things i am grateful for:
- bumping into May today on the bus. she reminded me that the ACI spring concert is tomorrow. i TOTALLY forgot!
- my precious 30 minutes break
- bumping into Ben on my break. i haven't talked to him in a while. he was also on his break, from West 49
- hand lotion, for when i have to sweep, wash a huge fuckin load of dishes and mop, one right after another

i'll finish later

so i haven't had access to my internet for like a day and a half, and i come back and what do i find? a Cho Chang! it's quite disappointing, really... Katie Leung... has anyone heard of her? i haven't. oh, here's a pic:
so... yeah... i'm a bit disappointed because she doesn't look like the Cho Chang i imagined... bah well...

work's going okay... worked with Mark (Marc?) again.. yiay for closings. actually, it kinda sucks because there's so much work to do when you do closing. and Mark scares me a little, because he doesn't smile much... and doesn't talk much either. and Emilia visited me today! YAY! and we went out for drinks last night. it was pretty fun. lots of talking to be done.

one last thing, what is up with the new Blogger website design? it's okay... but confusing! BAH!

hallooo..
today was eventful, to say the least. yeah... our house thing... we had our moments. fran: your dad is frickin' hilarious! gotta love the way he yelled at her. tell me when he's going back, so i can go too. so yeah, we told her that we wanted everything fixed and shit.. went through the entire house. elena, seriously, is a bitch. fran's parents wanted to see the basement, and my dad was gonna go too, and elena ACTUALLY said to him "you don't need to go down." wow... what a fuckin bitch. my dad went down anyway. haha! everyone went. checked it out. i was amazed at how little she knew about her own house.

"What's this wire running here?"

"That? uh... i'm not sure..."

"Is there a fire extinguisher in the basement?"

"... hmm... i'm not sure..."

"What's the electrical system charge?" (that, might be wrong, but whatever)

"huh? i don't know."

wow... hilarious. so anyway, at one point, she left the house to go make keys for all of us, and when she came back, she brought her husband with her. we were all like "who the fuck is that? oh, must be her husband." ha she can't handle us... wanted her husband to back her up. *shakes head in disgust* honestly... well, anyway, at the end of our meeting, i gave her the letter we all signed. i hope she takes a good look at it, cuz we're not fuckin kidding. fran's dad is gonna come back on the 22nd and check it out. yiay.. i wanna go too. tsk tsk... other wise, i'll be sue-ing her ass. but yea... there were some funny moments... i'm pretty sure we weren't supposed to be laughing, but she just knew so little about her own house, and the way my parents and fran's parents were in her face the entire time was pretty hilarious. and all the papers she gave us contradicts one another. *shakes head in disgust again*

in other news... after the meeting, we went over to UW and picked up bernard and headed over to one of the orchestra people's family house for din-din. it was pretty cool. bernard did annoy me the entire night by whistling the song from Kill Bill. it was annoying, mian. but we played some good pool, so that's alright.

aaaanywhhooo... yeah. i'm tired. gotta do some reading, then sleep. yay work tomorrow... later gators.

a ha ha. mandy's officially staying in puh-sych. yup... just got my grade. a big fat F. *takes a bow*... now i'm not going to Hong Kong. guess i got what i wanted, huh? i just talked with my cousin, the one who's getting married in hong kong, which i was supposed to attend. yea,... i feel kinda bad. but in all honesty.. i only want to go to attend her wedding, and that's about it. so.. i'm not going anymore because the plane ticket is like, close to 2000$. yeah... anywhoo. go me.

i'm outta here.

oh, haha my plans actually were still intact.... good old pretending-to-be-studious. :)

anywhoo... kitty scratched me. boo hoo. it was unexpected too. bah. oh.. hahaha mike said d'oh!! hahah hilarious. i got a lesson. i learnededed.

work was pretty good. i still really don't like how ebonnie and the A&W girl smokes in the back room. and today, joanna, this other girl who works at cultures and A&W was there too. she's a nice girl, but.... ya know.

shannon's mum wrote our letter! it's awesome. it outlined everything, if not, more. oh man... i am pretty anxious about tomorrow. i wanna see the look on her face... classic... so tracy's coming too. hmmmmmm... it'll be interesting.... As stated in the Tenant Protection Act, 1997, Ontario Regulation 198/8, Maintenance Standards, 2 (2), "...the landlord shall ensure that the maintenance standards in this Regulation are complied with." so... yes... hehehe THANKS SHAN!! *heart!*

my hand stings. ow.

