Day after Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was good, spent time with family by going to two different relatives' houses.

Apparently, my grandfather is serious about buying my step-grandmother a car. He wants me to find a cheap car on the Internet for her. I'm starting to warm up on the lady. She seems okay so far, but if she demands any more material things, I'm gonna get annoyed.

My Zune is awesome. I put all my music onto there and now I'm looking for more videos to put. I put a bunch of Altar Boyz and Avenue Q stuff, but I'm looking through YouTube to find videos that made me laugh.

This random guy is trying to befriend me on MySpace... Actually, he's not random... he's someone I messaged before. Remember ex-gf who got beaten up by ex-bf? And we're trying to find both of them? Well, this guy is a friend of the ex-gf and I messaged him to see if he knew where she was and if he did have contact with her, all he had to do was tell her that her lawyers were looking for her. I didn't ask him, "Where is she? Tell me where she is?" I asked him, "Could you tell her her lawyers are looking for her and to give us a call at this phone number." It'd be on HER if she wanted to talk to us or not. He replied by saying, "I can't help you. To give a more acute statement, I don't want to help you. Good luck on your endeavor though." This was about a week ago... and NOW, he wants to add me as a friend. I sent him a message saying, "I'm confused... why do you want to be my friend?" Maybe he had a change of heart and wants to tell me where she is?

Zune: Welcome to the Social

I'm going to admit it: I love Bill Gates and Microsoft. Whate-ever, I don't care what you say. He's a good man who gives up like over 50% of his income to charitable foundations and such.

I got my 2 Zunes today. They're refurbished Zunes, but they look brand new! I got them from www.woot.com last week. For those who don't know, Woot! is a computer geek site where they have something really cheap for 24 hours (or until the item runs out). I've heard of it, but never really bothered with it until Ed told me that they had 30 GB Zunes for $90 (shipping included). Seriously, these sell for $200. If you buy more than 1 you get a free travel kit! I originally decided no (found out about it the first few hours it was put up on the site, midnight Eastern), but then the next day, I had a change of heart and I bought it around 1 or 2 pm in the afternoon.
Originally, I wanted to be a capitalist and buy 2, then sell one and try to make a profit. I bought it for $90, usually sells for $200... I was thinking of asking for around $150. However, after some thought and consideration, I decided to offer the 2nd one to my sister. I haven't asked her yet, but I'm sure she's going to say yes. My dad reimbursed me already for the $90 so I guess it really is her. She's asleep so I haven't really told her about it yet.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! I don't know which color to keep. I originally wanted the black one, but the white one is cute too. Ahhhh! Decisions, decisions.

In-N-Out

Turns out my boss and I both love In-N-Out.

A few weeks ago when my boss saw me eating In-N-Out at my desk:
Boss: You got In-N-Out?
Me: Yeah, I LOVE In-N-Out.
Boss: Don't you ever go to In-N-Out without telling me! I also love In-N-Out.

Today, I was craving In-N-Out so:
Me: Oh, I was thinking of going to In-N-Out today for lunch and you said that I should tell you if I ever go there.
Boss: Ohhhhhhh yeah. Always tell me if you're going to go to In-N-Out.

A minute later while photocopying something at the copier:
Boss: That sounds so good. That was a great idea!


He told me what he wanted, gave me $20, and I came back with food for me and him. Mmmmm... It was soooooooooooooooo gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood. It really hit the spot!

I'll miss you, Jim

January 28, 1944 – November 14, 2007

I met Jim Richardson this summer in Madison, WI and he was the sweetest person ever. We talked endlessly about Cambodia and traveling. He told me that he had a condition that prevented him from going back to Cambodia, where he wanted to live and volunteer. He loved Cambodia and its people so much. He took the risk of surgery because he wanted to go back to the country he loved. However, the surgery did not go as planned.

Here are the words of his daughter:
"Daddy's poor body simply couldn't take the strain of such an invasive operation and within hours, his vital organs began to shut down. Our only consolation is that Father took the risk of having heart valve surgery so he could return to the country, people, and place he so loved - Siem Reap, Cambodia. Without it he would have been restrained to a life in the States; with a successful surgery, he could have returned to his dream of a life and adventure abroad."

I'll miss you, Jim. I'll be donating to Friends without Borders in memory of you.

