Women's forum

Last week I talked with Samantha that we can co-author a blog which reveals our voices on different topics. We form a perfect combination of two remarkable segments in a modern city - singleton and work moms. Our views on every aspect may be polarized or surprising similar, I am sure dynamics can be created.

Several names for this online forum are proposed:

• Women of the modern City
• The two major F segments
• SHE in the worksphere
• She tells you what she really thinks
• ......

I am thinking about where we can hoist our online talking place.

New Year Resolution

Alright, I should have been set the New Year resolution. Now is already the second week of January.

About myself:
Do exercise regularly.
Further polish my English – both written and spoken.
Be more optimistic.
Be appreciative.
Be gentler, try not to be too radical or attack those I think someone is stupid or ridiculous.
Read more books.
Sleep earlier.
Save more money.
Practice car driving.
Control my anger.

About family:
Be a good parent, enjoy the parenthood.
Accept Lucas of his everything, including his personality, temperament, preference etc, but be a good guider to him.
Love Jeffrey more and more.
Visit mom, daddy and my sister more.

About career development:
Be positive
Stand firm to my faith
Be more confident, willing to accept the challenges
Be open to others’ comment.
Find someone to teach me all basic things of statistics

Personally, I do not have any other great aim this year as I had put as much of my energy as possible to Lucas, but I have thought about studying journalism. Well, you know that god is fair and everyone only have 24 hours a day, I cannot afford to squeeze time on studying. Let just put it in my agenda first.

Google tells you how to do

I bet you are a frequent Google users and you have set your personalized Google page.

If yes, have you chosen the 'HOW TO OF THE DAY' to be shown in your homepage? I think it is really amusing and somehow useful. The topics of today include how to ask for a pay raise, and how to stop your biting nails.

Last time I read an article of how to write a short story... but it is really a long story to explain how to write something short, I just lost interest in the midway...

Transformation

Thanks to the nice filing system, I can track back how I look like in each of the January in the past 7 years, wanna have a look? Not getting aging so much, right?

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=683&l=390d2&id=518052093

Sick leave on the first working day of 2007

I am having one of my worst sore throat in my life just now... I lost my voice this morning and should ask Jeff to call my office to report a sick leave. Actually I got the flu and muscle pain on Dec 27 and end up it develops such a voice-losing sore throat, I had a long long sleepless night yesterday, I had not fallen asleep for even 1 minute.

I visited a doc this morning and he asked me try not to talk today... Hope I could recover after the sound sleep (there is a pill which will make me drowsy and I should only take it before bed).

The learning from my story: 1. Consult a doc once you feel not well, 2. Do not have hot pot if you have sore throat. 3. Throat soothing candies would only sooth, not heal your throat.

2006 Review

I am having sore throat, thanks to the continuous late nights last week.

I should have to write the retrospect of my 2006 yesterday, now is still not too late, right? Well, am thinking about how to start it...

Okay, the proudest thing I had done last year was surely the birth of my adorable baby, it is the very dangerous yet holy thing I had ever done in my life. Being a mother is challenging and tough, and now I respect all moms much much more because acutally they must be very very smart and patience.

Talking about me and Jeff, the parenthood changes our relationship, it is not only sweety sweety as usual, but having much more responsibilities and challenges. The greatest part is that we are always in the same direction and share same set of value in parenting. This is what I call 'soul mate' to me.

I feel that I am a lucky girl because my daddy, mommy and Prudence were staying well and healthy in 2006, I wish you all stay sweet and well in 2007.

This part I hesitate to touch, but it is one of the biggest portions of my daily life - my career. Well, I am sure I achieve improvement in my working skills, and my bosses appreciated it somehow, but I did suffer a lot of trying to balance the family and career life, I am sure this is also one of the challenges I should face in the coming year(s). My friends always say I set too high expectation on myself, but I still want to be successful in both parts - I wanna be both of good mom and brilliant career girl.

I had not done much exercise after given birth, should resume regular exercise in the coming year.

Well, my mischievous Lucas just woke up and now scratching my arm, talk to you later, the 2007 resolution is coming up soon.

Happy New Year 2007

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!




May I convey you all the best wishes in 2007. Very lame but really mean it - My wish is having the World Peace!



Actually I planned to have a 2006 retrospect today, but having a baby makes you difficult to stick with your schedule... Maybe I could do it tomorrow morning, follows with a new year resolution.



Sleep tight!!!!