no, i'm not wallowing in depression
i think somewhere in my last blog i said i'd only blog happy times
then i stopped blogging for 2 weeks?
no worries i'm still alive kicking and happy here
just that i'm too tired to blog!
i actually have some semi coherent drafts saved because i got sleepy near the end and i didn't want to publish gibberish.
SO
it's the year of the cock.
got invited to quite a few dinner parties here with the chinese community
it was alright, and the food is good so no complains whatsoever
very tiring though
i'm used to nua-ing and recuperating on my weekends
weekend activities jeopardizes rest
but i had fun
in one party i managed to beat 2 professors and 1 military engineer in chinese chess
to be fair they weren't as familiar and experienced in the game
and they put up a good fight too
one of the profs is abt 80 years old and he has 6 books on chinese chess, beginners to advanced
he hasn't started reading cos he's just beginning to learn
and he has no kakis
i wanted to read but the words are too chim and the pictures make no sense
anyway he says "in the next few years China will see the oldest chinese chess expert in its history, and that expert will be me"
he's funny
went to another military engineer's house for dinner
nice house
what was interesting was the opposite cultures in the family itself
his children are born and raised here so they're totally americanised while their parents are traditional chinese
it's interesting watching them converse..one in chinese and the other in american english
and they do stuff that if my bro and i did at home would set my mom off a nagging spree
like not wanting to eat dinner at the table with the family
and ordering fast food delivery when there's lots of food on the table
the dad has that head-of-family air typical of chinese families
it's just odd and interesting, wonder how they work it out with no conflicts
on rooster day itself
i went to a chinese restaurant behind my place for a private crab dinner with the owners
crab crab, not crap
had a tour of restaurant kitchen
watched live crabs get their shells ripped apart while their legs were still moving
watched him clear their guts while their legs were still moving
it was so cruel
but so yummy and fresh
sinful sinful
another guy came to join us
now he's full of crap
said he's a renowned artist back home, but he's a waiter here(?)
said he's here in the states to look after his daughter, but his daughter is in california (?)
he's funny...unintentionally...
i enjoyed the dinner
the food was good (tried to persuade them to put this REAL chinese food on the menu instead of american "chinese" food i've never heard of! moo shu pork? moo goo gai pan? apa ini?)
and it was cool listening to their conversation, abt their complaints and aspirations and stuff
definitely different from the military engineers and professors
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new year and my birthday were pretty low key events
which is fine with me
new year gets more boring every year back home anyway, and birthdays are like quite blah
mom told me to buy a cake myself, sing to myself and blow candles out myself.
W wanted to buy me a car
he sounded serious too (though i can't really tell when he's serious anymore)
of course i squashed that idea from his head
"what do you want for your birthday"
"i want nothing"
"yes you do, you want a car"
"i want a car that I BUY for myself"
i told him to spend all his spare cash at the casino instead
the best part of the new year when the whole family gathers round is the gossip..keke...
and i got the best deal....
mom passed the gossip around so i'm up to date without having to sit through the greetings and visits
-----------------------
i passed my driving test on the 2nd attempt
my happiness and relief lasted abt 30 min and then it was just peeveness at the major waste of time
like i said, i didn't deserve to fail the first time
and to back that up i got 94 for my 2nd test with the (different) tester wondering why i failed before
the whole day was just spent waiting
from 7am to 2 pm.
i was either waiting for my instructor or waiting for my 15 min test. nothing but waiting. it must be some sort of record time for doing nothing.
anyway, i got my license, sort of found a car, and hopefully i can hit the roads soon.
most of the pple in my workplace have been warned that i'm out loose on the road
they want to know when and where i'll be on the road so they can avoid me wreacking them
AY who used to be a military guy suggested (in all seriousness) that he'll find a few of his military friends to chaperone me on the road. Like they'll drive surrounding me like i'm some VIP being guided by the traffic police.
maybe it was a mistake telling them stories of me driving off the road and onto the field and stuff.
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I've been taking rides with more pple
interesting cars they have
FJ has a 1980 truck
the insides, dashboard and stuff, looks like some musuem exhibit
the seat squeaks, the window squeaks ("you can wind it up so it stops squeaking. but the handle is broken so be careful"), and the floor has a hole ("if you lift up the carpet you can see the road")
and he uses this truck to and fro work everyday! his home is an hour away by car!
he said it's only broken down once, and he literally bounced all the way home.
i loved the ride. so intriguing and historic. and FJ's a really nice guy. very down to earth and humble.
FL gave me a ride once too. When we reached the apartment i got out of the car and he got out too. i was wondering why and whether he's trying to invite himself into my apartment and what's the polite thing for me to say etc.
