feb 27

apparently Social Security didn't have my correct date of birth on file
and i never knew after all these years!
i guess when you buy a home
they don't need to confirm with Social Security
just with the Credit Bureau
and only IRS confirms with Social Security
maybe that's why schools kept asking me to show proof of citizenship too
it's just...how could that go unnoticed for like....28 years?!

thank goodness all this has been fixed
but it had me all worried
is my bday really feb 27?

and asking people to translate my birth certificate didn't help either
"your birthday is on february 17"
"what?!?!?! are you sure?"
"oops, no wait...it's february 27"
so ok, i don't trust this source too much

and when i tried to look for an online vietnamese-english dictionary
that didn't help too much either
i kinda doubt that words like "deer", "to fly", and "ladders" are on my birth certificate

so i guess it's back to the family to clear things up
if my mom remembered incorrectly
and i've been celebrating the wrong birthday all these years
or if i'm already in the 30's
i'll be really ticked off
and that's all i have to say about that...

woo-hoo!

117/72

that's all i have to say about that...

engineers and their cool jobs

just got back from a seminar at work
it's really a technical review where each group reports back to the department head
and the engineering group presented this month

i can't believe people actually get paid
to come up with possible explosive devices
using cost-effective materials
that may possibly be used by insurgents
they showed us all the prototypes
(minus the TNT itself)
apparently the military wanted the prototypes in order to come up with ways to combat it

and it just all seems so cool
all top secret and stuff
plus everytime i walk by one of their offices
they're literally messing with the wires and gadgets
and they all use acronyms where i have no idea what they mean

and not just that
there's also projects on border protection, radiation sensors, etc
and it all seems so important
and everyone seems so smart

neat stuff
either that or i'm easily impressed

and then there's me
who just got some strawberry yogurt on my white pants
brilliant

another enemy

128/90

how did it manage to creep up?
i've been doing cardio
maybe it's b/c i haven't been getting enough sleep
i've been feeling so tired lately and not well rested at all

altho the nurse did say it's borderline
i don't like that bottom number

so i guess it's back to bland food for me
i can't believe salt became my enemy
thank goodness it's not sugar...

P.S. Love the shrimps!

you know, life is funny sometimes
you can be close to 30 and yet still feel like you're in 7th grade
people hang in cliques and give you the cold shoulder if you are no longer "one of them"
and there's a whole lot of "taking sides"
life as a 7th grader was definitely complicated

apparently not much has changed
except now we're older and have jobs
so it's no wonder that attending a good friend's wedding is like pulling teeth
esp since i have more enemies there than friends

and dang it!
i lost my oppportunity to earn $900!!!
all i had to do, was to tap one of them on the shoulder
and say to her, "I'm going to law school."
and voila, $900 in my pocket
(assuming he will pay up)
but of course i chickened out
just like I chickened out of telling mutual friends the same good news

i don't know why i chickened out
i guess it's just b/c i don't like to hear people brag
so similarly, i don't want to do the same to others
but in this case, i would have looooved to see their reactions
esp since i hear that they've taken the LSAT
and i never heard of any prospects of law school...

anyhoo
so i guess writing this will compound the years of animosity
(that is, if anyone reads this blog)
i don't really care...as long as there's not another mutual friend's wedding to attend...
and based on my record, there's really not much more of those

and petey if you're reading, thanks for being there for me
"To the couple hovering at the back, stay away from the shrimps!"