小Ry的心情筆記~續集 (The Sequel: 米粒麥卡的小天地)

Random Thoughts

Just about a year ago, I boarded the bus for Seattle, WA to connect flights to Taiwan again. I truly believed at the time it would be several years before I returned. Roughly planned out, the plan was to save up this year, make plans for my family to meet up in Asia and perhaps at least another year before I returned to North America. Wow, no matter how you plan, things happen and plans change.

These days, I’ve been enjoying it at home. It sweet to have people fuss over you. I’m enjoying homemade food, fresh strawberries, and many other yummy stuff. I’ve had some visitors stop by to visit with me since I’m obviously not suitable to do lots of walking. I don’t think I’ve rested as much in a long while. Oh, and I think I’m still jet-lagged. I can’t seem to wake up in the mornings and can’t quite seem to sleep at night. I can’t imagine what it will be like when I’m going into another time zone next week. And two weeks later, I’ll be halfway around the world again in Taiwan.

I’ve been asked, what do I miss from here. I don’t know where to start. There’s so much I really wouldn’t know where to start the list.

Relaxing at home

I haven’t been up to much these days. So far, I’ve only been a few places. We went to Aunty Phoebe’s where Tia has cell group on Saturday afts, and to Winnie’s to visit her before she left on her Alaska cruise. On Sunday, we went to church and to dinner with Aunty Phoebe’s family and also to the supermarket to pick up some supplies.

Monday and today (Tuesday) I spent mostly at home. On Monday aft, Mommy and I made a trip to Walmart and bought me some tops and two dress-like tops. It’s those that you can wear as a long top or a short dress. All these are suitable for work and/or semi-casual occasions.

Today our whole family headed to Surrey Central to drop off Jenny’s sister’s stuff. Jenny had sent along a package for Long-Long, and we went to deliver it. Long-Long and her bf met us at the Skytrain station to pick it up. I must say, the little girl has sure grown up. She’s a lot more polite and better dressed than before. I’ve never seen her so lady-like before.

I seem to be eating a lot more than usual. Perhaps it’s cause I’m home and I’m relaxed. Usually, I’m eating at fixed times only. Now I’m home, my system’s all messed up. And I’m enjoying all the yummy food I don’t usually get in Taiwan.

Waiting, Waiting & Waiting…

So I’ve been waiting, waiting, and waiting the past few days. I’ve been quite busy, too with all the paper work to complete before I leave at the end of the week. On the other hand, once I got the paper work done, I had to await a response. It took almost forever since I had been waiting since last week, but it finally came through. Now I think I can believe that I’m really going home. Only for a short week, but hey, I look forward to it still.

Today I completed two other major tasks I needed to take care of before I leave. It’s a good feeling; now, I just have to work on putting all my luggage together. I need to plan out a fine balance of bringing enough stuff but not overloading myself.

I’ll be seeing myself to the airport, but my family will pick me up on arrival. Oh, I can’t wait!

Overload of things to do~

I’m overloaded with things to do, tasks to complete before I go away. There will be more awaiting me when I return to Taipei, but nevertheless, I feel very blessed for the opportunity to go on the trip. Although I only have a week home, yet, I feel very blessed to be able to swing home both on my way to and from Ottawa.

Mom’s already told me, Dad’s taking that week off from work. Since this trip is very short, I will cherish it even more. I won’t be able to stay in Canada long enough to attend Tia’s graduation due to our busy MAY/JUNE schedule at work. But hey, this trip to visit was already an unexpected surprise to all.

I found out today that Ottawa is located along a river across from the province of Quebec. Honestly, I feel very ignorant as I don’t know much at all about places outside of the greater Vancouver area. I kinda wonder, with the free weekend in my schedule, what should I make do of it. It’s so hard to plan a trip to a place you’ve never been to before and you are making on your own. How far is a reasonable reachable distance of travel from Ottawa? Some say, I should make a trip to Quebec or Montreal, but so far I plan to stay in Ottawa for the weekend. I don’t know anyone there though, otherwise it would be nice to meet up with friends.

