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Enough for Now

One of my favorite bands is The Fray. I can (and have) listen to their albums on repeat for hours. Amazing melodies with incredibly beautifully written lyrics. They have this song called "Enough for Now" that I have listened to and "sang" along with at least 78 times since the album was released. By "sing" I mean today I realized every third word was not an actual word. Something like "Vlear to no for now" when it's actually "That's enough for now" (I'm serious, I would actually sing that). So I looked up the lyrics...and then the meaning of those lyrics. Break my heart Fray!

Step 1: Song
Step 2: Lyrics
Step 3: Interpretation
Step 4: Go hug your dad. And grandpa. And grandma. And mom.

Quote Burrito End Quote

Went to grab some grub and of course I'm craving a burrito. No taquerias in this city, but found a Mexican place. Ordered a burrito that cost me $14.07 and ate it with a knife and fork. How dare they call this a "burrito"

Same with this place called Shake Shack, maybe you've heard of it. You wait an hour to pay $20 to eat a burger the size of my palm, fries, and a small shake.

Food here is fabulous, but burritos and burgers cannot compare...

Best of the Bay

So with my recent Yelp craze, all which have been 3+ stars, I discovered you can make lists. This made me remember a draft of a blog post I had made a couple months ago, which is now published on the food blog. Will be transferred to Yelp if I should ever get around to rating all of those on the list. Not likely, but FYI, all will be 5 stars :)

I'm a Yelper!

I just wrote 9 yelp reviews. Helen, please read the last one I wrote on Land Northeast Thai. The dessert will blow your mind.

But I only reviewed the places I really liked, so I need to find some bad places to review. Otherwise I lose credibility with the Yelp community...

It's really over

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McDonald's

Freaking crazy overpriced exorbitant robbery costly pricey expensive city!

S: "We don't have much time before our movie, let's go to McDonald's, it's right there."
V: "K"
...
S: "Where's the dollar menu?"
V: "What?"
S: "The dollar menu. I want a double cheeseburger."
V: "There is no dollar menu."
S: "What do you mean there's no dollar menu."
V: "What are you talking about? There's never been a dollar menu."
S: "WHAT? Oh, you mean in Manhattan?"
V: "No...I've never seen a dollar menu at a McDonald's. I spent like 8 bucks here last time. There's only a dollar menu at Wendy's"
S: "You're joking right?"
V: "..."

She wasn't joking. Apparently McDonald's in NY and Boston have. no. dollar. menus. I'm kinda devastated. Not that I eat McDonald's all the time, but it's where I go when I need a quick, cheap, don't care about my health meal! Gah! Poor V, never had a $1 McChicken or small fries or Double Cheeseburger or 2 Apple Pies or... Then I see a sign under the menu:

"Dear Customers,
Prices may be higher
in Manhattan
during the
current promotion."

Freaking expensive, NYC.
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At the counter...
S: "Hi! 20 piece McChicken please." (V and I were sharing, I'm not that big a fatty!)
Cashier: "What? I can't hear you."
S: "Sorry, 20 piece McChicken."
Cashier: "What?"
S: "20 PIECE MCCHICKEN."
Cashier: "Uh, what do you want?"
S: "A TWEN-TY-PIECE-MC-CHICK-EN."
Cashier: ...
V: ...
S: ... "20 piece McNuggets please."

pwnd

Silly Game

When I went home last week, Ronnie and I went to Joe DiMaggio's restaurant for DAT. We ended up playing this silly game you can only play with one of those long time friends that knows you better than you know yourself. (Btw, Ronnie's the gal in the background of my Blog pic aka Sharon). We took turns asking silly questions and turns out, I know Ronno pretty well. But this girl ended up with a score of I think 2 for 14! Ha! I'm just one big mystery aren't I??

Some of the questions, I can't remember them all. But no answers so I can remain...mysterious...oooh...:

• What is something I am afraid of?
• What is one of my pet peeves?
• Who was my first crush?
• What's my favorite beer? (Trick question)
• What are any of my top 5 favorite foods?

At this point, Ronnie is fed up with questions only Helen could answer because we love the same things (i.e. cheese, coffee, house watching, cheese...) and she actually reads this blog. Hi Helen!! So, now I have to change my questions to "meaningful ones":

• Why did I go to NY?
• If I didn't take my offer with Google, which company would I be working for? (Correct!)
• What was my favorite class at Cal? What was the most important class I took at Cal?
• I gave her a choice between 3 classes for the 2 options and she still got both wrong!
  

