Happy happy new years...Well New Years is Boring as heck in Vancouver, no fireworks, no public count downs...

WE SUCK!!! If we wanna see some fireworks or any kinda kewl count down we need to goto Whistler or Seattle.

I know, I know we can goto clubs or parties in downtown...but the atmosphere is different...4,,,3,,,,2,,,1 Happy New Years!!! Let's dance...

We use to have a first night...but all the old peeps and tight asses didn't want it cos there were too many pepople and too rowdy for them. Sigh...Yup Vancouver sucks for new years.

I'm probs gonna head over to a buddies place and watch the count down on TV live from SEATTLE!!

Twas a couple of nights before Christmas, I was over at at Mer's place ( merboo.blogspot.com ), I was picking up some Poker Chips from her and I saw a Christmas Nativity...

I was looking at her Christmas nativity...I was kinda confused cos I didn't see the little Jesus in the crib.

Joseph, Mary, and the wise men were looking at the empty crib. So I stood there and looked for the little baby Jesus...Shit did I walked too hard or breathed too hard and he rolled over the bed?

I said to Mer " I think you're missing the baby Jesus"...She told me well it's not Christmas yet and Chirst is not born...that's why he's not there...

It was kinda weird...It was like they (and I) were waiting and anticipating for the little baby to POOF magically appear. They should be looking at each other, havin coversations and chillin before Jesus comes...

Nativity's also reminds me of a childhood TV show..."The Friendly Giant".

This Chirstmas was balmy...so it didn't feel much like Christmas. But how do they do it in Florida? I was watching the Disney's Christmas parade next day out in Orlando and people where wearing scarves and shorts.
It never snows down there, and all they get are hurricanes and tornados...I don't think the ppl there will ever fell the true spirt of Christmas without winter.

Winter makes everyone get close together and stay warm, drinking hot chololate sitting by the fire side, not walking around with shorts...that's just makes Christmas like every day.

Well we made a gingerbread house for a buddy who mades us one last year. We're gonna try and make a whole city block within the next couple of years.

The one they gave us is on the left, and the one we made is the one on the right.

BTW...I'm diabetic so I can't eat sweets so the one on the left is one year old and it's still standing. It had more stuff on it buy my buddy ate most of the things.

Man our house that we made looks much better.

So we did it...went to the craziness of shopping at the biggest mall in BC. The secret is to park at the mall where most of the Chinese shops are closed for boxing day.

The lines up where retarded...bought a couple of shirts and pairs of pants and some shoes...But I know a couple of friends who did wake up at 4:30am and went to the lineups.

I was gonna goto Visions and line up there but a buddy called me and told me that there was already about 2 dozen peeps lineds up there at 10pm. So I decided to go see King Kong w/my brother in law and his wife and mine.

The BIL's wife does not understand english that well, but she got the movie and was crying at the end when the big ape died.

Before we went to see King Kong she asked me what kinda of movie, I said it was a monkey movie...I didn't know what to tell her since she did not know who or what King Kong was....It was a monkey movie...

So this is Christmas...It's is sad how the world has changed and twisted the real truth about Christmas.

How the world took the Christ out replaced it with a X. You know I think if you do not worship or beleive Christ was born on Christmas you should not celebrate.

WTF is Santa Clause? Joseph? I think he's some guy that the corperate America has exploited to make people buy shit for other people and their kids.

Christmas these days is just people spending they're hard earn money for others and make the rich corperations even more rich and putting people in debt and making all those money hungry banks more rich by making us pay their freaking high interest.

It's sad when you watch TV and kids these days do not know what the real meaning of Chirstmas, who is Jesus? Well he's not freaking Santa and he doesn't give the lates gadgets that you want...Who The F&*K cares.

All the Chirstmas cards I got this year does not have the Christ theme in it...just Santa and Frosty.

We're just making Walmart rich and forgetting the true meaning of Christmas.

BTW...Merry Christmas to you all!!

