I need to turn to blogging more often...I don't know what happened. Last year, I posted a lot more, now even on LJ, I don't write as much...it's not that there's nothing to do, I just can't seem to sit down and type.
Still, before I realize, summer is coming to a close and now...I'm going to look back at the "goals" I had set for myself.
Got a job! Most of you guys already know, I should be working in Sam's mom's insurance office as an assistant of some sort. Hopefully I can do really well and expect a little more out of it. Kinda anxious for it to start, definitely.
So how did this turn out? Actually...pretty good. I got a nice little sum for working there, learned some basic working/office skills, got to sit in an office with air conditioning~
I made the choice to learn Japanese, so this summer, I'm still going to open the textbooks and review my Japanese, especially grammar. I want to be proficient! So I can to go to Japan again and get around without too much English and wild hand gestures...
This is the one...I didn't exactly get time to go over. But hmm seeing that I have about 10 days left before going back to SD, maybe I still have a chance to refresh everything.
...Which means, I must make a return to watching Jdramas.
But somehow...I did get around to watching two dramas while on vacation! Kimura Takuya's MR. BRAIN and Amani Yuki's BOSS. Both are under the mystery/detective genre, which I've realized I really like to watch now.
Learn more around the kitchen. Last summer I learned how to prepare food to be cooked, this time I hope to be able to at least cook up some simple dishes from my dad.
I did learn how to sauteed and certain rules for cooking certain foods...frying fish is a bit fun, but I'm still not used to hot oil jumping on to my skin.
In general though, still be of more help to my parents. (: I admit I don't like housework, but I need to be less lazy and spend more time with my family.
Haha this one I got done, in fact today I just cleaned all the blinds in my room, something that my mom has done every summer.
That's really it for now. Getting ready to get back into the swing of university life soon! (:
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Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Summer so far...
So now it's the end of July, almost about halfway through this summer. I forgot about blogging here until today. What have I been up to?
Pretty much, this is one busy yet boring summer. Of course, I shouldn't be complaining of the fact that I have a job, but I'm waking up earlier than I ever did during the first year of college and it's a bit hard to believe I'm sitting in the same chair for about 8 hours every Monday through Friday. I know this is the office life and most people go through this without complaining at all, but I can't help it at the moment. None of this has to do with my boss, who is, as many of you guys know, is Sam's mom. She's very much like her son, laid back and generally happy.
That's not really the main point of the post though. Sadly, this is a not-so-happy post. Weird thing is, I'm feeling lonely right now. I hope I don't sound like I'm seeking attention or being extremely whiny. I know one of the reasons for this are the circumstances I'm under right now. Everyone I want to see is far away, whether the friends are 45 minutes away or all over California or in Taiwan, China, Singapore. Of course, I've been talking online and that does help though. And I have my brother, who provides me hours and hours of amusement. Sucks though, because I've been getting into stupid arguments/misunderstandings with my mom and sometimes just venting a bit to my brother doesn't exactly help.
Regardless though, I think I'll be able to get through this alright. I just need some time. And besides, in a few more weeks, I'll be on a real vacation, where work isn't involved and I can relax.
Pretty much, this is one busy yet boring summer. Of course, I shouldn't be complaining of the fact that I have a job, but I'm waking up earlier than I ever did during the first year of college and it's a bit hard to believe I'm sitting in the same chair for about 8 hours every Monday through Friday. I know this is the office life and most people go through this without complaining at all, but I can't help it at the moment. None of this has to do with my boss, who is, as many of you guys know, is Sam's mom. She's very much like her son, laid back and generally happy.
That's not really the main point of the post though. Sadly, this is a not-so-happy post. Weird thing is, I'm feeling lonely right now. I hope I don't sound like I'm seeking attention or being extremely whiny. I know one of the reasons for this are the circumstances I'm under right now. Everyone I want to see is far away, whether the friends are 45 minutes away or all over California or in Taiwan, China, Singapore. Of course, I've been talking online and that does help though. And I have my brother, who provides me hours and hours of amusement. Sucks though, because I've been getting into stupid arguments/misunderstandings with my mom and sometimes just venting a bit to my brother doesn't exactly help.
Regardless though, I think I'll be able to get through this alright. I just need some time. And besides, in a few more weeks, I'll be on a real vacation, where work isn't involved and I can relax.
