February 12, 2006

• “  In the span of one month, our office has bought flowers for
  someone’s dead mother, a fruit basket for someone’s partner who went in
  to see the doctor about some STD she got, a gift for someone who just
  became a parent, a gift for someone who stopped smoking, a gift for
  someone who had a birthday. ENOUGH! Do I look like gifts.com? God, I
  betcha people who work at Hallmark don’t deal with this, they just have
  to give their grief stricken/elated with joy coworker a card that fell
  behind the copy machine and call it a day.
  
  No one is ever
  asked, “would you like to contribute?” They always demand. So, finally
  I had it with forced participation. The thing that put me over the edge
  was when a coworker asked me if I wanted to buy some candy bars that
  she was selling for her demon seed. I gave her the 20 questions: are
  these candy bars going to support Sally Struthers? Are these candy bars
  going to support some racist group? Are these candy bars produced by
  children in 3rd world countries? Then, I asked her exactly where my
  money went and how much the distributor was going to pocket? She
  couldn’t back up her shit and I told her she should stick to filing her
  nails than trying to sell. The truths hurts doesn’t it?
  
  I put up
  a sign in my cubicle that said, “No soliticitations!” Since this forced
  participation was getting out of hand I decided to go around and
  collect money for a gift for me for not being late in the morning.
  People did not donate. Then, I went and collected money for a gift for
  me for finishing my assignment. People did not donate. I finally went
  around to collect money for a gift for me because I did not give birth!
  Again, people did not donate.
  
  Call me immature, but my
  coworkers got the hint. Luckily, I work in an office with a good sense
  of humor.  If you want to celebrate then celebrate on your own terms.
  You go buy the present. If you want others to contribute, then ask.
  Ugh! People suck. Lets just say I won’t be coughing out money anytime
  in the future. People at work have already put me down on their “do not
  call list.”    “

  Again, that is an exerpt from Miss Caroline Nguyen. I put it in italics
  this time so people would REALLY get that I did not write it. I got a
  lil annoyed last time after so many people talked to me about the whole
  IPOD issue as if I had written it then embarassing say… “my bad” and
  came up with some lame excuse about not reading the whole thing after I
  told that I did not write it. LoL. Don’t get me wrong… I apprecite
  people reading at least SOME of what I wrote, or actually what someone
  else wrote. Well, now its more obvious. Anyhow, if you want to steal
  funny stories and put it on your xanga, you should read HER xanga.
  http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=vietprincess80
  just make sure to credit her, I’m sure she’ll kick yer ass if she ever
  found out that you stole without crediting. More than I would if I
  found out you stole from my xanga without giving me credit. And if I
  ever found out you stole from anybody’s xanga without giving them
  credit.. well… yer pretty damn low and I would stop talking to you or
  continue to not.

  Anyhow… “Anyhow” is a word I picked up from my cousin Anh Khuong
  (Kevin). I LOVE that word… has anyone else noticed how much Ive been
  using it?

  Anyhow, remember that story I told you about that little girl whose mom
  called asking for my address? Well, I  received the letter! It was
  a school assignment and they had to write a letter to someone that they
  appreciated and she chose me! LoL, her letter explained all of that.
  Neat huh. And she wrote it in her neat little cursive and it has a
  million hearts all over the place. hehe, little girls are like that.
  Anyhow, I showed it off to my parents and well, to yoo cuz Im talking
  about it. Yea.. it REALLY made my day. So anyhow… I think I will send
  her a card with stickers or something. I think she’ll like that. I
  remember when I was about her age, I wrote a million letters to people
  that I appreciated like my art teachers and club coordinators and what
  not and I LOVE recieving mail from them cuz their cards were sooooo
  pretty and cuz they always sent me little sitckers or clothing patches
  and all the cutesy stuff that little girls like. Well, thats my story,
  I don’t know if I will ever get around to actually doing it. I havent
  done a hand written card or letter in sooo long, everything is easier
  by computer for me. Xangas, MySpace, and AIM… those are like my major
  ways of communication now a days. I mean.. like when I can’t do face to
  face.. I still do most of my talking face to face okae? Dont think Im
  one of those that cant say shit to anybody’s face and do most of it
  online. No. Im not like that. Hm… that was oddly defensive.. hahaha.

