MONEY MONEY MONEY

MONEY MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND. ITS TRUE, EVERYTHING COST SOMETHING AND EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING HAS ITS PRICE. MONEY IS THE SOURCE OF ALL EVIL AND THE SOURCE OF ALL ENJOYMENT. YOU NEED MONEY FOR EVERYTHING, FROM BUYING GROCERIES TO SURVIVE, TO BUYING A PLACE TO LIVE IT. EVERYTHING HAS A COST, AND THIS DAY IN AGE YOU REALLY CANT DO MUCH WITHOUT MONEY. FORGET ABOUT ALL THE WANTS YOU WANT, JUST GETTING THE NEEDS YOU NEED IS ALREADY TOUGH. WITH EVERYTHING HAVING A HIGHER PRICE TAG THESE DAYS HOW ARE WE SUPPOSE TO KEEP UP??? HOW DO ALL THE PEOPLE ON MINIMUM WAGE SURVIVE, HOW DO THEY SUPPORT THEIR KIDS AND PAY FOR RENT? I MEAN IM DOING OKAY RIGHT NOW AND THERES NO WAY THAT I CAN GO BACK TO WHAT I USE TO MAKE. ITS NOT EVEN ABOUT BEING ABLE TO DO THE THINGS I WANT, ITS THE FACT THAT MY EXPENSES HAVE INCREASED, AND BECAUSE I LIKE NICE THINGS AND WANT TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT AND HAVE WHAT I WANT HAHA. ITS FUNNY THAT WE ALWAYS WANT MORE MONEY, WE ARE NEVER SATISFIED... ALWAYS WANTING MORE. YOU BECOME ACCUSTOMED TO YOUR LIFESTYLE AND ONCE YOU BEGIN YOU JUST CANT GO BACK. THAT IS WHY SO MANY PEOPLE ARE IN DEBT, OR SO MANY PEOPLE ARE WILLING TO DO WHAT IT TAKES TO HAVE MONEY, INCLUDING ROBBING SOMEONE OR A BANK. IF YOU LOOK AT EVERYTHING IT ALL COMES DOWN TO HOW MUCH SOMETHING COSTS. THE FUNNIEST LINE THAT I EVER HEAR IS THAT MONEY CANT BUY YOU EVERYTHING... I BEG TO DIFFER... MONEY CAN BUY YOU ANYTHING, EVERYTHING, AND EVERYONE. THERE IS A PRICE TAG ON EVERYTHING, INCLUDING PEOPLE. EVERYONE HAS A NUMBER AND IF SOMEONE THREW ENOUGH MONEY AT A PROBLEM, I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT IT WILL BE SOLVED. WE ALL JUST WANT TO MAKE A BETTER LIFE FOR OURSELF, AND IF THE OPPORTUNITY CAME UP DO YOU REALLY THINK YOU COULD PASS IT UP? MY BUDDIES AND I HAVE DISCUSSED THIS BEFORE MANY TIMES LIKE HOW MUCH WOULD IT TAKE FOR YOU TO... SO AND SO OR SUCH AND SUCH. EVERYONE HAS A PRICE. EVENTUALLY EVERYONE WILL HAVE A NUMBER WHERE THEY WOULD GO BACK ON ANY BELIEF OR MORAL THEY HAVE TO ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING FOR THE AMOUNT OF MONEY OFFERED. THE ONLY REASON WE DONT ACTUALLY DO IT, IS USUALLY THE AMOUNT THAT WE NEED TO CONVINCE OURSELVES TO DO IT IS A REALLY BIG NUMBER AND NOT MANY PEOPLE CAN AFFORD IT. I LOVE HOW SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT MONEY CANT BUY YOU HAPPINESS... THAT IS ABSOLUTELY UNTRUE AND INSULTING!!! MONEY CAN ABSOLUTELY BUY YOU HAPPINESS!!! IT CAN BUY YOU ANYTHING YOU WANT!!! HATE TO SAY IT BUT THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO EVER SAY THAT ARE PEOPLE WHO DONT HAVE MONEY. LETS BE HONEST... MONEY CAN EVEN BUY YOU LOVE!!! MONEY CAN REALLY BUY ANYTHING. THERE IS NOT MANY THINGS IN THE WORLD THAT MONEY CANT BUY... THE ONLY REAL THING I CAN THINK OF IS TIME. EXCEPT YOU ARE USING TIME TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THE MONEY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE EVERYTHING YOU WANT, SO ITS MORE OF AN INVESTMENT IF YOU ASK ME LOL. WITH THAT BEING SAID... MONEY COMES WITH ITS OWN PROBLEMS... SOMETIMES YOU JUST DONT HAVE THE TIME, OR PEOPLE WILL ARGUE ABOUT IT, OR YOU CAN NEVER HAVE ENOUGH. IN THE SEARCH FOR MORE MONEY YOU MAY END UP GOING TO PLACES YOU NEVER THOUGHT YOU WOULD GO, YOU MIGHT END UP NOT RECOGNIZING YOURSELF, YOU MIGHT LOSE YOUR FRIENDS, LOSE YOUR FAMILY, LOSE YOURSELF... THE TIME YOU HAVE TO SACRIFICE FOR IT... THERES ALWAYS A TRADE-OFF, AND IF YOU THINK ITS WORTH IT THEN ITS WORTH IT. RIGHT NOW I THINK CAUSE IM STILL YOUNG, THAT MONEY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN A LOT OF THINGS. IM STILL TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING THAT I WANT IN LIFE AND ITS OK TO WANT WHAT I WANT AND DO WHAT I NEED TO, TO GET IT ALL. ALWAYS GOT MONEY ON MY MIND AND MY MIND ON MY MONEY... LOL :)

