Rewarding

Nothing beats going to work than getting free money for coffee. WOOTT!!! 

Thanks MANAGERS! =)

Also, 

SELLING = CONFIDENCE

HONESTY = TRUSTWORTHY

They go hand in hand. 

Also here's a cool story I forgot to write about:

I was helping out a lady last Saturday morning pick out some new jeans for herself since, according to her, she went down a size. I had her try one of our new styles and boy was she surprise about how she looked in it. She looked very chic and sexy. She was adamant about it at first but I told her that it really looks good on her (which it truly does if you've seen her  yourself). I told her that the most important thing for me is that she feels and looks comfortable in what she had on and that she should tell me if she needed another style. 

In the end, after contemplation in front of the mirror, she bought it, changed into it and walked out the door beaming. 

One of the best things about my life is when I help someone get the perfect fit and have them walk out the door super duper happy. I feel like I'm Stacy London or Clinton Kelly.

Devil Wears Prada Life Lessons

I've watched this movie twice in a row and I kid you not this movie teaches everyone a lesson or two about your life and the people that surrounds it. 

1) Never let anybody put down your choice of career path. 

2) Ditch the people who do not understand that you need to stay late to do your job. 

3) If you missed their birthday, schedule a celebration way in advance, or better yet do an impromptu celebration when your both free. That way, no one gets hurt or mad when you missed their special event. 

3) Leave the boss if they don't recognize your work effort at all. 

4) Don't whine if you feel like things are not going your way. 

5) Be happy for the people who clearly succeeded before you did. 

talent vs. experience

It makes me wonder why talent becomes second place when it comes to picking the right candidate. 

Why is experience more valued? 

or the million dollar question... 

How can one gain experience, if one can't get the chance to gain the experience? 

A Little Motivation..

You Can't Have It All

We can't have a job that pays well and have a good work environment at the same time. We can either have one or the other. But we can't have both things at the same time. One has to give in order for the natural order of things to remain balanced. 

Tell me about someone who had it all -- money, power, love, stable life, good education -- and you can banish my opinion. I believe that not everyone has what they want in their life. 

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Skills that I have gained to date:

1) Strong - willed - I wasn't one before. 

 

2) Resilience - The ability to bounce back from one rejection to another and I am developing a strong and thick skin and I will continue to develop it until the day I die. 

3) Attentiveness - I still have the quality of making sure that others are well taken care of, whether directly or indirectly.

4) Great attention to detail - I become really obsessive when a shirt in a pile is wrongly folded. I mentally slap myself whenever I make a mistake on a simple thing that I could've avoid in the first place i.e. checking if tags are correct or not. 

5) The ability to maintain composure in the midst of chaos and aggressiveness.  

6) The ability to move fast when the need arises. 

7) The ability to finish a task that I started. 

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TIP FOR THE DAY:

ALWAYS READ THE FINE PRINT IN EVERYTHING!

How freakin' cute are they??????

(credit: the budget fashionista)

S.o.B

I am a little frustrated right now. I spent probably 15 minutes just solving a simple Chemistry problem. ONE effin problem. I know the equation to use and the only thing the made me take so long in completing it is the stupid effin ALGEBRA MATH!

ugh!!!!

I HATE CALCULATORS!!!!! WHY DID MY PROFESSORS AND MY TEACHERS ALLOWED THEM DURING CHEM AND PHYSICS CLASSES? WHYYYYYYY??????

or better yet, WHY WERE THEY EVEN INVENTED!?!?

50:50

The ratio of right vs wrong in my Biology practice questions without using any timer. 

Cold Blues

I am OD-ing on post holiday sales. I hate working in retail this time of the year. Oddly enough I realize I enjoy post holiday sales more than end of summer sales, maybe because during this time of the year the weather is so crappy that I have nothing else to do but shop/window shop/internet shop -- aside from studying of course.

Windy/Rainy this week. I have sniffles too. 

Givenchy and MCAT

I tried this on last weekend when we went to Downtown and boy did this pair made me wish for smaller thighs (for the first time in my lifetime). Anyway, I am still averaging 3/5 with my verbal practice. Reviewing concepts gets boring that my head floats around while I'm doing so. I should do questions later.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JAN JEN!

Verbal Reasoning Practice

On average, I score 3 out of 5.

It's frustrating. I always thought I could do well in this portion. Argh.
I practiced on 3 passages today. They were not that long to read but somehow they contain information that is hard to grasp in the span of 2 minutes. I tried the Kaplan approach of mapping the passage but somehow I feel like it doesn't work.

I think I should buy the Examkrackers Verbal practice. I hear it's a reliable one compared to Princeton or Kaplan.

Oh Studs

Balmain Studded Crystal Sandals Spring 09

(credit: www.luisaviaroma.com)

My Name is Liane.

and I am a stud-a-holic.

When was the "punk" era born? 70s?

I may be a 70s rather than 80s kid. 

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A little reminder for next year:

PLEASE PLEASE avoid doing last minute Christmas shopping. If you do, please don't go to an all out rage 

because you can't find the perfect gift.

In other news,

MERRY CHRISTMAS MULTIPLY FRIENDS AND NETWORK FRIENDS!

Pursuit of Shallow-ness

I bought a bracelet yesterday from Banana Republic that closely resembles this:

 I almost lost it today at work while I was juggling between cashiering and replenishing. Thank God I found it. I had to return it back today because I realized that the clasp was loose. 

BOO!

Snow, really, SNOOWWW??

I hear that the Pacific Northwest will get another round of snow starting at 4 am tomorrow. I say to Mother Nature: "How about RAIN instead?". 

I am not up for another bout with icy cold weather and I am definitely not feeling a drive during the time little tiny flakes of powder come falling on my windshield. 

