Thank you to all those wonderful gals who helped organize &/or attended my bridal shower & stagette Saturday. I had a "wild" time and hope you did too. And, of course, thank you for showering me with wonderful gifts and GAMES. I liked all the thoughtful gifts and P. loved some of them...To all those who didn't come...I'm sorry...there are no pictures I can show except this one showing some of the props used. Some evidence and memories are better remained private after all. Just trust me...I did things that I would never do again...but I did feel proud that I scored so many free drinks in one night!!! Special thanks to S.Y. for PUSHING me in the right directions. To S.V.: so I guess I don't look that old after all? Or are we just considered as cougars with charm?
Have you ever wondered or imagined if a murder would happen to someone you know, near you, or even to you? Well, I experienced this yesterday morning as I drove to work at Clinton Elementary for summer school. I heard on the radio that Clinton and Plum St. in Burnaby had a few blocks taped off because of a "police incident" but I didn't know where Plum St. was, so like any other typical citizen, I assumed it would not be near where I was going.
I was so wrong.
Plum St. happen to intersect my school and I didn't even realize although I've been driving pass it for 8 days already. So apparently someone set a car with a live person in it on fire nearly outside our school...so of course the driver died and our staff parking lot was taped off. Yet, because it only happened early in the morning and it didn't happen INSIDE our school...it was too late to inform parents and summer session went on as usual beside the fact that students kept asking what happened and why they weren't allowed to go outside.
Lucky thing for us though is that we didn't have to go to work today because our school had to be closed off for investigation! Even the students were bewildered and at least half my class wrote in a detective perspective about the incident in their free-write journals. And as I left the school early Thursday afternoon, I was surprised to see the numerous reporters and cameramen around the taped off areas and hidden in shaded areas all waiting for some action. But, actually, I didn't know what action they were waiting for...didn't the action (homicide) happen already at 4am?
Just recently, I was commenting to my relative V. how lucky she was that as soon as she arrived in Vancouver after having left for HK for a few years, she receives a letter from federal court summoning her for jury duty. Of course, being the stereotypical Chinese, she wrote a letter to have herself exempt using the English as a second language reasoning.Just my luck, I receive my very own jury duty FIRST CLASS mail letter the day after! Not only did I luck out in receiving one too, but it said that the case in question would require my service for 6-8 MONTHS if selected!!! And they even wrote months in block letters too! Now, don't misunderstand me because I've actually always kind of been curious about the law and court cases, so I don't actually mind doing jury duty, especially since I've never done it before. However, even being fully paid, having to be on leave from work for almost a whole school year is really too much for me. According to the letter, my Christmas break, spring break, and other day offs are determined by them too.As a result, I had to write a letter with very creative reasoning in order to have myself exempt...and no...I couldn't use the English as a second language reason unfortunately. I won't say what I wrote but they were very strict with the exemption approval and did ask me several very detailed questions. Well, I guess I'll have to wait until next time before I can experience jury duty!
