Is it NYE again already?!

It’s NYE 2009 and I’m sitting here @ work.  Not that I’m counting, but 1 hour 10 mins to go.  This entire week I’ve been so fidgety at work cause everyone else is out and about with their time off while I’m trucking to work @ 6 in the morning.  C’mon peoples, who reeeeally needs to open up claims on NYE, who reeeeally needs to buy travel insurance on NYE. 

My new year’s reso’s are the same as last year’s and all the previous years before: spend less $$, lose weight, exercise, and be more productive.  I have 6 weeks until I go home which means I have to shed 10lbs or I’ll never hear the end of it when I get back.  Typical Asian families will say “oh you’ve put on a bit of weight - you look great!” but my family has no reservations and I know exactly what they would say: “oh Rebecca, you’ve put on a bit of weight, you look fat.”  I’d much rather starve myself the next 6 weeks and avoid unecessary fat comments. 

Side note: Can’t wait to go home! Mama’s cooking, Ten Ren’s green tea slush, Demetre’s waffles, pork bone soup, here I come!

Happy New Year everyone!
Bottoms up.

Is it Christmas again already?

I really don’t know where all the time has gone the last 6 months.  Things have just been happening one right after another I don’t even have time to get a grip on what’s been going on the later half of 2009.  First things first - I finally saw my cardiologist last week and was told the wonderful news that I can try drinking my beloved Vietnamese coffee again as he doesn’t speculate that caffeine is the cause of my heart exploding episodes.  The verdict - reduce my stress and exercise more.  So I guess we all know what my new years resolution is.  Secondly, I finally received my 1st piece of BC id - my care card.  As ugly as it is (compared to the Ontario health card) I am forced to embrace my new identity because lets face it - I need access to health care here especially with my exploding heart.  At least I get to keep my OHIP card though.  Thirdly, I have officially gave up my Ontario driver’s license (though not at my own will) as of Dec 11/09.  Again it was a much dreaded process but nonetheless a process that needed to be done cause I have no proof of BC identity.  I was quite sad to part with my ON license - I even asked the CSR if I could keep my license as a “memory” in which she replied “I’m sorry I have to send it back to ON, it’s illegal to give it back to you.”  All I have left is a blurry pic of it on my bb. 

Speaking of which - my bb usb socket has officially malfuntioned - I can no longer charge it or take my pics off of it.  I’ve never felt more handicapped those couple days I couldn’t use my phone.  I think lately all my electronics have been cursed because they are breaking down on me one by one.  In the summer I broke my laptop cooler.  In the fall my power cord for my lappy almost exploded.  Last week my bb died, last night I found 2 lines of dead pixels running across my 3″ lcd screen on my point & shoot and it doesn’t stop there.  Tonight I find that my laptop battery has gone haywire too.  It used to last almost 1hr running on battery but tonight it doesn’t even last 5 mins - I have to keep it plugged in.  Talk about crappy timing for electronics to break down - when I’m still paying off all the house stuff and in the midst of Christmas shopping - the most expensive time of the year.  Yay me.

Only 4 more days till Christmas - I miss my famwee =(