By Christine Glass
If you wonder off too far, my love will get you home.
If you follow the wrong star, my love will get you home.
If you ever find yourself, lost and all alone,
get back on your feet and think of me, my love will get you home.
Boy, my love will get you home.
If the bright lights blinds your eyes, my love will get you home.
If your troubles break your stride, my love will get you home.
If you ever find yourself, lost and all alone,
get back on your feet and think of me, my love will get you home.
Boy, my love will get you home.
If you ever feel ashame, my love will get you home.
If its only you to blame, my love will get you home.
If you ever find yourself, lost and all alone,
get back on your feet and think of me, my love will get you home.
Boy, my love will get you home.
Monday, July 14, 2008
Laptop for School
Well, I'm more than half way through summer and it is time to start thinking about school...I'll be studying architecture specifically this year and will require a laptop. The recommended specs for this year are not available yet (as usually our faculty is last when it comes to being up to date). Last year's specs were ... 2 GB RAM, 2.16 GHz Core 2 Processor, 100 GB Hard Drive and a discrete video graphics card. I would like my laptop to have at least a 2.4 GHz Core 2 Processor, 200 GB Hard Drive, and no less than 2 GB of RAM (I can always go to 4 GB when Best Buy or Future Shop has their 2GB modules for $40)....I'm budgeting no more than $3000 for everything (laptop + taxes + extended warranty), and that is not including the software as well. I need to get Adobe CS3, I'm thinking premium for $399 and AutoCAD for $199. I already have MS Office, I got the Ultimate Steal for $69.
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Sprained Finger
I sprained my finger (ring) today because of a quarrel with my little bro...We were play fighting until it got out of hand. I used my hand to block his kick and he sprained my finger on my left hand. I flipped at him right after oh was I mad...of course I got him back! I was so MAD...we weren't making any body contact until he decided to throw in that kick as a sneak attack...I've sprained my finger before in gym class in grade 10 because of basketball I think. It became bruised and purple for many days. My finger is starting to swell and look puffy. I'm putting ice on it to try to ease the purpling. I'm trying to keep it straight to stretch the veins. I really shouldn't be typing this much because it'll only make my finger worse....I type so much at work so I'll be a 'poker' on Monday.
"Designers" of Drama
It seems like the design career has made an appearance in many TV series lately...I can name three off the top of my head...
- (TVB) The Seventh Day - Kevin Cheng plays an interior designer
- (TVB) The Green Grass of Home - Christine Ng plays an interior designer
- (ATV) If the Moon had Eyes - Some guy (a lead) is an architect
It nice to see that the career of my choice (studying architecture) is getting so much publicity and it is something I can relate to at another level when I'm watching them. Designers have been featured as positive characters in these recent series but many years ago I've noticed that designers were given a bad image, perhaps they were stereotypically self-centered or homosexual....after a year of design school, of course that is isn't true...designers must meet the needs of the client and the budget making it a very challenging career.
Friday, July 11, 2008
My Personal Website
For the most part, my personal webpage is complete and can be found at http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~umchianr I'm much more please at this site than my first personal page
Heart of Greed
I'm not actually sure if they scuba-dive together...Ray and Linda are planning a trip to some place to go diving but Ray doesn't know how to so he takes lessons privately to surprise Linda. I really like Linda's name in the series ... "always on heart" and Ray found a shell during one of his dives and engraved "always on my heart" and wanted to give it to Linda but he threw it into the ocean after they had their first fight 'fight' on today's episode over Ray's ex "Janet". Really there is something else that has started...Yoyo, who is Linda's best friend, is beginning to develop feelings for Ray after they danced and chatted together. However, after watching this series for the second time, I can feel for why Ray cheated on Linda. Linda ditched her boyfriend (Ray) to go and comfort Moses who she and Ray knows "used to" like her. Obviously, Ray would feel uncomfortable...this continues on when Linda calls up Moses before Ray in times of trouble and they fight again. To maintain a solid relationship, two must depend and become responsible for one another and be truthful. Ray was wrong for hiding Janet and Yoyo but Linda was wrong for depending on Moses more than her boyfriend Ray. Dishonesty, disloyalty, and independency are sources of their relationship breakdown. The arguments and affairs were inevitable. Too bad it was too late when they realized their mistakes...
Of all Ray's series, I like his hair in HOG the best...maybe one day I'll try something like that on myself...OMG the more I watch Heart of Greed...the more I want to watch Moonlight Resonance (dubbed the sequel to HOG)....It coming out on the 28th so there are still 2 more weeks! There will be a pause for the olympics too...and then it will run into my school time too...hopefully I'll be able to free up a few hours here and there to complete the remaining 10-15 episodes!
Telephone calls...
My entire day today at CBSA was spent on the telephones following up with BSO candidates...I'm an email type person, I prefer electronic communication over telephone especially with people I am not too familiar with. Perhaps it is because I never gave out my phone number to my classmates/friends until I was a teenager. But what I hate more is leaving messages...I hate talking to machines...I absolutely can't stand those speech automated directories, I would rather press numbers until I get a hold of an agent.
Because many people were out at work I had to leave a ton of messages ... "Good Morning, this is Richard calling from Canada Border Services Agency. I'm calling you to follow up on an email I sent you yesterday. I would like to confirm that you've received it and if you have any questions feel free contact me...have a good day!" Of course, that doesn't sound too bad when it is typed out but when I had to think of what to say on the go...there were many ums...ahs....yea, so...
We're in the process of upgrading security clearances of all BSOs...so far it isn't too bad...but it is only going to get worse...some people don't like providing the 'required' information and or just simply don't like forms...though we did get an existing BSO who requested to do them to get upgraded...we're doing it in steps beginning with candidates and then we'll move onto existing BSOs and we'll break them down by province...
