Anny’s World

I have to go to school for a workshop from 8:30am-2pm and then afterwards…

I am going in for a haircut.

I hope it turns out the way I hope…I’ll post pix afterwards.

So it didn’t turn out the way I wanted it to…

It seems like the older I get, the less social I have become. Back in the days, it was very easy for me to approach anyone and everyone and carry on a conversation like no other. Now, I just don’t feel like socializing as much, maybe because I’m exhausted all the time from school and work. Being around people does energize me tho. I remember the days in the Bay Area how I loved going anywhere and always running into people I knew or when someone calls me for something and I know who to turn to for the answer if I didn’t have the answer or recruiting volunteers to help me at any of the non-profit events that I attended. These days, what energizes me most is a good night’s rest. I’m hoping that when school ends, I can go back to organizing functions, keeping better contact with people, and volunteering again.

It seems like the older I get, the less I care about trying to control everything. This is a good thing. Back in the days, I always had to have control. But I think with age, you just have to learn to let go.

And this is an obvious one…the older I get, the more my memory has been deteriorating. Any of my friends can vouch that I have the memory of an elephant. But now, I have more stuff to retain and thus things have been escaping.

I have decided to start collecting the Wells Fargo Ponies. I have 3 of them right now. If you have any, can you please send them my way?

Ones I have:
Billy

Maggie

Mollie

I’m missing:
King

Dandy

Buck

Grace

Trixie

Prince

This is one of my favorite pictures of d.a.l. I actually have it as my wallpaper from work and it always brings a smile to my face. She balances herself on the pillow with such ease.

I wish I can be as skillful as her in balancing my life. I always think that I am Wonder Woman or Super Woman and can do it all, but I realize that I am spreading myself thin…

In June of this year, I will be a bridesmaid for the 4th time…surpassing the superstition of 3…good thing I don’t believe in superstitions…or do I?

I am beginning to accept the fact that the more free time I have, the more I procrastinate…so…

I have like 100+ pages of reading to do for my combined 3 classes for this coming week.

I have a quiz/midterm on Info Management this coming Tuesday.

I have homework for Statistics and Managerial Perspectives due on Thursday.

I have midterm for Statistics and Managerial Perspectives this coming Saturday.

And guess what I did this past weekend…watch a bunch of movies, play video games, and on Sunday, I watched Cowboys beat the Lions, Patriots beat the Steelers, and Colts beat the Ravens…yip, that was my whole day…

Good thing after this Saturday, I have 4 weeks off from school!! Yippeeeee! I can’t wait!!!

In other news…I can’t wait until May next year…

Okay okay…yes yes, I was going to blog everyday but having all this free time, I just want to do nothing…but since bao bao is holding me to it…I will just have to give an update of my days…

Monday: Woke up at 8, went to Costco to get gas, dropped off 9 skirts at dry cleaners, went to gym, talked to bao bao on phone, went to get facial, came home and ate, took a nap, went shopping at the mall, came home and watched highlights of the NWE vs BAL game, went to sleep

Tuesday: Woke up, dropped off 5 winter coats at dry cleaners, went to gym, talked to bao bao on phone, talked to a classmate on phone, went to Japanese market and bought sashimi, came home and ate, talked to shelby and nancy on phone, could not study at home so packed my stuff and headed to school to study

Wednesday: Woke up, bummed around for I don’t know how long, ate lunch at 10:30am, watched E! True Hollywood Story on Lacy Peterson, took a shower, chatted online, started reading and studying for Stat Quiz at 1-2, went to meet up with classmates at 7pm to study

Thursday: Today…I’m going to watch the Pianist right now, then eat, take shower, and probably head to school to study…

Tomorrow: Pick up clothes from dry cleaners, go to gym, I’m probably going to go get a massage, go to blockbuster to return the 3 online videos, and bum around for the rest of the day…

Yes, I am definitely enjoying my idle time…living with dai, she always took a month off when she was switching between jobs. I never knew how wonderful that time off was until now. The summer after high school, I was working at China Airlines. Then I started college. During sophomore year, I started working at the Bear Student store, then at Wells Fargo. Junior year, I got an intern at Well’s Fargo’s corporate office. I took classes every summer in college and after I graduated, I still took classes at UCB Extension even as I was working. So basically, I have always been in school/working ever since I can remember…never having any break. This is the first time I have been unemployed since 9+ years ago…but I still have classes until December 15…so after that, I may be unemployed and not going to school for the first time since kindergarten or something…

So, yes, I am trying to enjoy this time as much as possible!

In case you need an urban definition, go to: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=how+bout+them+cowboys%3F!

I know it was a great great game…too bad I was in class…but during breaks and before class started, I was streaming the game from nfl.com. And of course, throughout class, I was refreshing my phone every 15 minutes to check the score…

I’m sure I’ll get to watch the game next week b/c NFL Network will probably air it in NFL Replay…and I’ll be unemployed next week so will be able to watch it.

I took yesterday, today, and Thursday off. I’m starting to like this leisurely lifestyle. Maybe I will have an extended break soon…if that’s the case, I’ll blog everyday!

On Sunday night during a dinner banquet, the dean of the school congratulated the room of 300 students for surviving academic hazing. Upon hearing that, I smiled for two reasons:
#1: I agreed with her that we were academically hazed.
#2: I survived!!!

We had a lot to read and a lot to do. Most of us were operating on little or no sleep, especially with a case competition where they gave us a case on Saturday at 5pm and expected us to compete the next morning. As tired as I was (I didn’t sleep Saturday night), as I was sitting in that room looking around at my also tired classmates, I felt such a great feeling of comradery. Everyone around me went through the same things I did and the support from those classmates is something that I can’t explain in words. It could only be felt.

The two weekends brought back memories of the days in college during pledging. It is weird how when you put a group of people in stressful situations, the result of it can come out with something so wonderfully great.