Sep
7th

• Came home Friday after work, fell asleep until 1am.
• Slept in till noon on both Saturday and Sunday.
• Finally got to talk to Boyfriend … yay he’s coming back tomorrow! ?
• Re-stocked my Bonne Bell Eye Definers in Black Ink.
• Read Chasing Daylight by Eugene O’Kelly
• Found my missing press powder (in my friend’s car)!
• Went to Pop Opera again— SECOND-WORST CLUB IN THE WORLD; it’s basically Fabric but with a Caucasian (instead of Asian) crowd… I don’t even remember 686′s ventilation system being that bad.
• Ate McDonalds for the first time in months at 3am (then woke up the next morning feeling like shit).
• Sat on a tiny piece of my dog’s shit … it was on the stairs and the lights were off and I sat right on it (I had my boots on and didn’t wanna take them off so I was crawling up the stairs to get something for a friend so my dad doesn’t bitch at me). Now there’s dog crap on a pair of my Rock and Republics… god, that was traumatizing (mostly because I ruined my jeans).
• Had a lot of good LOLs and ROFLS.
• Began reading 2012 by Whitney Strieber. I totally anticipated this book and even pre-ordered it, but it sat on my bookshelf for a whole year before I even opened it.

Totally looking forward to next weekend when things will return “back to normal” a.k.a. no more partying and Boyfriend and his family will all be back in town (he’s in Vegas and most of them are in Vietnam). Yay. I felt like we haven’t had our regular bumming/chilling/pigging-out weekends (at his house or his brother’s) in months and I’m so sick of going out.

Sep
2nd

This weekend I…

• lost my eyeliner AGAIN
• lost my press powder AGAIN
• lost my favorite lip gloss AGAIN (I was so depressed)
• bought a new camera (Canon SD1100 in pink) and almost lost it too
• almost left my Blackberry in the cab
• got someone’s puke all over my favorite jacket
• got kicked out of ATL and Aubar two nights in a row (well my girlfriend did)

… t’was one hell of a weekend.

I don’t know what’s wrong with me but the last couple of weeks, I’ve been having trouble putting on my fake eyelashes (it use to take only 2 minutes!!) … and I ripped a lot of it out when taking it off so I’m semi-eyelash-less right now. Gross? Yep. I also ruined my last two sets of my favorite Ardell lashes so I had to order more (got 4 new sets). I know I have a billion others but those were my favorite.

I started using this hair treatment that Boyfriend’s sister-in-law got for me from a beauty supplier because my hair was so fried and I’ve used it twice and it’s already made such a HUGE difference! I don’t remember the name of it but I’ll post it when I get home tomorrow evening; I think you need a salon license to actually buy it though. I’m excited because I want to nurse my hair back to health since I don’t plan on getting it professionally done until I go back to Asia [to do it] next year…. I’m thinking of dying it a dark espresso brown and let it grow out (but that also means I’ll need a new set of extensions for those special nights).

Haven’t been shopping in a while (aside from a camera and fake lashes), so next week I’ll be on a look-out for new boots and tunic sweaters.

I’ve been in such a bad mood all weekend (that is, until the drinks started hitting) and it’s funny because my cousins are here and they’re always here when I’m moody. I think it’s the lack of sleep and maybe because I’ve been in TOO good of a mood the last couple of weeks …being the bitter and pessimistic person that I am. It’s tiring man. I don’t know how you guys do it all the time.

GOOGLE CHROME (beta) WILL BE RELEASED TODAY! I’ll be installing it on my computer at work when I get to the office in a couple of hours if the download is released by then. Can’t wait to test it out!

Aug
19th

- went out for lunch with N & M to say goodbye to M
- went to Vancouver’s nastiest club a.k.a. Fabric and had to leave early because it was unbearably disgusting and sweaty in there (don’t understand why people go there… crowd and atmosphere isn’t even that great)
- was going to go to Cate Park to chill/BBQ for Boyfriend’s birthday except we went too late and decided to have a BBQ at his house instead (good thing because it started raining)
- went to driving range
- finished a book and bought another
- shopped and ebay’ed lots
- chilled with BF (well when do I not do this?)
- cleaned his room (took me 3 hours just to clean his desk alone!)
- watched lots of PPV
- wondered why some people like to go out so much (and claim they’re a “club-whore”) when they don’t even do anything when they go out (well obviously they only go for attention)
- next week will be the end of relaxation for me (back to work/freelancing)

Stuff I was suppose to do but didn’t do:
- upgrade WP (been putting this off for weeks, I know)
- get gel nails refilled
- design new site
- update CollectiveHaus.net
- buy new boots

Aug
11th

• slept till noon
• finished a book (Empress by Karen Miller)
• played with the kids
• saw BFF since first grade
• drove out to the middle-of-nowhere and back
• went to Guu on Robsob on Sunday night (my favorite restaurant!)
• went to Chinatown for the first time in like… 7 years
• did some [online] shopping
• went to airport to see part of his family off to Vietnam (while we’re stuck here working)

Uneventful, relaxing, happy. I need more weekends like this.

I was asking Boyfriend when we leave for Vietnam/Asia next year, are we going to get a huge farewell like last Saturday evening [when part of his family left on an extremely short-notice trip back] and he was like of course. Then I was like, “damnit.” My family won’t be there because when we drop people off at the airport, we just drop them off at the entrance and drive away (well that’s what I do…) but then I don’t think I want my parents meeting his anyway.

I’m envious of him because his family is so big, close and always have a good time together. It’s always a circus at his family parties because you’ll see the kids playing and chasing each other on one side, adults drinking and eating on the other and Boyfriend sprawled on the floor defeated with more kids jumping on him in the corner. I have a big family too but we’re all spread out and probably see each other (intermediate + extended family) like once a year verses Boyfriends family’s once a week. My parents, sister and I probably sit down to eat together like once or twice a month (and that’s usually when we go out for dim sum). Of course, this makes me eager to be part of his in the future even though they welcome me with open arms right now.

My goals for the rest of this year is to buy and read all of Phillipa Gregory and Karen Miller’s books. Also, to catch up on at least some of the 100+ brand new, unread books on my bookshelf. Ah! It’s already August and I’ve only read 12 books this year!!! I was going to do a 50-book challenge but thank god I didn’t because I’ll have to hang my head in shame.

And about CollectiveHaus.net, it’s on a short hiatus because I’m too busy to update it right now plus when I’m not at work and/or freelancing, I’m trying to avoid going online. If you’ve sent me images, don’t worry they’ll be up next week or so.

Aug
6th

• Was all the planning-stress worth it? I guess so.
• Do it again next year? After 3 years of it, NO. We’re getting a travel agent next time.
• Like always, unfair share of housework.
• But hot tub and sun made up for it (although it sounds a bit ironic together).
• Beach: Saturday was hot and sunny. Sunday was a lot more windy so we chilled on the patio instead.
• Went horseback-riding along the beach. Loved it.
• Purchased and finished The Other Boleyn Girl (since I was so obsessed with the movie)! Five stars.
• Lots of eating and breaking of diets (you cannot escape the food and candy!!).
• Lots of shopping (although this wasn’t suppose to be a shopping trip). Totally successful.
• Lots and lots of gossiping.
• Hilarious car rides.
• Favorite purchase was a Marilyn Monroe wall clock.
• Found lots of nice jeans. ♥
• Got stuck in rush hour traffic to the Coast AND back home (we obviously don’t learn).
• Got home really late and still haven’t finished unpacking yet.
• Don’t have to go back to work until Friday! :cheer:

Mochi pick of the day:

Being lazy on a hot day.