Friends without a Border:
http://www.fwab.org/default.php

So full

Just got back from eating with Ed at Heroes in Fullerton. Man, they're burgers are huge. Not only are they wide, but it was also tall.

We watched the New England vs. Buffalo game, then Lakers vs. Bulls. Tom Brady looked as handsome as ever. We talked about where Kobe would want to play basketball if he were to leave the Lakers. Ed said that he could only see Kobe wanting to live in a place like Chicago or New York. And since Kobe really, really liked LA, he also considered the Clippers. All he has to do is change lockers. At least Kobe likes LA, unlike some people (*Shaq*). I was seriously offended when Shaq said LA was a "fake" city and that Miami was "real." What-ever!

LOL, and it was funny because Ed was talking about pivoting and he was explaining what it meant. And I was interrupting him like, "Hey, I know what 'pivoting' means! You don't have to explain. I know how to play basketball." And he was like, "No, I'm not talking about basketball pivoting." And he explained how it was a term for a way a guy would get a girl. Essentially, it would be a way for Ed to pick up girls with me around.

www.urbandictionary.com

"A hot chick a guy will bring with him to a social outing to make him seem cooler to other chicks. Generally she is just friends with the guy and knows she is mainly there to help him get some e-z pussy.

Dude, I love Steph! I used her as a pivot last night and I got to fuck this really hot chick and her mom!"

I guess that's me, the "hot chick."

Sports

Without sports, I would have an unfulfilled life.

SCARIEST SHIT I'VE EVER SEEN!

THIS IS THE SCARIEST FUCKING PICTURE I'VE EVER SEEN. I THINK I A SCARRED AND SCARED FOR LIFE.

Click here to see it: worst costume ever!




很好玩！

阿，　昨晚太好玩，非常好！哈哈！

ខ្មែរ!

ពេលខ្ញុំនៅ Madison, Wisconsin ខ្ញុំ​រាន​សេរសេ​ភាសា​ខ្មែរ​។

កុងកើតនៅខេត្តបាត់ដំបង(ឥឡូវខេត្តបន្ទាយមានជ័យ) ស្រុកសិរីសោភ័ណ ពុមីគូបធំ ។ នៅផ្ទះគាត់និយាយចិនហៃណាំនិងខ្មែរជាមូយប៉ា និងម៉ាក់គាត់។ ភូមិគាត់មានលាវច្រើនបានជា គាត់ចេះនិយាយភាសាលាវដែរ។ ក្រួសារលក់អីវាន់ និងសត្វដូចជ្រូកនិងមាន់ ។

練習中文

啊，好久我沒有寫中文。 我拍我可能忘記我的國語。 今晚我要出去玩。我想要喝啤酒，跳舞，笑，吃，唱歌，等等。

My boss is too funny

Remember the MySpace ex-bf and ex-gf that we're trying to find? Well, my boss was telling me I should MySpace the bf to ask him where he is and to be a slut about it: "Hey, X. I've been trying to reach you. My legs are up in the air. You want to kick boots?" My boss has no shame. LOL, I was laughing so hard. It'd be funny if I wrote: "Hey X, can you tell me where you live so I can visit you?" It'd be funny if I actually do show up to his place to see if he actually lives there and then tell his lawyer where he is.

Yankees

Because Tyler hates Tom Brady except that one time Tom Brady was caught wearing a Yankees cap, I will include pictures of Tom Brady in this blog... in anticipation of him seeing it. Oh yeah, and here are cartoon pics of Tom Brady as a cartoon.

I love locating people

One of things we do is locate people... but it's not what you think. We don't locate long lost relatives or bf/gf. We locate people for lawyers who want to find clients they lost contact with or people they want to sue.

So one of the things we do is enter their names and personal identifiers into databases to try to see if we can find their most current address. We also try to find relatives and neighbors who might know where they are.

So there's this guy "A" who we're trying to look for. We find an address for him, but we don't know if it's an old address. I find the phone number for his neighbor in the apartment next door. I talk to the neighbor (who is a very, very nice person). She was really sweet and my age! I knew how old she was because it tells you people's birthdays. She was born in the same month and year! She's just 2 weeks older than me. Anyway, I told her how I was trying to reach "A" and that I think he is her neighbor. She said she knows the people who live in that apartment, but she doesn't know their names. I said this guy should be X years old and she says that sounds about right. She knocks on their door and no answer. I ask her if she could write a note for him, telling him that if his name is "A" to call me back. She writes it on a Post-It and puts it on the door.

