Oh no… Air Conditioner left open for 12hrs

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Got home from work. When I hold the door knob and about to enter my room. The knob is quite cold, and when I opened the door the whole room is freezing cold. Brrrrrrr…

Certainly when I woke up this morning the airconditioning is off, and I didnt even turn it on this morning. Did it automatically turn on itself?

I want this…

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Gee…. I hink I can sit on this all day long starring at my laptop. Portable and shick… I want one.

I’m still here…

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Haven’t post for a while now. Busy with work and other extra activity. Anyways just an update…

1. Too busy with work. Doing some UI stuff for our company’s cool product.

2. Busy with hunting for mouse on Facebook, and its a game called Mousehunt. I am a real fan of this cool app. Now they are giving away cool prizes, thats why am monitoring my facebook account every 15 minutes, as long as I can. Hahahaha..

3. Administrating Kiaotiongster.org which is a forum site I made for PCHS alumn.

Thats all for now…. sleepy.. have work today… yawwwwwwwwwwwwwwn

My most recent purchases…

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Right after lunch at Swensen’s and an hour walk inside Eslite Bookstore. We’re about to head to ZhongShan North Road to buy bread at Florida Bakery. But before that, we passed by Rockport across Taipei Stadium and Asia World Mall.

I am quite dying to have a new pair of shoes. The last pair I bought was 4 months ago and it’s a Converse sneakers that I couldn’t wear because my feet hurts a lot and can’t breath in it everytime I wear them. But the time I was fitting them they are quite comfy. I don’t know whats wrong with them. Anyways I should try wearing them again soon.

Back to Rockport. Actually I don’t have any intensions of buying a pair of shoes that day. We just enter the store and I started to sit on the couch and let Michelle take her time looking around while I enjoy the cool air of the store’s air conditioning system. It was really hot that day and I was like a faucet sweating. While sitting and at the same time my eyes are rolling through some cool pairs of sandals displayed. I saw a nice pair of boat shoes right below the sandals that I saw. I like boat shoes because they are comfy and I don’t have to wear socks to wear them. I asked the sales lady if they had the biggest size, which I always ask everytime I would like to fit one. So she brought me a size 11. I was wondering, would it fit? Sometimes my feet’s size could go 12 or 13. Well depends on the brand and type. So I started to put both on and walk on it. Yeah they are comfy and fits perfectly. But something bothers me with the design of the shoes with what I am wearing that day. Then I noticed that I am wearing socks. So I tried taking off my socks (good thing my feet doesn’t smell or else I would cause everyone inside the store to suffocate that would cause a massacre in Taipei) then putting them back on. Then there it is. Kaching… kaching… the sound of the cash register. We decided to head out of the store before I could cause a massive damage with my budget for the month. Since I was also eying on the pair of sandals I saw. But thats enough, I am happy with just a pair.

So when we arrive at ZhongShan North Road and after having a sip of 7-11 City Cafe’s Vanilla Ice Coffee which is oh so yummy. We stop by Vivo to check out Hugo Boss’ new perfume. It smells good but I am not that crazy about it. I would still prefer the one I used before which is Girgio Armani’s Aqua Di Gio, that I was planning to buy after I empty a bottle of Bulgari’s Aqua Pour Homme and Clinique’s Happy for Men.

When we enter the store no one entertained us. Not a single one. Though theres like 4 of them inside the store and only one customer plus us. Since no one is entertaining us, we just started testing some bottles on a strips of papers. Then a sales lady comes nearby us and staring at us while talking to her co-sales lady. Thats it, she started to get into my nerves. She looks at us like we don’t have money to buy and we’re just playing with their items. Then Michelle walked near the door and the sales lady followed her with a strange look. Like, I wanna grab her eye balls and soaked them in a gallon of muriatic acid. I just hate people like that. So I didn’t say anything to Michelle, and I just call her and let her try Sean John’s Unforgivable for Men. I liked it the first time I smelled it. The smell is not that strong but its refreshing and quite unique. I somewhat like to buy it 6 months ago. But like what I said , I still have two bottles of used perfumes at home and one thats not opened yet which was a gift to me last year on my birthday.

Then I told her that I was quite intimidated with the clerks attitude. So she was also thinking of buying one for herself. Then the sales lady with the attitude problem approached us and ask “are you looking for something?” in Chinese and in a sarcastic way. Michelle started answering in English and ask her how much is the Bulgari perfume for women. The sales lady told her the price and get another bottle which is a Max Mara perfume. The sales lady is quite pushy with the Max Mara perfume but Michelle can’t smell anything from the perfume. So she tell her that she’ll think about it, but the “makulit” kept on pushing. So I just told the sales lady just get me a bottle of Unforgivable, to have her stop whining. We’ll it doesn’t there. She still kept on talking about promos and stuff if we purchase the perfume she was pushing to us. After a couple of NO’s in the end she stopped and I follow her to the cashier. Paid my purchase, and out of the store. Sheesh…

Gluttony

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Yesterday was Michelle’s last day in Taiwan. For her, it wont be a complete and satisfying stay if she didn’t had a Meat Sauce Spaghetti at Swensen’s. So I agreed to have lunch with her at Swensen’s the night before.

