A Dramatic Scene!!

This was something happened in my new apartment last Friday.....

My roommate plus landlord, Nassim, locked her boyfriend, DeNon, out of the door. That was the most dramatic thing I've ever seen. Sunday was their 3-yr anniversary and she found out that he was lying something to her, so she was so mad that she didn't even want to see him in her house.(yes, she's the owner of the house) We just happened to change the inner door locks that afternoon and he couldn't get in without the new key. I was cooking dinner and Nassim came down to the kitchen and gave me the key, telling me not to let Denon in because they were having a fight. I was like: Wow, this girl is really a emotional one!!

Then after a while, Denon went back, he couldn't get in. He called her, telling her that he was cold. She brought him some jackets and then they talked very lightly at the door(of course she didn't let him in, just opened the door a bit with the door chain on), then he left. Poor Denon went to his friend's place and didn't come back that night. Saturday morning, when I saw Nassim, she told me that she felt bad that she locked him out there. Then he came back, everything seemed to be all right. They went out for dinner to celebrate their anniversary and she gave him his present, Wii. They played Wii for the rest of the night.

I have to say that DeNon is a really nice guy. He didn't yell at her or try to break into the house when she locked him out. I didn't even hear him talk loudly to her. He's really a polite and gentle man. Then I'm relieved. Because I know if next time they have a fight or something, I may not have to call 911.

Spit Out My Diploma!!!

繼上一篇後
我的畢業證書拖延後續在兩天後終於順利的解決
雖然我還沒有收到
但是學校已經用UPS寄出
我用tracking number 查得它已經在路上了
明天就可以送到
已經安心許多

這兩個禮拜為了搬家還有畢業證書的事情
搞的我都無心念CFA
剩下兩個禮拜
明天開始要好好努力
做最後的衝刺啦!!

搬到新家來
真的覺得一個人自在很多
新家的環境很好
平常都很安靜
室友們也很nice (他們的小狗Bella也是隻很sweet的小狗)
我們都是愛乾淨的人
所以廚房都很整齊清潔
我很開心可以在這麼短的時間裡找到這麼棒的地方
神明真的有在保佑我
雖然剛畢業後找工作很不順
但是最後還是都順利的達到該完成的事情
真的要心懷感激
在這種非常不景氣的環境下
還能夠這樣順利留在美國
要惜福!!

下午大概四點多吧
去了一趟韓國超市
因為上次去是走另一個方向
又是第一次去
感覺比較遠
這次去覺得好近喔
走路不到10分鐘
真是方便

今天去是為了買米跟麵粉(做蔥油餅跟蔬菜煎餅超好用!!)
上次因為沒有力氣提了（有很多青菜肉類跟調味料）
就沒買
結果我過去一整個禮拜都在吃麵
下禮拜一定要吃一點飯啦

剛好碰上魚板特價
就買了一包回來
今天變比較涼了(目前12度)
想說晚上可以煮小火鍋
搭配冰箱裡還有的番茄 金針菇 還有大白菜
一定很讚！！

不敢買太多
因為提著走回來好重~~
結了帳出來才五點
天已經幾乎全黑了
快步走回家
收拾了東西
跟室友聊了下天
煮了很讚的小火鍋
現在決定要去看電視了
哈哈哈～～～～

明天開始
CFA加油！！

What an Inefficient Country!!!

這兩天為了畢業證書的事情搞的我很火大
怎麼可以有學校這樣不負責任?!

事情的原委
就是前兩個禮拜同學差不多都拿到畢業證書了
我還沒拿到
就打電話跟寫信去學校問
Graduation Center跟我說:
Your degree has been posted and the diploma will be mailed out in approximately 2 weeks.
我就心想：好！既然要寄了，我就耐心等吧～

兩週過去，我還是沒收到
再寫信去問一次
結果Graduation Center竟然回我：
Your account has a hold on it and it needed to be cleared before the diploma can be released!!

這是什麼鬼???
如果我的account有on hold
你幹麻上上禮拜不跟我說??
讓我白白等兩週??

