Who Would of Thought?!?

So as I shared with "The Loop" I'm at a crossroad, and in need of making a decision pretty fast. As of last Friday, my old temp. Position at my old job became a FT permanent position. Today, the internal posting went up and not without many phone calls from my ex co workers. In total I got 5 phone calls in a matter of 2 days informing me that the position is up for grabs and that I should seriously think about going back. Problem is, it's not that easy. I have now been at my current job for 8 months and I'm now starting to truly take root at my position. Although the workload is much heavier and much more stressful, it's also challenging and rewarding. However, it's also a place of change and has been known for that for many years. At my old place, it's stable and less stressful, but rewarding in different ways. I'll be weighing out the pros and cons of each, but am praying feverishly that God will direct in one way. I think at either jobs, I would be happy. Same position, same pay, but different workloads... Go figure.
But on the side, it's nice to know that I must of made a good impression if so many people are calling me and wanting me back there. Maybe it would be better if I left it on a good note...

A Boardin' we go! (or went)

Finally!!! After a two year absence from snowboarding, we finally went! We went to Sunshine Village in Banff which coincidentally was where we went the last time. And again,we went with Ken and Michelle, plus Jen this time who was already in Banff with Jeremy (Unfortunately we did not meet up with Karen and Vinh).

When we first got there, there was a huge lineup coming into the parking lot. I guess people wanted to hit the slopes since Calgary and surrounding areas got a dump of snow during the week. After a short wait in line in the car as well to get onto the gondola, we finally fastened on our boots and boards and got going! Some were hesitant the first run down, not sure how well they would do on their turns and stability, but after a few slips and falls, everything was good. Everyone did well and soon got their boards (and themselves!) down the hill.

As for Wacky and I, we had to stop for a bit in the chalet because our toes were frozen. When we started the day, the forecast was about -20 degrees. (well that's what we heard on the radio) It didn't help that we had our boots in the car the whole night and forgot to warm them up prior to putting them on. The chalet was packed with people and we finally found a spot on the stairs and removed our boots to warm our frozen toes. I think we went through all the phases of numb and no feeling, to slight numbness and tingling, to pain, then movement, and finally warmth and feeling back in the toes! Oh, one of the funny moments was when Michelle came in to look for us and she was calling our names as she was walking through the chalet. (the place was noisy and packed) We could see her and when she was about 10 feet from the stairs when she yelled "Norm". (She obviously didn't see us!) Both Wacky and I were looking at her and started laughing! hahaha!


Anyways, by the end of the day, Wacky was tired and sore and ready to finally be done! We all went to The Keg in Banff to soothe our muscles and stomach with some good ol beef! By the time we got back to Calgary, Wacky was sooo tired that she pretty much hit the sack!

All in all a great weekend getaway and looking forward to another trip in the near future...possibly Lake Louise! So if you are interested...

Wackie

We are NOT alike

So what is it like for you Asians who work at a white dominated work place? Do you experience things that I experience.
Today, and it has happened many times before, I was sitting around talking with co-workers when one of them has a story to share. The story happens to involve another Asian person so my co-worker turns to me and says, oh, I knew this Asian girl... blah blah blah. The whole time she is talking straight to me as if I must totally understood her because I too am Asian. She draws me to this story that really is just a story to me, but she feels as though she is connecting with me at some kind of level and all I can do is look interested, nod and smile. I can't even tell you what the story was about because frankly I didn't care, but that sense of me wanting to scream, "we are not alike" was so tense. This co-worker of mine must of really wanted to share this story with me because she was so happy to tell me all about it.
Just because I have black hair, brown eyes who wears glasses doesn't mean that I look and am like the other girl that has black hair, brown eyes who also happens to wear glasses. We have a individual identity. Don't we?!? Am I all alone on this?

Oh the Joys of Being Sick

It happens at least once a year, and always around a long weekend or a holiday season... I get sick. Yes, this week I came down with non other, the Flu! And I even got the Flu shot this year. What happened?!? Apparently the Flu shot is not fool proof, so here I came, congested with runny nose and leaky eyes. It always happens as far as I can remember. If my nose runs, so does my eyes. Why? I don't know, it just does. So the next time you see me and I'm wiping my eyes, I'm not crying, I'm sick! Or maybe that is just my body crying because I am sick. Hmmm....
I hate being sick. Your body hurts, your head hurts, everything hurts.
Save me!

