Dolphins are dying

We always hear about protecting the environment, saving endangered species and while I could debate some points on that, this article about dolphins washing up the shores is mysteriously scary. Well, maybe scary is not the right term, but its just odd. I would really like to know whats going on and how they ended up there. I like dolphins, I don't want them to die.

Tired now, even though I didn't work that long today. I think its the jet lag and the lack of sleep thats giving me a bit of a headache. Oh well, I need to merge some stuff and get something out to my co-workers today.

Back!

It went by so fast, my vacation. I miss the warm weather. It was good while it lasted, but now, back to work, for another month before I take off again.
I am going to be bummed from working late nites and taking off again soon. But I am definitely looking forward to it.

One thing I learnt from travelling, which I should have known by now, is, pack light when you go somewhere. Bring abundance of underwear, but don't worry about t-shirts + pants as much. You always end up shopping + have lots of souvenirs + some gifts to bring back, so make sure I have lots of room to bring things back. :p
Also, carry an extra empty backpack, easier to walk around instead of carrying so much stuff, when touring + more space for bringing back stuff.

Highlights of my trip
- snorkeling, awesome awesome, to be swimming with fishes
- sun + sand + water
- attempts to ride the wave
- food
- pineapple
- tanks + shorts + air-con
- limos + convertible (taking a limo to airport was cheaper than a taxi)
- massage
- lots of fun pics of course.

Happy B-day, Sly!!

alright, no more slacking. work work.

No work

I am supposed to be working this wkend, a lot!
Reasons:
1. I am behind on schedule, so need to catch up on work.
2. Going on vacation, so need to make up for lost time
3. In bug hell

Friday nite: went for dinner, shot some hoops (i'm getting old, getting tired so easily), watches some movies with bunch of co-workers and before you know it, its so late already.
Btw, when we went for dinner and came out from restaurant, I swear, the temperature dropped like 5 deg C. So cold.

Saturday: woke up late, got a free movie ticket so watch "National Treasure". It was entertaining and pretty good. :)
Then had a house party at a friend's co-worker's place. Huge huge house, more than 4000 sq feet and I got some Thai spices + recipes. hee hee

Now: back home, fixing some compile errors. yes i know its late sat nite. :p

New Cdn Bill

Canada has a new $50 currency. I want to see what it looks like. Wonder if its going to be difficult to get. Should be ok, if I go to some Canadian bank.

On a different note, my sty is better, my weight gain is not. Last time I went to the gym and weighed myself, oh my gosh!! F-A-T!

chum, chum, let me know where you are going to be christmas time. Haven't seen you in ages!! :)

Sty

I got sty in my eye. Left eye. Been checking out too much "ham sap" stuff.
Went to check with the doctor today. Haven't been to a doctor in a long long while. Somehow I always get recommended to a chinese doctor. I don't think I've been to many non-chinese family doctors in Canada or US.

So stuffed again. I eat too much and get stuffed like a pig. No wonder I am gaining weight like crazy. Why do I like food so much? Cos its yummy. :p

Steamed juicy little buns

Went to chinese restaurant this wkend for a friend's b-day for lunch. Different kind of lunch. I had hot soy milk, never had that before, it was pretty good. We ordered a bunch of "siu lung pow" - steamed juicy little buns. So yummy. Its funny how the transalation turned out so different from the real chinese name, but it was pretty appropriate.

So many b-days this wkend. Friday was another friend's b-day and I went out even though I didn't know him too well. Funny to watch a bunch of them drunk. I think the night scene is getting pretty boring here. I want to go somewhere new.

I was pretty moody this wkend, for no good reason too. :p

Oh, I went to watch a magic show this sat. Very good, very very impressive. Some of the tricks were ok. You wonder if there were sensors there or wonder if they folded some things someway. Overall, it was really entertaining and the disappearing tricks never fail to amaze me. And the magician cracked a lot of jokes. Some of them were pretty mean, but hilarious, nevertheless.

I got myself some suitcases this sunday. Need them for my travelling trips soon. :)
I wonder if I got ripped off. haha.. I hope not.

So much going on this wkend. I was supposed to work and I did do some work, but not much at all. This is bad bad bad. Instead, I went swimming, play squash, go out eat, watch this/that, become fat. hehe
I gained 2 more lbs. :(
I think that summarizes my wkend.

Soo much stuff

How big is the web? This was a question that came up when I was reading an article on search engines. I think the only safe thing we can say is that its constantly growing. There's just so much information out there and so many different point of views on things.

Btw, Scott Peterson found guilty by the jury, for anyone thats been keeping track of the case.

Gunk!

Its like my word of the week or something. I keep saying "Gunk!" or "All these gunk!"
Anyways, I went to watch "Return to the Forbidden Planet" today. Its a musical thats not really well known in the US. It wasn't as good as expected. Maybe I had un-realistically high expectations of it, since I watched "Guys and Dolls" last year and it was pretty awesome. The cast wasn't as good and there was just too much singing.
Btw, this is not done by pros. The cast/director all have other full time jobs and they are doing this out of hobby/interest. So, the amount of work they put into it is pretty impressive.

Tried out my pork chop recipe the other day. I thought it might get too tough, with too much cooking. I can't usually tell, but the recipe said cooking it for 8-12 mins and it seemed pretty cooked after 8, so I took it off. Turned out pretty good. Honey pork chop. :p

Most of you might not know about the trouble in J&K in India. But Pakistan and India have been fighting for the longest time and the area most affected is J&K. But good news! Indian PM is going to reduce the troops in that area. It reminded me of a movie I was watching the other day, called "Main Hoon Na", which was about Indian making a first move to start peace talks. It was a pretty good movie. :)

Picture Up!

This is me!

