, pharmacutical companies try to buy you (physicians), such goodies that they give out for free (bags, totes, pens, clips, lotions, little lamps, free books, panflets galore, and all sort of trinkets)... i got me a few! but no bags... as they had the logos of companies which i didnt find to appealing!

After that we went to chinatown ate some yummy chinese food! my fav. drink "bubble tea" took a picture of the stablishment which was called "grand chau chow seafood restaurant" (83 Essex Street [Chinatown], Boston; 617-338-8158). We also saw chickens which were being kept in cages and one was on top of the cage, sort of like kissing one of the chickens that was inside the cage, caught that with my baby-digi-cam. Got a belt for $6 bucks (brown) & the kid was sweet so i gave him a dollar. then i saw a sing for a tailor and i wanted to hem my pants, so we went up the stairs through some dingy hall and got to the rackety place. took off my pants and handed them to the italian tailor. we spoke a bit after and bla bla... left... went next door and bought 4 tea cups that match my other japanese plate set, chopsticks, chopstick holder, some regular plates and a martini shaker for my bubble tea making days! we walked around and looked in at a few jewelry places but nothing caught my eyes. ended up driving around for another hours just looking around and getting sorta lost. anyways, we made our way back to Natick!!



Sunday(Oct. 12):

we woke up a bit late but managed to get a coffee at the Starbucks accross the street! rainy day! yuck!! Boo-G's conference was starting today (8.30 am until 5.50pm)! no joke, i slept in the car for a few hours due to the fact that i was still tired and that we hadn't yet registered at the holiday inn express (2nd hotel) yet! Yep, due to me not able to drive i got stuck in the car just a little after 9.30. I went walking a bit and noticed that the umbrella was a bit warped.at around 10.30 went to meet Boo-G! had a walk around and ate at SBARRO another joint that we dont got here in the good old north! Boo-G liked it alot! took a few pictures of us there and a few of the mall! he left at 12.30 back to the conference and i was left to shop my panties off. but i was not to into the shopping yet got my feet wet with buying a new key pad for my cell quite nice... ^.^... then decide on a book "the wok bible" and the cinema caught my eye and watched a movie "casas de los babys," (at the loews copley movie theather) which i thought would be good but only brought my spirits down a bit! then i headed off to more shopping! bought a few garments but then had to head off to meet Boo-G but while exiting the mall bought i bought a holster for my cell!! Saw him talking to some of his colleagues. ackward intro but quite nice peeps! too much of the doc in them... bla... a little more and then excused ourselves... we got into the car and went to the hotel to registered! ^.^... dang going to the hotel it was dark, rainy and traffic on the 93 was hell!! we spend 20-30min on the freakin freeway, exit 18 was coming up so slow i thought the turtles were moving faster then us. got there and showed him the stuff i bought and the things i bought also for him. he likes the sweater i got him from the gap! i'm so happy!! after talking a bit decided to return to chinatown and eat somewhere there. ended up eating at this japanese/korean restaurant! order some yummy food and ate most of it with a bubble tea, of course. and took one to go, too! i might be a bit obssessed and hooked on them! found out the restaurant was open until 2am! dang! can't quite remember the name of it but it was passed the restaurant we ate at on Saturday. ended up not getting lost this time, which was a surprise and we were pretty happy! ^_^... but we got into a conflict that night and there was no making up... nothing :(... bed was not a good place that night!



Monday (Oct 13):

packed as we were heading that evening to our final destination the best western terrace inn (1650 Commonwealth ave). but it was another day of change but the last one. i staye this time as check out time was 12 and Boo-G was coming to get me at 11.30am. it was good. we didnt eat as he had to go back to the conference. i decided it was time for another day at the movies i watched "Le Divorce" (at the loews copley movie theather). Then i went shopping a bit more... took me for ever to find a place for pens...crap! then i wrote Boo-G a nice letter (mondo knows of them). Spend the last 20 min. doing that and then went to join him he was waiting for me... i was sorta glad he was not talking to anyone, cuz we just left! went to the best western terrace inn, to registered. the place was nice it had a kitchenette which was really cute and the bathroom was not bad but it made an awful noise, i think we were under some sort of transmission thingy or something like that. in any case i made Boo-G go and see if they had the same but in another part of the hotel. they did have another room but it was kinda dingy and i decided that we would stay in the one that made the noise. the A/C was on so we didnt hear it too much and after a few days we hardly noticed it. Plus we had a kitchen with a stove and mini-fridge which was great! the bathroom was big and had a bath tub! went back out and drove around. stopped at this really nice thai restaurant called "Bangkok City" (167 Massachusetts Ave, 617-266-8884). It was really good and we took some of the desert home (fried bananas), it was so good... took some pictures there and it was so nice... wow, they had a traditional way they eat in Thialand.



Tuesday (Oct 14):

