blumiska

i took my car in for a touch up - because the idiot neighbor keyed my car from one side to another.

what did kah motors do?
they crashed it.
yes - a collision happened on the perfectly new car.
wtf.

this is not the first time they screwed up.

when i took the car in for the 1000 km servicing, they ruined the reverse sensor.
whenever i was on the Reverse gear, the sensor would beep like nuts as though i'm about to hit something - but in all reality there's nothing there.
and to top it off - when i called them - they were not apologetic, they said - well you dont want to waste your time and come back here to fix it, do you?
grmbl grmbl.

i need to find a happy place.

i hope google scans my blog - and just for the record, kah motors - honda singapore is a living nightmare.

http://www.gap.com/browse/info.do?cid=43164

http://72.2.118.90/#/merry-mixed-carols/gap-jingle-bells

love jason biggs =)

Comment here and repost a blank one on your own journal.

01) Are you currently in a serious relationship?
02) What was your dream growing up?
03) What talent do you wish you had?
04) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
05) Favorite vegetable?
06) What was the last book you read?
07) What zodiac sign are you?
08) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
09) Worst Habit?
10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
11) What is your favorite sport?
12) Do you have a Pessimistic or Optimistic attitude?
13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
15) Tell me one weird fact about you.
16) Do you have any pets?
17) What if I showed up at your house unexpectedly?
18) What was your first impression of me?
19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
22) What color eyes do you have?
23) Ever been arrested?
24) Bottle or can soda?
25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?
27) What's your favorite place to hang out at?
28) Do you believe in ghosts?
29) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
30) Do you swear a lot?
31) Biggest pet peeve?
32) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
33) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
34) Favourite and least favourite food?
35) Do you believe in God?
36) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?

rah rah rah
buckeyes! 14-3 :)

buckeyes: 14
wolverines: 3

woot woot! O-H-I-O !! :)

10:05 on the clock. 4th qtr.

(suspense)

goodlink is behaving!
no reset today!
has the problem been cured?
(knock on wood)

i've been keeping my inbox clean...and i changed the shortcut button to go to sms and application. instead of email and sms.

it still prompts me to connect to the internet...even during 'working offline' mode.
but i can put up with that. as long as it doesnt reset the treo or hijack my shortcuts.
those two are the deal-breakers.

so .... ok. goodlink...i've spared ya :D you're welcome to live in my treo. for now.
as long as ya behave!

haha

the company bought another company.
and we're migrating. the office location, and the 'datacenter' including our mail server.
i used to be able to check my work emails on my treo. using the pop3.

now that they migrated the email server, the only way to get work emails on the treo is thru goodlink.
the name goodlink, does not suit the app entirely.
it's a piece of crap.

after the install - that required a hard reset! - goodlink took up most of the memory on the phone) and it took over the nice calendar and contacts that came from palm. they all became goodAddressBook, and goodCalendar. wth.
and goodlink resets my treo multiple times a day. what the hell.
moreover, it took over the shortcuts. the shortcut that palm has set to default to sms, now goes to goodlink. and once i changed it, it knows...oh it knows...and it does a reset and changes it back.
for the love of gawd...

i googled . and i wasnt the only one with the reset problems.
and i wasnt the only one complaining about how goodlink takes over the device.

whoever invented it must be a dictator of some sort.

piece of junk!

a user posted in the forum that if he had too many emails in the inbox, goodlink would reset. this never happens with pop3 snapper! bah! humbug!
so i've cleaned up my inbox and i'm going to see how it behaves in the next 24 hours - and if the antics dont stop, i'm going to do a hardreset. get rid of every single trace of the piece of crap. and if i truly need to check my email - i'll use the crappy webmail.
pffthhh.

when people migrate, it should be for the better. pfffthhh...that's just me, i guess. coz i cant comprehend this - going to goodlink that has a monthly fee and it's a piece of junk that ruins the treo? arghhh...

