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Cold and wet
It's already June and it's supposed to be warmer in Qingdao by now. But it's been raining almost every day, especially last Monday when it rained some ice particles which I'd like to classify as tiny hails, They were not snow flakes - they're bigger and more solid than that. And I guess a lot of people didn't realize that because it seemed like it's only Marlou and me who had experienced it. It's like the heavens do some random search and said, "Hmmm... what do we have here in Qingdao? Oh, those two looks really busy on the computers, let's catch their attention!", then started throwing those tiny hails on us.
It has become colder since then. Not only that, the fog even at noontime is very bad. Damn, I can't wait for it to be summer. I miss my tan!
Every Thursday at work is a different experience for us. There was a Thursday when there were drunks as early as our first set. There was a Thursday when the bar was filled with American guys who preferred to listen to Elvis Presley songs. There was a Thursday when nobody would listen. And there's a Thursday like tonight, when we made people danced all night effortlessly. I mean, they were dancing to any tune that we played. But still, my favorite day is Wednesday. I'm a lady and Wednesday is always an excuse for girls like me to have fun! LOL.
Flirt
It was a challenging role on my part to teach a sexy dance for those who don't feel sexy about themselves. The staff of Q Bar are really attractive and I just want to bring that out of them.
It was fun & thank God, they've got a bit rhythm in them. I just have to loosen them up & make them have fun when they do the "Flirt".
Free
Being who and what I am, I receive lots of complements and hear nice things about me every single day, from friends, from strangers in the market or shopping malls or even online. But mostly of course, at work. People perceived lots of things about me and I appreciate it no matter what it is. But what surprised me was the complement I got from a friend last night. He told me that he has been to my website and have seen the comments and guestbook entries and he said that he totally disagree with all those stuff. Having watched me every single night for the entire week, he said there's only one word that can describe how I am when I'm onstage - FREE. And he's right. It is exactly the way I feel when I'm onstage. It's like a different world out there that gives me a certain authority to do what I want. Irregardless of their positions in their company or in society, for one moment there, they'd be overpowered. And it feels really good. And I'm humbled by that fact. Thanks again, buddy!
Raining, man!
Fashion Hair Party And Our New Home
We're supposed to move to the new unit in the afternoon. The renovation taking place on the floor above is really unbearable. I feel like the whole floor's going to collapse as we tried to sleep with earplugs in our ears. The lightsleeper among us, Marl, couldn't sleep at all and it has taken its toll on him. He's down with high fever and body aches. His body has not rested well enough, poor him! Since he can't take medications due to allergies, he had to do therapeutic massage and bottle-suck his back. I forgot what it's called. LOL.
It was a fun night at the Qbar. We had a theme party called Fashion Hair Party. There were hair stylists hired to do free hairstyle for the staff and the guests. Some were ridiculous and others were elegant like Jan's. Mine's playful & cute - I had 2 pigtails. I didn't want an up-do as I want to jump and shake all night long. And so did I.
There were couple of guests who joined our party by having their hair done or by doing crazy things with their hair. And my most fave one was my friend Don. He's really a fun guy and he proved it last night, by wearing a long hair wig over his bald head! When he went in the bar, I had to take a second look because he was unrecognizable. He looked like a really different person, more like a rock star on the 60's or 70's. Nice one, Don! You did make me brim the whole night. But we should have done the "stripping" stuff since I had lots of accessories last night. You would have let your hair "down" by the time I take off my stockings! Hahaha!
My feet were really aching by the end of the night. And we had to move our stuff from our old place to the new one. Although it's just 2 buildings away from each other (still in Silver Garden), there were too many stuff we had to carry. I mean, Jan and I. Marl was really down and I told him to rest. We just moved the stuff we really need and left the other stuff in the old place. It took us 3 trips - by foot - to move what we needed to move. Then we relaxed and went back to the old place to check emails and do our internet stuff.
The new unit is really NEW and beautiful and NEW and spacious (...and did I say new?), the view is to die for, you can see the ocean and I think I can even see the statue of Liberty from afar! Hahaha! The furnitures looked untouched and the floor is squeaky clean. But there's one MAJOR problem - there's no internet connection. We would love to move our internet here but the internet company is smart enough not to allow that. The CNC internet service provider has a fixed 6 months or 1 year on a "fixed" line. And that's literally "fixed". So that means, if we want to have an internet access, we'll have to apply for a new one again. Which is ridiculous because we won't be staying here in the new unit for long. We'll just wait until the renovation is finished then we are moving back in, say, in three weeks time? So If we need to use the internet, we'll just bring our laptops back to the old apartment and voila! It will be just like accessing internet in Starbucks - minus the coziness of course and the cute guys and girls lost in their cyberworld. And ours will be called STARBOX and we don't need the cute guys & girls because all we need is a mirror! Hahaha! Whaaaaatever!
Packed Wednesday
I would always look forward to Wednesdays at work. Why? Because it's the coolest night in town - Cover Girl's Night at Q Bar! All the hottest girls in town tagged along by their girlfriends and boyfriends go to Q Bar - to have fun. Girls get free drinks all night, free makeup, free hairdo, free manicure and best of all - free fun! This past Wednesday was exceptionally packed. With the opening of the Italian buffet dinner at the Garden Cafe, lots of our regulars were present. Even the hotel's excoms were partying too. The night was so hot that I regret having my curled hair down! But it was fun. Of course!
Performance vs vocals - on Idol
It's down to Blake Lewis the beatboxer & Jordin Sparks the sultry vocalist on Idol tonight. Who will win? I'd go for Blake as I'm a performer myself. Jordin will have lots of competition in her craft but Blake is kinda unique. Maybe the only competition he'll ever face is Justin Timberlake - once he's got his vocals strengthen. I suggest he'd undergo a vocal lesson with the top voice teacher in the US. I don't know who that is, maybe Blake can Google on that! LOL. Goodluck Blake!