He must have saw my puzzled look and he explained that he was getting out just in case i got mugged walking to the door. it's so sweet but also damn funny cos there's no one around us at all in a 2 mile radius. but he got out anyway, stood beside his car and looked around ready to pounce on any muggers. it's gentlemanly, and so cute.
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i learnt a little bit more about the company and the roles of the pple inside
basically learnt a bit more about what engineers here do etc
i was a little disappointed i guess, for a while
but now i'm clearer on where i wanna go
and this experience definitely brings me one step closer to that
for the record i've seen Ahole 2 more times since i last exploded here
(never say never right...)
i think he sensed something cos when he talks to me now (usually not out of choice) he keeps adding in the disclaimer "it's alright if you dun know"
i'm not sure if he's being nice or condescending again, and whether i should be offended. i guess it's kind of amusing.
i dun let him get to me anymore. i'm so much more at peace now and more confident of what i know, so he doesn't really bother me anymore. i was concerned for a little bit at my lack of PR skills, but i shrugged that off too. it doesn't really matter, i just do what i do with my head held high and as long as i'm enjoying myself everything will fall in place.
so i've just been myself so far. and thankfully some pple like what they saw. R said i've a great learning attitude (heh) and i think he's a great mentor too. AY, who has been extremely kind to me, said that he's "only nice to those who are nice". keke.
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after weeks and weeks of juggling abstinence, and i dun even know why, just didn't feel like juggling, i picked up the balls again. i think it was raining outside and i was stranded in with nothing to do. anyway it was a good session, i'm surprised i'm not more rusty after all these weeks.
i even went out onto the streets yesterday to juggle, cos the ceiling was too low. didn't get any hecklers, though i did get some beeps from passing cars.
i miss my clubs.
------------------------------------------------------------
i was going to write something about religion. just read through the jugglers' forum and there were some interesting posts. yes religious posts in a juggling forum. not spam, some personal feud and stuff. it somehow got drifted into what is a "belly of drool" after one side told the other to stand in "a belly of drool". it's damn funny. and then there were pleas to keep the forums juggling related even though "as an athetist i find it enjoyable to see 2 guys arguing about something i dun believe exists".
anyway, i won't post on it....yet. it's getting late and every morning i go to work feeling and looking visibly tired and promising myself i'll sleep early and i never do that. i'm 2 hours off my promised sleeping hour.
time to sleep. i'm supposed to wash my socks. damn.
i think somewhere in my last blog i said i'd only blog happy times
then i stopped blogging for 2 weeks?
no worries i'm still alive kicking and happy here
just that i'm too tired to blog!
i actually have some semi coherent drafts saved because i got sleepy near the end and i didn't want to publish gibberish.
SO
it's the year of the cock.
got invited to quite a few dinner parties here with the chinese community
it was alright, and the food is good so no complains whatsoever
very tiring though
i'm used to nua-ing and recuperating on my weekends
weekend activities jeopardizes rest
but i had fun
in one party i managed to beat 2 professors and 1 military engineer in chinese chess
to be fair they weren't as familiar and experienced in the game
and they put up a good fight too
one of the profs is abt 80 years old and he has 6 books on chinese chess, beginners to advanced
he hasn't started reading cos he's just beginning to learn
and he has no kakis
i wanted to read but the words are too chim and the pictures make no sense
anyway he says "in the next few years China will see the oldest chinese chess expert in its history, and that expert will be me"
he's funny
went to another military engineer's house for dinner
nice house
what was interesting was the opposite cultures in the family itself
his children are born and raised here so they're totally americanised while their parents are traditional chinese
it's interesting watching them converse..one in chinese and the other in american english
and they do stuff that if my bro and i did at home would set my mom off a nagging spree
like not wanting to eat dinner at the table with the family
and ordering fast food delivery when there's lots of food on the table
the dad has that head-of-family air typical of chinese families
it's just odd and interesting, wonder how they work it out with no conflicts
on rooster day itself
i went to a chinese restaurant behind my place for a private crab dinner with the owners
crab crab, not crap
had a tour of restaurant kitchen
watched live crabs get their shells ripped apart while their legs were still moving
watched him clear their guts while their legs were still moving
it was so cruel
but so yummy and fresh
sinful sinful
another guy came to join us
now he's full of crap
said he's a renowned artist back home, but he's a waiter here(?)
said he's here in the states to look after his daughter, but his daughter is in california (?)
he's funny...unintentionally...
i enjoyed the dinner
the food was good (tried to persuade them to put this REAL chinese food on the menu instead of american "chinese" food i've never heard of! moo shu pork? moo goo gai pan? apa ini?)
and it was cool listening to their conversation, abt their complaints and aspirations and stuff
definitely different from the military engineers and professors
--------------------------------------
new year and my birthday were pretty low key events
which is fine with me
new year gets more boring every year back home anyway, and birthdays are like quite blah
mom told me to buy a cake myself, sing to myself and blow candles out myself.