--- update ---
one other thing that irks me...
it keeps wanting to connect to the internet, even though i told it to work offline. and exit.
that thing...gggrrrrrrrroooowwwlllll!!!!

my poor abandoned blog!
it's still alive :) i'm glad.
i hate it when yahoo/hotmail freezes my account just because i've not logged on in the past 30 days. i think that's just plain rude.
talk about zero customer service.

i wish i had more time.
work sure does suck the life out of me.
i've been deprived of good food.
decent food.
i'm quite sick of mcd delivery. not that they're bad or anything. it's just that you can only have it so often in a month. i think.
same deal with pizza hut.
i wish more places would deliver.
so that i can stay put and work away..while food is being delivered to my desk.
ha :)

sometimes we look for signs
to remind us
we actually mean something to someone.

sometimes we need to know
that we are loved.

it may not be in those exacts words we look for.

it may not be in those gestures we hope for.

when we stop looking
something greater happens.

and at that moment
we then know
we are loved.

i was working away when my brother called and asked if i've heard about my dad.
he then went on explaining that my dad got into an accident, there's internal bleeding in his head that renders him unconscious, and he broke his leg. so he's now hospitalized and they plan to operate on him soon. my mom was busy prepping for the payment and so forth.
he also told me not to do anything yet, since we dont know enough. i should just stay put.

a part of me went weak. as though i was about to faint. i regretted so much that i didn't talk to my dad last night, though i saw him online. i was working away, and i didn't feel chatty. i paused for a moment to pray. and then i started smsing my friends, sending out prayer requests, and i sent some requests thru lj and yahoo as well. as i was sending out sms, i scrolled thru my sms list and found my dad's name on the list. i broke down and i thought - what if i could never talk to him ever again?

my aunt called from my hometown and asked when she could be expecting me, since my mom doesn't want to be in the hospital, someone needs to be present. and i told her, i'll pack my bags right away.

so i packed my bags. undies, tshirts, etc. i thought - what about my work? what about my apartment ordeal? but i brushed off that thought quickly. and thought - how many undies should i pack?
i packed for a 3 day trip or so. there's already a black top in my bag. i wondered for a while if that was a sign. should i remove it? at last, i kept it in there.

i debated whether i should tell my family here. my aunt came online and i ping'd her. i typed away and i wasnt sure if she was reading it or not. she called me right away and said she'll ask her staff to look for the ticket, i should pack. my other aunt said she'll call my mom right away. everyone was in a panicky mode.

i told my husband that my family wanted me home. so i'm flying out. he's supportive in everything and i thank God for that.

so i was going thru my 'travel list' in my head. do i pack my laptop? or not? do i call my boss?

my aunt called again. she frantically said..your dad..your dad is okay. he's at the uni. he's okay. it's a prank.

i gasped. i was floored. literally. i sat and laid down on the floor and i felt such relief.

my other aunt called - and i immediately went 'omg omg omg ah yi, he's okay...it's a prank.'
in her calm voice she said, ah yes. there're a lot of people that oft become victims here too.
i apologize for the false alarm. and i sent out the updates thru sms, lj, yahoo.

i thank God that it's a prank. we lost some money that my mom wired to the prankster, but that doesn't matter. what matters is that my dad is okay.

it's a horrible thing that the person did. to prank us that way. but more importantly, i had a glimpse of what could be. and boy it wasn't pretty.
i also know that i can count on my family and friends in times of need. and for that i am really grateful.
thank You God. what a wonderful day.

ps. my dad called. i said, dad..i was about to fly home.
he said: what for?
next time, you should call me first.
hahaha

breathtaking.
really.

http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/live-from-macworld-2007-steve-jobs-keynote/

the list...stuff i wish they would sell in singapore.

1. Hefty One Zip Gallon size storage bags
2. No Doz/Vivarin 100 mg
3. Marcel Schurmann handmade cards from papyrus (blank cards)
4. Kleenex pocket tissue (facial tissue), 2 ply.
(i dont know why, but people here are spoiled with 3 to 4 ply tissues.)
5. container store's $1.99 clear plastic shoe container.
(at least they used to sell it at $1.99. not sure about now.
6. container store's (or target's) overtank magazine holder.