I have a doctor’s appointment coming up on Saturday, so I need to discuss with my doctor further details about about my upcoming trip. Today, I took care of my insurance issues that needed follow-up on as well as insurance for my upcoming trip.

I guess, in this trip, I’ll find out for sure if my knee (the four pins within) will set off the metal detector at the security gates. I’ve always been curious as to what would happen when traveling. Now I shall find out.

Overload of things to do~

I’m overloaded with things to do, tasks to complete before I go away. There will be more awaiting me when I return to Taipei, but nevertheless, I feel very blessed for the opportunity to go on the trip. Although I only have a week home, yet, I feel very blessed to be able to swing home both on my way to and from Ottawa.

Mom’s already told me, Dad’s taking that week off from work. Since this trip is very short, I will cherish it even more. I won’t be able to stay in Canada long enough to attend Tia’s graduation due to our busy MAY/JUNE schedule at work. But hey, this trip to visit was already an unexpected surprise to all.

I found out today that Ottawa is located along a river across from the province of Quebec. Honestly, I feel very ignorant as I don’t know much at all about places outside of the greater Vancouver area. I kinda wonder, with the free weekend in my schedule, what should I make do of it. It’s so hard to plan a trip to a place you’ve never been to before and you are making on your own. How far is a reasonable reachable distance of travel from Ottawa? Some say, I should make a trip to Quebec or Montreal, but so far I plan to stay in Ottawa for the weekend. I don’t know anyone there though, otherwise it would be nice to meet up with friends.

I have a doctor’s appointment coming up on Saturday, so I need to discuss with my doctor further details about about my upcoming trip. Today, I took care of my insurance issues that needed follow-up on as well as insurance for my upcoming trip.

I guess, in this trip, I’ll find out for sure if my knee (the four pins within) will set off the metal detector at the security gates. I’ve always been curious as to what would happen when traveling. Now I shall find out.

Going to Ottawa, stopover at home~

So it’s confirmed, I’m gonna go to Ottawa in May. I’m in progress of planning my trip including a stopover at home. It’s been a year since I was home.

Busy Weekend

These days I’ve been busier.

I started two one-on-ones on the the weekend. One was a hand-me-down from another teacher. The student had changed schedules and the teacher could no longer teach her. It’s the first time I’ve taken over like that so I was kinda nervous, but in the end it all went well.

My other student was a former one from a long time ago. He’s planning to go to Germany for trainig fairly soon, so he wanted more practice with English.

Aside from these two, I had my regular weekend class over the weekend. We had extended class due to make up for Election Day a few weeks earlier. Today was also the last day of class, so they brought in KFC and we ended the class with a game of Scrabble while eating KFC.

As of next week, I have no new classes at the moment. I’m still unsure of my schedule for the next few weeks. I’m hoping to be able to go attend a training session in May, but so far no confirmation yet. Once I can confirm if I go or not, I’ll know how to plan out the rest of my schedule for the coming months. There’s so much I’d like to do~

Trying to decide~

這幾天 一直在想 我到底要不要回去參加妹妹的畢業典禮
小妹長大了 寶貝妹妹是我看著長大的
聽說她現在比我還高呢
 
想回去 但又覺得回去一趟 很花錢 也擔心 我適合這樣長途旅行嗎
只要一稍微走多了 右腿會腫
 
好不容易說服了自己
今天把假省著點用 也用這一年 努力存錢
明年和家人一起再全家一起去玩玩
 
盼望著 有朝一日可以去出國受訓
如此一來 可以順道回家 也回去參加妹妹的畢業典禮
 
前兩天 媽咪來訊 說爸爸要我計劃計劃一下
安排行程回去一趟

(to be continued)

What happened to the sunshine?

I woke up earlier this morning. It’s pouring outside. There’s thunder and the whole bit. What happened to the sunshine? I don’t like going to work in the rain la~