03.31.07
Posted in Main Page at 11:12 pm by Tammy
My 1st movie of the evening is Borat. To put in Borat’s words, this movie is a “Grrrrrrrrrreat success”. It’s about this Kazakhstani TV personality (Borat) who is dispatched to the United States to make a documentary on the “greatest country in the world.” With the aim of “Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan”, he and his shooting crew took on a cross-country road trip, they meet real people in real situation and discover cultural difference that is hilarious.
I was laughing all the way through this 1 hour and 22 minutes film. Borat is genuine, naive, honest, and absolutely no hang-ups. You will smile when u c his pure face and clear eyes full of innocence.
Borat:”Many many ladies like me in Kazakhstan.”
Doctor:”I’m sure of it, Mr. Borat, ur a good looking man.”
Borat(smile shily):”Thank you doctor, I like ur face too.”
hahahaha….
Borat asked his messeus if he can help finish up his job down there, when he is all horizontal but vetical with one thing.
“Absolutely not.”Said the messeus.
Borat:”Why not, you started it”.
Messeus:”I didn’t start it, it started itself.”
hahahaha~~~
I’d watch it again for sure.
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03.30.07
Posted in Main Page at 11:43 pm by Tammy
Today I saved rmb 60 by attaching the lining and the dress myself. Quite happy with the handwork in general. Might not be as good as what the stitcher would’ve done, but speaking of myself, who really sucks at sewing especially when it comes to details, it’s a big improvement.
The dress looks more like my sketch in mind compared to the 1st one. I will take some pics once I pinch the eyelets and tie the ribbons.
It’s been a peaceful day in general. Woke up around 10 and started sewing while Mary was sitting nearby blah blah blah. We went out around 11:30 to have a slow lunch. The she left and I went back spent the afternoon sewing while listening to some really old albumns like savage garden truly madly deeply and songs like “I don;t know much”, “Don;t let the sun go down on me”…sometimes old melody and lyrics written under no influence just give me peace of mind.
Afternoon Gordo came back. No, it was nearly evening as I predicted. He showed me the gift which he claimed”has my name written all over it and just HAD to buy”. It is a dazzling bracelet with many ruby, turquoise and enamel set-ins. I hope I don’t lose this one like many of my gold or crystal earrings.
Watched the Casino Royale. Movie is good towards the end. I felt asleep at the beginning. Too many “actions”could really bore me, and when it started to show some plot then it gets interesting.
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03.29.07
Posted in Main Page at 4:34 pm by Tammy
Lost my HK trip because couldn’t get the visa in time, basically because I am a procrastinator and I waited till the last moment to apply and miracle did not happen.
So early in the morning Gordo went there alone. since he was so clumsy and made much noise I couldn’t remain asleep. Got up, made a cuppa coffee, read a Chinese story and a chapter of Monica and Cebolinha cartoon, then, fell asleep again till 10:30.
Then decided to to go to Haiyin, partly because I needed to bring the missing wire of the camera which we just sold the day before to the guy so he could give me another 100(he promised), partly because I still had some unfinished biz in the fabric market.
The guy checked the wires and said it was not original. I saw the “Made in China”tag and did not argue. Gordo did not tell me that the wires did not come with the camera. He offered 20. If it were not imported, the value goes down dramatically. No point keeping the wires while the camera is sold. So I took the 20. (I saw it coming. Z guy never gonna pay me 100 for just the wires!)
Then I took my dress to the stitcher. I want to have the dress and the lining attached. She refused to do what she called”clean-up”jobs. Plus she said that I sew in the wrong order and she had to unpick my line. She reluctantly asked for 60 for the job and I said:”what?60?”
Result is– no deal.
I am so pissed. How come now its still seller’s market?! Last time I took my 1st dress to another stitcher, and she looked at me and did not even stop her work and said,”No i don’t do that.”
“Why?”
“To much work. Complicated.”
She was not even interested to see how much she was gonna get from that.
After that I bought 2 zippers and some different tones of green fabric. Figured since I had the whole day’s time I could take a bus instead of a taxi. Then I waited and waited, and the bloody bus never came. Many buses passed by and the one that I wanted, never showed up. To the point I had to check the station board if i was waiting at the wrong place.
Finally I gave up. –Can’t say I didn’t try.
Hailed a taxi nearby. Ended up going thru the agony of waiting for a bus and paying for a taxi.
Took the Clifford bus and came home. Mary is staying here for the night. She is crazy about stitching AC covers, chairs covers, table cloth for her new apt.
Just tired.
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03.28.07
Posted in Main Page at 4:45 pm by Tammy
Right after the host had a hacker’s attack and a black-out for about 20 hours, now I am having a “blogger’s block”.
So…till then.
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03.26.07
Posted in Main Page at 11:46 pm by Tammy
Dress 2 one-third finished, looking good. 
Tomorrow attach front to back, attach lining, make the outer skirt. hohoho…
Hope this time works. So far pretty much how I like it.
This pic will also serve as evidence if Mark accused me of handing in the final piece without letting him see the “work progress”.
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03.25.07
Posted in Main Page at 8:49 pm by Tammy
Pics taken in the park round the neighborhood.
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Posted in Main Page at 8:38 pm by Tammy
The Wang’s Family
The Stone Archdoor at the Cannon Fort
Lost in Thots
I am on Diet!
Seroiusly, on diet!
Pics of me and my family, well, mostly me though, since the picture taker is more in love with me than any other of my family member, 
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03.23.07
Posted in Main Page at 10:13 pm by Tammy
By the end of the day I am so bored I could foam in my mouth.
Left to my own devices I could just sit and watch the day turn dark. Totally lack of drive.
Actually, school break is no good for me.
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Posted in Main Page at 5:13 pm by Tammy
I am having another school break.
There are 4 breaks in between every trimester, and during each of the trimester there is always national holidays. In the end we almost have 8 breaks each year, not to count the sundays and saturdays and days when we simple don’t have class.
As usual woke up quite late in the morning, after coffee I decided to dedicate the rest of the morning to arranging our cds that were piled up in a mess in the bar area.
Even though we( Gordo and I) have hardly bought any new cds in the latest 3 years or so, each of our collections added up to almost 500 albumns. Strange thing, gordo used to buy Cds, and I used to buy too, and when we got together we both stopped collecting. (Is cd-collecting not a couple-sport?)
While arranging these cds I got to listen to many old songs, and biggest achievement–Found the Nat KIng Cole 2 Spanish Cds that I have been missing so much lately. Soon I will have them put to my mp3.
I have also being looking for the right Mexican song that could serve as a catwalk music for the collection I am doing. So far, I like Quadalajara.
And well, in the afternoon I did some alterations on my drafting while the cleaner was here mopping the floor. I went up to print a cactus picture that I was going to applique on one of my dress, I was so preoccupied looking at the cactus while going down the stairs that I slipped off the wet stairs. I think instead of going down the stairs with my feet, I did it with my ass. It’s like one of the pranks Jerry pulled on Tom, except it hurts.
Gordo came to check on me and I was saying to him:”If this was a pregnant woman here the baby is definitely gone!”
The stairs…I have 2 quite bad accidents with it so far. Another time was about 2 years ago when I got both of my leggs black and blue and they did not heal until after 2 weeks.
As a result I have a bigger ass now. The place where it hit the wet stairs got really swollen and firmer than my original skin.
So, I accidentally became sexy. The cost is lots of pain. But isn’t it the way it always work?
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