woke up at around 10 am took a shower and took a cab to the Hynes Convention Center, Boo-G was waiting for me to go for lunch. we walked out side for a bit and decided to go to the "Shops of Prudential Center" but stop first at the automated photo developer. you just put in your meme card and it only cost .45 cents for the shot you wish to develop, pretty cool. we decided that we wanted one and i used my CC for that... heee our first develop pic in foreign soil! then we headed to the food court "Panda Express" to eat. Ok, food! too bad we didn't have time to go eat at the "Cheese Cake Factory Restaurant." He had to go back to the conference and i shopped a bit more and then took the subway (metro) back to the hotel. which took a bit of time as i had given Boo-G the maps! i had no way to know where the hell the subway stations, there were no signs to go there. oh well, i asked this chick that was eating a Mc D's cheese burger. and she just pointed and told me with all the food in her mouth (YUK) to ask at the subway station which way to go! so, i cross the street and went down to pay for the ride which is pretty cheap a $1... wow, we pay $2.50. so i take a look at the map for about 10 minutes to decide where to go as there are 3 lines to the green line.. but Boo-G's voice sounded in the back of my mind.. "...remember... you need to take the "B" green line to the hotel..." so thank god for that memory as i didnt know if to take B, C, D or E... do they have complicated things.... sheesh... so anyways, i take it then i see that im going the wrong side of stairs and make my way back to the opposite side, now i see a train coming but it said C line... then a D line and finally the B line... took about 5-10 min to get there... took apic of the place...dirty as hell.. yuckky!! the ride was like 20-25 min... most of the peeps on the subway were students as Boston is the ant central of Colleges/Univeristies. Got off at washington stop and walked up the hill to the hotel. the room was not made yet, so i decided to take a walk to the laundry place. which was 1 1/2 blocks away. i packed all our dirty clothes and made my way there. Took me 1 1/2hr to do the laundry... not bad, by the time i came back the room was made and i put all the clothes away. god, reminded me of home... CRAP!!! then i just took a nap, woke up watched some tv and waited for Boo-G to come back... He was pleased of the work that i did and said i shouldnt have but if i hadnt we would not have no undies or sockies to wear! nice but nuts! heee.. We went to eat at Giacomo's Rest thanks to ms. ginger for the info., didn't go to Mike's pastry shop for the canolli. but Giacomo's was really good! Nice place... ^.^...

Had a good night!!!



Wednesday (Oct 15):

today is Boo-G's last day at the conference... 1/2 a day (8.30am to 1pm)... Not bad! He finds that this conference is one of the best that he goes to. As he goes to 2 every year and he can write them off on his taxes... he's allowed, dang he pays more then 8 grand every 3 mths to the gov't... can you believe being a DR is expensive... they make the bucks but they pay for many things that we normal people dont even know about...all the courses, books, conferences, etc... i can keep going but this is about the Boston trip! So i slept til noon...took a shower and watched a bit of tv... was really lazy, as i stayed up til the wee hrs of the morning watching tv which the shows are so good, the kept coming one after the other, here we dont have nothing, so its easy to go to sleep! Anyways, he came home, i was ready to go... we went to Quincy Market (it was a windy and chilly day). We thought we found parking but no it was just a temporary solution. we went to ask in a store but they said if you are lucky you wont get a ticket or be towed if you are lucky... no chances on that... so we circled around like crazy for 10-15 min and no parking to be had! this is were we got frustrated and decided that Boston had hundreds of oneway streets! so we decided on paying $21 US for parking... man i could have bought something with that! oh well, went shopping around...got some stamps, flag, magnets, shirts, and found yummy lobster bisk (which i had never had!). it was so good!! that we couldnt wait to take it back to the hotel and we had it in the car. it was getting late so we decided to head back to the hotel. we were tired but Boo-G more then me... so, instead of asking him to go somewhere else, we just went back to the hotel and talked of what we would do tomorrow.



Thursday (Oct 16):

we got up late around 11-noon. decided to make our way to Natick mall and on our way we stopped at a net cafe for a little internet... that is my 10-16-03 post! we also found out how much we could spend and take to Canada. On our way to Natick we stopped at the Cambridge Cheese Cake Factory Rest. It was nice.. but got into an argument.. dang, being with someone is crazy sometimes... spent about 1hr in the car fighting.... oh well... then we ended up making up and decided to go to Natick for the shopping... and it was fun... spend a few hundreds... was going to buy a coat but decided that no... cus we only had 750$ CAD to take across the border and we had sorta passed it... and Boo-G was a bit neurotic about this, so i stopped spending... dang, and i was on a roll! So we headed back to the hotel pretty late... we had had enough of the food that afternoon to maintain us until the next day. we watched tv and had a bit of fun... and slept like babies...



Friday (Oct 17):

we got up late 8am. we needed to get up at aroun 6.30 am but mr Boo-G turned the alarm off.. so we slept... hee so we got ready and left the hotel around 9.45-10 am... had the continetal breakfast really fast... took most of it with us (begal, cream cheese, 3 cheese danishes, 2 baby croisants & orange/rasberry juice mix "Boo-G's mixture"). He was in such a fret... dang. i told him to calm down that we would make it but then the traffic got to him... i guess he made a dicission to please me.. as i had been saying too bad we arent going to take any of the lobster bisk with us... all of a sudden he makes his way to Quincy Market and says go get your lobster bisk with such adoring eyes. i melted and gave him the biggest kiss ever. for a guy to think of my stupidities like that, he must be special! dang! i was filled with such love, appreciation, respect and all of the lovey lovey stuff... i went ot get it and came back... with a 16 oz and 32 oz and tons of oyster crackers... heee.... he had some on our way back to montreal. the border was ok.. she only wanted to have a piece of evidence of when we left last Friday (10th), as to apply for the $750CAD. Plus, I spoke to her in French which made it much easier as Boo-G is from the West (Edmonton), only Anglais (English). Well, I shouldn't talk my first language is English... haaa... i just use my French more then him and I keep it upto date or else i would sound like an Englishy! heee... ooh well!! came back around 4-5 pm. Mr Boo-G had to work that evening. I started washing the clothes and stayed over at his place arranging his stuff. Ended up sleeping, instead of waiting for him...



Sat (18 Oct), Sun (19 Oct), Mon (20 Oct), Tue (21 Oct):

were spend at Boo-G... he has the slowest (snail) connection to the net. i have no patience for that so i made a dicision to get him Sympatico high speed and i told him i would hook it up but this weekend i will get more RAM for his PC dang.. he needs his machine upgraded.



