I was at the gym today and as i was getting ready to leave the locker room i saw a lady standing by a mirror picking at something -acne! She'd squeeze one out and then do another. blehhhh... and then at the mall i saw a guy grimacing while shoving a rolled up tissue in the shape of a finger into his nose. My sister said that it was better than seeing him stick an actual finger up his nose. My sister and I were shopping around for 4 hours and got NADA. Heheh.. way to waste time.
Just recently, an old "family friend" reached out to us (me and my family) through facebook. It's my half-sister from my father's first marriage. She has 4 sons now. It's interesting to see how just 2 people can result in a HUGE extended family.
It's a Saturday night and I'm so freakin' bored. HELP!
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Back in the day...
Facebook sucks! I mean it does but it also doesn't... I like keep track of my friends and all but then they can also keep track of you.
A coworker sent a friend request and I wanted to be polite so I accepted. I had pictures up of me at a hookah lounge and of course she saw these. DOH!!!
I immediately removed them of course.. It just sucks to always have to worry about privacy. I'm also very careful on this blog because I don't want to get in any trouble.
I did a google search for my name and found some info that I can not remove because google has it indexed or something. UGHH!!!
Gone are the days of internet anonymity.
I would love to gossip more about my jobs, my past jobs etc.... Oh well.
Oh, just a few days ago, a friend of mine posted some stupid thing on facebook about "weird/gross" foods that people eat. Most of it was stuff that people in third world countries might eat. I pointed out to her that Americans are very wasteful while people in other countries use all parts of an animal. I said that I think that the real bad thing is not whether the food is gross or not, but how animals are tortured for their meat. She replied by saying, "Eh it's all stuff I don't eat..but seems everyone one has opinion. Seeing here the difference between my Asian friends and others though..." Fine, whatever. Wait a sec... all of her asian friends eat weird food while her white friends eat normal food? Or is it that her asian friends don't care about animal wellfare but her white friends do? Or both?
Anyway, she always seems to attack me on facebook so I unfriended her. I know I know, I'm all drama and I complain and it never ends heheh
But she is annoying!
A coworker sent a friend request and I wanted to be polite so I accepted. I had pictures up of me at a hookah lounge and of course she saw these. DOH!!!
I immediately removed them of course.. It just sucks to always have to worry about privacy. I'm also very careful on this blog because I don't want to get in any trouble.
I did a google search for my name and found some info that I can not remove because google has it indexed or something. UGHH!!!
Gone are the days of internet anonymity.
I would love to gossip more about my jobs, my past jobs etc.... Oh well.
Oh, just a few days ago, a friend of mine posted some stupid thing on facebook about "weird/gross" foods that people eat. Most of it was stuff that people in third world countries might eat. I pointed out to her that Americans are very wasteful while people in other countries use all parts of an animal. I said that I think that the real bad thing is not whether the food is gross or not, but how animals are tortured for their meat. She replied by saying, "Eh it's all stuff I don't eat..but seems everyone one has opinion. Seeing here the difference between my Asian friends and others though..." Fine, whatever. Wait a sec... all of her asian friends eat weird food while her white friends eat normal food? Or is it that her asian friends don't care about animal wellfare but her white friends do? Or both?
Anyway, she always seems to attack me on facebook so I unfriended her. I know I know, I'm all drama and I complain and it never ends heheh
But she is annoying!
Friday, January 1, 2010
Happy New Year!
2010 is here, good riddance to 2009!
Thanks for bearing with me throughout '09. Let's flash back to that year, starting with december:
I know I bitched and complained pretty much every time I blogged, regarding my crappy secretarial job that I had for almost 3 years. It wasn't until towards the end of Dec. 09, after almost 3 years of searching (that was my catch phrase for a while..."almost 3 years of searching") I finally found something. Whether the new job's better or not is another story... Maybe I'll write about that at the end of 2010.
During Xmas, i visited my folks in CO. I found out that the cancer med. that my aunt had been taking was not working anymore. The cancer cells were building an immunity to it. She will try one more type of experimental drug and if that doesn't work, she'll have about 6 months to live.