W wanted to buy me a car
he sounded serious too (though i can't really tell when he's serious anymore)
of course i squashed that idea from his head
"what do you want for your birthday"
"i want nothing"
"yes you do, you want a car"
"i want a car that I BUY for myself"
i told him to spend all his spare cash at the casino instead
the best part of the new year when the whole family gathers round is the gossip..keke...
and i got the best deal....
mom passed the gossip around so i'm up to date without having to sit through the greetings and visits
-----------------------
i passed my driving test on the 2nd attempt
my happiness and relief lasted abt 30 min and then it was just peeveness at the major waste of time
like i said, i didn't deserve to fail the first time
and to back that up i got 94 for my 2nd test with the (different) tester wondering why i failed before
the whole day was just spent waiting
from 7am to 2 pm.
i was either waiting for my instructor or waiting for my 15 min test. nothing but waiting. it must be some sort of record time for doing nothing.
anyway, i got my license, sort of found a car, and hopefully i can hit the roads soon.
most of the pple in my workplace have been warned that i'm out loose on the road
they want to know when and where i'll be on the road so they can avoid me wreacking them
AY who used to be a military guy suggested (in all seriousness) that he'll find a few of his military friends to chaperone me on the road. Like they'll drive surrounding me like i'm some VIP being guided by the traffic police.
maybe it was a mistake telling them stories of me driving off the road and onto the field and stuff.
--------------------------------------------------
I've been taking rides with more pple
interesting cars they have
FJ has a 1980 truck
the insides, dashboard and stuff, looks like some musuem exhibit
the seat squeaks, the window squeaks ("you can wind it up so it stops squeaking. but the handle is broken so be careful"), and the floor has a hole ("if you lift up the carpet you can see the road")
and he uses this truck to and fro work everyday! his home is an hour away by car!
he said it's only broken down once, and he literally bounced all the way home.
i loved the ride. so intriguing and historic. and FJ's a really nice guy. very down to earth and humble.
FL gave me a ride once too. When we reached the apartment i got out of the car and he got out too. i was wondering why and whether he's trying to invite himself into my apartment and what's the polite thing for me to say etc.
He must have saw my puzzled look and he explained that he was getting out just in case i got mugged walking to the door. it's so sweet but also damn funny cos there's no one around us at all in a 2 mile radius. but he got out anyway, stood beside his car and looked around ready to pounce on any muggers. it's gentlemanly, and so cute.
------------------------------------------------
i learnt a little bit more about the company and the roles of the pple inside
basically learnt a bit more about what engineers here do etc
i was a little disappointed i guess, for a while
but now i'm clearer on where i wanna go
and this experience definitely brings me one step closer to that
for the record i've seen Ahole 2 more times since i last exploded here
(never say never right...)
i think he sensed something cos when he talks to me now (usually not out of choice) he keeps adding in the disclaimer "it's alright if you dun know"
i'm not sure if he's being nice or condescending again, and whether i should be offended. i guess it's kind of amusing.
i dun let him get to me anymore. i'm so much more at peace now and more confident of what i know, so he doesn't really bother me anymore. i was concerned for a little bit at my lack of PR skills, but i shrugged that off too. it doesn't really matter, i just do what i do with my head held high and as long as i'm enjoying myself everything will fall in place.
so i've just been myself so far. and thankfully some pple like what they saw. R said i've a great learning attitude (heh) and i think he's a great mentor too. AY, who has been extremely kind to me, said that he's "only nice to those who are nice". keke.
---------------------------------------------------
after weeks and weeks of juggling abstinence, and i dun even know why, just didn't feel like juggling, i picked up the balls again. i think it was raining outside and i was stranded in with nothing to do. anyway it was a good session, i'm surprised i'm not more rusty after all these weeks.
i even went out onto the streets yesterday to juggle, cos the ceiling was too low. didn't get any hecklers, though i did get some beeps from passing cars.
i miss my clubs.
------------------------------------------------------------
i was going to write something about religion. just read through the jugglers' forum and there were some interesting posts. yes religious posts in a juggling forum. not spam, some personal feud and stuff. it somehow got drifted into what is a "belly of drool" after one side told the other to stand in "a belly of drool". it's damn funny. and then there were pleas to keep the forums juggling related even though "as an athetist i find it enjoyable to see 2 guys arguing about something i dun believe exists".
anyway, i won't post on it....yet. it's getting late and every morning i go to work feeling and looking visibly tired and promising myself i'll sleep early and i never do that. i'm 2 hours off my promised sleeping hour.
time to sleep. i'm supposed to wash my socks. damn.
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