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Friday, February 16th

Lunch with Yalan.

I did not realize until today that Yalan joined Citibank around the same time that I did. Therefore, we have quite the shared memory. Yalan actually helped us out a LOT with ORIENTED when we first started. Hmmm... If I'm not making any sense today it's because A) I was incredibly busy, B) I've been listening to Destiny's Child all day long (they just revamped their website, nice), and C) it's FRIDAY! Click this for some background music:

We had Shabu-shabu for lunch - one of the things I really LIKE to eat in Taiwan because it is CHING DAN, for those who speak Mandarin. Not that I do. Anyway, a lot of the pictures I took didn't come out, but the ones below did. The first photo is of the bar where we ate. Note the train that choo-choos around with "extras" that are added to your bill as 'a la carte'. The second photo is of Yalan's awesome POWER suit. I want one. The third is what I did with my raw egg. I decided after the fact that I didn't want it any more.

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Everyone must be on drugs today.

So here I am, minding my own business, hard at work, without so much as a peep from the other folks in town for DAYS. Friday afternoon rolls around, Rich H. pops into town (again and again and again...), and the next thing I know, my inbox explodes. One person sends out a "Rich is in town so we're meeting here and there" along with a "but I can't show up too early because you know I'm too cool and swavy" though I won't mention who, and within minutes, two dozen emails pop up before me. HELP.

Right smack in the middle of it all, Acer Ginny calls. I haven't talked to her in awhile, pretty much since Chinese New Year, and just as she starts to tell me about what's been going on with her - a rather serious conversation mind you - the OTHER Ginny shows up out of nowhere, per usual. I promptly point her to sit in my chair, and while I am trying VERY hard to continue this serious conversation with Acer Ginny, Jelly Bean Ginny does this:

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Ginny is FAR more entertaining than I, invoking a phone call from Angela with a special request for her to wave at the camera and an email from Jay to say hi to Ginny! I'm like, Ginny girl, you need to get yourself an OFFICECAM. She refuses to do so though because she says she does the most retarded things at her desk. I can't imagine...

The excitement of it all was just too much for me. I'm just a little 'ole homebody (cough cough). By the time Ginny left and everyone SEEMED to settle back down, I opened up an email from Tommy which read, "Would everyone please get back to work.... thank you."

Ginny can't help herself. The other night, the two of us went to get facials. In the middle of it all, when we both finally settled in and stopped gabbing, she said something ridiculously funny and it made me laugh SO hard that my contact lens fell out of my RIGHT EYE which made me laugh even MORE. My facial girl had to turn on all the lights and scramble around for a mirror so that I could find it. Ginny and HER facial girl started cracking up too. Stupid.

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