Kitchener'd

Will is so Cool!

2007-09-10T14:10:00.001-04:00

This post is dedicated to Will, who's is so cool, awesomeness flows out of his ears. He used to date Jessica Alba AND Kristin Kreuk at the same time. I'm secretly in love with him, but I'm still more or less straight, so don't worry ladies. I'm still all upons you guys...well, girls.

I should pay him like $10000000 for being my friend. I may even name my first born after him, even if it's a baby girl! Go Will!

Finished / Logo

2007-04-28T21:02:00.000-04:00

And that's that! A year wasn't that long was it? Maybe it was.

These are the two other students that did their clinical at Grand River: Elizabeth (center) and Allison (left)

Now all that's left is a summer of studying for a 6-hour certification in September. Then it'll be one of the toughest decisions of my life where i will work.

But for now..... let's pick a logo!!!

http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2092783976

i personally like either 11 or 12. The extra curvy "F" gives it that "babyphat" quality. Let me know which one you think should be the logo! OR if you would like to design one, that'd be awesome too!

Updated Felions List

Alan Tang- media cameraman

Chris Leung- tumbler
Amy Wong - Head Cheerleader

Velsie Mak - 2nd in command / Team Stylist

Tracy Law - Choreographer

Tiffany Chan - Chroeographer

Brenda Zhou

Clara Ong

Jessica Auyeung

Julie Cho

Lisa Lam

Stella Tai

ETCBC Felions

2007-04-23T13:30:00.000-04:00

That's right. It's true. i have assembled a cheerleading squad for the ETCBC Lions. They're called the ETCBC Felions Cheerleading Squad!

I've even taken the liberty to develop a logo that will go on the tshirts:
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i know what you're thinking: How can you do this?! How are you getting away with this?! This is ridiculous! its an outrage. its unbelievable. You've set women back 50 years!

That's right. Brian, you are an absolute genius. high five!

There will be pompoms and tshirts and it will be absolutely ridiculous. i've felt that it is time for seniors to lighten up so i decided what better way for that to happen than to have cheerleaders!!!!!

i'd like to believe that it is every girl's dream to be a cheerleader. i am merely providing that dream. in fact, yes....u can even say that i am a dream maker.

Softball is huge at ETCBC. In fact, its massive. With 3 senior teams and 2 junior teams, there are more people involved with this ministry than any other. Unforunately, for those individuals that do not want to play softball or cannot commit the time to play softball, its very easy for them to become excluded. i think this would be a good way to extend the softball community to others. People can come out to support and cheer on the team without any sort of major comittment and still be invited to team events and practices.

If you're interested in joining this cheerleading squad or know anyone who would be interested, please email me at bri.leung@gmail.com

here is the list thus far:

Alan Tang- media cameraman
Chris Leung- tumbler
Amy Wong - Head Cheerleader
Tracy Law - Choreographer
Tiffany Chan - Chroeographer
Brenda
Clara Ong
Velsie Mak
Julie Cho
Stella Tai

MEC

2007-04-08T22:09:00.000-04:00

Last Christmas, Edmond and Selina bought me a backpack from MEC that i really, really liked.

Mine is black instead of burgandy though. For those that know my tastes, i like it because it's not too busy like a lotta backpacks. It looks "clean" and has a few easily accessible pockets. Nice and compact.

Recently, the zipper on the bag broke! i think that this was a combination of me overloading it and the fact that i got a plastic bag stuck in it. But a year and a bit is still pretty weak sauce for a zipper to break down.

i knew that MEC doesn't do warranties on zippers but i went down Thursday night anyways to see what i could do. i talked to the service guy and he acknowledged that they've been having trouble with these zippers cause of the way they sew it inside out and put a teflon coating on it. He said it would cost 40 bucks to fix. i suggested that there had to be some middle ground cause it was obviously not due to wear and tear so he offered paying for half of a new bag.

i went to grab the same bag and brought it to him and he was stunned. haha. He asked if i was sure i wanted the same bag cause he couldn't do this again if the zipper broke. i said ok and went back to look for a different bag.

i met a MEC worker by the bags with a tied back pony tale and some sort of european accent. i let him know how much i liked the bag and was disappointed that the zipper broke but the rest of the bag was fine and he said he could just give me a new bag! And that is exactly what he did! This is astonishing as MEC has angered a lot of customers by refusing to do anything about damaged zippers.

i asked for his name and shook his hand. He said his name was Anabel. i swear that his nametag said David but i was too happy at the moment to ask him why he chose to go by a girl's name.

David Lui suggested that it was his streetname in order to garner streetcred. hahaha.

Moral of the story. If you need to replace your MEC bag, look for a guy named Anabel with a nametag that says David.
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On a sidenote: i passed my clinical exam! WOOT!

What does this mean? Nothing really. Just that i don't have to rewrite it until i pass.

Cheerleaders

2007-03-19T22:49:00.000-04:00

i thought of a really good way to bring credibility and glory to the ETCBC Lions. Can you guess what it is?

You've got it:

*****CHEERLEADERS!*****

Ladies and Gentlemen, introducing the BC Lions dance team, the FELIONS!