Wed (22 Oct):

i came back but i was too lazy to finish the writing on the Trip to Boston. but now its done!! it took me 3 days... man, am i becoming old by the days....



Thur (23 Oct):

such a lucky day... i went to the bank and got my new Visa! the receptionist said if i was looking for a job and i said yes and she said that the Royal Bank was hiring then i came home and went to apply. got into the motion of applying to all sorts of jobs in the end i ended up applying to 50 jobs that were posted at monster, workopolis, office team and career click. today, i got a few emails from people on some of the jobs. i have a 10am interview already and i just did this yesterday night. i think i'm truly lucky and i just got another which i will confirm i guess on monday, too bad it's Friday! dang!!!



So, this was my update of the days that were missing on my blog. thank god i catched up... now i have my memories... cool... also, updated my fotopages! yes... it has the photos of TO and Boston... i still need to impliment the ones from Vancouver but should i [ ^.^ ???] now that its been 2-3 months but i'll see...

i lost count of how much i bought by the end of the trip but it was fun! laterzzz.
Lumina
this caught my eye, a telawi street bistro in malaysia which is really nice. wow, the site makes me wanna go there, maybe some day! thanks to chris at happy culture. i need to sit and write for the next days to come, i have been lazy but if i dont do it soon i will forget some of my thoughts that need to come out!



alliviate:

the thoughts that run through my mind of the days that have passed is the next step in my life.




(** feeling totally absorbed by my self-indulgencies of forgetting my own life!)
Lumina
so my days in boston have been good. i just find that downtown is a one way zone of crazy streets. i have no idea how the regulars deal with this... sheesh, boo-g and me got lost countless of times... my story to come this weekend when i get back to the drum of things. i havent disappear from the face of the earth, yet! nah, not any time soon!! all i can say for now that the game is sox versus the yankees... yikes, the maddness... yah!!!



thoughts...

the shape and sound of music makes my soul laugh and sing... i like the feeling of warmth and calmness that brings me to that ecstasy... i find that music is a big huge part of my life with out it i dont function properly... i need music! peace and calmness brings me to life...
Lumina
tasberry has webcam live web cam (hrs: 9:30am & 8:00pm) & chat (hrs: 10:00am & 8:30pm), all times are in US eastern time. which is so cool!!! i will try to show up for the sessions! as i would love to really get to bla with her a bit.

oldcatman had some problems with his page and now has it back to normal. all his links are pretty much on to the right but he needs to cut down the wording of his titles a bit or they will end up at the bottom of the page. need to send him a message regarding that. dang! why am i so dumb at times as to do the things i have to do.

i seem to be lost in my thoughts today. i am bored out of my skull and dang! the only thing that has kept me up and running is reading my regular blogs! i really like reading other peoples more interesting lives. yep! feeling sorry for myself, as a feel a total absorbancy of myself. crap, how things change for me from one day to the next and at times from an hr to the next. i want things so badly and i dont know how to ask for them. i feel that if i want them or crave them its not a good thing as i will never have them. Armando has been incognito like me for the past day or so! i told him i was leaving on tuesday but plans changed and will end up leaving tomorrow at 7am. pikachu needs food, need to buy it before i leave. i love these songs (bijou, k-pop) they are so good... and romantic... heading back to reading... so far, i have read oldcatman, tas and anonymous gurl.



my thought:

the strangest and the loveliest days of my life are now... what to do what to say... as the time passes through my hands i feel the inner life beating wanting to come out once again. thinking, feeling are the most flawless things i have and possess. i want to possess perfection. or do i aspire anything than misunderstandings within me. i fight my inner self for happiness, for food, for life, for air... and i regain only the conscious of now. the desicions made are the ones that will scar me for ever.
Lumina
its been a while, 9 days i think? well i have had a few days of leisure, that has been my away time for the net. i have been at boo-G's house these past 5 days. getting up in a different house/bed is wierd. yep! so, im back for a day and then im oit of here. been cleaning and shopping! love to shop! got 3skirts a top and a matching jacket from tristan & america, pijamas, undies & hmmm (hee-hee!) from la senza (similar to victoria's secret), footlocker new runners (crosstrainers by nike), preparing all the stuff for the trip. there is still some stuff to get but i can wait to go! i will hit the stores that is for sure. heee, we here due to the language barrier (companies dont want to make the transition to input information on their labels also in french as tehy already due it for spanish! the cost will be high! remember their policy is make money with out any expenses!). so due to all that there is no "old navy" (sister-company to GAP), "bebe," "victoria's secret," "kohl's" and many more which if i make the list i can go on for a while. that is why i miss home! i'm thinking of moving back to the states but their issues which i have to deal with first before that happens. shit! i think ill stay in the north for a while. i want to move to toronto, it attracts me. i should ask anonymous gurl. she has such a beautiful way of discribing things. i feel that i'm there experiencing the actual act! dang, good!