So our last homestay of the year has left us and is heading back to Nippon right now...I feel sad sometimes when our kids grow up and leave our home, even tho they only stay for a couple of months we have great relationships (well not THAT great *wink-wink*).

They call us host mom and host dad...Jeezzz that makes us sound so old...the next homestay we'll them them to call Daddy-O and Sugar Mama...we'll see the faces on their teachers...

I found out a buddy at YS, his GF teaches english at a ESL place in downtown and she use to teach one of our homestays...She couldn't beleive that we were host parents...We feel like we're more like host brothers or sisters.

Oh well, after 10 months in Canada she's gonna head back to Japan and gonna meet up w/her bf...I don't hafta be too blunt now do I?

We have this Japanese slang book and one of our students was laughing and I said what's so funny? He said "Wet Pussy"...I"m like oh don't say that too often cos it's not a good word....so he goes off and tells his teacher he had learnt that word from me.

Conflict resolution...Well I got my first complaint today not of me but of the service or lack of. What do you expect when we're cutting back...I think it's something I need to get use to tho...be an ASS, but a polite ASS.

While I was at friends place helping him paint, I could not help but to think..."When I was painting at our place I was more stressed."

Then I thought...I know why!!!

My wife is not here to bitch at my painting. I was happily painting the edges and corners of walls and windows and crown moldings...I felt kinda...in a meditation state.

Let's say...I paint or work better w/men. Men they don't bitch, not sure about gay men tho, they help out and offer suggestions...Why do women nag? It doesn't help when you nag at them either.

I don't get it.

So my dad wanted a DVD recorder and found one cheap at Superstore... $129.00...So...we went down there on Sunday nite and they had a coupon if you purchase $250 or more you get $30 bucks back...

So....we picked up the DVD recorder, some DVD-RWs and -Rs and a 13" TV all that came to $256.

We got back to my dads opened up the TV...guess what there are no outputs for the Amp...soooo we're bringing it back...Opened up the DVD recorder that they only accept DVD+RW and DVD+R's...Piece of shit...

Now what? So we brought all that shit back to Superstore on the same nite and refunded all that crap...the Customer Servcie Lady said...well..we don't get to keep the $30bucks cos we're returning all that stuff...so I picked up a DVD recorder...and some DVD+Rs...that came up to $270...

Oh get this I'm use to paying with my Credit Cards but my wallet was stolen...so I had to pay w/my bank card...and I can only withdraw cash from my checking account...I had to have a balance of $1500 in my account or they will charge me a service charge..."hands in you pockets, hands in you pockets pockets"...

I think I went under $1500...but wait it gets better...

So we got home he wanted to be able to record himself singing Karokee with the DVD recorder...WTF?

Sooooooooooo I had to rewired every thing disconected the TV input 0utputs to the amp, DVD, mixer...had to try and figure it out so it would just work perfectly...It was a toatal wiring mess it took me about 1hr1/2 to get everything working properly...

My dad was able to record himself while singing Chinese Opera...What a challenge...But I haven't gotten to the good part yet...

Let's test out the DVD and see if it works!! It works on the DVD recorder...but tried it on the DVD normal DVD player...well it doesn't fucken work!

Well that's not good enough for my dad...My dad told me his buddy has one that works, that it would record the video then they're able to see it on other DVD players...Asked him how much that one costs...$1000.

So we took every thing back to SuperStore and everything I had purchased.

Well that was a great time well wasted...Jeeezzzzzz I coulda been to a friends Bday party instead I helped my dad out fucking around.

Never watch this movie and eat anything at the same time...It was a buddy's bithday on the weekend and we had pizza, drinks, and watch this movie...

"Dead Alive" don't mistake this with "Dead or Alive"...This is the sickest movie I've seen, and I've seen sick movies before.

It's directed by Peter Jackson...yes the guy who directed King Kong and Lord of the Rings..I dunno WTF he was smoking when he was doing this movie...But I'll tell ya...

