iGloe.NET is my personal domain. Its my diary, movie set, and punching bag. iGloe.NET is currently undergoing a revamp, stay tuned!



Server/Hosting Move!
[ Comments Temporarily Disabled] February 3, 2010

Yea, I know it's been months again. My host is gone so I'm in the middle of finding a new host, and Haloscan commenting also went poof. I maybe simply moving to a friend's server, but that means I'm going to be cutting a lot of content out of my site. However, iGloeNET is not leaving the internet!! Overhauling this site is next on my list. Then I'll update about life. ;)

The currently layout is a reuse of one of my OLD layouts. I missed it. ^_^

Haloscan gone, no clue who commented last. =(



Site updates!
[] November 24, 2009

Shortly after my last update was my birthday. I turned 24 this year, YEAR OF THE OX wooo!! I hope I'm not the only one that feels this way when my birthday rolls around. I'm a very festive and sentimental person. I love my birthday; I get very excited; I look forward to gifts and cards; I want to eat cake and blow out the candles; I want to spend time with friends; I want to be spoiled; and I want to get special treatment. Last year's birthday was a terrible bust that left me feeling hurt. This year, I celebrated with awesome friends! I took an idea from my dear friend, Jen and invited everyone down to Yuk Yuk's Comedy Club. Afterward, we hit up Jean's house to hang out. It was casual. But what made it stand out for me, was the eclectic collection of friends that showed up. I was surprised that the people I hadn't seen in a while, came, but the people I thought would be there, weren't. It wasn't a huge disappointment, I was more happy that I got to see people I haven't hung out with in a while. As per uge, David and I went to Red Lobster for dinner. We took a picture after eating and we looks so sleepy lol. My friend put it perfectly, "Lobster coma".

What I thought was the end of my birthday actually came a bigger surprised. My mom and aunt took us out to the Mongolian grill. I'll skip the part about a creepy Mongolian Monk staring at me the entire night. Anyway, it felt nice to be celebrating my birthday (as well as my brothers') together with our family. Near the end of the night, the restaurant (who had been playing some questionable music, like Star Spangled Banner) suddenly blasted into music. I turned to look at my brother with a confused look, opened my mouth to say "What the-" when the entire staff came out singing happy birthday, brought a cake and sparklers and everything. I felt like a giggly 10 year old again. My mom is the best.



Soon Halloween rolled around. I always dress myself and Pico up as a pair. So this year I was a Ghostbuster and Pico was, well, a ghost!



After reading reviews and comparing prices, I finally purchased a cat tree directly from Armarkat. My own review on the product is in processing right now. I was a little upset at first because Pico didn't take to the tree right away. But it's been just over a week and they're both using it daily, so I feel a lot better. I'm on a cat-loving frenzy as of late. Years earlier, I saw a pet store selling the "Catsitter" DVD series. I thought, pft, that stuff doesn't work, my cats don't even show any interested on the screen Out of curiosity, I Youtubed the Catsitter clip and both my kitties were mesmerized. They both that there clearing half an hour, meowing at me to turn it back on after the 10 minute clip expired. It was ridiculous. Ridiculous enough to have me wondering if I should go out and buy the DVD now.



This past weekend, I attended another Flirty Girls Night Out. I got a massage, it was so goooooood. Had my nails done. I don't usually do them, so it was a nice change. Stuffed my face with delicious hors d'oeuvres and watched the instructors put on shows. AND we got awesome free stuff!



And that's it for now. I'll keep you guys posted as other events happen. Can you believe Christmas is almost here?

TED, Simply Precious, Dane, Michelle, Alyx, Danette



Keeping you up to speed, late 2009
[] September 12, 2009

I guess updating has become a semi-annual thing for me lately. After discovering Facebook, I seem to have vanished from here. But then again I think I just made too many obligations for myself on this blog/site. I have trimmed down and out about 90% of my site, so expect to see me more often!

MARCH to JUNE - Decided to run away to Ottawa for the March Break and see my cousin. It was chilly but I really needed to break away from the city. My rusty old car nearly broke down on the 5 hour trip back home. But then... I GOT A NEW VEHICLE THE NEXT WEE!! Ya, I know it's just a Civic, but having driven a boxy 92 Corolla for the last few years, I was dying to get anything less embarrassing. I've never appreciated a mediocre vehicle more! April rolled by uneventfully since the strike ended and I had to get my rear into gear and get back to school work. In May, after my graduation, my family went on a quick trip to Niagara Falls.