That was to replace the last one. I think I look much much better on this pic. :p

Crazy Gamers

Its funny to see how Halo 2 has got the gamers so excited. Maybe its because I don't play the game. Either ways, its insane.

*yawn*. I was such a lazy butt today. Alarm went off, snoozed it twice, then promptly shut it after and went right back to sleep. :p
Good to sleep. Becoming a bad habit though that I am picking up from a boy.

Haha... I was talking to a friend about an interesting topic today. Rolls, and no its not a food roll. Its rolls of fat that you see on your body. An example would be the tummy roll. This came up, because if you noticed, I'm getting fat and the rolls are coming. Hehe...

Oh, passed by a tub of chocolate covered pretzels and popcorns today at work. I refrain from it yesterday (hehe.. mostly because I didn't notice it), but today, I dipped my hand into it. Took a couple of popcorns. Pretty yum..

My pants are tightening. :(

Tired..

I'm pretty tired these days, I dunno why. Fell asleep so easily the last couple of days. Its pretty good to fall asleep instantaneously, but I also feel tired during the day, which is not so good. Found a recipe for honey pork chop today. I wonder how its going to turn out, marinated for overnight. Also, got a canned curry mix. :)

mota, moti
oh, so cutey
eating lots
getting fats

Thats a dumb poem for me. Why? You guessed it, I'm becoming fat.

Incredible

Went to watch The Incredibles today. It was good. Not as cute as Nemo, but definitely hilarious. Very very creative.
Today, I witnessed a fire alarm at a movie theater. I wasn't watching movie int that theater, just went in to get tickets, but theater was closed. They ushered everyone out, to stand in the cold for a bit. There was a lot of people, esp since it was saturday evening. If it was a prank, horrible prank. Good thing was, people were guaranteed the movies will continue in a bit and they would get a free ticket for another time.

I cooked today, after a long long time of no cooking. The most I cook these days is to bake a pizza, make instant noodles or bake chicken wings or tenders. It was good to eat some manchurian chicken and home cooked veggies. I should cook more, it helps me relieve stress. I made sago today. Been wanting to make it in a while. hehe..

Removed

I am just testing this out. :)
Where do you store your pictures on blogger? Right now, I am using Hello to upload this picture. I look at the HTML and it says the image is store in some photos.blogger.com
I guess I should investigate further.
Btw, this pic is not new.

Note: pic removed. :)

Airlines going bankrupt

I keep hearing about airlines going bankrupt. Most of them quoted rising fuel prices as the main reason. While I understand the short supply with the heavy demand of fuel pushing the prices up, there is a reason why more fuel are needed. Obesity. Haha, bet you didn't think associate airplane bankruptcy with obesity. Its a faint link but a link nevertheless.
Talking about obesity, I am getting fat, SO fat. I need to start slimming down so I can look ok in my bikini, in 3 weeks. :p
So tough, I am a junk food addict and have a super sweet tooth. I eat snacks like crazy, oily, greasy snacks. yum yum.. Anyways, this morning, I had a craving for snacks/candy. So when I went out during lunch, I was gonna get myself a bag of gummies + some chips. But I passed by the bikini section before I hit the candy section. It made me turn around, no candy, no chips. Pretty proud I didn't grab them. Lets see how long I can hold off.
I had a cup of tea early this morning. I used to drink a cup everyday, haven't done so in a while, so when I had a cup this morning, I was so jittery. I didn't even finish my tea, maybe I should drink it up now. I don't know how people can drink so much coffee everyday. I guess you get used to it. :)

House-warming

Whats a good house-warming gift? Should it depend on the person who's throwing the house-warming, ie, house owners? I guess in a way it should since it depends on what the person has/owns and what he/she needs. I always thought kitchen appliances would be a good idea and/or some cool display sets which can be used as well, like a fancy bowl set for parties, some decor around the house.
Of course, chinese parents tend to think differently. Get things that are useful and can be used, which does not include decor stuff. hehe... maybe they are right. How do you know what their tastes are, unless you know them pretty well?
2 house-warming coming up. Well, one I cannot make, the other... dunno if its really happening.
I need to get my own place.
Chums, if you are reading this, get well sooon. Take care in Jpn. :)

Oh I have to post this article up, its sooo funny. Be sure to check out the video, you can't really hear anything, but its worth the watch. :p

As per request

I am going to put down more personal stuff. This one is for you, Tey!
I like colouring. I am becoming a kid. I don't think I liked colouring much as a kid. I remember not having the patience to sit down and make sure I didn't colour outside of lines. I used colour pencils and some areas became too dark, while other areas were too light and I was displeased with my uneven colouring. I didn't like crayons because they felt greasy. I don't remember why I didn't do water painting much.
But now, I like colouring. I don't know if I have the patience to sit and colour properly, but at least the interest is there. :p
Maybe I can use colouring to train my patience and try to extend it. haha...

I am becoming so lazy or so americanized. I had to correct myself each time I typed in colour, because I kept writing colour without a 'u'. Seems like my fingers are getting themselves trained to type "color". :)

One of my friends made a comment that I am writing my emails in codes. haha... its so bad. My work is spilling over and taking over my life. Its funny though. I like using codes, because its more short and to the point. :p

Pain

Or the lack of it, is bad.
Take this little girl, who doesn't know what pain is. While most of us at first would think it is a good thing, on further reflection, the consequences are pretty bad. If you read some of the things the girl does and how she doesn't understand its pain in scary.

Canada is coming out with the first coloured coin. It has a poppy in the middle to pay homage to Canadians who died in service for the country. I wonder how the coin is going to look like. Its a quarter. Is the toonie not considered coloured? Its only available at Timmy's, so grab them hot off the plate. :p