Kwan's Journal

So it’s been months since I last posted anything public. A lot has happened …so now what do I writer about….the memorable moments….or juicy details of my adventures around Church St in Toronto?

 

Seeing that I last posted in Jan, I will update with a few things from February. Feb was when I took a vacation to Orlando, Florida. It was great fun experiencing the wonder of Disney all over again. Going away for a week didn’t seem long enough, but I lost my managerial job over it. Was it worth it? I dunno. What I do know is now I can say that I’ve been to the Animal Kingdom, Hollywood Studios, Magic Kingdom, and Epcot. I definitely want to return to Hollywood Studios. Their stunt show was amazing! There lots of other attractions I wanted to see there but there just wasn’t enough time to visit it all. Next time I go, I’m counting on my uncle getting me tickets since he used to work for Disney hehe.

 

While I was in Florida, I was able to meet my counins’ children….which would be my second cousins I guess. I met them for the first time. Prior to this year, it has been over  yrs since I was last in Orlando. Going back there again is something I plan to do before I die. Did that sound awkward? Lol

 

Someone said I should have met some guys while I was there if ya know what I mean. Considering this was a family trip, I had no intention of making it a guy adventure trip haha.

 

While I was in Florida I learned that each of my cousins had their own nail salons. Each of them had multiple vehicles to use for driving to work. I realized I was probably the least wealthy in the family. Oh well they are older than me so they fall in a different age category. Shouldn’t compare apples to oranges I guess

Let's see what events have occurred....spoke to Jamie tonight. I still think about every day. Whether he loves me back or not, it's not going to change my feelings for him. Genuine love doesn't force another to love back. I feel that loving is one of my specialties. The time Jamie told me he feels loved when he's around me made me feel good and proud of who I am. Jamie isn't used to being fully loved so maybe that's why he's trying to stay away. The fact that he let his friends influence his love choices irritates me. I try to respect them but ...well not sure how to finish off this sentence without being offensive.

On another topic, something interesting occurred the other week. I walked into Tim Hortons and ordered a muffin. The girl saw a debit or mastercard in my hand and said they don't accept that form of payment. She said I could have the muffin anyway. After thanking her, I asked for the time. She looked to her left and that's when I noticed the clock on the wall. She kept looking at the clock only to turn back to me and said "I don't know" The perky and enthusiastic way she said it left me with a smile in my heart. At the same time, I feel sorry for her. I remember being taught time back in grade 2. The teacher assigned a work sheet with a variety of clock times. Students were required to indicate the time by looking at the clock hands. I remember the day specifically since on the bottom of the sheet it asked something like 'what time do you go to bed?' I remember the teacher saying something like 'don't lie because I will be asking your parents at the interview'

So now I am converting my customer service resume to a sales resume. The Rona job fair was crowded. Not everyone who came had interviews. There was a pre-math test on the back of the application form. If would have helped if I remembered the conversion of decimals into fractions. I knew how to answer most of the questions. One of the questions asked for fraction form of .625. Wish I knew, but one of the Rona girls said not to sweat over it.

 

Mrs. Wright is preparing for a vacation to Jamaica and I won’t be working for her till next month. I basically perform administrative assistant duties, mainly typing, editing and proofreading when I work for her. I’m glad it’s only temporary part time. At least according to the job posting it’s temporary.

 

Wonder what Jamie is doing. His friends have only met me once. For them to dictate who is best for him....that’s giving them a lot of power. They haven't seen the golden moments that have taken place. I gather advice from friends, but ultimately I make the final decision. Safer that way

This morning I went to Metro to purchase a monthly bus pass but remembered that I didn’t have enough money in my chequing account and I didn’t want to use my Mastercard. So I headed over to the bank which was across the street. Changed my PIN and transferred money to my chequing account. You guys may be wondering why I’m particular about my chequing account. It’s ‘cause I signed up for the Simply Save Promotion with TD which allows me to get money back when I use my TC Access Card. In the words of someone who works for TD:

 

I just was googling Simply Save on Google and I came across this forum.
I work for TD and think that this promotion is an excellent way for people who aren't used to saving to start doing so. HERE IS THE THING THOUGH!
You can:
1) Transfer $.50 - $5 from a CHEQUING account to a savings, LOC, or other person's account with every debit transaction
2) TD will deposit $10 to the receiving account as a BONUS for if your transfers total >$100.
3) HOWEVER, they will only deposit $10 for UP TO $200 that you transfer.
THIS MEANS YOU CAN ONLY GET $20 as a BONUS from TD. This means you can't get $200 as a bonus but will get $20 if you transfer $200 into the receiving account. BUT, with today's market conditions, thats a 10% return on your investment. Considering today's interest accounts only return 1%, this promotion is still awesome. I think its a great way to start putting money into a savings account that might otherwise be empty

More info at: http://www.tdcanadatrust.com/accou…#

I love the promotion and have already received $10 last month (last year) for saving $100. It may not seem like a lot but every little bit counts during these economic times.  

This entry is just a quick post typing whatever I can in like 3mins or so.

 

Today I sorted through some of my elementary school work. Found a science test on “New Life”. Apparently back in gr 5/6 I couldn’t seem to define the word moulting or metamorphosis. Another part of the test involved drawing a pic of a flowering plant and labelling its parts. Wonder what Jamie would say if he saw how I did (he studied plants in University). He should be arriving back from Cuba in less than 2 hours. He told me 1am.. I’m sure he’s having fun with his friends. Wonder if he’s been thinking about me the way that I’ve been thinking about him...

 

P.S – I looked up mouting and found a pic here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moult…
creepy!!!