So the next day before we left home. I told her that theres another branch we should consider visiting and its just 2-3 km away from Swensen’s in RenAi Road and also along DunHua North Road. Since we have this miss communication problems and hunger had overcome our sense of direction, we end up eating at RenAi Branch instead of the one in MinSheng Road.

While I’m looking at menu. Michelle was already decided to have a meat sauce spaghetti, and after a few minutes I chose to have a mushroom cheese burger. I know that their burger is served quite big for my small appetite (sorta kinda) and I doubt myself that I can finish the whole thing. But were still kinda undecided whether we should order an appetizer or not. I kinda like to order a plate of calamari but the problem is Michelle don’t eat squids. So she ask me if we can order a house sampler instead. I would ate the calamari and the buffalo wings, and she would take the potato skins and the mozzarella cheese sticks. That fine with me. When our order came we didn’t see any calamari on the plate. I didn’t also bother to read the description on the menu since I take Michelle’s word for it. So in the end we end up sharing everything whats on the plate and we were both almost full after finishing the whole dish, and our main course haven’t arrived yet.

So when her spaghetti and my burger arrived, were both full. I am staring at my burger and didn’t know where to start. Should I just eat the beef patty with melted cheese and mushrooms on top plus the veggies and wedge fries on the side ignoring the bun? or should I stack everything into one and start piggin on it? Well in the end, I end up with option 2 and little by little, slice by slice I finished the whole thing. Thats one hell of a burger I should say, and no burger for me for the meantime.

So after a big meal, and tummy is as big as a watermelon. We decided to walk down to Eslite Bookstore and check out some books and magazine. Since Michelle couldn’t find an issue of Entertainment Weekly featuring Christian Bale we headed out the bookstore and upon passing one shelf along the way to the door. There’s a book titled in big bold letters “GLUTTONY” staring at us. Hahaha…

Will post something soon…

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I know, I know…. I am behind with my post lately, quite pre-occupied with work. But I will, soon… hahaha this week maybe.

I am also behind with my movies too. I haven’t watch Hancock yet but we’re planning to watch today.

Have a great week ahead everyone.

Farewell Party

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Last Tuesday, my officemates from my previous job gave me a farewell party after leaving for 2 months. I am very thankful having friends like them. Though just for a very short time, I connected with them and felt very much welcome when I was just starting back 1 and half years ago. Though we all don’t belong in the same department, still we have the same vices. FOOD.

Here are some photos we took that night.

The gals and me:

Jennifer, Diane, Erica, Sylvia, Claire, and Me.

Jennifer, Sylvia, and Claire like me don’t work for the same company anymore. While Diane and Erica, our dynamic duo accountants still loyal and still doing a great job back there. Thanks for keeping my pay roll confidential for the pass 1 1/2 year.

George and Iris on the background, while Steven was behind Jennifer doing the lion’s attack post on her. These two guys are crazy.

Steven and Jennifer pushed it to the limits. See how they eat their burgers? Thats the way you eat it. I guess Jennifer beat Steven in this round. She really has the appetite. Steve still with poise. Hahaha!

Now Allie and Iris, also wants to show all of us they can also do what Steven and Jennifer can do. But theres a lot of people inside the restaurant so they compete who’s burger has the most cheese melt on it and who has the more fries. Hahahaha… Thats the way the girls does it.

Both of them are also no longer working for my previous company.

I say Claire is my big sister in the group. Really an easy going person.

As far as th night goes, I really had a good time. Steven and Claire talked about their vacation on the beach kept me laughing and laughing with their funny stories of boats rides and unusual experiences at the night markets. I never felt bored around them, though some words they used haven’t really registered in my mind. Though I get what they are talking about.

Thanks a lot for a wonderful evening.

Thank God its weekend

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Let me just start by thanking Gina (Saturday) and Aunt Julie (Sunday) for treating me out for dinner. Thanks Thanks.

Just a few days after our dinner at Spice Market. Michelle told me that Gina is inviting us for dinner. It’s either we go to Swenzens or TGIF. Since its food, nothing will stop me. So  I told Michelle “I’m in” but suggested that we should try other restaurants. I was try to convince her to try OUTBACK for a change. I’ve been to TGIF and Swenzens for many times, and OUTBACK just once plus I was craving for a rib eye steak. Hehehehe… Since my convincing powers didn’t work we headed to TGIF last Saturday and meet up with Gina.

