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Friday, May 30, 2008

Dining out

Tonight I'm dining out at the DCs Waterfront with a close friend and after that we'll probably go out dancing at Park or Fly.  I was scheduled to attend a social event [cocktail party] however the event planner specifically  requested me not to bring a male friend... he expressed the desire to have my full attention. After considering the pros and cons, I decide to be loyal to my close friend. I'm sure our eve will be great!

Enjoy your weekend!


Hugzzz Dahlings,


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Sunday, May 25, 2008

Nostalgic

Last night  my friend from Europe flew in, and we decided to bring back some of our memories which included some of those with my family, grad school, and music. My brother Dr.H was a major fan of Duran Duran in the 80's- as a little girl I listened to the more usual children's songs at that time. However, if my memory served me well I could still remember how my brother grooved on some of his albums. My friend and I chilled and listened to yep Duran Duran.. and I have to admit I now appreciate this music. Although I'm primarily R&B fan, the Duran Duran songs are pretty cool. I reminisced about my friendships and suddenly I thought of how much I missed my home and family. Normally, due to my busy schedule, my social life here and frequent contact with my family I don't feel nostalgic but yesterday I did. It was a chocolate moment and this morning it still hits me. Maybe also because DD questioned me and  I realized that my roots and culture prevents me to act as is expected here in the US. 
It brought me back to memories of my girls when we were at school, and had crushes on pop stars. It brought me back how I worked so hard to obtain my graduate degree; how I use to dance at night in the rain on a warm summer night; how I use to share with my Papa our love for politics, the beach, the sea, the needy families; and neglected animals. And I realized how much I still am Asian/European. This morning I felt as if I didn't belong here. Holidays here in the US are sometimes though for me. Yes, my family flies in as much as possible, I travel to Europe often but normally I would simply step in the car drive to my parents and enjoy their company. My Papa and me would hit the golf court or ride our horses when we felt like it. The activity by itself was always fun but the bonding in the moments are priceless. 
Its memorial weekend and Vlindertje and I are together. Nothing wrong with that however, I wish I could crawl into my parents arms, and just sit there and be a child again. Maman would comb my hair, and my Papa would take his guitar and sing. I would sing with him and we would have a wonderful time. I miss my family more then I want to admit. When I spoke to King the other day I envied him in a healthy way, he was preparing for Memorial Day to have a cook out with his family. 
Today vlindertje and I will stroll in DC and I'm taking my camera to capture our family moments for her. I'm not the person who dwells to long in sorrow but learns from situations and feelings that occur as today. We'll bring our memories with us and make some more. Meanwhile I'll continue to listen to Duran Duran an remember how silly my brother danced on it. enjoy a wonderful Memorial Weekend 
Hugzz

Friday, May 23, 2008

Reflections

This week Vlindertje and one of my friends had their birthday. We threw a great party, and had dinner at marrakesh restaurant. The company was great and I had the opportunity to eat traditional Moroccan dishes. In Europe I had the privilege to meet several Moroccans and enjoy their hospitality. Once invited to a Moroccan dinner party I fell in love with the Moroccan Cuisine. Moroccan dishes are traditionally consumed with freshly brewed sweet mint tea, and the foods allows you to eat with your fingers.

Eating with your fingers is sensual experience to me. I love feeling the couscous on my fingers and lick the ingredients of my fingers one by one. At Marrakesh you are provided with silverware however I decided to eat my food with my fingers. My dinner mate kept on staring at me, and then mentioned to be cautious hence the effect on the other customers watching me enjoying a perfectly cooked meal. Naughty as I am, I teased my dinner mate and we had a blast. Later on we decided to take a stroll and nearby I decided to tap into an ATM machine. My dinner mate then removed me from the ATM - he felt it wasn't safe. When we walked back half an hour later, we witness police officers and a crime victim at the ATM whereas I was about to perform an transaction. The Angels were definitely guarding us that evening.

My brother had obtained a membership for me at an international club and I'm attending some events scheduled in June. I do look forward to meet minds of quality and enjoy great cultural exposure. I'm sure I'll report back about these events later on. Meanwhile it kept me thinking of Fitness Guru and his numerous attempts to find vehicles to network and ultimately marry bridezilla. I started to compile a message that I tried to disseminate via MySpace;Facebook or yahoo however I discovered that he deleted me as a friend. Revisiting my attempt to reach out to him and remain friends after my assessment to determine he was not my cup of cake, I believe it takes a strong person who values people and willing to appreciate another person's value without expectations. I cannot be his partner, but I can be a friend. Friendship to me is the baseline of any type of personal relationship. I'm not sad about his actions, because I believe that people I meet along my journey all have their value. I respect their choices, and hope that they continue to have a wonderful journey themselves.

Enjoy your Memorial Weekend !

