Adventures of Grace Tang

I have to say, that although I've received plenty of bad gifts, I've never received a gift that has delighted me or impressed me as much as the ones I opened this year. With the trend today of gift cards, cash, and vouchers, people don't think before getting someone a present, these gifts are "safe" but not memorable. I don't remember who got me the chapters gift card... This year, someone gave me truly special gifts. Ones that took thought, and time, and energy, and affection to create. It makes me think that giving is not about the amount of $ on a gift card. It's about the heart that went into a gift. I wish everyone Happy Holidays! I'll be in Miami, Mexico, Mahogany Bay and the Cayman Islands for the next little while on a well deserved break. I wish you all the best in the New Year! :)

Let's get down to studying, to defeat exams Why are there 13 chapters, I don't know any of them? It's the longest course I've ever took, and I can bet before I'm done, I will have wasted hours having fun. There are 2 days left now, and I'm getting scared First I'll have to facebook, cruise the net, eat pears Before I review I'll doodle make art, and I'll even watch a show now there's 30 hours, let's go! I'm never gonna be done on time say goodbye to all those good marks if I don't do well I'd better not tell my parents These organism names are so long Better start intensely cramming Now I really wish that I had photographic memory procrastinate, I really just wanna take a break Procrastinate now I only have one more day procrastinate I hope that I'll be okay But I'm sure with a will, there's a way! Time is racing toward me till exams arrive Once I find my confidence, I just may survive The gy...

“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.”  ---- John Steinbeck “Winter is not a season, it's an occupation.”  -----Sinclair Lewis “Of course I’ll hurt you. Of course you’ll hurt me. Of course we will hurt each other. But this is the very condition of existence. To become spring, means accepting the risk of winter. To become presence, means accepting the risk of absence.”  ----Antoine de Saint-Exupery, The Little Prince “Winter changes into stone the water of heaven and the heart of man.”  ----Victor Hugo Let us love winter, for it is the spring of genius. ----Pietro Aretino

This week is the last week of the term for me. I can't believe that I'll be done exams in less than 3 weeks! It's a bittersweet moment, I feel as if I'm on the cusp of great changes. Things will be so different once I start working next term. Growing up and becoming a real adult isn't an easy thing to accept all at once. Not surprisingly, my ability to pay attention in class has been deteriorating... yet, a part of me doesn't want all of this to end. I feel torn, as if I'm trying to stay put and run far away all at once. One thing is for certain, I need a break! Hopefully after travelling to Mexico in December, I'll feel more refreshed and invigorated. Maybe seeing new places and new cultures will boost my energy and optimism as I rocket towards my future. As I grow and develop as a person, I'm starting to look hard at my future and plan for where I want to be in 5 years, 10 years. Setting goals for my future, thinking of steps to take so I can g...

As I walked through the flurries, worries whirling in my head, like the weather all around me thoughts in turmoil conflicting emotions A snowflake landed on my eyelash. I looked up and saw all of the white crystals dancing in the wind and remembered, that no two snowflakes are alike ever. Just as no two humans will ever be truly alike ever. We're like the snowflakes, I thought. Flying through life, dancing in the wind. Sometimes we're happy, and fly up high, sometimes we're down and drift towards the earth sometimes we're indecisive, spinning out of control, confused, scared sometimes we're calm, peaceful, letting the wind take us away, away Everything happens for a reason, I thought,  it's comforting to know we're all unique, no one will ever be like me, I'm the only one of my kind, and that's a comforting thought. Sometimes, I just need to think of those snowflakes and I smile. Those snow...

I exhale and the fog rises up into the mysterious darkness that is the night sky Snowflakes flash twinkle for an instant crystals swirling in the wind As I hold your hand under the streetlights

Yesterday was one of the most exciting days and suspenseful in my life! I am finally, thankfully, joyously employed!!! So the ranks came out on Friday, and I did not get any job offers. I did get a rank for Ernst and Young which was my first choice. This means that I wasn't their first choice, but I may be their second or third choice. However, I knew the girl who got the offer, she had 5 offers in total and told me that she wouldn't be accepting the job. So, crossing my fingers, I ranked the job I wanted as number one and hoped for the best. The final match came out yesterday at 4 pm. I had been excited and worried all day. Time passed, 4:10, then 4:20 rolled around, and nothing. I checked on Jobmine, it said the position had already been filled. Dreading the worst, I contacted a friend who had gotten an offer. She told me that she got her confirmation e-mail for her job at 3:50. I knew it. I didn't get an offer. The disappointment washed over me like a tidal wave. My fr...