dont seriously ever wish for anythyng -- you may seriously get more than you bargained for. thys post contains: - a new word ive learnt - a new kid ive corrupted - a new book ive edited/designed/formatted (in two days) - and the world's most expensive ice creams :P i must begin by putting down perhaps the most interesting and an absolutely useless word i've learnt: malheureusement it's french for unfortunately. and malheureusement, i dont know how to say it. anyways, so i met my editor's daughter a couple of days ago. She is around 2 years old, and just SO ADORABLE :) so while she was at the office, i taught her the 'high five' and the 'yo!' (sort of)... me: T, gimme five T : Yao! (she's getting there...) for the three hours the kid was at the office, she ran around, got in people's way, made a hellova racket, and by the tym she left, the senior editors had agreed on changing her name from T, to mine. (i take that as a compliment, she was adorable). and who wouldnt wanna share a name with a 2 year old? i 'm being at my humble best as i tell you thys, but my name means Exalted, Superior. it's thyngs like thys that keep my narcissism going *goes to sit high atop pedestal made of white gold* and then i've been busy. you know the part tym job i had? where all i had to do was sit in an airconditioned office, and have coffee? well, my Ed calls me up two days ago, to tell me: could you possibly get the catalogue ready by Friday? i need to take it with me to india? and i said: no man, it's impossible. but i'll try. and THAT was the worst thyng i could have said. Had i said, no... he wouldve taken my word for it. had i said yes, and had not completed it in tym, i wouldve gotten away with telling him i tried... the work was too much... and it WAS picture thys. 250 books, their reviews, titles, all to be laid out on A4 sheets. but by saying i'll try... i dont know where the last two days went. i was in the office for 13 hours straight, both days, and to quote him "accomplished in two days what... [he hasn't]... been able to -- in 10 years" im proud of myself. seeing those 74 pages come out in print was like ... WOO HOO!! i DID albeit, tell him he was a slave-driver... which he obviously took as a compliment. on another high, i had my first haagen-dazs. and believe it or not, my brother almost threw the wrapper and the box away. it took a lot of talking to convince him that was trophy stuff, and must be placed in the drawing-room right next to the crystal and Blue Delft. *rolls eyes* WHEN will the men ever learn? the whole experience reminded me of saudi, where i allegedly had Baskin Robbins worth 400 Riyals. Lay-off man, what a lie. you can buy A LOT of BR for that, and i refuse to believe i finished it all without any help. the point being. yeah, BR, or HD may be good... like once in pakistan, everyone went kookoo over Movenpick, including yours truly, but really... paying twice or thrice of what the ice cream is worth, is really not fair. for the same price, id much rather eat at the hot spot, where they are always putting up the COOLEST movie posters. their OREO n MnM sundae is absolutely GORGEOUS... YaO! *melts* im gonna go all thys ice cream talk isnt good for me. and there abez is talking about losing weight. hmph :/