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I've been researching on this.  It truely requires a lot of hard work and time, but it is affordable and fun here in Ottawa.  Coincidentally, I took a 3 day course on Project Management (which ended today) and the consultant has a lot of experience in Real Estate.  The pjt mgmt course is amazing too.  It is so much more than common-sense.  EQ is very important ya know.  So many business ideas, so few resources. 

The cold air finally hit Ontario.  Ottawa is maple red now.

I am pissed at the black-hearted people.  Pathetic people who continuously entice others to go the miserable path, and almost fear that others will take the happy path, for personal fulfillment or other selfish reasons.  Does anyone understand that psychology?  I know they don't believe in condemnation, but karma is not just a spiritual thing.  I will live the best life possible just so that those spectators can choke in jealousy like an old cat wheezing.  Make sure that you won't be steered the wrong way. 

I looked at my life now.  I think it is good planning.  Living the East Coast lifestyle - good times with good people, consolidating relationships, meeting people and doing things that I won't be able to meet / do elsewhere, while not being flocked by friends so that I have time to improve myself, earning experience in the gov't, saving money.  I just learnt today that my coworker got deployed to Toronto's Inspectorate!  Got to learn more about it!  Next stop, if I don't get hired by something I like in the gov't - England / HK.  I wish I can do this forever.

http://www.davidpbrown.co.uk/help/top-100-languages-by-population.html

This chart justifies why I am spending so much time buffing up on my French and Mandarin, and giving up on my Japanese.  Although there are lots of Mandarin speakers, money and power rest in european speakers' hands.  The majority of the mandarin speakers are still in poverty in remote places which you or I might never set foot on.  I guess that's why English is and will be the international language.  More and more people are exposed to the language due to globalization and rising opportunities.

Let's just look at my pictures in Boston taken from Aug31th to Sep2nd.  We drove from Ottawa, via the state of Vermont and New Hampshire, to Boston.  I like Boston a lot.  It is biting San Diego's tail b/c of the weather.  It is historical and cultured.  The state is affluent (medicine and education) and the citizens are generally educated.  It seems like a fun city for uni students because there are so many uni.

Imagestation will be shutting down, so I moved all my pix to Shutterfly. 

Unfortunately, I am not going to NYC nor Italy nor New Mexico for Thanksgiving.  Booo..  I don't have that many vacation days if I am planning to go to HK and Taiwan for Christmas.

Let's talk about Candles.  I like candles.  I am a pyro and it gives people hope.  I used to wonder why adults like kids so much.  They haven't even done anything yet.  Hope - abstract, unpromising but soothing and powerful.

An unnoticeable candle can also be one which lit many.

"on the cab ride home, i thought about all the 'strangers' i've met over the years, and wondered how she'd fit in.  perhaps we'll end up dating, albeit briefly..or maybe we'll become really close friends for a long time, before disappearing. we could be dancing partners, or relate strictly on musical terms. maybe she'll introduce me to a friend of hers and i'll only see her when she's hanging out with her friends. perhaps we'll meet up just when we're down and out, and need someone to listen. or maybe one of us will move away and we'll be the most honest of penpals, or perhaps we'll move closer, and learn how to cook together. who knows, maybe i'll never see her again. at least we met."  -Possibilities, extract from nondiagnosable... Do you enjoy such mystery?

Dedicated to ABC/CBCs

I've been so productive that I have crossed off most things on my to-do list.  Home improvement, regular upkeeping... 

Change Management: Care to dress better, cook better, exercise more, read more, speak french better, look better, look at jobs in different markets. 

Cat or Bird:  I am referred to as a cat a lot more than a bird.  I can see how I can be a bird though.

The summer students talk so differently than the regular employees.  You just can't talk like them.  Listening to them reminds me that I have somehow matured in the working world.  That said, having worked for 1.5 years, I am still more at ease talking to my non-coworkers. 

I especially dislike uneventful, unsatisfying times.  During those times, I would reminisce more...

I would be more prone to pick out current unjust issues too.  Self-pity and be petty about smaller things. 

In these instances, remember:

To broaden your focuses. 

Go places. Meet people. Do things.  Time is precious.

Not many things are worth the concern.

The people who doesn't treat you well are dead.  

The herd has returned to cowtown.  I miss the chats over wine, coffee, rice and old skool music. Haha!

PS: What animal do you think of when u think of me and why?  What animal are you?  Everyone relates me to the same animal. 

Got this from an article

Marriage, along with its own particular brand of bliss, generally drags a few other things along with it:

• If you're married and your spouse is making you crazy, you have no place to go but the grocery store. And then you have to come back
• Dating means the tingle of first kisses and carefully thought-out gestures meant to win your affection
• Marriage means a standing birthday order at the local flower shop and mystery toenail clippings left under the couch. It also means never feeling that first-kiss tingle again
• Dating usually means best behavior, sexual and otherwise. Marriage means your spouse laughs when he farts in bed, he leaves his dirty underwear on the bathroom counter (why?) and already knows whether or not "it was good for you"
• Dating means wild, passionate, elevator/cliff/hot tub sex. Marriage means every Saturday and alternating Tuesday
• Marriage means you cannot hang out or visit your only fun mates who are usually males
• Marriage means you cannot travel whenever, whereever.

What's with the 30 scare?  Would you rather be married at 30?

Re: "I'd rather be single than married to the wrong person."  I just talked to an uncle who said this numerous times to me.  Happier to stay single.

Honesty comes with a price.

Lately I have this vibe of being honest, frank and transparent.  I am usually honest, but not transparent.  My cousin told me to grow a backbone and be transparent, so I did....  Maybe I have been working in socialist government for too long too. 

My dad's family is here to visit in my one BR apartment for a month.  The main purpose of her mum is for my sis to learn french.  The 17 yr old tutor bailed out on me, so I am trying to find her another tutor now.  Ahh!  I also managed to talk to the little rascal about her behaviour. 

I also wrote to someone about what I was thinking.  It makes so much sense, I feel really bad after writing it.  Is it wrong to be practical?  Revenons a nos moutons... mais, j'ai besoin de m'embrasser! Wuuu...

I have been stressed with human relationships lately - work and personal.