WENT TO WALK WITH THE DRAGON THE PAST WEEK AND IT WAS THE SAME AS USUAL. WEATHER WAS GREAT... HOT AS HELL... WENT THERE AND CHECKED THINGS OUT, GOT SOME SWAG, PLAYED SOME GAMES. OMG!!! SO THERE WAS A GAME WHERE YOU HAD TO THROW 3 PLASTIC BALLS INTO THE MIDDLE NET TO WIN A TEDDY BEAR... THE BALLS ARE THOSE BALL PIT BALLS AND ITS LIGHT... WELL LETS JUST SAY WE SPENT ALMOST ALL OF OUR TICKETS AND THEN SOME TRYING TO WIN IT... IF YOU MISS THE 1ST ONE BASICALLY YOU CANT WIN... SO WE KEPT ON PLAYING KEPT ON LINING UP NONSTOP AND FINALLY ON MY 2ND LAST TICKET I DID IT!!! ONE OF US FINALLY WON IT!!! OMG!!! CANT BELIEVE IT. AFTER THAT I WAS DONE, ITS THE KIND OF GAME THAT PISSES YOU OFF AND YOU JUST WANT SOMEONE TO WIN, AND WHEN I WON IT WE WERE ALL SO HAPPY HAHAHA. BESIDES THAT WENT TO SING K TWICE THE PAST WEEK AND WORK IS WORK. STARTED WORKING ON MY SIDE THING AND JUST NEED MORE TIME TO BE ABLE TO REALLY LOOK AT IT HARD AND WORK AND GETTING TO WHERE I WANT TO BE. ONCE AGAIN EVERYTHING ALWAYS ENDS BACK UP WITH THE ISSUE OF MONEY... HAHA.

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POST #100...!!! :)

ITS A LONG TIME COMING AND IT HAS FINALLY ARRIVED!!! A HUGE MILESTONE IN THIS BLOGS HISTORY :) THIS IS THE 100TH POST IN WHAT CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED AS ONE MANS RANDOM RANDOMNESS. I THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING THIS JOURNEY WITH ME... THOUGH I BELIEVE MORE OF YOU JUST SKIM IF NOT SKIP THE RAMBLINGS AND GO STRAIGHT TO THE PICTURES. EITHER WAY I MADE IT. BELIEVE IT OR NOT ITS ACTUALLY HARD TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS WEEK AFTER WEEK, SOMETIMES YOU JUST SO LAZY BUT MUST PUSH THROUGH RIGHT RIGHT :) SO HERE WE ARE. IM NOT SURE WHAT IM GOING TO DO... IF IM GOING TO CONTINUE THIS BLOG WEEK TO WEEK OR SLOW DOWN AND JUST UPDATE PERIODICALLY. I GUESS YOU ALL WILL FIND OUT NEXT WEEK IF THERE IS ONE OR NOT LOL.