whoooosh! goes all my plans. goddd... i can't stand living here anymore. seriously.... argh. great way to start my day, mother. call me and yell at me again. god fuckin dammit. ahhhhhhh...
ok can't take this anymore. i'm off to worky.

work was alright today...i met another emplyee... Rowin. he's alright.. i did an hour o/t today... haha better than that other day.. 3 hours. ha. ebonnie called me like 10 minutes after i left asking if i could actually stay til closing. i said no. hahaha oh well. i was tired! anyways, today was cool, cuz ebonnie gave me two bucks out of nowhere. heh heh.. she was like "hey mandy.... tips" ha wickednessessism.

anywhoo.... so i was bored this evening and i had a craving to go out. so then i found out that the multicultural show was tonight, so emilia and i went to it. we were super late and missed all of our friend's shows, but the good thing was, we also missed all the tamil dances. ha!! oh man...seriously, the entire ACI brown population was there. hilarious. then they all started acting cool and all. hahaha!! oh mannnn.... and then we just hung around after the show and talked with people. it was alright. haha matt (hoskins) was so adorable. i was about to leave, and he was like "you're leaving already?? awwww..." hahaha so cute... heheh then mark asked me to give him a ride home, so i said sure, since he's such a sexy biiatch. then i was waiting around for him and emilia and i kept bitching around the auditorium. it was hilarious. then matty came out from a secret storage room and demanded (nah, i lied, not demanded, just... asked, and followed me to the car) that i drive him home. i couldn't deny such a tired and lonely child, so i agreed. dropped mark off first cuz he was closer, then we actually went to wal-mart.. hung out til closing.. then dropped matty off, then dropped emilia off, and now i'm home. whew! i had a real craving to get drunk tho.. seriously... ok, one more week... then i can take advantage of emilia. hahaha!! oooookay. anyways. yeah

oh, yea, i'm talking to matty on icq.... when was the last time that happened? ha... can't even remember. ah well...

anyways... i'm done. bub bye

i had a reminiscing moment.
haven't felt this shitty in sooo long, wow...
can't forget what carm told me yesterday... been thinking about it so much. can't even have a moment with a friend without everyone else interfering.
and the thing with the house is going so wrong.
and my fuckin psych grade still isn't out. wtf. and i have to meet annie on friday. i don't know what she's like, but if ebonnie had to take me aside and warn me about her, she must be really bad. fuck.

"Mandy's a fuckin dumbass... the stupidest person in the world..."
dear brother. go to hell.

OH. MY. FUCK.

i can't take this shit anymore. stop yelling at meee!! what the fuck did i do?! if this is the way it's gonna be all year, i'm moving out. argh! i'd rather be out than lose 4 friends. why can't everyone just be a little bit more sensitive and caring, instad of blowing up at one another?! holy fuck!

and honestly. i want to STOP talking about that fuckin house til saturday. i can't take it anymore.

8 hours at Cultures today.. it was great! no, really.. it wasn't that bad. i met the manager, Ebonnie. she kinda looks like me. haha just an older version. honestly, the three times i've worked there, two of the times (the first time doesn't count because i only worked an hour before closing so there was no one) i was mistaken to be her. cuz she has a long ponytail too, and with my boots, we're about the same height. tee hee! anyways, so yea, she's really nice and all that, kept asking if i had to eat lunch or just go take some food from whereever. she kept telling me to get food so that if any customers ask if they're good or not, id be able to tell them. heh... anywhoo... yea... hilarious.. i had two smoothies today, cuz i made one ofr myself first, then tihs other girl who worked with me made one, but no one claimed it, so she's like "just drink it" so i did. haha! the only downside was working by myself while Ebonnie and the manager from A&W smoked in the back room/kitchen. not even outside. pah... tsk tsk. oh well. and yea... i did 3 hours o/t. haha whatever. more money for me!

anywhoooo... yeah. i'm tired. my legs are tired. but i'm not hungry, that's for sure.
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HAHAH wickednessissism!

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i stole this from Dil, who stole it from Julie, who probably stole it from other sources...
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I want everyone who reads this journal to ask me three questions, no more no less.

You can ask me whatever you want, and I'll either answer you here or I'll email you with my answer, should the question be too personal. Feel free to ask anonymously.

