Simple Pleasures

Simple pleasures of today:

1. Earl Grey - My affair with Earl Grey began during my first year of UBC when I was introduced to London Fog at Starbucks. Then when I went to China earlier this year, my mom packed me a can of Earl Grey to bring with me (I know, why would anyone bring tea to China? But I'm glad she did pack it). And from then on, I just went solo with EG - no milk, no syrup, no sugar, nothing. And now, in my final year of UBC, Earl Grey is my daily campanion to all my 9am/9:30am classes to wake me up and to keep me warm (I bring it in my trusty Japanese thermos that keeps water piping hot even after 2 hours). Last week, my mom came home from work with an ENTIRE plastic bag of Earl Grey teabags from work (my mom's job offers wonderful benefits like no other: free spices for any cooking/baking needs, organic raisins/craisins, fair-trade chocolate bars, nutrition bars, health foods...)

2. Cadbury Fruits 'n' Nuts chocolate bar - this one's quite self explanatory. And yes, the cadbury commercial with the 2 kids with popping eyebrows worked.

3. For some reason, it feels very Christmas-y today.

Currently listening: The Wild One (Hot Blood) - Shorty Rogers and His Orchestra

The Real Tidbits of Life

I really should be more diligent about blogging. How can I ever remember all the things that happen in daily life if I fail to write them down? Perhaps this blog isn't meant to remember all the big things that happen (since if they're that big, I can probably remember them with my own brain) but the smaller tidbits that are important to me today but might as well go un-noticed or become insignificant in the future.

So here it goes.

Yesterday, the doctor told me that the "lump" in my left ovary was but a figment of the ultrasound's imagination and the MRI has proven that I am as normal as normal can be (at least my ovaries are). Phew. Thank God for giving me my health and reminding me that I should never take it for granted. But the doc did say that I should be careful about my spine as it appears to be slightly worse than an average 20-year old spine should be. Okay, time to exercise more.

The status of my diet (day 5?). Ultimate fail. I actually ordered deep fried wontons as "dinner" today after I did a 2 hour stint at Gourmet (Ben took a day off to go see Jay-Z and Elaine was worried that it might be busy, hence I dropped by). How am I going to get the perfect body by my grad pic in less than two weeks?

This Sunday, I have to 領詩. I think I've done it so many times that I no longer am that nervous as I was before. I really should still stay on my toes though. It's too big of a responsibility to 求其.

Not All Women are Created Equal

Example:

I need to wear a pair of stockings as part of my outfit for church tomorrow. Mine all have holes in them (I never bother to buy new ones because I honestly rarely wear stockings). Karen has tons of stockings but I can't borrow them. They're just too long for me because my legs are pathetically short.

Currently Listening: Little Room - Norah Jones

Autumn at UBC

When people ask me my favourite season, I used to say "spring!" or "summer!". Right now, I think it's autumn, especially at UBC. The leaf-full trees are starting to turn orange, brown and red, people are starting to bundle up in beautiful scarves and boots and somehow, despite the cold wind and chills, the sun continues to shine and you might actually be able to find some warmth in its brightness. Strangely, it makes me feel like I'm at Hogwarts.

Well, I say this now. Wait until the leaves fall and the rain comes and UBC transforms itself into a murky soup of leaves, water and mud. And chances are, my shoes will have water leaked into them.

The Despairs of a Graduating BA Student

Career and Grad School Day - another scheme organized by UBC to make me feel infinitely stupid, inadequate and hopeless about my already murky future. Among the booths of insurance companies, firms from the financial sector (they're still hiring?), marketing firms, and even college pro-painters, I only found a few booths that fit the following criteria: 1. something i am remotely interested in, 2. something that i might remotely have a chance of getting into and 3. a booth staffed by people that look like they'll be interested in talking to an inexperienced, mediocre,　goal-less, BA student like me. (The depth of my desperation can be seen as I seriously start to look over the "Canadian Forces" pamphlet that I got).

And don't even mention grad school. 3.87 GPA to get into UVic Law? >160 on LSAT?

I should start talking to Kwun (my manager) to see if he wants to hire me as a full time at Gourmet soon.