Good Saturday morning! Thank you for joining me. Come on in for some cold drinks since it’s going to be another warm day today. Can you tell from my blooming Japanese maple? Continue reading “#WeekendCoffeeShare: Back to Normal”
Category: Reflection
#WeekendCoffeeShare: Celebration with Three Stumbles
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#WeekendCoffeeShare: Something to look forward to
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#WeekendCoffeeShare: A Wrap to Another Week
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#WeekendCoffeeShare: Lead the Way
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#WeekendCoffeeShare: A Better Week
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#DSFWeeklyRewind: What a Crazy Week!
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#WeekendCoffeeShare: Week of Misery, Anxiety, and Happiness
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#WeekendCoffeeShare: Reorganizations, Cleaning, and Updates
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#WeekendCoffeeShare: Twists and Turns
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#DSFWeeklyRewind: The Arrival of Winter
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#WeekendCoffeeShare: Time to Celebrate
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#DSFWeeklyRewind: Just Want to Forget
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#WeekendCoffeeShare: For Now
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#WeekendCoffeeShare: That was Fast
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#WeekendCoffeeShare: Still Adjusting
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#WeekendCoffeeShare: An Adventurous Week in China
Good Sunday morning or shall I one last time say good Sunday night because this is my last weekend in China and if you recall, China is still sixteen hours ahead of the Mountain time zone. Continue reading “#WeekendCoffeeShare: An Adventurous Week in China”
#WeekendCoffeeShare: Weekend in China
Good Sunday morning or shall I say good Sunday night since by the time this post gets published, I will be sixteen hours ahead. Continue reading “#WeekendCoffeeShare: Weekend in China”
#WeekendCoffeeShare: Taking Responsibilities
Good Saturday morning and thank you for joining me for this lovely chat. I’ll first apologize for making you get your own drink this morning as I’m a little bit under the weather. As for me, I’ll stick to my cup of tea.
It’s the worst time for me to get sick especially when I’m supposed to travel to China in a few days. It all started with a headache early this week. I took some Advil and the headache seemed to had gone away.
I was well on Wednesday but on Thursday, I woke up with an itchy throat but I didn’t think it meant anything, I thought it was probably the dryness and gloomy weather. Then on Friday, I woke up and it seemed my itchy throat only grew worse. I began coughing and after a few coughs, I said, “Oh my gosh!” out loud and that was definitely not my normal voice.
I began to panic. Am I coming down with something? Didn’t I heard somewhere that a flu begins with an itchy throat? I sure hope I’m not coming down with a cold or worse the flu. I haven’t been sick in over a decade. I can’t get sick. I can’t be sick. At least not right now.
On Friday, I spent the morning drinking water, hoping it would soothe my throat but it didn’t work.
Meanwhile, I was as busy as heck. With only one day remaining, I’m not even sure if I can complete everything. I am starting to feel like my co-workers have been stalling me, making me check and re-check numbers from hundreds of invoices. They don’t seem to trust anyone’s numbers and the more they request the vendors to revise the invoice, the worse things get. The vendors seem more confused than I am now.
My mom and others keep telling me I’m being too responsible. “Why should you care?” They all would say. “You’re leaving anyway. Why should you care about whether the numbers are right or wrong?”
Because it’s my books and reputation on the line, that’s why. I have to take responsibility for the entries I recorded during the last year. Besides, doesn’t leaving a job require tying up loose-ends to avoid future problems?
Maybe I should stop thinking about such things and focus on something more positive like I only have one more work-day before I leave this mess behind and board a plane for China. Yeah, that’s something great to look forward to.
If we were having hot drinks, I would thank you for joining me this weekend. I must now go get a flu shot for precaution and hopefully, I can join in next weekend in China.
#DSFWeeklyRewind: Busy Week with Outing
Good morning and thank you for joining me on this first Sunday of 2018. Wow, it’s been a while. The last #DSFWeeklyRewind was on Christmas Eve and since then, a lot has changed.
First of all, as I mentioned in my previous post, I am almost at my first weight goal. Woohoo! And this week will be my last full week at work.
My mom had been constantly asking me if I really want to quit my job and I told her many times yes and I am not changing my mind. Why should one work at an unhappy job? We have to work most of our lives, shouldn’t we choose to work in an environment we’re happy in?
Now, let’s talk about last week. After all, this is a “rewind”, not a “fast forward”. My mom and I along with her friend visited my former student’s mother on the 30th and ended up spending most of the next two days with them.
Park City
When I asked my mom why we’re taking them to all these places, she explained that if we show them all these places now, they will be able to find their own way to these places in the future without our help.
Excellent logic, mom.
So from early morning to late at night, we were basically together with these people. I felt I had a hard time communicating with them because I don’t speak fluent mandarin and they don’t speak a word of English. At times, I found it difficult to explain my thoughts in Chinese. I really hope I get to work in a English-speaking environment after I come back from China because I can feel my English declining as I speak mostly Chinese not only at my current job but just about everywhere.