When June hit, I took another course for school but the month was pretty fun. Dave and I celebrated our 8th year anniversary and as a gift I got tickets to see Russell Peters! Unfortunately it was my first ticket purchasing experience, and as luck would have it, I was a victim of a ticket scalper based off of Stubhub.com to which I'm still fighting for a portion of my money back. Please BEWARE of Stubhub.com. They protect ticket scalpers because they make INSANE commission off the sales, but they want to pretend to not hold any responsibility. Unlike EBay or Craigslist, Stubhub does not enforce any means of regulation yet expects commission and not to be held responsible for any illegal activity.

ANYWAY, Russell Peter's reps heard my disaster story and they were kind enough to grant Dave and I backstage passes to meet Russell himself. It was an amazing experience and Russell is a great guy! The whole RP team has worked tirelessly to fix damage being done by ticket scalpers. I admire them for that. Now vendors are thinking of selling the good seats themselves to help put those scalpers out of business. I wrote up my entire RP concert experience on their official message board. Hit up RussellPeters.com and check out "Nolia"s posts on the messageboard to see it!



JULY - Late July, I had just finished my second course and there was talk about Summerlicious in our group of friends. But this year, the boys were caught in the "I'm On A Boat" phase and we decided to skip Summerlicious and go on a dinner cruise. It was LOVELY~ Jean and I hit up Flirty Girl Fitness' Girl's Night Out again. This year's party didn't seem as great as last years. I'll blame the recession for that.



I made a little slideshow from out "boat" experience, ROFL. Enjoy. Please be advised that there are some explicit lyrics.


AUGUST - This month was filled with random trips and job hunting. We headed up to the cottage but the whole weekend was cold and rainy. We went swimming in the rain. Out of the three trips, I honestly have to say that it was the worst. I don't think I had much fun at all and the experience kind of left a sour taste. I'm still recovering from it. Later in the month, Dave and I went to the Zoo ... just to touch the Stingray!!! They were so velvety soft!! I want one!! Things are not looking very good on the job front. I'm still on the search and keeping my fingers crossed for York or Toronto school board to take me.



FLINT - Late August, a friend of mine caught a kitten in the backyard of her home. It seemed semi-feral but she can't keep it because she has two dogs. I fostered him and tried to find the kitten a home. The kitten was pretty apprehensive at first, but the moment I got him into a bath to wash off the caked pee in his fur, he calmed right down. The kitten is now happy and living with another friend of mine. His name is Flint!



At the moment, I'm still keeping my fingers crossed that they will catch Flint's sibling and his mom so we can find them a home and get them spayed/neutered. However, they seemed to have disappeared. I guess Mom felt the area was not safe after Flint's disappearance and moved the baby. =( However, I hold out hope!!



Now that everyone is up to speed on the happenings in my life, I just want to let you know that the site is undergoing EXTENSIVE reconstruction. Every aspect of the site will be updated and redone. Also, I no longer offer hosting but I DO offer cheap domain names. That will be coming in the future!

Simply Precious, Sylvia, Sarah, TED, Dane Shaina, Sy, Cristina, Mykela, Angel, Phi



Updating 2009
[] February 15, 2009

Wow, five months already!! Well, forget telling you how sorry I am for being away. This is a super long entry so I'll just jump into the updates from where I left off in September!

SEPTEMBER - Another week and Harley was getting much better. I slowly came off syringing wet food and water into his mouth, if I wiped the mucus away, he would eat/drink on his own. Soon I released him from his month-long quarantine and everything got better. He has a very unique relationship with Pico. Very similar to human siblings. Harley loves to play, he is energetic, chaotic BUT very affection needy. Pico gets annoyed by him very easily, but she secretly likes having him around and get anxious when we take him out for a few hours. They spend a lot of time sleeping together, playing and grooming each other. They fight... a lot. Most of the time Harley thinks she just wants to play, but I can tell Pico gets very frustrated with him.

I want to thank all of you who had tipped me last year. Especially TED. On September 26, 2008, I was able to save up some money to get laser eye surgery. Here is a private entry I made on my experience.

I've always wanted laser eye. I was a slave to my poor vision. David told me one day "I'm going to save up some money so you can get laser eye. I promise, you will be able to see your birthday cake this year." <3 This is one of the best gifts I've ever gotten, and certainly the most precious! I woke up this morning reaching for my glasses only to realize, "OH! I don't need them anymore!!" I looked around the room, I could clearly see my computer, my photos, my cat. I looked over at David (who was sleeping) and shouted "I CAN SEE!!" He woke up started, gave me a smile and passed out again. I was like a little girl bouncing back and forth on the bed. I'd be up in David's face "I can see you here." I'd move back two feet, "I can see you here!" And then across the room. "I can STILL see you, and YOU are soooooo hot!" Run, literally dive into the bed to plant a huge kiss on his face. David of course, was still half asleep, though he entertained me a smile.