oldcatman is in termoil over the blog! all his stuff is on the bottom instead of on the side. he send me a message from the 4th which i read yesterday. i will help him. trying to do that... lunch will be soon and i have to do that. instead im procrastinating and doing what other things instead of consentrating on the main issue at hand. i will do it! ok... but before i go. i thank everyone that has left me a message on my 30th of sept post! thank you all!! ^_^ going... i will continue my update when i have finish with oldcatman's problem. i need to catch up with all my blog reading! i should get a laptop, as this sucks when i am out of touch with them. i feel something is missing... ok stop rambling... go... laterzzz...
Lumina
trying out a new look... to see... as i have no images to play with yet! crap... today was...ok... i guess... i miss boo-G, hope he calls. armanod will kill me i ditched him, sorta. not my fault, when to run some errands and lost track of time. shit! and it was movie night too freak me! i lost the chance! i bet he's having fun! freak.. i want to kick myself in the behind! i've been reading most of the time. i didnt post as i read instead other blogs and decided to tinker with the blog once again! hope it stays for a bit! oh well time to go. will go take a shower and may be catch a bit of tv... hee. cant wait for wed the season premiere of that 70s show and angel. ooh, and thurs is "tru calling!" OMG, i'm a tv-holic. i think reading too much of jen jen!! heee... catching up to me... heee.... oh well, gotta goey's... laterzzz....
Lumina
greg's birthday was this weekend! oath to greg:












HAPPY BIRTHDAY GREG... AND MANY MORE!
Lumina
ok my site will be looking shitty for a while. my personal site went down the toilet yesterday night! no idea what happened but i cannot retrieve it. need to call sympatico/bell, freak i guess i may not recover it but got my bakc up on my pc! yep!great! still sorta shitty day! freakin raining on and off! stop let the sun shine in, its sunday for crying out loud why not during the week. crap...hmmm feel like some rolly/polly i think i will have the rest with an ovaltine yum! that was my breakfast now it will be my lunch too. i wonder what armando is up to? i guess i should buzz him eh? i think he's coming out of his weekend partying... well, he's still fast asleep or dead to the world as he aint picking up thee phone! left him a message to get back to me! k well time to go and mess with the system and then try to see what happen to the site. all is in a total state of blank! laterzzz...
Lumina
oldcatman has great links... the last was really good. been at it for a while... name leeann. from there there were 2 captivating sites i had to go see and found the cutest image but cannot used as it belongs to the site... i love fishies as my zodiac sign is pisces! anyways, the image is at nobody here a great site. this person or persons have put alot into making this site. WOW! and then a sad site named i'm very very sorry.com. cool flash! checked out ninjai.com. cannot watch the last 3 episodes may be later or another day. i see they have join with atomfilm pretty cool! they have short funnies there... i spend a couple of hrs laughing and watching! teehee...

passing by blogger decided once again to try a new blog and found midless-chatter by silent words screaming mind. written to entice me! like the nice purples and black, style! :)

found one of my favorite recipes which when i go for "dim sum" it's my favorite desert:

dofu fa (soybean jelly)

ingredients

11 ounces (about 1 lb) soy beans

water for soaking beans

7 cups water

edible terra alba* (about 1 teaspoon)

1 tablespoon cornstarch



syrup -

10 ounces sugar or brown sugar

1 cup water

2 pieces lemon or a little vinegar



directions

Rinse the soybeans until the water runs clear. Put the beans in a pot and add water. (The water should be three times the amount of the soybeans).

Soak the beans until they expand to 2 or 2 1/2 times their original size.

For the syrup: Bring the sugar to a boil. Add the water and lemon or vinegar and set aside. (Note: some Cantonese recipes call for a bit of ginger; you can also add a pinch of white pepper).

Mix 1/2 cup water with the cornstarch and terra alba and set aside.

Drain the beans and discard the soaking water. Add 6 more cups of water. Blend the soy bean and water mixture (if using a small blender you will have to do this step in batches). Use a gauze such as cheesecloth to squeeze out the liquid. Retain the liquid and remove the dregs (sediment) from the processed soybean/water mixture.

Pour the liquid (soybean milk) into a pot. Add 1/2 cup water and cook on low heat until it comes to a boil and is foaming nicely. Remove from the heat and filter out any scum, using the gauze again if necessary. Return to the pot and bring to a boil again, adding the edible terra alba when boiling. Turn off the heat but do not move the pot (never move the soymilk until it has jelled). Cover with a towel for about thirty minutes.

Drain off any scum. Add the syrup and serve. *Edible terra alba is used as a food binder. You can substitute gypsum.

Note: You can add other flavors like chocolate, sesame or peanut, just grind to a powder and cook with the milk or spread on top. Also, a quick and easy way to make dofu fa is simply to add soybean milk (available at Asian markets) to the edible terra alba and any toppings or syrup that you would like. This recipe comes courtesy of John Chen, who runs the Masterwok Recipe Archives site.
Lumina
so i did this quiz... and got the following:

Do you have too much attitude?

Power Woman (Mostly B’s) - You know exactly what you want and you’re not afraid to get it. You’ve learned how to manipulate situations so the outcome is to your advantage. At the same time, be careful not to hurt others to get what you want (sometimes you tread on thin ice!).


get this my next door neighbor comes and knocks on my door. now my music is freaken loud. i love loud music when im surfin... heee... so anyways, he knocks i can barely hear it, i lower the sound and yep its #207 knocking. he's probably wondering about me a single chickie and well he sees me around and well what ever. he asks me if the table in the fire scape is mine, he knows its not! but asks anyways, and doesnt miss a beat to say the music is really good. funny! he like rubs his hands together and well im like thinking nuts... haaaa. really come on.. he's the one who's always crying to his woman for everything. the chick is a biatch but hey they are made for each other. they fight dang, i hear them everynight almost thorugh my wall in my bedroom! sucks to be me. so i leave the freaken tv on til 4am and wake up to turn it off. that's my nightly routine for the pat year! i think i need to move or they need to. i would understand if they were having sex or something but hearing a grown man cry most of the time is not a fun thing! ok! he just should move or leave her but i think he truly loves her and she uses that to her advantage. dang, we women are so nasty sometimes. bad bad girl!!

paged boo-G. no answer from him... i wonder where he is?? oh well, probably spending as much time as he can with his dad, as he leaves tomorrow evening and boo-G is working both nights! sucks to be him. i should say bye to the guy, but the fact im white and he has a thing for whites is not a good idea. he seems to be from the old country" no cross-culture relations. but he may analyse it this way, you can f**k them but not marry them. that is i've experienced racial problems in my life. ooh well! still i like them.. hee... ^_^



came upon this dairy at clix, while voting for tasberry.



