Oh dear! I spontaneously combusted.

It's official. My favorite cartoon is "The Family Guy." I downloaded a bunch of episodes and have been spending countless hours watching them during my off days or after getting home from work. IM HOOKED! It ousted "The Simpsons" off its throne without a hitch with it's cleverness and higher-class senselessness. It is just inspired... Hehe.. Man, I love that show. I can't believe Fox cancelled it. Katter says maybe because it was competing with the Simpsons. owell. I can still watch them still online.

Speaking of work, I got my first salary check from Target. $ 103.87. Not as much as I expected to receive but certainly not bad at all. Now I can get some stuff I've been spying on at ebay and the replacements parts for my airbrush. BWA HA HA HA HA HA! I spent Friday and Saturday working with hardlines and yesterday (Sunday) as a cashier. All of them were closing so I stayed until whenever (ranging from 11 pm to 2 AM). Now, I am off all week except Friday and I guess the nice break would be enough for me to miss work.

Before yesterday, I hated cashiering. Well, I just do a bunch of mistakes and get a couple of Reds. I guess all it takes it a bunch of practice. Hey, it's not my fault that I am new! The time will come that I will be the best cashier (and sales floor team member) in the whole wide world!!!!

BWAH HA HA HA HA HA!!!

again.

Oh yeah, and today is Memorial Day so what I did mostly was talk to Katter either online or phone. it was interrupted several times by HW (her side), lunch, and some chores on my part. she is having her mood swings but she is still nice to me... I can't belive she puts up with my crap.

Now I'm off to getting stuff ready for school tomorrow and bed tonight. Ta ta!

Raving for Eduard part two

My belief that Eduard Model Accessories has the best customer has been reinforced today. After just five days since I received their email telling me that they sent the replacement film, I received them! To think that the company is based in Czech Republic is simply impressive. Their customer service and the Czech postal system are works of wonders!

Anyway, work has been ok. Last night, I was assigned at softlines again with Myrna as my trainor. Again, what I did mostly was keep the area organized, properly zoned and free from foreigns. We finished around midnight but the rest of the closing shift ppl left us two alone! Well, Myrna somehow lost her walkie so she never heard them leave so we went on doing our area. we realized later that it was too quiet so we chacked and, rightly so, we were left by the team. owell. They said it happens alot so it's ok.

Today was basically the same. Myrna was my trainor. zone. foreigns. All those stuff. I talked to Buffy about my register/cashier code and about my schedule next week. I don't think I can stay there later than 11:30 when school starts because I won't be having anough sleep to get up for my 8 AM class. She said she will talk to me on monday or call me at home.

Buffy reminds me of Renee Zellweger. The pretty side. not side I don't like about her.

There is a brand we carry for sports goods called Phsical Science. their logo reads "PhysSci." Wala lang. Reminds me how jologs call Pisay ("PhilSci").

I realized that my job was a gross side to it. I fondle and reorganize swimsuits tried on by guests in the fitting rooms. Ewww....

Oh! I have off tomorrow and thursday!! WOOT WOOT WOOT!!!

Fast, Fun and Friendly Service!

The last two days has been hectic work days. Last Saturday, I was assigned to the hardlines (HL) with Gus as my trainer. The first minutes, I just followed him around and tried to "learn" from things he does. There are instances when ppl direct the question to me and not him so I have no choice but to ask Gus about it. He also taught me to use the PDT (Phototronic Dielectric TargetThingie) and how to raygun things. It's amazing how every single item can be located on the sales floor with just the info on the raygun! As Gus said it, it shows a centimeter-by-centimeter plan of the sales floor. I wonder why he didn't use inch as other Americans would..

His coworkers Kristen and _____ also helped me out in using the PDT and using the Guest Service hotline (we are team members and the customers are gusts). When Gus left for lunch, he left me his walkie talkie (i want one of those!!!!) so I was able to ask Kristen ALOT of times when ppl ask me things and I have NOT idea where things are.

Also, I learned quite a few things about zoning and stuff. Every item should be fixed in such a way that their edges are against the edge of the shelf. All hanging items should be pulled up front. If possible, all empty locations should be filledvia flexing. And I mean this is a big deal to them! Towards the end of the shift, we have to go to EVERY shelf in our area to do zoning and make sure everything looks nice and orderly. After that, in the wee hours (around 1 AM) we were still relocating foreigns. These stuff that ppl didnt purchase but they decided to just leave them in another TOTALLY different area (i.e. cereals in disposable cameras section). So that means those ppl at the closing shift had to stay overtime, if necessary, to go around the store relocating foreign items. The high variety of items makes the activity somewhat difficult but the knowledge that there are abunch of ppl with u doing it is in itself encouraging.

