Job nervousness
Fri, Jul. 18th, 2003 07:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
oyceterWell. I sent out two job apps today, both for some tech editing/writing/who knows what positions. It's kind of sad that the boy has to help me on writing my resume and my cover letters, because mine sound really, really stupid. I just never know what to say besides, I'm not really qualified or excited about this job, but I need money. Obviously, this is not an ideal cover letter.
I also went mad grocery shopping today, because my fridge was seriously running out of the food the ahyis have given me. I was lazy and bought lots of Hot Pockets for easy cooking. But I did buy real things, and veggies! Veggies are good. Also went to the Chinese supermarket (yay!) and found they have Chinese tv dinners -- unagi-don and this beef on rice dish. I like cheese a lot, but it's hot and summery right now, and all I really want is light food. I need to buy salad from Safeway to go with my Japanese salad dressing, yum. Sometimes American food upsets my stomach because of all the cream and cheese, which makes me very sad, because I really like cream and cheese. And cream cheese. Anyway, so I got lots of random stuff. Maybe tomorrow I'll go to Whole Foods, because their vegetables and fruits look much yummier. I dunno... there's this article in the NYTimes on "Is organic healthier or not?" And not much science backing it up, but, well, it just sounds healthier. Unfortunately, more expensive too. And they sell Terra chips there, which are the best things ever. And premade soup. Yum. And ciabatta olive bread, which is also the best thing ever. I love the sheer saltiness of olives, and that strong flavor coupled with doughy, chewy bread topped with flour is great. Just random little bursts of pure salt and olive in your mouth.
I also finally found little salt and sugar and oil containers there that I've been looking for all over the place. I think people here don't cook with them. They're just these sets of small, squarish cups with little spoons in them for salt, sugar and my corn starch, and a little container with a small spout for cooking oil. Lot easier than pouring things out of the box. Also, I think it's really funny how salt and sugar here come in boxes! In Taiwan, they come in plastic bags. Even after being here for four years, sometimes I still feel culture shocked.
But I love California, because I can buy organic food and Chinese snacks and pearl milk tea all in the same place. I don't think Taiwan really has organic supermarkets.
Sigh. Must go to bank tomorrow. Argh! Except I can't because it's the weekend! Stupid me...
Maybe I can check out the Mountain View and Palo Alto libraries and see how they compare to the Los Altos one. Is it illegal to have three different public library cards?
I also went mad grocery shopping today, because my fridge was seriously running out of the food the ahyis have given me. I was lazy and bought lots of Hot Pockets for easy cooking. But I did buy real things, and veggies! Veggies are good. Also went to the Chinese supermarket (yay!) and found they have Chinese tv dinners -- unagi-don and this beef on rice dish. I like cheese a lot, but it's hot and summery right now, and all I really want is light food. I need to buy salad from Safeway to go with my Japanese salad dressing, yum. Sometimes American food upsets my stomach because of all the cream and cheese, which makes me very sad, because I really like cream and cheese. And cream cheese. Anyway, so I got lots of random stuff. Maybe tomorrow I'll go to Whole Foods, because their vegetables and fruits look much yummier. I dunno... there's this article in the NYTimes on "Is organic healthier or not?" And not much science backing it up, but, well, it just sounds healthier. Unfortunately, more expensive too. And they sell Terra chips there, which are the best things ever. And premade soup. Yum. And ciabatta olive bread, which is also the best thing ever. I love the sheer saltiness of olives, and that strong flavor coupled with doughy, chewy bread topped with flour is great. Just random little bursts of pure salt and olive in your mouth.
I also finally found little salt and sugar and oil containers there that I've been looking for all over the place. I think people here don't cook with them. They're just these sets of small, squarish cups with little spoons in them for salt, sugar and my corn starch, and a little container with a small spout for cooking oil. Lot easier than pouring things out of the box. Also, I think it's really funny how salt and sugar here come in boxes! In Taiwan, they come in plastic bags. Even after being here for four years, sometimes I still feel culture shocked.
But I love California, because I can buy organic food and Chinese snacks and pearl milk tea all in the same place. I don't think Taiwan really has organic supermarkets.
Sigh. Must go to bank tomorrow. Argh! Except I can't because it's the weekend! Stupid me...
Maybe I can check out the Mountain View and Palo Alto libraries and see how they compare to the Los Altos one. Is it illegal to have three different public library cards?
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Fri, Jul. 18th, 2003 09:23 pm (UTC)I know! I heard from the boy that there are people out there trying to lobby for a tax on fatty foods/foods that are bad for us. And at first it reminded me a whole lot of Demolition Man and forcing people to eat right. But then, I can also see it as a kind of subsidy for healthy food, because really, things like fast food and tv dinners seem to be much, much cheaper than healthy food, which doesn't seem.. fair.
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Sat, Jul. 19th, 2003 05:04 am (UTC)Re:
Sat, Jul. 19th, 2003 10:38 am (UTC)I've gotten more and more paranoid about what to eat lately, largely influenced by my old roommate, who's a huge environmentalist. She told me about bad fishing (I feel so guilty for eating seafood now) and things like that. Sigh.