Monday, April 23, 2007
012. very close
so, i am leaving for canada this friday and i still do not have my passport. so i called the national passport agency regional center to make an appointment. after waiting on hold for 40 mins... i finally got an appointment for this thursday 8am. cutting it close...
Saturday, April 14, 2007
011. stealing...
Sad... just found out that someone stole the little mercedes logo from my tires... :(
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
009. passport
i finally renewed my passport! yay! and it took just a little under 3 hours and cost me a little bit more than $180. yes... renewing passport is quite costly. especially if you need to expedite it. so the breakdown:
Renewal fee: $67
Expedite fee: $60
Money order: $0.95
Express mail to the Passport Agency (which is in LA): $14.40
Express mail to me (also in LA): $14.40
USPS Passport Fee: $30
and... the USPS Passport Fee is basically a postal employee putting your application, old passport, and pictures (which are all organized) together with a paperclip. Oh... and they staple one of your pictures on your application too. wOw.....
Renewal fee: $67
Expedite fee: $60
Money order: $0.95
Express mail to the Passport Agency (which is in LA): $14.40
Express mail to me (also in LA): $14.40
USPS Passport Fee: $30
and... the USPS Passport Fee is basically a postal employee putting your application, old passport, and pictures (which are all organized) together with a paperclip. Oh... and they staple one of your pictures on your application too. wOw.....
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Thursday, April 5, 2007
006. another 10am day
no haikus today... :-P guess not feeling very creative...
i have to ta this quarter again... boo. and adding to this, i am going to teach the 8am section. i actually volunteered too!! i was just thinking back when i had to take classes, i avoided 8am classes like a plaque. and when i had no choice, i either slept in the class or in the comfort of my own bed. so now... when i did have a choice, why did i have to teach the 8am section? well, looking back, i haven't been at work before 10am for the past one and a half weeks. i don't feel like writing my thesis and writing my research statement. (both of these are super important right now...) i wonder what's wrong with me? after all these years in grad school, have my advisor finally broken me? i used to be more motivated. i used to be more creative. but now... i think i am just tired.
and maybe that's why i volunteered to teach the 8am section. of course, now i can have normal people working schedule of 8am - 6pm. i can spend more time with alex (good thing). eat at normal time (good thing). and, hopefully, i can jumpstart myself (hope, hope).
looking at the clock now... yep... today will be another 10am day for me. laters!
i have to ta this quarter again... boo. and adding to this, i am going to teach the 8am section. i actually volunteered too!! i was just thinking back when i had to take classes, i avoided 8am classes like a plaque. and when i had no choice, i either slept in the class or in the comfort of my own bed. so now... when i did have a choice, why did i have to teach the 8am section? well, looking back, i haven't been at work before 10am for the past one and a half weeks. i don't feel like writing my thesis and writing my research statement. (both of these are super important right now...) i wonder what's wrong with me? after all these years in grad school, have my advisor finally broken me? i used to be more motivated. i used to be more creative. but now... i think i am just tired.
and maybe that's why i volunteered to teach the 8am section. of course, now i can have normal people working schedule of 8am - 6pm. i can spend more time with alex (good thing). eat at normal time (good thing). and, hopefully, i can jumpstart myself (hope, hope).
looking at the clock now... yep... today will be another 10am day for me. laters!
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