Wacky

My Valentine's

Well, tomorrow is the St. Valentine's Day. In our world, it means couples will go out of their way to show their significant other how much they love them. Isn't that strange? Shouldn't we be doing this all the time, 365 days a year? Do we need a specific date to buy flowers? Go out to eat? Or fix a meal? I sure wouldn't mind it all the time!
You see, I'm the romantic one in our relationship. Unfortunately, this romantic love didn't rub off well to my other Wackie so I dream in my own world. But that doesn't stop me from throwing in a few romantic things here and there.
Tomorrow my Wackie will be at work by the time I get home, and I'll be sleeping when he gets home. So instead expecting flowers, or a delicious meal made by him, I will hang out with my girl pals and order in pizza and watch the sappiest romantic movie we find. It'll be a blast. But it won't be quite a Valentine if I don't save some love for him.
So top 10 reasons why I love my Wackie so much:
10) He's a man in uniform and need I say more
9) He's the only guy I know that can throw me in the air as if I was a kid - love it
8) When he laughs, he laughs - it's quite frightening at times
7) He helps me clean the house even when he's not asked... sometimes
6) He is so incredibly kind to those around him
5) He loves to give hugs & kisses
4) He has a mind set that he can do anything he wants
3) He truly cares for his family and friends
2) He has the best sense of humor
1) He is as Wacky as I am!
Love you lots...

25 Years Gone...

Well, it's over. My birthday came and went and now I'm officially 25 years old. A whole quarter century old! Ouch. But I can't complain because I brought in the 25th year with many great eats and laughs. It started on Monday when Norm had set a date for the two of us to dine out, unfortunately, my stomach was not responding well, so we had to postpone it till Tuesday. On Tuesday we walked over to Tasty Tomatoes and had the whole dining out experience. Red Wine, calamari for appetizer, I had the Seafood Feature and Norm a chicken pasta. Delicious. There was enough of the pasta to bring home for lunch so that was a bonus! On Wednesday, that was my birthday bash. We had all of our closest friends over to help me ease into my 25th year. It was filled with screaming kids, food, food and more food! We had a BBQ which I have never had on my birthday, seeing that it is in February and it is usually Winter now. But fun it was. I was even spoiled with endless presents. I seriously felt like I was turning 10 as I was opening all those gifts. Thank you to everyone, they are all so great and special! Then finally, Thursday, my official birthday date. After a busy day at work, my family took me out to eat at Milestones in South Common. Though the food was okay, it wasn't great. I don't know if I would go back actually, but hey, I got a free cake out of it. Thanks Jay for asking. Ha ha.
So it's over. I'm here. I have left my early twenties and entered into the late twenties category. I don't know what there is in store for me, but I envision it too be filled with warm hugs, hilarious moments and laughs, precious moments and Kodiak moments. I look forward to sharing time with friends and families.. Watching new families be created and new additions to those already started. I also see tears of happiness, tears of sadness and tears of great joy.
Well, here is to the next 25 years....

Stupid Van!

Oh I hate stupid people who can't park!
So today, when I got into work at 8am this bright and early morning, I find a spot in the staff parking lot with no cars beside it on the drivers side. I being careful, park in between the yellow lines and I'm happy that it's Friday. Well, low and behold when I leave work at 4pm I find my car being squished up by a stupid van. The mini van parks so close to the my drivers side that even I couldn't squeeze into my car. I had to climb into the passenger's side and climb over to get into my seat. Oh, I was mad. I wanted to leave a nasty note, or even open my door just to ding this persons car... but I chose none of the above. I just huff and puffed all the way home. Like come on, there were so many parking spots do you really need to park so stupidly close to mine?!? It wasn't like the van was in a tight spot either, if it was, don't most people go find another parking spot! Grrr... I'm just glad that I held my temper inside and you whoever you are that park your van so close shoud be happy that I didn't leave a good mark to remember me by!

Wacky

Got the Bed, rest to come!

Well, the year and months of waiting are finally coming to an end. I can see the light!!!
You see, today we finally went out and bought our new bed. I've been waiting for this moment before we were even married. I had ask Wackie if we could get a new bedroom set when we got married, and his answer was "sure". The day came and went and no bedroom set. I ask him, can we get a new bedroom set... he says, "after we get back from our Honeymoon". Honeymoon came and went and I ask in the new year if we can get a new bedroom set. Wackie replies, "sure". No bedroom set... We sell our house and we buy a new one and I ask again if we can get a new bedroom set, he says we'll wait till we get settled in. We move in and I ask again, he replys when we get back from Australia (we have been married over a year). We get back from Australia and I ask again, he says sure. We look, we don't like anything we see. Finally at Christmas we see one we like at Ikea, they tell us the color we want won't come in till January. We go in January, they have all the sizes but Queen they tell us it won't come in till February. Well, it's February and we got our bed. But the rest of the bedroom set furniture apparently won't come in for another month or two. But I got the bed, at least I got the bed...