My score was something like 10 for 14. Here are some questions Sharon asked me:

• What's weird about my toes?
  
• My answer: "You cut your toenails so short they often bleed."
  
• Her answer: "No. I can crack my toes!" Uh, Ron that ain't some kind of superpower. My answer is better.
• Which eye do I have a mole on? (She covers her face)
• My answer: "...uhh...50-50 chance...THAT ONE!" Pointing to her right eye
• Her answer: Uncovering her eyes and leaning toward me, "...I don't remember, which one is it??!"
• "It IS that eye, I'm right, Booyah!"
  
• What did want to major in before Bus/Econ?
• My answer: "Architecture!"
• Correct!
  
• What's was my favorite class at Cal?
• My answer: "One of those science classes...Physics"
• "I never took physics."
• "Yes you did, you kept trying to explain how a bicycle works and I kept yelling, 'Dude I don't care!!!'"
  
• "OH YEAH! Ya, I really liked that class! But my favorite was Physiology."
• "Close enough."
  
• What's one of my pet peeves?
• My answer: "Too easy! When people color in different directions. Excuse me, I have to go the bathroom..."
  
• Her answer when I get back: "I got over the coloring thing a couple years ago. I hate when people go to the bathroom and leave me alone when we're at a restaurant."
  

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Much overdo post about NYC

Written 2 weeks ago:

I've been putting this off because well, sometimes you just don't feel like analyzing. But here it is, here's what's been going on the last 2 months:

The set up was nothing short of perfect:

• 9 months in NY--just enough time to really experience it, but not so long that I would need to completely relocate
  
• Between April and December, meaning the best of East Coast weather
• Secure job
• Subsidy for transportation, shipping costs, housing, and hey even partial gym membership, meaning I could afford to live, eat, and breathe Manhattan
  
• Market low housing/rental prices
• Market low flight prices
  
• Market low retail prices and no tax on clothes and shoes under $120 :)
• A handful of friends and family, one of which I've known for 9 years and was letting me crash indefinitely until I found a place to live (Side note: THANK YOU VERONICA!!!)
  
• A handful of other associates in the office, even on my team
• Joining a team at work that seemed awesome, busy, smart, great at what they do, friendly, and welcoming
  
• Sublet my room to someone who was my age, needed it, would enjoy it, let me keep my furniture there, didn't care too much about rent/terms/length, got along with Minna, and works at Google
• Heading to a city I've wanted to live in since I was 10 years old staring at Broadway St. from the Empire State Building at night

Needless to say I came to NY giddy, excited, optimistic...the best word really, is "ready". I was so ready to be here. Ready to live, eat, and breathe new air in a city that I always admired. Ready to get out of the 20-mile radius that I'd been in for 22 years. Ready to be challenged and confused. It's the same bug that shipped me to Cambridge in '03, DR in '05, and London in '06. It was almost a rite of passage for me to live on this coast for a while. Superficial, I know. Point is, I crave change and NYC has quite a lure.

Then the reality:

• It took a month to finally settle on an apartment share, only to realize that I wasn't comfortable in the space
  
• It took another week for me to find a better place, only to get shot down and locked into the aforementioned
  
• It took another 3 weeks to fully unpack my suitcases, only to have another couple boxes of stuff somewhere in Jersey
  
• The handful of friends and family aren't the "Yo, what are we doing today?"-kind, but more the "Hey, are you free to grab dinner next Tuesday? No? Ok, maybe next time."-kind
• The other associates came here because they already have a life here
  
• My team at work is definitely awesome, busy, smart, great at what they do, friendly, and welcoming. But I happened to join at a very odd time--when projects were too far along for me to join in and the organization decided to change about 14 times
  

So basically, in my home life, social life, and work life (which totals my entire life), I don't really have a place here. It's been 2 months and my feet are not planted. I don't know where I fit in this city.

Would it have been easier if that perfect set-up wasn't there? If I had shipped myself over, broke, not knowing another soul, forcing myself to "make it in the big city"; you know those stories. My story is much too safe to be one of those. Don't get me wrong, I'm so grateful for this opportunity and everything that made it happen. I just mean that when you play it safe, you forgo the challenge and reap a smaller reward.