While we were eating pizza and watching this movie everyone except for one guy (he wasn't eating tho) left the living room...What's this movie about? Zombies and shit...people chopping arms off of people, skin falling apart and eating the skin....

Rent it if you DARE!!!

We had our Christmas lunch yesterday for work and guess where we went? That's right the Boathouse again. I woulda enjoyed it more if it was sushi tho.

What happen to those days when we go frozen meat or a turkey for Chirstmas? I would loved a frozen turkey or ham for Christmas? We would of had two cos my wife works with me.

If I had a business I would have a Chirstmas potluck and give away turkeys.

Spent last night baking a potato caserole...If it's a womans job to cook in the house how come most famouse chefs are male?

I rather cook than wash dishes but sometimes I do both.

So I'm moving on up on the corperate ladder...getting closer to the MAN. I'll be getting a promotion and will be the WorkLeader for my group and will be looking after 9 IT techs and THOUSANDS of complaining users.

But I won't be rich yet or be buying my Beemer anytime soon. It's just mean more parties? Cos I know my hair would receed faster and I'll be getting old soon...sigh...

This means I'll be stuck here for a while or hopefully a mangement postion will open up externally then I'll move out from here...

Then my ultimate hope is my online website would be busting w/cash...

I'm creating a website to show how peeps make money online...I'm not talking about YOU will RETIRE in the NEXT month...but more like enough to put several loaves of bread on your table...

I hate sucking up to people and I don't think I ever will. It's not me I'm too real to suck up to people...And I hate it when peopel suck up to me...I worked w/this guy so wanted suck (up to ) me...I just felt he has a hidden agenda and told him to shut the F* up...

One day I saw on his computer screen, he had a desktop of him and the CEO of the company standing next to each other...WTF?!!? Do you smell shit?

BTW now he's a manager...

One great thing about having a pot luck dinner is you get all the left overs... BLECH...

I'm still eating the left over ham that I baked...I is delish for the first couple of days...but now...

Yes I baked a ham for the Christmas YS get together and it was good...but my potato salad was even a greater hit...I didn't get any left overs and it was a big vat...

Well I gave some ham to my family and some to my wife side..and we still have ham...it's never ending...It's like Jesus feeding the 5000 with just couple of loaves of bread and fish...it just doesn't fricken stops.

Man we've been eating fried rice for last couple of days too...Hey George...want some jambo?

So last Friday I just wanted to see the old YS GANG again before the new years. I had to act quick cos I know how busy every can be closer to Christmas. So we had a pot luck semi-birthday party at my place.

I got a 20' cake for Jim and Steven and on it I had the bakers wrote Happy Birthday Jim (heart) Steven.

I don't think Jim mind but Steven was kinda embarrassed. That's cool it's a cake for them not for me..haha.

So they cut the cake like they were a married couple holding the knife together and all. I love to embarrass Steve cos he hates being embarrassed, but he's cool about it.

Then we played a murder mystery game and did charades...my wife really wanted George to play charades but he couldn't make it to play...cos he does a really good Pop N Fresh. "HmmHmmmmm".

We had a used gift exchange the worse thing that was given this year were a glass Candle Hodler that looked like two glass dildos when you turn it around.

And the best gift I though was "2005 Christmas Edition of Victoira Secret Mag"

I gave away a softcore 3D porn that was bought in the early 90's so all the girls had like BIG hair and wild makeup on their faces...Oh yeah Steven got that...haha

Well I made my charitable donation of the year...Yes I had my pockets picked last night.

I knew I had my wallet with me cos I paid groceries that day. I had about a hundred bucks in my pocket for Christmas shopping and for groceries.

So I was at my grandma's and that was when I recieved a phone call that someone had found my wallet in the ally somewhere in Chinatown, and he would like to meet me somewhere to give my wallet back.

I asked him what he looks like and he said "Oh you'll never miss me, I have long hair and a trench coat and I'm on a bike." He said he'll meet me a Chinatown at 7pm at night to give my wallet back.

