The korean boss wanted to give us a dinner treat as well as to entertain some global manager who came over so we made a reservation at Margaritas at Dempsey Hill.
I have no idea why the attention was on me the whole night.
As a korean, he known to be a super good drinker, like tons-of-alcohol-and-not-drunk kinda drinker. So he decides to train me because I was the only young guy there. I had stopped drinking for health reasons but for special occasions like this, there is no escaping.
He set a rule that we must finish our drinks before we can order our mains and teasing me that the bill will be on me if I don't drink more than him or something like that. I was so stressed and awkward that I had to go to the restroom to do yoga.
He's the boss, I'm just an intern. I have no choice. sadness.
BUT i managed to divert his attention by targeting his 17yo daughter! hahaha and everyone else suddenly became match-makers. haha
Well on the other side, the mains were SUPERB! The best mexican food i have eaten. Everything was so good except for the carbo-loading after-effects. The restaurant was also filled with people everywhere but services were still prompt and food came quickly. A really good place to dine in Dempsey. Prices were also reasonable, mostly below 25 but drinks costs more than the mains. ha. The final bill was $600+ for 8 people.
After that we went to his condo at orchard to chill with red wine and cheese (not for me, i had plain water, ha) and then some xbox and ipad. Hospitable as all koreans are, he loves hosting people according to the other people. We saw a passport photo of his daughter and he said she's coming in jan-feb!
haha *wink
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Saturday, October 23, 2010
Everything new
I was complaining at my ah ma's house that i do not have a room in my house the other week, and then this monday my mother said i can have her working room.
FINALLY
FINALLY
FINALLY
I never thought I would live to see this day or hear the golden words. I always though the room will be emptied the day i have my own apartment. All my friends who came my house before will know that I am like a ghost in the house. The whole house is my room.
Every time she says that i am very sceptical and then like 300 months later nothing happens. BUT THIS TIME, she took the initiative and even asked somebody to custom make my large wardrobe. (the idea was scrapped yesterday because it was too expensive).
But anyways, i have been designing my new room and searching for furniture with every opportunity i have. I want to custom my room exactly the way i want it. I am buying the furniture i like and ditch the old ones. I am going to repaint the walls and do a big drawing in my room myself. All within a budget. This is mission NEW ROOM.
I am so looking forward to it.
Speaking of new, my new water bottles just arrived at my doorstep.
FINALLY
FINALLY
FINALLY
I never thought I would live to see this day or hear the golden words. I always though the room will be emptied the day i have my own apartment. All my friends who came my house before will know that I am like a ghost in the house. The whole house is my room.
Every time she says that i am very sceptical and then like 300 months later nothing happens. BUT THIS TIME, she took the initiative and even asked somebody to custom make my large wardrobe. (the idea was scrapped yesterday because it was too expensive).
But anyways, i have been designing my new room and searching for furniture with every opportunity i have. I want to custom my room exactly the way i want it. I am buying the furniture i like and ditch the old ones. I am going to repaint the walls and do a big drawing in my room myself. All within a budget. This is mission NEW ROOM.
I am so looking forward to it.
Speaking of new, my new water bottles just arrived at my doorstep.
well not exactly my doorstep because the postman handled it to my neighbour who passed it to me.
Totally cool stuff! I brought it to work the next day and everyone raved about it.
Totally cool stuff! I brought it to work the next day and everyone raved about it.
Its called Kor One Hydration Vessel from US. Ironman has it on his movie. Google it and check it out.
Kingdom Hearts week
hey blog! i just realised i had not updated you for 2 week! so here i am.
Ok the real reason for that: I have Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep in my PSP! i recently got it from LS and got hooked so there goes my weekends! haha
I have been busy at work the previous week because the supervisor is busy preparing for a meeting in HK, and i got to catch up with him during lunch!
yes, he's the one with two pair of twins,3 boys and 1 girl. I am so amazed how him and his wife managed it so well! It wasn't artificial, its all in the genes - he has triplet cousins. So i was thinking my mum's side had an affinity for twins too because my uncle had twins and i hang out with them quite a bit and theres no news of any twins coming out in the family, so i might be the next one in the genetic line.
YES!! SO COOL MAN!!
last sunday was yanjun's birthday party, the last of the gang and i am already sick of the place. We did an entertaining rendition of umbrella using the umbrella that i brought. The dance steps were impromptu btw. Also, I met the 28 girls at Strictly Pancakes, which was a good catch-up but not so appealing food. One visit will suffice.
and I've been hooked on youtube watching nigahiga, which is the most subscribed channel on youtube. It's this ultimate funny Japanese American who makes irresistably funny videos on youtube. Kevjumba is another funny asian american who has a super funny dad and he made a charity channel on youtube called jumbafund. Do check them out if u need some serious laughs and be warned: you will be addicted.
so yeah that almost sums up my 2 weeks, i'm occupied with Kingdom Hearts (more of addiction), youtube and outings.
so who wans to have twins with me?
