NCE upon a time twenty-four and a half years ago, i was born in Vancouver. i lived with my grandparents in Taiwan for two years while both my parents studied pharmacy at University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. i remember my mother as very pretty and well-dressed. my dad must have realized that she was quite a catch - smart and attractive! later, when i was older my dad told me about girlfriends he dated before my mother, including a beautiful law-school student addicted to LSD but none matched up to my mother.
i started writing very young. after i learned to read i was totally addicted and tried my young hand at writing poems. my first poem was about an english sheepdog named Mr. Mugs. my parents were impressed with it i recognized their admiration and kept writing. As Wayson Choy says,"im going to write until i fly!" Thats my goal in life. My mother thinks im going to write a bestseller or two but i need a dayjob until i get there. ive also played piano since age three, i love to sing and enjoy drawing.
in highschool i wrote a weekly column for the sarnia observer. i started university when i was sixteen. i was relieved to move away from home. if i could start over, i would have travelled and worked for two years and then studied journalism. back then, It seemed like everything was decided... i was going into medicine and i was too young and no one listened to what i wanted. In some ways im strong but i give in to pressure from my family - also they were paying my tuition bills.
i met diverse people at university, especially in residence. Waterloo is a very academically intense school and i was surrounded with bright and competitive young people. there are a gazillion foreign students in Waterloo. i had never experienced such a talent pool... it makes me think of the expression, "you're playing in the major leagues now!" sometimes the school felt huge, cold and exhausting...
nevertheless, university is fantastic because of the opportunities to meet and communicate with people of all ages and walks of life. on the other hand teachers can be careless and manipulative and myself and other students experienced bitterness as a result of this. we learned to interact with them (maybe manipulating them) by playing along their game and thus get better marks at the same time working less. The lesson learned: Always leave others some dignity. You go farther in life that way. Everyone wants to succeed, and i want to win these games, both in relationships and in my career. i like to recognize other people's personalities and see what i can do for them. i try to recognize whats important to people and hopefully make their life easier. i im sure god made me super-intuitive so i can help myself and others. i also know that when others feel understood by me they will make their resources more accessible to me, thus i am richer..
i am a complicated person. The benefit of being complex is that i am insightful and can understand and accept different people easily. i am also kind and generous. however, i feel hurt when others do not understand me the way i wish to be understood. i guess the only thing to do is keep talking and communicating.
etc... etc...i graduated from University of Waterloo with an honours bachelor of science in 1996. i attended the post-graduate computer programming diploma program at Humber College for two years. there i met nicer people in one year than i did in five years of university. in all previous schooling i haven't met so many great people in one place. Planning will not place you with good people. Maybe its being at the right place at the right time. Or the convergence of vortexes. Maybe theyre from another dimension and they emerged at a convergence of a vortex at the same time...not really...have you heard my theory about parallel universes?
presently, i work at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Human Resources administration. I am looking for a challenging computer-related position with a good company. A job or job-lead would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for visiting!!
I hope you enjoy my site. Love, Kristina
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