Siu Say Ngo Laaaaaa

This chat log and the voice clip was from February 2006 which was dug out from Alex's archives while he was cleaning and re-organizing his hard drive.

Alex: ... well maybe... but it's you so... you're like stupid ho... can't hear your name being called XD
Juli: (wtf)
Juli: remember how you called Ken Ho, "Ken's Ho"?
Alex: meh
Juli: LOL
Juli: hahahahaha
Juli: ((siu say ngo la))
Alex: ngo?
Juli: me
Alex: *raises eyebrow*
Juli: it's not 'o'
Alex: press F2 and say it
Juli: it's ngo!



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Getting Distracted

Near the end of every semester when finals come around, I always manage to find something to distract myself from studying. The semester before this one, it was the Facebook Game: Restaurant City. The year before that it was the Back Dorm Boys on YouTube. This year, it just happens to be this awesome online show called The Guild!

My friend Anita actually introduced it to my sometime at the beginning of this year, when she got addicted to watching their music video (Do You Wanna Date my Avatar) on repeat while painting her house or something. At first I watched 10 seconds of the first episode of the first season and I was like... "this is some webcam video blog thing" so I just turned it off and never thought about it again. Then during my visit at the Cube late this semester, Amy re-introduced me to The Guild and now I'm HOOKED! Each episode is about 3-8 minutes long. You might have to watch up to episode 3 or so to really get addicted, but I think I got Hanson hooked now too!

It's basically an online show about online gamers and their life on and offline.

First Nail Art Attempt

I was first introduced to nail stamping at the PNE Marketplace this last summer. Their kit was so expensive, I decided not to buy it. Instead, I bought it from a funky lady in LA over the internet! A couple Sundays ago, I decided to do my nails instead of my homework, (which explains why my marks are going down hill). Anyway, check this out! Using CHEAP nail polish I bought from Daiso and the dollar store, I decorated my nails!

The bottom layer is supposed to be a light purple nail polish I got from Daiso, but under bright light, it turns out to be pink. It only appears purple when you think that it's purple... and you have to think really hard.... Then the flowers were stamped on using the Konad stencils also with Daiso nail polish. The nail polish was supposed to be red, but it turned out hot pink. Again, it only turns red when you think it's red. And then a little dab of silver glitter nail polish that I got from the dollar store on the center of the flower. I'm not a big fan of rhinestones since they can get somewhat expensive AND they fall off easily.

It's not completely perfect, but it's pretty good for a first attempt. In fact, I kept smudging it because I was doing other stuff at the same time. I want to do more nails, but I only have two hands. I need to recruit some volunteers to let me experiment on their finger nails!

My Brush with Fame

That is if you can call it fame...

Yesterday, I went with Hanson to Metrotown to walk around. He had to go to take a dump really badly as soon as we went inside the mall, so I wandered in the other direction while waiting for him. As soon as we entered the mall, I saw a small crowd of people lining up to get autographs from this one person. Apparently, he was from this Disney TV show called "Wizards of Waverly Place". I have never heard of this TV show before yesterday. As the small crowd of people were snowballing, I thought to myself, well he must be *somewhat* famous if there's so many people who wants his autograph, so I decided to line up too! No harm in getting it, I thought to myself. It might be worth something one day if he does become famous!

It appears that this was part of an advertising thing for some acting school. While I lined up, this lady came up to me and asked me for my name, age, and phone number. I told her that I wasn't interested in acting school and asked whether it was possible for me to just get the autograph, and she said no. So I was like, what the hell... I gave her my name, age, and a fake phone number (sorry to the person/family if they ever call you asking for me). I scanned down the list, and saw that I was the OLDEST person there! Ages 12, 15, 17... and then there was me: 22.

At first, I felt kind of pedophile-ish because he looked so young. Hanson predicts that he's probably like 15 -18. It's a good thing that he had his name on the picture, because otherwise I wouldn't even be able to look him up on IMDB. Turns out that he's 22, a couple months younger than me, but at least I don't feel so bad anymore.

