find me at my new xanga ....  http://wawa-wang.xanga.com/

See you all there.~ 

-wa

I’ve been sitting here for an hour with the review I’m
supposed to do for a client.  Totally procrastinating.  I don’t feel like doing it.  (However, I DO feel like making a Xanga post.)  But I must get it done before I head to bed tonight.  Need to get it sent out by email too.  I think I’m lagging because I’m sick and I
feel sluggish.  I’ve lost most of my
voice and I sound like a frog.  No,
really, I sound like a frog.

I remember back in 2^nd grade on this one day, I had lost my
voice, and that day we had our once a week music class.  The teacher would sing hello to us one by one,

“HeeelloooO, CynnnthiA.”

And we would sing back, “HeeeeellO, Mrs. L.”

But that day there was no way I’d be able to hit a single
key; I would MISS every key is more like it. 
I didn't know how to tell her I lost my voice, so I just sat there
refusing to open my mouth.  

Don’t know why, but that day just resurfaced in my memory.

Okay, I think I should get back to work while keeping one
eye on the movie I’m also watching at the same time.

Mom got a kidney.  I know, that sounds so matter or fact.  We got the call Tuesday morning that Mom should prepare herself for a possible kidney transplant at UCLA.  It's coming from Pennsylvania.  The deceased donor was a 2 year old boy who died of a cardiac arrest from contracting H1N1.  Though it felt like a miracle we were getting a kidney in such a short time from from being on the national waiting list, I felt a tear roll down my cheek.  Then another one followed.  And another.  I felt excited and scared all at once.  At the same time my heart was aching for the family.  I can't help feeling guilty that I was relieved my mom was about to get a kidney and didn't need to get dialysis, and she wasn't going to be feeling so sick anymore.  But our gain was someone elses loss.  I know things happen for a reason, and everyone has their path in life.  But it's still hard to just accept it as it was meant to be.  I've whispered a thousand "thank yous" and said a hundred prayers for their gift of love.  I pray God will help them find peace.

I've been back for almost a week now.  Everything's pretty much back to normal.  C isn't having diarrhea anymore either, thank God.  I'm happy I'm driving again and sleeping in my own bed, instead of sleeping on the floor and taking the subway everyday.  But even though I didn't have a bed to sleep on and had to take public transportation everywhere I went, I enjoyed every bit of it.  Until next time.

I've been cooking dinner for the last 2 nights after work, using the ceramic knife Carol got me.  I love it! It cuts through everything like cutting through butter, including meats and veggies.  Can't believe I cooked for the last 15 years without ever having this.

Heading out in a bit for a Saturday seminar that sounded kind of interesting.  Also before that I have to meet up with someone who is buying C's old walker for $5.  Oh, and need to drop of my cousin's new cell phone off for him.

Gonna shower and go get ready to head out now.

Took my son to the doctor just to make sure everything is okay since he had a fever all day.  Actually he's still a little warm right now.  The doctor said there is a flu going around with the same symptoms as his.  She said everything seems okay and he won't need any meds unless his fever gets higher.  So far it doesn't seem like it is.  The office visit fee was only $4.  My little boy is sleeping right next to me right now like a little angel.  Love him so much.

I wanted to jot down what we did yesterday.  But for some reason I can't recall.  I think we just hung out around the house.  I put Caleb down for bed at around 7:30pm, after that I passed out right along with him.  I didn't even eat dinner.  I woke up around midnight feeling hungry but decided against late night eating.  It's almost 3:30 in the afternoon right now, and Caleb just went down for a nap.  He woke up with a little fever this morning.  He's still eating well and playful, so it seems like nothing too major.  Still keeping an eye out on the his temperature though in case it spikes.

