Sunday, October 16, 2011

A new adventure

A new phone. A new experience

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

The season

I feel vulnerable and I am not particularly well. I don't know what's wrong, maybe it is the season. I long for the sunny days when the warmth of the air cheer me up. The sense of security from the I don't know what. October is a brutal season.

I have been in this state of mind for four days. Experience tell me that why the mood comes, all I can do is wait. Patience is time, time is patience. I can only wait for it to pass by.

Wednesday, October 05, 2011

複製過去的錯誤

今天下班時新來的上海人問我有沒有做一個project,還有負責哪部分。我問他是什麼緣故他要問我。他說老闆要他修正總編輯給的一些評論。

總編輯要他改的是圖表中的顏色。這些圖表很多都是我做的,所以對於這些錯誤我很在意。我發現這些錯誤的造成是因為我使用上一年的圖表格式,只修改其中的數據。上一年的人到底怎麼畫錯顏色的我不知道,但是顯然複製過去的代價就是複製錯誤。我心情很不好。這固然不全部是我的錯,因為也是老闆叫我修改數據的,但也顯示自己不夠細心。

不過說真的,我看了很久還是覺得那顏色長的一樣。

Monday, October 03, 2011

驚魂記

因為小綠眼要到城裡工作,但是家裡只有一台車,所以我們要開始一起通勤的生活。今天我們6點就起床了,因為要準備早餐、午餐和洗澡。突然在6:20,我聽到敲門聲。那麼早有人敲門是很不尋常,我想大概是自己聽錯了,於是不以為意。

過了不久,門鈴響了。

小綠眼和我看了對方,我心想,大概是有人找錯門了,所以就不予理會。過了幾分鐘,門鈴又響了。這時我開始覺得很恐怖! 是壞人嗎? 美國郊區人在自家被謀殺的電影情節在腦中閃過。大門的位置剛好可以看到廚房的動靜;外面天還很黑,廚房的燈是亮的,我們看不到對方,對方卻看得到我們。我拿起無線電話,我問小綠眼說,我們該打給警察嗎,這種算是emergency嗎?我走到餐廳,發現車門口停了一台車,車燈是亮的。我心想:歐,這個人是針對我們這戶,我該怎麼辦? 這樣應該qualify emergency吧? 警察來不及來怎麼辦?! 總總嚇死人的念頭閃過。

我於是撥了911,這可是我人生中第一次撥打911。警察問我的地址,他問我車子的顏色、特徵。我回警察說,外面那麼黑,我看不出來啊! 警察問我對方的特徵,我說從家裡看不見,只知道是中年男子。警察說,如果對方離開你再撥打回來。於是電話就結束了。

對方還在外面,警察又沒說他們會不會來。我只好期待又patrol car會過來。

這時,這個男子又走進大門敲了門 (我實在快被嚇死了)。小綠眼說要上樓,我說大門旁的窗戶看得到屋內。過了不久,小綠眼說,對方已經遠離大門了。我們彎下腰,迅速地跑上樓,從客房的窗戶往外看。外面的男子帶了帽子,穿白色長褲,看起來180公分高。門鈴又響了,我對小綠眼說:我們忘記帶刀子上樓了。

過不久,警察來了。他下車後用手電筒照了那位男子,接著敲大門。我們去開門,警察問:這個人說要和彼得去打高爾夫球,他說他沒有找錯房子,你們認識彼得嗎?

我說彼得是我們的室友,但是他去狄斯耐樂園玩了。那位男子走過來,一聽他說話,神秘男子的身分終於真相大白:锵锵,原來是賣我們的房子的仲介。

他當然沒有找錯房子,因為房子是他賣出的阿。

警察在臨走前開玩笑一番 (實為抱怨,小綠眼說),警察說:你看這人一身高爾夫球打扮 (心中os:我又不打高爾夫,哪知道裝扮阿),又開BMW (心中os: 誰看得到那是BMW阿,更何況壞人也可以開BMW阿),他長得哪像壞人阿??? (心中又os:壞人臉上又不寫 - 我是壞人,請遠離我)。

驚魂記於是在一陣警察抱怨,仲介無辜,我們嚇死中結束。

Thursday, September 08, 2011

A Journey About to Begin

In about 9 hours, my roommate will drop me off at the train station; I will hopefully arrive at NYC at noon. For lunch, I plan to eat Pepeye's. They say it is better than KFC (no, I don't think KFC is good at all...). I'll then take Subway E toward JFK airport. It should take an hour. The flight is at 4:45 p.m., so I at least have to arrive by 2:45. This means I have to leave NYC Penn Station by 1:30.

