Migration 2.0

Please return to the wordpress address. Chinglisher.wordpress.com.

Back in Job Hunt

Didn't think I'd be back in the job hunt so soon. But I am.

Just submitted a few applications to Fairfax and Arlington Public Schools. Fingers-crossed!

And on a whim, submitted my resume to the USA Olympic Committee. It might be fun to work for them.

Right now I am just praying for God to release me from my current job, but ultimately wherever I end up working and moving to, it'll all be in his hands. Need to just trust Him and let go.

The Big Apple

I have officially settled into my tiny, overpriced New York apartment and have assembled my new IKEA bed. Yay for beds!

To be honest, I'm quite scared, but I don't really know what I am scared of.

The homesickness I experienced 1st/2nd year is starting to kick back in. Seems weird because you'd think by now I'd be used to living by myself.

Well, I'm just going to wait and see what NYC is like. Maybe I'll like it, maybe I won't.

West Coast

I landed in SanFran last night. Woke up this morning at a ridiculously early time and it smelled like the mornings when I lived in San Jose and had to go to school. Smelled nice.

Ghosts?

So during my summer session I've started watching a show about how this girl can see dead people and help them fulfill their requests so they can step into the light. From the show I've gathered that living people are scarier than the dead.

This got me thinking back to my many experiences of night paralysis and my feeling of the immobility, pain, and fear. Many cultures say that night paralysis results from being sat on by a demon (if you want to read more here is the wikipedia link) and yeah that freaked me out. Whether or not it's a physical attack from the devil or it's just him messing with my mind I think, well not freak out is the first thing, but have faith that God is protecting me.

Psalm 121:7-8
               The Lord will keep you from all harm—

he will watch over your life;

the Lord will watch over your coming and going

both now and forevermore.

When the paralysis first hit way back when, I felt like I was haunted and I feared sleeping. At times my chest felt heavy and at times I felt something was definitely tugging my covers. But over time I realized that besides fear, nothing else really happened and due to the frequency of the experiences I just became flat out annoyed. Gosh darn it, just let me sleep!  And if I'm not annoyed I just think that it's quite comical.

Anyways, I think I'm glad I've had these experiences because if it ever happens again I can just roll over and continue sleeping. Not a big deal at all. And if the devil has a problem with that he can take it up with God. 

Study Break 2.0

Remember this blog post? Study Break? Well, coincidentally I sat in the same cubicle (for 13 hrs. now) and it was fun to just read the comments written on the wooden sides. Many, many new editions.

And it's 4 am and I'm still not done with my QL paper. Sigh...

15 Day Experience as a Vegan

This experience wasn't really my choice. But, I did decide to listen to the zhong yi (中医）and comply with her suggestions and go through with this acupuncture therapy and be vegan for 15 days. It wasn't so much the worst 15 days of my life, it was just difficult. Well...sort of.

During the first few days all I could think about was meat. MEAT! Beef, pork, chicken---Mmmh (yes, this is from Mulan). I dreaded eating. Having to think about what I was going to eat for each meal was painful. Tossing meat out of my diet was hard enough, but eggs and dairy too? But you know what, I decided to tough it out and ate fruit. Lots and lots and lots of fruit. I also ate lots and lots and lots of carbs.

Now that the 15 days are over, I realized that yes, meat needs to stay in my diet, but it really wasn't as hard as I thought and if needed to, I could probably do it again, though that would never ever happen again. And living on veggies did make me feel better.

Being vegan was hard, but I think these 15 days were worth it. I think the only downside was tofu. I ate way too much tofu. I never really liked tofu and I would have no trouble cutting it out of my diet. Except for stinky tofu (臭豆腐) that is.