Florentine Bag, Sofabed

Happy New Year's Everyone, under a blue moon!

So this has been an uneventful week. I bought 1000 unaddressed business cards with my AccountEdge logo for $95.00. I shd be set for the next 5 years.

I finally bought the Pink Florentine Laptop bag, it came out to $120 instead of $82 since I waited too long after the holidays. I think that'll sate my need for the Burberry Pink Perspex Tonal Bag. I'll keep checking to see if it goes on sale. I would spend $300 on that bag, but no more.

My next purchase will be a Jennifer Convertible sofabed for $329, need to know how much delivery will cost.

Kinda torn over buying a Real Madrid Ronaldo jersey. I bought a Manchester United Ronaldo jersey and he was only there for two season's worth.

Chicken Pot Pie

Chicken Pot Pie.

Magazine Collection

I have most Runner's World, Cosmopolitan's, Fitness and Shape since 2004; I have Women's Health since 2008. I have any eating guide from TimeOut. I have a lot of magazines as these pictures show.

Cooking Part II

So I cooked crab bisque yesterday for Christmas. I added too much salt so it came out too salty. Also had to constantly skim off foam off the top of the seafood bisque, prolly won't make that again anytime soon. Check out my FB page for pics.

I made Pasta Bolognese today and that came out so much better. My parents thought it tasted really good and it was easier to make than the crab bisque so I'll be sure to cook it again.

I also cooked Sauteed Crab with Egg, Scallion and Ginger, a family recipe. I haven't tasted it yet so I'm not sure how it turned out but my mom said it came out well.

Tomorrow I will cook Chicken Pot Pie. I forgot to buy the frozen puff pastry so I will go to the Stop and Shop on Northern Blvd on my way back from Equinox in Great Neck to run 2 miles, my first run in two weeks. My right ankle is completely recovered.

I am going to give myself a budget of up to $30 to buy some cooking utensil or apparatus. This week I bought a $33 10.5 x 7 red baking dish.

I'm also not going to get the $550 Burberry Pink Perspex Tote but will save up to buy a $265 Kitchenaid electric mixer from Amazon.com. I'm also going to get the Pink Florentine Laptop Bag next Wednesday.

I have to get 1099-MISC forms for my two clients, Adam and Julieta. Hopefully they won't exceed 10 recipients.

Sauted crab with Egg, ginger and scallion

Pasta Bolognese

Pasta Bolognese.

Dog Christmas

I want to buy something for my dog since it's Christmas but I think he has it all. A bed, leashes, collars, harnesses, bowls, toys, you name it I have it.

Crab Bisque

Crab bisque.

Christmas Mass at St Robert's in Bayside

Cooking

My new hobby is cooking. I'm going to knit sporadically and hope to finish Paddy's sweater by Mar 2010, but full steam ahead on cooking. I'm also not going to go out to dinner anymore at restaurants, instead I'll check out menus for cool dishes to cook myself. I'll still go to brunch tho, maybe once every three months. I'm hell-bent on saving money next year. I'm even going to take a Sushi and Sake 101 class at Sushi Samba to learn how to make my own sushi.

Paddy as a Yankee doggie, in his Yankee collar and Yankee dog tag

Update

OK, I was photo-blogging for three days straight and on a roll until I fell off the world for 13 days... minor blip, I'm back! Got some extra accounting and setup of LLC work so making quite a bit of money in December, which is good considering I lost my fourth iPhone. But the fifth iPhone will be my last iPhone cuz this AT&T sales rep told me about Mobile Me which is this software that can gps lost phones. It's 99 and I'm going to buy it as soon as my client pays me this week.

I've also decided to learn how to swim on my own. I have had enough lessons and know what I need to do, I just need to practice on my own. That'll save me a lot of money and I can pay off my Citibank cc, which I have been letting slide since November. I shd be back on track by Feb 2010. I'm also foregoing mani-pedis (bought my own nail polish and will do it myself) and stretch sessions. I might also only go to one Yankee game next year since I just calculated that I spent 500 on Yankees tickets, food, gear and the movie. I'm going to cut it down to half of that for the 2010 season, especially since they don't have Hideki Matsui and Chien-Ming Wang (sp?) They also traded for Nick Johnson whom I was not fond of and Javier Vasquez who gave up a grand slam in game 7 of the ALCS to Boston's Johnny Damon.

So yeah with all these new clients and saving money tactics, I shd save enough for a trip to Shanghai and HK and to be able to bring my mom with me. I'm thinking by Jul 2o11 I'll have enough saved and I'll visit my homeland for the first time.

OK, I will try photo-blogging tomorrow when I go into the city tmrw for my weekly therapy session.

Oh I haven't been running since I injured my right ankle in cardio class. It feels abt healed but I want to rest a few more days to be on the safe side. I think I'll return to the gym to run 2 miles on a treadmill on Sat, the day after Christmas.

Going to cook crab bisque on Christmas day. Invested at least 70 bucks on it so far, so it better turn out well.

