it was fun

(entry deferred)

wednesday, me and ashley went downtown for work to three locations scattered across toronto, including St. Lawrence Market. we had to talk to all the vendors there and boy, are some of them mean/feisty. i got home friggn exhausted

yesterday, we had a "Team Day" BBQ for all Facilities & Real Estate people at Sunnybrook Park (Eglinton & Leslie). we had to leave at 8AM and got stuck in nasty traffic for an hour. it was fun though because i knew almost everyone in Facilties already, unlike our staff BBQ two weeks ago. we played volleyball and it was so fun with all these geezers and it was hilarious because Fred Towers (the director of Facilities!!!) was creaming us. the day ended at 2:30PM but because i had to drop ashley off at Etobicoke Civic Centre and major rush hour traffic, i didn't even get home until 4pm.

once i got home, i took a four hour nap. my dad doesn't understand how exhausted i was this week (remember i went to Waterloo Tuesday too - and got a speeding ticket!), he thought i just came home drunk and passed out. I WISH i could just get drunk and pass out. that reminds me, i hope it's open bar tomorrow

i was driving home from waterloo last night at 130km. i was in the fast lane and there was a black car in the middle lane going as fast as me switching in and out of lanes. i wanted to pass him so i sped up to 140 and just as i passed him, he drove behind me and the police lights came on and that's my life for you

as you all know, i personally am not insured. so you can probably understand how much i was pissing in my pants

the guy comes out and tells me i was driving at 120 km, 20 over the speed limit in rainy weather. he asks me why and i say in a very ashamed-of-myself way: "Just trying to get home." he asks for my license and insurance so i scramble quickly for the insurance and fortunately i found it without knowing i even gave him the right thing. he took it to examine and then i called my dad and told him what happened and how freaked out i was and i asked him if i even gave the police the right thing.

the guy came back and told me that he would charge me $120 and give me 3 demerit points for going over 20, and i was so scared because i thought i wouldn't be able to get my G license. he said he was going to fine for me going over 10 instead and fine me $40 with no demerit points. he didn't even say anything about the insurance. HOLY RELIEF!

afterwards, i drove slower than a turtle and got home and burst out into tears and told my parents everything that happened. i told them how freaked out i was because i didn't have insurance. i am seriously shaken up and i have a 40 dollar fine to show for it.

yesterday, me and my mom checked out the new wal-mart super centre. we split up for ten minutes, and managed to lose each other for another half hour or so. at least i'm pretty confident i know my way around the place after spending so much time walking everywhere looking for my mom. here's a word to the wise: never split up in the super centre if you don't have the convenience of a cellphone.

this week is going to be a hectic week. i'll let you know how it pans out

...was a whole lot better and less dramatic than mother's day (overall).

charis and vanessa went with me to get my dress back from dixie mall. i am finally relieved i found something to wear for the wedding after this endless and futile search for dresses.

my dad was drunk so he spent almost the rest of the night napping it off. my brother got me a camera from fuji:



it's an updated version from my black camera (finepix z2) and it's pretty cool

here are some pictures from yesterday, aka father's day for only the luong family:


my mom pretending to eat and posing while i test out my new cam-cam


my dad acting silly before he disappeared to take his night-long nap


me, baby and brother


me and mercedes


me & mercedes, my mom & marcus


my brothers

if you want to see more pictures, check out my new photo album which i linked to the side. happy father's day everybody

tuesday, there was a power outage at my workplace and its surroundings. the backup generator came on for the lights, but the computers wouldn't turn on. my manager had to go to a meeting downtown and he told us to inform him when the power would go back on but they never did. we just sat there reading magazines, playing scattegories and sudoku competitions.

at 10:30 i called my boss and let him know the power never came back on. he told us that if by 12 the power did not go on, we could go home! and guess what, it didn't go back on. i took the highway home and it took 10 minutes as opposed to 30-40 with all the rush hour traffic. it was awesome

that day, it was supposed to rain in the night too and i was so excited because it was my excuse for skipping class. but the weather cleared up and by 5, it was bright and sunny so after a while of contemplation and moaning and groaning i dragged my butt out of my house and went to waterloo. i feel more guilty for skipping class than burning gas when prices are up in the 130s.

last weekend we celebrated vitor's birthday downtown. i returned a whopping 8 items which i ordered online, which i blame on the evils of the forever 21 website. we ate carribean food and then went to vitor's place for drinks.

our last Go Bus was scheduled to leave at 12:20, so we left at 11:50pm. it took 10 minutes to walk from vitor's apartment to the eglinton subway. it took 17 minutes for the subway to get to union and we were SURE we weren't going to make it. at 12:17, me and charis ran like mad women from the subway all the way to our Go Bus stop. it was crazy! very dramatic. and we ended up making it right on time

the drive up there was nice but going back was uber insane. it was raining like crazy and trucks everywhere splashing mist. trucks stupidly driving so close to me and flashing their bright ass lights to literally blind me.

one instance in particular, i was driving in the middle lane (i was beside a huge truck for the moment) and all of a sudden the truck starts switching onto my lane really fast without signalling. it was the scariest moment of my life. i was THIS close to being completely totalled by the stupid truck driver who didn't for a moment check their blind spot. i quickly changed lanes and honked the shit out of him.

i almost died! i know this is crazy to say but i have this strong feeling i'm going to die in a car accident and i no longer want to be in these kind of situations. it just heightens my insecurity

on saturday, the entire family, friends and relatives went to Thanh's aunt's house at jane & finch to bring them the pig and chinese cakes. i had to videotape the entire process while my mom yelled at every moment because i couldn't be in ten places at once.

after an unsuccessful ongoing dress search, i've decided (when cleaning out my closet) that i might wear my prom dress to the wedding. i've only worn it once and it's not the type of dress that you can rewear to just any occasion. we'll see if i can get it altered at a length i like