OMFG!!!! I LOVE MY BOSSES!!!!!

Ahem, sorry, but I couldn't help screaming in glee when I got my belated birthday gift from my bosses. It wasn't the exact one I lusted over that belonged to my boss, but this is just as cool.

They f-ing gave me a BOSE headphone. When I saw the BOSE word on the box after I unwrapped the end, I nearly had a heart attack. I was thinking, "OMFG!, No f-ing wayyyy!!!" and then, "YESSSS!"


My birthday pressie


The one that I lusted after was this one...Sweeeettt...The sound was awesome, the bass thumping etc....I could just die happy there and then when I sampled my boss's headphone.

The one I dreamed of LOL

I remember after I sampled his headphone, I told my boss that I was envious of him and that I was tempted to steal it from him. LOL. I was only half serious in wanting to steal it.

Oh and in case anyone cares, I spent my birthday on a day outing with a good friend at the local shopping mall. We watched The Happening and Kung Fu Panda.

Conclusion : M.Nightshyamalan must stop making movies. Seriously his movies all sucked after Unbreakable. How is it possible that every character that he's ever created on the big screen is SO freaking boring??? The movie was a blatant PSA about protecting the environment. Not that I'm against preserving the environment but jeez, this is too much and too ridiculous for words. The only good thing bout it is the mass suicides. My fave? It was the mass jumping of the construction crews. THAT was totally kickass.

Kung Fu Panda was funny and definitely worth watching. Has to be Dreamworks best product to date.

As for my night, I had dinner with my SO...no pressies from him this year but he did promise me something next year. LOL! I'm gonna make sure he pays thru his nose for that one.

So um, yeah...I'm still trying to digest what just happened 1/2 hour ago...

There I was happily transferring my vid files of YamaNade anime from my CDs to the HD to be backed up on DVD when suddenly I heard this suddenly loud pop sound...Stunned was too mild a word...my initial first thought "Awww f**k! Don't tell me something happened to my PC or something" when my CD-rom came sliding out. Luckily no smoke or fire...just pieces of shattered CD...of ep.13 - 15 of YamaNade...I didn't know which to mourn for..the loss of my eps or the demise of my CD-rom.

Of course the first person I had to share the zetsubou news with is CH...The damn Chinese calendar said today was a lucky day too...Pffftttt! Liar, liar, calendar on fire.
Unhooked and unplugged everything, opened the CPU cover, checked it out...tipped the front of the CPU, shook it sorta gently. Bits and pieces fell out. Checked my motherboard and its components...as much as a amateur can figure out. It all looked okay, no rattling pieces.

Put it all back together and turned it back on. Tested the CD-rom, quarter way thru, it hit some sort motor part or something - definitely not CD pcs and it couldn't close. So, I'm resigned to leaving it like that for the rest of its lifespan. I shudder at the thought of lugging my CPU down 6 flights of stairs to the nearest mall to get the comp shop people to have a look. Sigh...Remind me to remove my um, Asami smexing Aki wallpaper or they just might have a rude awakening with loads of red faces, mine included.

I'm kinda leery and wary bout using my DVD-rom now. I hope it's okay and not damaged..but there shouldn't be any effect since the ROMs are sorta like in its own protective metal casing world. Power of wishful thinking, yeah. I guess it was bout time for my CD-rom to go kaput. It has been five years since I first bought the unit. Ah well, gives me good excuse to get another DVD-rom. A girl can't have too many DVD-roms LOL. I wonder if I'd strike the lottery or 4D if I bought today's numbers? Hmmm...

Perhaps CH and I discussed too much about the powers of Zetsubou sensei a.k.a Pink Supervisor that it has somehow sullied my positive aura? OR I could just blame it all on YamaNade...Wish me luck people with my DVD-rom lol

Okies, um, wow, I'm still on a high from yesterday night..but I'm pretty sure once I come crashing down to earth, I'll be wondering what on earth I've done.

But first, updates on Michael - he's feeling much better. Less aches and pains and no headaches. Thank TPTB for that...he did complain that he thought he sounded slurry when he talked coz his left cheek felt a wee bit numbish..The doc said that it's normal and to give it time. I hope the doc knows what he's talking about. He also complained about his breastbone hurting. Doc also said nothing broken or bruised...I see a pattern emerging here with the doc LOL.

I also want to insert here how proud I am of him for making the effort to speak to me 100% in English. Hee. It isn't that he doesn't understand it, he does, just has problem having conversations in it seeing as English is not his first language and he rarely sees the need to speak in that language because the people he hung around with didn't require a conversation to be carried out in the Queen's English. I really think that he did a good thing when he enrolled for English classes - all on his own without me having to prod and push. *puffs up like a proud mother hen*

We had a slight disagreement though over the fact that he never tells me ASAP when he gets badly injured or the serious stuff, leaving me to worry out of my mind. He said that he will NEVER tell me ASAP if anything happens coz he didn't want me to go all teary-eyed or visit him in the hospital with a teary-eyed "What happened?" I admit I am guilty of that but jeez, it's not my fault that I get all teary-eyed easily. I mean, you're talking bout a gal who cries at touching scenes in anime, for Pete sakes. He told me firmly that he would only tell me 2-3 days AFTER it was all over. I argued back that not knowing where he was and stuff for 2-3 days makes me even more worried. I told him that he has to promise to tell me on the day itself..we were in disagreement for about 15 minutes and finally arrived at the acceptable compromise of a 1 day delay. I don't like it but tis something I would have to live with...oh that jerk!

