陳培勇的世界

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posted by John @ 12:05 AM Comments: 0

Weekend Superb!

It's been one week since you looked at me...

Actually 2 weeks, but who's counting? Quite an eventful couple of weeks. Again, I will summarize my life like it ain't no thang.

Drew up a new loan agreement with Miss Huynh. Hopefully, she can help us out
Hoang dressed me up like a doll
People liked how my new clothes looked at graduation party
So showed up without his umbilical cord
Ky has a new prospect
Yen is gorgeous
Sammi, I think that was her name is pretty cute
It was hard talking to Jack's 3 friends. 3 pairs of eyes on you is intimidating
Jennifer Trinh is just as easy to talk to as always

Saw a Corolla and a Protege duke it out when their lanes merged. Idiots almost killed themselves
New work stops makes for less room for error
So freakin' tired with all these new stops
Sister is done with work and goes on maternity leave
Kim Le is awesome. I like her a lot.
Jack has a new prospect
Nam and I see naked people
Deanza graduation surprisingly enjoyable
I sit in Ying-Ying's room watching Rugrats and generally examinging her room. She sleeps peacefully, while I play with tangrams. One of the things I always wanted to do was hang out in a girl's room. Not really doing anything. TV on and just chilling and wasting time. Doing nothing is fun. No I didn't stare at her while she slept. That's just disturbing.
Learned how to play Chinese chess. I really suck.
Sang some more Karaoke with friends
Lee's dog, Angel, died 2 days after she went on vacation. Apparently from dehydration because left outside she leapt over a fence and couldn't get back to her water bowl.
I'm getting better reading Chinese
Kia Rio sucks
Chevy Malibu sucks

Currently watching Hotelier. Korean drama. Lead character is so cute it hurts.

posted by John @ 10:32 PM Comments: 2

Seen at the corner of Capitol and Senter in front of Burger King last week. Backed into cemented trashcan. Rear wheel drive and both wheels are in the air. Driver was an Asian lady. Need I say more? 

posted by John @ 6:20 PM Comments: 0

Retarded

I just read a little snippet of entertainment news. Some retarded american association group or some blah is offended that Lindsey Lohan used the word "retarded" when asked to comment on the rivalry between her and Hilary Duff. The word used in that way downgrades retarded people. I thought that's why they started calling it autism because the word was misused so much. I'm just saying that that association or group is just so freakin retarded! Why is everyone so sensitive? Stupid PC country we live in. You can say black baseball players play good in heat when you are a black coach. But you can't say black people are better athletes if you are a white basketball team owner. And then there is a the film showing how important Mexican immigrants are to California by showing us a day where there are no Mexicans. It's being called racist. By hispanics and whites from both sides. WTF? It's sterotyping Mexicans, but it written by a Mexican! If you say I can't use the word retarded derogatorily because it originally means something else, then I can say you can't use the words queer, gay, black, white, yellow, or bitch either because they had orginal meanings also. How do you know the color yellow isn't offended by being associated with Asians or that a female dog wants to be an anal uptight girl. Oh no, am I using the word anal wrong? It used to mean butthole. Maybe we have to make up new names to downplay people like nips or chinks. No, the bag of toffee candy might not like to be associated with dirty Vietnamese. RIDICULOUS! There I am done ranting.

posted by John @ 9:16 AM Comments: 3

Mandy

She came back from LA again. She has a very low outlook on life. She loves to compare how worthless her life is vs others. She was saying how she felt horrible and that there are ten thousand reasons leading up to her ominous feelings. And I say phooey. She found a nice place to live in LA, a low paying job but at least it's something. She just bought a new car. I'm glad I talked her out of buying that Lexus. She said she wanted something safe because she always got into accidents. I told her, then you need a corolla or a civic because you will dent it up good. Buy a used one if you can. And not one week after she got her used civic then she went out of her lane and got hit. Small fender benders but luckily it was an old car so she just paid them off. She came from Hong Kong and has a very strong accent. And being typically that, she loves it here. I wish I had her citizenship so that I could go live in HK. I envy her. I envy a lot of people. Kinda sad. I was hoping that if and when we go to Las Vegas this summer, we could stop off in LA. Mandy promised to make me some egg tart dessert. mmmm, egg tart.

posted by John @ 10:11 PM Comments: 2

I wanna go rafting. I have no idea who that guy is on top of So. 

posted by John @ 7:45 PM Comments: 0

Secret Window

There's this billboard in SFO:

Secret Window
"Some windows should never be opened."
March 16th

I'm guessing no one is advertising anymore that's why there are so many old ads still. No reason to take off the old one if nothing is going to replace it. I just thought that tag line is so ridiculous sounding. Oh no, is something scary behind that window? But it's a window, we can see through it. So is it like an airplane window where air would rush out if you open it?

