i somehow fell into the trappings of being of a suburbia wife - of the typical 'tupperware' parties from one weekend to the next, except instead of actual tupperwares, i end up at sex toy parties, jewelry, kitchen utensil/pampered chef, and one that makes the most sense for me, candle parties... and on this journey to become a full suburbia fledgling, yours truly was also somehow convinced to sign up and become a sales rep (they lovingly call 'advisors') for a jewelry company that has long become a household name for hollywood stars - paris hilton, jessical alba, mischa barton, evangeline lilly, to name a few....

so get this right: i get PAID to wear jewelry that i actually LIKE, and i get to MEET all sorts of other 'suburbia' women .. and if i choose, of course, i can break the mold and break out to touch the lives of urbanite women too =) the point of this rambling is that i get to WEAR jewelry and get PAID for wearing them! okay, it's not as simple as that - i actually get to put on shows at select hostess' homes and THEN i get paid while wearing jewelry. i must say ... quite an awesome deal for someone like me - aka, one who cannot say no to bling-blings....

there comes a time in your life when you wake up one day and realize how much time has passed from the moment you 'thought' you were old to the moment you 'know' you are old.... *sigh*

take me for instance. so okay, 27 isnt that big a deal, but the things that i am doing now signifies some old-ness, in that in the next couple of week, i will be hosting a bunch of different 'tupperware' like parties at home. so no, i am not selling tupperwares at other houses, i just happen to go parties hosted by my neighbors and then got suckered in to hosting my own shows - various different kinds of things, like jewelries, pampered by chef type things, possibly candle shows, and of course, the trustworthy and kinky sex toys party... i suppose that one isnt all that bad....

well i guess it's something to do on the weekends, rather than bumming around like we usually do around the house....

halloween this year is going to rock! the neighborhood kids are going to be coming around and we have decorated the house in such a good halloween spirit fashion, not to mention the bowls of candies and chocolates that we are planning to give out when the kids are out trick'o-treatin'... wish i had grown up here, it must've been fun to dress up in costumes and going around, ringing on strangers' doorbells.... =)

speaking of kids tho - paul&arlene had their son, christopher douglas, some time in the beginning of september. the baby boy was delivered C-section and paul sat through the entire procedure, and if not mistaken, witnessed the cauterizing and cutting, the whole shebang, without as much a blink of an eye. havent seen the kid yet, but from initial looks, he seems very asianey looking, which is quite surprising.

a couple at work also got pregnant - twins nonetheless! theyve been trying for a while though - must be quite a shocker still to find that instead of only one, you are granted with two mouths to feed! i feel as if there were some other people who got pregnant recently but i could be mistaken.

not yet man, i am revelling in my money still....

i totally turned 27 man ;)

and i totally felt loved... my husband was so very thoughtly, and uncharacteristically sent me a dozen red roses (with a teddy bear named minky attached to it) to work yesterday (on my actual birthday) - and what was even gushier was the card that came with it.... he quoted:

"One word takes away all of the weight and pain of life:

that word is love. - Sophocles"

Then he added his own words underneath:

"You make me weightless...."

awww..... how can you not gush and melt at that. Totally scored major points ;)

And then my coworkers decorated my cube in the typical sauXa fashion, which means lots of streamers and balloons, and jillie trying to be all creative, drawing on balloons....

it was a very fun filled birthday, to sum it up.

I got some very nice presents from the hubbie, a very nice dinner from the very historic woodstock (at this restaurant called 'tip top bistro', which happened to be the same restaurant in the movie 'groundhog day').

And this weekend, my "Fresh-Off-the-Boat Green Card and Birthday Party"!!!