所以我又打電話去學校的Financial Center問我的 Account on hold 到底是怎麼回事
一聽更差點沒昏倒：她說我欠繳夏季班的學費!!
！＠＃＄＊＆︿％
我已經氣炸到快要罵髒話了
什麼叫我欠繳學費？？
我全部的學費在整個program一開始就全部繳清
我都已經畢業兩三個月了你才跟我說我欠繳學費??
還好我有練過，修養還可以
就還是維持禮貌的問她說我一開始全部都交啦，為什麼會欠繳？
她說春季班的時候有退費，今年一月份還寄了支票給我
真是活見鬼
我從頭到尾都沒看到有支票這個東西
更不知道有什麼退費
到底在搞什麼東西啊？

所以我只好請她幫我查清楚支票的事情
然後幫我清掉帳戶的on hold
因為我急需畢業證書！！
她說她跟他們的主管討論一下
找出那個支票的紀錄
再打電話給我

兩小時後
那個主管打來
跟我說她需要我寫一個證明我沒有收到支票的信
簽名寄給她們
這樣就可以還原我的帳戶並且清除積欠的學費
所以我立刻寫了信簽好名
今天早上去郵局用快件寄出去(有夠貴....)
明天會到
接下來就是要一直催他們快點把我的畢業證書吐出來

唉
這裡真的很奇怪
我真的是受夠這些人很無腦的做事方法了
XD

New Home~~

恩.......如題
我最近搬新家了
原本是跟阿姨一起住
現在搬出來了
為什麼呢??

說來話長
等手邊事情告一段落之後
再慢慢解釋

新家很漂亮喔
而且空間多很多
廚房餐廳客廳
還有小閣樓電視間
今天家裡新裝了cable tv
剛才吃過晚餐就想說去看一下電視
結果一看不可收拾
兩小時的影集就這樣看過去了 XD
我果然是電視兒童....... =_="

我的房間空間還算大
但是目前家具還不齊
現在還有點凌亂
等我整理好之後再放上照片分享給大家

我只能說
搬家好累
我整理東西整理的腰酸背痛
手也好痛喔.........
整個遜掉~~~

明天又是星期一了
最近LA又在上演野火燒不盡的戲碼
整個空氣都很糟糕
天空也灰濛濛
Walnut因為靠近起火源的 Diamond Bar
影響更大
我在市區都可以聞到味道了
可見有多嚴重.......
希望趕快平息這場wild fire囉!!

He really loves me...

是閃光文！！沒戴墨鏡勿入喔～～　*^__^*

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最近發生好多事情
短短的一週之內
我的人生又起了大變化........

在這些變化之中
我最親愛的男朋友給了我很大的幫助支持與鼓勵
他讓我想了很多關於未來的事情
也提供意見替我做各式各樣的準備
我真的很感謝他
就算在千里之外
他還是把我的事情放在心上

這幾天我們在計畫新年旅遊
想要去拜訪朋友
因為年底機票異常昂貴
我又處於失業狀態
在財務狀況不甚良好的情況之下
我陷入了考慮是否放棄一同旅行去拜訪朋友的機會
想說也許就他自己一個人去
他就不用還得先負擔我的機票
沒想到
今天他說：「如果妳不去，我自己一個人去就沒有意義了！」

聽到這種話
怎叫我內心不激動？？
他本來就不是個經常甜言蜜語的男人
總是用行動來表達他對我的在乎
看在眼裡
心裡總是暖呼呼的
這個男人，我怎麼能不愛他呢？

因為一直有技術上的問題，
他一直沒辦法成功地網路訂票
加上早已超過他的睡覺時間
在他幾乎要把電腦給砸了的情況之下
最後他終於幫我買好了機票

我們的新年旅遊
就此敲定！！

啊～～這季節是正熱情的南美洲呢～～嘻嘻　*^__^*

Walnut, CA~~

It's been almost a week, moving down to LA. I still don't have the sense of direction about this place since I have no car and cannot fool around by myself. This is really inconvenient!!!! I will have to get a driver's license as soon as I can, or I'll be depressed sooner or later, being at home all day long......

