In this page, you will get to explore the mind, events and feelings of a Chun Jui... ok, fine, judging from the past 25 years, my life is far from what you call "eventful" (in fact, "dull" might the be more appropriate adjective) but I'll try to keep my entries interesting!
Wednesday, January 4, 2006
Happy 2006! Also, very sorry for those who check back regularly and were disappointed in the fact that I haven't updated for a month! oops... :P
Anyway, as many of you know, I'm currently on my Christmas Break, the first for me as an official teacher!! Woohoooo!! I was incredibly happy that last Friday and bolted out of there as soon as I could (after I had prepared for the first day back, of course.)! Then, I went on a short but fun trip to Vancouver, BC with one of my good friends, Jehan, from December 26 to December 30. What a terrific trip! Since I took over 200 pictures and it would be impossible to post them all here, please follow this link to see them all!
What can I say about Vancouver? Well, first off, I LOVE it! It's got all the workings of a big city yet it's much more accessible than Toronto is. The people there are all very friendly and laid-back. Their public transit is very new, very clean, and in my opinion, quite convenient. I love how you can go from busy downtown to the great outdoors complete with mountains, trees and water within a matter of minutes (e.g. Stanley Park is only a short 10 minute cab ride from downtown!). Sure, the weather was a bit rainy but hey, it was above zero degrees Celsius in DECEMBER!! I'm coming from Toronto, land of snow and crazy traffic! The only thing that Toronto has that Vancouver doesn't have as much is the rich history. Toronto looks shabbier probably because it's older and has gone through a lot of historical changes. In conclusion, I really could see myself living there. The girl sitting next to me on the flight there told me that she fell in love with Vancouver when she first went there to work but that was four years ago and she now calls BC home! Out of curiosity, I think I will look up how I can transfer my Ontario teaching qualifications to BC certification...
Onto something else: as tradition has it, I celebrated New Year's Eve at Caroline's again! And as usual, I had a blast, although given my zoned-out state (I had only gotten home that morning at 6:30 because of a NINE hour delayed flight home from Vancouver-- the only downer of the entire trip). I find it quite funny that I only see Caroline's other friends once a year and I never see them in any other places, yet we all remember each other! So many things can happen within one year but oddly enough, we can all count on the fact we will see each other on that very day. :) Though I don't know those people very well, at least they are dependable, which is much more than I can say about certain, once "good" friends that I have (had?)...
Which brings me to my next thought, something that has been on my mind and something I've written about before: letting go of certain people and relationships that have long expired. A few of my true good friends have advised me to just simply let go, that those people who don't bother keeping in touch are not worth it. While I agree, I still have to explain why this is a difficult thing for me to do (letting go, that is). In true paradoxical Elsie fashion, I am someone who trusts easily but also does not give trust readily. That is, I can be gullible and naive and believe the wrong people but I don't truly accept someone into my world until I feel like I can completely trust them. But, once I've given my trust to someone, it's for life or until that person does something (usually MANY things, actually)that makes me lose faith in them. Does that make sense? So, letting go is hard for me to do because I keep giving people the benefit of the doubt, which is not always a good thing. I need to wake up and smell the coffee, as they say (as long as it's not from Second Cup! :P)!
I believe that everything happens for a reason, even when it's the worst case of "wrong timing"...
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