To you All

Happy New Year! :)

I thank each one of you that made this year a little bit easier to bear. In good and bad , in clarity and confusion, in health and in sickness, in richer and poorer (most of the time poor :P ).
You have no idea just how the comments that are made throughout the blogs how if affects peoples live. Because we learn from each other and if wise enough we learn from other people experiences.
So, I thank you guys again from the bottom of my heart to have being here for me. Even though you probably have no idea how my life changed in the pasts months. And I can definitely say that each blog and post that I read helped me grow in some ways.
Hope you have a very Happy New Year, and that it's filled with new Hopes and Dreams. For all of you to look forward, finding new paths and discovering our inner strength and goodness of our being.

Love,
Diamon

God I love shopping

I didn't find what I was looking for last weekend. So today the girls at the office and I decided to get off early and go shopping. We went to Polaris mall to try and find some nice stuff.
When we got there, 1st we refueled at the food court then moved on to do some serious shopping. We found this one store Oh my God I thought I was going to loose my mind.
It was packed with the most beautiful things you can imagine. Plus this year Gold colors are the "in" thing. The whole store was just so so so so full. I wanted to buy everything in there. Of course all the girls were going thru the same thing I was going thru. We just couldn't believe it. Plus they had some really really awesome deals. So we actually got a lot for less . I am so exhausted, Please somebody remind not to go shopping with some stiletto heels. My feet are so sore right now. All am going for is a nice hot bubble batch some lavender scented candles and some light music and of course my book.
Then sleep just sound like heaven. Of course with my closet shining with some new stuffs.

What else can a girl ask for?

Holiday Schedule

My brains have been working on over time trying to figure out how to get everything done and ready for the holidays this year. Last year I think I only had two or three parties that I went to.
I mean it's like a catch-22, if you go to a lot of parties then you have lots of fun and of course you end up dead broke by January. Or if you don't go to any parties at all, you end the year watching TV or doing something solo or whatever your current status is but with less fun.
I guess I am going with the lots of fun and dead broke by the end of the year. This is how my Holidays schedule looks like:
Fri 16th Holiday luncheon with all co-workers and doing gifts exchange.
Sat 17th two friends coming from NJ and staying for the weekend.
Sun 18th going shopping for the Christmas parties
Mon - Thu work
Fri 23rd off going to the hair dresser doing some more shopping during the day. Then at night we have a Christmas party with some business acquaintances.
Sat 24th another Christmas party with friends and family I think it will be a total of 100 guests.
Sat 24th after the 1st party another late party to go to starts at 2 Am
Sun open gifts then sleep all day long
Mon 26th no work, still trying to figure out what to do maybe watch a bunch of movies
Tue - Fri back to work
Sat 31th New years Eve party, and some people are organizing a traditional new years party. So another double in one night.
Sun 1st Sleep and have another one of my friends B-Day to go to
Mon 2nd Sleep all day long or Figure something out.
Tue - Thur back to work
Thu evening will be going shopping to get some stuff for the week end.
Fri 6th will not be working instead I will be getting ready to go to Washington DC going to be there all weekend coming back on Monday 9th another day off.
Then I think I will be back on regular schedule. I can't imagine what my checking account balance is going to look like. But what can I do, I am already all jittery just by thinking how much shopping am going to do. Anticipation is flowing thru me at a very high rate.
Yes people I will be pimpin the rest of the year. I have been a good girl the whole 11 months so what are 3 weeks of fun gonna do? Make me bad? I have been practicing my dance and the walk. Surely they will be no competition ;) with of course the influence of my crazy friend he is the one that is the pimp 24/7 so you can imagine I get my tips from the best. hehehehe
So what are you Holidays plans?

Stuck in my head

I was out with couple of friends to celebrate my most funny ridiculous just amazing crazy friend birthday. He picked the Red Zone in downtown Columbus. The club is really cool it's like 3 clubs into one when you first come in you get in there is a bar then a lounge area plus a dance floor playing some old school music. When you go around the back then down you get into the hottest Hip Hop and R&B club plus another bar and VIP section. And when you go pass that around the back and you go down again you get in the Raggae club and another bar. I am telling you this place is the spot.
You have to have some connection or be a regular to get in very easily. Or you will spend the night in the line for over hours.
Anyway I haven't listened to the latest Rap and R&B music. This month my mood have been old school and slow songs. So when I got in the club and they were playing some unbelievable music I was very surprised. But this four songs stuck in my head because they just sounded plain stupid
- Laffy Taffy by D4L
- Grillz by Nelly
- I think they like me by Dem Franchise Boys
- My Humps by the Black eye peas.

Seriously I was laughing when I 1st heard the songs because it's just like what in world is your Laffy Taffy?
I got them stuck in my head. Really now I can't help it I have been listening the this songs and been catching up with the latest music.
I was bouncing too with the beats and singing the lyrics. This week has been fun because I have been acting silly. I don't care thought I just want to let go for while , we can say stress release.

Today

GENDER BATTLE :

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN

1. NAMES
If Laurie, Linda, Elizabeth and Barbara go out for lunch, they will call each other Laurie, Linda, Elizabeth and Barbara.
If Mark, Chris, Eric and Tom go out, they will affectionately refer to each other as Fat Boy, Godzilla, Peanut-Head and Scrappy.