Sunday, May 18, 2008

updates

For the last couple of weeks I have neglecting my blog simply because I'm swamped by work, and social networking. A lot has happened.but most significant is that my best friend has admitted to have a major crush on me for awhile; King and and I growing and closer to each other; Fitness Guru - who I have been advising on his career adventures - has expressed to have a "distinctive plan" after a negative interview outcome; King and Tyrese are not on speaking terms.; I discovered schickdreamsdate a site I think everyone should visit.
So where to start:
My best friend and I
Have you seen my best friends wedding and Made of Honor ? well, I should have auditioned for it. *sigh*
My best friend and I go along way; he and I are very comfortable together -that is I would change clothes in front of him; I tell him about my dates; my crushes; we gossip together and so forth. He's a girlfriend in a men's body and I'm totally not attracted to him. In fact I never considered him a sexual being - isn't that a terrible thing??!!! Now check this out: last week we were chillin' and King called. King and I were fooling around on the phone - just having a blast. And my best bud's face was getting darker and darker. I told King that I had to hang up to chill with my best bud. I sat down and ask him : Bud - what's going on - you know you cannot hide anything from me. Your face speaks for itself. So make a confession, let me listen to what's up and we figure it out together how to eat this elephant!
Well, my jaw dropped when he started to stutter and telling me that he had been crushing on me since we met.
Bud: Angry Asian Cookie I don't know how this is effecting our friendship but I can't go through with this anymore.
Angry Asian Cookie: Go through with what? can you be more specific?
Bud: Angry Asian Cookie we both are close and our friendship is amazing but I have grown to love you.
Angry Asian Cookie: Of course Silly I love you too... You know that.. You don't have to worry about that!!
Bud: Angry Asian Cookie you're not hearing me; I'm in love with you. I want to kiss you, hold you and make love to you.
I want King to go elf himself and have you for myself. I want you to look at me as a partner and not as a buddy. I fantasize of us and you. And I have been keeping this to myself because I don't want to jeopardize our friendship. On the same note it's tearing me apart to see you in love with King. And I can't handle it anymore.
Angry Asian Cookie: " Oh" ...... Bud I had no idea... I mean .. But you... How... Hmmm well... uh,... OMG... what do you want me to say?
Bud and I parted that evening. We still hang out, we still text and call but everything has changed. I don't feel comfy anymore undressing while chatting with him. I don't share my King stories to the extend that it might hurt Bud. And I try to avoid any physical contact. Unfortunately, it did change our friendship because I don't want to hurt his feelings more then I probably unintentionally did. I regret not seeing this coming. I would have been more sensitive and cautious.
The Closer I get to you...
Despite some of my blogger friends and other readers predicted I'm still very much in luv with King. We are communicating more intrinsic and we are growing closer and closer. He is a bit impatient and I can't blame him. We are scheduled to see each other next month. I keep teasing him on the phone just to hear him laugh, act silly [which is not that hard since I'm Bridget Jones' twin sister] The time differences are creating huge sacks under my eyes but the last thing I want to hear when I fall asleep is his voice. He's becoming my heart's joy. Each day seems so fabulous - and every time he calls my hearts skips a beat and I produce this silly grin on my face. Yep, she's still very much in love! 
Fitness Guru career adventures 
Fitness Guru and I have been chatting mostly about clubbing and his career advancement. Fitness Guru is on a mission; he wants to get married and for that he believes clubbing is instrumental. Where Fitness Guru is located - according to him - is not much to do. Hand in hand with finding Bridezilla, goes his career advancement. With his current employer he has reach his ceiling and he wants to buy a house; fix his car; buy a ring; pay for the wedding with the unidentified Bridezilla; and date. Now dating is expensive according to him. He expressed his growing frustration when he was up in my area took me out for dinner and I had decided that he and I were no match but, I had indicated that staying friends would great. Fitness Guru mentioned that he didn't want to hear about my friends and I had no clue how much effort and money it had cost him to get to DC and take me out for dinner without accomplishments the projected results : a relationship with me.... I offered to assist Fitness Guru with finding his dream job. To me this means planning a strategy and target your efforts instead of ineffective applying for jobs. Fitness Guru obtained a BS in marketing but after assessing his knowledge, and experience I doubted if he would be able to step into even an entry level position in that area. If you are not even remotely aware of the main principles of marketing, write your own cover letter. resume I doubt if you can step up to the plate of positions that would generate the type of income he has projected. Secondly, his most solid experience is in Fitness. His knowledge of budgeting, strategic planning et cetera is not even on an average level. I advised him to either gain more knowledge by taking some course work or focusing on his experience and strength. He felt somewhat offended when I asked him more specifically how he would do his job search, net working and so on. He told me he had a plan but couldn't talk about it by chat, because I typed to fast. When we finally got on the phone, I asked him again, so tell me what's your plan and maybe I can give you some suggestions or feedback. His plan was to search for jobs.........Well, we already had establish that.. sounds like a great plan..... Back to the clubbing; I go out in DC and hit some of the clubs around M and K, or U street. Park; Josephine's; Fly; to name a few. Fitness Guru suggested if he could hang out with me and my friends, to find Bridezilla. I was carefully letting him know that going out in DC with my friends is not the cheapest way of clubbing and gave him a head up of what my normal expenses are when I go out. He got really upset and then cut me of chat. Fitness Guru to me is too much obsessed with finding a bride; very anal behavior - instead of just having fun, let life happen, be happy with yourself and then you might attract some great women who are interested in you for you. Spending money you don't have is not the most attractive asset a man can offer. If I were him I would hit the gym and do what I would do best and attract a lovely young lady there. Or maybe go out for dinner in an all you can eat buffet ; something that's affordable for you....Does that makes sense???!!! 

Tyrese and King 
King and Ty have some sort of a beef going on, and it's a pity that childish behavior or insecurities have such an impact on people. King thought is was kinda cute how I had this thing going on for Tyrese. It was more focused on his music and inspirational side of his personality as oppose to his romantic side of his personality. But I started to hold back in general after deciding to focus on King. King apparently is more sensitive for my interaction with Ty then I suspected. When we spoke about King's new movie project I wondered if he would included Ty in it for one of the characters. His response was - no chance in hell. Oopse...after explaining his reasons why, I understood his point of view. I guess what King told me was not news to me; but not so much on the surface for outsiders. In my opinion certain display of behavior is childish and not very attractive. then again. it has nothing to do with me. !!! It has been quite a week, King is chillin with friends and planning his trip to see me, and I'm still working hard on moving to CA. More about those developments later.