The weather here is quite warm, at least warmer than San Francisco. But recently, it's getting cooler and I think it's a good thing because I'm not used to the hot weather anymore..... :p

Working on searching jobs still, no big news here. Living with family has good side and bad side. Good thing is I feel closer to my family in Taiwan, bad thing is I have not many chances to speak English....well, I think it's the trade-off for saving rent....

Need to start study CFA again. This time, I really have to pass it!!!

Fighting!!!

Moving~~

After graduating for almost one month, I decided to move out of San Francisco. I'm going to Los Angeles !!!!

Why?? Ohh~~ It's not because that I have already landed a job there, but simply because my aunt lives there and I'm gonna stay with her to save rent. I think it's a pretty good strategy, since living here alone I have to pay almost $700 rent per month. Staying with her and her son, I can save more money as well as taking care of each other easier. Furthermore, I can look for jobs down there, too. There might be even more opportunities in LA than in SF......

I've packed almost everything already, only something left for the rest of the days staying here. My room is a mess right now since the next tenant has already moved in. She's a friend of a friend. Her name is also Betty and she's from Taiwan too. She's here for the MBA program in USF and we even have very close birthdays...What a coincidence!!!! We get along pretty well and it's amazing that the timing is just a great match! ^___^

Anyway, I'm moving down to LA this Thursday. Saying goodbye to my friends and being emotional are the two primary things I did these days!! Last night, I went out for dinner with the other Betty. When we finished the meal, the waiter brought us the lucky cookies. I picked one and opened it, said the little notes inside: " You will travel far and wide, both pleasure and business." Oh My God!!! I wish this saying is really going to come true!!!

New life will begin very soon and I'm looking forward to it. ^__^

Graduation!!

After one year's rigorous training, I finally graduated last week. It is good and bad. Good is that I am done with school; bad is that I am under unemployment......

The economy this year is really bad, especially for financial industry. Almost every bank went south since last year and continued to write off millions or even billions of lost. For me, graduating at this moment is unlucky. Plus the change of the immigration regulation and the huge amount of application of the H1B visa(working visa), the quota is reducing each year... very competitive and also not guaranteed. Things are getting harder and harder and I am like living in the mist....

Now my only focus is to land a job as soon as possible. No matter it will be here or somewhere else, I NEED A JOB!!! Fighting!!!

Waiting~~

I have to admit that I'm very lazy to update my blog lately. Although I only got 2 more classes to go, life is still not easy for me. (well, at lease I don't have to get up early anymore~~:p)

My major task now is LOOKING FOR A JOB!!!!!

Everyday since I wake up, the first thing I do is to turn on my laptop, check my email, and search for new job openings. It has become a routine so far, and I started to feel a little depressed because I didn't heard any good news at all for 1 month. I understand that the job market is in a very bad situation right now, and it won't get better any sooner. But I'm going to graduate soon and I have no time and no money wondering around anymore. Please my dear God, give me a job so that I can earn my own living to pay the rent and food.

The other thing I'm waiting for is my dear Richard's visiting. Finally he's coming to see me. After waiting for more than 6 months and being patiently waiting, he will be here in less than 10 days and stay for 2 weeks.

Notice: Not for work, but JUST FOR ME!!!! Oh~~~I'm flattered~~~ *^___^*

No big news from school, just some boring assignments and quizzes to do every week. I'll be out of this in 3 weeks. No more schools in the near future. I'm Done!!!

Got a name card from my German tutor's friend, Simon. He works in Deloitte and he would be glad to refer me to his company. So I better revise my resume and send it to him as soon as possible. Also Jerry, my senior in AIESEC, who works in Deutsch Bank in HK, is also willing to help me pass my resume to his colleague. I really have to make it work!!!

Fighting!!! :D

Lately~~

I've been pretty busy these days, showing my high school classmate, Yoyo, around the city and the bay area. She arrived last Friday evening. We had some food at my neighbor's(Christopher) place in the evening and then we went out for some coffee and snacks at a nice Italian restaurant later that night.

