sweet reunion.

at long last
the days have been slow to pass
my love and i will reunite
and he will never again leave my sight.
3 months it has been
and i shall soon see him again
the world will once again be right
and he will be the last thing i see before i sleep at night.
love transcends space and time
it inspires words of rhyme
all bad things disappear
and everything becomes clear.
no more doubt within my heart
with him i will have a brand new start
for him i'd go anywhere
and as long as i'm with him, it doesn't matter where.

why china sucks.

they don't know a good thing when they see one.
the people rip you off mercilessly
the people are racist
the people can't be trusted
the government is ruthless
u breathe in exhaust constantly
there are no Targets or Costcos
it can get cold
it can get hot
it's not even that cheap
they don't know a good thing when they see one.

why it's tolerable:
subways
it's close to other countries of interest
places to see
good food
future fiance is there

wiiunfit

according to wiifit i am overweight and at the physical age of 50. i am not 50 yo chronologically. and i won't mention if i'm closer to being obese or normal. it's the wiiunfit for me. the standing tree pose is haaaaaaaaaaaard. but it's pretty fun.

i hope d gets the wiiunfit b/c what is good is the wii without it? are u a shii or a hii? i know who mii is. :)

china.

china is a whole different world.
the best part of china is that d is in it!
he loves me he loves me he loves me!
and i love him! >_<

hives

are no fun. they're all over me.
was it the fish i ate? the vitamins i'm taking again? the new nutritional supplement drink? something at work? work? the eucalyptus oil? the perfume i used last week?

too hard to tell. i should just not use/ingest anything at all. but then i'd die. :(

things i'm grateful for.

1. i don't owe the state lots of money.
2. i found my pooch a loving home.
3. my pooch didn't need bank-breaking surgery.
4. i have a job.
5. and it's close by.
6. my rent is minimal.
7. i have a bf who loves me (even if he's MIA).
8. beautiful nature.

i'm sure there's more but that's all i can think of for now. my chinese new year's resolution is to be grateful for what i have and not sour abt what i don't have.

year of the (angry) ox.

both my grandmother and mother were born in the Year of the Ox. One 84 years ago and one 60 years ago.
both have the same raging temper as a feral wild ox.
now i know where i get mine even if i was born in the Year of the Snake. maybe i'm part Ox.
we snake get mad too.
this was a pretty bad chinese new year's. probably one of the worse our family has had. tempers flew. so did mean words. and people went home angry and hungry.
well, i hope the rest of the world has a wonderful new year's. Let's hope my family does too.

is he really out of the white house?

W was just wrong. so glad he's officially out.

a ring woulda been sweeter...

but i'll settle for flowers. love you d. thank you for remembering across the pacific.

1 year anniversary

yesterday was the saddest anniversary i've ever not celebrated. apart and half a globe away, it was a sad way to remember the 1 year we've been together. but our love is strong and we will be reunited again. it is with that prospect that i wake up each morning and smile thinking of d. time will fly, although it feels like it's crawling right now. but soon, we shall be together once more.

happy 1 year d.
i love you now and always.
and i will always remember the day we decided we wanted to be boyfriend girlfriend. :)

TM 2nd week

so tonight i did my first speech at Toastmasters int'l. it was impromptu. we had to pick a fortune cookie and make a speech on how the fortune related to our lives. my fortune said something about me being a quality person. i was so nervous. i honestly can't even remember what i said. i blushed, shook, looked down, froze and they counted 6 ums, and a few other filler words. out of everyone, i had the single highest number of filler words. i outnumbered everyone else by ALOT. i know this about myself, but it was just embarassing to hear them tell me how many i used. they tell everyone how many they used. you'd think i'd be used to this by now with all the presentations and speeches i have done, but NO.

i'm summoning up courage to go back next week. i paid my fees so i pretty much committed. my little cousin agreed to go check it out next week. she's an introvert. i don't know if she'll actually join.

i just wanted to say aghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

a thought at 1257.

i think my cousins are neat.

twilight.

as much as i loved the movie and want to love the novel, i just can't get past the first few pages of the book. i think the unsophisticated style of writing just doesn't stimulate my brain enough. and i think we all can agree robert pattinson made the movie.

but i will try try again.

Laguna Beach in the winter.

i sure am gonna miss the sunny winters 'round here when i move to china. one of the best things about OC has got to be the nearly year round summer weather.

home sweet home.

these past couple weeks have been bittersweet, sad and happy at the same time. i've found nibblet a new home and her new parents and elvis, her bf, are head over heels in love with her. i feel confident that her new life in gorgeous laguna beach, where there are sunbathing decks with an ocean view, a million-dollar beach resort home, a new boyfriend, and gracious loving human parents will give her a life even i will envy.

this is probably one of the hardest things i have had to do in my life. any dog-owner knows that their pooch is just like their child. but following in the tradition of the Joy Luck Club, i'd rather give up my child in the hopes of a wonderful life than keep her and have her possibly put down by the chinese government during quarantine. well not exactly Joy Luck Club, but same premise. i visit her once a week, b/c i miss her and i don't take her home with me, to get used to her not being around. it's been hard, lonely and sad but i tell myself everyday, this is for the best.

here's to nibblet's new home sweet home.

argyle.

my co-worker is mad b/c she and i wore the same exact Target argyle
sweater. i have never had this happen. maybe we have the same decadent
taste. but she's so mad she wants to go home and change! it's better than
wearing the same prom dress!

quote of the day

Hope is a waking dream. -Aristotle

LDR

i never believed in long distance relationships.
i still don't.
and i never will.

so there.

upper sea.

shanghai means upper sea. well, that's my literal translation. i do know that i will definitely experience an "upper" when i "see" d again.

oh romeo romeo wherefore art thou romeo
deny thy father and refuse thy name
for if thou wilt not
be but sworn by my love
and i shall no longer be a capulet.

'Tis but thy name that is my enemy; Thou art thyself, though not a Montague. What's Montague? it is nor hand, nor foot, Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part Belonging to a man. O, be some other name! What's in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet; So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call'd, Retain that dear perfection which he owes Without that title. Romeo, doff thy name, And for that name which is no part of thee Take all myself.

in the mood for shakespeare. these are my 2 fave monologues from billy shakespeare, courtesy of juliet.

call me tragic
call me sick
this is not something
i would pick.