What did I do to deserve this?

I don't know what I did wrong...or if this is karma in the works, or maybe some Car-God hates me, or maybe even I was a rich brat in a past life that drove nice cars and got into car accidents without a blink. But lately it's been one car trouble after another, and I don't know how much more of this I can take.

My car tire went flat on me today. Like, FLAT. I know there is no hope in fixing it, but i'll bring it in anyways to see. But yes. That's another chunkload of moola, time, and stress, into finding new car tires.

First my rims. Then the car accident. And now this. It bites.

I'm starting to think it's a sign. "Take the bus Karen...take the bussss...!"

Oy....I need some sleep. It's been a very bad week.

Karen

Let the good times roll...!

Last night was a lot of fun....poker nights at Mat's is something to remember. Except for the fact that I absolutely SUCK at poker, I had such a ball watching them play last night.

Memorable moments:

• Sorpea's "AAARRRRGGGGHHHHH" *frenzy hand movements* when I "pong"-ed the fat choy tile in MJ
• Ponnie's MJ win with a whole garden of 7 flowers....SEVEN FLOWERS!!!
• Wilson with his "you can have a maximum of 3 wives" and Mat shooting him the look of death.
• Darren raising his call by 500, sharing the *shit* out of Mat
• John vs Darren, all in, need I say more? Damn, that guy is good at poker.
• My lesson at Bubblemania from Mat and Wilson to call Sorp a "biatch" just to "see where her limits are"
• And then me calling her a "biatch" in the car...JOKINGLYYYY..!
• My explanation to Mat and Wilson the difference between "easy", "slutty", "cheap", "ho" and "whore" (weird convo, I know)
• Our conversation about Brokeback Mountain. Need I say more?
• Cory vs Mat, all in, last game, and Cory gets a straight hand. So lucky...!

Ah...good times, good times...

Karen

Save a tree! Eat a beaver!

So, this last weekend I took in all the guts I had in me and did the one thing that I should have done months ago.

I got a haircut.

Now, I went to Cabello. It's a pretty pricey place, but they do a good job. And they give these A-M-A-Z-I-N-G head/neck massages when they wash your hair. They are to die for.

All I asked was them to thin my hair out, cut it to shoulder length, layers in around my face, and a layer in the back.

The result?

A mullet.

I don't know what I did in my past life, but for sure, I must have wronged some sort of mullet man. I go to a cheap place, I get a mullet. I go to a pricey place, I get another mullet. There should be a label on my forehead that reads "Mullet Lady".

I think the hairstylist heard me say "layers in the back" instead of "A layer in the back" because after it was done, it was like, most of my hair was concentrated on my head, and nothing was really left long, except for a few wisps, because all of it was thinned out. I thought it was ok, but when I came out, went home, took a shower, I saw the extent of the damage. He had layered ALL of my hair in the back, in MANY layers. No wonder it looked so funny. It was all pointing outwards because it was wet. Now I have to blow dry every single friggin strand and layer inwards, which cuts into my morning wakeup/shower time. I have absolutly no patience for this either.

Welps, that sucked.

I offically finished my last undergraduate chemistry lab of my LIFE!!! I am a happy girl. No more shitty ass labs to worry about...it's all done! Now all I have to do is check out and write up the report...weeee!

Which reminds me, my Chem 573 prof went over this quote with us from some scientist dude that I think we can all relate to:
"Thermodynamics is a funny topic. The first time you learn it, you have no idea what it is trying to say. The second time you go though it, you think you understand what it is saying, except for one or two topics. The third time you go through it, you know that you don't know it, but now you don't really care anymore."

Wiser words have never been spoken. Especially on the topic of thermodynamics. Which is probably the like....4th time this friggin topic has come up in my life as a chem student, and I still have NO idea what the hell it's talking about (very so often).

Oh yes, and I have decided that I'm screwed no matter what for my BioChem midterm next week. There is no way I can memorize 6 metabolic pathways, in which each pathways have 10+ products/reactants, not including enzymes, substrates, inhibitors, and all that other crap I don't know the definition of, and other little goodies along the way. So if next week I'm not updating my blog, that's just cause i'm sulking and crying over my horrible midterm in the corner of my room, haha!

Oh, and it was Simon's Birthday yesterday. The little puffball turned 11 yrs old!

That little studmuffin..doesn't look a day over 5 years old!!!

OMG...who heard of the basketball player Allan Ray who got his eyeball poked out during the game?!?!? That sucks man...seriously. You can find it on youtube.com if you search for Allan Ray...I don't really want to put it up here cause it's a bit graphic. Like seriously...a eyeball... *shudders*

Anyways, I found this clip on YouTube of the traffic in Shanghai:



Can you believe it?! My goodness, I can't stand the traffic here and look at the amount of people over there? Ai, I'm going to stick out like a sore thumb, just screaming the word "tourist". I hope it's not THAT bad, but chances are, I'm lying to myself.

