No one at work

Thats not true, there are some people at work, but a lot of the people are gone. So, it is a little boring and sucky when you have a question and just about no one knows the answers or people who might know are out.

Other than that, work is pretty slack, which is not to say that I don't have work. Far from it. It just means no meetings, just do your own work, people coming in late, going out for lunches, leaving early. And going out for lunch is important, they closed off like more than half the kitchen, no choices.

I hope my packages I sent have been received. I've been tracking it way too much. :)
I gotta start packing soon. It'll be nice to be outta here and be someplace warmer.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!!

Christmas is here

I just set up the christmas tree today. It doesn't take long at all. All the ornaments and the lights were up on the tree in 15 mins. Not bad I must say.
I think about buying new christmas tree ornaments every year but they are quite expensive.

Haven't started wrapping any presents. Nothing to wrap really, but I should start packing. Oooh, I sent out my christmas cards and spent a ton on stamps. Who would have thought that the cost of stamps would be just as much as the cards themselves. :)

Christmas time, its the time of potluck. Its a time for parties. Have fun everyone!!

Long time

No see.

Its been so long since I have been here to check blogs or to write something. I have been insanely busy and even when I am not working, there's just been so much stuff going on.

First, it was organizing a friend's b-day. I think it went pretty well. Didn't get to surprise him of course, since people talked, which I knew was bound to happen. I hope he liked the gift. The dinner place was kinda far. It took me forever to drive there and its not a fun drive, when its dark and cold and rainy. I liked the place a bit, except, its a little far for me to get there.

There were friends in town, I met up with people I haven't seen in a while, went shopping, ate and ate. :)
Its good to be not working late nights.

Has everyone done their christmas shopping? The malls are insanely packed with people, especially when you go on wkends. Everyone drive safe and shop safe. I need to start wrapping some presents.

Days merge together

Thats what happens when you work days and days and wkends too. I was so sure today was Wednesday. Not that I want my days to go quickly because I still have things to wrap up and I really need the extra time. At the same time, I want to be not as stressful. If you wonder how I have time to write this blog, its because I write snippets of it, between the time my code is compiling.

Christmas is right around the corner and if you go out shopping to malls or downtown, you will see and feel it. Other than that, its the same. If you're in university and you live on/near campus or if you're at work, you don't get a sense of christmas spirit unless you go out.
But there are tons of things happening, potlucks, dessert parties, holiday parties. :)

Merry Christmas shopping to all and don't get too stressed out by the huge number of people who are running around in shopping malls. :)

Workaholic

What happens when all you do in a day is just work? You become a workaholic. I am a workaholic right now, but hopefully not for long. Does that mean I am a true workaholic?

I went to get some flowers today. Quite a bit of hassle, I must say. There were these bunch of tulips, not a lot of variety, but they came in a bunch of 5 and I wanted a bunch of 6. Those flower people told me I had to buy 2 bunches and put them together myself then. So, I browse around some more and see these cala lilies. Very pretty, not in full blossom yet (this is good, because I want them to bloom when I put them in water). I ask if they can put together 6 for me. "Sure, we just haven't taken them out and prepped them yet, so give us an hour or two, come back and maybe we'll be ready to put them together for you". Now, I wanted the cala lilies but I don't want to wait, so I go to another store, no cala lilies, but the girl was nice, she tells me to go to this other florist, close to their shop. It was closed. So I am back at the nice girl, asking her if she can put together something else for me. I pick out some tulips, a bunch of 10, she picks out 6 and wraps them in coloured paper tissue for me and charges me for only 6 instead of the whole 10 of them. :)
I'm pretty happy with my tulips, but just the whole me running around wasn't so fun.

Btw, Illuminations candles are awesome!

Girls Nite

I like having a girl's nite. I went over to a friend's place last night because a high school + univ friend was in town. There were 4 other girls there and 2 of them cook really well. So, they just prepared a meal for 6 ppl and we just sat and ate and chat. It was fun. Oh yea, the 6th person was a dude. Friend's bf and yes, its a girl's nite but we needed him to help move some stuff, since my friend was moving. And who better to help you move other than your bf. :p

The food was really good and I think its such a good idea to have someone cook, while the others help and all eat together. Feels very wholesome and homey. :)

After, I was just listening to chatter. Sometimes, its fun to just sit back and listen. There's always so much to learn, not that I pick up things all the time or do what I believe in. Its tough sometimes.

Working late nights all week this week. Am pretty sure, I will have to work both days this wkend too, in order to get my work ready for next week's deadline. Yay, me!