Yesterday spending time with my good friend Carrie was a gift within itself. It feels like so long since I’ve last connected with her. In the short amount of time we had together, we walked around the mall and saw gift basket items at Zellers reduced to 50% off. Then we saw the assortment of nuts for 25% off. Cashews…peanuts….pistachios. I’m a fan of nuts. While at Starbucks, we ordered passion tea of some sort infused with lemonade.  It was so full that there was nowhere to sit. We decided to drink and eat in Carrie’s car. She said her mom packed her a big lunch so we had picnic consisting of shortbread cookies, turkey sandwich with special sauce, clementines, and the passion fruit tea from Starbucks. Carrie had to be at the hospital for 4:45 so it was time for her to go.

Today I am wearing the navy thermal underwear that Jamie bought me for Christmas. Any time I move, it’s almost as if I can feel Jamie in my pants lol. He also gave me nicer version of Nike shirt that I had. The fabric is not cotton like my old shirt. It’s more silky athletic wear. I gave him a scarf, matching tuque, and a book with nutritional info on what not to eat and a better alternative. Hmm….wonder what Jamie is eating now that he’s vacationing in Cuba….

 

            Maybe I will include a picture of him in a future post. They’re already on Facebook.

 

Random fact: I love how clementines are almost always seedless.

          Today was really cold. I was on the bus and when I passed by a building with a automatic display of the temperature outside, it stated the current temperature was -17C. Good thing I had 2 layers on. This made me think of Jamie. Once I got to work, I realized no one but me and the blind guy were there. After 8:40am, 2 other guys (Chester&Dan) came in.

 

Shortly after 9am the blind guy said he received an email from the boss informing him that the European Campaign has been suspended till Jan 11, 2009 due to the extended holiday. In my head, WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Earlier notice would have been nice. I noticed that the email was sent just after midnight and the boss just got off the phone with the European Campaign Company. Fuckitty Fuck Fuck! If this no pay crap persists I am gunna lose it!

 

So now I am the Newmarket Resource Centre. I have just over an hour to do some work here before meeting up with my friend Carrie.

It's been a while since I've written on this thing. In all this time soo much has happened jobwise and boywise (is that even a word? lol)

Since May, I have moved back in with family. I've worked as a telephone surveyor for a water purification company, but that didn't last long. It was quite an experience to find out that the person who interviewed me ended up being someone the company didn't like in the end. Legal paper work took place and the person who interviewed me was no longer allowed on the property. Otherwise, it would be considered tresspassing. I left the company and then ended up being an energy consultant and an enrollment agent for a gas and electricity supply company. The nice thing about the job is it allowed me to travel through various places in Ontario, staying at hotels in Brockville, Niagara, Norwich, Norfold, etc. Now I am looking for a new job to keep me busy for the new school season. I'm considering applying to a hospital or fitness centre...wherever hires me first.

Well, I am gunna be grabbing a bite to eat now. Have a good day guys!

 

 

So this week is Reading Week for College students in Ontario. Is it the same for college students in other provinces ? I don’t know. Anyhow, I spent a great majority of it playing a card game I rencently learned: Hearts. I learned how to play it two weeks ago, and I tend to go online to play with other players. I noticed the online version of it isn’t as colourful as the version installed on my laptop (which doesn’t allow me to play with other people), but at least online I can play with real life players, and chat with them at the same time.  

It is 1:26pm and I am at the school library working on my client composite which is supposed to be 10-12pages written in APA style. For anyone interested in what my current paper has to offer, here is a portion of the paper that I have typed:

F.M.’s primary diagnoses consists of diarrhea, renal colic, and mild dehydration. Her secondary diagnoses includes type 2 diabetes, mirizzis syndrome, acquired jaundice, and secondary gallstones. The computer system revealed that F.M.’s history encompasses thyroid disease, dizziness, cardiac disorders, hypertension, edema, diverticulitis, hemorrhoids, diarrhea, hysterectomy, kidney stones, incontinence, hip replacements to both hips, rheumatoid arthritis, degenerative disk disease in back, and diabetes. Electronic documentation also states F.M. is free of renal disease, kidney cancer, urinary tract infection (UTI), and urinary frequency.

I seem to always have trouble knowing when to use “diagnosis” or “diagnoses”.  Meant to go to the Write-On Centre at school today, but they are not open on Friday of Reading Week. If I realized this ahead of time, I would have went to school the other 4weekdays of this week.

Btw, we (Barrie people) received our first snowfall this week on Tuesday morning around 7:50am. I didn’t see the snow till like 6:15pm when I actually went downstairs and looked out the kitchen window. It is unfortunate that I cannot see the ground when I look out my own bedroom window from the house I reside at, cause the house next door has been built soo close to the house I live in. Does that make sense?

To sum up other news, Mike went up North with his parents yesterday. He would have had to go if he would have just let his parents think he was feeling well. Thanks Mike, now I can’t spend the weekend with you. Would be nice if you would take the extra step to do things that might maximize “us” time.

And today I am going to Pam’s house for dinner. Pam is a nursing student, currently working as a personal support worker (PSW). Mother of two kids, I have not really done much with her for months. It would be good to re-connect.  

 

 

 

I called Mike this morning. Says he's having breakfast and he'll call back. I guess love life isn't much of a priority to him. I've eaten and talked on the phone before no problem. I admire the guy who tries to keep the love of his life on the phone, instead of making them wait to call back. I know, differently people have their preferences. But for Mike to do what he did after letting consecutive long weekends slide by without seeing me is not really acceptable in my mind. I could really expand on this entry to add more depth, but seeing how I have a pathology test in less than an hour, I'll write my journal another time.Bye guys, and hope everyone that celebrated had a Happy Thanksgiving