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Monday, 26 January 2009

  • i wish...

     ...i could speak chinese (cantonese).

    My boyfriend was born and raised in Peru. He went to school there until he moved here about 7-8 years ago. He's pretty much latino in every aspect (even his name is spanish!), except for his physical appearance. His parents are chinese, and they speak cantonese, but they know a little spanish and very little english. My boyfriend on the other hand speaks fluent spanish and english, but only very little chinese.

    Now, I'm lucky enough that his parents are not the typical chinese parents. They're not very picky about who their kids date. They're pretty open in that area.

    Here's the problem: Seeing as I'm not chinese and definitely do not know how to speak it, I'm having trouble communicating with his parents.

    I still remember the first time I met his grandma. His grandma immediately started speaking to me in chinese. She's a very nice little lady, and it was very cute, but I didn't understand a word she said. His mom is probably one of the nicest ladies I've ever met. She always asks me to eat dinner with them, and always offers me food. When I don't come over for a few days, she asks about me. She's a very caring lady. Today, she gave me one of those little red envelopes for chinese new year. I know it's tradition, but it was very nice of her.

    I would definitely want to talk to his mom and his grandma. They seem like very interesting ladies who have a lot of stories and experiences to share. My mom and I are not close, and I always thought that it would be nice to be close to my bf's mom.

    My feeble attempt at learning chinese (cantonese) was laughable. Learning cantonese is so hard. One of my co-workers taught me some cantonese sentences but I immediately forgot them. The only thing I remember is how to say "I love you". I asked my bf to teach me some of the cantonese that he knows. Since he doesn't really speak cantonese, it just didn't work out. I had so much trouble pronouncing everything. Uggh.

    Sometimes I just want to go up to my bf's mom and say "Hi. How are you?" My bf said she would understand it, but I'm kind of shy to do it. *sigh* This is so frustrating....

Thursday, 18 December 2008

  • snow...go away!

    I hate snow. I hate it even more after what happened today. I got up early to drop off my mom to work downtown. Her ankle's still not completely healed after breaking it over a month ago. Since she obviously couldn't take public transit, I dropped her off to work.

    On my way back, I was driving the speed limit, which was 60km/h. I saw that there was some snow on the ground ahead so I started slowing down. When I reached the snow, my car started swerving. I swear I was already driving maybe 30-40km/h at this time. I tried to slow down even more coz my car was swerving so much. My brakes failed me. My car kinda gained speed and I swerved even more. I lost control of my car and there was nothing I could do coz my brakes wouldn't work. It was too slippery! All I could do was try to avoid the cars around me. I lost control of the car and ended up turning 90degrees. I was basically blocking 2 lanes.

    That scared the sh!t out of me. Thankfully, the drivers behind me stopped. Otherwise, I might have caused a major accident. Oh man. My legs were shaking so much after that. I moved my car and pulled over on the side of the road. I was too scared. I talked to my bf on the phone and told him what happened. I was so scared to drive. I just wanted to stay there, but I had to go home. When I finally garnered enough courage to drive, I drove home.

    This is the 2nd time I swerved in a month. I hate driving in the snow.

    I was listening to the news this morning and there's going to be a snow storm tomorrow. They said to expect about 15cm of snow. They also said that if you don't have snow tires, then forget about driving.

    Damn. I need snow tires.

Thursday, 04 December 2008

  • jolly season? more like bitch season

    So you know how they say "'tis the season to be jolly..." or whatever? Well, screw those people. They obviously didn't work in retail. Christmas season is when all the monsters come out. You'd think that people would be nicer around this time of the year, but OH BOY!

    Let me tell you what it's like...

    Over the weekend, one of the cashiers had a customer who wanted to buy this kid's set of plates. It was a Diego plate with a bowl and a glass and what-not. Anyway, it didn't have a barcode on it. So she called the department, but no one was calling her back. Being the good manager that I am, I decided to help her out. As soon as I approached her, that bitch-of-a-customer said "I've been waiting here for 20 minutes (BIG FAT LIE!), how much longer do i have to wait?" I could tell that she was already pissed so I told her that I'll get the barcode myself. I tried calling the department first, just in case someone answers (I didn't really want to go all the way upstairs to get the barcode). The phone kept on ringing. No answer. The lady then goes "You know, it'd be faster if you just go upstairs and get it". I ignored her and just let the phone keep on ringing. If she knew that it'd be faster that way, why didn't she just go upstairs herself and get another one that has a barcode on it? Stupid people.

    So I ended up going upstairs. I didn't know exactly where the item was so I had to look for it. When I finally found it, I had to look for the same one that has a barcode. No luck! So I ended up just grabbing a similar one, with the same price. I made my way back downstairs and as soon as I reached the cash register, the customer said "What took you so long? I could have gotten that in 5 minutes!" WHAT THE FUCK? Not even a fucking "thank you"? FYI, it only took me about 5 minutes. I told her that I had to look for the item and since I couldn't find it, I just grabbed a similar one. She then said "I used to work at a store too, and it doesn't take 5 minutes to get that. I'm gonna complain to your head office about this". I said ok, and walked away. She continued to say that I don't know how to give good customer service, blah blah blah. I know she wasn't done talking, but I don't give a fuck.

    I love how customers are such fucking liars and so damn rude. Don't you dare tell me that you used to work at a store. With an attitude like that? If you used to work at a retail store, then you should know better.

    She was an old lady. You'd think old people would know better, and be nicer. They're just as bad as middle-aged ladies.

  • this is how i like it

    Here are my answers:
    1. weather - summer. i like it hot.
    2. eggs - sunny side up FTW
    3. movies - romantic comedy.
    4. showers - hot and steamy. LOL.
    5. sex - done with love
    6. parties - with friends, alcohol and dancing the night away...
    7. drinks - amaretto sour, tequila
    8. hair - straight and shoulder length. opposite sex: whatever looks good, but i'm not very fond of long hair on guys
    9. dates - 03-06-08
    10. kisses - passionate
    11. cars - as long as it works and it looks nice. but i would like to have a lancer
    12. clothes - whatever's comfy. shirt and jeans. skirt/shorts in summer
    13. music - rnb
    14. bed - nice and soft, lots of pillows
    15. airplane seat - window!
    16. sunday afternoon - work..uggh
    17. steak - well done
    18. vacations - white sand and beach? i'm in heaven.
    19. coffee - 2 creams and 3 sugars
    20. friends - must have.
    21. porn - no thanks.
    22. books - harry potter. LOL.
    23. workouts - sit-ups. gotta keep the flat tummy
    24. movie endings - i dont like wtf endings. 
    25. gadgets - awesome
    26. boobs - happy with em
    27. pizza - love it.
    28. girl's pubic hair - to each their own 
    29. oysters - no thanks.
    30. video games - bring it on.
    31. chicken - not a big fan, but i'll eat kfc. i got traumatized when i ate a drumstick and there was a bit of blood.
    32. milk - yummy
    33. humor - u better make me laugh or you're outta here
    34. computer desktop - toronto raptors
    35. ice cream - love me some strawberry ice cream or mango ice cream
    36. dirty talk - oh yea?
    37. peanut butter - only with jelly
    38. bagels - toasted, whole wheat with cream cheese
    39. snacks - can't live without em
    40. women - awesome!

Thursday, 27 November 2008

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    • Name: Millie
    • Location: Toronto, Canada
    • Gender: Female
    • Member Since: 4/19/2006

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