Monthly Archives: June 2007

Tai Chi

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MY SO being the wonderful man he is, always looking for ways to keep me entertained until I start working again, has always paid attention to every single thing I tell him. The other night we went out for drinks at a little bar around the area, and I saw a Tai Chi studio and I mentioned my desire to learn how to do it. I don’t have to repeat these things to him, he’s like a freaking hard-drive!

Yesterday when heading to Borders to pre-order Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Yay!), he surprised me stopping by the Tai Chi place so I could meet the trainer and enquire about the classes. My SO liked the guy right away, since he’s been into martial arts before. The guy looks like a willow in the wind, always going from side to side while he talks to you. I found it interesting, he actually irradiates some kind of good stuff I couldn’t identify. I suppose his Ying and Yang are balanced… Ha ha ha!

Anyway, we brought the information home and we’ll think about it. I’ve wanted to do Tai Chi since I was in college and never got around it. Maybe this is the time, for health benefits, for discipline. :)

P.D. Speaking of Harry Potter, this is for my sweetie. LMAO!

Current job: Domestic engineer

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I am by no means the perfect housekeeper. Martha Stewart isn’t my hero, and Rachel Ray is good enough to give me pointers, but she’s definitely not my role model. But I have to say I try to do my best at home, especially now that I’m between school and a new job, because I need to feel useful and keep busy. I already went through all this housewife routine, but it was completely different than what I’m doing now. I actually enjoy it, and I know this is a period of adjustment, not something I’m forced to do because I’m trapped inside my house with no goals and nobody to encourage me to do something else.

I love cooking, I’m cooking way better and more often than I ever did. I’m trying things I never did before. As for cleaning and organizing, I tend to drive my SO crazy about it. I suppose I have to blame my mother for raising me this way. But you also need to want to do it. I take every single thing I do as a way to show my SO how much I care about him. I don’t want to become a slob who does nothing during the day while he’s out working. For me it means commitment.

And all this “bliss” will be over once I get a job, hopefully soon. For now I’ll try to do my best, because I like it. Well, not really. Clothes should fold themselves, and toilets should do auto-cleaning. ;)

People in my life

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1 person who has changed the course of your life for the better: As weird as it sounds, I have to say my ex-husband. Why? Because he took me all the way to my limits, or what I thought they were. I became a much stronger person after what happened. Some of the things I am, I owe to my relationship with him, not to him per se. These things allow me to move forward and learn about myself every day.

2 teachers who have contributed to your learning: 1) I will never forget Sister María Helena, my 2nd grade teacher; who not only taught me the basics of everything I learnt later on, but he showed me that the teacher-student relationship can become a long-lasting friendship. 2) Cornelia Krause at the UQAC, because I’d never met a teacher who is as passionate about what she does before.

2 colleagues who make your job worthwhile: Not working right now, but I have to say 1) Stéphanie, my classmate and colleague at Alcan. She’s fun to work with, she’s not afraid of saying what she thinks, she wants to be good at what she does, and she is a great friend. 2) Nelson, the accountant at C&V, because he was not only a good friend, but also someone who helped me believe in myself every day.

4 people who make you feel special: 1) My SO, who makes me feel like a million dollars, and who looks at me as if there isn’t anyone else in the world. 2) My mother who loves me unconditionally with the biggest love possible, and who’s sacrificed many things in her life for me. 3) My best friend Midori, who always takes the time to send me a little note to ask me how I’m doing and tells me how much she misses me. 4) My two brothers who never forget to tell me they are proud of their little sister.

5 people you need in your life and why? All the people mentioned above because of obvious reasons. But more than needing them, I love them with all my heart. And I have to add a nemesis, any kind of nemesis, to help me grow. I’m weird like that.