During the consultation, I was told that I was about 1 - 2 points away from being legally blind since my perscription was almost -8.00. I made my appointment at 11:45am, got there early, but since the surgeon went for lunch, I didn't get my procedure until about 3:00pm. I waited a tedious 3-4 hours in the same waiting room. As patients went into the surgery room and came out one by one, they would say one word and walk by. That's when I knew it was getting close.

"Easy."
"Done!"
"Yay!"
"Painless."

When they called my name, I was nervous. They gave me two squeeze/stress balls and told me to lie down. The procedure only took about 15 minutes total including a little chit chat with the doctor. Now keep in mind, that since my prescription was so high, this was the ONLY procedure they could do on me, and yes it hurt. I'm sure if your eyes weren't as poor, the other procedures could have spared you the pain.

The first step, my right eye is taped open, the left one is covered, and then tha taped one was propped open by wires (looks kind of like an eyelash curler). That was a little uncomfortable but the part that comes next is what "hurts a little". Suction.

A little mask thing is put around your eyeball (looks like a small gas mask for your eyes) suctions it upwards causing your vision to go temporarily "dark". It holds your eye there while you are told to stare into the red laser light (which is kind of moving/shaking so I was a little confused as to where to look). You can see them "peeling" and flipping back your cornea (it doesn't hurt, just weird to look at like moving jelly). During that time, you will hear some clicking and smell something funny (almost like burning).

At this point, my eyes are watering like crazy. After the laser, you see the doctor put the corneal flap back in place, feels cool and relaxing. Then they cover that eye, uncover your left and repeat. However, your left eye will be anticipating what comes next, so it might be a little more uncomfortable than the other. I was shivering during the actual laser process. Half of it was nerves, and half of it was the temperature (the room is SO cold!!) I was pretty scared that when the doctor told me not to squeeze (I thought he meant not to squeeze the stress balls but he really meant my eye lids) so I simply lay there shaking, holding a ball in each hand. When they finished, they said to slowly and gently close my eyes and that I could get up when I was ready. I waited about 30 seconds before getting up and waiting for the doctor to double check my eyes at a sitting station. My legs were shaky.

When I left the room, the first thing I did was toss my broken glasses into a BIG VASE of glasses beside the operating room!! I was done. My vision right after the surgery was kind of fuzzy. Think dream-like. I could see but not perfectly. 6 hours later after going home, my vision had pretty much cleared up. During the next few check ups I was told initially that I would never see better than 20/25, but the surgeon that operated on on me was a more agreesive surgeon and I not, in fact, have 20/20 vision!

I highly recommend Lasik MD. If you want to get yours done, go there. They are cheaper and the outcome is better than that of the testimonials I heard from other places. My surgeon was Dwight Silvera.



OCTOBER - October was a pretty uneventful month, my birthday came up but it was pretty disappointing. At the risk of sounding childish, I ended up feeling quite depressed. I'm a very festive person, I LOVE birthdays, I always will. I had invited about 12 friends for a dinner on my birthday and notified them about a week prior. One by one, they dropped out like flies. Some were out of the country, some were working, one decided to go to a kegger and he was the ride for 3 other people. Three were involved in an awkward love triangle and did not want to risk seeing each other, so none of them showed up. One was sick, and the last one came reluctantly. I had dinner with ONE. She left right after we finished. The boys who were working managed to come out and spend some time with me, and it really cheered me up. Now I'm not one to be asking for presents, but I didn't get a card, I didn't even get so much as a "I'm so sorry I forgot" or "I don't have enough for a gift this year". They tried to convince me that they would celebrate the weekend after. But as I expected, the weekend after turned into a video game party and only one person remember to wish me Happy Belated. Now, a part of me knows how ridiculous this sounds, but I know I'm not just imagining my feelings. David pointed out that I get excited over my friends' birthday's because I buy them cards, and even if I can't afford a gift, a $5 Tim Card was still in the mix. Oh well, I'm 23 now, have to get over the silliness of celebrating birthday's huh.

On Halloween, I was again left in the dust. The last two years, I hosted a party/gathering at my place. But this year, it seemed everyone was lazy and last minute. I stocked up on dollar-store decorations and had a costume picked out only to find out everyone decided not to celebrate. And the night before Halloween, they decided to go clubbing. =/ Screw it, when life gives you lemons, make lemonade right? I spent Halloween with my cats. I dressed up anyway as a pirate, took a few pics in the tub (ya haha), and put my cat in a ladybug costume!!



