Winter Storm is coming again

Weather Forecast For Wednesday

A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for Des Moines and most of Central Iowa until 3 AM Thursday. A Blizzard Watch goes into effect on Thursday. Rain, thunderstorms, sleet and then snow will be a part of the storm system today through Thursday noon. Heavy snow and Blowing Snow will make its way across the state on Thursday afternoon. Gusty winds will continue behind this system.
Jeriann Ritter
Channel 13 Weather

How fun! Another winter storm coming our way! This means, I will be stuck at home again...and last night our professor said that our Thursday night class will most likely be canceled due to bad weather! hip hip horray!!

Last night I was talking to my other friends who had interview with Sprint/Nextel as well. She told me that Sprint offered her the job yesterday (at the same time when that guy from Sprint called me)..but then unfortunately, it was short-lived! About 10 minutes later, that guy called her back and said that he needed to withdraw the offer because they could not file H1B visa for her. He said, Sprint needs to file all H1B visa in the next 2 days and they simply don't have time to file the visa for her. We were like "What the ****!"...
First, it was not her problem, it was Sprint's fault that they got back to her VERY LATE.. As noted before, they said that they would get back to us in the next 10 days after the interview date. Now, it's been a MONTH, and when this guy offered her yesterday, he just gave her that excuse???
That is very INTOLERABLE! My gosh, how could such a big company be such careless and be such unprofessional?
Second, we have this thing, called OPT.. one year work authorization.. she could simply use OPT until next year and file the visa next year! Let's see what that guy say later on.

Anyway.. after hearing those things, I am partially relieved that I did not get the job because I don't really want to be a part of company that simply doesn't show the level of professionalism that they should have. Partially, of course I am disappointed...what can I say, I am still a human being who will feel sad whenever we get rejected for anything. :P
So last night, 4 of us who drove together to DSM really2 shared the pain of job hunting.. hahaha.. It's very scary and stressing.. *sigh*..
Another thing is, when my friends know that I got interview with Google (word do really spread fast), they were sooo excited for me. I am happy of course, but at the same time, I don't really want to talk about it everytime! Simply because I don't want to build a very high expectation when we all know that anything can happen at this point. huhuhuhu... I would cry a river if I got another "love" letter from company..
Soo my beloved friends, please don't talk about Google with me anymore until the next 2 weeks..please just pray for me so I can do this well. :D Arigatoo Godaimazzzz..

It's been a while

Yeah.. it's been a while since I wrote.. I have been busy with life.. work and school and job hunting.. This past weekend has been terrible.. We had a winter storm: hail, freezing rain, and snow.. so I stayed at home the entire weekend... Luckily, I got SIMS 2 so I played like crazy!! O mi gosh, I gotta tell you, that game is really addictive.. Playing for 3 hours felt like nothing.. DANG! This is really dangerous.. I should not play that game during weekdays, otherwise I might forget everything ..

Anyhow, just a quick update, I have a second interview with Google in 2 weeks.. very exciting, but yet very nerve-wracking.. I am nervous..really nervous..
This morning, I got a call from Sprint/Nextel HR, he asked me whether I have heard back from them (after they promised that they would get back to us in next 10 days, and it's been 3 weeks!). So, I said no.. he said "good..good.. We are sorry that it's been delayed and we dont want you to feel that we overlook you. We will make a decision very soon, probably in a week."
Hmm.. "ok, thanks for letting me know", I said..

Then, 5 hours later, I got an email from different person, but still Sprint HR, saying:

"The Sprint Nextel Team enjoyed meeting you during your on campus interviews. Although you have attributes that we look for in a candidate, at this time your education and experience level are not a fit for the current job opportunities. However, we would like to keep in touch with you regarding future opportunities as you continue to grow personally and professionally.
Thank you again for considering Sprint Nextel as an employer of choice."