Interestingly enough, the Detroit Lions are one of the few teams in the NFL that do not have a cheerleading squad:

http://www.sportsfanmagazine.com/sfm/articles.html?id=2328

But for seriously, do you know what would really bring credibility and glory to the ETCBC Lions?!

ALTERNATE JERSEYS!

Check out the amazing possibilities:

Why would this work? Firstly, just imagine "ET" instead of "BC". You've already got a winner. No need to roll up the rim. Secondly, its orange and Edmond pretty much bleeds the colour orange.

The Penn State logo is just so sleek. i think this is a picture of a rug.

4 words: WINGS ON A LION

http://www.angelfire.com/space/u_line/london.htm

(this was actually a hockey team for one year in Europe owned by then Detroit Red Wings Owner, Bruce Norris. Makes a little more sense now eh?)

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i think this one has the best potential of them all barring some legal issues. I love it. I'm all in for the cheerleaderless detroit lions logo.

Goodbye and hellos

2007-03-08T21:21:00.000-05:00

5 years. Goodbye.

You know I gave you the world

You had me in the palm of your hand

So why your love went away

I just can't seem to understand

Thought it was me and you babe

Me and you until the end

But I guess I was wrong

Don't want to think about it

Don't want to talk about it

I'm just so sick about it

Can't believe it's ending this way

Just so confused about it

Feeling the blues about it

I just can't do without ya

Tell me is this fair?

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What have i learned?

i've learned that to truly follow God, you have to be prepared to lose everything. Its not easy and its pretty scary.

i've learned more about myself and why i struggle with particular sins.

i believe that unless you're truly in a phase of your life where you can say that you can be married in the next 6 months to a year, it might just be better to enjoy singleness and use it to serve the Lord with undivided attention and to deepen your relationship with Him.

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Hello Seniors.

i only have about 2 months left of clinical! then i'll be back in toronto for the summer.
i just have a 3-hour exam in my way. Sorry for the lack of posts. its time to bear down and study.

It'll be fun to play softball again.

Farewell Juniors

2007-02-08T20:45:00.001-05:00

So it's been a long time coming but i've finally made a decision about softball this summer. Well that's not entirely true; i've finally made part of my decision about softball this summer.

Although i love teaching and training up kids, after having a conversation with Tim i don't believe i'm the right person at this point to go back to help lead this particular group of juniors. i know i haven't explained my decision in depth but If you want more clarification, i'd be happy to convserse about it with you. just msn me.

i guess for those who will carry the oracles namesake, its important for you to understand where you came from and what sort of values this team was built on. Hopefully, this team will continue to run on those principles.

Maybe i should work on an Oracles Guide to Softball Ministry and make John Lam read it before the O's go down the toilet and start doing 7-minute ,"spirit-filled", dance routine cheers regardless of the fact that 10 minutes are given to finish the last inning, that totally disrupt the flow of the game and place the "cheering" team as the focus of everyone's attention in order to win a MAT that should appropriately be called a "who can do the best hippie dance" award as that seems to be how the award is interpreted and voted upon in today's CCSA.

GG sentence.

ANYWAYS,

Thanks for the memories O's. I'll miss it immensely.

2000 (round of 8)

2001 (Quarter Finalist)

2002 (Semi Finalist)

2003 (Finalist, OUT)

2004 (Champions)

2005 (Champions, OUT)

2006 (Quarter Finalist)

So what now? Where do i go from here?

i wish i knew.

Plyometrics

2007-01-16T21:35:00.000-05:00

While in Kitchener, i consider riding my bike everywhere i go as cardio. i hate running cause i think running on a treadmill is boring and i don't want to take a spin class cause well.....i "spin" as my transportation. So basically, my workouts consist of increasing my total body strength so i can mash things up during the softball season. Chicks dig the long ball, my friends. Julie has the shirt that i gave her that dave gave me to prove it.

Ladies and gentlemen, i present to you 8-time Mr. Olympia Champion, Ronnie Coleman. This man is 42 years old! He won the olympia not just 8 times, but 8 consecutive times! He is totally juiced like all the olympia contestants but you still have to respect them for their comittment and hard work. The muscles don't just magically grow from the drugs!

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This past Christmas holiday, i was informed that some of the young kids at church could jump so high that they could touch this part in our church that was about 10 feet tall (i.e. J. Szeto & J. Tenefrencia). Upon hearing this, i attempted to touch this said part of our church and i failed miserably over and over....and over again.

This past Christmas holiday, i also dropped by our church's gym night on saturday evenings. i played a bit of basketball and realized that what jumping ability and quickness that i used to have has deteriorated quite a bit. In an effort to compensate during the basketball games, i used my strength and positioning to play defense and my strength and aggressiveness to flagrant foul anyone trying to get a layup or jump over me (i.e. J. Szeto).

Ladies and Gentlemen, i present to you Mr. Kenyon Martin. The NBA's flagrant foul king and one of the hardest, dirtiest and aggressive dunkers in the NBA.
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After that saturday i felt old. In fact i felt so old and defeated that i'm cancelling my gym membership and am deciding not to play softball this summer.

