.joan’s permanent diaries.

Entries from December 2007

did santa give you what you wanted?

December 27, 2007 · 2 Comments

before i came, i swore to god i’ll blog like everyday coz i want to remember everyday wtf

but now look at me LOOK AT ME so lazy hanging out and spending time out that i hardly stay home quietly. i didn’t work much too, and i don’t care.

so i’ve been staying in a friend’s place over at Daly City past few days and spending xmas in SF. and my 2nd fine dining yesterday.

people come to the States and save all their money up their ass. but i stay in a suite all by myself, and have expensive food every one day or another. and i’m happy WTF how many times do you get to come here for a period of time and stay in a hotel and act like a millionaire wtf

ok tomorrow i’m going to Daly City and spend the weekend there. and then i’m going to see Kevin on Sunday and spend new year with him

this is from last week. i hadn’t taken much photos lately, because the people i hang out with, and the place i hang out at, is slightly above my par and i shouldn’t act like sua ku and take photo all the time wtf

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i am so tired i just couldn’t pose anymore

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me & my humble little car

Categories: USA

winter is the new summer

December 24, 2007 · 9 Comments

i forgot how much i love being here. staying in msia close to 2 years is slowly burning off whatever desire i have in me..like vampire sucking all my blood out.

now i’m revived wtf

even though it means i’m all alone here but it totally doesn’t matter wtf i love winter. i love wearing jackets like bak zhang. i love people greeting me and calling me ma’am everywhere i go. i love driving at night with the window down and cool air brushing my face. i love the radio it plays songs from different genre. i love going to McD and say “for here” even though i hate McD. i love driving on the right wtf. i love singing to linkin park bleed it out then colbie cailat bubbly on top of my lungs.

ok enough.

i’ve been busy the past few days going around gps-less being adventurous wtf

here’s a sneak peak

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here’s me trying to show you how huge the pillar from the Palace of Fine Arts is

it happens that everytime i take photo i’m with the same jacket wtf i’ll try to make sure i’ll wear the white or the black one i have the next time wtf

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here’s me VERY x10000 HAPPY coz i finally bought my favourite egg tart which i’ve lusted for 2 freaking yrs wtf after queueing up for 10 minutes out in the cold

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this is the very delicious *slurp egg tart from kam mun that will end up in my stomach in 5 seconds

ok people i have tons more photos to show you. but i’m tired right now.

so..

MERRY XMAS GUYS!!! HAVE A SAFE TRIP TO WHEREVER YOU’RE GOING!!!

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till then XOXO bye

Categories: Christmas · Loved Ones · USA

happy birthday to me

December 20, 2007 · 3 Comments

hello all

i have the best birthday this year <3 so many gifts & most important of all, i LOVE all the gifts <3

love to all who wished me, greeted me through all ways, sms, calls, e-greetings, IMs.

love to all who celebrated with me in whatever ways

love to all who gave me all the birthday gifts. i love all of them

i am so so so touched <3 *sob sob

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happy birthday to me!! (from office’s toilet wtf they have a full length mirror)

i’m so happy i keep taking photos

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and photos (shamlessly)

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and photos..again..coz i’m so happy la la la la ~

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i hope i have this kind of birthday every year la la la la ~

i wanted to post the birthday photos and gifts but they’re all in my mobile phone, but my laptop bluetooth decided to stop working so i can’t transfer them.

Categories: Birthdays · I Love Me · Loved Ones

rainy cloudy wintery

December 19, 2007 · Leave a Comment

as though it isn’t cold enough, it has to rain everyday here. i was a rambo the other day when i walked out WITHOUT a jacket. i acknowledged my stupidity. u’d wonder why i would shiver that much even though i have so much fat enveloping me wtf -_-”

i got to know this chinese guy sitting 2 cubes away from me.

he invited me to lunch today and he asked when did i arrive in SC. last weekend i said. he replied no wonder. it was really sunny last week with beautiful sun. and your presence brought storm

WTF

birthday celebration & gifts up next entry

Categories: Random Babbling · USA

1st day at work

December 18, 2007 · 5 Comments

i missed my breakfast that morning and went to bed instead. all kevin leong’s fault that i woke up at 12 instead of 10. i shouldn’t have slept!

so that makes yesterday night the 2nd night in a row i didn’t sleep wtf

went shopping in gilroy

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didn’t buy anything except a pair of shorts which i can’t wear now unless i want to freeze to death wtf

and dinner sucks to the max. i went to this chinese place right opposite of red robin “Yan Can”.