Pink Florentine Laptop bag

This is the pink bag that I currently want to hold my laptop. It costs abt $82, and I hope my bro gets it for me for Christmas. I am still going to save for my pink Burberry tonal check perspex tote bag. Maybe it can fit my running shoes and running clothes. If I save $50 a week, I will have enough in 12 weeks, 2/24/10.

Wishlist finished

Now that I got a digital camera, an iPhone, and a Garmin 405, I ran out of things on my wishlist. I've also decided against getting a MacBook Pro because I have a brand new SONY VAIO that I use for my business. It'll just cost too much money to buy all the programs like Quickbooks Pro, Adobe Writer, MS Office, Turbotax, you get the idea for the Mac. So I'll make do with my pink SONY VAIO. I was contemplating a pink Burberry tote bag for my gym bag but I like my brown MonSac bag. Also not sure if I want my pink 0bsession to show that much.

I was also contemplating doing Team for Kids again but then I found out tonight that they will most likely raise the contribution to 2500 and I don't think I can raise that amount.

What else do I want? Oh a sofa when I move out. I hope I can get enough clients this tax season to move out by August or September of this year.

My new pink Casio Exilim digital camera

My new pink Casio Exilim 12.1 digital camera. Matches my pink SONY VAIO, my pink Burberry novacheck wallet, and my pink Puma gym bag. Just need a pink handbag and I'm set

Desk Lamp

Bought a desk lamp from the Office Depot for my office. With my new chair my home office is complete.

Peruvian rotisserie chicken with rice and beans at Pio Pio on 34th St and 2nd Ave

Daily blogging

Tried to blog from the subway but forgot the email address to send blog updates. Will take a note of it for tomorrow. I'm going to try to blog as much as Danica and take more pics of my life. More TK.

So I tried asking Megan Jones to give me another swim lesson on Dec 6, but she was not free. She offered to set up a time with the other two swim instructors but that might be too much, they won't be able to track my progress. So I went back to Nadia Fischer, the swim instructor I originally hired and whom I still have three lessons. We met last Friday at 4:30pm. The water at the pool at 54th Street and 1st Avenue was warm, I loved it! I hope it's always that warm. We practiced the breaststroke. I have to go tomorrow and practice.

I ran 3 miles on a treadmill in Greenwich on Saturday. It was raining/snowing, so I took my workout indoors. Then I went to the Real Madrid Almeria match at Mr Dennehy's with the Real Madristas meetup. They won an exciting 4-2 game where Ronaldo scored and took off his shirt. He got a red card (well two yellow cards, one yellow card for taking off his shirt) but I think it may be worth it. He won't be in next week's game so I don't have to go the meetup next week.

I got some business. George Pan of ISecure Tax and Henry Tran of 1040Now are asking me for certification letter. They'll pay a total of $200 for abt 1 hr of work so I make $200/hr. If only I can keep getting that kind of business, I wouldn't need to look for a full-time job.

Tomorrow or later today (Monday late morning) I will run outside with my Garmin 405 for the first time. I will do the 4 mile reservoir run. It'll be my longest distance yet since I got the ankle injury. I think my ankle is 100% recovered.

Then picking up a $200 monthly check from good ol' reliable Adam.

Wednesday I have my therapist appt at 1:15pm then going to run 4 miles on a treadmill at the gym then a 3:30pm stretch with Katie. I'll hope to be blogging daily, maybe even multiple times with photos!! I can dream, right?

swim lessons and triathlon training

So I'm trying to learn how to swim again. I hired a new swim instructor and will pay her from $115-125 per lesson. Megan Jones is her name and she is the head swim coach for Terrier Tri. I will do once a week lessons for 5-6 months and if I can't be prepared for a sprint triathlon by May of next year, then I'll give up my dreams of completing a triathlon.

Not even sure if I want to do a triathlon. Even if I have mastered the freestyle stroke for the swim I have to practice my cycling. I can barely ride a bike straight. Might need lessons. I'll do that starting next April when the weather gets better.

I was also debating on whether to do a 12 week running program from Terrier Tri. It meets at 6am on Tuesdays and Fridays and at 8:30am on Sundays. I am not sure if I want to wake up at 4am in the morning to make the workouts. The bonus of doing this program is that they're going to Tampa, Florida Feb 27-28, 2010. I need a vacation and it'll be the first time I would travel for a race. It's definitely intriguing. I could also make some new friends.

I can use the program fee money to buy winter gear instead. I think I need to get Spandex running tights, a windbreaker and long-sleeved shirt. Maybe also a thermal shirt for when it gets real cold. North Face gloves and a hat too for the colder weather.

Ankle report: my left ankle finally feels better and it doesn't hurt to turn my ankle so I'm going to rest it this weekend and go back to running next Tuesday. I'll go to the gym and run 2 miles on a treadmill. Then I'll rest on Wednesday and then run 4 mile reservoir loop on Thursday in CP in the afternoon.

I'll do Adam's accounting work on Tuesday.

