gotta keep looking...

went to my job "interview" at the developer today... and it didn't work out.

it really wasn't much of an interview... she was looking for someone who'd be able to commit to the position for 2 years, and i can't do that. even she knows i can't do that and encouraged me to pursue my accounting designation. haha. she did, however, ask me if i knew anyone who would be interested.

she's looking for someone who's had some sort of accounting background, i think she just wants someone she can train properly. the company is a developer, like i said, and they have a new project in markham and then downtown. the downtown one is supposed to the most luxury condo in toronto... at bay and something. i have no idea what the pay would be or what the hours are like. but she seemed nice. the office was nice, just two other girls working there.. but who knows.

i thought it was funny that she knew she wasn't going to hire me, but still called me in... to see if i can refer someone else to her. hahaha.

and to think i was so worried about what my weaknesses are. d'oh!

time for: laundry, there's no way around it now.

picture time!

Merry Christmas everyone! hope you are all having a great day.

Our little snowboarding trip was lots and lots of fun. We stayed at the Seasons at Blue at Blue Mountain and the room was just great. the resort was built to look like a little quaint village with 4-storey "houses" and little stores lining the streets. even prettier at night with all the lights on.



our room had a nice fireplace so we could dry all our wet snowy stuff and a full kitchen so we didn't have to spend 13 bucks for a bowl of Pho.



it may seem odd that the kitchen is such a big deal... but really, it is. the last thing i wanted to do was trek out in the snow after a day of falling on my ass and eat at a restaurant. instead, we just heated up pizza and sat on the couch in our jammies and watched tv. then we headed out and fell on our asses some more.

we basically only went snowboarding on thursday.. we went in the morning for a few hours and had to stop. cuz 1) i had forgotten how to do this and was falling way too much 2) it was snowing really hard, and the snow machines were spitting out tiny pieces of ice, so there was zero visibility. the ice on my toque isn't from falling, it's from the ice and snow whipping at my face.



anyway, we gave up, went back to our room for lunch.. then went back out armed with goggles. it was soooo much better. apparently sight is important for sliding down a mountain on a waxed piece of wood. the trail became more scenic as the sun went down, the blue/white glow of the snow and the falling snow made for some nice kodak moments. hahah.







one last pic on the way back to our room after a day of fun.



oh.. and this one.. you know how newborns can't sit up by themselves so they kinda just settle in a lump when you put them against a couch? chairs made of ice do the same to people with snowpants on.



and happy 1 year-ish anniversary, hunny. it's been a sweet and fun and ridiculously great year w/ you.

time for: hmm.. unpacking... ps2.. or laundry.. hmm...

whee! snooooowwwww!

edward and i will have been together for a year on saturday. on christmas day. we finally decided today on what we are gonna do... the plan is to just lie there resting the whole day, cuz there's no way we'll have energy to do anything else.

edward's taking me snowboarding at Blue Mountain in the morning and we are coming back on friday. yay! our room is gonna have a fireplace! double yay! the weather isn't gonna be too cold. triple yay! i'm gonna be able to spend lots of time with my hunny, even more than usual. YAY YAY YAY YAY YAY!!!!!

it's gonna be fun. i'm definitely gonna bring some of my oh-so-sexy....... muscle rub. hahah.

time for: packing. can't forget that muscle rub.

new years?

New Year's Eve isn't a big deal to me. the idea counting down and whatnot just doesn't seem all that exciting. all i could muster up at 12:00am on Jan. 1, 2000 was a feeble "happy new year!". maybe it's cuz i've never been in a big crowd during the countdown, or maybe i'm usually with very sober, subdued people at that precise time, or maybe we never plan it out beforehand, i dunno, but i just never got into it.

so maybe this year we'll plan something...

i don't like going downtown to watch the fireworks.. cuz 1) it's friggin' cold! and 2) the fireworks aren't all that spectacular.

how about just getting together and chill at someone's house? perhaps edward's house. movie, ps2, food, fireworks on a big-screen tv?

anyone interested in staying out of the cold?

time for: some laundry. it's piling up.

damn, that's good stuff.

mmmmm.. picked up a fresh fruit cheesecake from the Cake Nazi in kitchener yesterday. it was ridiculously delicious. i know it's sad, but i've been waiting for that cheesecake for a week. ever since edward said he was gonna go into waterloo to pick up something, i've been thinking about that cheesecake. I never liked cheesecake until i had this fresh fruit cheesecake. mmmm.

if you are ever in Kitchener and feel like some fabulous cakes, look this guy up. Richard Harris. La Patisserie. 100 Campbell Ave. Kitchener. he does all kinds of cakes. and they are all fantastic.

if only my cheesecakes are as good as that...

excuse the cheesecake gushing, but it does something to me. hahaha.

time for: dim sum. apparently the dim sum place above dickens on highway 7 is really good for dim sum. who knew?

still waiting...