I am so nervous.

This is probably the real me. I may seem "tough" (my boss has been describing me as the "tough sister" lately), but the inside, I am jello... indecisive...can't even decide what I should wear on the plane (Haha).

I will land in L.A. and wait for four hours. I can't decide whether I should go try "in-and-out." It is famous for the burgers...but I don't feel like burgers...maybe I'll ask the Taxi driver to do a drive-through...Honestly, I rather sit in a bar and drink Margarita. Booz...so me.

At 1 a.m., I will board the flight. It is a many hours flight, five movies maybe?

I am packed, I have schedule a breakfast date with my aunt. We'll have 蘿蔔絲餅 with 7-11 coffee. Such an interesting combination, but so me. There is just a tiny problem, I have no idea where my grandmother used to buy that.

I think I will go shop for bra and shoes after that...Problem again, I have no money. My aunt owes me about 2 grands, but the items I purchased for her is at my husband's place...Urg...

The truth is I am VERY nervous. This seems so surreal. I booked my tickets in January and tomorrow is the day...Tomorrow, I will being the journey and I don't feel prepare. Ah....

It is absolutely understandable if you have no idea what on earth I am talking about. I don't think that was English at all.

Monday, July 11, 2011

The perfect world - 就聽我抱怨吧

長期以來接了一些隨手做的翻譯工作,多半沒什麼建設性,現在也很少接了,那些文章多半很無聊又浪費國家資源。早上一個先前的客人要我幫他修改,他也附上了他"自己修改的"。看了真想昏倒。他自己(或他請別人)改了之後,中英文意根本就完完全全的不相同,也沒有使用"對仗"法,第一是有看到用粗體寫文章。

(請看以上三句,看起來混亂和沒有秩序,這就是他自己修改的英文後的樣子)

後來用看到一個親戚的FB相簿。有時我在想,同一個地點(火車上),照了3張只有臉的照片照片、然後到了一間餐廳,又照3張臉的照片,BTW臉占了照片的1/2,另外1/2是另一個臉。這樣的照片有何意義。身為一個看照片的人,我既不知道你去了哪裡,也不知道那好不好玩好不好吃,那有什麼用處嗎? 人又沒長特別漂亮。


繞了一圈,我脾氣還真不好。這些根本就沒有什麼。

Saturday, July 09, 2011

低收入戶保險年度績效評估

HealthChoice Wavier Evaluation真是一個讓人想死的。我們的評鑑/評估跟台灣的應該有點不一樣,基本上我們是幫client(我們的client就是健保局...)製作評估報告。這評估報告做了大概10禮拜。

現在每天我腦中都出現這些名詞
HealthChoice,
MCO,
Evaluation,
PAC,
Measures,
Improvement,
Percentage,
Percent
Proc freq (SAS Commend)
bar chart

辦公室e-mail inbox的每封信開頭都是
HealthChoice XXXX

阿! 這就是我的工作阿

Saturday, June 18, 2011

印度電影清單

最近真是忙翻了。白天要上班,晚上要social,還有積欠半年的專題...
今天做一繁瑣的歸檔、傳照片等雜事,把一些喜歡/看過的印度愛情電影整理起來

Devdas
Shadow of Times
Calcutta, India


Tuesday, May 17, 2011

A 型人格

今天肚醫師跟我說他的新朋友對我的評價:追求完美以致於給自己壓力太大。肚醫師又分享他先前做grand round時看不懂paper,最後他導師給他的評語:給自己壓力太大。

我反問肚醫師一句,那他們有說如何不要追求完美嗎? (like technically, what are the approaches and methods)

有時候那根本不是追求完美,那只是要把事情給做好。或者是說,其實要把事情做好的人有時也滿可憐的,他們不知道要怎麼減低"標準"。不知道這算不算是強迫症,改天來看看DSM-IV好了。


Wednesday, May 04, 2011

Why?

I am so angry. Is shit-rain an actual term? (Or shit-rains, raining shit...?)

