What drive'syou crazy?

Was reading this article in the January issue of Reader's Digest earlier and it had this list of what annoy's Asians the most...

The number one thing that irritates asians the most was bad drivers which was tied with queue-jumpers, second came spitting in public and poor services in shops/restaurants came in at third.

People in the Philippines are annoyed most by know-it-alls, people who walk too slowly, politicians, dirty public toilets, and people who sell X-rated films...

Me? I'm annoyed by :(in no particular order)

• People who talk too loudly when using their mobile phones
• Dirty Public Toilets
• People who spit on the sidewalks
• Dog/horse poop on the streets
• People who boast about what they have
• People who always feel superior to others
• People who stereotype others
• Garbage on the streets
• Smoke-belching cars
• Chain letters in my inbox

What drive's you crazy? =)

my life...or my parents' second life

Guess what! I'm going to Beijing for the summer...It's not a leisure trip though. I'm going with the Lucio Tan and CKSC study tour group. I'll be in Beijing for a total of 50 days.

So, I've put a stop to all the job hunting business, since I won't be able to start anyways. So far, I've applied in about 5 ad agencies(2 of which are located abroad) and 3 multinational companies here in Manila and 1 airline company. Had 3 ad agency interviews and 1 from the airline company, but I turned down the airline company, simply because the office is way too far from home.

Sometimes, I just can't get what my parents are thinking...They wanted me to get a job in January, then they wanted me to go to Vancouver (which I really wanted in the first place), then my mom told me to get a job fast coz by March there will be another batch graduating which will make it harder for me to get a job...and then now, they want me to go to Beijing! How weird can they get! I'm pretty much tired from doing what they like instead of what I want. I'm also very much tired of hearing that whatever they have planned for me is always right...which makes me wonder now, are the plans and ideals that our parents have always right? They were born and raised in an entirely different society and era different from ours...Would what judgements they had before still remain true today? They always have these really conservative, sometimes erratic, and Chinese-type of ideas. Wait a sec...I am Chinese, but then, I don't think that way...well, yeah, I was bred in 3 different cultures in my 20 years of life. Does that affect how I think and what I believe in all that much? I guess it does in a way...I'm part of this overseas Chinese generation that is much younger, more liberal and more accepting of other cultures.

hooked

I'm starting to get hooked on Sudoku! Started playing a couple of days back. There are millions of ways to solve one puzzle, but finding one is already a big headache. hahahaSo far, I have only finished two Sudoku puzzles...hehe it took me a while to solve one. I ended up downloading the game on my PC, but there are only 30 minutes of playing time. I'm scrimping on the playing time e, so I end up just playing on the net.... =D typical Chinese custom hehehe

I had lunch at Crepe de Chine today. The crepe's are really good (and healthy, too!). The ambience is also fresh and refreshing for something that is located in the Binondo area, where everything looks pretty much Chinese. It's located at the lower ground loor of World Trade Exchange located in Juan Luna Street, Binondo. Try the CDC Crepe Roll and the Seafood Marinara! They are really yummy, and the taste is really pure and natural. No evidence of MSG or anything.Haven't tried the other crepe's yet, but I bet they are as tasty as the two I have tried.

sounds familiar...

I watched the movie version of "Fiddler on the Roof" yesterday...half of it actually. I like the way the story is being presented, it's like "Sound of Music" but it also has a tinge of "Mary Poppins" to it. Weird, out of the box and just plain refreshing.

What got to me while I was watching the movie was that some of the songs were vaguely familiar even though I have not seen the movie before and I have never listened to the OST. I also doubt that I heard it on the radio. In short, it's virtually impossible for me to have heard the songs before. The moment the song started playing and the actor's began singing, I felt that I've heard the tune they were singing before. It's not one of those familiar tunes that I would usually hear here in Manila since it sounded Russian or Turkish. Now that I think of it, I might have heard it before, but only played from some other instrument, considering that there are only 7 notes multiplied by X number of octaves, which result in N number of permutaions and probabilities as to the number in which these notes can be arranged.

