SFU Convo

Today I attended Benny's SFU Convo (CONGRATULATIONS!) Although the warmth of the occasion did warm my heart, I was still shivering under the two shawls that I had wrapped around myself.

But thankfully, I am off tomorrow to the warm and sunny east coast!

you're poorer than you think

At least I am. Unemployment + one month vacations aren't really compatible. Admission tickets to the parks in Orlando (i.e. Epcot, Animal Kingdom, Universal Studios...) already come to around $3xx. Plus plane tickets. Plus broadway tickets (at least I'm buying rush tickets...but still at least $40...). Plus shopping money (not mandatory, but good idea to bring some). Plus food.

But it's okay. Spending money is kinda fun haha.

Btw, Benny keeps imagining our cruise to be like those Corona commercials (i.e. lawn chairs on a beautiful, quiet, sunny, peaceful beach and a corona). I am more realistic. I imagine crowded, dirty, noisy, sticky hot beaches with nothing but bottled water that we bought for $5.

Declaration of War

Dear germs,

I will not be intimidated by your congregating in my throat. I will not allow you to ruin my vacation plans. Now get out!

Thanks,
Kathy

Changing

Today, I told a friend that it is okay for people to change if:

1. they realize that they are changing
2. they can correctly distinguish whether this is a good or a bad change
and
3. they are willing/able to make adjustments if they are unhappy with the change.

Now that I am thinking about this, I do give fairly ambiguous and random advice eh? Just another bunch of fluff and verbal diarrhea (that word again!) from the randomness and confusion that is my brain. But hey, maybe ambiguous and random advice is the best advice - the person who hears this advice can just interpret and do as they will.

Okay, I need sleep.

First Rejection and Gearing Up

I think I just got rejected by my first full-hearted attempt to get a job. I made it into the "top 10 candidates" pool but apparently if i made it into the top 5, they would notify me by end of Friday (which was almost 2 hours ago).

It's okay. I didn't expect it to be that easy.

In other matters...I am in full vacation preparation mode! 鄭少 and I have spent the past few weeks sporadically brainstorming what we want to do at each destination. Finally, we took yesterday morning to sit down and lay out what excursions to do at each port during the cruise. I've been searching for ways to cheap out at NYC food-wise, admission ticket-wise and shopping-wise (because we're not all Carrie Bradshaw's and can afford a pair of Manolo Blahniks at $500USD a pair). Ditto with Orlando.

And as I sit on my bed right now, covered by my down blanket (my dad says that we shouldn't put our winter clothes/blankets away until we've eaten 五月粽), I can't help but be slightly worried about the heat on the East coast. The other day my 三叔 called (the one who lives in NYC) and told us that they started turning on the a/c.

Whatever. If I could spend 5 hours walking around an extremely crowded Forbidden City in 32C temperature last year, I am basically invincible.