That saturday, I didn’t had lunch nor breakfast. I woke up around 1 in the afternoon and leave the house around quarter to 3. Still sleepy, but tummy is grumbling like a lion’s roar. So we headed to TGIF at DunHua North Road branch, while waiting for Gina. We were browsing through their menu, then I saw a rib eye steak that I was craving for. That thing that only resists me for from ordering a steak is it pricey tag. So it again took me another 5 or 10 minutes flipping through their mmenu. Then Gina came and I already  decided just to go for a Sizzling Chicken and Shrimp which is $300 cheaper. When my food arrives I smell the baked melted mozzarella cheese that triggered my appetite. Everything is tasty, the chicken, the shrimp, the rice, all are seasoned well. I felt the serving is quite big so I have to share.

After a full meal, a long conversation, and we’re about to leave the place. Gina insist on paying the bill, but we tried to resist and failed. See how spoiled I am when it comes to food hahahaha. Still thanks again Gina! I promise will cook Sizzling Chicken and Shrimp when we invade your house.

Sunday. I was really in the mood going to church that day. I slept early and still I didn’t make it to woke up on time. I called up Christian and asked what are his plans. He says he’ll be going to Daan Park park and attend the Philippine Independence Day Celebration held by Filipino communities here in Taiwan. So I guess it will be crowded. So I just told him just call me if he had other plans after the event. Then minutes passed by and he called back and says he’ll be going to practice golf at a driving range in NeiHu. So I went and watch people practice their swings. It’s my first time being in a driving range, and I find golf interesting. But I must say it’s a very expensive sport. Christian showed me some techniques, and I tried swing and hit some balls. Though I really didn’t want people looking a me (a first timer) like a fool, didn’t know what I was doing. Still, it’s a very nice experience and will go back next week. (My hips are aching right now!)

Dinner. Christian invited his Mom over for dinner at a sister’s restaurant in RuiKwang street in NeiHu, JS Lounge 喜悅餐飲. The place is huge enough to host a party, not a typical size for a Taiwanese restaurant. I’ve been invited here by fellow church members several times, but I wasn’t able to make it. Now’s my chance to taste their food, and I ordered a Japanese pork cutlet (Tonkatsu) in curry sauce as recommended by Sis Josie which is her favorite.

While waiting for our food I took just 2 pictures of their interiors, too bad I wasn’t able to take a shot of their reception area.

My dish arrives and the first thing I noticed is the rice, its an organic brown rice. I like brown rice and its good for me.

The pork cut is quite big for one person, even I felt that the portion is big. Still, I managed to finish it till the last curry sauce I can smudge my pork on to. Yum yum

Could there be more weekends like this? hehehe…

Let’s go and watch a movie

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No! Not Yet! I haven’t seen the movie.

The movie have been receiving a very very good review. Not only from film critiques, but also from some of friends. “Jepoy, have you see Kung-Fu Panda yet?” a friend asked me. “You should watch it!” she says after I told her that I haven’t seen the movie.

Oh well, I am pretty much excited already.

It upsets me that screening here in Taiwan had been always delayed. You get to watch a western movie 1 month or 2 weeks later after the worldwide premiere. I guess its because they have to do the translation for the subtitle or dubbing in chinese in case if its cartoon. Sigh….

Anyway, another friend of mine told me that I can already download this movie over the internet. I was likely about to do so, but I prefer watching it in a theater. My perception about watching and downloading movies on the internet had been change already. Before, I used to wait for a DVD release at Quiapo (DVD capital of the Philippines).  But when I started watching movies at theaters more often, and leaving the movie house with a smile on your face and satisfaction over the film you watched. I say your NT $110, $150, $200, and before $300 bucks is really worth spent. It is just my opinion, some people might say that its not really practical spending that much money over an hour and a half long movie. A question hits me. Will you still be able to watch a movie like this if its not because of that single ticket you purchased?

I am not coming clean… I still do what most internet people do. But just for a change and a little contribution for the industry. =) Peace!

Beach, anyone?

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It’s summer and it freakin’ hot here in Taipei. My thy neighbor is already complaining about the heat.

I am having some thoughts of going to a beach here in Taiwan. Though nothing can compare to the beautiful beaches back home. You have Boracay, Dumaguete, Bohol, Pagudpod, and more. Sigh, I wish am still there right now.

***** and ***, the dynamic duo are planning to go to Boracay later this year. Though chances are slim, but I will surely think about it. So guys, count me out for while. It is a matter of time and budget. Hahaha…

Yet, I am eagerly planning to go to Kenting (懇丁). But I think I’ll be going all alone this time. Some self relaxation. Just a time aways from the city.