("Chariot" - Gavin Degraw, Stripped)
Didn't do much this weekend. Mostly lounged with the pup and today I've got to do some laundry or I'll run out of clean underwear.
I had the weirdest dream yesterday. As always, it was a series of events I fear that will happen in real life.
I dunno why I started this entry, I can't think of much to write. Maybe I'll write later.
Sunday, August 13, 2006
Thursday, August 10, 2006
I don't wanna get too close...
("Nice to Meet You Anyway" - Gavin DeGraw, Stripped) <--- addicted to this song right now
Wow, I have such a headache. And I'm feeling kind of heartachy.
Up until the moment I sat down at my desk this morning and realized today is our intern lunch day, I've been strangely, thoroughly convinced for the last 24 hours that today is a Wednesday. If our lunch wasn't today, I think I might have finished the week off not knowing what day it was.
21 people were arrested on their way from the UK to the US for liquid bombs. Media says this was Al Queda driven. Anyway, I imagine this whole thing will badly affect Ricardo since the mother company is in the UK and our people are flying back and forth daily. Needless to say, Catherine and I will probably be driving instead of flying to Chicago. I wonder how they got the tip off about the liquids or if security just picked it up or something.
Kinda got a lot going on at work, but it gets repetitive. I'm ready for tomorrow and this weekend.
Oh yeah, I finally "moved in" at work. I have a snack drawer, posted some pictures, comics, important phone extentions, and I've got shelves.
Hey this is kind of funny. Claude sent me to buy this camera a few months back and we were playing around with it. He goes, "This is like one of those picture that girls take when they meet Justin Timberlake and want to take a picture of themselves with him or something." And then he takes this :)
And this is Owen. Kind of the typical, geeky IT guy, but he's funny:
I decided to take my "comments" section off this blog because I kept getting all these ridiculous spam comments. Besides, I haven't made this blog public yet except for showing a couple of people.
What am I doing this weekend? I don't know. Winky is back in the US so I think I'll have dinner with her. Or maybe I'll just lounge.
Wow I don't I've ever rambled this much in an entry recently. I think I'll stop now.
Wow, I have such a headache. And I'm feeling kind of heartachy.
Up until the moment I sat down at my desk this morning and realized today is our intern lunch day, I've been strangely, thoroughly convinced for the last 24 hours that today is a Wednesday. If our lunch wasn't today, I think I might have finished the week off not knowing what day it was.
21 people were arrested on their way from the UK to the US for liquid bombs. Media says this was Al Queda driven. Anyway, I imagine this whole thing will badly affect Ricardo since the mother company is in the UK and our people are flying back and forth daily. Needless to say, Catherine and I will probably be driving instead of flying to Chicago. I wonder how they got the tip off about the liquids or if security just picked it up or something.
Kinda got a lot going on at work, but it gets repetitive. I'm ready for tomorrow and this weekend.
Oh yeah, I finally "moved in" at work. I have a snack drawer, posted some pictures, comics, important phone extentions, and I've got shelves.
Hey this is kind of funny. Claude sent me to buy this camera a few months back and we were playing around with it. He goes, "This is like one of those picture that girls take when they meet Justin Timberlake and want to take a picture of themselves with him or something." And then he takes this :)
And this is Owen. Kind of the typical, geeky IT guy, but he's funny:
I decided to take my "comments" section off this blog because I kept getting all these ridiculous spam comments. Besides, I haven't made this blog public yet except for showing a couple of people.What am I doing this weekend? I don't know. Winky is back in the US so I think I'll have dinner with her. Or maybe I'll just lounge.
Wow I don't I've ever rambled this much in an entry recently. I think I'll stop now.
Tuesday, August 08, 2006
Fondue me - hahaha :)
Aside from roses and a card, this stud took me out for a romantic evening at The Melting Pot on Sunday for our anniversary :) There are only three in Michigan and I've been begging him for a long time to take me to the one in Troy. But recently, one just opened in Novi. Yvonne and I couldn't even get in without reservations a couple weeks ago.
Here's the cheddar cheese fondue with bread, apples, and assorted veggies...
Here's the Signature Selection cooked with a Bourguignonne (cholesterol free canola oil). This came with yellow squash, broccoli, potatoes, mushrooms, chicken, beef, beef teryaki, fish, shrimp, five sauces (curry, chipotle, teryaki, sour cream & chives, and gargonzola cheese), and two bread coatings (tempura and a thicker sesame seed coating). Ohhh my gosh it was sooo good!
Here's the cheddar cheese fondue with bread, apples, and assorted veggies...
Here's the Signature Selection cooked with a Bourguignonne (cholesterol free canola oil). This came with yellow squash, broccoli, potatoes, mushrooms, chicken, beef, beef teryaki, fish, shrimp, five sauces (curry, chipotle, teryaki, sour cream & chives, and gargonzola cheese), and two bread coatings (tempura and a thicker sesame seed coating). Ohhh my gosh it was sooo good!
Monday, August 07, 2006
The gang's all here!
Well early Saturday, Colleen and I went shopping and the out to lunch at Mongolian BBQ. It was very Americanized, but still very good. Here's a random "non-posing" pictures of her:
Everything worked out great at out little reunion :) I don't know why I always worry about our reunions and stuff because we always hit it off. The guys were actually joking about it how the relationships have changed. And it was sooo good to see my girl Cat again.