the woman from the developer still hasn't called yet. *grumble*

to make myself feel better about being unemployed, i've started going to the gym again. an hour of cardio along with 100 crunches whenever i go. i figure i dun need the weight training, the last thing i want is to add any bulk to my limbs.

i'm a little confused about how the burning of calories work though. what's up with the target heart rate? there's a little graph on the machine i use which indicates a fat-burning range and a cardio-training range based on heart rate and age. what's the difference? the fat-burning range has a slow heart rate than the cardio-training range.. so if my heart rate goes above the fat-burning range, does it mean that i'm no longer burning fat? that doesn't make sense! does anyone know?

as a reward for gasping for air for an hour, i put a little sticker on my calendar on the days i go. hehehe. how grade 6 of me. i still have those writing books from grade 5 and grade 6 where the teachers write "excellent" and "good work!" and put stickers on the page. i used to rate who had the better stickers with my friends. hehe. i wonder if edward still has his. i bet i have more stickers than him! haha.

time for: reminiscing, i think i'll go dig up those writing books now.

almost gone..

*sniff* my green skittles are almost gone. *sniff*

this lady was supposed to call me today so i could come in for an interview... she hadn't called by noon so i gave her a call. she said that she still hasn't had time to look over my resume yet and will call me back. it's now 3:30. suffice to say, i'm not gonna be going in for an interview today. and to think i completely freaked out about this a few days ago.

long story short, this was the position that my ex-boss referred me to. i thought it was an accounting firm, but really, it's just an accounting job at a developer. i was also told that this is a part-time job, but really, it's fulltime permanent. those were a lot of facts to digest and to decide upon in a 3 minute telephone conversation. so we just ended up deciding that i'll come in for an interview and we'll see how it goes. she mentioned that they knew lots of CA firms so perhaps that'd be good for me in terms of connections.

so now i dun even know what's going on. this other person i spoke with about possible openings in a CA firm is on vacation 'til after the holidays. grumble grumble.

i knew i should've applied to be a gift wrapper in the mall.

time for: sitting on my butt some more.

pure genius.

Christmas is a time of product innovation, december means holiday editions of every product there is. Old Navy has their snowflake patterned sweaters; Rice Krispies are red, green and beige; M&Ms are come in holiday packs of red and green.

these products have their place during the holidays, and i like how they are pretty and colourful, but i've never seen any christmas editions of anything that made me go, "i must have that!!".

until today.

Skittles has a christmas edition!! with red and green only!!! which means half the 338g bag of skittles are green!!! 169g of lime-y flavour without having to deal with yellow, orange and purple!! guess what i'm munching on now? yup, yummy lime-y green goodness. all for me.

time for: some more lovely green skittles...

there's always that one person...

had the first of my two days of sit-in for CPR class today. it was interesting to see a stranger's style of instructing. i liked how she did some things but definitely not all of it. she just kinda sat there and talked/lectured..i mean, students who are still in school are used to that, but i don't think the older people learned much this way.

i think i'll try to incorporate some learner-oriented ways of instructing this course. maybe some diagrams or try pulling answers out of the class.

i'm not sure if any of you know how to do rescue breathing and CPR, or know the ABCs associated with it, but there are lots of different ratios for compressions and breathing depending on whether the person is an adult, child or infant. there were 17 people in the class and one lady just could not understand what the hell was going on.

i'm not sure if it's just a problem with language, or she really doesn't understand the procedure. i took her away and taught/showed her one on one for about 25 minutes and she still didn't get it. just said, "yeah yeah yeah" a lot. the thing is, when i'm really teaching by myself, i won't be able to teach her one on one. so i'm not sure how i'll handle this situation when i'm by myself. i believe this is the third time she's taking the course and she needs it for work. awwww, i dun wanna do this if i have to fail people! i was okay with failing kids when i taught swimming, but failing adults?? awwww.

time for: some jak. cuz i think i have to return the ps2 tonite.

joy to the world, the school burned down...

do you remember that redition of the song? i forgot how the rest of it goes..

christmas is coming. i dun like it! namely cuz this will be first year in many years where i can't really buy awesome presents for people. downside of sitting on my butt at home w/o a job, i guess. in hindsight, i really should've applied to temp agencies.. but i thought it'd take less time to find a job.

i'm so very, very grateful to my friends and ex-coworkers. they rock. ab called today about a position in the library, i dun think i'm qualified for it, but i'll apply anyway, why not? my ex-boss gave me a contact at an accounting firm which is hiring part time right now. also, edward's mom got me a contact in another accounting firm who was hiring a while back. everyone has been so helpful, not to mention all the accounting friends who are more than willing to forward my resume to their contacts in the firm.

so why am i still not working? uhm... i dunno. maybe my resume sucks? maybe i haven't been aggressive enough. maybe i haven't tried enough. yeah, that's probably it.

time for: the gym.