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Whew...a while since I last posted. :D Sorry folks...I'm getting rusty here! A few loose screws and I could end up lying in hospital bed with stress attack! hahaha...

Anyway, here's updates...

1. To do list don't get any fewer...in fact it grew! Would you imagine that? Had offers for my cars, which was great, but it was far below my expectations! Got lucky with the appraisal for the tax for my car, but still it costs a lot! Try to ship my stuff, but have to drive it to Toronto! Getting all the stuff sold, but they seem to still be here in the apt! Lastly, got good deals for tix, but I can't buy it yet! What else is new, eh?

2. Watched this great movie, Cinderella Man. Very touching epic. A drama worth biting your nails. The story is so moving, and draw you in like you're there yourself. A very great work by Ron Howard indeed, a man no stranger to making great movies. I feel I was inspired, but again, I don't think I have that much courage and determination as James J. Braddock. My hats off to him, a very great character portrayed in the movie, and I wish I could meet him in person.

3. I am still stuck here and there's no need to explain the rest! HA!

4. I pray to the health of Chris who got into an accident this past weekend. Hope he gets well soon and be up and about in no time.

So there you go...another week gone by for Mr. Pooch. But then again, what is the worse can you expect? ;-)

Bright Spot of the Week

Wow! This must be a record! I've been posting alot this week. :D Give good stuff for people (u-know-who) to read. It must've been the Harry Potter Mania creeping into me! hahaha...

Anyway, I have been complaining and rumbling about a lousy week. It couldn't have started any better today I thought. I was forced to get up today by a call about an errand I was supposed to do two weeks ago! Get a Parking Permit. Dang...there goes my beauty sleep...Gosh, it's only 11 AM. I guess 3 hours of sleep is just gonna suffice for today... =_=

So, I got up, cleaned myself up good. Looking bright and shiny ^_^ and off I go to do chores. First on my list: a choice of getting a replacement of proof of ownership for my car or get the parking permit. I chose parking permit and what a bad choice. They asked for proof of ownership to get through the process. So I walked out of the newly built City Hall building and drove to the DMV to get the replacement for my ownership. This is the best part of the day!
The lady who was helping me was the most curteous and down to earth lady I've met in my whole stay in Canada!! Would you believe that?? She was asking me what car I own and what model. I told her a silver 2002 Honda CR-V. She was like..."Wow, how does that car drive? My husband and I saw it and we loved it." I was surprised! I told her I had to sell it since I am going back home. Again another surprise! "Aww...have you tried applying to a lot of jobs? You should go to Vancouver. There's a lot of jobs there and it's lovely." I thought, wow, why didn't I meet more Canadian like her? So, we talked a lot about so many things for about at least 20 minutes and I was part of the reason the line got longer! (*evil laugh) hahaha...I thought to myself...she certainly cheered up my whole two months worth of dejection. Not even my parents were good in cheering me up. :D I feel reenergized now and although I still don't put a lot of hope on whatever's left to recoup of my remaining meaningless stay, but at least it puts me back to perspective. Again, back to my yesteday topic, a path however small change it has on the road, leads to an outcome that lasts forever. What if I had gone to DMV first? Would I be able to meet and talk to her like I did? What would've happened if I didn't? Would I still be gloomy and all dejected? Talk about fate!

Qoute of the day:

"Only the best works here in the Trump Organization." Donald Trump, CEO of Trump Organization (host of The Apprentice)

PS:

Let's give a moment of silence for the loss of a young puppy who had the grace to experience the love and the beauty of a loving mother, a father, brothers, and two very caring owners. May he run free in the other side of the world, watching over his family in health and sickness, and be rid of the earthly burden he might face. He will be forever remembered as the puppy who had all he could have had but did not have the opportunity to live out life to its fullest. May he Rest In Peace.

Smitten

Gosh...this week comes really slow...I guess my time is really limited and I have to make use whatever's left of it. Gee...it doesn't help that the purpose of my stay now is only to wait for the result of my past interview with Schukra. I should know by the end of this week, and the same as my fate.

It's funny, the journey always has different paths, different obstacles and consequently different outcomes. One small change on the road, it changes the whole perspective of the path. If I were to be late doing something for 1 minute, the outcome lasts forever. How cruel.

It reminds me how much I've missed in my life and there's no chance of getting it back. The more I think, the more I get frustrated. I think being alone does contribute to my present state (Thanks Noe and Applegal). This by no way means I will be flying in a flock anytime soon :D.

Truth be told, I would rather have it this way. Let me be envious. Let me be outcast. Let me be me. To be free is to be captured by the moment, and to be liberated is to be imprisoned into another dimension. Being poetic doesn't help. (I think I lost myself here... x_x)

So, I will get more updates if my mood swing the other way.

