First day of internship. It was MUCH BETTER than I expected. 9 interns showed up. Only two were girls though (including me). When I read the ad and had the interview, I had expected a shady internship. The kind similar to a pyramid scheme, but it was contrary to that. Very contrary. And it turns out that I will be learning a lot of things useful toward a future career. :) All I can say is that I remember how at work during the year, people constantly say, \”JENN, YOU CAN DO IT!\”

free lunch! :D

During the interview, I had gotten the impression that the entire company was made up of Chinese immigrants. But there was a guy who did ungrad at Berkeley and law school at University of Wisconsin (omg BEN?)…that spoke perfect English. And to save gas, I found someone to carpool with me. And another person is pending. Seems like the perfect internship so far. I hope I didn\’t speak too soon.

ONLY OMG 3 CLICKS AWAY FROM HOME!

OPEN HOUSE. Want to take a virtual open house of my apartment? CLICK HERE.

When I helped Xing with her open house, I thought that was very tiring. However it is more tiring to wait for someone who did not show.

The first person that showed up was this suave guy who sat in his white convertible in the red zone. Eventually, he finally turned his head and looked at the front door. I told him to find parking. Good boy. The problem here is that I HIGHLY PREFER A FEMALE ROOMMATE.

The second person that wanted to see my place did not show up at the appointed time, but I thought that was okay since I was helping the first person out. I called her and gave her directions. I stood at the corner for about 30 minutes. Then I called her again. And again 15 minutes later. Turns out she is lost? And at Longs (Longs is on the other side of BERKELEY…how she ended up there, I do not know). And that she needs to get a drink. Okay I will see you in at 5 pm or 5:30 pm, she says. (Note: it was already 5:33 pm) I go inside my apartment to fiddle around on my computer some more. I come back outside of my apartment (no cellular reception inside) to call her again an hour later. No answer. I keep getting a busy signal. It almost seems like she is trying not to answer my call, because I would get through…hear some noise and the call would end. I am fed up with the frusturation and call her about 10-15 times while sitting \”idly\” in my car, charging my cell. Then I head back up to my apartment to fiddle with my computer some more. Then I get a voice message from her about an hour later. Whoops got caught up in stuff, got lost and other things, she says. I am nice and let her see the place since she eventually found it. Turns out she is very nice and enthuastic. Yes, but thanks for making me wait 4 hours for you!!!! :p

GAH. At least I will get to meet interesting people doing this sublet. There is this person who is willing to do a household project in exchange for a lower rent. UM NO?

I am starting my internship tomorrow at 10 am. What irks me is that the schedule for the entire internship isn\’t set. That is, some days I may be starting at 8 or 10 am. Others I may start as late at 1 pm. Right now, I am trying to schedule my other \”activities\” (BEN BEN, visiting people – hi amy, hi april, hi mae, hi peggy, hi HIEN and my dental/eye appointments) around it all.

In other news, my parents have been very fussy lately. Especially my dad. I take it because I have been at my wit\’s end at the last week.

BECAUSE I AM SPITEFUL AND ANGRY, I bought tickets to Minny Soda today. :D

My parents are against the entire idea of me going to visit GUYS that I haven\’t met. This is almost a repetition of my visit to see ALAN a few years ago. But now I am 21. Back then I was 18. And still under my parents\’ guidance? Now I am 21. And I still feel like I have to seek their approval. One of the first things my dad was worried about was…what he would tell people. Superficiality ensues.

My mom left me stranded at home today. I had scheduled a lunch with a friend in Berkeley at 11. But when I woke up, my car was gone only my mom\’s Honda CRV was in the garage. And unfortunately, there are no extra keys to that car in the house. GRRRR…I WAS PISSED. I cancelled lunch and refused to eat anything when she returned. I just drove off to Berkeley where I ate a microwavable lunch I found in the fridge. And bought airplane tickets for my trip in AUGUST to you know cause spite!!!!

I fixed my album. I will hopefully be putting a new layout soon. This will depend on how much time I will be able to spend in Berkeley (need my fast computer and fast connection)! Then perhaps, I will finally get the scavenger hunt photolog up…

UPDATE: AND HERE IS THE photolog!

Did I ever mention that I dislike office work?

Last week, my MOTHER got me an one-day job at a local insurance company. I arrived on time and had to wait 30 minutes until she was done. Then I did some computer work (aka fix her spelling errors because I saw them, merge documents, create mailing labels) then the worst thing of all. I attached address labels, stamps, sealing tape to 322 envelopes. Now I am wondering how I am going to do my wedding invitations.

I can do thank you cards. Yes I can.

So when I visit Minny Soda…

me: cheez says that you will probably place me in a cot RIGHT NEXT to your bed
me: ahahahaha
tan tan: it gets cold on our summer nights you see

Because Jamba Juice wasn\’t open, I decided to get something at nearby at Starbucks. Two hours later, I am feeling shakey and jittery. No more coffee ever. It\’s funny how my ex told me if I was ever in ucsb to drop by and grab some coffee. My first response was \”I don\’t drink coffee\”.

I did the photolog scavenger hunt (partially)…but just couldn\’t find the rest on the list. Hopefully it will be posted tomorrow!

And thanks to my sissy for a trip to San Diego! :D Most of the trip could be summed there. Many thanks to TOM who drove us around. And to Angie to taking us shopping. And to Ellen for driving me to the airport. And yes to my sis for great hospitality and FOOD!

I created the RC car I got from Alex today. Sniff, it\’s my first (motorized) car ever (besides that car on a keychain that I got from my sister when I was 16…). Then I went with Lulu to Stoneridge to return the dress I got for my b-day. And yes get a more expensive outfit that i probably will wear only on occasion.

*shake shake*

LOOK! I GOT SOMETHING FROM CHEEZ for my b-day! :D I requested such a thing about 6 months ago…BUT YEAH! :D :D Thanks CHEEZ!

I really thought it was amusing how Cheez wrote his exclamation marks. One vertical line with a circle underneath! And especially how he OBVIOUSLY added the line \”my birthday = August 18!\” (with the peculiar exclamation mark).

So either I broke it or it was already broken. *cough* I mean, my sister\’s router. When I arrived here Saturday night, her Internet wasn\’t really working. Because her roommates were going to be gone for the weekend, I plugged her ethernet cord directly into the cable modem instead of fiddling with the router. It worked. But now her roommates have returned, and of course, they must use the router…which isn\’t WORKING.

I have the same router in my apartment in Berkeley…but GAH, this router is giving me more frusturation than necessary. No computer will pick up the internal ip address. I wonder if I fried any of the ethernet cords since it won\’t work at ALL. FRUSTRATION. DISPLEASURE.

YEAH SO THAT WAS QUITE TECHY.

Today, I woke up and went shopping and got a headache. Ouch. The fact that we are shopping for clothes to make us look better than other people, to compare ourselves to others, to find something that will accentuate our \”good\” features, the fact that we can pass superficial judgments on clothing – skany, conservative, and the desire to find a low price. The mall we went to (Fashion Valley in La Jolla) was full of the brand name stores, the stores where manicured snobby plastic surgery women shop. HEADHACHE. My sister\’s friend got us \”interested\” in an eyebrow shaping appointment. Ugh, major headache after I returned.

Funny thing is…after two years, I am more bitter than I thought I was. But like all the drama that has occured the last few weeks, I couldn\’t help but engrain some Matrix quotes into my conversation.

Because of you…because of you…I…

I have Doreen\’s apartment all to myself right now. Her roommates are out of town. And she is staying over at Tompee\’s apartment. TIME TO THROW A PARTY! NOT!