Funny thing too - we're stuck on the highway and there's a convertible next to us. I go, "wow that looks like Chad" and Dusan goes, "omg that is Chad!" So I rolled down the window and was like "IS THAT YOU CHAD SCHMIDT?! WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN AMERICA?!" and it was. So I got his number and I guess he's back in the US for a little bit. I hope he doesn't leave soon so I get a chance to talk to him.
Here are "then" pictures from like... 3 years ago:
^ Here's our last reunion
^ Homecoming in 2003 
^ Ypsilanti after GLR - right when we leaned in to take this picture, we bumped heads (which is why we're laughing)
^ Just a random summer day where Dusan and I were making fun of Catalina's "curlies" and he sat on her back to tug on her curlies
^ Kyle and me back when we were together
Everything worked out great at out little reunion :) I don't know why I always worry about our reunions and stuff because we always hit it off. The guys were actually joking about it how the relationships have changed. And it was sooo good to see my girl Cat again.
Funny thing too - we're stuck on the highway and there's a convertible next to us. I go, "wow that looks like Chad" and Dusan goes, "omg that is Chad!" So I rolled down the window and was like "IS THAT YOU CHAD SCHMIDT?! WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN AMERICA?!" and it was. So I got his number and I guess he's back in the US for a little bit. I hope he doesn't leave soon so I get a chance to talk to him.
Oh yeah, the guy in the middle is Chad (the other two are Nitin and Dusan). This is from ATL two years ago:
Anyway, here's are "now" pictures of the gang from this past Saturday's Tigers game:
Here are "then" pictures from like... 3 years ago:
^ Here's our last reunion
^ Homecoming in 2003 
^ Ypsilanti after GLR - right when we leaned in to take this picture, we bumped heads (which is why we're laughing)
^ Just a random summer day where Dusan and I were making fun of Catalina's "curlies" and he sat on her back to tug on her curlies
^ Kyle and me back when we were togetherFriday, August 04, 2006
I dare you to impress me
He's about a pound heavier (you can tell real easily). Here's an updated picture of my baby:
Woow lots going on. Should I write the events backwards? I'll start with today. I went shopping with D yesterday on one of our late-night-Meijer runs for some random snacks and presents for the cousins. I bought two electronic Sudoku games, three 20 Q games, a stuffed animal for the baby, barbie clothes, two shirts, and some cute towels. I'm glad I thought of the 20 Q because Hans loved it and it makes him have to learn English. I think I'll be back to buy another 20 Q for myself.
I guess last night, my mom looked at Hans' itinerary and was like, "omg he's not leaving Saturday, he's leaving tomorrow!" So the rest of my plans of taking the day off to spend time with him ice skating, shopping, and arcade-ing went down the drain. Today we helped him pack and off he was off to the airport. I love my cousin but I gotta say, with all the chaos around here, it's a good time for him to return home. Oh how I miss Taiwan when I think about it.
Back tracking a little bit to Wednesday, I got a raise! Yayyy! I guess Jeremy (the president of Ricardo) was talking to Claude about Veronica and me, and after seeing some of the work I had done for Chris, suggested in giving me a raise. I was telling Dusan the other day that I think of Claude as a mentor/boss to be one of those people who will know when to tell me what to do in order for me to grow as an employee in the business world. Wasn't I right? I feel like I have added so much value to myself and my work life over the last few months because of Claude. And his laugh is so funny! I think this is one of the best environments I can surround myself in during this place and time.
Cedar Point with the boys: hottest day of my life! Pictures are here of course...
A new word I like: penultimate. Meaning next to last.
I guess I have a free night tonight! What am I going to do? :) Tomorrow is the reunion with the old gang and I am excited!
Woow lots going on. Should I write the events backwards? I'll start with today. I went shopping with D yesterday on one of our late-night-Meijer runs for some random snacks and presents for the cousins. I bought two electronic Sudoku games, three 20 Q games, a stuffed animal for the baby, barbie clothes, two shirts, and some cute towels. I'm glad I thought of the 20 Q because Hans loved it and it makes him have to learn English. I think I'll be back to buy another 20 Q for myself.
I guess last night, my mom looked at Hans' itinerary and was like, "omg he's not leaving Saturday, he's leaving tomorrow!" So the rest of my plans of taking the day off to spend time with him ice skating, shopping, and arcade-ing went down the drain. Today we helped him pack and off he was off to the airport. I love my cousin but I gotta say, with all the chaos around here, it's a good time for him to return home. Oh how I miss Taiwan when I think about it.
Back tracking a little bit to Wednesday, I got a raise! Yayyy! I guess Jeremy (the president of Ricardo) was talking to Claude about Veronica and me, and after seeing some of the work I had done for Chris, suggested in giving me a raise. I was telling Dusan the other day that I think of Claude as a mentor/boss to be one of those people who will know when to tell me what to do in order for me to grow as an employee in the business world. Wasn't I right? I feel like I have added so much value to myself and my work life over the last few months because of Claude. And his laugh is so funny! I think this is one of the best environments I can surround myself in during this place and time.
On Tuesday, I found out that Gary finally proposed to Catherine. Her ring is goregous - I have to guess it's more than 2 carats altogether. It's the kind of ring that blinds you when you look at it because it is loaded with diamonds. It's like this below. Not that I look for rings online or anything.
A new word I like: penultimate. Meaning next to last.I guess I have a free night tonight! What am I going to do? :) Tomorrow is the reunion with the old gang and I am excited!
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