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I don't know if it's just me or if other people are experiencing it, but there's been a lot of talk of engagements, weddings, marriages, etc. recently. Attended two previously, this past weekend my cousin attended her friend's engagement reception, and now there's talk of my cousin getting married.

And inevitably, the talk gets linked to money. It costs a lot of $$ to have a decent wedding, I guess, and our families aren't the richest of families, so it's always an issue. Worried about paying for the rings, the location, and other traditions that require money (I dunno, Taiwanese people have a lot of traditions that I don't even understand when they're talking about them. The names they have are so out there it kind of just passes me by whenever I hear it. Until they mention the amount of $$ - million of NTD?! Holy crap! What's the money for?!). Thankfully (I think), in the Taiwanese tradition, it's the guy who pays for the wedding - reception and all. My mom's like, you guys better marry a Taiwanese guy! Because it seems that the western tradition is to have the girl's side pay for the weddings (not sure if that's the case), and my mom's like, we have no money! Your dowry will just be the degrees you've earned (since that's where all their money's gone too. Hah.)

Anyway, why this sudden influx of wedding talk?! Are we at that age?! Or maybe I'm just surrounded by people who are at that age. But all this talk about money and weddings makes me not want to have one. Or if I do, I want it to be really small. Not a reception of 20~30 tables, and just a simple gown, no bridesmaid necessary. Eh, maybe I'll just elope. That's the cheapest option, no? :P Anyway, ugh, marriage?! I don't even have a boyfriend yet ... Sigh. At least there's no pressure for me to get married yet - got too many people in front of me who needs to get married first. Muaha, the joys of being the youngest on my mom's side.

Wedding was last night. It was a nice wedding, with some awkward moments due to some gov't officials enjoying their alcohol a little too much, but overall it was sweet. And touching. I teared up when Grace was saying thanks to her parents for everything, and I saw her mom cry a bit. I was just like, AWWWWWWW. T~T but not really having tears come down because I had mascara on and did not want that to run. So! Self-control, YES!

As for the expected politicians/gov officials, the vp wasn't there, but the DPP Chairwoman showed up and also the minister of Economic Affairs. And I'm sure there were other ones, but I really don't know them by face. or name. Yaaaaaah.

Anyway, a picture is worth a thousand words, so picture time!

Awwww. *tear* :) It was a lovely wedding. *sigh* Now I wonder who'll be the next of us D.C. kids to get married ... HEEHEE. :P

I'm hungry and want to eat food, but the stupid sister's not awake yet. Agh! Wake up stupid sister! It is currently 11:40 a.m.

Took the day off today because 1) have a day that I can take off, so might as well use it up, and 2) attending a wedding tonight and need to prepare for it! Mmm, not really a wedding, I guess, more like a reception. They already had the wedding ceremony back in the States. But work has made me unable to sleep in. The body's running on its own time schedule, I guess. Meh, it's probably a good thing that I sleep (relatively) early and wake up (relatively) early. Still. Now I get to sit around and wait for my sister to wake up so we can go shopping for Kenting stuff! Ahhhhhh. and eat. Eating is very important too. Sigh.

Weddings, weddings, weddings. This is the second one this year! Well, the first one was my cousin who I think most people in my family had given up on getting married, but she did! To a Japanese guy. It was nice. They seem cute and happy together (as you can see from the picture). Belated congrats (on the blog) to my Cousin Sophia.

Tonight's, though, is of a family friend (who's only like one or two years older! Ahhhh! Am I nearly at that age?!?!). Our dads worked together back in D.C., and they're still pretty good friends. We randomly meet up with their kids (two daughters) every couple of years. It's always like that with these family friends who we meet in other countries. Even though we all go our separate ways after we leave the country, somehow we always end up meeting up again a couple of years later. It's not really keeping in touch, but it's not really losing touch either. And Facebook has made it semi-easier to keep in touch, well, more like keep semi-up-to-date on their lives. Meet ups always occur mostly in Taiwan since we all come back to Taiwan, either for a visit or to live, every so often. It's interesting.

Anyway. Will most likely update about the wedding afterwards. I mean, I've heard that there'll be quite a few politicians there, and most of them I'm not a fan of. Hah! So we shall see.

You never realize which keys on the keyboard you use a lot until it goes missing. I miss my "tab" key. It fell off randomly the other day. I DON'T KNOW WHY! And I'm too lazy to go to an Apple reseller to get it put back on because I might as well just check in the whole computer to get fixed (I have fan and logic board issues too). I'm also too lazy to back up my data (bad! bad! must! back! up! reminds me of this... teehee!) My poor macbook pro. Not even three years old and it's falling apart already. Well, maybe that's a good thing. I can take advantage of my Apple Care which I only paid 200 usd for! Proud of myself. Thank God I have friends who are cheap and would rather make money than warrantify their laptop. PHEW! I must say, though, this extended warranty has been well worth the money - fixed my fan, replaced my screen, fixed the isight ... and coming up is fixing the logic board, which normally costs hundreds of dollars if the comp's outta warranty. Nothing makes me happier than money well spent. :P

Anyway, IT'S SO HOT. Yes, I finally get to the point. I don't know what the temperature is, but it's humid and hot and ICKY. I miss dry hot summers. So Cal, why did I leave you? Well, it's not like I ever really spent a summer there, though. Always traveled back to Asia or Canada during my four years in UCLA. Maybe I wouldn't enjoy hot dry summers in LA. But now I'll never know! Unless I move there! Ha!

This is a random entry.

Who uses Twitter?! Out of all the gazillion friends I have (I wish), I only have one friend who uses it. And he just recently got it. And the last time he updated was four days ago. What's the point of following him if he doesn't update?! No point I say. So! Who else has got Twitter that I can follow?

Anybody else use Digg.com? I love it. Lots of good entertaining articles that people digg, although you kinda have to sort through them, but hey, when you've got nothing else to do, it's a good time killer.

I'm stressed. Tomorrow's THE DAY I tell the colleague who hired me and got me the full time posish ... I am afraid. Why? Because I feel guilty! Ahhhhh. I don't want to talk about it (even though I brought it up. ha!)

My cousin's getting married this Saturday. Yay.

This entry has become filled with my random train of thoughts.

I'm so tired. Mentally. Physically. Stressing is just bad for your whole system. Cortisol levels are HIGH! Immune system is LOW! Woo! Psych has actually taught me something!

Ok, I shall leave before I say something inappropriate.

OOOO. Speaking of which, funny (sick?) thought I came up with during a convo I had with my friend today (requires knowledge of Mandarin).

Me: it's ok, he can be your gan弟弟 (little brother)
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Me: gan as in first sound gan(乾), not fourth sound gan(幹).

HAHA. Ok, the only reason why I thought of that was because when I used pinyin to type gan, the Chinese character it gave me first was fourth sound gan (which basically means f*ck!) when I actually wanted the first sound gan (where gan di di means God brother, kinda). So. yah. It was also funny 'cause the guy we were talking about is 17 years old. ooooo. So bad. :P

A little window into my weird little mind.