The next day (Sunday) I was assigned to the Softlines (the area where u buy Apparel) with Jeannie as my trainor. I came in at 4:30 but Jeannie comes in at 5 so Farrah somewhat told me the gist of what they do. Baically, they are more of knowing where everything are without the PDT (it doesnt work in that department) and doing ALOT of foreigns and zoning. The high number of foreins can be attributed to the things ppl decide to leave by the fitting rooms so thats understandable. We did alot of swimsuits and lingerie and ladieswear. The mens and boys sections were mostly untouched and are in proper zoned order. This debunks the rumor that men are messier than women (or proves that women shops WAAAYYY too much). That's basically what we did all night.

I had a little accident with my lunch tho. I was dining on the lasagna my mom packed for me when I accidentally spilled it on my team colors. I was sooooo freakin pissed at myself. I notified Meridith and asked if I can quickly run back home to change. She called Kelly, the night's team leader and she came to the office to give me permission. I ran back home, changed and came back. The store is already closed so they are just zoning and putting away foreigns so I helped with that. We stayed until about 1:30 finishing things up.

I can't believe that the store spends THAT much effort into making things look great. This experience made me respect the efforts of the sales ppl at Target. I will have another night at work again tonight and I am excited. I just hope it doesnt go on very late for tonight.

"You break my record. Now I break you like I break your friend!"

I would like to say that Eduard Model Accessories has the best service I have ever experienced in the modeling industry. The day before yesterday, I emailed them to ask how I can get a replacement for a film for my P-47D Academy kit. I was thinking they would direct me to a certain address or even tell me to pay for a small fee, but no. This morning (not even within 12 hrs), I received an email from them saying that they already sent the replacement by air mail! Now, that's what I call fast service!

Now I have to wait for the film to arrive from Czech Republic.....

At 1:30, I went to the dentist to get an onlay and a crown seated. The dental assistants were nice and were actually talking to me about jobs and stuff. They had some trouble with my crown but it yielded soon with the help of Dr Davis. I would say he knows his work pretty well (he calls himself "the master"). Too bad he didnt have any more of the dental xray films.

After that, I just freshened up a lil. With half my face still numb, I went to target for my target training. I got my employee number and finally was able to log in. However, I was informed that the identification cards I submitted weren't enough for them so I have to show them a proof that I am able to work. More on this later. I just watched some DVDs about being a nice cashier, informing guests about the Target Visa and selling alcohol. I had a test about the alcohol stuff and I failed the first time. I would wanna blame the mediocre and inconsistent learning packet but I didn't tell them about the inconsistencies I found... maybe I would later. I just memorized, or better yet, familiarized myself with the answers and retook until I get 100% (requirement is 80%). After that, I was directed to my GSTL (which the meaning escapes me for now) Shaun and he let me train with Michelle. I basically just watched her cashier the whole time but she would let me do it from time to time. Being new, I got pretty bad ratings from the register (it gives rating "G" for good and "R" for red for every transaction) but I think I got pretty used to it and fairly comfortable doing it after a while (tho I would say I still need to work on my method and system). I think I don't need perfection in the field I am not specializing on. I am a sales floor representative, not a cashier. I just trained with this in case they needed some backup ppl when the time comes. I did it until about 9 PM. I was only supposed to be there until 8. It's my frist day of training and I am already showing signs of my absent-mindedness.

About the paperwork, The Dept of Homeland Security denied my Employment Authorizattion D renewal (EAD) because my Greencard was already approved. I dunno if they would accept this.... Haaay... I kinda think I shouldn't be stressing about this but it's just annoying to think that I would lose my first job from a stupid technicality I have no control over.

Anyway, I got to talk to Katter because I got earlier than I first thought (I though my timewas until 10). It wasn't very long tho. The night was long and I was pretty bored and a lil depressed for some reason. Prolly just tired from work.

This morning was terrible. After waking around 3:45AM, me and Papa set out to go to the INS office in Dallas for our fingerprinting. We arrived at around five but it opens at 6:30 so I entertained myself with some modeling reference materials or chatting with him about Philippine politics (this is the only way I get mature, intelligent civil conversations with him). Around 6, a lady came out of the building and declared that they don't accept walk in "customers" anymore. For three weeks now, they only accept applicants that set up an appointment date and time. they don't care if you are the first in line (as the first system was). Translation: we wasted time and effort preparing for this crap.

