Archive for the year 2004
Pasalubong from Jen
Posted on August 28, 2004 by Ching under Family.
Jen just came by and brought me a gift. She got me a watch while they were in Vegas. It’s my pasalubong. Perhaps Brian and I can take a trip to Vegas in a few months and I can return the favor.   Â
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Resident Evil 2: Apocalypse
Posted on August 28, 2004 by Ching under Movies.
There’s this new hot girl in RE2: Apocalypse. I was looking forward to seeing Milla (who I totally loved in The Fifth Element) kick some more zombie ass but now I’ve got another hot ass-kicking girl to watch.
Brian is so excited, he’s fixing to cream himself. Â
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Something in the Air
Posted on August 28, 2004 by Ching under Life.
Yesterday felt different than any other day I’ve ever experienced. For the last few years, each day has been the same work-school-home or school-work-home routine. The day started in a normal fashion, I suppose.. Went to work and then I went to my ballroom dance class. I arrived only to find out that class had been canceled. That was disappointing.
As I was leaving I noticed the sun setting. I’ve always loved watching the sun set. I’m so busy that I never have time to catch it. Yesterday, however, I decided to stop. Instead of just rushing and zipping from this place to the next, I stopped. I leaned against my car, enjoyed the wonderful late afternoon breeze and watched the sun as it gradually and gracefully fell behind the houses and trees across the street.
Many years ago, before the parking lot outside Duerksen was renovated, there used to be this hill where I loved to just sit and watch the sunset. Once in a while, the sprinklers would come on and drive you away. But most of the time it was the most relaxing place to be. It wasn’t quite the same feeling that I experienced yesterday, but it came pretty close.
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Brian and I decided to go to Sumo for dinner last night. It’s his favorite place. I told him I would wait for him outside. It was beautiful day, totally unlike any other day I’ve ever witnessed. The colors were different. The sky was green and everything else was tinged in a reddish-yellow hue. Almost like I was looking at my surroundings through a Photoshop filter that made everything so yellow and picturesque. Even the ugly tree on your front lawn appeared beautiful to me. I took a picture of it, but my camera phone just could not capture the vivid colors and do the moment justice.
The irony is that I feel calm and tranquil when I should be stressed out. With my promotion at work, I am faced with many new challenges. I am still attending college classes fulltime and I should be worried about keeping up with my school work. I tell myself this each day as if to remind me of how I ought and ought not feel. Yet, it seems that I don’t feel as apprehensive as I should. There must be something in the air. Â
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Promotion
Posted on August 24, 2004 by Ching under Life.
Now that the announcement has been made, I am finally free to tell the world the great news. I got promoted at work. It came as a surprise because I didn’t know that they were going to fill the two vacant supervisor positions. At least, I didn’t think it would be so soon. I figured that the positions would get reposted. Instead, Ginger just used the previous candidates who have interviewed in past rounds and made her selection.
On Friday when she called me into her office, I thought I was in trouble. Had I been expecting to hear from her that would’ve been different. It was totally unexpected, though, so I was nervous. Anyway, she offered me the job and because it wasn’t officially announced yet I could not tell any of my friends at work. I told Brian and he promptly told everyone at his work. Even after I had asked him not to. I guess he was excited. He was so excited that he called and told his parents right away.
For me, the feeling was bittersweet. I wanted to be happy and super-excited, but I felt horrible at the same time. I really liked that two supervisors that we lost. Stacy was my mentor and I totally looked up to him. To this day, I don’t know what happened. All I know is that their departure left two vacancies. I am happy that I’ve been granted an opportunity that I have waited for, for so long. But at the same time, I think I would’ve felt much more satisfaction if the circumstances had been different. I accepted because opportunities like these don’t come along very often. I can only hope that I will make Stacy proud.
Ray called Friday night to thank Brian for taking care of Jen (they work together) because she wasn’t feeling well at work. Since he was on the phone, I took the opportunity to tell Jen the good news. I told her not to say anything to anyone because I knew she would be out with people from my work place that evening.
The next day we had dinner at Abuelo’s with Ray, Jen and Ashley. We hung out at Ashley’s place after dinner. I was hanging out with Ashley during the afternoon too, to keep her company while Travis was at the lake with his buddies. I felt tempted to tell her the news several times. It was difficult to have such great news and not be able to share it. The weekend seemed to drag on forever.
Saturday was when I told mom and dad the good news. We invited both of our parents to dinner at PF Chang’s to celebrate. We owed Brian’s parents’ dinner because we were supposed to take them out to dinner for their anniversary back in June but our busy schedules wouldn’t allow it. Since mom and dad always pick up the tab for Brian and I when we eat out, we figured we would get theirs as well. Even with four appetizers and five entrees the bill didn’t amount to much. I think because only dad drank. Everyone else had tea or soda. I had water. I love PF Chang’s because it’s a nice place, you get a lot of food and the prices are very reasonable.
Mom and Dad B got me flowers and a kudos card. We got a thank you card from them too for being supportive. They have an ordeal going on. I don’t think I can share it though because it’s kind of private.
Mom gave us the anniversary gift that she’d been holding for a couple of weeks now. We all had a wonderful evening.
Sunday night was spent just laying in bed. I couldn’t sleep. I’m not sure if it was excitement or nerves. Probably a little bit of both. I have a lot of faith in myself and my abilities but at the same time I feel a lot of pressure to do well. Things have been really hectic at work. Everyone has been busy preparing for the separation but the other supervisors have been really nice and accommodating. I hope I don’t let anyone down.
I’m looking foward to my new job and my new responsibilities. But at the same time I am apprehensive that with more time and effort being required of me at work, I will be unable to keep up with my school work. I really want to do well because I like feeling of getting straight As. It makes me feel proud. It makes me feel good. Yeah, yeah. I’m nerdy. Anyway, I’m afraid that I may not be able to do so well this semester.
There’s a lot on my plate right now. I will probably be very busy the next few weeks. Maybe even months. I hope I can rise to meet this challenge.
P.S. Don’t abandon me if you don’t here from me for weeks or months. I will be back from time to time with some new updates. Or maybe even just movie line trivia. Until next time..
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Vanity Fair
Posted on August 22, 2004 by Ching under Movies.
Vanity Fair comes out September 1st. I think I will insist that Brian take me. He won’t take me to see Little Black Book but I will definitely have to put my foot down for VF. I love Reese and it looks like it will be pretty good.
Anyway, we have to go soon because we are meeting my parents and Brian’s parents at PF Chang’s for dinner tonight. Our reservations are for 8:30 PM but we’re going to try and get there a few minutes early in case they are able to seat us earlier. Â
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