So did I learn anything new about him after all of this? I guess so. I got home and watched an episode of that wizard show, (which I must say, isn't as bad as some other Disney TV shows I've seen in the past). And well, sadly, he's not even in the credits... He's like the Gunther of Friends. But I think he's getting there! Yesterday when I checked, his Facebook group had 60 fans, today he had 67! Just for the record, I didn't join.


I had no idea who he is... but I figured that if there's so many people lining up to get his autograph, he must be *somewhat* famous...?


The autographed picture that I can't sell because
1) It has my name on it
2) He's not famous enough for this to worth anything

Will Power: The Story of an Amazing Dog

I received this in my email and I just had to share it (without spamming everyone)

I smiled after looking at the first photo... you will also smile. Just scroll down and you will get to know the story of Will Power.
Here it goes....


You thought the dog is imitating the man. ....


Entertaining the college kids...right?


Now have a close look at it....


So....




Got the message ???


Despite being an animal he gets respect...


He gets a warm welcome everywhere....


He gets a pat on his shoulder...


He can STAND-ALONE


The doors are open for only those who believe in themselves and Will Power which can make an animal walk on TWO LEGS...!!

Yes, Because That's What Every Girl Wants to Hear

A couple days ago, something happened at school and I thought I wasn't going to graduate this semester (it's resolved now, by the way). So, I spent a good couple hours crying at school, and then wandered around on Broadway for a while until 7pm before I decided to go home. On my way to the bus stop, a man called out to me.

Man: Excuse me! Excuse me!
*I turn around*
Man: I just wanted to tell you that I think you're beautiful and that I love you. Do you understand English? It's OK if you don't. You can just say "no" if you don't understand English. Do you understand English?
*I stare*
Man: I just want to let you know that you're beautiful and that I love you and that I want to marry you. We can get married and go live in China together! So do you understand English?
*I continued staring - blink blink*
Me: Yeah... I understand English... But I don't live in China.
Man: Oh, so where do you live?
Me: I live here.... in Canada...
Man: Oh, well I just wanted to let you know that I think you're beautiful and that I love you and that want to marry you.
Me: Thank you...(?)
Man: Don't forget I love you, OK?
Me: OK...
*Man walks away*

What a lovely man, I thought. So I told Hanson this story, thought that it would make him worry because he has competition. Instead, he goes: "Well you must have been happy to hear that!". Yes, Hanson... because that's what every girl wants to hear... from a stranger on the street with matted long hair.

Yoga for The Drunks

Two years ago, my grand-aunt gave me a pair of yoga pants. Until this day, I still have no idea what brand these pants are from. Not that the brand name really matters as long as they work, but I guess it's to fix my curiosity. It happens that the company went bankrupt or something two years ago and there was a huge sale, which was how I got these pair of pants. It has a Buddha symbol and underneath it it says "LOL". So I googled "LOL Yoga" and this is what I end up with: yoga for the drunks

Want the Scariest Halloween Costume?

I stumbled upon this website called "Smart Canucks" every now and then, which is a really good site for deals/freebies, etc.

Anyway, today, I found this. At first, I thought it was really funny, so I decided to share it. This is a free "Evil Ronald McDonald" mask created by PETA. Then, I watched the video... It was probably one of the most disturbing videos I've ever seen and has totally changed my point of view of McDonald's. Those poor chickens... I think if I watch enough of these videos on PETA, I think I will become a vegetarian one day.


Disclaimer: Now I'm not a vegetarian or anything at the moment (although I've had thoughts about becoming one in the future), but I am definitely against people who wear fur.

Taylor Swift - Love Story

Hey Taylor, don't be upset... look what I made! A comic strip of your song "Love Story"! Sorry if the text is a little small and fuzzy. But it's basically the first verse and chorus.

Paper Bag Book?? Seriously.

