Biggest Boss

這篇一定要用中文寫, 因為是寫有關工作方面“老闆“的事情
今天憋不住了, 一定要在這發洩一下......

我, 只是公家機關裡小小的一個職員
上頭有個主管, 主管上面還有個大主管
她是我們部門的頭, 算是我們這一群人的“老闆“
其實幫政府做事並沒有什麼“老闆“可言
因為上頭的人也沒人在管

這個“老闆“是個很bossy的人
仗著有著高職位, 常常會目中無人, 覺得她要什麼就要有什麼
常常利用上班時間做自己的私事, 甚至去逛街
有時吃個飯都吃個兩三個小時
還有開會訂午餐的時候會私下多訂一些帶回家
她的秘書是個大好人, 但是很可憐

因為總是要幫她掩護, 還常常被她吼....
這老闆脾氣不是很好, 需要的東西一定要“馬上“拿到她面前
她要找的人一定要“馬上“出現在她面前

雖然大家都很受不了她, 不過大家還是很怕她
表面上都是用笑臉對待她
我很少跟這老闆有接觸, 除非是像要請很長的假啦或是有聚餐之類會看到
或是去上廁所看到閒聊打招呼
能不看到就不看到, 我是不會刻意到她辦公室找她

常常聽到別人被她轟炸的事, 總覺得很不可思議
一直到上個月的某一天, 她要找的人都剛好不在去開會
所以她的脾氣就來了, 結果竟然把氣出在我身上
那一次我真的嚇了一跳.....也算是大開眼界

今天剛好也是, 該去開會的人都分別去開會了
只有我還在辦公室裡
沒想到電話響了, 一接起來竟然是這位“老闆“
她問我其他的人去哪了怎麼都不接電話
我把其他人的行蹤都交代清楚後
她竟然問我知不知道一樣資料（一份數據）
我說負責這項資料的人不在
她竟然要我去打開那個人的電腦
問題是我怎麼可能在別人不在的時候去打開人家的檔案

（加上每個人都有自己的密碼）
所以老闆沒辦法“馬上“得到她要的數據
當然囉～口氣就變得很不好, 我就當場被“轟炸“了
她說這些資料我應該都要有

如果大家都不在, 有人要問的時候我就應該要知道....
反正我就莫名其妙的被炸了

沒過一會她的秘書來找我
她說剛剛老闆和我的對話是用speaker, 她和另外一個人都聽到了
it wasn't very nice....yes..it wasn't at all.
秘書要我不要在意

我只是覺得很無辜啦～
我天上的無敵超級大老闆啊～這一切祢都看到了....
Lord, thank You for this job.

Lord, bless the work of my hands and bless my bosses and coworkers. Amen.

Baby Wave

昨天有個很久沒有見面也很久沒有連絡的朋友打電話給我
才講幾句, 他就問我：“妳什麼時候要生？？“
我說：“生什麼？？？“
雖然我知道他在問什麼, 也知道他沒有惡意
不過我心裡在想, 應該是覺得我已經懷孕了才會這樣問
他說他是“聽說“我好像有了所以才想打電話來親自問我
這個“聽說“也真的讓我想不透
那麼久沒見過面也沒連絡, 是怎麼“聽說“的

我知道前陣子我比較愛吃
所以是真的看起來比較胖
所以那個時候照片裡的我比較“臃腫“一點
有人看到照片也以為我懷孕了
這種感覺其實還蠻“嘔“的
顯然別人覺得我“胖“到像懷孕
不過我也這樣看到別人照片猜過別人（當然不是指著別人講）
所以我可以理解.....

還有一次在教會有個很不識相的阿姨還指著我的肚子說：“妳懷孕囉？“
那時我還蠻氣的, 又沒很熟就這樣指著我的肚子問.....
還有一次有人也看著我的臉說："wow, sydney, are you pregnant?"
這種舉動是不是有點太直了點？！？！？！

常常有很多人看到我會問我什麼時候要生小孩啊？
特別是教會的叔叔阿姨們
上次有個阿姨看到我在抱一個baby

就很大聲的說：“啊妳怎麼不趕快生一個？“
那是我第一次感到有點生氣, 也不能說生氣啦
只是有點覺得莫名其妙, 好像是我故意不生一樣......

