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Name: Elaine
Birthday: 5/30/1981
Gender: Female
Interests: People who inspire me, Travelling, Dancing (club, swing, salsa, ballroom,..etc) baking, knitting, coordinating events, spa and massages, cars (driving), snowblading, rollerblading, swimming, EATING...yum yum....trying new things in terms of culture, food, hobbies...etc, teaching, gymnastics, ice skating...
Expertise: Wouldn't say I'm an expert at them..but do it often enuf to know what's good and what sux...Baking ....Driving anywhere and everywhere when no one else wants to...(ie States or Whistler)....Sewing...Travelling....:O)
Occupation: Education/training
Industry: Education/Research
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Member Since:
7/8/2004
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| Okay..mini update....
Sister has moved out...moved into the master bedroom...wedding is in NOv for my sis...mother coming to visit and brother transferred to UBC this year...another crazy family-transfer year!
Gonna teach at McKay Elementary in richmond until December for my practicum and still having fun!
Have so far....taken up Sign Language (finished their course @ VCC) and hockey...love it!....whatelse?...poker...like everyone....traveled a bit...yes...as usual....
Lovin' my family...lovin' my friends...lovin' my Bailey...(dog)...lovin' my SweetD...(boyfriend).....same-o
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| So...it's been a couple of weeks since classes started....I'm writing because my brain is working as well as a flashlight with no batteries in it  . My friend got a lift to school with me this morning and I was so  tired last night that I didn't realize that we had school at 1030am .....but she convinced me that it was at 830am!!! So....i'm here  ...2 hours early!
Classes are so much fun....in music..we're learning to play the guitar..so far I'm at 6-7 chords..and i love it because I can practice at home with Tav's guitar that i "borrowed"  and Duncan helps me out cause he really good at playin it  . In P.E....we have so much fun playing little kiddie games but I'm still huffin and puffin for 2.5 hrs straight. Science is so much fun doing cool experiments and so is Social Studies...because I have a fun prof!
It's Chinese New Year...no family here...cause they all ditched me...well my brother in Ottawa has no choice but my sister left me for HK to see my parents. But...despite all that and feeling kinda bummie....I did get invited to 2 dinners...woooot!! Tenks to SwD  and my ....cousin-aunt...distant relative Sandi 
I'm really excited for next week because I'll be heading up to Sun Peaks Ski Resort for 3 nights...wooohooo....snowblading for a couple of days! Also...I've been turned into a big-time poker machine!!! My boyfriend goes hardcore with poker and is teaching me lots of strategies and the game as a skill...and not luck! It's draining...but it's sooooo much fun! I see THE LIGHT!!  ahem......
Anyway...things are goin well....I wish everyone a Happy Chinese New Year and "whoopa" for the Year of the Rooster...das me! (tenks YumS)
 with lots of love.......lainey
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| Happy New Year!!! So, I got through the xmas holidays without stressing ....too much. My tree and lights are still up but....it's almost become tradition that I leave them there till March.
I had the best holiday...thanks to my sweet D....you're the best...and having family there....thanks gee-HO and SEE-wing...made it all the more meaningful!!! But...I still miss my parents. 
I learned a new thing......Quill....tenks Yumiko!!! It's a crafty thing with rolled paper...looks really neat!!!
I was so on cloud 9 and floating in La-La-Land during my vacation...it was SO hard to get back to teaching at McKay.....BUT....despite the first day being a flop....the rest of the week went well and got REALLY GOOD feedback from my faculty advisor....who came and observed my lessons....talk about pee-in-your-pants moment!!!
I'm kinda dreading going back to classes at UBC but i'm interested to see what I'm gonna learn about this semester...hmm..I have Music, Social Studies, Science, P.E....hee hee...and a buncha other classes....this semester..I have 9 classes...greaaaaaaaat!!!