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YEA RIGHT! Did little, 8 month old baby Jesus, in his one-piece linen diaper with his silky, satinny hair quit when he was being chased around for his life? NO!....i don't think so. This is what i did: i decided to add plyometrics to my workout routine. Its a fun form of cardio and it will also help me to jump over buildings. Shake and Bake!

Here's a link to what plyometrics is and some exercises that you can do so that we can become superheroes together.

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/wotw27.htm

With these new found powers, i will not only be quick like a cat and finally be able to touch the rim, i will also be able to paint the future and bend the space time continuum.

Now wasn't that educational for those of you who don't follow bodybuilding, basketball, Will Ferrell or Heroes?

99 Margaret

2006-12-09T14:48:00.000-05:00

Just wanted to share a bit about the sorta living conditions i'm in.

Here's my house. i live at 99 Margaret Avenue in Kitchener.

Here's where i keep my bike that i use to transport myself through rain, wind and snow. The orange one is mine. i've actually wiped out once this winter already. i will never try to make a high speed, sharp turn, going down hill again. i actually tried to bail on the turn cause i didn't think i was going to make it but i turned my wheel slightly and my bike gave out. i slid towards an oncoming car but it was going quite slow as the driver had also just made a turn, thank God! i waited for myself to stop sliding on the ground and then i got up, exchanged waves with the driver and hurried to the sidewalk with my bike.

Here is the kitchen and kitchen table. Sometimes i eat here but most of the time i bring my food to the basement where my room is. Oh. that's one of six cha siu baos that i steamed. I bought it at the super cheap frozen dim sum place that's in a warehouse where they work in the dark. Ask Julie for directions. its around kennedy and passmore. We're talking 10 for $3 cheap.

Here are the cats that live with me, the owner (Sean) and the other housemate (Marlon). They are burmese cats (a breed descended from siamese cats). These two are brothers (Caliban [not Taliban] on the left and Atticus on the right). They're basking in the sun and on top of the heat vent. Apparently, all their fight or flight survival instincts have been bred out of them. This means they're really affectionate and sleep all day and would probably starve if allowed to be an outdoor cat.

Here's the living room. Currently, its a storage area for Sean cause of the Christmas rush. Sean owns an online board game company www.germangames.com offering much cheaper prices than at stores. Check it out and let me know if you want anything. Save you some shipping.

Here's the bathroom. i haven't used the bath/jacuzzi yet though. the heat of the water is a bit tough to control. If you don't have the dexterity, you'll be stuck switching between lukewarm and burning, never being able to attain that optimal shower temperature. Ask Glendon. i don't think he ever was able to attain it. Oh yea, its the only bathroom in the house and there's no lock. If the door is closed, that means its occupied. Lots of trust my friends, lots of trust.

Here's my collection of cereal. i'm currently eating Muslix banana nut crunch with fresh bananas and 2% milk. i tried skim milk but it tastes like water. i have a bowl every night before i go to sleep.

Here's my bed where i dream about sushi and softball. I have not had sushi nor played softball in a very long time. Rumour has it, i'm playing for the lumas next year. : BAHAHAH ggs roflcopter.

Here's my computer/work area where i learn about radiation therapy, play tetrinet and listen to hockey and basketball games online because i don't have cable.

And that conlcludes the virual tour of my house.

Finally, i leave you with a challenge: do you recognize anyone in this picture? Specifically the girl on the left with the glasses and the little chinese boy on the far right with the bowl cut. hahaha.....it looks just like them present day!

Cougars

2006-11-09T22:22:00.000-05:00

This is for all you young, strong, strapping lads out there. i just want to make sure that you all are well-informed about the topic of cougars.

Lesson #1: How to identify a cougar.

Many individuals are misidentified as Cougars, leaving the accuser embarrassed and frowned upon and the accused offended and ready to give you a hearty kick to the groin.

Case in point: One of my fellow students and her friend (aged 24-25ish) went to a club/bar called FUBAR in Waterloo one night and as they sat at the bar waiting for their drinks, a young, drunk frosh yells out in their direction,

"COOOOUUUUGGGAAARS!"

Although the event was hilarious, the said persons were misidentifed as cougars.

To avoid being a misinformed newb, here are some tips at how to identify a Canadian Cougar:

Lesson #2: Although we should be avoiding Cougars, not all young men do. why? because they're desperate perverts.

Case in point: i went to the Victoria Park Goodlife a month back and as i approached the front counter, the young, goodlife employee said to his two, eagar listeners,

"dude, I know this great cougar bar we can go to!"

I swiped my card and interrupted his conversation. He turned around and buzzed me in and then continued on to describe the Cougar bar to his two anxious buddies. Although hilarious, i'm more inclined to laugh at them than joyously with them about their supposed new found goldmine.

Lesson #3: Cougars are well prepared as to how to hunt their prey. Every move is well calculated. Do not be fooled thinking that an older woman hitting on you is just a random happening. Also do not be fooled by the skimpy clothing and heavy makeup: If you concede to one of these predators, you run the risk of having to cry in the corner once you notice on the morning after that she is popping a couple metamucil caplets into her orange juice.