* ok. i should stop now. i'm beginning to miss living in the states.
ho hum

freaking american express call center.
wasted 20+ minutes of my time
just to have them hang up on me.
wth.
all i wanted is for them to change the address to mail the card to.
they're like..'well you must have specified some address when you applied for the card'. they bounced me around to many departments, many rude dumba$$es and they all dont understand the concept of applying online thru a pre-approved invitation.
well peeps, for the n^th time, i was pre-approved, and all i did was clicked on the link from the email...and put in my id-s, and tadah, i was approved.
so anyways, this woman asked me...what address did you put in your application?
she was maybe the 5th person that asked me that.
so i said..what address do you have? you mailed the card. you should have an address.
then she said, i can't help you. goodbye.

wth.

so i cancelled the account entirely, by calling a different number, the preferred member-number, where i got treated like i was walking on the red carpet.
blech.

i've always liked amex coz they have cool ogilvy ads, and they have the cool blue cash semi translucent card.
but by gawd their replacement card call center sucks monkey butt.

i hate sales guys.
i hate it that they make promises without putting things in the signed contract. and then casually forget to notify the implementers what the customers really want out of the product.
wth?
the customers go complaining to us saying...this is not doing what we want.
well, we didn't know!
"why would we buy this product if ...."
well, why did your boss sign it? stoopeed?

furthermore, who are these people that signed off the statement of work that is incorrect? that does not scope what the project should've scoped? who blindly signed this contract when the scoping is wrong?
funny part is, both parties' higher ups signed it.
wth.

today was the big day.
i got my braces on.
they feel weird.
like i can't close my mouth properly with them bumping my teeth forward.
the edges of the wires feel weird too.
i almost forgot what this felt like, about 15 years ago.
but alas.
today is a new day.
and 15 months from now i should have straight teeth. :)

watched the movie v for vendetta last nite.
glad it was a rental.
glad i didn't waste my money on movie tix and parking.
coz it sure wasn't worth it.
ok, the imdb folks gave it 8 point something out of 10. and i think they're so wrong. i liked the movie up until the part where she got 'jailed'. and there was that whole letter thru the mouse hole ordeal. that was truly a wth moment.
it woulda been nice if the dude was really her dad.
that, would maybe make me forget the jail scene.

oh, and how is it that he fell in love with her?
another wth.

ok. enough rage.

at least matrix had keanu and the trinity chick.

i'm now a believer.
a firm believer.
i used to think...mmm...maybe there's a correlation.
but i had to prove it.
and i just did!

my acne is clearing up.
again.
and it's not because i went on a diet.
or i exercised.
i have been taking immunocal religiously.
everyday.
for the past 1.5 weeks or so.
and my face is literally clearing up.
thank you for introducing me to this non invasive cure.
it sure is a lot better than taking minocycline or putting on benzoyl peroxide on my face that in turn made my face all itchy and red

i hope they never discontinue immunocal. i think i may need it for life. haha

what's wrong with blogger?
i've not been able to update my blogspot since a couple days ago.
pffth

I've posted this before..years ago. but still i'm amazed at the accuracy of this thing...

http://www.kabalarians.com/cfm/DisplayNameAnalysis.cfm

* The name Sheren creates the urge to be creative and original, but we draw to your attention that the name causes a superior, interfering quality that tends to resent the opinions of others.

* The first name of Sheren leads you to assume considerable responsibility and to prefer to work independently, without direction or interference from others because you have very definite ideas of your own.

* Your mind is quick to comprehend and you can be depended upon to do any job well.

* Because you tend to be somewhat of a perfectionist, you might insist on doing too many things yourself instead of delegating jobs to others who might do less satisfactory work.

* This name does make you quite direct and straight-to-the-point.

* This name, when combined with the last name, can frustrate happiness, contentment, and success, as well as cause health weaknesses or accidents to the head, worry and mental tension.