Today, I sold some of PSYC textbooks along with my beloved CPSC 121 textbook (Discrete Mathematics with Applications by Epp). The reason why I called it my "beloved" was because I wasted so much money on it, and yet I've never opened it up to read it. I lost some money, but not a lot though because the bookstore actually raised the price (by a LOT) since I bought it. Anyway, the book has been put to good use (sort of) since I mean I used it for 3 courses (CPSC 121, 221, 320) and I lent it to Alex as well. When I lent it to Alex, I told him to take VERY good care of my book, otherwise I'd kill him. So he wrapped it in paper bag like what people used to do in highschool.

I took the book into the Cube and told them that I was looking for _____ and that I was selling my textbook, and the stupid ugly dude (yes, that guy) made a comment: "What? You have a book that teaches you how to make paper bags?".

I kept my mouth shut. Like seriously I wanted to say to him: "You know what? You talk to much. Shut your mouth." But once again, I was NICE, so instead I blog about it (again). Like seriously, "you need a BOOK to teach you how to make paper bags?". If you want to hit on me, try a little harder. But it doesn't matter because at least on my blog, you'll always be known as the "stupid ugly dude".

Being a TA is No Easy Job

Especially when you're trying to help a student and the student argues with you and states that they don't agree with your answer.

I was trying to help this student the other day and he kept on arguing with me, "I think I understand what you're saying but I don't agree with it." Well, I'm sorry, but I didn't make up the f*cking rules!

We were given the answers and I try my best to explain it as much as possible. Don't argue with me if you don't agree with what I say - I'm just stating what is in the answer key because I don't want to give you the wrong instructions on approaching this problem. So really, it's not me that you're disagreeing with - it's the prof.

It's called "Chinese Food" - Get With the Program!

During the school year some time ago (actually it was just last school year), I decided to have lunch at the Computer Science Student Society while watching people play the XBOX (yes, this is how bored I am sometimes). I opened up my lunch and just started eating when this ugly hairy dude came up to me and was like, "your food smells."

I was like.... WTF, man. Have you no manners??? I could have easily returned an "oh yeah? Well you look really ugly; you pollute my eyes." " I'm sorry, does my food sting your eyes? Because my eyes hurt from just looking at you!"... but I didn't... because *I have manners*. So instead, I blog about it.

Seriously, man. Since when did the Cube become such a hostile place. A girl can't even have her lunch peacefully without someone telling her that her food stinks.

The Best Marriage Proposal Ever

On June 6, 2009, something magical happened on Main Street of Disneyland. John proposed Erika in a style that can only be found in Disney fairy tales! With the help of Disneyland staff, John sang and danced with a pure Disney aroma. It's definitely a dream proposal for all of the girl (myself included, of course...). Maybe I should propose to Hanson this way... HAHAHA!

Click here for the video.

Too Excited About Google Chrome OS

Today, I logged into Facebook this morning and saw that my friend Alex, had wrote a message about how Google is going to release a Google Chrome OS.

I got so excited about it, I messaged my friend Kimberley over MSN:

Juli: Look! Google's coming up with an operating system!
Kimberley: Yeah, I heard.
Juli: When is it available?? [obviously I haven't read the whole article]
Kimberley: I think they said mid 2010...
Juli: That's like... NOW??? Hullo...???
Kimberley: Haha it's 2009 right now... not 2010...
Juli: Oh... crap...

Miss and Diss - 2009W

CPSC 313 (Mike Feeley): Mike was a really nice guy. He knew everything he taught in class inside out! He sometimes teaches stuff that is not required for his students to know for exams, but he can get extremely hyped up talking about it. His exams are fair and believed that his students shouldn't be examined under time pressure. If you were under time pressure for the midterm exam and got a bad mark on it, he will give you the benefit of the doubt and allow you to make up for it on the final exam. He gave more than enough time for the final exam (almost 4 hours if you really need it for a 2.5 hour exam). If you're interested in hardware, I'd recommend taking the course with Mike since he can teach you so much more than you are required to know!