Case in point: Look what i found:

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Here is a good definition from Urbandictionary.com

Cougar: (see also hunt, prowl, corner, pounce). Noun. A 35+ year old female who is on the "hunt" for a much younger, energetic, willing-to-do-anything male. The cougar can frequently be seen in a padded bra, cleavage exposed, propped up against a swanky bar in San Francisco (or other cities) waiting, watching, calculating; gearing up to sink her claws into an innocent young and strapping buck who happens to cross her path. "Man is cougar's number one prey"

I leave you with some pictoral clarifications:

Pictorial Clarification #1: Cougars

Exhibit A. Cameron Diaz. This is what happens when the skimpy clothing and makeup is removed. You still feel like bringing sexy back, Justin?

(click on the square)

Exhibit B. Demi Moore. Yikes. do not be fooled; those fangs are deadly weapons. Ashton, you just got punk'd.

Pictoral Clarification #2: Fresh, young, studly meat.

Exhibit A: Ken Leung (accompanied by Paris Hilton).

Exhibit B: Sam Wong (accompanied by Lindsay Lohan).

Addendum: Paris and Lindsay are not cougs. I chose these pictures as i felt that they best represented how young, fresh and studly my two specimens are; young, fresh and studly enough for individuals like Paris and Lindsay to latch on to with all their might.

Nestle Turtles

2006-10-08T19:56:00.000-04:00

One of the radiation therapists at work told me a story one day. She goes to a physiotherapist and there is a secretary that works in the office there.

One day, the secretary was driving to work and had a package of turles. It was one of those packages that come with 3, delightful, turtle shaped chocolates. How wonderful! She tore open the package and picked up one of the chocolates and inspected it. The turtle looked a bit strange. It looked like chocolate that was old and it had a weblike pattern on the surface. She did not eat it and brought it to work with her.

At work, the secretary showed the physiotherapist the chocolate. The physiotherapist rammed her finger into it and dragged her finger across the table. The choclate turtle was broken up and out spewed all these MAGGOTS! Some dead, many alive!

But oh, the story does not end there. The secretary went back to the corner store that she bought these turtles from and told the owner what had happened. She showed him the receipt, proving that she had only bought the chocolates the other day. The corner store owner said that that was impossible because he had just recently bought the a boxful from Sam's club the other day and showed her the receipt to prove it.

Oh, "it's a big deal" alright! So the secretary tells the store owner that he better go check out the other chocolates. They go inspect the box of turtles and opened several packages. Sure enough, the whole batch of chocolates was contaminated with MAGGOTS!

The radiation therapist told me that apparently, chocolate makers are allowed a certain number of eggs in their chocolates because they just can't help it with all the flies around. I don't know if that's true or not.

Apparently this is not an isolated case. Check this out. This is a woman's complaint and correspondence trail after what she found in her Nestle bitesized turtles:

http://www.complaints.com/april2002/complaintoftheday.april21.13.htm

This is what stuck out to me:

"To my knowledge maggots eat rotting flesh, so what could be in this candy they could survive on?"

This woman speaks the truth:

"A maggot is the larval stage of the fly life cycle, famous for eating decomposing flesh"

(Wikipedia.org)

Maybe its the nuts? Maybe not.

Hygiene

2006-10-02T22:59:00.000-04:00

Since i started working at the hospital, i've been much more conscious about hygiene and cleanliness. Radiation therapists have to be very conscious about keeping their equipment and hands clean because they come into contact with patients daily who may have their immune systems compromised. Even if patients do not have their immune systems compromised, not doing simple things such as washing your hands after every patient and using hand sanitizer can still lead to the spread of diseases!

Often, before i work out, i pick up a twelve grain bagel with strawberry cream cheese at Tim Horton's. i noticed something the last time i purchased a bagel and decided to watch the Timmy's worker like a hawk this time. i placed my order and the worker put on one, plastic glove on her right hand and brought my bagel over to the toaster with it. She then came back and asked me if i was charged yet. i said no and she proceeded to punch in my order with her right, gloved hand, took my money with her left, grabbed change with her right, gloved hand and handed it to me. She then turned around and picked up the two sides of my toasted bagel using her left and right hand and proceeded to spread cream cheese on it, using her left hand to hold down my bagel to make sure it stayed put.

Which incompetent Tim Horton's manager trained this incompetent Tim Horton's employee?!

i was a bit shocked and thought about saying something but i didn't. Like the manly man that i am, i ate that money flavoured bagel (Re: Spoiled blog).

The next time this happens, i'm gonna call her on it and see what she says.

Working Draft #2

2006-09-11T22:19:00.000-04:00

By the way, though i'd love to take credit, these brochures were made by Gloria Lam. God bless her heart.

Glendon volunteered for the smartest role in this league yet: Refreshment Tent Coordinator! Services include first aid, Evian mist refreshers, towel service and muscle massages. And so that nobody mistakens who came up with this idea (NOT ME), here is a photo of him:

Working Draft #1

2006-08-29T00:15:00.000-04:00

3 days until the banquet. We need feedback fast!

i think we need to make it more sneaky although i do value the question about fitted exercise clothing very much. Please note that it is a working draft and the final brochure will possibly look drastically different.

please leave feedback.

