time wasted
for the past couple of weeks, i've been sitting at home bumming and doing nothing. absolutely nothing. it was quite fun until now. since the school year has started, and i have not found a job, i've been the most unhappy person ever. my bank account is dwindling, i have no foreseeable income, and although my old job wants to rehire me and is constantly calling for updates on my fulltime job hunt, i really don't want to drive to inglewood or cerritos to work parttime.
so continues the job hunt. i've applied for sub positions.. or i'm in the process of filling everything out since i've still got to get fingerprinted. on a very slight good news, i am allowed to teach middle school math in LAUSD, which opens up the opportunities a bit. i don't think i'm "highly qualified" though.. just qualified enough.
my first master's deadline is fast approaching also. i went up to davis on the first for our orientation/mandatory meeting. it was a big waste of 6 hours. we kind of sat and made noises while people were going over the packet we got. i got breakfast though! i was thrilled for food bc i was a bit late heading out to davis and didn't have time to stop for food. turns out, it didn't matter how late i was bc they didn't really check. -_- i rushed for nothing. and drove really fast! and almost got caught speeding! ugh.
after the meeting i went back to jennie's in sf and watched meteor garden. i'm a few years late i know. i've been really into chinese drama lately. especially the ones starring mike he. *sigh* so cute! haha. i was a bit thrown off by the casting choices in chinese dramas because i watched 2 different dramas and they had the same exact main casts. in very very similar roles. that doesn't happen in american shows. so, i think my chinese has improved slightly. one of the dramas is airing right now so they're very slow in getting it subbed, so i just watch it without the sub b/c i want to know what's going on. although i understand maybe.. a quarter of it, i pick up these phrases that they say over and over again. and i watch it again when it's subbed so i actually understand all the convos that are going on. and i read the chinese subs when it's not covered by the english subs. =) haha, maybe i can survive living alone in taiwan!
anyway, so i watched meteor garden as jennie slept. i finally woke her up so we can get to the club. vivian and her bf came along. the music was horrible.. absolutely horrible. i don't understand djs that play really really old unpopular songs when they haven't played any of the recent stuff. we kept moving from dance floor to dance floor hoping for better music. as the night progressed and the club got more packed, we moved next to the door so we can dance and be cold at the same time instead of dancing in a sauna. there, jennie and i met these two boys, and their friends. and we danced and went out to eat with them after. it was a very interesting experience. we've never really been around people who ... fight.. and so we kind of just sat and observed... while eating. =) and, we were so enthralled by the drama unfolding before us that we forgot about the meteor shower. =( we remembered right when we left the club and before we got our food. then it just escaped our minds. =T
we didn't get home till 5 am or so.. and i had to get on megabus at 8am. *_* we were so incredibly tired. i tried to sleep on megabus but the driver kept playing dvds and it kept waking me up. and it was super cold on the bus. and then i had to take metrolink and the cabin i was in apparently had a broken a/c so i was sweating like a pig. it wasn't until my stop was coming up and the cops came to check tickets that i found out the other a/c units were working and we should move to the other cabins. -_- so annoying. it was either super cold or super hot.
If i can't find a fulltime job, i'm going to PELP. i don't want to tho bc i want to be with my cohorts. next year, i won't know anybody! but, i don't want to take time off from subbing to go and observe, analyze, and write a paper on someone else's class. i feel jipped doing that. SoO.. i'm really hoping i'd find a job very very soon... since my master's program is starting already. ughgh. i've been so unhappy.
so continues the job hunt. i've applied for sub positions.. or i'm in the process of filling everything out since i've still got to get fingerprinted. on a very slight good news, i am allowed to teach middle school math in LAUSD, which opens up the opportunities a bit. i don't think i'm "highly qualified" though.. just qualified enough.
my first master's deadline is fast approaching also. i went up to davis on the first for our orientation/mandatory meeting. it was a big waste of 6 hours. we kind of sat and made noises while people were going over the packet we got. i got breakfast though! i was thrilled for food bc i was a bit late heading out to davis and didn't have time to stop for food. turns out, it didn't matter how late i was bc they didn't really check. -_- i rushed for nothing. and drove really fast! and almost got caught speeding! ugh.
after the meeting i went back to jennie's in sf and watched meteor garden. i'm a few years late i know. i've been really into chinese drama lately. especially the ones starring mike he. *sigh* so cute! haha. i was a bit thrown off by the casting choices in chinese dramas because i watched 2 different dramas and they had the same exact main casts. in very very similar roles. that doesn't happen in american shows. so, i think my chinese has improved slightly. one of the dramas is airing right now so they're very slow in getting it subbed, so i just watch it without the sub b/c i want to know what's going on. although i understand maybe.. a quarter of it, i pick up these phrases that they say over and over again. and i watch it again when it's subbed so i actually understand all the convos that are going on. and i read the chinese subs when it's not covered by the english subs. =) haha, maybe i can survive living alone in taiwan!
anyway, so i watched meteor garden as jennie slept. i finally woke her up so we can get to the club. vivian and her bf came along. the music was horrible.. absolutely horrible. i don't understand djs that play really really old unpopular songs when they haven't played any of the recent stuff. we kept moving from dance floor to dance floor hoping for better music. as the night progressed and the club got more packed, we moved next to the door so we can dance and be cold at the same time instead of dancing in a sauna. there, jennie and i met these two boys, and their friends. and we danced and went out to eat with them after. it was a very interesting experience. we've never really been around people who ... fight.. and so we kind of just sat and observed... while eating. =) and, we were so enthralled by the drama unfolding before us that we forgot about the meteor shower. =( we remembered right when we left the club and before we got our food. then it just escaped our minds. =T
we didn't get home till 5 am or so.. and i had to get on megabus at 8am. *_* we were so incredibly tired. i tried to sleep on megabus but the driver kept playing dvds and it kept waking me up. and it was super cold on the bus. and then i had to take metrolink and the cabin i was in apparently had a broken a/c so i was sweating like a pig. it wasn't until my stop was coming up and the cops came to check tickets that i found out the other a/c units were working and we should move to the other cabins. -_- so annoying. it was either super cold or super hot.
If i can't find a fulltime job, i'm going to PELP. i don't want to tho bc i want to be with my cohorts. next year, i won't know anybody! but, i don't want to take time off from subbing to go and observe, analyze, and write a paper on someone else's class. i feel jipped doing that. SoO.. i'm really hoping i'd find a job very very soon... since my master's program is starting already. ughgh. i've been so unhappy.