Fifteen Minute Feature — Site of the Moment:

I'm Okay With My Decay

thought losing 130+pounds would make life perfect. now she's depressed, on the verge of an eating disorder & unhappy. read the mental ups and downs




a very inspiring story! i liked it alot...



OLDCATMAN has cranked up his page with tons of cool fonts and images which make him who he is!!! a great read!! even without that he's a great read!!! :) thx for all your comments and your praises, you are the best... :)





rob got his new issue of playboy but was more interested on the articles no joke. he needs the old fashion langerie style... heee... good for him more is sexy! notlike less i guess! cool i thought those men didnt exist anymore but hey one of a 1 mil is good! :) i see that he's into CSI as moi! too bad i didnt wasnt as smart as him and taped the goddam thing but i was infront of the tube watching stupid temptation island! great! dumb-girl of the day! hee hope its good... and its to be continued! dang!

mr. greg "law is fun.blogspot" has been moved to "lawisfun.crimeny.net/". he also is taking application for potential girlfriends. go fill it up if your a single gal an looking! yah!!!!!

TASBERRY'S BIRTHDAY TODAY!!! :) VOTE FOR HER!!!

darksyde having a rembrance moment!! yes! :)

lynn's been up to the same!

wit and wisdom will be not in for a while on his blog... too bad! he is a good read and the laughs never stop on his site!

ginger watching Washington Journal on C-span and dealing with idiots who may be getting her ready to gauge someone's eyes out! teehee... good for her... let them know who's boss ginger.



my new reads are:

rieke (a mom from indonesia, she got it going on, she's in the 21st century for sure. i praise her! cool site), tangerine (young asian living in the midwest, with expensive taste! but a great read! nice pics too. got connected via wittandwisdon) and anomymous gurl (a poet, a T.O.-gurl, my neighbor, ooh and pretty as hell! ^.^)!! pretty nice places they have...



mr. salesman ain't back (he was providing me with knowledge, gone at the freaken wrong time...) so what to do? need to get info on how to buy a new car without all the bullshit! audi, for boo-G!! damn, men cant find them when ya need them!! crap! ok not all men! hee...

miss anika's site is looking spiffy! hee... so she will kick some ass at tennis... wonder how it went.. hope the girly outfit got her some points at golf... hee :) btw: her poem is my new scrawling feature at the bottom of the page, i have no idea who can or who can't see it but as long as i can it's beautiful!

renee is quite upset as always as the idiots at her job are well idiots! hope she finds herself a better job! her gram's is better but they need to discuss the issues that may arise in the futur. hope it all goes well.

jen jen has stayed behind in jakarta editing and waking up early, yuckies, poor chickie :(. hate the early wake-ups! a girly living in indonesia feeling whiter then white, though! the way to find this girl was a like a rmembering game and pure luck. my ie had crashed but all i could remember tv junkie and that she was on blogwise so then i tried to search for her but instead remember also that she was from indo so i searched by country and found her on page 41-42. the things i do, when i like a blog i will search for it until i find it! i liked it so i made the effort to look for it and i think i was pretty lucky to find it once again and this time i blogrolled it!



i have a fav song of the moment with sean paul and sasha "i'm still in love with you, boy!"



Intro: Sean Paul

Well in comes di ting dem call di broken heart

This blessed love will never part

Yuh dun know it's from the start mi tell dem seh a Dutty Yeah!!

A Sean Paul and Sasha, come sing for dem baby



Sasha:

Though you make me holla boy you make me sweat I can get your tenderness

Still I can't get you off my mind

What is it about you baby?



Sean Paul: A just di Dutty Dutty love



Chorus: Sasha & Sean Paul

Sasha:

I'm still in love with you boy



Sean Paul:

Well I'm a hustler and a playa and you know I'm not a staya

Dat's di Dutty Dutty love



Sasha:

I'm still in love with you boy



Sean Paul:

So girl just try to understand that a man is just a man

Dat's the Dutty Dutty love



Sasha:

I'm still in love with you boy



Sean Paul:

Just di lovin from di start plus you know we hard to par

Dat's di way I give my love



Sasha:

I'm still in love with you boy, yes I'm still in love with you



Sean Paul:

What a man, gotta do, what a man, gotta do oooh oooh oooh oooh



Verse 1: Sean Paul

Girl, well I never have fi promise wid nuh bling bling fah oooh yuh girl

Well a Dutty lovin weh mi fling fling control yuh girl

And I mek yuh head swirl, and I mek yuh body twirl

And I mek yuh wanna be my one and only baby girl

Night after night mi give good love fi keep yuh warm

Gal yuh neva get this kinda lovin from yuh born

I know yuh waan draw card seh mi just caan perform



Sasha: I love you baby!!!

Sean Paul: A true yuh get di likkle lovin and mi gone

Sasha: You don't know how to love me (Oooh oooh oooh)

Sean Paul: I and I have nuh time fi nuh kissin and charm

Sasha: Not even how to kiss me (Ah ah ah)

Sean Paul: A true mi tek yuh likkle heart by storm

Sasha: I don't know why!

Sean Paul: Baby girl

Sasha: I love you baby!

