Time: 1:20pm
Mood: Sleepy *yawn*
Song of the moment: INXS - Pretty Vegas
Wow time for my yearly end review already? I can't believe it's already been a year since I started this blog on Blogger.com. Time has definitely flown by. I feel like I'm sitting in a convertable :S haha!
This year was the year of extremes. I think I've felt every extreme emotion life has to offer. I experienced great happiness and entered a new phase in my life when Jimmy proposed to me. I knew he was the one for me, but this got the ball rolling (if you know what I mean! hehe). I also FINALLY finished school, got that Masters degree I've worked for for 2 years. Definitely a great accomplishment! And I entered the working world, which I'm still debating whether it should be on the good or bad list of 2005. I got to travel to new places this year and explore my roots in China with the person I love most. That takes me one step closer to my goal in showing Jimmy the world :D On the flip side, I experience the most heartwrenching of all emotions: watching my grandmother go through a gazillion tests and numerous days in the hospital to find out she had cancer, then for her to pass away 3 weeks after finding out. I am so lucky to have had the chance to spend quality time with her, and to say good-bye to her. Although she has gone, she still lives in my heart. I miss her so much.
So what has this year taught me? God works in mysterious ways, everything does indeed work out in the end and love prevails over death. I've also learned that friends are always there when you need them the most. Life is definitely a tension of opposites, but it's your prospective on life that determines how much stress and strain you experience.
To all my friends, both here and out in the blogger world, I wish you a very happy and wonderful new year. May 2006 be spectacular for everyone :)
-Kare :)
Saturday, December 31, 2005
Sunday, December 25, 2005
Merry Christmas Everyone!
Time: 5:57pm
Mood: Cheery (and tired..)
Song of the moment: ...every x'mas song except for the one by The Beatles *shiver*
Merry Christmas everyone! I have to admit, Christmas isn't as exciting as it was when I was a little kid. I remember being super excited on Christmas morning that I would be the first one up. Now, I'm always the last one to get up. Hahah funny how things change!
I got some pretty kewls gifts this year. I got a wedding scrapbook from my sister, clothes from my parents and from Bashar, a set of Japanese bowls from Flo and a whole whack of stuff from Jimmy. He was only supposed to get me snow tires for my car this year, but he went beyond that and got me pretty much everything materialistic I wanted to buy myself this year. He actually gave me a business card case with my name engraved on it, and when I opened it up, there sat 3 coupons that entitled me to a set of snow tires, a leather jacket and a Coach purse!
For those of you wondering, I got Jimmy an electric shaver :)
My last few days leading up to Christmas break was alright. My work week was pretty slow because I'm so damn efficient! I went out to a couple of lunches (the funnest one being with the lab techs.. oh they're such good people). I did get a little pissed off on my last day, when a co-worker (whom I've been helping out a lot the past couple of weeks, is pretty lazy AND in my opinion not too clear on what his job entails him to do) asked me to store some already tested parts for him. I told him no because I'm working on a bunch of programs, and that my desk area will become really cluttered, something I don't want (and he doesn't want either b/c he was complaining last week of his desk being cluttered). Then he said what just ticked me off. He said "It's YOUR job to keep the parts".
*blink blink*
Excuse me? It's MY job? Coming from someone who isn't too clear on what his job is, and a person that likes to pass on jobs that he doesn't want to do to other people. First off, it isn't my job. I'm not a storage facility. Secondly, I'm not a co-op student, you can't just off-load your work on to me. So yeah.. I'm not too impressed with this guy. And ppl warned me about him too!
Alright, got my rant out of the way and out of the system... back to celebrating Christmas! Horray! OOooh time for dindin :D Yum turkey!
Mood: Cheery (and tired..)
Song of the moment: ...every x'mas song except for the one by The Beatles *shiver*
Merry Christmas everyone! I have to admit, Christmas isn't as exciting as it was when I was a little kid. I remember being super excited on Christmas morning that I would be the first one up. Now, I'm always the last one to get up. Hahah funny how things change!
