HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
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So...Happy New Year everyone! I know i know, its already 5th Jan 2005...I've been really lazy recently, mostly just relaxing at home and watchin anime that dan gave me. Ohh and of cus i went shoppin for certain computer stuff too...which took me quite a while! Like i'm starting to think the time spent (like the WHOLE DAY) comparing prices btw shops, shouting prices, finding the RIGHT thing (cos there's heaps of variety of the same tihng to choose from)...is so tiresome!! and its a waste of valuable time - time that could be spent doing something more worthwhile!! And i'm such a crapass at shouting prices anyway - my face is not thick enough, and my acting skills are not good enough. Like the other time - me and my cousin were trying to buy this 2 things for 3830 each. We found 2 shops that sold the same things at the same price - so we were like - good, we have a backup shop. So we plotted our plan: we want to get the price dwn to 7500 for 2, but we'll start off shouting at 7000 for 2 (you always start a bit lower, right?) and then let 7500 be our final price, and walk away if they don't accept ...(you know, the walkaway tactic?sometimes jus as you walk away they shout a lower price at you...). After all we had 2 shops to try this in!
Sounded like a good plan rite!! Anyways we went to the 1st shop. Walked in, said we wanted the thing, the shop keeper told us 3830 and we were like....how abt 3800...and he's like No. final. and we were like ok we'll buy 2. how much? he said 7660. And we ask for discount. he gave us 7650. $10 off. Gees. We asked for 7000. He's like "r u crazy"...and absolutely refused to budge at all. and the worse thing is that he KNOWs that he's the cheapest shop around (other shops r like selling at 3900, 3990 etc) and he just won't lower his price!! so we used the walkaway tactic. HE didn't stop us at all!!!! so we wre like...ok...bad shop, at least we have 1 more chance.
.... ..... THE SAME THING HAPPENED AT THE NEXT STORE!! 7650. NT$10 discount?! what the heck!? thats like less than NZ$0.50 discount!? whoopyyy!!~~ -________-
so in the end...i just got really sick and tired ,can't be stuffed asking no more (cos before this we DID try this other store which was selling at 3850 each...and that store REFUSED to lower its price too.....=.=")
Maybe i just don't have the charm for shouting prices. u know, the miniskirts and the toxic perfume and the low cleavage. aii~
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Yesterday met up with an old friend who moved to LA a few yrs ago. Havn't seen him since 2 yrs ago (nearly 3 now) since he last visited NZ. We were kinda in the same group of friends back when i was in 1st yr - always hung out together and stuff. Its pretty weird - cos that group of pple were all good friends.
So lets go back to the situation in 2001. Lets label my friends V, S, B, M(the LA guy) and me. V and S are good friends from intermediate, M and V are best friends from highschool, M is going out wif B, me+V+S+M were from the same highschool, me and S are ok friends. oh and S and B are brother and sister. Pretty small group. I wouldn't say i was included and crucial part of the group, but i think i pretty much felt "accepted" into the group in that i know abt the major things that happen and they'r willing to include me in most of their activities and hang out and stuff like that. You know, the whole group thing. Like at M's farewell party at M's house, V, S and me would go to S's car and drink and chat abt things...can't remember what kinda things anymore... And we walked all the way to Foodtown at 2am ( i think, maybe even later), and bought some more lion red back. And along the waygot stopped by this pretty drunk groupie in a car. Pretty funny.
Anyhow since M left for LA, the group thing kinda just...split up. It didn't happen right away of cus, but as the yrs moved on, we all go involved in different things and differences happen btw us and i think we jus drift apart. Examples: V pissed me off with some of the things he says and did. S didn't agree with what V does and also S got involved in other club activities which basically took up most of his free time - meaning that he kinda lost in touch with everyone else. M and B broke up (since B remained in NZ) and B got a new bf. At one point M and V were arguing abt the treatment of B and weren't on good terms either. M and S lost contact, partly because it was awkard talking to your ex's brother all the time.
Its funny how all these little things happen and things fall apart. Oh, i probably forgot to include the other person in the group, J. Altho he's probably MORE part of the group than I am...i duno, i guess its more that i don't really know him that well ...so i dun really hav anything to say abt him...hmm...but J and V are pretty good frens too...and J, S, V were from the same intermediate too.
