shirbo

Yesterday was almost a nice and warm sunny day, just a little breeze, that's it. So me and Mike decided to go to Wonderland since we got our Season Pass. I drove to his work place which is in the west side near Wonderland and went together from there. I didn't get to his work place to 5:30 and when we got to Wonderland, I had a strange feeling. The rides weren't moving and it seemed kind of...dead. We drove up to the gates where they have those green and red lights and they were all red. We went up closer and saw their hours of operation sign: We are open from 10am-6pm. That is outrageous. Who in their right mind will go between those times? So then we wasted our time going up there and I wasted my time going into the west end during rush hour. Half of my tank of gas was gone in 1 day. =(

One more thing, I have a 25% off coupon for the Phanton of the Opera tickets. I was just wondering if any of you girls want any because I have plenty. Let me know! One thing before you consider though, it's only good for Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 8pm at certain sections through until June 14. Regular priced tickets are $98 and with this coupon you'll pay only $68.50. So let me know if you're interested!

Seto

So something funny happened today that made me think of my childhood. Aquafina water is on sale at No Frills, and since it's my favourite brand of water I told my parents that we have to go there and buy all that we can! The littlest one came with us and he was sulking the whole time! I can still hear him being grumpy downstairs about it. I think it's because he found it embarrassing that we're cheating the 2 cases/family limitation. He said it's cheating and he hates it. So this brought about a few thoughts.

1) I remember when I was little, I hated going shopping with my parents and seeing them cheat the system like that. I found it embarrassing and always wondered why Chinese people have to be so cheap. I started to feel ashamed of Chinese people and I came pretty close to turning my back on my own culture. I'm so glad I didn't, I find it's a pretty sad thing to lose your own culture and language. The second brother is a pretty good example of this and I do pity him sometimes, although he's quite happy so I guess it doesn't really matter.

2) I understand now why I used to feel that way and it's the same with my brother. He's young and he doesn't understand the value of money and how hard people have to work for it. He's innocent and still believe in a just world where people shouldn't cheat. I'd like him to stay innocent as long as he can, I'm glad his sense of justice is so strong.

3) I think university has changed me a lot on the inside. The way I think, the way I view the world now. It's little things like these that make me feel that leaving home and schooling in a different city is a good experience. The content learned at school could be learned just as well at any other school if you have enough interest and effort is put in. Sure there's the reputation and blah blah blah, but that's all marketing, it's just a brand. But I find that living in Waterloo taught me a lot of life lessons that I'll remember for the rest of my life. Living in any other city other than Toronto would've taught me these things I believe, but Toronto will always be the city I'll come running back to because this is where my family and friends are.

Seto

Tee that's like the same promo that they had a million years ago. It's alright my life is boring too.

Kinda stressed right now, the report is due in four days, analysis is not done, I don't even know how to use the program! Outline is not that great, they changed the approach on me today, have to start from scratch. I'm tearing my hair out. I'm lacking sleep but turning into an insomniac...that didn't make sense...damnit...I don't think my report is gonna make any sense either.

Worried.

Tee

why did everyone stop posting? i'm sure theres lots of interesting stories, it doesn't even have to be interesting an embarrassing story is good too. here, i'll start..hmmm.. uuummm...hmmmm oh i know, you can get a free ipod if you switch to td canada trust starting today...haha... my life is boring

Shanno

So i ended up not getting the job afterall... because apparently they wanted someone to start asap and i will be away too long. OH well. I guess i'll come back home and be on the job hunt =).

See you all soon!

Seto

My dad's car got broken into at 6 in the morning! Fuckin' dude, making me lose sleep, hope he gets hit by a freakin' car.

Nothing is going well in life right now, so damn cranky.

pictures

we didn't take too many photos that friday, heres what i have

Tee

hello,

back from my trip to punta cana. the weather was great and the beaches were amazing. didn't get such a big tan but i came back darker then when i left. i put up just a few pictures on www.myspace.com/thihoan if you wanted to check them out.

Shanno

Here's an update:

- Sunday was Francis and my one yr anniversary! It was GREAT :)
- Friday morning at 6am my team and I will be heading off to Bolivia (can't wait)!

ermm.. i'm still waiting on Hewitt to see if i got the job or not. Keep you posted! Sorry, i am wayy too tired to type anymore!

