New year, New Hope, New Blog

Today is my 21-year-old birthday. I "washed" my old blog template and started a new one after I saw the new and user-friendly blog functions on blogspot. Now, I can decorate my blog happily and easily without moving around the html codes.

Job hunting: I had two interviews in the past few days from Aecon and IBI. Another interview from Halsall will be on Feb. 6. I am still waiting for Arup, TSH, and Halcrow Yolles. Very nervous because I am waiting for the reply from Aecon. If they accept me, I will just go! My friend/floor mate, again, Kathy, just got a PEY offer from Altera (she is in the Computer Option of Engineering Science). Guess what! Her salary will be around $65, 000 per year! Congrats, Kathy! A bright future is in front of you.

Knitting – work in progress:
Still working on the back of the vest. The knots are growing, slowing.

I got many requests about uploading the Mini-Argyle Beret pattern. Yes I am working on that. Stay tuned.
Pattern is up!


Yarn Shops: I will do an update for my Yarn Shops in Toronto page. There are more yarn shops in Toronto!

随想

没事的时候就想写点东西。 上一年过的很快啊 – 总感觉时间在加速， 我人生的头二十个年头就那样无声无色地在岁月的河流淌过。 下星期就即将踏入二十一岁大关。 对于未来， 感觉是迷茫中夹着一点点的憧憬和彷徨。 有时候很想为未来认真地规划一番， 不要蹉跎岁月。 但想起那句 “变化总赶不上计划，计划有时又赶不上变化”， 感觉一切都是徒然。 生命中有很多事情其实都不在自己的掌握之中。谋事在人， 成事在天。 偏偏我又是那种三心两意的人， 目前正站在十字路口， 鱼与熊掌， 尚不知作何取舍：

1）工作一年/16个月。 都报了好几份工作， 有几个面试了。但喜欢的都要做十六个月 – 没得回国， 旅行。 且害怕找不到。

2）找暑期工。 天啊 – 又是一大堆履历面试什么的。还没开始找。我想回国啊。

3）申请奖学金，(Deadline: Jan 28, 2008) 在学校工作四个月。这个上一年做过了。不想重复。 但又怕1）和2）都失败。 再者， 我想回国。目前还没找教授, 还没写申请表.

4）回国。这真真是败家女的表现。说不过去。希望1）2）和3）都失败， 然后回国。。。 啊不行不行。 如果是那样的话。真是失败中的失败。$#F@#$%$^&^$….

我的希望是: 希望先回国, 再工作一年， 然后考研。想的美, 但成活的机率低…
所以, 我决定: 让天决定。


不知大家的假期过的如何? 我过得太颓废了 (咳! 但很爽!) 饮茶吃饭行街上网煲剧。 尤其是煲剧：中英日韩港台一起上， 新旧一起来， 肥皂的， 煽情的， 搞笑的， 哈哈， 颁奖礼都不放过。 我想我是把平日的戏瘾一次过爆发了。

又回到宿舍了，新学期来了， 人还是懒懒的，就是那种学习目标不明确， 学习态度不端正的感觉。但上了几年大学， 觉得再难的学科也挨过了， 考试总会来临， 但也有结束的一天， 没什么大不了的， 忙里偷闲最实际。哈哈。 我知道， 现在说风凉话 – 眼下没有考试。

Let’s get back to knitting. I really didn’t make anything during the Christmas except created one more UFO:

Guess who designed this cardigan! It is called Tapestry Bomber Jacket by… Norah Gaughan, ten years ago, for Classic Elite. I modified the pattern by flip the right panel horizontally, so I can get a mirror image. Also, I will modify it to become a vest. The stitch pattern looks like Chinese knots, so I used a very saturated red colour of Mission Falls 1824 wool for an oriental accent.

Oh, I got my Ravelry account: MissKnitnerd. This name is weird, but my trademark “Knitnerd” was already taken by other people – no choice. I haven’t uploaded anything, but thrilled to see those beautiful tams posted there.