hAted

i feel like, every time i go shopping with my mom, i always end up hating whatever it is im shopping for. today was no different because we went furniture shopping, and then i realized that-----i really HATE furniture shopping. so in the car while i was sulking, i was thinking about the top three things that i really hate shopping for, and i think i have it. actually, im pretty positive i have it.

THIRD
           dress shopping - the first really bad experience was when i went prom shopping with my friend. we literally spent four hours at one mall, going back and forth to each store, searching for that perfect dress. by the fourth time around to those same stores again, i was just like, c'mon already. you can't blame me for being blunt and telling you truthfully that one looks uglier than the other, because that's just my way of telling you to hurry your ass up. the second kind of dress shopping is wedding dress shopping. my sister got married last year, and oh my goodness. not only are those wedding dress shops humongous but boy are those things heavy! i was not happy lifting dress after dress through those stores, trying to side step other people's trains.

SECOND
           furniture shopping - there's not much i can say why i hate doing this, i just do. how hard is it to pick furniture? you have an idea of what you like in your mind, go into a nice store, and find it. of course it has to be comfortable and durable, and i get that, but does it really take six hours to figure that out?

FIRST
           shopping for my mother - only because every thing i buy, she wants to return. it gets frustrating sometimes because sometimes its either too expensive, or too ugly, or not her style. but then if i ever opt to not get her anything, then she'll be upset at me for not getting anything for her. it's really a lose lose situation for me.


PS. 
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-what can i do to get more readers? [i've already posted my link to various forums i visit.]

double take

i was watching the 43 episode of the gem of life just before, and one of ada's outfit caught my eyes.

this is ada wearing this very familiar outfit when she's talking to moses, handing him a cup of coffee. looking at it right away, i was like, wait a second! where have i seen this worn before? then i realized my favorite girl had worn it in a journey called life.

this is linda wearing the same dress/top that ada was wearing in the gem of life and i have to say, it looks better on linda. lol. not because im biased but because in the scene where linda wears this top is when she's pregnant [if my memory is not mistaken] and it really works because it does look like a pregnancy outfit.

when ada wears it, it really does look like she's pregnant when she's not, and yellow just doesn't suit her. and i really didn't think that TVB  would reuse an outfit previously worn on such a big production and on a production where the person who had worn the outfit is part of...

OCDC

my cousin and i were just discussing the other day how we both have some minor OCD [i said it too fast one time and said OCDC--as in ACDC the band...idk. don't ask why] and as we were naming them, i've realized that i've got a lot! but they are minor, i swear  :]

1. if i have one product, let's say my ipod, i'd have to have the accessories for it in the same color. so, my ipod is the classic white and so even if the apple headphones suck and break all the time, i still want it because it's white. my case/covering for my ipod is also white, and so are the other accessories like remote, airport, etc. 
2. my music on my ipod has to have the correct titles, with the correct album name and picture. the titles have to be capitalized as it should be. if the title is in chinese, i will go crazy unless i find the correct title of the song, and it has to be in traditional chinese, it can't be in simplified because i think simplified chinese looks ugly.
3. i can't sleep if my roommate isn't sleeping. if she's up and about or if she's watching tv, i can't do it. i feel like she has to be in bed like me, trying to sleep before i can fall asleep. if she's at her desk working on her computer and making close to no noise, i still can't sleep. but if i know she won't be back i can go to sleep like that, but if i know she's coming back, i'd have to wait for her to come back and wait till she gets in bed before i can sleep.
4. my room has to be clean and arranged as it is. my movies, my makeup accessories, my other knick-knacks have a certain place in my room. and if one of my movies is pushed back a little too far or my lotion is moved an inch from it's spot, i'll know and i'll need it placed back where it is. 
5. i can't have my toothbrush in a cup with other people's toothbrush. even if you're part of my immediate family. no. nope. i don't care how clean your dentist says your mouth is, i can't. 
6. when i brush my teeth, i need to see bubbles. if i don't see bubbles, i don't think my teeth are clean. and i'll most likely start all over again with more toothpaste. 
7. my class notes have to be a certain way too. they have to be dated because that's how i organize my notes. it'll drive me crazy if  my notes are not in the order that it's supposed to be.
8. the hangers in my closet have to be the same color. preferably white. i hate the wooden kinds, and i like those hangers that go through all the way with nothing on the inside...you know, those hangers that are made especially for men's pants. 
9. i can't watch a movie that was previously a book without reading the book. i need to know what happens in the book before i go watch the movie, and it doesn't ruin it for me, but it helps because movies cut out a lot of good parts from the books because there's not enough time, so i like knowing. 
10. my sheets on my bed have to match. i don't mean by color...like, the bed sheet doesn't have to be the same color as the blanket cover, but as long as they match in some way, then i'm good. 