Spoiled

2006-08-18T20:31:00.000-04:00

Since i moved to KW, one of the things that i hate the most is when food goes bad or is wasted.
Here's the reason. Of all the things that i've had to learn to adjust to since moving, cooking for myself, buying groceries and filling my stomach all on my own have been the toughest.

So every time something is about to spoil or in some cases, is spoiled, instead of being a fool and throwing it out, avoiding any sort of illness,

i try to eat it.

This is what any courageous, intelligent man who knows the value of food would do. I laugh in the face of food poisoning.

Here are some of the things that i've eaten or thought about eating:

1) Norm's fish stew.

This was my first triumph in KW. Norm forwarded this recipe to me. Fish stew is a staple at many of our small group meetings. It's delicious. When most people hear fish stew, they picture something gross. Norm's fish stew is amazing. In fact, this dish keeps very well too! (if refigerated) I forgot/decided not to refigerate it.

Effect: didn't smell too good. Smelled even worse when i microwaved it. In fact, it stunk up the whole house and Eugene came running out of his room, complaining and opening windows! It tasted bitter. The mushrooms and the last couple spoonfulls tasted especially bitter. i had a lot of trouble sleeping that night. My stomach felt really uncomfortable and i was sweating. However, the next day, i was fine. No diarrhea. Nothing. gg.

2) dark brown, smooshy, bananas.

+ brown spots + smooshy

Bananas were on sale at a local grocery store. It was so cheap. i bought two big bundles for 29 cents/lb. i placed the bundles on top of the refigerator. i think that's a bad place to keep your bananas as they seemed to ripen a lot quicker up there!

Effect: i ate all my bananas except for two brown, smooshy ones. they ripened too quickly and i was forced to make a decision. i opened up the first one and it was 90% liquids, slurped it up quickly and found that it wasn't too bad. it just fermented so i could taste some alcohol. i decided against slurping up the second one as i felt i had triumphed over enough rotten bananas for one day. No ill effects.

3) Sprouted potatoes.

BUT imagine those sprouts being purple and 1/2 m in height, projecting radially in all directions out of a squishy potatoe.

i found these in the cupboard. Apparently, the people who lived here before abandoned them but my roomates and i didn't know. We all thought one of us owned them. At first, i didn't know they were potatoes. i only saw the sprouts and thought they were some sort of vegetable in a bag. that is until i looked in the bag and realized what they were. After some careful contemplation and research into sprouted potatoes and realizing they could kill me really really fast, i decided against trying to eat it.

Get this: my housemate Ewan initially told me they were ok to eat! They were frickin' sacs of poison!

4) Green onions and ginger sauce.

i make this to eat with my chicken. it is composed of green onions, ginger, salt, sugar, sesame oil and regular oil. You mix everything together except the oil which you heat in a pan and pour onto your concoction. i made a lot as the ginger was starting to rot. i stored it in the fridge and tried to use it a couple weeks later.

Effect: it tasted kinda funky and really really salty! Otherwise, no ill effects.

5) Europe's best summer fruit salad.

for some reason, it won't let me upload this picture! http://www.europesbest.com/_index2.php?langue=en_us&page=5

My latest triumph. One of my roomates left this to defrost in the fridge and then moved out. For a while, i'd periodically inspect it as it had inflated and i could feel the bag was under a lot of pressure. i thought nothing of it and left it. Yesterday night, Euge came home and discovered it had exploded open at the top.

Effect: it smelled fine so i ate it. there was a lot of juice and i think it fermented like the banana did and basically became fruit juice with a low percentage of alcohol. i must say it wasn't bad at all! It had some bite! No ill effects. in fact, i just drank another cup and i have one more to go.

Hello Kitty

2006-07-16T22:54:00.000-04:00

"Hello Kitty. 30 years of cute."

http://www.sanrio.com/hellokitty/

Judy and Jon's wedding was a couple of weeks ago and they had their banquet at Pacific Mall upstairs. There was a stand by the elevators where kids could pay to do arts and crafts. Basically, they gave you a stencil of some sort and you could decorate it with coloured glue or sand.

As Dave, Stella and myself were watching the kids, i saw one of the stencils and inexplicable yelled out in joy:

"HELLO KITTY!?!?"

i yelled so uncontrollably loud that the girl who ran the stand looked at me and smiling, asked if i wanted to try.

"uh....heh. heh. No thanks."

I have this weird obsession with Hello Kitty. When I see Hello Kitty things, I can't help but think that they are so "kawaii". I have an inkling as to why:

how about a bit of this:

Apparently my mom has surrounded me with Hello Kitty items as I grew up and now it has messed up my head. I have a permanent, psychological connection with hello kitty.

And its not even one of the cool, psychological connections where I grow up, being acclamated with Hello Kitty items so that I can one day assassinate her. It seems its the other way around where I'm at the mercy of Hello Kitty.

What the deuce has my mom done!? haha.

