Home Sweet Home!

Need to add more pics when I have a moment. Finally have a great place to call home after 8 months of homelessness.

We feel so blessed that we can find such a nice home and start to build a life in Toronto.

Back to Boob West Village.

Who even blogs anymore!?!? I seriously contemplated deleting my blog because I never find time to update. Or more importantly, my life is not as colourful or interesting as before. What can I say? I work hard. I am married. Life is as close to perfect as it can get. But i guess, that in itself is something to write about.

After 6 years, I am moving back to Boob West Village. It is quite remarkable to read some of my old posts. This blog started when I first moved there. And I distinctly remember walking almost every weekend to the village and wondering a lot about life.

I was single back then and life had a very exciting mysteriousness to it. Nowadays, I am happy but I must say that with each passing day, there are less things to wonder about.

- what kind of a house will I live in when I grow up?

- what will my future husband be like?

- will I ever get a promotion at work?

I have answers to all those questions.

God has really blessed me. And I have a lot to be grateful for.

Now you are in New York!!!
These streets will make you feel brand new,
The lights will inspire you,
Let's hear it for New York, New York, New York

The more I visit New York, the more I love it. Just came back from a business trip where I spent every free second dashing out of the Broadway street office building and down the streets browsing through the boutiques and mostly people watching.

Everything seems bigger in New York and more possible.

People often ask me why I don't move there since I love it so much. But I think living there would take the magic out of it. That, and I am way too old to be scratching it out for pennies.

Anyways - there is nothing lovelier than New York in the Spring. And this year, I am happy that even though it was not in my personal budget to go (sacrificed the annual pilgramage for a trip to Indochine...) - I did end up having an opportunity to peek at the City during the loveliest time of the year.

Michelle Obama - respect.

Recently, I have thought a lot about whether I could ever put my career on hold for a short period of time in order to raise a family, support my husband, etc. I really struggle with that notion.

Let me repeat, I really struggle with that notion.

Just today, I saw this article about Michelle Obama who spent the day celebrating Dr. Seuss' birthday by reading an excerpt of "The Cat in the Hat"...wut?

She graduated from Princeton and earned a law degree at Harvard. She then worked as an Associate at a law firm and went on to a very successful career. Another juicy and interesting fact - in 2006, her total income as filed in Income Tax returns was $273K while Barrack's was $157K.

And now, the press follows her around and covers stories about her reading "The Cat in the Hat". How could she give up her identity and success just to follow her husband's election campaign? Day in and day out, she gracefully endures the comments about her clothes, appearance, and home-maker abilities. I wonder if she has days when she just screams "I graduated from Harvard law!!!!"

I don't know what it is like to sacrifice my ambition for my husbands or for the betterment of my family.

I guess what I have to say is that I really respect her. Michelle's accomplishments far surpass mine - and I hope to be as graceful as she is if I ever find myself in a similar situation.

BORED

I took a 4-day long weekend to come home and relax. Boy, relaxing is boring. Especially since I put myself on a zero shopping spree, B is busy with school, P has an exam.

I am completely caught up with TV. I have taken 10 million walks. I think there is really nothing left to do before I fly out tonight...except go shopping :)

You know you've made it when....

Starting a new job 6 weeks ago made me realize all aspects of success. I am genuinely happy with my success at work and I feel fulfilled and challenged with my new job. It's great to be good at what you do and to be recognized for it.

But be careful of the green eyes of envy. In the past 6 weeks, I have lost "friends" - people that I used to think would be happy for my promotion are actually ignoring me...I also experienced being bad-mouthed, gossiped about, etc etc. And the reverse is true - I also have lots of "new friends" who are suddenly interested in networking with me . Or in their words - go for lunch, catch up (was I ever close enough to 'catch-up' with you??)

So is it worth it? Absolutely.

It comes with the territory both good and bad. The faster one embraces this, the easier it is not to take any of it really personally.

In the end, your true friends stick with you through thick and thin.

wut?!??! sorry for english so bad in the previous post. sheesh.

took the day off today to relax. came home to montreal and forgot that my cleaning lady comes friday morning. AWKWARD!!! now i feel like i should be moving around and doing stuff instead of doing what i really want to - lie my lazy butt down and watch tv.

better one's little hut than a King's palace. being home is so nice. every wall, tile, picture frame...amazing.