I AM DZOI

CYMA with Friends

Yes, it’s another post about food. We just can’t help eating. In fact, here’s another one from Conti’s when we celebrated Father’s day two Sundays ago.

This meet up was scheduled last May yet when the day came, there were only four of us left. I’m not complaining because these ladies are already a hand full. I just feel bad that some weren’t able to make it because their babies were sick.

Anyway, back our lunch at CYMA. Just like the last time, it was only Aggie, Kathy, Litzie and Moi. The conversation was amazing. From Derek’s hot bod (yum! took almost an hour for this topic alone) to good food to shopping to things that couldn’t be mentioned. It was always a hoot hanging out with these girls.

Kathy said I lost weight so she’s currently my most favorite person right now. This is good news after receiving a comment from a fellow blogger on my recent weight gain. It made me want to pop diet pills immediately, seriously. Luckily, I won’t have to do anything, at least until next month when I start gaining weight again!

What we had: See below

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New Cam?

I know I promised I’d stop shopping online but I can’t help and look at camcorders for sale. Ours is pretty new so I’m thinking we could sell it at a not so bad price so we can get a smaller one. I’d also like to be able to download the videos without using firewire. We have two full tapes in storage now and I wonder when will I be able to download the clips. Maybe when Sandy turns five (a year from now), I’d be able to figure it out. But seriously, the only reason why I chose tape over CD / USB is because the salesman said the quality will be much better when transferred. What he should have told us is that it’s not for lazy and impatient mothers.

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Wordless Wednesday – Leaving

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Happy Birthday to Moi

My birthday re-cap here.

What we ordered at Myron’s Place.

Free bread and butter, Risotto balls with cheese and chorizo (Sandy loved them)

Grilled Chicken wings with onion marmalade, Sliders – a trio of mini wag-yu burger with onion rings and fries

Franco’s Choice – 450 grams topped with panseared foie gras. It’s huge I’m telling you. They sliced it in the middle so it doesn’t look as thick and I shared it with The Husband. I didn’t finish mine but he finished his, fat and all. No surprise there. I fell in love with the foie gras so I’m going to be on the lookout for that the next time we eat somewhere nice.

Cafe Breton – no descriptions needed.

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Two More Days Before I Turn 3-0

So my birthday is in two days. I’m not concerned that I didn’t get to cross out a lot on my list of things to do before I turn 30. The main reason is because 30 is the new 18, as Litzie told me yesterday haha. Seriously, I’ve always been content with who I am and what I have. Of course, I want to have our own house just like any other woman. For the past two years, I’ve been vising real estate websites such as Wilmington NC real estate just to inspire myself to work harder. But we are actively searching for our future home so I consider this a work in progress. I still haven’t learned how to play the violin, speak french, drive and sleep on top of the mountain but there are plenty of time to still do that. All I know is that if everyone in my family is healthy on my birthday, then that’s the best gift I could ask for. Speaking of health, my little girl is okay now so we might do something over the weekend, after all. Not sure yet what exactly but it will definitely include a lot of pigging out and shopping if I can’t help myself!

Here’s a photo of me suspended in the air, a year ago. So many things have changed since then, my weight and my job, to name a few.

As for my birthday wish, aside from getting back my old weight, I wish for more clients (while writing this, I just got accepted for another design project yay!), a nice house in the next two years, good health for everyone in the family and a positive outlook in life. Surround yourself with good vibes and everything will follow.

See you on Monday for my birthday celebration re-cap

UPDATED:

As of this writing, The Husband is in the other room writing a love letter for me. He even had to ask me for the stationary! Sandy, on the other hand is making a card for me and I could hear her saying “How do I write J-O-Y, I need to write it beside the computer”. I’m so excited!!!

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WW – Bus Ride

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Time Traveler’s Wife – Trailer

Snagged from Kaje.

OMG! I’m having goosebumps just watching it. I can’t wait. It’s such a sad story though but I hope they won’t change anything from the book. I can’t say anything bad about the trailer. Love both the actors – Eric Bana (can’t think of anyone who can play Henry aside from him) and Rachel McAdams (Claire). The soundtrack is pretty cool too and the cinematography is just awesome.

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Self Projects

Lately, I feel like that I’m doing nothing for myself. Creative-wise that is. Oh yes I’m spending a lot of time watching my shows, reading books and surfing to my heart’s content. But if I think about all the hours that I’m spending doing these things, it felt like I’m wasting so much of my time. To be fair, when I say surf, it means I’m busy checking out graphics design inspirations (from magazine layouts to restaurant menus to Halloween invitations), new technologies for graphics and other tools that can help me improve my skills as a designer.

Anyway, here’s a list of projects that I’m going to work on starting next week:

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Good Day Today

Guess what happened today? Me and my online friends went shopping online! Well actually, we waited for Glo to reach the shop so she can take photos of the merchandise on sale. She posted the bags at exactly 7AM, (can you believe we’re all wide awake at that ungodly hour) and I immediately found what I want. It was equally stressful and exciting. I would love to be in Glo’s shoes because I’ve always wanted to be a personal shopper when I was young. I find it exhilarating browsing through sale items even if it gets too crowded. I wouldn’t mind snatching items from other people too because that’s part of the thrill! I’m sure The Husband wouldn’t understand but I know he’ll still go with me as I will need someone to carry all the items.

Today is a holiday (Independence Day) so The Husband is home. We are avoiding malls right now because of the flu so we’ll just do a quick grocery shopping at Robinson’s. We’re really thankful that the Robinson’s grocery store is only a five-minute drive from our house. I’m still going to work because after that early morning shopping, I really need to finish my already very delayed project so I can get paid.

I won a design bid yesterday. I was so shocked because I wasn’t really counting on winning. It was actually just an experiment to see if the project owners award the project based on the lowest bid or the quality. Since I’m one of the higher bidders, you could say it’s the latter. I still think the rates are too low during bidding wars. If I participate in lowering my rate for the sake of winning, then it will be harder for designers worldwide to give a fair price.

That’s about it this Friday. Have a good weekend all of you!

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WW – All In

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