How stupid can the UPS be? World class logistic my ass. The driver obviously did not deliver the package to my door step. In fact, he didn't even ring the door bell. Yes, I am certain the driver is a he. All the UPS drivers are male, most of them have muscles and good looks. Yes, that's also a fact. My friend who worked for Fedex during college said he felt like being harassed by all the ladies and blank.

Before UPS was the carrier from USPS (United State Postal Service). The carrier was just too lazy to check that the package was supposed to be forwarded. Then the other USPS workers are just lazy as well. Seriously, first you told me it is not there; then it shows up magically and you send it to Chicago for it to transit to Taiwan (knock on wood).

And what is it with everyone in the office. The all-about-sex colleague is not doing data analysis. But it is data analysis season (it is always data analysis season). There are tons of data and you are on data analysis probation?

Then there is the other colleague who works exactly 5 hours each day (we are on 5 hours shift). Like when the clock tick 2:00, the colleague is off to do his/her own business. Really?! So then occasionally he/she works 20 extra minutes (for example), then he/she will send an e-mail (yes, you read it right) to our boss: Hi boss, I work extra 20 minutes today. Seriously, I work overtime nearly everyday. (Okay so I want to keep my job, eat me).

It's like crap rain. Ever heard of that expression? Most likely not cause I made it up.

So last week at the monthly supervisor meeting, I told my boss that "my observance (not complain) is almost everyone in our unit is unhappy." So she asked me why. I said, "well, A is unhappy, maybe because we have the annual evaluation. B has been unhappy for the past few months. C is upset. D says A is 'giving her crap' and I quote that." So my boss responded, "A is anxious because the new client is rather high maintenance. C is upset and I am okay with that. He should be upset. B needs to go home."

She skipped D, I guess there is no much to say about D.

Okay, so after a page long of venting, I now feel much better.
People are just crazy. Oh and the drugstore messed up my purchase today but I am waaaayyyyyyy too tired to fix it. For God's sake, (and forgive me for saying this), but they are just plain stupid. I am so sick and tired of them that I may as well as start using department store beauty products.

Tuesday, May 03, 2011

Never Say Never

標題和內文沒有特別關係,只是pandora剛好放到這首,突然覺得自己寫得出字來了。

今天,是上班甚至是來美國以來,第一次感到自己比沙子還小,是那麼孤單。

Sunday, April 24, 2011

如果跑到一半卻下起了大雨...



今天我們又去港灣步道練跑步。四月小綠眼和我的目標是要從Canton跑到Henderson's Wharf Inn,來回約6.5公里。跑到一半卻下起了大雨。

小綠眼的腳比較長,所以他每次都跑在我前面。(當然他體力比我好也是一個原因啦XD)

剛開始只是毛毛雨,後來越來越大,最後變成"傾盆大雨"。衣服褲子都濕了,視線幾乎看不見。可是我的車子還在出發處,即使我要放棄,我也需要回到車上吧!

那時我深刻體會到:只要踏出去了,不管再困難也只好做完,不然要在路邊站著冷的要死等著雨停嗎?


為什麼那麼多人還是選擇要跑長跑?

因為每一次完成目標後都更確信地知道自己其實做的到。


附上跑步路線圖 (從右邊的canton跑到圖上的左邊Henderson Wharf再折返)

青蔥麵包

麵粉 4 C
酵母 1 1/2 t
白糖 1T 1t
溫水 1 1/2C
鹽 1 t

青蔥 一把 (8大支)

發 三十分鐘
翻轉 發一小時

425度 25分鐘 (需要修正 底部焦掉)


Friday, April 08, 2011

idiot proof巧克力蛋糕

這是我所知道最簡單的巧克力蛋糕,但是相當好吃:口感佳、綿密,但不硬。
做失敗是有點困難...

糖 1 杯 (白和黃各1/2)
麵粉 1 3/4 杯
baking powder 1 1/2 t
baking soda 1 1/2
可可粉 3/4 杯
鹽 1 t
蛋 2
無糖yogurt 1 杯 (也可以用sour cream)
油 1/2杯
熱水 1 杯


將粉類篩過,接著加入蛋、yogurt、油 攪勻
之後倒入熱水
攪勻 (差不多就可以)