I got some pretty kewls gifts this year. I got a wedding scrapbook from my sister, clothes from my parents and from Bashar, a set of Japanese bowls from Flo and a whole whack of stuff from Jimmy. He was only supposed to get me snow tires for my car this year, but he went beyond that and got me pretty much everything materialistic I wanted to buy myself this year. He actually gave me a business card case with my name engraved on it, and when I opened it up, there sat 3 coupons that entitled me to a set of snow tires, a leather jacket and a Coach purse!
For those of you wondering, I got Jimmy an electric shaver :)
My last few days leading up to Christmas break was alright. My work week was pretty slow because I'm so damn efficient! I went out to a couple of lunches (the funnest one being with the lab techs.. oh they're such good people). I did get a little pissed off on my last day, when a co-worker (whom I've been helping out a lot the past couple of weeks, is pretty lazy AND in my opinion not too clear on what his job entails him to do) asked me to store some already tested parts for him. I told him no because I'm working on a bunch of programs, and that my desk area will become really cluttered, something I don't want (and he doesn't want either b/c he was complaining last week of his desk being cluttered). Then he said what just ticked me off. He said "It's YOUR job to keep the parts".
*blink blink*
Excuse me? It's MY job? Coming from someone who isn't too clear on what his job is, and a person that likes to pass on jobs that he doesn't want to do to other people. First off, it isn't my job. I'm not a storage facility. Secondly, I'm not a co-op student, you can't just off-load your work on to me. So yeah.. I'm not too impressed with this guy. And ppl warned me about him too!
Alright, got my rant out of the way and out of the system... back to celebrating Christmas! Horray! OOooh time for dindin :D Yum turkey!
Wednesday, December 14, 2005
I Have A Curse
Time: 11:00pm
Mood: crappy.. you'll find out soon enough
Song of the moment: Darren Hayes - California
Ok I'm OFFICIALLY cursed when it comes to cars. Yesterday I got into an accident.. I was making a left hand turn and the light had pretty much turned red, and this speeding car that tried to make the light hits my back bumper (Summer... I know how u feel now after u got into an accident w/ ur car after u got it.. *sigh* we're just 2 peas in a pod aren't we? haha). Anyway, the guy told me it was yellow.. I was argueing it was red. So w/ no witnesses, I knew if I reported it to the insurance companies I would be at fault. I guess we were pretty upset about the whole ordeal, but we were really civil about it. Me and the dude had a really good talk and just agreed to pay for our own damages. I think in the history of all accident-related discussions, this one should be placed in the top 10! Because my friggin back end of my car is slightly bent (oh it hurts just to write that), my trunk popped up and wouldn't go back down.. he offered an old t-shirt of his so that I could tie it down. That's how good it ended. The repairs.. aren't as much as I thought it was going to be, but I've pretty much killed what I earned. I guess I'm really lucky cuz I'm not hurt.. it coulda been worse (I coulda been t-boned). I won't be boxing day shopping this year :( Boy has this been a terrible month for me :( For some reason I feel really unfazed about this whole ordeal, maybe cuz the other guy was so nice or maybe because I am still getting over my grandmother's passing that it just seems so insignificant. But don't get me wrong.. I'm still bummed.
My Arrested Development quote of the night (this one cracked me up)
Michael: So, this is the magic trick, huh?
G.O.B: “Illusion,” Michael. A “trick” is something a whore does for money... or candy!
Eh what the hell.. I'll add another one:
Narrator: But as it turns out, the fair had two Startled Straight tents. And George, Sr. had wandered into the church-sponsored one...
George, Sr.: Do you want to become some guy’s girlfriend?
Narrator: ...intended to scare gay young men into a heterosexual lifestyle.
George, Sr.: You want to have some guy reach around you in the middle of the night, start messing with your junk?
Teen Boy #1: Is he ugly?
George, Sr.: No, it's pitch black. You don't see him, and it never stops, guys. And everybody acts like it's no big deal.
Teen Boy #1: Is there a cover charge?
