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FANTASY

Problems

Allen and I have these problems and we can't seem to solve it:

1. Financial. It all starts when Allen wants to get this $1600 laptop. I made a fuss about it, I mean com'on, $1600 is a lot of money! Besides, he already has a laptop that's working fine. And then I ordered a dessert. Allen made a fuss about that, ooo spending money on dessert... nooo!! I feel like he can spend money on anything he wants, but when I spend money, he gets all upset!

2. The house. Our house has been under construction for a year. It's all torn up. We've spent the whole time using the bathroom w/o a wall! and lights! The backyard is a mess, and so is the 1/2 way done garage conversion (it's now piled up w/ Allen's junk). Allen always says he'll do it when he has time, but it seems like he never has time for anything.

3. Cleaning. When I came home this week (and last time) the house looks like it's gone through hurricane. I mean it's FILTHY!!! But I got to cleaning it right away, and it would take me a week to clean the whole house! But then Allen continues to mess it up, leaving dirty clothes/socks everywhere, not flushing the toilet, dirty dishes, etc etc. By the time I finish cleaning the bedroom, the living room is a mess. It seems like he doesn't know how to put things up. Like mail for example, he would just leave them anywhere he was standing, and I asked him where it should go, he says "I don't know." He doesn't know to sort out the junk to throw away and keep the bills in the drawer! I mean it's his own house for Christ sake! It's like if he leaves something on the table, it would magically put itself in where it belongs! (of course that's me doing the work behind him!) I talked to him about it. I know he's "busy" and doesn't "have time" to clean up, so I made him a deal, I'll do the cleaning, but he needs to maintain, since he's messing up faster than I can clean! All he needs to do is put his shoes up where it belongs after work, put dirty clothes/socks in the laundry basket after he takes them off, flush the toilet after he pees, put the dishes in the sink and soak them after he eats. And I'll do the rest. I mean he's not even spending time to clean up, just naturally putting things where they belong after he's done w/ them. But he says he's already doing his best and can't do any better about it. Then what am I suppose to do??? It's sooooooo frustrating!!! I tried to negotiate w/ him, finding a compromise, but it's his way or no way!! He even said he doesn't "have time" to remember to do any of that! How can someone not have time to "remember" to do things? If he tries harder, he can remember. When he leaves things around, it makes me feel that I need to clean up after him. I really don't like doing that. He said if he were to put everything up, then there'll be nothing for me to clean. That really pisses me off.

4. Time. Allen always says "I'll do it when I have time." The fact is that he never has time for ANYTHING! He keeps saying that the house will be done in no time, but it's been a year! He says he has no time to clean up! He says he works too much and he has school. Well, for me, I was working 3 part time jobs, taking 4 grad classes (3 being full time student) and doing all the cleaning/cooking in the house! How did I manage? Well, I tell myself that I have to do them because they are my responsibilities. If he really doesn't have time to clean up after himself or fix up the house, then he's working more than he can handle!! But he even has time to volunteer???!?!??? WTF! What about the house? The time he spends volunteering, he can be fixing up the house!? Okay, so he doesn't want to fix the house, then hire someone to! But he doesn't want to spend the money to do that! So the house has been sitting like that for a year!

AND I just found out that he has no vacation in his new job. That means we won't be going on a vacation this year. It makes me wonder what's more important to him, family or work? or... himself?

5. Compromise/Arguing. Allen and I argue a lot. Mostly for the things above. Hey, you'd think we'd solve it by now, but no. Because Allen never sees mistake in himself. Whenever I bring up a problem, very careful not to sound like I'm blaming him (because I'm not, just trying to solve a problem) his first (and only) reaction is to defend himself by coming up w/ excuses for everything. Like about the cleaning, I tried to compromise by saying that I'll work and go to school less so I can spend more time cleaning, but I need him to try to maintain because I don't want end up a full time maid! But no compromise on his end. He still stick w/ his reasoning that he doesnt' have time to even remember to flush the toilet, how can i expect him to maintain cleanliness. I think it all comes down to him not WANTING to clean, so he gives a bunch of excuses, not even TRYING to compromise.
And while we argue, he gets so busy defending himself, he doesn't consider what I tell him. Anything I say, the first thing he does is to throw it back at him w/ an arguement, no matter I'm right or wrong. No time to remember to flush the toilet?? How ridiculous is that?!?!?!

How can I live w/ a man like that????????