We had a candidate whose transfered into our region though she resides and originally applied for a position in Quebec. They had her clearance file so I had to contact them...of course it is a FRENCH speaking community but it turns out the security officer who contacted her was also a STUDENT like me! So when I called my collegue in Quebec up, I was hit with this cultural difference shock. All the telephone recordings were in French and I did my best to try to understand...I couldn't get why he had '#' before the extension and I dialed # with it and got a recording (in French) and then I tried without the "#" and I got a hold of him. So my co-worker answered in French "Bonjour, ...." (I have no idea what he said) and I froze...and then I'm like "um...Good Morning"...and I knew he could speak English because he wrote the email to the candidate in English and she was too. I really admire those who can speak both official languages...it is really an asset. I really could have made the transition more smoothly by asked "Excuse-moi, est-que tu parles anglais?" or "Je suis desole, je ne comprends pas francais, est-que tu parles anglais?" but I was frozen...I can only speak limited French after thinking about it for a really long time right now. I'm going to need to keep in touch with him so perhaps we can get to know each other better. I want to find out what he is studying and stuff. I'm als supposed to be a spy and figure out how other regions are doing in there upgrade processes. There really needs to be more inter-regional communication between the 8 or so CBSA regions. The first time I contacted anyone outside our region was in this conference call. It was really funny when we unanamously agreed that we weren't receiving clearance confirmation via email from HQ. Perhaps my new co-worker in Quebec has a few contacts. We need to have a Student Security Officer group on facebook or something so that we can all get to know one another. I have family members who live in Montreal too but everytime I go there we speak Cantonese.
Taking French classes up to Grade 12 did not make me very fluent...I think I was most fluent in Grade 10 because I had grade 9 French in the second semester and then grade 10 French was in the first semester of the following year, so I had almost one year of French everyday. We also did a lot of writing and I got really good at it. My best friend in Ottawa and I had these reallly long msn conversation completely in French...perhaps we weren't 100% correct in our grammar but we understood one another. Then in Grade 12 we only had French class every other day in the second semester and we didn't do much in class but we had lots of fun since it was our last year. I'm glad we still have our monthly French get-togethers, otherwise it would be hard to get some many people (all 9 or 10 of us). Our next meeting is next Friday I believe, hopefully the weather is going to be better than it has been for the last couple of days... It is supposed to be sunny Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday so hopefully that trend continues...but they have been wrong before...many times...
Because many people were out at work I had to leave a ton of messages ... "Good Morning, this is Richard calling from Canada Border Services Agency. I'm calling you to follow up on an email I sent you yesterday. I would like to confirm that you've received it and if you have any questions feel free contact me...have a good day!" Of course, that doesn't sound too bad when it is typed out but when I had to think of what to say on the go...there were many ums...ahs....yea, so...
We're in the process of upgrading security clearances of all BSOs...so far it isn't too bad...but it is only going to get worse...some people don't like providing the 'required' information and or just simply don't like forms...though we did get an existing BSO who requested to do them to get upgraded...we're doing it in steps beginning with candidates and then we'll move onto existing BSOs and we'll break them down by province...
We had a candidate whose transfered into our region though she resides and originally applied for a position in Quebec. They had her clearance file so I had to contact them...of course it is a FRENCH speaking community but it turns out the security officer who contacted her was also a STUDENT like me! So when I called my collegue in Quebec up, I was hit with this cultural difference shock. All the telephone recordings were in French and I did my best to try to understand...I couldn't get why he had '#' before the extension and I dialed # with it and got a recording (in French) and then I tried without the "#" and I got a hold of him. So my co-worker answered in French "Bonjour, ...." (I have no idea what he said) and I froze...and then I'm like "um...Good Morning"...and I knew he could speak English because he wrote the email to the candidate in English and she was too. I really admire those who can speak both official languages...it is really an asset. I really could have made the transition more smoothly by asked "Excuse-moi, est-que tu parles anglais?" or "Je suis desole, je ne comprends pas francais, est-que tu parles anglais?" but I was frozen...I can only speak limited French after thinking about it for a really long time right now. I'm going to need to keep in touch with him so perhaps we can get to know each other better. I want to find out what he is studying and stuff. I'm als supposed to be a spy and figure out how other regions are doing in there upgrade processes. There really needs to be more inter-regional communication between the 8 or so CBSA regions. The first time I contacted anyone outside our region was in this conference call. It was really funny when we unanamously agreed that we weren't receiving clearance confirmation via email from HQ. Perhaps my new co-worker in Quebec has a few contacts. We need to have a Student Security Officer group on facebook or something so that we can all get to know one another. I have family members who live in Montreal too but everytime I go there we speak Cantonese.
Taking French classes up to Grade 12 did not make me very fluent...I think I was most fluent in Grade 10 because I had grade 9 French in the second semester and then grade 10 French was in the first semester of the following year, so I had almost one year of French everyday. We also did a lot of writing and I got really good at it. My best friend in Ottawa and I had these reallly long msn conversation completely in French...perhaps we weren't 100% correct in our grammar but we understood one another. Then in Grade 12 we only had French class every other day in the second semester and we didn't do much in class but we had lots of fun since it was our last year. I'm glad we still have our monthly French get-togethers, otherwise it would be hard to get some many people (all 9 or 10 of us). Our next meeting is next Friday I believe, hopefully the weather is going to be better than it has been for the last couple of days... It is supposed to be sunny Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday so hopefully that trend continues...but they have been wrong before...many times...
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