Then, I want you to paste this message on your journal and allow your friends to ask you anything.

went to aci today... pretty interesting... saw tasha and erin! and saira!! and sarah!! yiaayyy!! oh man.. sarah and i still have to go to the adult video store together. hahaha dress up like catholic school girls hahhaha! hilarrrrious. then went to country style with mike, marg, and frances. good times! when frances, mike and i walked toward the mall (and his house) we were just talking about hypocrites and stuff... damn... mike started telling us the story of him and michelle and our hypocritic friends. so i'm sorry we made u all upset, mikey!! *HUG* got pics... me and frances talked about bois... went back to aci... got caught by mr. zarudny (frances skipped his class) and.... then we left. i went home, uploaded all the pics, sent them to everyone, and then went to stc with carmen, where we then plunged into another discussion about drugs, bois, and hypocrites. it was so depressing. i went back to history twice today. it fuckin sucked. i'm such a fuckin hypocrite.

i've been dealing with the shitty problem of my "shack" in waterloo all night. ian and tracy... so irresponsible... i don't even want to live there anymore. it fuckin sucks that we are all fighting and shit about it, and we haven't even moved in together yet. next year will be good times, i'm sure. i actually wanna live in that other nice house on Hazel St. so much better. c'mon Fran, live with me! well, if we get out of the lease, that is. i'm pretty sure we can. we have enough back up information. omg.. so hilarious... went back to look at the contract, and already found that elena broke two of her own rules. hilarious! i sat there and laughed for a good two minutes. hahhahaha!! anyways, we'll just have to see what happens on saturday. oh man.. i can't wait! it'll be awesome, she'll be so surprised! hahaha! she'll probably be like "wtf is everyone doing here?!" and then my parents and fran's parents are gonna go yell in her face. and shannon will yell in her face too, but me and fran are cool, we'll just sit back and watch the drama. hahahaha!!!

alright, i gotta stop. i'm cracking myself up.

for anyone who are curious and wants to see the pics of my shitty house, here they are.

interesting day in the loo....

so as you all may know, Fran and i went to our house today to take pics. i took a LOT. hilarious.. i finished a full roll in.... what, 15 minutes? hahaha hilarious. i ran out of film so fast, we had to go to Forwell's to buy another roll. hahaha! oh and we also met up with Liz and Amy!! yiay! anyways.... when we were ready to go back on the greyhound, i recieved a phone call from elena. basically, she asked me if i moved in yet, and i said no. she said she'd move all the furniture out, and i said yes, move it all out, we don't want any of it. i also told her that i want us all to meet sometime soon. (i didn't tell her about the parents thing though) so she asked about what? and i said, just something concerning the house, and she said "the condition about the house? what kinds of things?" so i told her "the furniture, the wirings, electrical outlets..." i didn't tell her in detail, cuz i didn't want to argue with her on the phone, so i just told her a couple of things. oh, before i told her that, she also told me that she's going to the house and changing the basement locks, so i was pretty surprised and i asked "so u mean you haven't changed the basement locks?!" and she said no. then i said "but the bedrooms downstaires have keys in their keyholes already!" and she said she knows. so i'm just standing there shocked! ok, the basement is still unlocked... keys are right there in the open. she said she wants to change the locks on a weekday, cuz on weekends, they charge double (cheap cheap).

anyways, so then i told her how i wanted us to meet face to face and talk about stuff, and she said okay, just call her to make up a time. so we have to decide that soon! tracy wants to do it this saturday, is that okay with everyone?? oh, she also made a very mean comment about fran. when i told her i wanted us to meet, she said she would move all the furniture, but she didn't want us to make so many demands and conditions. she said (and i'm just repeating what she told me) that she doesn't want us to end up like francine's situation and make so many conditions for her because she is the landlord (and at that point i was so close to saying "well, we have tenants' rights!" but i didn't want to argue on the phone) and she doesn't want to start off bad. (even though it already has).

oh, and she also told me she's changed her mind about room colours and she doesn't want anyone painting dark colours. (way to go back on your word...) so no red for me, and no black for me and Ian. booo.

fran and i got back somewhat late. i took the pics to develope already, but i won't be able to get them back til tomorrow morning. it's on a cd, so no scanning! (except for one of the rolls, that was half the house, and half something else.

anyway, that's about it...

the rest of the day went pretty well. it was actually pretty fun! especially meeting up with Leez and Amy. hehehe! oh and MacDonell Village sucks... no offense. it's too damn expenseive. pizza was delish, as was all the junk food. hahaha! anywhhooo... that's that's 'bout it. can't wait to get back pics tomorrow... hahha and i can't wait to hear what Ian's dad has to say on this.... two lawyers and a judge. we're backed up pretty damn well. =D

i am fuckin PISSED. okay, instead of writing it all out, i just wrote an email to my roomies. i'll just post it all here. you should all get the idea...

