it was fun

(entry deferred)

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

ashley (the other summer student) has a doctor's appointment this morning. joe and lori have a day long meeting downtown. my boss is on vacation for two weeks
...and i'm here by myself.

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i'll promise to update more frequently from now on.

things have just picked up and it's getting kind of hectic at work (i should actually get back to work), with summer school and driving up to waterloo every week, and at home with the wedding looming. i'm tensed and i have this constant feeling of anxiety, but the more i work through it, the less i feel i am getting out of it personally.

on reflection, the best thing i can say about ICE is that it's over.
nitin told me we did horribly, and no shit. i asked him what was wrong with our report, and he said "everything." i told him not to complain (because he had no right to - he didn't do shit).

i can say that my weekend home with my parents was the greatest.
i went home because my brother and his wife had to officialize their marriage license (don't ask me about it) at the church. here's some pictures that lillian sent me:





i love my family

i need a date for my third brother's wedding next year since someone does not want to go with me.

heroes was really good today
i was bawling my eyes out for mr. bennet
can they bring hiro's dad back to life now too? and kill off that veronica mars chick.

here's some more pictures i promised from the wedding...

howard kindly gave me a ride home friday night. i came home and my entire family was there because they were celebrating mercedes's birthday. then we went to tony/lillian's condo and we were all up to 2am writing our respectful speeches (in my case, rewriting). and then lillian got stressed out about wedding things until 5am+, so basically i got 2 hours of sleep.

then lillian raced to the wedding salon in markham and we were like an hour and a half late, so i got my hair/make-up done in like 15 minutes instead of the allotted 2 hours. then we went to lillian's house to get ready and then off to the Old Mill Chapel to get married!!!

anyway, here's a buttload of pictures.


old mill chapel


the bride and groom


i think i'm laughing because i thought the way my brother said the vows were funny. for some reason, people kept thinking i was crying


aww


my heel got caught on my dress and ripped a hole right before i was about to walk down the aisle. (that was just the beginning of my dress destruction)


this is my date. her name is vanessa. isn't she hot stuff? she's also a giant


little mercedes holding my bouquet!


me, my dad & baby (my oldest brother & marcus in the background)


my dad and my youngest brother


outside. IT WAS COLD


isn't she just adorable. don't you want to pinch her cheeks?


the photographer - he was FUNNY!


the wedding party. how many friggn shots did we get of this same picture? maybe 100


look how beautiful that is. i should be a photographer


me and lover


haha, i forced vanessa to throw the bouquet in the air!


pretty


i don't know if you can tell, but i was pretty obsessed with throwing the bouquet. (in this picture, i accidently threw my bouquet backwards and it fell off the veranda)


again, my photography skills are clearly evident


this was the stage at the restaurant


the cake with three flavours (chocolate, mocha and strawberry)


prettyful


me and daddy. btw, he drank waaayy too much that night LOL. and he went on stage and sang! it was awesome! all my relatives told me to drive him home, it was the funniest thing. i love my daddy <3


the wedding party on stage


they made the wedding party slowdance. i had to SLOW DANCE with my brother - AWKWARD!!! YUCKKK. he kept telling me i smell so i kept punching him in the face. i wonder if anyone got pictures of me doing that


PARTAAAY!


too bad i didn't get a photo of mercedes dancing. it was the cutest thing. i was teaching her to "raise the roof"


the "vanessa, stick out your boobs!" picture


our "orgasm faces" picture. i don't know what compelled me to do that


aww, final picture of the night. what an awesome night!!!

more pictures to come at a later date! anyway, i had a great night and i was happy to see all of my relatives and family friends who i haven't seen in a while, and it was funny how i haven't seen my brother's friends since i was like 8 years old and they were really shocked to see me. i'm kinda angry that no one was listening to my speech which i worked hard on - GRRRR - cos everyone was stuffing their face with pretty good food but oh well! seriously, my dad was the funniest part of the whole night!!! i am really sad that my mom couldn't make it (because her legs were in absolute pain and she couldn't even walk or move and she was not feeling well at all) but we went to the hospital the next day, and i am thankful that nothing is serious. sunday was good because the whole family was over paying visit to my mom that night, and we brought home one of the huge ass flowers from the wedding and she loves it so much. anyway, that was my weekend =)

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me, ira and lilian ate all you can eat sushi for lunch and went to conestoga afterwards. howard met up with us (carol was in class), and i bought lillian a swarovski necklace as a bridesmaid present for the wedding. holy crap it just occurred to me, i have two weeks to write a speech.

anyway, i've been studying accounting ever since. i feel confident for tomorrow but screwed for marketing on saturday. you won't hear from me tomorrow, but good luck friends for any exams you may have