I asked my sister's boy friend to come down w/me...I wasn't afraid of him cos I know I could take care of myself but he might just be w/someonese I might not be aware of.

So he gave my wallet back all it had were my bank cards and couple of credit cards...My IDs were stolen and my medical cards were gone...

So when I got back home I had to call all the credit companies to check my statments and cancel all my cards...Man that is such a fucken hassel. Guess what...those freaking banks do have their hands in your pockets all the time....If loosing your money and wallet is not bad enough they had to charge you $20 to change your account and send you a new card. Thanks Bank Of Montreal for charging me...That's just great not only I lost $100 bucks I hafta pay the banks $20 out of my own account.

Bank of Montreal SUCKS they are worst than fucken bums who stole my wallet!!

I think the best service I got from calling all the credit card companies is "CIBC" they gave me a ton of info on what to do when someone steals your wallet...

Check out my website here : http://www.idthefts.info/

So my bro-in-law came back from China and he had bought me the watch I wanted there . The TechnoMarine Maori - Kewl watch eh? My Boss had bought the womans version of the watch. It's just a small watch but everything is exactly the same.

I you goto the TechnoMarine Website it's going for 1500USD right now...but of course he didn't pay that much for my watch. He paid 150RMB.

I'm not even gonna tell you how much that is in USD. It's not a hot watch it's just a Rip-off.

If you're a nube you won't be able to tell the differnce in the watch. But if you have a Maori watch you'll be able to tell. The fricken thing is huge and heavy..But there is somthing on the watch that is different than the orignal.

I know but I'm not telling..I just found this out like, right now!!

Well I'm having a Christmas party w/my old KF ppl tomorrow...gonna buy a turkey or a ham for dinner for tomorrow...Can't wait it'll be fun!!

When we go shopping for food we notice that at Superstore we just go...pickup what we need and pay for it and go, When we're at Chinatown we do the same...we go p/u what we want to get and just leave...But something about T&T that turns our tastes buds on and makes us splurge...

We walk in and we smell food...then we see food...then we want food...

I swear T&T has all the azn going there cos of their yummy food and the way to a chinese man's heart is thought his stomach...a way to a chinese womans heart is though her stomach and shopping.

Naruhodone! That's a new word I learned yesterday...it means I understand in Japanese. There there is also "Mukatzku" That is like "What the Heck!" Then a buddy told me that word is usually used by girls cos it is polite...Guys usually say " Chik Sho!" that like "What the FRUCK!"

Then we got into talking about Hello Kitty Condoms and Hello Kitty Vibes... I did a search on the internet on Hello Kitty Condoms...That is when I saw...

DOMO-KUN! This piece of shit is cute...I think Domokun orignated in NHK a Japanese TV station...I checked the prices on ebay and it's about 30bucks USD on ebay...Holly Shit...I'm just gonna get my wife make me one...

They also have domokun T's...I'm thinking of just getting a brown Tshrit and just putting the eys and teeth on it by getting some iron ons.

One of our ex-homestay students came over and visited us. It was quite a surprise.

He told us that he had bought a two month pass for the Greyhound and had traveled all over North America with his pass.

Did he had an experience travling around the states. From Vancouver all the way to Texas, to Las Vegas, New York, Boston, PEI, and much much more. All for 800bucks.

He had told us that there were Fags who where hitting on him telling him he has such nice eyes, held at gun point one time...they didn't want money...just his ass! That was quite a story, what he had told us. He was soooo scared that he thought he was going to die or loose his ass to a fag.

He also told us that while he wanted to take a shit in the can some guy was watching him though the cracks of the stalls door...Poor poor Kenta...He's got a ton of stories to tell his buddies when he gets back to Japan.

Haha...He had one told us his mom sent him a rainbow T-Shirt...

Over the weekend we went to check out the Christmas lights...There was this place that spent over 10K on lights and Christmas Decor...

They had a snow makin machine and all that Jazz...wow what time people have on their hands.

Yup it still snowin...but the weather kinda raining right now...