我很喜歡小baby, 如果我懷孕我會跟整個世界宣佈
但是現在我還“沒有“.....

這陣子好多人懷孕生產
算一算, 我知道最近有13個媽媽懷孕生小孩
13個！！！好多喔～這一潮的baby wave好大一波喔！

這裡我也想分享個見證
2008年8月曾經我在我的journal裡我寫下六對couple的名字
這6對couple都是非常想要有小孩的夫妻
那時可能我對於他們很想要有小孩卻沒有辦法有小孩而感到很有負擔
所以就寫下來幫他們禱告
他們不是嘗試懷孕好多好多年, 不然就是身體上有問題幾乎不可能懷孕
或是因為身體方面還不適合懷孕
很奇妙的,

今年這6對夫妻裡有5對都奇蹟式的懷孕了, 而且是自然懷孕的喔～
最不可能的那對今天小寶寶滿月了
其他的還在待產當中, 有一對還懷了雙胞胎呢！

我每次回去翻那篇journal都覺得神真的好奇妙
God does miracles!! He is truly the giver of life.
He is the one who opens the wombs.

我想神有祂自己美好的時間
God has made everything beautiful in His time. =)

Water. Water. Water

It didn't feel right when I went to the bathroom early Friday morning. I went back to sleep and again felt the urge that I needed to go to the bathroom again. Then immediately I knew that I had the bladder/urinary infection. I had it twice before and I knew the symptoms and really scared of the nasty "burning" feeling. I called my family doctor right away and went to the doctor's office Friday morning. With my urine tested, the infection is confirmed.

I spent my Friday and Saturday taking medication, drinking plenty of water & cranberry juice, and running to the bathroom numerous times. Thank God, now I'm 90% recovered. Just need two more days of medication and keep drinking water and I will be fine.

Drinking enough water is something I really need to watch out. Of course, go to the bathroom more often. =)

Couch Potatoes

My hubby loves to watch TV. His whole family loves to watch TV. It's a habit, a lifestyle. I don't think he can live without a TV and I think I'm just becoming like him. We are two big couch potatoes! =P If we are going to calculate the hours we spend on watching TV, then it's obviously too much. Can't imagine the one hour per week entertainment limit for D&G's discipleship class. I don't think we are able to go through that class at all. haha~

Soap opera is extremely dangerous and addicting. 自從上次不眠不休的看完“命中注定我愛你“以後就休息了一陣子. With D's recommendation, hubby decided to watch "痞子英雄“ and of course we watched it together. We finished 24 episodes within 4-5 days if I remembered it correctly. No wonder I was so tired at work those days when we stayed up so late. “痞子英雄“還算不錯的偶像劇, 拍攝手法不錯, 取景都還蠻唯美的. 它是屬於懸疑推理的劇情, 比較不像“命中注定我愛你“那麼多感情戲, 會讓我感動到哭得西哩嘩啦

My favorite genre of movie is suspense/thriller, action, and drama. I love those investigations on crime scenes and murder cases. But I think as I get older, romantic comedies do make me laugh. I was surprised after watching this movie, "Proposal." I didn't have too much expectation when we rented it, but it turned out to be a movie we enjoyed. 第一次覺得romantic comedy會讓我笑得這麼開心, 讓我覺得很溫馨. Therefore, I gave "Proposal" an "A."

With the previous great experience on romantic comedy, we then rented the movie "Management" starred by Jennifer Aniston. To me, Jennifer Aniston is a superstar and I like her movies, such as "The Break-up" & "Marley and Me." But this movie "Management" is a TERRIBLE movie. Can't believe she would even agree to star in this movie after seeing the boring, weird script. Anyway, it's the worst movie of all, definitely giving it a "F."

Yes, we watched another romantic comedy, "Ghost of Girlfriends Past." This one is just an okay movie. Not exciting, not funny, very predictable from the beginning to the end. I rated it a "C" movie.

E.K. recommended us a movie called "Orphan." We've been waiting for it to come out and sure thing we rented it this week. It's a creepy, scary, psycho-demon, high-intense frightening thriller. WARMING: NOT for pregnant women or couples who want to adopt children. The story has a twist that is quite surprising. It earned a "B-" on my list.

