Good day. Michael is back in Edmonton, for good, at least for now! I am very happy at the moment. Nothing feels better than to be able to sleep in my own bed every night. Speaking of own bed, I am thinking of buying a new one! and putting the one i have at the moment into the guest room. A king sized bed sounds good! so the shopping around commences! Should be a good time.
And like I said before, with being back here, I made a pact with myself to change my lifestyle and to lead a more responsible lifestyle. So far I am doing well I think, and would like to keep this up. Also a good time to improve myself.
And to improve myself, its time to improve on the cooking skill. Recipe book time! haha. It is impossible for me to whip things up from scratch without any help. I am not that creative. Never really had to cook the last little bit because I stayed in camp, and back in edmonton only for a couple days. Now, its time to step it up! Good luck Mike! haha.
I apparently have quite the ambitious new year there, hopefully I can keep the momentum going! Wish me luck!
Another day done, another day closer to home. As much as I feel like the people of this site is like an external family and how much I might miss these people, I truly long to be offsite and want to be home. I know I don't deserve to complain as there were people who has worked more than I did and longer than I did.
I've had only 3 days off since November 24. In those days, there were really really long days, and then there were good days. But the best couple days were in the beginning of December, those were really fun days! But, its time to flip back to reality and back to the reality of work. As Nelly Furtado preaches, all good things come to an end. Or do it?
Going back to Edmonton, I have a lot of changes I need to make. There are habits I will have to stop and its time to tighten up the budget. I admit, I have been much of a spend thrift the last 2 years and have not saved up much. But, I think it is time for a change. As cheesy as it sounds, it is time to grow up, and be responsible with my money.
In a way, I guess this is a good time to decide this. As it is nearing the New Year again. I have one and only one resolution this year. To stop my spendthrift ways and to save up for a rainy day. I always make good on my promises, and I will be a little selfish this time. I promise myself to stay through to this resolution this year. To have a better life, I have to be a better person, its not too late to grow up! =)
Hmm...I can get used to doing this daily. It is quite de-stressing =)
Weather today? a high of about -45? Thank Goodness I don't work outside! I really have a new found respect to all the guys and gals working outside in this weather! It is not for the weak of heart for sure.
The days have really been flying by in an alarming rate! Goes to show how busy the days are, to get things done and ready for the shutdown. Stacks and Stacks of termination notices are making their way to me, and I almost have no time to go through all of them, it just keeps getting bigger, but no matter, I will find time to finish them, even if I have to stay late(Most possibly tomorrow)
How about them Oilers? Out of no where, they are sporting a 5 game road winning streak! It is nice to see them pick up a couple of wins! We were definitely long overdue! It has been awesome December so far boys! Keep it up!!
Going out to town tonight for Dinner with the co-workers again! Should be another dandy! It is so different chilling with them outside work! It's Great!!
My boss brought me some EDO Japan today for lunch! I thought that was really awesome of him! It has been way too long since I've had rice! Woot Woot!! The asian in me is showing again! oops!
Anyways, I am signing out for now, survived yet another day. One Week to go.
The days are going by fast! It feels so fast that I am actually damn exhausted by the end of the day. Picture me like this...After work, get on the bus(or a ride if someone has a truck) then walking to my room like a zombie, change, freshen up, yadda yadda, then walk like a zombie, to the dining room, eat my food like a zombie, and walk back to my room where I proceed to wind down(like a zombie)
What I need to do, is to somehow figure out a way, to have fun while working. I've been playing music, but that's not working out so well anymore! hmmmm
Although, I am slowly digging the idea of sitting at the reception desk, there's more people to talk to and it somewhat more fun. But damn is it hard to concentrate at times!
Just winding down right now and decided to just write, I've had a heck of a day, or a week!
I know it ain't much, but by the end of the work shift, I would've had 30 hours OT.
I managed to get my uncle to help me buy three games yesterday. Forza Motorsport 3, Assassin's Creed 2 and Guitar Hero 5! there will be games playing on my days off!
I might write more tomorrow as a little wind down...it does help! =)
It feels like I am slowly slipping in updating this blog, just haven't find the time to do so. =(
Well, Alberta Winter has returned. It was a chilly -27 this morning. And the funny thing is, we come to work as if its usual. Kinda Scary when you think about it huh? We are so used to this weather that we are so complacent of it.
I have an interview today, the HR Director for our company is coming onto site to talk to the who of us who applied from up here. This would be the second time I have interviewed for this position as one was done a couple months ago. We shall see how it goes, I am not too confident as I feel that I have some other stuff in my mind that is clouding my judgment at times.
Flight back to Brunei is booked and paid for! I will be leaving Edmonton on February 8, 2010 and arrive in Brunei February 10, 2010! I can't wait. This is the first time since leaving in 2000 that I will be back for Chinese New Year, this is definitely long overdue. It will quite the Journey too as I will be flying from Edmonton --> LA --> Tokyo --> Singapore --> Brunei. Quite an interesting journey. I may be quite westernized these days, but I am still just a plain ol Asian deep down inside(or at least I would like to think so).
Personal life these days? Let's just say I am still the king of bad timing and that is the story of my life. But then again, come what may, and c'est la vie! I always look at the bright side of things, and this will not be an exception!
Christmas is just around the corner! Can you believe this? Just 11 months ago, I was having the time of my life in HongKong and Japan. How I miss being on Vacation, waking up every morning, and the only thing on my mind is..hmm..what to do today, and where to go today. The following months since then has been trying, stressful, lonely, etc. But the experience from work is one thing i can take away and say I survived!! Not to mention the amount of wonderful people I have met!
It has also been quite sad to see a lot of the co-workers leave. We see each other here the most and as cheesy as it sounds, we are like an extended family. At the end of the day, we still have our own lives, but what we shared here, no one else can take away from that. To those who bit the dust and going on to better things, cheers! this buds for you!
I am slated to return to Edmonton on the 19th! There will be some shopping that has to be done and people to see and catch up with. Hopefully a new position to start and a break to enjoy!