Saturday, we went to another famous street called Chestnut St. for cafes and shopping close to the ocean. After having some nice lunch, we walked all the way from the Marina area to the Golden Gate Bridge. That was a nice sunny day, but the wind at the beach was just freezing...both of us were so cold and tired after a 3 hours walk along the beach. When we got home, we could barely move our bodies and could only lay down on the floor in my room...we didn't go out that night but only stayed at home, watching some random movies showed on TV and doing some facial mask. Well, beauty time~~~

Sunday, it was cloudy in SF so we decided to go south to Palo Alto for some sun shine. It was a great decision because the weather there was just good enough to take a walk in Stanford University and in Downtown Palo Alto. We had lunch at an Italian restaurant there and it was the the soccer game for Italy and Spain~~Oh well, the Italian went home eventually....We also met my friend Sheryl and had some afternoon tea and dinner together. Girls talk time~~ We caught the last Caltrain back to SF and being frozen again by the weather in the city.....

Monday, we went to the Fisherman's Wharf. It was crazily cold there!!!! I haven't been to that place since my father's visiting...We were at the famous Pier 39 and were watching some street show from the 2nd floor deck. There was a guy standing next to me and he said that the performer was playing the same trick before he went into a restaurant. I thought he was from the U.K. because he got the British accent. But then he introduced himself, saying he's from Köln, Germany!!! Yoyo and I were so surprised that I could bump into Germans anytime....that tell us: 1. there are Germans everywhere; 2. I'm appealed to the Germans. haha~~ :-)

Anyway, that guy was just a tourist and I tried to practice my German with him. But not much though. Since that day was cold and I had class from 5-9pm, we headed back to downtown earlier. I asked Christopher to take care of Yoyo and then I went to the first class for this final semester. The new professor was quite nice and he's working in a private equity firm. He knows a lot about the practical things instead of only academic stuff. I think this class will be fun.(well, also need some work though~~)

After I got out of my class at 9pm. I went home and found Yoyo was at Christopher's place making pizza. I was hungry so I went there to grab some pizza. Christopher also played some guitar music for us while we were waiting for the pizza. 11pm, Yoyo, Christopher, his roommate(John), and me went to Castro(the gay district) to meet with my tutor and his boyfriend. Because the law for gay marriage in California has just passed, Castro is totally crazy at night recently. We went to the gay bar which I went last time and being hit on by some other gay guy. It was quite crowded in the dancing pool, but we still had lots of fun there until 1am. Yoyo, Christopher, and I left and John said he would like to stay longer. (Oh well, I guess he's also a gay...) We got home at around 1:30am and went to bed at 2:30am. I was exhausted....

Tuesday, we got up around 10am and Yoyo began to pack. Her flight was at 1:30am Wednesday. After she has done the packing, we walked to the Golden Gate Park from my house. Yoyo's Taiwanese friend Johnny drove from San Jose to meet with us. We then went to Sausalito. It was warm there, with nice sunshine. But when we got back to the city, it became cold again. I really don't like this!! This kind of weather gives me a headache...it's already the end of June and it's still only 12 degree!! When can I wear some summer outfit??

Whatever, Johnny drove us to some famous spots for Yoyo to take pictures. Then we went back home to an Ethiopia restaurant near my apartment. That was very special food and we don't have that in Taiwan.

We walked home with extremely full bellies and had some hot tea. Then we helped Yoyo to get all the luggages onto the car. Johnny drove her to the Airport. Then my tour guide trip in SF finished.

Yesterday, I went to the German Counselor with my tutor and his boyfriend to watch the soccer game. Yes, all Germans in the room, only me and my tutor's bf are Asian...the live game has faced some technical problems so we missed the second goal of Germany. But they won at the last minute anyway. hehe. GoGoGo!! Germany~

After the game, we had some lunch and they drove me to my class. Another afternoon class. The teacher is nice and we've had his class before. We'll have to do a project for this class but it's a group project. It will not be too hard but will be fun.

Finally, I got home from class, cleaning my room, doing some laundry, and resting. I slept until 11am today. Watched some episodes and a movie. Relaxing life eventually started!!! ^_^