Daily: Reflect on 5 things for which I'm grateful.

1. help from my friend, vice consul of U.S. Embassy

2. encouragement from a human rights lawyer I deeply admire

3. Twitter

4. Vivaldi

5. Billy Holiday

1. China’s Poet’s Day (aka dragonboat festival, or rice dumpling day!)

2. the realizations that real friends will always be with me

3. mom is always trying to help me

4. those who have helped me in the past will always continue to help and support me

5. it rained, FINALLY!

had been very down recently, for no obvious reason that I can tell…

anyway, I’m grateful for

1. my friend Matthew faithfully delivering my mails

2. getting in touch with my HIO program hosts

3. not losing my ear ring again during shower

4. did some sit-ups

5. being alone in my room

1. BBC Power of Art by Simon Schama, Episode on Bernini. I’m speechless in front of beauty

2. had a nice rest today

3. whole-wheat bread

4. cell phone

5. take-out restaurant

sorry, I had a terrible day…

1. Obama’s commencement speech at Notre Dame

2. milk

3. interviewed by Los Angeles Times, had a very nice conversation; and got an opening position for my schoolmates – I hope this will land one of them a job

4. completely failed in my Japanese study – but I’m grateful that I realize this when I still have time to work on it!

5. visa meeting arranged

1. interview with Spring Airline founder and chairman of the board went successfully

2. my boss declared himself my “protector” =)

3. met my study consul at a K.F.C and not feeling guilty or ashamed

4. wearing high heels all day and my toes DIDN’T get swollen

5. lovely day with clear sky

1. encounter with a middle school friend, had a nice chat

2. Jim shares his thoughts on Obama’s choice of the new Ambassador

3. good Japanese movie – Departures, about people in the funeral business

4. The Tudors

5. pineapple

On day 29 – May 15, which I skipped writing this gratefulness note, I went to the premiere of star trek at midnight. it was mind-blowing, but kind of make me nostalgic for Star Wars….

anyway, so that’s why I overslept the next day, I mean REALLY overslept. when I wake up to see it’s already 4:10 PM, I couldn’t believe my watch.

I got up and saw 5 missed phone calls, and bunch of messages from my boss, and more emails from my boss.

then I just couldn’t believe my luck!

my boss was going to interview this guy in another city this weekend. I was suppose to get the plane tickets and book hotel. but then that guy was very busy so he canceled out on us. surprisingly, because I missed the message, my boss doesn’t know. AND, he got another thing coming up and he decided to cancel the meeting at exactly 3:30 PM.

which means, should I get up an hour early at 3 PM, I would have bought the tickets and all the stuff, and then would have to go through the trouble of refund everything.

and now, not only did I had a good long sleep. my boss is extremely apologetic, the guy we are supposed to meet is extremely apologetic, and they were both extremely impressed with the calm, nonefussy way I dealt with (or didn’t dealt with) all this, ah, what luck is that!

maybe I really should oversleep more often!

so I’m grateful for

1. a nice long sleep

2. overslept

3. everything sorted out naturally without any work

4. ice cream

5. a beautiful day that made complete with “how i met your mother”

1. for being able to do this for almost a month now! I didn’t think I could do it everyday

2. for How I Met Your Mother – I judge TV by its name and therefore have never seen this one until today. and it’s soooo funny!

3. for my toothpaste

4. for remember to get water before 11 when the water is cut off

5. for my thesis adviser roughly approved of what I wrote, only modifications are needed tomorrow

1. for my boss’ choice to overlook my mistakes

2. for my boss’ constant encouragement and complements and kindness

3. for my boss’ treating me as an intelligent woman, not just a fresh-out-of-college kid

4. for my boss’ always being understanding, and thinking on my behalf

5. for all this, and the fact that I have a little more than a month to work for him – I appreciate everyday

~ and no, I’m not having a crash on him, I just can’t believe I have such good luck in a time when my friends are either unemployed or have to settle for a job that they don’t like. —I’m very very grateful