Category: Careers / Work

#009: Short update!

Currently listening to: “There’s A Fine, Fine Line” – Avenue Q

BUSY LIKE A BUSY THING ON BUSY DAY!

1. The Arts One essay, while seemingly straightforward and unassuming, has proven to be absolutely rubbish to write. Comparing the gods in the Iliad and Ramayana is absolutely riveting stuff. Of course, it is (only) the first (of many more to come), and I trust the process will get less painful as time progresses.

2. Work has been absolutely insane; oh, the stories I could tell of strange women adamantly refusing to leave the store after closing time, elderly men in the music section hovering for two hours, and teenagers barging in to use the facilities with one minute to closing…

3. Dreadfully tired. Must keep writing (see point 1).

4. Clubs/societies-wise, I’ve been to a couple of Ubyssey meetings, and I must say I’m really enjoying the casual but work-y atmosphere. I’ve my first Culture piece published in this issue, which is really quite exciting. In other news, the highlight of my week is definitely Le Club Francais, but what else is new?

5. Recommend me good music! It shall keep me going like the little train that did! (I like musical theatre, disco pop, Euro-house, tragic ballads, classical, Quebecois, and………I trust your taste.)

In the words of Spring Awakening,
Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah!

Cheers,
M.

Tags Arts One, clubs, Français 122, Indigo, Ubyssey

Careers / Work Commuting

#003: Of books, buses and breakfast

Post author By Mary Leong
Post date August 30, 2008
3 Comments on #003: Of books, buses and breakfast

Currently listening to: “Kiss You Off” – Scissor Sisters

So…I got the job at Indigo! It’s quite funny really; half the week I’m persuading people to take out as many books as they could possibly want to read for free, and the other half of the week I’ll be trying to make people pay for as many books (and other trinkets) as I can possibly sell them. Thank goodness I have no principles whatsoever.

In other news, two days more to the start of school and such; it’s really quite exciting and nerve-wracking all at the same time. I shall look forward with great excitement to the hour-and-a-half-long commute; the mere thought thrills me to no end. You will soon learn that I am supremely easily amused: while donning the Arts students’ requisite purple robes, I will probably be the one kid sitting there, being incredibly entertained by watching people from various faculties walking around in gigantic colour-blocks.

Anyhow,

Kellogg’s All Bran Strawberry Medley owns my life right now.
It’s probably one of the most amazing breakfast (and lunch, and dinner) food I’ve eaten in recent years. The strawberry clusters are absolutely to die for, and the chunks of dried strawberry are heavenly. Oh, the cereal bits are pretty good, too. Bottom line: try it, it’s supercalifragilisticexpialidocious and better for you than other addictive substances.

I’ll be back to haunt you some more soon. Till then, tally ho, pip pip, guv’nor!

Tags breakfast food, Indigo, pre-UBC

Careers / Work

#002: Count with me!

Currently listening to: “Role of a Lifetime”- bare: A Pop Opera

Three days left ’till the beginning of the pick-your-own adventure book I like to call UBC!

I suppose it’d only be polite if I did a real and proper introduction; goodness knows the bits and bobs I leave lying around can be confusing as I struggle to keep up with my train of thought (which, like time and tide, wait for no man).

I’m Mary, as you might have figured out by now. Born and bred in Singapore, I moved to North Vancouver in 2005 with my family on one of my father’s whims. As they say…good times. I’ve been struck by wanderlust and it’s my personal goal to travel to every Canadian province by the end of 2010 before spreading my wings to another corner of the world. (Great Britain would be quite pleasant, I believe.) I don’t know what else you might want to know about me, so feel free to ask, or simply check out the “About” page; the random tidbits of information should keep you well entertained.

In other news, I had a walk-in interview at the Marine Drive branch of Indigo today. I’ve been looking for a second job for ages now; my job at the North Vancouver District Public Library (Lynn Valley Main) has been positively delightful, but some extra income would be perfect – just the thing to fuel my next cross-Canada adventure! Hopefully that went well; I’ll be hearing from them by the end of next week, so I’m keeping my fingers and toes well crossed.

More inane natterings in a bit; I’m rather hungry and dinner awaits.

Tags introductory, pre-UBC