*05/30/08, Friday – From 5/24 to 5/30, I contacted a bunch of people at MTV to get their help sponsoring an event that Henry’s company, Realty Robot, was putting together to help raise funds for the China Earthquake Relief. By the day of the event, I got em Daily Show VIP tickets through Teri, a bunch of swag (many tshirts) from the Office of Global Inclusion/MTV Asian, and a bunch of swag (including three bags) through Stephanie. I went running around the MTV building contacting and meeting so many new people along the way. I was even in talks with SVPs and the legal department to make sure everything went well. I’m glad I got to help out. From Henry’s angle, he was able to come up with so many raffle prizes just through his contacts (me being one of them).

The event itself was a success. There were a ton of people at Stay Lounge. Henry and I got there at 9:30pm. Henry was quite a busy bee and he was also the emcee. I helped him out as much as I could but I also enjoyed myself dancing with him and with my friends. I’m glad a lot of people I knew came out – Helen, Lisa, Charlene, Stephanie, Angela, Yong (and most of them brought friends too). I had a lot of fun and felt like I got my dancing groove back on.

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*06/09/08, Monday – I met a bunch of people who helped out with the event. We had dinner at Peking Duck House in Chinatown. A third of the people there were Henry’s coworkers. I didn’t really meet and greet a lot of people since I was way too tired from work and the sociability in me was just drained.

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*06/10/08, Tuesday – What happened to the raffle prizes that weren’t raffled off at the event? Realty Robot held an online auction for the rest of the items. I didn’t really need any of them but after Henry sent me an email about the Xanga Lifetime Premium being one of the items being something I may be interested in, I saw at how it was actually a good deal. It was $30 when it is normally $100 or so. Plus, I didn’t pay for cover and it was almost the same price as cover for the event. Plus, it was for a good cause. When otherwise I wouldn’t have given away that money, I decided to go for it. In my own words “ah damnit okay fine ill get it. its for the cause anyway.”

*06/19/08, Thursday – So as of today, I have Xanga Lifetime Premium =P. I still have yet to see what it can do for me. I am glad there are no more ads. I didn’t like how it automatically changed my skin and I didn’t notice until Henry told me about it but I was able to easily change it back.