Went to KTV with my cousin and Carol last night.  Carol and I were going to watch a movie, but my cousin persuaded us to meet up with the boys from last Saturday.  And when I say “boys”, I mean literally.  They are around my cousin’s age, and she’s 6 years younger than me.  We met them at Spark, a club in Taipei last Saturday.  The place was so packed that us four girls couldn’t even squeeze ourselves up to the bar to buy a round of drinks.  Then his boy comes up to my cousin and offers us free Scotch, Champagne, and any other food or drinks we want for the  night.  FREE.  I was eying them suspiciously, making sure they’re not putting anything in our drinks.  Hey, you never know right?  But I was down for checking out their table and seeing if I wanna stay for the free drinks.  Turns out they had a group of about 10 people with a mix of guys and girls.  And the reason they had so many bottles open was because the boy treating is the club owner’s brother-in-law.  And everyone else was pouring from the bottles so I eased up a little bit.  We hung out with the free alcohol for the rest of the night, and at the end of the night the boys exchanged emails with my cousin to add each other on Facebook.  And now they’re on my Facebook.  LOL.

Anyway, so last night Sam, one of the boys invited Angela to sing with their group.  I really was going to pass and just catch a movie, cause I’M STILL SICK.  But in the end Cousin still persuaded me to go hang out.  We went for a few hours, had food, beer, sang…  sat under the blasting AC, and now my cold, flu, whatever, is worse.  Ugh.

Tonight we’re REALLY going to watch that movie.  Waiting for my cousin to come home from work and we’ll head out.

Flight takes off Tuesday 3:15pm.  I won't have time to do much tomorrow since I have a full day's of work and a evening appointment with a client at 6:30pm.

I'm just getting to packing both my son's clothes and all my junk.  My mom is reserving one full luggage space for all the things she wants me to bring back for family and friends.  So that leaves me one luggage for both my kid's necessities and mine.  So far I have everything I need laying out right next to the luggage.  Not sure how I'm going to get everything to fit.

Next time (and I say "next time" a lot) I've GOT TO start packing earlier.

Okay, this was just a small break... going back to packing.

Merry Christmas 2010, Everyone!

I spent the day shopping with my really good friend, Judy.  Went to South Coast Plaza expecting a mob of people.  But surprisinly, there wasn't a lot of people there at all.  We strolled through the mall window shopping, then stopping at McDonalds on the 2nd level and shared a Fillet-O-Fish meal.  There's something about their fish I'll never get tired of.  So yummy.  We finished shopping right when the mall was about to close for Christmas Eve at 6pm.

My mom had came over to make dinner while we were out shopping.  The rest of the evening we had dinner, opened presents, and watched a movie.    it's relaxing and just the way I like it since my son isnt' really old enough to understand the whole Christmas thing.  I can't wait until C is older along with his 'future' siblings.    Holidays and vacations are only fun when shared with family, loved ones, and children.  Children are just a whole class of their own, and the most special one I must say.

Today I have to start packing my luggage for our trip.  Taking off on Tuesday!

This has got to be the busiest two weeks ever!  Or at least it feels like that.

It's good and bad.  But knowing how I am, I'm gonna make the best out of it!

A few good things I want to note,

1) I'm 0.9 pounds from my pre-pregnancy weight!  Almost there!  I bought new pants today, and I can fit into a size 2!  I know size 2s today are not size 2s 15 years ago.  They're bigger now.  But who cares, the label says size 2. 

2)  I got both my visa and my son's visa for our 40 day stay in Taiwan.  I'm picking up our passports tomorrow.

3)  Business has been pretty good.  Lots of closed cases to keep me busy.  I'm thankful I have so many wonderful clients to feed my son.

4)  Christmas is almost here, I'm pretty much done with holiday shopping.  Now I just need to wrap those gifts.  Again, I'm going to tell myself not to wait until the last minute next year.  Failed that task this year.  But at least I made it.

On another note, C has really started talking.  Talking in his own language of course.  But every time he opens that little mouth of his, it's just so cute.  I wish they never grow up and stay mine forever.  At the same time, I want them to grow and flourish and become strong independent individuals.  He's only 1 and I'm already having separation anxiety.

Good night, friends....