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you know something is wrong when an american own the chinese restaurant and all the cooks are american

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this hong kong style pan-fried noodle is not as nice as it seem to be. and it costs me 10 USD wtf

today’s my 1st day at work. met up with my counterpart which happens to be taiwanese. nice guy talk a lot friendly blah blah blah

but he took me to the cafeteria for lunch -_-” and he told me that the fettucini is not bad but he’s not going to order it because the portion is small

so i ordered fettucini. turns out it’s so big it’s good for 2 person. and he himself ordered like a salad which is just nice for a little kid. he said he’s a small eater.

i didn’t finish my fettucini even though i could. just to prove i’m a small eater too WTF

Categories: USA

bufffffday

December 17, 2007 · 3 Comments

OMG my birthday is in 3 days

and i’m going to celebrate it ALONE

celebrating myself getting another year older wtf

Categories: Birthdays · USA

jet lagging

December 16, 2007 · 3 Comments

hello

it’s 7.33am and i haven’t sleep yet

the sun’s up already

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ok i’m going to wash up then go down for breakfast.

bye bye

Categories: USA

i’m back Mr Ronald

December 16, 2007 · 3 Comments

well so i slept at 3 am yesterday and woke up at 6pm..PM PM? yeah i slept through the whole day.

i heard the housekeeping came twice, practically knocking my door down, because i had the door locked from inside, but i was too tired to budge

searched for the Thai cuisine and headed for

the 1st one – Amarin Thai Cuisine. 10 mins.Closed.

to the 2nd – Bard Thai. 6 mins. Closed.

to the 3rd – Thai Thai. 5 mins. No where in sight.

ok Thai food here must be closed on Saturdays. Searched for Japanese. another 5 mins.

the place is well-lit and the sign behind the door says OPEN. good! i turned off my engine, grabbed my handbag and walked towards it. Pull the door. no, didn’t work. Push, no didn’t work. the door is just not opening.

YOU MUST BE KIDDING ME it’s CLOSED again????????

i walked 5 minutes across the street to another row of stores. and ended up eating

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ok anyone who knows me would know how much i hated MrMcdonalds and never in my life i would shove any McD burger down my throat since my last US visit. YEAH RIGHT wtf

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i wanted to do some grocery shopping and went to Wells Fargo coz i thought the name sou nded like a grocery store. AHAHAHAHA what an idiot it’s a bank. i knew Well Fargo is a bank why on earth did i think i could get groceries there wtf

ended up in 7-11 coz i need to get a mineral water bottle for fibre wtf

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tomorrow i’m going to Gilroy to do some shopping

Categories: I Love Me · USA

to the life of tap water drinking

December 15, 2007 · 3 Comments

i celebrated birthday earlier but i’ll blog about that later coz i haven’t have time to download the photos. but it was definitely superb

for now,

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hello SQ2

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i get the isle & emergency exit seat so i get plenty of leg space in return of the small seat coz i couldn’t get direct flights

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hello 1st dinner pan-fried fish+bread+butter+ham salad+orange juice+cornetto wtf

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hello Hong Kong toilet wtf this was after 36 hours of non-sleep i’m darn tired at that time transit in and out in and out.

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hello San Francisco

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hello Air Train

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hello 2008 Ford Fusion

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hello Suite

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hello Super Comfy bed

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hello Work Desk

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hello Me

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*cold feet*

total travel time = 23 hours plus transit time. and i’m having a headache now already

Categories: I Love Me · USA

‘powderful england’

December 11, 2007 · Leave a Comment

i was in the 5th floor in the mall when a woman approached me and asked if i know where to pay her parking ticket. i wanted to tell her the machine is in the n4th floor, instead, i went “it’s one…one…one..hmm it’s one..”

yeah that’s basically what i said. the woman looked at me and went “you mean the machine is one floor down?”

i felt like knocking my head to the wall at that time wtf the woman must be thinking what an idiot i am can’t speak proper english

my dad used to converse in english with us back when we were kids. when i grow up, people around me tend to speak mandarin only, and i had to speak mandarin, to be able to blend in wtf

and then i remember how my dad used his friendship card to get me in the English tuition class by one of his ‘friends’ whom he has not talked to in 10 years wtf because i missed the qualification exam. (yes u heard correctly we need qualification exams to enroll in the class)

and then i remember how my tuition teacher told me that i have a good basics and i am a darn fast learner. however i disappointed him because i stopped learning at one stage. and i’m too proud to believe him and keep thinking that i’m the best wtf

so i’m ashamed.

i’m ashamed today because i could not even construct a sentence as simple as telling a woman that the machine is downstairs.

i’m ashamed today because my dad has taught me to be a better person than this.

and i swear to god that i’ll continue to do more readings, which i used to love a lot when i was a kid and stopped doing, without any reason wtf

T__________________________T

Categories: Random Babbling