Around November, I decided to finally get invisalign. I had braces a long time ago but my teeth have shifted since then. Right around that time was when I found out that my old work place would be cutting hours starting in January, due to the recession. UGHHH!! It almost gave me a heart attack, especially after I had already committed to paying for invisalign!
Speaking of heart attacks, in June, A and I went to a dentist to have his teeth whitened. I was waiting in the lobby and heard the paramedics rush in and carry someone out on a stretcher. Turns out that A had a cardiac arrest. He was in the hospital (sedated) for 3 days. We were lucky that it happened at the dentist because I don't know CPR..
In March-ish, I went to Germany with A. It was nice to finally have a 1-week long vacation, FINALLY (it does take a while to build up vacation time once you've entered the real world at the bottom of the corporate ladder.)
In February, I joined a gym and have been goign at least 3 times a week, for about an hour each time since then. I used to only do cardio but have for the first time in my life incorporated weights as well. I've been very disciplined about this and have not missed my goal. I've also probably lost about 15 lbs of fat after about a year of exercise.. Basically everything I gained after high school. I could stand to lose about 5 more lbs of fat but I'm doing it slowly rather than through yo-yo dieting like I used to.
Unfortunately, I didn't befriend anyone in 2009, nor did I save up enough for a saxophone. I didn't visit any friends either and I didn't save any significant amount of mula.
Thanks for bearing with me throughout '09. Let's flash back to that year, starting with december:
I know I bitched and complained pretty much every time I blogged, regarding my crappy secretarial job that I had for almost 3 years. It wasn't until towards the end of Dec. 09, after almost 3 years of searching (that was my catch phrase for a while..."almost 3 years of searching") I finally found something. Whether the new job's better or not is another story... Maybe I'll write about that at the end of 2010.
During Xmas, i visited my folks in CO. I found out that the cancer med. that my aunt had been taking was not working anymore. The cancer cells were building an immunity to it. She will try one more type of experimental drug and if that doesn't work, she'll have about 6 months to live.
Around November, I decided to finally get invisalign. I had braces a long time ago but my teeth have shifted since then. Right around that time was when I found out that my old work place would be cutting hours starting in January, due to the recession. UGHHH!! It almost gave me a heart attack, especially after I had already committed to paying for invisalign!
Speaking of heart attacks, in June, A and I went to a dentist to have his teeth whitened. I was waiting in the lobby and heard the paramedics rush in and carry someone out on a stretcher. Turns out that A had a cardiac arrest. He was in the hospital (sedated) for 3 days. We were lucky that it happened at the dentist because I don't know CPR..
In March-ish, I went to Germany with A. It was nice to finally have a 1-week long vacation, FINALLY (it does take a while to build up vacation time once you've entered the real world at the bottom of the corporate ladder.)
In February, I joined a gym and have been goign at least 3 times a week, for about an hour each time since then. I used to only do cardio but have for the first time in my life incorporated weights as well. I've been very disciplined about this and have not missed my goal. I've also probably lost about 15 lbs of fat after about a year of exercise.. Basically everything I gained after high school. I could stand to lose about 5 more lbs of fat but I'm doing it slowly rather than through yo-yo dieting like I used to.
Unfortunately, I didn't befriend anyone in 2009, nor did I save up enough for a saxophone. I didn't visit any friends either and I didn't save any significant amount of mula.
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Randomness strikes again
My skin has been getting very dry lately so when my friend told me about some home-made moisturizing facial scrub, I had to try it for myself.
It's been a few days and it seems to be doing well. Actually quite well, I just gotta work out a few "bugs" in the scrub.
My other problem is sun spots/freckles. I've been using porcelana but because my skin had been dry, it exacerbated the dryness. So I'm trying to decide whether to continue with it or not.
In the morning before work, I've been taking Kava Kava pills just to help out with anxiety. It seems to be working very well. Either that or because no one is in the office, I've been having an easy time. Hopefully it's that the pills are working...