For the record....I had one bad morning....I woke up at 8:24am when I was supposed to be at my school at 8:30am!!! I woke up in such a panic that I didn't realize I lost feeling in my left leg (due to cramping that night) and took one step....WOOOOOSH....i did the splits...my leg felt like rubber!!!! Not only did I do the splits....my leg managed to crash into my stand-up mirror...and it also managed to unhinge itself..and crash onto me!!! So...that morning..I was late, bruised and really stretched out!!! Sigh....nevertheless, I made it there at 8:50am and had 10 mins to calm down before teaching!!!
Well...other than smiling all the time because I'm enjoying life and love so much..and being in the classroom with all the kids.....it's all good I suppose.
I'll leave you with a quote from a kindergarten student....when asked about the Tsunami in SouthEast Asia....she replied..."I know what happened, a really big salami fell out of the sky and landed on the beach".
**lububabe**
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| Okay..so it's the holidays...my tree is up.....and it's only a few days
till Christmas...yet I'm so not in the mood for the holidays. I
don't know what's wrong with me. "My" dog Bailey is here with me
for 4 days while his daddie goes to Whistler. It's great...I love
jogging with him late late at night..it's very peaceful....yes...for
all of you who REALLY KNOW ME....I DID JOG!!!!! I was out there
for about an hour around my complex....yes.yes...it's dangerous I
know..but it seemed okay.
I think I'm really missing my family....my brother doesn't get here
till the 23rd and until then...I won't feel like it's home....or like
family. After moving so many times....it really never feels like
"home".....it's just a house...I think my "home" is where I grew up in
Burlington. Even when I was in HK with my parents...it wasn't
even "home". I also feel like an idiot....I think I totally upset
a friend of mine by getting in the middle of some issue between her and
her boyfriend...I just feel so upset and wish I could do something to
help but I think I just made it worse...I don't know. So, I'm for
now.....feeling like I should be in hiding....away from the world so I
don't cause any troubles...sigh. Merry Christmas to you all.
Quite the difference in entries from the last...but know wut...a minute
can change everything. Maybe I just need a heartfelt hug and a
slap in the face....from my bro...he seems to put everything into
perspective for me....and put me down in the most loving
ways..hahahaha!!!
Anyway....here's my life on the line...with xanga...toodles!
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| Sigh...okay Christmas is coming up....time to rearrange the furniture...wipe the fireplace clean and put up the umbrella tree and make the tree look like it threw up decorations however random! Either way, I love it!!! My sweet sister, knowing the decor freak that i am, bought on-sale indoor xmas lights so I could go ALL out with the townhouse. So, I'll be making crystallized (3partBorax1partWater) snowflakes with pipecleaners...yes...crafty people...pipecleaners. Gordon, when you get back...you'll wish you never stepped foot in the house...but then again, I"ll be baking like mad this season.
Oh yah...for all those who have gas stoves...please make sure you turn it COMPLETELY off....my oh-so-kitchen-smart sister decided to leave the gas stove slightly on for HOURS....so i got home from work and smelled gas throughout the house...asked about it.....sister says.."oh really?...i didn't notice". So i go to eat something an hour later and realized the FIRE hadn't been shut off completely....oh yay.... WAY TO GO CINDY...what a way to incinerate me and the house! And what kinda response did I get from her?..."oops..heh heh" Tavis put it well......."you never know..maybe that's the way she wants to go!"...haha....sigh. ( and she reems me out for not doing the dishes!!!)
So...with this Xanga site...I originally joined on to read my brother's entries...but I mean...how is it that people publish their life into these entries? I honestly don't think I'd really want to discuss my personal life with everyone via web entries on xanga. I mean, okay,...share some superficial news...but that's about it right?...knowing you're alive...where you are...that's all good. Maybe that's just me....any thoughts?
My office is a mess....my room is a mess....my house is a mess....miss my parents...I'm so broke....Noreen's in London...have a billion things to do and yet...
LIFE could not be better!!! Lovin it all......thanks family and friends!!!
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