I'm going to the Yankees World Series 2009 movie on Monday November 23 at 7pm with Jackie.

hopelessly in love

So I am still hopelessly in love with Marty. I am realizing this after ending it with Adam after a week and a half of dating him. I wasn't even sure if I liked him. But I do know that I still think about Marty and how I miss him. I think I'll send him a Christmas card professing my love for him and just letting him know. I am pathetic.

Sore ankle

I twisted my left ankle during the marathon and then walked on it. So now my ankle is still sore. I went to see a sports medicine doctor who told me to wrap it and wait another two weeks. If it still feels the same, I have to go back to him. I'll keep off my ankle. I want to run every half-marathon NYRR offers next year which means I have to be half-marathon ready by the last weekend in January. If I take the rest of this month off, hopefully I can train 7 weeks for the half-marathon and still be in good shape. I think the Bronx half-marathon is two weeks after the Manhattan half-marathon. I don't think it's that bad a sprain. Keeping my fingers crossed.

NYC Marathon

I finished the NYC Marathon, I am in major pain. Can't walk properly and can't even sleep hence I am up at this hour updating my blog. Never going to run a marathon ever again, that's for sure!

Last post about Marty, I swear!!!

I wonder if Marty read my blog and that's why he unfriended me. That seems so passive aggressive. If he read my blog, he should confront me about it. Maybe he's non-confrontational.

No clue how he could have traced this blog back to him. But Marty, if you're reading this, leave me a comment so at least I know why you don't want to be my friend.

I guess friends don't talk behind people's backs. But this blog is kinda like my diary. I don't think anyone reads this, maybe one or two of my friends... I did open a livejournal account where I keep a diary only readable by me. There I vent about all my friends.. Since they won't be able to read it.

Respectable time

So nervous abt the marathon, hope I am able to finish it in a respectable time. Next year I'm going to prepare better for the marathon.

Dating

So I have a dinner date with Adam Murphy on Wednesday. He likes surprises so he's not telling me where we're having dinner. He's kinda short, 5'8, I like a guy that's taller like around 6'. Mike is 6'2, which is kinda too tall. But he has hair and is kinda cute so that makes up for the height. Hoping it goes well. Kinda wanted to just meet for a drink, dinner might be too long, but we'll see.

While texting Adam, I started trying to flirt with him and now I have to surprise him when I meet him. Not sure what I'm going to do.. I don't know how to surprise a guy.

Hope I'm able to walk ok on Wednesday. Might have to cancel if I am wrecked from the marathon.

Meetups

So the guy from NJ is named Mike. He's going to call me this week to make arrangements to have coffee on Sunday... I wonder if he drinks alcohol. It didn't mention that in his profile. Or maybe I shd check again. I haven't drank alcohol in over a month. I just don't like the taste of alcohol and I've been trying to save money. I just order a Coke or Pepsi at bars.

I have become a Jets fan... I go to the Jets meetup group. A guy named Howard who I guessed is 45 from his fb page (subtracted the year he graduated high school with this year and added that to 18 to get to his age). I don't think I like him as a boyfriend but he has become a guy friend. I need more of those. He's too old for me and he's balding. Also kinda short and his face is kinda ugly. He sends me text messages even when I'm sitting at the table with him. He's funny.

I'm more of a Giants fan. But the organizers who arrange the meetups for the Giants are assholes. I hate calling people that but these organizers have thrown me out for not attending the meetups. Sometimes I don't attend the Jets meetup but Howard doesn't throw me out.

I used to be organizer of a Yankees meetup group but then no one would show up at my meetups so I stepped down as organizer. Now I go to this other Yankees meetup group. It has more members and people show up to their meetups. Howard goes but he's a Mets fan. He likes the Yankees tho so he's not a diehard Mets fan that hates the Yankees.

Speaking of meetups, I stepped down as organizer of the ballet meetup and the triathlon meetup. I met one couple at the ballet meetup but usually my meetups are attended by very few people. One guy by the name of James I met through the triathlon meetup. He asked me out on a date. But I wasn't sure if it was a date until he paid for the movie and my drink afterwards. I unfriended him the minute I got home from this date. He made me take the subway at 2am when he had a car. Who does that? Yeah he was running the 9 races + one to volunteer to be guaranteed entry to the NYC Marathon next year. So far he's the only guy I know doing the 2010 Marathon in my time range. Wait that's not true. Nori might be running the 2010 Marathon and he runs similar to me, maybe a bit faster.

Marty unfriended me on Facebook. I'm never going to see him again. Which is a good thing since I need to get over him. I still don't know what I did wrong.

On other guy fronts, a guy on match.com emailed me. He's from NJ. He seems interested in me and he's kinda cute. Tall and has hair, thin... Not bald or close to being overweight like Marty. I am not sure if I would call Marty fat, but he's not thin like I like guys... Anyways, this'll be my last post abt Marty unless he emails me or text messages me, but I think it's really over this time. I just wonder why he wouldn't let me cut the relationship off back when I thought he didn't like me. It would have saved me the hurt and the confusion... I will run the marathon and hopefully beat his time. My goal is 4:30, anything below that will be icing on the cake. I hope Marty finishes in 5 hours. Haha.

