Archive for 'November 2008'
Arrived in Miami with a “starving” stomach!!!
I eventually arrived in Miami but saw no sunshine after twenty hours of journey. LoL I was expecting to see the smile of Miami. I was starving when I arrived. AA didn’t sell any food on the night flight apart from giving passengers free drinks. They charge everything on the flight even the head set for movie. It costs USD2.00. I was shocked as it is supposed to be part of the services on the plane. My AA flight departed at 10:50pm on 29th. I didn’t eat much on the CX flight as it was the breakfast food. The CX dinner was good though with beef and salad. The new seats of CX are not so comfortable I feel. Their business class section became so congested with the new seat design. The flight was absolutely full. Few babies were on board I think. My goodness, one of them kepy crying and crying. There was one sitting next to me with her mother. I was so glad that she didn’t cry much, and only made some noise. The AA flight was full too, but the seat next to me was empty.
I was absolutely starving when I arrived. I quickly got to the hotel by taxi. It only took 10 mins. Miami looks like a beautiful holiday place. I thought that I can have a nice meal in the hotel, but found the surrounding is so empty. It was rainy and windy during day time. The hotel manager told me that I could walk to Warmart nearby, but I didn’t due to the rainy weather. Many food service menus are available in my room, so I made few calls, but found they all are not available until 11am. Some open at 4pm. I finally got one at 11am, and ordered so much food. The American portion is big, but I ate them all. LoL
The surrounding lookouts from my room.
My studio room
My first Miami lunch by food delivery. The onion soup was great with a layer of THICK cheese. It’s like an inch thick, God!! And I love it! The steak sandwich was delicious too, not too heavy in taste. I was ordering Cuban sandwich, but couldn’t figure out what it is, so just dropped the idea.
The strawberry cake was good but too rich for me.
My first Miami dinner by food delivery service.
I stayed in the whole day due to the weather. Apart from eating, I just slept and slept…..zzzzzz ^_^ I need some beauty sleep for starting of my new days……………
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I was listening “Where does my heart beat now?” by Celine Dion while the plane was landing in L.A.
Transited in L.A. Seeing L.A. again, the same L.A., the same LAX, the same feeling, absolutely no changes.
I departed again in Terminal four of LAX to Miami by AA, but found not able to connect to the local wireless network while I was waiting on the boarding gate.
I saw the plane of Alaska airline. It reminded me of Sarah Palin.
At the Hong Kong airport
My parents sent me to the airport tonight. It wasn’t my first time to leave home, and also not the first time to leave home for long. It seems they do worry about my trip this time. My Dad kept telling me not to go out on my own at night. My Mum asked me to wear more clothes when I sleep at night. LoL
The most thankful Thanksgiving Day
Today could be the most thankful Thanksgiving Day with Obama as president of the U.S……
Today I also feel thankful that my life is transforming, I am growing, I am improving, and I look forward to seeing the good and the bad in the rest of my life……..
Thank you so much for my parents who have been supporting me with positive attitude in my whole life though we do disagree with eachother sometimes. My mother is so sweet that she helped me to iron my clothes today. LoL I have been so busy to prepare stuff for my new job. I need to reserve air ticket, to buy new laptop, Blackberry, and some personal items. There are still many stuff to handle related to my new job. I feel I am already in it. I am excited, and also feel nervous!!
TO YOU AND TO ALL YOUR LOVE ONES!
Going to be in Miami on Nov 30th
I will be in Miami on Nov 30th for several weeks. I didn’t mention this trip before on my blog. I got a job offer from an American company. I decided to give up my current work due to various negative economic factors behind. I deal with mostly the U.S. business and obviously things are not doing well right now.
Fortunately, I got an offer from a fashion accessories company in Miami two weeks ago. It took me three months for the whole process before I had been offered. An American job agency found me on the web site of Australian Chamber of Commerce three months ago as I made my own ads there. The job agency arranged me to have LD call interview and web cam interview on Skype with their CEO and COO. I also did have face to face interview with their designers in Guangzhou while they were there for tradefair. Everything went fine. They were impressed with my CV and my experiences. I had been picked among many American candidates I am so surprise. It’s a position with two choices of location for candidate. The local American candidate needs to relocate to their headquarter in Miami. The Asian candidate can remain to stay in Asia, but commit to travel to the U.S. periodically. Therefore, I need to travel to Miami and other places in the U.S. several times a year as well as to other places in Asia for work. They don’t have an office in Hong Kong for now, but they will have it set up three months later. For the time being, I will work for them at home. It’s funny I work at home again!! I have been working at home for four years already, and this pattern still continues until the office has been set up.
