Archive for August 2004
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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Old Journals
Posted on August 21, 2004 by Ching under Family, Life.
I’ve been reading through some of my old journal entries.. Man, they were good! I wonder what happened to my flair for writing? I used to tell such vivid, entertaining stories.. Now I merely recount the days’ events as they pass.
And to think that I had to code HTML by hand in those days. There was no Blogger back then so I had to code the navigation into the pages and everything. Each time I would post a new entry, I would have to manually go back to the previous one and create a next link so that the reader could navigate between the entries without having to return to the table of contents. It was tedious, to say the least. But to maintain such quality of writing under the given circumstances that I impress myself even reading it today? That’s an accomplishment.
I never understood why people were reading about my life before. I guess I took it for granted. Now it’s clear. It was the way in which I wrote. I don’t have the same number of readers today because the writing is just not the same. Either that or my life just isn’t as interesting. After all, I’m now just a boring, old wife (ahh, to be young again). But then, that was before the digital explosion when I couldn’t post as many pictures because I would have to scan them and upload them, and that took forever since these were the days of dial-up…
Perhaps I was forced to write in an eloquent and colorful way to convey the moment or experience that I was trying to share because I didn’t have any pictures to show? Now that I have the ability to post hundreds of photos within seconds I don’t feel compelled to be as descriptive.. Sounds like a reasonable explanation..
I don’t know if I will ever be able to bring the old Chingay back. I have grown and evolved. Of course, sometimes changes aren’t always good. In this case, the difference is that I don’t write as well as I used to (this could be Brian rubbing off on me, too — just kidding, baby). I may just post some of my old journal entries, a select few, to give you a taste of what life was like living with conservative Filipino parents and a rebellious teenage sister in a suburban Kansas environment.
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South Padre 1998
Posted on August 21, 2004 by Ching under Life.
Here are some pictures that we took in South Padre during 1998 spring break. I didn’t even know I still had these pictures! I still can’t believe I found them. Good thing I checked the floppies before reformatting them.
BTW, if you’ve known me since my chingay.com days then you’ve probably seen these pictures already. They were originally part of the photo albums. I wasn’t very organized then (still not) so when I lost the hosting for my website I just kind of lost track of all the pictures.
But now they’re back! Yay! Enjoy!
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Movie Update
Posted on August 18, 2004 by Ching under Movies.
The last two movies we watched through Netflix are The Big Bounce and Miracle. The Big Bounce was kind of boring but it had some cool people in it: Gary Sinise, Morgan Freeman and Owen Wilson. I don’t know what it is about Gary Sinise, but I love him. And, of course, Owen Wilson is really hot in that goofy/dorky/slacker kind of way. The girl who plays the lead (not sure what her name is) kind of reminds me of Bridget Fonda’s character in Jackie Brown. Despite her walking around semi-naked for the entire movie, there wasn’t really enough story or sex to keep me interested. I almost fell asleep and was finally relieved when the movie ended. The only redeeming value of the movie was that Nancy got what she deserved in the end, which is nothing! And Jack ends up with the girl in #9, who is a minor character, not really that hot but is kind of sweet. I can totally relate to her character, the one that no one really notices.
Miracle, on the other hand was really good. I don’t know why I never wanted to see it in the theaters. After all, I love Kurt Russell. And I’m totally crushing on Jimmy Craig right now. He’s probably 50 now, but I still want to meet him. He was awesome! Of course, I wouldn’t mind meeting Eddie Cahill, the guy who played his character, either. He’s a cutie! Â
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