Sean Paul: A Dutty Dutty Dutty love



Chorus: Sasha & Sean Paul

Sasha:

I'm still in love with you boy



Sean Paul:

Well I'm a hustler and a playa and you know I'm not a staya

Dat's di Dutty Dutty love



Sasha:

I'm still in love with you boy



Sean Paul:

So girl a can't you understand that a man is just a man

Dat's the Dutty Dutty love



Sasha:

I'm still in love with you boy



Sean Paul:

Di blessed lovin from di start plus you know we hard to par

Dat's di way I give my love



Sasha:

I'm still in love with you boy, yes I'm still in love with you



Sean Paul:

Yo! What a man, gotta do, what a man, gotta do oooh girl!



Verse 2: Sean Paul

Hey, a true mi give har good love and seh bye bye bye

Mi tun around she ask di question why why why

When mi leave and mi see di gal a cry cry cry

And it hurt my heart fi tell a lie lie lie

So don't cry no more, baby girl for sure

Just remember di good times we had before



Sasha: I love you baby!!!

Sean Paul: A true yuh get di likkle lovin and mi gone

Sasha: You don't know how to love me (Oooh oooh oooh)

Sean Paul: I and I have nuh time fi nuh kissin and charm

Sasha: Not even how to kiss me (Ah ah ah)

Sean Paul: A true mi tek yuh likkle heart by storm

Sasha: I don't know why!

Sean Paul: Hey baby girl

Sasha: I love you baby!

Sean Paul: A Dutty Dutty Dutty love



Chorus: Sasha & Sean Paul

Sasha:

I'm still in love with you boy



Sean Paul:

Well I'm a hustler and a playa and you know I'm not a staya

Dat's di Dutty Dutty love



Sasha:

I'm still in love with you boy



Sean Paul:

So girl a can't you understand that a man is just a man

Dat's the Dutty Dutty love



Sasha:

I'm still in love with you boy



Sean Paul:

Di blessed lovin from di start plus you know we hard to par

Dat's di way I give my love



Sasha:

I'm still in love with you boy, yes I'm still in love with you



Sean Paul:

Yo! What a man, gotta do, what a man, gotta do oooh girl!





my song!! yep!! laterzzz...
Lumina
i made this special for you...







and many more... you go and get drunk! have a couple on me!! ^.^

Lumina
So i havent written or read much. the computer had no firewall and no anti-virus... and didnt get the norton until today! well the past few days i have been writing in my little blue book... here goes:



wed, 24th... "BORING DAY: EXCITEMENT IS WITH TV"

(p.) feeling a bit sore, did some tv watching this evening... "8 simple rules". "the bachelor". that was my evening... whoopy-doodoo!!broing day. same old same old...



thurs. 25th " AN0THER DAY"

woke-up! had my morning coffee, which is usually amazing! yum! feeling a bit tender, still... cleanned my apt, dirty as hell! G came over. went to change my baby: canon: power shot s400. ate at bankok; seafood eggplant and pad thai. got a bubble tea (taro, mil green tea with tapioca pearls and coconut jellies). YUM!!! G & i came home. spke a bit, had some laughs. g had to go, his father was waiting for him and wa on call at the nemonities... watched tv and miss the seaon premiere of CSI: LAS VEGAS. damn!!!! due to my stupidity! but i know its to be continued like that helps me! damn!!! yeah.. dumb me was watching temptation island on fox and for got that on thursdays CSI is on!!! oh well!! but watched ER... ok but could have been better... i guess noak w. is out of the show!!

my friend emily called me. she wants me to go to her topper ware party that is being hosted by her and the consultant is dominque, is she going to be surprise when she sees me... she gonna kill me more like it. as i havent kept intouch with her... oopsy... my shop-aholic insticts tell me not to go but i will .... and will spend... hee... why is it that some peeps come out of the cracks sometimes out of no where?? the last time i left her a message was on mothers day... wishing her a happy one! but i never heard from her. so, she calls me saying that she was having a gathering with friends and family and if i wanted to come. i said sure but not realizing that i was going to see IPG people that i didnt want to see... man... dumb me... saying yes, but i like emily alot... so why not... stop second guessing myself... stop! ya dumb brunnette!! its on saturday! now, hod do i get out of this, i should call her and tell her i cant make it... fabiola calls me to tell me if i want to see her on saturday. she wants me to meet her brother for ... anyways, thats another story that i may not or should not really talk about it! i havent seen this chickie for atleast 4yrs her child is now 8yrs old and the last time i saw her IZu was 5yrs old. dang does time pass! i'll see what i will do! erica called me i havent heard from her for about 3wks then all of a sudden she calls, saying oh left messages and bla bla... what ever all lies i know cuz i havent seen or heard from her. what ever thats her prob... i guess thats another close relationship that bites the dust!!

g and i are officially going out! yep i know what armando is going to say... your nuts and desperate... dang, maybe but the sex... is amazing like i never had it before... anyways... shouldnt talk about this... sheesh... let's see how i goes: 1st round!!!



fri, 26th "'TIS FRIDAY! YAH!"

had a yummy almond croissant with a nice and hot coffee!! YUM! called G, he sounded sleepy but we spoke a bit. asked him to get the norton. as the 30 day trial was over and no surfing with out protection dang-it! i hope he gets it. i want to get back to the net! i miss all my regular reads! g's with his dayd so that means that day will be spend with him and then he goes off to work at the general at around 6pm. i think g said they will be going for dimsum and then go get a razor for his dad at costco (club price). my toy's been so nice to me i love the pics it takes... i think im inlove with it... i will name it... hmmm need to think of a name now! ooh well!! nice pics sweets.... lunch was great yum! had the left over eggplant seafood and pad thai... yum... with steam rice! microwaved it! the bathroom smells like bleach... i wonder why?? keep looking at the floor but its not wet... wonder where its coming from??? wonder????