Good Riddance

Yay, I lost my stalker. Maybe he wasn't a stalker but he was kinda like one... He emailed me over the period of 5 years asking me to hang out with him. Finally gave him the message that I would never ever meet him...

I think I'm going to avoid Marty this week. I don't want to see him anymore. After the marathon I will probably never see him again. He's not running the marathon next year. I am. I need to find a reliable training partner. I think Guarav, the organizer of the Urban Feet meetup will be a good training partner. He might be too fast though. I still think I'm in love with Marty but I have to get over him. He's ugly. I would never have married him even if he wanted to marry me. So end of story. I don't want my kids to be bald. HAHA.

Leave me alone!

I think I have a stalker. I told this guy I wasn't interested in him as a friend even. Hope he doesn't still have access to my blog. Now that'll be creepy. I told Mark off and he got the message. Wonder why Lonny doesn't get the message and leave me alone.

NYC Marathon in 5 days and counting!!!

I think I'm slowly getting over Marty. He was kinda ugly and I wasn't attracted to him at all. I just liked his personality.

Anyways, I'm not running with Nori or Marty for the marathon. I've decided to run it on my own. That way I can slow down or speed up when I want to and not have to worry about someone else... My aim is to finish this marathon in 4:10... so 9:30 minute miles. I did 9:30 min miles for the Brooklyn Half-Marathon and that tactic was to slow down at the water stops and walk while drinking Gatorade and then speeding up after the water stops to run at a 9-9:15 pace. Worse case scenario is I do 10 minute miles and do it in 4:22 like the LI Marathon. It's my first NYC Marathon so so excited. I was going to ask my mom and dad to wait for me at the finish line, but I don't think I'm going to make them do that. I was also going to ask my friends to come and cheer for me along the route, but I don't think I'm going to make them come out.

On an interesting note, I have to say Marty's treating me like shit. One reason I'm getting over him. He's not the nice guy I thought he was. I know I'm not dating him anymore but the least he can do is respond to me. For instance I sent him a fb message last Sunday asking him if he was doing the Poland Spring Marathon Kickoff 5 mile race yesterday. No response so I sent him an email on Tuesday asking him again abt that and the marathon. Then Wed or Thurs night I see him online and he apologizes to me for not getting back to me via chat, and I tell him thats okay, to let me know. Then on Saturday morning I see him online and he tells me he's not sure if he's running the 5 miler. And then saying judging from our half-marathon (we ran the first 7 miles of the half marathon before I lost him) we prolly can't run the marathon together. I am pretty pissed off since I thought he was my training partner. I even gave him a gift of a running book. If only I can take it back. So I tell him we'll run the races at our own pace and just meet up at the start and he agreed to that. But lately, I've checked his race finish times and they are much faster than what he used to run. I want to caution him not to go out too fast, that's what happened to Rich. He ran the first 20 miles in 8:30-9 minute miles and then he was butchered for the rest of the run and ended up walking and finishing in 4:43... which means he averaged 11 minute miles. To go from 9 minute miles for the first 20 miles, to average 11 minute miles for 26.2 miles means you're walking the last three or four miles. I'd rather keep a 9:30-10 minute mile pace then to go out fast and then burn out before the race is over. If I learned one thing from Team for Kids while training for them is that you should run your last 10k faster than your first 20 miles...

Hmm that was a long paragraph but too lazy to divide it... :)

Facebook updates

The Giants got clobbered and annihilated today by the New Orleans Saints, 48-27 last time I checked.

So I finally emailed Marty to see if we're running the marathon, want to do 10 minute miles, he might run faster. So I also emailed Nori to see if he wanted to run the marathon together.

Saw Marty at the Grete's Gallop but didn't wake up in time for the Staten Island Marathon. He sent me three text messages that day.

On an even more stalkerish way, I am steadily checking Marty's facebook and he deleted his sister's comments. The comment was innocuous until the last sentence, asking him how Tomoko was doing. Who is Tomoko? Ina, his sister, mentioned Tomoko back in March of this year. So I knew about her. And was waiting to hear what Marty would respond with, but then I just checked his facebook today and he deleted his sister's comments, which makes me wonder who is Tomoko and why would he delete mention of her? Too bad I am not going out with Marty, I can't ask him. If I was, I would have asked him a way long time ago. Heehee.

I hope I see him at the Poland Spring 5M'er on the Sunday October 25, one week from now. Took a week off from running since I injured my left calf... Hope to run 6 miles tomorrow and then 16 miles on Wednesday.

No playoff tickets

Still confused if Marty's joining me on the run on Sunday.

So no playoff tickets for the Yankees for the postseason. Jackie, the season ticket holder, found out the bad news today. :(

Enchanted

Nothing much is happening today. Saw the rest of Enchanted, pretty good movie with Amy Adams and Patrick Dempsey.

I ran 6 miles yesterday, but I need to run more tomorrow before my tax appointment with Corey at 2pm.