HAHAHA :D
Mood: crappy.. you'll find out soon enough
Song of the moment: Darren Hayes - California
Ok I'm OFFICIALLY cursed when it comes to cars. Yesterday I got into an accident.. I was making a left hand turn and the light had pretty much turned red, and this speeding car that tried to make the light hits my back bumper (Summer... I know how u feel now after u got into an accident w/ ur car after u got it.. *sigh* we're just 2 peas in a pod aren't we? haha). Anyway, the guy told me it was yellow.. I was argueing it was red. So w/ no witnesses, I knew if I reported it to the insurance companies I would be at fault. I guess we were pretty upset about the whole ordeal, but we were really civil about it. Me and the dude had a really good talk and just agreed to pay for our own damages. I think in the history of all accident-related discussions, this one should be placed in the top 10! Because my friggin back end of my car is slightly bent (oh it hurts just to write that), my trunk popped up and wouldn't go back down.. he offered an old t-shirt of his so that I could tie it down. That's how good it ended. The repairs.. aren't as much as I thought it was going to be, but I've pretty much killed what I earned. I guess I'm really lucky cuz I'm not hurt.. it coulda been worse (I coulda been t-boned). I won't be boxing day shopping this year :( Boy has this been a terrible month for me :( For some reason I feel really unfazed about this whole ordeal, maybe cuz the other guy was so nice or maybe because I am still getting over my grandmother's passing that it just seems so insignificant. But don't get me wrong.. I'm still bummed.
My Arrested Development quote of the night (this one cracked me up)
Michael: So, this is the magic trick, huh?
G.O.B: “Illusion,” Michael. A “trick” is something a whore does for money... or candy!
Eh what the hell.. I'll add another one:
Narrator: But as it turns out, the fair had two Startled Straight tents. And George, Sr. had wandered into the church-sponsored one...
George, Sr.: Do you want to become some guy’s girlfriend?
Narrator: ...intended to scare gay young men into a heterosexual lifestyle.
George, Sr.: You want to have some guy reach around you in the middle of the night, start messing with your junk?
Teen Boy #1: Is he ugly?
George, Sr.: No, it's pitch black. You don't see him, and it never stops, guys. And everybody acts like it's no big deal.
Teen Boy #1: Is there a cover charge?
HAHAHA :D
Monday, December 12, 2005
Tipsy-Topsy-Turvey
Time: 9:51pm
Mood: semi-sleepy (slowly getting there...)
Song of the moment: Darren Hayes - California
There's nothing better than working a hard week and having a great weekend to follow it. My weekend, like all weekends, started on Friday. I headed out to Burlington to celebrate Jen's birthday. Since I would have been back-tracking if I went to Hamilton first, then Burlington, I opted to meet the gang @ the bar (Emma's Backporch). Like most cases, I was early, so Jimmy and I sat in the car and waited for them to arrive.
Funny enough, two guys stumble out of the bar and started walking towards the truck that was parked beside me. Did they get in? No.. it wasn't their car. Instead, they proceed to take a piss right behind my car. I guess they had no idea Jimmy and I were sitting in the car going "wtf is that guy doing? is he.... HE IS!!". I was SO tempted to start my car and scare the piss back in him (haha) but I didn't.. cuz I'm that nice :) LOL
So finally the gang arrives (minus Jen... she got tied up and showed up a bit later). Cool thing was I bumped into an old classmate of mines from Waterloo that recently got married :) It was a little strange bumping into her in (out of all places) a bar in Burlington. Yeah.. it wasn't too much of a dance-happenin night.. they had a live band playing un-dancable music, so we all just sat around, chatted and drank (and watching the Sens lose to the Canucks in a shoot-out, which was just as fun! LOL). I think I drank too fast cuz I got pretty tipsy :S Jimmy had to drive home that night.. and during the ride I passed out! :S
The following night we went out w/ Flo and Kin to celebrate Kin's birthday. We headed to Wegz Stadium Bar (which is around the corner from where I work!) to catch some Leafs action (they lost.. booo!) eat and drink beer. I drank on an empty stomach.. and got tipsy pretty fast. hah! Oh my and my low tolerance :) Cheapie drunk I am! We were supposed to go to k-tv but Jimmy was sick so we called it an evening.
Ahh I'm almost done x'mas shopping.. I bought Jimmy's present on Sunday while he was playing hockey. I'm not gonna say what I bought him b/c I know he reads my blog from time to time (geez hun I already tell u everything.. must u read about it? hehe). But I walked around the friggin mall for an hour and a half *grr* I was looking for something specific but I gave up cuz I couldn't find it. Oh well.. this gift is almost as good :)
2 more weeks of work (minus one day) til x'mas break... 9 days (the countdown is on!)