How did I uproot myself in '03, '05, and '06. Heck, how did I start college, work, or any big stage of my life? Oh ya that's right, I always had a default network. "Fast friends", I call them. College-->dorm/fellowship friends. Study abroad-->program friends. Work-->Associate friends. Home-->HS friends. I realized that every new chapter of my life, I started with a big ol' group of other newbies too. Instant bond. Sure there were other newbies that came to NY in my program. But like I said, they came here because they already have a life here. It's like me going back home in January. Open to making new friends, but hey, I already have my core. I spent 22 years in a 20-mile radius, so I established a pretty grounded life in the Bay Area.

Now I'm in this amazing new place, but I feel like I'm experiencing it by myself.

When I was studying abroad, toward the end I wanted to travel more. When it came down to actually planning it, turns out those that wanted to go were broke as a joke and had to sit on their hands for the remaining few weeks (aaand, that is why I budget!!). I could have still gone by myself, but I didn't. Not that I think there's anything wrong traveling solo. But for me personally, traveling is more about the experience you have with those you are with than the things you see or do. For me, it's less meaningful gazing at the ceiling of the Sisteen Chapel without discussing the details with the person next to you, or climbing the stairs of the Eiffel Tower without someone to high five when you reach the top, or eating the best food of your life without offering it to the person across the table to try. So I stayed in London with those friends, discovered new splendors exactly where we were. I had a blast. (Unless of course, you are on a journey of self-discovery like Liz in Eat, Pray, Love. In that case, solo travel is the only way to go! Side note: Helen I bought it for $1 at an awesome bookstore!)

You know what would solve all this? A BOYFRIEND. It would take care of this problem don't you think? :) JUUST KIDDING! Let's not going to go there...I'm just joking. (Side note: When I was joking about this with Sharon, she straight up forbade me. No, not because it's silly to rely on a boy. She's afraid that if I find Prince Charming, I'll never come back! So I promised her I'll only aim for Prince Mediocre then, or Prince Just-for-a-few-months hahaha)

So by now I've been asked well over 100 times, "How's NY? How's it going?" and my answer is always the same: "It's going well, for the most part." And that's truthful. Despite feeling a little...lost, ungrounded, uprooted, lonely...I love this city. I love that I have the chance to live here for a while and be challenged. I love that I've figured out more about myself and my life now that I've removed myself from the Bay Area for longer than a couple months. And you know what, it's only been 2 months. And 2 weeks of those have been/will be spent back in SF! Finding a "home" takes time. Making quality friends, takes more time. I just hope that I find it before it's time to go.

Sham-WOW!

Helen said I would elaborate on this on her last post, and I most certainly will!

At the Union Street Fair/Festival, we watched a demo for the ShamWow, and I must say...WOW! The guy (no, he didn't have the handless mike) did the demo where he pours a can of soda on the carpet:

1) Lay the ShamWow rest on top of the mess, it'll soak up 80%

2) Turn it over and it's soaks 90%

3) Wring it out and pound the ShamWow over the surface, and it EVEN gets the liquid underneath the carpet

Holy moly, they really work! I'm not kidding, they really do. I secretly wanted to buy some and purposely make messes just so I could use it. When I move into a house, I'm buying 19.

WOW!

Funny stuff

Read the reviews for this awesome wolf shirt!

more fun

http://www.overheardintheoffice.com/pages/mostpopular.html

Terence rapped for me :)

Ayo her name is Sarah
She looks in the mirrah
Thinkin what will she see
A red phone booth lady
She aint around to call me a dork
Too busy livin it up in New York!!!

Nothing rhymes with your name =p

Change

I studied abroad Fall of 06. For me, it was a blast. For my friend Monica, whom I met on the trip, it was not only a blast, it changed her life. Being in crazy town London for a mere 3 1/2 months took her out of her realm of comfort, dependence, and familiarity, and challenged her. Coming from a world where life was neatly planned, she had learned independence and ambition. She's now at Berkeley in grad school and I can see the ways this trip has impacted her. Basically, she grew. She learned. She changed.