minor things, right?

circle of friends

SCENARIO:

you're going out with two other good friends of yours. and after all the shopping, movie, whatever you do when you go out, you end up going to lunch/dinner. the waiter takes you to a rectangular table for four and both of your friends takes a seat on either side, scooting over one to make room for you.

DILEMA:

what the freak do you do?

PROBLEM:

if you take one side and sit down, then  your other friend, whom you didn't sit with will think:

1. "oh my gosh, she doesn't like me. she likes yada-yada better!"
   
2. "oh god, is it because i smell?" 

DILEMA:

what the freak do you do? 

i was faced with exactly the same situation the other day, and both girls were good friends of mine. i wasn't friends with one more than the other, so what did i do? 

I sat at the head of the table.

you could spare your good friends from thinking that you've gotten lame of them, or that they have any kind of body odor and just be neutral. either that, or you request a circular table. that way, everyone is sitting with everyone and no arguments. viola. 

how to dodge a shoe 101

so we all know that p. bush is good a dodger. we didn't need this video to show us that he's good. nice dodge p. bush. nice dodge.

romancing the world

on the right is the video of il divo and celine dion performing [i believe in you {je crois en toi}]. i know a lot of people don't know who il divo is, but they are a group worth knowing. they are EXCELLENT at what they do, and can completely romance your heart.

facts:

1. "il divo" means divine male
2. the quartet is made up of multinational singers, hailing from Spain, Switzerland, United States, and France
•  David Miller (United States)
  
• Carlos Marín (Spain)
  
• Urs Bühler (Switzerland)
  
• Sébastien Izambard (France)
  
3. they sing in: English, Italian, Spanish, French, and Latin 
4. they've performed with many legends including celine dion and barbara streisand
5. they've had multi-platinum selling albums world wide, with their first album in 2004 topping 13 country's charts
6. and it helps that they're hot [or at least i think sebastien is way hot]

[from left to right: Urs Bühler, Sébastien Izambard, Carlos Marín, and David Miller]  

steroids are not candy

EW.

apparently this guy [gregg valentino] was on so much steroids that his biceps actually exploded.......

celebrities

celebrities are like an elite specimen of people. the paparazzi have a way of making them so beautiful so worship-able, right? RIGHT. that's where you get the super fans that need the 30-feet restraining order. but if you take away all that makeup, all those camera flashes and that man-made wind, you are only left with human.
when we see them on the cover of magazines and rave over their latest movie, we fail to recognize their more than humanistic ways, so let me give me a slight reminder:

they still pick nose. you might never catch them in the act, but they do it. everyone's got boogers that hurt their nose. 

they still pick their teeth. whether they floss or use the old fashioned tooth pick, they still do it because they still eat right? and even if they don't eat, they'd still vomit and vomiting stuff back out can make it get stuck in their teethes. 


they still fart. no one's farts smell pretty and that includes celebrities. but can you imagine being an assistant? maybe the celebrity may ask you to spray perfume right behind them after they've let one rip... O_O

they still pick lint off their feet. i don't care if their socks are made of cashmere, things still get stuck in between your toes. 

they still poop and pee. yeah...i don't have to say why. 

i think the reason why we don't realize they still do these things is that we think that beautiful people don't need to bother with these things. and also because we don't want to imagine them doing these nasty things [things that we find nasty]. think about it. i bet you can't say that you've never thought of brad pitt pooping on his porcelain toilet or that natalie portman may just well pick her nose right before eating her dinner.