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Not This Again
Posted on March 17, 2008 by Ching under Flickr, School.
I got invited to OMA’s Academic Achievement Recognition Ceromony again. I’ve decided I’m boycotting it until they have an academic recognition ceremony for white people. Just kidding!
Although, I have wondered about that… If you look closely at WSU’s demographic, white people are as much a minority as anyone else. It’s pretty much a melting pot with all cultures well-represented. Do we minorities really need that much encouragement that so much more attention needs to be given to us? Can we not succeed otherwise? These are some questions to ponder. I’m not in the mood to wax philosophical right now, though, so let’s save that for another time.
The main reason I’m skipping the event this year is (a) I don’t really need someone to give me a pat on the back, and (b) it was so disorganized last year that it was painful. The ceremony last year left me feeling like I had just stepped out of a bad movie — I’ll never get those two hours of my life back!
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Pictures of Our New Office Space
Posted on March 8, 2008 by Ching under Flickr.
These are pictures of our new office space that Jan took with her iPhone the other day. The picture above is of the main lobby.
This next photo is of my new office.
This is the view from my office window — the wall, basically.
I can see our old building and Brian’s building from where I am. It’s not the best view, but I didn’t get to pick first. I still think it’s nice, though.
The next photo is the view from Jan’s office.
This is the building that is being demolished and converted into a parking lot. This is pretty much what I’ll be looking at when I look down from my window for the next few weeks.
This is a picture of the building from the outside.
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Serendipitous
Posted on March 2, 2008 by Ching under Flickr, Life, School.
We had our annual management meeting at the Airport Hilton this year. Incidentally, we had my bridal shower there six years ago.
Speaking of serendipitous… I ran into Becca, Dill, April, and Corey while waiting for Brian at the airport a couple of weeks ago.
I got there early on Friday night (February 15) because I wanted to use the time to catch up on reading for Advanced Strategic Management (MGMT 885) class. Besides, since I wasn’t playing poker (and I have no life) I had nothing better to do. Anyway, I was reading my handouts while patiently waiting for Brian when I heard, “Chingay!”
It was Becca, Dill, and Corey. They were waiting for April. She spent the week in Denver. I found it uncanny that her flight came in about the same time as Brian’s flight. What are the odds that Brian and someone else we know are both out of town the week of Valentines? I think it is some sort of corporate conspiracy to increase national divorce rates—job security for liars.. I mean, lawyers. LOL.
Kidding aside, the six of us ended up going to dinner that night at Logan’s. Ugh. Bad idea. Never go to Logan’s an hour before they close. The kitchen is pretty much out of commish. We had the worst food and service ever. Needless to say, Brian and I haven’t been back.
I would have blogged about the Logan’s experience on Foodies but I have been super busy. MGMT 885 is a lot of work! Anyway, it’s almost over. I’m counting down the days to graduation—May 17—mark your calendars!
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Valentines Flowers
Posted on February 24, 2008 by Ching under Flickr, Life, Travel.
Sometimes I think I am the man and Brian is the woman. I didn’t get flowers this year, he did. I guess you can say I wear the pants in this relationship. =P
While he was away, I thought I would do something nice for him so I had FTD deliver flowers to his hotel. I had them deliver it on Tuesday instead of Thursday so that he would enjoy the flowers during his entire stay.
I picked stargazer lilies because they are my favorite and I figured that they would remind him of me. I thought it would make him happy and cheer him up, but it kind of backfired. The flowers reminded him of me and made him even more homesick (or so he said, anyway).
[ NOTE: This is the second time I’ve bought Brian flowers for Valentines. The first time was in 2000, when we first started dating. I had Tillies deliver a dozen red roses to his work. He worked at Intrust Bank back then. He said he felt special because he was the only one (out of everyone, including women coworkers) who got a dozen roses, but at the same time he said he felt very, very gay because only his gay coworkers got flowers. ]
Here are some other pictures from Brian’s trip to New Hampshire:
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Letter from Brian
Posted on February 23, 2008 by Ching under Flickr, Life, Travel.
Brian and I came across this sad letter while cleaning the office today. It’s sad for two reasons: Brian was uber sappy (I didn’t really count, but I think he said he loved me and missed me at least a dozen times in this letter; and check out the poem in the closing) and it’s handwritten, therefore, he couldn’t use grammar or spell check (notice the lack of punctuation). I’m really glad his writing has improved immensely. LOL.
Jokes aside, the letter is actually very sweet. It was written back in 1999, before we “officially” moved in together. He sent this to California where I spent a couple of weeks in November that year.
The significance of this letter is that it was the first and only time we’d been apart until Brian’s trip to New Hampshire. I moved in about a month after this letter. Brian and I haven’t been apart since. That’s a really, really long time… which is why the week he spent in New Hampshire was really difficult. Anyway, I just wanted to put his sappy blog postings in perspective. In almost ten years of being a couple, it was the first Valentines that we’ve spent apart.
Back in 1999, I didn’t have a cellphone so keeping in touch was actually more challenging. During the week Brian was in New Hampshire, we talked on the phone for several hours every single night. We even watched American Idol together on Tuesday and Wednesday. I think we talked more on the phone that week than we did in the last couple of months. Thank God for free mobile-to-mobile!
With Brian’s new job at Viega, this probably won’t be the last time he’ll be asked to travel. It will take some getting used to but I think we will manage.
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