Joanne is going to Thailand for work by herself. This girl has never been out of the country, let alone by herself! Right now, she depends on her small world--family, boyfriend, friends. She's a play-it-safe type of gal. This trip scares the bananas out of her. (Joanne, I love you, so I say this out of honest appreciation and to prove a point to my story.) But Thailand! Thailand will discover her identity. It will force her to be stronger than she thinks she can be, independent, bold, and risk-taking. Basically she'll grow. She'll learn. She'll change.

When I told Minna about Joanne's upcoming adventure, before I even said anything about the type of person she is, Minna said, "Oh man. This is awesome. Living in another country, it changes you." For Minna, studying abroad in France Spring 07, pushed her to the most extreme emotions she ever knew. This LA girl was forced to live in a new world while dealing with tears and heartache. Basically, she grew. Learned. Changed.

Then there's me. I grew up really quickly, very young, and feeling very aware of the world. I have spent the last 10 years striving to see more and do more because I was aware that I lived in a very small span of the universe. I'm aware, I observe, and I use that to shape my mentality, my life, my thoughts, beliefs, actions, and attitude.

What I'm trying to say is that since I was 12, I felt grown-up. Not to say that I haven't been challenged or that I haven't changed since then. But the foundation of who I am as a person, my identity, today was very set by the time I was 12. So for the past 10 years, I've also played it safe, played it smart.

So now New York. New York, this rite of passage of mine. Will I go through it and grow? Learn? Change?

Top 5 reactions to my NYC annoucement

5. "Wtf. I need to work at google and rotate into Hawaii" -Clayton Au-yeung

4. "hey useless u are gonna miss my birthday i hate you!" -David Chau

3. "Congratulations ! It is a good news for you. Plan ahead before you leave here." -Dad

2. *in an angry, i-hate-you-for-leaving tone of voice* "I AM VERY HAPPY FOR YOU." -Sharon Lau

and the #1 reaction...

1. "feamoiemopaimvoemaowemrlmesf QHHAHHEIFo mmoae WHATTTTTTTTTT?!!!!!!!!!!" -Monica Altmaier

txt msgs

Time to clean up my phone memory, so here are some of my memorable texts from the past few months:

Helen: "Sarah i miss you."
[my response was something like, "what? what's wrong with you? what's going on?"]
Helen: "Nothing! I can't just miss you?!"
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Sharon: "O no i f****d up my pact. I made out with renie's salty friend"
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[Trap is a game Minna and I play on our Android phone. The day before I got to level 17.]
Minna: "Wooooo I got to level 15 of trapt yea yea wooo"
Minna: "Yea I know. pretty successful day ya know I mean level 15 like woah"
[I then tell her about a new move I discovered call TURBO SPEED]
Minna: Oh my god life changing. Freakin life changing we can totally get to level 20 now"
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Jeremy: "Lunch today?"
Jeremy: "Dinner tonight?"
Jeremy: "Dinner tomorrow?"
Jeremy: "Just checked my messages no google dinner tonight i guess"
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Helen: "The best thing about going to school? Getting coffee bean! Whoo! How i use to go to class, i don't know..."
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[Sharon works long hours at the hope that one of her deals will actually materialize. Apparently, I-banking tradition is to get plastered when your first deal is announced. Fantastic. I was sleeping.]
Sharon 12:15am: "My first deal got announced!!! Tepnel and genprobe!"
Sharon 12:42am: "Yah baby!"
Sharon 12:48am: "Yah baby!"
Sharon 2:03am "Yah baby. Uk time. Holler!"
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Sharon: "Choi fly me to the moon"
[no context, really came outta nowhere]
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Ryan: "May want to untag photos. Just tagged you in 50 from fresh/soph year lol."
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Allan: "Good morning! Happy Valentines day! Love you! <3"
[Al is my very, very good platonic sweetheart boy [space] friend. He sent this to all us single gals.]
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[Ronnie got asked out by a booooooooy so I texted Helen to let her know]
Helen: "Omgosh! Yes! Yes! Lol! I hope it works out for her =]"
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Minna: "Hey I know you're busy buy just thought I should let you know I got a direct deposit from the govnt today for the refund and it was $3,200!!!!! Holy crap"
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Sharon: "Hopefully see you 2nite, think adrian is coming. Can u give our friends a heads up to not ask questions about us? Pls!"
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[I accidentally called some rando Albert in my phone thinking it was my other buddy Albert Hwang]
Albert Lin: "i don't have u in my phone book. who's this?"
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Ryan: "Sigh LOL, took two girls I met at the clubs to church today..."
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Terence: "Happy birthday young buck!!!"
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[On our snowboarding trip...]
Minna: "I carved!!! Omg hallelujah break through"
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Milan 8:27pm: "H"
Milan 8:28pm: "My bad about the random letter. Damn gphone."

