Wednesday, March 28, 2007
commitment
i had my greatest lesson ever today.
business school is usually all about money. strategies to reduce cost and increase revenues, understanding the consumer to market to them better, managing your employees so you can get more value out of them.
today's lesson was completely different.
trip co-teaches the entrepreneurship class and he's got a wealth of entrepreneurial experience. in summing up the class, he gave us three key take-aways. when he got to the last one, he projected an image on the screen. it was a note from is oldest daughter (who was about 8):
dear trip, you said you would be dun at 4:30. love, isabel eloise nicol. ps: we ar sad.
i felt a tug on my heartstrings n my eyes welled up with tears.
despite all the entrepreneurial strategies you can learn, if you screw up your personal life, you basically screw it up all. sustainable commitment. that's the most important lesson of all.
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2:06 PM
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
peeeekchers!
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10:15 AM
Monday, March 26, 2007
curds and whey
things have been a lull around here. im not allowed to do anything fun until im done with the GRE, my consumer behavior final paper, and entrepreneurship final presentation - april 6, april 16, april 16. after that, im pretty much done for the semester.. but i first have to survive till then. =( some hugs and lots of love for me please.
last week was eat-a-lot week...
leekeong cooked up a feast on
wednesday: tomato luncheon meat, panfried salmon, seafood omelette, cabbage and minced meat tofu. a simple meal that was probably one of the best meals ive had in a while firstly because it was homecooked and secondly because it was darn good regardless.
core group had a mixer with the irc boys on
thursday and we had a cookout competition. although we didnt win i got to have some yummilicious pancakes with creme fraiche and raspberries, and colombian(?) pizza.
lunch on
friday was at
the carving board, a little sandwich parlour run by a husband and wife team. the wife is the sweetest thing who calls everyone 'dear'. the food was simple and delish - i shared a crab melt sandwich and sesame asian salad with ruyi. for dinner, i had a bread roll from
albermarle baking company (been wanting to try something from there for the longest time!) and a black and white cake(chocolate and cheese) from
hotcakes. then i joined the others at
limeleaf where i picked at thai beef fried rice, phad thai and mango sticky rice.
after watching the pursuit of happyness on
saturday, we went to
mas. it's a fancy tapas restaurant just after the downtown mall, with a great chill ambience. we waited an hour for the table but the food made it worth it. i had sangria, and we shared gambas with grey sea salt and garlic aioli, roasted butternut squash with wildoat honey, cheese and apricot preserve on brioche, lemon cheesecake and flourless chocolate cake. the prawns were succulent, ilovebutternutsquash, the sweet and savory of the apricot and cheese complemented each other perfect, lemon cheesecake was a little weird for me cos they used goat cheese, and the chocolate was so rich it was bordering on the fine line between too good and not good (?).
the week was completed with
sunday brunch at
blue moon diner, an inconspicuous shopspace along main street. it was simple food made fancy. we shared cinnamon french toast with vanilla ginger sauce, a burger with sauteed mushrooms and melted cheese served with a side of sweet potato fries, and salmon fritters. oooh.
wow, that's alot of food in one week.
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7:25 PM
Monday, March 19, 2007
guess who came to town!
futuresex/lovesounds hell yeah, i caught
justin timberlake live in concert! i wasn't a fan of his before, and i don't think i have converted, but the concert rocked, the music was awesome and justin sure can move. i swooned everytime he did a little jig and wanted more more more! made all the better by hot hot dancers with even hotter moves.
pink opened, and she could very well have had her own concert. she was bad ass sexy. wooot!
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8:56 PM
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
with a hop and skip
you know its spring when...
sleepytoes wake up to kiss the sun
flipflops patter on the sidewalk
faces are sunburnt and smiley
girls wear their boehmian skirts and picnic on the grass
leggy legs no longer hide underneath denim
pinks and yellows and whites dot the green grass
the once-bare branches are now dressed with blossoms and buds
birds sing their best tunes
good morning sunshine =)
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10:18 PM
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
white rose and red snow
en*wobblyknees says (10:05 PM):
*kiss* for u for white day! haha
₪§hεllεεn₪ says (10:06 PM):
ooohh yippee
₪§hεllεεn₪ says (10:06 PM):
u make me blush
happy white day!
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it's yix's birthday tomorrow. i cooked him meesua with beef ribs, which sat on the stove for about 9hrs =) tasted pretty yummy, but somehow it was better the first time around.
happy birthday yix!
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a random trip to wholefoods and i ended up with strawberries, fresh ground almond butter, carob coated almonds, and chocolate coated espresso beans. ooooohh =P
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i have wobbly kneecaps. do you?