NOVEMBER - My school went on strike in November, so I had shitloads of free time. Yea, I could've updated, but I was so unmotivated by the events of October, I just ignored it because it seemed like a chore. To keep my head above water, I went to the Art Gallery of Ontario during their free weekend admission event with my mom, aunt and brother. It sucked. I will never take the ROM for granted again. While we were at the AGO, my mom kept TOUCHING THINGS like the fabric and the exhibits. We got yelled at by the guards and I had to constantly keep slapping my mother's hands away when I saw her. I told her "You are just like a kid, the sign says DON'T TOUCH, so don't touch!" She would give me a chuckle, I decided to draw out a similiarity, "Mom, remember when I was little and you used to take me to the store, and I'd touch all the toys? Well, stop flipping the roles. STOP TOUCHING." My brother got a real kick out of that.

My good friend, Jean, invited me to the Flirty Girl Fitness: Girl's Night Out party. It was a blast. I really needed it and appreciated it because it started to pull me out of my emotional rut. There was loud sexy music, hor d'oeurves, massages, palm reader, pole dancing, coyote ugly bar dancing, photoshoots and nice shoes! All for only about $20! I had so much fun, thanks a bunch Jeannie.



Here are one of my favourite performances.


DECEMBER - On the 14th, I bought tickets to Yuk Yuks and told David it would be our night out. We had a lot of fun at the comedy club, some at my expense (haha). It was very romantic being out at night on a winter date with him again. We kept warm at Timmy' before heading home. On the way, I had to use the washroom so badly and since David had keys to the staff washroom, he snuck me in. It was the best relief! Suddenly, a bunch of men came in and started talking. I basically hid in the washroom stall on the toilet until they left. It was the longest 15 minutes ever. Geez, men talk more than women do in the washrooms. They gossip, joke about crude things, talk about work, it was silly! Finally, when the coast was clear, David signaled for me to come out. "I'm never doing that again." I vowed, taking his hand as he led me out. As we were coming out, we bumped into one of his friends, "Were you guys having SEX in the washroom!?!?" he asked... a little too loud. "No!" I chucked, "YES!" David said at the same time. Hahaha... yea... we're a riot.

I spent Christmas with my family and David's family. My cousins came over and it felt like old times. I certainly missed it a great deal and though it was short-lived, I really hope we can do it again. I miss my cousins, they are like sisters to me. At David's house, they celebrated Christmas earlier since everyone had to work. I bought him a nice silver chain, he got me a pink Ipod. His sister gave me this HUGE sweater that is sooo warm and comfy even if it doesn't fit. It's now a house sweater (I'm actually wearing it now as I type this).



JANUARY 09 - Dave also had to work New Years Eve, so I decided to take the party to him. Armed with hot chocolate, cookies, noise makers and a stereo, I spent the countdown with him and everyone else on the bus. I handed out cookies and noise makers to anyone getting on the bus, turned up the stereo for the countdown so people wouldn't miss it! One mother had her 5 year old son on the bus, and was so happy that he wouldn't miss the celebrations. It was cold, but we had fun.

The strike ended at my school so the rest of January was also uneventful. I got back to schoolwork and nothing really happened besides Chinese New Years. (Year of the OX woooo!!) However, it made me realize how fast time flies. It's already a year since my grandfather passed away.

Anyway.

FEBRUARY 09 - I guess I got really anxious because (too much info ahead) my Aunt Flow came two weeks earlier than expected. I panicked and went to the doctor who ordered four different blood tests for me saying I had either of two things. I miscarried or I was very stressed. The results came back normal... meaning that I was just very very stressed (probably from school). On the bright side, I found out my blood type! I'm B+!! I ... don't really know what that means, and I'm too lazy to go find out if it actually has any significance.

For Valentine's Day, I planned something very sweet for David. Because I don't work, I had to think creatively. He moves my car out of the driveway to put his in so I can go to school in the morning. So what I did was go to the dollar store and buy a recordable cassette. I put in a very mushy 2 minute letter (quoting Hamlet and Juliet haha) and stuck it in the car so when he turned on the vehicle, the tape would play. The tape told him that his gift was in the backseat, that there was a sweet note made of magnets on the fridge and dinner was waiting for him. (I was sleeping). It went smoothly and he was very surprised... gosh I'm so romantic, I should have been a guy.

So now that you're caught up to speed, hopefully I won't disappear for another few months haha. In terms of online life, I am considering downsizing to shared hosting instead of reselling. It's a lot of work, and people try to scrape you for more deals even when you're already giving them a deal. =_= I'm mostly found on Facebook, but I probably won't add you since it's reserved for family and close friends only.



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TED, Shaina, Marie, Carmen, Jenny, Jet So, Phi, Syden Therese, Lyxie