The weather people were wrong this week. It's been an extremely pleasurable few days. I've enjoyed the wind in my hair. I finally got two counter offers on my home buying quest.

One is my sister's project. They wanted 5k more than their asking price: $440k. It is a 3 and 2 house in Fremont. Pretty far but the condition was nice. I liked it a lot. Even though the freeway was behind a tall wall in the backyard, it didn't deter me. But unfortunately, it was an attached house. Two shared brick walls separated it and its neighbors. Not sure why there are so many attached houses these days. It's like living in a town house without calling it that. Is the demand really for them nowadays? Anyway, that x'ed the deal. We wouldn't even have bid for it had we known. Wack on my sister's head for not noticing when she came earlier.

Two is my project. The uber-new 5 year-old near Asian Plaza. I just imagined Let's go eat Pho, Kim. And I'd just take a short 10 minute walk over. Glorious 2 and 2.5 attached home. Yes attached but it's in SJ and it's NEW DAMMIT! Two master bedroom suites. Simply gorgeous in and out. It has a tandem garage which is annoying so they built a room in the furthest in spot effectively making it a single car garage. No prob because we are looking for a 3 bed anyway. Further exacerbating the parking situation is that the tiny court is packed with attached homes so that parking is extremely limited. If everyone is home, you'd have to park illegally or go down another street to park and since this is a court that opens up into McLaughlin only, it's not going to be a short walk. I didn't mind however. They wanted 15 over their asking price at 465k which is quite reasonable to me. My oldest sister, Quynh, declined. Her options are completely misunderstood. "I don't like the third room in the garage and parking is difficult." And I retorted with, you'll be getting one of the master rooms and you have your own parking in the driveway so both reasons don't pertain to you. But I still don't understand her and the house is x'ed. There goes my dream.

At least we have counter offers. So all in all, an eventful week, albeit a bit dull. Currently watching From the Heart. Japanese drama about a girl with Autism trying to cope with being a contributing adult in society. Hmmm, I seem to like watching dramas of pretty girls who are vulnerable.

posted by John @ 6:53 PM Comments: 0

Kim Le

Yeah, I know. Nam talked about Kim in his entry today, too. But I already planned this entry ahead of time so, eh, whatever.

Kim is very humble. She was mentioning that there will be so many changes among us. Nam is no longer single. Jack and Nam graduated and will start working full time. I'm going to be buying a house. But Kim has a BF too. And she's going to start working part-time in the fall. She has a lot going for her too. I'm not actually going to buy a house. I'm looking but circumstances are against me. She's like that. Always thinking about others and putting herself down. Nick works full-time and goes to school full-time. Jennifer has all these dates and I haven't had one in months. Is it competition? Is it better to think that you aren't working to your full potential? What about the 1st agreement? It's her devotion and ambition that will get her places. I just hope her strong sense of independence doesn't get in the way. Why not accept help when you can get? Why always do it the hard way? Kim's very modest.

I worked today. I looked at houses today. I got disappointed today. I love watching the shadow line of a building travel along the sidewalk as the sun moves across the sky. I think if I accomplish things then I am not wasting time. I think tomorrow will be a hot day. The bank clerk at WAMU in SF had a really cute voice. She said, "Have a nice day, John." Currently listening to The Belgariad It's SCIFI modeled a little too closely to LOTR. But to me, it just makes it easier to get into a 5 volume series.

posted by John @ 11:57 PM Comments: 2

I've got a date!

It's not what you think. Although, it would be nice if it was what you thought. Anyway, June 17th and I should get my first set of aligners. I'm ecstatic of course. I find myself staring at Kim's perfect teeth way too often. Foot is still slightly maligned. Computer HD is acting up. I need to learn how to make a bowl of pho. What do you think?

posted by John @ 11:19 PM Comments: 0