I dunno why they didn't mention any of this in the notice they sent us? Nor did the lawyer notified us of this. Owell.... I wouldn't be surprised if the 9/11 bombers were applying for immigration once, woke up really early but ended up being turned down because of the policy that nobody knows. Yep.. makes you mad alright.

After getting home, I immediately uised my sister's compy to set up the appointment at www.USCIS.gov. It was 4th of June, 6:30 AM. I made a mistake so I canceled the appointment but it didnt let me made another one. I did the one for my dad and it was successful. I tried several times but it wouldn't let me. My dad was nagging and muttering bullshit (he always think that he knows something about everything in this world even tho he is freakin clueless.. u gotta hear it to believe it...) This annoyed me very much so I retired to my room, played some games and returned to retry the gov site again after about an hour. It worked. Thank goodness.

After that, I chatted with Doval and Marillete. I also played some pingpong at www.addictinggames.com. I also tried their Insaniquarium and I should say it is really addictive. I still have the last level on my computer. Try it!

The next couple hours leaves me pondering how in the world "Bloodsport" didn't win any Oscar. These are the reasons the quality martial arts movie should have been the major award-horder of it's time:

• Everyone in Hong Kong knows english. This is a very accurate representation of this British-colonized island.



• Any movie that has "Son of a betch, Is that enough for you?" should receive an award for sciptwriting.



• Mukhang totoy si Van Damme.



• Any movie that shows Van Damme's ass should receive an award for cinematic taste.



• Any movie that shows that it's okay for a white male to assault Asian police officers (but avoid hurting his fellow american cops) shows impartiality in reality snd should receive at least a "congratulations" from the ppl who set up the Oscars



• Any movie that shows blood and gore thru the exhibition of play-doh prosthetics should receive a "Best in Special Effects" award.. or at least a nomination.



• The acting is superb *squirms*



• Any movie with the main charater names "DUX" guarantees that it kicks ass

After these thoughts (and watching the movie on HBO), I conceded that they didn't deserve any Oscars. The next movie however, is what I would consider "good." "Star Trek: First Contact" somehow woke up the trekkie in me. I like the plot, story and sciptwriting. I wonder why those Trekkies are so maligned if they only immerse themselves in high-quality material like this (no sarcasm this time). This movie gives me a desire to watch other Star Trek movie I can come across with.

Hmm.. This is getting too long. Till next time.

Went to work and got Orientated.

Yep , ppl. this is the Markker's first day on the job.. EVER. It was an orientation so we just filled out some paperwork, watched some videos, discussed some company policies and had a tour. It was fun. I dunno if the other ppl had fun but I may just be too excited for my first job.

Yep, I got orientated so good.

The follwing two weeks will be training (actually, 30 days). I got one for cashier next thursday and sumthin else for saturday. I am so excited to get my first paycheck next friday!!! Now it's the real one, not the delayed stipends from the Pisay Cashier's window... HAR HAR HAR.

And it's in dollars...... More HAR HAR HAR.

Now, I am oficially a working student....

However, me and Katter had a talk about my availability... It will be tough but we both decided to just hang on for now. I think that's good but we will see. Love you, Katter!

This Sunday night....

....feels weird for its lack of homework-related stresses...

I love Kat tho!

Perfect Mastery of the Anatomical Structure of Domesticated Felines.

Just got off the phone with katter... We talked for almost for 5+ hours today. about 3 hours earlier this afternoon and 2.5 hrs tonight.. I love Saturdays... Gosh, I love her.

Earlier today (or yesterday), I received a mini-package from Katter. Its contents include a letter, two drawings and a silver cross pendant. One of the drawings is the Soored, "the best, fastest most technologically advanced plane theres is." It was rendered in "classic black & white" in full battle configuration armed with a gun turret and cactus, among other things. The other is a "plain 'ol caltus" but is in full color... Teehee.... Cute katter. The cross is a 3D Media project she made for her (she got an A for it!) It is silver with some crushed blue Afgan stone. She said it was first carved from wax then turned to silver "with magic... or casting." Hehehe... The last but NOT the least is the cute letter she wrote in Cinnamorroll stationery filled with the explanations, sweetness, a kitty, and her usual wit & humour that never fails to entertain. I read it three times smiling (and giggling) the whole time... haha!!

With things like this, a day can't get much better!

I love you Katter!

Dagdag lang....