This post is like a movie review. It's just my opinion to share. What's next? “福氣又安康“？？？

another sleepless night.

it's two in the morning and i'm here blogging.
what do people do when they wake up in the middle of the night and can't go back to sleep?

back in the kitchen

For me, cooking is something I enjoy doing. Eating at home is healthier and also cheaper. After moving in to this new place, this is my first "official" homemade meal. The good news is the dishes turned out better than I thought. But the bad news is that the ventilation of this place is extremely terrible. The air just doesn't flow even with the vent on and all the windows open. It's like we really need to put on the oxygen masks to breathe the fresh air.

So, I will stick to my old "healthy-eating" style with just my steamer, oven, and 大同電鍋。

Birthday Cards

以現今科技的進步, 應該已經很少人在寫信了

我講的是“手寫“, "hand-written"......
肯花時間親手寫, 只能說是很有心......

這次生日收到3張卡片, 親手寫的卡片
一張是老公寫的, 是26號晚上熬到12點鐘老公送給我的
老公喜歡把卡片偷偷放在枕頭下面
所以這招已經被我識破, 所以卡片才藏在枕頭下就被我找到
硬是得等到12點才能看卡片
內容在這就不多說, 當然是那種看完會決定一生一世愛死他的感動

另外兩張嘛....竟然都是柔寄的！！！
因為剛搬家, 所以卡片都是寄到我爸媽家
前幾天回家收到一張覺得很感動
因為卡片寫得滿滿的...還有一些插圖和貼紙
沒想到, 今天晚上又看到第二張卡片！！！！
也是寫得滿滿的, 再次祝我生日快樂～
信封上還有口紅印的kiss一個.......
剛剛把兩張卡片又再重新看了一次覺得很貼心....很可愛.....這人會不會太想我了一點～～～～～～
在百忙之中還能花時間給我這小小的驚喜....厲害喔～～～～

謝謝妳～希望德州的天氣會快快轉晴！

Meeting the Animals

For kids, visiting the zoo is part of the childhood must-do. We'd been wanting to take Zoya to the zoo for a long time but just couldn't find the right time. We bought this annual membership gift card for Will & Janice for their birthdays early this year and we also got one for ourselves so we can tag along. We found this SD zoo annual membership gift card at VONS and it's a very great deal for two adults for both SD zoo and wild animal park. It also came with two free admissions. That's how Ruth got in for free. So Saturday morning the entire crew came, even the 2-month-old baby Zech. How lucky he is to go to the zoo for the first time at such a young young young age. This the only group shot we had. Baby Zech is actually on the bottom level of the stroller....if you wonder...haha

Bringing two kids is NOT easy at all. Everyone just needs extra patience and slow down our paste and be flexible. The zoo is actually very big and we started our visit on the tour bus to get an idea where the animals are. I had the chance to take a close shot of baby Zech while sitting behind them on the tour bus. You look cute Zech! It was a comfy ride~

Meeting the "real" animals is extremely exciting for little Zoya. She knows a lot of the animals from TV, DVD, and books. We were also super excited and eager to see her reaction when she sees the animals. I think all of us had a blast. Those creatures are just very unique and cute. Here are some of the photos we took. Aren't they lovely?!

This rhino is completely clad in armor. very cool...

This polar bear is taking a sunbath and looks like it's looking directly at my camera!

The koala bears are extremely cute and fluffy. All the koala bears were sleeping when we visited them. I think they sleep 19-20 hours a day. It's so interesting how they just stick themselves between the branches on the trees when they sleep. I think they got really good balance skills! They won't fall off from the trees...

Giraffe is one of Zoya's favorite animals. They're TALL!

The zoo closed early on Saturday due to a fundraise event. We were not able to see the entire zoo so we only saw the major ones we wanted. Yay! Zoya had so much fun and for sure she is such a happy girl.

For the night, we walked to the nearby Gaslamp District for dinner.

This place is not kids friendly. Many were dressed up and ready to party through the night. I didn't see any strollers except ours. We went to this restaurant called "Ocean Room" which is recommended by the hotel concierge. It's located on the busiest street of the district. We had the seafood pasta with lobster sauce.

Today was the last day to be a 29-year-old.