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hey guys,
ok, here's the deal. elena called me two days ago asking whether i was going to move in. i said yes. i also asked if i were to move in a bit later (giving her more time) would she clean my room? she told me (and i'm sure she was in the house at that time) that she checked the house over and it was fine. she told me there was a couch left behind, and a mattress in my room. there has been some leftover food, and i should go check to see if i want any because they are just frozen food. i said okay. i went to our house today and was absolutely flabberghasted at what i saw. first of all, i knew she left the back door unlocked, i had no idea she left the door WIDE OPEN. the house was a MESS, not only was there a couch (NOT USABLE) and a matress (i couldn't even give it to some poor ass in the streets) there was also two coffee tables, some...bookshelf thing in the kitchen, tons of garbage, tons of empty beer bottles lying around, the freezer was PACKED, as well as the fridge and cupboards in the kitchen. the living room and some bedrooms had holes in it, as well as graffiti on the walls, the kitchen drawers were absolutely disgusting, electrical wires were hanging about, the air ducts were full of dust, the carpet was disgusting, the hardwood floor upstaires were dirty, and felt like it was gonna break any minute, kitchen counter was sticky and nasty, i won't even mention how awful the two bathrooms were (yes, i went into everyone of your rooms and checked it over, as well, i went into the basement and checked everything over). the fire alarms worked okay, but honestly, the bathrooms were in horrible condition. there are literally holes in both tracy's and ian's rooms, there's a small couch thing in the basement living room and a small coffee table. the previous tenants left behind some posters lots of food, garbage in the kitchen, laundry room AND the backyard, and school supplies (course packs, notebooks, etc). in the kitchen, the bottom right stove does not work. the little door that covers the electrical stuff in the basement is broken. also, some of the electrical outlets do NOT HAVE COVERS. have you any idea how dangerous that is? it's absolutely disgusting. needless to say, i did not unpack my belongings.

i am serious, you guys. this is what i want you to do: tell your parents, and tell me when they are free. us 4 (maybe 5, if ian and his parents agree to come to waterloo, they should) and our parents NEED to meet elena at our house and talk about it. a sunday would be best. how about one to two weeks from now? honestly, guys, we are ALREADY PAYING her.. starting yesterday. even if we're not living there, she has to have the place ready for us. i am not painting the living room. honestly, the most i will paint is my own room. she, as a landlord will have to do the painting. it's her job as a landlord. she's telling us we can paint because she doesn't want to pay hundred of dollars to hire people to paint it for us. the house, as of now, is in NO PROPER LIVING CONDITION.

i am already reading up what rights we have as a tenant in Ontario. if she does not agree to repair all the damages and clean the house, i will take legal actions. i have included a couple of websites i found which you may be intersted in taking a look at. please do.

http://www.orht.gov.on.ca/userfiles/HTML/nts_3_7378_1.html

http://www.geocities.com/torontotenants/law/law.html#Q8

http://www.ieu.mah.gov.on.ca/userfiles/HTML/nts_5_16843_1.html

i am very concerned about this and i'm hoping you guys are as well. and to prove how serious i am, if she does not agree to fix everything, and if (i'm sorry if i am sounding a like a total bitch) you guys don't take action for your own rooms and rights (because the house is our's as a whole, not just mine, and i don't think its fair that i should be doing all the work), i'm probably going to leave and find my own place. and i really don't want to. for the time being, please don't contact her about it yet. i am hoping that we find our own solution, then tell her exactly what we want done. and *hopefully* ian's dad, since he should know all about what rights we have, can talk to her about the situation. but i want all of us to meet her at the house sometime soon.

please reply with your comments. (especially ian, because he hasn't replied to our emails and my msn messages so far)

-Mandy

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haha does anyone want to skip school and come to the loo with me tomorrow?

work was fuun.. tiring... but fun nonetheless. :)

i get to move stuff in waterloo tomorrow! YIAAAAAY i'm sooo excited. i honestly love going to waterloo... it's kinda like going home. awwww!! hehehe! *luuurve* hehehe! anyways... yea... today was a typical day, so i won't post nuthin more.

bub byyyeee