I feel lucky to get this job as the global economy is not good at all. The offer is good. I will have lots of chances travelling around many places for sourcing. I will love it.
Be honest, my life has never been settled. I am always in everywhere since 16. This life style still continues. God knows when I can settle!! I am really a bird with NO LEGS! Keep flying and flying!!
I had been informed that I need to be in Miami on Dec 1st yesterday. I quickly made my air ticket reservation and packed my bags. My God! I have been offered to have a car for drive during my stay in Miami, but very unfortunately, I can’t drive. Well, I can have taxi arrangements instead but it wouldn’t be so flexible as having a rental car for the whole journey. I heard that Miami is not a great city for taxi, so I don’t know what I am doing during weekend over there. The location of my new company is not too far from Miami beach. It takes 25 minutes to drive. It takes 3 hours to walk, and 1 hour by bus I google it yesterday. Hahahaa, I certainly can’t walk. Oh well, whatever………..I will be fine I am sure.
Jet lag is horrible, and am going to experience it again!!
Posting won’t be light I am sure! ^_^ See you there!
6 commentsWinter idea in Robin Lee
It has been two months I haven’t done any new designs but I got a new idea today. I received inquiries that people are interested in my design for production orders, not only buying one or two pieces. I am not doing good on Etsy, but it isn’t too bad by production sales. I did receive an email that an organisation asked me to join a handmade jewelry design competition in Chicago. Oh well, I guess I feel a bit lazy to do so…..^_^ Anyway…here you go…Robin Lee….
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Working outdoor
What a great day for working outdoor! May May loves to stay outdoor since Tiger died. It is funny that she likes staying in the area, where Tiger used to be around everyday.
It’s a new day! A song for Obama
Pretty cool song for President Obama by Will.I.AM.
No commentsPicnic in the Park Demo at Discovery Bay
I attended a dance performance at Discovery Bay tonight called Picnic in the Park. It was a local fair with live dance and singing performances. They invited our dance school to do a 15 mins demonstration on the stage. We did the group bus stop line disco dance, Cha Cha Cha and Jive. It was a good time to promote our dance school. Our teacher asked us to grab some opposite sex audiences (it means male audiences, because most of us are girls lol) to get to the stage and do some Rumba Salsa in the end of the performance, however, we found almost no teenager/adult male audiences. The only audiences were kids. The kids were dancing like crazy. They enjoyed the show rather than anyone else in the park. Our teacher told us to distribute some flyers after the show, but not many people we could give to as many were kids. This event was like a western style activity in the public park, which we don’t usually have it in Hong Kong. I guess it only happens in Discovery Bay as most of residents are westerners in this place.
It was my first time to do a public performance, needless to say I screwed up almost all the dance patterns when I was doing solo. hahaa!! It wasn’t easy when you had thousands of people watching you. It was fun though, nothing serious and formal. My parents were watching me. They did have a good laugh of what I did. It was a mess anyway because the stage was too small for ten of us.
The major performers were assistants of our teacher. They won the international competition a month ago. They were doing great, of course!! Oh well, good dance technique requires lots of efforts and time as well as personal passion. You couldn’t do it good if you miss one of those elements. Talent is also one of the critical skills that lead you to be a good dance learner. My talent is limited but I enjoy it for fun and leisure. ^_^
We had barbecue buffet dinner by the pool in Marina Club after the show. The food was great. I ate a lot. I was starving after all the exercises. Everyone asked me how come I could eat so much. I am so thin in their eyes so they can’t imagine how come I could have so much food without weight gained. Oh well, I only know that I am natural born thin and all healthy. We danced non stop after the dinner in the open space. Some did Jive. Some did Rumba Salsa, Waltz and Cha Cha Cha. We did group dance too. We became the performers again of the night in the club. It was so enjoyable and fun. I love it!
I did more practice these two weeks due to the show, so I did have certain improvement, but still long way to go until the exam. BTW, the exam wil be held in May next year now. For some reasons, it had been delayed, but is good as I don’t think I am ready for it.
The buffet dinner by the pool….
Our group dance after dinner…
Our dance teacher was dancing in the dinning place. His assistants were performing in the show.