Thursday, June 26, 2008
back (:
Been back since Monday and slowly adjusting back. :D Except I already had things to do. More on the vacation later!
Wednesday morning was. . .just bleh, for the lack of words to describe it. Doctor decided it was time for another blood test and to be honest, I haven't taken one for a couple of years. I hate anything involving medical needles, and when I was younger I use to cry right before the test. Anyhow I don't cry anymore but I hate the pain.
So we go to lab and we wait for about 30 minutes before it's my turn. I sit down and all that fine stuff waiting for the person to pull out all the vials he needed. Then he had to find the vein to draw the blood. And he takes a long time trying to find it and when he finally thought he got it, he sticks the needle in. All right that's fine. BUT NO BLOOD COMES OUT. D: The person then starts to jab the needle, which is in my arm, in all these directions. I thought I was going to throw up or something, because he kept doing it for about five minutes. Then I go "ummm maybe you should try the other arm because I usually get blood there." I'm desperately trying to get him to stop moving the needle in my arm arm in opposite directions. Finally, he takes the needle out and I have to go over the whole procedure on my left arm before he finds blood. D:
After I left the lab, my mom was like "geez you look like you died." ): Not funnnn.
Today though, was my orientation at UCSD. It was just one day, instead of the typical two day orientation where you stay overnight, the reason being my dad would be too tired to drive four hours total from the LA area down to SD for two days straight. In short it was all about the courses I'll have to take next year and a more in-depth introduction to my college at UCSD (which is split into 6 sub-colleges). There was stuff about housing, student activities, and peer counseling, etc etc.
Best part of the orientation was that I found myself a roommate. It was kind of unexpected too because I wasn't planning on making any new friends. I'm actually kind of quiet when I meet people the first time around. But this girl and I just clicked really well, primarily because we had so many similarities: we're both Cantonese, both live in the LA area, both took German as the high school foreign language, and wheee we both like Japanese music/dramas. I don't think she's a huge JE fan, but she definitely knows them. Her most definite favorite is Utada Hikaru. :D And she's really relaxed about everything, so that's perfect for me. We just kept talking and talking and eventually we were both like "oh hey maybe we should room together!" So we both threw in our roommate requests as soon as we got home. :D Hopefully everything will work out!
Wednesday morning was. . .just bleh, for the lack of words to describe it. Doctor decided it was time for another blood test and to be honest, I haven't taken one for a couple of years. I hate anything involving medical needles, and when I was younger I use to cry right before the test. Anyhow I don't cry anymore but I hate the pain.
So we go to lab and we wait for about 30 minutes before it's my turn. I sit down and all that fine stuff waiting for the person to pull out all the vials he needed. Then he had to find the vein to draw the blood. And he takes a long time trying to find it and when he finally thought he got it, he sticks the needle in. All right that's fine. BUT NO BLOOD COMES OUT. D: The person then starts to jab the needle, which is in my arm, in all these directions. I thought I was going to throw up or something, because he kept doing it for about five minutes. Then I go "ummm maybe you should try the other arm because I usually get blood there." I'm desperately trying to get him to stop moving the needle in my arm arm in opposite directions. Finally, he takes the needle out and I have to go over the whole procedure on my left arm before he finds blood. D:
After I left the lab, my mom was like "geez you look like you died." ): Not funnnn.
Today though, was my orientation at UCSD. It was just one day, instead of the typical two day orientation where you stay overnight, the reason being my dad would be too tired to drive four hours total from the LA area down to SD for two days straight. In short it was all about the courses I'll have to take next year and a more in-depth introduction to my college at UCSD (which is split into 6 sub-colleges). There was stuff about housing, student activities, and peer counseling, etc etc.
Best part of the orientation was that I found myself a roommate. It was kind of unexpected too because I wasn't planning on making any new friends. I'm actually kind of quiet when I meet people the first time around. But this girl and I just clicked really well, primarily because we had so many similarities: we're both Cantonese, both live in the LA area, both took German as the high school foreign language, and wheee we both like Japanese music/dramas. I don't think she's a huge JE fan, but she definitely knows them. Her most definite favorite is Utada Hikaru. :D And she's really relaxed about everything, so that's perfect for me. We just kept talking and talking and eventually we were both like "oh hey maybe we should room together!" So we both threw in our roommate requests as soon as we got home. :D Hopefully everything will work out!
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