I am confused if Marty is going to join me for the training run on Sunday. I emailed him via facebook and told him I was going to do it, then he responded with a "Sounds good. Good practice" Not sure if that means he'll be joining me. I guess I have to run into him online to see if he's indeed running it.

Missing Guga... it's been exactly 4 months since he's passed away. RIP Guga.

Jets win

Marty im'ed me on gmail. I installed gchat on my phone so I was logged on and he sent a message at 4:10am asking why I was still up. I was in bed, didn't sign out of the gchat on my phone. He was in Ireland at the time.

So on his facebook I wished him a Happy Birthday. He wrote me a message on fb thanking me for the birthday wishes. He wrote on someone's wall but he sent me a message. What does that mean?

The Jets win over the NE Patriots 16-9. Woohoo! Now the Giants have to beat the Cowboys tonight and both teams will be 2-0.

Interview

Vera Lynn is number one again, at the age of 92. Wow

I got an interview with Caithness, an alternative energy company in midtown Manhattan, for a senior accountant position next Monday. I hope I get it.

But what I wanted to blog abt was the fact that Marty was at the airport and he initiated im'ing with me. I'm sad, what can I say?

Movie mix-up

In an effort to delay coming home, I watched a movie on my own for like the third time in my life. I wanted to watch The Time Traveler's Wife, but instead got a ticket to see Julie and Julia. My movie wasn't on the floor I got off at, so I had to watch J&J unless I went down to the ticket stand and go back to the agent who gave me the wrong movie to watch. I didn't want to bother. J&J wasn't so bad but I wanted to see Eric Bana. Maybe later this week.

I have a job fair to go to tomorrow. Need to print out my resume. Hate going to job fairs. Never seem to be interesting jobs and nothing ever comes through there.

Rafael Nadal won his quarterfinal match against Fernando Gonzalez 7-6, 7-6, 6-0. He's on to the semifinals to face Juan Martin del Potro. If he wins, I promised to get my doggie a dog bed. My mom will buy a dog bed for Paddy if Roger Federer wins. I don't like Roger that much. Ever since he cried at the Australian Open earlier this year.

Now it's another rain delay.

I need to run 12 miles, but I am thinking of running 6 miles first then resting a day and then running 12 miles. Don't want to jump into running 12 miles and reinjuring my knee. I wonder if Marty will run on Wednesday.

Bets

I bet with Rich way back when I was still talking to him that the DOW Jones would reach 10K by 9/30/09. Lo and behold on 9/11, the DOW is at 9600. Go me. I don't think he'll contact me because I unfriended him on Facebook. But I was so tempted to send him a postcard from Aruba, but then I decided against it.

Evan friended me on Facebook. I could have looked him up on Facebook, I briefly thought about doing that, but then the feeling passed. Then lo and behold, he friended me about a week ago. Who would have thought he's thought about me. I haven't communicated with him via fb, I never did like him that much. Never was I ever in love with him, not like it's with Marty.

Battle of the Juans

Juan Carlos Ferrero lost to Juan Martin del Potro in straight sets in the fourth round on Tuesday.

I am watching past tennis matches since there's rain in the forecast.

I don't think Marty can do the marathon. He prolly won't run for the next two weeks. He just can't keep missing his long runs. I'm going to run 12 miles on Sunday. Hopefully run 6 miles tomorrow. I will do this marathon even if it kills me.

Juan Carlos Ferrero

Came back from Aruba 10 days ago. I got really dark. And not burnt, so yay for me.

I am now cheering for Juan Carlos Ferrero. I went to two of his matches and now he's in the fourth round tomorrow, which I'm also going to. I tried going to his second round but the tickets were sold out. He is meeting 6th seed Juan Martin del Potro, a formidable foe. He's going to need all the luck he can get. I hope my good luck extends to tennis.

I ran 6 miles yesterday but wanted to run 12 miles but my right knee started hurting, I might have to take off a few days to heal that.

I haven't seen Marty in weeks. He's doubtful for the marathon, he hasn't been running enough. I don't know what his problem is. He can't possibly run the marathon with what little training he's doing. Not my problem though. I am going to run this marathon if it kills me.

Aruba

I just booked my flight and hotel to Aruba. Going with a few friends. First vacation since I went to San Francisco in 2008. Fun in the sun. Might go snorkeling and scuba diving, if I can afford it since I know how to swim now.

Hopefully I'll come back dark and tanned and well-rested. Five days, Sun to Fri. I'll be back to my long run on Sat or Sun with Marty. :)

Last Entry

Set up my livejournal account and made my first entry tonight. That prolly means I won't be writing in this blog anymore. Sorry having my brother read these entries makes me not want to write anything more. Haha.