Ok the real reason for that: I have Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep in my PSP! i recently got it from LS and got hooked so there goes my weekends! haha
I have been busy at work the previous week because the supervisor is busy preparing for a meeting in HK, and i got to catch up with him during lunch!
yes, he's the one with two pair of twins,3 boys and 1 girl. I am so amazed how him and his wife managed it so well! It wasn't artificial, its all in the genes - he has triplet cousins. So i was thinking my mum's side had an affinity for twins too because my uncle had twins and i hang out with them quite a bit and theres no news of any twins coming out in the family, so i might be the next one in the genetic line.
YES!! SO COOL MAN!!
last sunday was yanjun's birthday party, the last of the gang and i am already sick of the place. We did an entertaining rendition of umbrella using the umbrella that i brought. The dance steps were impromptu btw. Also, I met the 28 girls at Strictly Pancakes, which was a good catch-up but not so appealing food. One visit will suffice.
and I've been hooked on youtube watching nigahiga, which is the most subscribed channel on youtube. It's this ultimate funny Japanese American who makes irresistably funny videos on youtube. Kevjumba is another funny asian american who has a super funny dad and he made a charity channel on youtube called jumbafund. Do check them out if u need some serious laughs and be warned: you will be addicted.
so yeah that almost sums up my 2 weeks, i'm occupied with Kingdom Hearts (more of addiction), youtube and outings.
so who wans to have twins with me?
Sunday, October 10, 2010
wads to emo?
so whats there to emo about?
your exchange have been rejected coz you cant match your course, thats one week ago. look on the bright side! No sub degree winters to endure, no troublesome admission procedures, no huge lump of money spent, and you might get a chance at GSS at berkeley next summer! or you can go for Work n Travel! Cool.
your boss is one of the best you have worked with, no stressful job, only you stress yourself bcoz of the carelessness sometimes. Colleagues have been fine, you get to know more people during your one day trip to Jurong Island.
you hang out with your friends during weekends and even came over to your house to bake for 2 weekends! and you satisfied your craving for ramen at Marutama.
now, whats there to emo about?
its always this time of the year! nearing the end. its like PMS, except it comes once a year.
Life being too stale for too long causes emotions to be trapped and accumulated. and the best way to release is through singing!! like GLEE! I need to sing!! LALAA.
I need to watch movies too!
your exchange have been rejected coz you cant match your course, thats one week ago. look on the bright side! No sub degree winters to endure, no troublesome admission procedures, no huge lump of money spent, and you might get a chance at GSS at berkeley next summer! or you can go for Work n Travel! Cool.
your boss is one of the best you have worked with, no stressful job, only you stress yourself bcoz of the carelessness sometimes. Colleagues have been fine, you get to know more people during your one day trip to Jurong Island.
you hang out with your friends during weekends and even came over to your house to bake for 2 weekends! and you satisfied your craving for ramen at Marutama.
now, whats there to emo about?
its always this time of the year! nearing the end. its like PMS, except it comes once a year.
Life being too stale for too long causes emotions to be trapped and accumulated. and the best way to release is through singing!! like GLEE! I need to sing!! LALAA.
I need to watch movies too!
Thursday, October 07, 2010
life is a journey of self discovery
after reaching the abyss of emo-tional spectrum i'm embraced in self delusions, make-beliefs and escapism with extreme limits.
- I'm mad over michelle phan that i wanna email/phone/sms/skype/flyovertolosangeles to find her. her voice is so captivating and her makeup videos are sweeeeeeeet!
- I'm also in love with the so ever ultimate cute KAT! who can ever resist that cuteness!
- I keep listening to the same glee songs over and over and over and over and over...
- I have an impulse to depart from the airport to somewhere else
- I have crazy travel plans
- Somehow I've lost my ability to shop anywhere, window shopping, online shopping, and my wardrobe had no addtitions for the past... 5 months! Wow what a record!
- today i was so hyper in office, kept talking and disturbing others. I cant hype down until i reach home
- I have not been following any fitness routines nor watching my diets ever since august.
- I have many impulsive spendings on food, resulting in many impulsive meals. 1 pint of bnj peanut buttercup finished in an episode of Gossip Girl
so which part of me is stable??
somebody please control me!
- I'm mad over michelle phan that i wanna email/phone/sms/skype/flyovertolosangeles to find her. her voice is so captivating and her makeup videos are sweeeeeeeet!
- I'm also in love with the so ever ultimate cute KAT! who can ever resist that cuteness!
- I keep listening to the same glee songs over and over and over and over and over...
- I have an impulse to depart from the airport to somewhere else
- I have crazy travel plans
- Somehow I've lost my ability to shop anywhere, window shopping, online shopping, and my wardrobe had no addtitions for the past... 5 months! Wow what a record!