I've only been back for a week and I already feel a huge balloon blowing up in my chest. I can't sleep at night and my neck and shoulders are so tense! I'm grinding my teeth so much that they hurt! What should I do? I think when I move back in Jan. we need to see a counselor twice a week. It's an emergency now.

Mr. Mom

Homeless person

I went back to Richardson this weekend on greyhound.
At the Bryan bus station, we saw a homeless guy who use to hang around my mom's gas station and he was getting on the same bus I was on.

Anyway, so when the bus came, I got on, and the homeless guy got on too after me... MAN HE SMELLS! I've never smelled anything that bad before... He smelled sour!

I feel sorry for the people who had to sit by him in the back...

Marriage

1. Marriage is not a word. It's a sentence (a life sentence).

2. Marriage is love. Love is blind. Therefore marriage is an institution for the blind.

3. Marriage is an institution in which a man loses his Bachelor's Degree and the woman gets her masters

4. Marriage is a three ring circus: engagement ring, wedding ring and suffering.

5. Married life is full of excitement and frustration: In the first year of marriage, the man speaks and the woman listens. In the second year, the woman speaks and the man listens. In the third year, they both speak and the NEIGHBORS listen.

6. Getting married is very much like going to a restaurant with friends. You order what you want, and when you see what the other person has, you wish you had ordered that instead

7. Son: How much does it cost to get married, Dad? Father: I don't know son, I'm still paying for it

8. Son: Is it true Dad? I heard that in ancient China, a man doesn't know his wife until he marries her. Father: That happens everywhere, son, EVERYWHERE!

9. Love is one long sweet dream, and marriage is the alarm clock.

10. They say that when a man holds a woman's hand before marriage, it is love; after marriage it is self-defense.

11. When a newly married man looks happy, we know why. But when a 10-year married man looks happy, we wonder why.

12. Eighty percent of married man cheat in America, the rest cheat in Europe.

13. After marriage, husband and wife become two sides of a coin. They just can't face each other, but still they stay together.

14. Before marriage, a man 'yearns' for the woman he loves. After the marriage the "Y" becomes silent.

15. It's not true that married men live longer than single men, it only seems longer.

16. When a man opens the door of his car for his wife, you can be sure of one thing - either the car is new or the wife is.

Shee Gua!!

Yesterday, I experienced "parenthood".

When I came home yesterday, I found my sandals on my bed, which means Shee Gua had been chewing on them. He has that habit. So to punish him, I spanked him with the sandals a few times to make sure he learns that those aren't for chewing.

Then I found that when I spanked him, he bit his mouth, and I saw a little blood on his lips. I almost cried. I feel sooooo bad and I now realize why some parents cry when they had to hit their kids. I won't spank Shee Gua ever again!!

Cancer Strikes Again

It's been 5 or 6 years since my mom had cancer/chemotherapy. This April, she said that her abdominant area started to hurt so she went to her family doctor and her cancer doctor. They did a few tests on her liver, stomache, etc and found that all those were fine.

She went back to the cancer doctor again in May saying that she's not fine and it hurt really bad. The cancer doc promised her that she had no cancer and told her to go to her family doctor again. She did. They tested her again, no problem. And she went home thinking that it could be a muscle cram.

Beginning of this month, she was hurting so bad she couldn't sleep. She went back to the family doctor again. They tested her again saying that she might have galbladder stone. Nope nothing. Took an X-ray, and the doc said it looked completely fine. She went to the cancer doctor again, and this time they did a CT scan (FINALLY!).

The results came back the next day and it showed that she has a 6 cm tumor between her heart and stomache under her ribs.

She got the phone call, and she cried.

The family doc should have seen it on the X-ray. The cancer doc shouldn't have waited so long to do a CT scan and even promised her that she had no cancer.

So she is switching hospital to MD Anderson in Houston. She spent the week driving back and forth to houston for check-ups. The result will be out Tuesday. if the tumor is benign, she may be going through surgery to remove it, which the surgent would have to remove 1/2 of one of her lungs.

If the tumor is malignant, she might be going thru surgery or straight into chemotherapy with radiation, which would very extremely painful for her.

If the doctors had been more careful and found the tumor earlier, radiation could have taken care of it. And because of this, we may be suing the doctors.

Please pray for my mom.