OH - this will probably be my last post before heading off on friday cuz i have a number of things to do still. =) After the Friday, I probably won't be checking this blog until Monday Jun 11th, which is convocation day :) Anyone up for a celebratory dinner that evening?

Seto - Another Wave of Depression

I feel another wave of depression engulfing me. My first real job in the outside world is teaching me that I'm not the fast learner that I thought I was. I'm not as good at using MS Office applications as I thought I was. And I definitely am not a person that takes initiatives. After confirming all of the things listed above, and various others, I've come to the conclusion that I am quite the failure and have no idea how I'm going to carry on with the rest of my co-op term. I dread going to work every morning and I desperately want the term to end so I can just go back to school and let it shield me from the horrors of the working world.

Hopefully, yoga can make me feel better tomorrow.

Seto's Thoughts on Phantom

I really should've said something about the musical right after we saw it but the day we saw Phantom was a particularly frustrating day for me so I decided not to.

Now after 5 hours of tiring pool playing and then 6 hours of great sleep I will let you know how my first experience with the Phantom was.

Overall I thought it was good, but from a critical point of view...

• after hearing Shanno's talks about the original chandelier scene, THIS chandelier was somewhat of a disappointment
• I'm still really mystified as to how they did that stuff with the candles, that was my favourite part
• lots of fire, it was quite a hot performance
  
• the opening scene was really cool, I wonder if they did the same in the first one...
• the singing was good but at times very hard on the ears, especially from the sopranos
  
• I'd have to agree with Shanno's friend Danielle, the lead female was no Sarah Brightman, and I don't think anyone ever will live up to the way she played Christine
• as actors, though, everyone in the cast did a very good job, and compared to the movie version...an excellent job!
• want to read the original novel it's based on now

So anyone who hasn't seen it should really go and see it.

Shanno and I wanna go and see We Will Rock You, what you think ladies? Shall we plan for another date???

Mya

...
So continue on with my last post,

i was furious and yes it did come across my mind to beat the shiet out of this girl...but i held my anger and told her there was no point in fighting her because she's just a waste of my time. I walked away and just relaxed outside in the breezey weather and then around 1:30am Me and Alfred said our farewells to the friends and the bride and groom. Got home but didn't end up sleeping till 3 something, it was still bothering me inside just because it was sooo unexpected.

Next morning around 11am alfred's house phone rang and guessed who that might be? Yes it was his friend calling to say that him and HER (ex's sister) are just around the corner from alfred's house and they want to have a talk with us. I had no intention of going out there because in my head i was afraid i might do something stupid which i will regret in the future. Alfred managed to convince me to hear them out...alright i will let her speak her mind once more.

The boys sat in front of the house while her and I had a little stroll around the neighbourhood. She told me she felt so stupid for what happened the night before and that it was under the influence of alcohol. I told her that's not an excuse for it and what she did came from her heart....she once said before that she'd "fuck me up" if she can and she did try to cause something the night before. She apologized, but i told her i can not accept her apology at the moment because in my head i don't exactly know what her motives are. She has always wanted a piece of me and how can she possibly just come the next day to apologize? well my answer was it was in front of tooo many ppl and everyone said she was being immature and stupid so to save her some face she's being the "bigger" person by coming to talk to me. Who really knows what she's feeling inside because she seems like such a 2 face right now. She can just be boastful to her sisters and family that she grabbed my hair and scratched me or whatever story she comes up with. She did confirm with me that she's totally over the past and i told her i'm glad to hear it because there's nothing she or her sisters or anybody else can do to stop alfred and i being together.

Thank You for the comments, Shirly you're such my girl all ready to stick up for me and stuff...but seto is right, no need to make it a big issue, because right now i'm looking a lot better than she is and that's all it matters. AND yes, i'm doing well....fully recovered just a few tried scars, the hair will grow back eventually, no biggie =).
Said out loud in my mind...
"save the drama for your mama" hahaha

MYA

I know it's a little late to update you girls on my weekend, but i feel like i should share with you guys my oh so dramatic wedding event.

After we departed from the hotel, i got home and went right ahead to get ready for a wedding i've been mentioning to you ladies. I was actually excited because it was open bar (i'm not an alcoholic, but all of the gfs in our groups loves to drink so it was something for all of us to be excited about). The wedding went on fine until all of us had a few too many to drink and then that's when the drama started.

