Our first piece..

Despite we have not move into our place yet, we can't help but browse online for potential furnitures. I stumbled onto this web site called Design Sponge. It got a lot of great ideas of turning old/used pieces into new gems, and provides many links to where others get their furnitures. I quickly went on Craigslist and several stores web site where they look to be promising.

Low and behold we came upon a bar stool we love in the SALE section at DWR. Everything is perfect, other than the color. I tried to search high and low for any other store that may sell them (you have no idea how many stools we have already looked at). Nothing within reach, the only other place is in Denmark and England. I have pretty much given up hopes until Mike thought of the ingenious idea of getting it re-paint locally. As I last check their inventory, they only got 7 left in their warehouse. So I quickly called around for prices on powder coating. It turns out to be quite reasonable. This mean, we can have it any color we want! Even better! I relay the information back to Mike and we decided to proceed with the stools. And now, we are the official owner of the Hee stools!!

We DID it!

I haven't blog for ages. Mainly because I'm lazy. But for the last month or so, things were quite hectic for Mike and I. We had to make one of the biggest decision and purchase by far. We went condo shopping! It was definitely an emotional roller coaster.

After reading countless documents, calling numerous places for information, and many sleepless nights. Now we just have to let all the paper work put in place and wait to move in.

As the day grew closer, we are getting more excited. Even though we will be poor and can't afford to go anywhere, or do anything that require spending money, but we can't wait to enjoy the better things in life.

Let the count down begin!!

My first laptop

After years of sharing computer with my family back in Toronto, then with Mike in Vancouver, but now my sharing days are over. I am finally a proud owner of my first laptop!

Before the new toy, I was happily using Mike's old laptop. Until one day, the wireless card stopped working. The laptop became a desktop overnight. Like back in the stone age, I was bound to the desk by a cable wire. The lack of mobility drove me insane. Now that I got my new MacBook, and with the abundance of wifi connection everywhere. I can't wait to do some outdoor surfing!

Then until now..

I guess my last entry was way back in Nov'07. A lot have changed since. Well, at least it felt like it. Mike and I got back into the working world (it's about time for me), which means we no longer have the luxury to travel on a weekly basis as we used to. Other than that, life as been quite mundane.

Despite our lives are now back to "normal", we still lack the feeling of stability. Not sure exactly what it is. Maybe it's the city, or work, or just life itself, but we are going to pin point it down and make some changes. Looking forward to really begin life together.

Bad dream

I haven't had a nightmare for a long time. But last night, I had a bad dream. I don't know if i would call it a nightmare, since I wasn't frighten to the point where I woke up from it. But I was scared.

It was in a real life version of the movie SAW. I was chosen as one of the test object. My test began with a pair of scissors that was tucked in a narrow groove within an old school typewriter. I was not given the usual audio instructions, but somehow I knew what I needed to do. I was able to distract the scissors without it launching into my face. Once I got hold of the scissors, the test begins. The typewriter started typing by itself propelling paper out from a paper roll instead of the usual sheets. My task was to cut each paper out while trying to catch up to the speed in which the paper was coming out. When i make my first incision, I realized that it is a pair of dull scissors. It can hardly cut through anything. As the typewriter keeps typing and spacing out papers, I wasn't able to catch up.

Suddenly from behind me, I felt a sharp blade cutting through my hair. You know that feeling when your hairdresser pulls tightly onto part of your hair and glade their scissors through it for a clean line. That's how it felt, a tear through the back of my hair. I turned around and it was Jigsaw. But this time, Jigsaw is a she (It's Helena Bonham Carter - don't ask me why). She told me I had failed the test, and she is going to reveal what will now happen to me. According to the movie, this usually follow by a tormenting death. I was so afraid to suffer the pain that I begged her to kill me instantly. Next thing I know she was slashing my stomach open with a knife. In order to stop her from "showing me my death", I got a hold of a small knife and ended up cutting her to pieces. My motive wasn't intent to kill, but rather to keep her from mutilating me further. After her death, the building started to crumble. Somehow there was a love one who was also in the building, I can't recall who exactly. I told him/her to leave as I know I will die shortly from the wounds.

Then my cell phone rang, and I woke up.

A slap in the face!

Further to my previous posting on bad pedestrians and enabling drivers, a thought came to me as Mike and I encountered another of such violation. Luckily he was driving this time, otherwise a lesson will be taught.

Every time when someone disregard the rules of traffic, it's as if they are slapping the faces of ALL those people who spent countless hours and manpower to create this system for our safety and to eliminate chaos.

So next time when you are tempted to run out on a red, or stop traffic for a jaywalker, think of all those faces that you will be slapping.

*SMACK SMACK*

Beef!!

One thing that really bothers me when driving in Vancouver is PEDESTRIAN!!! Almost every time I'm on the road, I would encounter or witness someone jaywalking. This isn't really what bothers me as i know jaywalkers exist in every cities. But the thing that REALLY get on my nerves is that drivers actually stop for these jaywalkers! And i mean they come to a COMPLETE STOP! Since they stop for them, a lot of jaywalkers just take their sweet time crossing on RED. Sometimes even putting traffic to a halt. Plus, nobody ever honk at these illegal street crossers!

In many cities I've been to, when drivers see a jaywalker ahead, they would blare their horn as a warning. Some may slightly tab on the brake out of courtesy, but definitely has no plan of stopping. Let it be known that jaywalking actually requires running and possibly dodging, but definitely NOT walking.

I just feel that if you plan to cross on a red, you are fully prepare to be honk at, to run, dodge and maybe loose a body part or two.

And what's with those seniors, people with young children, or people with physical impairment who jaywalk!!!