Thing to do in Lexington if I'm not dead (by the time I get there)
Eat/drink:
1. The special Yong Chow fried rice from Great Wall.
2. Kung Po Tofu from Panda Garden.
3. Peach Bellini from Bella Notte.
4. Home cook meal from Mike.

Errands:
1. Find out where Maverick lives now and give him his letters that I still receive at my place.
2. Hunt down Delicia and gave her the big ass bag full of YM, Seventeen, Cars and Drivers, Outdoor Living, PC Mag that Dennis forwarded to my place.

Other than that, I have my heart set on having a helluva time with the aunties.

The wait will soon be over
It's friday, my bag is packed, car is fed, CDs are loaded, and I'm so ready for the road trip after a long week. All that's left is for the clock to strike 3.30pm and I will be zipping out of St. Louis. Yeah, 3.30pm because we're having our first anniversary staff meeting (since the merger) at 2.00pm, just my luck.

I was up till 2-ish last night just packing my bag, cleaning up, and watching TV. Still, I have that sunken feeling I've forgotten something. Oh wait, towels, and razors. Crap. Oh well, gotta run out to Kohl's during lunch time then. Ooooh, they have a Sonics there too. Ooooh. I know what I'm gonna have for lunch now: Coney Dog.

Reminder to self: things I need to get before I leave: towels, razors, Mocha Frapp, bottle of water.

Cleaning done! *phew*
Finally, after 3 hours of cleaning, I'm done. Woohoo! The carpets are clean, the bathroom is spick and span, and my cat is smelling nice once again. I'm now ready for the aunties to come, as well as some KFC that Mike is gonna bring home for the both of us ... mmmmm *stomach growling*

Housecleaning day
I don't know if I'm looking forward to tonight or not. Today is Mike's first day of french classes in Cincinnati with the Alliance Francaise, so he left real early for work this morning, and probably won't be back until 9+pm tonight. And I've intentionally left all the housework to be done tonight, so that my aunties will get to enjoy a clean house. So once I get back from work, it's clean the bathroom, vacuum the carpet, wipe the furniture, prepare the bedrooms, clear away anything I don't want the aunties to see *snicker*, and get some groceries for our climbing expedition on Saturday. Sigh ... it's going to be a looooong day. But at least I know that once it's all over, I will be extremely happy because the aunties will be over the very next day!! *bounce*

September Blog Meetup
Who:
Ryan; Don; Erin; Colleen; Melissa; Vince; David; Christy; and me.
Where:
Starbucks off of S. Hanley and Wydown in Clayton.
Synopsis:
Most of the RSVP-ed did show up, which was quite surprising, but it turned out to be an interesting night. I wanted to meet these people because I read about their lifes almost everyday (or whatever they let known to the public). Christy was a riot! She was hilarious, the stories she would tell, and people would just burst out laughing! We've decided to see if we can secure Culpeppers in the central west end for our next meetup. It's a nice night to sit out and have such a diverse company to hang out with.

ps. I took some pictures, but the digital camera is with Ryan now. Hopefully he'll upload them soon.

Swamped
Just when I thought I was going to have a smooth week and take half day off on friday, I was 'over-booked' with overlapped and back-to-back meetings till friday at 3.30pm. I wanted to leave early to go to the blog meetup, so I guess I have to upload all my remaining work stuff to my FTP server and work from home tonight. Hopefully it won't put a damper on my mood.

It's gonna be a good day
My day ended well last night. Nothing like chatting with friends (muaks, Pearly!) and snuggling into bed to mark the end of an exhausting day. I did, however, wake up in the middle of the night with a weird dream, but I can't remember any of that now.

Woke up this morning feeling exceptionally fine. I'm starting my day off with a nice shower, some scrambled eggs and a mountain dew (just in case, hehehe). Today is going to be a good day.

This is how tired I am now...
I needed to shake of the lunch coma, so Helen and I decided to walk across the street to the cafeteria and get some coffee.

Guess what? *thud* *thud* *thud* I fell down the last three steps of the stairs. That's how exhausted I am. I'm sure my butt is in a lovely shade of blue/green/grey now.

Struggle
Lunch coma. Attacking.
Gotta fight. Gotta keep eyes open.
Here it comes. A yawn!
Sigh. *Thud*. Snore.

A rich guy, a rock star, a loving married couple, two out-of-towners, two geeks.
Went to a wine bar called Remy's after work last night. I didn't know what to expect, since I have not been anything like this before. Stopped by at Culpepper's and Michael's to meet up with couple of friends before hand, and my head was already buzzing (no thanks to the Captain and Coke) before we even got to Remy's.

Fat-Bastard was the red wine we ordered at our table. I don't know if I like it all that much, it wasn't quite sweet enough for my taste. But the cheese and the dinner were delicious. I had Halibut - pretty good. But Julie who sat next to me had this delicious tenderloin steak, I was basically eyeing that piece of meat the entire night.

We then have wine flakes edited: wine flights. (I think that's what it's called - small glasses of wine for taste testing). The 6 grapes port was really good. I don't quite care for the other two. But they're all red.

It was a good night out. These people are a riot to hang out with. I can't remember when was the last time I had so much fun on a mundane night, ooops, I mean monday night.

This is so-and-so, Miss Beauty Contest Winner of 1975 ...
I was in a class today for Asian Cross-Cultural training. Even though I am from the region, I find myself learning a whole bunch of new things. For instance, in Philippines, every woman is expected to join and win a beauty pageant at least once in her lifetime. In fact, when you are at social events, you are very often introduced and referred to as the beauty contest winner of such-and-such pageant -- even if you are 45 years old! Can you imagine?
A: "Mr. X, I'd like you to meet Ms. Y, the Cebu Beauty Pageant Champion!"
X: "How interesting ... which year?"

Sorry, but Ms. Soon is fully booked for this week.
Just got out of a staff utilization meeting first thing monday morning. We sat down with the resource manager and hashed out all the projects and the clients that need to be taken care of for the entire week. It dawned on me that I do have a plateful of stuff to get done this week. Been slacking off the last week or two, and now it's coming back and bite me. Eeek.

Even my after work time are fully scheduled:
Monday: Going to the Wine Bar, Remy's, in Clayton. Which explains why I'm all dressed up for work today. Don't think I'll have time to go home and change after work.
Tuesday: It's the St. Louis Web Dev monthly meeting. They're going to talk about blogs this week. I wonder what they'll say about it. Hmmm.
Wednesday: Blog meetup is today. Hopefully I'll get to meet more bloggers from the St. Louis area. Don't RSVP if you don't plan on showing up. I hate disappoinments.
Thursday: I will be doing something kinda fun, and it's all about fast cars.
Friday: I initially planned to head out after lunch - will be driving to Louisville, meet up with Holly, and then drive on to Lexington for a 4 aunties weekend. But I found out last week that we have a big ass meeting at 2-3.30pm that I have to go to :( . So I'm crossing my fingers and hoping that I'll get out before rush hour traffic.

This week will fly by, I'm sure, but it sure is a good change of pace for me.

Another day wasted
My body told me I am not to try anything outrageous after 11pm. I didn't pay attention. Hash browns at 3am... have not done that since good ole college times. And today I'm paying the painful price. I'm totally exhausted.

I had a long list of stuff that I needed to get done on saturday, so that I can spend sunday doing laundry and laying out by the pool while waiting for the laundry. Apparently that's not gonna happen now. Spent my entire saturday in a daze, though did I managed to muster out enough energy to take care of some huge ass task.

My bed is beckoning me. I need to give him some TLC time. Please let it be saturday still when I wake up. Yeah right.