臥春

鄉音濃重的國文老師，為學生們朗讀一首題為「臥春」的陸游古詩，

要大家聽寫在筆記本上：

《臥春》

暗梅幽聞花，
臥枝傷恨底，
遙聞臥似水，
易透達春綠。
岸似綠，
岸似透綠，
岸似透黛綠。


沒想到，有一位同學的筆記本裡竟是這樣寫的：

《我蠢》

俺沒有文化，
我智商很低，
要問我是誰，
一頭大蠢驢。
俺是驢，
俺是頭驢，
俺是頭呆驢。

HAHA

This guy goes up to a bar located at the top of the Empire State Building in New York. It looks like a nice place, and he takes a seat at the bar.

"This is a nice place. I've never been here before," he says to the guy next to him.
"Oh, really?" the other replies. "It is a nice place. It's also a very special bar."
"Why is that?" the first guy asks. "Well, do you see that painting on the far wall? That's an original Van Gogh, and this stool I'm sitting on was on the Titanic."
"Gee, that's amazing!" says the first guy.
"Not only that, but you see that window over there, fourth from the right? Well, the wind does strange things outside that window. If you jump out you'll fall about 50 feet before the wind catches you and you're pushed back up."
"No way! That's impossible," the guy scoffs.
"Not at all. Take a look," the other man replies, and with that he walks over to the window and opens it. He climbs over the sill and falls out. He drops 10... 20... 30... 40...50 feet, comes to a stop, and whoosh -- he comes right back up and sails back through the window. "See? It's fun. You should try it," he says.
"Try it? I don't even believe I saw it!" the first man shouts.
"It's easy. Watch, I'll do it again." And with that, he falls out the window again. He drops 10... 20... 30... 40... 50 feet, comes to a stop, and whoosh -- he comes right back up and sails back through the window. "Give it a try. It's a blast," he says.
"Well, what the heck, I'll give it a try," the first man says, and proceeds to fall out the window. He falls 10... 20... 30... 40... 50...60...70...80...90... 100 feet and splat -- he ends up as road pizza on the sidewalk.
After watching this, the second guy casually closes the window, heads back to the bar and orders a drink. The bartender arrives with the drink and says, "You know, Superman, you're a real jerk when you're drunk."

A Twist in the Proverbs!

Strike while the .........insect is close.
Never underestimate the power of............ants.
Don't bite the hand that....................looks dirty.
Better to be safe than................punch a grade 7 boy.
If you lie down with dogs, you'll.......stink in the morning.
It's always darkest before............DaylightSaving Time.
You can lead a horse to water but...........how?
No news is..................................impossible.
A miss is as good as a......................Mr.
You can't teach an old dog new..............maths.
Love all, trust.............................me.
The pen is mightier than the................pigs.
An idle mind is.....................the best way to relax.
Where there's smoke there's.................pollution.
Happy the bride who...............gets all the presents.
A penny saved is............................not much.
Two's company, three's.....................the Musketeers.
Don't put off till tomorrow what....you put on to go to bed.
Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and..........you have to blow your nose.
There are none so blind as..................Stevie Wonder.
Children should be seen and not.............smacked or grounded.
If at first you don't succeed...............get new batteries.
You get out of something only what you......see in the picture on the box.
When the blind leadeth the blind........get out of the way.
Better late than............................pregnant

Man gets the pain

A married couple ran to the hospital because the wife was having her baby.
The doctor told them, "I have a new machine that takes some of the pain away from the mother and gives it to the father."
So the married couple decided that they would try this.
The doctor put the machine on the husband at 10%.
The husband said "I feel okay. Turn it up more!"
So the doctor turned it up to 50%.
The husband said, "Put it to 100% because I don’t feel anything."
But the doctor warned them, “It could kill you if you’re not prepared"
The husband replied, "I am ready!"
So the doctor turned the machine up to 100%.
The husband didn’t feel a thing and they went home happy.
When they got home, the mailman was dead in front of their house!

Man and Woman

A man was sick and tired of going to work every day
while his wife stayed at home. He wanted her to see
what he went through each day, so he prayed :-

"Dear Lord, I go to work every day and put in 8 hours
of hard work, while my wife merely stays at home. I
want her to know what I go through, so please create a
trade in our bodies". God, in His infinite wisdom,
granted the man's wish.

The next morning, sure enough, the man awoke as a
woman. He arose, cooked breakfast for his mate,
awakened the kids, set out their school clothes, fed
them breakfast, packed their lunches, drove them to
school, came home ..... picked up the dry cleaning,
took it to the cleaners and stopped at the bank to
draw money to pay the electricity and telephone bills.


