Face It

An Awkward day, with a capital A. I went to my ex-company in the Bay Area today, mainly for informal meetings with the managers. Of course, my ex also works there, so I had lunch with her.

It's the first time seeing her since breaking up, the first time in about 9 months, the first time since many things have happened. She looks great, she really does, but then that always happens post-breakup, doesn't it?

I think it was good, for her to say a lot of things that were on her mind, straight to me (or at me, as the case may be). Of course, nothing I said could make any difference. Nothing ever does when you're the accused. Still, I felt good that we left with some laughs in our conversation, but generally dark for the rest of the day (and night).

There's nothing like an ex's view on our relationship to make me feel terribly lonely in life. I want to cry, but something won't let it out -- that something seems never to want to.

Speechless

Okay, quick. Words are not coming to me as smoothly as I would like. What should I say in my best man speech on Saturday??

In Somnia, Soon to be in SF

My flight is in four hours, which means I need to get up in one hour, and I can't sleep. My schedule for the two.five days in the Bay Area is really packed, and it seems that I will be utterly exhausted throughout all of it, with nary a rest until I'm on the plane back to TPE on Sunday morning! It also appears that my jetlag was never over, on account of the caffeine and alcohol I've had (in light amounts but fairly constant between them) since boarding the plane to YVR.

New Word

vacation: va-ka'-shən. (pronounciation key)
n., v. tr.

1. leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure.
2. the act of making something legally void.
3. seeing what rain is like in other parts of the world.

Actually, though it's been rainy on Sunday and Monday here in Vancouver, the skies have opened up this lovely morning. The sun is out, the air is exactly as crisp autumn air should be, and I think I'll go enjoy a coffee while cruising or sitting along English Bay.

Packing

I hate packing. I hate it, I hate it, I hate it. I feel like I want to have everything with me, so I can choose what to wear / use when I'm at my destination, but I can't, so I have to choose now, before I even know how I'll feel when I need it. So I keep procrastinating my packing. So I end up packing last-minute, like now.

Time Wasting Efficiency

So I was wasting time one day, honing my skills at it. And J just IMs me in the middle of our conversation:

he: survivor is on now, so I'm watching that as I talk to u
me: Haha ... multitasking.

That got me to thinking, we need to come up with a term that means "multitasking at wasting time", like doing many time-wasting things at once. I mean, it's strangely paradoxical because it's really about being time-efficient at time-wasting, the concept of which I think merits its own term.

So. What to call it?

That's a Wrap

A good wrap. I'm dying for a good wrap with salad and some meats. Healthy food. Please. But where? There are none in Taiwan that I could find so far, but I heard there's a new Californian wrap place in the Shinkong Mitsukoshi A4 building. So where are your favourite places for wraps in your area?