I'm actually at work right now but I have this matter in my mind for a while now.
I found out recently that I have the ability to tune out of conversation anytime I want!
Lately, I would sit in meetings and be able to tune out conversations that I don't think is relevant to me.
I can hear them but I'm not listening but at the same time I still have my concentrated face on.
Pretty cool eh!!! =)
That's about it for now, tons of work awaits....
Ciao!
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Thursday, May 21, 2009
My childhood, Our childhood
Have I ever told you guys about my childhood??
It was anything but boring.
I had the most wonderful, colorful and unforgettable childhood, ever!
I did crazy, dangerous and stupid things,
and of course, I was never alone.
Growing up as the only daughter in the house and with only one year between us,
it was easy for us get along, and i mean...very well along. We spent every after school day together on the playground or around the neighbourhood with the boys, or sometimes at home talking about our plans to run away together, planning the route and we even had how much money we would need to take with us figured just because we can't stand our grandma kept yapping at us but would forget all about it when it was dinner time. We basically did everything together. EVERYTHING...
All the conspiracies and mischievous things we did, we planned and executed them together.
Although sometimes we would mess things up, but we always learn some new lessons from the screw ups,like the one time we almost blew up my uncle's workshop, NEVER play with fire near anything that contents petrol or fuel. After the incident I almost turned all her hair into burned curls, we never set any cotton balls on fire ever again! Among others, these are the two bearable examples that were OK to be posted in public. Others....you don't want to know and we wouldn't want to tell anyone about them as well and we have an unspoken oath to never betray each other to our family.
Therefore,naturally, we also shared the spanking part together.
Still, as kids, we used to fight once in a while too and for that, I still owe her a tooth that was never been found.
Now, we don't get to spend so much time together anymore,but we always manage to have a good laugh whenever we're together.
Its always nice to have someone who understand and laugh at your stupid jokes or crack at just one look from each other.
She was my saviour during the time when she was in INTI and I'm here, coffee, food, movies, gossip etc.
She's couple hundred thousand miles away in Adelaide now, and I miss her alot.
Even though we're cousins, she feels more like a sister to me and I have and I will always love her as a sister.
My childhood was memorable because of her.
We always joke about how we should write a book about our childhood stories together.
Hmmm...maybe we should really do that eh? Maybe...just maybe...
It was anything but boring.
I had the most wonderful, colorful and unforgettable childhood, ever!
I did crazy, dangerous and stupid things,
and of course, I was never alone.
Growing up as the only daughter in the house and with only one year between us,
it was easy for us get along, and i mean...very well along. We spent every after school day together on the playground or around the neighbourhood with the boys, or sometimes at home talking about our plans to run away together, planning the route and we even had how much money we would need to take with us figured just because we can't stand our grandma kept yapping at us but would forget all about it when it was dinner time. We basically did everything together. EVERYTHING...
All the conspiracies and mischievous things we did, we planned and executed them together.
Although sometimes we would mess things up, but we always learn some new lessons from the screw ups,like the one time we almost blew up my uncle's workshop, NEVER play with fire near anything that contents petrol or fuel. After the incident I almost turned all her hair into burned curls, we never set any cotton balls on fire ever again! Among others, these are the two bearable examples that were OK to be posted in public. Others....you don't want to know and we wouldn't want to tell anyone about them as well and we have an unspoken oath to never betray each other to our family.
Therefore,naturally, we also shared the spanking part together.
Still, as kids, we used to fight once in a while too and for that, I still owe her a tooth that was never been found.
Now, we don't get to spend so much time together anymore,but we always manage to have a good laugh whenever we're together.
Its always nice to have someone who understand and laugh at your stupid jokes or crack at just one look from each other.
She was my saviour during the time when she was in INTI and I'm here, coffee, food, movies, gossip etc.
She's couple hundred thousand miles away in Adelaide now, and I miss her alot.
Even though we're cousins, she feels more like a sister to me and I have and I will always love her as a sister.
My childhood was memorable because of her.
We always joke about how we should write a book about our childhood stories together.
Hmmm...maybe we should really do that eh? Maybe...just maybe...
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Correction
Ooppss...a bit correction on the post before.
It was Christina's idea to do the face print, not me.
hehehee...I wonder what that means...??
hmmmm...
Sayang, please do another one next winter??
It was Christina's idea to do the face print, not me.
hehehee...I wonder what that means...??
hmmmm...
Sayang, please do another one next winter??
Monday, May 18, 2009
Work so far
3rd week into working at the International Office,
you won't believe how much office politics there are in this one tiny office!
Everyday you'll hear people talk gossip and hear some spread rumors, sometimes you'll even get involve in a few without having any clue where did it came from.