He drove to the electricity company and the phone
company and paid the bills, went grocery shopping,
came home and put away the groceries. He cleaned the
cat's litter box and bathed the dog. By then it was
already 1:00 pm, so he hurried to make the beds, do
the laundry, vacuum, dust, and sweep and mop the
kitchen floor.

He rushed to the school to pick up the kids and got
into an argument with them on the way home which he
had to sort out in a gentle 'motherly' fashion. He set
out cookies and milk and got the kids organised to do
their homework, then set up the ironing board and was
able to watch a bit of TV while he did the ironing. By
then it was 4:30 pm, so he began peeling potatoes and
washed greens for salads. He prepared the chops and
fresh vegetables and got everything ready in time for
an early dinner.

After supper, he cleaned the kitchen, ran the
dishwasher, folded laundry, bathed the kids, and put
them to bed. At 9:00 pm he was exhausted and although
his chores weren't finished for the day, he went to
bed where he was expected to make love, which he
managed to get through without complaining. The next
morning he awoke and immediately knelt by the bed and
said :-

"Lord, I don't know what I was thinking. I was so
wrong to envy my wife's being able to stay home all
day. Please, O please, let us trade back!" The Lord,
in his infinite wisdom, replied, "My son, I feel you
have learned your lesson and I will be happy to change
things back to the way they were. You'll just have to
wait 9 months though, because you got pregnant last
night!!!"

seeing eye dog

There were two buddies, one with a Doberman Pinscher and the other with a Chihuahua. The guy with the Doberman Pinscher says to his friend, "Let's go over to that restaurant and get something to eat."
The guy with the Chihuahua says, "We can't go in there. We've got dogs with us."
The buddy with the Doberman Pinscher says, "Just follow my lead."
They walk over to the restaurant, the guy with the Doberman Pinscher puts on a pair of dark glasses and he starts to walk in. The bouncer at the door says, "Sorry, mac, no pets allowed."
The man with the Doberman Pinscher says, "You don't understand. This is my seeing-eye-dog."
The bouncer says, "A Doberman Pinscher?"
He answers, "Yes, they're using them now; they're very good and protect me from robbers, too."
The man at the door says, "Come on in."
The buddy with the Chihuahua figures, "What the heck," so he puts on a pair of dark glasses and starts to walk in.
Once again the bouncer says, "Sorry, pal, no pets allowed."
The guy with the Chihuahua says, "You don't understand. This is my seeing-eye dog."
The bouncer at the door says, "A Chihuahua?"
The man with the Chihuahua says, "A Chihuahua?????? They gave me a Chihuahua?!"

I'd love to be 8 again

A man asked his wife what she'd like for her birthday. "I'd love to
be eight again." she replied. On the morning of her birthday, he arose early, made her a nice big bowl of Coco Pops, and then took her off to the local theme park. What a day! He put her on every ride in the park: the Death Slide, the Wall of Fear, the Screaming Monster Roller Coaster, every thing there was. Five hours later she staggered out of the theme park. Her head was reeling and her stomach felt upside down. Right away, they journeyed to a McDonald's where her loving husband ordered her a Happy Meal with extra fries and a refreshing chocolate shake. Then it was off to the movies: the latest Star Wars epic, a hot dog, popcorn, all the Coke she could drink, and her favorite lolly and M&M's. What a fabulous adventure! Finally she wobbled home with her husband and collapsed into bed exhausted. He leaned over his precious wife with a big smile and lovingly asked, Well, Dear, what was it like being eight again?" Her eyes slowly opened and her expression suddenly changed. "I meant my dress size!!!!!!!

The moral of the story: Even when a man is listening, he's gonna get
it wrong.

free falling bikini girl (interactive)!

Free falling bikini girl

Great quote

"If a person is not pretty at 20, not healthy at 30, not wealthy at 40, and not wise at 50, he will loose them forever."

一個人如果二十歲時不美麗, 三十歲時不健壯, 四十歲時不富有, 五十歲時不聰明, 就永遠失去這些了

劉墉

Translation #2:

"If a person has no beauty at 20, no health at 30, no wealth at 40, and no wisdom at 50, he will loose them forever."

被寵壞的人是不會對你好 "A Spoiled man/woman is never going to treat you right"

A woman’s difficult life is usually her own fault.
A sales lady, June, once told me this.