2. EATING OUT
When the bill arrives, Mark, Chris, Eric and Tom will each throw in $20, even though it's only for $32.50. None of them will have anything smaller and none will actually admit they want change back. When the girls get their bill, out come the pocket calculators.

3. MONEY
A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he needs.
A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn't need, but it's on sale.

4. BATHROOMS
A man has five items in his bathroom: a toothbrush, shaving cream, razor, a bar of soap, and a towel from the Marriott.
The average number of items in the typical woman's bathroom is 337.
A man would not be able to identify most of these items.

5. ARGUMENTS
A woman has the last word in any argument.
Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.

6. CATS
Women love cats.
Men say they love cats, but when women aren't looking, men kick cats.

7. FUTURE
A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.
A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.

8. SUCCESS
A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend.
A successful woman is one who can find such a man.

9. MARRIAGE
A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't.
A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change and she does.

10. DRESSING UP
A woman will dress up to go shopping, water the plants, empty the garbage, answer the phone, read a book, and get the mail.
A man will dress up for weddings and funerals.

11. NATURAL
Men wake up as good-looking as they went to bed.
Women somehow deteriorate during the night. ( TIP: please my ladies don't ware too much make up during the day that is why this happens when your man sees you in the morning.)

12. OFFSPRING
Ah, children.
A woman knows all about her children. She knows about dentist appointments and romances, best friends, favorite foods, secret fears and hopes and dreams.
A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the house.

13. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Any married man should forget his mistakes. There's no use in two people remembering the same thing.
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A couple drove down a country road for several miles, not saying a word.
An earlier discussion had led to an argument and neither of them wanted
to concede their position. As they passed a barnyard of mules, jackasses,
and pigs, the husband asked sarcastically, "Relatives of yours?" "Yep,"
the wife replied, "in-law."

What do they say? We can't live without each other regardless of all our battles...
The war never ends :) /) :

A look back

Today I found myself thinking of the old days. What brought it up?
Well we had a training today on some new updates that should make our working life easier. So after that we sat together during lunch and was just talking and getting to know each other. Because we only new each other by phone and e-mail. It's kind of crazy when you don't communicate with people in real life. You always have a different image of what they really look like. Anyway every body was introducing themselves and saying a little bit about them. So my turn came and of course I went with the routine. After a while my Regional Manager was like

RM: "D" you have an accent which state are u from?
Me: umm Ohio? Actually am originally form Africa and been in the US for the past 6 years.
RM: No way. I could have never guessed. Really?
Me: (Politely smiling) Yes Susan.
Everybody joined asking a million different questions???? Now am like "Oh my God here we go again."
After I got home I was thinking to myself that it's funny but I have always had an accent since I can remember.
Because at home we always spoke two to three different languages growing up depending on which country we were at the time. ( Due to my Dad occupation)
But it downed on me today. When we were in East Africa people always referred to our family as foreigners because my Dad is from West Africa. Then we move back to my Dad original country our family always referred to us as being from East Africa. Of course from East to West change of dialect so I acquired few other accents. Because I learned 2 new languages in west Africa adding to already 3 local languages and French from East Africa. Making it a total of 6 languages. Since I didn't speak the other two often I completely forgot about them. When we move to the US I was trying so hard to learn English. ( serve me right because I never attended my English courses in High School. To make long story short:I had a dispute with my English Professor so he kicked me out his class. He let me back in at the end of the last semester so I can graduate. Like I said long story.)
Anyway So when I enroll in college here in the States now I was again a foreigner. Of course I acquire another accent. But this time I was determine to kill my accent. That is why most people can't really tell. I have to spend a lot time with people to find out about it.
I was just wondering what will be my next one. At least this time it will not be my Dads' decision because he has retired; so the next accent I acquire will be my own choice.
To recap I now speak a total 5 languages:
1 local from East Africa
2 local from West Africa
French
English
And guess what? I studied Arabic for 4 years when I was young because my Dad forced us to.
But I don't remember how to speak it. I can read the alphabet and numbers I can remember few words but I don't think I can translate a whole sentence.

Crazy huh?

You know you are addicted to the internet when...

* Your bookmark takes 15 minutes to scroll from top to bottom.
* Your eyeglasses have a web site burned into them.
* You find yourself brainstorming for new subjects to search.
* All your daydreaming is preoccupied with getting a faster connection to the Internet: 28.8...ISDN...cable modem...T1...T3
* And even your night dreams are in HTML.
* You find yourself typing "com" after every period when using a word processor.
* You turn off your modem and get this awful empty feeling, like you just pulled the plug on a loved one.
* You refer to going to the bathroom as downloading.
* You turn on your intercom when leaving the room so you can hear if new e-mail arrives.
* All of your friends have an @ in their names.
* Your dog has its own home page.
* You check your mail. It says "no new messages." So you check it again.
* Your phone bill comes to your doorstep in a box.
* You code your homework in HTML and give your instructor the URL.
* You wake up at 3 am to go to the bathroom and stop and check your e-mail on the way back to bed.
* Your wife makes a new rule: the computer can't come to bed.
* You forget what year it is.
* You start to tilt your head sideways to smile. :-)
* You begin to wonder how on earth your service provider is allowed to call 200 hours a month "unlimited."
* Your wife says communication is important in a marriage so you buy another computer and install a second phone line so the two of you can chat.
* As your car crashes through the guardrail on a mountain road, your first instinct is to search for the "back" button.

So the question is did you agree with any of this?