Here you go, another rejection... yada yada yada..
I am getting tired of this job hunting.. I think my stress level is soo high that I got this weirdest dream 2 nights ago. I dreamed that I was watching one of my friends doing interview with 2 interviewers.. then they asked him a super technical question that he apparently had trouble answering it. But, he tried! Then, those 2 guys were just snickering and laughing at him.. I was so shocked when I saw that.
Anyhow, then it was my turn.. They asked me a super technical Q too.. and I tried my best to answer it, but yet, they were laughing and really looked down at me! Then, for some reason, I got this nerve to stand and I was YELLING at those 2 guys!
I said " I really dont appreciate you do this.. this this... We may not know the answer for your questions well but we TRIED the best we could! So, I dont appreciate you looking down at us and treating us like stupid people".
Those 2 guys were shocked!
........

.......

Then, I woke up...feeling like I can take down the world and smack down anyone that stands in my way! I felt like a superhero for a moment there!

hahahahahaha


If it was a real interview in my real life, I wonder, would I do the same thing? ...... LOL

One Step Closer

Today I woke up feeling a bit blue....lonelyyyyyy...my twin is in Orlando for a week..so my house is really empty.. *sigh*

Yesterday I felt really sick.. for some reason I felt really weak, nauseous and really exhausted.. I could not do anything other than staring blank at my computer in my office. I kept going back and forth to the restroom trying to puke, but it wasn't happening.. geezz... Additionally, I burped constantly for 15 minutes! That was the first time I burped for probably 50 times! It was not fun at all!

Anyhow, on another note... I just got email from Google yesterday! Hip hip horray.. I got a second interview with Google, so I gotta fly out to Mountain View, CA this coming March. Hmm... I am very nervous actually but excited at the same time. Who would ever thought, I will step my feet to Google, Inc, "the best place to work"!!! It'd be very interesting experience!!!
hihihi Thank God for this opportunity, let;s just wish for the best! amennnn...

That's it for today, I m still having headache so I gotta sleep now..
Cheerios....

Home Sweet Home

Today, I completely stayed at home with my pajamas on the whole day! hauahuaha,...it feels niceeeeeeeee....
I have been having this cold for a whole week and yesterday was my "blah" day.. I had to wake up very early because I had a meeting at campus around 9.30am. I ended up staying in Gerdin the entire day (before 4.45pm). Between meeting and working, it was very tiring! We have a group presentation in DSM in the evening. Our topic was PS3 Launch in Korea...hihihhi...sounds interesting, doesn't it? Basically, we talked about how Sony sold its PS3 way lower than the cost of goods sold. I think Sony made those consoles for about $800 but they sold it for only $500 per unit. Thus, they are losing $300 per unit per sale.. Isn't crazy? However, they are still selling it anyway just to promote their Blue Ray technology that no other consoles have yet. If you purchase a regular Blue Ray DVD, you gotta pay between $1000-$20000, but why bother paying that high price, if you can get PS3 that can play game and DVD for only $500?? Yupe, that's Sony's strategy in Korea. But, of course, there is XBOX 360 that has been launched for a year in Korea, thus, it would be a very difficult competition for Sony.
Anyhow, our professor said that we did a good job because it showed that we did a lot of research in the presentation. We gave lots of video and financial information, hahaha all of that were done in only 4 days. tee..heee..heee

Tomorrow we are going to have a Midterm Exam..geezzz.. it's been a long time since I have to really study.. all of my MBA classes usually have a take-home exam (solving a case), so tomorrow will be my first experience taking in-class exam, closed book exam after what, 5 years? huhuh...It took me the entire day today just to study and memorize 6 chapters! DANG! I feel like a turtle..
If time permits me, I am going to DSM tomorrow to go shopping with my ladiez ..huhuh I think it would be a splendid time, because I do really need a break from this busy life. I want to have a mad shopping day!!! Wouldn't it be nice if I have money just to be used for shopping? muua ha ha ha aha...yummy!!!!!!!

I am in a mood for a chocolate ice cream!! Who wants ice cream????? tee hee hee.. sorry lalat tse.. :P

I am sick!!

