Bravest Man of the Year

I saw a man a couple of days ago, wearing gym shorts, T-shirt, walking around in a weather where I wore 2 layers of clothing, top and bottom, overcoat, hat, gloves & scarf.
Hm,.... there is something wrong with this picture.
I wish I could take a picture of him. But he would think that I am nuts.
Interesting....

December 23 2004

I thought it was cold a few days ago,... but every time I wake up in the morning, the weather gets even colder and colder. Unbelieveable. My freezer is warmer than the outside world.
Yesterday, I went to Disney store to buy some stuff for my nephews. Man, I miss downtown. Eventhough it's cold (as hell? hm,... but I heard hell is hot. North pole? Ah... yes.) as the north pole, I went anyway. I, of course, forgot my hat and scarf, as usual. And make the journey to Michigan Avenue more 'adventurous'.
Nothing much to say here. But I do want to share some pictures I took ony my way back. It was about twilight and everything is just, just perfect.

My Secret Santa

Finally I can sit down and retreat to my blog. Yesterday was my birthday. And also the secret-santa-thing day , and also the company's Christmas party. I have only one request to my boyfriend: please don't send flowers to my office & make a scene. Phuulleeaasse. :D My bf said okay.
So, on my birthday, I ate and ate and ate at the party and that was the longest lunch I had maybe in the year of 2004. My boss catered like she's about to feed the whole building instead of just our office.
But yesterday was nice. My roommate woke me up midnight of 22nd and brought me cake with candles (the number is a secret, wink, wink). She took a picture of the cake, told me to make a wish. I blew the candles and fell right back to sleep. While she retreated back out.
From secret santa I got body care stuffs. I l.o.v.e. it. I don't know how she/he could guess it. But it doesn't matter.
I also got a couple of gifts more from the games they had. We had our names drawn & we had to tell something about ourselves that noone in the office knew of.
I walked away easy because I'm the newest member & they practically knew nothing about me. My name was drawn twice. The first time, I told them that I almost lived in Singapore & be a stewardess for Singapore Airlines (before I decided to resign). And the other one, I told them that my mom dragged me to places because she loves to travel. I've been to Bali, Singapore, Malaysia, HK, Japan, Hawaii, Las Vegas, etc, etc, and I hate flying. Ironic isn't it? And so, I walked away with a gift card from Best Buy (yipeee). I'm thinking of buying a new dvd player, or maybe, external drive? We'll see.
Yesterday, maybe the real secret santa was somewhere around. Because, believe me, when it comes to gambling, slot machines in casinos, poker, name drawing, I was NOT the right mate to have. Group members usually hate me because in drawing numbers, I took the last when they want to be the first and the first when they need to be the last. :P
But, hey.... maybe Santa does work in a more modern/mysterious way (considering that most people use heaters instead of chimneys now. Tell me, how does he supposed to stick his belly in the chute?). And he worked it out & got me some more presents because...
...
I've been good this year... ^___^

Movies of The Year Part 2

I take it back!
Ocean Twelve is actually okay. Not bad at all!
Bridget Jones 2 is most def more horrible!!!! As much as I like Bridget, I just can't stand the storyline. Gezz,... THEY should be sued. I saw 2 movies on Sunday and Finding Neverland is quite nice. I reccommend people to go and see it. It also has a 'sane' less than two-hour length so you won't get stuck too long (like when you watch lord of The Ring or Alexander). But, I wasn't tricked into watching Alexander: while Lord of The Ring worth every minute of it, Alexander will make you want to kill yourself.
So, for my second part of Movie Awards:
Here we go:
Most pathetic chick-flick of the year: Should you guess? Yep, it's Bridget Jones 2. I like chick-flicks. But not the stupid ones.

That's it! That's the only thing I want to add!

Okay people!
One more hour till my birthday, I'm 17-year-old every year.

PS. Mr Anonymous contacted me. I wrote him back. Twice! But as usual, lovely Friendster just erase it & produced an error. For both attempts!!!! I am too tired to write the third one. Though maybe third time is the charm, but at time like this, I need my beauty sleep.
I will write him back again and I'll update my blog on it.