Hours later, the phone rings and we have Caller ID on the phone. The name that shows up is "A." I answer and he says that someone left a note on his door to call and I explain that a lawyer is looking for him. He got really defensive and is also nervous as to why someone is looking for him. I tell him I have no idea (I sort of do, but I play dumb) why the lawyer is looking for him and that we are just a 3rd party hired to reach people. I give him the lawyer's name and number and tell him that she should be able to answer all his questions. He was really scared and also mad, asking me what I was doing leaving notes on people's door in X city (not a great city to live in), saying that it was dangerous there and I could get shot, blah blah blah. And I'm like, "I didn't leave the note on your door. I didn't go to your apartment." And he's like, "Well somebody from your place did." I didn't let him know that it was his neighbor. He wouldn't give me his phone number, but I had his phone number on the Caller ID anyway. Turns out, it was his cell phone number (I did a phone number search and it came up as a cell number).

Anyway, that was a lot of fun.

Next locate, trying to find this girl and guy in a car accident who used to be boyfriend and girlfriend! The lawyer is trying to find them, but has lost contact. She thinks the ex-boyfriend abused the girlfriend, which is why the girl's parents won't tell us where she is now because they're scared the ex-boyfriend will find her. I found their MySpaces online, but they haven't been on in awhile. The guy seems like a total jerk/dick from what I'm reading form his MySpace. I might have to go to the address we found in the database though and see if he's living there. Yes! I'm excited about meeting this dick! I found his parents living in NC, but the dad said he hadn't heard from his son since July and his son has no job, no cell phone, etc. Doesn't sound like a great relationship, huh?

MySpace helped me find this one mom a few weeks ago. We could not find her at all! I went to the last address the lawyers had for her and it turned out to be a motel! I went to the office of the motel and they said that room #26 does not exist anymore; the motel was renovated over a year ago, which tells me that this girl had lived at the motel more than a year ago. Anyway, we had names of her relatives and I found out her brother's name. I found the brother on MySpace and messaged him, telling him how I was looking for his sister. He called and talked to my boss, told my boss the best way to reach his sister is through their mom and the mom worked at a preschool. In turn, we called and left messages at the preschool, but no luck. Finally, I had to go to the preschool myself (which is in an urban area) and talk to her. She was happy to see me and told me she told her daughter that we were looking for her, excited that the car accident case might be settled (her grandson, the girl's son, was hit by a car). They're very poor and have been moving in and out of friends' houses and in and out of motels. They were currently living in a motel and the girl works from 7 pm to 3 am so she didn't have time to call us. However, the mom told us that she would tell her daughter to call us as soon as she could. Finally, the daughter called a week later to tell me that life has been tough and she lost custody of her kids for awhile, and all these bad things. I felt so bad for her! I told her to call the lawyer when she could.

Anyway, I hope to find that ex-boyfriend and ex-girlfriend, wherever they are.

Reunion at 24 Hour Fitness

I bump into a lot of people I know at the gym... relatives, old friends, etc.

I recently bumped into my high school English teacher. Haha, she was there with a personal trainer. She asked me how I was doing, etc.

I then bumped into an old elementary/middle school friend, Monica. Wow, Ludy and I haven't seen her in like forever! Parle was like, "Seriously? You haven't seen her since middle school? You haven't seen her at the mall or whatever?" It was funny because my friend, Parle, went to high school and college with her, so she's seen her more recently then I have. I didn't recognize Monica at first because I didn't pay attention... until Parle was like, "Hey! Come here! It's Monica!" She looked pretty much the same... just older.

I told my parents about it and they totally remember Monica. Apparently, my dad bumped into her dad 2 years ago when I was in China (Fall 2005). He told him that Monica was a manager at a Starbucks and my dad told him that I was in China learning Chinese.

Oh and my mom was like, "Do you remember Vinry?" And of course I do. She was my first friend in kindergarten. I remember she wanted to be just like me. She cried to her mom because she wanted a backpack just like mine. Her mom asked my dad where he bought my backpack and he said he got it for free somewhere. Haha. Anyway, my mom told me that she was married to some "American" guy and has a baby. I'm like, "Whoa!"

