Last week my cousin Jennifer came over to discuss seating for her wedding next weekend. I sat down at the table with my family for dinner, something I never do unless we have company. After the seating arrangements were settled, we began chatting about random things and eventually got to the topic of pregnancy. Then, we all started asking my mother about her pregnancies, and that is when I found out how much of a boss my mom is.
It was nearing the end of term for my mother's pregnancy when her water broke. She was pregnant with my sister and was not sure if it actually broke so she called her doctor. He advised her to come to the hospital as a precaution. She told him she had an important dinner to go to and could not go to the hospital. The doctor then said, "Good. I have a dinner too. Come in first thing tomorrow morning."
Early the next morning, my mother went to the hospital. The doctor said her water did in fact break. She would be going into labor soon and he advised her to get admitted. She replied, "I can't stay. I have to go home and cook breakfast for my family and take my husband to work." So she drives home and does just that. She cooks breakfast for us and drove my father to work before returning to the hospital. She drove herself and parked in the hospital parking lot.
My mother gave birth to my sister five hours later without the help of epidural or other drugs. The next day, a nurse advised my mom to call someone to pick her up to take her home. She said she had arranged for a pick-up but instead, took my new-born sister home in her own car. Her excuse? "I didn't want to leave my car in the parking lot."
Boss.
-Thundalips
March 13, 2012
February 15, 2012
Sleepin' at work. What's new?
I was in a meeting today and had no idea what people were talking about. The topic of the meeting was supposed to be for a project I am on, but I do not understand any of it. We brought a new person into the project this week - a new hire. He still didn't have his laptop set up yet so I shared my screen with him at the table. We were discussing all of the issues another coworker found during his testing on an excel file.
I had no idea what he was rambling about and ended up falling asleep. But, the thing was that I fell asleep with my hand on the keyboard. On the left arrow key to be specific. By the time I woke up, the excel file was on column HV. Content wise, the document only went up to column G. It was a very awkward moment when I realized the new guy was just watching me sleep, scrolling through empty cells in the excel file. If it were any other place, I am sure I would have been laughing out loud at myself.
The funny thing is there were only four of us in the room. No one said anything. Oh well. I guess I will just keep sleeping at work...
-Thundalips
I had no idea what he was rambling about and ended up falling asleep. But, the thing was that I fell asleep with my hand on the keyboard. On the left arrow key to be specific. By the time I woke up, the excel file was on column HV. Content wise, the document only went up to column G. It was a very awkward moment when I realized the new guy was just watching me sleep, scrolling through empty cells in the excel file. If it were any other place, I am sure I would have been laughing out loud at myself.
The funny thing is there were only four of us in the room. No one said anything. Oh well. I guess I will just keep sleeping at work...
-Thundalips
January 30, 2012
Hey [horrible] Monday
Hello Monday. How are you?
Oh Anjulie... How can you go from this:
To this...
Sad to see such talent convert to mainstream pressures. How droll. How utterly droll...
It has not been a very good couple of weeks. When I started this post I was not in a very good mood. But after a lengthy conversation with Anjuli about absolutely nothing, my spirits have been lifted. I have not laughed this hard from an online conversation in a long time. It is great to know I still have friends I can count on to cheer me up when need be.
-Animalpack
January 2, 2012
Year in review: 2011
This is the obligatory flashback of the previous year and bold predictions of the current year.
2011 was a good year. All in all I made some terrific friends and had a decent year. Top highlights include the return of Chadwick Huang (I think that was 2011) and several memorable trips with great company. There was the infamous pretzel-throwing extravaganza in Reno, Tiesto in Vegas, beach-housin' in Santa Cruz, head-thrashing in EDC, the Seattle adventures, and projectile-vomiting Portland. I went camping for the second time ever and drove a boat.
