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Cozumel

belated vacation post. we had to go to cozumel for a wedding so we turned it into a vacation. much needed since we've been so busy with hunny working and studying and me being busy with the shop.

we stayed at the wyndham hotel. i loved the white contemporary look and feel of the place. however the food was lacking and our room smelled of B.O. so...i give it three stars out of 5. liked the pool and the beach though.

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the view of the beach in downtown cozumel just after the sun went down.

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the married couple diana and ben. check out the fly white suits! it's always so nice to see a couple so in love...

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we're smiling as we're being eaten alive by mosquitos. literally, in the 30 minutes from the grass to the dinner, i got bitten at least 30 times. i had 20 bites on my legs alone.

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fresh conch ceviche - one of my culinary highlights! and only 10 bux!

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supermodel sighting. sooo sexy. haha

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snorkeling! and testing out just how waterproof my olympus is.

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big fat fish - the biggest, fattest fish i have ever seen in the "wild". i wonder if it's good to eat.... hahah.

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we made the rookie mistake of being suckered into a timeshare presentation. the airport people asked us if we needed a cab, we said yes, and he sends us to some travel coordination person. so we thought... hrm kinda weird we have to go to someone to get a cab. she then proceeds to tell us she's with the airport and is helping mexico to get more tourists to see the cancun side. so she can offer us discounted rates. we wanted to go see tolum and play with some dolphins. so we thought, sure, why not! and she gave it to us for 70 bux also! good deal right? wrong! we ended up talking with various sales people from 10 until 4 and wasted a whole day. just when they would say they were going to let us go, we hear another sales pitch. tolum was closed and we didn't even make it to the dolphins the next day because we were busy checking out the rest of the island. oh well. we got cash, a free car rental and ended up getting a small 5 year timeshare which also came with a free cruise. the timeshare looked pretty nice...

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scrobbling fantabulously

i love last.fm! music plays such a big part in my life. listening to specific songs will greatly influence my mood. i love this site/application. it's able to detect my itunes library and make me recommendations based on other people with similar playlists. i'm discovering a lot of new artists this way. the creators were very good and figuring out how people listen to music. and they are also able to monetize in such a way that generates revenue because users truly see the value.

normally i would get new music from friends or just check out the billboards charts. however this limits me to only popular music. however i actually do like a lot of random music - indie, guitar bands, new wave, classical, folk, things that just aren't as common. rather than get music from friends, i like how last.fm will create playlists based on others with similar musical tastes. therefore eliminating the need to find friends with similar musical tastes to trade music. also, to be able to purchase songs from amazon - genius move to overtake itunes. i am definitely one of those people that need instant gratification when it comes to music. (well when it comes to most things actually.) oh so tempting to just purchase a song i really like with a click of a button!

i read the last.fm blog and found out that there was a previously older interface and that users want to go back to the old UI. would have been interesting to compare the two. as it is right now, i had a little trouble figuring out what i can do on the app versus what i can do on my internet profile. but now i get it after about 20 minutes of poking around. still need to poke around a little more to find all the cool little secrets. :) my only request would be to add a feature to allow me to play all the tracks on a particular album or from a particular artist.

i heart last.fm. well done!

music!

last.fm

tres cool

man, i must be hiding under a rock! how is it that i'm the last to know bout this?

sales guy versus web dude

apache! hahah. ah i remember the days when i was the one restarting stupid apache.

when it rains it pours

wow i'm just brimming with blog posts today aren't i?

funny conversations my bro had with my grandma.

po po: guess how old i am
bro: i dunno grandma, 21?
po po: hehehe...nooooo. i'm older!
bro: really? 30 maybe?
po po: hehehe...noooo i'm much older! mom dyed my hair so i look young. but it's really white underneath!
bro: ohhhh! so you're 50?
po po: noooo older!
bro: 60? 70? 80?
po po: older!
bro: 87?
po po: older!
bro: 88?
po po: hehehe...yes!
bro: sheesh grandma, you look like you're 21.
po po: that's why i love you.


haha. she said all this in english also! (she mostly speaks shanghainese and cantonese)



bro says to mom: mom! i'm going to go chill at brian's place!
mom: what? i didn't hear you. where are you going?
po po: he said he's going to chill at his peng you's (friend's) house

haha...my grandma knows what "chill" means!

working on my fitness

so with my yogurt and cupcake diet, i've lost weight! mostly because yogurt has protein and doesn't have fat. so i don't feel hungry enough to eat a full lunch later on. as for cupcakes, well i don't really stick to eating one of those a day. hehe.

i've been doing the usual spinning and general gymming but i haven't been as hard core about it as i used to. i noticed last night when i went to do a 24 hour set class.

my butt hurts when i walk...

it's just a feeling

i've been known to have lists for everything. what i want in a school, what i want in a job, what i want in a bf, what i want in a marriage.

what i've noticed is that even with all these lists, i tend to go with a feeling. whatever feels right isn't always what's on my lists.

lately i've been feeling like what i thought i wanted isn't what i really want at all.

maybe it's like thousand year old egg. i hated eating it as a kid. but i really like it now.

long time no blog! 24 hour fitness

yes yes i know, i've been neglecting my blog! so i have a few entries that i've been meaning to write about. get ready for some reading material! haha

so recently elaine got a gym membership at 24 hour. apparently they are having a new high end gym coming in mountain view - similar to club one and equinox. elaine got a membership for 700 something for three years and a renewal fee of 99 a year afterwards. so cheap! especially considering i got mine for 600 something and 49 a year afterwards. so then i go in to see if i can add this new super duper gym membership. the guy who was all nice to elaine and trying so hard to get her business had a complete attitude change and just simply didn't seem like he wanted my business at all. instead he blamed it on 24 hour's crazy promotions which expire at a moment's notice!

well the new gym will open in a few months. i was quoted that i had to pay $20 a month extra if i want to join the super duper gym. i don't really think this is a great deal since elaine heard a friend of hers could have added the super duper gym for 7 dollars a month.

we were wondering...why all of a sudden this personality difference? then i remembered. it was july 1st. elaine was in at the end of the month and i'm at the very beginning of the month. it's amazing what end of the month quotas do for sales people.

also, i'm not sure i'll join this super duper gym anyways since i work out everywhere. arques, hillsdale, cottle, saratoga, fremont, san mateo, san carlos. i've been to quite a few 24 hour gyms.

my favs?
cottle is huge, nice, clean and well lit. it's close to my house but it's far from everything else. cottle also has the cutest boys. in case you were wondering. haha. hey...whatever gets me to the gym.

saratoga is small, stuffy but has the essentials. not my favorite but it's the one that a lot of my friends work out in.

fremont is the gym i'm most comfortable at. it has all the machines and weights i normally use, isn't that crowded (of course I go there only on off times). it's not the cleanest but it's pretty good. meaning I won't hop around on one foot while i switch shoes because i'm not afraid to touch the floor.

i'm curious to see what the new gym has...