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Ok so in my last post about my perfect man, one of the criteria I listed was that he is not to have a crazy mother. Elise asked me to elaborate, so I’ll do that here since I’m seriously bored at work and had nothing to do all day (created a stylebook on shopstyle.com though, that was fun!).
It isn’t really that I’ve had an experience with crazy mothers personally, it’s more stemmed from seeing my mom and my grandma (dad’s side) interact. She really is crazy – not like psycho, but just has a really strange way of thinking, and isn’t very logical when it comes to things, and can be really blunt, selfish and self-centered, and generally just makes life difficult for people for no reason. The thing is, it isn’t even intentional, which is why it’s difficult to manage her. I was terrified of her as a kid – she’s really loud (I hated loud noises – the first time I saw fireworks I freaked out), and used to yell at me when I didn’t understand my Chinese homework (not my fault – I hadn’t learned any until I moved to Hong Kong!).
She’s ok now, but still, it’s better to not have any conflict within a family. And luckily, my dad always without question supports my mom, but it’s still difficult.
Colin’s mother, on the other hand, is crazy. When we dated the first time back in high school, he initially told her and then she HATED it, and he ended up just telling her we broke up even though it wasn’t true. He also told me a story about how once she was so mad at his dad that she went and cut up all his expensive, designer, custom-made suits, and when he got home she was like “Let’s go buy you some suits.” Um, psycho much? Not only that, but his eldest sister (late twenties, I believe) has been dating the same guy for 5 years, but told the mom that they broke up like 3 years ago. Only now things are getting super serious so over Christmas the whole family got together to strategize how to tell her, and when they did she flipped out and wouldn’t talk to the sister. And her reasons for not liking aren’t even anything valid.
So, at least I avoided that one right? 
My ex’s mom LOVED me. I stayed with them for a couple days freshman year when school let out, and when I left a tear actually rolled down her cheek! She was just so sweet, and both his parents were really cool. Sometimes I still wish that I was dating him – just for his parents! LoL And that’s the kind of in-laws that I’d want!
Anyone else got crazy mother stories? Share! 
It’s a boy!!
One of my fave bloggers Andrea, over at My Big Fat Italian Life, just gave birth to her first baby, Brady! Go over and say congrats! Love you chica!! xoxo
(Pic is from her blog, obvs. Hope that’s ok Andrea!)
Jess over at Delicious Design Studio is holding a competition – whoever links to her website and generates the most traffic from their post wins a full blog package! 2nd runner up gets a custom header. She did the design for my other blog, and it’s gorgeous, and I need a makeover on this one, so, friends (and readers) help me win! Go click now, what are you waiting for??
You can take a look at her portfolio, read testimonials, and everything. Her stuff really is gorgeous, and she’s a dream to work with from my past experience.
Click!! (Competition ends April 15th)
I wish we didn’t have to sacrifice time for money. I admit, I love that you had the funds to treat me to things every now and again, but with this trip coming up and your job chaining you to the desk for the past month through to the last two days I’m in New York (to see you!), I’d rather that you just had time for me. Everything got completely tangled up – nothing we envisioned for the precious time we have together seems to be working out, instead, it’s all tumbling and falling around us, and we are powerless to stop it.
I’m trying to understand the demands of your job, and although I think I’ve made progress, I wish I understood more how your job and I are mutually exclusive when it comes to you. I’m not sure how much longer I can date someone who doesn’t have time for me, but I guess we’ll see how it goes. In the meantime, I’ll be praying that I don’t leave New York with a head full of disappointment and a breaking heart.
Didn’t have it in me to write a poem, or a proper short story, or anything more ‘formal’. Feeling rather crappy, as you can tell if you actually read through my thing. Sigh.
3WW words: Money, tangled, understood
I’m very well aware that my posts as of late have been quite depressing and mopey, so enough of this depressing shit, I’m going to consciously try and yank myself out of “the mean reds” (Holly Golightly). Things that make me happy (that I don’t need another person for):
- Lazy Sunday mornings where I don’t have to be anywhere or do anything, and can lounge in bed with my eyes closed without getting up just cause my bed is so damn comfortable.
- A good book/browsing bookstores
- Getting free shit (most recently a HK$800 (just over US$100) gift card to Asia’s equivalent of Neiman Marcus/Bergdorf Goodman’s, just for attending a press preview of the new spring/summer home collection at the store)
- Putting makeup on, eye makeup in particular. I love layering eye shadow, putting different colours on different areas of my eyes, mixing colours together (like my two MAC pigments) to create something new. Fun!