CPSC 404 (Laks): This was one of the hardest classes ever. I have never tried this hard to listen in class and not understand a word that he is saying. He doesn't have much of an accent, but his voice just feels like a lullaby most of the time. I ended up having to surf the net throughout most of the class to keep myself awake. For the most part, I needed to learn everything on my own.

PSYC 430 (Sarah Desmarias): One of the best Psychology professor ever! The only thing that bothered me was that she assumed that everyone who was taking her course to be applying for grad school next year and knew little that students can take any upper-level psychology courses after completing PSYC 100. Anyway, her lectures were really enjoyable and kept me interested throughout every 1.5 hours of class every Tuesday and Thursday. In addition, she required her students to write two papers for the course. Overall, the papers are not bad (at least I enjoyed writing it) and the TA (Makenzie) was really helpful.

STAT 302 (Eugenia Yu): I've taken STAT 200 before with Eugenia, and I guess the only difference is that in STAT 302, you have to take your own notes. I'm always scared about making mistakes on the notes when I copy them mindlessly in class, but her notes are pretty clear and easy to understand. I never really needed to read the textbook and is planning on selling it to those who are interested (posting is on Facebook)!

The Hidden Part Time Jobs on Campus

For those who don't know, I sort of have this "part time job" on campus. UBC is a research university. There are so many studies going on around on campus and sometimes when they're in need of research participants, they pay people to do it!

The pay goes from $10-$15 per hour which is definitely not bad when you're in need of some pocket money. It's so flexible that you can book the appointments to fit around your school schedule. From doing experiments this school year, I think I've made a total of over $200!

So now, I tell people, "yeah, I have a part time job on campus, and I don't even need to pay tax!"

Beauty and The Beast

I've gotten so lazy lately that I stopped writing entries to my blog for such a long time. About 5 minutes ago, on this TV show, it showed someone writing a blog post, and I just suddenly remembered - oh hey! I have a blog too! I think for the next couple of days, you might see random posts popping up randomly because I'm trying to fill in the empty months where I've been somewhat inactive with my blogging.

The other day, while walking to class, I started humming the Beauty and the Beast theme song to myself and thought - wow... this is such a nice song. Then my thoughts drifted... Has anyone ever used "Beauty and the Beast" as a wedding theme? Who's the Beauty? Who's the Beast? I don't know, just seems a bit weird to me - that's all.

Where's the logic??

I know I've demonstrated some bias ever since I wrote the last post about how I hate my uncle, but seriously, why does my grandma love him more than anyone else on this planet? Because he's the boy of the family? Is that why he gets spoiled?

My grandma had her open heart bypass surgery about a month ago and my mom was normally the one around to take care of her. She took compassionate leave from work so she can work from home and take care of my grandma. A week ago, she left for Barcelona for a vacation with my dad. So she asked my uncle to come take care of her for the week while she's gone.

I normally have school on weekdays so I don't see her that often during the day time, but I know for sure that my uncle is just there sitting in the computer room surfing the internet because my grandma tells me so when I ask.

OK fine. His wife comes over at night time and helps cook dinner for everyone. But a couple days ago, Jeffrey came home sick and got both me and my aunt sick. So she can't come over and cook anymore and I'm still carrying the flu.

Tonight, I helped my grandma cook dinner; Jeffrey was here helping too. And my uncle... well, you've guessed it -- he's sitting in front of the computer. My grandma keeps yelling at my brother saying how he's doing this wrong and doing that wrong. So, I ask her. How come she doesn't ask my uncle to come out and help instead of getting the sick people to cook him dinner? She just answered that she doesn't like his cooking. Well, he doesn't have to cook, he could cut stuff, wash stuff, etc. Instead, she goes and yells at the people who actually help her.

Why is she so ungrateful for the people around her after everything that's happened so far? Are we not worth her appreciation?