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In light of my entry and talking about community within the blogosphere, if you didn't already know, some amazing artist and craft bloggers came together to raise some money for the Kim Family. The auction is now closed but if you would still like to help out in some way, please donate to cover the fees for this auction. You can find the details by clicking this link here or you can also make a direct donation to the family by clicking this link here.

Update: Funds for the fees are now covered but still check out what was listed and drool. Oh, and donate to the family directly if you can.

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Someone made a comment that whenever I have pictures of my bed, it tends to be the green floral one and whether I ever changed my sheets.

For one thing, I am a notorious neat freak so yes, I change them weekly. Secondly, those sheets were a wedding present from Marie and happen to be my favourite ones. So I try to clean them as often as possible so that I can use them as much as I do. And the third most obvious (Duh!) reason why I have so many pictures of those sheets, is that they bring out the green in Mindy's eyes.

The cat madness ensues.

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There should really be some sort of law that forbids airport retailers to play "Abba's Greatest Hits" at full volume at 5 a.m.

There should also be some memorandum against having to hear hockey highlights at the same stated time.

In all the years that I've traveled to Vancouver, I have never ever seen the city with snow.

People in cities who don't regularly have lots of snow, can't really seem to drive in said snow.

The goddaughter could possibly be the cutest kid alive.

I never thought I would be so happy and content having someone barf on me.

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I was putting up pictures of my weekend with Ming on Flickr when I noticed that 2 of the pictures that Stefan took of us on the boardwalk were absolutely not usable. Both our eyes are closed on both shots. I mean, isn't previewing a picture the whole point of digital cameras?

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Mindy just had the biggest throw up because I fed her too late and then she just binges on her food without chewing. I nearly threw up while cleaning up her throw up as it's usually one of Stef's "fun" jobs. This only emphasizes my inadequacies of possibly being a parent.

Ugh, I hate vomit.

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You know that wonky toilet seat that has been shaky for two years that you said you tried to fix, but to no avail?

I fixed it today.

HAH!

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I am not usually a big complainer. I know how sometimes I tend to whine on this site. But it's my site and I can whine if I want to.

The truth is, I know some people who always seem to be complaining and it drives me crazy. Especially when I am with them. Because usually the person that they're complaining to will also give me the dirty eye, even though I haven't said a single thing. Guilty by association. I must say that the people who complain the most seem to get a lot of perks due to all the crying and complaining.

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GAH!! For some reason, the uploader thing on Movable Type keeps crashing and is causing me SO much grief!! Stefan will have to shrink some of my pictures down tomorrow as they are too big. Just so you know (Mum and Dad!!) if you click on the pictures, (most of them lately) will link you to a slideshow. Cool, huh? Love that Flickr!! I must go to bed now or I might end up killing something, either Stef or the giant fly that managed to come in and is buzzing around and driving me CRAZY!!

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Do you find sometimes things just work out in one way or the other? I still haven't really given myself time to grief. I think it'll happen sometime 6 months after the fact and I will inevitably start bawling over what seems to be like nothing and Stefan will be real confused and scared. But today, other than the bloody heat, things have seemed to work out. I went to my favourite cheapie, good eats restaurant, Salad King (where they never actually serve any salad but really good Thai-Malaysian food) and had my favourite dish, Street Noodle Soup. The soup was cooked to perfection. Stefan had to stay over his mum's tonight as he had some early appointment in the middle of nowhere, so I have the place to myself to just be and do nothing. Tomorrow I head over to NY, so I can be with my brother Ken, who pretends that he's not affected by this all but I know deep down inside, he really is sad in his own way. So, in some ways, everything eventually works itself out.

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Ok, I don't want you to think that I am totally incompetent at the written word. Stef only edits when it's really bad mistypes.

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Hmmm...I find it a little weird sometimes when I get comments on things that I wrote ages ago. Today, there was one on the Penis Schmenis entry and I was like - I wrote about penises? When? When?

So in addition to A.D.D and verbal diarrhea, I have obviously been developing a memory loss problem. But hey, I am happy that someone other than friends read this.

Thanks for all the comments. I think...

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How do I find a job that lets me stay at home and write all day long, or make jewelry or do anything else other than what I am doing right now? That has been my thought as of late. Stefan says, "It's called winning the lottery."

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I always look forward to my weekends at home because I have all these thoughts in my head of what I plan to do with my "free" time. I should really be used to the fact that the weekend is never really my own.

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On my way to New York, I had decided to take a pee break just before we got hit by a patch of turbulence, and I thought," Great! I am going to die and they are going to find my body on the toilet and I don't really like the panties I have on." Then I thought about it again, and really, if the plane were to go down, they wouldn't really find me at all - just the BBQ me.