But it was not all peachy. Some definite lowlights include Anjuli moving away and losing a few friends. It took some time to adjust to the move, but I am glad she is happy where she is. As for losing the other friends, it is probably for the best. Cady said you have to suck all the poison out of your life and I believe it. Why keep people around who are a cancer to your life and happiness? Some friendships and relationships are just not worth saving. Other friendships, like Anjuli, are the ones you wish you had more of...
Looking forward, I am hoping to build on 2011's mild successes. Although I have already failed to write up my 100 item bucket list in time, I will likely start it this year. Be on the look out for a new blog for my bucket list.
Some goals never change but here they are:
- Finish writing my bucket list and start
- More ink
- Vespa
- Purchase a home and move in
- Become more independent; be less needy
- Finish one full cycle of p90x
- Stay sober for a month
-Thundalips
December 31, 2011
Busy little bee
I have been neglecting this blog for a good reason. I have been busy. Busy with what you ask? Looking back, I cannot peg it on one thing since so much has happened. Here's a recap:
Had a great Movember. My moustache looked a lot better than I thought it would. However, I was not able to hit the donation amount I wanted. But, that was only part of the reason for Movember. Other than raising funds, I definitely hope I raised awareness about men's health (even though some of my own life choices are questionable).
Went back to the pompadour. So far mostly positive reactions from people. I think I will stick with this for a while...
I am having difficulty remembering the first three and a half weeks of December other than having a wonderful night out with My and Ya in Oakland. I introduced Nanette to them and they seemed to get along famously. They all teased me for not eating the fat from the pork belly and being picky about what I ate. I did not mind at all because I loved that they were getting along. We all went to a house party afterwards that was hosted by My and Ya's kickball teammates. Met a few people and ate some questionable pulled pork tacos. All in all a good night.
More recently, I spent Christmas weekend in Seattle and Portland. It was quite the adventure. The trip to Seattle truly felt like a vacation by myself. I flew out alone and did not see Anjuli until later that night. Even then we only spent a few hours together. We had a few drinks and called it a night without things getting too out of hand which was perfect for me.
The next day I was wandering downtown Seattle on my own. I know I can take care of myself and I honestly do not mind being on my own. It turned out to be much needed alone time. I walked from 11 A.M. until about 5 P.M. with a 30 to 45 minute lunch break. By my calculations, that would have been at least 12 miles of walking. It felt good to exercise again even if it was just walking.
I visited Pike's Place again and got to see every inch of it. It was nice not having any schedule or people pulling me in different directions. I got to see Seattle at my own pace and on my own schedule. I visited a lot of the local shops and ate Beecher's famous Mac and Cheese. To be fair, I am not a fan of mac and cheese to begin with so this was actually not mind blowing for me. Just another mediocre mac and cheese. I barely ate 1/3 of it before throwing the rest away. There goes five dollars I will never see again... Oh well.
Next stop was the shops. Saw a lot of interesting stuff but nothing worth buying. I tried to look for something for everyone but that did not really work out. I ended up buying things from a collectible store for a game of white elephant with our group. Nothing special but it seemed wrong to leave Pike's Place empty handed. I had fish and chips after shopping. Again nothing special. Perhaps my expectations were too high.
I finished with Pike's Place around 1:30 or so and started wandering downtown. I went back to the army surplus store and had a blast just looking around. The things they sell always fascinates me. I saw knives, helmets, clothing, first aid kits, goggles, and even bayonets. Pretty cool stuff if you ask me. They also had MRE for sale which I thought was cool. Of course I walked away empty handed.
I visited a bunch of stores like Urban Outfitters, Nordstrom, Nordstrom Rack, Macy's, Aldo, and some other local shops. Nothing worth buying. I finished up shopping around 5 P.M. and decided to sit in the lobby of a mall just to people watch. I sat there to rest and ended up people watching for almost an hour.
Anjuli ate at home so I walked down the block from my hotel to a nice little restaurant called Lola. Had the beef shank with a beer. Best thing I ate in Seattle. Including the last trip.