ANYWAY...i was pretty nervous abt meeting up wif M cos ...well...i havn't realyl talked to him much except on msn - and most of the time we talk its becos i was bored and started conversation wif him - he never starts a conversation wif me!! =(( so he told me to go to his dad's tution class where he's working to visit them. AND like his parents were there too!! (duh...its his dad's tution class). Anyway - he's still the same as ever - big ego big head bg talker. But under it all i think he's a nice person. I duno how he acts towards other pple - but somehow i feel that under the boasting and bullshitting that he says half the time - he can be truthful and serious the other time too (very much like V, probably why they'r best friends). But still - maybe he had been "hiding" stuff ...(cos i duno abt other pple, but i would NEVER talk abt personal stuff wif pple i duno well unless they are really good at making me feel comfortable) - anyways - i thot there was sincerity in some of the stuff he's saying - like telling me abt his current gf and things like that (ok maybe he's boasting) ...but to someone whom he never really talked to much or know well - i thot he was being pretty friendly.
Anyhow his parents took us to Keelong nightmarket last nite and treated me to all these food - fried tenpura, this dumpling like thingee soup, bubble ice, one-mouth sausages, starch ball-ice dessert thingee...I WAS SO FULL!!!! (and i had a mega piece of chicken and another dessert at shi-lin nightmarket wif daniel just 1 hr before that....=.=") I thot i shud hav been more proactive abt paying money tho...aiii....but he treated me to all that food...man!!~ I felt embarrassed and kinda touch actually. I mean i've met his mum once and she like remembers me, and never met his dad before.
So they'r a pretty nice family - but obviously - to me anyway - under their very outgoing and easygoing and kind persona, it is hard to get their trust. And i assume (from their bigtalk anyway) ...that they are very well connected. Hey - i hav no doubt abt that actually - i mean being able to live in LA and stuff...and the other stuff that M tells me...
Other pple's lives are full of wonders eh? Like listening to him talk abt maybe trying out the acting career in taiwan and being connected to othe celebs ...wow...totally different world eh...!
But i think the underlying line that night is still....there are so many pple out there wif big hopes and dreams...
I really need to work hard. Achieve my goals. Not be lazy (which i AM)...
Have determination and find my self confidence.
I have a lot to achieve before pple will really look up to me and respect me fo who I am.
and not just someone who is blocking their way in the corridor.
So...Happy New Year everyone! I know i know, its already 5th Jan 2005...I've been really lazy recently, mostly just relaxing at home and watchin anime that dan gave me. Ohh and of cus i went shoppin for certain computer stuff too...which took me quite a while! Like i'm starting to think the time spent (like the WHOLE DAY) comparing prices btw shops, shouting prices, finding the RIGHT thing (cos there's heaps of variety of the same tihng to choose from)...is so tiresome!! and its a waste of valuable time - time that could be spent doing something more worthwhile!! And i'm such a crapass at shouting prices anyway - my face is not thick enough, and my acting skills are not good enough. Like the other time - me and my cousin were trying to buy this 2 things for 3830 each. We found 2 shops that sold the same things at the same price - so we were like - good, we have a backup shop. So we plotted our plan: we want to get the price dwn to 7500 for 2, but we'll start off shouting at 7000 for 2 (you always start a bit lower, right?) and then let 7500 be our final price, and walk away if they don't accept ...(you know, the walkaway tactic?sometimes jus as you walk away they shout a lower price at you...). After all we had 2 shops to try this in!
Sounded like a good plan rite!! Anyways we went to the 1st shop. Walked in, said we wanted the thing, the shop keeper told us 3830 and we were like....how abt 3800...and he's like No. final. and we were like ok we'll buy 2. how much? he said 7660. And we ask for discount. he gave us 7650. $10 off. Gees. We asked for 7000. He's like "r u crazy"...and absolutely refused to budge at all. and the worse thing is that he KNOWs that he's the cheapest shop around (other shops r like selling at 3900, 3990 etc) and he just won't lower his price!! so we used the walkaway tactic. HE didn't stop us at all!!!! so we wre like...ok...bad shop, at least we have 1 more chance.
.... ..... THE SAME THING HAPPENED AT THE NEXT STORE!! 7650. NT$10 discount?! what the heck!? thats like less than NZ$0.50 discount!? whoopyyy!!~~ -________-
so in the end...i just got really sick and tired ,can't be stuffed asking no more (cos before this we DID try this other store which was selling at 3850 each...and that store REFUSED to lower its price too.....=.=")
Maybe i just don't have the charm for shouting prices. u know, the miniskirts and the toxic perfume and the low cleavage. aii~
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Yesterday met up with an old friend who moved to LA a few yrs ago. Havn't seen him since 2 yrs ago (nearly 3 now) since he last visited NZ. We were kinda in the same group of friends back when i was in 1st yr - always hung out together and stuff. Its pretty weird - cos that group of pple were all good friends.