I forgot to report, Target's orientation last Tuesday was canceled and moved to the tuesday next week. That means I am definitely won't be able to go to the leadership retreat (May 17^th, 18^th, 19^th) but owell.

Also, I called them to ask about the attire. The lady told me they prefer a collared red shirt from a t-shirt one. I told my mom so they bought me a couple from, guess where.... Target.

Speaking of that, they got it for much cheaper than the ones at Kohl's. we shopped last Sunday for that said orientation (the require a red shirt and khaki pants) but the polo shirts at Kohls are around $25. I'm not gonna spend $25 for a shirt I would prolly use one time (and neither would my mom) so we just went to Sam's Club to get a $4 t-shirt.

Thank goodness it got cancelled and I asked about the attire.

I wish I can be honest... I hate holding things inside... Har har! Im a wuss!

I had the worst way of ruining my morning, and possibly, the whole day: I got up alot later than I intended. Now that I have 8:00 tests, I usually get up at 4-5 to get ready and leave by six. This morning, I got up at 6:45 (Thanks to my parents who knew tests starts at 8 and driving takes about 45 minutes)! Needless to say, I didn't shower (I did the previous night so that's fine) because I didnt have time. I only drank a bottle of Frusion, brushed my teeth, washed my hair & face, got dressed and drove to school. I HATE LIVING SO FAR FROM SCHOOL. I got there just in time, I guess. I was like only 3 minutes ahead of my professor (which is uncharacteristic of me.. I'm usually one of the first ppl in the classroon or at least, in the lobby). Also, I didn't get to look over things I planned to review (I went to bed around 3 AM and decided to call it a night and review the little stuff when I get to school the next morning/later-that-day). However, it's an open-book exam so I would be fine (or at least force myself to be). So, other than having worries and a faster-than-normal heart rate, I was ready to take the exam.

And I did.

I think I did OK. I hope I caught everything I messed up with. I don't agree with how Dr. Nedderman grades tho. He is very unforgiving to lil mistakes. We'll see...

I had my last exam today! WOOTT!!

Anyway, that was followed with a trip to Hobby Lobby, Half-Price and wendy's with Jan. Nothing special there except that I wanna get the Ghost Recon Gold Edition at Half Price...

Mmmmm..... Ghost Recon..... *drools*

Taran Toda

Today is good. no school for I have no scheduled test. First thing in the morning, I checked for my online msgs because of an issue from the previous night. It is dexcribed quite in detail by this quote from Katter's Tabulas update....


"Today was almost a really really crap day. What happened was this! I got home and didn't see my package from Markker that should've gotten here today. So him and I were both a little disappointed. I spent the next while on the phone with him, but then my mom calls, and tells me that Mark sent me something today, but John is FURIOUS about it, and wants to know why boys in Texas are sending me things. Then she suggested ways I can lie about it. I'm not sure if this is an entirely good example to set for your young, impressionable daughter (hahahaha), but I love my mom for not telling on me to John ^^ I clicked back over to Mark and was almost in tears talking to him about what I just learned. He kept telling me everything was gonna be okay but...I was really worried."


Well, It turned out that Kat got my package later that night and read my enclosed letter. In fact, she used one of my quoted wise sayings as title from the said update!! Hehehe... Reading that quite made my day ^^.


Also, I'll just list down things that happened today, possibly in chronological order:

• I saw the beheading video of the American POW/hostage in Iraq. Before, I felt kinda guilty because instead of feeling bad for the guy, I felt more of "Buti nga sa inyo.. painvade-invade kse kayo eh..." Now, I feel bad the guy died..



• I got Eduard Zoom sets I ordered from ebay. They are fro my spitfire and thunderbolt kits... I really should spend less on these sets and other modeling stuff. It's just hard to pass up some things sometimes.. i need to be more disciplined.



• I got my grade for Engineering Analysis I! It's an A! WOOT!



• I played table tennis (or ping pong) at AddictingGames.com. It was quite Addictive!!! well, I won five times in like 20 matches. The last five are those towards the end. It was quite tough but I found a strategy to beat the computer towards the end so yeah.



• I saw Phonebooth at Momax. I was actually stalling to go to school (to study for my "final final" (Solid Mech) tomorrow.



• I went to the local library to study for Solids from about 6-9



• I talked to Katter!!! YAY!!!



• Hey Katter!! MWAH!

I think that's about it....

Hmm.... yep, that's about it.

Tan lines galore

Found this at ARC:

So true....