SO OVER THE WEEKEND SOME FRIENDS FROM OUT OF TOWN CAME DOWN TO VANCOUVER AND WE ALL CHILLED. WE MET UP, GRABBED SOME DRINKS AND WENT TO SING K. WOOOOOOOO DRUNKEN KARAOKE AND A BUNCH OF LOUDNESS. AFTER THAT WELL... WE ENDED UP GOING TO PARTY LOL PARTED HARD AND IT WORKED OUT CAUSE I EVEN WORE MY PARTY SHIRT HAHA. SO THAT WAS SATURDAY AND ON SUNDAY I HAD MY LAST SOCCER GAME OF THE SEASON. ONCE AGAIN WE HAD A SHORTAGE OF PLAYERS... CEPT THIS TIME WE ONLY HAD 5 PLAYERS AND NO CAPTAIN... YA... FOUND A FEW OTHER PLAYERS AND ENDED UP WINNING THE GAME 2-NIL AND IT WAS A FUN GAME TOO. WE TOTALLY DOMINATED THE GAME TOO AND WE ALL HAD CHANCES TO SCORE BUT CANT BELIEVE WE HIT SO MANY POSTS/CROSSBAR OR JUST WENT SLIGHTLY OVER. HAD A FEW LAST WOO'S OF THE YEAR PROB SINCE WE NOT PLAYING IN WINTER. THEN MY FRIENDS CAME OVER AND THEN WE ALL WENT TO EAT HOT POT!!!!!!!!! :) ALL YOU CAN EAT AND JUST WENT TO TOWN ON THE MEAT. THEN CHILLED OUT AND PLAYED SOME POOL AND GAMES AND JUST HAD FUN. MONDAY WENT OVER TO THE MALL AND HAD SOME FUN AT THE LOCAL TOYS R US LOL. THEN ATE WITH SOME OTHER FRIENDS AND THEN OFF THEY WENT BACK HOME.

SO TODAY I WOKE UP AND THEN A FEW MINS LATER I HEAR A LOUD CLICK... WONDERED WHAT WAS AND THEN REALIZED I HAD NO POWER... YA... I THOUGHT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN JUST MY PLACE BUT TURNS OUT THE ENTIRE BUILDING WAS OUT OF POWER... THE BEST PART WAS THAT I DIDNT CHARGE MY PHONE LAST NIGHT CAUSE I CHARGED IT EARLIER AND IT WAS AT 80% AND AFTER I WAS DONE CHECKING STUFF I HAD 20% LEFT WITH NO WAY OF CHARGING MY PHONE BACK UP... THEN I REALIZED THAT MY LAPTOP BATTERY WAS CHARGED SO I CHARGED MY 6% PHONE BATTERY UP WITH MY 78% BATTERY ON MY LAPTOP HAHA. BUT I HAD NO INTERNET... GREATTTTT... FINALLY ALMOST 3 HOURS LATER POWERS BACK ON AND ALL IS GRAVY.

5 PEOPLE ORDERED THE SAME THING... AND I MANAGE TO BITE A CHUNK OUT OF ME... LOL

WHO SAID YOU CANT BUY HAPPINESS??? OR YOUR CHILDHOOD??? PROOF RIGHT THERE LOL

PHO :)

ONE OF THE RARE PICS WITH ME IN IT LOL BUT HEY :) WORK HARD PLAY HARD. WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER IF IT SAID WORK HARD, PLAY HARDER LOL

BUS STOPS ARE GETTING MORE COMFY THESE DAYS...

EGG IN SAUCE~!!!

SOMEONE SNEAKED THEIR HAND INTO MY PICTURE AND STOLE SOME FOOD TOO... :P LOL

SUSHI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MMMMM AND OYSTERS

BBQ SALMON BURGER YUM :)

TAP AND BARREL

YA... NO POWER... 

SHRIMP WITH WALNUT IN HONEY GLAZE :)

WOOOOOOOOOOOO THIS WEEKEND IM HEADING DOWN TO SEATTLE FOR PAX :) GONNA GET ME SOME FREE SWAG :) HAHA ALSO GONNA PARTY DOWN THERE SINCE ITS GONNA BE ONE OF MY BUDDIES BDAY SO LETS DO IT!!!

