Mi Familia

Day 14: Your family.

1. We're a head-turning group when we walk down the street together. (I don't know if it's good or bad though) 
2. We fight with each other, but we'll kill you should you pick a fight with any of us. (Especially if dad is the one watching on the side... be afraid... be very afraid)
3. My parents are the best. 
4. We would probably hoard all strays if not for government rules and mom's nagging. 
5. We, however, get pets with the weirdest characters which makes us love them even more.  
6. Mom was dad's superior at work. (That's how they met)
7. We cook... and do it well. (That's how dad got hooked, and also the reason why we're all that big!)
8. We're so famous, we've got roads, schools and luggages with our names on it!

We Are Family....

Day 13: Quote about family



"In truth a family is what you make it. It is made strong, not by number of heads counted at the dinner table, but by the rituals you help family members create, by the memories you share, by the commitment of time, caring, and love you show to one another, and by the hopes for the future you have as individuals and as a unit."

- Marge Kennedy

Wake Up And Smell The BS

Day 12: The meaning behind your blog url/title

It was a line I used to tell this classmate of mine who had her head in the clouds most of the time, adapted from the line "wake up and smell the roses". However, as I found roses to be too nice for the point to be put across, I told her to wake up and smell the bullshit. So because of that, whenever I wanted certain people to realise that the world doesn't revolve around them alone, and that a perfect world doesn't exist, I kept to using that line.

I guess I wanted to keep it real, so therefore I used it as my URL. It's a very good reminder to myself not to get my head too far up in the clouds or up my arse either.

The title, on the other hand, came about a while later, while trying to figure out what I wanted this blog to be about. I felt it wasn't to tell people off, or tell everyone to get real. Rather, the blog was a kind of release of tension, a kind of therapy for my own mental health. It didn't really come about as I was sipping on tea, but more on some plan (probably evil) that was bubbling in my head. At first "bubbling" felt too airy and so it ended up as brewing, which could also refer to the process of making coffee/tea - which I love.

Don't try to bother understanding what goes through my mind. Sometimes I don't even know really.

What Do I Take The Picture With?

Day 11: Your Camera In The Photo

I've got a few missing....

Me Me ME!

Day 10: Quote that describes you


"Libra's magnetic personalities often attract the weirdest people"


It seriously seems true in m life. but I'm not sure if I've got a magnetic personality really.

But I think the following tells more about my attitude:

"After a while, you learn to ignore the names people call you, and just trust who you are."

Happy Place For Happy Meals!

Day 9: Where is your "happy place"?

My mom could blog about this because she knows for a fact that the Supermarket is my happy place. I go there to cool off, from he heat, as well as from getting pissed off with idiots. It's the place I visit should I need inspiration, when I can't think straight, when I'm sad, angry, happy, bored... whatever!

Great thing is, my happy place isn't imaginary and I can go there anytime I want... and find it in almost any country! Yeeeeaaah!

Cleaning The Mind

Day 8: Imagine yourself doing any household task/chore, then write a poem using what you’ve imagined as an extended metaphor for writing.

Starting off clean and white, 

Cleaning off every thought in my head. 

Ink scurrying over paper like a little mite 

The clog is clear, my mind is off to bed.

These Are A Few Of My Favourite Things

Day 7: Picture "Your Favourite...."

Yeah, Whatever!

Day 6: Do you care about what people think of you? Why is this?


No.

"Those that matter don't mind, and those that mind don't matter."

I think this quote sums it all up. People always have their opinions, and most of the time it's because they can't accept what they have in front of them in the first place.

If not for the fact that I grew up with a good supportive foundation, I probably would care about what people think of me, and most likely go mad from it.

Luckily, I was thought about another quote:

"Sticks and Stones may break my bones, but Words can never hurt me."

So I just didn't give about what people thought of me. It's also a great way to see if someone is truly your friend, or just one of those you throw into the acquaintance bin. Just like the case where someone told me they wanted to revamp my wardrobe. Well I didn't ask you to, and I don't intend to ever let you. Now I don't even wanna bother going out with that person. Nothing lost there really.

Land, Sea or Air?