The drive to Portland was fine except for this scary bridge we crossed. Anjuli had trouble seeing the road so she had to use her high beams every few seconds. When she did the bridge lit up in a way that cannot be described in words. Definitely the scariest bridge I have ever come across...
In the interest of saving time, Portland was great. Highlights included great food and drunken times. Oh yea, I got a 16 year old kid drunk to the point of projectile vomiting. Yep. Good times indeed...
-Thundalips
Had a great Movember. My moustache looked a lot better than I thought it would. However, I was not able to hit the donation amount I wanted. But, that was only part of the reason for Movember. Other than raising funds, I definitely hope I raised awareness about men's health (even though some of my own life choices are questionable).
Went back to the pompadour. So far mostly positive reactions from people. I think I will stick with this for a while...
I am having difficulty remembering the first three and a half weeks of December other than having a wonderful night out with My and Ya in Oakland. I introduced Nanette to them and they seemed to get along famously. They all teased me for not eating the fat from the pork belly and being picky about what I ate. I did not mind at all because I loved that they were getting along. We all went to a house party afterwards that was hosted by My and Ya's kickball teammates. Met a few people and ate some questionable pulled pork tacos. All in all a good night.
More recently, I spent Christmas weekend in Seattle and Portland. It was quite the adventure. The trip to Seattle truly felt like a vacation by myself. I flew out alone and did not see Anjuli until later that night. Even then we only spent a few hours together. We had a few drinks and called it a night without things getting too out of hand which was perfect for me.
The next day I was wandering downtown Seattle on my own. I know I can take care of myself and I honestly do not mind being on my own. It turned out to be much needed alone time. I walked from 11 A.M. until about 5 P.M. with a 30 to 45 minute lunch break. By my calculations, that would have been at least 12 miles of walking. It felt good to exercise again even if it was just walking.
I visited Pike's Place again and got to see every inch of it. It was nice not having any schedule or people pulling me in different directions. I got to see Seattle at my own pace and on my own schedule. I visited a lot of the local shops and ate Beecher's famous Mac and Cheese. To be fair, I am not a fan of mac and cheese to begin with so this was actually not mind blowing for me. Just another mediocre mac and cheese. I barely ate 1/3 of it before throwing the rest away. There goes five dollars I will never see again... Oh well.
Next stop was the shops. Saw a lot of interesting stuff but nothing worth buying. I tried to look for something for everyone but that did not really work out. I ended up buying things from a collectible store for a game of white elephant with our group. Nothing special but it seemed wrong to leave Pike's Place empty handed. I had fish and chips after shopping. Again nothing special. Perhaps my expectations were too high.
I finished with Pike's Place around 1:30 or so and started wandering downtown. I went back to the army surplus store and had a blast just looking around. The things they sell always fascinates me. I saw knives, helmets, clothing, first aid kits, goggles, and even bayonets. Pretty cool stuff if you ask me. They also had MRE for sale which I thought was cool. Of course I walked away empty handed.
I visited a bunch of stores like Urban Outfitters, Nordstrom, Nordstrom Rack, Macy's, Aldo, and some other local shops. Nothing worth buying. I finished up shopping around 5 P.M. and decided to sit in the lobby of a mall just to people watch. I sat there to rest and ended up people watching for almost an hour.
Anjuli ate at home so I walked down the block from my hotel to a nice little restaurant called Lola. Had the beef shank with a beer. Best thing I ate in Seattle. Including the last trip.
The drive to Portland was fine except for this scary bridge we crossed. Anjuli had trouble seeing the road so she had to use her high beams every few seconds. When she did the bridge lit up in a way that cannot be described in words. Definitely the scariest bridge I have ever come across...
In the interest of saving time, Portland was great. Highlights included great food and drunken times. Oh yea, I got a 16 year old kid drunk to the point of projectile vomiting. Yep. Good times indeed...
-Thundalips
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