Mood: semi-sleepy (slowly getting there...)
Song of the moment: Darren Hayes - California
There's nothing better than working a hard week and having a great weekend to follow it. My weekend, like all weekends, started on Friday. I headed out to Burlington to celebrate Jen's birthday. Since I would have been back-tracking if I went to Hamilton first, then Burlington, I opted to meet the gang @ the bar (Emma's Backporch). Like most cases, I was early, so Jimmy and I sat in the car and waited for them to arrive.
Funny enough, two guys stumble out of the bar and started walking towards the truck that was parked beside me. Did they get in? No.. it wasn't their car. Instead, they proceed to take a piss right behind my car. I guess they had no idea Jimmy and I were sitting in the car going "wtf is that guy doing? is he.... HE IS!!". I was SO tempted to start my car and scare the piss back in him (haha) but I didn't.. cuz I'm that nice :) LOL
So finally the gang arrives (minus Jen... she got tied up and showed up a bit later). Cool thing was I bumped into an old classmate of mines from Waterloo that recently got married :) It was a little strange bumping into her in (out of all places) a bar in Burlington. Yeah.. it wasn't too much of a dance-happenin night.. they had a live band playing un-dancable music, so we all just sat around, chatted and drank (and watching the Sens lose to the Canucks in a shoot-out, which was just as fun! LOL). I think I drank too fast cuz I got pretty tipsy :S Jimmy had to drive home that night.. and during the ride I passed out! :S
The following night we went out w/ Flo and Kin to celebrate Kin's birthday. We headed to Wegz Stadium Bar (which is around the corner from where I work!) to catch some Leafs action (they lost.. booo!) eat and drink beer. I drank on an empty stomach.. and got tipsy pretty fast. hah! Oh my and my low tolerance :) Cheapie drunk I am! We were supposed to go to k-tv but Jimmy was sick so we called it an evening.
Ahh I'm almost done x'mas shopping.. I bought Jimmy's present on Sunday while he was playing hockey. I'm not gonna say what I bought him b/c I know he reads my blog from time to time (geez hun I already tell u everything.. must u read about it? hehe). But I walked around the friggin mall for an hour and a half *grr* I was looking for something specific but I gave up cuz I couldn't find it. Oh well.. this gift is almost as good :)
2 more weeks of work (minus one day) til x'mas break... 9 days (the countdown is on!)
Thursday, December 08, 2005
...30 More Years of THIS?!?!
Time: 6:30pm
Mood: Exhausted
Song of the moment: Fall Out Boy - Sugar, We're Going Down
I havn't had too much time to blog because I've been just exhausted every day from working. I started work last Monday and already the work is starting to pile. I'm already having people fight for my time :S It's been ok working but the hardest part was trying to get into this routine. I'm so used to waking up whenever I want.. and unlike school, if I don't feel like coming in to work I'm sure to get fired! haha! Ah I miss school...
As I mentioned before, work has been ok. So far everyone I work with are very friendly. My office is an open concept so it can get a bit noisy sometimes (what bugs me the most is those ppl that HAVE TO listen to their voicemail msgs on speaker phone. It's like "Thanx buddy!" lol), but I like it. But I do feel like a co-op student. Why? First off.. I don't even have a proper desk! Even the co-op student, who sits beside me has a proper desk. All I have is a table... and a crappy computer that sits on my desk and takes up room. Luckily I don't use that computer, however, I am using a lender laptop until my new one comes in. And this thing is chunky.. and a bit slow. File folders and binders are starting to pile up on my desk. It's so hard to get organized (and my job requires me to be organized! eeks!). I hope my desk and the laptop comes soon...
I do get stressed sometimes though. I know they don't expect me to know everything related to my job, but they talk to me as if I should know. And that kind of freaks me out. The learning curve is definitely steep :S But in all honesty, this is not really what I want to do with my life. I'm a validation engineer, but I want to be an R&D engineer. I work with already manufactured plastic parts... I want to work with producing plastic parts. *sigh* The problem is I just started this job... and quite frankly I need the money. I feel I kind of jumped the gun when I took this job. Well.. another 30 years of working right? I'm sure I'll probably end up where I want to be (hopefully!)