Movies of The Year

I just watch Ocean Twelve last week. Ugh... man, I should sue for my money back. I don't like it. I liked Ocean Eleven, despite the questionable little facts. But, hey, it's Hollywood, give it a break. And There are just too many hunks in the movie that made you cut some more slack. But even the studs in Ocean Twelve didn't really do me anymore.
It's okay for movie stars to play as themselves in the a movie. But if the character in the movie was actually someone else and then she played herself (as a movie star) to con people AND she was actually able to fool the whole Rome and Bruce Willis (playing himself,... as Bruce Willis). I mean,... how stupid can Bruce Willis be?
It's just doesn't make any sense.
Anywhooo, not to follow my boyfriend's blog about giving end of the year awards, but I think it'll be fun to have my own movie awards.
So here we go:
Best romance movie: Hero (I don't usually like doomed love, but.. anyway...) and the Village
Best action movie: Kill Bill vol 1 & 2.
Best dufus guy in a movie: Peter Parker - Spiderman 2
Best Cartoon: Is finding Nemo in 2004? But anyway. I love it.
Funniest moment: Spiderman got dizzy and took the elevator down to ground floor.
The biggest mood killer even before going to the movie: Bridget jones 2 - Being in a Thailand prison. That will do.
The most confusing names to track : The characters' names in Hero
The best tough-love scenes in a movie: Ray Charles' mom in Ray
The most turn-off hunk: Prince Charming - Shrek 2 - I don't like men who stare on the mirror more than I do. I'd choose shrek anytime.
The sexiest villain with one eye: Darryl Hannah in Kill Bill vol.2
Best Heroine: Uma Thurman in both Kill Bill.
The spookiest villain: Adrien Brody in the Village as Noah
Best Kiss scene: hm,... can't decide yet.
The only time I cried watching a movie for the whole 2004: Fahrenheit 9/11
Movies I like but critics hate: The Village
Director with sexiest wife: M Night Shyamalan.
Saddest moment as a Tom Hank's fan: Watching The Ladykillers
The most awaited movies: Harry Potter & the Village
The best act so far: Jamie Foxx - Ray
Best Hair makeover: Hemione in Harry Potter 3 (compared to the first).
The best professed love: Lucius Hunt in the Village - "Why can you not stop saying what is in yours? Why must you lead, when I want to lead? If I want to dance I will ask you to dance. If I want to speak I will open my mouth and speak. Everyone is forever plaguing me to speak further. Why? What good is it to tell you you are in my every thought from the time I wake? What good can come from my saying that I sometimes cannot think clearly or do my work properly? What gain can rise of my telling you the only time I feel fear as others do is when I think of you in harm? That is why I am on this porch, Ivy Walker. I fear for your safety before all others. And yes, I will dance with you on our wedding night."
Boring action movie: Bourne Supremacy
Scariest Movie: Van Helsing (I am phobic to vampires/ blood sucking creatures) & the Village
Wouldn't be caught dead in: the theater watching teen movies (Ella Enchanted, Confession of a Teenage Drama Queen, The Princess Diary 2, etc)
Having said that, I wanted to see Mean Girls but never did.
Okay, I'm going to see Finding Neverland today and maybe I'll update this posting afterwards.

I'm a Secret Santa

Quick!
I need a gift idea for someone professor-ish like IT guy.
We're having secret santa game for Christmas party. And of all people, I picked his name. I really like him though. But,... man, I have got no idea what to give him.
So, please, people. Whoever you are. If you're just passing by or... whatever. An idea (or a list of ideas) are very much welcomed.

Aaarrrghhh..... (I need to take a break). I only have a few days & absolutely no time to think about this.

Sigh....

Oh! P.S. The limit is about $20.00 (that rule was not from me).