Speaking of, yes, I am going to China in 9 days! I purchased my ticket on the last Thursday of 2017. This will be a short trip and I intend to make the most out of it. Hopefully I won’t gain five pounds while over there.
As for work, last week was a very busy week as I begin to close the 2017 books. It’s quite messy because the others seemed to be stalling in giving me their expense paper work. Hopefully, I can get it done by the 15th because that’s my last day. Ugh, I think I’m way too responsible sometimes.
As for gratitude, as I stated in my earlier post, I am grateful Mother Nature brought snow and rain because otherwise, I would’ve had to wake up at 5 AM to join my mom and my former student’s mother for a one-day trip to Bryce Canyon. I definitely would not be ready to wake up at 5 AM on the weekend.
However, since today’s weather is nice, my mom made plans to go to West Wendover, Nevada. I spent most of last night debating with myself on whether or not to go because I really wanted to go clothes shopping but at the same time, tagging along might be a good opportunity for me to collect some new photos of the Bonneville Salt Flats.
I guess we’ll see. Until next weekend then.
#WeekendCoffeeShare: Last Full Week
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2017 Reflection Part 2
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One of the best and worst thing that happened in 2017 was when I got a job. The best parts were I got a job and I finally have a decent stable income. The worst part was the misery. I got minimal holidays and no vacation. Even when I had to take an hour from work to go to the doctor, I had to convince Miss HR to let me go like a child begging his/her parents for candy.
Now that I’ve thought about it, I got bullied by pretty much everyone in that office. No one trusted me in anything. Everyone stood against me. I don’t know how I survived this long.
I was so glad when I told Miss HR I quit on Friday. I had a feeling she’d been waiting for those words for a long time because the word about my resignation spread quicker than wildfire and fifteen minutes, Mr. CEO was on phone commanding me not to quit.
Anyway, back to pictures.
Although my weekdays are stuck behind a cubicle, my weekends were wide open. For the first time without the need to do homework or study for exams, I was having the problem of coming up with something to do on weekends. The first few weekends in June, I went hiking with my aunt. I tried out different trails but would often come home super tired. So I quit hiking for 2017. Hopefully now I’ve lost a few pounds, I can hike again in 2018. Here are my favorite hiking photos.
B for Blue
Waterfall Canyon, Ogden, Utah
Overlooking Ogden City
Wild cherries along the trail
After I quit hiking due to both exhaustion and hot weather, my mom decided that I needed to get out of the house. So together with my aunt, we went to the Dinosaur National Monument in Vernal, Utah and Golden Spike National Historic Site in Corrine, Utah. I didn’t take a lot of photos from those places since most of those trips involved driving rather than walking.
Green River
Dinosaur bones at Dinosaur National Monument
Turtle Rock, Dinosaur National Monument
ATK Rockets
In August, after planning the trip for a week, I decided to take my aunt to Mirror Lake, a stunning site about a hundred miles from my home. I decided that I needed to take some time and soak in nature and stay cool.
The elevation of Mirror Lake is approximately 9000 feet above sea level which meant a significant temperature difference and it felt so nice to get away from the heat while getting wonderful exercises walking around the lake while photographing its stunning natural beauty.
Mirror Lake
Pedal boarding
I didn’t travel much after that.
In September, I attended an event at the Aerospace Museum to honor the anniversary of the air force. I’ve been to this museum many times but none of those visits had bands and cakes.
Honor Guard
Birthday cakes for the Air Force
Old edition of Air Force One
I want to thank my mom’s classmate for visiting us this year because otherwise, I would not have gotten to travel during Thanksgiving. Even though these are places I’ve been multiple times, there’s always new scenery to be photographed.
Late Autumn/Early Winter 2017
Great Salt Lake
Utah State Capitol at night
A lone antelope
Last but not least, I call this my miscellaneous photo collection. These are my favorite photos taken from home.
Blackberries
Homemade bread
Creamy Veggie and Corn chowder
Baked Mac n’ Cheese
Christmas Tree and Stockings over Fireplace
Before I end this post, I want to say that I am looking forward to 2018 starting with a trip to China mid-January. I am looking forward to seeing my grandma in China.
In 2018, I am also looking forward to hunting for a new job – one without an egotistical COO and mean employees and one that speaks English. I am looking forward to hunting for a new job where I get benefits like medical insurance so I can quit paying over $100 each month for health insurance.
Lastly, in 2018, I am looking forward to toning my body now that I’m finally back to my normal weight range. I am looking forward to becoming lean and gaining muscles in my arms and legs while continuing to shed the pounds slowly.
2017 Reflection Part 1
As I look back on the posts I’ve written in 2017, I realized I never made a New Year resolution for 2017 Continue reading “2017 Reflection Part 1”
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