The never stopping office politics make my working life in IO both interesting and annoying at the same time. I'm trying hard to keep my nose clean but its proven quite impossible to do so. LOL!
Other than that, I kept my busy enough to show people im actually doing some work.
The last 2 weeks the whole office was buzzed with the Uvic tropical field school,
and the incident where one of our staffs had a minor stroke right before they arrived made all hell broke free but fortunately everything is going pretty smoothly so far and Uvics are fun!
Took them around Penang quite a bit and they've seen pretty much everything there are to be seen and I'm very happy that the tours were very successful and they had a great time, I had a grand time! Especially the Batu Feringghi night market part, although it rainned quite a bit but I had good company. I was impressed how good she was at bargainning, come to think of it, she was actually better at it than I am!! geess...
They're heading to Lenggong tomorrow and Redang a few days later where they'll get to see Orang Utan and move some turtle eggs!!! hmmm...now i wish i'm a bio student (hahaha...like i can ever be one~)just so that I can go on this trip as well. oh well...
So that's how work sounds like for now.
you won't believe how much office politics there are in this one tiny office!
Everyday you'll hear people talk gossip and hear some spread rumors, sometimes you'll even get involve in a few without having any clue where did it came from.
The never stopping office politics make my working life in IO both interesting and annoying at the same time. I'm trying hard to keep my nose clean but its proven quite impossible to do so. LOL!
Other than that, I kept my busy enough to show people im actually doing some work.
The last 2 weeks the whole office was buzzed with the Uvic tropical field school,
and the incident where one of our staffs had a minor stroke right before they arrived made all hell broke free but fortunately everything is going pretty smoothly so far and Uvics are fun!
Took them around Penang quite a bit and they've seen pretty much everything there are to be seen and I'm very happy that the tours were very successful and they had a great time, I had a grand time! Especially the Batu Feringghi night market part, although it rainned quite a bit but I had good company. I was impressed how good she was at bargainning, come to think of it, she was actually better at it than I am!! geess...
They're heading to Lenggong tomorrow and Redang a few days later where they'll get to see Orang Utan and move some turtle eggs!!! hmmm...now i wish i'm a bio student (hahaha...like i can ever be one~)just so that I can go on this trip as well. oh well...
So that's how work sounds like for now.
Saturday, May 2, 2009
A crazy way to celebrate snow!
That day I was walking down the memory lane of snowy UBC just for the fun of it and I realise I just have put this up.
I have to. It was one of the stupidest, most spontaneous thing I'd ever done, (of course, that also include fixing up a snowman at 1 something in the morning).
The best part is...someone actually did it with me!
LOL...
We were almost home from our little late evening trip to the main hall after a heavy snow, and we saw this wooden bbq table covered so ever nice with snow, untouched...
The idea came out of nowhere and i said :"Hey, let's do a face print on the snow!" (Since we'd just did butt prints on the wooden chair infront of the Scarfe education building.
Since Joyce refused to do it and rather to record it down, so went the other two crazy chicks to do their crazy stunt.
I have to. It was one of the stupidest, most spontaneous thing I'd ever done, (of course, that also include fixing up a snowman at 1 something in the morning).
The best part is...someone actually did it with me!
LOL...
We were almost home from our little late evening trip to the main hall after a heavy snow, and we saw this wooden bbq table covered so ever nice with snow, untouched...
The idea came out of nowhere and i said :"Hey, let's do a face print on the snow!" (Since we'd just did butt prints on the wooden chair infront of the Scarfe education building.
Since Joyce refused to do it and rather to record it down, so went the other two crazy chicks to do their crazy stunt.
If you look carefully, you can really see the print of eyes and noses in the video. Seriously!!
Don't try this at home or outside your home,at least not on a -5 celcius night. I could barely feel my face after that.
Still, it was tons of fun!!!!
Oh...I miss the snow and the cold minus the extremely utterly annoying and disgusting wet feet.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
What I Wanna Do, What I Want to Be...??
"What I wanna do, what I wanna be?" -
is the question that I ask myself most frequently these days and I havent got answers.
I know nobody has the answers but me, and I just need to figure a way to really set a goal with specifications and I'm no good with decisions, I'm no good in making up my mind.
I'm lost.
Really.
Seriously.
I'm lost.
is the question that I ask myself most frequently these days and I havent got answers.
I know nobody has the answers but me, and I just need to figure a way to really set a goal with specifications and I'm no good with decisions, I'm no good in making up my mind.
I'm lost.
Really.
Seriously.
I'm lost.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
A Good Day with Shahrukh Khan,Amitabh Bachchanand Meatballs
Today is Earth day, it was also one of my typical-doing-nothing-at-home days. My way of relaxing and vacationing.