Go smell the morning dew

I woke up 3 AM to study for my materials science exam. I read four chapters (sorta like breezed thru some of the stuff I already know)and the review sheet a friend sent me some time ago. I left home around 6 to give me time for my exam at 8. After some more reading and last minute worrying, I went to WH 121. Theres was nobody there. Usually, at places like those and times like these, the halls outside exam rooms are brimming with college people toting their testing paraphernalia. So I waited some more and decided to check my notes. In the second to the last page:

Final 11th @ 11:00

In panic, I quickly searched for my planner and looked at the current day:

May 11, Tuesday
Materials Sci Finals
Rm 121 11:00

I duno if I will get mad or laugh at myself. I decided for the latter.... hehehe. Well, it kinda feels good that you are ready for an exam but you know it's still three hours away. After all, I would still have gotten up exra early t go to class anyway ^^.

Three down... Two more to go.

At last, Im finally done with three of my classes. I had finals for Fluids, Measurements, and Engineering Analysis. The First one was the hardest (well, I would call it OK but I didn't get a 100). While doin that test, I was doubting if i can survive my next two. Turns out, the other two aren't as bad. They are my easy classes. I think I got a 100 on my Engineering Analysis I (Computer Programming) , but of course, I might have done things like 3+2=6. I reviewed all night last night and woke up around 2 AM to review some more. I didn' even look at Fluids much because I was pretty confident (open-book with 4 'cheat sheets')but well, it was the toughest one. I got Materials Science tomorrow (another easy one) and Solids on Thursday (one of the harder ones). If Murphy just quit hangin out with me, I would do great.

Also, I had a nice little Chat with Dr. Lu today about, well, airplane stuff. Always fun things to talk about. I actually just passed by to get some exam papers at his office foyer (I don't even know what foyer is) then I saw him and asked him about a problem in the test. Well... turns out, I can't get no more than 92 in that class.... yep.. it's one of those 3+2=6 thing. actually, more of integration vs derivation thing....

Oh yeah! I saw the Pacquiao-Marquez fight several times during the weekend (thanks to dish network's no-tape recording). It wa AWESOME. a really good fight becaus well, it ended in a draw and I think they kinda both deserved it (even tho Pacquiao really won the match by a point if only one judge didnt score inaccurately). Made me have daydreams of being an engineer-boxer-president. hehe... cool huh?

And yeah, yesterday was me and Katter's 13th month anniversary. Yep. It has been a year and a month. It was a special night. i don't think we tried but it just turned out to be one.... gaaah... I love Katter.

And also, Blogger.com has a new format. Lighter-colored site. Same themed user-interface... It has a more email-like feel to it. but it looks user-friendly. niiiiceeee... Reminds me of blue coffee.... I like it.

And my wise friend Lina told me this wisdom-laiden quote:

"Procrastination is like masturbation...it's all fun until you realize you're fucking yourself."

Speaking of that, I need to go back to reading. byes.

Annoying shit

Gaaah... It happened again for the second time (in a row, that is). I slept thru my latenight call to kat.... Stupid Markker. We rarely talk for long durations so we do it when her parents are asleep and we have our privacy (it's not exactly illegal since it is sanctioned by her mom by unplugging the phone line so it won't ring when I call). But of course, Me, the stupid Mark, messes it up ALLL the freakin time. I set up my clock but of course, I didn't wake up. Actually, I woke up around 1:46 AM but only the voice recording of Mrs. Coleman answered my call.... gaaaah.... I feel so embarrassed. For some shitty reason, I can't keep my eyes open waiting for an hour and a half from the time we part online to the time I call her at 12:30.

Fuck Mark, That's only 1.5 hours!??! Can't you fuckin wait?!?!?

Haaaaay.... The promise-breaking, irresponsible Mark.

An excercise in frustation.

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Just found out what I did wrong in the Fluids quiz. It has been bothering the whole weekend and it HURTS to know that freakin stupidity strikes again.

Even tho I wrote it down in my equation, I forgot to plug in the 0.35 part of the coefficient of lift. Of course, this led me to the (wrong) answer that is -1.0 sumthin degrees instead of 6.21 sumthin degrees. I knew a plane taking off cannot have negative angle of attack but ol' stupid me didn't catch my, well, stupidity. I STUDIED for that quiz and was so sure I would get a high score! Damn it! That thing alone cost me 5 points!

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Dr. Felten told me it won't affect my grade much (which is a C.... I am currently shooting for a B since my A target has been lost a looooong time ago due to similar events). Now, all I have to do is get a 100% on the finals.

Oh yeah, that's really easy to do!

*sighs*

I sometimes think my life is an exercise in frustration.