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Chris Coleman siting: spotted at the brick brewery, partaking in brew, where volunteers of the Hardy Hearts Charity event enjoyed free beer as a thank you for their help. *N.B.* Chris Coleman did not help in the event. Looks like daddy's little boy is still drinking away his sorrows from missing out on a goodlife membership

All Girls League update: Gloria Lam has volunteered to draw up an application for prospective players. Ken Leung has volunteered to be official media cameraman. Dang....why didn't i think of that first. I have also received the Holy blessing of Rev. Tim Tang. pwnt. gogogo.

Smartest Men Alive

2006-07-15T21:05:00.000-04:00

In the above picture may be the two smartest men alive in the universe. You can't totally make both of them out but i'll describe them to you. The one behind one of the players (of whose head is only visible) is actually wearing a pimped out, pink shirt, unbuttoned at the top. He also carries around a cell phone while strutting around on the diamond. The second guy in the forefront of this picture, is unshaven, hair deshevelled, looking like he just rolled out of bed in the same shirt he is currently wearing, after a long night of drinking.

Here's the scenario. After the Lumas game at York Mills ended at around 8pm, a mass of pretty girls starting arriving at the park. It was incredible. i could not figure out what was going on. Was this an all girls league? As we watched them warm up, it was apparent that they all sucked. They couldn't swing a bat or throw very well. What was going on?

As i thought about it, and observed the two guys amongst the swarm of girls, i came to the realization that this was the biggest scam on the face of the earth. Two guys had put together two all girl teams, which played each other every sunday at 8pm at York Mills (take note, gentlemen). And it was obvious that the teams were not made of the most talented girls athletically, but only the prettiest, girls with the fittest physiques. The girls were forced to wear tight t-shirts with the names "Ball Breakers" and "Master Batters" <---- omg! lawl

"Hello Sir, may i shake your hand?"

I have decided to graciously start an all girls team myself next year. Not for my own sake of course, but to help Sam Wong and Alan Tang find girlfriends. i know, i know. It is a difficult sacrifice. But it is something i must do for my lifelong brethrens. This may be the most selfless thing i have ever done. We will coach two Christian, all girl teams. Edmond has agreed to umpire the games. In fact, Julie has given me her every blessing and support for just how giving i am with my time in order to help Alan and Sam and girls athletics. Registration would be free. Please send photo applications to my email (bri_leung@yahoo.ca).

For those of you nay-sayers that doubt that this most charitable plan would never work, let me explain to you how easy it is. i asked Jessica Sit last night,

"Hey Jess! You know what i'm gonna do? i'm gonna start an all girl's league and registration is free! Doesn't that sound like fun!?! You get to play with all girls with no boys to pick on you. i'll even coach you and provide team tshirts! You just have to send me a photo applicaton!"

Jess:

"That does sound like fun! Can I invite my friends!!? I have a bunch of them that would want to play!"

Bri (pausing):

".........OF COURSE YOU CAN!"

So easy.....So easy.

i hope that everyone takes this very seriously.

Deflated

2006-07-04T19:07:00.001-04:00

"You had a bad day. The camera don't lie. You're coming back down and you really don't mind. You had a bad day. You had a bad day"

on monday i realized that i

1) forgot my work keys in Toronto.

on monday night, i

2) deflated my front bike tire trying to fill it with air. i couldn't get the hose to fit on my nozzle and it ended up pushing my nozzle inside my tire. I spent about an hour trying to fix it with my keys. As i walked home, i walked for a bit and realized i had forgotten the cap back at the gas station and had to walk back to get it. It was dumb cause if i had left it alone, it would have been fine; it was still completely rideable without more air.

later that night when i tried to fix it, i

3) realized that when i got home that walking my bike home had caused the nozzel/tube to travel almost directly across the hole in the rim. I also found out that nobody that i know in KW owns a bike pump! I spent about another half hour trying to fix my bike and my hands were so dirty. I was also sweaty and tired as well as i had just finished working out.

this morning, i

4) had to wake up extra early to walk to work and i was incredibly tired, nodding off here and there in the second day of my CT sim rotation. i think i may have even started to nod off while walking to work!

with this whole tire episode i,

5) understand some more which of my friends really care and show concern about me when things don't go right.

I think five is both good and bad :)

It was funny. I begged and pleaded with God to somehow help my biked get fixed. i was unhappy at why this was happening and let God know it. At the same time, i begged and pleaded for patience and understanding. Had a long running conversation with God on the walk home filled with muttering and sighing but also some thanks to keep myself in check.

Things worked out. bike was fixed for $5 today and i know even more who i can and can't rely on. Praise the Lord.

Stephen A. Smith: http://youtube.com/watch?v=nAB5lOIl-2U&search=Stephen%20A.%20Smith

"Quite frankly, i think that if you gave me some more cheese doodles, i might have another one!"

KW life

2006-06-15T22:55:00.000-04:00

Life is pretty simple in Kitchener/Waterloo for me.
There's not too many worries. i'm not super busy. Everything is very relaxed.