My Dad is a Fob

I love my parents! A reply to my email saying I'm going to NY:

Dear,

Congratulations !

It is a good news for you.

Plan ahead before you leave here.

Love you.

Daddy

NYC here I come!

Ok, it's official, I'm going to NYC. Ok wow here we go. Ok gotta pack and move and figure this out. Here we go ooook.

I'm a panda.

This weekend I went snowboarding! !!! Totally awesome dude man whattup! Perfect conditions, great company, and...fantastic weather. I keep a little tube of sunscreen in my ski jacket pocket because when the sun is shining on a beautiful white mountain, the light reflects some harsh rays. I make it a habit to put it on no matter how sunny it is that day. But Sunday, I forgot. That is why I took a picture of myself.

For those that don't ski/board, FYI: a beanie + goggles cover down to the top part of the nose and halfway down the cheeks. Look closely and you'll see that I look like a panda. Or possibly a wanted poster. Fantastic.

Quest Crew FTW!!!

"Let me go into a slow mo right quick."
"That was hot!"
"That was cold!"
"That move that you just did right there..."
"ouhhhmmm" (Lil' Mama)
"Let's go into a slow mo"
"You guys are fillin it"
"I'm fillin it"
"Let's go into a slow mo"
"The athleticism"
"Strong women"
"Go! Go! Go!" (when they announce who's moving on)
"En-ta-tain-ahs"
"And now, you banner must fall...nowwalkitoutnowwalkitout"
"Bring it."
"You guys brung it."
"That was whack."

"ABDC. Check it." (Mario Lopez)

My Mom is a Fob

I love my mom. My first generation, has never said "fabulous" in her life, mom. Email thread from my mother on my 22nd Birthday:

Subject: HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Dear My Daughter,

5 reasons why your birthday will be fabulous!!

5. You always know how to celebrate with style!

4. Three words : birthday shoe shopping!

3. You can indulge in those deliciaus birthday delights!!

2. Everywhere you go, you'll be the birthday girl!

And the Number One reason is

your birthday will be fabulous because YOU are!!

" HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! "

Love, Mom.

--
My reply message:
Hi Mom!

I'm laughing!!! Where did you get this? It doesn't sound like you. Was it from a birthday card??

Thanks Mommy, you're the best!

Sarah
--
Her reply to my reply:
You are right.
It was from my birthday card that my office co-work signed on last year.

I'm so glad that you were laughing about it.

Joanne is the worst Valentine ever

An article written by Sarah Choi (February 17, 2009)

Joanne Huynh (in a committed relationship) asked Sarah Choi (single) to be her valentine out of pure pity. Choi initially refused, given that she is heterosexual and Huynh has a boyfriend. But Huynh forced Choi to be her second-string valentine. Choi spent 3 days coloring a beautiful picture, and presented it to Huynh on Valentine's day. Huynh, who did not bring anything for Choi, responded by criticizing Choi's color choice and never said "Thank you". Twenty minutes later, Choi discovered the picture on the floor soaked in an unidentified substance. Huynh, who crashed the "singles" party, left without the picture. The picture has since been left on Choi's dresser in complete mockery. FML

My Top 5 Foods of All Time

I'm watching Top Chef and getting hungry! Makes me think of my favorite foods of all time. Here are the top 5 foods I could eat until I pass out. Literally, can't stay up vertical, must lay down, pass out. (These are not in order)

1. Mac & cheese with bacon...or SPAM
2. Ripe, sweet, fresh, cold grapefruit
3. Eggs Benedict
4. Ravioli...or lasagna...as long as it's Italian with ricotta cheese and lots of sauce!
5. Korean beef with sweet potatoes (dak-galbi) and Korean sticky rice, the way my mom makes it

Runner-ups:

• French onion soup
• Insalata Caprese
  
• Crispix cereal
• Dragon roll sushi
• Stuffing
• Pear Gorgonzola pizza from CPK (They took it off the menu, but it's back it's back!!!)

