Mrs. Barbarra and Lemon Chicken

One night, one old couple walked into the restaurant.
It was Mrs. Barbara and her husband, whose name I forgot almost immediately.
But I would not want to forget Mrs. Barbara.
They are sweet just like other customers I've ever met,
they like to give compliments,
and they share stories.
But their story.. was different.
Live at Oregon, come to San Francisco once in a while to visit their mama.
This time, mama is sick, and she might not make it.
They are pretty sure, she would not be able to make it.
Spending mama's last days, they were not crying,
It was not the end of the world, and they knew.
It was a nice talk, but it was different,
It felt close, as if I've known them a long time ago.
I said "You remind me of my grandma."
and Mr. One Eye said " You remind me of my daughter." I smiled.

A few days later,
I went back to work.
Mrs Barbara was there, this time, bigger table.
I walked to her, she hugged me, really tight.
I could feel the same happiness I felt in her.
She held my hand and said " She passed away last night."
There was a silence, a huge gap in my heart.
I lost all my words, and did not know what to say.
Mrs. Barbara smiled,
she said "we came here tonight to eat Lemon Chicken, it used to be her favorite."
Then she adds " and your Lemon chicken was her favorite."
That was probably the biggest compliment I've ever heard.
She then introduced me to her daughter, as "adopted grand daughter."

Funeral will be held this Friday, and Mrs. Barbara will go back Oregon.
I don't know when I will see her again,
but I will definitely miss her, my god grandmother :)

Bottles

We are just like bottles, aren't we? Shape-wise, other-wise.
A few days ago, I felt myself like an empty bottle.
Tried so hard to occupy the empty spaces,
felt so occupied.
One day, I pour them out and try to find what I need,
I could not find them.
I put everything else aside,
It was an empty space.
All of a sudden, I felt so empty....
All of a sudden, this bottle does not worth any penny.
All of a sudden, I realized how worn out this bottle had become.
I hate that feeling,
I wanna pour something in.
Something that will brighten this bottle inside out,
maybe a little sunshine, sun in a bottle, hope in a bottle.
Maybe something useful,
something that makes my life worthwhile.
Fill me in,
'cause I hate to be empty.

Thursday, take a deep breath.

Rain has been pouring endlessly in San Francisco these few days.
It's not just wet, but it's freezing cold, once in a while it hails too!
This kind of weather only makes people love their home more,
appreciate their time at home more.. and every second I thought of going home.
Dive in the ocean of comfort, I wanna sleep well tonight.

It was still cold when I went to work this evening,
could not walk as fast as I usually do,
so I missed my bus,
when I thought it's going to be one bad bad night,
I got a text from Mrs.Bossie that says " I let you off today, see u tomorrow."
So everything does happen for a reason,
I missed the bus for a reason too :)
I don't mind walking back home,
it was a short long walk, but I am really happy.

I spent the night at home, hanging around upstairs,
playing with little Tofu,
there are aunties and uncles who are visiting,
cousin that never stop bullshitting,
cousin's gf who is nice as always,
and auntie who stays at home all the time,
we gathered around,
there is a digital photo frame,
we look at all the pictures together,
pictures of their big houses, many cars, daughters' friends, daughters' homemade cupcakes, and of course daughters' puppies :)
It was really simple, somehow it is not something usual to me,
and I am really happy, I felt like a part of a family.

Late night, everybody was tired and went to bed.
Tofu fell asleep on my lap, she was snoring, she woke up once in a while, stretched a little and went back to sleep, so soundly.
Looking at the clock, it was just a little past nine at night,
usually at that time I am still cleaning around at work waiting for customers to leave.
And now at home, I still have plenty of time to spare for nothingness.

I love today :)

Yes, Sir!

Alrighty... So I just finished a whole series of 高校鐵金剛 !!!
Yes I am typing in chinese, hehehehehehehehehehehe :)

I have not watched drama series in a long time, because I don't wanna get addicted, because I have no time for addiction!

But I have to watch this one, not because it is extremely good, high-quality, no. Great actors, ermm.. just okay. But because it is filmed in my beloved, Han Chiang High School!!! I don't know why they would chose to film at my school, althought it doesn't look THAT great, but probably good enough if compared to other high schools.. Erm, I am just saying. ANYWAY, it's funny, obviously very low-budget production, But I am happy that they show me around the school, Oh I miss u so much HCHS :') I will not go and tell the stories, I will not also say "Go watch it yourself!"


But it does have what a drama series always do have:

• Main actor turned out to be some random rich guy from super rich family.
• Cinderella-type female lead.
• Someone has to die.
• A twist in bad-became-good character.
• Happy Ending.

Although some parts do get a little ridiculous, but it's okay, purely entertainment purpose, watch it!

Now I miss school so muchhhh,
the science lab, canteen, teachers' office, stadium and the beautiful green field!

I remember last time when I was asked to say something for the school ad, I said " Zhe li you hen bang de lao shi, hen bang de feng jing, hen bang de tong xue, zhe li shi han jiang zhong xue."
Norak yah!

Random Update

This is going to be a random update.
Since my poor lost last 27th Dec, nothing worse had happened.
A few days later a police officer called,
eventually my ID and Debit Card was found :)
But that's all, nothing else is found.
I was about to testify the burglar and send him to jail, but police officer said that Mr. Burglar is responsible for another 15 burglaries around that area, which means they already have ENOUGH people to testify.
Ghena got excited too early, she posted the news all over the place, Facebook and Blackberry Messenger which equals to the world about how cool it is gonna be being in the court, testifying Mr.Burglar, familiar scene?
Then after that,
it's been,
work work and work, lots of working.

Dec 31, HAPPY NEW YEAR :D
It was great, watched the fireworks and wished all policemen Happy New Year who we met while walking from Ferry Plaza to downtown.

Then, working working and working.

Went brunch with Donna, 2 hours line at Mama's =.="

work work and more working.

Can't believe it's New Year already, and I am now turning 20.
I am sad, kinda sad, pretty sad, I miss being a teenager.
But now, I am officially adult!

Havent get to do lots of things that planned during this holidays.
Havent called dad in a really long time, don't even know how to start telling him how I got robbed. 'Cause I wanna make it sounds like "I am not stupid, it's just the guy was too smart."

Okay, NEXT.

Today, 6th Jan 2009, me and Ghena went to watch WICKED!
So we were hoping to win the lottery, so we can get ticket for $25, but we did not win.
While we were down and disappointed,
an angel appeared in front of us,
and offered us two tickets because 2 students from their group are not coming :)
So..........
WE WATCHED WICKEDD!!!
It was wicked-ly good :) Feeling so lucky right now.

And uh, did I tell u that I passed my Philosophy class? :D