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Wednesday, November 15th

On my way to work this morning...

Walter and me, summer 1994? I started to think that maybe I should play hookie today and go to the BEACH. It's actually HOT and SUNNY outside and making me edgy. One of these days... I want to live at the beach... Me@theBeach.com... nothing could be more relaxing than to get up in the morning, grab a cup of coffee, sit outside on the patio overlooking the water and work on my computer. One of the things I dearly miss about life in the U.S. Well I didn't live near the beach but I did have access to the community pool at my apartment complex. And I was there by myself every single Saturday that the sun was out except on the occasions when Walter would drop by to bug me. Ugh. I think I'm getting homesick. This photo of me and Walter was taken years ago when I still lived in D.C. I have all these random pictures of people scanned in, thinking I would use it in their profiles but for whatever reason, didn't. This one fits here though. Gods we've aged.

Nightmare Holiday Travel...

Speaking of which, arranging my flight schedules to and from and through the U.S. has been a total #&*%! I HATE doing this! They really need to make the whole process easier some how or I need to make a little more money and have a personal assistant do this for me.

First, I happened to look over my flight from Taipei to L.A. and noticed that I am leaving on the 20th. I thought I was leaving on the 21st and had planned accordingly. My bad.

Second, my domestic tickets home on Delta have me on 4-hour stopovers both ways, and because of the change I actually have to PHYSICALLY take my ticket to the Delta offices to have them reissue the ticket! This is THEIR mistake not MINE. They should come to MY office and give me MY new ticket and APOLOGIZE and plus, the ticket was delivered to my home in the U.S. Do I now have to ask my MOM to do this for me?

Third, to reschedule my American Airlines flight from the East Coast back to SFO from an unused return flight from my last U.S. trip, I have to physically GO to the AA offices to get a new ticket and again I ask you, when do I have time to do this?! Not to mention the fact that I still need to get a ticket from SFO back to TPE after the New Years. Gods.

And the worst part of it all is that I've made travel plans to be in the DC/NY corridor for New Years and have NO IDEA whom I'll be spending it with this year. I used to be the one who PLANNED these annual events for people. Nowadays I consider myself lucky if I can just get myself there and back. Gods.

I look forward to the day that I never have to do this for myself ever again. Oh and have I mentioned how much I dread flying?! It scares the living daylights out of me. I used to look forward to flying until I moved to *Asia*... planes seem to crash a lot more out here.

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Lunch with Bone...

I smile as I write this. Bone, in his sober state, came to meet me for lunch so that we could talk about a possible deal between Asia Online and HeyChristine.com And get this, he brought me a Reuben sandwich from the New York New York Deli. That was awfully sweet of him. I double-checked with him to make sure that he was okay with the dialogue that I had posted in previous entries and his answer was, not a problem. "I am beyond being censored," he said. LOL. I may eventually have to make a profile for him if we continue at this rate.

By the way, I cut my first deal for HeyChristine.com. Asia Online will take care of my hosting services and connectivity, from my home.

What is the difference between neurosis and passion?

Nothing. And don't let anyone else tell you otherwise. I was focused 110% today during my free time (that is the ultimate oxymoron in my book) on rewriting the Career Opportunities section of this site. I thought I was pretty much done yesterday until I asked Gus to take a gander. He proceeded to point out some MAJOR issues which I obviously didn't see on my own, so I've had to go back and REVAMP. Ugh. What a headache. The truth of the matter is that my writing SUCKS and I have a long way to go before I can ever sell myself as a legitimate professional writer in ANY medium.

I was just telling Laurie and Adella the other night about my panicking all of a sudden at the idea of my throwing up this web site and exposing myself to harsh criticism and attack from my peers in the industry. That will inevitably happen and I am more than prepared for it but for some reason on that day, I was having a weak moment. Who am I to think that I can actually raise FUNDS and build a management team through a personal sitcom Me/Me/Me website?! ORIENTED.COM is a freakin' IDEA for Christ's sakes, and I'm just a SMALL POTATO. In reaction to my cry for help, Adella said,

                     "But Christine. You're not like other potatoes.
                       You're a potato with a dream. Most potatoes
                       do not have dreams."

Laurie agreed wholeheartedly. And for some reason, that made me feel better. I went to bed that night repeating that line to myself until I finally fell asleep. I've been having a hard time doing that lately.

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