June was 28 years old, the time to think about marriage.
But she instead broke up with her engineer boyfriend after a visit to his house.

When she entered his house, his grandmother said her boyfriend’s backpack was too dirty so she washed it clean.

At that time, her gentle boyfriend turned to his grandmother and said angrily, “Next time don’t touch my stuff!”

In order to cool the situation, she said to the loving grandmother whom she was meeting for the first time, “Aw, next time he can do it himself.”

Not only did the grandmother not appreciate it, she scolded her (softly), “Let a man do the washing? This is a woman’s work!”

June later met her boyfriend’s mother. She was extremely smart and capable as a housewife, and also a great cook. Her house was spotless, so my friend complimented her. Immediately, her boyfriend replied, “Learn from my mom so you can cook delicious food for me.”

June smiled but didn’t respond. She was feeling uneasy as she remember what her boyfriend had told her before: “My dad has a mistress. Only my mom doesn’t know.”

After dinner, June helped do the dishes. Her boyfriend naturally smiled with satisfaction. He complimented her, “A hardworking woman is the most beautiful woman.”
And then sat down in the living room to watch NBA.

At this time, his mother came into the kitchen and sighed, “Our lives as a woman are difficult. Socially, we need to be a lady. In the house, we need to be a housewife, we need to know how to do everything. You must know this: in order to capture your husband’s heart, you need to first have his stomach!”

Naturally, she doesn’t know her husband’s heart is not with her.

“It’s not that I don’t have what it takes to be a lady and a housewife” June said. “But can’t men be responsible for their lives too? Why do they need to be spoiled like that?”

Because of all these, she refused her boyfriend’s marriage proposal three times.
Right after they broke up, her boyfriend immediately got married.

Although she is sad, in her heart she understands that it’s better to end it.
May be he found a girl who is more capable than she is.
She is sure, that woman certainly has a tough life.


「女人的辛苦，很多是自己找的。」
曾在一家電子公司擔任採購專員的秀君這麼說。

秀君二十八歲。正是考慮婚姻的年紀，
卻因為到工程師男友家拜訪而頭痛不已，考慮分手。

她一進門，男友的祖母就說，
男友有個布背包太髒，已經幫他洗乾淨了。

這時對她很溫柔的男友，竟然很兇的對祖母說：
「以後不要亂翻我的東西！」

秀君為了打圓場，對這第一次見面的慈祥祖母說：
「以後讓他自己洗就好了嘛。」

祖母不但不領情，還很溫和的教訓了她一句：
「怎麼可以讓男人洗東西？查某人該做的就要做。」

秀君發現男友的媽精明能幹，又是烹飪高手，
把家中弄得一塵不染，才讚美伯母一句，
男友馬上高興的接口說：
「妳以後要跟我媽好好學，煮好東西給我吃。」

秀君笑而不答，但心中已經有點發毛，
她想到男友曾經告訴她：
「我爸爸有外遇，就剩我媽不知道。」

吃完飯後，秀君幫忙洗碗，男友理所當然的對她投以滿意的微笑，
稱讚她「認真的女人最美麗」，
然後自己坐到客廳看ＮＢＡ比賽。

這時男友的媽擠進了廚房，跟秀君感嘆：
「我們女人很辛苦，出外要當貴婦，在家要當主婦，
什麼都要會才行——
妳! 要知道，
要抓住丈夫的胃，才能抓住他的心哦。」

她果然不知道丈夫的心已經不在的事實。

「我不是沒有成為主婦加貴婦的條件，」
秀君說：
「可是男人難道不能人生責任自負嗎？一定要這樣被寵壞嗎？」

由於心結難解，顧慮太多，
男友向她求婚三次後，秀君一直沒有答應。

男友在一分手後閃電結婚了。

她雖然難過，但心中卻明白，就此緣盡沒什麼不好。

這位男友也許找到了一個比她更賢慧的女人吧。

她很確定，那個女人，一定很辛苦。

Eat Less Chicken!!