- today i was so hyper in office, kept talking and disturbing others. I cant hype down until i reach home
- I have not been following any fitness routines nor watching my diets ever since august.
- I have many impulsive spendings on food, resulting in many impulsive meals. 1 pint of bnj peanut buttercup finished in an episode of Gossip Girl
so which part of me is stable??
somebody please control me!
Sunday, October 03, 2010
Parker luck
Previously on the episode of ernest's unlucky year 2010, he was mentally and physically preparing himself for at internship at Ford in Japan but Ford met with bad debts and closed down his position, so he remained in Singapore for the internship.
This time i applied for INSTEP because i cant do it on FYP year, so its the last semester that i can do it. I had an internal struggle of coming out with the finances, leaving friends, managing studies and courses, but well since its my last time to spend half a year overseas. i actually took quite long to mentally prepare myself to apply for it.
1. Sandiego State University, US
2. University of Waterloo, Canada
then i got rejected for both, a bit expected because i went for GSS previously. BUT i got through to a second round and my second choice was offered! Relief!
second round, there's only one remaining place for engineering in University of Waterloo so i personally went down to hand in the form. i saw 2 indians way in front of me in the queue and secretly confirmed that they'r from engineering too.
I went into the room, handed in the form and saw her ticking beside University of Waterloo and i saw another tick beside mine. then she asked me wad's my gpa and wrote down beside my tick and i saw again, beside the first tick, an alarming "4.6" and i walk out of the room thinking 'good game'.
A third round was offered to me again, this time there were nothing much i wanted left. I wanted to give up at first but thinking that this is my last chance and i had done so much effort in course matching all that, i searched for a list of universities i could apply to.
China, India, Czech, Taiwan, Sweden.
SWEDEN! highest course matching! Being sceptical and no clue about the country, i had to be mentally prepared for the culture, finances and most importantly the sub degree climate.
After researching more about the country, i went to their respective university websites to find out more about the reputation, student life, facilities and experiences. i googled and read some pretty interesting stories like how the sun sets at 2pm and rises at 4am, and how it can freeze up to -20 and see the northern lights just over the city town. ok, not bad except for the climate, just need some more clothes.
course matching...and then.. nothing. most courses i needed to take ain't offered in this coming semester for almost all of the universities. the most important part of the exchange is to clear your modules, which i cant coz i cant match enough courses.
Oh well. so much effort and mental roller coaster went down to nothing, just like previous time.
What can i do, i believed in working hard to make something work but in these situations its not like i hold the remote control to my own fate. its just a matter of luck.
Just like how peter parker has his small victories overshadowed by crush demoralising setbacks, i think i have the same Parker Luck.
This time i applied for INSTEP because i cant do it on FYP year, so its the last semester that i can do it. I had an internal struggle of coming out with the finances, leaving friends, managing studies and courses, but well since its my last time to spend half a year overseas. i actually took quite long to mentally prepare myself to apply for it.
1. Sandiego State University, US
2. University of Waterloo, Canada
then i got rejected for both, a bit expected because i went for GSS previously. BUT i got through to a second round and my second choice was offered! Relief!
second round, there's only one remaining place for engineering in University of Waterloo so i personally went down to hand in the form. i saw 2 indians way in front of me in the queue and secretly confirmed that they'r from engineering too.
I went into the room, handed in the form and saw her ticking beside University of Waterloo and i saw another tick beside mine. then she asked me wad's my gpa and wrote down beside my tick and i saw again, beside the first tick, an alarming "4.6" and i walk out of the room thinking 'good game'.
A third round was offered to me again, this time there were nothing much i wanted left. I wanted to give up at first but thinking that this is my last chance and i had done so much effort in course matching all that, i searched for a list of universities i could apply to.
China, India, Czech, Taiwan, Sweden.
SWEDEN! highest course matching! Being sceptical and no clue about the country, i had to be mentally prepared for the culture, finances and most importantly the sub degree climate.
After researching more about the country, i went to their respective university websites to find out more about the reputation, student life, facilities and experiences. i googled and read some pretty interesting stories like how the sun sets at 2pm and rises at 4am, and how it can freeze up to -20 and see the northern lights just over the city town. ok, not bad except for the climate, just need some more clothes.
course matching...and then.. nothing. most courses i needed to take ain't offered in this coming semester for almost all of the universities. the most important part of the exchange is to clear your modules, which i cant coz i cant match enough courses.
Oh well. so much effort and mental roller coaster went down to nothing, just like previous time.
What can i do, i believed in working hard to make something work but in these situations its not like i hold the remote control to my own fate. its just a matter of luck.
Just like how peter parker has his small victories overshadowed by crush demoralising setbacks, i think i have the same Parker Luck.
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