Yes I Got One...

So i decided to take the job.

The GM guy and I have gone thru 3 times interview and numerous msn talks about this job. The first time he replied to my email and talked to me on msn, i felt very grateful to him and was expecting this job very much. The 2nd interview went well and i was quite excited at being able to get the job so soon. But after the 3rd time, the 4th time, the conversations on msn... i started to fear this guy and got tired of all the negotiation about the shitty salary and responsibility and his expectation... etc. i started to dislike this job and worry about the future if i took this job. Now even i've made up my mind to give it a try, i still got a little bit hesitance if this is a right thing to do.

Sometimes being deliberated is good but sometimes it's only a waste of time and effort. i kept telling him "you get what you pay for", and extra several hundreds of money is nothing to your company, but to people who work for you, it's somewhat a lot of money and you might be able to get more loyalty or dedication comparing to being stingy to them. He kept saying it's a risk that perhaps he'd have to find a new person and do the same things in 2 months again. But sir, if this small risk took you 2 months to think (it's been 2 months since he first contacted me), i really doubt how big business you're able to handle in the future....

Anyway, for the concerns of my personal interests, i'll still take the job. i'll also do my job well since you pay for it, but i'll just do as much as you pay for. You want to try me for 2 months, i'm fine with it, and i'll also try you in these 2 months. Let's see if we both are able to offer each other more, then decide if we go on working together or not.

Deja Vu

This is the news from yesterday's world journal (世界日報). It caught my attention not because of the contents, but because of the "deja vu" of this scene.

Four years ago while i was walking in finance district in san francisco, i witnessed a protest by accident (see the 3rd post of my old blog "the war"). That was my first time stepping on this continent and the city of sfo. Four years later i came back again, in same season, at same area, staying in same one's apt, reading same news.

Everything is so familiar to me yet in different time zone. Several days ago i got off the airplane and it was st patrick's day, the same day four years ago we drove out to a bar in san jose for my first drink and first pool play in west coast. At that time you were only a nice stranger who tried to be a kind host to show this friend's friend around and make sure she had fun. now you're my closest one and still nice and kind and make sure everything's fine for me.

Life is really amazing and unpredictable, and this is why being alive is so good. Oh and i'm very glad and grateful to have met you.:)

Home in SFO

I finally arrived at san francisco airport.

In this 15 hrs indirect flight, i've got the luggage to be repacked while checking in (overweight 6 kgs from the total limitation 64kgs); i've got to take out my bear who's with me for 7 years and leave to my mom; i've got to sit next to a BIG american guy in the flight to HK; i've got the hand-carried bags to go thru the xray and checking point 4 times (1 at CKS, 1 at transfer gate in HK, 1 at boarding gate in HK, and 1 at US customs), and luggage check twice (1 at CKS check-in counter, and 1 at US customs); i've got to sit in middle seat at middle row on flight to US; i've got 4 questions (what's the purpose to come to US? how long will you stay? can i see your ticket to go home? do you bring any food?) at US customs and a 6-month stay visa; i've got to move total almost 80 kg luggages (including handbags) from collection band to the trolley, from trolley to the xray platform in US customs, and from xray platform back to the trolley again. Yeah... i've finally got to get in to san francisco (bay area).

- The luxurious western style VIP room (The More) for priority pass holder in CKS airport

- The food section in The More VIP room

Asad came to pick me up in the airport then we went for a quick lunch then straight back home. Surprisingly i got several welcome presents at home- the new stylish vase with pussy willow, a bouquet of fire & ice roses on dining table, some cool t-shirts and souvenirs he collected for me from his biz trips, and a clean house which was kind of messy for weeks before this morning. There're too many surprises i don't know if i missed any to note down here.

And here're some photos of our small apartment. It's at 2nd floor in an apartment complex in foster city. It's considered tiny comparing to those he lived before, but it's quite cozy, quiet, and full of sun light throughout the day. i love sunny house and luckily our bedroom has a big window to allow sun light to come in. The balcony is huge and maybe i will get a couple of folding chairs later then i can read books on it in sunny afternoon.

- Walk up the stairs to the right is our door, the upper one is our balcony and apartment.

- The living room (The vase looks so nice, isn't it?)

- The other angle of living room (TV and Balcony)

- The dining room (the roses are the welcome gift for me.:))

- The kitchen (the iron chief is making omelet breakfast)

- The cozy bedroom and my favorite window

- The walk-in closet (the left side is mine)

- Curious George

行前隨筆

Little by little, bit by bit,
i'm packing my taipei life into these two big luggages.
Soon i'm going away again.