Here's how a typical day goes for me:

1) wake up at 7:30
2) clinical from 8:30-4:00ish or 4:30ish
3) Goodlife till 7 or 7:30ish
4) get home, prep dinner and eat, prep lunch for the next day
5) spend a couple hours on the internet, do devo, go to bed

Things are very simple and "routine". There's not too much else really to do here :)

One of my newest, fun things to do is to go grocery shopping and stock up on cheap food. i learned from Eugene how fun it is to find deals at stores. It's like treasure hunting!

latest deal: shoppers drug mart: assorted POST cereals for $2 (Bridgeport store)
I picked up 3 boxes: Honey Bunches of Oats with real strawberries, Selects Wild Blueberrry Almond Crunch and Selects Banana Nut Crunch.

i've never enjoyed cereal as much as i've enjoyed it since being in KW. Its just so easy and quick (especially in the morning when i'm running late). Maybe i should do a cereal review. i wonder what sort of cereals other people eat. If you know any good ones, let me know.

Anyways, now that i've rambled on and plugged some cereals, I'll tell you about what happened to me at Goodlife today.

i finished my workout today and was changing in the locker room. Benches are quite limited at Goodlife gyms so people generally have to share them as they put things in and take things out of their locker. i was pretty much done and ready to go. All that i had on the bench was my waterbottle and my bottle of protein.

That's when Chris Coleman walked in.

KIDDING! That's when this old guy came out of the shower and started taking things out of his locker. His locker wasn't right next to mine but close enough that he had to share that same bench with me. My goodness, you'll never believe what he did.

He just casually tosses his underwear on the bench next to my bottles!

That is freakin' gross!

It was tighty...uh...greyies. i wasn't sure what to do so i turned around for a moment and pretended i didn't see anything. Then i couldn't take it and turned around and picked up my bottles.

What the heck.

Who tosses their underwear casually beside someone else's stuff? gross man. gross

P.S. If you don't know who hard gay is, here's a link to some torrents: http://www.bakakage.net/index.php?showtopic=10428

Grossed out by grey undies hooooooooo!

Chris Coleman part 2

2006-05-29T21:03:00.000-04:00

On victoria day long weekend, i went to laser quest with some friends.
You can click on the scoresheet to enlarge it:

Here are some funny things to take note of:

1) Yes, i did name myself C. Coleman. haha! Luckily for me, Chris Coleman did not show up to play laser quest. Can you imagine if he did?!

"I'm sorry sir, that name has already been taken by that asian guy over there with the goodlife membership"

(C. Coleman came in 2nd, firing 2641 beams with a hit percentage of 7. Total score: 1686.

2) It was Jessica Sit's first time ever at Laser Quest. We thought of a good name for her: LQ VIRGIN! Is that not awesome or what? Unfortunately the guy typing in the names misheard her and it was only when she registered her gun that she realized that her laser quest codename was "LQ VERSION". hahaha.

(LQ version was shot a total of 9 times by C. Coleman. Twice in the back)

3) Allison's boyfriend Ray named himself Rainman. He wore a white shirt, putting himself at an even clearer disadvantage as Ray is already white himself.

C. Coleman shot him a whopping 17 times totalling for 170 points. The most points obtained from any single player by C. Coleman! Lesson of the day: don't wear white to laser quest. Especially if you are already white.

4) Eugene named himself Ewen after one of our roomates and Allison named herself Alli Oop. C. Coleman did not obtain any points from these two players. However, Ewen did shoot C. Coleman once in the laser despite making a truce with him. This would result in Eugene shipping himself some of C. Coleman's chief export: pain. (re: Chuck Norris facts)

Chris Coleman

2006-05-17T16:18:00.000-04:00

If you havin' workout problems, I feel bad for you son.
I got 99 problems, but a gym membership ain't one.

Finally! Bell Sympatico has decided to turn our internet on! But it kind of sucks still because for some reason, i can't log into msn (i'm using windows messenger now) and i can't log into hotmail (not that i use hotmail).

It was even worse yesterday because i couldn't check my yahoo email! But we switched the router and yahoo is ok now.

So on to Chris Coleman!

The first Saturday that i was in Kitchener, Allison was helping out at this Hardy Hearts charity event (for heart disease) which also included a silent auction so i decided to go check it out with my roomates. One of my big worries about coming to Kitchener/Waterloo was where i would work out.

and then.... BEHOLD: WORD OF GOD SPEAK! one of the items up for bidding was a....

6 month Goodlife membership! ($300 value!!)

there were two bids so far: some guy bid $2.50 and a guy named Chris Coleman bid $35! Allison told me that Chris Coleman was the son of one of the guys on the Hardy Hearts Executive Board. After being egged on by Eugene and one of my other roomates, Ewen, i placed a bid for $40 and then hid myself behind a pole to find out what Chris Coleman looked like. Eventually, this big white guy wearing a bubble vest and a cap with sunglasses planted on them came over to the bidding table and bid $45.

It was time to get to work.

i watched him from afar as he checked up on the other items he was bidding on. i tried to send Eugene, Allison and Ewen to distract him so that he couldn't keep bidding but Eugene and Ewen were too scared and Allison refused because she knew him and didn't want it to be unfair.

