miao ~ the soon to be missing cat

her name is catherine too. we call her cat.
at first i was ….. reluctant to call her cat. i mean that is a very cute nickname why should she have it all to herself ? you see how we girls can be so ….. easily jealous. then i recall during first week at work she was not busy and she wanted some attention so she was whining ? sort of spoke in a sweet tone so she would get some attention. i was so annoyed i ignored her treated her like she was air. then second week we gave her work and i began to like her because she spoke her mind. she was not easily intimidated or she hid it very well. she spoke her mind about :

1. please clarify what the heck you are talking about because i am not your bodyworm i cannot guess your mind. ( not in these words of course cuz she’s a pleasant worker. )

2. how her old work place got things organized. that is a huge job to organize the fabrics and samples. and of course at our job we madly and badly needs lots of organizations so we asked her and she shared.

3. when she had a design idea that desiredto come true she would ask ask ask ask relentlessly until she gets an answer.

4. about the whole copy right process. she had spoken to lawyers and she informed us everything.

the reason that she decided to quit was because of my stupid boss’s behavior. anyhow my boss was behaving rather irrationally one day and offended her, and the next day she gave her 2 week notice. the event had to do with copy right issues. my boss wanted to wrongly copy right the fabrics that do not belong to us and cat had informed her this is not correct and you will get into trouble and the boss said just go ahead and do it. so cat did follow instructions and did many under her name and later under the boss’s name, then she informed the boss, this is very wrong and i am not getting involved any more. then the boss did something offensive and the next day cat quits.

sharp eyes on a soft feature

i was so sorry cat quit. i think i liked her a lot because she had a clear head and she was able to clearly express her ideas and feelings. she was a fighter a cute one. her task was copy right issues and technical sketches ( these are needed for production ) , although these tasks took all her hours during the day, she always had input on design and mostly when she shared about her feelings of working here i felt yes i have those feelings too, like you see i carzy and just randomly picking on other people have the same feeling as i do too. and she seem like she was enjoying her life, she recently got a house nearby. she is a taurus i thought she had a good handle and plans on what she wants in life. and suddenly she quits. that was so unexpected. she was the one who said ” people in our department are so easily to get along with and that is important in a job ” not so long ago.

however honestly i am happy for her.. tho she will be tight
budgetwise for a while. it is not easy to make a decision like this during this US economy. she even lives the closest to the office.

ai ya ya

good luck to her good luck to me good luck to all of us.

” cuz we’re honest “

cros pendent so simple it's just splendid & a true beuty

shopping this is a no no for me cuz i know i should be saving up and so i can afford to purchase a small townhouse cuz i can’t be staying at my kind hearted darling sisters my entire life i have already shamelessly stayed for 3 years almost….. but…… one can’t help themselves when one sees beautiful things….. right ? … so i did a little shopping la…… just a little……. i bought 2 super thin plain necklace chain ? ( one 10 inch the other 12 inch ) i am not sure how to explain it. sterling silver. and i also found a cross pendant. i have been thinking about getting one since i finally understood what the cross meant. and also about the sterling silver necklace chain, i have been thinking about it for 10 years since i saw it on CARRIE the writer character on sex and the city. they look so charming on her ! now they can look charming on me ! hee hee….

one interesting note is the sales lady her name is CHRIS when i asked how come her prices are much much lower than department store prices. ( the chains i got were 10 dollars and 12 dollars and the pendant was 7 dollars ) she replied ‘ cuz we’re honest.’ huh huh that was a good answer ! yeah later she added the owner really want people to enjoy jewelry.

desert wind and cute shot glasses. wow i am set. for what ? you can imagine.....

and ohhh, i got those 4 shot glasses too. but they were not only cute they also have drink mixing recipes on them. ( i remember yvonne you were interested to know how the cocktail drinks are done. so i thought hey it’s a good thing to have on the glass itself how convenient no need to memorize or look it up in books ! …..iiyo …. ! ) so it’s a good buy. tho one of the boys broke one while transporting them to the car. ( what can i say ? it’s my own fault to trust them to transport my newly bought goods. )

ok. gotta go. am tired from writing, i took off today to rest and enjoy my birthday. i have been feeling weak with swollen glands for a week now and i need to take care of myself. just the thought of spending my birthday working in the office in pain is excruciating to me. so i informed my nutty boss yesterday that i will take off today. yeah ! good job !
i know this sounds silly to you , to ask for a day off is no biggie but it is hard for me. thank goodness there is no packaging design tasks that needs to be done urgently this week or i will be in pain at work alone. and plus i have been trying hard to be a responsible dependable worker.
back when i was in taipei doing teaching or newspaper editorial design i often called out and to me it was normal to take days off to take care of my health but to my superiors they told me i need to use off days to take care of my health not use working days. it took me a while to understand and agree to what they mean. so since i have been at this job a year ago, i almost never take a day off because i did not feel feel. i just worked and got through the day with prayers while in pain.