It's amusing how something seems so familiar even when it's just new to me. Must be deja vu or something.

learning to cook....

I attempted to make 水餃 (dumplings) today. I started with making the skin, but then I added too much water and the skin came out looking like a mix of pudding and the Dairy Queen blizzard, the type where it won't fall out of the cup even when you turn the cup over...so that was the first batch.

To be safe, I used a minimum amount of flour and water in my second attempt. It came out okay...The problem this time was that the resulting amount of dough was only enough for 2 dumplings! So, that was the outcome of the 1 and a half hours I spent making dumplings...hahaha 2 dumplings!

Anyways, I'm changing my blog skin again...got tired of seeing black.

jobless me...

It's been about 2 weeks since my graduation. I'm still jobless...sigh! There are times when I begin to regret turning the job ofer by Adformatix. But then what's done is done...I can't go to them and beg for a job..hehe So, I've had 3 job interviews(including the one in Adformatix). In 2 out of three interviews, I've been asked about my career plans or what I see myself doing in the next 5 years. In both instances, my first reaction was "I don't even know what I'll be doing tomorrow. What more 5 years?" Since my thesis ended last December, I've already started daydreaming of what I want my life to be like when I get to be around 30. I want to be able to have my own house..a big house at that, with this lush, green lanscaped garden at the back. Then there's going to be a big, huge rather, room full of books. And then I want to have my own studio where I can paint all I want or just write...someplace quiet, in short. Plus a photography studio.

It's going to seem really weird if I start explaining my dream like that to the interviewer. haha

I've been thinking a lot the past few days...and all I can say is that I don't have this concrete explanation as to what I want to achieve in the next 5 years. I just want to be able to live a life that is full of vibrance, a life wherein I am doing something I love, a life where I won't have to live according to other people's standards...a life that is mine...

quiz quiz quiz...

Got this from Erika =P
1) using your current first initial, choose a different name for yourself:
Charisma…I don't know, I just want to be able to live (as in live) by the word charisma
2) if you were born outside of your era, when would you want to be born and why?during the Qing dynasty inside the Forbidden City…I kinda like the ge ge, huang hou type of stuff hehe
3) if you ran a store, what would you sell/have?books or CDs…and then the interior design would have this minimalist zen type of feel where people will feel relaxed the moment they go into the store.
4) what part in a movie would you love to play?definitely not the villain…haha self-explanatory 5) in your opinion, why do people suck?because they tend to be hypocrites at times.
6) if you had your own state, what would you put on your new quarter? my pic? It's a once in a lifetime chance hahaha joke!
7) what's the oldest article of clothing you own?I have this t-shirt I owned since I was in nursery. It doesn't fit me now..duh! It’d be a miracle if it did
8) what piece of furniture have you replaced the most?study tables…the study tables at my place tend to just fill up and we just buy new ones
9) what instrument do you wish you could be great at?pi pa…it's the Chinese version of the guitar.
10) record, tape or CD?CDs…they last longer, allowing us to keep them and listen to them longer…great for albums with sentimental value.
11) what do you think would be the best concert ever?something that combines traditional music with modern music…something like that from Wang Lee Hom or the 12 Girls Band
12) what is the best part of your favorite movie(s)?the part where sara and jonathan meet again at this skating rink after not seeing or hearing from each other for ages.
13) what do you think is the most over-rated candy ever?the Tootsie Roll?
14) if you were writing out your will, who would you give your music/book collection to?to my sister…but then again, we have different tastes in both books and music, I might have my books donated to a library or orphanage
15) what do you collect?books, pencils, keychains, stamps(used to)
16) what is broken that you have, that you wish was fixed?I have this book that I've had since I was a little kid…somebody tore it up a couple of years back. I still keep the remnants though.
17) what do you do when you're home sick?hmmm…I don't know, last time I was anywhere alone was when I was in Taiwan…and that was for only 10 days..
18) story behind your username?Sunny day lalala…I grew up watching Sesame Street and then I combined the word cloud because my Chinese name means cloud. But it would’ve sounded weird if my username were to be sunnydaycloudyday, right? So therefore I combined the two types of days and my username became sunnycloudyday.
19) current favorite article of clothing?I have this sweater I bought in December, I like it coz it kept me warm when we went to Hong Kong…can’t wear it here in Manila though haha Imagine if I actually wore it here…Imagine Frosty the Snowman in the desert
20) line from the last thing you wrote for someone?take care.
21) a famous person you have met? Jose Mari Chan, Nina, Ven. Master Hsing Yun(does watching him from the front seat of an auditorium count?), the 2005 Promil Gifted kids!(hahaha)
22) favorite way to waste/spend time?surfing the net, reading books
23) last thing you bought yourself?the white blouse I wore for my grad =)