The good thing about working, of course, is getting paid! I got my first pay cheque yesterday. And I think I already shopped most of it away on the weekend. Oops :S Hey it was for x'mas gifts.. sorta. That's not a bold face lie.. it's just the partial truth. Actually I spent most of the money on myself. I bought myself new dress pants (cuz I need to dress business casual @ work), a new pair of shoes w/ a lower heel cuz shit.. driving in 3" heels is NO FUN! I was having so much fun shopping!
Hey, am I the only one that thinks x'mas music is annoying? For some reason, I only enjoy x'mas music maybe a week before x'mas day. Oh wait.. I should be calling it "holiday" music (to be politically correct...)? Anyway, it bugs the crap outta me sometimes. 3 weeks ago I went shopping @ Markville mall during the day (when everyone was at work) and the mall was kinda empty, and they were playing x'mas music in the mall.. I swear to God I felt like I was in a Tim Burton movie (like Edward Scissorhands or something). So eerie! The worst song of all is that x'mas song by The Beatles... "simply haaaaving a wonderful christmas time" ugh what a horrible song *shiver*. haha now it's in your head now :D Enjoy!
TGIF tomorrow!
Mood: Exhausted
Song of the moment: Fall Out Boy - Sugar, We're Going Down
I havn't had too much time to blog because I've been just exhausted every day from working. I started work last Monday and already the work is starting to pile. I'm already having people fight for my time :S It's been ok working but the hardest part was trying to get into this routine. I'm so used to waking up whenever I want.. and unlike school, if I don't feel like coming in to work I'm sure to get fired! haha! Ah I miss school...
As I mentioned before, work has been ok. So far everyone I work with are very friendly. My office is an open concept so it can get a bit noisy sometimes (what bugs me the most is those ppl that HAVE TO listen to their voicemail msgs on speaker phone. It's like "Thanx buddy!" lol), but I like it. But I do feel like a co-op student. Why? First off.. I don't even have a proper desk! Even the co-op student, who sits beside me has a proper desk. All I have is a table... and a crappy computer that sits on my desk and takes up room. Luckily I don't use that computer, however, I am using a lender laptop until my new one comes in. And this thing is chunky.. and a bit slow. File folders and binders are starting to pile up on my desk. It's so hard to get organized (and my job requires me to be organized! eeks!). I hope my desk and the laptop comes soon...
I do get stressed sometimes though. I know they don't expect me to know everything related to my job, but they talk to me as if I should know. And that kind of freaks me out. The learning curve is definitely steep :S But in all honesty, this is not really what I want to do with my life. I'm a validation engineer, but I want to be an R&D engineer. I work with already manufactured plastic parts... I want to work with producing plastic parts. *sigh* The problem is I just started this job... and quite frankly I need the money. I feel I kind of jumped the gun when I took this job. Well.. another 30 years of working right? I'm sure I'll probably end up where I want to be (hopefully!)
The good thing about working, of course, is getting paid! I got my first pay cheque yesterday. And I think I already shopped most of it away on the weekend. Oops :S Hey it was for x'mas gifts.. sorta. That's not a bold face lie.. it's just the partial truth. Actually I spent most of the money on myself. I bought myself new dress pants (cuz I need to dress business casual @ work), a new pair of shoes w/ a lower heel cuz shit.. driving in 3" heels is NO FUN! I was having so much fun shopping!
Hey, am I the only one that thinks x'mas music is annoying? For some reason, I only enjoy x'mas music maybe a week before x'mas day. Oh wait.. I should be calling it "holiday" music (to be politically correct...)? Anyway, it bugs the crap outta me sometimes. 3 weeks ago I went shopping @ Markville mall during the day (when everyone was at work) and the mall was kinda empty, and they were playing x'mas music in the mall.. I swear to God I felt like I was in a Tim Burton movie (like Edward Scissorhands or something). So eerie! The worst song of all is that x'mas song by The Beatles... "simply haaaaving a wonderful christmas time" ugh what a horrible song *shiver*. haha now it's in your head now :D Enjoy!
TGIF tomorrow!
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