350F 25 min
這次是用長方形的金屬盒 裡面舖 parchment paper
筷子拔出來乾淨即可

note 1: 原來的食譜用兩杯糖
note 2: 沒有yogurt or sour cream, 就用milk+ 1T 醋

沒有照片 因為被吃完了

Monday, March 28, 2011

Note安全產品

beautypedia
cosmeticsdatabase
goodguide
cosdna


the body shop aloe
loreal bare naturale mineral
city Veil


小地雷
Ageless Essentials® Continuous Hydration Night
大地雷
Neutrogena Ageless Essentials Continuous Hydration SPF 25

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

原來在波士頓看到的人手一個菜市場包是...法國名牌阿


我不是一個關心時尚的人,是一個觀察環境的人。


辦公室來了一個法律系的實習生,他拿了一個粉紅色的Le Pliage (我也不知道怎麼念,這是法文)。後來去波士頓,看到每個妹手上都拿一個這樣的袋子。款式簡單,顏色豐富,讓我很納悶為什麼大家都拿一樣的袋子。

遠遠看,這袋子長的真普通。材質也沒有很特殊,像是塑膠布,上面有一塊皮和一個扣子,所以想必是可以摺起來,用成小小的放在書包,攜帶方便。因為LOGO實在太不起眼了,雖然拉鍊的扣環看起來有設計感,但我還是以為

"這是某個百貨公司的贈品吧!"
又因為實在太多人拿了,偏偏在巴爾地摩和紐約都沒有看到這樣平平撞包的景象,所以我就更加覺得

"波士頓的女孩真有趣。這應該真的是某個贈品吧!"

雖然我心裡覺得這好像是贈品,但有又隱隱覺得波士頓這個東北角的妹們應該沒有這麼"平民"吧。所以嘗試在Amazon看這個包是不是某個暢銷款。Amazon找尋菜市場包失敗。

就在我晚間看奇摩新聞時,連進一個網頁,哈,終於讓我看到了。

原來這個包是 Longchamp (long champion的縮寫? 長冠軍?)的Le Pliage。共有12個顏色。要價USD$145。材質:聚醯胺(尼龍)。

$145元的尼龍袋

問:尼龍是塑膠嗎?


Sunday, March 20, 2011

原來我是非常白癡的人

其實我最近心情不好,這並不是什麼新聞,因為心情不好是我的專長。
只不過我在自己的網誌晃了一下,看了過去的一些文章,突然覺得其實我的生活還滿有趣的;充滿了新奇的事情(我自己這樣覺得啦),然後又常常打出一些很白癡的話,舉一些似是而非的例子;有時咄咄逼人,而且有很多錯字。
2006年 6篇
2007年 18篇
2008年 12篇
2009年 71篇
2010年 48篇

(我剛才excel做了直方圖,本來想要依據標籤再做一個圖,但是很多文章都沒標籤。做研究不謹慎,data collect不齊全,要加強)

看完之後心情好了一點。
2010年三月有幾篇很好笑的。

孤獨

兩個人也可以很孤獨。

一個人的人多半覺得兩個人就不會孤獨。於是很希望變成兩個人。
直到有一天,兩個人中的一個人發現,兩個人也可以孤獨。

兩個人只是不孤單,每天(或常常)有個伴;孤獨卻是一種心理狀態*。

+++ +++ +++
又是一篇浪費版面的廢文。寫作是一種therapy;直到我能說得出真心話前,我都會一直處在現在的泥沼中。孤獨的一個人憤怒。uurrggghhh >"<


* 根據教育部國語辭典簡編版,

孤獨有三解釋:
1.禮記 禮運 幼而無父和老而無子的人
2.單獨
3.孤單寂寞

孤單有一解釋:
單獨無依

說再見

A time for everything
Ecclesiastes 3:1-
A Time for Everything
For everything there is a season,

a time for every activity under heaven.
A time to be born and a time to die.
A time to plant and a time to harvest
A time to cry and a time to laugh
A time to grieve and a time to dance

該是時候了,但其實我沒有準備好。

過去的將近一個月,白天很難專心,晚上很難入睡。躁動不安。
我不知道該怎麼辦,我不知道要說什麼。
別人的安慰是好心,可是我聽了卻很生氣。

我有很多話,多半是很多憤怒。我變得很生氣,生氣世界。


Sunday, March 13, 2011

可以打包行囊滾回去了嗎?

好 所以我超遜的,只是因為機歪的總體經濟分析把我搞的要瘋掉,昨天遇到智障的店員,加上未來一整個不明朗,所以我想要滾回去了。