Also, I've discovered the (alcoholic) joys of kombucha. On an empty stomach, it gives one a very mild buzz. And it's something you can drink at the office, unlike if you drank beer or wine. Why shouldn't we be allowed some alcohol?? I wonder, if I had my own business, would i allow employees to drink?
I've been trying to come up with business ideas... if anyone has a good one for me, please lemme know!
Also, I'm trying to figure out how to jazz up my writing style. Sure I can write like my sinfully fab friend in NYC (similar to narrative style in Sex and the City) but that's oh-so not me. And plus it's probably only somewhat interesting to women folk and a few guys out there ;-P
Ahhh... I guess I just have to keep writing and hope for some unique style to develop. Bah! Oh wait, I do see something - randomness. I write about all sorts of stuff and my thoughts are scattered just like my writing. Is that good enough?
Anyway, Happy NEW YEAR! May this new year bring in:
fortune, prosperity, luck, love, weight loss, muscle gain, new friends, happiness, mega salary raise, job promotion, travel to an exotic destination, younger looking skin, popularity (the good kind of course), more assertiveness, confidence, a full head of hair, good posture.....and much much more.
Oh... I didn't make any resolutions. I'll have to think about it.
It's been a few days and it seems to be doing well. Actually quite well, I just gotta work out a few "bugs" in the scrub.
My other problem is sun spots/freckles. I've been using porcelana but because my skin had been dry, it exacerbated the dryness. So I'm trying to decide whether to continue with it or not.
In the morning before work, I've been taking Kava Kava pills just to help out with anxiety. It seems to be working very well. Either that or because no one is in the office, I've been having an easy time. Hopefully it's that the pills are working...
Also, I've discovered the (alcoholic) joys of kombucha. On an empty stomach, it gives one a very mild buzz. And it's something you can drink at the office, unlike if you drank beer or wine. Why shouldn't we be allowed some alcohol?? I wonder, if I had my own business, would i allow employees to drink?
I've been trying to come up with business ideas... if anyone has a good one for me, please lemme know!
Also, I'm trying to figure out how to jazz up my writing style. Sure I can write like my sinfully fab friend in NYC (similar to narrative style in Sex and the City) but that's oh-so not me. And plus it's probably only somewhat interesting to women folk and a few guys out there ;-P
Ahhh... I guess I just have to keep writing and hope for some unique style to develop. Bah! Oh wait, I do see something - randomness. I write about all sorts of stuff and my thoughts are scattered just like my writing. Is that good enough?
Anyway, Happy NEW YEAR! May this new year bring in:
fortune, prosperity, luck, love, weight loss, muscle gain, new friends, happiness, mega salary raise, job promotion, travel to an exotic destination, younger looking skin, popularity (the good kind of course), more assertiveness, confidence, a full head of hair, good posture.....and much much more.
Oh... I didn't make any resolutions. I'll have to think about it.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Bangs is it
Today, i went to work with my bangs pulled back because I didn't shower in the morning. I had a late night out last night and was too tired to shower at night as well. Luckily I didn't smell bad or look too shabby. And luckily most people are out this week.
Anyway, I was talking to a co-worker and she mentioned something about me learning abotu some new processes on the job and apparently I looked extremely surprised. Then it hit me as to why I have bangs - it makes my facial expressions (eye brows and eyes particularly) less noticable.
I have been told on numerous occasions that often times, I look suprised. So I guess I'll stick with them a bit longer... guhhh! Especially if I want to find a new job already hehehe ^_^
Anyway, my new job is ok so far... mainly because of the holiday season + my (unpaid) vacation time.
Anyway, I was talking to a co-worker and she mentioned something about me learning abotu some new processes on the job and apparently I looked extremely surprised. Then it hit me as to why I have bangs - it makes my facial expressions (eye brows and eyes particularly) less noticable.
