Monday, March 24, 2003

maties

this is a truc & phuong style appreciation letter

thank you to all those people who've put in a tonne of effort in organising my birthday...

the following will contrain a lot of "thank yous" so beware....

special mentions - to all you guys who lied to me just to make the surprise work.. ALL OF YAS!! mmm except a few, those few are forgiven haa!

the TWINS/Kevin/Phi/Linda - you are DOOSHMAS OK?! just no FKN bit.....but thanks for that grain of rice, i know you don't work, but it's the thought that counts, oh yeah thank Kevin for the t-shirt - wore it two days in a row, didn't wash it, haven't washed it haaa

Brandan/Chewy/Tran/Michael Dang/Vo/Dave Nguyen - thanks for taking me out to have pizza, it was great, NOW i can use the cufflinks yo! next time NO MORE SEAFOOD pizza, that kinda sucked... and chewy, what a crazy woman, downing 2 bottles of corona, training it home, making herself look pretty then DRIVING all the way to my place, now that's a feat, and dave had to goto a car show...again, instead of my birthday .... you slack ar$e

michael dang - can you pass on my thanks to leanne.

Joanie - thanks for coming, sorry didn't have any chicken ice cream - we'll get some next time

Dave Chiang/Derek Chu - Wahroonga (sp?) boyz in the hood yo!! hope you enjoyed your time.

karen/vinh - it's a big hike for you to get to my place, you know living in lansvale and everything but TA!!

Dat/Quyen Thai - thanks for making it to drinks, i know your Tooth is still sore, but i appreciate you making an appearance and quyen, you had to train it up to the city, poor thing ahhah awwww see you soon yeah?

the st johns girls britney/natalie/janice/lizzy/yu chu - i know you guys helped out with the cooking and stuff, i give you 5 dorrah ok? that'll get you 2 and a half tequila shots at mounties, what a freaking bargain! oh yeah natalie you drunk ar$e, ta for having shots with me and err buying chips and stealing peanuts at mounties, too bad they didn't have any smith's chicken chips cos you know they rock...

jenny lee/marc "yo a$$ nigger G" fricke - hahaha - you guys had 2 parties, but you came to mine first, that's good right?

law girls - cindy/shehani/inoka - TA for coming, wouldn't be the same without yas....serious... thanks for making an appearance

sefton blokes - van/paul mach/quang/pramod/chunga - hello softies! and ya wanted to play ball instead of drinking... what the?! sorry pramod, i didn't organise the food, you could've picked out the peas and corn in the fried rice to eat haha quang, you're so beastily, how many drinks didja have?!

phi nguyen - (on the way home from city) "let's get some kebabs" then i hear him talking suspiciously in viet to someone, struggling though : "mik mak lak tor doh mah errr lakky lakky bun mi thit nouc mam" - we get to my place, oh there's food!?! and there's a party!! surely you knew!!

madeline quach & dave do.... i mean thuy "whip crack" do & dave quach - thanks ah thuy for coming drinks then pretending not to know where the hell dave is, WE ALL KNOW YOU HAVE GPS on him :) hi dave!!

XTN/Lillian - thanks for coming to drinks you guys, i understand it's a fair trek down to my place so i don't blame yas for not coming...ya b@stards!! ooohh not you lillian just christian, cos he's mah b*tch :)

mr Mark Chan - you didn't come for drinks, you went to play tennis INSTEAD, then you take 4 hours to get from homebush to my place, good effort, take a bow my friend BUT thanks for finishing off the pasta bake anyways, just come over a few more times, and you'll know my area like the back of your hand, if you do decide to come over, don't bring your eastwood gangster style...

mathew/nancy - BUSTED, big time - poor poor nancy, should've seen the look on her face friday morning on the train, i'm sorry nancy, i swear i'm not sadistic, you looked sooo cute trying to hide the truth, and mathew you're a b@stard for pushing it all on nancy - "it's nancy's friend's party".

Jason Chan - you weren't here physically, but i knew you were here in spirit, i saw you sign my card via proxy haa! so get your ar$e back in sydney quick smart and sign it properly...

THE BIG ORGANISERS

thanks Anne and James su for shoppin' for that camera, it's a bewdy, i use it all the time haha at my birthday, at the election....hell i even use it in the toilet.... u wanna see? and luggin' the dj equipment to my place must've been a b*tch, we all appreciate that James!! busting those dance moves in front of all those girls, save some of the girls for us aye?!?

Myle - you've been playing that pretend game pretty good, caught yas out with my imaginary mate "jeremy" you drama queen!! and tell your great uncle to stop lying about those stupid family dinners you have to go to - i knew you had something up your sleeves, you're lucky i didn't nit pick and bust your ar$e

minh tran - i've heard you been a big part of this all, i don't know what the hell you did, but i'm grateful buddy, i really am... thanks for driving me around... i'll drive you back when i get my car yeah? love your shirts!

nhi - oh wow - the master mind herself, well well well well well, i ought to give you a medal, but you already have one - nah, just kidding, but thanks a tonne, i didn't mean to give you a hard time, i knew something was suss, but jeremy wanted to me to goto his place haha i'll give you kiss on the cheek, sorry minh, but i have to :)

left hand girl to nhi - jemaine, at one stage jem was going to jump through that phone friday arvo and beat the crap outta me, too bad so sad, you're tough but you ain't neo!! oh yeah, matrix is coming out soon, we going to do a regency thing again like lord of the rings two towers? anyways, thanks jemaine, that card you made was an absolute gem, beats the crap out of anything i've made...