Eventually i grew impatient that the auction wasn't ending soon enough and in my naivity, i bid $50. Unfortunately that just made things worse as he discovered that it was i who kept bidding over him. He stood beside me and started smiling.

"NOOO! don't do it Chris Coleman!"

He bent over the bench and bid $55.
i didn't know if i wanted to keep bidding at that point cause it was just going to keep driving up the price. i told him that he already looked like he had a gym membership and that he should go check out his other items. But alas, my pleas fell on deaf ears and he just kept smiling and chuckling. When he realized that i was serious about the item, you won't believe what he did.

HE BID $80, OUTBIDDING HIS OWN BID!

What the heck?! Who does that? i stood beside him and groaned in agony and "awwwing!" like there was no tomorrow while Ewen and Eugene just kept laughing at the developments.

An announcement then came on letting the bidders know that there was 1 minute left.
With less than a minute remaining, i picked up the pen and looked into Chris Coleman's eyes. He picked up his pen and looked at me and then his gaze fell to the bidding sheet.

"Go ahead.",
Chris Coleman challenged.

I then did what any decent man would do in that circumstance;

I sniped the membership a la ebay

with about 30 seconds remaining, i placed the nib of my pen on the sheet and wrote my name as slowly as possible. i then looked at the bid column and looked at Chris Coleman. i wrote an 8 as slowly as possible and then kept my pen at a standstill and looked up at my adversary. I held the pen there until an announcer declared,

"PENS DOWN!!"

I quickly finished my bid at $85, smoting the larger Chris Coleman. He threw his pen down on the bench and turned his head in disbelief at what had just happened.

10 minutes later

Chris Coleman won a large, alloy, golf driver among other items.

Realizing that Chris Coleman won a large, alloy, golf driver, I redeemed my goodlife membership and got the heck out of there.

Brian, one.
Chris Coleman, zero.

Mom

2006-05-05T15:25:00.000-04:00

I've got a good mother
and her voice is what keeps me here.

For the first time since finding out that i didn't get Toronto for my clinical placement, i got emotional. It was pretty stupid. i'm heading into Kitchener for good tonight so its the last time that i'll see my family and friends. My brother's at school and my dad went to work already. My mom made me lunch and as i ate, i asked her a question. i asked,

"so are you going to miss me?"

i don't even know why i asked that. i think it was to illicit a response from her. See if she'll actually say yes. See if she'd get emotional. Boy did that backfire! As she flipped through store flyers on the ground beside me, she replied in chinese,

"What do you think?"
(pauses)

not looking up, she sighed and added,

"it's just a year, it'll go by fast. We'll go visit you and you'll come out to visit.
It'll be really fast."

i started tearing! what the heck? Do guys get pms? i started looking at the tv and not looking at her and i even went into the kitchen to throw something away and to wipe away my tears so that she couldn't see. That's what happens in asian families who don't usually express their feelings to each other through words. I'm freakin' tearing even as i write this!

Ever since i was a baby, my dad worked a lot and my mom was the one who stayed home and took care of my brother and i. In a lot of ways our temperaments are the same whereas my brother's temperaments take after my dad. Basically, i've lived my whole life with my mom very close to me, providing for me and taking care of me. i've never moved away from home.

i remember last mother's day, she really wanted perfume and i bought her Beyonce's True Star perfume by tommy Hilfiger (haha... pretty funky eh? But really, it smelled quite mature and motherly and not bootylicious, attracting many-a big black men). i made her give me a kiss on the cheek before i gave her the perfume. She was so happy. i love my mom.

Lessons of the day:
Don't try to make your mom cry. It'll backfire every time.
Treasure your moms. She won't be taking care of you forever.

You showed me
When I was young just how to grow
You showed me
Everything that I should know
You showed me
Just how to walk without your hands
'Cause mom you always were the perfect fan.

Displaced

2006-05-02T16:33:00.000-04:00

When peace, like a river, attendath my way,
When sorrows like sea billows roll;
Whatever my lot, Thou has taught me to say,
It is well, it is well with my soul.

As most of you know, i've been displaced to Kitchener for the clinical portion of my radiation therapy program. That means that i'll be in Kitchener from May 2006 to May 2007.

To tell you the truth, i haven't really given it much thought. Reasons are two-fold: 1) i haven't had much time to because of a busy exam schedule leading right up to me moving and 2) because i haven't really wanted to think about moving away for a year from everything i've known and am comfortable with in Toronto.

i've approached the moving with a very neutral attitude. i'm not totally ecstatic about moving but at the same time, i know there's gotta be a reason why God is sending me to Kitchener and i'm excited about what He has to show me there.

i think this is my first post in almost a year! Heh....can you believe it? Almost a whole year without any bri-brand blogs. No sushi buffet reviews, no embarrassing stories and an absence of just ridiculous things that happen in my life!

Well, i thought it'd be a good idea to start this thing up again to keep you guys updated on what's going on with me. With that said and to keep this intro short and sweet; i'll miss you guys. You guys have been wonderful friends during our time together in Toronto and i definately place a high value on our friendships.

We'll meet again! seeya!