Blu hu hu hu hu... *cry mode*...
I dont feel good, I am sick, I have cold, my body ache, muscle pain, blahhh..what a good day to celebrate Valentine's day..
Tomorrow I have a presentation .. :(
I think im skipping my night class and night work so I can take a rest. :(

Happy Valentine's day everybody... hope yours are excellent..mine is blahhhhhhhhh... *wipe my nose*

Can we survive it out there? Can we make it somehow?

This Spring is my last semester at ISU..how time really flies! I am right now feeling a bit anxious, a bit excited, a bit relief, a bit scared... I am graduating on May 4th!!!
Woww...
Anyway, this song really reflects my stream of thoughts right now.. Can I survive it out there, Can I make it somehow?
Last night I was talking with my dad.. I said, when I got married one day, I and my twin would buy a house next to each other's, hauhauaha.. or maybe not next to each other since that would be too perfect...at least, it should be in the same neighborhood! Yess, it might sound crazy to you...but that's what we feel.. We grew up together and maybe we are still not used to live far from each other which probably is going to happen soon enough.....soo, when he is ready to move out from IA, we will be hunting down 2 houses that have the shortest distance.. ahuahuahaha..
Tralala trililili....
Anyway, this is the video by Vitamin C... enjoy!!!

Trapped between 2 Voices

Today, somehow I feel like a mean person.. ahuhauhaa I felt soo easily annoyed by lil' things.. and my mood fluctuated up and down really bad hohoho.. this means, I am most probably in PMS mode..meaning "Evil Mony Mode" is ON!!!! Soo dont mess with mee!!! I bite!!!
I tried to switch Evil Mode off by having a good chocolate ice cream..yummmmmm... it sure did soothe my fiery emotion , but only a little!! I need more Chocolate!!!!!!!!!

I woke up this morning with a stuffy nose again!! Goshh.. this is like a never ending cold...I took a shower and then off we went to church.. I could not concentrate at all at church coz my head was spinning and I kept sneezing... geezz...Then, I am sorry to say this, but I played Tetris game the entire time on my cellphone instead of listened to the sermon, huhuhuhu..
Yesterday (Saturday), we went to Chinese New Year Party held by the Taiwanese Student Association.. it was not too bad, but I wish it was not that crowded.. I really lost my appetite and I could not enjoy my dinner :( That's too bad too because the food actually came from one of my favorite restaurants here in town.. DANG... but oh well...in the end, we went to Perkins to have a real dinner, hahahahaha...:P

Anyhow, I am so tired, and I cant believe weekend is over!! I will be busy this week which really sux! Seee! I am complaining all the timeee.. I am sorryy but I cant help it.. blame my hormone!
Enough complaining for today, let's have a good night sleep and wake up tomorrow with Cheerful Mode ON! hohohoho

Not So Busy Week

This week I am adjusting to my single life hahahaha...my twin is out of town, so I am totally alone in the house.. Well, of course I have Chloe, but I wish she can speak. LOL
It's not as bad as I thought, I actually enjoy it..
Anyway, the highlight of this week is my interview with Google on Friday at noon. Geez, I am so nervous.. I have printed out bunch of information about Google so I can learn it. I cant believe how thick it is! I have also tried my bluetooth so that I can use it for the interview.
Watch An Inside Look at Google .

Jakarta is supposed to be better now? I dont know... all I know is it keeps raining down there.. So sad..

Ohh I have an update about my friend..He finally decided to enroll at ISU again! Yayyy.. he will not go back home and he will finish his master degree! yay...Praise God. Hopefully he will not feel so hopeless and helpless anymore. From this experience, I realize how important it is to have a friend who wont give up no matter what, because if we dont help our friend, who else will help him/her? Anyway, I am just thankful that all this happened at the right time, thank God, he has a second chance. huhhihihih.

-The End-

Depression..

