Saturday, 20 March 2010

Hm, Youth

It's Friday night, and sadly there isn't any good movie on right now. So I thought I should clean my room. Was going over my closet and found a collection of my old school bags. My my, lots of memories for sure, after all, it was high school.

I realised that I have changed quite a bit. And I also realised that the Mac I'm using right now keeps on underlining my "realised" because it thinks the word should be spelt like "realized".

Anyway, I'm amazed with the way time can alter me,.. well DUH.
Thinking back to highschool (and Mac keeps on underlining my "highschool" too), I am not sure whether I can say I miss it or not, it still gives me a melancholic feel to it.

Let's see..
Grade 8. I stepped into the complicated society of high school, was freaking excited and nervous at the same time, I lived in dreams, yet a humble person.
Grade 9. It must had been puberty for me, I remember I was proud, egoistic, and self-centered. And I was rebellious. (Although my parents told me they think I never had a rebellious period). And I was still living in dreams, I was romantic, and I thought I could do everything, anything.
Grade 10. I began to doubt my potentials, realiSED that I can not afford to live in fantasies but simply accept who I am. I felt so good to see the actuality and worked hard, trying to become a better me..
Grade 11. This was when I did not dream anymore, no more imagination, but just me. Me, me, me.

Every now and then, I still dream. But they're no longer ambitious.

Friday, 19 March 2010

有點晚了的感想

自從奧運結束之後,每天都在忙學校的事情。 因為奧運其間都在工作,完全沒有時間去在意其他的事情了。
但畢竟這是奧運,感想一定要寫的嘛。

首先我打從心裡就很感謝這次公司給我的機會,讓我能夠這麼接近這令人興奮的冬季奧運。
其實去年我也只是抱著沒有希望的心態去到處申請工作的,甚至連奧委會的義工都有申請。
這個公司找我去了兩次interview。我還記得當時去群體interview的時候,發現大家都好厲害,每個人的年紀都比我大,資歷都比我好太多了,當時我想自己能夠和這些人並列出現在同一個interview已經很幸運了,何況這個公司這麼大,這麼professional,福利又好,還有肥沃的薪水,完全不敢妄想自己被收。
雖然interview去了很多,但收我的也只有兩三個 (奧委會居然不甩我,我還是申請義工呢!),其中包括這個公司。以我這種毫無經驗的大學生來說, 我完全沒想到會是這樣的結果。

雖然如此,但我依然把這份工作看作是個很普通的服務業,對於冬季奧運則是沒有甚麼興趣。何況我可是被很左派的大學教出來的社科學生,更不可能會看好或是特別支持加拿大舉辦奧運,我甚至還在寫了一篇關於加拿大福利政策因為奧運而造成的傷害的報告。

隨著奧運漸漸的逼近,我越來越能感受到每個人的期待和喜悅,更能體會到加拿大人的熱情,不管是對自己國家還是對來參與的外國人,不知不覺我也開始興奮了,特別是在看了開幕試之後。 每次工作時看到客人的臉畫的亂七八糟的,手上拿著自己在家畫的加油海報,就算是大人也都活蹦亂跳,太可愛了。

但那些錢怎麼還呢,我想已經在停車費和公車費上反應出來了。。。。。

Wednesday, 10 March 2010

Second medium pizza

人真不能貪小便宜, 不單單是因為有可能買了瑕疵貨而吃虧,更不值得的就是會有更糗的下場.
之前某個週末睡到中午才起來, 因為太懶了而決定和我懶散的哥哥訂披薩當作午餐
我去網路上搜了某個就在附近的店家, 看了它的菜單. 大致上是這樣的:
First Medium Pizza: $12.99
Second Medium Pizza: $10.99
當然也有large和small啦, 但那不重要.
我一開始很疑惑, 想說第一和第二到底有什麼不同, 當然剛睡醒的我恐怕是神智不清而忽略了它可能是買一個第二個可以便宜的可能性. 更讓我覺得誇張的是, 愚蠢的我居然以為這只是披薩等級的分別, 第一就是基本配料比較豪華的 (比如說比較香的番茄比較軟的餅)
對於一個窮學生來講的我, 當然還是要買比較便宜的才是節儉的精神
於是, 我打了電話給披薩店...
"Hi, I would like to order a second medium pizza!"
店員: ".......... ah... huh??"
"I want a second medium pizza"
店員: "um... you would have to get a first medium pizza before you order a second one...."




丟臉死了 :P