一天整一點, 一天塞一點, 我把我的台北生活裝進這兩只大行李箱裡,
我即將再次遠航.

很多的眷戀, 很多的不捨, 我只有相信緣分會決定
該隔空思念, 該異地重逢,
還是該淡了, 或該斷了.

不確定的未來, 不知的歸期, 還是一股勁的結束這裡,
悶著頭的向另一個世界闖去, 就僅僅拎著兩只行李.

的確是有些任性.

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最掛心不下的老奶奶這回倒是樂見其成,
沒有一句負面的字眼卻教人好心酸.

想是我看見她的寂寞, 她也看見對我們的牽絆,
就一句也不說的只是問我搭幾點的飛機去.

兩種情份重重的掛在天秤上遙遠的兩端,
不斷的在我心底上上下下的擺盪.

而選擇的賭注是我的人生.

我只能含淚祈求上蒼保佑, 我不在的日子老奶奶能好好的過.

(謎之音: 老天爺沒事搞這麼大的賭局給我, 真是太瞧的起我啦!)

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不用問我什麼時候回來, 因為只有不好的事發生, 你才會很快再見到
這兩只皮箱與我.

New Image for 2007

Due to the server problem that the comment provider Blogextra.com keeps obtaining- who just lost all of my old comments and stopped me for logging in for no reason, i decided to dismiss this stupid provider and change back to blogspot's original comment function. However there's some problem in my original html causing blogspot's comment not to show up, i, ultimately, decided to change the whole blog design back to blogspot's default layout. i was a bit reluctant to dismiss my original layout because when i just started this blog page i had spent a lot of time studying the html language and tried to change each elements little by little. Good thing is blogspot will keep the old layout and i can always get it back whenever i want.

So here is the new image of my web page. I know it looks a bit too brownish but this is the only design i can accept from 20 designs blogspot provides. It's ok i will make it better soon once i get to SFO and have my bf fix it. Except for the color i personally think the side bar is too wide and main body is too narrow. Also i have trouble making archives in italic font in consistent with links & gallery's. No no i'm not a perfectionist, since this is MY blog i just want it to be in MY way. Anyway, blogspot is getting more and more user friendly which is worth applauses. If only it turns ALL the html language to buttons.

North Coast Day Trip 三芝-石門

We went for a day trip in north coast again. The beach front restaurant we picked this time is run by a latino looking guy from LA. Why do we know where he's from? Well, when we looked at the menu and decided to try their quesadilla (pronounced as ge-sa-di-ya), the cute local waiter didn't heard of its original spanish name and missed to note it down, so we called for it twice and this guy must have heard us. He came up to check our order and asked us if we're waiting for quesadilla, and we said yes, then he looked at Jason and said, "you're the first chinese i met who pronounced quesadilla so accurate." (os: it was Me who taught Jason the correct pronunciation! -_-"') Then he asked Jason if he's been to CA because he assumed that's how Jason learnt to speak it right. And then he told us he's from LA. What an arrogant and bumptious guy.

After taking photos of this restaurant (another try-to-look-in-bali-style specialty restaurant to me, nothing much to say), we headed further north and stopped by the famous zong-tsi place 劉家肉粽. I only heard of its name and passed by several times, but since there's always a long queue in front of the stand, I never had chance to try it. Luckily it's not packed tonight. The size of the zong-tsi is not very big, but the special part is in the rice. The taste of the rice is not same as my grandma's (I always think my grandma's is the best in taiwan!), it's got some mysterious spice flavor except for soy sauce. I admit this zong-tsi deserves its reputation. In the side notes, the basic meat zong-tsi (as the photo) costs only 20NT, and you get bulk discount at 100NT for 7pcs.

Back to Taipei, we popped in this traditional sweet place near Shi-pai (石牌) mrt for its famous sweet dumpling (mua-chi) 黑糖麻糬. The place was again all packed with a long queue waiting for the order (taiwanese obsess the queue for no reason...-_-"').It's famous with the traditional taiwanese ice shavings and sweets, and the shop is decorated with 50' local furnitures and households. I personally love the muachi, which is fried in brown sugar and covered with peanut powder. It's not as sweet as the ones with peanut stuffing that we buy in the street, nor as powdery as japanese muachi. This is the muachi that you can only eat in store.

Hoohoo... having had perfect muachi and sweet soup as the ending, my stomach finally felt satisfied and got ready to call it a day. No no, not yet!! The party in cashbox ktv just started! Their hors d'oeuvre has been changed and it's even more tasty than before!! Wahaha... this was indeed my stomach's day!:D
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 望海的小黑 (LA guy's dog)