LO freaking L!

mydadisafob.com
mymomisafob.com

here's a little sample:

Dad: Should I get Blueberry Boat?
Me: A what?
Dad: Blueberry Boat. That or iPod Touch Phone?
Me: iPhone?
Dad: iPod phone.
Brother: Do you mean a BlackBerry Bold?
Dad: Blueberry Bold, you know what I meant.
Brother: BLACKBerry Bold.
Dad: Blueberry Bold. I know it’s called that, don’t think your Daddy stupid.
Brother: But it really is-
Dad: Remember what I said last time about correct me on Blueteeth?
Me: It’s BlueTOOTH-
Dad: See, I know better than you two, I won’t get trick anymore.

Politics

On Facebook, my political views are "Moderate". Technically, I had considered myself a conservative Democrat. But the more I think about it, the more I realize...I'm a hard-core Democrat!

THIS is why I am liberal at heart. Because if you leave it all up to capitalists and conservatives, you get douchebags that widen the gap. 1% hold 90%...something is wrong. Ya, ok so the bill is a little dramatic, but I love that it's making a statement. Did you know that the CEO of Costco makes only about $400,000 and pays their lowest-salaried employees over 2.5x the national minimum wage anyway? Hooray for accountability!

Props to H.Vo for providing this link. Actually, she blogged about it first and now I'm just piggybacking!

The world is falling apart, but not completely

I am fine. My life is plugging along and stable enough. But I went to dinner and saw some Berkeley friends that asked "How are you?" Usually I say, "Things are great :)", but today I responded, "mehlaa I'm...ok.... :("

Recession. 70,000 jobs cut on Monday, bringing the grand total to... x00,000. Every industry is touched by this, and when Helen sent me this link, I couldn't help but think how the world is falling apart. Though it's my favorite, I know that it's just magazine (and let's be honest, how is a magazine going to survive when they lower their subscription rate to $10/year given inflation and increased postage!). domino was a very good, very successful magazine and to see it being shut down is a sign of the rest. How did a real estate bubble pop into a credit crisis that shocked the auto, retail, high tech, airline, home furnishing, you name it industries, that spiraled into the rest of the world's economic decline. I am hoping that this $819 billion stimulus package that Obama just got passed will revitalize this mess.

That's the macro-level, here's the micro:

One friend lost her perfect dream job that she was great at and is now filing unemployment papers and freaking out.
Another friend got mono while recovering from surgery and lost a fantastic career opportunity, and a quarter that delays graduation.
A friend is sick of her job and is in limbo wanting things to just end so she can feel like she's finally starting her life.
Friends are figuring out their lives and what to do moving forward. 23 is very young, but in this state of the nation (and the world), the opportunities are limited.
One friend suffered the loss of her grandmother and an unexpected breakup of a 4-year relationship in one blow.
Another friend just told me today that she's still looking for a job because the architecture firm she was going to join is in a hiring freeze.
Two friends among 100 that I worked with came to work one day and by 9:30am, had lost their job and gone home.
Since 2009 began, I have been reminding friends that sometimes, it's ok to not be ok.

Everyone is surviving. Everyone is plugging through. But friends, I am sharing in your pain. Though for me, life goes on as usual in this little Pac Heights/Google/IKEA bubble of mine, I see what is going on around me. I am sad because you are sad.

And you know what, though these times are miserable, they are not devastating. Life is not over, it is just more complicated. Things suck, but really, we will all be ok.

A quote from Allan Ma

"Can't believe this is gonna be my third time seeing Death Cab. I've only seen Backstreet Boys twice! Somethings wrong here..."

AHHHH he's so funny!

mono and rearranging

joanne has mono. i visited her on saturday. helen visited her today.

we both have sore throats.

i'm pretty sure we both just have a cold.

but joanne if we get mono i.will.kill.you. and don't you go all "ooh then i'll have company!" because i will kill you. i have rent to pay buddy.

also, my apt has decided to split rooms so we each have our own. i have the living room, which means shelling out an extra $106 a month and exceeding my planned budget by approximately 3%. but it also mean *breath deep* personal space :) re-deco this saturday.

Today was a bad day

Email to Minna at 10:45AM: big news. big freaking bad news...

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/changes-to-recruiting.html

I am thankful to have my job.