So lets go back to the situation in 2001. Lets label my friends V, S, B, M(the LA guy) and me. V and S are good friends from intermediate, M and V are best friends from highschool, M is going out wif B, me+V+S+M were from the same highschool, me and S are ok friends. oh and S and B are brother and sister. Pretty small group. I wouldn't say i was included and crucial part of the group, but i think i pretty much felt "accepted" into the group in that i know abt the major things that happen and they'r willing to include me in most of their activities and hang out and stuff like that. You know, the whole group thing. Like at M's farewell party at M's house, V, S and me would go to S's car and drink and chat abt things...can't remember what kinda things anymore... And we walked all the way to Foodtown at 2am ( i think, maybe even later), and bought some more lion red back. And along the waygot stopped by this pretty drunk groupie in a car. Pretty funny.
Anyhow since M left for LA, the group thing kinda just...split up. It didn't happen right away of cus, but as the yrs moved on, we all go involved in different things and differences happen btw us and i think we jus drift apart. Examples: V pissed me off with some of the things he says and did. S didn't agree with what V does and also S got involved in other club activities which basically took up most of his free time - meaning that he kinda lost in touch with everyone else. M and B broke up (since B remained in NZ) and B got a new bf. At one point M and V were arguing abt the treatment of B and weren't on good terms either. M and S lost contact, partly because it was awkard talking to your ex's brother all the time.
Its funny how all these little things happen and things fall apart. Oh, i probably forgot to include the other person in the group, J. Altho he's probably MORE part of the group than I am...i duno, i guess its more that i don't really know him that well ...so i dun really hav anything to say abt him...hmm...but J and V are pretty good frens too...and J, S, V were from the same intermediate too.
ANYWAY...i was pretty nervous abt meeting up wif M cos ...well...i havn't realyl talked to him much except on msn - and most of the time we talk its becos i was bored and started conversation wif him - he never starts a conversation wif me!! =(( so he told me to go to his dad's tution class where he's working to visit them. AND like his parents were there too!! (duh...its his dad's tution class). Anyway - he's still the same as ever - big ego big head bg talker. But under it all i think he's a nice person. I duno how he acts towards other pple - but somehow i feel that under the boasting and bullshitting that he says half the time - he can be truthful and serious the other time too (very much like V, probably why they'r best friends). But still - maybe he had been "hiding" stuff ...(cos i duno abt other pple, but i would NEVER talk abt personal stuff wif pple i duno well unless they are really good at making me feel comfortable) - anyways - i thot there was sincerity in some of the stuff he's saying - like telling me abt his current gf and things like that (ok maybe he's boasting) ...but to someone whom he never really talked to much or know well - i thot he was being pretty friendly.
Anyhow his parents took us to Keelong nightmarket last nite and treated me to all these food - fried tenpura, this dumpling like thingee soup, bubble ice, one-mouth sausages, starch ball-ice dessert thingee...I WAS SO FULL!!!! (and i had a mega piece of chicken and another dessert at shi-lin nightmarket wif daniel just 1 hr before that....=.=") I thot i shud hav been more proactive abt paying money tho...aiii....but he treated me to all that food...man!!~ I felt embarrassed and kinda touch actually. I mean i've met his mum once and she like remembers me, and never met his dad before.
So they'r a pretty nice family - but obviously - to me anyway - under their very outgoing and easygoing and kind persona, it is hard to get their trust. And i assume (from their bigtalk anyway) ...that they are very well connected. Hey - i hav no doubt abt that actually - i mean being able to live in LA and stuff...and the other stuff that M tells me...
Other pple's lives are full of wonders eh? Like listening to him talk abt maybe trying out the acting career in taiwan and being connected to othe celebs ...wow...totally different world eh...!
But i think the underlying line that night is still....there are so many pple out there wif big hopes and dreams...
I really need to work hard. Achieve my goals. Not be lazy (which i AM)...
Have determination and find my self confidence.
I have a lot to achieve before pple will really look up to me and respect me fo who I am.
and not just someone who is blocking their way in the corridor.
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