charmed is on sunday on fox but its also on tonight on ctv... i should watch it... heee...bad girl!!

msn chatting will be cut as of oct 14th 2003 due to an increase of pedaphiles. more like microsoft has been wanting to ditch this project for quite some time now. so, now they have the perfect excuse!! yah!

miss g...

my thoughts are on... everything! how tos? are my questions at the moment... hope g gets the norton to me today! dang it! so i get back to my netty webby! my get away from reality and my reality of the get away... dont make sense... girl!

erica calls and bla bla saying i called emailed, etc... yeah right liar... here we go again... like i havent had this conversation with her lately not! gives me her new cell # ... like i will call not! anyways, we start talking and yep her other line starts beeping and she tells me that she has to go that her sister is on the other line... now she told me that her sister passed away when she was young. i guess the long distance charges are going to be high. then! yeah right, no way! what ever, i put her out of my mind and start watching tv... thinking bedroom recipes:

- kisses

- hugs

- caressess

- suckling

- licking

- butterfly kisses...

getting back oopss got lost in another train of thought.... bla....514-887-**** thats the number i wrote ... should i put it in my cell... think about it first s... then... i'll see!! my boo-g (G is now being name "boo-G" ) didnt call me. hmmm.. wonder what happened? ge better call me later... and tell my what happen or apolygize. that man, have i mad a mistake... ok be patient... dont jump to conclusion... count from 100 to 1! heee, oooh! so charmed and TGIF and wanda on fox... so much to watch not enough tv's, dang!

robert palmer died todya in paris of a heart attack (54yrs).

kate spade - bag lady... cool

so an irish boy (14yrs)has survived mad cow due to a new treatment but iwll he be normal?? you wonder...

we are living longer but we are dying off anyways! no id what's up with that????

a few days ago, an earthquake that measure 8pts on the scale hit one of japan's islands, the highest in 2yrs. watched too much tv... creeps me out sometimes... slept with the tv on... nutty... boomtown seaon premiere was on... ok... called g at 3.30am, he had gotten home and we spoke for a bit. he promised he would pass by tomorrow... will see... yah!



sat, 27

woke up to nothing... 8am... took a shower... wrote my thoughts on paper from the night before... crazy chickie... took my time in the shower i think i got out of there with prune hands and feet (1hr later). felt so good... called boo-g he was still in bed but saying that he was out the door, but i didnt hassle him... what for... i was not ready anyways.... so the day.. was good... got ready... boo-g came over talked a bit then headed out... as he was going to spend the day with his dad before going to the general at 4pm. he dropped me off at emily's sister-in-law's house.... in beaconsfields street near st. jacques st... pretty cool place... it was a nice place... dominique was there by herself... so i came in... she was surprised, called me bitch for not keeping in contact but still jokingly i did miss her. she's lost so much weight good for her! im pretty happy for her... still living at the ends of the earth... such a nice lady! i will try to keep in touch with her... oooh need to send the pics that i took, of the day! so nice... saw samantha and met her husband... emily's husband's (nelson) family was all there... the food was great... boogie (mary-lynn) is the younger sister to nelson which i took a liking too right away...she is a really nice girl... we connected i guess due to our age similarities... cool...watched my friend totoro with jarred the 4yr old nephew to emily... he is so cute loved me to take pictures or him and jamie his 3yr old sister... they are so cute! thier mom cooks so good cant remember her name but do remember her cooking heee... emily made all the food it was good. i love philipino food... im so into the asian world. met her sons which i connected with due to the similar interests (manga/anime). i lent him my 5 series i have (scryed, love hina, chobits, hack sign, and raxaphon) which i have all 26 episodes of each. the day was amazing! i love it and yep i did buy 50 dollars of topper ware... ooh well may try to ask boo-G to buy some for his house as he always collects the one of take out! heee.... i also tried something that made me light headed... it fermented rice which dant, tastes like sake and i got told that it cannot be traced with the inhalers that the cops have to test how drunk you are... heee... cannot be caught, what a great way to get drunk! and what a bad way not to get caught! i just took a bit and was tipsy for about 2hrs but dang got this huge headache that needed some advil to relieve the pain in my head... dang... so just took it easy for a bit! had ox tail in peanut sauce, and want the recipe for that and tried a desert which is made with a purple yam, that they say it is similar like taro/yam... pretty cool! i need to learn how to cook that too... so i will probably get the recipe from them when i see emily or she emails it to me... lets see what comes up first! well now its 4 am!!! TODAY'S IS TASBERRY'S BIRTHDAY!!! GO SEE HER



that was my 5days... found a really cool site called blograffiti. check this is my latest art there:

. i'll try to make more... when i saw this page i liked it alot! its pretty fun... ohh well... me and my crazyness of surfing the webby netty!!! btw: did i mention that TASBERRY'S B-DAY IS TODAY!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TASBERRY!!!!
you go girl!!!!

laterzzz....
Lumina
woke up to the sound of rain. came back from TO sunday night. these are my days:



Saturday (9/13)

woke up! headed out to do some shopping for food. nothing in the covers that i want to eat. was pretty down the past few days. getting into the swing of things once again. clean the house a bit... pass the time at G's house, talking. came home and went to bed.



