Saturday, October 01, 2011

Kitkat Little Mango

Dated February 2009... newer than the last 9 but still "yikes"! I also remember this one well... in a bad way. Fist, the "Little" series is chopped up Kitkat core in fingertip size, and then coated in some sort of flavoured coloured chocolate. This mango flavour tasted fake and very waxy. Chopping up Kitkat destroys the crunchy texture and leaves you unsatisfied. Don't think Kitkat fans would like this.

This should wrap up the "dug-up" series... as long as I don't find any more buried pictures.

Cake

Cousin K called to remind me about Monday. She's got some hand-me-down clothes to give me. Together with cousin H, they will be stopping by between flights. 4 hours sounds plenty, but I think it will be a stunt to pull off. With baggage claim, re-check-in and security, I think we'll only have an-hour-and-a-half the most. We'll see.

Mom's been jailed to the sewing machine as usual, thanks to dad. It's gonna take her a few days to mend yesterday's destruction.

Thanks T for bringing the stuff form cousin D, and the cakes.

Shot some more photos but still missed some. OTL

Finally wrote to Y. Yay~!

Sorry, A, for being grumpy yesterday...

Friday, September 30, 2011

Last day

Mom was super eager to see dad and left at 1:30, but not before screwing me up. She decided she must bring dad uncle L's old glasses. I couldn't let it go before labeling, and thus spent time I shouldn't have. I myself had to send Y the stuff today and took too long to prepare. The result was me being late for 45 minutes for chiropractor.

Was I in such bad shape that I couldn't think? Made a few bad decisions and got stuck failing to park on Cambie. I lost count on how many sets of lights it took before someone let me finish parking. (T_T)

Didn't even get to call mom despite giving her my phone. Yup, must get her her own. I felt naked without my phone.

Went to pick her up at dad's. He's torn up more clothes. Sigh... (T_T)

The $15 coupon expires today so we went to Z... and ended up buying $23 worth of crackers and cookies. Mostly for dad. It was really busy. Even the cashier asked if there's something that expires today.

Of course I should have stopped at $15, and use the 15% off coupon for the rest. Another proof of my brain not working.

Went to B to see if there's anything worth picking up because I have a 25% off coupon, also expires today. Mom wanted to get the $10 box of Cadbury candies for the nursing home staff. Ideally, we need 32 if they each get one. But somehow mom's "fairy" kicked in and she said we only need 10. That's still $110!!!!!! I just couldn't believe she thought that way. Sigh... (T_T) What's wrong with her???

She was probably hungry so we ate at the food court... at A&W. Worked out to $6.5 each. Not that cheap.

Tried to continue with the logo but couldn't get the font thing to work. Waaaaay too much time was wasted on trying to get things to work on the new machine. (T_T)

I'm definitely in bad shape. It's definitely the vampire... (T_T)

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Fonts

Thought I'd be done with the photo shoot, but then I realized there were a bunch of unfinished earrings. By the time I patched them up, the sun was gone. They will have to wait for the next chance. Sorry A... may not be able to return your camera as promised. (T_T)

Eat-out day with brother's gang. They introduced us to this (relatively) new Taiwanese rice noodle fish soup place. Their soup really has no MSG. Sis-in-law is allergic so she knows. The food was pretty good, but there was a puddle on the seat that I didn't notice. Need I say more? By the time I found out, most of it was on my pants and handbag. Sigh... (T_T) The vampire is here and then this... (T_T) Made me feel super gross... (T_T) Why oh why oh why oh why... (T_T)

Have been wasting a lot of time trying to make "the font thing" to work. Of course nothing works. Every turn is a dead end. Even an online solution that worked for others, but not for me. Thanks to a missing link. (T_T) Honestly, I'm completely fed up with Windows 7. Why won't it work for me? Why? Why why why why why why why why?

I'm also fed up with the tablet lag and the keyboard shift keyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Photo

Vampire showed up. Didn't get up early enough. Mom gone to see dad with aunt L. His move to a single-occupancy room was completed. Nothing's changed, though. Dad was sitting in the living room tearing up his diaper when the ladies arrived. No staff stopped him. He got to do whatever he likes.

Continued with photo shoot. The cold made the vampire worse. I had to be heavily drugged. It was only 14 degrees when I was done around 6:45. I should be pretty much done except for a few "items in question".

Then, the dreaded image processing. First, gotta sort out which ones to keep. (I've shot multiples... between 3 to 6 each item.) That took a whole day. Then the re-size, brightness and contrast adjustment. Not looking forward to it.

Didn't e-mail T... Didn't e-mail Y... But at least packed Y's bills. I owe Y money for books...

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Desobry Assortment

Dated May 2008. (Yikes!) Desobry Platinum Belgium Assortment. This one... I remember well. It looked like one of those cheap overly sweet assortment box, but noooo, it surprisingly good! Besides well-controlled sweetness, you can tell that the ingredients are real. There's real butter in the cookie. Each has a different punch. No unpleasant after taste. If memory serves me right, it was a gift... probably Christmas gift. Not sure who it was from, or where it was bought, though.

Torn

Brother came and removed the board around the concrete threshold. I gave it a sweep and it's ready for cocking... on a later day.

Mom went to see dad after a 2-day break (due to the rain), and came back with 5 pieces of torn clothing. Dad had been on his destroying spree again. The new shirt from cousin B 3 days ago is completely destroyed beyond repair. (T_T) Mom is of course upset. I was too. She's been enslaved to the sewing machine. I still haven't got the heart to ask her for hemming. Sorry, A... I lied. It's gonna take much longer before I can wear those pants. (T_T)