I am silk toilet paper...

This is the second time this week I've played a basketball game and headed straight to the airport afterward. I feel like Kobe...not EXACTLY...only in that he flew a lot before/after games, stuff like that. Not the other stuff. Oh, and that I'm a baller, ha ha ha, yeah right.
You'll never guess where I am. I'm sitting in first class right now, having a glass of red, and chatting on AIM with my friends. I've never been in the first class lounge before...and you know what sucks? The last time they flew me first class, I didn't get to go to the first class lounge. How sad is that? Anyway, dude, there's unlimited drinks here...there's some snacks too, TV, computer access...the works. The weird thing is that to go to the bathroom, you have to go out of the Lounge. And the water was freakin boiling hot too, me and three other guys got burned. It was a good laugh. But yeah, I feel like I'm in a world that I've never been to. Like that one WAMU commercial where there's that one area for the upper class bankers and that guy gets in, and they realize that he's a "commoner" and kick him out, ha ha ha. But I am definitely the most undersdressed in here, so I do feel a little out of place. Plus I'm so young. But yeah, I guess that's one of the perks about traveling, first class. I was just talkin to this dude that I met in Vancouver(we were on the same flight going there and then coming back home) that travelling was getting a little tiring. I have to come back here again next week.

I still have to blog about "style." The thing that happened at work today. He he he, but I will maybe tomorrow.
Also, the changes at work.
And just change in general.

"When the sun sets, don't let your memories fade into the shadows..."

I am a bumpy freeway...

The good thing about sitting in the back of the car while test driving is that I can do things like this, totally zone out and blog, he he he. We have one of our Japanese customers with us and he wanted to sit in the front, so I graciously offerred him shotgun, much to my coworker's chagrin. So here I am in the back, trying not to get dizzy whilst I am typing so I'm' trying not to lok at the monitor too much. This laptop gets kinda hot man, my legs are already burnin up. Navi's really have no point if you don't follow what it's telling you. Our driver seems to be a little too distracted and lookin around rather than pay attention, we keep missing streets and he is driving hella slow, which "makes my knees feel weak," as Jos would say. But seriously, there are times when he's so zoned out he's driving like 50 on the freeway. I swear, I should be sleeping, but I have to observe...dang nabbit. Now he's driving like crazy stop and go and we're in traffic...someone please shoot me now!

Must-see TV
Freakin Apprentice man, I can't believe those freakin beyotchees ganged up on Stacy J. Yeah, she kinda tripped out during that one lil scene during task one, but to say it bordered on schizophrenia is bit of a stretch, to say the least. I mean, those girls were pulling all of it straight out of their tight, conservative, catty, little arses man, they really did. I've never seen such a mutinous-type move. That's just messed up man, see how catty girls can be? Kinda reminds me about what Cic blogged about the other day, how her and Chris were talking about how girls don't like each other very much. Prime example right there...it's totally true man. I don't think I know many girls that get along w/ all the other girls in their life, there's at least 2 or 3 they don't like very much for various reasons. C'est la vie, I guess. But I'm breaking off on a tangent here, It's turning out to be a good 2nd season so far. Lots of dramatic and intense moments.
Smallville's new season started the other day, and needless to say, it was quite a funky episode. Cic didn't really like Lois, but I thought she was alright. I can't wait to see how everything unfolds this season. Will Lois and Clark hit it off? What will Lana say? Where's Cloe and is Pete really gone forever too? I can't believe he actually flew, but he probably won't fly again anytime soon, since that was Kal-el, not Clark flying. Nonetheless, Lana's still hot and the show is still great. :)

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It's been another busy interval since my last entry. Went to Ohio, been test driving all week, getting ready for London's 4th B-day party this sat, and then flyin out to Vancouver and then heading to Toronto the following week. I've been getting a little tired of traveling lately, and I had to negotiate my way out of an extra trip to Toronto. But everyone's gettin shipped out, so we're using all of our resources, not like I'm the only one being sent here and there and every which where.

Well, TGIF...be back soon.