Sunday (9/14)

went to IKEA spent the whole afternoon there. made G by a new couch, he needs it. but its in back order they will call or mail him the info when they get the couch. went for diner and came home. unpacked my stuff.. got a couple of frames, table mats, new sheets, a wok, and some utensils for the kitchen. had so much fun shopping!



Monday (9/15)

today was a coffee day!!! had 6 of them! needed them... i went to bed quite late and was not very pro-active! in the evening worked on my web page, now using dreamweaver. armando came over had a small tutorial from him. and watched a couple of movies, that jamie kennedy movie and the black knight. pretty funny!



tuesday (9/16)

spend the day helping G clean his apartment, as his father is coming next week and staying for 10 days. His place is in an awful mess! I stayed over at his place as he went for his shift at the general! he came back at around 11 with some food, which i was too tired to eat. the house looked a bit descent but needed much work...



wednesday (9/17)

destination Toronto!!! woke up! had a few arguments with G, he's nuts sometimes! shit we need to get going early as it will take 5-6hrs to get there. but no we dont leave early and he was being slow. all that got on my nerves! so i tried to calmed down and started to do some cleanning once again! he packed. he went to leave the movies, while waiting for enterprise to come and pick us up. but then they called and it would be taking another 35 min which i wasnt about to do that! we took a cab around 11 am. came home and packed and decided we needed some stuff so we headed to place-alexis neon! went to pharmaprix and got some stuff. then ate mcdonald's and then headed to future shop! bought a digi-cam (canon power shot S400 - $699 can). pretty nice!! headed out of town. ended up in TO at 9pm. the resevation was at traveldodge for one night! went to hosu on queen's to eat. we had a walk which was really good. it was a nice night to walk around. headed to the bubble tea 168flavors and then headed back to the hotel. ended up sleeping around 2am.



thursday (9/18)

woke up around 9am. needed to check out by 11am. so took a shower and packed. headed out to pacific mall on steeles. it was fun, did some shopping bought some japanese plates and chopsticks. got a new cable for my puter and got the ingredients to make bubble tea. pretty cool! went to eat and then headed out. stopped at no frills to see if there was any toffee coffee but none to be seen but bought some hand soap and took a picture that said trying to save the environment, 5 cents for a plastic bag. i have never seen that so found it interesting! went to the a shoe outlet and got me a $9 pair which i found to be a bargain. i usually pay 10-14 times that amount! headed off to check in at the holiday inn. got in did some relaxing time. headed out for the evening once again. but this time was take out from hosu's. got some bubble tea. came back and watched some tv. ended up sleeping 1am. not bad!



friday (9/19)

G went for his the training to prepare for tomorrow's exams. it was his second year at being an examiner for 3-4 yrs residents. cool... i went shopping and walked around. came back G came over around 12 for lunch, we walked around to see what we wanted an came upon a restaurant that was serving dimsum so we went in and ate. i had gotten him a few things and showed them to him during lunch as he had to get back for 1.45pm. G came back around 5.30pm from the trianing session. we decided to go for diner to the old spaghetti factory. it was ok. i liked the salad better then the canneloni stuffed with spinach and riccota. G's food was really good!! as we headed off, we got into an argument in the car and spent 1/3hr bitching and bitching! then we headed off to the hotel. watched a bit of tv and went to bed.



saturday (9/20)

got up early headed downstairs for breakdfast (buffet). G had to eat fast as he was off to the exams on university street! i still remain eating my breakefast and headed off upstairs for a nap and a shower. i called ben and went to see him at his job. walked with him around and invited him for a snack. as we walked on dundas and younge "NICKELBACK" was going to be playing in a couple of hours. pretty cool! i talked a bit with ben and went to the eaton center to do some shopping at la senza. got 6 bras & a pair of pijamas to match a bra i have. told ben that i will see him another time and to take care. he reminded me that he had my stuff and decided to get it from him tomorrow at around 8.30am. i left and walked back to the hotel. G was already in the hotel we went to eat down stairs. my food was amazing!!! i love it... i had seafood with pasta in a creamy sauce. it was really good! G like it and decided to eat it with me. it was so much but really good! took some pictures and the waitress was really nice. G's dad came that night. he went to see him, i went to bed.



sunday (9/21)

got up and G went to see his dad and i went downstairs to wait for him. i called joelle to see how she, Geeyen and the girls were. the girls were sick and so joelle was a bit tired from the night before. we talked for a while an let her go when i turn G was coming down the stairs to join me for breakdfast. we had the buffet again and made small talked. to see what we were going to do today. his father had gone with a friend to eat dimsum. so we had the afternoon to ourselves. we went to chinatown and took him to the backstreets which remind me of market places like mexico or cuba. so we headed out and took some pictures. we bought some stuff and had a corn on the cobb which was really good! we met with his dad around 6pm and decided to head back to montreal. stopped off before kingston as G's dad was needing the bathroom. had a coffee and G's dad had a soup and a chicken sandwich. headed out and stopped off about an hour later as G's dad needed to take his heart medication. got into montreal at around 10.30pm. went to leave G's dad first and then headed off to my place. went to bed quite late 2m.



monday (9/22)

an ok day! pretty tired from the night before. emily called me and invited me to her first topper ware party! which she's being helped by dominique. i havent seen them in a while... its going to be great! the day went pretty slow... i was pretty tired. in the evening took a nap and watched some tv. the puter didnt attract me but i knew i had to start doing my update to my blog. G caleld me and we talked for a few hours. he's feeling the no sleep! as his father is in town for another 5 days. yikes! oh well... i went to bed 11.30pm (early).



i have so far catched up for the past 10 days! i guess this happens to me all the time. i want to remember all what i have done. lets see what happends today, that will be interesting! laterzzz...
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