job interview # ?

Had a job interview in Makati last Thursday....was applying for an accounts executive position, but the only vacancy the company had was for a jr. graphics designer. The HR saw that I was knowledgeable in Adobe Photoshop and Macromedia Freehand so she asked if I wanted to try it out...The thing is I have to take a technical exam on Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. So thats what I've been doing the past few days...learning Illustrator and reviewing Photoshop...

Take a look at my first Adobe Illustrator "mawsterpiece" hahaha

It's hardly anything major as it is my first time to work with Illustrator. =)

Oh yeah, accounts and graphic design are departments that I would want to be in...can;t make any definite decision between the two.

mcdo incident

Was in school yesterday to return my toga and get my grad pics.

Then at around 2 or 230, there was a commotion. Everybody was looking at the rooftop of Mcdonald's. I didn't know what was happening, but I was on my way to UM then so I didn't pay much attention to them. When I came out of UM, there were 2 police cars outside Mcdonald's...I still didn't know what was happening. I only knew what was happening when I went back into the campus...

It turned out that there was a shooting incident. This guy apparently shot Mcdonald's manager in her office and then he went up to the rooftop to shoot himself. There are a lot of versions of why the guy did the act and I don't know which is the true version.

ANyways, the windows of 3rd floor UM were so crowded yesterday, as the one in 32d floor LS building was. Some students were even taking out their phone's and taking pictures of the dead guy...so bizzare!

haha adventure...I wonder if people will still want to eat at Mcdonald's after this incident. For me, it's pretty creepy to eat at a place where someone died.

The 2X2 test

*2 names you go by
1. Char
2. Charlene
*2 parts of your heritage
1. Chinese
2. Chinese
(both pertaining to blood heritage)
*2 things that scare you
1. cockroaches
2. being alone in somewhere unknown
*2 of your everyday essentials
1. water
2. Blistex( my lips tend to get all dry this time of year)
*2 things you are wearing right now
1. t-shirt
2. undies(uh...duh!)hahahaha
*2 of your favorite bands or musical artists (at the moment)
1. F.I.R.
2. Kelly Clarkson
*2 favorite songs (at the moment)
1. Wo Men De Ai by F.I.R.
2. Because of You by Kelly Clarkson
*2 things you want in a relationship (other than real love)
1. security
2. that warm and comfy feeling that just comes whenever I am with that special someone...
*2 truths
1. I love my laptop.
2. I’m officially a jobless graduate for the moment.
*2 of your favorite hobbies
1. designing with photoshop
2. reading
*2 things you want really badly
1. to climb the Great Wall of China
2. to work in an advertising agency
*2 places you want to go on vacation
1. Italy
2. Korea
*2 things you want to do before you die
1.Get married and have kids.
2. Find the reason as to why I never seem to get stressed.
*2 ways that you are stereotypically a dude/chick
1. I own too many shoes. (according to my dad)
2. I like to shop for lip gloss...(I've got 4 tubes of Lancome's Juicy tubes, all in different flavors)
*2 things you are thinking about now
1. What is in store for me now that I’m no longer in school?
2. I wanna sit on the sofa all day with a good book.
*2 stores you shop at
1. Celine (for my footgear)
2. Guess (for my denims)
2 people i would like to see take this quiz
1. Erika
2. Nestle