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Sunday, August 24
one can never be too prepared 11:54 AMIt is never easy going for a long trip - no matter how much you read up about a place, how long in advance you draw up a packing list and prepare the necessities - one can never be too prepared. There is always an air of uncertainty; the excitable yet apprehensive feeling of what will happen, what will not happen, and perhaps most important and worrying of all, what unpredictable mean things one might encounter in an all unfamiliar environment.
Well, I did prepare for my trip long in advance; anyone who knows me as a person probably knows I'm quite a planner, being a step ahead and resourceful in preparing for things. Yet, it was only 6 hours before my scheduled departure that I finally finished packing, save the backpack that was left gaping waiting for the laptop. Well well, whatever happened to the well-prepared me! As the clock ticked and hours slipped by, it was indeed Wini-fret in a frenzy, wondering when, or if the packing would ever be done.
Vicki attributes this to my meticulousness, that it is all because I'm always so detail-oriented, thus the need to spend more time. Yes, that is so true! Haha.. and speaking of which, this goes out to all my friends whom I consulted on teeny weeny tiny wini things (like whether I should bring 2 calculators - both normal and financial), 3 or 4 pairs of shorts, 5 or 6 pairs of socks, you get the idea..). Yes, thank you all so much for being so patient with this kancheong spider over here! Like Chris said, at the rate I'm going, I'll probably need 2 air tickets! Haha.. but I do understand and know that I want to go with the flow too and experience things the way they are. After all, and whatever it is, one can never be too prepared. 2 ways to explain this, 1) you are either really too heck-care to bother, or 2) you are just too meticulous and become a worrywart still feeling inadequately prepared at the last hour!
Anyway.. this is already my 2nd long overseas trip, and I did think I would have forsaken and forgotten that homesick surge and sudden depression that I'll be away from my closest friends and family for a few months. Yet I felt it just now again, being emotional and sentimental and just missing people even before I leave for the airport. :(
It is just so hard to pack the next 4 months of your life into 2 suitcases. But I have (albeit after quite some physical and emotional effort), squeezing every little detail I can and should into the luggages. And yes, like what Prof said, I must see lots, hear lots, observe lots, learn lots, and come back to tell everyone about it. I'm sure you people will miss me in action narrating all my stories live! Haha.
So Winnipeg, here I come! Or rather, after Vancouver that is - the V always comes before W! :)
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You are an enthusiastic innovator, always seeing new possibilities and new ways of doing things. You have a lot of imagination and initiative for starting projects, and a lot of impulsive energy for carrying them out. You are stimulated by difficulties and are most ingenious in solving them. You can get so interested in your newest project that you have time for little else. Your energy comes from a succession of new enthusiasms and your world is full of possible projects. Your enthusiasm gets other people interested too.
Your feeling preference shows in a concern for people. You are skillful in handling people and often have remarkable insight into the possibilities and development of others. You are extremely perceptive about the attitudes of others, aiming to understand rather than judge people. You are much drawn to counseling and can be inspired and inspiring teacher, particularly where you have freedom to innovate. With talent, you can succeed in almost any field that captures your interest.
A difficulty for you is that you hate uninspired routine and find it remarkably hard to apply yourself to sometimes necessary detail unconnected with any major interest. Worse yet, you may get bored with your own projects as soon as the major problems have been solved or the initial challenge has been met. You may need to learn to follow through and finish what you have begun, but are happiest and most effective in jobs that permit one project after another, with somebody else taking over as soon as the situation is well in hand.
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