I was given the dinner of the day responsibility cause my mom was really busy for the day, she wanted me to cook spaghetti, she even bought me some basil the day before. Now, the basil we have here is different from those in Canada and the last time I used it, it turned out be a total disaster. My mom also bought me some meat and told me to do whatever I like with it. Huh??!!!
So, at first, I planned to just cook the meat the way my mom always does, with garlic and black soy sauce and black pepper. Then...I found this bottle of mix herbs that was being ignored for god knows how long so i figured why not try the meatballs recipe on the meat. I wasnt sure at all how the meatballs will turn out to be until I saw they turned golden crisp on the outside and smelled nice. I can smell the rosemary in the mix herbs. Good sign. As for the spaghetti sauce, I sticked to the basic with garlic, onion, tomatoes, basil and Prego. Taste? Fantastico!Tasted like what the one I cooked in T-bird. But it was still up to the judges to decide.
Ok, cooking for my mom is a nightmare, its a lot of pressure because I'm constantly trying too hard to get her approval on my cooking. *sweats...
But this time, My mom and my little brother liked it, yayss!! Finally!! This is the 2nd dish she approves of me other than my delicious fried rice. Wahahahaa...
All of these were after I finished my Hindi movie, Kabhi Kushi Kabhi Gham by Karan Johar, starring Amitabh Bachchan, Kajol, Shahrukh Khan and Hrithik Roshan, my favourite Bollywood actors. Stumbled onto Koffee with Karan last night and it made me miss Bollywood movie so much and Kabhi Kushi Kabhi Gham was a great one. Go watch it on youtube if you've never seen it before, definitely worth watching. Made me laugh so hard on the first half and made me cried like a baby on the second half. hahaha..i'm obsessed with Hindi movies again, well..only those with the actors mentioned above in them like Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Baghban (strongly recommended!!), Koi..Mil Gaya, Devdas, Swades, and Duplicate are among my favourites. =)
My family never understand why I like Hindi movies so much, they always shoot me this odd look and mumbling something like "why are you watching this...bla blab bla" whenever they saw me watching Hindi movies on the teli. Well, I sort of grew up with Hindi movies, my nanny loved it and so lots of my childhood memories until I was 7 or 8 had Shahrukh Khan in them (I'm not complaining!). He's one of the best actor I've ever seen and liked. heheheee....
Ahhh..Today has been a good day.
I was given the dinner of the day responsibility cause my mom was really busy for the day, she wanted me to cook spaghetti, she even bought me some basil the day before. Now, the basil we have here is different from those in Canada and the last time I used it, it turned out be a total disaster. My mom also bought me some meat and told me to do whatever I like with it. Huh??!!!
So, at first, I planned to just cook the meat the way my mom always does, with garlic and black soy sauce and black pepper. Then...I found this bottle of mix herbs that was being ignored for god knows how long so i figured why not try the meatballs recipe on the meat. I wasnt sure at all how the meatballs will turn out to be until I saw they turned golden crisp on the outside and smelled nice. I can smell the rosemary in the mix herbs. Good sign. As for the spaghetti sauce, I sticked to the basic with garlic, onion, tomatoes, basil and Prego. Taste? Fantastico!Tasted like what the one I cooked in T-bird. But it was still up to the judges to decide.
Ok, cooking for my mom is a nightmare, its a lot of pressure because I'm constantly trying too hard to get her approval on my cooking. *sweats...
But this time, My mom and my little brother liked it, yayss!! Finally!! This is the 2nd dish she approves of me other than my delicious fried rice. Wahahahaa...
All of these were after I finished my Hindi movie, Kabhi Kushi Kabhi Gham by Karan Johar, starring Amitabh Bachchan, Kajol, Shahrukh Khan and Hrithik Roshan, my favourite Bollywood actors. Stumbled onto Koffee with Karan last night and it made me miss Bollywood movie so much and Kabhi Kushi Kabhi Gham was a great one. Go watch it on youtube if you've never seen it before, definitely worth watching. Made me laugh so hard on the first half and made me cried like a baby on the second half. hahaha..i'm obsessed with Hindi movies again, well..only those with the actors mentioned above in them like Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, Baghban (strongly recommended!!), Koi..Mil Gaya, Devdas, Swades, and Duplicate are among my favourites. =)
My family never understand why I like Hindi movies so much, they always shoot me this odd look and mumbling something like "why are you watching this...bla blab bla" whenever they saw me watching Hindi movies on the teli. Well, I sort of grew up with Hindi movies, my nanny loved it and so lots of my childhood memories until I was 7 or 8 had Shahrukh Khan in them (I'm not complaining!). He's one of the best actor I've ever seen and liked. heheheee....
Ahhh..Today has been a good day.
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