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I had a altercation with Western Union today. I tried to wire some money out of my profile using my boss's credit card over the internet. The order of course did not go through and I was requested to call Western Union to finish the transfer. The transfer still did not go through because the rep said that my boss had to create his own profile to use his own credit to transfer.

At the same time, Western Union blocked my online access to my account to transfer money and also blocked my boss's credit card. Looks like they do not want me to transfer any more money.

I asked them why they did that and their response was that they were "protecting the consumers" thus indicating that I was a crook. Sigh... I will never use them again. Add them to my blacklist. Anyone else have a similar experience?

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Grace... what can I say about Grace? She is smart, beautiful and caring. But most of all, she makes my day wonderful.

Since my last post in October 2005, lots of things have happened to me. Namely, I got a year older. But with that, I also got a girlfriend Grace whom I have been seeing since November 2005.

My sister got engaged during this time and she and her fiance plan to get married in France in August of this year. I am unable to attend but wish her the best.

Alan is also getting married this year to his fiance named Rose who comes from Indonesia. I met the two last year and they were quite the happy couple. They plan to get married in Indonesia but are having the reception in San Francisco.

My car got vandalized on New Year's morning. The vandals threw bricks at my car and broke a few windows while scaping a few things that did not break. Incidentally, they did not take the ipod or the gps unit that was lying in plain view in the back seat. Damages were at $2500, $500 of which was was deductable. Other cost incurred were the cost of renting a car and the window tint that was not covered under the insurance. My advice would be never to take up Mercury insurance policy since they do not want to cover everything.

One of my aunts died quite suddenly. The cause of death was cancer while had been lying dormant and hidden for the longest time. Only recently did she feel tired and out of breath. It was then that the cancer was detected.

Today, I went to see my dentist who I have not seen in almost three years. The part that suck about this is that I actually had insurance for over a year already but never went to see one. Also a filling popped out yesterday.

OK, so I went in to see them today and this was my first visit. So thus, there was a little more paperwork than usual. There was nobody waiting in the lounge so I an assistant got to me really quickly. I was immediately taken into a room where I was told to sit on the chair. then I was told by the assistant that I was getting a full x-ray of my teeth. I was stunned. Before I even saw or talked to the dentist, they were already doing a full x-ray job. Come-on - at least let the dentist decide that I need the x-rays. This is like skipping the appitizers and going directly to the dessert or even skipping the foreplay and then going into the divorce phase of a marriage. I could not believe it. I ask how much the x-rays were going to cost... most probably in the hundreds... and I was assured by the assistant that as long as I had insurance, everything was going to be ok. It dawn on me that this was part of the milking process that lots of dentists go through. I told the assistant that I will decline their service. Furthermore I went out to the recptionist and asked her for my paperwork that I just filled out - I was getting the hell out of there and without a trace. The dentist came out and spoke with me. She tried to explain that the x-rays were a standard practice (as if I should accept it because it was standard practice). I told her that I disagreed and left the building.

Looks like I will be visiting my previous dentist. She never took an x-ray. I guess that what makes a good dentist is one that is unconventional.

I learnt last week that my deported roommate Cindy actually ran away. In other words, she was not deported and she lied. How do I know? Well, I called the INS and they have no record of her being deported.

Anyways, I have having such bad luck with eharmony (that dating service). Everyone that I get matched to is a dead-beat date - except for one. However, I know we are physically incompatible. So this means that eharmony is not as effective as you think. Oh, well that's life.

Hi Folks!

On Friday September 23, my roommate Jay gave me call at 11:45 Am to teel me that our new roommate Cindy has disappeared from our house. OK, so I thought about that for a second, being upset over he situation. Then suddenly it hit me that Cindy could have cleared us out of our earthly possessions. So I called Jay back and asked him to check that all his stuff was still there. I quickly made my way back from work to check on my stuff.

When I returned home, Jay showed me the letter that Cindy had written. She said that Homeland Security had taken her but before hand, made here pack up all her stuff. The both of us read the letter in disbelief. We knew that Cindy should have come up with a better story than that. In our minds, Cindy did not want to live with us any longer so she decided to make up that story and leave.

We decided to rekey the house. At around 5:30 we headed out but we stopped at the Cindy's place of work first. I went in and talked to her boss Brad. I told him the story about Cindy being deported and suck. He could not believe it either and we exchanged contact information. After coming back from Home Depot with the rekeying equipment, I got a call from Brad. He said that he got in touch wioth Cindy's friends and confirmed that Cindy was indeed deported and was currently back in Toronto. Aparently, Homeland Security came into our house and dragged her out in her pajamas even though she had a valid visa to stay here. She only had time to pack all her stuff and got her car impounded. They handcuffed her and took her directly to the airport. Cindy was sick but they denied her any of that cough syrup that she needed so badly. They only feed her potato chips all day and did not let her make a phone call until she reached Toronto.

Wow! What an experience. My sympathies go to Cindy and I hope she can return back someday.

Hey guys, I need your help. I have a personal assistant who I can't keep busy. She has so much free time. Do you guys have any idea as to what I can do to keep her busy? Thanks for all the inputs.