- Retail therapy. Too bad lately I haven’t seen anything I really wanna buy (plus, I’d rather go shopping in New York!).
- Dreaming about moving later this year. I can’t wait! Even if Colin and I go down the tubes, I’m still super excited to move. I love New York – I want to be there to soak up the art – paintings, music, shows, everything, and discover the city.
- Weekends where I don’t have to work Saturdays. Weekends are always precious when you’re working full time, but even more so when you have to work full day at least 2 Saturdays a month – 1 day off in 2 weeks? NO fun!
- Putting together a great outfit. Normally I don’t really care that much about what to wear, but when I put effort in and just KNOW I look cute, it’s so much more fun.
- Luxurious skincare, bath & body products, including bubble bath, bath salts, and my fave Origins Never a Dull Moment face scrub
- Massages. I’m trying out a new place this Sunday, roughly US$25 for an hour – let’s hope they’re good! (Can’t wait.) If they’re good, I’m going to book one for next week and the day before I leave for NY. There’s nothing like being pampered to bring a smile to my face!
That’s my list for now – what do you do to cheer yourself up when you’re feeling down in the dumps? Share!
Dearest Bloggers,
I just submitted my entry for a charity book, “You’re Not the Only One”, which will be a collection of personal experiences shared by bloggers, with proceeds from sales of the book going to the Warchild charity. Go submit yours now by emailing bloggersforcharity@yahoo.co.uk! Deadline’s the 9th (this Sunday).
Guidelines and more details can be found by clicking the Warchild button in this post.
Cheers, and good luck!
-CC
Yes, you. You who keeps googling “twentysomething clueless blogspot” and visiting my page. Here’s a hint: it might be easier to just bookmark my site.
And, if you are who I think you are, maybe you should just tell me that you’ve been blog-stalking me from New York – enough is enough.
That’s all.
-CC
Kevin is such a prick.
In December, he invited me and a bunch of people on to his boat for the day, and I accidentally got seriously wasted on whiskey (last time I drank whiskey!!), and left my camera on the boat. This was the same night that I saw him kiss another girl right in front of me, and also when I still cared about that stuff. Anyway, we got in a bit of a fight but I called two days later and we chatted and things were ok. Or so I thought.
He stopped calling me to meet up (when before we saw each other every week), and every time I called him it was to ask him to get my camera back for me (which he had confirmed was still on the boat – the Captain called to tell him they had it), and he would keep saying that he was ‘working on it’.
He flew off to the US for Christmas, and I didn’t see him again before the holidays, and haven’t seen him since that time on the boat. He basically stopped talking to me altogether, ignoring calls, texts, emails, and facebook messages.
It’s so ridiculous because all I want is my freaking camera! It’s not like I even give a shit about whether he wants to be my friend or not, and I am SO FRUSTRATED.
I don’t have US$300 lying around to just pick up and buy another one, and anyway it’s not the point – even if I did have the cash, the camera still rightfully belongs to ME! I even offered to go get it myself if he could maybe give me the Captain’s phone so I could call and arrange to go get it, thereby completely eliminating any responsiblity on his part, and he won’t even do that!
I also asked our good friend to ask him about it for me, and I got the same response – he’s “working on it”. Meanwhile, I’ve left a voicemail (surprise surprise, he doesn’t pick up the phone when he knows it’s me), sent him a facebook message, and two emails. And NOTHING. I was even being really nice about everything and masking my frustration, but I’m sick of pretending to be nice to him because all I want is my effing camera back!!
I couldn’t take any pictures over the holidays when Colin was around and when I saw my friends constantly, and I don’t want that to happen when I’m in NYC over Easter, and plus I like to snap pics occasionally on the weekends when I’m out partying. I also wanna start photo-blogging, but of course I can’t, when I don’t have a camera!
I’m clutching at straws now – what do I do? Advice please!! I’m desperate…
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I hope everyone has a good Thanksgiving with great food and even better company.
What I’m thankful for this year:
- My parents
- My friends, especially all the new friends I made this year
- Colin, and the fact that we got to rekindle our friendship/relationship
- Real gentlemen
- Good music, especially the bands introduced to me by my love, Colin
- Skype (love the cheap calls – I called NY last night for an hour and a half and it cost like $2.50 US. haha)
- The opportunity I had to go to the Four Seasons Langkawi and to NYC for work – both great trips, in different ways
…that’s all I can think of, but I think that’s a rather comprehensive list.
What are you thankful for this year?