(I don't recall if i've told anyone of u guys about the situation between alfred's ex gf and i....to cut to the chase, her and her family has a lot of hatred towards alfred and especially me even after 4 years of us being together, gay i know...they are all fucken haters and they proved it last saturday)

The ex's younger sister approached me and started invading my space...she was telling me how finally she can let go of the fact that alfred picked me over her sister and that she understood why they broke up and why he chose me. Sounded ok right? Then she apologized for all the trouble she caused me and alfred and that her fiance and alfred will always be good friends no matter what, therefore there is no way in hell she can do anything to destroy our relationship. I told her i was happy that finally she can put the past behind her.

An hour or so later, i was outside taking care one of my girl-friend because she was puking her brains out, from the corner of my eyes i saw the ex's sister approaching alfred and she was poiting in his face...i was thinking to myself...what is she confronting him about now. I decided to let the boyfriend take over of taking care of my drunken friend and went inside. This frigging girl was balling her eyes out and saying how could he have hurted her sister by breaking up with her and shit...omfg, didn't she just told me she was fine with everything? alfred turned to me and i said "babe, explained and clear all these b.s up" and out of nowhere this girl started swearing at me and told me to stay out of it then she choked me. I was about to punch her in her fucken face but alfred pulled me away from her, while he was pulling me away she scratched me and had a handful of my hair in her palm and didn't let go. Finally her man came and pulled that psycho chick away and i realized i lost a whole lot of hair with scratches on my forearm. I was soooooooooooo pissed off that i almost went chaotic.

To Be Continued....

New Number

Hey girls, I just got a new number today so make sure to update your phone books.

647-202-7785

Edit: Alright so the number I got before was getting spammed by sms.ac, the person who had the number before probably registered for it or something. So I got another one.

Seto

Yoga is harder than I thought. Two classes and I'm already sore like crazy, plus...I wasn't even able to hold the poses for the amount of time that they wanted me to...and I'm still sore. The pregnant women are so much better than me at this stuff. I feel so sad.

Anyways, hope everyone had a good Mother's Day.

Shanno

This morning i was awaken by a recruiter from Hewitt, the place i "got the job" at. LOL - i thought it was my alarm and tried to turn it off. Apparently, my previous manager who was going to hire me, left the company. So this morning someone from their company called and interviewed me and told me that it's between myself and an internal candidate. However, he told me that I had a greater chance since I did this job last summer. I my second interview is next week. =) If all goes well, I start on June 25th rather than the 12th. I guess we'll see what ever happens will happen.

Keep you posted.

The Adventures of Seto and Shanno

So today we decided to go and purchase Lisa's new star keychain. As we left, we were heading towards a music store (i think) and detoured into the Bata Shoe Museum. Seeing that admission was free after 5, we decided to go since it was past 5.

We had quite a pleasant time at the museum (well Shanno did). Starting from the basement, we worked up to the top floor. We saw shoes from a variety of countries. The different designs and types of shoes was really interesting too. For instance, Alaska had a number of boots, whereas India had a number of sandals. It was an insightful visit. I still don't understand why tiny feet were so attractive to Chinese people.

Following the shoe museum we visited a number of places: music store, mcdonalds and unique stores. Then, we arrived at the famous young and bloor area, aka posh district (i just gave it this name). Lisa and I had a lot of fun here.

Our most memorable visit, was to Holt Refrew. We went in because Shanno wanted to go in. Here we realized how non-upscale material we were and loved it. We first were in the makeup isles, and left for another department as it was not interesting and smelled strongly. Then, we went into the tote department. Here, we discovered that some purses are extravagantly over priced. As Lisa and I were guessing the prices of bags Lisa accidentally spat on a safari themed tote from some brand that we couldn't pronounce so we left swiftly from that part of the store. We continued browsing until we walked through the entire store. We knew that we didn't fit in because no one tried to sell us anything. LOL it's ok though because we really weren't going to buy anything!

Finally, we ended most of our Bloor street browsing by eating at a Harvey's. =)

Hehe! wow that was long! So ladies, this is what you're missing out! Come join us next time for more of The Adventures of Seto and Shanno.

