Halloween

had one of thes worst halloween ever~

my pda phone decides to die on me yesterday.... 

it's a good thing I backed up all my client/office files on friday or I'll be even more depressed!!

To make things even worse.....lost my bluetooth earphone that night as well!! I have no idea where it went!! Maybe it dropped out of my ear/hand when I was buying groceries?! blah~

moving on....no more talking while driving until I get a new earphone....urghh.....

Water fetish.....

When wifey & I first dated, I always find it a bit strange that she's able to taste the difference between brands of water. To me, water is water....apart from those nasty mineral-infused tab water, bottled water all taste the same in my mouth.

Well, wifey took her passion for water to new height recently.....

....and I nearly fainted when I find out the shipping costs $200 just to ship from Taiwan to Toronto!!  Damn those "limited edition evians"!!! @_@

...and apparently she's eyeing the newest limited edition bottle out for 2009 by Paul Smith....

sigh~ it's so easy to make money off women these days....

ps. she collect the bottles....not drink them. Think I'll really faint if she spends all that money just to drink!  When she was working at Sheraton Taipei, Michael Jackson visited once and request to have boxes and boxes of evian moved to his room so he can take a bath in them. @_O  She said at least few hundred bottles were used for his stay there....

oh boy~

So it was Canadian Thanksgiving this past long weekend....and what did we do? We ate like there's no tomorrow!!

I'm not kidding....first time in my life where I ate 3 different turkeys in 3 consecutive days and now I'm paying the price!!......I'M CONSTIPATED!!!  
lulu is so full of sh*t right now it's not even funny!

Friday I got off work early so we can start shopping for next 3 day's grocery list....saturday potluck w/ friends and somwhat of an upside down turkey (they forgot to flip it over), sunday was turkey in Milton (the best turkey my friend ever cooked up IMO) and monday wifey cooked another bird for my folks and brother in law's family.

As good as they were....I'm going to swear off turkey until next year cuz I ate so much I still have turkey-aftertaste in my mouth!! 

didn't get to take pics on all three bird so this one will have to represent! =P

 
and of course....after stuffing ourselves w/ all that turkey, fat burning activity is a must!

 
or yoga...... 

~HAPPY 8 YR ANNIVERSARY~

I don't know if people still celebrate their anniversary after getting married (since wedding anniversary naturally takes over). But since I have a habit of remembering dates (whereas wifey has a habit of forgetting)....I still remind her by either taking her out or giving her something little to kinda celebrate the events.

Well, today is our 8 year anniversary and I was going to take her out to somewhere....except now that she's sick w/ running nose and probably physically drained from all that eating/cooking over the long weekend....

So instead of going out....I cleaned the house (mostly kitchen) before heading off to work. She's always complained that I don't do enough in the kitchen but whenever I'm in there she'd kick me out for being clumsy!  

And lord and behold, wifey called me at work asking if today is something special because it's not like me to clean out everything before heading off to work! haha...she still doesn't remember what exactly today is but at least she's starting to catch on quicker~

My friends always make fun of me that I have one of the greatest gift in my marriage (woman who can't remember important dates) and I let it go to waste by ruining it all the time~  blah......

oh and wifey's HDTV/monitor finally came and to my relief, it wasn't as "fake pinkish" as the website was showing!! It's subtle yet catchy and it fits right in w/ rest of her pink fetish stuff~ Needless to say, she was thrilled~


Now that we both have the same thing, she won't fight over w/ me anymore~  But man, it came at a steep price though....stupid custom costs me another $40 on top of the already overpriced monitor! =( 

Went to Cirque Du Soleil w/ wifey, my folks & brother in law's family....OVO was alright but a bit disappointing after seeing KOOZA 2 yrs ago. This is more of a story-telling performance (sesame street style) instead of stunt performance so better fitting for kids as their attention span will be drawn to stage.

omg, I almost made a fool out of myself before the show started!! Saw somebody that looked so much like lavender_tint....was about to say hi but shut my mouth cuz the guy she was with does not look anything like her bf!!  It's a good thing I've seen her bf on xanga before or else I'll really look like a fool!  blah~

quickie.....

short entry before heading off....

so here's the gift I got wifey few weeks ago...

Patio swing chair for our balcony. It's kind of a reward for all that work she's done. She spent a good 2 weeks took out the nasty carpet on our balcony, scrap off the hardened dirt, patch up holes w/ cement and cover the cement floor with stone-finished paint...took 6 coats to make it look a bit even and it made my wallet cry )

I guess wifey is a lot more handy than me cuz all I did was buying all the materials and she did all the work!  In fact, she kick me away when I tried to help once so I just let her do everything~

....and this is the gift I "forgottenly" bought her last week!  Totally forgot the swing chair was meant for her bday gift (didn't realize until wifey reminded me). Oh well, I guess she'll be super happy this year then~ I have no idea how "metallic pink" the colour will be cuz from the pic it doesn't say a lot. *fingers crossed and hope it's a nice pink instead of ugly pink*

Oh well....wifey has been complaining about her monitor due to the contrast ratio and noise so thought this 24" HDTV will get the job done! Just checked the tracking # and it got out of canadian cutom today....oh man oh man hope I don't get dinged with more duty/tax!

omg....spent the last 72 hours helping my parents move!

and they even hired movers too....even with their help we're still far from done! I took a day off work just to help from 11am till past midnight....and I don't know why there still so much junk left!! @_@

think my mom is going to get really emotional tomorrow when she hands over the keys....and to make things worse, my parents found out what the new owners are going to do to their beautiful home!! They're going to put up dry walls everywhere so they can create as many rooms to RENT OUT as possible!

like wth?!?! Why would anyone want to destroy a perfectly good looking home just so they can make it look like concentration camp and get more rent?! Damn chinese people.....think my mom is kinda heart broken when she found out the fate of her beloved home....sigh~

didn't get to celebrate wifey's bday much (due to the move) but she's been understanding so it's all good~ Her 2nd gift is still stuck in the customs! >_< Hope I don't get dinged with too much tax....the gift is already too expensive!! If it weren't for the colour, I'd buy one in Canada for 30% cheaper....urghh~

seriously...next time I should just get the online stores to ship the goods to one of you US xangans and have you guys ship it to me. I don't mind paying for everything but I DO MIND when the damn government is charging more than necessary duty/taxes on top! ....

anyway, it's getting really late so I better go home soon.

update soon....