Me, Grace and Diana want to go to South Korea in a couple of years when Grace goes back to visit her family. We're all actually kinda looking forward to it, cause we think it's gonna be pretty fun and as a bonus, we get our own personal tour guide (Grace) hahahaha! I'm trying to see if Diana wants to go for a week in Japan too, since that would be last Asian country I would love to visit, but we'll see. It'll be an expensive trip, but sooo worth it! Grace also said she would try to take us to Jeju Island, which is an island off the coast of Korea. It was featured on the drama "My Girl", and "My Lovely Samsoon", and even Grace herself said it was beautiful there. I wanna goooooooooooo!

A video of Jeju Island:



And, if you remember the scene in "My Lovely Samsoon" where Samsoon was yelling over a mountain in Jeju Island, this is where the infamous scene took place:

Oohhh...I wanna go to Korea!!!


Karen

Puh-leeze...KFed wants to be a stripper?!

Come on ladies..admit it. I wouldn't touch that guy with a 10-ft pole. Even with his horrible compliation "Popozao" (I can't believe I know the name), it was a source of my laughter for days on end. Anyways, piece of advice KFed: keep your day job, which is to sit on your ass and let the lady bring in the cash.

Anyways, I completely forgot to mention this a week or so ago. On a rare day home early, I was watching Oprah on TV. For the first time ever, the voice of Elmo from Seseme Street was revealed. You'd never guess who he looked like. It surprised the hell out of me. Check it out, it's only a couple of mins long:



Anyways, I have a TON of things to do...! Later!

Karen

It's a good day when BChem class is cancelled

So my coworker, Lindsay, lent me this book called Cell by Stephen King. I'm not really into horror, or even Stephen King for that matter, but it's #1 on the Globe and Mail bookseller list, so I'd thought I would check it out.

I'm hooked.

The storyline is very intruging. Basically, the world is ending by the spread of a virus. But this virus is only transmitted via cell phones, so whoever uses their cell phone goes all crazy, wanting to kill everyone they see, and after, killing themselves as well. Only landlines and radios are considered safe.

Makes you think twice about using your cell, I'd tell you that. Makes you wonder how many people in the world use a cell phone, and that if something happens, like if we see crazy people attacking each other, how many of us would also pick up a cell phone right away to call police or family. That's quite scary.

Anyways, I'm not too far into the book yet, but I'll be reading it tonight, I can tell you that.

So, me and Darren recently found out that Darren cousin's daughter (what would that be? Second cousin??) just had her 1st bday. She's the most adorable little girl that I had the most pleasure of meeting in Hong Kong. Her smile makes my day.

Anyhoo, we were thinking of sending her some clothes over to Hong Kong as a gift. And really, I learned a huge thing today. Babies are expensive stuff. Really. I swear, those stores pray on the cuteness of little things, and charge $50 bucks for a sweater that would fit the palm of my hand. Not to sound cheap or anything, but really, I wouldn't spend that much on myself, let alone for a piece of fabric that would fit the palm of my hand.

And second of all, babies grow fast. So we have to buy something for a 2 year old for a one year old kid. You know, to get the money's worth. Suckie. Oh wells. Learn to knit before poppin' babies I suppose.

For those who haven't seen the "If The Simpsons Were Real Life" video, check it out!:

Tis all for now!

Karen

It's official!

Mainland China. Early May.

7 cities, 13 days.

Beijing 北京
Xian 西安
Guilin 桂林
Suzhou 蘇州
Shanghai 上海
Wzhen 烏鎮
Hangzhou 杭州

*WOO*HOO*!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-Karen

Two posts in a day...well sort of

Today I realized that no matter how good looking Mr. Rain maybe, it's always Mr. Andy Lau that will always hold a special place in me heart (insert "awwwwwwwwwwwwwww...!")

Here's a couple of MV's from him. I'm especially hooked on the first song of the first MV, called "你是我的女人"



*sigh*..it's that chorus..just how he croons:
"留住你一吻於心 換過方式愛著我的女人
從未最相襯是恨 未會敢抱著情人 來深深的再一吻 "

"門外再一吻芳心 換過方式愛著我的女人
原是最相襯 極合襯 願再可抱著情人 來深深的再一吻 "

Man....I'm hooked!

Here's him and a duet with Kelly Chen. It's just a good song in general, check it out!



No matter how great the new singers are, it's always the old classics that we fall back on, and still love and adore for life. Man, are we getting old or what? The Four Heavenly Kings still rule for me!

Welps, better head to bed for work bright and early tomorrow. I had my fix now...ha!


Karen