If you call the wrong number and I tell you so, please just hang up. Don't try to insist that I'm wrong and you have the right number and if I could please go get the person you're looking for.
Don't argue when I tell you this is my cell phone. There is no one else sharing this phone with me. No one. And yes, I'm very sure.
The second day of corporate brainwashing and I wish someone would blow up the airport already. Okay I get that starbucks wants all its monkeys to believe that their coffee is expensive because they pay farmers a premium for coffee beans. I'm beginning to think that the brainwashing is working because it seems everyone is frighteningly chipper and quickly mastering customer ass-kissing.
The uh, coffee tasting and describing rather amused me though.
"What do you smell?" "Uh... coffee?" "Appreciate the aroma." "Uh... its nutty...?" "Now slurp it, identify the flavour on your tongue. What can you tell about the acidity, and body?" "Its... um bitter? And... crisp...?" "And can you suggest a pastry to complement it?"
Ohhh boy. Tomorrow we actually get make drinks. I think. I'm going to finish my 20 pages of forms for an airport security pass now. Watch someone try to blow up a plane with a cup of coffee soon.
And by the looks of it. I'll be at HC on dec 31, and Starbucks on jan 1. AND my first shift will likely be in the US terminal. Cranky americans. Fun.
I knew it, the one thing I missed the most was my laptop, and a close second is the bathroom. And against every single relative's expectations, I made it back without anything happening. I also discovered that with my level of chinese and the airport people's level of english, it's pretty damn difficult to communicate with either language.
I didn't realize until someone asked that I last time I went back was 8 years ago, and even though I say I'll go back in 2 or 3 years - chances are I won't. And that means that this time probably was the last time I'd see my grandparents. Geez, I'm glad I didn't think of that before I got on the plane in Harbin. No, I'm pretty sure my dad's mom will live until she's like 120 even with her chain smoking.
I hate travelling backwards in time zones. About 2 hours ago, I was shoving my way through chinese customs, 12 hours later, I'm waiting in line at canadian customs, but it's the same day, same time.
Alright, 24 hours without sleep is about as much as I can do. Btw, I got you your almond milk Katie, but they opened it at beijing so I drank it.
Holy crap I hate this keyboard - anyways, flight and transfer was fine, except the two kids who sat behind us the entire trip and would not shut up for 11 hours straight. And a pilot who couldn't land the friggin' plane. I watched way too much lost before i got on the plane, I kept thinking everybit of turbulence meant that we'd crash. the kids sitting behind us saying "i want a really big explosion" didn't help either.
news in china is pretty lame. "we dug a hole and there's steam come from the dirt, we have to investigate" end of story. and, "some mud fell from the top of a tunnel" to which they dedicated a five minute segment interviewing people all agreed that mud fell from the tunnel. WTF.
I'm not sure what I'm doing today, but it does involve getting out of this web cafe as soon as possible. friggin smoking inside and some guy just hacked up his lung on the floor beside me.
expect more posts from me while i'm here than in the past year :P
I've been sick all week, probably did crap on my midterms despite all my studying, all of my paycheck went towards an overdue tuition fee, more than likely won't get into anything in sept, won't have a job either, but none of that matters right now because I've got a kilogram of mini eggs on my desk. Best $15 dollars I've spent in a long time.
So I had one large cup of coffee today. And its 2:36 in the friggin morning and I still can't sleep. Granted, I was finishing homework and bsing "evidence for the predictability of evolution in the short-term". In my plant breeding discussion, we're doing problem based learning, which basically boils down to 7 animal biology students sitting for 2 hours making up shit about plants. The ta was about to cry when everyone started wondering how a fruit grows. The first problem we had to do was figure out why some guy's apple trees weren't producing apples. Now that we know so much about apple growing, we're going to go open apple orchards if the ubc thing doesn't work out :P
Developmental neurobiology is my favourite class. Holy crap, I don't know why, since it's a pain in the ass that there's so much to do and I've got a retarded textbook but its such a perfect balance of fucking up genes and getting to see a result (headless glowing mice). As opposed to fucking up genes in e.coli and you get a blue dot instead of a white dot.