We had a VERY interesting convo. after that

( This time next year...call me... )

I was telling CH the yesterday how I had the bad habit of not writing important things that has happened in my life in the LJ and instead wrote about the not so important ones. It's not that I don't want to but I guess I would have more to type out if I wanted to talk about the former; and I am a creature of perpetual couch-potatoness. But I aim to at least type this out while it is still fresh in my head eventhough it had happened only last Saturday night. Not to me, but to my SO.

I had gone for my music class at the mall on Sunday (Apr. 29th) early. I was about 3 or so hours early than the scheduled time because I didn't want the hassle of driving around the parking lots over and over looking for a space to park. As was my habit, I called Michael to see if he wanted to have lunch together but I just kept getting his voice mail. I thought that perhaps he was still asleep enjoying his day off that day so I let it be. Still, I tried over and over again the whole time till time came for my class at 4.30. Even afterwards, I still kept calling - I kept calling till 11 something before I had to go to bed and I still couldn't get him. Maybe his cell was flat and he had no where to recharge it? Wasn't quite convinced with that.

I was getting kind of concerned, wondering if something had happened to him. I alternated between pouting and fretting...my instincts were telling me something is wrong but my mind was saying that I worried too much.

The next day, I was still abed since I had taken leave for the upcoming two days public holiday and I tried calling him again. It was about 8 something in the morn..kept getting his voice mail..by now I was extremely concerned, wondering what had happened to Michael...I couldn't check with his relatives coz the big fella didn't see it fit to leave any contact numbers with me coz he didn't think I would need to it...Jeez, hasn't he heard of better safe than sorry? He is sorta optimistic in a naive way...hee.

Bout 9.30 my cell suddenly rang and it was big guy...calling me from his cousin's cell. I'm embarassed to say that I was sorta in tears, relieved that he was still alive...but boy, did he have news for me. He started off my telling me that he was warded in the hospital on Sunday - my heart stopped. I asked why (calmly? Fuck no! That's not my style), he replied that he was ambushed and robbed while on his way to K on his bike. It happened on a dark, lonely stretch of the motorbike lane (and they wonder why the bikers prefer to take their chances on the main highways).

It seems that some enterprising asshole had strung a string/rope across the path to trip some unsuspecting motorcyclists, which happened to be Michael. A very bad case of wrong place, wrong time thing. So, his bike hits the obstacle and he falls off his bike and while he laid on the ground dazed, someone came over and whacked him on the left side of his head.
Michael said he passed out after that and when he came to, his cell and 100 bucks was missing from his wallet. They whacked a guy on the head, robbed him and still had the 'courtesy' to tuck his wallet back into his pocket..hmmpf.

He also found that he was bleeding from his left ear, nose and mouth..lucky for him, his dinged up bike was still working, so he rode to his cousin's place. I don't even want to know how far it was from the scene of the crime. They took him to the local hospital and the doctor warded him for observation for possible concussion. Upon further check-up, the doc said that my SO had a perforated eardrum. By then, I was already a mass of blubbering blob.
I was uber pissed at the robber(s) and worried about his condition..the mention of the perforated ear drum didn't help matters any...

I asked him if he made a police report, he said nope, he was going to the hospital again to see the ear specialist. Later that night, I checked with him and the doc said that he had a hearing loss of maybe 20-25%, but to come back for a follow-up at the end of May..

I hope that by the end of May, his hearing might have improved somewhat, not much I know, but still I hope that all will be well. After the call ended, I had a good loud sob fest on my mom's shoulder..she thought I had a big showdown with Michael, or that we had just broken up or something...LOL!

I don't expect the cops to get the damned bastard(s) who did this to Michael but it would be nice if they did. I mean, weirder things have happened before...*shrugs* I'm just grateful that Michael is still alive and not in a coma or even badly injured. I don't know what I would've done if the worst case scenario happened. I don't think I could ever love anyone this much ever again. Once is enough I think - esp. since this is our 10th year together. LOL

CH has yet again brought to my fangirl attention of yet another anime that had bishies and mechas (his fave.) - Code Geass. Lest anyone misunderstands, my friend CH is a straight het male who patiently listens or participates in my fangirl squeeling and talk. CH is very fangirl's best bud. Dude has an uncanny ability of ferreting out bishies in animes/manga for the sole squeeing pleasure of me and Ms. Cinnabon. Thanks, CH, you're the bestest friend ever. LOL!

Okies, back on topic, Code Geass. What can I say about it...I've only managed to watch ep. 1 & 2 on youtube and because of my country's broadband (more like slowband or narrowband) provider's er, lack of speed, I was not able to fully appreciate ep. 3 onwards. It is an excruciatingly painful wait for it to even load to the first 10 mins. What pains me the most is the annoying VO that tells us over and over again that Britannia attacked Japan blah blah blah...and then the opening song...unfortunately, CH and I have differing views over the attraction of the opening song. I felt that the anime had bad opening and ending songs. The songs just weren't easy on the ears for me.

I hope that I'm not the only one who says this, but Lelouch a.k.a Lulu does not cut it as the villain. I just felt that kid was missing something..charisma, I think. When asked by CH, I explained that it was like Orlandon Bloom in Kingdom of Heaven. He played the hero but he lacked the leadership charisma and orator's voice to lead his men. He was more of a weak watered down version. I need a character to grab me in the first viewing and I felt Lulu had a lot to compensate for. Despite his purple eyes. Hate a character or love a character, I must be able to think, 'Wow! This guy's kakkoi!' or 'Wow! This is guy is super evil. Hee!'

The only one who got the thumb's up from me was The White Prince, Schneizel..unfortunately, his royal hotness only appears in ep. 18 or so and I do not think I'll even be able get there at all seeing as how freaking slow Streamyx is!!