P.S. Lisa said that this time we didn't get lost because she was directing our trip, however we didn't have any destinations really... so how could we get lost? *smile*

Mya

I know Thi is gonna kill me...but again i totally forgot alfred's nephew's birthday is exactly tm may11th. and he's having a party as well...i'm trying to find out how long the party is going on till...keep in touch!

Happie bday TEE!!!

Happie 22nd bday Tee =)!

Friday May 11th - Tee

Hey Girls,

I just wanted to give you more details in regards to whats happening on friday. First of all, dinner is cancelled. The hotel is booked. Lets meet at the Hilton Garden Inn at 9:30pm.

Lisa - I can pick you up from your baby shower around 9pm
Shirley - I hope your driving :)
Shannon and Simone - Hopefully shirley can pick you girls up but if not, Natasha will be happy to.
Anne - If you wanted, you can come up with shirley, shannon and simone. If you need a ride just give me a call
Mya - If you need a ride give me a call.

The hotel is under Shirley, Mya, Natasha, and my name so if you guys are going to the hotel you need to be with one of these girls to be able to get the keys to the hotel room. I'm not sure what room # yet but we'll know when one of us checks in.

Please bring some entertainment.
*movies that you would like to see
*music that you would like to listen to
*games that you would like to play

Seto

Shanno and Simone: Congrats ladies!

Thi: I forgot my cousin's baby shower is that day. I'm gonna be at Brimley and something being bored out of my mind at some Chinese restaurant. If you could drop by the restaurant and save me from the boredom after you pick up Simone and Shanno that would be great. If not I'll try and work something out, I'm determined to leave early and I'm gonna be at your birthday thing for sure.

Shanno

woohoo :) marks r up!
graduating this term too!

simone

yay! i passed the finance course that i thought i would fail. i got D-, my marks r so horrible this term, but i dun care cuz i'm graduating.

anyways, gotta go, i have my second interview with ikea today.

and thi, my sis said the free hotel nite thing is over.

Seto & Shanno

Shanno and I went on an adventure today. She too lazy to document our epic story so I will do the honours.

I was really tired from the badminton tournament yesterday so I e-mailed in sick. As a result, I had the whole day to do whatever the hell I wanted. Shanno and I had lunch plans that we agreed on from last week so we were gonna go ahead with that. Of course when there's a decision to be made about where to go for lunch the typical result is neither of us can come up with anything. Finally decided to go to Danforth and just decide from there but at Pape station I was suddenly attacked by a pork bone soup craving so we decided to head for Korea town. Went to Night Owl or whatever that place is called and had some good Korean food.

We were also supposed to meet Shanno's friend to give him money for the Phantom tickets so that was supposed to be our next destination. But I need to find another keychain and a new phone strap so we decided to just walk long Danforth to Spadina. That's where everything kinda went wrong! When we got to Spadina, Shanno - with her great sense of direction - turned us north on Spadina instead of south, and I - lacking my sense of direction at the moment - didn't see anything wrong with it. We kept walking and soon passed a sign that read "Casa Loma". By that time it really should've clicked in my head that we were heading the wrong direction but the only thing that went through my head was: "Casa Loma, haven't been there in a while." We continued on our way and soon reached Dupont station, as we were standing there waiting for the lights Shanno just casually comment, "Hey look we're at Dupont already." Still, nothing clicked! The towers of Casa Loma is in sight now, and then it hit me, "Shouldn't we have went the other direction???" We pause for a moment and then Shanno said we should head back then since we were going the wrong way. But I thought since we're so close to Casa Loma and Shanno hasn't been there before, might as well go all the way there and see if we can walk around the castle for free.

We had to stop in the middle of the climb up the stairs that led up to the top of the hill because we realized we're just too old for this sort of activity. Stair climbing is only for the young! To shorten the story a little, we made it up to the top alive and got to the courtyard. It costs $16.75 for each of us to get in, we weren't that desperate so we just sat outside at the fountain, which had no water in it! That was pretty disappointing.

After we'd rested enough at the disappointingly dry fountain, we arrived at our destination of Rye U by riding the rocket. We each came out $75.50 poorer and went off to Eaton's to do some shopping. But since we were so poor already we only looked and didn't buy.

So that concludes the epic adventure of Seto and Shanno.