right hand girl to nhi - MEY SHIA KHOU - my sister - i wake up friday morning and what do i see on the dinner table, a big A3 sheet of paper, labelled shopping list, on it writes : to cater for 35 people HMMMMMM, pasta salad HMMMMMMMMMM potato salad HMMMMM chicken wings OH YUM!! but HMMMMMMMMM spring freaking rolls!! HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION!!

mey can you give a shout out to lu zhong and dave(what's his face) i don't have their email addresses, and myle has no manners "how's your mum?" whadda crack up and then protesting that she did in fact know his mum...liar.

i think i have had too much V this morning...

[edit 26/03/03]

sorry Chipster, best liar out of all of them, you know why? cos you're whipped "i gotta go meet sara" i had no choice - ya bastard haahha THANKS MAAAATE!!

Friday, March 21, 2003

machy

this was taken from our war debate on email today, my friend machy wrote this in response to why democratic societies ie US possess nukes, i think i was a great response.

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We're not happy that nukes exist at all. But they do. They're currently at the
situation where to disarm would be to invite disaster. Say the US takes the
brave step of disarming. All of a sudden, countries with nukes raise an eyebrow
spying an opportunity to strike without retaliation. The situation sucks but the
nukes act as a preventative measure.

Also you seem to think that the US are a bunch of bloodthirsty savages who would
take any action to crush their foes. I'm inferring this becos you seem to think
they would use their nukes first chance they get. So why don't they? They know
the consequences. That is a detterrent in itself. As Lu said, they are a strong
democratic country. If common sense doesn't prevail in the government it will in
the people. No matter their disregard for foreign policy they still dont want to
use nukes.

Compare this to a rogue nation with nothing to lose. They will use their nukes
as soon as the end is in site. These rogue nations are usually ruled by militant
dictators. They have absolute control and noone to answer to. This is a
dangerous situation. I would rather not sit back and wait and see if they have
the common sense to NOT use the nukes. I would rather see them be disarmed.

North Korea? If it wasn't for their missile test fires over japan I probably
wouldn't consider them as much of a threat. But they openly flaunt their ability
to fire missiles. When faced with a country that is that belligerent with their
weapons I start to get fearful. Yes, US has the nukes. But have they ever
threatened other countries with missiles unless they were threatened first? It
comes down to who you can trust. While I don't agree with US foreign policy I
trust their regime to not instigate a nuclear war.

Ok, the Cold war days. Both sides had nukes with fingers poised on the triggers.
They were willing to use them IF the other side used them first. If each side
was truly willing to use them they would have. But they obey the laws of common
sense. Consequences Efe, it keeps everything even. To use a nuke would be like
exploding one on your own country due to the counterattack. This I believe keeps
everything even, I believe this is what eventually helped defuse the Cuban
missile crisis.

Yes, for the betterment of the world, everyone must disarm. Lets work toward
that goal, sure. But before we do that, lets keep the nukes from the "rogues" of
the world. One goal at a time Efe.

I could be talking out of my ass. I have no idea. All I know is I'm really
hungry and this email took longer than I expected.


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Thursday, March 20, 2003

badda-bing badda-bong

just finished playing our last corporate basketball game before the semis are due to commence, i walk into the mlc centre food court and i see 40 odd people with eyes glued to the tv set: war is now under way.

I didn't know what to think, i just wanted to get some food damn it, too much war talk.

my friends have had massive debates for and against the case for war over email, it was interesting then it got vomit-inducing, listening to my friends presenting their case. Opinions are like arseholes, everyone's got one...

can't we just talk about the cricket? and how australia's gonna rip the indians a new arsehole, that's if they beat the kenyans.

but what fun is there in that, everyone's on the same side, there's no debate... oh alright then, talk about the damned war!!

Tuesday, March 11, 2003

Friday, March 07, 2003

hmmm

went to MILK at the opera house on friday night, a bunch of photos that's suppose to make you feel warm and fuzzy, jazz at the overflow was better.

went go karting sunday afternoon, now THAT was fun.



Monday, March 03, 2003

people are getting married??

When did this happen? all of a sudden i've been inundated with invites, rsvps to make, speeches to write up and suits to try out all in the name of matrimony.

When did everyone get so old? Or is it me unable to handle the fact that my life is flying past me before my eyes and i haven't the slightest clue what the hell to do except work and go out. whatever.

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i got absolutely shattered last saturday night, and behaving rather badly. i've seen other people stumble along the footpath whilst their friends desperately try to keep them standing upright at which point i think to myself "pathetic drunk bastard..." well, that night, that pathetic drunk bastard became me.

today during lunch gem told me that the things i did at the club that night were "unacceptable".
another friend, xtn, told me over email that my behaviour was something along the lines of "fine" (i forget) however, i just did some "funny things".

oh freakin' well.

gem and knee, that challenge is still on!! you are my witnesses.

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my car should be back ready to rock'n roll in about 2 weeks. yeah!!