And I like plant biochem because I like the prof's accent and he talks alot, especially about things that don't matter. Same with chemistry. There's some kid from uhill in that chem class, I remember him because he was one of those really annoying brats that was all "put me in yearbook cuz i'm the coolest shit ever!!!!!111" Yeah. Second year classes make me feel old.
Huh. The subject really doesn't have anything to do with the first sentence, or the bit about apples. I don't remember either. I think I'll go buy a jacket. Actually I don't think I've been anywhere but home -> school -> home for a really, really long time. I need to get out more, but there's always some damn quiz to study for or another paper to read/summarize/present.
You know how you get that nice smug feeling when you have something new and cool and the other kids don't? And you get to go "oh it's no big deal" when they're all "wow, that's so neat!" and etc? Ahh, that feeling never goes away. Or I'm just childish. Yes, I'm going to enjoy my few weeks of having a shiny new black ipod before they go and come out with a shinier, newer one. But holy crap, there's a lot of stuff to buy before you can use the thing properly.
I hate midterms in november. Luckily I don't have any this year, and because of extra midterms in some mycology class somewhere, I also get more hours at the lab which equals more money. I also got chocolate because some guy brought them in for my boss for letting him see extra samples.
That latest Harry Potter book was kinda depressing. I also didn't get half the connections made and didn't remember half the characters that were supposed to be significant since it's been so long since I read the last book. I laughed at all the couples suddenly popping up. Everyone knows Draco and Harry and Snape are all madly in love with each other. Silly author.
In other news I also got a new icon. Look at my smoking fish! Its kind of retarded but I'm also too lazy to go fix it. I'm too lazy to go on typing the rest of what I had to say. Oh, who want to go to a jrock live with me on sunday? It's like $15 dollars which kinda sucks, but I'm really curious and I'm too wussy to go by myself. Its on broadway and larch or something. Surprisingly.
Got my hair cut today. I went into the salon at the village and told the woman I wanted my hair short, like around my ears. And then she and the other woman there all start going "Oh no! That's much too short. Other asian girls have nice cuts like... blah blah blah." Um yeah, the whole point is that I don't want to look like other asian girls. So after much explaining, they convinced me that it'd look better if my hair weren't so short. It's okay I guess, I would have liked it a bit more choppy at the back. Okay, I changed my mind. I like the front and the back, but I HATE the bottom. It's much too straight and just looks freaking weird with the rest of my hair. The more I look at it, the more I want to take a pair of scissors it.
Finally, finally, finally ordered an ipod. What I'm going to do with 30 gb is beyond me. I doubt I can put the video playing on the new ones to use anyways. It also took me like half an hour to decide between the white or the black one. Also the black doesn't come with black earphones, somehow that just doesn't make sense to me. I saved like $40 buying from the educational site, but it's also going to take like a week and a half to get here. I also really want an ibook now. Yay, ipod shipped like an hour ago.
And a job. Holy crap, I'm no in need of money that I'll go and apply to everywhere and take the first place that offers me a job. Hmm I also need to get applications and whatnot ready for the medtech programs. Housing is also really expensive. Student loan here I come...
I found out on friday morning that my term paper which I thought was due next wednesday was in fact due friday morning. It wouldn't have been bad or anything had I been a productive student but as I am, I hadn't even picked out an article to write about. Wow go me. Ironically it was those bunch of random union members picketing the bus terminals that saved my ass; since some people couldn't get into campus, we have an option of handing in the paper on monday. So I'll just take back all of the bad things I said about the bus picketers.
And now I am supposed to writing an intelligent paper on developmental defects in mice due to the absence of one particular component of an enzyme. I'm surprised I understand the article mostly, but why the hell do they have to make up such weird names for genes? Why would you name a drosophila gene 'sonic hedgehog'? WTF.
I got new glasses, so I can see without contacts now yay. My eyes are more fuck up than I thought. Boo. I want to go to sleep, but I have to write that damn paper. One more midterm on tuesday. And I just finished making several trays of dumplings by myself. And I'm in a bad mood for some reason I can't figure out. Want ipod now, don't wanna wait until nov 4 for it.
Bought more tea and now have been drinking like 5 cups a day. I think I'll try making ponderosa cake soon. And I did not know egg came in a milk carton.
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