The little things

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Dallas - carolina's mexican cuisine
http://www.julib.com/dallas/mexandmatch062509DA_email.html

London - the compass
http://www.julib.com/london/direstraits062509LO_email.html

London - cote brasserie
http://www.julib.com/london/coteofarms062309LO_email.html

Atlanta - rosebud
http://www.julib.com/atlanta/rosyroots062509AT_email.html

All cities - 4th of july special
http://www.julib.com/newyork/july4thspecial063009NY_email.html
(all our subscribers in all 14 cities got to see my writing!!)

Long, long weekend

So today i received the best news ever. my manager told me i didn't need to go in for work!! YAYYYY. was gonna go back to sleep, but then i opened up my computer, and was instantly flooded by a barrage of calls and emails and chats (so i guess between sleep and talking with family and friends, the latter won).

No more talk about brothers. oh the wonders of censorship.

Lazing away

Lazed the day away...went out with haley, my suitemate, to this asian restaurant called Je'Bon around the corner. i have no idea why an asian resto has a french-sounding name. i think they tried to explain that it had some chinese meaning, but however i tried, je'bon just does NOT sound even vaguely chinese at all. anw the food was good, and i had a good time. haley's really cool. she's got the whole theatre major thing going... she wants to move to new york and try to get into broadway next time, which i think is awesomely cool. she's probably gonna be super famous one day, and i'll know her! haha.

And of course it had to start pouring cats and dogs as soon as we were done with our meal! so we waited it out. attempted to flag a cab, but they all ignored us for some reason. fine, don't earn our money! so we just walked back in the rain. no biggie, since we both hadn't showered. haha.

I think i took like 3 naps today.. just lazed on my bed and watched movies. felt so good to just slack :)
Was a little tired still, but managed to pull myself out of bed to go to times square and go bar-hopping. i love girls night out + cheap margaritas :)

AND i'm so jealous of my roomie cuz she eats with reckless abandon, like nobody's business, always stuffing her face with cookies and chocolate and cakes and calories, but she's stick thin.

and i, on the other hand, try to eat healthy and stuff, but obviously i'm the furthest thing from being thin. how can life be so unfair?????

So tonight i shared a bunch of random details with my roomie (who was, surprisingly enough, still awake) about my past. and showed her my sgp ID, where i look gross. as someone once said, 'eeeee, u look like my dad!' and proceeded to take a picture for future laughs. all i can say is, we all go through awkward stages, some worse than others. i'm just glad i grew out of the short hair, center parting, round, harry-potter-like glasses, and baggy clothes.
thank God for contacts and makeup.

But we had a good laugh, and she shared some awkward middle school stories too. i'm glad to hear i'm not alone. haha. i'm also glad to be the source of joy for people whenever i whip out my sgp IC and show it to them. most people just about die laughing on the spot 'cause i look so different (and hideous) from how i look now. so i always tell them, if they ever have a bad day, just come to me and i'll show them my IC and they'll feel all better again :)