Saddest Ice Rink

Today is windy. I went with my roommate to do some shopping. Not for christmas presents. We're shopping for ourselves. The sky are misty. Not a good day for people who loves the sun. But we love it. Where it almost seems like it's going to rain, but not raining yet. The sun is hiding & it gets dark really soon and the city lights are on. I just love fall & I love December. It's my birth month. My boyfriend said he already bought me something, but he hid it somewhere I wouldn't find. I went to his place yesterday, but I couldn't find it (it's okay, there's still plenty of time.... *cunning smile*).
Anyway, we walked in the loop area, the stores are crazy. We are very durable people when it comes to shopping but, we lost each other inside & we ended up calling each other to locate our whereabout. After we found each other, we just took off. "Let's go!!!" That's the first thing my roommate said. Hey, I have no complaining about that. We went straight to the door for some fresh cold air.
Man, holiday shopping can surely kill you. Or at least your good mood.
Too many people in downtown. I have no idea where they came from. I walked with my roommate & took the bus to another shopping area. The city is very nice today. The outdoor ice rink is apparently opened. Many people skating outdoor. Ice rink, especially this one brings back sad memories. I used to have a skating buddy. He's gone now. Aneurysm. He's a fine fine buddy. I wonder how his wife's doing now. After he passed away, I lost perspective for a while of how this could happen, to someone so healthy, so nice, so sincere, so young, so bright future. Endless 'why's were asked. I don't find the answer even till now.
I remember falling flat on my butt for maybe 10 times or so. Sometimes, he picked me up, and sometimes he let the cute skating guard picked me up. And he would grin from afar.
He's a cool friend. I can't pass the ice rink downtown without thinking of him. Downtown ice rink won't ever be the same. Or in this case, the mention of Madison, WI, java programming, or Roosevelt university, or My Thai restaurant (and Shrimp fried rice) and so on and so on.
I know people come & people go. I just wish he stayed a bit longer. Maybe even much longer.
If only...

I Won Best Girlfriend Award

I read my boyfriend's blog & found his last posting interesting. Something end of the year awards.
I won the best girlfriend.
Well, because this year (and last year actually) I am the only candidate, so I might be the best, or the worst, heck, who knows. I'm the solo candidate.
But, thank you... thank you...
First of all I want to thank the committee for choosing me as the best girlfriend. Though the committee consists of only one person. I believe that the decision was fair. I want to thank my family for supporting me. My fish who didn't die on me. The sushi guy in sushi station that made my dates perfect.
Also thanks to Oreo cookies. With Oreo, my boyfriend's mood is always lifted. Hahaha.
And Lastly, I want to share this award to the online recipes out there. Because if the way to a man's heart is through his stomach then, then I have paved a highway (8 lanes) to his heart.
Thank you for the award!!!
Good night!!!
(Then I stroll away with a trophy shaped like a troll).

Blue Line Chicas

Really,...
This winter should end sooner. Considering our summer a few months ago was a mere breeze passing by without anyone realizing if the sun worked at all.
Like that song: "Raindrops keep falling on my head.. .blablabla.. yada yada... " something about accusing the sun for sleeping on the job. Yes. Our summer was exactly like that.
So,.. really... please let this winter end sooner.
Today, combined with the chilly weather. We just gotta have the rain too.
I really looked like that morton salt girl. Except for the salt container and I was clever enough not to wear skirt. Plus my umbrella is black, and that is not my hairstyle.
Anyway, there's a girl on the train that's almost always have the same schedule as mine. I see her almost daily. She's this kind of pretty mamacita with long braided hair. Smily face. I swear, if I am a guy, I'd have a crush on her. She's always with this guy, whom I suspect is the hubby, or boyfriend. And if I'm a guy, I'd be cursing her guy.
She looked married but she looked so young. Ah, not for me to judge.
I remember this one guy whom blog I read a few months ago. All he did was keeping track of the cute girls he sees on the blue line train (which is my line to work now). Maybe I should do the same and maybe, even email him with my findings and compare notes.

Here... you drive...

Omigosh,
I really pity my sweet boyfriend. I was never this kind of person who love to drive. I also don't feel the need to drive around. Because all my life, it's either I live in a big city with a very convenient public transportation structure, or in a jungle named Jakarta where I got to be driven around.
Well, anywho, I got my permit last week (because I thought , hey why not it's the 21st century) & starting to drive around. To make it clear, it's just a permit, so you can't drive around by yourself unless someone with a driver licence is next to you.
Well, who do you think that someone will be? Yup, that someone is my boyfriend. (hi, hunny! reading my blog?)
I hope he will still let me drive around next week with his car. I can't park at all. And I think I drove him crazy.
When I tried to park, I went back and forth maybe for 5 times. Yup. This is very embarrasing to put in my blog, but hey! Let's just amuse ourselves. At one point I said to my boyfriend, to just park the car for me. But, he wouldn't. I think he thought I should finish it.
However, I shouldn't embarrass myself even more with tiny little details, but I finally park the car (after all the frustration of whyyyyy the freaking car wouldn't go straight).
Fiiuuffhh...
Then, I turned the engine off , got off the car and gave the key to my boyfriend. I remember thinking: "Here,... you drive. I'm going to that store & shop till I drop dead".