I remember my mom telling me about an old neighbor of mine, Linda. She said she's a pain in the ass for her parents because she wanted name brand clothing, and new clothes every few months, etc. And she wanted to be a model. My mom was like, "She can't be a model. Models are sexy and she's not sexy." LOL. I haven't seen her since she was like 7 or 8 so I wouldn't know.

Ryan's Roses

Ryan's Roses is my guilty pleasure. I love listening to it because I hate cheaters with a passion. I've always had a problem with infidelity every since I was little (I think it stems from a fear of my dad cheating on my mom). I even go so far as to avoid movies where I think a husband or wife is going to cheat on the other.

Well, Ryan's Roses makes me laugh, it makes me cry, it makes me think. By offering accused cheaters the chance to send a free dozen roses to anyone and include a message, Ryan's Roses gets to the bottom of what's going on when someone thinks their significant other is cheating.

There was one girl who felt like as ass. She said her boyfriend was being *too* nice and she thought something was up. Turned out, he was being extremely nice because he was planning on proposing to her and she ruined his plans. "I'd like to send them to my wife. Ooops, I'm jumping the gun here. She's not my wife yet, but I'm going to ask her to marry me. I haven't told my friends yet." When I heard that, I was like, "OMG, I hope she feels awful."

Today, I heard a Ryan's Roses that made me cry. This woman finds money missing from a bank account where she has been saving money to buy Christmas presents for her children. And the husband wants the roses sent to some other woman. The wife stayed strong and said, "I'm a mother first" and told him that she and the kids were moving out. Good for her. And KIIS FM is so kind to offer to buy presents for her kids. I love Ryan.

There was another time I cried. A man called in to comment on a Ryan's Roses and he shared his heartwrenching story of how his wife cheated on him and kicked him out of the house. She didn't allow him to see his kids and he started crying, saying how much he missed them. And I started crying too. He said he had a birthday tradition where he decorates his children's room for their birthday and he'd blow up 60-70 balloons, but this year he couldn't do that for his son; his wife wouldn't let him in the house. I was just crying so hard and I was driving too. Luckily I didn't get into an accident. Ryan offered to get him free legal help because he had a right to see his children. Ryan also offered to help him find a place to live (because the man was living in his car).

I love Ryan. For a metrosexual guy, he's a good man.

Grandpa's Wedding

I never though I'd cry at a wedding, but now I have... and they weren't even happy tears. It hurts to see other people hurt and it makes me cry when I see those I care about crying. I know we should be happy or at least pretend to be happy for him, but I guess it hurts my mom and my aunts to see my grandpa re-marry after my grandma has only been dead for 1 year and 9 months... not even 2 years. They didn't think he showed my grandmother any respect.


I know my grandpa's happy with this woman, but no one seems to approve of this union. After seeing my aunts and cousin cry, I wanted to cry too. My impression of this woman is that she seems fake. There's just something about her that is off, but now that it is done and over with, I hope she's a good person in the end.

I hope he's happy living in a garage with her. I hope he's happy dancing with her (the main reason he wants to marry her: he likes dancing with her).

Lover#2

So after talking to my cousin, I learned that Lover#2 is not a friendly person. For a 70-something year-old person... this person is a hooch. They are way demanding and picky about engagement presents. Not only do they want a set of rings, but they also want matching earrings and bracelets. WTF?

OMG, I love life!

So some pretty funny/interesting stuff is happening in my family right now. I just think it's hilarious when I think about it. I don't want to describe it as "drama" because it's not bad drama, but is it possible to say that it's "good drama"? It's nothing bad, but I don't know. I'm just babbling on because I don't want to reveal to the world what's happening in my family right now.

There are 2 things going on right now involving 2 people in my family, 2 types of [love] relationships that are probably going to culminate into a spectacularly beautiful, harmonic life/future or into a spectacularly awesome argument/fight. Whatever it will be, it will be fun to watch and deal with.

These 2 relationships are going to definitely affect my life since my relatives live really close to me and their "lovers" are going to be part of my life too. With Lover#1, I have a feeling I will like this person; the other lover, Lover#2, I have doubts about... but I don't know if it's because I feel like Lover#2 might try to replace someone (*ahem*).