I am so addicted to Facebook. I have to wean myself off of it. Danica unfriended me on Facebook last week or the week before that. I wasn't supportive of her book title stealing episode. Paula something swiped her book title and Danica was pissed. It was so silly, I thought. And some Post readers thought it was silly too. Of course, they weren't considered Danica's friends. It had a happy ending, she changed the book title. But even the change was stupid, she reworded it and used two different words to replace the same words in her title. I can't believe people waste their times on this. I don't think Danica is going to get another book deal. She's not that good a writer. I bought that book and didn't find that many good ideas. The new book is prolly going to be a bestseller. That must hurt. Anyways, the good thing is I unfollowed Danica on her twitter page, and won't check her blog anymore. She called me an 80 pound wench in high school so she was never my friend. I've successfully weaned myself off of her so I just have to wean myself off of FB.

Anyways, prolly my last entry to this site for a while.

Busy weekend

I had a busy weekend. Let me start it by going through what happened Friday.

I went to my first Yankees-Bosox game. I want to go to Boston and attend a Yankees-Bosox game there, but I digress. It was a great pitchers' duel between Josh Beckett and AJ Burnett. Somewhere in the 7th inning, I wondered how many innings this event will go through. I stayed until the 14th inning, and then I had to leave because I had to catch the 1:19am train home, if I missed it I would have to wait for the 3:20am train home. The game ended 10 minutes after I left with A-Rod hitting a 2 run walk-off home run in the bottom of the 15th inning.

So after spending 5:30 hrs, I spent a relaxing Saturday at home. I helped kill, clean and then I cooked crab with egg, scallion and ginger. It came out quite nicely making me reconsider myself as a bad cook.

Saturday night was busy, I went to my cousin's daughter's banquet party. She was barely 3 months old. Her name is Sandrine. Not a fan of her name. It rhymes with gangrine, but whatever. Not my child. I stayed for an hour and then jetted off to visit my friends Chiemi and Jacqui at Chez Jacqueline, got the lobster risotto and chardonnay. I enjoyed the wine, which surprised me I don't normally like wine.

I luckily caught the 11:19pm train back home by 10 seconds. Got home 20 after midnight as they ran out of taxicabs at the train station.

I then got about 4 hours of sleep because I had to wake up to catch the 5:57am train to Penn Station to meet the bus going to DC at 7:15am. You see I had bought a ticket to see Cristiano Ronaldo play soccer with the Real Madrid team against DC United at FedEx Field in Landover, MD. 4.5 hr bus trip culminated in a parking lot barbecue of hamburgers and hot dogs. Went with the Real Madrid meetup group. Ronaldo only played the first half but I was in heaven watching him play for 45 minutes. He left after the first half, but Real Madrid scored three times to win it 3-0 over DC United. It was a great match if you were a Real Madrid supporter.

Then it took abt 5 hours to get back home at 10:45pm. I got home again at midnight, just to see my dad pull in from work.

This week is a chill week. Just have lunch plans with a former co-worker on Thursday.

Also it's day 9 of my running sabbatical. One more day of inertia and then I get to return to running on Wednesday Aug 12. I am debating on whether or not to ask Marty to go running with me this weekend. I am thinking I should go alone to test my fitness, don't want to drag him out and then stop in the middle of the run. But I haven't seen him in 2 weeks and I miss him. I think I'm going to fall hard for him. For however much I liked Rich, I was never in love with him. He was way too conservative. But with Marty, I can feel myself slowly falling for him. He walks with me when I need to walk during our runs, he doesn't abandon me. How nice is that? I even wrapped his gift ahead of his Sept 18 bday. I gave him the extra copy of Running Within I accidentally purchased before I even met him. It's not at all personal so I most likely will give it to him for his birthday. And it's not like I bought it for him. That and a $3 map to Central Park. So my whole gift to him was $3. I found my Central Park map, on another brighter note. I love that map.

Okay this is a long enough entry, I'll write more when I start running and keep you posted on whether or not I am doing the long run on my own this weekend or not.

Calf Injuries

So I reinjured my calf yesterday, running 5 miles. I don't think I should have kept running on it. This time instead of resting it for 4 days, I'll rest it for 10 days. I really want to run this marathon. I'll miss Marty for a week and a half. I've decided that I really want to run this marathon above all else so I'll use Marty as a training partner. So what if I fall in love with him. I've fallen in love before. After the marathon is over, it'll be over. He would have met my parents, my brother, and even Paddy. I might get to meet his younger brother Seamus.

Friday In

I wonder how many people read this blog. I think I can think of only two. I might start another livejournal account to have my own journals where no one reads it. Took this off of my Facebook link.

Spending a Friday in. Have a long training run tomorrow at 7am.

I have to make a decision on whether or not I want to continue having Marty as a training partner. I think I'm falling for him. Not good. Trying to fight it. I really want to run this marathon with someone else, that will ensure me running the marathon. This'll be the eighth year that I've wanted to run the NYC Marathon. Ever since 2001. No excuses this year as I'm self-employed and have all the time in the world to train. The real question is that if I run the August 16 NYC Half-Marathon I'll get an entry for the 2010 Marathon. Who am I going to train with then? James? He lives in NJ and tried dating me when I wasn't interested in him.