Last Saturday evening I got a call from our high-school friend's sister. I was quite shocked when she called me because something must be wrong if she does call me. To make the story short, basically she just cried and told me to help her brother who is our "lost" friend.
Here is when all starts...
I and my brother and this guy went to the same high school back then. We were actually best friends! We always went to to church and hang out together. So it was of course a good thing when he finally told us that he would come to the US with us. Then..for a while everything was good until he met his GF. We actually disapproved him to date her because of all the bad things I heard about her. Just like any good friends will do, I had a one-on-one talk with him. I told him about everything I heard about this girl. I told him to maybe take more time to think about his steps. And this all began... the girl knew that I had a talk with him, so the girl of course, hate me, and she banned him to see us ever again. We were quite sad when everything went downhill when he started dating her. We never saw them anymore, even at church. He did not pick up the phone when we called. Basically, we were shut out from his life. Hohohoho..I did not really want to meddle more into his life coz it is his life and not mine. So we just wished him a happiness.

About 2 years later, when the GF went back home for good, then for some reason we met again and he looked fine and everything. But then, after that, he was missing again! Never pick up the phone and stuff. Geezzzz.. we thought maybe he probably went back home for good too.
Then about 8 months later, which is yesterday, I got a call from his sister telling me that her brother is really depressed. He dropped out from school, he isolated himself, bla blabla.
I was soooo sad when I heard about all of this. Part of this maybe my fault too for having a talk with him which caused him to have to shut us out. I dont know how to help people with a depression. What should we do?? But anyway, this weekend I and my brother really spent time with him to assure him that we did not have a hard feeling when he shut us out.
Hmphh...we still care for him and we just wished that he came to us before he dropped out from school. He is such a smart guy!! I cannot believe this. In high school, he was really smart, he even slept during class and still can get a 9! Dang...It is really unfortunate that he felt so helpless and so lost... :(
Now, if one of you knew who I am talking about, please respect his privacy and not tell anyone. I am just wondering what sh0uld we do when our friend has a depression? I know he has to talk to a Therapist, but I dont know how to tell him.. :P
Anyway, thats it for today.. Ciaoo...

Moment of Crisis..

-s- left to Colorado yesterday. It was really hard to say good bye...sad because part of me says that I might not be able to see him again..maybe I am being too paranoid..I did not have much time to say good bye either because I had a presentation to do yesterday as well.
After I got back from class, I stopped by at his house to get some of my belongings, like food, jackets, bla bla...then I was stucked, it was really sad to see the room that's used to be filled with things then, now empty..
*sigh*...Anyway, I am dogsitting my friend's dog too while he's gone. Boy, that dog, Golden Retriever, is really crazy. He is big, huge, and heavy!! He likes to jump around and attack me! Oh dear.. I am kinna scared! He growls a lot if I did not let him play or sniff me. But anyway, all I have to do is take care of him today and that's it.

I am very worried about my parents. By this time, my city is under water really bad.. Even my parents now have to sleep upstairs in the TV room because our home is filled with water. Oh gosh.. And the streets are even worse. The water is so high, there is no way people can get out of their house. To make the matter worse, the rain won't stop!! DANG! That's why, Please pray for Jakarta so that the rain may stop and the water may subside.. Many people have lost their house because of this.. It's really terrible.
Thus, please help us to pray for my parents and for everyone in Jakarta so that they can fight through this and survive..

This Is the Day

Today is Friday. For most people, Friday means happiness, the beginning of fun, crazy time until Sunday. For me, this Friday means, bye bye.. :(
Sadddddddddddddddddddddd.....I want my browniessss!!!!

I've given this a lot of thought, my life will be somewhat changed. I mean, I have to do everything alone now..go to lunch, go to shcool, pick a movie, do laundry bla bla bla...It's amazing how one person can really affect your life.. I am going to miss lalat tse2...blu hu huhu..nobody is going to pick me up from class and work anymore, blu hu hu huuuuuuuuuu.. nobody is going to cook for me blu hu hu hu huuuuuuu
*wipe my nose*....

anyway.. yesterday I had interview with Sprint... it went well, it lasted about 1 hour...but I dont know if I like the job.. hmphh.. I dont really want to move to Kansas either..
gosh, why is it so hard to look for a job???????????
Hire me please...

Ok.. I m not in the mood to write much, I am stressed out with my project for tomorrow. It is really sad that I cannot say good bye tomorrow to lalat tse, as I have to come to campus early in the morning when he leaves... maybe it's better this way.. hihihihihi

Taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa