Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!

It's good to have a 5-day long Thanksgiving holidays. Unfortunately, I got a little sick with running nose just the day before the vacation. But I still give thanks because hubby has been taking good care of me and I was able to sleep more than 9 hours a day for the past few nights. It feels good to rest, eat, sleep, and rest more.

I spent my first day shopping with Janice and Zoya. It was good hanging out with my sister. I miss the the time when she was pregnant and we got to hang out all the time. We were at the mall for six hours, trying on new clothes and shoes. It was so much fun. On Thanksgiving day, we made "five-color-fish" and "pearl balls" and had dinner at my in-laws. It was my third year spending Thanksgiving at my in-laws. We had a feast!

Black Friday, didn't go shopping. Basically we rested for the whole day and went to my parents' church for Thanksgiving dinner. Another feast tonight. Mom's turkey is so juicy and the 豆花 is still the best. I think I had three cream puffs. Great to see some familiar faces, old friends and cute babies.

Looking forward to the Thanksgiving weekend.

Thank You Lord for all of Your blessings. I'm richly blessed in every way.

Pyramid Beer

Happy Hour makes you happy.

We went to many "Happy Hours" to have our late lunch/early dinner while we were at Seattle. Mom was happy that we took her to those "Happy Hours" to enjoy the great ambiances, foods and alcohols, and of course, cheaper prices. We were there mainly for the foods because we don't really drink and honestly, we don't know the names on the wine/beer list. Three of us would share either one glass of wine or beer.

We went to a seafood restaurant one of the nights and the waiter recommended a beer that he thinks is the most popular and good with the seafood, Pyramid Haywire Hefeweizen. Mom loved it! This aromatic and light brew is really great with the shellfish.

I just googled it and found its official website. Surprisingly, it's the gold medal winner of 2009 Great American Beer Festival.

Seattle之奇幻旅程

對我來說, 西雅圖是個很淒美的城市
“淒“是因為天氣總是烏雲密佈, 不是颳風就是下雨
又冷又暗...總是帶來惆悵憂鬱的感覺
“美“是因為它的景色優美, 空氣新鮮, 充滿著藝術文化的氣息
在這熱鬧的城市裡, 像是可以一層層揭開發掘它的寶藏和豐富

這是第二次來到西雅圖
母女三人行的奇幻旅程
從7天的旅行變成12天
我們走遍了各個景點, 享盡了許多美食
玩到第一次有那種“可以回家“的感覺

終於, 回到了熟悉又溫暖的加州
真的, 有陽光的地方才感覺有生命力！

Biggest Boss

這篇一定要用中文寫, 因為是寫有關工作方面“老闆“的事情
今天憋不住了, 一定要在這發洩一下......

我, 只是公家機關裡小小的一個職員
上頭有個主管, 主管上面還有個大主管
她是我們部門的頭, 算是我們這一群人的“老闆“
其實幫政府做事並沒有什麼“老闆“可言
因為上頭的人也沒人在管

這個“老闆“是個很bossy的人
仗著有著高職位, 常常會目中無人, 覺得她要什麼就要有什麼
常常利用上班時間做自己的私事, 甚至去逛街
有時吃個飯都吃個兩三個小時
還有開會訂午餐的時候會私下多訂一些帶回家
她的秘書是個大好人, 但是很可憐

因為總是要幫她掩護, 還常常被她吼....
這老闆脾氣不是很好, 需要的東西一定要“馬上“拿到她面前
她要找的人一定要“馬上“出現在她面前

雖然大家都很受不了她, 不過大家還是很怕她
表面上都是用笑臉對待她
我很少跟這老闆有接觸, 除非是像要請很長的假啦或是有聚餐之類會看到
或是去上廁所看到閒聊打招呼
能不看到就不看到, 我是不會刻意到她辦公室找她

常常聽到別人被她轟炸的事, 總覺得很不可思議
一直到上個月的某一天, 她要找的人都剛好不在去開會
所以她的脾氣就來了, 結果竟然把氣出在我身上
那一次我真的嚇了一跳.....也算是大開眼界

今天剛好也是, 該去開會的人都分別去開會了
只有我還在辦公室裡
沒想到電話響了, 一接起來竟然是這位“老闆“
她問我其他的人去哪了怎麼都不接電話
我把其他人的行蹤都交代清楚後
她竟然問我知不知道一樣資料（一份數據）
我說負責這項資料的人不在
她竟然要我去打開那個人的電腦
問題是我怎麼可能在別人不在的時候去打開人家的檔案

（加上每個人都有自己的密碼）
所以老闆沒辦法“馬上“得到她要的數據
當然囉～口氣就變得很不好, 我就當場被“轟炸“了
她說這些資料我應該都要有

如果大家都不在, 有人要問的時候我就應該要知道....
反正我就莫名其妙的被炸了

沒過一會她的秘書來找我
她說剛剛老闆和我的對話是用speaker, 她和另外一個人都聽到了
it wasn't very nice....yes..it wasn't at all.
秘書要我不要在意

我只是覺得很無辜啦～
我天上的無敵超級大老闆啊～這一切祢都看到了....
Lord, thank You for this job.

Lord, bless the work of my hands and bless my bosses and coworkers. Amen.

Baby Wave

昨天有個很久沒有見面也很久沒有連絡的朋友打電話給我
才講幾句, 他就問我：“妳什麼時候要生？？“
我說：“生什麼？？？“
雖然我知道他在問什麼, 也知道他沒有惡意
不過我心裡在想, 應該是覺得我已經懷孕了才會這樣問
他說他是“聽說“我好像有了所以才想打電話來親自問我
這個“聽說“也真的讓我想不透
那麼久沒見過面也沒連絡, 是怎麼“聽說“的

我知道前陣子我比較愛吃
所以是真的看起來比較胖
所以那個時候照片裡的我比較“臃腫“一點
有人看到照片也以為我懷孕了
這種感覺其實還蠻“嘔“的
顯然別人覺得我“胖“到像懷孕
不過我也這樣看到別人照片猜過別人（當然不是指著別人講）
所以我可以理解.....

還有一次在教會有個很不識相的阿姨還指著我的肚子說：“妳懷孕囉？“
那時我還蠻氣的, 又沒很熟就這樣指著我的肚子問.....
還有一次有人也看著我的臉說："wow, sydney, are you pregnant?"
這種舉動是不是有點太直了點？！？！？！

常常有很多人看到我會問我什麼時候要生小孩啊？
特別是教會的叔叔阿姨們
上次有個阿姨看到我在抱一個baby

就很大聲的說：“啊妳怎麼不趕快生一個？“
那是我第一次感到有點生氣, 也不能說生氣啦
只是有點覺得莫名其妙, 好像是我故意不生一樣......

我很喜歡小baby, 如果我懷孕我會跟整個世界宣佈
但是現在我還“沒有“.....

這陣子好多人懷孕生產
算一算, 我知道最近有13個媽媽懷孕生小孩
13個！！！好多喔～這一潮的baby wave好大一波喔！

這裡我也想分享個見證
2008年8月曾經我在我的journal裡我寫下六對couple的名字
這6對couple都是非常想要有小孩的夫妻
那時可能我對於他們很想要有小孩卻沒有辦法有小孩而感到很有負擔
所以就寫下來幫他們禱告
他們不是嘗試懷孕好多好多年, 不然就是身體上有問題幾乎不可能懷孕
或是因為身體方面還不適合懷孕
很奇妙的,

今年這6對夫妻裡有5對都奇蹟式的懷孕了, 而且是自然懷孕的喔～
最不可能的那對今天小寶寶滿月了
其他的還在待產當中, 有一對還懷了雙胞胎呢！

我每次回去翻那篇journal都覺得神真的好奇妙
God does miracles!! He is truly the giver of life.
He is the one who opens the wombs.

我想神有祂自己美好的時間
God has made everything beautiful in His time. =)

Water. Water. Water

It didn't feel right when I went to the bathroom early Friday morning. I went back to sleep and again felt the urge that I needed to go to the bathroom again. Then immediately I knew that I had the bladder/urinary infection. I had it twice before and I knew the symptoms and really scared of the nasty "burning" feeling. I called my family doctor right away and went to the doctor's office Friday morning. With my urine tested, the infection is confirmed.

I spent my Friday and Saturday taking medication, drinking plenty of water & cranberry juice, and running to the bathroom numerous times. Thank God, now I'm 90% recovered. Just need two more days of medication and keep drinking water and I will be fine.

Drinking enough water is something I really need to watch out. Of course, go to the bathroom more often. =)