On my way back from New York, when they were handing out the customs forms, the attendant did not give me one because she assumed the Asian couple next to me were my parents but what was even worse was that she gave the form to the guy, who was sitting in the window seat! As if none of us females could have filled out the forms ourselves! The saddest thing about it was that the attendant herself was Asian so you would think she would be able to tell the difference between Japanese and Chinese. Shee-esh!

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So......I woke up early this morning, fully intending to work out as I have been a little slack lately. I ended up watching CNN and eating leftover dessert. So MUCH better than a work out!

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So I finally managed to watch the show, The Supernanny and people, you gotta watch it. If the screaming, kicking, hair pulling, yelling, incoherent sobs of your husband or partner doesn't drive you crazy, you can bet the kids' will.

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I just want everyone to know that I am fully cognisant of the fact that the words that I use in the "Little Bitty Girl Lexicon" are most likely words that I might have picked up from conversations overheard, or books read but I'd like to think that there is an infinite possibility that one out of my hundred of words, may be uniquely mine alone.

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I love the movie, Blue Crush - it's on City TV right now. It gives me fantasies of wanting to learn how to surf. And sometimes I think I can because I'm pretty coordinated. But then I think to myself, I can just barely snowboard and snow doesn't move, right? And then again my biggest nightmare is drowning. So, that also is not so condusive to surfing... looks like I'm in a pickle...

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So I am working with the TV on, and they are having some Hollywood extreme surgery show on TLC. There is some mom who totally encouraged her 16 year old daughter to get liposuction instead of working out. And they show how the young girl got a job after; because she is so much more "confident". And then, there is some guy is trying to pitch the whole "well if you live in LA, looks are everything." The guy gets his penis enlarged. After surgery, he was like, "I can take on the world." Yeah buddy, but you're still a prick inside so what difference do you think those extra two inches made? I just don't get it.

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The title is courtesy of my pal Marie who likes to say that a lot. I wonder why the heck it cost the US government $40 million dollars to swear their president in? They didn't have better things to do with their money? And where is that money spent? On clothing his daughters and wife in Oscar de la Renta clothing and custom made Stuart Weitzman shoes? Or on catering to the even richer in the crowd? Or on his speechwriters who are writing the same old boring speech he always does. Either way, the money was wasted.

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You know I feel horrible about the Tsunami crisis in South East Asia as I am sure everyone else does. I mean, I grew up in South East Asia and I know firsthand the problems that the people face. But has the whole world forgotten about Africa? As always?

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Bad spelling is just a sign of pure laziness. You can always look up the word if you are not sure and please don't tell me you can always use spellcheck because sometimes that doesn't always work. The English language has far too many nuances and subtleties for a computer to catch on and PEOPLE, "A LOT" IS TWO WORDS, you feckin' moron!

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I think every man should read D.H Lawrence's Sons and Lovers before committing to a lasting relationship with anyone. ESPECIALLY IF THAT RELATIONSHIP INVOLVES A WOMAN.

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You know what ad on TV I am really digging right now? That new Visa ad when the girl walks around and looks at shoes and they fall off the shelves and start walking after her and when she gets home, her boyfriend opens the door and she shrugs and says- they followed me home!

I remember when it first aired, I was channel surfing (as usual) and Stef was reading a magazine next to me. After watching it, I whipped around to look at him and he just raised an eyebrow that spoke a thousand words - it was, DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT USING THAT EXCUSE ON ME!

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So.... Stefan and I share a laptop. I guess "share" isn't a very good word for it since the laptop belongs to him and is for his work, but regardless. Anyways, his laptop is due for an upgrade as it keeps dying and my argument is that the most important files for him to save in case of a computer crash are our music files, because you know, it took me a long time to get it together. He keeps saying his work files are more important and the music files are way too huge. I DISAGREE.

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You know how I said I love Mindy, my cat? I was just thinking about that crazy lady who cloned her cat for $50K and let me tell you I don't love Mindy THAT much. It's not even about the love, it's about me not believing that cloning can ever replicate a person's soul/character/essence whatever it is that makes every living thing unique. And besides has this lady not heard of other more pressing issues that she can use her money for? I can name a few - Tsunami disaster, AIDs crisis in Africa, even some after school program in her city that she can help fund? Sheesh!

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OK, about the food sharing thing. I've been emailing a friend who is also a foodie and we tend to share quite a bit of food and she's making me feel like quite the selfish git. So, I feel like I have to just clarify what I meant.

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