yurlee’s Blog

What do you think is the suckiest scenario when you are traveling:

• you checked the weather one day before your trip: cold. 100% showers and rains all weekend long.

• you went to the airport early to avoid long security checks only to find out your flight has been delayed for hours.

• you have been randomly selected for thorough security search EVERY TIME u go through a check point.

• your flight has been canceled. you are forced to shorten your already-too-short vacation by a day.

• your check-in luggage has been ripped open from the bottom, making it incapable of holding anything.

• you lost your wallet in a foreign country.

• you got sick and vomit every few hours.

i personally think the last one sucks the most. getting sick is the worst… not to mention that with the vomiting and everything, u won’t be able to eat any tasty foreign food….

now…… what about if ALL OF THE ABOVE happened in a weekend trip?
yes…. all of the above happened to us during our Copenhagen trip -___-|||
one headache after another.

Despite all the unfortunate events, we still managed to have some good times~ will post pix onto my yahoo album when i get a chance ^_^
All in all, Copenhagen is a nice little city and it’s nice to hang out with Jon & Sijing.
But i’m glad to be back…. it might be the first time i felt like HOME when landed nyc…
home sweet home……..

shit happens.
sometimes it just made us sad,
other times it helps us to put things into a larger perspective.

learned another important lesson from my mom:
never panic.
it’s easier said than done, but i saw it done gracefully just now.

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another gal pal is leaving NYC, moving on to something bigger and greater!
didn’t get to see her before she leaves… so want to wish her all the best right here, hopefully she’s reading this
here’s some recap of the fun times we had this year…
01/20/06 ski trip          1/28/06 C.N.Y.

2/4/06 La Caverna      

3/17/06 Biny
3/18/06 Shing’s bday    3/25/06 Crobar
4/29/06 Dance show    5/20/06M’s farewell
7/4/06 fireworks            7/8/06  The Park
7/11/06 The Water Club 8/5/06 T’s Farewell

Tina, take care in HK! I will surely go visit you hehe. please keep updating us with your life! we’ll miss you! xoxo.

Got this forward email from Jennifer T. so true~ every guy should read this!

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most of these are true, guys… it might
help ya out?
Body: I don’t know
what guy wrote this, but he’s a genius. Every single guy on
the face of the earth should read this. If they did, girls would
probably get treated a lot better than they do…

This was written by a guy who has had years of experience. and he’s pretty damn good. with girls..

1. Whatever you do, don’t just show up at their  house [without 
notice]…they run around in their underwear just  like we
do…lol

2. DON’T CHEAT ON THEM. It may seem foolproof, but 
girls tell each other  everything about everything. Trust me,
they WILL  find out and you will  be mud.

3.
Beware of every single male relative and all guy  friends. Any of them 
would kick your ass at the drop of a hat, and a lot  of them
wouldn’t  even wait for the hat.

4. NEVER miss an
opportunity to tell them they’re  beautiful.

5. DON’T
refuse to kiss in front of your friends. If  they laugh at you, it’s because they’re jealous.

6. If they slap you hard, you
deserved it.

7. Don’t be afraid to touch them if you want to.
If  they’re going out with you in the first place, it’s because
they like being in your arms.

8. If you don’t sleep
with them, DO NOT tell your  friends that you did.
8.
If you DO sleep with them, DON’T tell your  friends that you did.

9. You can be dirty minded in private, really…most  of them are not  offended by it…

10. Not all of them
eat like birds, a lot of them can eat like whales.

11. Most of them don’t mind paying half of  everything, but they do 
discuss these things with their friends. Realize  that if you
make your  girlfriend pay half all the time, everyone will know  about it and your  friends will know you’re a pussy..

11. Do you honestly need all your money that much?  Be a man, pay all
the  time!

12. Every girl should eventually get three
things  from her boyfriend- a  stuffed animal, ONE OF HIS
SWEATSHIRTS, and a really  PRETTY RING  (plastic ones from
machines count). Even if it’s not  a serious  relationship.

13. Make sure she gets home safely as often as you can. If you’re  dropping her off, walk her to the door. If you  aren’t dropping her off,  call to be sure she’s home safely.

14. If a guy is bothering her, it is your right to  beat the
shit out of  him.

15. If you’re talking to a female
friend of yours,  PULL YOUR GIRLFRIEND  CLOSER.

16. NEVER, ever slap her, even if it’s just in a  joking way.
Even if she  swats you first, and says, "Oh, you’re so dumb" or  something, never make  any gestures back.

17. Go to a
chick flick once in a while. She doesn’t  care whether you  enjoy it or not, it just matters that you went.

18. You’re
dead meat if you can’t get along with  their pets, parents,  and
best friends. Be prince charming to their  friends, Mr. Polite to 
their parents, and make sure to be nice to their animals.

19. Don’t flirt with their moms…that’s just freaky.

20.DON’T BE FREAKED OUT BY PMS. IT’S NOT GROSS, AND  IT REALY DOES MAKE THEM FEEL LIKE SHIT, SO BE UNDERSTANDING.

21. If you don’t like the way they drive, you do it.

22. If you’re officially dating, and you’re  introducing her to your
friends, you’d better damn well introduce her as your
girlfriend.

23. Don’t stress where you go for every date. They 
really only want to be with you.

24. If they
complain that something hurts, rub it  for them WITHOUT being asked.

25. Girls are fragile. Even if you’re play  fighting/wrestling, be very  gentle.

26. Memorize
their birthdays. You forget her birthday and you’re basically
screwed for life.

27. Don’t marinade the cologne, but smell
good.

28. Don’t give her something stupid for her birthday 
or Christmas or  Valentine’s day. It doesn’t have to be
expensive,  but it has to be meaningful.

29.
If you think the relationship isn’t going to  last, don’t wait to
find out. It will only hurt her more if you draw it out.

30. After you’ve been dating for a while, realize that they really have started to trust you. When you have a girlfriend
who truly trusts you, you have a lot more responsibility,
privilege and control than you would think. Be careful with
it, most guys would kill for that kind of power, and it can be
lost in a nanosecond.

31. NEVER, and i mean NEVER make her do
anything she doesn’t wanna do.  Because if you do she’ll think
that you’re only after one thing. (and i think you all know
what that is)

i learn something new everyday…
Today, while researching for a color laser printer for my company, i came across this blog entry that talks about hacking printer watermarks! can’t help spending all my time reading the long responses although it has nothing to do with my printer research.
It amazed me how a practically useless fact about your printer can generate such heated discussion among those hackers. and the issue is larger than it seems: security, counterfeit bills, legal implications, surveillance, and of course, crime.

so… several things i learned:

• printers automatically prints a faint grid of yellow dots on every page. To see these dots you need to use a blue light to make the dots appear black. The "watermark" will reveal the time, date, and serial number of the printer. (wow really? i want to see!!)
• on any copier, if you try to copy US currency from the glass, it will lock up the machine and only a technician can fix it.  (can i try?)
• Microsoft can actually print stuff on any printer on the world that is connected to a computer which uses windows and Internet.  (darn that’s scary. wondering if Apple has similar capabilities?)
• if u were to commit a crime and plan to buy a printer anonymously, wearing a hat and pay by cash are not enough to exempt you from getting tracked down. (US investigations are smarter than u think!)