  So yesterday I went to Vietnamese school. And I dont know if you
  remember from a post about a few months ago when I went to this wedding
  and I ended up talking to the bride at the end of the night while
  waiting to get picked up… So she’s the principle’s new wife ryte. She
  comes to the school every week to help out and all this stuff. Anyhow,
  me and her has stayed pretty friendly. But yesterday was kinda funny,
  so she’s going around to each class handing out papers announcements
  and when she comes to my class, I thought she was just waving at me so
  I waved back.. When the other T.A. told me that she was calling me
  over. So I come over and she starts talking about make up cuz she’s a
  make up fanatic herself, and then askes me to pick up some stuff for
  her, she wants to try what I use. Hahahaha, I thought that was
  helerious. Then after school there was like a mini party for the
  teachers and I hung out with her mostly. LoL. Its pretty cool hanging
  out with older people cuz what they talk about is pretty different from
  what me and my friends talk about. Maybe what Perriesha say
  is true, maybe I AM a 25 year old stuck inside a 12 year old body… or
  maybe.. I’m just dieing to grow up.  I’m sure Im not the onlyone
  feeling this.

  Anyhow, Im kind of annoyed ryte now so let me list for you the reasons why…
  1. all my posters in my room are starting to come off.. they are funny
  like that… the tapes have an expiration date or something cuz they
  all come within only a few days of each other.. That means it time for
  a massive taping up.. I usualy would re decorate my room at this point
  but I liked it the way it was.. I think I’ll just put it back up the
  same exact way it was…
  2. I keep saying I will work on my scrap book but I NEVER do!! It
  drives me crazy cuz I have wonderful ideas for it but then I havent
  printed out the pictures.. or I dont have the right paper design and
  color… or watever.. ugh.. I hate having un done stuff…
  3. Talking about undone.. one word… HOMEWORK!
  4. I just threw out my blush brush… so I need a new one now.. I
  suspected the brush wasnt clean cuz my cheeks are like spotchy pink..
  At first, I thought that was how my skin just is … but maybe its the
  brush.. Guess I wont noe till I start using a new brush, which I need
  to go buy.
  5. Damn… I want some CHOCOLATE!!! I get insane ass cravings.. for
  something filled chocolate.. I dont like the ones we have at home or
  its wrapped up and in my mom’s stash for her to bring back to Vietnam
  one day so I cant touch those.. Valentines day is coming up.. I hope I
  get candy from everyone, especially from my friends!!! But I REALLY
  hope someone shares with me thier box of assorted chocolates… I
  wouldn’t want my own box, its too much, I would never finish it.. All I
  need are about 2 pieces of that sweet sweet sin and my fix will be
  fixed. hehe.

  In better news, my brother is starting to treat me like a real person
  now. hahahaha. Yesterday when I was getting ready to go to the Chinese
  New Year Parade, he was asking me where I was going so I told him and
  he was just like, “cool, have fun.” Then just to be a smart ass, I
  asked him where he was going that night.. Maybe you didn’t catch it but
  I asked that to be a smart ass.. cuz thats the kind of thing I am not
  allowed to ask my brother.. I NEVER ask him where or what he does or
  with who. Our brother and sister relationship just does not work that
  way.. What a family huh.. but surspringly!! He told me exactly what he
  was doing, a baby shower, and he told me about who he was hanging out
  with, people his age,.. just not who since he said, “I know them, but
  you don’t.” hehe. Doesn’t sound like much but to me that’s a hell of a
  lot more than the usual, “shut up you stupid little girl.” I hope we
  talk more in the future and I REALLY hope to be like a bridesmaid in
  their wedding or like a godmother to their children. hehe, I’m so crazy.

  Um.. I gotta go get ready for church now. I’ll write more later! hehe, how delightful.

  © VaN PhaM
  

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