Day 5: If you could be an animal, which one would you be and why?


I think I'd be an Owl. It seems similar to what I am now. Chilling in the day, wide awake at night. Plus, I would have wings and could fly to where ever I want. I just hope I don't end up in a bird park or zoo.

Click..Click.. Snap!

Day 4: Three pictures of yourself.

I'm sooo not the type to take photos on myself unless I absolutely love the place and am visiting on my own. So would you expect me to have 3 pictures with my face in it? Anyway, have fun gagging at my purple toe. Hahahaha

All My Life....

Day 3: Tell your life story in 6 words.

This one was quite tough, but I think I only complicated stuff for myself. Hahaha. So my final answer is:

Been Fun. Looking Forward To Future.

C.H.R.I.S.T.I.A.N.A.

Day 2: Write a poem where each line starts with a letter from your first name. It can be about anything, but it should not be about you or your name.

Hope you have a laugh:

Chocolate... chocolate... milk, dark and white,
Hazelnuts, peanuts help give them a bite.
Research says it makes you gay,
It will simply just sweeten your day.
Semi sweet chips or chunky couverture,
They fit in cookies or can be giant sculptures.
It can be simple or it can be bold
And some even have real flecks of Gold!
Now it's time to sit back and relax,
And enjoy a box of chocolates before they melt like wax.

Ahem! Hi.. Hello...

Day 1: Name, age, birthday, hobbies, favorite music

So here's the basic stuff -

Name: Christiana Westlake

Age: I was born in 1981, go count.

Birthday: Friday, Oct 2nd

Hobbies: Experimenting with Food and Drinks, Photography, Travelling (mainly to eat)

Favourite Music: Powerful Lyrics, or Great Beats. Just not nasally, whiney or headache-inducing stuff.

TIme To Frame Up The Artwork

Is That All Mine?

Going To Make Some Masterpieces

See Ya'll In A Bit

No Action, Talk Only

There comes a point where people who just keep talking and talking end up being thought of as useless as the everyone knows it's easy to speak out. Ask that same big mouth to do it, and it won't get done as actually moving their arse to get it done will zap them of their full tank of energy. They will, however, spend that little bit of energy, raising their hands to point a finger to assign someone else to get it done... and amazingly this movement can be done faster than their big mouth can open.

Then there are people who say they will do it, and in the end, they do get it done, or get it done too bloody late. Why bother really, if you can't do it or won't do it in the first place, don't make promises. Don't offer something you can't deliver, and if you did, at least APOLOGISE to those you've let down. Don't just pretend nothing happened, or that no one informed you, or that you didn't get the messages when you can reply to a later message pertaining to the same item.

If you get things done, but much later than the deadline, don't expect people to use your idea, especially one that has no link to the project. Don't think just because it's an interesting idea that we HAVE to use your idea. If it is submitted late, it might as well not have been submitted at all. And why so? Because the whole project might have been completed by the time your submission was given, and why should anyone change the whole project just to fit your CUT & PASTE idea?

Well the good thing out of all this is that there is a presentation to be done. Presentation means you have to talk it all out. Since that is your speciality dear NATO members, the 2 of you can point the fingers at each other and try to figure out who should do it. Sadly, I won't be there to watch you talk your arses off, but then again, none of you bother to even get the presentation from me.

Oh Well..... Think I should join the club and just talk about passing the presentation off to someone, but then don't bother doing that either.

Excuse Me?

"I think I should go HQ myself later, just don't want to quarrel with you anymore and I just giving suggestion and please take it easy."

You think that I would even think of bothering to pick you up on the way to HQ after you piss me off with the shit you said?

In the first place, if you don't want to listen to what people have to say and still insist that your idea is so good, then forget about me listening to you trying to push your great idea. Insisting that your idea should be in the presentation is not GIVING SUGGESTIONS. Don't try to cut me off by telling me "it's up to you". If it was up to me I wouldn't need any of YOUR SUGGESTIONS or FEEDBACK. If it was up to me, it would have been done a week before as I wouldn't need to make bloody appointments to get photos taken. I wouldn't need to host people at my outlet and end up having people give NOTHING after a week to think of 9 ideas when we needed 15.