不論已婚或是未婚的女性同胞都要小心注意喔

最近朋友的朋友剛於子宮位置長了 (巧克力囊腫 ) ~就是最近藝人夏禕 / 胡晴雯開刀
割除的病 , 即是瘤內積滿血,血呈深黑色. 滿以為割 了之後會完全康復,殊不知短短幾個月間又再返發,
於是即往向婦科醫生求診. 醫生隨 即問她是否常吃雞翅,朋友的朋友感到十分愕然....
為何醫生會知道...... 原來雞的激素注射部位通常在雞翅/雞頸位,故此常吃雞翅
再加上女性荷爾蒙分泌 影響, 令到愛吃雞翅的女士們特別容易患上子宮部位的腫瘤,
故此奉勸大家少吃雞翅為妙．現今社會女性有80%都容易得到子宮肌留及巧克力囊腫,
真是可怕ㄚ

同時請各位朋友收到這個email時，請儘量轉寄給你們身邊所有男性及女性朋友，
謝謝！

Crime!

Allen's whole family went to Grand Canyon last week. They came back on Sunday and we found out that Allen's mom's office was flooded, so it stunk. We stayed up til 11 cleaning the carpet. The next day she went to the office and it still stunk, and more, the drain was clogged so the toilet doesn't work and over flowed.
so there were the plumbers, the carpet cleaners, the landlord and patients going in and out of the office, what a hectic day.

but on top of this, a thieve also came into the store. She pretended to be a customer, bought a couple of herbs. Now that I think of it, it was fishy. She was black, not dressed very nice, but made no fuss about spending $70 on two bottles of herbs when she has never had acupuncture before. So she was all asking us and patients about acupuncture and said her friend was on her way to get acupuncture and she wants to look. I'm not sure what she told Allen's mom, I was busy filing paper work.

Anyway, she hung around for about 2 hours. When she bought the herbs, she saw where Allen's mom put her purse since she had to take it out to give her change. Then she went to the bathroom like 4 times and everytime she said the toilet overflowed and wanted me to check. I did the first time, but then it wasn't wet. So I just ignored her when she told me the other times. and then I had to go next door to return something, took only about 30 seconds, and there she committed the crime. When I came back, she said "I'll come back to make an appointment." I was like oook... weird, why didn't she just make appointment now.. and where is her friend? but I didn't want to say something thinking that she's the customer and everything. But as soon as I turn into the office, I saw Allen's mom's purse hanging a little out of the 1/4 open drawer, and I thought, hm did Allen's mom leave the drawer open? I went to the room where she was working on a patient and asked her if she's got her wallet, and she said no. so we immediately rushed out to find the black woman. she was gone.

In the wallet was $300+ cash, 2 credit cards, DL, SScard, etc. I feel so freaking stupid being fooled by the black woman. It makes me think very badly of blacks now. Not being racist and all, but the last theft a couple months ago was also committed by a black man. After these 2 times, although Allen's mom needs to keep her purse locked, I can't help it but just watch out for black people who come into the office and have to ask myself if he/she could be another thieve.

Have ya'll seen Crash? Where Sandra Bullock saw the 2 black man on the street immediately held on to her husband's arm, and the black guys made a fuss about how white people always react to them because they're black. and then they turned out to be robbers.

Good Doctors

It's great when you find a doctor you can trust.
I recently went to an opthamologist. I really like her because she explained everything very clearly and it was easy to talk to her. We even talked about things not related to eyes (like family, and jokes). It made it a lot more relaxing.

I also found a dentist like that too. I first I went to her office, it was small and the walls are painted yellow, so I thought I'd better leave. But when she came in, she was smiling and very sweet. She paid a lot of attention to details. And it was cheaper than other dentists I've been to.

And both of them are Vietnamese! I'm going to find Vietnamese doctors from now on.

Do you feel like this sometimes?

We're moving!! I can't stand it anymore!!!

I gotta vent:

Our neighbors complained 4th time yesterday. We don't know which one because it's been anonymous every time.. they'd either call the city or they post a note on our door.

the first time was the drive way when we were extending it. Someone called the city because they thought we were extending it too far. The city came by to stop the construction until they figure out where the line was. And then it was approved, we were right.

2nd time they complained about our dog barking. Our dog(s) are indoors, inside all day long and i'm with them at home. The only time they bark is when the postman comes, or when someone rings the door bell. Now, how often can that be???
I also let them out the backyard once a day for no more than 30 mins. They'll bark if someone approaches the backyard or if another comes near. Now, which dog doesn't do that? When I walk my dog down the street, every house with a dog will start barking at us, may be all of them needs a complaint too???? My dog does absolutely no excessive barking!! the neighbor across the street has a freakin yappy dog that barks all afternoon! Go complain about them!