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10:07 PM
Sunday, March 11, 2007
the bridesmaid's dress
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7:59 PM
Saturday, March 10, 2007
the old woman who lived in her shoes
i have a problem. ive bought fourteen pairs of shoes since coming to charlottesville. they range from 97cents to 120buckaroos; from old navy, kmart, anonymous brands, nine west, steve madden and uggs. 1 pair of flipflops, 2 pairs of sneakers, 4 pairs of ballet flats, 1 pair of opentoed wedgey, 4 pairs of heels and 1 pair of boots.
arranged according to date of purchase (one pair is back home, thus not featured)
and still, i dont have the right pair for every occasion and outfit (even though i think i have more shoes than clothes). a girl can never have too many shoes!
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9:15 PM
no,la!
if new york is the big apple, then new orleans is the big easy.
a gumbo (we say melting pot, they say gumbo) of french and spanish cultures, it feels like im in a different country when in new orleans. in the heart of the city are jazz bars topped off with hurricanes and hand grenades, voodoo shops and haunted houses, french balconies, mardi gras beads, and of course the creole and cajun food (gumbo, jambalaya, po-boys, alligator, etouffe - we love them all!).
coined the big easy because it's such a laid back place. the french quarters is (possibly) the only place in the US where the cops won't arrest you if you're caught walking around with a beer. they have cocktails-to-go. how ridiculous is that. buskers line the streets showing off their tricks -- mimes, tarot card readings, card tricks and good ol' tunes that make u tap your feet.
beyond the city lie above-ground cemeteries, sprawling plantations and murky swamps. the dead aren't buried because new orleans is below sea level and whenever the ground floods grandpa and grandma will come floating down the street. the swamps had been changed by the hurricane, but the swamp creatures that had been washed away had found their way back - the heron, the alligator and the riverrats. a pity the alligators weren't in the mood for marshmallows yet.
the food: carribean jerk chicken po-boy, beignets and cafe au lait at cafe du monde, the bubbagump shrimp co., house brew at the crescent city brewery
(i never remembered to take photos of the new orleans food because i was always too eager to gobble it down...)
the street scenes: buskers, cafe du monde, french balconies with mardigras decorations, the french market, bourbon street, buskers
the architecture: st paul's cathedral, our hotel, the above-ground cemeteries, a ghostly building, new orlean's city skyline
the environs: the swamps, bridge across the mississippi, the famous natchez, rss new orleans, crooked street lamp along st. charles
the people: at frank's (where they had reallly good gumbo), along bourbon street with huge ass beers to go!
sarah, stephanie, budi and me
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9:24 AM
Friday, March 02, 2007
the proposal
so i dont know if this is considered plagarism, but here's how my sister was proposed to:
"so we started out on the 14th at Changi village having tim sum with moet at a road side stall which i thought was incredibly romantic with chicken feet and fatty roast duck and a cannotstuffanymoredownmythroat meal. and the next day was supposed to be a suprise. i didn't know where i was going, but i just went along, with a tiny suitcase all packed with essentials in case we had to camp over night in the wild. i didn't know right. he shuffled us from changi to sentosa, to cafe del mar for magarita's and boston beach parties which couldn't get me high. then to the sentosa spa & resort, and i was like, wow what is happening. then dinner at the cliff with the beautiful view and sunset, which still was terribly disappointing because WE can cook BETTER than that. and yet another bottle of champagne that made me feel like throwing up. And we waited so long for dessert (which was apparently part of the plan), we just HAD to go for a walk or else I'd have torn the whole restaurant down. in the midst of whining and keeping the champagne down and wondering where dessert is and walking and walking and complaning that the wet ground was destroying my suede shoes (yes i whine.) he got down on one knee and said all he had to say. I've never heard jem stutter before, but he did. he'd never not counterwhine my whinings before but he kept silent. and he surely had never gotten down on one knee before. but in a jiffy, i was engaged and i had a ring and i wanted dessert and MORE champagne."
weeehhEeeeee!
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10:53 AM
Thursday, March 01, 2007
super powers
the pe classes have been paying off.
no, i still don't have washboard abs, nor sculpted arms and legs. in fact, i have been gaining weight exponentially.
but i am getting stronger and i think that's pretty neat to be able to see (or at least, feel) a change! i used to DIE doing two sets of reps, but now i've increased the weight, AND i can do three sets with (some) ease. also, there's this thing (stance? not really.. exercise? not really) where u go into a raised push-up position and then slowly lower yourself until you are just hovering above the ground. at the beginning, i couldn't even begin to think about doing it. but i am certainly making progress. makes me feel good.
so beware, don't offend me or you will suffer the wrath of my invincible (or invisible) muscles.
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1:39 PM
in spirit and in truth
i havent been reading the bible religiously (pardon the pun), but core group on wednesdays serves as such a strong reminder that God is faithful and that He is in charge. it's the one time of during the week that i feel at peace and carefree.
God said to Moses, "I AM who I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: 'I AM has sent me to you.'"Exodus 3:14
For the spirit is breath, and breath, the spirit. With each breath we take, we say God's name. He is with us, and in us.
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