Surprise, another blog....it is 4AM...and I'm so glad to be back in my hotel...leavin in a few hours...

(Sometime earlier in the evening)
Gotta be proud of myself. I figured out what the Japenese guys were talking about today w/o having to ask them what they were talking about. It took a while, but I got it. And they were laughing cuz when they explained it to me in English, I already knew what they were talking about and they asked me how I knew, and I just said by reading their reactions and stuff...

...I gotta admit, it can sometimes get frustrating when people speak another language I cannot understand, because I feel left out. Of course, I know that they are only speaking in that language because they are most comfortable with it. However, there are times people do that to intentionally leave people out. That's not cool. And one of the things I really don't like is when pilipino's make fun of me or look down on me because I can't speak tagalog. I mean, I would give my left arm to be able to speak my native language, but I don't, and I don't see that as a handicap. One reason it pisses me off is because my parents chose not to speak it to us so that we can learn english better. It was a parental choice they made a long time ago, to make it easier for us. We lived pretty much in the midwest area when I was young and not very many people spoke other languages than English. Was it the same decision I would've made? Probably not, but parents make the choices which they think are best for their children to develop, and that's the decision they made for me and Jos. Now, I am trying to learn it again, as I am with Japanese and French again, he he he, but hopefully, one day, I will be able to make my parents proud.

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Damn, it's freakin 1:45AM and we're STILL working. We're in for the freakin long haul man, probably about another hour or so at the least. And then the drive back to the hotel is at least another 40 min. My flight is in about 6 hours and I haven't packed. I still need to call a cab or find some transportation back to the airport. Argh man. This really biznites. I hate cutting things close...I really do. At least I can sleep on the entire flight back home, plus the layover in Denver. Shucks, I'm gonna miss, "The Day After Tomorrow."

"Small potatoes suck"
-me @ 1:10 in the AM in OH

I am a hotel room hermit crab...

It's been a while...
Why is it when you have a connecting flight, they make your arrival gate so far away from your next departure gate? I swear, when I arrived in Chicago yesterday for my connecting flight to Columbus, I had to walk for 20 minutes straight. I was so freakin tired when I got to my gate. Why do they do that? Sucks for us passengers...

I'm always edgy on the first time I meet w/ people. I was totally nervous meeting w/ the Honda people yesterday. I guess that's because I just wanna make a good impression. Professional and cool at the same time, I hope I came off okay.

Damn, we didn't start actually testing until 3PM yesterday. There was a long meeting before the test drive could officially start...and needless to say, it was a hella long day. I didn't get back in til pretty late. Wrote my reports this morning and got back started. I didn't have to start early today, 'cept for a tiny lil meeting but we'll be testing far into the wee hours tonight...and I'm not looking forward to it at all, considering I'm leaving in the morning for LA. At least the guys I'm workin with are cool. Lotsa laughs, which makes the time fly by. One more day of testing.
My hotel is cool...it's Embassy Suites in Dublin, Ohio. I like the set up. No hallways or wings, it's like one big atrium surrounded by rooms. From the lobby you can see every room pretty much, I'll post up pics when I have more time and more pics, he he he. I haven't really had the chance to leave and venture out much, being that I don't have a car, the weather says there's supposed to be scattered thunderstorms, and that I have to stay here for teleconferences and calls from work. I'm glad I'm leaving soon, I'm getting quite bored. There's billiard tables downstairs, but it's not available when I get back cuz it's so late. How boring...bored bored bored. I'm glad I'm coming back home soon, he he he.

Since we all came back from hawaii, i still dont' think I've totally recovered. I'm still in chill mode, and that can't be good. Cuz in hawaii everyone's so laid back, I kinda brought that back with me. Gotta get back into work mode, arrive on time, and be more productive. It was a damn good vacation though, too much to blog about really, so I'll just let the pics(which are on cic's blog) speak for themselves. It was a great vacation though, I so didn't wanna leave when it was time too. And ever since, Kels has been trying to convince me to quit my job and move there, ha ha ha. She almost has me convinced.

Well, more to blog when I get back home...