3rd time was about too many people in our house. Why? Have they been too nosy watching our house constantly?? Ok so we rent to two people, which is in the city's regulation. And these aren't just random 2, they're always UTD grad students! What is there to complain about? And yet they've gotta call the city instead of coming to us and ask about it. What the F*** is wrong with these people! Of course, people from the city came by and again! saying that there's no problem at all.

4th time was about dog barking again! What the F*** is wrong w/ their ears?? I've kept the dog indoors all the time now except bathroom time, out, pee, back, that's it! no barking! Even my roommates all say that they never hear our dog bark!! Talk about noise complaints! the neighbor in the back welds metal!! All afternoon you'd get this BZZZZZZ BZZZZZ BZZZZ, may be I should call the city on them! and every friday night across the street kids have soccer game, and the crowd cheers ain't loud enough???? what about the kids across the streets playing the front yard screaming?? Ok I can call the cops on them too for the noise!

We're moving outta this place... talk about snobby neighbors!! F*** them!

Braums Rocks!

The Braums across the street from our house sells groceries! Although they don't have a huge selection (only Braum's Brand) it's nevertheless very convenient. I mean "convenient" store right? Which means I shouldn't have to drive very far to one! So when I run out of milk or eggs or bread, I can get them there.
Oh and they're cheaper than Tom Thumb or Albertsons, and I don't have to walk around the whole store just to get 2 things. Small mom/pop stores are very nice.

Thanks Braums!

What we pay...

Have you ever said "no" to a doctor/dentist/vet/optometrist who does an examination on you or prescribes something to you? Like they'll said "oh this is good for you" or "you really need this" or sometimes they just simply do it and charge you for it.

I find it especially true at a vet. Every single time I go, it's at least $200 after all the examinations only to find out there's nothing wrong with my dog. So the vet just made $200 off a healthy dog. Or they prescribe something that the dog doesn't need.

Allen's mom does it the same way. After the acupuncture session, she'll take out all these herbs for the patient and charge them $100 without explaining which ones are really necessary (and let the patient choose?). I guess in her view, all the herbs are necessary to keep a healthy body. But as a consumer, do I really want to spend $100 on these herbs when I don't need them? The funny thing is that none of her patients ever say "no I don't want it" although one patient did ask if she needed all that. She ended up with 2 bottles instead of 5. I think it's because we feel like the doctors know what they're doing, so we never question anything the doctor says and just take our our wallet and blindly pay for everything.

I find it true with mechanics too. Because we're so ignorant with our cars that if a mechanic says that something's wrong and we need to fix it, we will, despite that watever it is can still last another few years or so.

I'm going to be more skeptical from now on when someone makes me pay for something. Definitly think twice to see whether you need it, or else you'd be paying big bucks for something you don't really need. Learn to say "no."

GAH! Life is so boring atm

repetition of stuff to do is so boring.. although I do have a variety of stuff that I repeat: work school game sleep work school game sleep

my new GC can't seem to satisfy my need for entertainment... yea it's good and all but I need something exciting... I've been trying to get back to raising baby fish again, but i need to find breeding parents first

other than that.. just looking for a stable job.

lately I've felt pressure to have a kid. got a couple of students who just got pregnant, and saw something on TV w/ babies. Man they're just everywhere...
may be when we are more financially stable, we'll have one. But then that'll be the end of my gaming *_* AH! I think I just need 1 for a month, to see what it's like to have a baby around...

Classes

On a happy note I'm really really enjoying my class on teaching ESL. The prof is really fun. Can't say he's cute but definitly charming. He's got that big smile on his face and a cheerful attitude. I'd definitly work very close with him for my thesis paper :D

Other than that, i've been reading and reading, and more reading. I've never read this much in my whole life! of course i'm not finishing all the readings... bleh

Vent about Salesmen

I really don't like salesmen.
Why?
Because they're oblivious, annoying, and most of all... THEY LIE BIG TIME!
So we were trying to sign up for Dish and 2 different retail stores called and offered 2 different prices.
Of course the first place, which had the higher price, kept saying that it's impossible for the other place to offer a lower price and argued with me for 10 mins trying to get me to go with them instead and insisted that the other place was lying about the lower rates.
and finally he ended by saying
"well, you'll see when you get your first bill"
does it sound like a threat to you?
What won't they do in order to get your business/money??
So if you're not aggressive like that, you'd end like "the death of a salesman."

giant coral

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me feeding the fishies

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more fishies

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yellow tangs & morish idols

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