BTW, in case what you're wondering what the title means, here you go:

Definition

smitten Show phonetics
adjective [after verb]
having suddenly started to like or love something or someone very much:

and the reason...

Hyori Lee...

aaaa...if only there's someone out there like her... ->_<-

Monday Night Special

Monday...the end of another week and the beginning of a new one. Hopefully I can picture myself the same...gone is one problem and solve another one! Not that easy though...

Anyway, nothing much has gone on for this Monday. So...I decided to treat myself a good meal :D The menu for the Monday Night Special is...

Spicy Pork and Tofu with Black Bean Sauce

Mmmm....tastes good... ~_~ so happy...hahaha...
Anyway, Monday is also a good night for sports too...so off I go watching tv with my dinner...ta ta

Turn Left Turn Right Turn Everywhere

Back from long layoff...Sorry doods and poochies out there expecting something new out of this newly born blog. :D

I guess I am flustered enough this past two weeks. I was pretty much decided on going home. I have been delaying it for quite a while. Everytime I talked with my parents, they sounded as if they wanted me back so that I am close to them...not that I don't want to, but just being there makes them feel "real" I guess. Can't blame them since I've been away for so long. I think I can feel for them fearing that I will never "return" to their side. But I'm nothing but a filial son and I always thought about them first and not me. I know I got to take care of my two young brothers but it's not easy when you don't have money to support yourself for the upcoming times in Canada let alone them who've been supporting me in my earlier days in US and now supporting my brother who is studying in Australia. These times I've spent here looking for jobs has been fruitless and slowly eating away all the hard work I've amassed thus far. I guess money will always be a problem for a capitalist world that it is right now. Anyway, moving back doesn't seem bad at all...free lodging, free food, and love all around...okay, I admit it! I am a fool who also wants to be close to my family. It's always in the blood and I've really come to be afraid about the times I spent not thinking about my family. It feels eerie coz sometimes you just lost the consciousness that I "do" have parents and brothers!!

So there you go....all the thinking and all the weighing options has brought me to get prepared to go home. Packing stuff, trying to find ways to sell my stuff, and finding air ticket and selling my car! I will really miss my car...It's been a good companion in my first few days in Canada. It's the only one who stuck through the bad times eh bud? I really appreciate your help in getting me here, getting me around to look for house, through all those rainy moments, and the dark times...

First trying to find dealers who would be willing to buy my car. I guess going after the student market is not the right move *wink ~ you know them being a student makes their spending power less (thanks to marketing courses). I gotta target the right market, and I thought I could've had a backup plan with a dealer keen on buying my car. Alamak...turns out it's not as easy as it seems!! I shot e-mails at a couple of dealers in TO and a couple in MI. I even drove all the way to Windsor Honda to be rejected by the used car manager saying that they're not willing to buy a US vehicle. *sigh...well, I thought the TO and MI ones will give me better news. Sadly, that isn't true coz the ones in TO seem to be disinterested fearing that no one will be wanting a US car which has mileage and mi/h dominant on the odometer. Meanwhile, the MI dealers were not interested since it's plated in Ontario. :S shucks...what can I do to get a decent interested buyer?

Anyway, I've also been trying to find ticket prices and ways to send my personal stuff in the cheapest ways. That isn't as easy as well...aaaaaaa....very flustered...very disturbed...and I lost sleep over all these menial things...hahaha...

I want to thank Blogspot for allowing me to throw all sorts of my emotions in the past hour! hahaha...I mean it's not always easy to keep it to yourself. Not that I don't have friends to share it with, but having a trusted "friend" does come in handy. Also maybe it's the culmination of the frustration I get from not getting replies for the past 2 monts of applying and job searching.

Gosh...now it reminds me why I don't really want to move to another city or back to singapore or even jakarta. The times I spent apart from friends from the past doesn't really gel very well sometimes when you meet them outright. You just feel awkward since it's been a while that we hung out together. They might also be busy with their other partners. :D I will truly miss some of the friends I've made here. I always try to mingle and get acquainted with the different groups they have here...It's been fun, it's been crazy, sometimes want to make you punch something, sometimes you want to hug them, and sometimes you just want to share happiness and sadness together. But again, I am not the expert in reading people's emotions and characters so I restrain myself from being myself too much. :D

Anyway, in the Pooch House I think I found my salvation, my "church" (sort of), and a place to keep my thoughts and my feelings. It's treated me good, and I will return the favor the same. But for now, that's all I got to confess. Till the next time. Thank you, arigatou, sayonara.