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I almost went into a panic mode earlier while I was driving home. I decided to take the risk of taking a closer route going home today instead of the "safe" route (As many of you know steep hills + ice do not go well together and the routes that gets me home quicker have hills in them). Today, I figured to take the one near Costco thinking that the nice "de-icer" guys have already thawed the area. They did. I was glad for that, but I was not so glad in the situation that I was put in, or rather I put myself in. I got stuck in the middle of the intersection because some sort of "disturbance" happened at the foot of the hill. SOB. I swear, I almost entered panic mode because cars from left to right of me are trying to sneak by me since my side turned to red light. It felt like they were going to hit me. OH! and a EFFIN car coming from my rear decided to PASS me on my right. WUTTTTT???? really? must he? I mean where in the world is his common sense. And OH! the audacity to get mad at me.. DUHH!! AHOLE! It's not my fault that there was a disturbance down there! 

I swear Seattle drivers, EXTREME!  They are rather too safe when the weather is nice and warm, but when it comes to snowy or rainy weather, they just want to speed up like they're late for something.

I'm done ranting. 

"I Must Have This ITEM because Everyone Wants It Too"

(Left: 2006? Balenciaga Harness Booties; Right: Sam Edelman Harness Booties)

I read fashion-related blogs and forums almost everyday and one thing they all have in common is the want/need for the "it" item or "at-the-moment" shoes. The picture of the shoe above is currently the one that every girl is dying to have because they are suppose to be hot and it is by this innovative designer (Nicolas Ghesequire or Pierre Hardy for Balenciaga). Sam Edelman made the same exact pair and it sold out pretty quickly at the only retailer that carried it, Victoria Secret. I believe it sold for less than $200 dollars. Curious enough, I looked through Ebay for this particular must have and lo and behold, the shoes is up for a bidding war that ranged between $200-$600 dollars. 

REALLYYY???

Is this what people do these days in order to have a knockoff item that is worn by a fashion icon?

I read some reviews about this pair and people who have owned them said that they are a pain to walk in (duhhh.. at 6 1/2 inches, they probably will give you a sprain). 

So to people who are blowing 200-600 dollars for this pair, I wish you well. I hope that you REALLY (100X) like them enough for it to be with you until the day you die or at least the day that you can pass them on to your daughters.

 

Values

You have a patient who is vehemently opposed to you because of your race, religion or sexual orientation. How will you handle this situation?

I will handle this situation with patience and understanding. If the patient strongly prefers another doctor of a different race, religion or sexual orientation I will gladly follow the patient's wishes. However, before doing so, I will remind the patient that I am just as capable as the others even though my skin or my orientation is different. I will let him/her know that I will not stop caring for them and that I will do my very best to make them feel better. 

I have never encountered any racial/religious attacks in the 7 years that I have lived here. I never once felt that I was looked down upon because of the color of my skin or not once did anyone made me feel stupid because I have a slight accent in my language. 

The way I was brought up was certainly different from the way children are raised here. I have a different set of values and I have stood by most of them up till this day. I have had a discussion with an interviewer once about what my opinion was about sex and sex education -- because part of the job entails talking about these issues. During that time that she asked me, I have taken a class about sexual education at the U that have open my eyes to some parts that were rather "constricted" from me before. I informed the interviewer about my beliefs and I assured her that I have an open mind when it comes to these kind of sensitive issues. 

 

I am thankful that I am lucky to not experience any kind of racial attacks. I honestly would not know how I would react when a day comes that I experience it. One things for sure, I have learned enough from school and from the world how to react. 

Practice

In order for me to get some practice writing for the writing part of the test, I will do some blog postings that are a little bit more polished than my usual ones. 

Feel free to give me comments, suggestions and constructive criticisms about my writing as I need it since I have not written anything "formal" in so long. 

I'll re-edit later today once I find a topic from my books. 

Christmas is upon us

I am so close to finishing all my Christmas gifts. 

(JAN JEN MARIE, GOOD GOSH WHAT DO YOU WANT FOR CHRISTMAS????)

Anywho.. I just need to print some stuff out and I am good to go. Now if I can only find the determination to actually print those stuff out. 

Anyway, here's my wish list that is ranked base on order of must-have for me:

1)  AMERICAN APPAREL GIFT CARD - I would love to own one of their multipurpose items like the circle scarf that's worth $28. (image from American Apparel Website)

2) Studded bracelet - I am into 1970s punk era of jewelry. These babies are the ones that inspired me to start wearing bracelets. I recently came across a leaf hinged bracelet and I didn't even buy it thinking about all those pretty studded bracelets that I see, but cannot afford, online. Like this: CC SKYE

3) For Love 21 Gift Card - I am too cheap to buy items from this store these days since I know that the quality isn't that good

4) PSP + Mortal Kombat or Prince of Persia Game

FRIENDS AND FAMILY!! GIVE AND GET!!!

I need help distributing out friends and family to people. 

If any of you (or know anyone for that matter) shop at GAP/OLD NAVY/BANANA REPUBLIC/GAPKIDS/PIPERLIME, let me know your email address (or better yet, send me a text message to meet up somewhere so I can give you one)... 

I have lots more to give. Help me save the environment (by me not throwing away these coupons) and help my Gap family drive our sales through the roof this coming week by participating at our Friends and Family event. It's totally worth it because you get to give 5% back to charity of my choice AND it will save you some $$ AND you will at least get half of your Christmas shopping done. 

 

History

I am honored this year to be voting for the VERY first time in my lifetime. I was naturalized not too long ago, obviously giving me the right to vote for whoever I please to run this state and this country that I live in.

I am also honored to be part of history, one that will be written for the future history books to be read by the next generation. 

The First African-American President in U.S.A. 

Good luck Mr. Obama!