Running coach

I rehired my running coach because I've been dying to ask her advice and I think she is worth it. I will stop my swim lessons with my swim coach since I have learned the breathing for freestyle and even learned the breaststroke. Finally after 17 lessons, it clicked in. I have three lessons left so I will perfect my technique and practice so I can do 400 meters for a sprint triathlon. I don't know if I am going to try training for an Olympic triathlon. The NYRR has an August sprint triathlon that is indoors in a pool so I might do that one next year.

I am volunteering at the NYC Nautica Triathlon this weekend just in case I want to run the NYC Nautica Triathlon next year. I have a Saturday orientation at 2pm at the Bandshell at 72nd Street. Hope I'm able to find out where it is. I then have to get to the triathlon by 6:30am which means I have to catch the early 4:20am bus to the subway. If I could just get there at 7am I could take the LIRR, I'm going to see if I can come in at 7am.

Marathon training

Got my first injury while training for the NYC Marathon. I strained my left calf muscle running on a treadmill on Wednesday. Luckily it didn't snap or pop, I think it's either a grade 1 or grade 2. The doctor said it was grade 1 but I wasn't entirely truthful when he was poking my calf muscle so who knows. Hope it's only grade 1.

I met this guy Marty last month. He's training for the NYC Marathon and agreed to be my running partner. I met him on Match.com so we were dating until I broke it off this past Monday. He's not looking for anything serious since his last relationship was serious and he didn't enjoy it much. I'm not going to try and convince him to be in a relationship with me, so I decided to just be his training partner. I am happy with my decision. I hung out with him on Tuesday night as friends and had the best time ever. Too bad I'm injured now. I was supposed to go running with him tonight. I may be able to get back to running as soon as next Friday but Marty's going to Boston next weekend. So prolly won't go running with him for another two weeks. Hope he still agrees to be my training partner.

Friends first

I think being friends with a guy first is the way to go, so I'm going to institute a new policy when it comes to dating. First become friends, then if I like the guy, something more.

Ted Lilly an All-Star

Haven't been giving Ted Lilly updates but he has pitched well enough this season to be the lone representative from the Cubs at the All-Star game. Congratulations, Ted Lilly.

Moving out

I might have to move back out when I find a full-time job.

Life plans

So I moved back to my parents' house in Bayside this past Monday. I've been thinking about it and I don't think I'm going to move out until I move in with a guy to marry, if that ever happens. I lived on my own for five years and I had some fun, but living at home will allow me to save money to buy an apartment in central Manhattan and that's my next goal in life. I've already achieved my goal of getting a CPA for my career. So I'm growing my tax business and living in Bayside for the foreseeable future.

I think Guga died for a reason and his life with me would have prevented me from living with my parents but with him gone I can stay here as long as possible.

I was thinking of applying to grad school for an MBA but I don't think I am. I am done with school. I will make do with my master's in accounting and CPA licensure.

How low can I go?

Wow, I just weighed myself after a 6 mile run and I'm down to 92 lbs! I've been eating a ton too. Like for instance, today I had pad thai for lunch and leftover pad thai for dinner. I'm going to get some breakfast foods so I don't pig out on Sausage Biscuit with Egg from McDonald's (had it twice this week). Maybe some cream cheese, yogurt and bagels.

My running coach told me I have to keep a food journal so I have to start eating breakfast on a regular basis.

I think once I hit 90, I'm going to stop the slide downwards. 89 is unhealthy.

No more soda

I think I am going to give up soda for a month and see if I lose more weight. I am at 94.5 lbs. My target weight was 95 lbs so I've already achieved that.

I love Pepsi though so maybe I should go to a raw food diet and give up meat and see if I lose more weight that way.

Personal Trainer Part Deux

I'm thinking of becoming a personal trainer again. This time I will take the ACE Fitness Exam next March 2010 and then take the USA Triathlon Coach Level 1 Certification next April 2010. Then if I still can't find an accounting job when my unemployment runs out in February, I will go to Equinox and apply again to become a personal trainer.

On my swimming progress, I can now swim for three or four breaths. Definite progress. I think I can compete in a sprint triathlon next March. I just have to find out which one to register for.

RIP Guga

It's been almost a week since Guga passed away at 2:30pm on Saturday May 23, and I am still grieving. I really miss that happy little face. I don't know when the pain will go away.

Race #5

I ran the 3 mile Wall Street race tonight. It was race #5. Halfway through my race qualification. Going to try and finish my 9 races + 1 volunteer by the end of June, before I move back to my parents on June 29. I am going to run 10 miles on Saturday and if I successfully complete that run, I'll run the Brooklyn Half-Marathon on May 30.

A guy who was running the race talked to me on the train ride down, but I wasn't so talkative. I don't like talking to strangers, I find.

Yay!

I am down to 96 lbs. One off my target weight goal of 95 lbs. I think it's the spinning classes I've been taking.

Facebook updates

The Dow Jones is over 7100. Go Rally! No move to London! Phew!

I don't update my page every day. Maybe I should. But I twitter/FB every day. Sometimes every morning/evening.