Well I hope Lover#1's life works out here. I've never met this person, but this person sounds like a good person... although some of my relatives have doubts. Lover#1 is moving to California to be with my relative and will be here in a few days... DUN DUN DUN! It definitely must be serious then. So Lover#1 will definitely be here by next weekend and I can't wait to meet them.

My other relative, who is in a relationship with Lover#2, might be moving out and living with Lover#2 at a different location. Now, my family is having serious doubts about Lover#2 and I do too. I've never met Lover#2 (although this person showed up at my graduation banquet), but I really do think it's too soon for them to be "in love." My relative is mad that no one seems to approve of Lover#2, "You don't want me to be happy." I think Lover#2 might show up next weekend too to meet the family and my relative might make the final decision on whether they want to move out and be with Lover#2.... which is why I think it's funny how all of this is happening at the same time.

And it's even funnier because one couple is in their 70s and the other couple is in their 40s/50s. I guess you're never too old for love, huh?

Me + Tony Romo = puke; Brady model pics

My sister: "Hey, Cheryl. 爸爸 (dad) said you have a crush on Romo."

Me: "What?!" (What the hell? I don't even like him. It's all about Tom Brady.)

My dad: "No, that's not what I said!"

Explanation of the misunderstanding:

So a few days earlier, I was talking about Tony Romo's love life with my dad and my sister... about how he dated Carrie Underwood and put their relationship on hold for the football season and how there are rumors that he's dating Britney Spears. And yes, it's somewhat important to know about their love lives because it can affect how they perform on the field. Just look at every football player who's dated Tara Reid (Brady, Shocke, Kyle Boller)... the teams do badly when she's dating them.

Anyway, so I guess my dad and my sister were watching some entertainment show (Entertainment Tonight or Extra) that was discussing the Romo and Spears rumor and my dad merely pointed out to my sister that *that* was what I was telling them about a few days earlier. And I guess my sister misunderstood what my dad was saying. Weirdo.

When Tom Brady broke up with Bridget Moynahan:
Me: Tom Brady broke up with his girlfriend.
Tyler: So? Why would I care?
Me: OMG! This is my chance to be with him and you don't care! *cries*

Watching the Patriots vs. the Cowboys at BJ's:
Parle: Who's Tom Brady and is he cute?
Me: Dude, he's hot. He's like a model. I'll point him out if he comes on the screen.
A minute goes by and the camera points to Tom sitting on the sidelines.
Me: OMG! There he is!
Parle turns her head quickly to get a glimpse before she misses it.
Parle: Ewwwwwwww.
Me: Ewwwwww?!?!?!
Parle: He's a pretty boy.
Me: Whatever.

Dude, he really is a pretty boy. I laughed when I heard Colin Cowherd saying, "Tom Brady is a handsome man. He should play football with his helmet off." I think he and Giselle probably look at each other's headshots and compare. Maybe they give each other modeling tips. They probably get into arguments over who's prettier.

I usually don't like junkmail, but a few weeks ago I got junkmail pertaining to Tom Brady. I think it was the first time I actually enjoyed looking at junkmail!

http://www.stetsoncologne.com/

So I actually clicked on their stupid links that led to the Stetson Cologne website. LOL, I was like, "OMG. This is freakin' hilarious." They were offering downloads of Tom Brady Stetson Cologne wallpaper and there was some commercial and a "making of" video for the commercial. I was like, "Who in the hell would download the wallpaper and watch the video?" Now, I like Tom and I think he's hot, but seriously... I'm not that obsessed. Although, I can imagine some Tom Brady fan girl (who is probably like 15 or so) going, "OMG! Tom Brady wallpaper! I am so going to put this on my desktop. OMG, a video about the making of his cologne commercial. I am so going to sit down and wait for it to load and watch it."

And now for your viewing pleasure, I went back to the website just now to look for those wallpaper:

That chick is kinda weird looking and is she wearing a bikini bottom?

LOL, I like how he's pretending to look somewhat serious.

I like how they're trying to make him look dirty and rough. Dude, Tom Brady is so not like that. He's a pretty boy who can't stand to have one speck of dirt on his body (so why did he date Tara
Reid?).

LOL, I wonder what the photographer told him to think about for this photo.

I think this is the funniest picture out of the whole set. Ooooh, let's get a shot of Tom kicking dirt!

Again, Tom's "pretending to look serious" face.