Don's romantic thoughts (continued)

Chapter 2 - Bugs!

I saw THREE cockroaches on my way to the supermarket last week!!!!!!!!!!!
But nothing happened, I just kept walking, thinking to myself "eww....eww....ewwwwww!!"


Anyway, do you know that penguins are not bugs?
Of course I know that too, but I just want to ask.


Anyway, if you happen to kill a mosquito, it WILL die.
But if you kill a cockroach, it may not die. Even its head is cut off.


I am scared of cockroaches.
oh, have I mentioned that I hate them too?


end of chapter 2 - the most boring chapter ever!


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The more I work in a customer service environment, the more I realize that being around many people make me really happy, and I really want to become a nurse and I will study really hard to become one.

Paying attention to individuals and satisfying their needs, establishing a personal relationship with the people I like is my thing. I love it!

And it's absolutely THRILLED and wonderful when a customer stepped into the restaurant looking grumpy, obviously having a bad day;
but after a short communication with me, they kind of cooled down,
resulted in a smile of satisfaction.

That's the best feeling ever!
I love my job and I love what I'm doing!

Just so you know

In case you might wonder what happened to Harry Potter and friends when they grow up, here's the details:

"Where do the main characters work as adults?
Harry and Hermione are at the Ministry: he ends up leading the Auror department. Ron helps George at the joke shop and does very well. Ginny becomes a professional Quidditch player and then sportswriter for the Daily Prophet."

- from Time magazine, in an interview with J.K.Rowling

Quote of the day

"The weapon we have is love. And that will win any war."

eighteen

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Jowell =]

a new series

Some quick updates on me, in the States:

I'm making money, lots of it, and I'm also spending lots of it. Nice!
I'm getting fat. Oh no. I've gained 3 kg. I'm visibly fat now.
I'm uglier. But it's no problem, I've never been pretty anyway.
My singing voice is degrading. It's bad.

However, life's good!

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I'm starting a new series of writings on my blog, I'm gonna call it "Don's romantic thoughts", as an addition to the "My love story" series!

Tadaa!!!

Without further ado - well, maybe a very small ado - ado, I'll officially start this series...

Chapter 1 - Expressions!

Well, the thing is, there are so many expressions around us. Some makes sense, some doesn't, and some attract women, others attract men, and some just attract bugs! It also depends on the person who says it, for example the expression "What are you doing?" (wait, is that a question? or is that an expression?...)

(oh, I just realize, who cares?)

and... back to the expression. If that comes out of a very pretty man, with hazel eyes, hunky, clean shaved, twitching the expression to "What you doin'?". The expression will become much more dirty and flirtatious, and sure will attract some women, or something, or whatever. You get the point.

Wait, my point is... and I do have one... is that I don't really know where I'm going with those two previous paragraphs.


Anyway, there are just so many expressions around us, and I don't really understand all of them, for example:

"For Petes's sake" "Heaven's to Betsy" "Holly Molly"
......Who's Pete? Who is Betsy? Who's Molly, or Moley, or whatever? Do they know one another? and most importantly, do I know them?

"Do you have a buck I can borrow?" (again, this may sounds like a question but TRUST ME, in the U.S., it's an expression)
......I don't know why, but nearly every time I pass by a teenager, he/she will ask/say that. and ONCE, I gave it to a very pretty girl at the train station (superficial huh!) anyway, Do I look like I have a dollar? Only? and why me, my name is Don, not One-Dollar Nguyen, why people keep asking me that. Strange. and whenever I guy asks me, the question becomes shorter: "Got a buck?" which I usually answer with "No, but I'm buying a bucket of water!"

"You are nut." "He's nuts."
......Whether "nut" is in singular, or plural form, it means "crazy". So the translations of the above expressions are "You are crazy, he's crazy." The point is ... and I do have one, is that I DON't know why nut = crazy. I eat nuts, but they don't make me crazy. How about crazy people who are allergic to nuts? What do you call 'em? "You are nuts-allergic-but-still-nuts?"

?!

Someone, please answer me if you know the answer to my above expression/question!

"Take care."
......It's a short form of "take care of yourself." What does "take care" mean? Where's the care? I'll take it.

"Have a nice day."
......I'm abusing this expression/statement/well-wish these days. Ellen DeGeneres wrote "Cashiers and other service-industry people are forced by their supervisors to say this to every customer. The cashiers don't mean it, except for Don - well, I add in this part. What they are really saying is, "Please, God, I don't want to get fired.""

Anyway, I know this chapter is supposed to be about expressions. But I'm really bored now, so I decide to start my diary. But I'm too lazy to write, and since I'm already on my blog, I'll type out my diary entry here.

Sat, June 21, 1:45 AM

.....Yay, my first diary entry ever. I'll write about what happened today.
Well, in the morning, I went to sleep. And when I woke up, I accidentally stepped on my dog, and thankfully, it did not die, so I was really relieved and happy.

.....Wait a minute! I don't have a dog!!!! What did I stepped on this morning? I hope that was not Celine Dion.

.....Anyway, despite being a boy, I have tried to write a diary for a millionth times. I don't have the discipline. Not this time. Dear Diary, I vow to write in you everyday, even though I have a huge problem finishing things I start, it seems to me that

the most incredible person

IS Ellen DeGeneres!

girls

there quite a number of nice/cute/funny girls at my workplace.

they cheered me up =]

work is good!

and I LOVE customer service, a role that was so impossible for me in the past, but not anymore!

PEOPLE fuel me!

ACJC Choir at the Cathedral of Bratislava, Rajes and Nat

The choir sounds really good =] 'Soleram' is beautiful =] The sop voices are incredibly pure in there. VERY VERY good blend of voices altogether.

Thank you for the music =]

"Soleram"


'Kojo no Tsuki'


'Sakura'


'Hymn to The Creator of Light'


and the next clip features guitarist Nat C. and singer Rajeswari =], uploaded to youtube by "einehpetz", AWESOME voice and wonderful acoustic version of the song. You know what, IT'S PITCH PERFECT!!!!!!!!!!!!


"Shut up and drive", I LOVE IT =]

AppleCare Protection Plan

My laptop will be warranted until July 11, 2010.

YEAH!!!!

=]

I love Apple!

SHOCKING NEWS

AGAIN, apple did it =]

iPhone 3G will be released in 22 countries on July 11

and the price?

ONLY $199 US Dollars for an 8GB model, and $299 US Dollars for a 16GB model.

That's a REALLY GOOD PRICE, only half the price of the first generation iPhone (which kinda sucks cos it's too slow to connect to the internet)




and that is why I love APPLE =]

I don't think I'll buy the phone, but I hope they will release the iPod touch at that price as well.

I hope!

caution to myself

I need a really strict diet from now on.

I think american food is not suitable for me. I need to select better choices, and erm, FORCE myself to eat veggies.

EIGHTEEN years without much veggies and THREE FULL YEARS in singapore with nearly NO vegetables AT ALL (except the coleslaw from KFC and miso soup) are starting to take a toll on me.


I'm bleeding more frequently those days through my left nose, and even my right ear (really no kidding).

It's quite serious.




BOTTOM LINE: I need to FORCE myself to eat veggies.



and you should too, if you don't want to end up like me.

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Happy birthday, Gao Ya =]