Packing on...

I haven't been obsessively checking out Danica's blog. That's the beauty of not having a desk job. I can check my computer but not be a slave to it.

On another note, I have been telling friends that if the Dow goes below 6000 I'll move to London. I might have to start packing my bags. It's in the 6500 regions today.

Week Recap

So this week I've been pretty absent, but fear not, I am back!

Nothing much has gone on this week except I got my phone line installed yesterday so now I can put a LAN line in my ads.

Definitely Maybe

Definitely Maybe is my new favorite movie. I want to watch it again when I get the one I purchased via the Internet. I borrowed it from the video store on Monday to watch it.

Maybe I should become a guy's best friend.

Launch of AccountEdge LLC

Launch of my website.

AccountEdge LLC

Check it out and refer a friend!

Finished

I am at work 45 minutes and I think I finished my tasks for the day. I am waiting for a report to finish running so I can use the numbers on it. But other than that, I've finished my daily tasks. How pathetic is that?

I need to leave this job ASAP. Before I am totally rendered useless.

Extension

So my assignment has been extended to the end of February. Should I be happy or annoyed? I think it's the latter. I was so looking forward to collecting unemployment or moving to work with a friend who is starting his own hedge fund.

Now I have to wait another month. Great!

Work ending this week

My assignment ends on Friday and I have no job, but I think I'll get a job at my friend's new start-up hedge fund. Keeping my fingers crossed that that will work out! It'll be on 57th and 6th Avenue which is walkable from my current apartment.

I still have not decided what to do about Rich. I can't seem to sit well on the notion that we are broken up, but he doesn't see long-term with me, so what's the point.

Sophia and James

Sophia Bush is going out with James Lafferty. I found out the news yesterday but am still astounded. After her failed marriage to fellow One Tree Hill co-star Chad Michael Murray, it's quite brave of her to go after another co-star. Let's hope this works out for her.

Gossip Girl

I watched Gossip Girl this past Monday and it was oh so juicy! Time to see it again next week. I saw it at the boy's apartment.

I love Blair and her hair!

Ocean's Eleven is on

Watching Ocean's Eleven, playing the Aso game. Darn, that game is addictive!

Bush has lost more domestic battles than he's won

That's the title of a CNN article about Bush's domestic agenda. Social Security reform, immigration, Katrina. The list that piles up is not a pretty one. But I still like George W Bush. I hope the history of his administration doesn't get too tarnished.

Gawker Site

I've recently discovered Gawker site, which is this funny, cheek in tongue tabloid magazine about Wall Street and pop culture.

It really wastes away the days at this boring job.

3 more hours here. I was reflecting. Last year I was at a job that was from 9-5, and that was boring. I was counting the hours until 5pm. Now I have a job from 8-6, just as boring. I wonder what kind of life I lived before in a previous life to deserve this kind of punishment.

Playing the Aso game

I'm successfully using my mom's laptop to play the Aso game. I have circumvented the system!

Bush to Deliver Farewell Address on Thursday

I will miss George Bush. Even though I voted for Obama, that might be one choice that I will regret. As some people have stated, they are really thinking he'll tank as president. For the sake of our country, I hope that's not the case.

Goal.com Cristiano Ronaldo Crowned FIFA World Player Of The Year

Laptop switch

I'm getting my mom to deliver me her laptop and giving her my laptop to use. This is in an attempt to be able to play the Aso game. Crossing my fingers that that will work.

Giants are big losers

The Giants lost to the Eagles 23-11 in the Division Round. I went bowling and wasn't able to watch the game from home. I might have jinxed them by doing this. Oh well, we'll get them next year and at least the Patriots won't win it either! I am not watching football for the rest of this season, that's for sure!

Banned

I got banned from Aso Games for quitting too many games. I hope they repeal the decision. I can't go a whole month without playing. :(

Tennessee Titans lose in the Division Round

The #1 seed Tennessee Titans fall to the Baltimore Ravens 13-10 in Tennessee. This does not bode well for the #1 seed in the NFC, the Giants.

Aso Brain games

I'm addicted to this online computer game called Aso Brain. I'm playing it now and have been playing it all day since I called in sick today. I didn't call in sick to play the game. I was just exhausted. It's not a great way to start the week from somebody else's apartment. I have to not stay over on Sunday's. But will I learn this Sunday? I would have to spend all day with the guy and that may be possible.

Water Intoxication

I'm fascinated by death by water intoxication. How much water must one drink to die from it? Am I drinking too much water? All these questions with no easily found answers.

New Year's Resolutions

My new year's resolution is to be cleaner and to find a new job.

A new year

The first post of the new year! I had an eventful NYE. I spent it with Chiemi and her friend Mo's place in Times Square. He had a view of the ball dropping. It was pretty cool. Lots of free champagne and vodka. It was a great, great party.

So now I was supposed to go to a tax training seminar today, but I overslept. I hope I can still be a tax volunteer.

I didn't take too many pictures at the party. I am not a great camera picture taker. I have come to accept that and move on.