AIGHT WELL SUMMERS ENDING AND ITS TIME TO GO HARD ON THE SEARCH. GOT A FEW THINGS LINED UP AND COME ON!!! I JUST NEED ONE OF THEM TO COME THROUGH AND IL BE SET :) I GUESS ONCE AGAIN IL JUST HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE... LOL

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WORLD MUSIC FASHION FESTIVAL LAUNCH PARTY

WELL THIS POST IS GOING TO BE ON THE GREAT WEEKEND WITH FRIENDS OLD AND NEW. THANKS TO THE GIRLFRIEND AND HER CONNECTIONS, EMI, KERRI AND PLUS ONES (AKA BUDDY AND I) WENT TO THE WORLD MUSIC FASHION FESTIVAL LAUNCH PARTY IN RICHMOND AT THE NEW 7755 RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE IT WAS ACTUALLY THE RESTAURANTS GRAND OPENING TOO, THEY TIED IT IN TOGETHER. THERE WAS A LIVE BAND, FREE APPETIZERS AND DRAWS (WHICH WE DIDNT WIN). IT WAS HOSTED BY EMPRESS COMMUNICATIONS A PR AND EVENT MANAGEMENT FIRM. THERE WAS ALSO A FASHION SHOW BY ANGELA CHEN HALFWAY THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE RESTAURANT WAS NEW AND ITS MORE AN ASIAN FUSION PLACE AND THE PLACE WAS DESIGNED PRETTY COOL TOO. AFTER THE RESTAURANT, WE WENT TO TRUSTY OLD FLO AND HAD SOME DESSERT BEFORE HITTING UP CASH BOX TO SING SOME KARAOKE.

THIS POST IS MOSTLY GOING TO BE PICTURES HEAVY. ALL FROM THE PARTY OVER THE WEEKEND

YESTERDAY WAS VALENTINES DAY SO SPENT SOME TIME WITH THE GF. NICE DINNER AND RELAXED. I ALSO GOT HER SOME NOMS AND SOME OTHER PREZZIES AND A BALLOON TOO :)

SO LETS START THE PICTURES :) FYI... ALL THE PICS ARE: "RANDOM PIC OF YOUR DAY" JUST THAT THERES TOO MANY TO POST SOOOOO NOT ALL PICS HAVE COMMENTS :P HEHE

THE GF AND I :)

PRETTY COOL BG

OMG TV IN THE CEILING!!!

COOL KOI BUT NOT THE FUN TOY WITH THE SENSORS :(

SUMOS WERE ALL OVER THE PLACE

OYSTERS :)

WHILE THE BAND WAS PLAYING

HEY HEY HEY SAY SAY SAY WOOOOOOOOOOOOO~

OF COURSE THE GIRLS WOULD TAKE PICS OF THE FOOD... 

DEEP FRIED RICE MEAT BALL THING

CEVICHE AND MY GODDDDDDD THEY WERE GOOD 

FROG LEGS. NOT THE BEST IVE TASTED BUT STILL OK

LET THE FASHION SHOW BEGIN

GET OUT OF THE WAY GIRL!!! ARG

A LOT OF KNIT STUFF LIKE THIS

REMINDS ME OF VICTORIAN ERA WITH THE BUMP XD AHEHAEHA

BUSTED JK JK 

SHE WAS LOOKING AT ME 

THIS ONES COOL

AT FLO AND ONCE AGAIN... 3 CAMERAS OUT... SOOO CAMERA-CEPTIONED THEM :)

MATCHA TOAST BOX

VANILLA STRAWBERRY BANANA TOAST BOX

ONLY GROUP PIC AT KARAOKE... MINUS EMI WHO TOOK THE PIC

WELL WHAT A FUN WEEKEND AND NOW BACK TO SOME MORE JOB HUNTING. WENT TO AN INTERVIEW LAST FRIDAY AND NOW JUST WAITING FOR A CALL BACK TO SEE HOW IT WENT. MORE UPDATES ON OTHER STUFF TO COME :)

OH OH OH AND RANDOM COMMENT OF YOUR DAY: THE PLANET OF VENUS HAS SLOWED ITS ROTATIONAL SPEED DOWN BY 6.5 MINUTES... AHHHHHH NOOOOOO :)

HOPE YOU ALL ENJOYED THE PICTURES BECAUSE IT TOOK FOREVER TO UPLOAD THEM ALL SINCE THE COMPUTER WAS BEING STUPID AND SLOW. SEE YOU ALL NEXT WEEK :)

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