I have been told on numerous occasions that often times, I look suprised. So I guess I'll stick with them a bit longer... guhhh! Especially if I want to find a new job already hehehe ^_^
Anyway, my new job is ok so far... mainly because of the holiday season + my (unpaid) vacation time.
Monday, December 28, 2009
Xmas medley
I just came back from visiting family for Christmas. I'm tired and sad to have left them, but I would not want to live in Colorado again.. Well, Boulder, Cherry Creek, and Denver are ok I guess. But in general, it's too boring for me. I need a big city. And Chicago seems to be getting smaller and smaller for me.
It's small, it's cold, it's cloudy... the job market sucks. I really don't want to be here anymore.
New York seems like a nice place, although not necessarily sunnier. We'll see...
I'm not looking forward to going back to work tomorrow but I am looking forward to the paycheck.
I have some business idea in my head right now, and am slightly excited but cautious. I've gotta do tons of research on competition and target customers etc..
Anyway, back to holiday talk. I tried kava kava for the first time. One of my relatives is pretty much a hippy and has traveled all over the world. He has come across all sorts of cultures, foods, herbs, etc. and keeps a handy supply of almost everything in his house. I must say, it made me feel a bit relaxed and gave me strange dreams! But it was very mild and enjoyable.
For the xmas meal, we had mashed potatoes, green bean bake, stuffing, gimchi, and galbi. What a meal that was! Oh and I can't forget teh canned cranberry. We made teh mashed potatoes and galbi from scratch. the gimchi was also homemade and basically those are the only things I ate because I've become a food snob. I read teh ingredients in the stuffing and the cream of mushroom soup that is used to make the green beans and saw that they had MSG and high fructose corn syrup. BLEH!! You only have one body and you gotta take care of it the best you can. :-)
Luckily since I like Korean food, it's very healthy in general and now the whole organic food/ingredients is gaining popularity as well.
Here's a list of stuff that I avoid:
high fructose corn syrup
white flour (i try to use whole wheat)
MSG
cheap sausages (the cheap junk filled with crap)
hotdogs
dried fruits that have some sulfite of some sort (hurts my throat!)
mayo (i do like veggie mayo)
milk/ice cream
meat in general
It's small, it's cold, it's cloudy... the job market sucks. I really don't want to be here anymore.
New York seems like a nice place, although not necessarily sunnier. We'll see...
I'm not looking forward to going back to work tomorrow but I am looking forward to the paycheck.
I have some business idea in my head right now, and am slightly excited but cautious. I've gotta do tons of research on competition and target customers etc..
Anyway, back to holiday talk. I tried kava kava for the first time. One of my relatives is pretty much a hippy and has traveled all over the world. He has come across all sorts of cultures, foods, herbs, etc. and keeps a handy supply of almost everything in his house. I must say, it made me feel a bit relaxed and gave me strange dreams! But it was very mild and enjoyable.
For the xmas meal, we had mashed potatoes, green bean bake, stuffing, gimchi, and galbi. What a meal that was! Oh and I can't forget teh canned cranberry. We made teh mashed potatoes and galbi from scratch. the gimchi was also homemade and basically those are the only things I ate because I've become a food snob. I read teh ingredients in the stuffing and the cream of mushroom soup that is used to make the green beans and saw that they had MSG and high fructose corn syrup. BLEH!! You only have one body and you gotta take care of it the best you can. :-)
Luckily since I like Korean food, it's very healthy in general and now the whole organic food/ingredients is gaining popularity as well.
Here's a list of stuff that I avoid:
high fructose corn syrup
white flour (i try to use whole wheat)
MSG
cheap sausages (the cheap junk filled with crap)
hotdogs
dried fruits that have some sulfite of some sort (hurts my throat!)
mayo (i do like veggie mayo)
milk/ice cream
meat in general
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Beaming :-)
I know I mentioned this already but, starting in January, the organization where I work has decided to cut everyone's hours.