Mya

Thi!!! so are you having your birthday on friday may 11th or may 12th??

Riverdale Collegiate Institute 100 Year Reunion-Anne

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Group Info Name: Riverdale Collegiate Institute 100 Year Reunion
Type: Common Interest - Friends
Description: The RCI 100th Anniversary Reunion is taking place on Saturday, May 12, 2007 between 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Check out http://www.riverdalealumni.ca/events/reunion/index.html for more information.
Contact Info Website: http://schools.tdsb.on.ca/riverdale/
Street: 1094 Gerrard Street East
City: Toronto, Ontario

Recent News
May 5, 2007 - One week to go for the RCI open house!!!

Saturday Night Gala Dinner is SOLD OUT!

Limited number of tickets for Friday Pub Night will be available at the door on a first come first serve basis.

Shanno

=)! So life has been pretty nice let me tell u what i've been up to.

- cleaned up the house
- spent the whole day with francis at square one! we went to "build a bear"!! I love my bear
- started playing softball again! WOHOO
- finished school last week =)

it's been pretty good =)!!!

looking forward to:
- softball season
- phantom of the opera
- bolivia trip
- one year anniversary w/ francis
- spiderman 3 !!!

see most of you ladies next friday!

Seto

Waking up at 6:30 every morning for work is tiring even for a morning person like me...it's only been two weeks into work and I already wanna go back to school. So here's an update on my boring life.

Work
- don't know my marketing concepts, screwed
- presentations make me wanna cry, but there's no way out
- just realized how stupid I am with Microsoft Office

Love life
- Andy (school) + me (work) = no interactions
- sex doesn't feel as good as it used to, blah
- still happy when I do get to see the guy though, that's a good thing right?

Wants
- flying to China for olympics, but tickets for finals and such are all sold out, crazy people
- membership at Yoga Sanctuary, too lazy to travel up there

Alright that's the end of the update see you girls next weekend, or maybe some of you this weekend.

simone

so i've been really stressed and worried about school and work. the course i think i failed is not offered in the spring or summer, and i need that course to graduate and complete my finance minor. finance courses are only offered in fall, but then that means i wont graduate til 2008, and i really dun want that. i could take another non-finance course in the summer, but that means i wouldnt have a finance minor, i would just graduate in fall 2007 with no minor at all. and all the time spent on completing a finance minor would b wasted.

i've had 3 interviews with 3 companies, i dun like 2 of them cuz its shit pay. and the other one is with Ikea, but it's a manager in training position, which means floor mgr. i feel alotta pressure from family, bcuz they expect me to find a good job thats comparable to my brother's. my bro is graduating same time as me, and he already found a job last september. he's going to work for JP Morgan, in New York Wall Street, making $130, 000 US + bonus. my relatives already think i'm stupid cuz i goto ryerson, and if i get a low pay job, they would think i'm retarded. i hate them all, and i want to get a good job to shut them up, but seems so hard to find a job i like and that pays well.

Tee

Hey ladies,

I've missed you girls so much!! so I hope you all can make it on Friday May 11th at 7:00pm to celebrate my birthday.

What I've decided on is a hotel party. We get the hotel room at 3pm so we can meet up at the hotel at 7pm then off to dinner around 8:30pm at The Keg right across the street. We'll be drinking at the hotel and having a girls night in. It's gonna be a sleep over. Movies, games, drinks, food, and trashing guys. After some calculations it looks like the hotel will be $25 per person or less. Is that okay with everyone?

Directions:
The hotel is located on Leslie and Highway #7. So take Hwy 404 North, exit at Highway #7. You will then go west so make a left turn. keep going west until you get to Leslie, it should be your second block you can't miss it once you get off the highway. It will be The Hilton Garden Inn on your left hand side.

Let's go out

On May 10th, it's Thi's bday =)

let's go out some time =) to celebrate her bday, it can even be cakeless =)
what r u ladies doing this saturday may 5th?

mmm.. where does thi wanna go?

-shanno

Shanno

Hey ladies!

hahaha. yo i found out something pretty interesting today!

apparently i'm 1/8th Indian. LOL, I was telling my mom about this one lock of curly hair that i've had for a while now and she told me it's because she has curly hair and my grandpa is half Chinese and half Indian. I always thought I looked different! LOL =)