But it is not up to me, and it is a GROUP PROJECT. A group project with 5 people who needed 15 ideas, but only 3 actually did write some ideas down. You just shot out ideas on the fly. Another one just made a joke or complaint out of everything. If it was up to me, that useless bugger would be doing the presentation. If it was up to me, the photo shoot would not have missing ingredients. If it was up to me, I wouldn't even bother taking so much photos of food as it wasn't part of the project.

If you haven't realised by now that we are supposed to work as a group, to help each other out and not just ASSUME that the just because I'm good with words or the powerpoint program that everything will miraculously get done on time. Did anyone even bother doing the part of the project that is also just as important as the presentation? Did anyone realise that without the costing, all the ideas might as well go down the drain?

By the way, there wasn't a quarrel to begin with. I just put the phone down when you pissed me off because I rather not say anything than to spoil my day saying shit to you out of anger.

Don't even tell me to take it easy when you don't even begin to understand the amount of shit I had to go through trying to put the presentation together in a day without having proper information. Then with NO support from GROUP members that don't even help by answering a simple question. If we needed 5 ideas, and each one came up with one, we would have 5. But in the end, I got only 2 at the end of the day, another idea hours past the time I should have been sleeping. So that again leaves that 1 person that doesn't seem to do much, or in this case, NOTHING AT ALL!

"U give suggestion but did u bother thinking how to even link to the whole group idea? Judging by what me & eileen came up the first time, it was obvious we had to do 5 promo, 5 drinks and 5 coffees. The the reason why we come up with food is to tie it to the promo. Talk easy, anyone bother to even ask if I needed help with the presentation? No one even bother to do costing. Had to ask u to do at the table then get it done. Ask for promo idea some ppl dun even reply. Might as well make it a one man show. If really up to me then why is it we're split into groups? Seriously, is it really a group project? Or a project to take it for granted someone will get every damn thing done and hand it in on time. Worse still u all know I have the weekly report to compile and can't even cooperate and hand it in on time. Now u tell me to chill?! Try walking in my shoes for just yesterday and u see if you need to chill after what u just said."

Experience Doesn't Come With Age

You might think just because you've worked in the industry that you've seen everything and know everything. I can say for sure that no matter how much experience and wisdom you have and can impart, that you did it the wrong way today. Yes the place was messy when you came, and yes it wasn't cleared immediately. However, to say that it was because I lack the skills or I didn't communicate with my staff, I definitely take offense to that.

After observing what goes on for about 10 minutes did you only realise that he doesn't do what naturally comes to people in this industry. Yes, after a month of working in this place, that idiot still doesn't do what he's supposed to do. Rather, washing up the things in the sink are more important than clearing everything into the bin or sink first. Is it because I haven't said that we should clean up the place a.s.a.p.? Or is it because he thinks it's not important?

How is it Aunty would do it automatically once she's free, but he doesn't? Does it have to be in black and white for him to get things done? Think about it. The problem with the landlord only started after he arrived. When Aunty was always opening the store there was NEVER one complaint. Once he started, then the calls to you from the landlord came.

Don't blame me, find the problem. So now you know what the problem is, what are YOU going to do about it?

As for your advice to find staff, I'll find my part-time crew. I'll find what I need. When I do, I hope you do your part, and remove the problem. We'll see if you get more calls from the landlord then.

Talking about advice, really what kind of advice is telling me to just instruct him what to do? Does it really help the problem? I know if I'm not there, nothing will get done. Well, you want me to give the idiot shit, I'll give the idiot shit. Don't blame me if you lose another staff, but then again, no one really wants to work with him anyway.

Fascinating

Eddie once told me that watching women get dressed is a fascinating experience. Well, personally, I've been watching women get dressed at home and I didn't really understand what he meant at the time.

It only hit me just now what he meant by fascinating when I was watching Adi & Vaan get ready to go clubbing. Even if it was just styling their hair, there's something about the way they tease and tweak their hair into the styles they want. And I think it's more about the attention being paid to every detail that gets interesting to watch.

So maybe now I've got a new subject for photos? Hmmm....