For 3 years, I've been stuck w/earning between $28K-$29 and I was JUST about to get $30K but because of the cuts, I'll be stuck again. How freakin' sad is that? I'm a college graduate, working as a secretary for about 3 years and never once made above $30k (except when I taught English in Korea)....
Anyway, Great news!
I wasn't gonna' say anything 'til I actually started but I got a job offer and accepted!!!!! FINALLY!!!!!!
I honestly believed that I would be a secretary for longer than 3 years...A person from the mailroom/printroom in the building told me that I was lucky to be getting out of there. So I asked him if he was also looking. He says, "yup, for 3 years now. All the jobs that I qualify for, now they require Bachelor's degrees." Damn... All the jobs that I qualify for basically prefer people with Master's degrees 'cause the job market is so bad. It seems like everyone & their mother has Master's degrees and it makes me feel a bit inadequate..
Another girl who is an admin. aide also confided in me that she wants a new job and even asked if she could see my cover letter and resume.
Anyway, I will be a program assistant at a non-profit. And I will get a $1oK raise! That's how underpaid I've been all these years. Who gives a $10k raise anymore (for non executive-level positions anyway)
BTW, I got another call from another recruiter who wants to interview me for an admin. assistant position. HAH! NEVER again will I work as a secretary or admin. assistant. But this just goes to show that Nov-March are prime hiring months, if you want a job make sure to start sending resumes out now.
I am soooooo looking forward to the exit interview. I really wanna' rant about my supervisor. She was such a control freak and micro-manager. She couldn't trust anyone to do their job no matter how many times they (I) have proven to get things done and on time. And the way she talked to me and cut me off when I spoke really made my 2.5 years under her "rule" very difficult. To be honest, if she were not my supervisor and i made just a wee bit more money, I might actually have been complacent, besides I actually got an OFFICE WITH A DOOR.. but anyway, I'm on to better things. And who has weekly supervision meetings with their secretary? That's absolutely ridiculous. The whole division does that! No other department or division does this.
I am really nervous, happy, scared, but most of all hopeful!
For 3 years, I've been stuck w/earning between $28K-$29 and I was JUST about to get $30K but because of the cuts, I'll be stuck again. How freakin' sad is that? I'm a college graduate, working as a secretary for about 3 years and never once made above $30k (except when I taught English in Korea)....
Anyway, Great news!
I wasn't gonna' say anything 'til I actually started but I got a job offer and accepted!!!!! FINALLY!!!!!!
I honestly believed that I would be a secretary for longer than 3 years...A person from the mailroom/printroom in the building told me that I was lucky to be getting out of there. So I asked him if he was also looking. He says, "yup, for 3 years now. All the jobs that I qualify for, now they require Bachelor's degrees." Damn... All the jobs that I qualify for basically prefer people with Master's degrees 'cause the job market is so bad. It seems like everyone & their mother has Master's degrees and it makes me feel a bit inadequate..
Another girl who is an admin. aide also confided in me that she wants a new job and even asked if she could see my cover letter and resume.
Anyway, I will be a program assistant at a non-profit. And I will get a $1oK raise! That's how underpaid I've been all these years. Who gives a $10k raise anymore (for non executive-level positions anyway)
BTW, I got another call from another recruiter who wants to interview me for an admin. assistant position. HAH! NEVER again will I work as a secretary or admin. assistant. But this just goes to show that Nov-March are prime hiring months, if you want a job make sure to start sending resumes out now.
I am soooooo looking forward to the exit interview. I really wanna' rant about my supervisor. She was such a control freak and micro-manager. She couldn't trust anyone to do their job no matter how many times they (I) have proven to get things done and on time. And the way she talked to me and cut me off when I spoke really made my 2.5 years under her "rule" very difficult. To be honest, if she were not my supervisor and i made just a wee bit more money, I might actually have been complacent, besides I actually got an OFFICE WITH A DOOR.. but anyway, I'm on to better things. And who has weekly supervision meetings with their secretary? That's absolutely ridiculous. The whole division does that! No other department or division does this.
I am really nervous, happy, scared, but most of all hopeful!
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