” excuse me ! “

straight straight lines in the vineyard remind me of school days where we had to practice to draw straight lines.

we stopped at small vendors on the way to shop for QUILT, local farm goods like apples and peaches and jam and honey and wine ! i found a sweet dessert wine. it’s pretty good. i only love sweet liquor. last time i was with PUMPKIN ( my best friend ) in NYC that’s when i discovered my sweet white dessert wine my love. until today i still think about that sweet taste in my tongue. yummy ; ) ; ) ; )

virginia beach is also beautiful. i suppose cuz it’s grand in size compare to other beaches.
next time tho i would plan two days at the beach and another two days hiking trails. virginia is famous for their many trials and i love to be one with nature and sweat at the same time.

boy note : on the beach, JOSEPH wanted to know how come i did not wear bikini or even a swimsuit and show them my body. ( i was in long comfy thin trousers cute ones with nice prints from anthropoligie. ) excuse me ! why should i bare myself just for your pleasure ? what kind of relationship do we have ? these idiots !! what kind of request is this ?
i had to tell them the following :
‘ i am in pain i have my period my whole entire body is cold from head to toe. both of you have younger sisters don’t you ever care about them when they have periods ? what kind of big brother are you two? the stupid and heartless kind ? ‘ huh ! that finally shut them up in one try.

shenandoah skyline is also beautiful. but our homeland taiwan high mountain is more beautiful because we have many many small hills so when you see the skyline you can see many curves. and that makes the photo rich.

” please inform us in advance “

recently took a trip to VIRGINIA BEACH with edward & joseph two grown men in physical age but boys in mental age. here’s a recap.
( the attacehd photos i took on my LG DARE phone. they aren’t too bad. JOSEPH took all the photos once i get a hold of them i will share. )

warm september, me dressed for early winter on a summer day.

it was ……. interesting entertaining and torturing…… each other la …… huh huh
cuz i was on my period and was just very irritated the whole time and normally when i have my period, i could not take anybody’s any little even cute bullshit, ….. like if someone was not speaking honestly from their heart, is just joking around, saying things without thinking it through or they say things without being considerate of other’s feelings…….. like things we do everyday sometimes. ……… and so, i tried very hard not to listen to EDWARD AND HIS FRIEND JOSEPH, but it is every hard since there were no one else no distractions and i felt their nonsense chatting was so noisy, just excruciating to me. so i had to speak up and shut them up so i can get some peace and quite. ……. …… huh huh……. they were tortured by my period. la ……. huh huh…… the whole time they replied to me several times, ” when is your period going to be over ? next time please inform us when your period is coming and let’s not meet up. is it time for your medicine ? “ ….. huh huh ……

支持他還是逍遣他

有一件事粉靈⋯⋯那就是替別人禱告。真的，尤其是替難相處的麻煩人物禱告。

在幾何公司裡我用過兩次效果非常好。一個對象是我精力毅人做事無理頭容易緊張亂發脾氣的上司。有 一度每個禮拜我們都有口角，公司裡的氣份被我們倆的低EQ搞得粉糟搞⋯⋯ ( 那時對韓國眉妹非常抱歉，因為那時我們的 creative production department 包括上司也只有我們三個人。韓國眉妹也只好忍耐著一個人努力的奮斗。 ) 那時我差一點點就 I QUIT. 老娘不幹了可以吧。那 時無法接受都到了文民地米國來做事還會碰到無理頭無係統的上司與工作。真是命苦啊⋯⋯唉呀呀呀⋯⋯不了解上帝要給我的功課是啥麼就是忍耐嗎？啊好死不死米 國景氣差差差⋯⋯啊我也只好一直忍忍忍下去囉。有一次二姐給我建議替上司禱告。結果真的有效喔。之後呢上司的態度有好轉有進步啦。就算他是個有救的上司好 了啦。

還有一個對象是西瓜眉妹。他 呢算是粉聰明粉能幹啦。唯一的致命傷呢就是他粉不願意跟客戶確認一些事請。啊好死不死的這個確認的差事呢就恰恰是他的工作。啊每一次需要他去確認的時候西 瓜眉妹就是做得心不甘情不願的。那我嗎也看他的行為不順眼就暗地裡罵他。後來有一天我想到我應該為他禱告給他力量。結果我在廁所裡禱告完二十分鐘後他就告 訴我他把事情完美的處裡好了。靈吧。